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Mustard Seed hopeful for strong success rate at reworked recovery program
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed's Men's Recovery Program in Kamloops was closed last summer when the organization decided to rework the program. On January 14, the newly titled Men's Sober Living Centre w...
James Peters Jan 21, 2020 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds / CFJC Today
Increases expected in 2020 assessments for most Thompson region property owners
KAMLOOPS - More than 280,000 property owners in the Thompson Okanagan will be getting their 2020 property assessment notices this week. The majority of homeowners in the Thompson region will see an in...
Jan 02, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Campout raises over $60,000 to help homeless youths in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On Friday night, A Way Home Kamloops held its third annual Campout To End Youth Homelessness. The event is a fundraiser that helps them pay for essential housing initiatives for many youths...
Dec 16, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Temporary solutions proposed for dispute around permanent RV dwelling within TNRD
KAMLOOPS - On Thursday (Dec. 12), the TNRD met with a group of rural residents seeking bylaw amendments around RVs being used as permanent dwellings - and a tentative direction towards solving the dis...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 13, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
A Way Home Kamloops still short of fundraising goal for annual campout
KAMLOOPS - A Way Home Kamloops is still short on its fundraising goal of $50,000 ahead of Friday's Campout to End Youth Homelessness. Around 50 people are signed up to camp outside in the cold Friday ...
Dec 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
After years of work, McParland's dream of Safe Suites for homeless youth opens in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It's been a long journey for Katherine McParland since she aged out of the foster system. But today, she, along with dozens of other community members and staff of her non-profit 'A Way Hom...
Dec 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
November building permits issued in Kamloops climbing towards record construction values
KAMLOOPS - The latest building permits values from November in Kamloops have city staff surprised to see yet another month of stats pointing towards a year of potentially record-breaking construction....
Dec 04, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
A Way Home Kamloops looking for community support for Campout event
KAMLOOPS - There's less than a month until A Way Home Kamloops's Campout to End Youth Homelessness. The event challenges members of the community to spend a night living outside. That experience gives...
Nov 19, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Aurora Rotarians support A Way Home Kamloops with large donation
KAMLOOPS - Buying groceries. Making a budget. Paying bills on time. They are activities many of us take for granted. However, for youth who experience homelessness, learning important life skills isn'...
Nov 12, 2019 A Way Home
Homeless advocacy group stops in Kamloops to kick off five-day 'Tent City Tour'
KAMLOOPS - A grassroots organization called the Alliance Against Displacement made a stop in Kamloops on a five-day Tent City Tour. The group, hailing from the Lower Mainland, is conducting its own re...
Nov 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
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