mental illness
BC judge denies psych nurse warrant to assess, treat paranoid Kootenay woman
An Interior Health psychiatric nurse has failed to get a mental health warrant to apprehend…
Man arrested and released after causing havoc at Kamloops coffee shop
A man was briefly detained after he blocked the exit of a coffee shop and…
The price this Kamloops man paid to finally get help for his mental illness
Fourteen years ago, Thomas first started noticing something wasn’t right in his head. For the…
B.C. lawyer conned $1M from mentally ill client
A B.C. lawyer who charged a mentally ill client $1 million and then took his…
No more jail time for Salmon Arm 7-Eleven arsonist
A man who drove his car into a Salmon Arm 7-Eleven and set both on…
Shuswap man who killed motorcyclist given absolute discharge
SHUSWAP – A Sorrento man found not criminally responsible for causing the death of a…
Vernon woman found not criminally responsible for attempted child abduction
VERNON – A Vernon woman with a long history of mental health issues and violent…
‘Sometimes you have to get so broken before you can get fixed’: Margaret Trudeau speaks in Kamloops about mental illness
KAMLOOPS – If you feel like you may have symptoms of mental illness, Margaret Trudeau…
This is why Penticton needs a detox centre
"THEY'RE NOT THROWAWAY PEOPLE." PENTICTON - A young man leaves a detox centre in Kelowna and heads home to Penticton—a taxi ride, a bus ride and walk away. His body is rid of the alcohol it was so dependent on only a week ago; now’s an opportunity for him to start fresh, get a job...
This is how young people in Penticton are bringing awareness to mental health
PENTICTON - There's a group of five Penticton 20-somethings creating a plan for a new non-profit organization to help bring support and awareness of mental health to town — because of what happened to someone they know. They gather at a coffee shop on Main Street in downtown Penticton, their computer screens glowing, pages of...
Homeless deaths inspire memorial and call to action
VERNON - This past winter, Chuck Harper drove past a pair of homeless men he knew well from his work at the local shelter. He was aware of their addictions and health troubles. Having panhandled on the streets of Vernon when he was 16, he didn’t judge or look down on them— he called them...