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Homelessness
Inn From the Cold site in Kelowna to be redeveloped
KELOWNA – Just because Inn From the Cold emergency shelter will finally close by the…
Community Court poised to return to Kelowna after six-year absence
KELOWNA – The next step in a two-year effort to re-establish a Community Court in…
Kelowna’s Journey Home takes another step forward; strong homeless advocate coming on board
KELOWNA – Hiring Gaelene Askeland as Journey Home’s point person is one more milestone for…
Relief on the way for West Kelowna homeless population
KELOWNA – The First United Church in West Kelowna will open a 40-bed homeless shelter…
Date set for public hearing on controversial Kelowna housing project
KELOWNA – A special public hearing will be held just for the controversial Agassiz supportive…
Bureaucracy won’t delay search for new home for Cornerstone emergency shelter in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Even though former Kelowna RCMP Supt. Bill McKinnon’s report to council on crime…
iN VIDEO: High praise for bylaw officers after man refuses to leave Penticton beauty school
PENTICTON – A Penticton business is praising the efforts of the city's bylaw officers for…
Former Kelowna top cop’s public safety report zeros in on housing, RCMP staffing
KELOWNA – Bill McKinnon’s message of getting help for the homeless didn’t resonate with at…
iN VIDEO: Vernon poets present homelessness in a new light
KELOWNA – Here's your chance to see the literary stylings of two Vernon poets who…
Temporary shelter spaces opening up in Kamloops, Okanagan
The B.C. government is opening additional shelter spaces for homeless people as colder weather begins…
Homelessness emerging as election issue in Kelowna despite Journey Home housing strategy
KELOWNA – A consultant to the Journey Home task force on homelessness in Kelowna cost…
West Kelowna homeless count shows significant problem
WEST KELOWNA – A first-ever point-in-time homeless count conducted this summer dispels the myth there…
Controversial Kelowna bottle depot finds a new home
KELOWNA – The bottle depot on Kirschner Road that drew numerous bylaw complaints is relocating…
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…
Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness
KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Province makes $23M investment in three Vernon properties to enhance affordable housing
VERNON – The provincial government will purchase and fix up two apartment buildings in Vernon…
Kelowna mayor says speculation tax on empty homes isn’t going to help rental crisis
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran says people who think council’s concern with the provincial speculation…
Fighting homelessness to continue as a top Kelowna council priority
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council has reaffirmed its top priorities for 2018 and to no…
McDONALD: Would you pay more property taxes to solve Kelowna’s homeless problem?
OPINION Kelowna has demanded action on homelessness — it’s now our primary concern according to…
Housing wait list shows depth of homelessness problem in Kelowna
KELOWNA – If you want to quantify the problem of homelessness in Kelowna, here is…