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Homelessness
Temporary emergency shelter spaces opening in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The struggles of homelessness are rarely more stark than in the harsh winter…
Action not talk needed to deal with safety in downtown Vernon
VERNON – Ongoing concerns regarding safety in downtown Vernon dominated today's meeting between local business…
Latest Kelowna supportive housing project gets rough ride at open house
KELOWNA – Another supportive housing project in Kelowna is meeting with strong neighbourhood opposition. B.C.…
Facilitator prepped for hot-button downtown Vernon business meeting on public safety
VERNON – The stage is set for what looks to be a lively conversation about…
Developers eyeing old Vernon Legion as potential pot shop
VERNON – The former Vernon Legion building downtown could be a going green. An administrative…
Vernon council debates role of Downtown Association
VERNON – A letter from the Downtown Vernon Association submitted to City Council sparked yet…
Helping homeless people in Kelowna is about overcoming the “fear factor”
KELOWNA – To hear some people speak, it was all Kelowna City Council’s fault that…
Inn From the Cold site in Kelowna to be redeveloped
KELOWNA – Just because Inn From the Cold emergency shelter will finally close by the…
Community Court poised to return to Kelowna after six-year absence
KELOWNA – The next step in a two-year effort to re-establish a Community Court in…
Kelowna’s Journey Home takes another step forward; strong homeless advocate coming on board
KELOWNA – Hiring Gaelene Askeland as Journey Home’s point person is one more milestone for…
Relief on the way for West Kelowna homeless population
KELOWNA – The First United Church in West Kelowna will open a 40-bed homeless shelter…
Date set for public hearing on controversial Kelowna housing project
KELOWNA – A special public hearing will be held just for the controversial Agassiz supportive…
Bureaucracy won’t delay search for new home for Cornerstone emergency shelter in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Even though former Kelowna RCMP Supt. Bill McKinnon’s report to council on crime…
iN VIDEO: High praise for bylaw officers after man refuses to leave Penticton beauty school
PENTICTON – A Penticton business is praising the efforts of the city's bylaw officers for…
Former Kelowna top cop’s public safety report zeros in on housing, RCMP staffing
KELOWNA – Bill McKinnon’s message of getting help for the homeless didn’t resonate with at…
iN VIDEO: Vernon poets present homelessness in a new light
KELOWNA – Here's your chance to see the literary stylings of two Vernon poets who…
Temporary shelter spaces opening up in Kamloops, Okanagan
The B.C. government is opening additional shelter spaces for homeless people as colder weather begins…
Four candidates who say the best way to help Vernon street issues is to help the homeless
VERNON – Issues with homeless and street crime pushed its way to the top of…
Homelessness emerging as election issue in Kelowna despite Journey Home housing strategy
KELOWNA – A consultant to the Journey Home task force on homelessness in Kelowna cost…
West Kelowna homeless count shows significant problem
WEST KELOWNA – A first-ever point-in-time homeless count conducted this summer dispels the myth there…
Old Stuart Wood school won’t be used as a temporary shelter this winter
KAMLOOPS – The old Stuart Wood elementary school location will likely not resume as a…
Controversial Kelowna bottle depot finds a new home
KELOWNA – The bottle depot on Kirschner Road that drew numerous bylaw complaints is relocating…
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…