Homelessness
Courtyard property next to Kelowna’s Gospel Mission with $2.95M asking price sold to city
An outdoor courtyard used by residents of the Gospel Mission homeless shelter in downtown Kelowna…
Abandoned homeless campsite on road to Big White Resort focus of cleanup effort
A lot of the work done by the Okanagan Forest Task Force to clean up…
iN PHOTOS: A tour through Kamloops’s newest homeless shelter
A new Kamloops shelter for homeless people with substance-use disorders and mental health issues will…
$1 million cost of social issues underestimated in Kamloops business survey
Kamloops businesses have spent more than $1 million to deal with social issues in the…
HOUSING CRISIS: Family of 5 forced to live in small Vernon motel room
– This story was originally published April 23, 2022. To say there's not enough room…
Social issues cost Kamloops businesses $1 million since 2018: survey
Street issues in Kamloops are costing businesses both time and money as they've grappled with…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission feeds 400 people for annual Easter dinner
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission annual Easter dinner was smaller this year as the shelter is no…
B.C. Housing, Kamloops sign agreement to build more housing in city
B.C. Housing and the City of Kamloops have signed an agreement to work together on…
The end is near for Penticton’s controversial homeless shelter
The emergency shelter at Victory Church in downtown Penticton will be closing this week to…
Kamloops homeless man reunited with missing therapy cat
A homeless man and his therapy cat were reunited today, after the cat went missing…
Why jail isn’t the best way to reduce crime rates in Kamloops, Okanagan
There’s more to solving the growing crime rates in Thompson and Okanagan cities than locking…
Two Kelowna homeless shelters set to close will stay open
Two homeless shelters in downtown Kelowna that were scheduled to close at the end of…
Housing Vernon’s homeless has dramatically reduced certain crimes
The dramatic decline in crime and bylaw infractions involving Vernon's homeless population is a direct…
Considerable flood damage to B.C. Housing-owned Kamloops motel delays repairs
When B.C. Housing purchased the Fortune Motel, it budgeted for more than $500,000 in repairs,…
Time has come to move beyond Housing First model for homeless people in Interior Health
While the province’s drive in the last few years to build supportive housing to help…