Ajax

EDITORIAL – Mount Polley decision reminds us that Ajax is still here

March 18, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MOUNT POLLEY has been in the news this week. In 2014, it was in the news a lot more. On Aug. 4 of that year, the walls of the dam holding [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Keystone XL makes Ajax, TMX reviews look flawless in comparison

January 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS Joe Biden did after being sworn in as president was to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. He and Justin Trudeau had a phone chat about it Friday but [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Drug overdoses need action but so does the Ajax mine

December 16, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NATIONAL EMERGENCY on drug overdoses will be declared if the powers in Ottawa listen to Kamloops City council. The council received a [Continue]

LETTER – Nothing has changed; the answer to the Ajax mine is still ‘No’

September 6, 2020 // 4 Comments

Oh, no! Say it isn’t so. Was that a nightmare I had about the Ajax mine rearing its ugly head again? KGHM and Abacus may think they can convince us that with the current [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Time to stop being complacent about the threat of Ajax

September 5, 2020 // 5 Comments

JUST LIKE THAT, Ajax is back in the news. Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. announced this week that KGHM, its senior partner in Ajax, has hired a new superintendent [Continue]

LETTER – KAPA has been busy on mining issues during the past two years

January 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

Re: Five Important Things Kamloops Must Get Done In 2020 (ArmchairMayor.ca, Dec. 28, 2019) Here is KAPA’s input to the provincial government since 2018: YES WE HAVE [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Five important things Kamloops must get done in 2020

December 28, 2019 // 4 Comments

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS have never been much of a thing with me. I tend to make them as easy as possible in order to avoid failure. In 2020, for example, I will vow to pay [Continue]

BEPPLE – There’s time for meetings, but there’s also a time for protests

October 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

AS CITIES GO, Kamloops is not a hub of protests. Certainly there are protests. On Oct. 15, correctional officers protested violence they face in their workplace outside of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Hint of Ajax mine being back on the table is unwelcome news

October 1, 2019 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT we were rid of Ajax, it’s back. Maybe. Yes, Abacus Mining, a minority owner in the proposed open-pit copper and gold [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Ajax could happen again unless we change some rules

March 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE AJAX MINE PROJECT may seem like a bad dream from long ago but it could happen again, or something like it, here or elsewhere. If it [Continue]

LETTER – Don’t let better regulations to protect communities fall by the wayside

September 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

Letter to Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver: September 25, 2018 Dear Honourable Mayor Robertson, I’m writing today because I want to draw your attention to comments made [Continue]

AJAX – City asks for veto power over future mine proposals within 10 km.

February 27, 2018 // 4 Comments

If Kamloops City council gets support from the Union of B.C. Municipalities, future mine proposals within 10 km. of city boundaries could require approval from the City [Continue]

AJAX – ‘Prevent all future mining projects within 10 km. of communities’

February 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

Notice of motion by Coun. Dieter Dudy to be discussed at the next meeting of Kamloops City Council: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Southern Interior Local Government [Continue]

EDITORIAL – An underground Ajax? Don’t even think about it

January 11, 2018 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I ADMIRE Coun. Donovan Cavers’ open mind but I find his willingness to consider even for a moment another Ajax [Continue]