News Items tag as: BC Trucking Association

Think your gas bill is bad? Try being a B.C. trucker
May 06, 2022 - 5:30 PM

Rising diesel prices mean the cost of groceries, electronics and nearly everything else you buy are going up.
Kamloops food truck will be serving long-haul drivers as long as they need it
May 19, 2020 - 6:30 AM

With the province setting its sights on re-opening this week, B.C. residents are getting ready for some big changes.
Third of B.C. trucking companies have already laid off drivers and it may get worse
April 17, 2020 - 7:00 PM

Over half of all trucking companies in the province expect to lay drivers off by the end of the month, according to the B.C Trucking Association.
Kamloops Chamber calls for mandatory truck driver training across province
December 12, 2018 - 5:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce wants to see mandatory truck driver training in B.C. and they're calling on the province to make that happen.
Commercial trucks face new chain-up regulations in B.C. today
November 29, 2018 - 11:47 AM

KAMLOOPS - Stricter regulations on commercial vehicles are coming into effect today with the hope of making winter highway travel safer.
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Kootenay boss who left sex toys on employee's desk ordered to pay $15K
The owner of a Kootenay landscape company who pushed his genitals into the back of an employee and left sex toys on her desk has been ordered to pay $15,000 in compensation. A Sept. 7 B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision found that former em

Want to buy an Okanagan winery? Better hurry
Interest is picking up in at least one of the half-dozen wineries and vineyards currently for sale in the Okanagan. That’s coming despite the fact that there is a small pool of buyers who are interested in a winery. “This

Farm-to-gate cannabis sales approved in B.C.
B.C. cannabis farmers will soon be able to cut out the middleman without breaking the law. The province is bringing a “producer retail store licence” into effect on Nov. 30 to allow growers to sell non-medical marijuana from a s

Housing affordability is worst ever in Kelowna and the rest of Canada
Rising interest rates combined with historically high housing prices have made home ownership in Canada the worst it has ever been. A report from RBC looked at all the costs of home ownership, not just the price of the home and carrying cha

Think your gas bill is bad? Try being a B.C. trucker