BEPPLE – Thank you to those who help get us home to family at Christmas
“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]
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EDITORIAL – Airlines handing out lumps of coal to loyal fliers this Christmas
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
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
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]
Feds put $4.4 million into runway rehab
NEWS/ AIRPORT — The federal government will fund $4.4 million for a runway rehab at Kamloops Airport. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod announced the funding, which [Continue]
Suspicious airport item art, not a bomb
NEWS/ POLICE — A suspicious item found at Kamloops Airport today (Thursday) turned out to be art work, not a bomb. RCMP were contacted by airport security at 5 p.m. [Continue]
Westjet Encore’s Edmonton flight ‘a huge game changer’
NEWS — WestJet’s inaugural Edmonton to Kamloops flight arrived right on time today (Sunday) for cupcakes, coffee and speeches in the Kamloops Airport arrival area. [Continue]
Students help boost travel numbers at airport
NEWS — Driven largely by corporate and student travel, traffic at Kamloops airport was up 5.3 per cent in May over the same month last year, according to the latest numbers [Continue]
Airport entrance could be the place for next roundabout as part of Tranquille upgrade
NEWS — The entrance to the Kamloops Airport could be the place for the city’s next roundabout. The concept is part of discussions on a possible first phase of a gateway [Continue]
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