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Abortion care in the Interior: A guide

WEBAboriginal Patient Navigators at Royal Inland Hospital: This referral-only service allows Indigenous individuals and their families to access health care in a …

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How Kamloops community health clinics are redefining health care

WEBHow Kamloops community health clinics are redefining health care. Kamloops’ Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society (STEPS) say the …

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Explainer: Finding abortion care in the Interior

WEBThe 37-year-old believes that barriers to accessing abortion care in the Interior exist due to the overall shortage of healthcare professionals for individuals in the community. “We’re …

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Reporters' Notebook: Why I wrote about abortion access

WEBWhile the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalised abortion in 1988 following R. v. Morgentaler to ensure women could safely and legally access medical procedures, …

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Meet the Modern Man Family Project, an organization helping …

WEBThe Modern Man Family Project works to fill gaps in men’s family resources and mental health in Kamloops (Tk̓emlúps). Executive director Dante Tomada stands in …

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Tranquille: A Timeline

WEBKamloops, an Anglicised version of the Secwepemctsin name T’kemlups, typically upholds a founding story of trappers and trading posts; a city built by European …

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Community group retrieves stolen bikes in Kamloops

WEBWith a total of 1,500 members in the Stolen Bikes Kamloops group on Facebook and a handful of volunteer administrators from the community, cycling …

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Debunking claims about homeless Kamloops residents – The Wren

WEBASK Wellness Society, located at 433 Tranquille Rd. Kyra Grubb / The Wren. There’s no shortage of narratives about homelessness, crime and substance use …

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Meeting the residents of Kamloops' Merit Place

WEBMeeting the residents of Merit Place. “There is help out there you just have to reach out,” says one resident of the shelter. By Macarena Mantilla In-depth January 30, …

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What's Happening with Kamloops’ extreme weather shelters

WEBKamloops faces challenges in providing sufficient shelter and protection for its homeless residents, according to the city, advocates and service providers. There are …

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Hopewell Clinic and Pregnancy Centre Society defends city funding

WEBThe grants are intended to fund “special projects, operational costs, and/or capital expenditures that address specific current social problems and/or issues that are …

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A look into Kamloops’ (Tk'emlúps) emergency response

WEBIn the Kamloops region, this range of interconnected risks has emergency planners on high alert. “As far as natural disasters go, wildfire is number one,” says …

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How a local food processing hub is stirring up change — The Wren

WEBThe completed (and shiny) kitchen at the new food processing hub The Stir — 185 Royal Ave. — awaits final checks from the Interior Heath Authority in July, 2022. …

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How the Interior Crisis Line supports locals in need

WEBThe Interior Crisis Line is seeing a surge in suicide and mental health-related calls and needs local volunteers.

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Student housing shortage in Kamloops demands creative …

WEBIn the midst of a Canada-wide affordable housing shortage, TRU students have scrambled to find accommodations here in Kamloops (Tk’emlúps) while navigating …

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Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society looks ahead to expansion

WEBUnhoused community finds support at the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society. While celebration and expansion are ahead for KAFS. In their 50th year, …

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History at the Confluence: This most important document in …

WEBBy Lyssa Martin History at the Confluence, In-depth October 31, 2023. This story is one of five in The Wren’s email series, History at the Confluence: A glimpse into …

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The buried history of Tranquille

WEBThe Cooney and Fortune families acquired parcels of Tranquille in the mid-1800s to early 1900s through a method called pre-emption, essentially permitted …

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Libraries in Kamloops offer more than books as temperatures rise

WEBThompson-Nicola Regional Library (TNRL) provides library services through 12 branches located throughout the TNRD, and a mobile, digital and home library service.

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