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Ashcroft woman did CPR on her friend while waiting for ambulance
A well-known and well-loved senior died from a heart attack while waiting for medical help…
Staffing shortage forces overnight closure at Oliver emergency room
South Okanagan residents will have to head to Penticton for emergencies as the Oliver emergency…
Lack of nurses means early closure of Keremeos ER
Emergency department patients in the Keremeos area will be diverted to Penticton on Monday as…
Kamloops mom on disability barely staving off homelessness
A Kamloops resident on disability with terminal cancer is one paycheque away from being homeless,…
HOUSING CRISIS: Single Kamloops mom packing up with nowhere to go
A Kamloops mother of two says she will be homeless as of Nov. 1 if…
HOUSING CRISIS: Kamloops mom and kids in rough place after losing home
A Kamloops mother and her two children are living in an unfinished out-building on a…
Penticton healthcare worker and kids on the brink of homelessness
A single mother of two is struggling to keep her family housed in the midst…
Strangers save Christmas for Penticton mom and kids on brink of homelessness
A Penticton health-care worker and single mother of two who's struggling to pay her bills…
Kamloops family of 6 stuffed into 2 bedroom to afford rent
A family of six is living in a crammed two-bedroom rental in Kamloops because they…
HOUSING CRISIS: Kamloops mom’s daily grind, living paycheque to paycheque
A small business owner and single mother of two is feeling the squeeze of housing…
Emergency room at Merritt’s hospital closing temporarily
Medical emergencies in Merritt and area are being directed to Kamloops again as the local…
Disabled Kamloops woman forced to leave city due to lack of affordable housing
A woman who lived in Kamloops for almost a decade was forced to move a…
New mental health response team without cops launches in Kamloops
Kamloops is getting a new mental health response team that won't include police officers. The…
Drug dealers will be banished from Tk’emlups
Drug dealers aren't welcome on the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc reserve. Chief and council issued a…
HOUSING CRISIS: Kamloops mom facing homelessness for second time this year
A single mother of two young children in Kamloops is facing homelessness for the second…