Tag Archives: Business & Economy
NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season
The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side's executive board and Canadian health officials.The season wo...
Dec 19, 2020
Disagreement on Dallas Drive frustrates residents, splits Kamloops city council
KAMLOOPS - On Tuesday night (Dec. 16), Kamloops city council voted to discharge a covenant on a property along Dallas Drive. The covenant, which was put in place over two decades ago, prohibited certa...
Dec 16, 2020
Legalized: A look at the retail cannabis industry in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first G7 country in the world to legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis. While other provinces were more prepared for the rollout of legal wee...
Dec 15, 2020
Kamloops residents step up and provide Christmas gifts for women and children fleeing violence
KAMLOOPS - The Family Stepping Stones program run by the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society gives women fleeing violence a supportive long-term place to live while they seek a new start for t...
Dec 14, 2020
Kamloops businesses hope Christmas shoppers continue to support local
KAMLOOPS - Just two weeks remain for the citizens of Kamloops to finish their Christmas shopping. Downtown Kamloops Executive Director Carl DeSantis has two words for those folks:"Support local," DeSa...
Dec 10, 2020
Kamloops Shoebox Project still accepting online donations to collect gifts for women in shelters
KAMLOOPS - The Shoebox Project began in 2011 in Toronto. Four sisters wanted to make sure women experiencing homelessness and living in shelters weren't forgotten over the holidays. Nine years later, ...
Dec 08, 2020
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 08, 2020
Low inventory, increasing demand drive Kamloops home prices higher
KAMLOOPS - It appears the real estate market in the city has recovered from the initial slowdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, 262 homes were bought and sold in the city, a 40 per c...
Dec 04, 2020
Local toy store helping 'Trim the Toyroom' for Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre
KAMLOOPS - This December, Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre has partnered with Tumbleweed Toys to help Trim the Toyroom. The campaign is meant to help fill the therapeutic playroom at KSACC a...
Dec 02, 2020
Kamloops man marks World AIDS Day as pandemic cuts annual event
KAMLOOPS - December 1st marks World AIDS Day. It's an opportunity to reflect on the achievements in the fight against HIV and AIDS, as well as recognize how much work still needs to be done in the fig...
Dec 01, 2020
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