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Homelessness
Relocated welfare office sparking town hall meeting with MLAs in Kelowna’s Rutland
Two Kelowna BC United MLAs have called a town hall meeting for Rutland next week…
Homeless following ‘welfare’ office to Kelowna’s Rutland neighbourhood?
There’s been a visible increase of suspected homeless people hanging around the streets of Rutland…
iN PHOTOS: This is what moving day looks like at Kelowna’s tent city
How would you like it if you were told to pack up all your worldly…
Disabled Kelowna couple desperately trying to fight off homelessness
Time is rapidly running out for Lindy Bilow and her partner Jim Willoughby. The disabled…
Thousands of Thompson-Okanagan renters at severe risk of homelessness
More than 9,000 renter households in the Thompson-Okanagan regions pay more than 50% of their…
Rutland residents fear downtown Kelowna’s problems are being dumped on them
There’s a string of tents next to the Okanagan Rail Trail in downtown Kelowna where…
Kamloops bylaw calls to homeless camps quadrupled so far this year
Kamloops bylaw officers have been called to homeless camps more than 1,200 times within the…
Poilievre’s negative comments about Kelowna ‘poverty porn’: homelessness expert
The head of the organization trying to reduce homelessness in Kelowna doesn’t take kindly to…
Most B.C. residents happy to spend tax dollars on homeless: poll
More than two-thirds of B.C. residents would be happy for the government to spend tax…
Kelowna study looks behind closed doors of new supportive housing
A new study shows that the vast majority of residents in supportive housing complexes are…
Leases extended for two Kamloops shelters
Two Kamloops emergency shelters will stay open for now after they were originally set to…
Winter isn’t the only thing killing homeless people in Kamloops, Okanagan
For those in Kamloops who knew Rick Greenstone it was tragic to hear earlier this…
Why homelessness will only get worse in the Okanagan, Kamloops
It’s no surprise to Stephanie Gauthier that there’s an ever-increasing number of people living on…
Overcrowding making tent city part of Kelowna’s Rail Trail experience
There’s nothing much more beautiful than a walk or cycle down the Okanagan Rail Trail…
Okanagan society working to keep people out of shelters one landlord at a time
Helping people avoid homelessness in the Central and North Okanagan is a prime focus of…
Here’s what it costs to house the homeless
The City of Kelowna can’t say, or won’t say, how much it spends each year…
Crime involving Vernon’s homeless population dropped 30% last year
Crimes involving the street-entrenched population in Vernon dropped by almost one-third last year. Statistics released…
‘Nuisance’ Kamloops non-profit gets fewer emergency calls than other sites
A Kamloops non-profit has had fewer emergency calls than other homeless support agencies in the…
Is crime a legitimate concern for Kelowna supportive housing?
It has been four years since the first of five supportive housing complexes opened in…
How Interior Health’s ‘complex care’ facilities differ from other housing
Interior Health is finally opening its new complex care homes after months of preparation. In…
73-year-old Kamloops security guard assaulted on the job, again
Glen Warner tries to spend his time getting to know the people he crosses paths…
iN VIDEO: Campfire too close to structures in Kamloops raises concerns
A Kamloops man filmed a small street fire after he spotted it near a downtown…
iN PHOTOS: A tour of Vernon’s new supportive housing complex
Slated to open in the new year, Vernon will soon have another 52 units of…
Insulated tents on the way for Kelowna’s homeless population
More than two dozen insulated tents are on their way to Kelowna to help shelter…