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JUNE 2, 2015 | Volume um me e2 28 8N No. o.. 6 o 66 6
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RE REMEMBERING EMEM A KAMLOOPS KAM GIANT
TITANS ON THE TURF
Al McNair, dead at 71
South Kam girls’ soccer team hasn’t lost in two years
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Sun and clouds High 19 C, Low 12 C
Fire guts Iron Mask home Family of five left homeless; investigation ongoing JESSICA KLYMCHUK
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A Kamloops family is homeless after fire destroyed a unit in the Iron Mask Mobile Home Park yesterday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to a call of a structure fire on Lac Le Jeune Road just before 3 p.m. Flames were visible when crews arrived at the mobile home, but Kamloops Fire Rescue deputy fire chief Mike Adams said all occupants escaped safely. A resident of the park told KTW a family of five lives in the home, but Adams said no children were inside at the time of the fire. At KTW’s press time, Adams said it was too early to determine the area of origin or the cause, but that the home would be declared inhabitable. “We are very thankful the occupants were safe,” he said. Emergency social services was on site to assist the family. The investigation into the cause of the blaze is ongoing.
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JESSICA KLYMCHUK/KTW Flames tore through a house in the Iron Mask Mobile Home Park yesterday. No injuries were reported, but officials say the home will be uninhabitable. A neighbour told KTW the residents are a family of five. The investigation is ongoing.
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The Brain Injury Alliance has been given a $1-million endowment to honour Kamloops neurosurgeon Gur Singh. The announcement was made by Health Minister Terry Lake on the weekend at the ninth annual Celebrating Survival dinner, one of the fundraisers Singh created to help people with brain injuries. Singh died in March. In making the announcement, Lake said Singh “touched countless lives and his legacy lives on in Kamloops.” The fund will be called the Dr. Gur Singh Memorial Education Fund. Earlier this year, the provincial government allocated another $3 million to the alliance, to be paid over the next three years. The non-profit helps organizations providing services to brain-injured people — like the Kamloops Brain Injury Association (KBIA) — and, through the funding, will provide grants of up to $2,000 per person applying. Organizations like the KBIA can also apply for up to $5,000 to provide programs. KBIA board president David Marr and executive director Terry-Lynn Stone are members of the alliance board.
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