Author Archives: Doug Collins
Another truck accident on Highway 5A
KAMLOOPS - Perhaps more fodder for those who want truck traffic halted on highway 5 A between Kamloops and Merritt. The road was partially blocked last night when a semi rolled near Trapp Lake. No ser...
Jun 02, 2021
Canadians can expect more remains to be found at residential school sites: Sinclair
The former chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says Canadians should be prepared for the discovery of more children's remains at other residential school sites across the country. Reti...
Jun 01, 2021
Kamloops family asking for safe supply in wake of son's accidental drug overdose
KAMLOOPS - Troylana Manson can barely talk about her son without breaking down. It's been just over a month since 26-year-old Aaron Manson died of an accidental drug overdose, passing away at home in ...
Jun 01, 2021
Mayor Christian commits to resolution with Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc; multiple spots in Kamloops to be draped in orange
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops council meeting on Tuesday (June 1) - the first since the discovery of 215 children's remains buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School - began with a...
Jun 01, 2021
Band chief calls on feds to acknowledge responsibility for Residential School deaths
KAMLOOPS - Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir thanked all those who supported the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc following the recent discovery of 215 bodies, in unmarked graves near the site of the former Kamloops India...
Jun 01, 2021
The Loop trying to shed nuisance designation, working with city to improve situation
KAMLOOPS - The operator of local non-profit that has come under fire recently is feeling more hopeful after meetings with the city.Glenn Hilke runs The Loop on Tranquille Road, a social agency that pr...
May 31, 2021
Supports offered, education encouraged in wake of Kamloops Residential School burial site discovery
TK'EMLUPS - Throughout the region there are audible, visible signs of support for Indigenous communities in grieving after the discovery of 215 child burial sites near the former Kamloops Indian Resid...
May 31, 2021
Missing Penticton woman found safe
KAMLOOPS - Thanks in part to efforts from a number of Search and Rescue groups, as well as police and first responders, a 26-year-old female missing in the Lac La Hache area was located alive and safe...
May 31, 2021
Canada to receive 2.9M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech increase deliveries
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 2.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks in large part to an increase in planned deliveries from Pfizer and BioNTech. The two pharmaceutical companies had ...
May 31, 2021
B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A First Nations teacher says the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia is a triggering event for students who ...
May 30, 2021
