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Kamloops mom wary of public beaches after finding signs of drug use
August 10, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Kamloops mother is wary to visit public spaces with her child after noticing drug paraphernalia on a public beach.
Penticton, Interior Health look for collaborative approach to discarded needles
June 21, 2019 - 11:16 AM

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton and Interior Health have agreed on the need for a collaborative approach to the issue of discarded needles on streets and in public places, but the city continues to seek more information on the issue from the health authority.
VIDEO: Kamloops needle buyback program helps protect addicts' privacy
August 16, 2018 - 1:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - What started off as an initiative to clean up used sharps and needles from the streets of Kamloops has turned into a bigger project for the founders of the city's first needle buyback program.
Kamloops council concerned with Interior Health hesitancy to support needle buyback
August 15, 2018 - 12:49 PM

KAMLOOPS - Interior Health's lack of support for needle buyback programs was a hot topic of debate at Kamloops city council yesterday.
Vernon councillor grills Interior Health on claim that 99 per cent of needles are disposed of properly
July 30, 2018 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - A Vernon city councillor says Interior Health’s claim that it properly disposes of 99 per cent of needles is misleading and suggests they change it.
More needle drop boxes heading to Vernon
July 19, 2018 - 5:40 PM

VERNON - Two large needle drop boxes scheduled to be installed in Polson Park in the coming weeks as part of an effort to curb the ongoing issue of discarded syringes littering the city.
Hundreds of thousands of Interior Health needles remain unaccounted for
July 17, 2018 - 6:30 PM

HOW INTERIOR HEALTH CALCULATED ITS CLAIM THAT 99 PER CENT OF NEEDLES ARE PROPERLY DISPOSED
Here's why Interior Health has concerns about needle buyback programs
July 13, 2018 - 2:20 PM

KAMLOOPS - At least two communities in the Southern Interior have created a grassroots needle buyback program to help clean up sharps from public places, and although Interior Health isn't entirely opposed to the idea, the health authority does have concerns.
This grassroots needle program in Kamloops is aiming to clean up the streets
June 29, 2018 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - Two Kamloops volunteers have banded together to create a new incentive to try and clean up streets and parks, and it could be an idea for other cities in the Southern Interior to explore.
Penticton city council approves strategy to deal with needles in public places
May 22, 2018 - 2:48 PM

PENTICTON - A plan to reduce the number of needles left on Penticton streets has been approved by city council today.
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