Homeless

CITY COUNCIL – Homeless shelters will be continued during coming winter

September 11, 2023 // 2 Comments

Homeless shelters set up to keep people out of the cold will be in operation again for the coming winter. A report to Kamloops City council on the agenda for its regular [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Brain-injured street people require compulsory treatment

March 30, 2023 // 5 Comments

PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY is calling on the B.C. government to stop its proposed expansion of forced mental health and addictions treatment. Compulsory treatment must proceed. I [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why mayor isn’t in a conflict of interest over 48 Victoria West

January 21, 2023 // 2 Comments

ANOTHER LIVELY WEEK in Mayor RHJ Nation. Back in the chair at City Hall after his vacation, the mayor didn’t fail to raise some hackles. At one point during the Tuesday [Continue]

LETTER – Consultation only works if City, social agencies actually listen

December 15, 2022 // 3 Comments

Re: EDITORIAL – Mustard Seed’s approach to shelter is a lesson in consultation Dear Mr. Armchair Mayor: First, I take exception to the fact that “apparently” [Continue]

LETTER – Permanent multi-use facility needed for evacuees, homeless

November 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Regarding all the recent talk about shelters for the street entrenched: Maybe city council could discuss and examine the possibility of a facility that could serve as an [Continue]