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FEBRUARY 18, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 21
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Official Tournament Mark This manual provides you with tools and guidelines to ensure the tournament logo type (tournament mark) for the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship appears in a consistent manner that is appropriate to IIHF standards in all communications. These standards should be followed as closely as possible, however it is understood that requirements for unspecified applications may arise.
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The official tournament mark will appear prominently on all official communications and marketing materials pertaining to the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship.
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The tournament mark has bilingual (English/French, horizontal only), English (horizontal and vertical), and French (horizontal and vertical) versions. The bilingual version of the official tournament mark should be used in cases where both English and French are being used in the communication.
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THE AJAX MEETINGS
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Will KGHM do right thing?
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Residents seek assurances in event of the unexpected CAM FORTEMS
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While consultants working for KGHM Ajax pledged this week that the proposed copper and gold mine south of Aberdeen won’t pollute the air or poison food, they faced questions about whether the corporation will always do the right thing — particularly in tough economic times. The corporation together with the provincial and federal environmental-assessment agencies held a series of briefings for the public yesterday and Tuesday at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre. Bryan Leece, a toxicologist with consulting firm Stantec, said all his assumptions for the mine’s potential affects on human health come from information from fellow Stantec scientist Peter Reid, who headed the team modelling dust outfall. Both men repeated earlier assurances in interviews in January, when KGHM Ajax’s 18,000-page application was made public and environmental assessment in the document found the mine will have little impact on air quality and, thus, human health. For every potential impact
of a toxin or heavy metal, Leece said, “these are so far below the benchmark they don’t register on the radar. “You’re really not seeing a change in health risk.” Reid proclaimed the air quality in Kamloops overall to be “good, amazingly good . . . We’re right up there — some of the best air quality around.” Some of the best air quality within Kamloops is in Aberdeen, the only part of the city that will feel any significant impact from dust emissions at the mine, according to studies.
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More on the meetings kamloopsthisweek.com Nonetheless, Reid said, models predict air quality at Pacific Way elementary, one of the closest parts of the developed city to the mine, “will remain better than other parts of the city. “Pacific Way will likely have the cleanest air.” Reid also displayed an animation of a model showing dispersion of dust from the mine. Forecasts are based on a climate-modelling system that is reality-checked by comparing it to data from current testing stations.
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On Tuesday, about 20 members of the public watched each of the earlier forums, which were scheduled simultaneously. Several residents questioned assumptions that KGHM Ajax will follow through with pledges made to mitigate dust through an intensive watering program. Road dust is the major portion of the emissions, particularly harmful PM 2.5, which can cause heart and lung disease. “The assumption we’ve made is they’ll [KGHM Ajax] follow up on that commitment,” Reid said. Jack Rainey, a retired Highland Valley Copper miner who lives in Aberdeen, was seeking more than vague pledges from the company. “I asked what do they do if all the water trucks are down or there’s no water for the trucks,” he said, noting such breakdowns happen “rarely” at Highland Valley. Similarly, retired agrologist Graham Strachan asked what happens if the company cuts corners — something scientists acknowledged is not taken into consideration. “You only get the results if everything is working ticketyboo,” Strachan said following the presentation. “Who is watching that?”
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With his sister in swimming lessons and the fieldhouse busy with track and field events, two-year-old London Rollo had the hallways at the Tournament Capital Centre all to himself during a weekend visit.
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