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Trudeau back in Kamloops Tuesday
KAMLOOPS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is coming back to Kamloops next week to celebrate…
Kamloops MP Cathy McLeod not worried about Terry Lake’s return to politics
KAMLOOPS — For more than ten years, Cathy McLeod has served as the Conservative Member…
Former Kamloops mayor seeking federal Liberal nomination for 2019 election
KAMLOOPS — Terry Lake has officially announced he will be seeking the nomination for the…
Former B.C. Health Minister and Kamloops MLA is getting into the marijuana business
KAMLOOPS – Former Kamloops MLA Terry Lake says he has had a growing interest in…
Minister of Health wants to keep North Shore walk-in clinic open, but may be too late
KAMLOOPS – B.C.'s health minister wants to keep the North Kamloops only walk-in clinic open,…
New patient tower moving forward at Royal Inland Hospital with $417 million budget
KAMLOOPS – It’s official, a $417 million patient care tower at the Royal Inland Hospital…
How walk-in clinics play a crucial role in Kamloops’ family doctor shortage
KAMLOOPS – With up to 30,000 Kamloops residents not having a general practitioner, a strain…
GET IN LINE: What it takes to see a doctor in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Whether it's taking the bus or getting a ride from a friend, Candace…
New funding announced for B.C. paramedics in fight against overdose crisis
KAMLOOPS – The provincial government has announced new funding for the B.C. Amublance Service in…
New phone line to help with Kamloops doctor shortage goes live
KAMLOOPS – If you're one of the thousands of Kamloops residents without a family doctor,…
Primary care, doctors and new facilities announced for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A new four point plan has been announced by the province to help…
Kamloops MLA Terry Lake announces he’s stepping down from provincial politics
KAMLOOPS – After two terms in office, Kamloops-North ThompsonMLA Terry Lake has announced he will…
Health Minister Terry Lake plunges from plane over Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – B.C.'s Health Minister and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake fell out of a…
Former Kamloops city councillor Nancy Bepple may be challenged for NDP nomination
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops-South Thompson NDP riding association may have a vote coming up before…
New North Shore health facility could help with lack of Kamloops doctors
KAMLOOPS – Plans to bring a new health centre to the North Shore is expected…
BEPPLE: Looking beyond Lake
BACKROOM EXPERIENCE VS. PROVEN ELECTABLE OPINION With Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake still undecided as…
Kamloops high schoolers lobbying to lower voting age
KAMLOOPS – Students at Westsyde Secondary School in Kamloops have been working to lower the voting…
Enhanced health services coming to rural Interior Health communities
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A program offering paramedicine to rural residents around the province is expanding to…
New community kitchen opens in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A community kitchen at the Centre for Seniors Information in Brocklehurst was officially opened…
Crane at Royal Inland Hospital construction site set to come down
KAMLOOPS - Construction on the Royal Inland Hospital’s clinical services building and parkade continues move along, with a summer 2016 opening date being planned. “With exterior work nearly complete, the building is transforming into a modern healthcare facility and parking structure,” Tracy Watson of Interior Health says. When the pedestrian bridge was placed Sept. 25,...
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...
Violence prevention funding on the way for Hillside Centre
KAMLOOPS – It took several high profile assaults and meetings with the B.C. Nurses' Union, but the province is funding violence prevention initiatives at psychiatric facilities across B.C. The $2-million announcement, made today, Aug. 6 by Health Minister Terry Lake and B.C. Nurses’ Union President Gayle Duteil, will provide violence prevention action to four different...
New affordable housing units in the works for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There are 98 new affordable housing units coming to Kamloops as work continues on the city's homelessness action plan. "Let's get building houses," Health Minister Terry Lake, who was on hand with Transportation Minister Todd Stone and Mayor Peter Milobar for the announcement, says. Milobar calls this announcement the perfect way to celebrate...
Biosolids protest comes to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Protestors shut down Victoria Street in downtown Kamloops today as they rallied against a biosolids operation near Merritt. Members of Friends of the Nicola Valley picked the location for the protest, June 19, because Health Minister Terry Lake and MLA Jackie Tegart were meeting at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District office nearby. The protestors are...