News Items tag as: Central Okanagan Community Food Bank

Okanagan food banks serving never-before-seen clients during pandemic including hospitality workers
July 08, 2020 - 5:30 PM

Okanagan food banks are seeing a spike in use due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and are helping people who normally wouldn’t need their services.
Kelowna Jaycees move food bank fundraiser online
March 31, 2020 - 11:18 AM

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Kelowna is adapting to the current measures of social distancing by launching their annual Valleydrive fundraiser online.
Kelowna Food Bank has new home
June 01, 2017 - 1:30 PM

KELOWNA - After searching for the past three years for a larger space, the Central Okanagan Food Bank finally has a new building they can call home.
Alberta's oil patch woes hit home at Central Okanagan food banks
December 10, 2015 - 1:00 PM

KELOWNA - Plunging oil prices and substantial layoffs in Alberta’s oil patch are making their mark here in the Central Okanagan through a surge in food bank use.
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THOMPSON: America is making a choice between democracy or authoritarian rule
OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Okanagan food banks serving never-before-seen clients during pandemic including hospitality workers