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JANUARY 14, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 6
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Official Tournament Mark This manual provides you with tools and guidelines to ensure the tournament logo type (tournament mark) for the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship appears in a consistent manner that is appropriate to IIHF standards in all communications. These standards should be followed as closely as possible, however it is understood that requirements for unspecified applications may arise.
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The official tournament mark will appear prominently on all official communications and marketing materials pertaining to the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship. The tournament mark has bilingual (English/French, horizontal only), English (horizontal and vertical), and French (horizontal and vertical) versions. The bilingual version of the official tournament mark should be used in cases where both English and French are being used in the communication.
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Will slumping dollar attract U.S. tourists?
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2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Logo Guide
Some Kamloops business owners are hoping to cash in on a low loonie ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
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The piece of Mission Flats property that used to house the Weyerhauser mill — shown here in a KTW file photo from 2008 — has a new owner.
Former Weyco site sells for $5.1 million CAM FORTEMS
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A Manitoba-based rail service company has purchased the most significant piece of industrial land on the market in Kamloops. The 36-hectare former Weyerhaeuser Co. sawmill site was bought for slightly less than $5.1 million by Cando Rail Services on Dec. 31.
CANDO RAIL SERVICES PURCHASED PROPERTY A company representative said Wednesday it will make a public statement later this week. Ron Ehrenholz, managing broker of Colliers International in Kamloops, confirmed the sale but declined to publicly discuss the purchaser. While the heavyindustrial property has been for sale since Weyerhaeuser closed
its Kamloops sawmill more than seven years ago, the fact it lacked an environmental certificate hampered marketing efforts. “Though it was on the market, that was always hanging over it,” Ehrenholz said. Weyerhaeuser obtained that certificate about a year and a half ago, which cleared the way for improved marketing, he said.
The property beside the Thompson River in Mission Flats was the largest piece of industrial land on the market in Kamloops. It has both water and rail access and is zoned for heavy industry. It was home to a sawmill since the 1960s. Weyerhaeuser shut the sawmill in 2008, putting 200 employees out of work. Weyerhaeuser sold
timber rights to West Fraser and Interfor and merged its North American pulp operations under Domtar Corp., which continues to operate its Kamloops pulp mill. Also sold with the sawmill property was Weyerhaeuser’s former Canadian head office building as well as Rabbit Island, a prominent feature in the Thompson River. See DETAILS, A10
s the dollar’s value continues to slip, Kamloops’ tourism industry is dreaming of a summer filled with American tourists. On Wednesday, the loonie fell below 70 cents U.S. for the second day in a row, a low unreached since 2003. At Tourism Kamloops, acting CEO Monica Dickinson said her organization is planning a marketing push to bring U.S. tourists over the boarder in early spring. “Obviously the price will be right for them to make their way north of the border to experience our fu and activities,” she said. The campaign will focus on mountain biking, local wineries, breweries and farm markets, and the spring golfing season. “What works well is golf,” she said. “We’ve been known to have early starts to our golf season, so that can happen late March, early April if the weather participates.” Dickinson said a pair of hockey events coming to the city in the first four months of the year should also attract visitors to the Tournament Capital. Hockey Day in Canada, set for Feb. 6, which includes an alumni game with former Western Hockey League and NHL players, will likely bring in-province visitors, Dickinson said.
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