A dying woman who was evicted from her Nanaimo home Wednesday says she can't believe how much people have generously donated to help her.
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She and her partner were desperate. They had nowhere to go, their power and heat had been turned off, but they were able to move into a motel room last night and they’ll be able to stay — thanks to you.On Wednesday when the 66-year-old and her partner went to pay the rent, their landlord refused the money and told them they had two weeks to leave, despite having nowhere else to go.
“There are no legal grounds for it. You know she’s palliative. She doesn’t have much longer to live,” said Shawn Nickerson, her support worker in an interview Thursday.
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