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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 Volume NESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 | Volume 33|No. 57 33 No. 57
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Liberal candidates Bright Eye Brewing, Brightwhich Eye Brewing, is which is of Bright Eye’s seating of Brightcapacity. Eye’s seating capacity. Stone (Kamloops-South Todd Stone (Kamloops-South Thompson) Thompson) located on Tranquille locatedRoad on Tranquille in North Road in The North brewery isThe looking brewery to add is looking to add eter Milobar and (Kamloops-North Peter Milobar (Kamloops-North Thompson) Thompson) Kamloops, hasKamloops, asked the city has to asked allow the city to allow booths inside to booths increase inside indoor to increase indoor ir joint Tranquille at theirRoad joint campaign Tranquille office Road campaign office it to continue operating it to continue a patio operating space a patio space capacity, but Klugie capacity, saidbut losing Klugie thatsaid losing that ection night, onOct. election 24. night, Oct. 24. on the sidewalk oninthe front sidewalk of its storein front of front its storepatio would front bepatio a “huge would impact.” be a “huge impact.” RADY/KTW SEAN BRADY/KTW front at 292 Tranquille front at 292 Rd. Tranquille Rd. “We’re fighting“We’re tooth and fighting nail tooth to and nail to General manager General Annamanager Klugie Anna try Klugie to keep it there,” try to she keepsaid. it there,” she said. said the extended saidpatio the extended gave the patio res- gave the Cityresof Kamloops Citybusiness of Kamloops license business license taurant a “hugetaurant bump”ain “huge revenue, bump” in revenue, inspector Daveinspector Jones saidDave the patio Jones said the patio allowing it more allowing space to it more seat people, space to seat people,program expansion expansion — which program loosened — which loosened given public health givenrequirements public health to requirements to patio restrictions patio andrestrictions allowed restauand allowed restauspace apart tables. space apart tables. it marked the first it marked time inthe thefirst timeriding in the (renamed riding Kamloops-South (renamed Kamloops-South rants to extendrants outdoor to extend eatingoutdoor areas eating areas OPS THIS KAMLOOPS WEEK THIS WEEK said thatKlugie despite said the that weathdespite onto the weath117-year life of 117-year the ridinglife that of the the riding that the in 2005) Thompson Thompson alwaysin elected 2005) alwaysKlugie elected sidewalks,onto intosidewalks, parking areas intoand parking areas and he first time For ever, thevoters first time in ever, votersMLA in is elected er having cooled er having in recent cooled days,in the recent days, the areas elected not in government. MLA is not in government. a government MLA a government — until MLA — until onto grassy onto amid grassy theareas pandemic amid the pandemic loops-South the Kamloops-South Thompson Thompson North Kamloops North brewery Kamloops continues brewery continues The riding was The created riding in 1903 was created 1903 thisin past weekend, this when past weekend, voters when voters — is set to expire — on is set Oct. to 31. expire on Oct. 31. ected an riding opposition electedMLA. an opposition to seat people to outdoors. seat people It has outdoors. found It hasJones foundsaid thatJones as theMLA. Kamloops aselectoral the Kamloops districtelectoral districtStonereturned returned to the Official Stone to the Official with restaurants said that with restaurants Liberal candidate B.C. Liberal Toddcandidate Todd an innovative approach an innovative to combat approach to spilling combatinto sidewalks, and voters sided and with voters Frederick sided with Frederick spilling into the sidewalks, city had the city had Opposition benches, Opposition wherebenches, the where the mped to Stone victory romped on to victory on Fulton and cold weather — cold selling weather blankets — selling blankets John John the Fulton govern-and the governbuilt sidewalk expansions built sidewalk into expansions parkinto parkB.C. Liberals have B.C.lost Liberals more have than lost more than day Saturday, electioncruising day Saturday, cruising alongside its beer. ing Conservatives. ing That Conservatives. pattern Thatapattern ing stalls, covering ing stalls, the cost covering for busithe cost for busidozen seats, pending a dozen final seats,count pending alongside final countits beer. mfortable towin a comfortable over New win over New a government “Then we have“Then a lot ofwe ideas havegoing a lot of ideas going of electing of electingMLA a government nesses to maintain nesses pedestrian to maintain access pedestrian access of MLA about 500,000 ofmail-in about 500,000 ballots mail-in ballots at AnnaDemocrat Thomas (the Anna Thomas (the into the winterinto for how the winter to still for utilize how to still continued for 40 continued more elections, for 40 more elections, andutilize creating a and bit ofcreating a boardwalk a bit of a boardwalk next month. next month. irst-ever riding’s Indigenous first-ever Indigenous theLiberal space,” Klugie the space,” said. Klugie said. effect. through provincial through switches provincial to switches to Milobar, the effect. Peter Peter B.C. Milobar, Liberalthe B.C. te) andcandidate) Green Danand Hines Green Dan Hines “We’re planning “We’re on getting planning some on gettingAt some Liberal, Coalition, Liberal, SocialCoalition, Credit, Social Credit, in Kamloops-North issue heading At into issuewinter heading is into winter is candidate candidate in Kamloops-North hout mail-in even without ballots being mail-in ballots being warming tentswarming so peopletents can kind so people can kind safety.sidewalk safety. NDP and B.C. Liberal. NDP and B.C. Liberal. Thompson, wasThompson, sidewalk also re-elected. was also re-elected. . counted. of close of close it hasitaoff little and bititof has a little bit of In each and every In each election and every election Turn to pages A6 Turn andtoA7 pages A6 and A7 it off and See PATIO A10 EXPANSION, A10 e’s victory is Stone’s historic victory as is historic heat. 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