Homelessness
Disabled Kelowna couple desperately trying to fight off homelessness
Time is rapidly running out for Lindy Bilow and her partner Jim Willoughby. The disabled…
Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters at severe risk of homelessness
More than 9,000 renter households in the Thompson-Okanagan regions pay more than 50% of their…
Kamloops bylaw calls to homeless camps quadrupled so far this year
Kamloops bylaw officers have been called to homeless camps more than 1,200 times within the…
Why homelessness will only get worse in the Okanagan, Kamloops
It’s no surprise to Stephanie Gauthier that there’s an ever-increasing number of people living on…
Overcrowding making tent city part of Kelowna’s Rail Trail experience
There’s nothing much more beautiful than a walk or cycle down the Okanagan Rail Trail…
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…
Here’s what it costs to house the homeless
The City of Kelowna can’t say, or won’t say, how much it spends each year…
How Interior Health’s ‘complex care’ facilities differ from other housing
Interior Health is finally opening its new complex care homes after months of preparation. In…
Is crime a legitimate concern for Kelowna supportive housing?
It has been four years since the first of five supportive housing complexes opened in…
B.C. Housing buys another Kamloops motel
B.C. Housing bought the Lamplighter Motel in Kamloops, adding to its stock of housing in…
Kelowna council reverses snap decision to withhold funding to Journey Home
After preventing Journey Home from getting federal funding to help the homeless population last week,…
Penticton emergency cold weather shelter closes but no guarantee it’ll reopen
During the cold snap this past weekend, a temporary 30-bed overnight shelter was set up…
Homeless shelter operators in Okanagan, Kamloops tired of gov’t downloading, inaction
Homeless shelter operators in Kamloops and the Okanagan are frustrated by the wait for a…
Inflation driving people out of their homes, on to Kelowna streets
The fact that about 150 people are sleeping rough in Kelowna these days is no…
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…