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What's your reason to make a will?
April 11, 2016 - 7:30 AM

VICTORIA - Make a Will Week 2016 is a reminder that it is easier than you think to provide for the people, charities and organizations you care about. There are a many reasons to make a will, and now it's easier than ever to do so.
B.C. streamlines Land and Land Title acts
March 25, 2015 - 1:55 PM

VICTORIA - Bill 25, introduced today, will make it easier to regulat and manage low-impact community, recreational, industrial and commercial activity on Crown lands, streamline fees for transactions under the Land Title Act and allow non-Canadians to register as land surveyors.
Chamber membership votes on new board of directors
March 27, 2014 - 1:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — A sold-out crowd of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce members gathered at the South Thompson Inn for their annual general meeting last night for Mayor Peter Milobar's annual “State of the City” address before voting on their new board of directors.

“Our team of directors and staff at the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce are an exceptional and talented group of professionals,” newly-elected President Aleece Laird, a partner of Fresh Inc. stated.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjone

From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the

What's your reason to make a will?