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Homelessness
More spaces opening up for Central Okanagan homeless in advance of deep freeze
As many as 30 more emergency shelter spaces are expected to open over the next…
Three massive high-rises proposed in downtown Kelowna
A Vancouver ticket reseller has plans to build three high-rises on Leon Avenue in downtown…
Kelowna taxpayers spent roughly $1 million dealing with homelessness last year
The hundreds of homeless people on the streets of Kelowna and in shelters cost local…
Tents may go up one more night despite opening of Kelowna’s Welcome Inn shelter
When B.C. Housing funded about 30 mats for the homeless in Kelowna to sleep inside…
Why some of Kelowna’s homeless won’t be sleeping indoors this Christmas
As beds and mats open in Kelowna’s homeless shelters there will still be some people…
Moving people indoors from Kelowna-sanctioned campsites won’t put an end to sleeping rough
After months of camping in sometimes very cold and wet weather, enough spaces are opening…
Running homeless campsites for a month cost the City of Kelowna more than $100,000
As some of the key pieces of the Recreation Avenue homeless campsite are removed, the…
Provincial spending on housing to fight homelessness in Kamloops, Okanagan tripled last year
While the number of homeless people across the Interior, province and country continues to grow,…
Homeless campsite on Recreation Avenue in Kelowna to be partially decommissioned
The security company working at the Recreation Avenue homeless camp is not renewing its contract…
Christmas dinner for 800 to be served at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission
Kelowna's Gospel Mission will serve its annual Christmas dinner tomorrow. It will also mark the…
Who is responsible for providing winter shelter?
When winter weather hit Kelowna near the beginning of December, it became clear there was…
Why some homeless campers in Kelowna want to be away from Recreation Avenue
Tom is one of a handful of homeless people taking advantage of the fact that…
Welcome Inn aiming to open Jan. 1 but needs professional help
The Welcome Inn emergency winter shelter is rushing to a Jan. 1 opening date but…
The homeless man who died in Kelowna this week was loved by many
"His name was Shane." As recent friends who knew him from his time in Kelowna…
As one sanctioned homeless camp in Kelowna shrinks, the other is no longer empty
Just as shelter spaces are opening for Kelowna’s homeless population and the Recreation Avenue tent…
UPDATE: Safe injection tent erected at shrinking homeless camp in Kelowna
In the wake of the apparent overdose death of one of the homeless campers at…
Some homeless Kelowna campers begin the move into shelters
By the end of the day, more than two dozen homeless residents at the Cornerstone…
Homeless hockey video humanizes Kelowna’s street-entrenched population
Kelowna's Gospel Mission hosted a street hockey game on Leon Avenue in the city's downtown…
Man who died in Kelowna homeless camp was trying to ‘get back on the straight and narrow’
Today was supposed to be the start of a new life for a Kelowna man…
UPDATE: Homeless campers mourn after death of one of their own in Kelowna
Homeless campers lingered around a warming tent in Kelowna this morning comforting others who were…
Small group of volunteers working day and night to help the homeless in Kelowna
When temperatures plunged below zero in Kelowna earlier this month, concerns about the people tenting…
Bridge housing for Kelowna homeless set to open Monday
The last thing that needs to be put into place before homeless people can start…
Making Kelowna’s homeless camp more liveable
As the group of homeless people sleeping in tents in Kelowna’s North End enter their…
West Kelowna city council says yes to an emergency winter shelter
Despite an 800-name petition and dozens of letters against an emergency shelter for the homeless…