Homeless

Retired NHLer Jordin Tootoo played in the Hockey Helps the Homeless hockey tournament at MNP Place in Kelowna on Friday, Apr. 5. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PHOTOS: Hockey Helps the Homeless hits Kelowna

The one-day tournament featured one retired NHL player per team

 

Tents and people are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park below the towers of the downtown skyline in Vancouver on Sunday, August 14, 2022. Residents forced out of a Vancouver homeless encampment will be allowed back in this week after the city completed a cleanup of the site. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Cleanup complete, residents can return to tent city in Vancouver park

Crab Park encampment cleanup yielded 90,000 kilograms of debris

 

The City of Richmond is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for the use of city shelters, with the newcomers taking up about a third of all beds at one shelter last year. British Columbia’s provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

B.C. city says a 3rd of its homeless shelter beds occupied by refugees

Richmond wants the federal government to start providing funding to deal with the influx

 

Vancouver officials say the dozens of homeless people staying in the city’s only legal encampment have to temporarily move out because the space has become unsafe and unhygienic. A person sits in a tent at a homeless encampment at Crab Park in Vancouver, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver tent city residents scared health-based shutdown will be permanent

Crab Park to be closed for a week to clean piles of debris and unsafe structures

Vancouver officials say the dozens of homeless people staying in the city’s only legal encampment have to temporarily move out because the space has become unsafe and unhygienic. A person sits in a tent at a homeless encampment at Crab Park in Vancouver, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Federal housing advocate Marie-Josee Houle speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Homeless N.L. man lives on $175 a month. Housing monitor says it’s not enough

Colin Young says he’s grateful for what he has, but that it makes finding a job or housing difficult

Federal housing advocate Marie-Josee Houle speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A man prepares to move his belongings as police and cleanup crews prepare to tear down homeless encampments in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Homeless camp dismantling dangerous violation of human rights: advocate

Federal housing advocate says the homeless have a fundamental right to build encampments

A man prepares to move his belongings as police and cleanup crews prepare to tear down homeless encampments in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
Eric Vallee stands by his tent in a park in St-Jérôme, Que. on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Quebec lawsuit could limit dismantling of homeless camps in the province

Lawsuit seeks to prohibit towns and cities from taking down tents when no other accomodation exists

Eric Vallee stands by his tent in a park in St-Jérôme, Que. on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
9:07 p.m. - Jack enjoys a warm cup of coffee at the Connect Centre before venturing outside for the night due to limited shelter space. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

Out cold: B.C. journalist spends coldest night of the year with the homeless

Life from dusk to dawn in the Comox Valley with a windchill of -18C

9:07 p.m. - Jack enjoys a warm cup of coffee at the Connect Centre before venturing outside for the night due to limited shelter space. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
A man experiencing homelessness claimed he faced discrimination at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre in Colwood. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)

‘I wanna scrub up’: Unhoused man blocked from showers at B.C. rec centre

Greater Victoria centre stopped man from using arena facilities due to accessibility, monitoring

A man experiencing homelessness claimed he faced discrimination at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre in Colwood. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)
An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment in the city. Police inspect a homeless encampment as residents and supporters have a stand off as police prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Reporter among 3 arrested as Edmonton homeless camp dismantled

Ricochet Media said their reporter had been released on a promise to appear in court

An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment in the city. Police inspect a homeless encampment as residents and supporters have a stand off as police prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
Kelowna Tent City resident with a card made by students from Glenmore Elementary School. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna teacher works with Tent City resident to de-stigmatize homelessness

Students at Glenmore Elementary School spoke with a Tent City resident about homelessness in Kelowna

Kelowna Tent City resident with a card made by students from Glenmore Elementary School. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
On Nov. 3, outreach workers, bylaws, and RCMP officers were supervising the teardown of a homeless encampment, also known as street sweep, in the parking lot beside Connect Centre in downtown Courtenay. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)

OPINION: B.C. street sweeps perpetuate an endless cycle of misery

Dispossessing the homeless of their belongings does nothing to address the address

On Nov. 3, outreach workers, bylaws, and RCMP officers were supervising the teardown of a homeless encampment, also known as street sweep, in the parking lot beside Connect Centre in downtown Courtenay. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear a complaint from those who camp at Crab Park and allege the City of Vancouver and its park board discriminate against them by not providing “basic survival services.” Tents and people are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park as the Celebrity Cruises vessel Celebrity Eclipse is docked at port in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Tribunal to hear Vancouver park encampment human rights complaint

Crab Park residents say park board discriminates against them by not providing survival services

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear a complaint from those who camp at Crab Park and allege the City of Vancouver and its park board discriminate against them by not providing “basic survival services.” Tents and people are seen at a homeless encampment at Crab Park as the Celebrity Cruises vessel Celebrity Eclipse is docked at port in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Greater Vernon Homeless Memorial at Polson Park commemorates those lost to the homelessness and drug epidemic. It will be moving to a new spot in 2024. (Bowen Assman- Morning Star)

Homeless deaths rise in Okanagan

Kelowna and Vernon saw 14 and 13 deaths last year

The Greater Vernon Homeless Memorial at Polson Park commemorates those lost to the homelessness and drug epidemic. It will be moving to a new spot in 2024. (Bowen Assman- Morning Star)
The intersection of Crowley Ave. and Weddell Pl. in Kelowna will be the site of a new tiny home village. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Industrial location chosen for Kelowna tiny home village raises concerns

People are concerned about safety and sleep with semi trucks loading and unloading 24/7

The intersection of Crowley Ave. and Weddell Pl. in Kelowna will be the site of a new tiny home village. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Josh Rogers and his dog Turbo, are leaving the low-barrier housing where they were living for the past year. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Homeless in the heart of B.C.: Josh and Turbo’s story

30-year-old Josh Rogers planning to pitch a tent near Williams Lake after being evicted

Josh Rogers and his dog Turbo, are leaving the low-barrier housing where they were living for the past year. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Ric Young is seen at an encampment at downtown Halifax’s Grand Parade, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. He has been staying in the makeshift encampment for nearly three months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark

‘A huge deal’: Putting a face on the human rights crisis of the homeless

Unhoused people from across Canada speak to an increasing national problem

Ric Young is seen at an encampment at downtown Halifax’s Grand Parade, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. He has been staying in the makeshift encampment for nearly three months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
This long train of shopping carts is a regular sight around Penticton. (Facebook)

B.C. town wants to fine stores for allowing shopping carts to be stolen

Penticton tired of dealing with abandoned carts scattered around the community

This long train of shopping carts is a regular sight around Penticton. (Facebook)
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Homeless spent free cash on staples, not temptations, UBC study finds

Researchers gave 50 Lower Mainland B.C. homeless people $7,500 to spend as they wished

Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales arrive for the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England, Friday, June 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Prince William launches 5-year project to end long-term homelessness in the UK

Prince William launched a five-year project to end long-term homelessness in the…

Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales arrive for the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England, Friday, June 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)