Kamloops Airport

BEPPLE – One voice at a public hearing can make a difference to the outcome

February 2, 2024 // 10 Comments

THERE ARE PEOPLE who come to almost every council meeting, but most people have never been to even one council meeting. For someone to come, it has to be very important to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kamloops will have to up its game to get new air service

July 27, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘I TOLD YOU SO’ isn’t something I take pleasure in saying, but earlier this year I wrote two editorials about not inflating our [Continue]

BEPPLE – Thank you to those who help get us home to family at Christmas

December 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

“Every mile is two in winter.” – George Herbert, 17th century poet. HERBERT MIGHT HAVE lived 400 years ago, but he might well have been speaking about travel for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Airlines handing out lumps of coal to loyal fliers this Christmas

December 13, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERYONE WHO’S EVER travelled by air knows the early bird gets the best seats at the cheapest rates. Last-minute fliers are used to paying [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: 10 big Kamloops ideas that never made it off the drawing boards

August 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TAKES IMAGINATION to build a great city, and that means coming up with a lot of ideas, big ideas. Some of them succeed and endure, like the Tournament Capital of Canada, [Continue]

CHRISTIAN – Kamloops Airport still has room to grow

December 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

KAMLOOPS AIRPORT (YKA) at Fulton Field is a critical component of the local economy. The airport adds $40 million to the local economy, direct and indirect employees account [Continue]