Homeless
All systems go for Kelowna’s Journey Home
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran’s agreement to be the liaison between Kelowna City Council and…
Temporary emergency shelter spaces opening in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The struggles of homelessness are rarely more stark than in the harsh winter…
UPDATE: Another supportive housing project planned for Kelowna
KELOWNA – A new supportive housing project announced for Rutland shortly after the Agassiz housing…
Despite fierce opposition, Kelowna council strongly supports housing project for homeless
KELOWNA – The Agassiz project is either “unconscionable” or the “difference between life and death.”…
Inn From the Cold site in Kelowna to be redeveloped
KELOWNA – Just because Inn From the Cold emergency shelter will finally close by the…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission serving 40th Christmas dinner
KELOWNA – It was back in 1978 when Kelowna’s Gospel Mission served its first Christmas…
Neighbour happy to have Kelowna supportive housing complex across the street
KELOWNA – Formerly homeless people moving into a new housing complex next week will be…
Homeless in Kelowna will get two more months in shelter
KELOWNA – The lease for the Inn from the Cold homeless shelter has been extended…
Shelter coming this winter for people in Vernon experiencing homelessness
VERNON – More people experiencing homelessness in Vernon can find a place to stay this…
Homelessness, crime emerging as top Kelowna municipal election issues
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran believes the public concerns about homelessness and crime in downtown…
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…
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…
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…
A mother battles the system as her Kamloops son fights drug addiction, mental illness
KAMLOOPS – A mother of a Kamloops man says she is losing hope of ever…
The single biggest reason behind the spike in homelessness in Vernon
VERNON – There’s no question homelessness has become much more visible on the streets of…