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Homeless man living ‘day by day’ as Arctic blast chills Okanagan

Interview with Chris Cox, a homeless person in Kelowna, about surviving this Arctic outflow while living on the streets – Feb 5, 2019

While we are all safe at home in our beds, Chris Cox is sleeping on the streets of Kelowna with his girlfriend.

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Cox has been homeless for a number of years in Kelowna, originally hailing from Timmins, Ont.

It’s an unnerving interview about the reality of the cold for those who are homeless.

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“Day by day,” Cox replied when asked how he survives in these cold temperatures. “You just go with it. It’s the best thing you can do. I don’t know what else to say.”

Temperatures in the Central Okanagan are expected to swing between daytime highs of -4 C to overnight lows of -15 C for the next few days.

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