General Grants
These Kamloops kids just want empty bottles for Christmas
Patricia O’Neill was at home when she heard a knock on her door and found…
Volunteers needed for Kamloops homeless count
KAMLOOPS - Volunteers are needed to help identify the homeless population in Kamloops. The homeless count is used to collect statistics on the homeless population to use to lobby the government for funding and to educate the public on their existence. “We take one day snap shot of how many homeless people we can find in...
General Grants feeling the fall out from Emterra strike
KAMLOOPS – The recycling is piling up in Kamloops as the Emterra Environmental strike enters its fifth week. While people have been asked to store what they can, the balconies and garages of residents are no competition for the influx General Grants in Sahali is currently seeing. “I had 26 pallets, and they left four...
Second week of Emterra strike with no end in site
KAMLOOPS – After four months of talks and two weeks of strike aciton, Emterra Environmental and its Steelworkers Union employees appear no closer to ending their labour dispute than when they began. Union head Marty Gibbons is currently in Langley bargaining on behalf of airport screeners. “Trust me; it’s going much better,” he says in...
Emterra strike could ‘overwhelm’ small recycling business
KAMLOOPS – Early on it was thought a strike by employees at the Emterra Environmental recycling plant would not affect curbside collection but since the strike began earlier this week not only was curbside collection stopped, but exactly what to do with your recyclables became a bit unclear. The strike officially started Monday and the city...