
Homeless

Mayor of Kamloops: Yes to tiny houses, but not without wrap-around-services
The City of Kelowna is moving ahead with plans to build 120 tiny homes to…

HOUSING CRISIS: Kamloops mom facing homelessness for second time this year
A single mother of two young children in Kamloops is facing homelessness for the second…

Growing number of homeless seniors in Kamloops presents unexpected issues
Most people in Kamloops will never know them, but when people who are homeless and…
Okanagan society working to keep people out of shelters one landlord at a time
Helping people avoid homelessness in the Central and North Okanagan is a prime focus of…

iN VIDEO: Homeless piano man lifting spirits in Kamloops
Bryan Rabie can often be found hunched over a piano at a local shelter. He's…

Penticton woman continues feeding homeless despite threats
A woman in Penticton is handing out hot food to the homeless despite getting unsavoury…

Grim winter ahead for those sleeping rough in Kelowna
As November arrives, accompanied by sub-zero overnight temperatures later this week, emergency winter shelters normally…

Kamloops motel reopens as supportive housing with 12 fewer beds than planned
B.C. Housing has repurposed a former hotel in Kamloops as supportive housing. Canadian Mental Health…

Three times as many people sleeping rough in Kelowna as last year
A “conservative” count puts the average number of people currently sleeping rough in Kelowna at…

Innovative homeless housing project almost filled to capacity on Kamloops’s North Shore
A controversial homeless shelter on Kamloops' North Shore is almost 80 per cent full after…

B.C. Housing minister says Penticton dumpster death adds urgency to fix housing issues
B.C.'s Housing Minister says the death of a homeless man who was crushed in a…

Kelowna’s Water Street by the Park has 10 times more interest in suites than actual suites
It wasn’t that long ago that the 200 block of Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna…