Tag Archives: Community
ASK Wellness Society expands Mattress Recycling Program
KAMLOOPS - An employment program intended to provide meaningful employment opportunities to barriered individuals is expanding its service.ASK Wellness Society (ASK) says, thanks to a $10,000 grant fr...
Nov 03, 2021
Kamloops couple wins $500,000 on Extra ticket
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops couple is in store for an extra special retirement.Patrick Kidder's trip to pick up some tools uncovered that he and his wife Jody scored an unexpected windfall to put towards th...
Nov 03, 2021
Latest homeless encampment closed in downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - For the third time this year, fencing now surrounds what was a growing homeless encampment in a highly visible portion of the city's downtown.Barriers were erected around private property on...
Nov 03, 2021
Planning underway for promised cancer centre in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - While details are thin on what services will be provided, conceptual work is happening to establish a new cancer facility in Nanaimo.The project is part of a John Horgan re-election promise ...
Nov 02, 2021
Province lobbies to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs
NANAIMO - Amid no sign the drug toxicity crisis is improving in B.C., the province wants criminal penalities wiped out for people possessing small amounts of illicit drugs.Mental health and addictions...
Nov 01, 2021
Preliminary inquiry to begin for accused murderer
NANAIMO - A hearing this week in BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo will determine if there is enough evidence against an accused murderer to proceed to trial.Steven Michael Bacon is charged with first degre...
Nov 01, 2021
Cutober raises over $7,000 for mental health initiatives in 2021
KAMLOOPS - Cutober nearly doubled its total dollar amount in its second year. The fundraiser in Kamloops where parents let children cut their hair raised over $7,000 in October, well up from the $4,00...
Oct 31, 2021
VIDEO: Man busted after child luring sting in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A man intending to meet a 14-year-old boy for a sexual encounter outside a busy Nanaimo mall was instead greeted by a high-profile vigilante pedophile hunter.Cory John Lloyd, now 41-years-ol...
Oct 29, 2021
WolfPack set to travel to Calgary for CanadaWest Quarterfinals versus MRU on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - As the lone fifth-year player on the TRU WolfPack Men's Soccer team roster, James Fraser knows what's on the line heading into his squad's CanadaWest quarterfinal match with the Mount Royal...
Oct 28, 2021
Operation Red Nose looking for volunteers for 2021 Campaign
KAMLOOPS - If you've checked your calendar lately, you'll know that November is right around the corner. That means Christmas is coming and faster than expected. The good news is, after a one-year hia...
Oct 28, 2021
