Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Kamloops business owners take advantage of provincial program to improve digital presence
KAMLOOPS - In early January we brought you the story of the Digitial Economy: Rapid Response and Resiliency program - DER3, for short. All the spots in the program have been filled, and businesses are...
Mar 25, 2021
Kelson Group seeking community input on revised City Gardens development plans
KAMLOOPS - A multi-million dollar downtown development project is gathering public feedback before it submits for a development permit. In a release today (Mar. 25), the Kelson Group is asking the com...
Mar 25, 2021
One year on, poll suggests Canadians still deeply wary about allowing U.S. visitors
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians remain deeply wary about the prospect of allowing visitors from the United States. The online Lger poll was conducted last week for the Association for Canad...
Mar 23, 2021
Kamloops is in the midst of a craft spirits boom
KAMLOOPS - First it was wine. Then, craft beer. Now, craft spirits are the new beverage craze on the block in Kamloops, with two craft distilleries operating in the city, and two more on the way. CFJC...
Mar 18, 2021
Tourism Kamloops cautiously optimistic local tourism sector will be able to manage post-vaccination traffic
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops expects to be ready for a bounce back in tourism when the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.Scotiabank Chief Economist Jean-Francois Perrault said in an interview that B.C.'s tourism indus...
Dylana Kneeshaw Mar 17, 2021
First Nations say Alberta review of coal project inadequate, seek federal involvement
EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to federa...
Mar 09, 2021
Alberta's Toews says final bill on defunct Keystone XL not 'materially' above $1.3B
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says taxpayers won't be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL pipeline. Travis Toews did not provide specific...
Mar 09, 2021
Pandemic increased direct aid to fossil fuel producers, new study shows
OTTAWA - A new report suggests the economic impact of the pandemic led to a massive increase in federal aid to Canada's oil patch. But the annual inventory of fossil fuel subsidies published by the In...
Feb 25, 2021
Kamloops restaurants relieved to have permanent wholesale liquor pricing
KAMLOOPS - Bars and restaurants in Kamloops got a silver lining this week, with the province announcing their ability to buy liquor at wholesale prices will be permanent. In June of 2020, liquor servi...
Feb 24, 2021
No details: Alberta energy minister announces date for start of coal consultations
EDMONTON - Alberta says public consultations on coal mining will begin March 29 but there's no decision yet on how they will go ahead. "I have directed my department officials to bring forward a compr...
Feb 23, 2021
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