Could Costco be moving across the bridge?

Speculation is running rampant this week, in the wake of a conversation West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater had with a Costco employee that was picked up by several news outlets.

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A media representative for Costco said that it is company policy to not comment regarding future Costco warehouses until they are ready to share details about the new location.

That usually happens two to three months in advance.

And Rod Shultz one of the assistant general managersa国际传媒檚 of the Kelowna store went on a Costco Facebook group and said there have been no decisions on when or where the new location might go.

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Since August of 1991 Costco Wholesale has been at the current location and around 400 people are employed at the store.

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