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KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY
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APRIL 25, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 33
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Former mayoral candidate moves to evict TD over support for Kinder Morgan JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
On Tuesday afternoon, Mike McKenzie walked into the TD Canada Trust branch on Victoria Street to serve the branch manager with a verbal eviction notice. The financial institution, he noted, is the biggest bank in Canada funding Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Protesters have also rallied against the project in front of the TD Tower in Vancouver, asking clients to close their accounts. “I’m fighting this pipeline to the end,” said McKenzie, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in last September’s byelection. After visiting the bank, McKenzie and a group of First Nations elders and youth walked down the road to city hall, where he tried to address city council during its regular meeting in council chambers — calling
on the city’s elected officials to create and support a motion opposing the pipeline expansion. He was not successful, agreeing to leave when asked. The City of Kamloops signed a benefits agreement with Kinder Morgan, which would bring $700,000 in compensation if the expansion proceeds. “I want them to realize they’ve made a mistake,” McKenzie said. Mckenzie said he represents Skeetchestn and Secwepemc families he said have been “skipped over” as communities and First Nations ink deals that he claims sacrifice B.C.’s land, water and animals. The Tk’emlups Indian Band signed a $3-million community benefits agreement with Kinder Morgan. “We have an order in, in our Secwepemc law,” McKenzie said. “The land, the animals and
the water come before the people.” McKenzie criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for supporting the project. Trudeau has vowed pipeline twinning will go ahead in the interests of the country. Premier John Horgan opposes the project and the province announced it will head to court by the end of the month to clarify its jurisdiction. McKenzie has already confronted Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian over the pipeline. In December, he wanted to speak about a so-called lack of opportunities for young First Nations people to make their concerns heard and called Christian a “colonizer.” McKenzie was asked to leave city hall after Christian asked him why he was “so hot-headed.” Christian said the issues are outside the city’s jurisdiction. — with files from Canadian Press
AT DEATH’S DOOR From a bare lot in Sahali to a home that houses the dying, the Marjorie Willoughby Memorial Hospice Home has become a centre for compassion. In a two-part series that begins in today’s edition and continues on Friday, KTW’s Jessica Wallace traces the history of the Kamloops Hospice Association while visiting with staff, volunteers and a woman with terminal cancer. PAGES A12 TO A15 DAVE EAGLES PHOTO/KTW
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