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News Items tag as: Addiction
'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.
Petition launched in effort to get second detox centre in Kelowna
November 11, 2023 - 6:00 PM
A Kelowna resident has started a petition in hopes of getting a new detox centre in Kelowna.
This is how the cost of health care is being dumped on local governments
November 27, 2022 - 7:02 AM
The City of Kelowna just got a $622,000 federal grant to create a program to battle stigma for indigenous people dealing with addictions.
Why medical training is key to reducing drug overdose deaths in B.C.
February 23, 2022 - 6:00 AM
There’s no question that there’s a lot of pain and suffering in the world.
Osoyoos Indian Band and life sciences company plan to open detox clinic using psychedelic drug
February 16, 2022 - 12:20 PM
The demons of severe addiction may finally meet their match at a proposed detox clinic on Osoyoos Indian Band lands that plans to use the psychedelic drug ibogaine.
Interior Health begins transition of Penticton's Pathways Addiction treatment services
March 10, 2021 - 1:01 PM
Interior Health says initial work is already underway to transition Penticton’s Pathways Addiction Centre clients into a new service operated by Interior Health.
Penticton addiction centre launches online fundraiser to keep doors open
March 04, 2021 - 2:28 PM
Pathways Addictions Centre is fighting to stay alive in Penticton.
Penticton addictions service sees Interior Health funds pulled, asks for community support
March 02, 2021 - 2:43 PM
A Penticton resource centre that offers addiction services is sounding alarm bells over a change they say could adversely affect its already vulnerable clientele.
Kamloops photographer puts street life in focus
October 22, 2019 - 7:00 AM
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Kelowna society hitting 'every public venue' to get support for youth addiction treatment
August 21, 2019 - 6:00 PM
KELOWNA - Everyone knows there’s an addiction crisis in B.C.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories for the last week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjones@infonews.ca .
Okanagan summer concert series features Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies
A star-studded lineup is coming to a concert series in the Okanagan this summer. The Mission Hill Family Estate Winery has announced the performers coming to West Kelowna in July. Award winning artists Barenaked Ladies are playing Jul
RCMP raid illegal cannabis concentrate lab in Boundary region
Midway RCMP raided a clandestine laboratory for producing a cannabis concentrate in Beaverdell this week. The lab made a cannabis concentrate known as shatter, which can be made using butane creating a dangerous situation when done improper
Manhattan Point homeowners vow to fight Kelowna in court over future parks designation
Property owners on what amounts to a private beach on Okanagan Lake say it’s illegal for the city to designate their properties for future parks and they will take all legal steps possible to stop them. The city wants to designate 10
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Two new hotels proposed for Kelowna
Earlier this week, the Mark Anthony Group filed an application for a 12-storey hotel in downtown Kelowna. Yest
March 28, 2024 9:00 PM
It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and b
March 28, 2024 9:00 PM
Schooling the fine art of Indigenous food sovereignty on BC coast
Joshua Charleson throws back the lid of an enormous cooler to reveal a cache of hundreds of freshly harvested silver
March 28, 2024 7:00 PM
13-year-old Kelowna guitarist well on his way to becoming a rockstar
A 13-year-old Kelowna guitar player has become a local sensation with his incredible skill. Benny Patterson, w
March 28, 2024 6:00 PM
Famous Martin Mars water bomber finds forever home
The iconic Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber is going to be preserved at the British Columbia Aviation Museum. T
March 28, 2024 4:30 PM
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