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Homelessness
Downtown Neighbourhood Association demands 24 hour shelter space in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – From amending park bylaws to allowing temporary overnight shelters to bringing in affordable…
How a food bank is helping homeless pet owners in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – It’s a situation she thought she’d never be in — especially with two…
Booze, butts and the bottle bully: Living homeless on Kelowna’s Kirschner Road
KELOWNA – Dan is on the job, although you might not know it from looking…
People sleeping in cars outside Emerald Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – With the closure of the Stuart Wood winter shelter last month, Emerald Centre…
It’s going to take $47 million, six years to end homelessness in Kelowna: Journey Home task force
KELOWNA – It’s going to take six years and $47 million dollars to take control…
Journey Home task force says new group needed to manage homelessness program
KELOWNA – Ending functional homelessness in Kelowna is going to require an ongoing organizational effort…
Homeless count reveals at least 190 homeless individuals in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A homeless count conducted in late March has identified nearly 200 individuals dealing…
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…
Pair of heavyweight homeless and affordable housing plans land before Kelowna council
KELOWNA – Not much opposition is expected to a pair of heavyweight housing strategies coming…
Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness
KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…
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…
Controversial Kelowna bottle depot finds a new home
KELOWNA – The bottle depot on Kirschner Road that drew numerous bylaw complaints is relocating…
Old Stuart Wood school won’t be used as a temporary shelter this winter
KAMLOOPS – The old Stuart Wood elementary school location will likely not resume as a…
West Kelowna homeless count shows significant problem
WEST KELOWNA – A first-ever point-in-time homeless count conducted this summer dispels the myth there…