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WEDNESDAY
MAY 1, 2019 | Volume 32, No. 35
SALUTE TO ROTARY See page 19
CITY BALKS ON BUSKERS TODAY’S WEATHER
Chance of showers High 14 C, Low 6 C
30 CENTS AT NEWSSTANDS
TIME TO STOCK UP
Controversial idea to charge fee for street performers shelved
GM Bardsley, Blazers pick twice in first round of Thursday’s draft
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Biosolids protestors set up Chase roadblock Plan to apply Kamloops biosolids in Turtle Valley has angered some residents; Arrow seeking injunction JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
A group of protestors have set up a roadblock in the Turtle Valley, blocking Arrow trucks from accessing land upon which the company plans to apply biosolids from Kamloops. One truck was turned away on Monday morning. Turtle Valley resident Connie Seaward said the group of between eight and 10 people and a few vehicles will continue to allow through local traffic at English Road, located near the Turtle Valley Bison Company, but will block Arrow trucks until the group’s concerns have been addressed. The group also held a protest with between 50 and 60 people outside City Hall in Kamloops on Saturday. “We’re just being ignored,” Seaward told KTW. Arrow was contracted by the city to deal with its biosolids in the short-term, as it continues to work on finding a long-term solution. Arrow initially intended to transport 23,000 tonnes of the city’s biosolids to Talking Rock
Some support for project in community KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
JIM ELLIOT/BLACK PRESS Protestors set up a roadblock near Chase on Monday, turning back at least one Arrow Transport truck. The group behind the roadblock is upset about a plan to apply the City of Kamloops’ biosolids in the Turtle Valley area. Arrow had been contracted to haul and apply the materials. The company was in the process on Tuesday of obtaining an injunction to halt the roadblock.
Golf Course for construction of a nine-hole expansion. Those plans are on hold, however, after the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band
ran into permitting issues. The new plan is to mix the city’s biosolids into an enhanced, nutrient rich soil to reclaim a
piece of previously logged property owned by the Turtle Valley Bison Company.
See POLICE, A12
Not all Turtle Valley residents oppose the application of biosolids in the area. Chase resident Leo Lenglet said that when he received a petition from residents in opposition, he noted alarming information. He said the petition alleged industrial waste in the city’s biosolids and called them “toxic.” Lenglet said he and a handful of other residents travelled to Kamloops for a tour of the city’s wastewater treatment plant, leading him to believe the group is using misinformation to make its point. He is worried fellow residents are being “manipulated by the opposition rhetoric” and said that while there is stigma surrounding biosolids, he supports Arrow’s project. “Biosolids are actually a good thing for the land,” Lenglet said.
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