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Top 100 ranking brings new attention, and new golfers to Tobiano Golf Course
KAMLOOPS - In ranking Tobiano Golf Course the 90th best in the world, the Golf Digest website wrote Tobiano is a "ruggedly beautiful course" and the wide-open property is a labyrinth of dry ravines an...
Jul 26, 2022
Friendly Compost: a sustainable solution to food waste in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Composting is an important step to reduce the organic waste that goes into our landfills. That was one of the foremost reasons why Katie Forsyth and her business partner, Claire McLoughlin,...
Dave Barry Jul 12, 2022
Kamloops Airport passenger numbers up by more than 600 per cent for second straight quarter
KAMLOOPS - Like the first quarter of 2022, Kamloops Airport's (YKA) second quarter of the fiscal year showed another stretch of traveller numbers being up by more than 600 per cent.In a news release i...
James Peters Jul 11, 2022
Third annual Stop, Drop and Donate hospice fundraiser set for Saturday at Cascades Casino
KAMLOOPS - Each year, families from throughout the region experience the comfort of the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home, when they have a loved one in need of palliative care. The pandemic ha...
Jun 23, 2022
As inflation rises, concerns grow about what B.C. seniors will give up to make ends meet
KAMLOOPS - With record high prices at the pumps - and on grocery store shelves - it's hard to avoid inflation in B.C. For seniors on a fixed income, it's even more difficult to budget. "Some seniors a...
Aaron Schulze Jun 08, 2022
Kruger completes acquisition of Kamloops pulp, says all jobs will be maintained
KAMLOOPS - Montreal-based Kruger has announced it has completed the acquisition of the Kamloops pulp mill from Domtar.In a news release issued Wednesday (June 1), Kruger stated the mill will continue ...
James Peters Jun 01, 2022
Williams Lake timber supply area to be audited by B.C. watchdog
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Timber-sale licence holders near Williams Lake in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Natural Resource District will be audited next week.In a news release, the B.C. government says the Forest...
May 25, 2022
United Way BC president says organization still focused on local not-for-profits after amalgamation
KAMLOOPS - Almost eleven months ago, six regional United Way organizations across the province became a single entity - United Way BC (UWBC). "It now covers, serves most of British Columbia," UWBC Pre...
May 18, 2022
April jobless rate drops to another new low as economy adds 15K jobs: StatCan
Statistics Canada says the jobless rate fell in April to another record low as employment was little changed for the month with a gain of 15,300 jobs.The unemployment rate came in at 5.2 per cent for ...
May 06, 2022
Crime and social issues costing Kamloops businesses
KAMLOOPS - A survey released by Kamloops business associations has delivered a damning picture of the impact of criminality and social disruptions on area businesses. While only 128 of a sample size o...
Dave Barry Apr 22, 2022
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