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How fire retardant works
July 02, 2021 - 12:00 PM

PENTICTON - Residents whose structures are saved from wildfire by air tanker drops will no doubt breathe a sigh of relief the fire suppressing service was available, but may also have concerns about what that rather sinister looking dark-red substance is that stopped the flames dead in their tracks.
Kamloops businesses pull together to support restaurant targeted by crime
June 28, 2021 - 7:00 PM

A Kamloops business owner is collaborating with other businesses in the city to help support the owners of the Jamaican Kitchen on the North Shore who have been the victims of several break-ins and vandalism, the most recent just last week.
Kamloops represented in new, shimmering public art piece
June 25, 2019 - 6:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — For the last couple of months dozens of workers have been putting together a 40-feet tall mosaic in downtown Kamloops.
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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

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

How fire retardant works