Valleyview Liquor Store will be opening their doors Friday September 11 at 7-2101 E Trans-Canada Highway in Coopers Market Place in the location vacated by the Government Liquor Store at in the Coopers Market Place. The Inlander Cold Beer and Wine Store in the Falcon Shopping Centre has closed.
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The Kiwanis Club of Downtown Kamloops presents the Annual Kamloops Motorcycle Toy Run Sunday September 11.
There will be a Show and Shine at noon at the Aberdeen Mall.
The Toy Run starts at 1:00 pm and will head down Columbia Street along Valleyview Drive to River Road and back along Valleyview Drive to visit the Downtown and Northshore before finishing at Riverside Park at 2:00 pm
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The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is proud to be presenting and hosting 2020 VISION - Focusing Beyond the Games! This unprecedented workshop-focused regional conference will be held at Forster's Conference Centre on September 16 & 17, 2005 and zeroes in on providing inspiration, substantive information and working tools for everyone who attends.
Just five short years from now, the world will visit BC. Our communities are poised to make the most of the exciting opportunities created by the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler. But we must be informed, prepared and equipped to take on the challenge.
We invite all business people, community leaders, economic development personnel and tourism-related organizations to attend this conference - the first in a series! Besides learning about the opportunities available, you will create goals for your organization and have them met by the next conference date!
The information derived from this conference will enable attendees to reap the maximum economic benefits that the 2010 Olympics will offer.
For more information, please contact Kamloops Chamber of Commerce at 372-7722.
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There is a new building going up west of Clearview Glass. This space will be occupied by RTR Performance who will also occupy the space currently occupied by Clearview Glass. Clearview Glass will move to the space currently occupied by RTR Performance.
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Kamloops This Week Wed Aug 17 2005
Beginning next week, Valleyview residents will have to buy their booze at a private liquor store or go for a drive if they want to imbibe.
"I think it's sad, it's another service out of Valleyview," Ted Rowland said.
The president of the Valleyview and East Business Association and owner of the Valleyview Dollar Store said he was "very surprised" by the announcement the government liquor store would close by week's end. Staff at the liquor store found out about the closure late last week.
B.C. Government Employees Union (BCGEU) Local 505 spokesman Karl Wolfe said he thought liquor store staff were in the clear after the community rallied to keep two stores, at Westsyde and Thompson Park Mall, open after the government announced both would close.
But the Valleyview store is facing a different scenario.
Staff were told the landlord is not renewing the lease with the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch because it has been outbid by Liquor Barn, a private liquor store chain from Alberta, Wolfe said.
"It's a real kick in the teeth toward our members ... This does not make sense. As one customer asked me, why are we losing living-wage jobs to have all the profits go to Alberta?"
There are four regular employees and three part-time employees at the Valleyview store. One has been offered early retirement, and one employee will move to another store.
The Valleyview outlet is the city's third-most profitable, behind stores at Columbia Place and Northills Shopping Centre. The outlet generated more than $5.5 million in sales last year.
Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger said he was kept in the dark about the upcoming closure.
"It took me completely by surprise," he said, but added he sees a silver lining.
Once the store closes, Kamloops could be in line for what the province calls a signature store.
Signature stores, like those recently opened in Burnaby, North Surrey and Penticton, are large government liquor stores offering a wider selection of products and enhanced customer service.
Valleyview, said Krueger, would be the perfect spot for such a store.
"There's no reason why they couldn't choose Valleyview ... We've already got a large store in Sahali and in North Kamloops. I don't think it's good to expect people to have to travel up to the southwest sector."
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Kamloops This Week Sun Aug 07 2005
A company that may eventually employ as many as 90 people has applied to build a large industrial building to house its value-added business in the Campbell Creek Industrial Park.
City council is expected to approve the development permit application Tuesday.
Thompson River Veneer Products Ltd. announced in April it would set up operations in Kamloops, with work expected to begin in October.
Now, the company has bought a property on Dallas Drive that was formerly occupied by Dalfor Industries Ltd., which operated a sawmill and lumber manufacturing business on the site.
The city's development and and engineering services department has no reservations about the project, as long as the company complies with any remediation work that may be required by the Ministry of the Environment.
A so-called site profile is needed to inform the province about any previous commercial or industrial uses of a site.
According to a Ministry of the Environment official, the ministry is still awaiting such a report.
In April, Doug Webb announced he and his partners, who wished to remain anonymous, will inject $14,000,000 in new capital investment into Kamloops.
At the time, he said he and his partners had chosen Kamloops over Cache Creek, Chase and Chilliwack, as well as other locations in Alberta and Washington State.
Once Thompson River Veneer starts operating, the company will buy B.C.-produced green veneer that was formerly shipped to the United States, and process it locally.
The finished product will be sold primarily within the region.
Webb could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.
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