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A wooden pantry with swinging doors sits on a rainbow painted sidewalk outside The Stir.

‘No signs of slowing down’: Kamloops Food Policy Council offers resources to beat the heat

By Macarena Mantilla ● In-depth ● July 30, 2024

Drought and high temperatures are putting pressure on community gardens and food distribution. Here’s how the Kamloops Food Policy Council is stepping up.

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How Indigenous lawyers are transforming the justice system

By Kallan Lyons ● In-depth ● April 9, 2024

‘We can and should all aspire to play a meaningful role in maintaining a justice system that delivers on its promise, where everyone feels welcomed, respected and heard,’ Chief Justice Leonard Marchand says.

Green burials: The right to return to the earth

By Lyssa Martin ● News ● March 26, 2024

How green burials could provide a practical and spiritually fulfilling final resting place for Kamloopsians.

Abortion care is reproductive care. So why is it hard to access in the Interior?

By Breanne Massey ● News ● March 5, 2024

Health care providers and reproductive rights advocates explain who is left behind when it comes to abortion care and what can be done about it.

‘I don’t think she deserved to die’: How a policy change could save the lives of Kamloops’ homeless

By Rebecca Owens ● In-depth ● February 27, 2024

After resident Erica Stefan died in the cold, city council pushes to raise the temperature threshold for when extreme weather shelters open.

The reception at Merit Place still holds the word "tickets" from its time as a bus depot. Merit Place is written on the reception window.

Meeting the residents of Merit Place

By Macarena Mantilla ● In-depth ● January 30, 2024

“There is help out there you just have to reach out,” says one resident of the shelter.

The Tranquille development is proposed on unceded Secwépemc Nation territory. What does this mean?

By Lauren Kaljur ● In-depth ● December 15, 2023

Legal experts say the rights of private landowners and First Nations are not necessarily incompatible if good-faith negotiations continue.

An old sanatorium building stands decrepit amidst moody dark skies.

The buried history of Tranquille

By Kallan Lyons ● In-depth ● December 15, 2023

How can a development vision be realized when sacred Secwépemc burial grounds are held within the earth, alongside millennia of cultural history?

Tranquille: A Timeline

By Kallan Lyons ● In-depth ● December 15, 2023

Drought forecast for Noble Creek Irrigation System farmers

By Marissa Tiel ● In-depth ● December 5, 2023

The City of Kamloops is set to decommission Noble Creek Irrigation System. What’s next for local farmers who rely on the water source?