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‘We’re not bad people’: Why a homeless man is stuck on the street in Kamloops
Murray Love sits on a concrete step in downtown Kamloops eating ice cream on a…
Ending stigma: A Kelowna woman’s experience living in supportive housing
Lee’s lived through hard times. Homelessness, substance use and poverty have all been part of…
No ‘shame and guilt’ in overdose deaths, Kamloops advocates say
Troylana Manson says she was relieved this week when she learned a Kamloops homeless youth…
MMA business leaving Kamloops’s North Shore, feel ‘terrorized’
Ongoing criminal activity and open drug use on Kamloops's North Shore is causing a family-owned…
Resources for addicts in Kelowna starting to expand
KELOWNA – After years of increased homelessness and drug use in Kelowna, resources being poured…
iN PHOTOS: Rutland protesters not backing down
KELOWNA – For the second straight weekend, protesters gathered in Rutland to show this displeasure…
Compassion in short supply at West Kelowna town hall meeting on homelessness
WEST KELOWNA – During an evening of serious discussion about homelessness and crime in West…
Pairing psych nurses with cops on patrol is paying off, Kelowna RCMP say
KELOWNA – A program started last year to divert police calls involving people with mental…
McDONALD: No cure for the indifference helping to kill hundreds in B.C.
OPINION If you have never heard of Dr. Trevor Corneil, that’s OK, but I sleep…
Kamloops vigil held for those lost to overdoses
KAMLOOPS – Families, friends and community members gathered for a candlelight vigil last night in…
Kamloops woman released from jail after “eye opening” experience
KAMLOOPS – A 19-year-old Kamloops woman calls her 10 days behind bars an eye opening…