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Bald tires on a forklift cost Kamloops company $7,000
January 09, 2025 - 7:00 PM

Forklift trucks with damaged sidewalls and bald tires were some of the violations that netted a Kamloops steel fabricator a more than $7,000 WorkSafeBC fine.
BC invests $7 million into mass timber industry in Okanagan
July 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A provincial government investment in the timber industry is bringing some jobs back to to the Okanagan.
Monument Motorsports And Mirror Image Customs - Penticton's Dynamic Duo
May 06, 2023 - 10:00 AM
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"We have crazier car people here than Kelowna or even Vancouver. We've got some real car enthusiasts here in this town." — Neil Sanders, Monument Motorsports.
iN PHOTOS: Metal artist makes sculptures out of cutlery and horseshoes near Summerland
March 12, 2023 - 11:30 AM
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A stainless steel fabricator by trade, Mark Wong of Osprey Lake near Summerland followed his artistic passion and left the industrial life 25 years ago.
BACK IN THE SADDLE: Sicamous amputee riding again thanks to custom built trike
March 24, 2022 - 6:30 AM

A Sicamous motorcycle enthusiast who had her leg amputated last fall is getting back on her bike next week for the first time since the operation.
Kamloops fabricator makes TV debut on 'Rust Valley Restorers'
March 06, 2021 - 6:30 AM

The third season of "Rust Valley Restorers" features a Kamloops fabricator who is hitting TV screens for the first time.
Construction survey shows B.C. firms expect less work in 2021 but need more workers
January 01, 2021 - 11:00 AM

VANCOUVER - The association representing construction employers in British Columbia says most expect less work in 2021, although employees will see wages climb.
B.C. firms expect less work in 2021 but need more workers: survey
December 30, 2020 - 9:00 PM

VANCOUVER - The association representing construction employers in British Columbia says most expect less work in 2021, although employees will see wages climb.
Horseshoe-salmon from Kaleden born from pandemic
June 11, 2020 - 9:01 AM

Pearl the Pandemic Salmon is a mad creation perfect for the time in which she was born.
B.C. judge tiptoes through divorce assets of decades-long cannabis grow-op
September 19, 2018 - 7:30 PM

VANCOUVER - Mr. and Mrs. Smith "lived well."
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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