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OCTOBER 4, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 120
City’s Ajax review costs over budget
HOOPLA ON THE HIPS Daryl Black leads a class in modern hoop dancing during a weekend Culture Days event at the Kamloops Museum and Archives. Kamloops hosted many Culture Days events on Saturday and Sunday, photos from which can be found online at kamloopsthisweek. com.
ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
A review of the proposed Ajax mine could go more than 60 per cent over initial budget due to delays and difficulties in acquiring information, a report headed to city council today states. Allan Michener, environmental services supervisor for the city, said SLR Consulting will need about $200,000 more to finish its review of the planned KGHM Ajax copper and gold mine south of Aberdeen. The city hired SLR Consulting in May 2015 at a cost of $300,000. Cash for the review came from KGHM itself. Michener said because of the delays in the Ajax assessment process and the difficulties in getting information from the company, the review is going over budget. “SLR has delivered on all required tasks to date; however, there has been a significant amount of effort required by SLR and city staff to work through KGHM’s application and to work with KGHM, the BCEAO [B.C. Environmental Assessment Office] and other members of the project’s Technical Working Group,” he wrote. “The official timeline was suspended due to technical components that needed to be worked out and significant work continues in the background to address these components.” See MINE REVIEW, A4
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‘Starvation,’‘booby trap’ lead to $25K lawsuits TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
Two inmates at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre have filed unrelated $25,000 lawsuits against the provincial government. One is suing for “pain and suffering related to starvation,” while the other wants compensation for injuries he suffered as a result of what he calls a “booby trap” created by other prisoners. Both lawsuits were filed in Kamloops provincial court on Sept. 27.
The provincial government has two weeks to file a reply to the claims. David Grant Mack wants the money because he claims his physical stature and workout regimen can’t be supported on three squares a day offered at the prison. “The B.C. Corrections diet is only made to support a 165- to 195-pound individual on a moderate activity level,” Mack’s notice of claim reads, noting he stands 6-foot-5, weighs 260 pounds and works a unit job at the jail. “I work out twice a day for two hours
See INMATE, A4
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in addition to my employment duties,” Mack’s notice of claim reads. “I am not receiving adequate nutrition and have had to live off of my canteen the last two years while incarcerated.” Mack is seeking $25,000 for “pain and suffering related to starvation for the last two years and also having to provide my own food from canteen.” In addition to daily meals provided by the jail, provincial prisoners can use their own money to purchase items from the canteen.
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