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Jennifer Stahn
STAHN: Accessibility in Kamloops can only be understood by trying someone else’s shoes
That old adage about walking a mile in someone’s shoes? It’s true, especially when it…
Have we already said goodbye to winter in the Okanagan?
OKANAGAN – The snow is almost gone already and the mild weather is set to…
Temperatures to cool again after record-breaking day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – With temperatures hitting the teens, it was a record-breaking day in Kamloops yesterday,…
Weekly Volunteer Highlights for Jan. 28 to Feb. 4
AIM Foundation Special Events Coordinators – The volunteers will coordinate special events utilizing the Event…
Thieves swipe second bike repair station in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A second bike repair station is missing and the city is hoping someone…
Presentations, Q&As and displays to be part of Ajax Mine open house
KAMLOOPS – A series of environmental assessment open houses are on the way for the…
Culinary partners with Kamloops business to offer apprentice pilot
KAMLOOPS – A new Cook Workplace Apprenticeship program enables students to work toward their Apprenticeship…
B.C. seniors’ advocate to probe deadly violence among residents at care homes
VICTORIA – The deaths of 16 elderly people in three years along with hundreds of…
Canadian troops more likely to have experienced childhood abuse, violence: study
OTTAWA – Approximately half of military personnel in Canada have a history of abuse in…
Gas prices drop below 80 cents per litre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – After holding steady just above the 80 cents per litre mark for nearly…
High avalanche risk closes Highway 1 today; snowfall warning for Highway 3
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With temperatures set to hit double digits in some parts of the region…
Doll creator hopes ‘Period Party’ kit helps to normalize talk about menstruation
TORONTO – Broaching the subject of puberty can be nerve-racking for parents and embarrassing for…
Webcam search engine raises privacy concerns for a variety of devices
TORONTO – A young child asleep on a couch in Israel. Mourners huddled together at…
NHL’s Clayton Stoner admits to hunting without a licence in B.C. grizzly hunt
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – National Hockey League player Clayton Stoner is banned from hunting for three…
2016 community grant applications available
KELOWNA – This year, the Central Okanagan Foundation will administer $102,000 in Community Social Development…
Would-be firefighters flood B.C. Wildfire Service with applications
KAMLOOPS – There is no shortage of candidates to fill the estimated 200 vacant positions…
Cut OD deaths of young people by raising awareness: B.C. coroners’ panel
VICTORIA – A review by a British Columbia's coroners' panel says two issues stand in…
Melcor presents YMCA Strong Kids with $10K cheque at Rockets Skate
KELOWNA – This past Sunday, Melcor Developments Ltd. presented the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign with…
Kamloops Long Blade Speed Skating club offers Speed Skating Fast and Fit 55+
Are you a woman 55+? Is speed skating on your bucket list? Have you ever…
B.C. LNG minister says ‘we’re not afraid’ of federal environmental tests
VICTORIA – British Columbia's minister in charge of liquefied natural gas is heading to Ottawa…
Dancer who lost leg in Boston Marathon bombings will run it
BOSTON – A professional ballroom dancer who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings…
TRU presents Technology and Innovation Speaker Series: Why You Got Hacked
KAMLOOPS – BCLC and Thompson Rivers University are pleased to present the second installment in…
Judge rules murder trial in case of missing Alberta couple will go ahead
EDMONTON – A judge has ruled that charges against an accused in the mysterious deaths…
‘I’m done’ — Laid off oil and gas workers seek employment outside industry
CALGARY – For 36 years, Sue Jones rode out the ups and downs of Alberta's…