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JANUARY 12, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 5
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A woman has been fined $2,000 and ordered to forfeit trophy parts after poaching a bighorn sheep
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KINDER MORGAN
Controversial Trans Mountain expansion wins B.C.’s approval CAM FORTEMS ANDREA KLASSEN
STAFF REPORTERS
The province gave its anticipated environmental approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project Wednesday, a pipeline will provide jobs as well as longterm benefits, its proponents said. The approval comes with an additional 37 conditions that must be met by the American corporation planning to twin its existing line between Edmonton and Burnaby. The line travels directly through Kamloops. Its twinning will reroute through a section of Lac Du Bois park. One of the 37 additional conditions will involve preparation of “offset plans” for parks and protected areas. City hotelier Steve Earl, past president of Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce, said it promises to fill 500 hotel rooms for five to six months when construction comes to this part of the Southern Interior. “It’s good for the economy in Kamloops. . . . It’s good for the industry, restaurants, bars and the Blazers.
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Police, coroners investigating death of teen Ashtyn Middleton was found unresponsive in North Shore house and died at the scene DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
a long-lasting impact to the community,” he said. The city has signed a deal with Kinder Morgan for $700,000 for community development projects if the pipeline is built, and is also in line to get more than $1 million in additional tax revenue. “Any time you have money that wasn’t previously around it gives you a little more flexibility,” Milobar said.
Police and the B.C. Coroners’ Service are investigating the death of a Kamloops teenager but say early indications have raised no suspicions. Larry Marzinzik, coroner for the Interior region, could not predict when the investigation into the death of Ashtyn Middleton would be completed. The 18-year-old was ASHTYN MIDDLETON: found unresponsive on Pronounced dead after Jan. 7 in a house on the being found unresponsive North Shore. Emergency workers were called and administered first aid but the teen was declared dead at the scene. Friends of the Twin Rivers Education Centre (TREC) student said he had been at a party where there was alcohol and drugs. Marzinzik said toxicology results are not yet available. Middleton was also known by the first name Angel. Born female, he self-identified as male. He attended Aberdeen elementary and Westsyde secondary before starting studies at TREC last month.
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The B.C. government yesterday announced its approval of the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, which flows through Kamloops.
“That’s a lot of people who will be working in town.” Premier Christy Clark told reporters yesterday British Columbia’s five conditions for approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline have been met. Clark said one of the final conditions that was met will see Kinder Morgan Canada provide $1 billion to the province over the next 20 years to fund environmental protection projects.
The federal government gave its approval for Kinder Morgan’s $6.8-billion expansion of the pipeline late last year after the National Energy Board recommended it go ahead if 157 conditions are met. Mayor and BC Liberal nominee in Kamloops-North Thompson Peter Milobar said he’s pleased to see the project take another step forward. “Certainly it’ll have a big short-term impact as well as
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