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DECEMBER 22, 2015 | Volume 28 No. 153
WEATHER Flurries High -2 C Low -6 C
SUN PEAKS SNOW REPORT Mid-mountain: 106 cm Alpine: 123 cm Snow phone: 250-578-7232
GRINCH STRIKES STORE
FULTON CUP CHAMPIONS CROWNED
Theft included kids’ gifts
NorKam, Westsyde take varsity titles
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KGHM Ajax delays application submission ANDREA KLASSEN
STAFF REPORTER
andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
The company behind the Ajax copper and gold mine is once again pushing back the filing date for its environmental assessment. KGHM Ajax had planned to submit its application for environmental review on Jan. 4, but announced it will now file “as soon as reasonably possible.”
In an emailed statement, the company said First Nations groups have requested more time to review the mine’s 18,000page application before it is formally submitted to the provincial and federal governments. “With the Christmas season soon here, senior management decided it was better to give all parties the time they need to be ready to start the work of reviewing this
comprehensive document,” said externalaffairs manager Yves Lacasse. A new filing date has not been set, but the company said it hopes to submit its application by the end of January. Once the environmental review begins, all of KGHM’s studies on the effects of the Ajax project will become public information. See CITY, A4
Police seek Instascammer TIM PETRUK
STAFF REPORTER
tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
SPREADING CHRISTMAS CHEER
Interior Savings Credit Union Tranquille branch manager Mark Grimm takes a break next to the credit union’s Christmas tree. Staff at the North Kamloops credit-union branch raised $380 for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund and Interior Savings’ corporate office added $500. For more on the fundraiser that helps five Kamloops charities, turn to page A6. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 31. DAVE EAGLES/KTW
VISIT US IN KAMLOOPS AND GIVE THE GIFT OF SNOW! SAHALI MALL DECEMBER 12–24 Gift ideas for all the snow lovers on your list! Everything from resort gift cards and lift tickets to toques and souvenirs.
Kamloops police are on the hunt for an Instagram scammer who bilked a city hotel out of a monthlong stay and free meals after promising to promote the facility on social media. RCMP Const. Jason Epp said investigators don’t have the name of their suspect, but they do have a photo. “It was a guy that checked into one of the hotels and he said he was going to do some work for them on Instagram in exchange for a few days’ stay and free meals,” Epp told KTW. “It looks like he extended his stay by quite a while. The hotel, I’m not
sure what they were thinking, but he extended his stay by about a month.” Epp said the case is the first he’s come across of someone using Instagram to perpetrate such a fraud. “It’s the first I’ve ever heard of anything like that,” he said. “It’s an interesting scam.” According to Epp, Kamloops ALLEGED FRAUDSTER Mounties have been in touch with their counterparts in the South Okanagan to determine if a similar crime had been committed there. The investigation is ongoing.