Homelessness
The Central Okanagan may join Kamloops by creating a rent bank to ease the risk of homelessness
The Central Okanagan may join Kamloops and Prince George in bringing in a new style…
New tool launched in effort to reach functional zero homelessness in Kelowna
The Journey Home Society has announced its participation in Built for Zero Canada, a national…
Kelowna residents won’t have a say on where housing for the homeless is built
Kelowna residents aren’t going to get any early consultation about government-funded housing for the homeless…
Kelowna has new strategy to win support from residents on homelessness issues
After massive public protests against various efforts to house the homeless – or find them…
Often the most vulnerable on Okanagan streets are women with no safe place to sleep
The face of the homeless in Kelowna over the past few months has most often…
Dozens still sleeping rough in Kelowna as emergency shelter mats get put away
Now that the bitterly cold weather has disappeared, at least for now, emergency shelter mats…
West Kelowna homeless shelter finally opens
A call that went out from the West Kelowna Shelter Society earlier this week has…
A ‘Fresh Start’ for those struggling through life has room to grow beyond its Kelowna roots
Michael Buffett walked away from his dream job running a Banff restaurant to live in…
Cold feet, not just cold weather delays opening of West Kelowna emergency shelter
As temperatures plummeted this week, the West Kelowna Shelter Society did its best to keep…
More spaces opening up for Central Okanagan homeless in advance of deep freeze
As many as 30 more emergency shelter spaces are expected to open over the next…
Three massive high-rises proposed in downtown Kelowna
A Vancouver ticket reseller has plans to build three high-rises on Leon Avenue in downtown…
Kelowna taxpayers spent roughly $1 million dealing with homelessness last year
The hundreds of homeless people on the streets of Kelowna and in shelters cost local…
Tents may go up one more night despite opening of Kelowna’s Welcome Inn shelter
When B.C. Housing funded about 30 mats for the homeless in Kelowna to sleep inside…
Why some of Kelowna’s homeless won’t be sleeping indoors this Christmas
As beds and mats open in Kelowna’s homeless shelters there will still be some people…
Moving people indoors from Kelowna-sanctioned campsites won’t put an end to sleeping rough
After months of camping in sometimes very cold and wet weather, enough spaces are opening…