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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…
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…
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…
Number of syringes discarded in Kamloops unprecedented
KAMLOOPS – The number of syringes discarded by illicit drug users in public spaces in…
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,...
Winter in Kamloops makes life harder for the homeless: ASK Wellness
KAMLOOPS – Winter is coming. While we groan a little, pull out the hats and scarves and put winter tires on the car, the homeless population in Kamloops faces considerably more challenges. “Our bylaw says you can set up a tent at 10 o’clock at night and then you need to take it down by...
ASK Wellness and RIH partnership helping the vulnerable in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A partnership between the hospital in Kamloops and a local group which supports vulnerable citizens will continue to provide support services after receiving a boost from the province today. The ASK Wellness Society and Royal Inland Hospital have been working together, through a health navigator, to help people discharged from the hospital connect...
Homeless Count: The unseen residents of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Every year a group of volunteers brave the fall cold, wake up at the crack of dawn and ply themselves with hot coffee to conduct the city’s homeless count. They walk the back alleys, they search under bridges and they scour the beaches to hand out backpacks full of supplies and count the...
Volunteers needed for Kamloops homeless count
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers are needed to help identify the homeless population in Kamloops. The homeless count is used to collect statistics on the homeless population to use to lobby the government for funding and to educate the public on their existence. “We take one day snap shot of how many homeless people we can find in...