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29/04/2024

Being transgender comes with its fair share of challenges including discrimination, body dysphoria, mental health issues, access to proper healthcare, the list goes on. When it comes to being transgender in Kelowna, these challenges can be exacerbated.

John Kingston is a 20-year-old transgender man who lives in Kelowna, and he's struggled his whole life with being accepted for who he is. He believes that living in a more conservative and smaller city has affected the care he can access.

"I knew I was trans since I was very, very little - I remember when I was three years old, my grandmother was telling me ‘You’re a girl because you were born with this body’ and even then, in my little mind, I knew I was not a girl," Kingston says.

Read the full post here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/accessing-gender-affirming-care-proves-difficult-for-kelowna-transgender-man/it104460

28/04/2024

Families across the southern Interior might be familiar with Uncle Chris the Clown, and that's because he has been clowning around for a quarter of a century.

Uncle Chris has delighted families at arts festivals, fairs and farmers' markets in Kamloops, the Shuswap and Okanagan and is a very famous clown.

“It feels great, it’s surprising because I became a clown on a whim and 25 years later I’m still loving it,” Chris Wlodartzyk said.

Read the full story here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/uncle-chris-the-clown-marks-25-years-entertaining-families-in-kamloops-okanagan/it104396

28/04/2024

When an Armstrong woman loaned her son and his new wife money to get established in a modular home, she didn’t bother writing a contract.

But when the marriage went bad less than three years later and she tried to collect, her daughter-in-law tried to claim it was a gift and refused.

Sharon Gail Jones was eventually forced to sue her son, Vincin Boone and his then-wife Simone Berg, also known as Simone Boone for $200,000, according to a recent BC Supreme Court decision.

Read full the story here: https://infotel.ca/inhome/armstrong-mom-sues-son-his-ex-wife-after-helping-them-buy-first-home/it104473

22/04/2024

As soft and cuddly as they appear, not everyone thinks muskrats are adorable.

As the name indicates, the critters are big rodents, and worse, they spray a musky smelling urine to mark territory.

Much like rats, muskrats have small eyes, short legs with large hind feet and compact bodies, but these oversized rodents can reach 13 inches long and weigh up to four pounds, according to Britannica.

Read the story and see the photos here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/in-photos-muskrats-get-busy-as-spring-arrives-in-kamloops-okanagan/it104341

22/04/2024

The history and magic of the renowned Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong has been captured in a documentary.

Vancouver film producer Niall McNeil grew up on the 80-acre farm north of Vernon with the original crew of performers that established the theatre in 1978.

The trailer for McNeil’s documentary THE ORIGINALS shows vintage footage and black and white photos of a wide variety of diverse people wearing masks and costumes and carrying instruments.

Read the story and watch the trailer here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/in-video-new-documentary-reveals-roots-of-famous-caravan-farm-theatre-in-armstrong/it104358

21/04/2024

Earlier this week, Penticton resident Luka Bevanda found a northern scorpion, a creature he’d been trying to find for a couple of years.

The young medical student was on break from school at UBC out exploring the backwoods, enjoying his passion of entomology.

“I’ve been trying to find a scorpion for a few years now,” he said. “I was hiking on the west bench in Penticton flipping rocks over to see if I would find any cool insects.”

Read the full story here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/penticton-amateur-entomologist-makes-lucky-scorpion-find/it104351

21/04/2024

The mayor of Kamloops is considering his options as he looks to sell his home and his business.

Reid Hamer-Jackson said he forgot about the listing, which was posted two years ago, but added that "everything's for sale" if the right offer comes around.

He first listed the home on forsalebyowner.ca in January 2022, long before he was elected. If it's sold, he said, it could support his legal bills that are beginning to pile up.

Read the full story here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/kamloops-mayor-considers-selling-business-home-to-avoid-conflicts-pay-legal-bills/it104344

18/04/2024

Kamloops resident Jennifer Adams is a long-time advocate for her community and those who are struggling financially to get by.

With a background working as a street outreach worker, Adams spent the past year and a half working as a housing coordinator with the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society.

She was recently laid off from that position, and while she isn’t clear on the details of the lay-off, she is clear about the struggles families on the financial brink are going through on a daily basis in order to survive.

“There are numerous families living in motel rooms with one broken van or one unexpected bill away from losing their housing and kids,” Adams said.

Read the rest of the story here: https://newsvpn.site/infotel.ca/newsitem/super-low-income-what-families-on-the-financial-brink-are-up-against-in-kamloops/it104236

18/04/2024

The Thompson-Okanagan region is host to many migratory bird species that stop on their way to their final destinations. As the region rapidly develops, a wildlife expert says it's important to protect the routes that are at risk of development.

The region has some of the fastest growing cities in Canada and that development puts wetlands at risk, but with proper policies they can be protected so the species that depend on them are also protected. Water birds travel through the region as they migrate during springtime and can easily come in conflict with humans.

"The majority of birds stick to lower elevation routes in the spring which is a problem because that's where people are too," Bruce Harrison, habitat biologist for Ducks Unlimited Canada, says. "In migration, a lot of what they're doing is picking up food along the way, so it's really critical that the places where they stop to rest are also places where they can forage and take on nutrients."

Read the rest of the story here: https://newsvpn.site/infotel.ca/newsitem/how-eliminating-wetlands-in-thompson-okanagan-puts-migratory-birds-at-risk/it104209

17/04/2024

With xylazine being traced more and more in the illicit drug supply in BC's Interior and other regions, Health Canada ensures that xylazine, being a veterinary drug, is under federal regulations that make it illegal to traffic and import into the country.

"Xylazine is an authorized prescription veterinary drug subject to the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and its regulations. Xylazine is not controlled under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). Xylazine is not approved for use in humans," Charlaine Sleiman, spokesperson for Health Canada, said in an emailed statement. "Any unauthorized import or sale of xylazine is in violation of the Food and Drugs Act."

While the drug is illegal to traffic and import, its presence in substances, especially opioids, continues to be traced at a slowly increasing rate. Health Canada said the drug has made its way into the illicit drug market through illegal importations rather than by diversion from veterinary clinics.

Read the rest of the story here: https://newsvpn.site/infotel.ca/newsitem/rising-xylazine-imports-fuel-illicit-drug-supply-in-bcs-interior-health-canada/it104232

17/04/2024

Beneath a beautifully manicured cemetery in Kamloops lies a unique and fascinating history.

The Old Men’s Cemetery on 6 Avenue holds the remains of more than 1,000 men who once lived at the Provincial Old Men’s Home, an establishment for the poor and indigent, former miners, fur traders and guides that was built in 1895.

The provincial home was built on a farm belonging to John Ussher, a former Government Agent Constable who was killed two decades earlier by the Wild McLean Boys, according to the Kamloops Heritage Commission.

According to a historical write up by former Kamloops resident Frank Dwyer, an incident that happened Victoria in 1879 helped prompt the formation of the men’s house, when a passersby found a feeble man collapsed on the street.

Read the rest of the story here: https://newsvpn.site/infotel.ca/newsitem/in-video-a-brief-history-of-the-old-mens-cemetery-in-kamloops/it104212

16/04/2024

A Kamloops man is suing two doctors, a pharmacist, Interior Health and Royal Inland Hospital because he says his common-law wife died after being prescribed the wrong dose of medicine.

Christopher Mayhew said his partner Deolinda (Linda) Godau was just 55 years old when she died of a fatal prescription of the drug Apo-Azathioprine.

He said his wife complained of a number of heart and stomach ailments in February 2022. She was hospitalized for eight days before being discharged with prescription medicines. The treatment did not go well and she saw her doctors again and got a different prescription.

Read the rest of the story here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/kamloops-man-sues-says-wife-died-when-prescribed-wrong-medicine/it104253

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