ON THE ROAD WITH THE KAMLOOPS BLAZERS KTW’s Marty Hastings is in Victoria to cover the third and fourth games of the WHL playoff series.Turn to page A21 for a preview of tonight’s Game 3. For road stories you won’t find elsewhere, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com, follow Hastings on Twitter (@KTWonBlazers) and pick up Thursday’s edition of Kamloops This Week.
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Cigar sparked Ajax blaze
SOME WOULD HAVE ‘BIRDS WINGS CLIPPED By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
It’s an unconventional idea — and an unconventional rezoning application. Tonight (March 26), Kamloops city council will decide whether to allow the construction of a single-family home at 772 Battle St. Unlike the average home, this structure would house eight adults — four singles and two couples who make up the Rarebirds Housing Co-operative. The group plans to build a home with one kitchen and communal living space and six sleeping units that contain bedrooms and small sitting areas. “We’re just regular folks that are trying to do something good for the environment and the earth and ourselves by living co-operatively and sharing resources and reducing our debt load,” said Sandi Ceccon, a member of the co-op. However, the unusual project has some of the Rarebirds’ neighbours concerned. Sierra Sills, who lives down the block from the co-op site, said she and many other homeowners have questions about the project. “We’re just worried,” she said. “It’s basically a cover-up for a boarding house. They’ve managed to do it in a fancy way.” X See RAREBIRDS A10
EXPRESSING THEMSELVES Students taking part in the Western Canada Theatre Stage One acting-essentials class have some fun showing their creativity. The young group of actors met for a spring break week-long class led by Terri Runnalls and Jen Jones, learning the fundamentals of the stage through improvisation, movement and plenty of theatre games. Dave Eagles/KTW
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A two-hectare blaze that broke out on property south of Aberdeen owned by KGHM Ajax on March 11 was caused by a cigar. Robin Bartlett, spokesman for the mining company, said in response to the grass fire, the company is updating its fire-management plan to add additional training requirements for employees and contractors. “Regularly throughout the year, we will do assessments to establish fire hazard levels and to prevent an incident like this from happening again,” she told KTW in an email. “Non-compliance by employees or contractors with the fire management plan will result in termination.” The fire broke out around noon and was contained by KGHM AJax employees as Kamloops firefighters were making their way to the scene.
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