by Loyal Wooldridge | Sep 2, 2021 | Homelessness & Addiction
AARON HEMENS Sep. 1, 2021 – Kelowna Capital News Hours after B.C. reported its highest-ever six-month total of overdose deaths, hundreds gathered in Kelowna’s Kerry Park on Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, calling for decriminalization and an end to the stigma... 
by mbaese | Oct 15, 2019 | Homelessness & Addiction
Thanksgiving dinner packed at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission By Sarita Patel of Castanet Kelowna’s Gospel Mission held a free Thanksgiving turkey dinner for 900 guests Monday from noon until 6 p.m. The staff and volunteers have been working hard for the past... 
by mbaese | Jul 8, 2019 | Homelessness & Addiction
I hear you. I am listening. After conversations with scared parents concerned for their kids, frustrated business owners worried about livelihoods, addicts struggling with pain, trauma and rejection, and a social sector attempting desperately to meet expectations...