On Jan. 14 Kamloops City council approved a reduction to the heavy industry tax rate. The main beneficiary of this tax reduction will be Domtar, who have been doggedly [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ANNUAL DANCE between Domtar and the City is underway. For the past eight or nine years, the pulp mill has been demanding a better deal [Continue]
FEW THINGS are more unsettling than the words ‘coloured discharge’ or ‘sludgy brown cloud’ when attached to the state of a natural body of water, such as a river or a [Continue]
THOSE ON Kamloops Council who think the city can do without heavy industry can put another notch in their belt. It’s unlikely the high municipal tax regime for heavy [Continue]
Dear Answer Man, What is the purpose of the large pipeline that Domtar is building along the road to the landfill? We drove to the landfill last weekend and found the road [Continue]
UPDATE: City transferring sewage from old lagoon system to new treatment system; investigating complaints from residents of smell Utilities Services Manager Michael Firlotte [Continue]
NEWS — A recent economic impact study by Venture Kamloops strengthens the case for lowering major industries’ share of the tax burden, say industry representatives. [Continue]
NEWS — Domtar is reviewing procedures in the wake of last week’s foul smell that spilled out of the mill and sailed east down the valley, resulting in dozens of calls [Continue]
NEWS — That smell you may have noticed Wednesday night was the Domtar pulp mill acting up. The mill released NCG — or non-condensable gas —around 9 p.m. and wind took [Continue]
NEWS — Complaints about smell from the pulp mill were “notably fewer” than the previous two years, says an annual air report from Domtar. The report says the reduction [Continue]
LETTER — Kamloops Moms For Clean Air very proudly submitted the following letter and supplementary visual attachments to City Council to be read today during the [Continue]