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A number of organizations helping the city’s most vulnerable are busy preparing for Thanksgiving weekend. The Central Okanagan Food Bank is dealing with an increased demand while Kelowna Gospel Mission will be feeding hundreds of people a Thanksgiving lunch. Sydney Morton has more.

Staff and volunteers at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission are stretching their creativity and budget to provide a delicious Easter meal. Sydney Morton reports.

What the owners of this West Kelowna golf course are asking for after a fracas on the fairway. And, big preparations are underway for the Kelowna Gospel Mission’s big Easter dinner.

It’s day one of the most important fundraisers of the year for Kelowna’s gospel mission. The organization is hoping to bring in $300,000 in donations over the next week. As Victoria Femia reports, they’re working to keep everyone on the streets safe.

Why Kelowna’s Gospel Mission needs your help as temperatures start to drop. And, it’s a thumbs up from Kelowna city council for what will soon be the city’s fourth tallest tower.

Kelowna Gospel Mission’s food truck is keeping busy, feeding construction workers at a project across the street from the homeless shelter. As Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, everyone involved is benefitting.

Thanksgiving weekend is near and dear to the hearts of staff and volunteers at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission. As Victoria Femia reports, hundreds sheltering both inside and outside are being fed a Thanksgiving meal.

There were long line-ups at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission on this Thanksgiving Monday where volunteers dished out a record number of meals — offering a snapshot of the escalating problem of poverty and homelessness in the city. More and more seniors are having to turn to charities to make ends meet. And even the homeless are...

Kelowna Gospel Mission has released numbers showing a rise in the amount of people registered as homeless.

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission is making a promotional video hoping to humanize homelessness with hockey. The idea is to help build a bridge between the homeless and the community using sticks. Hockey sticks to be precise.

The tent city on Leon Avenue in Kelowna is getting quite a bit of attention lately. Business owners complain about it, homeless advocates want conditions there improved, but at least one Kelowna man says it often stops him from getting the services he needs at the Gospel Mission. Kimberly Davidson explains why.

He’s been at the forefront of the homeless situation in Kelowna for nearly two decades. But today marked the last day on the job for the Gospel Mission’s Randy Benson as he retires. Benson has watched the homeless situation change drastically since he started, becoming a crisis in recent years but as Klaudia Van Emmerik...

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission hosted its third annual ‘Homelessness is Not Picnic’ community barbecue. Dozens of guests from the shelter joined members of the community to enjoy live music and free food.

“The City of Kelowna has done a phenomenal job, with BC Housing and Journey Home, making sure we have quite a bit more space this winter for more people to come inside,” said Carmen Rempel, Kelowna’s Gospel Mission’s executive director.

The Kelowna Gospel Mission has partnered with the Kelowna Unitarian church to create a new temporary overnight shelter.

Every step taken by Carmen Rempel is one to end homelessness. The 10th annual Strides to End Homelessness annual fundraising event for Kelowna’s Gospel Mission looks a lot different this year than in years past. This year the community is walking running or rolling on their own to raise funds for those who are experiencing...

With these dangerously cold temperatures – outreach teams in Kelowna are working almost all hours of the day, giving out blankets, food, and winter clothing to those living outside. Victoria Femia reports.

Kelowna council has voted in favor of a bylaw change that would allow for densification inside the city’s heritage conservation areas. Kelowna’s Gospel Mission has had to reduce meal offerings due to a lack of funds. Commercial trucks are now looking at higher penalties for hitting overpasses on B.C. roads.

It’s traditionally the Kelowna Gospel Mission’s biggest meal, but this Thanksgiving the need is even greater with homeless numbers in the city reaching staggering highs.

It’s been offering free dental care to the homeless and the working poor for almost a dozen years – but now the Kelowna Gospel Mission dental clinic has ran into trouble. It can’t afford to keep its full time dentist on staff, and as Kimberly Davidson reports, if enough volunteers don’t step forward to fill...