News Items tag as: Syrian refugees

Film screening is your chance to see Okanagan refugees from Syria
March 07, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA – If you’re curious how some Syrian refugees are adapting to life in Kelowna, a series of short interviews with many of them will be screened at the Rotary Centre for the Arts this weekend.
Syrian refugee health protocol to become Interior Health standard
July 19, 2016 - 11:35 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The Interior Health Authority has developed a culturally-sensitive health care protocol to deal with Syrian refugees and plans to make it the standard for all refugees, immigrants and temporary foreign workers.
Refugee family to arrive in Naramata next week
April 13, 2016 - 1:01 PM

NARAMATA - Months of hard work and preparation appear to be paying off for a Naramata group trying to settle Syrian refugees in the community.
Refugee response team named for Thompson-Okanagan region
March 22, 2016 - 4:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A refugee response team tasked with helping Syrian refugees integrate and resettle will begin work immediately, after funding from the provincial government was announced today.
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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

Film screening is your chance to see Okanagan refugees from Syria