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Dallas Stars and Kamloops Blazers owner Tom Gaglardi (left), his father Bob Gaglardi and Northland representative Rob Toor return to Kamloops Law Courts on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The Gaglardis and Northland Properties Corporation are charged with two counts of harmful alteration of a fish habitat in relation to work done on the family’s Savona property in 2010. Dave Eagles/KTW
Lawyer: Tom Gaglardi, Northland are guilty By Tim Petruk STAFF REPORTER
tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
A Kamloops defence lawyer has admitted Tom Gaglardi and his company are guilty of environmental infractions committed at a waterfront Savona property in 2010. Rob Bruneau said as much in Kamloops provincial court on
Wednesday, Jan. 15 — the third day of trial for Gaglardi, his father, Bob Gaglardi, and their company, Northland Properties Corporation. The parties are charged with two counts each of harmful alteration of a fish habitat relating to construction of riprap and destruction of a riparian zone on Kamloops Lake during renovations almost four years ago.
“There’s no issue that the corporation certainly is guilty of the offence with which they’re charged, and there’s no issue that Tom Gaglardi, given the onuses involved, is guilty of the offences as charged,” Bruneau said. “But, there is an issue as to whether Bob Gaglardi is guilty.” Bruneau then called Bob Gaglardi to give evidence.
The elder Gaglardi said he had no involvement with the project other than an informal sketch of a parking area he provided a Northland employee at its early stages. Taking the stand on Tuesday, Jan. 14, was Dr. Marvin Rosenau, a former biologist with B.C.’s Ministry of Environment who was offering expert testimony regarding freshwater-fish hatcheries in the
Thompson-Shuswap basin, including Kamloops Lake. Court has heard contractors placed riprap — rocks often used by property owners to protect delicate shoreline, sometimes at the expense of the natural habitat — along the high-water mark of Kamloops Lake on Gaglardi’s property. X See CONTRACTOR A2
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