News Items tag as: mental health issues

Understanding treatment and recovery services offered by Interior Health
April 27, 2024 - 7:00 PM

As many individuals struggle with mental health and substance use issues, the province, through Interior Health, has made different recovery and treatment services available. Understanding the nuances between them and the multitude of services available can seem overwhelming but is also crucial.
iN VIDEO: Kamloops woman advocating to change perceptions of eating disorders
December 11, 2018 - 5:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman living with an eating disorder is making waves spreading awareness about the disease.
Kamloops youth psychiatry unit helps families deal with mental illness, one child at a time
December 02, 2015 - 8:15 PM

KAMLOOPS - A space dedicated to supporting children and their familes while they deal with mental health crisis has been providing better support since it was revamped a year ago, according to administrators at Royal Inland Hospital.
Shooting victim warns of vigilante attacks on mentally ill man who shot him
August 24, 2015 - 4:18 PM

KAMLOOPS — The British Columbia Review Board is questioning legislation that grants victims the right to learn where their attackers are living after a Kamloops man requested the mentally ill person who shot him in the face be moved.
Mental health issues at root of Osoyoos convenience store robberies
July 06, 2015 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - A Penticton provincial court judge sympathized with a young man suffering from mental issues after two bungled robbery attempts in Osoyoos.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

News Items tag as: mental health issues

Understanding treatment and recovery services offered by Interior Health

iN VIDEO: Kamloops woman advocating to change perceptions of eating disorders

Kamloops youth psychiatry unit helps families deal with mental illness, one child at a time

Shooting victim warns of vigilante attacks on mentally ill man who shot him

Mental health issues at root of Osoyoos convenience store robberies

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