News Items tag as: Affordable housing

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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Princeton families suffering with rental housing crunch
March 14, 2021 - 8:00 PM

A Princeton family is feeling the pressure of the town’s less than 1% rental vacancy rate as they desperately search for a home that’s big enough to support them.
Two affordable housing complexes to be built on Westbank First Nation land
January 31, 2020 - 11:18 AM

Indigenous families, individuals and elders will soon have new affordable rental homes in their community as the Westbank First Nation and provincial government partner to build homes on the Westbank reserve.
Helping homeless people in Kelowna is about overcoming the "fear factor"
January 18, 2019 - 2:00 PM

KELOWNA - To hear some people speak, it was all Kelowna City Council’s fault that the Agassiz supportive housing was even proposed.
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THOMPSON: Why Canadians should care about Roe v. Wade
OPINION Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey - landmark decisions in 1973 and 1992 - that guaranteed women constitutional protections for abortion rights.

The future is now: Robot kitty will bring you food at Kelowna Smitty’s
It makes noise, flashes lights, has a set of wheels and enjoys head scratches. This unusual server, known as the BellaBot, has been rolled out at Kelowna’s Smitty’s restaurant since Mother’s Day weekend. The cat robot assi

Cartels in Oregon are morphing their pot-growing ops: police
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday. New challenges are emerging as a t

Why Kelowna may be heading toward a downtown highrise overbuild
The most visible sign that Kelowna is the fastest growing major metropolitan area in Canada with the third-fastest growing downtown core is the plethora of highrises that are not only under construction but in the works. There are 25 highri

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