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MARCH 7, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 19
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Johnny Reid was at Sandman Centre on Monday night as the Canadian country music star entertained with his band, the Soul Providers. Reid, the Male Artist of the Year in 2008 and 2009 at the Canadian Country Music Awards, also had on hand his Gibson L1, an acoustic guitar model most famously linked to Mississippi Delta blues man Robert Johnson. Reid was the second of two significant country music stars to play in Kamloops in the past week. The legendary Dwight Yoakam was on stage at Sandman Centre on Saturday night. For photos from his show, turn to page A18. For more photos from both shows, go online to kamloops thisweek.com and click on the Entertainment link. ALLEN DOUGLAS PHOTOS/KTW
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A Kamloops Exploration Group director is criticizing Kamloops city council for its decision to pursue changes to the Mining Act that would require nearby communities to approve mining applications. Jim Gillis labelled “ridiculous” council’s decision to ask the Union of B.C. Municipalities to lobby the provincial government for community approval on future mining projects within 10 kilometres of a municipality. “City council has no professionalism there,” Gillis told KTW. “There’s just no understanding. It’s probably better that they keep their noses out of it.” Council’s decision emanated from Coun. Dieter Dudy’s call for a ban on mining ventures within a 10-kilometre radius of a municipality’s growth boundary, one he raised in council chambers to address a community divide that resulted from KGHM’s rejected Ajax mine project south of Aberdeen. Dudy’s motion was defeated by council in order to entertain Coun. Donovan Cavers’ amended proposal calling for mining applications to require community support, which passed by a 5-4 vote. In favour of
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