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Owners of North Okanagan industrial site ready to welcome '1,000 jobs'
February 04, 2020 - 4:10 PM

Over a decade after the Lavington glass plant closed its doors and roughly 350 jobs were lost, the industrial plant's new owners say their site is ready and can accommodate businesses that could create 1,000 jobs.
Jobs on the horizon as new owners reveal plans for former Lavington glass plant
October 05, 2016 - 4:58 PM

LAVINGTON - They won’t be creating glass, but the new owners of the long-shuttered Lavington glass plant promise they will be creating jobs.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Owners of North Okanagan industrial site ready to welcome '1,000 jobs'