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Request for federal panel review of Ajax Mine ‘lost in the shuffle’

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents will likely have to wait until the New Year for word on a federal panel review into the proposed Ajax Mine. According to Mayor Peter Milobar, Ottawa has admitted the city’s appeal for a review was ‘lost in the shuffle’ forcing the city to resend the original request. Milobar says a...

Kamloops council asking Trudeau government for federal panel review on Ajax Mine

KAMLOOPS - For the third time city council is asking the federal government to consider a federal panel review of the proposed Ajax Mine. With a new federal government in place, Coun. Dieter Dudy asked council to again request the review. He says it’s a more thorough evaluation and would give residents greater confidence in the outcome...

Kamloops Imam denounces attacks in Ottawa

KAMLOOPS – Imam Mazhar Mahmood was on his way to the Adam’s Lake salmon run on Wednesday when he heard of the shooting in Ottawa. “I was literally in tears,” he said. Upon his return to the mosque, the tears continued once local Muslims finished their prayers.  Mahmood, who manages the Kamloops Islamic Association, said...

Constituency offices shut down following Ottawa shooting

KELOWNA - It appears the constituency offices of Members of Parliament across the country have been shut down following events in Ottawa this morning, including local MP Ron Cannan's. Cannan's Capri Mall office was dark this morning after a gunman opened fire at Parliament Hill. Cannan, MP for Kelowna-Lake Country, was in Ottawa at a...

TRU President offers his community words of support, counselling following attacks

KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University made sure students, staff and faculty had a place to express grief and shock following Canada's two separate terrorist attacks that took place this week. University President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Shaver spoke to his university community Thursday morning. “I offer heartfelt sympathies to all those affected by the deplorable acts...

Constituency offices shut down following Ottawa shooting

PENTICTON - It appears the constituency offices of Members of Parliament across the country are on shut down following events in Ottawa this morning, including those of local MP Dan Albas. In Penticton and Westbank, the offices of Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, was closed and locked today after Members of Parliament were locked down in...

MP Cathy McLeod, Sen. Nancy Greene Raine under lockdown in Ottawa

KAMLOOPS – Our local Member of Parliament and Senator are safe in Ottawa but both remain under lockdown at Parliament’s centre block. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod and others including Senator Nancy Green Raine, will remain in the block until further notice.  “That’s all we can say right now,” Jennifer Thompson, a spokesperson for McLeod told...