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News Items tag as: Vernon homelessness
Homeless women in the Okanagan need specific care
October 21, 2023 - 4:30 PM
Unhoused women deal with a number of specific and often silent issues and needs while living on the street that are often overlooked, like menstruation and accessing proper resources can be difficult.
'People in places in time:' A Vernon artist’s intimate portrayal of street life
April 12, 2019 - 6:30 PM
VERNON - Peter doesn’t have much: a van, a plastic cooler, poster paper, pencils.
Shelter coming this winter for people in Vernon experiencing homelessness
October 22, 2018 - 4:10 PM
VERNON - More people experiencing homelessness in Vernon can find a place to stay this winter as B.C. Housing and the city open new short-term shelter beds.
The single biggest reason behind the spike in homelessness in Vernon
May 01, 2018 - 7:31 PM
VERNON - There’s no question homelessness has become much more visible on the streets of Vernon in the last couple of years, but why now?
Downtown Vernon business owners scared, fed up and losing money
April 06, 2018 - 10:21 AM
VERNON - Safe injection sites, public washrooms and hired security are some of the ideas local business owners pitched at a packed town hall meeting last night, April 5, in Vernon.
Province makes $23M investment in three Vernon properties to enhance affordable housing
April 05, 2018 - 2:04 PM
VERNON - The provincial government will purchase and fix up two apartment buildings in Vernon and develop a third property for low-income housing.
Vernon to hold town hall meeting on impacts of street-entrenched population
March 29, 2018 - 1:30 PM
VERNON - A public town hall meeting is being held in Vernon to discuss business concerns related to the city’s street-entrenched population.
Vernon bylaw swamped by complaints about homeless, transients over past year
March 19, 2018 - 4:00 PM
VERNON - More than a quarter of all bylaw complaints in Vernon last year fell under the umbrella of homeless or transient concerns.
North Okanagan group has plans to provide shopping carts to homeless people
January 22, 2018 - 8:30 PM
VERNON - A non-profit group in the North Okanagan has come up with an idea it hopes will reduce the number of shopping carts being stolen from businesses.
UPDATE: High profile Vernon homeless camp dismantled
January 18, 2018 - 1:10 PM
"THERE'S NOWHERE IN VERNON WE'RE ALLOWED TO CAMP"
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The spokesperson for the Sage Mesa Water Users Group didn't pull any verbal punches when discussing the fear, anxiety and anger that has spread amongst 240 property owners facing massive water bills for decades as a potential $33-million debt
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