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Kelowna Homelessness
Kelowna homeless non-profit bouncing back after government grant expired
A Kelowna non-profit group that works with homeless people in the community is one of…
Kelowna’s homeless fighting cold, mould and stigma at rail trail encampment
Being unhoused and living in a tent is an everyday challenge, but it gets harder…
Homeless women in the Okanagan need specific care
Unhoused women deal with a number of specific and often silent issues and needs while…
Homeless shelter operators in Okanagan, Kamloops tired of gov’t downloading, inaction
Homeless shelter operators in Kamloops and the Okanagan are frustrated by the wait for a…
Kelowna woman organizing peaceful rally for affordable housing
A Kelowna woman who has first-hand experience with homelessness is hosting a peaceful protest for…
Temporary emergency shelter opening in Kelowna
A new winter shelter will be opening in Kelowna soon and the province is also…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bridge housing for Kelowna homeless set to open Monday
The last thing that needs to be put into place before homeless people can start…
Kelowna set to open first winter emergency shelter
All it took was one phone call from a concerned Kelowna resident to B.C. Housing…
UPDATE: Kelowna bylaw officers videotaped dumping property of homeless population
A video of bylaw officers throwing out everything from tents to bedding and tools has…
More winter shelter spaces headed to West Kelowna
West Kelowna will get 40 winter shelter spaces by January, if all goes well with…
Homeless deaths spiked in Kelowna, Kamloops in 2016
KELOWNA – A new report from the B.C. Coroners Service shows homeless deaths in Kelowna…
Taking the mystery out of who moves into supportive housing in your city
KELOWNA – Are all of the hundreds of homeless people hanging around Interior streets and…
Temporary emergency shelter spaces opening in Kelowna
KELOWNA – The struggles of homelessness are rarely more stark than in the harsh winter…