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“It’s humbling,” Kelowna senior living out of his pickup truck remains optimistic about better days ahead despite his harsh reality

December 3, 2020

It is hard to imagine--living out of a vehicle. But that is the harsh reality for one Kelowna senior, who has been struggling to make ends meet. And now as winter approaches, the urgency to find the 77-year-old man some proper shelter is growing. Klaudia Van Emmerik has his story.

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