Tag Archives: Health
After decades of addiction struggles, former Kamloops woman recognized for helping others beat alcohol and drug abuse
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based non-profit, established to support those living with mental challenges, has named a former Kamloops woman as a winner of one of its Courage to Come Back awards. Amanda St...
Jul 14, 2020
City of Kamloops seeking public input on North Shore Neighbourhood Plan
KAMLOOPS - Home to more than 26,000 residents and accounting for roughly 27 per cent of the city's population, the North Shore neighbourhood in Kamloops is a vast tract of land. "So the North Shore ne...
Jul 10, 2020
Stop, Drop, and Donate fundraiser for Kamloops Hospice Association set for Saturday
KAMLOOPS - The coronavirus pandemic has put a financial strain on many individuals and organizations throughout the local community. The Kamloops Hospice Society is one such organization. It has had t...
Jul 09, 2020
Canada not ready for second wave of COVID-19, Senate committee says
OTTAWA - A new report from a committee of senators says the country is ill-prepared to handle a second wave of COVID-19. The Senate's social affairs committee says the federal government needs to pay ...
Jul 09, 2020
Have You Been Overworking With 10,000 Steps A Day?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Many Americans have made packing in 10,000 steps a day a part of their regular fitness routine. Countless fitness trackers and apps laud the importance of ...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jul 09, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 06, 2020
Retired fisheries biologist calls on government to protect Stump Lake water levels
KAMLOOPS - As Stump Lake continues to rise, residents who live on the lake continue to battle rain and wind in a last-ditch effort to save their homes. Now a retired provincial fisheries biologist has...
Jul 02, 2020
New models show COVID-19 progress but with 'hotspots' to monitor: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal models show continued progress in suppressing COVID-19, but with significant hotspots. He says the restrictions Canadians have lived with throug...
James Peters Jun 29, 2020
Ten new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., one new death
VICTORIA - Ten new cases of the novel coronavirus were spotted over the last 24 hours in British Columbia. Health Minister Adrian Dix says BC has 159 active cases for a total of 2,878 over the course ...
James Peters Jun 26, 2020
Kamloops golf pros play marathon day to raise funds for ALS
KAMLOOPS - If golf was a genre of music, then what Alec Hubert and Brett Burgeson were doing on Thursday (June 25) at the Kamloops Golf and Country Club could be described as punk rock: hard, fast and...
Jun 25, 2020
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