News Items tag as: Okanagan seniors

'Cruel and ageist': The harsh reality of seniors living in crisis in Kamloops, Okanagan
May 09, 2025 - 7:00 AM

A growing number of seniors are living in poverty and falling into homelessness in B.C., and the crisis is exacerbating already high levels of social isolation.
Kamloops and Vernon seniors flex their grey power in fight for pension reform
March 21, 2024 - 1:58 PM

About 40 senior citizens holding brightly coloured protest signs lined a sidewalk on a busy Kamloops street today fighting for pension reform.
Home support for Kamloops, Okanagan seniors 'a zoo' with new scheduling system: Senior
February 01, 2022 - 7:30 AM

Home support services offered by the Interior Health Authority are designed to keep seniors safely living in their own homes as they age.
Pilot projects look to make housing more affordable and healthier for Okanagan seniors
June 26, 2021 - 6:30 AM

Seniors organizations in Penticton and Kelowna are part of a six-city Seniors Companion Housing pilot project being launched in July.
Dozens of violations found at Summerland senior’s home
January 16, 2020 - 6:00 PM

In the last couple of years about a dozen complaints were filed and many more infractions found by Interior Health at the Summerland Seniors Village.
Efforts begin to try to keep bulldozers away from Kelowna senior’s centre
July 08, 2019 - 5:30 PM

KELOWNA - A senior’s group that’s planning on celebrating its 50th anniversary on July 27 is likely to get the boot from its waterfront meeting place before getting much older.
This 80-year-old Kelowna woman is running and winning marathons
June 03, 2019 - 7:00 AM

KELOWNA - Now that she’s 80, the pressure is off Kelowna’s Liz Borrett to win her age group every time she runs a marathon.
Spry 95-year-old donates her age in metres to fund Okanagan Rail Trail
December 22, 2016 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - A local woman is donating her age in metres to help create the Okanagan Rail Trail.
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