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Modular housing for the homeless still on track in Kelowna
KELOWNA – It didn’t make it for this winter, but a modular housing project for…
New panhandling bylaw could create no-go zones around banks, liquor stores in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Expect restrictions on panhandling near banks and liquor stores in Kelowna under a…
Vernon bylaw swamped by complaints about homeless, transients over past year
VERNON – More than a quarter of all bylaw complaints in Vernon last year fell…
Vernon to hold town hall meeting on impacts of street-entrenched population
VERNON – A public town hall meeting is being held in Vernon to discuss business…
The length a Vernon family took to keep loved ones housed
VERNON – Vernon’s tight rental market has some families getting creative when it comes to…
How a Vernon man survives by picking bottles
VERNON – The best thing Fred ever found in a dumpster was a live chicken.…
SLEEPING IN CARS: Kelowna’s hidden homeless shelter
KELOWNA – No accurate measure can be made of the number of men, women and…
Rising frustrations over homeless issues in Vernon’s downtown boil over with violent incident
VERNON – A Vernon businessman says he brandished a baton in self defence during a…
Kamloops volunteer wants more discussion on temporary overnight shelters
KAMLOOPS – A group aimed to help fight homelessness in Kamloops will be offering an information…
The single biggest reason behind the spike in homelessness in Vernon
VERNON – There’s no question homelessness has become much more visible on the streets of…
A mother battles the system as her Kamloops son fights drug addiction, mental illness
KAMLOOPS – A mother of a Kamloops man says she is losing hope of ever…
New shelter for homeless escaping the heat this summer in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The Out of the Cold Shelter which operates from November to March out…
Why a Kamloops advocate says there’s far more homeless people than we think
KAMLOOPS – It was less than a year ago Cynthia Travers was pitching a tent…
Penticton’s top bureaucrat says city targeting ‘behaviour not people’ in security crackdown
PENTICTON – Homelessness has become a major problem in Penticton as people with nowhere to…
Homelessness, crime emerging as top Kelowna municipal election issues
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran believes the public concerns about homelessness and crime in downtown…