KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) – Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi and his company should face $300,000 in fines for damaging a fish habitat, a Crown lawyer argued at a sentencing hearing.
Digby Kier said Friday that Gaglardi had no regard for a fish habitat when he renovated his vacation home on Kamloops Lake in 2010. Gaglardi, also the owner of the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers, and Northland Properties were convicted in August of two counts of harmful alteration of a fish habitat.
The work involved a five-bedroom, two-bathroom addition to an existing bungalow known as Tom’s Shack and included extensive landscaping work, a 50-vehicle parking lot and the construction of a boat launch.
Kier said neither Gaglardi nor Northland obtained a building permit for the renovation work.
Defense lawyer Rob Bruneau said a $300,000 fine is excessive given previous sentences for similar offenses and asked for a fine of $50,000 to $75,000.
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