Pipeline will skirt Ajax tailings pond
By MEL ROTHENBURGER NEWS/ AJAX — Kinder Morgan will apply for National Energy Board approval within the next couple of months to re-route its Trans Mountain pipeline around [Continue]
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Hopeful signs in West Kelowna as wildfire smaller than thought, contained with retardant
NEWS/ WILDFIRES — There are hopeful signs in the battle against the fire threatening homes in West Kelowna. The Smith Creek wildfire is smaller than was estimated earlier [Continue]
More help on the way, so is temporary respite in weather but forests still dry
NEWS/ WILDFIRES — More help is on the way. An increase in fire activity around the province has prompted the Wildfire Management Branch to request the help of 200 [Continue]
Lytton fire soars to 1,500 hectares
UPDATE (7:55 p.m. Friday) — The evacuation order remains in effect for residents in the area of the Botanie Creek wildfire, says the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. An [Continue]
Driver killed in crash near Pritchard was 58-year-old Chase resident
NEWS — The name of a man who died in a head-on crash near Pritchard early Thursday was released today. He was John Findlay Linklater, 58, of Chase. Linklater was the [Continue]
Mine tourist: Seeing it for yourself helps put Ajax in perspective
Tech’s reclaimed brownfield site dominates foothills east of Jacko Lake By MIKE YOUDS Despite wildfire smoke that obscured views and led several people to withdraw, a tour [Continue]
