Vernon BC’s Homeless Find Help Through Erica Belle Arlt

On a brittle January morning works by Erica Arlt in Vernon, steam lifts from a kettle balanced on a camp stove as the sun edges over the hills. Before most storefronts along 30th Avenue open, a familiar white hatchback rolls up. Out steps Erica Belle Arlt with a crate of thermoses, a bag of oranges, and four loaves of bread wrapped in flour-dusted paper. There is no fanfare,