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OCTOBER 29, 2015 | Volume 28 No. 130
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MARCHING FOR YES
A group of Yes supporters marched yesterday from the Kamloops Art Gallery to Heritage House to cast ballots in advance voting for the performing-arts centre referendum. A second advance poll at Heritage House is open on Monday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. General voting day is Saturday, Nov. 7. From left: Tanya Hamelock, Brendan Day, Timothy Crowe, Petra Franke and Brendan Shaw.
Emails, texts show Cavers warned of being censured ANDREA KLASSEN
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After erupting in frustration over the proposed Ajax mine, Kamloops Coun. Donovan Cavers came close to facing formal censure from his colleagues this past summer. “Your comments and add ons in this email and many others (using an asterisk doesn’t make the swearing better) are in my opinion continually treading a fine line,” Mayor Peter Milobar wrote in an email to Coun. Donovan Cavers in late August. “I would suggest we
READ MORE ONLINE Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to read more emails and texts. meet to go over what appropriate communications are. “You can choose not to but I would point out that other city’s councils have had to wind up putting members under censure and I would frankly not be opposed to looking into this if these types of comments and email tones continue.”
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‘Best damn partner or worst enemy’ CAM FORTEMS
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Shane Gottfriedson put out a warning yesterday to the oil-pipeline industry: “We can be your best damn partner or your worst damn enemy.” The outgoing chief of the Tk’emlups Indian Band gave his first speech in Kamloops since being elected to the regional chief position with the Assembly of First Nations. He told a gathering of First Nations people and consultants gathered at a pipeline summit that big business can’t do any business without them. “We hold all the cards when it comes to
business relationships in our territories,” that First Nations will get a better deal from the newly elected Trudeau government. he told the audience at the Coast Hotel He and other senior leaders with the Conference Centre. “The world of business now knows things Assembly of First Nations are scheduled to meet late in November with senior Liberal can’t happen without our consent.” ministers. While Gottfriedson, who One request on the table represents more than 200 First More on oil pipeline is lifting of a two per cent Nations groups, said he was summit on page A7 inflationary cap on contribuelected as regional chief on a tion agreements for health platform of economic growth and social programs. for communities, he’s willing to stand along“We’re not getting any more than two per side those who oppose pipeline expansion. cent increases — look at growth in our com“I respect First Nations that don’t support munities, Gottfriedson said. development,” he said. “That’s our right. In the case of Tk’emlups Indian Band, “we That’s our constitutional right. Who am I to went from 970 members [in 1997] to 1,350. judge you?” “We get the same amount of funding.” Gottfriedson also expressed confidence
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