33 per cent increase over 2019 count
Helpseeker says numbers should help policy-makers decide on where to put resources
It’s the first time Vernon has been included in the provincial homeless count
Grand Forks city coun. Neil Krog insisted Penticton’s issue with Victoria is about city bylaws, not homelessness
No police reports made into incident shared on social media
Many residents had made complaints about the camp before it was torn down
Residents staying at Salvation Army’s Lighthouse Shelter get vaccinated
‘This building has helped us become stable and without it we’d probably still be out in the streets’
After 52 incidents of vandalism and 85 bylaw visits, council agrees to close two of three overnight
City of Chilliwack received several calls this week from people concerned about James’ safety
Temperatures during the next week are expected to drop as low as -21 C
David Short spent over a year on the street after suffering a seizure
BC Housing recently announced plans to construct a new supportive housing unit in the city
Public washrooms with on-site support staff have been operating in Kelowna since April
Gospel Mission staff took to the streets to feed approx. 500 on Dec. 19.
For the first time in years a 77-year-old is sleeping in a warm bed
Those four cases this year are the only ones known to have occurred in Canada since the mid-1990s
