The number of homeless individuals who died in 2022 was up drastically over previous years in Vernon.
A BC Coroners Service report shows a 225 per cent increase locally from four in 2021 to 13 in 2022.
There was also an increase in Kelowna, although not as sharp of an increase, from 11 in 2021 to 14 2022.
The two Okanagan communities made the top list of 11, which also includes Kamloops, Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria, Abbotsford, Prince George, Chilliwack, Nanaimo and Langley.
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