Environment

Big oil, big pipes — Would the end of growth be such a bad thing?

July 23, 2012 // 0 Comments

While we seldom look past the gas-bar marquees (a litre of regular is priced at $1.23.9 in Kamloops as this is written) to the details of oil-industry machinations and their [Continue]

What the KGHM Ajax Perception Audit says

June 1, 2012 // 1 Comment

Here is the bulk of the “KGHM Ajax Perception Audit” released by KGHM Ajax this week: Survey Methodology NRG Research Group conducted telephone interviews for the KGHM [Continue]

Questionnaire from KGHM Ajax public-opinion poll

May 31, 2012 // 0 Comments

Below are the questions from the public-opinion poll referred to in today’s column. KGHM Ajax Perception Audit Draft Survey Questions S1. RECORD GENDER S2. To ensure we [Continue]

Ajax locomotive getting tougher and tougher to derail

May 31, 2012 // 0 Comments

More and more, Ajax is looking like a 270,000-pound locomotive that can’t be derailed. “It’s ours to lose,” was how project manager Jim Whittaker put it when I sat [Continue]

Ajax mine video won’t be an Oscar contender

April 12, 2012 // 0 Comments

A lot of people are saying the Ajax video produced by the company is totally useless. I’m of a different view — it is not totally useless. It’s only mostly useless. [Continue]

Will Kamloops council ever take a stand on Ajax?

March 29, 2012 // 0 Comments

The question, suddenly, is not whether City council will support the Ajax mine, but whether it will take a position at all. The neutrality option reared its head this week as [Continue]