News Items tag as: Red Cross

Canadian Red Cross still helping people affected by the 2017 B.C. wildfires
June 26, 2018 - 11:36 AM

KAMLOOPS - The Canadian Red Cross is still helping individuals and families affected by last year's wildfires in B.C. that forced 65,000 people from their homes.
VIDEO: Kamloops 'unrecognizable' due to wildfire smoke
July 19, 2017 - 2:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - Communities across the province are being scorched by devastating wildfires, but the impact goes far beyond the immediately affected areas.
How much of your donation to the Red Cross goes to wildfire relief?
July 19, 2017 - 10:52 AM

KAMLOOPS - In times of disaster in our province, communities to come together and help each other.
Battling Ebola: A nurse's story
December 20, 2014 - 2:34 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As her family and friends prepare to have a white Christmas back home, Patrice Gordon will don a "spacesuit" in extreme heat and help patients infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone.
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iN VIDEO: Drones distributing sterile moths in Okanagan to curb pest numbers
A chance encounter on a winter vacation has led to a whole new way of distributing sterile codling moths into Okanagan and Kootenay orchards. It all started when Melissa Tesche went to Phoenix, AZ to visit her grandmother who was vacationin

Wine of the Week: Celebrate Mother's Day with a magnum of rosé
Go big this Mother’s Day and grab your mom a magnum of rosé to celebrate her magnificence. 8th Generation Vineyard in Summerland is the place to go. Owners, Bernd and Stefanie Schales, bring the knowledge of eight to 10 generat

Canadian Red Cross still helping people affected by the 2017 B.C. wildfires