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News Items tag as: Affordable housing
HOUSING CRISIS: Penticton considering new pilot program for affordable housing
March 01, 2024 - 1:30 PM
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As communities throughout the Thompson-Okanagan region struggle to get home built in the midst of a housing crisis, Penticton is considering a pilot project to help non-profits fund new affordable housing.
Construction of new affordable rental housing underway in Osoyoos
January 26, 2024 - 3:28 PM
iNhome
The Osoyoos Indian Band has partnered with the provincial government to build affordable on-reserve rental housing.
'Tried and tested': Kamloops cooperative to provide affordable housing in midst of crisis
October 17, 2023 - 8:00 AM
iNhome
A new housing initiative has emerged in Kamloops in response to the housing crisis with an aim to help meet housing targets recently mandated by the province.
Disabled Kamloops artist to burn paintings to protest high rent
March 18, 2022 - 6:30 AM
Karla Pearce lives with an invisible disability and gets by with government assistance, but cost of living increases have pushed those government cheques well-behind a livable wage.
Uptick in tiny home sales continue amid Okanagan housing crunch
December 01, 2021 - 7:00 AM
iNhome
The co-owner of a Vernon-based tiny home company continues to see increased demand for the small houses because of how expensive Okanagan housing has become.
No easy answers to make new B.C., Kelowna homes more affordable: CHBA
October 28, 2021 - 7:00 AM
iNhome
Dramatic changes to the way new housing is built is needed if it’s going to become more affordable, the new president of the Canadian Home Builders' Association of the Central Okanagan says.
Kamloops residents left stranded as rented houses are slated for demolition
September 08, 2021 - 7:00 AM
iNhome
Homes slated for demolition in Kamloops are leaving current renters scrambling to find more housing, with less than a month to go before heat and water are cut off.
100 Mile House resident concerned about lack of affordable housing
June 09, 2021 - 6:00 PM
Amber Sharpe of 100 Mile House is shocked at what she sees happening in the housing market in her community. She says there are families living in campgrounds and motel rooms because of the lack of affordable housing.
Amid rising rental costs, these Kamloops families go nomadic
May 23, 2021 - 4:00 PM
iNhome
If you're considering renting a spot at a Kamloops area RV park this summer, you may be too late.
$10.8M for affordable Indigenous housing in B.C. Interior
May 04, 2021 - 10:35 AM
Three Interior Indigenous communities will have 34 new affordable housing units built with new funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about. But that could change after a Michelin-starred chef teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Pe
Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a
Why you should expect a bigger property tax bill in booming Kamloops, Okanagan next year
When the City of Kelowna tried to encourage developers and homeowners to produce more houses on existing lots in its urban neighbourhoods two years ago, it had an immediate effect. Land got assembled. Homes and lots were sold. Fourplexes an
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'The whole country is not on fire': Canadian tourism industry struggles as wildfires rage
OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry is trying to put on its Sunday best this week, showcasing itself to more than
May 15, 2024 9:00 PM
BC anti-vaxxers lose legal fight to get jobs back
More than a dozen anti-vax health-care workers have lost a legal fight to get their jobs back. The 15 BC healt
May 15, 2024 7:00 PM
Vernon fertilizer company hit with $24,000 WorkSafeBC fine
A Vernon agriculture company has been fined $24,500 for ignoring a WorkSafeBC order. According to a recently p
May 15, 2024 6:00 PM
Forecast turns favourable in fight against wildfire threatening northern B.C. town
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A low-pressure system moving into northern British Columbia is expected to dampen wildfire activity
May 15, 2024 5:43 PM
Kamloops auto shop got off lucky when an arsonist struck
A fire at a Kamloops auto shop was extinguished within minutes, leaving a charred and smoky surprise for the employe
May 15, 2024 4:30 PM
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