News Items tag as: Kelowna seniors housing

Okanagan, Thompson and Shuswap easiest regions in B.C. to find seniors’ rental housing
May 31, 2019 - 11:47 AM

KELOWNA - While overall rental vacancy rates in cities like Kamloops and Kelowna are below two per cent, the picture is much brighter when it comes to housing for seniors.
Provincial funding for affordable housing projects in Kelowna
November 16, 2016 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - More than $18 million in government funding is coming to Kelowna for affordable housing.
More seniors’ housing coming to Kelowna
October 30, 2015 - 12:30 PM

KELOWNA - Seniors and people with disabilities in Kelowna will soon have more affordable housing options with the start of construction of the second phase of Apple Valley.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
OPINION Earlier this month, ABC - one of America’s major television networks - folded like a cheap suit when President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened: “I m

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
The BC General Employees Union strike continues and with BC Liquor Distribution Branch workers on the picket line it’s leaving cannabis retailers in a tough spot. The distribution branch handles almost all of the province’s cann

Big increase in homeless populations in Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm
Homelessness in Penticton has almost doubled over the last seven years, while Vernon also saw an increase of more than 20% in the same time period. The number of people in Penticton without a home has increased by 80% since 2018, with 194 n

Okanagan, Thompson and Shuswap easiest regions in B.C. to find seniors’ rental housing