Film Crews Hoping To Shoot In This BC City Will Now Have To Pay Local Workers $75/Hr

They'll be fined $10,000 a day if they break the new rules!

Film Crews Hoping To Shoot In This BC City Will Now Have To Pay Local Workers $75/Hr
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Filmmakers hoping to shoot in Kamloops, B.C. will now have to follow a string of new rules — including a pay bump for city staff.

Included in the rules for film companies are a refundable deposit of $5,000, a $125 permit and paying city staff $75 per hour for assistance.

According to the bylaw on pages 54 to 58 of the council documents, tasks for city staff include shutting down streets and managing traffic, coordinating parking for large trucks and equipment and changing street signs.

Film companies who do not follow the new rules are subject to a $10,000 fine for each day.

City officials approved the new bylaw on Tuesday, October 5, due to a surge in film production companies using the city for their work.

B.C. is a popular area for film companies and in and Netflix shows across the city.

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    Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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