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First retail cannabis store on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve opens for business
KAMLOOPS - The city's third legal cannabis shop opened its doors on the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc lands today. Pinnacle Access, run by two TtS members, is the first of its kind on band land, and because of...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Another illegal dispensary in Kamloops to shut its doors
KAMLOOPS - Another illegal cannabis dispensary in Kamloops is expected to shut its doors today. City of Kamloops business licence inspector Dave Jones says Boomer's Buds, formerly the Phyven Herbal Di...
James Peters May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Logging company assessing the damage after weekend fire
KAMLOOPS - A fire that destroyed multiple logging trucks and trailers at LeBeau Bros Logging Ltd. will cost the business heavily, but the owner claims it's more of an emotional cost than financial. Cr...
May 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Whispering Pines Chief hoping for Trans Mountain discussions before fall election
KAMLOOPS - The chair of a First Nations organization trying to acquire an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline says he hopes the government sits down before the House of Commons rises ahead of ...
James Peters May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Balance of Power
Tolko closures to result in 240 job losses in Quesnel, Kelowna
VERNON, B.C. - Tolko is making cuts that will affect hundreds of jobs in the B.C. Interior. The Vernon-based company is permanently closing its Quest Wood sawmill in Quesnel on August 2, resulting in ...
May 10, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops Chamber welcomes a familiar face into executive director's role
KAMLOOPS - It's been five months since the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce had a full-time permanent executive director in place. That's until Monday's news that Acacia Pangilinan, who had been serving a...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Buy-Low buys Nature's Fare chain
KAMLOOPS - Buy-Low Foods has purchased the Nature's Fare Market chain. The company says in a news release that Nature's Fare joined the group of companies on May 1. Buy-Low says the Kamloops Nature's ...
May 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. Forest Minister confident appeal process on recent WTO ruling will be successful
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Forest Minister says the province is pushing back against a World Trade Organization ruling last month in favour of the American government using a long-outlawed practice of 'zeroi...
May 06, 2019 B.C. government feel it can prove it doesn't subsidize lumber exported to the U.S. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Acacia Pangilinan named executive director of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce
KAMLOOPS - The interim executive director of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has officially been hired into the position. Acacia Pangilinan started her new position today (May 6). She was previously ...
May 06, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
KCBIA wins provincial awards
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association came home with three awards from the recent B.C.-wide conference in Surrey. They won awards for their Sustainability and Coffee program...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
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