Ajax Mine & Kamloops

The south end of our lovely city, Kamloops, is the proposed site for the KGHM Ajax Mine [open-pit copper and gold mine]. Part of it would be within city limits. My husband, atmospheric physicist Robert Schemenauer, has addressed city council and some local media about weather-related concerns associated with locating a mine so close to where 90,000 people live. These concerns include haze causing reduced sunshine and air quality. His interview with CFJC-TV is at http//cfjctv.com/ [click link, find search box at upper right, and type in Ajax Weather Concerns].

Among other mine-related concerns are its potential impacts on:

-health [from breathing dust, toxic aerosols, etc.]

-noise levels [blasting is loud]

-ecosystems and wildlife [forests, grasslands, lakes, etc.]

-Kamloops' reputation as a pleasant place to live, work, play, and retire

-Kamloops' reputation as Canada's Tournament Capital

-tourism in general

-real estate values

-the economy

If you have questions, feedback, or expertise relating to these concerns, I'd encourage you to share them with government, media, and/or the mining company. Following is some contact information.

KGHM Ajax Mining Inc.

330 Seymour Street

Kamloops, BC

Canada V2C 2G2

T 250-374-5446

info@ajaxmine.ca

http//www.ajaxmine.ca

City of Kamloops
7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops
British Columbia, V2C 1A2
Ph 250 828 3311
Email citycouncil@kamloops.ca

Kevin Krueger

MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson

East Annex

Parliament Buildings

Victoria, BC

V8V 1X4      

Ph 250 952-7269 or 250 314-6031

Fax 250 952-7263 or 250 314-6040

E-mail kevin.krueger.mla@leg.bc.ca

Web site www.kevinkruegermla.bc.ca

BC Ministry of Environment

PO BOX 9339 STN PROV GOVT

VICTORIA BC V8W 9M1

Ph 250 387-1161

Fax 250 387-5669

E-mail www.envmail@gov.bc.ca

Honourable Terry Lake

BC Minister of Environment

PO BOX 9047 STN PROV GOVT

VICTORIA BC V8W 9E2

Ph 250 387-1187

Fax 250 387-1356

E-mail env.minister@gov.bc.ca

Broadcast Centre (includes CFJC-TV, B-100 radio, and CIFM radio)
460 Pemberton Terrace
Kamloops, BC
V2C 1T5
Ph 250-372-3322
Fax 250-372-5229
news@cfjctv.com

  

NL Broadcasting Ltd.
611 Lansdowne Street
Kamloops, BC
V2C 1Y6
Ph 250-571-5222, 250-374-1610
Fax 250-571-5241
nlnews@radionl.com

Kamloops Daily News
393 Seymour Street
Kamloops, BC
V2C 6P6
Ph 250-371-6149
Fax 250-374-3884
kamloopsnews@telus.net

Kamloops This Week
1365B Dalhousie Drive
Kamloops, BC
V2C 5P6
Ph 250-374-7467
Fax 250-374-1033
editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

Shaw Cable TV
180 Briar Avenue
Kamloops, BC
V2B 1C1
Ph 250-376-8888
Fax 250-312-7119
expresskamloops@sjrb.ca

CBC Kelowna
Ph 250-861-3781
Fax 250-861-6644
kelowna@cbc.ca

Vancouver Sun/Province Newsroom
Ph 604-605-2000
Fax 604-605-2720

Edge Publishing Inc.
Downtown Echo, North Shore Echo, Seniors Own Echo
Ph 250-374-3246
Fax 250-374-3247
echo@shawcable.com

  

The Omega - Thompson Rivers University's Student Newspaper
900 McGill Road
Kamloops, BC
V2C 5N3
Ph 250-372-1272
Fax 250-372-5331
omega@tru.ca

Senior Connector

The Seniors' Own Newspaper

Box 729

Kamloops, B.C.,

Canada   V2C 5M4

Ph 250-376-8883

Fax 250-376-8806