News Items tag as: Mental Health Awareness Week

Family grieves as timely treatment for mental health issues prove elusive
May 07, 2015 - 4:33 PM

PENTICTON - As a Penticton family mourns the death of a daughter and sister, they are pointing out the mental healthcare system's inability to deliver treatment effectively.
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Kamloops could be next BC city to allow booze in a public park
Music fans and park-goers in Kamloops may be allowed to bring their own booze this summer. Kamloops city council will debate on June 10 whether or not to mirror recent policies in other BC cities which allow alcohol in select parks.

North Carolina governor forms council to recommend cannabis regulations
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says a panel he's tasked with recommending cannabis sale regulations — including potential legalization of adult use of marijuana — should aim to provide a structure in a s

Kelowna’s tent city policies ‘make people want to give up’
Members of Kelowna’s unhoused population and local housing advocates are warning that a new city strategy is putting the health and safety of unhoused people at risk. For almost

How to spot bad information this wildfire season
Wildfire season is here and if the last few years are any i
June 07, 2025 4:00 PM
The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes
PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigar
June 07, 2025 3:00 PM
Kelowna leaning into dense urban neighbourhoods: study
More people in Kelowna are choosing to live the classic urban lifestyle by switching to rentals in densely populated
June 07, 2025 2:30 PM
Where's Marty McFly's guitar? Search is on for 'Back to the Future' prop 4 decades later
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marty McFly grabbed a guitar in “Back to the Future” and rocked out with t
June 07, 2025 1:00 PM
iN VIDEO: Kamloops steam train rolls outside for first time in years
Kamloops’s only steam locomotive was rolled outside of its shop at the heritage railway station this week for
June 07, 2025 12:00 PM

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