John Douglas
Why Kamloopsians will be paying more for their recycling
KAMLOOPS – The cost of processing the material collected in the Kamloops recycling program is going up and that cost is being passed onto homeowners in the city. Residents will be paying roughly $17 more per year in recycling fees in the New Year. The city is citing the recently renewed recycling contract with Emterra...
Ashcroft businessman makes a confession on social media
ASHCROFT - If closing down a family business isn’t hard enough, telling your whole town why you did it is another challenge entirely. John Douglas took to his Facebook page yesterday to tell his, now former, customers that the Central Cafe in Ashcroft would shut its doors due to poor financial standing. “Everybody knows me...
BROTHEN: How to break the rumour-mill in your small town
The village of Ashcroft recently learned that the Central Cafe, a fixture in the little town, would shut its doors permanently. Most business-owners would just pack up and keep mum on the details, but cafe owner John Douglas took to social media to tell his customers the truth about why he couldn’t run his restaurant...