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FEBRUARY 2, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 14
THEY SHOOT, THEY SCORE IN ETHIOPIA!
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WEATHER
Sunny and cold High -4 C Low -13 C SUN PEAKS SNOW REPORT Mid-mountain: 115 cm Alpine: 147 cm Snow phone: 250-578-7232
IHA weighs in on proposed mobile drug-use program
Aberdeen kids collect sporting equipment for orphanage
A5
A3 IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS
Flags at Thompson Rivers University were flown at half-mast this week in memory of the six men murdered while praying in a Quebec City mosque on Sunday. University president Alan Shaver has penned a letter in the wake of the violence and on the heels of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order affecting travellers from a number of Muslim-majority countries. Turn to page A10 for more. DAVE EAGLES/KTW
Ranch accused of threatening, lying CAM FORTEMS
STAFF REPORTER
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Douglas Lake Ranch’s manager used “threats and lies” to bully public servants and even the RCMP to exclude the public from two fishing lakes, a lawyer claimed yesterday in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops. The legal battle between the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club and Douglas Lake Cattle Company over access to prized fishing lakes entered closing arguments. Lawyer Chris Harvey summed up four weeks of testimony and factual evidence to
lay out the foundation for the club’s argument: the water, fishery and road leading to Stoney and Minnie lakes is owned by the public and the ranch has acted illegally in erecting gates and intimidate anglers. The lawsuit is expected to act as a precedent for about 30 lakes on the ranch with similar attributes. The ranch began asserting what it claims are its private property rights more than three decades ago, eventually placing a locked gate on Stoney Lake Road. The two lakes are located about 25 kilometres southeast of Merritt and are surrounded by 250,000 acres of deeded land and thousands
more acres of Crown licences. The ranch, through manager Joe Gardner, claims it owns all land surrounding the lakes and has created a world-class fishery through engineering and raising of what were barren waters. Douglas Lake Ranch has a lodge on Stoney Lake and offers tourists exclusive rights to fish on what it considers its lakes. “There can be no doubt that both Minnie Lake and Stoney Lake were both popular fishing spots for the general public prior to any engineering by the ranch,” Harvey told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves.
FAITH AND FAMILY DAY
City signs $1m per year recycling deal ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
After more than three years out in the cold, the City of Kamloops will finally join the Multi Material B.C. (MMBC) recycling program. Under the agreement, MMBC, a consortium of packaging and paper-products producers, will pay the city a fee per housing unit to collect residential recyclables. The deal is worth about $1.1 million per year to the city, said streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow. MMBC will also cover the costs of hauling and sorting residential recycling, carving about $800,000 more out of the city’s $10-million solid-waste budget. In exchange for the cash, residents will be required to make a few changes to how they recycle. MMBC will not accept glass and soft plastics, such as shopping bags, in its recycling mix. But it will collect aerosol cans and pizza boxes, regardless of the level of cheese still stuck to the sides. (Farrow said the city has previously asked residents not to recycle the portion of the box with food waste on it.) In April, Farrow said, the city will launch a campaign to communicate with residents about the changes. Mayor Peter Milobar said residents won’t see a change to their solid-waste fees this year because the money is coming in after rates were set in December. However, Milobar added, council will have a few options in dealing with the savings in 2018.
See DOUGLAS LAKE, A4
Monday, February 13 Sandman Centre • 2pm
See COUNCIL, A2
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