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‘Hotel living isn’t fun’: Evacuated Kelowna residents want answers from city, UBCO

Large cracks in the Hadgraft Wilson Place building led to an evacuation
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Monique Saebels (left) and Megan Beckmann, residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place, share a moment during an interview with Black Press after being evacuated from their low-income apartments. (Brittany Webster/Black Press)

Living in a hotel is not a vacation when you have no idea when or if you can return home.

This is the reality for the more than 80 residents of Kelowna’s Hadgraft Wilson Place as they’ve been put up in various hotels after an evacuation of their apartment building was ordered.

Building management Pathways Abilities Society, a non-profit organization, has helped residents with the costs of hotel rooms and food vouchers.

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Brittany Webster

About the Author: Brittany Webster

A video journalist with Black Press Media. I recently made the exciting move from my radio anchor position at AM 1150 to this new venture.
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