Cold snap making emergency shelters busy

Feb 21, 2018 | 3:53 PM

KAMLOOPS — The current cold spell Kamloops is experiencing is posing a serious risk for the city’s homeless population, and emergency shelters are busy.

The out of the cold program has been bursting at the seams, with the city’s most vulnerable seeking refuge from the bitter elements. On Sunday night, the program, run out of the basement of St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, had 57 overnight visitors.     

“It’s a tough time for these people when it gets this cold, it’s not bad when it’s -5 everything is dry and they can stay warm, but when it gets this cold it’s really tough for them to stay warm,” says Bud Forbes, Out of the Cold Program.