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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
This year the Kamloops Adults Learners Society (KALS) is celebrating their 20th anniversary in September, and they are still operating by bringing valuable courses to Kamlooopsians. The non-profit organization has focused on bringing lifelong learning to the community since 2005 by working with volunteers including teachers, leaders and organizers to offer courses on diverse topics. KALS has over 300 members and welcomes all students over the age of 18.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla |Hollie Ferguson |Lauren Kaljur
At The Wren, we believe in community-driven and community-funded journalism to ensure our reporting reflects the diversity and needs of the people who live here. This model keeps us accountable to the community over any other stakeholder. But what does community-driven journalism mean? For The Wren, it simply means that we listen to what Kamloopsians want to know more about. We constantly interact with our readers to come up with ideas for stories and articles.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla |Hollie Ferguson |Lauren Kaljur |Kayla Empey
Readers pitch in what they can afford each month so The Wren can deliver weekly newsletters, in-depth investigations and surface stories about neighbours working to transform Kamloops (Tk’emlúps) for the better. Together, our community of supporters ensure The Wren’s independent journalism remains free and accessible to everyone.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
As residents of a car-dependent city, Kamloopsians are familiar with persistently high fuel prices, which have averaged $1.65 per litre over the last few years. The cost of maintaining a vehicle along with housing expenses has also increased for many households. So it’s no surprise that a survey commissioned by Kamloops’ own car share service, Propel Us Carshare Co-Op, found that 54 per cent of respondents would use a car share service if it was available to them.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
Climate anxiety, or fear related to the future of the plant, is on the rise globally. One of the largest surveys conducted on the topic found people are suffering from climate anxiety on a large scale. While this is a sweeping issue, the survey also found those with climate anxiety are finding an outlet for their fears – pro-environmental activity and activism.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
Kamloopsains consume about 11 per cent more greenhouse gases (GHG) than the average British Columbian, largely driven by factors like sprawl and reliance on fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, natural gas heating and landfill waste. To tackle the issue, the city adopted an award-winning Community Climate Action Plan (CCAP), setting clear goals for the future. However, earlier thist year, Kamloops city council reduced the plan’s funding, questioning how those goals could be achieved on time.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
In the lead up Oct. 19 provincial election, The Wren surveyed Kamloops residents on what issues matter to them most. When asked what issues candidates should tackle, 78 per cent of respondents selected health care. Specifically, accessing cardiac care in Kamloops has been an ongoing issue. Where and how to access certain types of healthcare, such as cardiac care in Kamloops is a challenge for many, and something advocate and fundraiser Al Patel would like to see change in this election.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
To ensure Kamloops has a voice in the provincial election conversation, The Wren surveyed readers to identify their top questions and concerns for candidates in the lead-up to the Oct. 19 election. The Wren took the most asked questions on the survey and reached out to all of the candidates. Health care and the toxic drug crisis were often included as top issues by survey respondents.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
To ensure Kamloops has a voice in the provincial election conversation, The Wren surveyed readers to identify their top questions and concerns for candidates in the lead-up to the Oct. 19 election. The Wren took the most frequently asked questions on the survey and sent them to all of the candidates for written response.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thewrennews.ca | Macarena Mantilla
To ensure Kamloops has a voice in the provincial election conversation, The Wren surveyed readers to identify their top questions and concerns in the lead-up to Oct. 19. The Wren took the most asked questions on the survey and reached out to all candidates. Among those top-asked questions, climate change was frequently mentioned by readers. While The Wren reached out to all candidates for the Kamloops Centre and Kamloops North-Thompson riding, as of Oct. 10 two candidates did not respond.
