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Peggy Maerz and Chris Whittaker were recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)

Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40: Peggy Maerz and Chris Whittaker

Program recognizes community leaders in the Shuswap

  • Mar 22, 2023

 

Scott Thompson, founder of Mad Laboratory Distilling, works to keep grains moving from a hopper as they are fed to a mash tank while steam rises from a still being cleaned at the distillery, in Vancouver, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Mad Lab switched to produce hand sanitizer during the pandemic but is now back to full-time production of alcoholic beverages.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How did these companies survive the pitfalls of the pandemic pivot?

Many who turned to produce hand sanitizer, PPE in 2020 have struggled to transition back

 

Ruby Marcelino displays some of the products available for travelling parents to rent through her BabyQuip representative business in Salmon Arm. (Rebecca Willson/ Salmon Arm Observer)

Salmon Arm mom starts business to help fellow travellers in need of baby gear

Ruby Marcelino delivers and shops for equipment to make vacations easier

 

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UK bans TikTok on government phones on security grounds

British authorities said Thursday that they are banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app…

Black Press Media File
Workers gut the building at 230 Ross St. NE, formerly home to the Salmon Arm KFC, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The recently purchased property is being cleaned up to be leased or possibly re-sold. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Renovation of former Salmon Arm fast food restaurant fuels speculation

Realtor says property being cleaned up for lease or resale

Workers gut the building at 230 Ross St. NE, formerly home to the Salmon Arm KFC, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The recently purchased property is being cleaned up to be leased or possibly re-sold. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Cam Brown and Rochelle Dale were recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)

Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40: Cam Brown and Rochelle Dale

Program recognizes community leaders in the Shuswap

  • Mar 15, 2023
Cam Brown and Rochelle Dale were recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)
People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Facebook’s parent Meta will slash another 10,000 jobs and will not fill 5,000 open positions as the social media pioneer cuts costs. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A 2nd wave of layoffs at Meta 10,000 jobs are cut

Facebook parent Meta is slashing 10,000 jobs, about as many as the…

People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Facebook’s parent Meta will slash another 10,000 jobs and will not fill 5,000 open positions as the social media pioneer cuts costs. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Salmon Arm’s Kyle Jobin and Lindsay Anderson recently launched their new meal-prep business No Bull Eats. (Jarrod Daye-Risk Everything Photography)

Salmon Arm couple takes task of preparing nutritious meals by the horns with new business

Personal trainers Lindsay Anderson and Kyle Jobin start business No Bull Eats

Salmon Arm’s Kyle Jobin and Lindsay Anderson recently launched their new meal-prep business No Bull Eats. (Jarrod Daye-Risk Everything Photography)
Flair Airlines. (Photo via The Canadian Press)

Flair Airlines says 4 of its aircraft seized in a ‘commercial dispute’

Some flights may be impacted up until Monday

Flair Airlines. (Photo via The Canadian Press)
An Indigo bookstore is seen Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in Laval, Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Indigo union demands more details on cyberattack, support for affected workers

Employees’ medical and immigration records part of February breach

An Indigo bookstore is seen Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in Laval, Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
MisMacK Clean Cosmetics, founded by Missy MacKintosh, and Trilogy Solutions are nominated for B.C. Small Business Awards. (Black Press file photo)

Two Salmon Arm small businesses up for B.C. awards

MisMacK Clean Cosmetics and Trilogy Solutions nominated for $10,000 prize

MisMacK Clean Cosmetics, founded by Missy MacKintosh, and Trilogy Solutions are nominated for B.C. Small Business Awards. (Black Press file photo)
Jesse Croy, Hayden Duvel and Ryan J. Coome at Simps Modern Beverage. (Jen Zielinski/ Black Press Media)

Spicing up the Kelowna market with a dash of hot sauce

Three Kelowna locals serve up hot sauce during pop up at Simps Modern Beverage

Jesse Croy, Hayden Duvel and Ryan J. Coome at Simps Modern Beverage. (Jen Zielinski/ Black Press Media)
.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File) + (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Adidas earnings take beating on breakup with Ye, China slump

Adidas’ breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and the…

.(AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File) + (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
This illustration released by Instacart depicts the grocery delivery company's app which can integrate ChatGPT to answer customers' food questions. (Instacart, Inc. via AP)

From marketing to design, brands adopt AI tools despite risk

Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays…

This illustration released by Instacart depicts the grocery delivery company's app which can integrate ChatGPT to answer customers' food questions. (Instacart, Inc. via AP)
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. After nine days of being locked out of his Twitter work computer, Haraldur Thorleifsson tweeted at owner Elon Musk, Monday, March 6, 2023, to find out whether or not he’d been fired. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk apologizes after mocking laid-off Twitter employee

If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired? At…

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. After nine days of being locked out of his Twitter work computer, Haraldur Thorleifsson tweeted at owner Elon Musk, Monday, March 6, 2023, to find out whether or not he’d been fired. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Graham Archer and Josh Bickle have been recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)

Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40: Graham Archer and Josh Bickle

Program recognizes community leaders in the Shuswap

  • Mar 8, 2023
Graham Archer and Josh Bickle have been recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)
Kevin Smith is calling attention to a significant theft at his Highway Antique Barn business on the Trans-Canada Highway. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Thieves pillage B.C. business of $100,000 worth of gold and silver

Owner calls for more awareness, security measures to combat crime in Chemainus area

Kevin Smith is calling attention to a significant theft at his Highway Antique Barn business on the Trans-Canada Highway. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Workers load off boxes containing frozen beefs from a truck for a restaurant at the shopping mall in Beijing on Feb. 27, 2023. Chinese economic officials expressed confidence Monday, March 6, 2023 they can meet this year’s growth target of "around 5%" by generating 12 million new jobs and encouraging consumer spending following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese planners promise 12 million jobs, economic rebound

Chinese economic officials expressed confidence Monday they can meet this year’s growth…

Workers load off boxes containing frozen beefs from a truck for a restaurant at the shopping mall in Beijing on Feb. 27, 2023. Chinese economic officials expressed confidence Monday, March 6, 2023 they can meet this year’s growth target of "around 5%" by generating 12 million new jobs and encouraging consumer spending following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A visitor speaks with a PAL Robotic robot during the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. After three years of pandemic disruption, MWC, also known as Mobile World Congress, kicked off Monday in Barcelona, Spain, with mobile phone makers showing off new devices and telecom industry executives perusing the latest networking gear and software. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Best of MWC: Screens that roll, ChatGPT interactive glasses

The father of the cellphone was there. So was Huawei and a…

A visitor speaks with a PAL Robotic robot during the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. After three years of pandemic disruption, MWC, also known as Mobile World Congress, kicked off Monday in Barcelona, Spain, with mobile phone makers showing off new devices and telecom industry executives perusing the latest networking gear and software. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
Chad Eliason and Brandi Stiles have been recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)

Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40: Chad Eliason and Brandi Stiles

Program recognizes community leaders in the Shuswap

  • Mar 1, 2023
Chad Eliason and Brandi Stiles have been recognized as community leaders in Salmon Arm’s Top 20 Over 40 program. (Contributed)