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Kelowna Homelessness
Inn From the Cold site in Kelowna to be redeveloped
KELOWNA – Just because Inn From the Cold emergency shelter will finally close by the…
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…
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…
Controversial Kelowna bottle depot finds a new home
KELOWNA – The bottle depot on Kirschner Road that drew numerous bylaw complaints is relocating…
Kelowna homeless shelter soon to be homeless itself; asks for help finding new space
KELOWNA – Inn from the Cold, a 40-bed homeless shelter in downtown Kelowna, is taking…
Kelowna adopts ambitious Journey Home strategy to end homelessness
KELOWNA – If all goes according to plan, Kelowna will reach functional zero homelessness by…
Kelowna homeless count shows big increase from 2016
KELOWNA – To no surprise, a head count of the homeless in Kelowna is showing…
Street angel has high hopes for Kelowna’s homelessness plan
KELOWNA – When I first meet JoAnne McKenzie, she’s smiling broadly walking down the freshly-scrubbed…
Journey Home task force says new group needed to manage homelessness program
KELOWNA – Ending functional homelessness in Kelowna is going to require an ongoing organizational effort…
It’s going to take $47 million, six years to end homelessness in Kelowna: Journey Home task force
KELOWNA – It’s going to take six years and $47 million dollars to take control…
SLEEPING IN CARS: Kelowna’s hidden homeless shelter
KELOWNA – No accurate measure can be made of the number of men, women and…
Kelowna mayor says speculation tax on empty homes isn’t going to help rental crisis
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran says people who think council’s concern with the provincial speculation…
Fighting homelessness to continue as a top Kelowna council priority
KELOWNA – Kelowna city council has reaffirmed its top priorities for 2018 and to no…
Housing wait list shows depth of homelessness problem in Kelowna
KELOWNA – If you want to quantify the problem of homelessness in Kelowna, here is…
B.C. Housing says Kelowna emergency shelter could stay open
KELOWNA – B.C. Housing has confirmed it is looking at possibly extending the contract of…
Leon Avenue homeless shelter puts visible dent in Kelowna street scene
KELOWNA – Cornerstone on Leon Avenue in downtown Kelowna is halfway through its temporary mandate…
‘Functional zero’ the goal of Kelowna’s homelessness strategy
KELOWNA – There has always been a tendency amongst Kelowna politicians to try and hang…
Indigenous groups added to Kelowna homelessness task force
KELOWNA – Didn’t anybody look at the homeless count numbers? Kelowna’s Journey Home initiative is…
Kelowna modular housing project for the homeless delayed over visual concerns
KELOWNA – A decision on a controversial modular housing project for the homeless has been…
Coming soon to a Kelowna neighbourhood? Modular housing for the homeless
KELOWNA – If Kelowna neighbourhoods react the same way residents in Vancouver have to the…
Residents of low-income RV park in limbo as eviction looms
KELOWNA – A swirl of uncertainty surrounds the future for the eight residents of an…
Task force to tackle problem of chronic homelessness in Kelowna
KELOWNA – By design, members of the Journey Home homelessness task force come from a…