Chamber directors meet with MP, MLAs
The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce board of directors met with local MP Cathy McLeod and Minister Terry Lake and Minister Todd Stone today. Positions on issues that were passed [Continue]
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It must be spring at last — gas prices shoot up all over town like dandelions and crabgrass
Kamloops motorists were hit with a jolt of gas-price shock again today as the price per litre jumped several cents and came close to busting the 1.40 barrier. As of late this [Continue]
Train finally pulls into the station for Ashcroft Terminal project with official ribbon cutting
ASHCROFT — It’s been a long haul but a ribbon will finally be cut at 11 a.m. May 11 for the Ashcroft Terminal. “It’s been an eight-year struggle to get this off the [Continue]
Proposed ALR changes raise alarm; TRU faculty among scientists critical of Bill 24
By MIKE YOUDS Major reforms to B.C.’s agricultural land reserve are before the legislature as critics, including those in the Thompson-Nicola region, are hoping that the [Continue]
‘Safe’ Ajax jobs possible if community works together, says Steelworkers 1-417 president
NEWS — The president of United Steelworkers Local 1-417 says his executive is strongly in favour of the Ajax project, unlike the president of another local, 7619. And he [Continue]
Don’t blame those who take jobs offered under temporary foreign workers program
WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — As frustration grows with Canadian employers abusing the rules for hiring temporary foreign workers, we have to be careful not to point [Continue]
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