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The report Housing and Support for Adults with Severe Addictions and/or Mental Illness in BC is now available. (more…)

“…more than 80 per cent of them worked for at least 10 years before they became homeless…”

A lawyer working directly through the homeless shelter system in Ontario explains clearly how homelessness comes about for many, and about how up to 75% of people in at least one province are at potential risk. (more…)

Do you agree that it is shameful that we have so many people living on the street in our city? Do you think it is our provincial government’s responsibility to (more…)

Startling acts of well-thought uppitiness
Gutsy, legal-minded Canadian women refuse to take ‘because’ for an answer (more…)

ACCESS Kamloops is a free directory connecting residents with not-for-profit resources in a variety of categories, including (more…)

After years of unsuccessfully lobbying the provinces to provide adequate funding for legal aid, the Canadian Bar Association decided to take its fight to the courts. (more…)

The BC Association of Social Workers strongly supports the Pivot Legal Society’s newly-released research report, Broken Promises: Parents Speak about BC’s Child Welfare System. (more…)

PATCHS is a grassroots, community based group working to achieve positive changes in the health care system, including (more…)

Like Kamloops, Edmonton has a shortage of affordable housing. Many Kamloops residents with lower income, however, benefit from BC’s Rental Assistance Program, which creates a bridge between low-income people and private landlords who need to cover the costs they themselves incur in providing housing. The article below provides a way to support this option for those homeless or at-risk of homelessness in Edmonton, including the approximately 100 persons to be evicted (more…)

An important “point-of-contact” for people of all walks of life, Kamloops United Church has two public bulletin boards. We invite grassroots and non-profit groups to submit posters and up to (more…)