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The awards, presented by the Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce and MNP will be handed out at the Oct. 26 gala

Small Business BC Awards accepting nominations until March 10

Small Business BC Awards accepting nominations until March 10

Josh Knaak was named Business Person of the Year at the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce and MNP LLP Business Excellence Awards

The announcement was held recently at Paramount Theatre. The Chamber received 177 nominations

Finalists in the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce/MNP annual event will be announced on July 21

Co-founders Katie Forsyth and Claire McLoughlin. Photo from Friendly Composting on Facebook. Need a home for your banana peels, rotten eggs and plant clippings? Friendly Composting, a Kamloops-based organic waste collection service, is expanding to

McLoughlin will make her pitch to an Enactus panel on May 12 and could take home a $10,000 prize. The service, which starts at $25 per month, offers weekly compost pickup and delivery of local goods, much of which one might find at the farmers’ market. McLoughlin, 26, is working on her master’s degree in environmental economics and management at Thompson Rivers University. She co-founded the company after growing tired of dumping food scraps in the garbage. “I thought, we can’t be t...