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Documentary on illegal dumping in Okanagan forests gets financial boost
A forest cleanup crew in the Okanagan got a big boost of support from Tolko…
Tolko slashing production by 50% at Armstrong mill
Vernon-based Tolko Industries is cutting production at its lumber operation in Armstrong in half which…
Tolko fined $75,000 for logging road that caused landslide
Tolko Industries is appealing a $75,000 fine it received after a logging road it built…
Tolko Mill, working to stay dry from flood waters, lends a helping hand
KELOWNA – Staff and management at Tolko Industries have been keeping a close eye on…
Tolko boom boats won’t run until investigation says they’re safe
KELOWNA – Tolko's saw mill operation has ceased all marine operations while the Transportation Safety…
Transportation Safety Board team arrive at scene of Tolko fatality
KELOWNA – A two-person team of investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada arrived…
UPDATE: Body of man recovered from sunken tugboat near Kelowna mill identified
KELOWNA – Condolences have started pouring in on social media for the Kelowna man who…
YEAR IN REVIEW: Controversial projects, proposals and industry closures
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The region had its fair share of industry closures, council debates and surprising…
‘It’s a difficult day:’ Tolko’s Merritt mill shuts its doors
MERRITT – The Tolko mill in Merritt has officially shut its doors, just nine days…
Lafarge has a point: Industrial taxes in Kamloops far higher than Okanagan, other cities
KAMLOOPS – Tax rates in the City of Kamloops came under fire again last week…
Coroner identifies two women killed in Highway 6 car crash
LUMBY – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified two women who died in a two-car crash on Highway 6 in the North Okanagan near Lumby December 6. They were Diedre Naomi-Ann Hughes, 57, from Vernon and her daughter Emma Maria Danielle Froh, 22, from Lumby. RCMP say the crash, between a Pontiac Sunfire and a...
Machinery running on graveyard shift the night teen worker died was an anomaly
VERNON - A Tolko employee knew two days in advance machines would be running during the ordinarily quiet graveyard clean-up shift to accommodate extra production, a coroner’s inquiry into the death of a Lumby teen heard Thursday. Bradley Haslam, 18, became entangled in a conveyer belt at Tolko’s Lavington mill in June 2013 and died....
Cause of Tolko mill fire likely accidental
KELOWNA – A fire that started at Tolko mill Monday evening was likely set accidentally by transients camping in the area. The fire was contained to a pile of sawdust and bark mulch between the mill and Manhattan St., an area Kelowna Fire Capt. Tim Light says is frequented by transients. “We found some home-made...