Homeless
Kamloops has half the needed shelter space: shelter provider
With colder weather coming down on the Kamloops area, two local shelter providers are expecting…
Coroner investigating after body found outside in Kamloops’s freezing weather
A body was found outside in Kamloops this past weekend and the person's death is…
Two emergency winter shelters finally open in Kamloops
A combined 43 beds are now open for people who need emergency shelter in Kamloops…
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…
Homeless encampment fire smokes out Kamloops city hall yard
A fire at a homeless camp in front of Kamloops city hall nearly got out…
‘Shocking’: Kamloops non-profits blindsided by CMHA decision not to operate shelters
Out of the Cold Kamloops was blindsided by a shelter operator's decision not to run…
iN VIDEO: Flames fully engulf tent in Kelowna homeless camp
Members of the the Kelowna Fire Department and Kelowna RCMP saved the occupant of a…
‘Scared to death’: Some homeless Kelowna campers feeling unsafe after man run over
A Kelowna man currently living at a homeless camp along the Okanagan Rail Trail says…
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…
HOUSING CRISIS: Penticton man stuck between homelessness and housed
There’s a level of poverty between homeless and housed, and Mike Schreiber from Penticton can't…
Kelowna man delivering water, popsicles to homeless people as mercury soars
A Kelowna man has been busy helping street entrenched folks stay hydrated and cool as…
‘There’s some serenity to it’: Okanagan drug users on street life
On a rainy day earlier this week, a small group of people were staying dry…
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…
Penticton supportive housing review finds housing affordability a top issue
Rent is too expensive in Penticton for some of it residents to be able to…