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Construction underway for new Kamloops affordable housing complex
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops development company has been working for the last two weeks to…

Why Kamloops’ supportive housing development ended up on Mission Flats Road
KAMLOOPS – In response to homelessness across the province, B.C. Housing has been working with…

Tenant of new supportive housing in Kamloops excited to help others
KAMLOOPS – For 20 years, Rob Sedore has struggled with drug addiction. It stemmed from…

Number of syringes discarded in Kamloops unprecedented
KAMLOOPS – The number of syringes discarded by illicit drug users in public spaces in…

Affordable housing for seniors coming to Kamloops’s Spirit Square
KAMLOOPS – Spirit Square on Kamloops's North Shore will soon be undergoing some massive changes.…

ASK Wellness Street Worker retires after a career of helping people fight drug addiction
KAMLOOPS – After 17 years working for ASK Wellness in Kamloops one of the people…

City of Kamloops, community agencies to take action on winter homeless shelter issues
KAMLOOPS – The City of Kamloops is taking action after hearing the public's concerns around…

Outreach workers, province looking at new way to save lives in overdose crisis
Desperate times call for desperate measures. That’s why one Kamloops outreach worker wants to see…

Kamloops to rezone if necessary for apartment building for homeless
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops city council may be asked to do some rezoning in order to…

How Kamloops officials are monitoring mobile overdose prevention sites
KAMLOOPS – Since rolling into Kamloops earlier this year, the mobile overdose prevention sites have…

Used needles in parks becoming the new normal for North Shore residents
KAMLOOPS – As homelessness and drug use continue to be a problem in Kamloops, some…

Influx of wildfire evacuees impacting calls for police service in Kamloops: RCMP
KAMLOOPS – In the past two weeks, police in Kamloops have been responding to a…

$100 a month boost means the world to those on income assistance
KAMLOOPS – It may not seem like a lot, but to residents living on income…

ASK Wellness sees upwards of 30 people a day at supervised drug site in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The customized bus that operates as the mobile drug consumption unit in Kamloops…

Mobile overdose prevention bus opens its doors in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Local drug outreach services just got a boost today with the opening of…