Kelowna tests insulated shelters for its unhoused community
People experiencing homelessness in Kelowna, B.C., have a new option for keeping warm when temperatures drop below freezing.
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People experiencing homelessness in Kelowna, B.C., have a new option for keeping warm when temperatures drop below freezing.
'I want people to understand that I am here to help and to give them a hope that one day we will have a revitalized language,' said Ktunaxa Nation language and culture co-ordinator Barbara Fisher.
The 120-page book features old photographs from the city and local archives to tell stories of Cranbrook residents from the 1880s to 1960s.
While those in Nakusp who can afford it have switched to electric heat, renters or those on lower incomes living in older buildings still rely on aging oil furnaces — even as the people trained to repair them become increasingly rare.
Amy Braun, born to a deaf mother, interprets in Pidgin Sign English (PSE) songs written by her band partner Ian Griffiths, whose lyrics also call out anti-Asian racism.