Limping due to a broken ankle, Mike struggled to get his huge orange tarp, his bike and whatever belongings he could muster up the embankment, covered in compact snow and ice, at lunch Thursday.
Mike, 37, a former landscaper who has lived in Vernon for 22 years, was the last of to leave a homeless camp decommissioned Thursday beside Highway 97 across from Vernon Toyota on 48th Avenue.
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The Ministry of Transportation owns the camp property and, under Sec. 63 of the Transportation Act, advised campers of concerns that the property was not a safe location, and they should find another place to camp or go to a homeless shelter.
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Campers were given 48 hours to remove their property and bags were provided. The material left behind will be disposed of.
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Kelly Fehr from the Camp Okanagan Outreach Liaison (COOL) team said the team had been on a regular basis.
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Shelters in Vernon are either full or near full, and that includes the 33 temporary mats placed at Howard House (20) and the Gateway Shelter (13), and will likely stay that way until the end of March.
roger@vernonmorningstar.com
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