News Items tag as: Kamloops Rent Bank

Kamloops set to boost rent bank
February 16, 2015 - 10:32 AM

KAMLOOPS - A program aimed at helping working people struggling to pay their rent is set to get a boost from the city through affordable housing funding.
Affordable housing key to homeless problem
June 20, 2013 - 11:03 AM

KAMLOOPS – A plan to end homelessness in Kamloops by 2015 is an attainable goal if affordable housing continues to be focused on by council and community partners, an action plan coordinator says.
Rent bank helps overlooked group
June 17, 2013 - 5:19 PM

City funding could expand program to more groups
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Kamloops set to boost rent bank