The retired truck driver says he can no longer afford to stay in hotels, but wants to remain close to his wife while she\u0027s in hospital.
Dave Harmer parked his orange Ford Edge SUV in the lot of a Tim Hortons coffee shop on Highway 7 because the restaurant is open 24 hours a day and is close to the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital, where his wife, Millie, 88, is recovering from two strokes and a broken hip.As the Canadian national soccer teams head to their respective FIFA World Cups, Derek Van Diest is on the scene to cover all the action.
He was forced to sleep in the front seat of his car for most of the past four months, he said, since he could no longer afford to pay for both his car and a motel room in Perth. Harmer kept warm by running his car or going into Tim Hortons. Smiths Falls Mayor Shawn Pankow learned of the man’s plight after gas bar attendant Peggy Tye-Bernicky posted a Facebook appeal on Harmer’s behalf. Pankow put Harmer in touch with the Royal Canadian Legion and reached out to several local landlords in an attempt to find him an affordable place to live.Article content“He’s just the victim of circumstance, unfortunately,” Pankow said Friday. “But it’s encouraging that someone here took the time to listen to him. Someone cared.
Harmer doesn’t remember his regimental number and says documents establishing his service record were damaged in the September 2016 fire.
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