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Kamloops retailers expect cannabis edibles to be available before Christmas
KAMLOOPS - It's touted as 'Cannabis 2.0.' Since October 18, 2019, cannabis edibles, topicals, and extracts have been technically legal in Canada. However, those items have taken months to become avail...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Almost 14,000 Canadians killed by opioids since 2016: new national study
OTTAWA - New numbers released Wednesday show close to 14,000 Canadians have been killed by opioids over the last four years and more than 17,000 people have been hospitalized for opioid-related p...
Dec 11, 2019
Despite promising overdose fatality stats for Kamloops, experts warn substance users of unsafe supply
KAMLOOPS - A recent report from the BC Coroners Service showed a decrease in the number of fatal overdoses within the Kamloops area. The report cites 24 people who died from an overdose in Kamloops be...
Dec 06, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Mock-up of Patient Care Tower rooms provide opportunity for staff input
KAMLOOPS - The new Patient Care Tower is taking shape at Royal Inland Hospital. It's due to be completed in 2022 and will have a net gain of 15 beds. Individual rooms are a long way from being finishe...
Dec 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Interior Health issues alert over contaminated drug supply
KAMLOOPS - The Interior Health Authority has issued a warning for drug users around a toxic drug supply. In the alert statement issued today (Dec. 5), IHA says it has detected "Light Purple Down conta...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 05, 2019 (Image Credit: Interior Health Authority)
Family shares NICU experience to promote the RIH Foundation's Holiday Fundraising Campaign
KAMLOOPS - Every year, the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation highlights the story of an individual or family that has received care at the hospital. It's part of the annual Holiday Fundraising Campaign...
Dec 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
How to keep yourself mentally healthy over the holidays
KAMLOOPS - The Christmas season is a joyful time for many, but for some it can bring up painful memories or feelings of anxiety. Amy Baskin with the Canadian Mental Health Association says the focus o...
Dec 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
ASK Wellness helps Kamloops community commemorate World AIDS Day
KAMLOOPS - Sunday was an important day for those in our community living with HIV and AIDS. December 1 is World AIDS Day, and every year ASK Wellness holds a special event to remember those who have p...
Dec 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Give Cancer the Finger wraps up successful November fundraising effort
KAMLOOPS - With November coming to a close, the initial donation count from the annual Movember fundraising push in Kamloops has already surpassed last year's total. For the last several years, a grou...
Nov 30, 2019 Organizers, and participants at the annual Give Cancer the Finger fundraising wrap up event (Image Credit: Give Cancer the Finger)
Saskatchewan chief disappointed at lack of long-term help to stop suicides
REGINA - The chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation says he is disappointed at the lack of long-term help from the provincial and federal governments to deal with what he says&nb...
Nov 28, 2019 (Submitted photo/The Canadian Press)
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