News Items tag as: ASK Wellness

Two emergency winter shelters finally open in Kamloops
November 08, 2022 - 5:10 PM

A combined 43 beds are now open for people who need emergency shelter in Kamloops a week after they were supposed to open.
Two smash-and-grabs within two weeks at Kamloops coffee shop
March 16, 2022 - 4:30 PM

A coffee shop in North Kamloops is on the mend after facing its fifth break and enter in less than three months.
Time has come to move beyond Housing First model for homeless people in Interior Health
February 17, 2022 - 12:00 PM

While the province’s drive in the last few years to build supportive housing to help get people out of homelessness has been vitally important, it’s time to move to the next step, said Bob Hughes, the CEO of the ASK Wellness Society.
Security guard's car torched on Kamloops's North Shore
June 29, 2021 - 2:30 PM

A parked Kamloops security company vehicle was set on fire near Tranquille Road in an apparent arson while the guard was on foot checking on a business.
Thompson-Okanagan residents singled out for 'exceptional deeds' by Governor General
March 19, 2021 - 2:40 PM

Two people from the Okanagan and another from Kamloops are among the latest group to be singled out for "exceptional deeds" by the Governor General.
How a Kamloops chemistry major found himself on the frontlines of the opioid crisis
March 14, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Kile McKenna sits in a basement office at ASK Wellness on Tranquille Road doing something he never thought he’d be doing.
Another drug alert issued in Kamloops by Interior Health
January 13, 2021 - 3:03 PM

Interior Health issued a drug alert in Kamloops today after a pink and reddish brown substance drug was found to pose a high risk for overdose with "prolonged sedation."
'Our staff are beaten up:' ASK Wellness wants national approach to overdose crisis
December 18, 2020 - 6:30 AM

ASK Wellness Society staff are burning out and the non-profit group's executive director says it’s time for the federal government to take a nationwide approach to the overdose crisis because what it is doing now isn't working.
Interior Health issues drug check alert for Kamloops
September 25, 2020 - 5:04 PM

A drug checking alert has been issued for Kamloops by Interior Health today, Sept. 25.
Pandemic financial relief having unexpected negative impact on Kamloops' most vulnerable
May 30, 2020 - 8:00 AM

A higher than normal number of overdoses in Kamloops is having an impact on city's most vulnerable population. The City and social service representatives believe the increase is due in part to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and other pandemic-related financial relief.
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