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Overdose prevention bus rolls into Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – At first glance it looks like a run-of-the mill recreational vehicle, but it’s…
Aberdeen motel bought for $6M, destined for affordable housing
KAMLOOPS – Say goodbye to the waterslide, hot tub and pool, because the 42 rooms…
Drag for a cause at the Mz. Judged pageant
KAMLOOPS – Mz. Dee Meanors, known by day as John-Paul Baker, will be strutting the…
Sun Peaks being proactive about drug use at Snowbombing music festival
SUN PEAKS – Thousands of people are convening on Sun Peaks near Kamloops for Snowbombing…
Warnings about fentanyl-laced marijuana in the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Fentanyl is being mixed with marijuana here in the Southern Interior, leading the…
Funding approved for Kamloops housing project
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops is getting $2.5 million for 24 units of supportive housing. Units will…
Red Zones: Pushing offenders across Kamloops for more than a decade
'RED ZONES ARE A DESPERATE SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.' KAMLOOPS – Property crime is on the rise…
Police, bylaw resources being diverted to deal with transient camps in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – City bylaw, RCMP and ASK Wellness all agree this was a record year…
Walk With Us event to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and prevention in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A walk to help bring awareness to HIV and AIDS in Kamloops will…
Old mattresses will help teach job skills through new Kamloops program
KAMLOOPS – A new program from ASK Wellness in Kamloops aims to teach job skills…
Spike in overdoses puts Kamloops in discussion for safe injection site
KAMLOOPS – A safe injection site is being considered for Kamloops. Provincial health minister Terry…
HIV researcher in Kamloops to study housing and healthy living
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops is the site of an ongoing HIV research project. Vicki NyGaard is…
Kamloops social agency looks for answers after four overdose deaths reported in two weeks
KAMLOOPS – Staff at a local social agency in Kamloops say clients reported four people…
How to help give the less fortunate a Christmas meal in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - While you busily prepare your Christmas baking, make last-minute shopping trips, and hastily wrap all your presents, Kamloops charitable organizations want to remind you of those less fortunate this holiday season. These five organizations in Kamloops will be hosting Christmas meals and need your help. JUMP program and St. Vincent de Paul Society...
What a Kamloops man discovered about himself on a long and difficult road
KAMLOOPS – Hal Bennett shouldn’t be alive. For years, he ignored his own diabetes and destroyed his kidneys with decades of alcohol, heroin and cocaine abuse. At one time, he couldn’t even stay clean long enough to save his own life and remain eligible for a transplant. But this fall, with nearly four years’ sobriety,...