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‘TERRIFIED’: The interrupted life and final days of Katherine McParland
May 14, 2022 - 7:00 AM

— With reporting by Levi Landry and iNFOnews.ca staff
Pair of shoes for each of the 215 children discovered buried at former Kamloops residential school
May 31, 2021 - 5:30 PM

The days since the announcement of the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the former Kamloops residential school have been hard for Stephanie Gutierrez.
'We are all implicated in this tragedy,' B.C.'s top doctor says of unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school
May 31, 2021 - 3:39 PM

B.C.'s top doctor called for justice and renewed commitment to reconciliation, in the wake of the mass grave discovery at the former Kamloops Residential School.
Kamloops RCMP seek witnesses to collision and assault
May 31, 2021 - 2:32 PM

Police in Kamloops are looking for witnesses after a crash and assault on Tranquille road.
Kamloops woman recalls how family was fractured by residential school system
May 30, 2021 - 6:30 PM

When Laurine Vilac was just six years old she was dropped off at a residential school in William's Lake.
Kamloops man gets shingles and wants to encourage others to get their shingles shot
May 30, 2021 - 3:30 PM

For Jason Hewlett, what started out as a little rash turned into something much worse and far more painful. On a typical Sunday evening earlier this month, the Kamloops man noticed the rash beneath his right arm but initially ‘didn’t think much of it’.
Kamloops woman uses pandemic to write book of poetry about Kamloops
May 29, 2021 - 6:30 AM

Kamloops resident Carla Kluss has spent her time in COVID isolation making one of her dreams come true.
Shuswap Nation offers $3,000 reward offered for conviction in severed bear paw case
May 28, 2021 - 4:10 PM

Secwepemc chiefs have condemned the acts of those who the dumped dozens of severed bear paws near Anglemont on the north side of Shuswap Lake that were discovered by a hunter earlier this week.
Kamloops residential school burial site confirms elders' stories of abuse: Tk'emlups Chief
May 28, 2021 - 2:47 PM

Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir held back tears at a virtual news conference this afternoon when she spoke about the impact the discovery of a burial site with 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has had on her community and other First Nations communities.
Search continues for Ryan Shtuka this weekend
May 28, 2021 - 1:00 PM

A team of searchers is headed back to Sun Peaks this weekend to try again to locate Ryan Shtuka.
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