Winter 2009 Newsletter

kamloops business needs survey

Venture Kamloops is conducting a short 6 question survey to see what types of businesses the residents of Kamloops feel are needed here to assist business growth and improve our quality of life. The objective of this survey is to gather valuable community information that will help Venture Kamloops identify needed businesses and strategically focus our Business Attraction efforts. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey. Please click here to complete the survey.

Kamloops Welcomes Canadian Western Bank's New Full Service Branch

The newest branch of the Canadian Western Bank opened in Kamloops on September 21, 2009, at #101-1211 Summit Drive. The four original employees from the equipment financing division were joined by 10 new employees, most of who are from Kamloops, bringing the total number of employees at the bank to 14. The bank operates Monday to Friday from 9:00am-4:00pm.

Canadian Western Bank is a financial institution which focuses solely on Western Canada with branches from Victoria to Winnipeg and a corporate office in Edmonton. A full-range of services are offered at the bank including commercial lending, real estate loans, business banking, personal banking and investment opportunities.

Canadian Western Bank has had their equipment financing division in Kamloops for the past 7 years. Focusing on some of Kamloops’ economic strengths, mainly forestry and transportation, the equipment financing division had been very successful. With a strong confidence in our local market, Canadian Western Bank now offers Kamloops and area residents another banking option offering their full-range of services together with their equipment financing division. Kamloops Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager Peter Greenway is pleased Canadian Western Bank has chosen to invest in Kamloops. Despite tough economic times when many banks are constricting rather than expanding their operations and credit granting policies, Canadian Western Bank felt the Kamloops' economy would be strong enough to support an expansion.  

Canadian Western Bank is committed to supporting the community as evidenced by their sponsorship of the World Masters Games in March 2010 and Western Canada Games in August 2011. As one of Canada’s Top 50 Employers for the last 3 years, Canadian Western Bank prides itself on attracting and retaining it's employees; 95% of whom are shareholders.

The Fifth WorkBC Employer Toolkit Now Available on VK Website

 Kamloops Daily News - Gold Corporate Partner Spotlight

Kamloops Daily News publishes its newspaper six days a week at its location at 393 Seymour St.

The paper started in 1931 when George Duncan Browne produced the weekly Kamloops Shopper. In 1937, George Dawson and Watt Francis took it over and named it the Kamloops Advertiser, and it continued as such until 1963 when news items were added to the content.

In 1965, the name was changed to Kamloops-North Kamloops Advertiser, then the Kamloops News Advertiser a year later. The paper began publishing twice a week in 1968; only two months later a Friday edition was added. The “Advertiser” was dropped from the name in 1973.

On August 16, 1982, The Kamloops News began publishing Monday through Friday evenings with paid circulation. On May 31, 1986, a Saturday edition was added and the name soon changed to the Kamloops Daily News.

On Thursday morning, September 14, 1995, Kamloops residents awoke to find the Daily News on their doorstep as Kamloops received its first daily morning newspaper.

Today, the Kamloops Daily News continues to be published six days a week and is the most commonly read local newspaper in Kamloops.

Business Testimonial Draw Winner

Congratulations to Rob Stocks, President, ideaLEVER, whose Business Testimonial was randomly selected as our Business Testimonial winner. You can read Rob’s testimony and view a picture below of him wearing his prize, a Venture Kamloops windbreaker jacket. Venture Kamloops would like to send their sincere thanks to all who sent in their testimonies and encourage you to read them throughout our web site. We also welcome you to send your testimonial to us so we can share with people how really great Kamloops is.   "Kamloops has been a fantastic location for ideaLEVER for almost 15 years. It has great access to fibre optics for our data centre and a fantastic computer program at TRU providing high quality graduates. Add all of that to the low cost of living and great recreation on  our doorstep and Kamloops is a natural choice for any business." Rob Stocks, President, ideaLEVER

Vote Kamloops for GamesTown 2010   

It starts with your story...

Communities across BC are sharing their stories and showing us and the world their Olympic and Paralympic Games spirit through sport, healthy living, and environmental sustainability. 124 communities are officially in the running for the title of GamesTown 2010 where every story and vote counts!

The City of Kamloops is fighting hard to win a competition for $100,000 that is available to be used to improve a healthy living program or facility in 2010.

Kamloops is currently in #1 spot in voting !!!

Please take 30 seconds and pick your favourite community in each of the (5) population categories.  Kamloops is in 25,0001 - 100,000 category.  YOU MUST PICK (1) COMMUNITY IN EACH CATEGORY

Click Here to vote

We appreciate your support..!

The New City of Rivers -  Winter Issue Coming Soon

 
In August  the Summer 2009 edition of the City of Rivers revealed itself featuring a brand new look and online media technology called “Issu-You Publish”. The response to the new look has been highly received and now distribution is not only by way of supplements in major newspapers but also accessible to the world via the internet.

Click here to view the current issue of the City of Rivers exposing and educating readers about the lifestyle and advantages of both moving and investing into the Kamloops marketplace.
City of River supplements are placed in various papers in the Lower Mainland, Calgary Journal and Edmonton Journal along with the Kamloops Daily News up to five (5) times a year.

For more information on how you can advertise in our winter edition contact Kamloops Daily News at kamloopsnews@telus.net   or call 250-372-2331

2010 Business Network Membership Packages Now Available

Special Speaker Series " Rex Murphy" - January 26, 2010

The Community Business Initiative Group welcomes Rex Murphy, National well-known Journalism, CBC Editorialist and Author to Kamloops on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at the TRU Grand Hall to speak on
                       "Fragile Loyalties, Intense Committments: the Art of Being Canadian."

Rex Murphy was born and raised in St. John's, Nfld., where he graduated from Memorial University. In 1968, Murphy, a Rhodes Scholar, went to Oxford University.

Mr. Murphy has worked extensively with CBC for The National doing a number of documentaries, including the highly acclaimed "Unpeopled Shores," as well as interviews with immensely popular authors, the late Frank McCourt of Angela's Ashes, among them. You can also find his weekly commentary in The National's "Point of View" and the Saturday column, "Japes of Wrath", for The Globe and Mail. Murphy is the regular host of CBC Radio's "Cross Country Checkup" and commentator on "Definitely Not the Opera".

For his broadcasting contributions, Murphy has won several national and provincial awards.

Dinner & Speaker $69.00 + GST.  Advanced Registration is required, for tickets please contact the  
CHBC CI office @ 250-828-1844 or email rose@chbci.ca.

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Workplace Training Innovation Program Pilot Program

The Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Developments has announced the Workplace Training for Innovation Pilot Program for Businesses and not-for-profit organizations. The program is designed to provide eligible employers with funding for employee training in order to Improve productivity, support the introduction of new technology, machinery/equipment or work processes, enhance international competitiveness, introduce innovative training and workplace strategies to increase the long term competiveness of the organization and its workforce.

 Eligible costs includes training purchase costs and training related costs such as books and manuals.

The funding is available to companies with less than 50 employees, who have been in existence for one year or more and who are in good standing with the BC Corporate Registry. Application will be processed on a first-come/first-served basis, subject to availability.

Click here to view program guidlines and application forms or visit www.aved.gov.bc.ca.

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