Ajax

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]