Homelessness
Cold weather plays role in Kamloops’s shrinking homeless shelter space
Available shelter space for the homeless in Kamloops continues to vanish as frigid weather plays…
Vernon fire crews douse tent fire in Polson Park
Vernon firefighters extinguished ablaze this morning in Polson Park, after a tent someone was living…
More affordable housing and CERB behind dramatic decline in Vernon crime rate
The number of RCMP files concerning Vernon's street entrenched population dropped by more than 50…
New shelter in Kamloops will aid vaccine distribution to homeless communities
The Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association started transitioning their clients to their…
Temporary emergency shelter opening in Kelowna
A new winter shelter will be opening in Kelowna soon and the province is also…
Death in Kelowna homeless camp ruled an accidental overdose
Shane Alan Bourdin died of “mixed drug toxicity” at a Kelowna homeless camp run by…
Kamloops’s Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness raises more than $100K
An annual Kamloops fundraiser for homeless youth raised more than $100,000 this past weekend. A…
What a difference a year makes for the homeless in Kelowna
Since much of the news in 2020 has been about COVID-19, the plight of Kelowna’s…
Kelowna homeless shelter is building community while hunkered down during pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected marginalized populations, but at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission there appears…
Kamloops concerned Logan Lake rehab centre is discharging clients downtown
Kamloops City staff members met with representatives of a drug rehabilitation centre located near Logan…
Kamloops homeless shelters shifting into a pandemic winter
With winter just around the corner and COVID-19 cases rising, the main priority for Kamloops…
How you can help a family this Christmas in Kamloops, Okanagan
All Lorri Chamberlain wants for Christmas is community support as a single mother caring for…
Two emergency winter shelters opening in Kelowna as early as next week
There will be 79 more emergency winter shelter beds for the homeless in Kelowna this…
More than 80 people evacuated after fire at Vernon homeless shelter
Over 80 homeless people have been displaced after a suspected electrical fire caused damage to…
Hundreds of Kelowna residents could be homeless this fall when COVID-19 funding ends
There are about 400 “chronically” homeless people living in Kelowna right now but that number…