News Items tag as: Homelessness

Kamloops man designs innovative, award-winning housing model for addiction recovery
May 17, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A Kamloops man has designed a housing model geared at increasing the success rates of drug addiction recovery and lowering homelessness, and he’ll be presenting it at a national academic conference in Montreal next month.
'We're not bad people': Why a homeless man is stuck on the street in Kamloops
May 13, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Murray Love sits on a concrete step in downtown Kamloops eating ice cream on a sunny afternoon. His girlfriend Shannon is enjoying a cup of ice cream too, but keeps nodding off.
Closure of day spaces in Kamloops has homeless man organizing protest at city hall
May 10, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Some members of Kamloops' homeless population are feeling fearful and angry after hearing about the closure of two day spaces that provide meals and other basic supports, and they’re planning to doing something about it.
WE DO RECOVER: Kamloops mother leaves life of crime and drugs behind
May 07, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Looking at Kamloops mother Joni Reed it’s difficult to fathom how many years she survived living on the streets with a meth addiction.
FILLING THE GAPS: Getting ready for closure of homeless support centre in Kamloops
April 25, 2024 - 4:30 PM

Members of the community gathered at The Loop resource centre on the North Shore in Kamloops today to discuss how to support the homeless clients of the centre when it closes down next week.
Controversial Kamloops homeless drop-in centre sold
April 16, 2024 - 10:44 AM

A Kamloops realtor has bought a controversial property that is home to a drop-in centre for homeless people in the community.
HEALING FROM TRAUMA: Kamloops foster care survivor breaks cycle of abuse
April 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A Kamloops man in who survived five years in the foster care system in the late 1980s is working through the trauma to become the best father he can be to his little girl.
Why foster parenting is no easy task, a Kamloops foster parent's account
March 31, 2024 - 7:00 AM

With roughly 5,000 children and youth in the foster care system in BC there's a need for more foster care homes, but the role of foster parent can be confusing, difficult and stressful.
HIGHWAY TO HOMELESSNESS: A Kamloops foster care survivor’s account
March 23, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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A woman who grew up in the foster care system in Kamloops has spent most of her life on and off of the streets, moving from placement to placement, and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol.
Kamloops volunteer in her 90s known as 'Grandma' among city's homeless
March 15, 2024 - 7:00 AM

The people shuffling through the doors of a homeless shelter in Kamloops in the morning look sleepy-eyed and bedraggled after a rough night on the streets.
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News Items tag as: Homelessness

Kamloops man designs innovative, award-winning housing model for addiction recovery

'We're not bad people': Why a homeless man is stuck on the street in Kamloops

Closure of day spaces in Kamloops has homeless man organizing protest at city hall

WE DO RECOVER: Kamloops mother leaves life of crime and drugs behind

FILLING THE GAPS: Getting ready for closure of homeless support centre in Kamloops

Controversial Kamloops homeless drop-in centre sold

HEALING FROM TRAUMA: Kamloops foster care survivor breaks cycle of abuse

Why foster parenting is no easy task, a Kamloops foster parent's account

HIGHWAY TO HOMELESSNESS: A Kamloops foster care survivor’s account

Kamloops volunteer in her 90s known as 'Grandma' among city's homeless

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