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AUGUST 20, 2015 | Volume 28 No. 100
Council flips vote on booze sales
Guilty plea to childporn charge MARTHA WICKETT
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The former director of graduate studies at Thompson Rivers University has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Andrew McKay appeared in B.C. Provincial Court in Salmon Arm on Tuesday without his lawyer to change his plea to guilty. Court was told that on May 12, 2014, in Kamloops, McKay was found ANDREW in the MCKAY possession of child pornography. Crown prosecutor Bill Hilderman told the court the case is being handled by Kamloops Crown Evan Goulet and the defendant’s lawyer is Shawn Buckley. Hilderman said Crown is seeking a forensic risk-assessment report, which could delay sentencing up to six weeks.
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In a surprise move, Kamloops city council has reversed its position on whether stores wishing to sell alcohol can set up shop within one kilometre of existing stores. During Tuesday’s regular meeting, Coun. Pat Wallace put forward a motion to reconsider a late July vote by council on Coun. Marg Spina’s bid to prohibit new liquor stores from open- On the motion to limit the location of new retail liquor ing within a kilometre of existing shops, effecsales within one kilometre tively barring grocery from another retail liquor stores from bringing in sales use. one of the province’s new licences to sell B.C. IN FAVOUR: Donovan Cavers wines. Tina Lange At the time, local Marg Spina wineries argued grocery stores could be the Pat Wallace sale avenue their busiDenis Walsh nesses need to survive OPPOSED: and Spina’s motion was defeated via a tie vote — Ken Christian Dieter Dudy councillors Tina Lange, Donovan Cavers, Denis Arjun Singh Walsh and Spina voting in favour and councillors Dieter Dudy, Ken Christian, Arjun Singh and Pat Wallace voting against. Mayor Peter Milobar did not vote as he owns Stag’s Head Liquor Store.
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