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How Kamloops councillors and staff have leashed the mayor
April 18, 2024 - 7:00 AM
A workplace investigation into the mayor of Kamloops and how he treats staff was so secret that the City wouldn't even acknowledge its existence.
'Trying to cope': Merritt father desperate to find missing daughter
March 25, 2024 - 7:00 AM
A father in Merritt is desperately searching for his daughter since she went missing almost two months ago.
Medications for alcoholism lacking in BC despite being deadlier than opioids
August 07, 2023 - 6:00 AM
It may have taken a back seat to the overdose crisis, but more than three times as many people died of alcohol than opioids in BC in 2019.
BC insurance agents submit fraudulent claims, get fined, suspended
July 16, 2023 - 3:30 PM
Two insurance agents who admitted to falsifying medical treatment records and submitted fraudulent claims have been fined $5,000 each and suspended for a year.
Kelowna pharmacist sheds light on drug addiction in healthcare with podcast
July 13, 2023 - 7:30 AM
Two health-care professionals are tackling tough issues around safe supply and substance use in the healthcare industry, in a podcast that is reaching listeners around the world.
Detox? Interior Health is trying to get you more help sooner
November 06, 2022 - 3:31 PM
Politicians have been calling for more detox and rehab facilities in Kamloops and the Okanagan for years in hopes of curtailing rampant crime that’s often fuelled by the need to feed a habit.
Protests planned for Kamloops, Kelowna as death toll from poisoned drug supply crisis soars
April 12, 2022 - 4:59 PM
More than 9,400 British Columbians lost their lives to toxic illicit drugs in the past six years.
Kamloops mom warning others about 'alternative health' powder that killed her son
December 05, 2021 - 2:49 PM
The family of a Kamloops man is warning others about a little known, unregulated substance that appears to have played a large factor in his death.
B.C. plan to hold youth in hospital after overdose may have unforeseen consequences: Youth workers
June 29, 2020 - 6:00 AM
The B.C. NDP's plan to involuntarily hold teens for up to one week following an overdose is coming from the right place but some youth workers are concerned it could wind up complicating care or even making a situation worse.
North Okanagan's new top cop on crime, community and why police can't do it all on their own
October 11, 2018 - 6:30 PM
VERNON - As a kid growing up in B.C.’s rugged Elk Valley, one of Shawna Baher’s favourite pastimes was bringing home injured or orphaned animals.
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Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjone
From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur
Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a
Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the
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Rivers recede as BC faces prospect of 'unfamiliar territory' for drought
Parts of British Columbia will likely enter "unfamiliar territory" with drought if they see another hot, d
May 09, 2024 9:00 PM
Penticton spending $50K to support Adventure Racing world championship
City hopes fall 2025 adventure race will add $2.5M to economy Penticton city council has voted to provide fi
May 09, 2024 7:00 PM
Farmers planning protest at Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail
A grand opening for the Enderby to Splatsin section of the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail is tomorrow, May 10, bu
May 09, 2024 6:00 PM
Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an
May 09, 2024 5:26 PM
BC court rejects mink farmers' lawsuits over ban imposed during pandemic
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdo
May 09, 2024 4:34 PM
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