Homelessness

CHARBONNEAU – True face of homelessness isn’t what’s seen on the streets

May 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

A MAYORAL CANDIDATE in the upcoming October municipal election wants BC Housing to conduct an independent review of shelters and facilities in Kamloops. The candidate, Reid [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Moira House must prove itself to neighbourhood, community

April 14, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE MOIRA HOUSE facility for the homeless officially opens Friday, and there’s a lot riding on it. Plans for the project didn’t get off [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Neighbourhoods must come first in quest for housing answers

March 7, 2022 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AFTER WRITING ABOUT the need for a made-in-Kamloops solution to social disorder, I received a couple of comments of the, “if you’re so [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: The quest for a made-at-home plan to fight social disorder

March 5, 2022 // 1 Comment

IT’S GOOD TO KNOW, sometimes, that we’re not in it alone. Social disorder on the streets is the biggest topic of public discussion in Kamloops, with everyone trying to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Egos shouldn’t get in the way of fixing the shelter ‘emergency’

January 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SHELTER EMERGENCY continues and doesn’t seem likely to be resolved before the end of winter. Two of the three shelters proposed as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors’ arguments against treatment centre were flimsy

December 17, 2021 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONLY ONE VOTE separated the “concentration camp” proposal for the homeless from success this week when it came in front of Kamloops City [Continue]