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Drug toxicity call volumes continue testing local emergency responders
NANAIMO - Reviving people falling victim to Nanaimo's ongoing drug toxicity crisis is having an increased impact on emergency responders. Updated Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) data stated their crews resp...
Nov 23, 2021
Classic Kamloops Christmas activity kicks off as Woodward's Christmas Tree farm opens for the season
KAMLOOPS - For the past 30 years, the Woodward Christmas Tree Farm has been the best location for families to kick off the Christmas season."You load up the family and bundle up. Head out on the hay w...
Nov 22, 2021
Sun Peaks Resort optimistic about upcoming season, despite travel challenges facing B.C.
KAMLOOPS - There's just one more sleep until Opening Day at Sun Peaks Resort. In preparation, the snow cannons are hard at work laying down a base for all the skiers and boarders who plan to hit the s...
Nov 19, 2021
Kamloops shows record-breaking generosity for food bank at B-100 Basics for Babies
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Food Bank says the community's generosity made the 15th Annual B-100 Basics for Babies event a record setting success. Friday morning (Nov. 19), Kamloops residents came out in ...
Nov 19, 2021
15th Annual Basics for Babies to fill Food Bank's baby needs Friday
KAMLOOPS - At the Kamloops Food Bank, the baby bank is always well-stocked. That's due in large part to the success B100's Basics for Babies has had for the past fifteen years, in helping to highlight...
Nov 18, 2021
RIH Foundation tower campaign receives $60K donation from Exceed Electrical Engineering
KAMLOOPS - The Royal Inland Hospital Foundation's fundraising campaign has been given a $60,000 boost by a local engineering company. Exceed Electrical Engineering $60,000 gift for the Together We Ris...
Nov 18, 2021
United Way BC launches United for BC Flood Response fund
BRITISH COLUMBIA - To assist with flood response efforts, United Way BC (UWBC) has launched a new fundraising campaign - the United for BC Flood Response fund. Money raised will be distributed to supp...
Nov 18, 2021
A Way Home Kamloops' late founder Katherine McParland honoured with Affordable Housing Champion Award
KAMLOOPS - Katherine McParland, the late founder of A Way Home Kamloops, has been named as the 2021 recipient of the Affordable Housing Champion Award by the BC Non-Profit Housing Association. The ass...
Nov 18, 2021
"Work with employees and their lives": Kamloops businesses urged to get flexible to retain staff
KAMLOOPS - Ongoing labour shortages have made recruitment and retention hot topics in the local business community. Venture Kamloops (VK) says higher wages are regularly touted as a solution, but that...
Nov 17, 2021
Work underway to reopen ground travel from Lower Mainland to BC Interior
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 16), Transportation Minister Rob Fleming joined the Emergency Management BC media conference to update citizens on the status of highways affected by the storm.In hi...
Nov 16, 2021
