Homeless
Free shelter spaces mean no homeless camps planned for Kamloops city parks
Although homeless people in Vancouver and Kelowna are able to set up camp in city…
Organizer behind unique meal train program for homeless hopes to make it a permanent Kamloops fixture
For more three months, an impromptu meal service for homeless people in Kamloops has relied…
B.C. plan to hold youth in hospital after overdose may have unforeseen consequences: Youth workers
The B.C. NDP's plan to involuntarily hold teens for up to one week following an…
Dozens of homeless people staying in hotels in Kamloops and the Okanagan due to COVID-19
There are almost 200 people in Kamloops and the Okanagan who are being put up…
IHA and local municipalities work to keep COVID-19 away from the street-entrenched
One of the most overlooked populations is now in focus as citizens and officials ask:…
How COVID-19 has helped hungry and homeless in Kamloops get new delivery and to-go food service
The homeless and hungry in Kamloops are now getting free meals delivered to them, wherever…
Vernon’s Upper Room Mission shutters temporarily
Citing financial stress, the Upper Room Mission is closing its doors, laying off all its…
Come in from the cold: Okanagan and Kamloops people open homes to others in need
With the bitter cold that hit B.C. Interior cities, shelters amped up their services and…
Out of the Cold Kamloops unsure if shelter will open before next week’s cold snap
Although freezing temperatures are set to hit the double digits next week, Kamloops’s Out of…
New location for Out of the Cold may mean less beds, becoming ‘warming shelter’
A new location for a Kamloops homeless shelter could mean some big operational changes impacting…
Why some homeless campers in Kelowna want to be away from Recreation Avenue
Tom is one of a handful of homeless people taking advantage of the fact that…
Kelowna’s homeless tent camp could be gone by next week
Next Monday is the expected opening date for the Fuller Place shelter, which is part…
It’s not the homeless driving this restaurant from downtown Kelowna, it’s the taxes
La Petite Maison is a tiny restaurant operating just off the beat in downtown Kelowna.…
Homeless at great risk of hypothermia and other complications as temperatures plummet
The homeless people camped on a ball diamond in Kelowna are the people most at…
City of Kelowna doing what it can to keep homeless people warm
A warming shelter has been set up by the City in the ball diamond where…