Personal Dispatches — True Stories. Real People. Public Good. October 22, 2026 | Kelowna, British Columbia Today, I lost my bed at an emergency shelter. After more than three months at Kelowna Gospel Mission’s Bay Avenue Shelter, I was told …
The everyday inconsistencies of everything. When wildfire forces someone from their home, the question is: Where can we put them? When someone is already homeless, too often the question becomes: How do we get them out of here? Over the …
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The Price of Being Housed There is something absurd about becoming homeless and discovering that, in at least one important way, my life improved. I’m eating better. Meat. Vegetables. Salads. Fruit. Yogurt. Eggs. Potatoes. Pasta. Actual cooked meals with variety. …
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