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

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

‘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

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?

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

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

“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?

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

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
Drought forecast for Noble Creek Irrigation System farmers

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

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