Kamloops This Week, February 26, 2016

March 3–12, 2016

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Kam Kam Film Film 2 fest fest 2016 2016 Celebrating ♥ 20 Years

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20th Anniversary

Kamloops Film Festival Congratulations on this impressive milestone and to the many volunteers who have worked to bring acclaimed International and Canadian films to our city in an exciting festival format!

The City of Kamloops is a proud sponsor and encourages residents of Kamloops, the TNRD and visitors to come out, be riveted and help celebrate the 20th Anniversary!

KAMLOOPS FILM FESTIVAL

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March 3 - 12, 2016

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Following the death of their estranged father, Joni and Wes Carver travel to Arkansas to deal with their inheritance.

James, a twentysomething New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges.

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– Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

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Maybe we’re not totally screwed.

“A WONDERFUL FILM ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN’T JUST TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS, BUT SHOWS PEOPLE ACTUALLY PUTTING THOSE IDEAS TO GOOD USE.”

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sNOWTImE!(3D)

– Toronto Film Scene

*Q&A, Hotel 540

When winter break arrives, a boy and his friends are joined by the new girl in town for a prolonged snowball fight.

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opening mingle

Hotel 540, 540 victoriA st.

“A GENUINELY SWEET FILM THAT KIDS AND FAMILIES WILL REALLY ENJOY.” – Rotoscopers

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Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences.

“A LOVELY PORTRAYL OF SIBLINGHOOD… POWERFUL… HEARTFELT”

“BEST COMBINATION OF HORROR AND THRILLER I’VE EVER SEEN… A FANTASTIC PIECE OF CINEMA”

– Third Act Film [Todd James]

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A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.

A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her car that’s parked in his driveway.

“A BIZARRE AND FASCINATING TRUE STORY. A TOTAL DELIGHT SO RARE IN MOVIES TODAY. MAGGIE SMITH GIVES A SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE.” – New York Observer

– Indiewire’s The Playlist

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THE LADY IN THE VAN

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A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday in the alps with his daughter when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday.

“THE DIRECTOR’S MOST TENDER AND HEARTFELT FILM” – Way Too Indie

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– Josh Hamm, popOtiq

sunday, march 6

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The KISS Film Festival is a celebration of the short film format and local filmmakers.

This event is our way of encouraging the hard work and passion of our regional talent. Support these films and filmmakers from our community by attending the FREE family friendly screenings.

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“NO FILM AT SUNDANCE HIT ME WITH MORE FORCE EMOTIONALLY. CYNTHIA NIXON DOES THE BEST WORK OF HER CAREER”

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One City. One Night.

One Take.

“DAZZLING… A HEARTRACING, ADRENALINEPUMPED HEIST THRILLER.” – Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter

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NO mEN BEYOND THIs POINT

In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming male housekeeper finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct.

“SIDE-SPLITTING”

– Richard Scheib, Moria

* Q&A

monday, march 7

6pm

BORN TO BE BLuE

A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late 60's.

“HAWKE EMBODIES BAKER… IT'S A RIVETING PERFORMANCE FROM FIRST SCENE TO LAST.” – RogerEbert.com

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A ROYAL NIGHT OuT On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations.

“WONDERFULLY CHARMING AND UPLIFTING” – Daily Mail

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Wednesday, march 9

7pm

mAcBETH

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland.

“MAGNIFICENT… A REMARKABLE MOVIE”

– The Playlist

9pm

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In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

“A STUNNING PIECE OF ART. AN ESSENTIAL FILM”

– Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

8pm

BEN’s AT HOmE

Heartbroken and cynical after he's dumped by his girlfriend, Ben makes the unusual decision never to leave his house again.

“AN INCREDIBLY DELIGHTFUL AND ENGAGING COMEDY” – Reel News Daily

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saturday, march 12

12pm

ANOmALIsA

A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

“THE MOST HUMAN MOVIE OF THE YEAR. AND IT DOESN’T STAR A SINGLE HUMAN.” – Esquire

2pm

EmBRAcE THE sERPENT

The story of the relationship between an Amazonian shaman and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search for a sacred healing plant.

“SIMPLY A WORK OF ART. ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAR CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES YOU COULD HOPE TO HAVE.” – Indiewire

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EADWEARD

A psychological drama centered around worldfamous turn-of-thecentury photographer, Eadweard Muybridge who photographed nude and deformed subjects.

“THE PERFECT MOVIE TO PLAY BOTH AT A FILM FESTIVAL AND AN ART MUSEUM… A VISUALLY CAPTIVATING FILM” – Cleveland Plain Dealer

*Q&A 9pm

Kiefer and Donald Sutherland share the screen in this brooding western about an embittered gunslinger who attempts to make amends with his estranged father whilst their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.

“IT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN DONALD SUTHERLAND, 80, GIVING HIS BEST PERFORMANCE FOR YEARS, AND HIS SON KIEFER, 48, WITH A FIERCE PRESENCE OF HIS OWN, ACTING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT MAKES THIS FILM SO TERRIFICALLY MOVING.” – David Sexton, London Evening Standard

THE WITcH

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.

“A NIGHTMARISH PICTURE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR BLOOD RUN COLD” – The Playlist

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HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

Take your Thursday evening To The nexT level...

a spectacular film, engage in » Watch conversation, meet some interesting people, and get your mingle on.

7Pm » PARAmOuNT THEATRE

9Pm » Q&A » HOTEL 540

Take your Thursday evening to the next level: walk a red carpet, watch a spectacular film, engage in conversation, meet some interesting people, and get your mingle on.

Following the 7pm showing, join special guests Rudy Buttignol and Murray Battle from the Knowledge Network, Director Charles Wilkinson and Producer Tina Schliessler (respectively the director and producer of KFF 2014’s Oil Sands Karaoke) for a fascinating Q&A.

What a way to kick off the 20th annual Kamloops Film Festival!

Past KFF guests Charles Wilkinson and Tina Schliessler (KFF’s Oil Sands Karaoke) complete their eco-trilogy with a paean to breathtaking Haida Gwaii and the spirited people who populate it. The natural beauty of this culturally rich archipelago has served as a backdrop for tragedies such as outbreaks of smallpox and the exploitation of natural resources. And yet, the Haida Nation remains undaunted, drawing on 14,000 years of tradition in preparing for a showdown over the Northern Gateway pipeline and planning for a more sustainable future.

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9:30Pm » OPENING NIGHT mINGLE & jAZZ » HOTEL 540

After the Haida Gwaii discussion closes, guests are invited to join the Opening Night Mingle upstairs in the Mountain View Terrace at Hotel 540.

Enjoy complimentary appetizers, a cash bar and the jazz infused melodies of Kamloops singer Cathi Marshall and guitarist Jon Treichel.

Annual Kamloops Film Festival

WHEN March 3-12, 2016 WHERE

All films are screening at the Paramount Theatre (503 Victoria St.). Events will take place at various locations in downtown Kamloops. See inside for more details.

WHY To bring film lovers together for intriguing films,

wonderful special events, and one heck of a closing night party!

HOW mucH Ticket prices >

Join the conversation online and share your pics, reviews & comments. #KFF2016

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Kam Kam tiCKet Film Film inFo fest fest 2016 2016 KAMLOOPS FILM FESTIVAL » MARCH 3-12, 2016

TickeTs & Passes available online

PuRcHAsE PAssEs (FuLL FEsTIVAL, 10-FILm, 5-FILm & DARkFEsT), FILm TIckETs & PARTY TIckETs ONLINE: Visit kamloopsfilmfest.ca for details

*All tickets and passes bought online can be picked up at the KFF desk in the Paramount Theatre before the first screening that you attend. Please bring your proof of purchase. A KFS Membership is included within each pass.

TIckET LOcATIONs:

Moviemart (444 St. Paul St.) Regular Tickets & Party Tickets

TRUSU Desk (TRU Campus Activity Centre) $5 TRU Student Discount Tickets

PRIcEs:

Adult Admission: $10

Student/ Senior (65+) Admission: $9 (use “kff2016” as the coupon code when buying online) TRU Student discount price with valid student card : $5

The Festival Closing Party: $15 in advance, $20 at the door Full Fest Pass (includes a party voucher and a t-shirt): $150 10-Film Pass (includes a party voucher: $80

Paramount Theatre (503 Victoria St.) Regular Tickets & Party Tickets

5-Film Pass: $40

Regular and Party Tickets will be available an hour before each screening.

DarkFest Pass (enjoy both screenings of DarkFest): $15

An annual $2 Kamloops film society membership is required, available at the door. Under the motion pictures Act of British Columbia and Canada Customs Regulations, only members of the Kamloops Film Society are permitted to attend films. An annual membership fee of $2 allows all members to purchase tickets for all films sponsored by the Society and entitles members to all rights and privileges of the society in accordance with and subject to the constitution and Bylaws. the trU student Upass is the equivalent of a membership, but must be presented at the door.

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HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Join special guests Rudy Buttignol, Murray Battle, Charles Wilkinson and Tina Schliessler for a Q&A at Hotel 540.

Q&a’s will be held direcTly afTer film screenings

CHARleS WilKinSon Director Charles Wilkinson has been a professional singer since the age of eight, and was a regular on a popular TV variety show where he recorded, toured and performed until the age of eighteen. He left school for life on the West Coast, and spent the next ten years travelling and earning his wage in a variety of ways: as a welder, mechanic, carpenter, guitar instructor, writer, logger,

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photographer and off-thegrid log builder.

He earned his BA in Filmmaking and then Communications. Prior to his graduation, Wilkinson directed a documentary for the National Film Board of Canada—which was very well received.

He earned his MBA in Film and Creative writing, and proceeded to direct feature films, television movies for American networks, episodic series and documentaries.

A champion of environmental issues; the director of Haida Gwaii and Oil Sands Karaoke has recently released a book on the subject, Peace Out: Adventures on the Road to Green Energy.

The book runs in tandem with the multi award-

winning film of the same name but focuses on the more personal side of this universal issue.

TinA SCHlieSSleR Tina Schliessler was born in Germany, and immigrated to Canada with her family at the age of seventeen. She was raised amongst artists: her grandmother was a painter, her grandfather a sculptor, and her parents were both documentary filmmakers. Schliessler graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and studied film animation and photography. Her first student film led to a full animation series in Germany, and her career developed onwards in a number of fields

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Schliessler is a producer, photographer—and has produced a number of photographic series.

Her short film Bushwhack was selected for the Vancouver Woman in Film Festival in 2011. In most recent years, she is working with long time partner Charles Wilkinson on environmentally themed documentary films.

Schliessler is known for her work on Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World, Oil Sands Karaoke, Down Here, Peace Out and Tales of the Mouse Hockey League.

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NO mEN BEYOND THIs POINT Joining us in the theatre for a post film Q&A will be stars Patrick Gilmore (Andrew Myers), Kristine Cofsky (iris Balashev) and Tara Pratt (Terra Granger).

They will enlighten us on the stories behind the scenes and on their approaches to the characters they play.

PATRiCK GilMoRe Patrick Gilmore was born in Edmonton and is a graduate of the University of Alberta. His father is professional hockey player Tom Gilmore, who played forward for the Edmonton Oilers and the Los Angeles Sharks; his brother is Scott Gilmore, who is one of the founders

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of Peace Dividend Trust, an organization that offers support to third world countries. Gilmore is best known as Dale Volker in the science fiction series Stargate Universe. He has appeared in a number of science fiction programs, namely Battlestar Galactica, Eureka and Riese. Gilmore’s acting abilities have proven to be successful for the growth of his assigned characters.

Dale Volker was originally meant to be a smaller, supporting character, but his brilliant portrayal of Volker was so impressive that he was subsequently given a deeper storyline and more screen time.

Patrick also plays entrepreneur Tom Drexler in the AMC television series The Killing and was in KFF 2012’s

Sunflower Hour, the hilarious mockumentary about puppeteering and children’s television.

KRiSTine CoFSKy Kristine Cofsky lives in Vancouver, and is an actor, producer, director, writer, and photographer. Her breakout performance was in 2008, in the feature film When Life Was Good. The indie production premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was enormously popular on the film festival circuit.

Cofsky was nominated for a Leo for her performance.

Since their original collaboration in Good, Cofsky has been involved in a number of director Terry Miles’ projects, working both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. In 2011, Kristine

completed her own first feature, In No Particular Order, which she wrote, directed and performed.

The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2012, and was nominated for four Leo Awards. The film was distributed by Mongrel Media shortly after its premiere.

TARA PRATT Tara Pratt was born in Edmonton, raised in Calgary, and graduated from the University of Alberta. She completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Drama, and has appeared in a number of productions as part of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Pratt relocated to Vancouver in 2006; her inaugural West Coast

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performance was as Ophelia in “Hamlet”.

Since then, Tara has appeared in several stage productions with TwentySomething Theatre including “Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love”, and the world premier of “Prodigals” in 2011.

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mY GOOD mAN’s GONE nick Citton (writer, director and producer) and Robert Baker (Sully nicholls) will be in attendance to discuss this moving and funny film.

We can find out about where the idea came from, any challenges that were faced on set, and what it’s like to play a charming deputy sheriff.

niCK CiTTon Nick Citton hails from Vancouver, and earned his BFA in Film at Simon Fraser University, following that with a MFA in film from Columbia University in New York.

Soon after, he received the Simon Kinberg Award for Excellence in Screenwriting. Citton is also an alumni of the

Canadian Film Centre, and was one of the original writers in their Just for Laughs Comedy Writer’s Program. Citton recently received the coveted BC Film industry’s MPPIA Prize for his short film script, The Future Perfect, which he directed in British Columbia.

Citton has written or collaborated on a number of short films that have played at international festivals. Citton also wrote That Burning Feeling, which was the closing movie of the Kamloops Film Festival’s 2013 season. My Good Man’s Gone was a low-budget passion project that was created over a five-year span.

He is an actor, writer and producer who has appeared in a vast number of popular television programs including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Mad Men, Bones, CSI, Law & Order, Veronica Mars, Justified, True Blood and Texas Rising. He is best known for his feature films which include Out of Time, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Devil’s Knot and The Lone Ranger.

Baker also appeared alongside Zachary Quinto in Nick Citton’s short film, The Future Perfect.

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A WINE-ING DIscussION

A BREWING DIscussION

WEDNEsDAY, mARcH 9 9Pm BLuE DINING & LOuNGE 540 VIcTORIA sTREET

TuEsDAY, mARcH 8 8Pm RED cOLLAR BREWERY 355 LANsDOWNE sTREET

Following the 6pm showing of A Royal Night Out, the KFF team will be hosting our first-ever “Brewing Discussion” at Red Collar Brewery downtown. Building off the success of our Steeping Discussions, we are excited for this new foray into hops fuelled film debate. Enjoy panini and beer samples and discuss the delightful comedy of errors, based on the true story of the future Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret sneaking out to join the V.E. Day celebrations.

After the gripping, devastating, dramatic and oh so bloody rendition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, tea just won’t do! After leaving the Paramount, cross over to Blue at Hotel 540 for a gorgeous glass of wine. Rumour has it their chocolate chip cookies are to die for. With Michael Fassbender as the murderous Macbeth and Marion Cotillard as the conniving Lady Macbeth, the performances alone will be great fodder for conversation!

A sTEEPING DIscussION DOuBLE FEATuRE THuRsDAY, mARcH 10 9:30Pm PDk cAFé 438 VIcTORIA sTREET

Following the wildly successful discussion last year, PDK has graciously offered up their delicious donuts, tea and coffee once more! Join us for a double feature–Son of Saul at 6:00pm and Ben’s at Home at 8:00pm. Experience comedy and tragedy and everything in between, and then let that roller coaster of emotion take you to 438 Victoria Street, for comfort food, good company, and in-depth discussions.

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An Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his tribe, and two scientists searching for a rare and sacred plant, equal an action drama that won’t soon be forgotten. Inspired by the diaries of the scientists who documented over thirty years of experiences and research, Embrace the Serpent will be a most thrilling cinematic experience. Before you catch the final movie and the Closing Night Party, come over to The Painted Pony, a café known for it’s bannock, for the last steeping discussion of the film festival season.

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by AliciA Ashcroft

Alicia is a KFF Committee Member and blogger, who experiences the film festival the same way she does life: with an open mind, an open heart and an open bag of popcorn.

Close your eyes for a second, take yourself back to a magical place called the 1990’s—the land of the high-waisted jeans, Air Jordan's and ‘The Rachel’.

You could say things like: “Welcome to the 90’s” in a way that let people know that a new era was being ushered in. What the heck were you up to twenty years ago? Grab your plaid shirt and Doc Martens, tie that striped sweater round your hips, and let’s take a little stroll down memory lane.

Let's zip past the early nineties: The Supermodel era, Linda Evangelista not wanting to get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day (who does?), creepy Calvin Klein cologne ads, and heroin chic.

The first of the George Bush's. All that neon.

Kurt Cobain's suicide and the disbanding of the Grunge scene. OJ Simpson's Trial of the Century inspired the oncoming era of reality television. The 1990's ushered in accessibility

of the World Wide Web, email was popularized— anyone who was anyone had a Hotmail account (ahem, and maybe some of us still do). Portable cd players replaced the Walkman. The Gulf War non-stop on 24-hour news channels. Poppy punk rock, and influx of ska.

Heaps of Mariah Carey, and boy bands galore. (A young Justin Timberlake and those frosted tips—it was so wrong, yet so very right).

Mitchell’s passion for quality filmmaking is infectious and exciting

Believe it or not—twenty years ago the Macarena was the hot new dance craze, Tickle Me Elmo the must-have toy and “Show me the Money” was the official catch phrase.

The East Coast/West Coast Hip Hop Rivalry between feuding rap labels Bad Boy and Death Row Records led to the still-unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur in 1996 and Notorious B.I.G. in 1997.

Oprah started her famous book club (critics didn’t think it was a great idea— and soon learned that you never question Oprah—

Feeling old yet?

In March of 1997, the 1st Annual Kamloops Canadian & International Film Festival featured eight films over three days, opening with the French and Venezuelan “gender-bent Cinderella story” Celestial Clockwork. Brian Mitchell, former Film Festival Chair, and long time cinematic enthusiast, joined the Kamloops Film Society in 1975. Now retired from his duties, he still participates as an advisor.

He fondly recalls the details of that fateful first year.

mindless and hopeless qualities of some more commercially successful “Hollywood” productions.

He describes the perfect kind of film festival feature, one that “makes you ask questions about yourself”. What's the message? Where's the hope? Where’s the growth? The change? The resolution? Ultimately films should be about transformed individuals in a transforming society.

As filmgoers, how are we evolving alongside this storyline? How are these movies shaping our lives?

How do the decisions and consequences of these characters matter to us-alter our lives while we sit alone in a dark theatre.

Though, as Mitchell says, you are never alone in the company of film festival folk. Mitchell relishes in the sanctity and the safety amongst the good company of the Kamloops Film Society scene. He describes a feeling of trust to deal with any emotion that a film will throw at you. He revels in the applause at the end of a good film-- the expressive burst of joy from a theatre full of thrilled film lovers.

He refers to it as “delight in the shared experience”.

A time before Facebook, Twitter, Google or even Myspace. Humans stood fully upright without electronic devises

Mitchell's passion for quality filmmaking is infectious and exciting. He laments the onslaught of ultra-violent, unrepentant,

The Kamloops Film Festival as we know it was inspired by the Moving Pictures Festival, a traveling film festival that

ever!). Bill Clinton, the ole rascal, took over as America’s President, and Jean Chrétien was Canada’s Prime Minister.

Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie files for divorce from Michael Jackson the same year he starts his HIStory tour (you really thought those crazy kids were going to work it out). After four years of separation, and one year before her untimely death, Princess Diana and Prince Charles officially divorced.

The first mammal is cloned. The first electric car is announced. The Sex Pistols celebrated their own 20th anniversary with a tour, though admittedly not the same without bass player and world’s best boyfriend, Sid Vicious.

Madonna becomes a first time mother. The Spice Girls released their debut single Wannabe. Six-time basketball champion and footwear aficionado Michael Jordan stars in the NBA infused Looney Tunes film Space Jam; Why? Because when someone asks you to star in a movie with Bill Murray and Bugs Bunny, you don’t think, you just do.

attached to their hands.

How did we even contact each other? Like… payphones, beepers and fax machines? How did people know about events and special occasions?

Newspapers and the radio I imagine. Posters? Word of mouth?

The mind reels.

Just when you thought that the 1990's couldn’t have been more influential or action packed in regards to popular culture and entertainment…the Kamloops Film Festival was born.

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Joining the KFF straight from lA is versatile actress Meisha lowe who will share some stories and thoughts from the Vancouver based production of Eadweard.

MeiSHA loWe Meisha Lowe was born and raised in Queensland, Australia. In 2010, she made her first onscreen appearance in the Australian true crime television movie The Underbelly Files-Infiltration. Her eye set on a wider scope of acting opportunities, she left Brisbane for Sydney in 2011. In 2012 Meisha completed a ninemonth theatre contract with Brainstorm Productions, a touring educational theatre

company. Collectively, she and her touring partner drove 25,000 kilometers and performed over 250 shows. She made her film debut in 2011 in The Killage, a comedy-horror about a homicidal maniac at a work retreat, that happily lampoons the B-grade slasher genre.

Meisha holds an Advanced Diploma in Screen and Stage Acting, and has studied various screen acting courses both in Australia and Canada. Now living in Los Angeles, Meisha is in hot pursuit of her acting goals. Influenced by Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, Meisha says she “loves the magic of theatre, but her heart will always lie with the ‘big screen’”.

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A boy, his buddies, and the new girl in town, engage in an epic snowball fight that spans the entire winter school holidays. Make a morning of it and bring along the whole family to the KAG before the screening, as David’s Tea will be providing a lovely herbal tea buffet and yummy cold tea options for the little ones.

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As the credits roll on the final film, the Q’s have gotten all their A’s, the special guests have gone home; we’ve had our tea, our beer, our wine and all that in-depth discussion. You’ve seen twenty films, and haven’t seen your family in ten days… why rush home now? After Forsaken, join us at Hotel 540,

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Bringing together two generations of a legendary acting dynasty, this riveting, bloody, and moving western stars Donald and Kiefer Sutherland as a long-estranged father and son attempting to make amends whilst their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.

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Having experienced that Festival— which predominantly featured Canadian films, a great team of Kamloops-based volunteers wanted to create their own homegrown contribution.

Mitchell remarks on the “heavy” film choices of that first year, “they were not easy films”. That is all a part of the fun, to be exposed to such cinematic challenges.

Mitchell chuckles lightly at the choices citing Quebec's diabolical Le Polygraphe, based on the play about the dramatization of an unresolved murder, obsession, and the blurred lines of truth.

He recalls Jude, based on Thomas Hardy's scandalous 19th century novel Jude the Obscure, as being a rather racy affair; starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston, the film is described as “angry and clearheaded...surprisingly raw with nudity and explicit sex”, dark and disturbing, and reeking of tragedy.

Mitchell took his then fifteen-year-old son to the 10PM showing of the

punk rock mockumentary Hard Core Logo. Again Mitchell chuckles at the memory of the unexpected obscenities in a movie that has been described as a “rock and roll version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

The language profane, the content obscene—(people take acid and kill a goat??) and the ending is sudden and shocking. Bringing his son to the Rated R feature meant exposing him to conflict, suicide, and an excess of goat's blood...but Mitchell also felt that it broke barriers, instigated a great deal of dialogue between father and son; it also really inspired the teenager musically, which was the lasting result of that film.

Mitchell also remembers Prisoner of the Mountains, which he felt was the best film of the season. The Academy Award Nominated Russian/Kazakhstan film was based on a Leo Tolstoy short story about two soldiers who bond with their captors over time. He recalled a profound conversation that followed the film, with a man who lived near Chechnya, where

the film takes place.

The gentleman knew first-hand the horrors of war, and had been impacted deeply by the film’s content—not just the violence, but the revelation of humanity that exists in both sides of feuding nations.

Having not personally experienced the atrocities of conflict and violence, Mitchell felt the film was educational on a whole new level; hearing that man's own account afterwards revealed a deeper sense of compassion and understanding.

Again, this is not only what is exceptional about film, but the setting of the film festival—the conversations and connections that follow.

Listening in on other's arguments about films, and interjecting your own points—becoming a part of that discussion because you had that dark space and shared story in common.

Mitchell is full of stories about films; not necessarily about plotlines or actors, costumes or cinematography, (which of course are

deeply valued), but it's about the feeling. The layers of our own lives blending into the silver screen. He described a powerful moment from a film society feature in the early 1980's following the Soviet/ Italian film Nostalghia.

Audience members were abandoning the movie in droves, the theatre emptying out before the conclusion. As the credit's rolled, he noticed two college aged guys still sitting in their seats. He sparked a conversation— one might think that the first people to abandon a heavy and challenging film would be the young dudes at the back of the theatre. In fact, they sat there after the fact, wishing that their friend, who had very recently committed suicide, had been able to see that movie—they sat there thinking that it could have changed the trajectory of his life. Over thirty years later, that memory is forever linked with that film about longing, loss, and lamentation.

Having attended all twenty seasons; Mitchell has been able to watch the festival grow from

eight films in three days to twenty films over ten.

The addition of parties, and hosted discussions— which are entities of their own that are growing exponentially.

He especially loves the Q&A's and special guests, and remarked on his own personal favorites, like actor Gordon Pinsent and director Atom Egoyan when the KFF featured The Sweet Hereafter, which was filmed not far from Kamloops.

Egoyan was incredibly 'down to earth', and was a most interesting and fascinating guest.

The conversation with Mitchell is deeply moving, and as a fellow friend of the film festival, the feeling is completely mutual. Each movie contains an opportunity for a discussion, an argument, an exercise in empathy, an outburst of emotion. That appreciation for film, that connection with that little corner of our community is the through-line of twenty seasons of cinema. Popular cultural will continue to morph and shape shift, trends will come and go, but a great movie will

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always be in style. The connection we share with our fellow filmgoers is positively timeless.

If you're already a festival regular, thank you—and welcome back. If you've never been before, this is our invitation. Step onto the red carpet and into the comforting darkness.

Lose yourself in handfuls of buttery popcorn and the collective experience of sharing an onscreen story. Bring a friend, invite your mother. Take a date, and make a big thing out of it. Go out for dinner or tea, or a glass of wine after and talk about the movie, the characters, their experience, and how you might see your own reflection in their actions.

Allow yourself some cinematic sympathy; live another life, another gender, another age, in another country, in another era. Let go of your to-do list, your daily worries, the stress of your many responsibilities.

Travel the world without the need for a passport or time machine. Let your mind be changed, your attitudes challenged, and your heart broken; step out the theatre's blackness and back into the light transformed.

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Thompson Rivers University’s new brand, “Find Your TRU,” was unveiled yesterday on the Kamloops campus.

Vancouver firm finds its TRU brand Lucille Gnanasihamany, associate vice-president of marketing and communications for Thompson Rivers University, introduces the school’s new branding strategy, which cost $115,000.

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When people ask her what the brand slogan means — “Find Your TRU” — Lucille Gnanasihamany likens it back to phrases like finding your groove or your mojo.

“It’s like a fill in the blank,” the associate vice-president for marketing and communications at Thompson Rivers University said.

“Find your true path, your true goal.”

The university’s new brand was released earlier this year through an advertising campaign that stretched from Yellowknife to Toronto, targeting in particular smaller and mid-sized communities Yesterday, Student Street in the Old Main Building on campus was packed with tables filled with biodegradable travel mugs and buttons sporting “I’m With the Brand #FINDYOURTRU” and staff and students wearing similarly branded T-shirts.

The two-year project cost $115,000, Gnanasihamany said, and was bolstered by “a ton of work” done by people on campus.

A Vancouver company, Will Creative, was chosen — as was the practice when the previous branding, “Now That’s University,” was created — to bring an outside look at the university with no preconceived ideas.

The campaign it created is one that can

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be altered, depending on the focus and target market, be it students, parents, alumni, donors or other community partners, Ghanasihamany said.

The existing colour palette for the university was tweaked to reflect more strongly the connection with the landscape, she said.

Colours chosen include blue, teal, sage, grey, yellow, cloud (a sort of light yellowy white) and green, with a second colour palette designed for web use only that adds orange, light yellow, four shades of teal, grey and blue.

The font to be used is Adelle, one the consultants said helps convey the university’s open and collaborative personality.

When referring to marketing tools that convey a voice, the font changes to modern brush, described online at tru.ca/brandguide/typography.html as youthful, bold, empowering and strong.

Gnanasihamany said each iteration of the brand will stay true to the defined purpose of the university: “We believe everyone has the right to seek their potential.”

While the strategy is designed to promote the university, it also highlights the city and surrounding region.

“We live in God’s country and a lot of people don’t know that,” Gananasihamany said.

“People know Kelowna. They don’t know Kamloops, so this is an opportunity to let people know how beautiful it is here.

“You can learn at TRU and, man, look at that view when you look outside your window in the morning.”

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March 2 8 am - Parks and Recreation Committee TCC Boardroom “A” March 8 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7 pm - Public Hearing

The reality is our infrastructure is aging. We need to provide quality recreation services and we need to do it in a fiscally responsible way.

Regular City Council meetings are broadcast on Shaw Cable as follows: Thurs and Sat at 11 am and Sun at 7 pm.

Council meetings can also be viewed online at: kamloops.ca/webcast.

It’s important the community is involved in these conversations. So, come talk to us about recreation services and a concept for our city.

Everyone is welcome, please attend a public meeting near you. Visit kamloops.ca for more information.

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Residents who wish to sweep the area in front of their property are advised to remove the pile of sand accumulated as these piles can damage a sweeper, and operators are instructed to swerve around such piles.

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McLeod outspent all en route to election win CAM FORTEMS

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Re-elected Conservative MP Cathy McLeod increased her campaign spending last year by about 70 per cent compared to the 2011 federal election, according to information filed by Elections Canada.

Candidates are required to file financial statements

after the election.

Those statements show McLeod spent $171,000 in the run-up to the October election, one of the longest campaigns in Canadian history.

That compares to $96,000 McLeod spent during the 2011 election and $82,000 she spent in her first campaign in 2008.

Thompson Rivers University political scientist Derek Cook

said it is part of a trend toward higher election spending.

“It had to do with the length of the campaign,” he said. “We’re seeing a trend for more and more money needed and used by politicians to get elected.”

Second in campaign spending was New Democrat Bill Sundhu, who spent $159,000 and finished second in the four-way race.

Green candidate Matt

Greenwood, who finished fourth, spent just $1,700.

Liberal Steve Powrie, who finished third, has yet to file, but it is expected the Grits spent somewhere in the neighbourhood of $70,000.

Final results in November’s election had McLeod with 24,595 votes, Sundhu with 21,466 votes, Powrie with 21,215 votes and Greenwood

with 2,489 votes.

Under legislation brought in by the former Conservative government, campaign finance rules favour

individual donors who give small amounts.

Large donations from corporations and unions are not allowed.

The bulk of cam-

paign spending is for advertising. Despite the higher amounts allowed in 2015, candidates spent far below the $271,000 cap.

ADOPTION IN BC Adopting a child can be one of the biggest decisions in life.

The Adoption Act governs how adoptions happen in British Columbia. There are several types of adoption possible in British Columbia, including through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, international (or inter-country adoptions), adoption by relatives or step-parents (including adult adoptions), direct placement adoption agencies in which parents choose someone they know as the adoptive parents of their child, Every type of adoption has its own procedures that must be adhered to and unique challenges.

Speaking to a lawyer can assist guide you through the process, as well as explain to you how this will effect support obligations, visitation, naming and estate planning.

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YMCA-YWCA membership director Cathy Cooper hands out special recognition awards with the help of Y Strong Kids ambassadors Paige and brother Makai Cooper (Cathy’s grandchildren) during the Y Strong Kids Challenge’s kickoff breakfast yesterday in the NorKam senior secondary cafeteria.

Memes may have been too mean The plan was to make their concerns known in a light-hearted way, but the meme contest being run by the university faculty union has been cancelled — because posts were becoming too mean.

On its Twitter feed yesterday, the Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association (TRUFA) announced it was ending the campaign that was to run to early

March because of some of the postings, all of which have been removed.

TRUFA president Tom Friedman told faculty the union’s executive decided the contest should finish early.

Friedman said he believes the contest got the attention of administration and had made the point that faculty continues to be

unhappy with its role in governance of the institution and about academic and financial accountability.

He said that was a key issue in the recent year-long bargaining process, one faculty feels was ignored.

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When KTW climbed aboard the CH-149 Cormorant on Wednesday at Kamloops Airport, this crew was embarking on multiple training exercises, part of a week-long program wrapping up in the Kamloops area that took months to plan and comes with help from groups like the Rocky Mountain Rangers and Kamloops Search and Rescue.

Skills required for this job can’t be learned in a book, 442 Squadron Sgt. Bill Kelland told KTW. Each SAR tech has had at least four years being in the military before even considered for the intensive vetting process that includes

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sleep deprivation to test decision-making skills.

They are trained in survival, parachuting, mountain climbing and scuba diving, and take a three-month condensed primary-care paramedic program.

Ongoing training is necessary.

“We call them perishable skills,” Kelland said. “If we don’t practise them, when the real situation comes along, we won’t be ready.”

The crew’s first mission was to locate five lost river rafters, something made easier with a powerful and mobile aircraft (the Cormorant has three engines and can manoeuvre in tight spaces), convex windows and the ability for SAR techs to harness themselves to the roof inside the aircraft, open the door and hang outside to catch a better glimpse.

“What have we got below here? One o’clock?”

“Nothing.”

“Something in the water.”

“Looks like a log, deadhead.”

“Roger.”

Crews like this are dispatched all over the province, in the Yukon and 600 nautical miles offshore the Pacific coast from the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox on Vancouver Island.

They primarily respond to aviation and marine incidents — things like airplane

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Search and rescue technicians John Gute (left) and Gabriel Block (front right) tend to patients during a training simulation at Dewdrop Range on Wednesday.

crashes or capsized boats — but are also dispatched by the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria for search and rescue missions when local resources are insufficient.

It’s unclear how often 442 Squadron lends a hand in the Kamloops area but Kelland said he was dispatched here twice last year, including for a hang-gliding incident.

“When no one else can get there, we’re the guys who can get there,” Kelland said.

With limited information — no genders, ethnicities, ages or colour of clothing details were available yet, which help when searching from the sky — the search is on at 500 feet, flying above the shore of the North Thompson River.

“Looks like sort of a

red carpet. Right now it’s at 9 o’clock. Turn left.”

“Nothing. It’s an old boat.”

They are unable to locate the missing rafters before called to another training mission. In this simulation, an aircraft en route to Abbotsford from Prince Rupert has crashed.

“We’re going to the crash scene.”

Mountains, snow and trees abound and the toughest part of searching from various heights in the sky — we flew from 500 to 5,000 feet in search of missing people — is deciphering the scale from above.

If you can spot something like a vehicle on the ground, it helps give an idea how big a person would be down below.

To find someone, the crew’s best-case scenario is to see smoke signals and people wav-

ing, but often people are huddled together hidden under trees to stay warm.

Tony Brown, the flight engineer, controls the aircraft by voice, telling the pilots where to fly.

Things change while flying around and Brown is tasked with constantly recalculating variables like air density and the weight of the aircraft — as fuel is consumed it becomes lighter, for example.

New latitude and longitude directions are updated by the JRCC and they continue on, peeking their heads through the windows and communicating via headset until somebody spots something.

“That looks like an aircraft.”

At Dewdrop Range, the helicopter circles the target several times before descending down.

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• In Canada, search and rescue is a shared responsibility among federal, provincial/territorial and municipal organizations.

• Royal Canadian Air Force wings across the country provide resources in response to about 1,000 annual SAR missions.

• Riding aboard the CH-149 Cormorant is likened to riding in a giant school bus in the sky. Also, it can stay in the air running on just two of its three engines.

• An average helicopter weighs between 2,700 to 3,600 kilograms (6,000 to 8,000 pounds), with the CH-149 Cormorant weighing four to fives times that.

• Military airplanes, such as the CC-115 Buffalo, are also dispatched from CFB Comox for missions.

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The CH-149 Cormorant is a 30,000-pound military helicopter equipped with medical and survival supplies for 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron crews conducting rescue missions throughout the province, the Yukon and 600 nautical miles offshore on the Pacific coast.

The door and back hatch open, with the powerful force from the helicopter blowing the grasses as the aircraft nears the ground.

Brown and John Gute, one of the SAR techs, hang out the side and back of the helicopter as it approaches.

There are many things to consider when landing, all of which can be remembered

by the S’s: Size of area, slope, shape, sun, stuff (obstacles).

“It’s gonna be a downslope approach . . . take it slow.”

After landing, the SAR techs run off the helicopter with bags of equipment.

It’s loud with the helicopter running, but it’s time for the SAR techs to get to work.

On the ground, the

first priority is to check potentially fatal injuries — hemorrhages, airways and circulation.

Second priority is preventing hypothermia.

“We’re not going to have long . . . we’re gonna grab some stretchers and get out of here,” Gute said.

Rocky Mountain Rangers are playing the victims in this case and Kamloops Search

and Rescue (KSAR) are helping the SAR techs as they would in a real situation, providing valuable local knowledge.

They’re setting up a tent and it’s an opportunity to get practice and become acquainted with the sights and sounds that come from aircraft and personnel they aren’t often privy to working with.

“We don’t get to work

around huge aircraft,” Ron Riggs, KSAR ground search team leader said.

“This is good experience.”

The patients are bandaged, placed in thermal bags and sheltered before they would be taken on stretchers to the helicopter.

“This is the meat and potatoes of our medical training,” Kelland said.

The mission is

deemed a success, as the helicopter flies off.

It might sound glamorous riding around in helicopters and playing hero but it’s not all adventure and glory.

Kelland has had his wings — a SAR tech badge on the front of his uniform — for more than 15 years and says that while “I’ve been everywhere man” bumps and bruises are part of the job description.

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— it’s actually freezing on board — and he has broken his tail bone once while parachuting.

Then there’s tough calls like assessing likelihood of survival and choosing your own life over someone elses because you can’t “make an emergency out of an emergency.”

But, that’s why programs like the one in Kamloops are in place.

“Crews are welltrained,” he said.

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HOT: The Women’s World Hockey Championship, which will be played in Kamloops next month.

Ticket sales are encouraging and single-game tickets will be available on Sunday. Prices are more than affordable ($17 for games on McArthur Island, $30 for contests at Sandman Centre and a mere $50 or so for the gold-medal match) and the competition will be worldclass.

And, befitting the community event it will be, organizers will be at Pacific Way elementary on Monday to announce the Team Canada roster.

NOT: The Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association and its ill-fated meme contest.

The union solicited online memes to illustrate its call for more say in university governance.

As can be expected, the tone of the creations deteriorated to the point where the contest was cancelled after just three days.

There are ways to foster a better relationship with TRU brass, but we’d suggest creating a contest of insults is not among the best.

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HOT: The possibility of creating a year-round farmers’ market in Kamloops.

A collection of organizations working on such an endeavour met this week to identify potential sites, with the consultant noting a market open 12 months of the year could do up to $7 million in business when coupled with other amenities.

Judging by the immense popularity of the seasonal Saturday and Wednesday markets downtown, we’d say a year-long creation would be a massive success.

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Freedom is just out the door

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nwrap that bubble from around your kid — doing so just might lead the child to a life of luxury in Maui.

Perhaps I am being a bit hasty in reaching that conclusion, but some of the words uttered by business titan Kevin Jardine this week at Thompson Rivers University really hit the mark.

Jardine, who turned one Sport Mart in Kamloops into a nationwide chain of 70 stores across the country before selling to the Forzani Group, was the last in a series of speakers in TRU’s Business Kickstart Speaker Series.

Yes, he answered questions about sales, about growing a business, about the future of retail — but it was a few short sentences at the beginning of the Q&A that caught my ear.

And, I suspect, it was the message within those sentences that Jardine would have preferred to elaborate on in depth.

The topic was innocuous enough — childhood freedom — but it speaks to laying the foundation for great entrepreneurs.

“Growing up in Kamloops, we thought we won the lottery,” Jardine said, sporting a deep tan from living in Maui with his family.

“It was a great town, fabulous weather, you had Shuswap Lake, Sun Peaks. One of the coolest things about growing up in the early 1970s is that we had this intense amount of freedom.”

For Jardine, and for others of a similar age who hold onto similar memories of long, carefree sum-

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MUSINGS mer days in the 1970s and 1980s, the endless time outdoors was the norm.

The Internet didn’t exist, nor did the term “playdate”.

What did exist was playtime — and it was invariably found via the boot of a parent kicking us outside.

It was, as Jardine noted, an era of parents watching you bolt outside with cursory wisdom: “Try not to get run over. We’ll see you at dinner time.”

That freedom, that life outside, away from screens, taught a generation to improvise, Jardine said, to learn street smarts, to make mistakes and grow from them.

“The worrying thing is our youth don’t get the same opportunity,” Jardine said.

He’s right.

Why that is can be attributed to a number of reasons, foremost of which is our wired society.

(And it doesn’t help that every news story, and too many unverified rumours, about abductions from here to the end of the Earth are accessible at the touch of a finger, further adding

to parental paranoia.)

A few years ago, KTW spent a few weeks trying to convince some high school kids to hand over their cellphones, unplug from all social media and generally adopt the social life of a teenager circa 1985.

It turned out to be mission impossible as we learned that smartphones are the umbilical cord to today’s youth.

Without that electronic soother, life ceases to exist.

It’s hard to explain to a generation or two behind you what life was like unplugged.

It was a quick bowl of Corn Flakes at the crack of dawn on a sunny Saturday morning, swallowing the last bit of milk as you nearly tore the door off the hinges in an impatient bid to get outside.

It was grabbing your bike and riding to your buddies’ homes and telling them to hurry up.

It was bare feet in sneakers, Adidas shorts, a cheap T-shirt and your long hair flying in the wind as you and your pals rode for miles and miles and miles under the scorching sun.

It was gliding home at dusk, sweaty, dusty, sunburned and exhausted, ready to eat a horse before heading back outside for a neighbourhood game of kick the can well after the moon rose above.

It was all that, every day, all summer long.

It was, as Jardine noted, “intense freedom,” whereas the age of the Internet seems to have jailed kids for generations to come. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

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TRUMP WOULD BE ‘DANGEROUS, SCARY’ POTUS Editor: Is it time for Canadians to speak on the U.S. election?

While they will say it is not our business, Donald Trump and his outrageous platform has made it our business, much more so than in the past.

What happens in the United States impacts the world. It has become all world citizens’ responsibility to persuade Americans with a well-reasoned argument that Trump would be a dangerous, scary president.

I suspect if most British Columbians had to

chose, they would be, as I was, Democrats.

Having done considerable research and spent much time with Americans as a snowbird from Kamloops, I now favour Republican views.

In the mock election I am planning in November, I will vote Republican, unless Trump is on the ballot.

If it is Trump, then I urge everyone to vote Democrat — anyone but Trump.

Democrat opponents will argue Hillary Clinton lied and that Bernie Sanders has no affordable platform or is too old.

Republican opponents will say Ted Cruze is Canadian and unethical and Marco Rubio is too young.

No candidate is without flaws.

In a perfect world, we would get the one with the smallest number of imperfections.

That might be any Republican except Trump.

However, if Trump is the Republican on the ballot, then clearly Democrats Clinton and Sanders are the only choice.

Steve Barnes San Diego/Kamloops

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Editor: In the Feb. 16 edition of KTW, I read that the Kamloops Fly Fishers are willing to give up Jacko Lake for a new fishing area in Inks Lake.

Len Piggin said he likes the idea of creating new fishing opportunities if the mine is approved — but what about the downstream ecology of Peterson Creek?

What will happen to Peterson Creek Park when water is diverted from Jacko Lake?

What will happen to the Peterson Creek aquifer when it is destroyed by the tailings facility?

No amount of mitigation would bring back the value of

Peterson Creek to the Kamloops after it is lost.

Peterson Creek Park’s unique habitat, created by a yearround creek that flows through a deep canyon, provides a counterbalance to Kamloops’ semi-arid landscape.

It provides a rare habitat for pollinators, mammals, raptors, bird life and fish.

It provides a cooling place in our hot climate for walking and relaxing.

The healthy benefits Peterson Creek Park provides to the citizens and ecology of Kamloops are immeasurable.

Elaine Sedgman Kamloops

Editor: Re: (‘Drug-ring manager avoids jail’, Feb. 23): I think Justice Hope Hyslop should have given him jail time.

Why is house arrest an

appropriate sentence, in the judge’s opinion?

In my view, the sentence does not reflect real punishment.

Helen Pillott Kamloops

HATS OFF TO ROTARIANS Editor: Along with 269 other “experienced” and “mature” people, I had the pleasure of attending the recent Rotary West seniors’ dinner at Desert Gardens.

The meal was excellent and enjoyed — especially the tasty gravy — by us all.

The Rotarians and their families made, served and delivered the meals in such a way to make us feel special.

The entertainment was good and, all in all, it was an excellent evening.

Alison M. Patton Kamloops

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“Sure, it’s working so well for the other politicians we elect, like an MP who sits with less than 35 per cent of the counted votes, which is about 19 per cent of the eligible votes.

“No, thank you. It doesn’t work south of the border, and it’s hard to imagine it would be wondrous here.”

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As a group of residents push for the Owl Road dump’s entrance to move to Highland Drive, the City of Kamloops wants to hear what other residents in Juniper Ridge and Valleyview think of the plan.

The public works department will hold meetings at Valleyview secondary on Tuesday and at Juniper elementary on Wednesday to get neighbourhood feedback on where the landfill’s access point should be.

Both meetings will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Last fall, Orchard Drive resident Michael Popoff led a delegation to council, asking for the entrance to the dump to be moved out of his neighbourhood.

Popoff said high traffic speeds and poor visibility in the area were creating safety concerns.

“There’s constant daily near-collisions between bikers, walkers, runners and automobiles there,” he said.

Council voted unanimously to look at the issue and going back to the neighbourhoods will kick off the process, said streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow.

The city purchased the dump for $10 million last year and plans to use it to divert construction materials from the Mission Flats landfill.

Farrow said staff had initially dismissed Highland Drive as an access point due to the high cost.

“We felt that in the silt bluffs, given what we were actually looking for, the cost would just be outrageous,” he said.

“We didn’t get to any level of detail with geotechnical review or traffic studies or anything like that.”

Questions for residents include what spot on Highland Drive

would be best for an access road.

“We’d like to hear from the public, ‘Yeah, not a chance here. If you were to put one, put it here,’” Farrow said.

“Obviously we need to wait on a traffic safety perspective as well, but we just want to hear from residents.”

The city’s review will also look at what improvements could be made at the existing access to make it safer, and the costs of both plans.

Farrow said the city will work with a consultant on the process, and should have a report mid-year.

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Emergency crews were called to Highway 5 on the north side of the South Thompson River Bridge just after 9 p.m. for a reported collision.

Investigators determined a pickup truck and a semi travelling south on the highway collided when the pickup drifted into the next lane.

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Clarification A request for proposals for the second phase of the upgrade at Royal Inland Hospital is expected late in 2017.

Minister of Health Terry Lake provided new information following a budget presentation at the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 19.

The story was published on page A10 of the Feb. 23 edition of Kamloops This Week.

Lake said that due to the complexity, it will take longer than expected to prepare material for the request for proposals.

That means it is unlikely con-

struction can start on the $240-million project until sometime in 2018.

• Thompson Rivers University law student Daniel Gallant won an appeal at the university’s senate, which ruled he would move to second-year law and not have to repeat a course he failed.

A story on Gallant’s complaint to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal appeared on page A1 in the Feb. 25 edition of Kamloops This Week.

Subsequent to that senate decision, a university administrator determined he would have to repeat the first-year course during his second year of studies.

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d Patterson is hoping Game 2 woke up the Kamloops Storm.

“If it didn’t, it will be a quick series,” the Storm head coach told KTW yesterday.

Kamloops lost the Wednesday night contest 6-1 to the Chase Heat.

“I haven’t seen our team play that bad in a long time. For the longest time it was 1-1, or even 2-1 [for Chase], and it wasn’t anything that they were doing, it was more our team having an off night.

“We have a young squad, so it’s going to happen once in a while, with the inexperience we have.”

The Storm and the Heat will square off tonight in Game 3 of their Doug Birks Division semifinal, in Chase’s Art Holding Memorial Arena, with the series tied 1-1.

Game time is 7 p.m.

The hallway outside the Storm dressing room was a mixed bag of emotion on Wednesday night — captain Brett Watkinson expressed anger and embarrassment with his team’s effort in Game 2, while assistant coach Kyle Panasuk said Kamloops was “outworked from puck drop, the whole 60 minutes.”

Moments before, a heated exchange between staff members from each team overtook the hallway in the bowels of the arena.

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Sol Seibel (left) and the Kamloops Storm are looking to bounce back from a poor performance tonight at Art Holding Memorial in Chase.

Wednesday’s third period, a Heat player was hit in the face with a puck on a Storm shot, the resulting injury leaving a pool of blood on the McArthur Island ice.

Chase’s staff levied the shot had been taken with intent to injure, which Patterson said yesterday wasn’t the case.

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“That’s an owner showing his passion for his guys. There’s nothing wrong with that.”

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Game 72 is not going to sneak up on the Kamloops Blazers this time around.

“It’s the most important game of our season on Friday,” head coach Don Hay said after a spirited practise yesterday at Sandman Centre.

“We can’t wait until it’s a must-win game.

We have to find a way to get points and stop the losing right now and get on a winning streak.”

The Blazers loaded the bus after practice and headed to Everett, where they will play tonight against the U.S. Division-leading Silvertips (35-20-3-2).

Matt Revel remembers well the feeling of being eliminated from playoff contention on the final day of the regular season in 20142015 and the Blazers’ 19-year-old forward isn’t interested in reliving the misery.

“This kind of reminds me of last year,” Revel said. “We were so close and it came down to the last game.

“We’re trying to talk about it in the dressing room and stressing to the younger guys the importance of finishing strong and taking care of ourselves.”

Kamloops (27-24-54) lost each of the three games it played last weekend, earning only one point in the process. Similar results this weekend would likely be disastrous.

Captain Matt Needham will not play tonight, with the Penticton product set

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to serve a one-game suspension for the kneeing-major and game-misconduct penalties he was assessed in a game against the hometown Vancouver Giants on Sunday.

Needham, who did not travel to Everett, will watch tonight’s game online and return to the lineup on Saturday.

“I can’t really say too much about it [the suspension],” Needham said. “I didn’t think I did really anything wrong on the play. It’s tough to see and hard to watch the team play at such a critical time.”

Kamloops will host a pair of games this weekend, with Vancouver in town for a 7 p.m. start tomorrow and Seattle here on Sunday, with game time set for 6 p.m.

The WHL Western Conference playoff system sees the top three teams in the B.C. and U.S. divisions qualify, along with two wildcard spots reserved for the next two best records.

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Bottom line — there’s very little margin for error.

Hay and the Blazers know what they’re in for tonight against head coach Kevin Constantine’s disciplined, defensiveminded Silvertips.

“It’s a chess match,” Hay said, noting his team will adopt a shoot-first mentality.

“You make a mistake, they capitalize.

“You’ve got to play a really tight game and get into the battle.”

Revel and his Saskatoon Blades were swept out of the first round of the 2013 WHL playoffs by the Medicine Hat Tigers, those games representing the entirety of the Abbotsord product’s playoff experience.

Most of his teammates have seen even less playoff action.

“Last year, we won our last game and found out we weren’t going,” Revel said.

“That was a very disappointing feeling.

“With three games this weekend, we have to take advantage of them and grind it out.”

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Skip Karla Thompson and Team B.C. were 1-8 at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts as of KTW’s press deadline yesterday. Thompson will finish the tournament today against Jennifer Jones and Team Canada in a game that gets underway at 6:30 a.m.

Forty-eight penalty minutes were dished out in the first two contests in Kamloops, which is not to mention the extracurriculars which escaped the view of officials.

The bad blood is expected to continue and Kamloops will now need to pick up at least one victory in Chase, if the club is to advance to the Doug Birks Division final and another playoff opponent.

The Storm played to a 4-4 record in their season series against the Heat and won just once in Chase.

Fortunately, no more than that will be needed to advance to the second round.

“Its not the building, it’s the effort the team puts forward,” Patterson said.

The Storm played to a 14-9-0-3 record as visitors this season.

“We’ve had lots of success on the road, whether it’s a small

barn like Fernie has, or even the game we played over on the NHL side [of Mac Isle].

“We just have to play our style of hockey and everything we’ve practised all season and we’ll be fine.”

Despite their thirdplace finish, Patterson has long spoke of Chase being possibly the most

skilled team in the Doug Birks Division.

The Storm and their fans are now seeing that play out in the post-season.

Facing the prospect of being backed into a corner after Game 1, the Heat came out swinging.

Now Kamloops may have to do the same this weekend.

“We were .500 against them this year, they were .500 against us and we knew it was going to go six or seven anyways,” Patterson said.

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Kamloops Boxing Academy fighter Ken Huber gets the better of Brian Caldwell at the WBC Western Canadian amateur championships in 2014. Huber is moving on to the professional ranks.

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Ken Huber has left amateur boxing.

Next up? The professional ranks.

The 32-year-old Huber, who fights out of the Kamloops Boxing Academy (KBA), will make his professional debut tomorrow, after announcing his amateur retirement at the start of February.

“It has been a long time coming and it has been a bit of a painful process, but the ball is rolling now and things are just happening,” Huber told KTW on Wednesday, before flying to Saskatoon yesterday in preparation for his first pro tilt.

“It’s coming fast and it’s coming hard and it’s exciting.”

In eight years of fighting as an amateur, Huber amassed a record of 27 wins and seven losses, with one knockout victory. At the time of his amateur retirement, he was the reigning Western Canadian cruiserweight champion and held provincial titles as the cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, all of which he has vacated.

“It was almost bittersweet,” Huber said of vacating his titles.

“That was a dream of mine

and I held on to it for a long time, but it’s like anything else — there comes a point where it’s time for some new toys.

“I want to get my hands on some new toys. I still love my old toys, but it’s time to keep reaching for the sky.”

Huber’s professional debut will come against Clay Dumais, an Aboriginal fighter representing the Mistawasis First Nation who is also fighting in his first pro bout, in front of what is likely to be a friendly crowd.

The Prince Albert boxer had a limited amateur career, fighting to a 6-1 record.

Huber said the 35-year-old Dumais is a smaller opponent than he’s used to fighting — Dumais stands 5-foot-11 and weighs in at 183 pounds.

Huber, meanwhile, also stands 5-foot-11 and is down to a svelte 187 pounds. He will fight as a light heavyweight moving forward, dropping down to 176 pounds for his next tilt in Nanaimo in May. The Kamloops fighter, who is also a coach at the KBA, is expected to have as many as five fights before the end of 2016 and hopes to contend for a national title as early as 2017.

He’s excited for what this newest chapter means for his career.

“I found that in my training camps and things, I was stagnant — I kind of just flatlined,” Huber said. “I wasn’t getting any better. I wasn’t getting any worse. I was kind of just flatlined. I was really struggling for motivation to get in the gym.

“I’ve been fighting amateur boxing eight years, I’ve had over 30 fights, six-time champ, national champ, Western Canadian champ — I achieved a ton of cool things as an amateur. I’m ready to move on.”

The move to the professional realm means a lot of changes for the Kamloops fighter, most notably an increase in travel.

He will make trips to Quebec and Las Vegas to train with professional sparring partners.

He’ll make regular trips to the United States to train.

His commitment to his discipline and his diet has improved, his costs have risen.

But he’s also now being paid to fight.

And that is no small matter.

“It’s almost surreal. You feel like, wow, I’ve finally cut through that. I’ve earned their respect enough that they’re willing to pay me to come and fight. They want me to be on their show,” Huber said.

“That’s very humbling and very surreal. It’s a lot to take in.”

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Kamloops will get an early glimpse at some of the players who will be going for gold at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship.

The 23 players who will represent Canada next month will be announced at 11 a.m. on Monday at Pacific Way elementary.

“We felt it was a perfect kickoff to the final month of preparation to bring our national women’s team roster announcement to Kamloops,” said Melody Davidson, Team Canada’s general manager.

“An event like the Women’s World Championship provides inspiration to a community and it will be exciting for some of

our players to be able to have a direct, positive impact on local children and hockey fans.”

Davidson and head coach Laura Schuler will make the announcement, alongside some of the players who will don the Maple Leaf in the Tournament Capital.

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Pre-purchased ticket packages will be available for pick-up at the Sandman Centre Box Office beginning on Saturday between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. during a ticket pick-up event featuring food and ticket deals to that evening’s Kamloops Blazers’ game against the Vancouver Giants.

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LIONS SHARE

Fullback Rolly Lumbala of the B.C. Lions speaks to students about breaking the silence on violence against women at Sa-Hali secondary on Tuesday. The talk was part of the Lions’ Be More Than a Bystander Program. Matt McGarva, a defensive back with the Leos, was also part of the presentation.

The Lions open training camp in Kamloops in June.

CRIMES OF THE WEEK

MUG SHOTS

GARAGES ARE BEING TARGETED Sometime overnight on Sunday February 21, thieves broke into two locked residential garages stealing numerous items. The first garage entered was on the 800 block of Serle Rd. Two “I-phones” and other smaller hand tools were taken. The second theft was on 700 block of Schubert Dr. This time the suspects took a women’s Schwin bike, a jig saw and a drill.

In each case the suspect entered onto the property without being detected. These thieves will commit their crimes at night in the cover of darkness but will be out looking during the day to find possible locations to steal from.

As a community please be aware of strangers or suspicious activity in your neighbourhoods, if you see something suspicious call the police right away, if you want to remain anonymous contact Crime Stoppers. When you call Crime Stoppers only your information will be used never your name.

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Elegance on ice The Okanagan Region Figure Skating Championships wrapped up earlier this month at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

Kamloops Skating Club members were among the local athletes who fared well at the event.

Victoria Warner claimed gold in Elements 1 and silver in over-13 Star 4, while Georgia Lanzoni won gold in Bronze Interpretive and bronze in Silver Creative.

Kathy Zhang was first in Intro Elements, Tieler Shular placed third in Intro Elements and Alice Lanzoni was third in Bronze Creative.

Brittany Boyd was third in Elements 2.

Ribbons were also handed out at the Okanagan meet.

In the pre-intro interpretive division, Kathrin Ricketts won gold, Warner earned silver and Shular snagged bronze.

Erika Denis claimed silver and Zhang won bronze in introductory interpretive.

In Star 2, Brooke Benoit and Shular claimed bronze, while Zhang grabbed gold

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BRIEFS and Emma Sowpal won bronze in Star 3.

Soccer sign-up

Registration is open for the Kamloops Recreational Soccer League (KRSL) over-30 and over-45 divisions.

Sign up online at kamloopsrecsoccer.org.

The season begins on April 17.

The KRSL’s executive committee for 2016 is Rob Piva, president; Allan Betker, vice-president; David Harestad, treasurer and league registration; Ryan Filek, secretary; Darryl McCaskill, past president; and Christian Gayfer, referee-in-chief.

Triathlon gold

Eric Spence, a 17-year-old member of the River City Racers Speed Skating Club, won the Junior Male Division at the Silver Skate Winter Triathlon in Edmonton on Sunday.

Spence was asked by event organizer Rodney

Al to present the Owen Spence Award to the top family team in the long course event.

Owen, Eric’s father, founded the event 26 years ago, but died in 2008.

Off to the Games

The Sun Peaks Alpine Club will have five athletes in action at the 2016 BC Winter Games in Penticton on the weekend.

The 28th incarnation of the Games gets underway on Feb. 25 and runs through Feb. 28.

Sun Peaks will be represented by Ben Jacoby (Kamloops), Brynn Applegath (Kamloops), Clayton Dent (Heffley Creek), Noa Hooton (Heffley Creek) and Rio Shatzko (Kamloops).

Athletes qualified for the games at a zone race held in Sun Peaks in January. Racers from Sun Peaks, Revelstoke Mountain Ski Club, Big White, Apex and Silver Star vied for 21 spots over two days, with five spots won by racers from Sun Peaks.

The athletes will compete in two GS runs and three slalom runs over the Winter Games’ three days.

BERNHARD Blake Leonard

CHAMINGS Taylor Dawn

TRUMP Jeffrey Ernest

WANTED FOR: Fail to Comply with Probation

WANTED FOR: Fail to Comply with Probation x2.

Dealing with Identity Documents. Theft Under $5,000

WANTED FOR: Review of Sentencing

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B: 1995-11-06 Age 20 Caucasian female 152 cm (5’02”) 52 kg (115 lbs) Brown Hair Blue Eyes

B: 1986-09-12 Age 29 Caucasian male 165 cm (5’05”) 82 kg (181 lbs) Brown Hair Hazel Eyes

If you know where any of these people are, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The tip line pays up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of fugitives. Remember, Crime Stoppers just wants your information, not your name. Crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does.

This program is jointly sponsored by Kamloops Crime Stoppers & Kamloops This Week.

People featured are wanted on arrest warrants not vacated as of 3 p.m. on Feb 24, 2016

SHOOTING CASE STILL CONTINUES By now most of the public is aware of the shooting that took place on the night of Thursday February 18th at approximately 8:45 pm at Versatile drive and Copperhead Dr. A 32 year old male was shot in the leg and staggered to the Kamloops Travel Centre, were he collapsed and was taken to the hospital. The police have advised the public they

are not at risk and it appears the two parities knew each other.

The police do need the public’s assistance in locating two suspect vehicles that were involved in the shooting. Two small light coloured vehicles were seen leaving the area quickly, driving eastbound on Versatile Drive towards Kamloops.

This is a busy area day or night with

commercial and private vehicles using the travel centre, someone may have seen something in the area.

This is your opportunity to do the right thing and remain anonymous.

If you have any information on this shooting or saw the suspect vehicles, please contact Crime Stoppers, you will never have to go to court or give a statement.

BICYCLES BEING STOLEN Over the last couple of weeks bicycles have been stolen throughout the City. The thieves are very selective and are taking only the more expensive bikes. The suspects do not care if the bikes are on private property or not.

They will take them.

On Thursday February 18th, suspects broke into a shed on the 700 block of Collingwood Dr. and took a Kona bike.

Two days later another bike was taken from the 1600 block of Greenfield Ave, the bike is described as a Orange Norco Storm 7.2 (see photo).

Each bicycle’s serial number has been recorded by the police. Now that the weather is getting warmer, there will be more and more of these incidents. Make sure your bicycle is locked up and secured to a wall even in the garage. Do not become a victim to these criminals, help prevent thefts from taking place.

If you have any information on these thefts or may know the whereabouts of the bikes, please contact Crime Stoppers, you will receive a cash reward upon the suspects arrest.

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DUNEDIN, Fla. — Josh Donaldson isn’t worried about the Toronto Blue Jays’ offensive potential this upcoming season.

He just feels sorry for opposing pitchers.

“The fact of the matter is, you have me, then you have Jose Bautista, who hit 40 homers last year . . . then Edwin Encarnacion, who’s hit over 40, then Russell Martin . . . [Chris] Colabello, [Justin] Smoak . . . Tulo [Troy Tulowitzki] — I mean, Jesus, it just keeps going,’’ Donaldson said.

“I wouldn’t want to pitch against us. There were a lot of guys last year that we faced who were defeated before they even threw the first pitch. And those guys made their exit pretty quick.’’

Donaldson, the reigning MVP of the American League, reported to Blue Jays camp yestearday after a jam-packed off-season.

He played with PGA Tour star Jason Dufner in the Pebble Beach Pro Am — where he rubbed elbows with singer Justin Timberlake — took a photo of himself with Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton at an Auburn football game (both are Tigers alumni), and even landed a speaking role on an episode of the History Channel’s Canadian-Irish drama series Vikings.

Fresh off avoiding arbitration with a two-year contract worth US$28.65 million, the all-star third baseman is entering his second season with the club.

The differences between this year’s camp and spring training last year, he said, are “night and day.

“Last year coming into a new team, a lot of new faces, trying to let everyone get acclimated to me and then really just trying to get to know everybody,’’ Donaldson said. “This year, they know who I am. I know most of the faces in there.

“This year [the goal] is trying to get the troops on board early on what the objectives are and I’m looking forward to having another good year.’’

While Bautista dominated storylines Monday with his comments on a possible contract extension, Donaldson is still years away from thinking of his own free agency. The infielder said he’s not even contemplating a longer-term deal at this time.

“I said earlier in the off-season that I would love to end my career as a Blue Jay but that’s something that we’re not even talking about right now for the sheer fact that I feel like both sides are happy where we’re at,’’ he said.

“I’m sure at some point we’ll have talks but that’s not even a concern for me right now.’’

Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro said avoiding arbitration with one of his star players was “important, there’s no question about it.

“That’s the business reality of the game,’’ Shapiro said.

“Ninety-eight per cent of the time you’re aligned with identical objectives . . . and then you’re left with these small junctures of time when you’re across the table in a business setting and to some extent you’re against each other.

“That never feels good to me.’’

Donaldson said his focus now is on preparing for the season with the rest of his teammates. As defending AL East champions, they’re heading into the year with a different mindset than they had in the past.

“Last year, I don’t think the expectations were there for everybody coming into camp — you had some guys who were just trying to not be sent down, you had some guys who were just hoping to have a little success,’’ Donaldson said.

“Now, you have guys who’ve been in the playoffs, they have a full season under their belt and they’re coming in with higher expectations of themselves.’’

Changing the slide NEW YORK — Baseball made its call on the Chase Utley slide: out.

Major League Baseball and the players’ union have banned rolling blocks to break up potential double plays, hoping to prevent a repeat of the takeout by Utley that broke the leg of New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada during last year’s playoffs.

“From my understanding, we’ve been trying to work on this for a few years now,’’ Utley said at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ camp, “so I don’t think one instance determined everything.’’

Maybe, but fans may see it another way — the Chase Utley Rule.

Under the change announced yesterday, a runner must attempt a “bona fide slide,’’ defined as making contact with the ground ahead of the base, being in position to and trying to reach the base with a hand or foot, trying to remain on the base after the slide, and sliding within reach of the base without changing his path to initiate contact with a fielder.

An umpire can call both the runner and batter out for a violation.

— The Associated Press

CFL CRACKS DOWN ON DOPING TORONTO — The CFL is making it harder for players who violate anti-doping regulations to enter the league.

The CFL and the CFL Players’ Association say they have agreed to implement stricter rules for offending players to be drafted or sign contracts.

A player violating the Canadian Anti-Doping Program or testing positive for a substance banned by the CFL up to 12 months before being draft eligible will be forced to defer his draft status for one year.

A player going through the draft, regardless of whether he’s selected or not, who subsequently violates the anti-doping rules will be ineligible

to sign a CFL deal for one calendar year from the date of the positive test.

A player ineligible for the draft, from either the Canadian junior football ranks or an international player from another football league or sport, who violates the rules will be unable to sign a CFL contract for one year from the date of the violation.

Last year five players who attended the CFL combine tested positive for banned substances.

Three were drafted with linebacker Jonathan Langa appearing in 16 games with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

— The Canadian Press

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Obituaries & In Memoriam EDITH M. CURRIE (NEE WHITEFORD)

passed away February 9, 2016 in Princeton, BC. Edie was an integral part of the community - she was well established in ranching, horse racing and teaching circles.

Edie was delivered at Mrs. Roadley’s nursing home in Kamloops on March 19, 1918. Her parents Jack and Martha took her home to the family ranch at Nicola, BC. Edie and her siblings walked three miles to a one room school in Nicola.

In 1931 Edie went to school at Crofton House - from there Edie attended UBC. Education was always encouraged. In 1940 Edie started her teaching career in Princeton. During her career she taught generations of students - Edie retired in 1981. Edie said her jobs in life were teaching and ranching.

Edie’s father arrived in Kamloops in June 1886 - a date that was celebrated annually by the Whiteford family. Jack along with the Palmer family owned the Stump Lake Ranch - after the sale of the ranch Jack purchased the J. Pooley Ranch. Edie considered the Palmer, Friskin, Fraser and Lauder families as a stand in family for her relatives living in Ireland and the USA. Edie met Doug Currie at a gathering in Princeton - they married at the Whiteford family ranch In December 1947. Their first home was at the ranch that Edie and Doug lived together on for 57 years. After Doug’s passing Edie remained on the ranch.

Edie and Doug donated the CoW Pad Park for the benefit of the people in Princeton.

Edie is survived by the Palmer’s - Jim, Bill, Amanda, Monica and their families; Quita McLeod, Sue and Joy Potts; the Currie’s - Lynda, David, Gary, Laurie; Laverne and Arlene; Gordon, Terry and Wendy; Joy and Gail; Bonnie, Peggy, Rusty and three sisters-in-law.

Edie was predeceased by her husband Doug, her parents Jack and Margaret, her siblings Teddy Whiteford, Mabel McLeod and Florence Potts.

The family would like to thank Dr. Munroe, Bernadette Kelleher and the staff at Ridgewood Lodge. A Celebration of Life will be held later in the Spring.

GLEN ROGER DAINES March 2, 1945 - February 4, 2016

Glen passed away on February 4th, following a long struggle with cancer.

He is survived by his wife Donna and children Dana Daines- Smith (Greg) of Calgary, AB and Cody Daines (Shannon) of Prince George, BC. Glen (Grandad) is also survived by five granddaughters, the joys of his life, Teagan and Taryn Smith, Emma, Caitlyn and Sophia Daines.

Glen has always been proud of the of the professional achievements of his children and the accomplishments of his granddaughters. He was never shy in sharing this. His family was very important to him and he treasured his bond with his brothers immensely. He displayed a humourous pride when people would approach him and ask , “which brother are you?”

Glen was predeceased by his parents, Ethel and Snowden Daines and by his nephew Darcy Daines.

He was one of seven brothers and is survived by Jim (Marilyn), Jack (Audrey), Norman, Ivan, Franklin (Shirley) and Danny (Dusty).

He is also survived by his cousin Penny Archibald and his close friends Allan Archibald, Kay Daines and Tom Towers.

Glen was born and raised in Innisfail, Alberta. He attended the University of Alberta and received his degree in Commerce. He worked for IBM Canada in Alberta and BC before establishing Daines Western Shops with his brothers Ivan and Franklin. Glen has been a long time resident of Kamloops but always thought of Innisfail as home. He maintained strong ties with the rodeo community and several generations of cowboys.

Glen leaves behind many strong friendships from his love of the western way of life. At his request, Glen’s service was held at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Innisfail, Alberta on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 1 PM. Donations in Glen’s memory gratefully appreciated to the Royal Inland Hospital Cancer Clinic, Kamloops, BC or to a charity of your choice.

We would like to thank Dr. Harold Stefanyk and the other health professionals and caregivers who supported Glen through his 15 year battle with cancer.

Although deeply saddened, I am comforted knowing that he is reunited with his family that he loved dearly and with whom he crossed the pond in July 1957 when he immigrated to Canada from England with his father Thomas, mother Violet and brother Tom who have predeceased Dennis.

I am blessed to have spent over 30 years with a man who was compassionate, caring and never failed to brighten my day with warmth and love.

Dennis enjoyed a 40 year career with BC Gas – formerly Inland Natural Gas prior to his retirement in November 2008. Dennis in his retirement continued to indulge his passion for cars and travel.

May all who knew Dennis treasure your memories as I shall treasure mine.

Dennis is also survived by his son Tom and his family, sister-in-law Carole, mother-in-law Billie Thomson, brother-in-law Kelly Thomson, nephews, nieces and his family in England and South America.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a charity of your choice in Dennis’s memory would be greatly appreciated.

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AGNES MAIN HALLIDAY (NEE HUNTER) “GUS” Born Bellshill, Scotland — May 7, 1935 – February 18, 2016

Gus was born in 1935 in Bellshill, Scotland and trained as a clerk/typist. Upon graduating from school she immediately found employment with Garrion Grain Mills and then with the National Coal Board. She met her husband Allan while working at Garrion and they were married in 1956. In 1957 they immigrated to Canada (Winnipeg) where she found employment with Winnipeg Natural Gas and later, as the executive assistant to Manitoba’s Chief Pathologist. She and Allan had two children Sheena and Allan Jr. before moving to Kamloops in 1967. She worked with the Town of North Kamloops prior to amalgamation and later with the City of Kamloops, as the assistant to the City Clerk until 1971, when she left the City to open her own business, Hunter-Dunn Business Services. Gus was a fixture in the Kamloops community for nearly 50 years, not only through Hunter-Dunn which she ran successfully for nearly 30 years, but also through her

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Gus, as she was known by many is survived by her husband of 60 years Allan Halliday, daughter Sheena Vivian and her husband Paul and their children Graeme and Laura (all of Surrey), son Allan Halliday and his wife Etta and their son Braeden (Kamloops), brothers William Hunter and Drew Hunter and family, as well as numerous other family members in Scotland on the Hunter and Halliday sides. Gus was predeceased by her mother and father Agnes and Henry Hunter, brothers Harry, George, Tom and Jim and her sister Bette all of Lanarkshire, Scotland. Gus is also survived by her long-time friends Margo Cole, Sally Clow, Pat Mochizuki and Louise Sawatsky.

It is with a heavy heart that I communicate the sudden passing of my husband and the light of my life – Dennis Antony Lockie on February 20, 2016 from complications that developed following surgery .

At Dennis’s request there will be no formal service. He will be interred at a later date in Oliver, BC in a private ceremony where he will join his father, mother and brother who undoubtedly have greeted him with open arms.

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We are saddened to announce the passing of Agnes on February 18, 2016 in Kamloops at the age 80.

October 11, 1943 – February 20, 2016

May you rest in peace – my love. Until we meet again.

Your loving wife Donna.

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DENNIS ANTONY LOCKIE

community service including; Chair of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce; Chair of the Royal Inland Hospital Board; and Chair of the Thrupp Manor Board of Directors. Well respected in the Answering Service industry, she was elected Chair of the Telephone Answering Association of Canada (TAAC). She was also a passionate Liberal and stood as the Liberal candidate for Kamloops in the 1988 Federal Election.

Gus valued her career, but when she retired she focused her passion to her family and particularly her grandchildren Graeme, Laura and Braeden who spent countless hours at “Gran and Papa’s” on weekends and during the summers while growing up. She will be deeply missed by her family, close friends and former business associates.

Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 27th at 1:30 pm in the Kamloops Funeral Home Chapel, 285 Fortune Drive.

In lieu of flowers, kindly send donations to: Alzheimer Society of BC, 300 - 828 West 8th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1E2, www.alzheimer.ca/en/Get-involved/ Ways-to-donate or Freemason Cancer Care Program 1-250-712-1101 or 1-800-299-0188 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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December 21, 1933 - February 26, 2013

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Sadly missed but never forgotten.

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Report: Storms, floods to cost $900m a year JOHN WARD

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Storms, hurricanes and floods driven in part by climate change will cost the federal disaster fund $902 million a year over the next five years, well above past averages, the parliamentary budget officer predicted yesterday.

The latest report from the office of Jean-Denis Frechette said the federal Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements can expect to spend $229 million a year to deal with damage from storms, with floods adding another $673 million a year.

The report said climate change is likely a factor in the intensity of Prairie flooding.

“The warming in the Arctic has been associated with persistent weather systems in the midlatitudes as well as extreme weather events,’’ the report said.

“Consistent with this, multiple-day rain events have significantly increased in the Prairie provinces and in the Rockies.

“The recent record-setting multiple-day rainfalls in southeastern Saskatchewan in 2010 and 2014 are likely examples.’’

The disaster fund reimburses the provinces and individuals for expenses and damages resulting from disasters, be they natural or man-made.

The high costs of flooding are partly due to the lack of flood insurance at reasonable cost for individuals in Canada, as well as problems with floodplain regulations on the Prairies, which account for most of the disaster costs over the last 10 years.

“The Prairie provinces face regulatory challenges of reduced enforcement and compliance when floodplain management is the responsibility of municipalities,’’ the report said.

“Furthermore, Saskatchewan has unlicensed drainage of wetlands that increases peak flows during floods and Alberta appears to have inaccurate flood maps.

“Furthermore, in creating flood maps, Alberta does not take into account rising groundwater and debris floods on steep mountain creeks.’’

Over the last 20 years, the annual cost of weather disasters has risen sharply.

The average cost to the federal disaster fund has risen from $54 million a year (in adjusted 2014 dollars) for the 1970-1994 period to $291 million between 1995 and 2004 and $410 million between 2005 and 2014.

The report attributes the increase in costs to an increasing number of large weather events with greater intensity.

For example, in addition to a number of small events, the country has seen some major disasters over the last four years: • Heavy rains in June 2014 in Saskatchewan are expected to cost the disaster fund $160 million.

• The Toronto ice storm of December 2013 is expected to cost $120 million.

• Floods in southern Alberta and the southeastern British Columbia flood of June 2013, with forecast costs of $1.437 billion.

• The Assiniboine River flood in Manitoba of 2011, which was contributed to by the flood that spring in Saskatchewan, with disaster fund costs of $524 million for Manitoba and $245 million for Saskatchewan.

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A vehicle is swallowed by water in the 10th Avenue underpass following a summer storm in 2011. Kamloops has been hit with severe, flash floodproducing storms in four of the past five summers.

Obituaries & In Memoriam NORA PATRICIA LIDDY 1937 – 2016

Mrs. Pat Liddy died suddenly in Kamloops, B.C. on February 22nd at the age of 78 years.

She is sadly missed by her daughters Helen (Dave) of Kamloops, Jane (John John) of Banff, Rachel (Brian) of Kamloops and Bridget of Kamloops, sons Mike (Dawn) of Barrie, Ontario, Patrick of New Zealand and Paul of Kamloops, twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She also leaves two sisters Janet Ziebart and Kath Shirley and numerous nieces and nephews, friends and relatives.

She is predeceased by her husband Andrew, sons Joe and Andrew, granddaughter Maia and daughter-in-law Julie.

Prayers will be recited in Sacred Heart Cathedral, 3rd and Nicola Street, Kamloops, on Friday, February 26th at 5:00 p.m.

The Reverend Father Andrew L’Heureux will celebrate the Funeral Mass in the Cathedral at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 27th .

Cremation will follow.

Should friends desire, donations to the charity of ones choice would be appreciated in her memory.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com.

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LUKE ROBERT WARD Luke Robert Ward, 36, passed away suddenly at his home in Barnhartvale on February 17, 2016. Luke was born on October 8th, 1979 in Kamloops, BC on the second anniversary of his parents. He was one of their greatest gifts.

He is survived by his parents Joe and Elaine (Gowans) Ward, his brother Mat (Erin) Ward and his sister Diana (Alex) Fraser.

Luke adored his nephews Tyler, Mason, Lee and Eric and niece Heidi. Luke spent the last year of his life sharing his hopes and dreams with the love of his life Kyra Blackburn, and her children Corey and Claireese. He also leaves his maternal grama Margaret Gowans, numerous aunts and uncles, cousins and friends.

Luke was predeceased by his Uncle John Gowans (1983), his grandfather Jack Gowans (1992) and his grandmother Sarah Ward (2011).

Luke was a fun loving, hardworking, responsible young man. Luke was a happy and cheerful little boy. He played soccer, hockey, golf and was an eleven year member of 4-H. In his last year of 4-H he received the citizenship award from his peers.

After graduating high school with honors, Luke worked as a farm hand on his Uncle Bob’s ranch, a parts person at Acklands Grainger and a diamond driller for Conners drilling.

He chose to return to university to achieve his Retail Meat Processing Certificate. While completing this course, he was awarded the UCC School of Tourism Student of the Year Award. He then worked for a year at this before beginning his career with Domtar in 2007.

He was a Water Treatment Operator and Recaust Field Operator in the steam plant and was working on his 4th year Power Engineering degree. He was a member of the Emergency Response Team as well. He loved his Domtar family.

Luke’s many talents made him capable of doing anything. Luke and Mat were in the process of building their third spec house together. Luke was using carpentry skills that he had picked up from his dad and brother. He helped his parents on their farm with every aspect and was even working on building his own little herd of cows.

He was an avid outdoors man. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, quading, dirt biking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and hiking by himself or with others. He had a keen mind for mechanics and could fix most anything. He also enjoyed spending time with his nephews and niece. Luke had a lot of friends and many considered him their “best friend”. He was always there to help anyone who needed it.

He will be forever missed.

A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, March 4, 2016 at Calvary Temple at 1:00 pm with Pastor Don Maione officiating. Tea to follow in the Fireside room.

Should friends desire, donations may be made to the charity of their choice.

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JOHANNA BARBARA MATUS

September 3, 1929 February 16, 2016

The More You Give The more you give, The more you get, The more you laugh,

Survived by husband Emanuel and one sister Elvina (Joe), children Glenn (Paola), Gerald (Diane), Gail (Phil) and Gina (Harry).

Also survived by seven grandchildren Kathryn (Paul), Justin (Danielle), Victoria (Jessie), Carly (Siyamack), Brent, Steven, Sheldon and eleven greatgrandchildren.

She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Johanna is predeceased by many loved ones and will not be alone in Heaven.

She had a courageous fight with cancer but lost the battle February 16th.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Cancer Society.

Condolences may be sent on-line to www.bakerviewcrematorium.com

The less you fret.

The more you do unselfishly.

The more you live abundantly.

The more of everything you share, The more you’ll always have to spare.

The more you love, the more you’ll find, That life is good and friends are kind.

For only what we give away, Enriches us from day to day.

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Cariboo town wants offenders injected with GPS WILLIAMS LAKE COUNCIL ALSO ADDING CAMERAS IN EFFORT TO CATCH CRIMINALS THE CANADIAN PRESS

WILLIAMS LAKE — A British Columbia community hopes to take the extraordinary measure of injecting high-risk and prolific offenders with GPS tracking devices in order to curb a crime problem.

City council in Williams Lake has voted unanimously in favour of a motion to support tracking criminals’ movements 24 hours a day by implanting

microchips into their arms.

Coun. Scott Nelson said the technology can be purchased from a U.S. company and the city will seek federal and provincial approval to use the device on people designated high-risk or prolific offenders by the RCMP. Nelson said a recent incident involving a man who stole a teen’s bike at gunpoint in a local park highlights the need for strong action to help his community feel safer.

Williams Lake RCMP Insp. Milo MacDonald said he appreciates the city’s efforts to tackle crime, but he’s not aware of any law that would allow officers to use the microchips.

Micheal Vonn of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association said the idea is a non-starter, arguing the federal government would never approve it on constitutional grounds.

Meanwhile, more surveillance cameras to catch criminals and

prevent crime will be going up around the town starting this year.

Council has committed to a new project with the Williams Lake Central Business Improvement Association (BIA) to purchase 32 high-resolution surveillance cameras for the city over the next few years.

Nelson said the total project will cost about $150,000 rolled out in contributions from the city of $25,000 per year starting this year and each year thereafter until all

32 cameras are in place.

Council gave early 2016 budget approval to contribute $10,000 toward the cost of upgrading the BIA’s security camera computer system and $15,000 toward the purchase of additional high resolution surveillance cameras.

“It is a significant amount of money, but we believe the cameras will be a significant tool for the RCMP to help reduce crime in the city and catch criminals,” Nelson says.

Calgary mayor says staff, councillors threatened at meeting THE CANADIAN PRESS

Calgary’s mayor is calling off any future open houses to talk about a rapid-transit plan because city staff were physically assaulted and threatened at a public meeting this week.

Naheed Nenshi said there was yelling, swearing, pushing, shoving and even a death threat at the gathering to talk about the southwest bus rapid transit plan. He said the behaviour is “inappropriate, it’s wrong, it’s unCalgarian’’ and said he will not stand for it.

The project, which was approved years ago by city council, is moving into its final design and the city has been looking for and providing feedback on the plan.

A group angry with the project has been formed and the city said it is spreading misinformation about the project, which has riled up residents even more.

Nenshi said online consultation will continue.

“There were times where I felt unsafe, yes,’’ Coun. Brian Pincott said of Tuesday’s meeting.

“It’s unbelievably childish and I am completely committed to engaging my communities,” he said.

“There were citizens there last night who were afraid to put down their comments if they were vaguely supportive, if they were at all supportive of the project. They were scared to do it. That’s ridiculous.’’

A group called Ready to Engage’ has called the city’s plan “dangerous’’ and has said it will cause more traffic disruption in the area.

Rick Donkers, a spokesman with the group,

dismissed Nenshi’s accusations and called them a bullying tactic.

“I am appalled at the intimidation tactics that the city are using,’’ he said. “They’re trying to intimidate their citizens from asking and doing their democratic right to question the city on poorly planned projects. This is a banana republic tactic by the mayor.’’

Donkers said his group wasn’t allowed inside, so he couldn’t comment Nenshi’s claims of physical violence and abuse, but he noted police were not called to the event.

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Report says medical help in dying should be available JOAN BRYDEN

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A special parliamentary committee says medical assistance in dying should be made available with few obstacles to Canadians who are suffering from grievous and irremediable medical conditions that cause enduring suffering.

The committee, which introduced its long-awaited recommendations yesterday, said that should include people suffering from both physical and psychological medical conditions.

It said individuals diagnosed with incurable conditions that are likely to cause loss of competence,

such as dementia, should be able to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying.

The committee said physicianassisted dying should be immediately available to competent adults 18 years or older and — after further consultations — should be expanded to include “mature minors’’ within three years.

Moreover, it said the federal government should work with the provinces to ensure medical assistance in dying is available in all publicly funded health care facilities and that any required period of reflection be flexible, taking into account how rapidly a patient’s condition is progressing.

Health-care practitioners should be able to refuse to pro-

vide assistance but the committee said, at a minimum, conscientious objectors must provide an “effective referral’’ for a patient who asks for aid in dying.

The committee said the federal government should work with the provinces to ensure, where possible, requests for medical assistance in dying are made in writing, witnessed by two people who have no conflict of interest, and that it be carried out only if two physicians, independent of one another, determine the eligibility criteria has been met.

The recommendations are intended to guide the federal government as it drafts new legislation governing medical assistance in dying.

The Supreme Court struck down the ban on doctor-assisted death last year and has given the government until June to come up with a new law that recognizes the right of clearly consenting adults who are enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to seek medical help in ending their lives.

Conservative MPs on the committee have written a dissenting report, arguing the permissive regime recommended in the majority report “falls far short’’ of what is necessary to safeguard vulnerable people from being pressured or coerced into seeking medical help to die.

They object to extending the right to die with a doctor’s assistance to anyone under the age of

18 and to the notion of advance directives. And they’re shocked by the majority report’s failure to require a psychiatric assessment for anyone seeking medical help to die.

New Democrat MPs support the majority report but have written a supplementary report, in which they urge the federal government to demonstrate leadership by providing improved palliative care for people under federal jurisdiction, such as indigenous people, veterans and members of the armed forces.

They also urge the government to extend compassionate care benefits for family members who take time off work to care for a loved one.

Spike Lee likes Bernie Filmmaker Spike Lee is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president in a South Carolina radio ad.

Arguing, in Sanders’ words, that the “system is rigged,’’ Lee praises Sanders in the ad for not taking money from corporations.

And, in a reference to one of his early films, Lee says that once in the White House, Sanders “will do the right thing.’’

Lee also notes the Vermont senator participated in the march on Washington and protested segregation in Chicago public schools.

A writer, director and actor, Lee’s films include Do the Right Thing, and Malcom X. His most recent movie, Chi-Raq, is about gun violence in Chicago.

Lee endorsed President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

Sanders and Hillary Clinton will square off tomorrow in the South Carolina Democratic primary.

— The Associated Press

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Accused letter bomber loses bid for judge THE CANADIAN PRESS

WINNIPEG — A man accused of targeting his former wife and two lawyers with potentially lethal letter bombs has lost a bid to have a judge from another province brought in for the case.

Guido Amsel faces three counts of attempted murder as well as various weapons-related charges.

Two of the letter bombs last summer were safely detonated, but one exploded.

Lawyer Maria Mitousis, who had represented Amsel’s ex-wife in the couple’s divorce, lost a hand and suffered severe injuries to her upper body in the blast.

Amsel has already been denied bail, but his lawyer, Martin Glazer, wanted a judge from another province brought in to hear an appeal of that decision. Glazer, in a submission that Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal said could have affected the trial as well, argued that Winnipeg’s legal community is tight-knit and a judge from another province was needed to avoid the appearance of bias.

Joyal ruled yesterday that a local judge can oversee the bail appeal.

“There is no cogent evidence establishing a reasonable apprehension of bias,’’ Joyal said.

Judges and lawyers knowing each other “does not displace the presumption that judges will fulfil their oaths,’’ he added.

Joyal also ruled that there would be a “constitutional impediment’’ to bringing in a judge from another province, because judges are appointed to serve within their own jurisdictions.

The bail review is scheduled for March 21.

Amsel was arrested two days after the letter bomb went off in Mitousis’ law office.

A fundraising website set up by her colleagues for the lawyer’s recovery has raised $94,000.

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Donald Trump decisively won Nevada’s Republican caucuses for his third straight victory Tuesday as his main rivals battled for second place in an increasingly urgent effort to slam the brakes on the Trump juggernaut.

The billionaire businessman now can claim victories in the West, the South and Northeast — a testament to his broad appeal among the mad-ashell voters making their voices heard in the 2016 presidential race.

“We’re winning, winning, winning the country,’’ Trump declared.

“Soon, the country is going to start winning, winning, winning.’’

Ticking off a list of upcoming primary states where he’s leading in preference polls, Trump predicted he’ll soon be able to claim the Republican presidential nomination.

“It’s going to be an amazing two months,’’ he told a raucous crowd at a Las Vegas casino. “We might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest.’’

Trump now has momentum heading into March 1, or Super Tuesday, when Republicans hold nominating contests in a dozen states.

— The Associated Press

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Citizenship laws set to change

Fine for smuggling 38 turtles in pants

STEPHANIE LEVITZ

THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A man caught smuggling nearly 40 turtles in his pants has been fined $3,500 and placed on probation for two years.

Dong Yan of Windsor was convicted earlier this month of illegally importing reptiles into Canada that were transported in contravention of a foreign state’s law.

During an inspection at the Niagara border crossing on June 11, 2014, Canada Border Services Agency officials discovered 38 turtles strapped to Yan’s legs.

Court heard the turtles were contained in plastic bags and taped to Yan’s legs under his pants.

In addition to the fine and probation, Yan is prohibited from owning or possessing turtles and tortoises for 10 years, and must do 50 hours of community service.

Officials say $2,000 from the fine will be directed to the Environmental Damages Fund.

Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers investigated the incident as part of a co-operative investigation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

The turtles were identified as ringed map turtles, diamondback terrapins, three-toed box turtles, spotted turtles and red-eared sliders.

Officials say live specimens of these animals are often sought after for use in the pet and food trade.

In December, a Canadian man caught with dozens of turtles in his pants pleaded guilty in a Michigan federal court to smuggling.

Kai Xu was caught in 2014 at a border crossing with 51 snappers taped to his body.

— The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are getting started on repealing some of the previous government’s sweeping — and controversial — changes to how people get or lose Canadian citizenship.

But the Liberal plan promises to be controversial in its own right, since it would, if passed, restore the Canadian citizenship of Zakaria Amaya — sentenced in 2010 for his role as a member of the so-called Toronto 18.

Immigration Minister John McCallum introduced a new bill yesterday that, if passed, would remove terrorism or other crimes against the national interest as grounds for revoking citizenship from dual nationals.

The legislation would also restore citizenship to anyone who has been affected by those provisions; Amaya is the only person in Canada to have had his Canadian citizenship revoked under the Conservative law.

Amaya, believed to be the ringleader of the group, was sentenced in 2010 to life in prison

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with no chance of parole until 2016 after admitting he was involved in the plot to attack targets in Toronto.

“Canadian citizens are equal under the law,’’ McCallum said in a statement. “Whether they were born in Canada or were naturalized in Canada or hold dual citizenship.’’

The bill also shortens the length of time someone must be physically present in Canada before qualifying for citizenship and allows time already spent as permanent residents to count towards the residency requirement.

The Conservatives had also expanded who needs to pass language and knowledge tests before qualifying for citizenship; the Liberals are returning to the previous age requirement of 18 to 54.

But the bill also makes some new changes, including adding those serving conditional sentences as people barred from seeking citizenship.

None of the changes would take affect until the bill becomes law and coming-into-force provisions are established.

When the Conservatives intro-

duced the new law in 2014, it led to accusations they were creating two classes of citizens, but they argued the move was in keeping with laws in other countries.

Citizenship can still be removed from those who have obtained it via fraudulent means or misrepresentation.

In an email to The Canadian Press ahead of the announcement, former Conservative immigration minister Chris Alexander said the changes his government made were in keeping with Canadian values.

“Terrorism, espionage and treason are serious crimes, representing gross acts of disloyalty.

“They are far more serious violations than covering up minor crimes from one’s past — a common form of misrepresentation,’’ he said.

The Conservative bill was attacked as setting a dangerous precedent and even challenged, unsuccessfully, as unconstitutional.

In 2014, the latest year for which full figures were available, 262,600 people were granted Canadian citizenship.

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COMMUNITY: • Front and Centre: Western Canada Theatre at 40 exhibition of costumes, props, videos and other elements, Kamloops Museum and Archives, 207 Seymour St. • Intermediate Internet class, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Kamloops Library, 465 Victoria St., 250372-5145.

ART: • Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Admission free to gallery members, children under six, $5 for adults, $10 for families, $3 for students seven and older with student ID, for seniors age 62 and older and groups of 20 or more.

• Chromesthesia, with the Kamloops Art Gallery and Barnacle Records, 290 Third Ave., to make art and listen to music. All materials provided.

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director. Sylvester Stallone has the best odds of winning best supporting actor in Creed, while Alicia Vikander is favoured as best supporting actress in The Danish Girl.

The 88th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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KSO TO FEATURE SOPRANO SOLOIST Danielle Faulkner is the featured soloist on Saturday, Feb. 27, as the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO) presents Piano Trio with Soprano at the Alumni Theatre at Thompson Rivers University.

Faulkner has a bachelor’s degree in opera performance and has appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony, Vancouver Opera Orchestra and the Northern Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Accompanying Faulkner will be KSO concertmaster Cvetozar, principal cellist Martin Kratky and principal pianist and harpist Naomi Cloutier. Works will include Archduke Trio by Beethoven, Seven Romances on Verses by Shostakovich, Four Songs by Rachmaninoff Tickets are available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca.

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Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival has announced more acts for its annual summer event — The Sojourners, Jerry Lawson, Eric Bibb, Molly Tuttle Band, kLoX, Martin Harley, Front Porch Roots Revue and Crystal Shawanda.

The Vancouver-based Sojourners return after last performing at the festival in 2011. Composed of Marcus Mosely from Texas, Will Sanders from Louisiana and Khari McClelland from Detroit, the group came together at the instigation of fellow bluesman Jim Byrnes. The trio has opened for Byrnes, for the Blind Boys of Alabama and for Dr. John, as well as headlining in various roots festivals across Canada.

Lawson, a member of the a capella group The Persuasions before leaving in 2003, will be presenting his own bluesy-rock but will also partner with the Sojourners for a concert during the festival.

Bibb, son of actor singer Leon Bibb, godson of iconic actor-singer Paul Robeson and nephew of John Lewis, founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet, grew up surrounded by music. It was not unusual to have Odetta or Judy Collins drop by and each encounter enhanced his own musical abilities.

The Molly Tuttle Band, an American singersongwriter-guitarist, has been praised by bluegrass media for her talent, including mandolin ace John Reischman, who will be travelling to the festival with Tuttle and her band.

Musical mash-ups are likely to come from kLoX, an electronic act from Toronto that includes tabla player Gurpreet Chana and violinist Mason Bach. Their musical style will be featured at the festival’s Boodie Bar-N. Martin Harley, who comes from Wales, has performed at the Glasonbury Festival and Royal Albert Hall and toured with artists like Bruce Hornsby and Iron and Wine. He’s been called a slide-guitar master.

Shawanda learned the blues listening to her brothers Muddy Watters, B.B.King and Etta James records. She recorded her first album at 13, moved to Nashville at 16 and has been making music ever since. Shawanda will be one of the featured artists in the festivals series of Digging Roots theme concerts.

Front Porch Revue includes musicians Ron Rault, a bassist who has worked with Powder Blues and Louisiana Red, harmonica player Crawdad Cantera, who worked with Lazy Lester and Larry Garner, Gord Matthes, the original guitarist with KD Lang’s Reclines and who also worked with Ian Tyson, pianist J.R. Shore, drummer Thom Moon, who also spent years with Tyson, Hammond B3 organ player Garth Kennedy and Doug Andrews.

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The Oscars will be broadcast on Sunday night and Academy Awards parties will be held throughout Kamloops.

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The Revenant is favoured to win the Academy Award for best picture as it is the film the majority of bettors have their money on to take home the Oscar.

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Film society volunteers are also digging through archives to find moments from the past two decades — and are asking the public to share any photographs or news articles they have collected through the 20 years, in particular from 1997 to 2006.

They’re also looking for posters from 1997, 1998, 2007 and 2008 festivals.

Good copies of brochures from 2004 and 2005 are also needed.

The Commodore Grand Cafe and Lounge will again host Night with Oscar, which includes a dinner and the chance to vote on who might win an award at the festival.

Tickets are $35 and can be bought at River City Realty, 726 Seymour St., or by calling 250374-1925.

Short-films and local artists will be the focus of the Kamloops Independent Short Shorts Festival on March 6 at noon at Paramount Theatre — where all the scheduled films will also be shown.

Films must be no longer than five minutes, have all permissions for copyright secured and the $10 entry fee paid.

For more information, go online to kissfest.ca.

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Tickets and passes for the festival are available now online at eventbrite.ca. Search Kamloops Film Festival.

Tickets are also available at Moviemart, 444 St. Paul St., and at the Thompson Rivers University student union desk in the Campus Activity Centre.

They will also be available at the theatre, 503 Victoria St., one hour before each screening.

Prices include: $10 per film, $9 for seniors and students, $5 for TRU students with valid student card.

Festival closing party is $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

A full festival pass, which includes the party and a shirt, is $150; a 10-film pass, which includes the party, is $80 and a five-film pass is $40.

Darkfest passes are $15.

An annual $2 membership to the society is required.

Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m.

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World: Canadian documentary, 75 minutes.

The third ecologically based film by Charles Wilkinson and Tina Schliessier, it looks at the archipelago, its people and tragedies that have befallen‚ but not beaten‚ the Haida Nation.

Saturday, March 5 at 1 p.m.

Snowtime! (3-D): Canadian animated family comedy, 80 minutes.

It’s winter break for school and the kids in a small village decide the best way to spend it is with a snowball fight.

Sophie and her friends build a fort to fight off Luke’s team in the battle. The goal is to be inside the fort at the end of the break.

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Youth: Sub-titled drama starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel and Rachel Weisz, 118 minutes.

Two friends are on vacation in the Alps. One, a composer and conductor, is retired; the other, a film director, still works.

As they deal with their children’s confused lives, the director tries to finish the screenplay for what he expects will be his last big film.

His friend has no desire to conduct again. And then the Queen of England sends a message.

Monday, March 7 at 6 p.m.

Born to be Blue: Biography starring Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo and Caullum Keith Rennie, 97 minutes.

Hawke portrays real-life jazz trumpeter Chet Baker in this re-imagining of a time in the musician’s life when a demon comes back to haunt him just as he falls into a romance with his co-star in a movie being made about him.

She encourages him to fight his addiction and return to music.

Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m.

Macbeth: War drama, 113 minutes.

It’s the classic Shakespearean tale of the Scottish general who witches predict will one day become king of Scotland.

Encouraged by his ambitious wife, Macbeth pursues a path to see the prophesy fulfilled, with tragic consequences.

Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m.

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James White: Drama, 85 minutes.

James is a young troubled man trying to survive in New York City, battling his own self-destructive lifestyle.

When his mother becomes ill, he is forced to take control of his life or risk losing it all.

Sunday, March 6 at 7 p.m.

No Men Beyond This Point: Comedy scifi, 80 minutes.

It’s a new world, where women are asexual, males are no longer being born and housekeep Andrew Myers finds himself in a battle to stop men from going extinct.

Son of Saul is a historical drama about a Hungarian prisoner at Auschwitz who works in the crematoriums. It is showing at the Kamloops Film Festival on March 10 at 6 p.m.

Muybridge, who killed his wife’s lover in 1874 but was acquitted on the grounds of justificable homicide.

there, including a potential heist with Victoria behind the wheel of the getaway car, a police chase and death.

Saturday, March 12 at 2 p.m.

Monday, March 7 at 8 p.m.

Embrace of the Serpent: Subtitled adventure drama, 125 minutes.

Looks at the relationship between an Amazon shaman, the last survivor of his people and the two scientists who spent four decades searching the Amazon for a healing plant.

Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m.

Mustang: Subtitled drama, 97 minutes.

In the early summer in a village in Turkey, five orphan sisters walk home from school, stopping to play with some boys.

That decision leads to their caregivers turning their home into a prison, teaching the girls homemaking rather than letting them go to school and arranging for marriages.

The girls rebel.

Saturday, March 5 at 3 p.m.

The Lady in the Van: Biography starring Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings and Jim Broadbent, 104 minutes.

The true story of Mary Shepherd, an eccentric senior woman living in an old van in the driveway of a friend for 15 years.

The friend eventually learns who Shepherd really is and why she lives the way she does.

Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m.

Victoria: Crime drama, 138 minutes.

My Good Man’s Gone: Romantic comedy, 95 minutes.

Joni and Wes Carver are estranged from their father, who died and left them a rundown house in Arkansas.

They arrive in time for an event that sees former residents return to celebrate their ancestors. During that time, the pair learn about themselves.

Thursday, March 10 at 6 p.m.

Son of Saul: Subtitled historical drama, 107 minutes.

Saul Auslander is a Hungarian prisoner at Auschwitz who works in the crematoriums.

He decides he must bury the corpse of a young boy he takes as his son.

It’s a story of facing a moral dilemma and discovering humanity.

Friday, March 11 at 9 p.m.

The Witch: Horror, 92 minutes.

It’s 1630 and a devoutly Christian family is homesteading in New England when one of their five children and their newborn son vanishes.

The crops then fail and the family begins to turn on each other, leaving them vulnerable to the evil that surrounds them.

Friday, March 4 at 9 p.m.

Regression: Mystery starring Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis and Emma A one-day marketing course to train you how to develop strategies that will build brand, build demand, and build business.

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Tuesday, March 8 at 6 p.m.

A Royal Night Out: Romantic comedy, 97 minutes.

It’s VE Day in 1945 and Europe celebrates the end of the war.

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to celebrate. It’s a night of excitement, danger and budding romance.

Thursday, March 10 at 8 p.m.

Ben’s at Home: Canadian romantic comedy, 70 minutes.

Ben’s been dumped and his reaction is to never leave his house again.

That’s the way to avoid heartache, he believes.

His buddies aren’t happy; one is about to get married and wants Ben to attend. Ben, however, persists‚ and then he meets a woman delivering his food order.

Saturday, March 12 at 12 p.m.

Anomalisa: Animation comedy, 90 minutes.

Michael Stone is incapable of interacting deeply with anyone. While on a business trip, he meets a stranger who challenges his negative view on life.

Saturday, March 12 at 7 p.m.

Forsaken: Western starring Keifer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland and Demi Moore, 90 minutes.

A bitter gunslinger tries to make amends with his estranged father while ruthless land-grabbers are trying to take over the town.

He’s abandoned his gun and reputation but may be the only man who can stop them.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Shopping online class, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Kamloops Library, 465 Victoria St., 250-372-5145.

• Fun Laughter Friends hosts cards and games and contributing to the time capsule. For more information email laugh2014@shaw.ca.

Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!,

Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Admission free to gallery members, children under six, $5 for adults, $10 for families, $3 for students seven and older with student ID, for seniors age 62 and older and groups of 20 or more.

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A concession is available for supper and snacks. Admission is $2, free to entertainers and pre-teens.

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Admission free to gallery members, children under six, $5 for adults, $10 for families, $3 for students seven and older with student ID, for seniors age 62 and older and groups of 20 or more.

• Utopia by Tangie Genshorek and Cameron MacQuarrie, main gallery, Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West

Information session West Kamloops Substation

Come see what we’re planning for the new West Kamloops Substation that will be located off of Bunker Road near the City Works Yard.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Tuesday, March 1

main gallery, Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. Music: Ukulele Orchestra of Kamloops meets, 1:30 p.m., North Kamloops Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Info: ukuleleorchestraofkamloops.com.

adults, $10 for families, $3 for students seven and older with student ID, for seniors age 62 and older and groups of 20 or more.

Thursdays, March 3

Community: Front and Centre: Western Canada Theatre at 40 exhibition of costumes, props, videos and other elements, Kamloops Museum and Archives, 207 Seymour St. Display continues to March 26.

• Windows 10 class, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Kamloops Library, 465 Victoria St., 250-3725145.

• Microsoft Windows 10 class, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., North Kamloops Library, 693 Tranquille Rd. Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Admission free to gallery members, children under six, $5 for adults, $10 for families, $3 for students seven and older with student ID, for seniors age 62 and older and groups of 20 or more.

Community: Front and Centre: Western Canada Theatre at 40 exhibition of costumes, props, videos and other elements, Kamloops Museum and Archives, 207 Seymour St. Display continues to March 26.

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by Damien Gillis will be shown at 7 p.m., Barber Centre, Thompson Rivers University. Tickets will be available at the door.

Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission free to gallery members, children under six, $5 for adults, $10 for families, $3 for students seven and older with student ID, for seniors age 62 and older and groups of 20 or more.

• Utopia by Tangie Genshorek and Cameron MacQuarrie,

Community: Front and Centre: Western Canada Theatre at 40 exhibition of costumes, props, videos and other elements, Kamloops Museum and Archives, 207 Seymour St. Display continues to March 26.

• Files and folders class, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Kamloops Library, 465 Victoria St., 250-372-5145.

• Android tablets and smartphones class, 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., North Kamloops Library, 693 Tranquille Rd. Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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COMEDY, MAGIC, MUSIC AT SUN PEAKS

Matt Duffus is performing on Saturday at Masa’s Bar and Grill at Sun Peaks, at 3:30 p.m.

There is no cover for the show.

Duffus is an interactive acoustic performer who mixes comedy and magic with his music.

His set list tends to stick with familiar songs.

Masa’s is in the Village Day Lodge.

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ombies are popular these days in the mass media — movies, TV shows, Michael Jackson’s Thriller-inspired mass dances, zombie walks for charity, etc.

A few Christmases ago, someone gave me a delightful tonguein-cheek book called How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.

(Helpful tip: Use a silencer as zombies are attracted by noise.)

By definition, zombies are the “undead” who are completely enslaved to a powerful sorcerer.

The concept arose from West African peoples and their slave descendants in Brazil, Haiti and Cuba.

The symbolic significance of the zombie figure in these cultures is obvious, as they were subjected to slavery for centuries.

Why the concept of cannibalistic zombies is so popular now is somewhat of a mystery.

It’s possible that it could be a metaphor for the collective angst modern people feel over the lack of control we have in our lives, subject to the whims of fluctuating economies, global warming, persistent terrorist threats, nuclear-armed dictators, global pandemics, devastating civil wars and general climate disasters.

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They are all powerful threats beyond our control that could “devour” us.

A parallel is found in the visions of the prophet Ezekiel.

He was a priest among the Jewish exiles in Babylon and a contemporary of Daniel.

He has a vivid vision of a valley full of dry bones.

The Spirit of the Lord commands him to prophesy to the dry bones, ordering them to reassemble and come back to life.

Ezekiel writes, “So I prophesied as I was commanded. As I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them . . .”

I can just see some filmmaker working his CGI magic to bring this vision to the big screen.

The vision is clearly a metaphor — and a message of hope to the exiles.

God was going to rescue them from the “death” of slavery in a foreign land and return them to full life in their home country.

God says, “I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.”

Certainly, this metaphorically happened when the survivors of the death camps of the Holocaust, walking skeletons, returned to a reborn nation of Israel in 1948 and afterward.

The Bible contains quite a few other “zombie” references, as in the dead walking again.

One is found in the book of Second Kings.

Some Israelite men were about to bury a dead friend when they were interrupted by a group of Moabite raiders.

In their haste, they dumped the body into the tomb of Elisha, a great prophet of Israel.

“When the body touched the bones of Elisha, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.”

Unfortunately, nothing more is said about this incident, but clearly, everyone would have had quite a story to tell.

The most famous example is the story of Lazarus, a good friend of Jesus.

Messengers come to Jesus saying his friend was at death’s door, pleading with him to come quickly and save him.

Pointedly, Jesus stayed where he was for two more days.

When he arrived back in Lazarus’ town of Bethany, Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

They were shocked when Jesus ordered them to roll away the stone covering the entrance of the tomb.

Lazarus’ sister Martha said, “But Lord, by this time there will be a bad odor.”

Jesus insisted and called Lazarus back to life.

“The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen and a cloth around his face.”

This miracle is a powerful testament to the glory of God present in Jesus.

He intended it as an illustration of his promise: “Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies.”

Another graphic example of the dead coming back to life is at the moment of Jesus’ death on the cross.

Matthew reports, “The tombs broke open and the bodies of

many holy people who had died were raised to life.

“They came out of the tombs and, after Jesus’ resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.”

The most famous return to life after death is the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter.

Arguably, this one event has had more impact on the history of the world than any other.

It explains why, in the face of persistent persecution, people have clung to the belief in a risen saviour and made the Christian faith the most widely practiced religion in the world, with more than 2.2-billion believers.

Jesus returned from the dead, but he’s no zombie.

He’s our only hope for our own resurrection from the dead.

KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page.

Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@ kamloopsthisweek.com.

Please include a very short bio and a photo.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Nominate a youth leader Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo MP Cathy McLeod is launching the MP Youth Awards for the riding.

“Young Canadians are heavily involved in a variety of fields and often do so quietly, without a great deal of recognition,” McLeod said.

Intended for youth in elementary, middle and secondary school, the awards will recognize local leaders in a number of specific fields, including Volunteerism, Agriculture, Science and Environment, Arts and Culture, Sports and Caring.

An independent panel will

join McLeod in reviewing the submissions to determine who will receive each award at a formal reception in May. To nominate a youth, call McLeod’s office at 250-8514991 or send an email to cathy. mcleod.c1@parl.gc.ca.

Deadline is April 30.

A sweet day for animals The SPCA and Humane Society is hoping for a sweet gesture on Monday.

The annual National Cupcake Day returns on Feb. 29, when participants are tasked with planning a cupcake party at work, home or school

to help raise funds for animals in need.

Cupcakes are served in exchange for donations to the participants preferred charity.

Last year, the event raised about $150,000 in B.C. For more information or to

register, go online to nationalcupcakeday.ca.

“It’s so wonderful to see this initiative grow each year, with so many British Columbians committing to ‘bake a difference’ for animals in need,” said BC SPCA CEO Craig Daniell.

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Teenfest coming to the TCC The Kamloops TeenFest will take place on Saturday, March 12, at the Tournament Capital Centre.

This free event is designed to engage, educate, entertain and empower the teens of Kamloops.

TeenFest gives teens and their parents the opportunity to connect with each other, their peers

and their community.

The focus will be on creating opportunities for interaction, education and enjoyment with exhibitors, activities, workshops and performances.

Venues will be divided into six primary areas: Health & Wellness, Fashion & Beauty,

Life & Education, Careers, Technology & Gaming and Cool Stuff.

For more information, go online to teenfest.ca.

To view video of previous Teenfest events in other communities, go online to http://youtu. be/37iWfqWISuU.

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Foidart, Skyla Forbes, Dylan Halcrow, Devin Hay, Brayden Liu, Jia Cheng Munson, Soren Robertson, Kyle Savage, Allissa Stokes, Brendan Tawhid, Marium Thifault, Donovan Tonge, Adrien GRADE 12 ACADEMIC Barclay, Dawson Ermet, Dylan Ernicos, Andrea Ettinger, Marie Fryer, Kyra Gunnarsen, Jenny Li, Tom Manke, Faith Marchese, Alysha Michel, Wallace Middleton, Nikolas Phillips, Taylor Pomeroy, Steven Proctor, Kaia Quirion, Calee Stolz, Emma Wawryk, Myranda Whitehead, Brody Xie, Xuyang Zacharias, Zachary GRADE 10 EFFORT Crisostomo, Nikka Evans, Hunter Ferguson, Emily Haller, Isaiah Kalousek, Martin Kovacs Dellow, Austin Larocque, Jonathan Little, Alex Mackenzie, Kayla McDermid, D’Artagnan Novakowski, Caleb Schmidt, Evan Smith, Aurora Suppanz, Mason

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GRADE 8 DISTINCTION AND EFFORT Bawn, Sophia Borgstrom, Kira Brisco, Fiona Ciriani, Danielle Corke, Olivia Coss, Sarah Crowley, Kelsey Diaou, Rohkeya Freeze, Cohen Hanks, Matthew Hansen, Aaliyah Harper, Madison Hetherington, Grace Higgins, Emalee Jungheim, Shaira Laupland, Trevor Ma, Kristina Marshall, Alexa McDonald, Kendra Mohammad, Rayhan Moonie, Logan Mueller, Tatiana Paetkau, Blythe Pierobon, Daysha Pinette, Mary Salwach, Lauren Sandeman-Allen, Alia Silverberg, Naomi Spencer, Jenna Stobbart, Crystal Watson, Morgan Williamson, Kyra GRADE 8 ACADEMIC AND EFFORT Adam, Maxen Aldus, Caelan Alpino, Rylee Asress, Kdst Baughan, Sarah Baxter, Taylor Bennett, Kiya Best, Ridley Borowski, Noah Bowden, Natasha Brewster, Josephine Bruce, Ruby Bubela, Megan Campbell, Liam Chiba, Lexi Clarke, Nola Conner, Charlie Crawford, Eric

Dallas, Rachel Damoco, Murfee Dandurand, Jenna Davidson, Kimberley Eaket, Joshua Eddy, Amelia Fawcett, Sam Fill, Amber Friesen, Justin Gaudreau, Luc Grayston, Lauren Hardy, Ethan Haywood-Farmer, Elly Hazel, Amelie Hillis-Gold, Leora Hoffmann, Mike Hogan, Elijah Janzen, Madison Jones, Maggie Kennedy, Connor Kinney, Landon Kitt, Eric Klyne, Abby Kohlberger, Julia Laing, Emma Lemoal, Randi Lewis, Rory Linquist, Tasia Livingston, Sarah Lodermeier, Jordyn Lucier, Madeline MacDonald, Macy Manholt, Erik Manshadi, Maia Marshall, Alexandre McIntosh, Taya McKay, Maiah Miller, Annika Miller, Ireland Moyer, Sadie Neilson, Meghan Nguyen, Lynda Olmstead, Natasha Ramunno, Kyra Ressler, Thomas Riel, Brett Roche, Danielle Rowe, Gabriel Seibel, Sophia Shatzko, Rio Shea, Hope Silvester, Tyson Sirianni, Sofia Speed, Saskia Stevenson, Tim Thibault, Eric

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Peters, Landon Poelzer, Ian Putnam, Amy Ramsay, Kaitlin Robertson, Bethany Robinson, Emily Sarkor, Jada Schell, Madison Schmidt, Sydney Shankar, Ashana Smith, Connor Summer, Unity Zilinsky, Carter Zwarich, Caleb GRADE 9 ACADEMIC Applegath, Liam Aziz, Aden Cooper, Paige Crowe, Braeden Dempsey, Kaden Flack, Logan Fortems, Ben Gorman, Callum Grunerud, Lane Gysel, Joe Howell, Dacy Jean, Josh Jin, Eric Marican, Denzel Noonan, John Pranjic, Daniel Sandulescu, Nathan Spencer, Liam Van Somer Landry, Isabella Weir, Reese GRADE 9 EFFORT Benastick, Joseph Brown, Mia

SENIOR HEALTHY LIVING EXPO Visit with our many exhibitors. Exercise demonstrations, food sampling, and much more. Gather information on products and services that help support senior health and wellness.

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Wandler, Tristan Ware, Riley Wendland, Cooper Winters, Victoria Wroz, William Yamaoka, Raiden Yates, Mila GRADE 8 ACADEMIC Aldus, Caelen Brochu, Russell Conner, Charlie Kitt, Eric Moyer, Sadie Wroz, William GRADE 8 EFFORT Bagabuyo, Ashley Bartsch, Jorja Brown, Reesha Castle, Wyatt Collins, Tristin Ducommun, Quince Falsetta, MacKenzie Faraone, Thomas Ford, Stephanie Hogan, Reese Jansen, Wyatt Jyrkkanen, Arisson Kenzie, Cooper L’Ecluse, Shealynn Leggett, Sydney Mongey, Kylee Moores, Harmony Murphy, Kylie Norris-Leite, Olive Peters, Andrea Poirier, Martina Ramsay, Noah Reimer, Blake Robertson, Owen Sankey-Moore, Shakira

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Christmas

Cheer Fund

THANK YOU! With your generous support, we raised

57,245

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Kelly Hall, Publisher of Kamloops This Week, Mevonny Dorman of the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre, Stan Dueck of New Life Kamloops Community, Delores Owen of Sensational Soups, Cogi Smith of Family Tree Family Resource Centre, Jacquie Brand of the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Amber Harding of the United Way Thompson-Nicola-Caribou, Jim Doan of Western Karate Academy, Linda Skelly and Andrea Klassen of Kamloops This Week.

Dear Valued Community Partners:

On behalf of the Christmas Cheer Committee, I want to thank you for your contribution to this year’s campaign. Your contribution goes a long way in helping us create a lasting legacy for our community.

Thank you for making a difference and supporting our community! When we work together, great things are possible.

Sincerely, Linda Skelly - Christmas Cheer Committee Member

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Burnell, Emily Dersch, Sebastian Donald, Grace Graham-Wiseman, Sydney Homer, Bryce Kindred, Kelly Koehn-McCrea, Faera Kosturin, Devyn Loewen, Jordan Nixon, Matthew Pastro, Reece Poelzer-Nielsen, Hailey Reed, Liam Richter, Ainsley Todds, Ashton Wilson, Olivia GRADE 10 DISTINCTION AND EFFORT Babcock,Claire Baker, Hailey Blackall, Tia Brisco, Evelyn Bronson, Courtenay Burke, Sean Bymoen, Joshua Calder-Bellamy, Katie Carmichael, Samantha Carrigan, Calum Chua, Jochebel Dauffy, Naomi De Vries, Jordan Doolan, Sophia Eppler, Kyra Floen, Tyler Foley-Norris, Alexis Frame, Maddie Freeze, Paetyn Gatey, Jennifer Gill, Arjun Gill, Rachel Gonzales, Ella Gorman, Keilin Graftiaux, Alexandre Higgins, Alana Horning, Brendon Johnson, Ken Jumaga, Evan Kaluza, Marie Kwak, Joy Laboucane, Echo Laupland, Elise Lazcano, Renata Lodermeier, Lauren MacGregor, Sarah Mark, Lauren Marshall, Jackson Marshall, Marie-Claire McQueen, Jessica McQuillan-Gordon, Angus Mills, Parker Neilson, Nikki Nelson, Lea Nixon, Jessica Okano, Lauren Phillips, Austin Qazi, Amna Saari, Eden Santamaria, Valentina Saunders, Amy Savage, Jack Scholefield, Sofia Sewell, MacKenzie Smith, Jordan Spice, Anneka Stolar, Hayes Surgenor, Matthew Taki, Sidney Thibault, Emma Thompson, Carlie

von Dehn, Sophie Wendland, Liberty Wenger, Ethan GRADE 10 DISTINCTION Mey, Kate GRADE 10 ACADEMIC AND EFFORT Bowden, Isabelle Chiba, Ben Chung, Ashley Crawford, Joel Cumming, Jensen Davis-Schaak, Nicole Erichuk, Breckin Fedosov, Ethan Hansen, Tye Humphrey, Josh Hussey, Danica Karpuk, Lisa Keim, Jared Kliewer, Cade Koehn-McCrea, Tobie MacDonald, Morgan GRADE 10 ACADEMIC Albach, Charlotte Antoniak, Lucas Albach, Charlotte Antoniak, Lucas Baldwin, Blake Baril, Taylor Barker, Sydney Betker, Andrew Brown, Seiji Bruins-Slot, Tyler Cassidy, Tatum Castillo, Aiden Coles, Jake Fawcett, Celia Grant, Joshua Guild, Doug Humphrey, Connor Kennedy, Aidan Kim, Eric Konrad, Deegan Krauss, Emily Laing, Jacob McColm, Tristana GRADE 10 EFFORT Arneil, Hayden Calhoun, Rory Conradi, Cosmo Dallaire, Nicholas Fitschen, Evangeline Fraser, Nathan Hayashi, Ethan Karas, Andrew Kohlberger, Brendan Lundgren, Haylie McKay, Chelsea Munden, Cole Odubote, Jesse Phillips-Lister, Jade GRADE 11 DISTINCTION AND EFFORT Bison, Nicole Bissonnette, Adrianna Collier, Simone Coulter, Dana De Palma, Britney Demishkevich, Alex Donas, Daniel Eaket, Alexandra Euverman, Lain Finley, Hailey Fischer, Noah Forsythe, Lauren Freeze, Gwen Giles, Gabius Gorman, Jaeden Grunerud, Brett Hanks, Geoffrey

House, Katie Jean, Cassidy Ladyman, Eloise Martens, Yannick McGhee, Miranda Musey, Jen Ore, Shaina Phillips, Ethan Rigler, Cassie Sanchez Villalobos, Isabel Schmidt, Bailey Stobbart, Jade Whalen, Keisha GRADE 11 DISTINCTION Fairlie, Gage Goodall, Julia MacLeod, Taryn Odsen, Dallas Outerbridge, Moira Penner, Gillian Preymak, Jayna Twemlow-Carter, Samad Van Amerom, Brit GRADE 11 ACADEMIC AND EFFORT Barnett, Jillian Bawn, Tanner Bond, Jaydah Boose, Zachery Coelho, Jaden Cooke, Royden Dalgleish, Gillian De Vries, Jaylene Elias, Caitlin Euverman, Wyatt Falsetta, Mathew Foulds, Veronica Gangloff, Austin Giles, Kieran Gotuaco, Elizabeth Green, Megan Halowski, Samantha Hanna, Nicole Herndier, Ethan Herrera, Monica Hirshmiller, Sophie Hoang, Celena Janzen, Bri Jules, Sarah Legault, Kendra Loveday, Lyle Mercuri, Julia Morgan, Opal Morris, Camryn Mueller, Sarah Nash, Keera O’Fee, Colin Olsen-Willford, Luke Pasternak, Linnea Pehl, Kayla Poelzer-Nielsen, Hannah Rebinsky, Brynn Sellars, Blake Shankar, Alma Sharp, Emilie Spencer, Erin Suttill, Oren Thoms, Poppy Turner, Taya Veale, Lindsay Von Dehn, Alexander Wichmann, Eric Yung, Shauntay GRADE 11 ACADEMIC Aldus, Georgia Bainas, Jason Fuoco, Shae Halliday, Braeden See page B11

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TRU alumni recognized Three alumni and a local transportation company will be recognized on April 7 at Thompson Rivers University’s annual Distinguished Alumni Awards.

“We are thrilled about the lineup of recipients this year who are being recognized for their work in an array of disciplines, including human rights, arts and culture, social services and business,” said Arlene Olynyk, TRU’s alumni relations supervisor.

“It’s always really exciting to share the stories of our alumni and the amazing impacts they are making globally.”

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The recipients:

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• Dean Nelson, Human Rights Leadership Award: Nelson (bachelor of tourism management, 1999) will receive the Human Rights Leadership Award in recognition of his significant regional, national and international impact in the humanrights field.

He has pushed innovation in the LGBTQ community over many years in the hospitality industry.

Founder of Mr. Gay World International and CEO of Whistler Pride, Nelson has been recognized for his advocacy efforts worldwide.

He has also been widely acknowledged in the sports field, winning the Pride Toronto Award for Excellence in Sports and the Vancouver Pride Sports Legacy Award for his work within the ski industry.

• Linda Jules, Arts and Culture Award: Jules (bachelor of fine arts, 2007) will receive the Arts and Culture Award for her impact internationally in fine arts and culture.

She is a renowned Kamloops visual artist and passionate advocate of arts and culture, education and First Nations. She is a founding director of the Kamloops Printmakers Society, a co-operative print artists’ studio. Jules has exhibited her work in Canada, the U.S., Spain, France and the U.K. Notably, Jules’ work was selected for exhibition at the Impact8 International Printmaking Conference in Dundee, Scotland, and at the Northern Print

Biennial in Newcastle, England.

• Gurbir Sandhu, Grace Chronister Award: Gurbir Sandhu (bachelor of social work, 2002) will receive the Grace Chronister Award for her significant contribution to education, policy development and advocacy.

She is a social work professor and agent for social justice who has made powerful impacts on policy in Canada and abroad. She has worked collaboratively with various levels of government, tirelessly advocating for equality within labour legislation and policy to support marginalized populations.

• Arrow Transportation Systems Inc., Milestone Achievement Award: Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. will receive the Milestone Achievement Award, which recognizes the accomplishments of a group (business, association or service club) whose collective efforts have created an institutional milestone and made a unique contribution to the life and goals of TRU students and alumni.

Arrow Transportation has contributed through philanthropy in the form of student financial awards, providing co-operative education experiences for students and offering employment and training positions within its branches. Arrow staff have also volunteered as career mentors to TRU students.

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Chretien, Hailey Coss, Haley Daley, Vincent De Vries, Alyssa Finley, Becca Grant, Heidi Harder, Jacob James, Cynthia Kerfoot, Amy Kovac, Anthony Laroche, Genevieve Larter, Jared Markwick, Benjamin Marshall, Audrey McDonald, Hannah McKay, Shayla Melvin, Christopher Miller, Madison GRADE 12 DISTINCTION Nohels, Dayle Sakaki-Hodder, Mackenzie GRADE 12 ACADEMIC AND EFFORT Anderson, Brooke Baltas, Dora Blackall, Sydnee Brooks, Becky Burwash, Campbell Carlson-Mitton, Claire Coelho, Joshua Coulter, Brendan De Jardin, Emily Fraser, Liam

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Coray, Aydan Crawford, Brianna Damoco, Matthew Davis-Schaak, Emily Davis-Schaak, Kayla Deneault, Sage Doherty, Brendan Fehst, Sam Fortems, Nat Frenks, Brandon Gray, Austin Hogan, Gideon Huff Froese, Rowan Huffman, Tobin Jensen, Maddy Kuo, Jerry Mckinney, Cameron Ngai, Austin Owen, Jason Petri, Blake Putnam, Jared Saari, Annika Spence, Eric Strate, Hanna Treadwell, Danielle Veale, Aaron Walker, Sean Wallace, Scott Wurzer, Sydney GRADE 12 EFFORT Hamilton, Nicole Martin, Evan McAmmond, Caelan Parsons, Emma Sonnleitner, Jared

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t was a typically anodyne statement by the World Health Organization: “Given the magnitude of the Zika crisis, WHO encourages affected countries and their partners to boost the use of both old and new approaches to mosquito control.”

Anodyne, that is, until you realize what they mean by “new approaches”.

Zika is a mosquitoborne virus spreading panic around the world.

It was first linked to hydrocephaly — a developmental defect in infants that results in abnormally small heads, severe learning difficulties, and often early death — only last year in Brazil.

WHO estimates it may infect 3- to 4-million people in the Americas alone this year — and its “new approach” is to exterminate the mosquitoes.

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WATCH approach would be to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus — but that would take up to 10 years and the crisis is now.

Zika has already been detected in 30 countries and Brazil is investigating more than 4,300 suspected cases of microcephaly.

The pressure is on to do something fast.

By the wildest of coincidences, something fast is available.

It’s only 12 years since Austin Burt, an evolutionary geneticist at Imperial College in London, raised the idea

of a “gene drive” that would spread some desirable quality (like immunity to malaria) through an entire population in a relatively short time.

With a population of mosquitoes, whose generations are only a month long, you could do it in only a year or two.

Mosquitoes were the obvious first target for the new technology, since their bite transmits lethal diseases like dengue fever, chikungunya and, above all, malaria, which still kills 600,000 people a year.

But “editing” a gene was a long, difficult process until CRISPR/ Cas9, a fast, accurate, cheap gene-editing tool developed in 2012.

Scientists immediately set to work on mosquito genes and, by last year, they had a genetically modified (GM) mosquito whose offspring do not survive into adulthood.

They die as larvae, before they can breed.

By an even wilder coincidence, the species of mosquito whose genes they edited was Aedes aegypti, best known as a vector for dengue fever.

But Aedes aegyti is also the main transmitter of the Zika virus, and Oxitec, the Britishbased company that was created to exploit this new technology, is already field-testing the GM version of the insect — in Brazil, as luck would have it.

In the town of Piracicaba, Oxitec has a “factory” that produces 800,000 mosquitoes each week that carry the OX513A gene, and a white van that sets them free all over town.

In theory, they should mate with the local females of the same species, whose children will never grow up to mate themselves, so the local population should go into steep decline.

And in practice, it works.

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To completely eradicate the local population of Aedes aegypti would take several dozen generations — that is, a couple of years — even if it was not replenished by fertile males from the surrounding area.

Obviously, the enterprise could be scaled up to cover all of Brazil or even the whole world.

The question is: should it be?

Human beings have wiped out entire species in the past, starting with the big animals wiped out in the “New World blitzes” when human hunters first arrived in the Americas, Australia and various ocean islands.

But we never actually intended to exterminate a species before.

This time it’s different.

Some environmentalists have already

attacked the idea, ostensibly on the grounds that removing an entire species of mosquito would upset the ecological balance and possibly cause further extinctions among animals that feed on them or maybe open up an ecological niche that would be filled by an even nastier species.

But one suspects their real worry is the “slippery slope”.

If we edit Aedes aegypti out of existence today, what species will we next choose to remove for our own convenience?

That is a legitimate concern but nothing can make mosquitoes cuddly, whereas healthy babies definitely are cuddly.

The threat of Zika will trump all their arguments.

Besides, there are some 3,000 species of mosquitoes (only 200 of which bite humans), so some other species will just fill the niche left empty by Aedes

aegypti and no other bird, fish or insect will go hungry.

If you are still upset about “playing God”, keep a small breeding population of Aedes aegypti alive in captivity so you can repopulate the planet with the little pests if you need to.

The great American biologist and champion of biodiversity E.O. Wilson gets the last word on this.

In his book The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, he makes a exception for Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito that spreads malaria in Africa.

“Keep their DNA for research,” he writes, “and let them go.”

The same goes for Aedes aegypti.

We are going to commit insecticide.

And we should.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. gwynnedyer.com.

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just had to respond to the Feb. 5 Faith column by Chris Kempling (‘And such were some of you’), in which he assures us homosexuality is the most vile of sins.

He does this while drawing our attention to biblical passages that, apparently, prove his assertion that sexual identity is a choice.

There could certainly be a case for describing the whole column as one that could easily cause someone who believes it to hate homosexuals.

Kempling describes the fairy tale about Sodom and Gomorrah, in which two entire populated towns are “obliterated” because there were homosexuals present.

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What about all the babies, dogs and cats?

Then we are told about five or six people who changed their minds and become heterosexual.

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line with Kempling’s interpretation.

We are told homosexuals are right up there with idolaters, adulterers and prostitutes, not to mention thieves, the greedy and drunks.

Islamic State folks like to throw them off tall buildings.

Kempling then cherry picks a couple of studies to try to prove his point — although I’m not sure what his point is.

I’m often criticized for not letting people believe whatever they want to believe, that it’s none of my business.

I’ve always agreed that anyone can believe what they want; however, Kempling’s column and others like it are the reason I speak out.

A person’s sexual identity is simply none

of Kempling’s business and a column like his could certainly have a negative, even damaging, effect on some folks, especially young people struggling to find their identity.

It is full of bigotry and hatred toward a group of people Kempling wants to “save.”

That’s the issue, isn’t it?

Fundamentalist religious fanatics aren’t happy living in their fairy-tale world; they want you to join them — in fact, they insist you join them.

Penning a column that paints others as somewhat less than human because of their sexual identity is shameful.

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oining other literary enthusiasts in Bancroft Gardens, an informative guided walk begins our explorations in Shakespeare’s hometown. From Swan Fountain, David leads us back in time around Stratford upon Avon.

“When the bard was born, only 1,500 people lived here,” he grins. “Imagine small, straw-thatched houses with open fires crowded together along foul, muddy streets among 50 taverns!”

Unsurprisingly, this old town centre burned down in 1594,1595 and 1614.

Surrounded by restored half-timbered buildings, David identifies one of few Tudorstyle homes saved, explaining, “Harvard House illustrates ‘wattle and daub’ construction, typical during Shakespeare’s lifetime.

“Ornate exterior woodwork and stained glass windows suggest merchant wealth.

“There on the corner, Town Hall replaced earlier Market Hall, which exploded while storing gunpowder in the 1640s,” he said with a smile.

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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage: Shakespeare wooed wife Anne at her family’s charming house. Many visit Stratford upon Avon as a daytrip from London.

Garrick donated that Shakespeare statue in its niche.”

Opposite, Old Bank boasts a mosaic Shakespeare and frieze of Shylock above its entrance.

A short distance away, Shakespeare’s birthplace has long welcomed pilgrims like us.

Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Walter Scott, Mark Twain and many others sought inspiration here; some even etched their signatures on its windowpanes.

Inside, patterned linen wallpaper and sturdy oak furniture reflect Will’s middle-class upbringing. His father prospered making and selling fine leather gloves in the workshop, still set up for a day’s work.

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Returning along Chapel Street, David points out Nash’s House, named for his granddaughter’s husband; next door, the foundations of New Place.

“An established playwright, Shakespeare bought New Place, Stratford’s second largest house,” says David.

“There he wrote The Tempest and later works.

He died there on his 52nd birthday.”

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Nash’s House and restored gardens at New Place re-open in April 2016.

Shakespeare studied Latin, classical theatre and history from age six or seven at the still-used grammar school in the next block. When family fortunes reversed, he left early at 13.

Beyond stands Hall’s Croft, elegant home of eldest daughter Susanna and eminent physician John Hall. Walled gardens behind the house enclose beds of medicinal herbs.

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Finally, an avenue of lime trees leads us to 13th Century Holy Trinity Church. There, the parish register shows Shakespeare’s 1564 baptismal and 1616 burial entries; the font used at his baptism stands nearby.

Shakespeare, his wife, daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter’s husband are all interred in the chancel.

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Concluding our walk, David quotes Stratford’s favourite son with dramatic flair to our hearty applause and next afternoon, we fervently applaud the Merchant of Venice at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

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Wrapping up our visit back in Bancroft Gardens, we contemplate Gower’s sculptured Shakespeare, seated high on a pedestal.

Posing at each corner, Hamlet, Prince Hal, Lady Macbeth and Falstaff portray philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy. Indeed, a fitting memorial to this literary giant’s versatility.

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Those individuals who have submitted an application in the last six (6) months will be considered and need not reapply.

Applications should include, but are not limited to, the following information: • Work history • Indication of a valid Class 2 driver’s license • An Air Brake Endorsement • A recent driver’s abstract If you have the above qualiďŹ cations, please submit written applications by 4:00 pm. on March 15, 2016 to: Dave Mell, Manager of Transportation School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson) 710 McGill Rd Kamloops BC V2C 2A0 E-mail to Dmell@SD73.bc.ca or fax: (250) 372-3170.

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Editor - Merritt Herald Merritt, BC Are you looking to grow your career in an environment where you have the freedom to produce, curate and edit content that is useful and interesting to a growing readership?

Our award-winning community newspaper located in the beautiful Thompson-Okanagan is seeking an editor to lead a small, talented team of journalists.

Provincial issues like the ongoing biosolids debate and public access to lakes are always simmering under the surface, and national and international lumber, mining and agriculture markets are very inuential in this region. As editor, you have the opportunity to tell the stories that matter to the people of the Nicola Valley, many of whom continue to rely on the newspaper to keep them informed.

The successful applicant will work with the newsroom’s generalassignment and sports reporters on story assignment and editing.

The successful applicant will be responsible for producing six to eight stories per week, taking photographs to accompany those stories, writing columns and editorials, and editing the stories coming in from the reporter and columnists.

The editor will also lay out the newspaper twice a week using Adobe InDesign and upload the paper and photo galleries to the newspaper’s website and post them on social media.

The successful candidate will be community-oriented and have a serious interest in current events — locally, regionally, provincially, nationally and globally.

This position is ideal for a candidate with at least two years of reporting experience wishing to gain editor experience in the everevolving world of journalism.

QualiďŹ cations: The preferred candidate will be a self-starter with an accredited journalism degree who works efďŹ ciently on his or her own. The preferred candidate will also be highly organized and exible in the hours she or he works in order to cover community events as they arise. The successful candidate will be committed to a high standard of writing and will be proďŹ cient in CP Style. ProďŹ ciency in InDesign and PhotoShop are required, as are strong layout skills.

Applicants must have their own transportation.

Please send your resume to: Theresa Arnold - Publisher publisher@merrittherald.com Merritt Herald - 2090 Granite Ave. P.O. Box 9 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Tel: (250) 378 4241 Fax: (250) 378 6818

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Career Opportunities

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Truck Driver Training

Professional Truck Driver Program - Funding available for those who qualify!

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF S.D. NO. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)

CASUAL BUS DRIVERS School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) requires Casual Bus Drivers to work on a casual basis in All Areas.

The work involves the operation of school buses used to transport students within the district and on field trips.

Applicants will have a demonstrated safe driving history as presented by a Driver’s Abstract from the Motor Vehicle Branch. Practical working knowledge of school bus maintenance and repair requirements, along with the ability to deal in a friendly, courteous and effective manner with a variety of passenger situations is required. Drivers must also possess a good knowledge of the North Okanagan-Shuswap Area.

The successful applicant will have a valid B.C. Class 2 Driver’s license with an air brake endorsement and at least one year work experience in the operations of passenger buses.

The rate of pay is $24.79 per hour.

Interested individuals are invited to submit their resume with full supporting documents (proof of qualificaions must accompany application), including three professional references and send to apply@sd83.bc.ca.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Education/Trade Schools

CHEESE MAKER

Alberta Cheese Company is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time Cheese Maker located in Calgary Alberta.

This individual will be responsible for making cheese products uniformly and accurately to quality standards. Must have a keen attention to detail while monitoring each batch during the cooking process, performing necessary testing for temperature, PH and acidity, pumping curd to the finishing tables & updating and recording daily cheese making. Must observe gauges, computer print outs and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions, set up and adjust processing & packaging machines. Job is physically demanding. Experience in dairy and cheese making is essential. Salary $26.00 to $28.0 per hour.

Apply with resume to: mike@albertacheese.com

Education/Trade Schools

US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude.

Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

HOUSING OUTREACH WORKER (Wage Range: $17-$22.97/hr) Work in conjunction with the Housing Outreach Team. Provide support and service to the clients seeking housing with a hope of reducing homelessness. This can include assisting clients with multiple barriers / challenging behaviours in finding appropriate shelter and/or detox, treatment, health services, supportive housing and market housing.

• Five years direct experience with a BSW, Human Service Degree or five years equivalent experience working with the marginalized population.

• Experience with mental health/addictions and homelessness issues.

• Skills in mediating conflict between various interests.

• Knowledge of community resources.

• Must have access to vehicle in good working condition and possess valid driver’s license with relevant insurance in order to transport clients.

• Level 1 First Aid required.

For a complete copy of the job posting go to: http://www.askwellness.ca/about-ask/careers/ Please send resumes to careers@askwellness.ca no later than 4:30pm, Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at

250-374-0462

North Enderby Timber is hiring trades people for the positions of Industrial Millwright and Steel Fabricator.

Sawmill experience is preferred. Please email resume to netimber@junction.net

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

HAS THE FOLLOWING DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERY ROUTES COMING AVAILABLE

ASK Wellness Society is pleased to announce its interest in hiring a Housing Outreach Worker for its Housing Outreach Program

Courses.

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Housing Outreach Worker (Full-time) (Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30)

HUNTER & FIREARMS

Chef - Kitchen Manager. Fulltime. Min. of 2 years experience cooking Authentic, Mexican, Central American Cuisine. Must know how to make Pupusas and Tortillas. Spanish and English are a requirement. Wages negotiable. Send resume to: quilaskamloops@ gmail.com

WESTSYDE/WESTMOUNT

Rte 253 – 2401-2477 Parkview Dr, Rhonmore Cres, 2380 + 2416 Westsyde Rd. – 58 papers

SAHALI

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ABERDEEN

Rte 583 – Butte Pl, Chinook Pl, 1423-1670 Mt. Dufferin Dr. – 42 papers

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries.

Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

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Communicating with customers must be cost-effective. Our large circulation and reasonable ad rates mean your cost per reader is exceptionally affordable. Your ROI is high!

RAYLEIGH

Rte 833 – 4102-4194 Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 47 papers

Sales

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DALLAS/BARNHARTVALE Rte 750 – 5101-5299 Dallas Dr, Mary Pl, Nina Pl, Rachel Pl. – 31p

Rte 751 – 5310 Barnhartvale Dr, Bogetti Pl, Viking Dr, Wade Pl, 5485-5497 E.Trans.

Can. Hwy, 5300-5599 Dallas Dr. – 62 papers Rte 752 – 5600-5998 Dallas Dr, Harper Pl, Harper Rd. – 65 papers Rte 781 – Duncan Rd, Durango Dr, Sonora Rd, Wittner Rd. – 60 papers

INTERESTED IN A ROUTE? FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 250-374-0462

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ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment.

Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required.

Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary.

If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Office Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate.

Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills.

Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match.

Gene Wirchenko 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

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Real Estate

Pets

Appliances

$500 & Under

Jewels, Furs

Misc. for Sale

For Sale By Owner

Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

Inglis Washer and Admiral Dryer. Excellent condition. $400. 250-554-1219.

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

Computer Equipment

PETS For Sale?

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White Gold engagement ring.

Main diamond is .94 carat with another .5 carat in smaller diamonds. Size 7. Recently appraised at $5500 asking $4000 Call to view 250-578-7202 after 5pm

Redwood dining room set, 8chairs, buffet & hutch. $4000/obo. 250-828-1983.

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Teak dining room table w/6 chairs.$340. Golf clubs & cart $30. 250-579-8584

Businesses &

Services

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Grassbusters Lawn and Yard Care. Now booking for the 2016 season. 250-319-9340.

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Fitness/Exercise

Handypersons RICKS’S SMALL HAUL For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent.

Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

Landscaping

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Home Improvements

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Stucco/Siding

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UltraPedic adjustable dbl bed with electric/vibrator controls $349 obo 250-578-7449

Heavy Duty Machinery A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’ insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifications possible doors, windows, walls etc., as office or living workshop etc., Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

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4 Goodyear winter tires.

235/55/R17, used 1 season $400. 250-377-3002.

Double Hospital bed, brand new w/pressure relieving mattress. $2,000. 250-376-2504.

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Treadmill Free Spirit $200 Solid Oak table w/6chairs 68x42 w/2 12inch leaves $800 (250) 579-9483

Stainless steel toolbox for pick up $375., 25cu.ft stand up freezer $125 250-374-0339

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Antiques / Vintage

Antiques / Vintage

HARMONIE

antique & collectables

We have China cabinets, hutches, sideboards, tables and chairs, coffee tables, lps and 45s,jukeboxes,liquor cabinets, wardrobes, rocking chairs, pianos, oil lamps, lanterns, wood stove, esso oil and gas cans, anvils, esso signs , guns, wall hangers, clocks, neon signs, yard decors, and much more!

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Tree Pruning or Removal

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Hedge trimming, Dump Runs

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MISC4Sale: Camperette $300, Oak Table Chairs-$400, 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg.

Huge selection of antiques & collectables!

Carpet - Hardwood Laminate - Vinyl Tile - Stone

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Homelite Generator 4000W asking $300 (250) 376-4884

3500 PLUS TAX

Beautiful 2-Storey home in Valleyview 3bdrm, 3 1/2 bth Open-Concept Kitchen, Dining and Living Room; Large Office. SS Appl; Granite & Hardwood throughout.

2Car Garage. Fully landscaped Gas BBQ. Bareland Strata-includes Clubhouse & Secure RV parking. $459,900 (250) 3721706

Houses For Sale

Misc. for Sale

Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477

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Older 33rpm records $2 each call for info (778) 470-2145 after 5

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ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive

(250) 395-6218 (direct line) • (250) 395-0584 (cell) (250) 395-6201 (fax)

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Misc. Wanted Buying Collector Coins, Accumulations, coin collections & Old money. US Canada & world coins.

Plus anything made of gold or silver. Todd’s Coins. 250-864-3521 I can make House calls!

Local Coin Collector Buying Collections. Gold Silver Coins Estates 1-778-281-0030 Chad

Musical Instruments Yamaha Clavinova (Organ).

Like new.

Original $7700.

Asking $1500. 250-372-0041.

Men’s left hand set of golf clubs w/bag. $95. 250-3743962.

Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale

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Lease to own New 16 x 58 2bdrm 2bth mobile home in new mobile park. Trouble with financing? One or Two year term Call Gerry 250-371-1849

OPEN HOUSE BATCHELOR HEIGHTS 1165 Raven Drive, Saturday, Feb. 27th. 11:00am-3:00pm.

5bdrm Home. Open Concept.

Must See!! $406,000. 778220-2613

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Sporting Goods

Holzer saw $1500, Safety Harness $500, Myte Extractor $2500. 250-377-8436.

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Mobile Homes & Parks

Open Houses

Tools

TIME TO DECLUTTER?

FULLY FURNISHED TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White ski resort offers your very own hot tub, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced fireplace.

Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge. Ideal for family or as a revenue generator throughout the ski season. $199,900 (May consider a trade for an apartment in Kamloops. Call Don at 250682-3984 for more information.

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Rentals

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Rentals

Transportation

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Bed & Breakfast

Townhouses

Cars - Domestic

Recreational/Sale

Trucks & Vans

THOMPSON VILLA APARTMENTS

BC Best Buy Classified’s

Shared Accommodation

1990 Ford Flair 27’ Motorhome.

104,000kms.

Good condition. $12,049.

250-851-2579.

2008 Ford Diesel 350 King Ranch Lariat Super Duty.

96,398kms. $30,000/obo.

250-828-1081.

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. (778) 468-5050.

Boats

1 Bedroom Apartments $880 - $910

Place your classified ad in over 71 Papers across BC.

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Nicola Towers Downtown Secure building w/prk, 2bdrm 3appl n/s, n/p $1000 372-7161

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Northland Apartments

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Recreation

NORTH SHORE Utilities not included

CALL 250-682-0312

Now Renting CHANEL PLACE Brand new 1 and 2 Bdrm Apartments Downtown Kamloops 555 8th Avenue For more information visit: 3BBBGroup.ca Sahali 2bdrm Gordonhorn Gardens newly renovated, n/s, n/p $1200/mo. 250-579-8428 Sahali Gordonhorn Gardens. $825/mo. +util. 1bdrm. N/S, N/P. Ref. 250-318-2269.

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Retired male seeking roommate, N/Shore. Close to bus/shopping. $500. 376-0953

Transportation

Suites, Lower

Antiques / Classics

1bdrm n/p, n/s util inl for quiet single person cls to bus and shopping $850 250-372-0808

1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $5,500 obo (250) 376-5722

2BDRM daylight Brock. Private entr/parking. n/s/p. Ref’s. $1000/mo. 250-319-1911.

1984 Volvo (Collector), auto, air. 181,000kms. No winter driving. $3,400. 250-587-6151

✰SHUSWAP LAKE!✰

5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek B.C. 1-bdrm 1-bath Park Model.

Tastefully decorated guest cabin. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat.

Provincial Park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor Store and Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot-tubs, Adult and Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground.

Rents for $1500/week. FMI CALL 1-250-371-1333

Senior Assisted Living 6976910 Independent and

assisted living, short term stay’s, 24 hour nursing care and respite.

250.377-7275 www.berwickretirement.com

Commercial/ Industrial

Commercial/ Industrial

RUN TILL

Aberdeen 1bdrm daylight util and int incl n/s, n/p $825.

Avail Now (250) 851-9950 Batchelor Heights 1bdrm ns/np mature person Avail now util/inter incl, refs, $700mo 376-8469

68’ Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (350 V8 type S).

Convertible.

Black interior+exterior w/chrome.

Restored.

Excellent condition. $16,500/obo. 250572-0714

Brand new 1bdrm, Westsyde.

Sep entr, W/D/F/S. $1050 util incld. Ref’s. 250-579-0404

RUN TILL SOLD

Riverfront 1bdrm daylight level entry, util incl $650. Avail March 1st 250-579-9609.

Semi furn 1bdrm. in Batchelor area private ent and driveway. n/s/n/p, ref req’d. $750 Util/int incld. 250-554-3863.

Welcoming Cumfy 1bedroom.

Close to University, Hospital.

Student or quiet person. Excellent Location. $495or$725 ns/np. Call (250) 299-6477

Suites, Upper 2bdrms, N/Shore. N/S, N/P. $900 inclds heat/hotwater.

Ref’s required. 250-372-7695.

Brock 2 bdrm, no dogs, avail Immed, $900/mo 250-3745586, 250-371-0206

2006 VW Jetta TDI Highline, fully loaded, auto, sunroof.

Very well maintained.

180,000kms, No accidents, very clean. $8,500.

250-318-6257.

2008 Fleetwood Mallard. 23ft. like new, fully loaded. $15,000.

250-554-1035.

9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom.

Good shape. $1,300/obo. 250-376-1841.

$53

Must be pre-paid Scheduled for 4 weeks at a time Private parties only - no businesses Some Restrictions Apply

Auto Accessories/Parts

‘98 Honda CRV good shape, Honda serviced, maintenance logs available medical problems. $4000. 250-374-5266

1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $400. Call 250-851-1304.

RUN UNTIL SOLD

2-215/60R16 Snow tires. $200. 2-245/50VR16 Eagle Snow. $200. 4-275/45R20 Eagle M&S. $400. 2-225/60R16 M&S. $200. 2-275/40ZR17 M&S. $300. 250-319-8784.

*some restrictions apply call for details

Cars - Domestic

1990 Crown Victoria. 5L, V-8, auto. Good condition, runs good. $600. 250-376-6482.

Open Road 2007 349, R.L. 36ft One owner, 3 slides, elec/stabilizers, awning. 1 ton 2005 Ford Diesel, 200,000km club cab $49,500 package (250) 372-5401 snoopy05@telus.net

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax) (250)371-4949

Legal

Legal Notices

New Price $56.00+tax

Do you have a vehicle, boat, rv, or trailer to sell? With our Run til sold specials you pay one flat rate and we will run your ad until your vehicle sells.* • $56.00 (boxed ad with photo) • $35.00 (regular 3 line ad)

Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

RUN TILL

RENTED

Unless you claim your 1995 Chevrolet S10 Vin # 1GCCS1444SK178303 and pay the towing and storage charges of $8,925.00 up to February 16, 2016, your vehicle will be sold for costs 14 days after the first publication of this notice.

Sale date will be March 4, 2016 at our compound.

MIKE’S AUTO TOWING 726 Carrier Street Kamloops, BC V2H 1G2 WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT Attn: Yvonne Cotte 180 Sekanik Crescent Kamloops, BC V2H 1J6

Motorcycles

Unless you claim your 2008 Nissan Titan Vin # 1N6AA07F28N319844 and pay the towing and storage charges of $7,019.78 up to February 16, 2016, your vehicle will be sold for costs 14 days after the first publication of this notice.

Sale date will be March 4, 2016 at our compound.

2010 Harley Davidson Dyna Street-Bob. Black, stage 1, new tires. $11,000. 319-5336.

MIKE’S AUTO TOWING 726 Carrier Street Kamloops, BC V2H 1G2

Commercial Vehicles Contractors Tundra HD Econo Custom. Hwy, hauler $35,000 Concrete work as possible part of the payment.

250-377-8436.

Lower Sahali 2bdrm +den 6min to TRU n/s, n/p $1300 1-250-459-7771 250-571-4852

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

Scrap Car Removal

Sport Utility Vehicle

CLASSIFIEDS 2002 Nissan Altima. 4 door, auto. Fully loaded. Good condition. $5,500. Call to view. 250-376-4077.

2005 Toyota Corolla 5 speed extra set of mounted tires /rims $4500.00 250-318-8870 2013 Nissan Leaf SL, electric, black/tan. 12,000kms under warranty $27,500 250-3778436

250-371-4949

Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $6900.00 obo 250-554-0580

Cars - Domestic

Cars - Domestic

2012 Road King, stock 103, ABS, Cruise, Full Size Tourpak, Rider Backrest, Custom Bars, No Scratches, 15,000 kms, $18,000.778-471-1089.

2014 Motorino XPH Electric Scooter bike. 850kms. No scrapes. $1400 250-574-9846

Off Road Vehicles Honda Big Red 3 Wheeler top shape $1650 250-554-0201

Recreational/Sale 10.5ft Okanagan Camper. Solar panels. Well maintained. $8,900/obo. 250-372-3437.

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2005 Hyundai Tucson. 100k, 2.0L, 4cyl, auto, new A/C, pwr windows, roof rack, super cond., never winter driven. N/S. $6,750. 250-3191946.

Jeep YJ 4x4 1987 restored, 6cyl 5sp, lifted, 33”tires on Eagle Rims, 10,000 lb Winch, over $15,000 invested asking $12000 (250) 828-0931

Trucks & Vans 1983 GMC 2500 on propane.

350, auto. Running order. $1,000 +hitch. 250-376-7195.

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INTO CA$H PACKAGES START AT

1989 Fleetwood AClass 120,000km slps 6, well kept, $8000obo (250) 579-9691

PW, PL, auto

#440

Erickson aluminum custom boat,new, 12’ one piece construction $3000 778-257-6079

WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT Attn: James Steven Grant Fransen 13831 Malabar Avenue White Rock, BC V4B 2X8

Run until sold

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Avail Immed.

250-374-5586 / 250-371-0206

PLUS TAX

3 LINES - 12 WEEKS

2008 Cadillac CTS Premium.

130,000kms.

AWD, Great in the winter, BLK w/leather interior, CD, power windows, seats, mirrors, locks, heating/cooling seats. $13,800. 250-320-6900.

2011 Nissan Juke SL, AWD. Sunroof, winters, heated seats. $11,800. 250319-8240.

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Add an extra line to your ad for $10

INTO CA$H

1979 Peterburough 14ft 4 seater c/w ladder, cover, paddle, anchor, and trailer.

No Dents Or Scratches “MINT”. $3900.00 Doug 250 579-5944 2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg

Turn your stuff

1972 AMC Javelin SST. Second owner. Exec mech cond. $3,000/obo. 250-372-2096.

RENTED

250-371-4949

2005 Sprinter 25’ w/slide 1995 F250 Ford diesel w/low mileage both in exc cond. asking $20,000 obo for both (250) 314-6661

NO PETS

3BDRM/1 bath parking laundry near shopping/bus Feb 1st $1150 inclds util 778-220-8118

Westsyde 2bdrms, 2-baths, close to all amenities. $1200/mo +util. 778-471-3886.

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2005 VW Passat.

119,000kms. 2.0L Turbo Diesel.

Well maintained.

Stereo, bluetooth.

Winter/rims. $5500. 250-3205255.

2bdrm daylight suite N/Shore n/s, n/p, priv. ent fenced yard $950 util incl, (250) 318-4647

1 Bedroom Suite Adult Oriented No Pets / No Smoking Elevators / Dishwashers Common Laundry $825 per month North Shore 250-376-1427

1 and 2 bedroom apartments.

Clean quiet buildings.

Reasonable Rental Rates

Male seeking roommate Westsyde Furn. Close to bus $550/mo util incl. Avail Immed.

Call 250-579-2480.

Near TRU Room $325-per month util included. No Pets.

250-554-6877, 250-377-1020.

520 Battle Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2M2 250-372-0510 Available spacious 1bdrm apts. Starting at $850/mo. The Sands Apartment.

Centrally located. On-site Management.

250-828-1711.

IN private home, pleasant surroundings fully furnished working male pref.3near amenities behind sahali mall 10 min walk to TRU 374-0949 or 372-3339

3500

$ 1995 Dodge Ram 4x4.

Canopy, AutoStart FOB, A/C, power windows etc. $2,500/obo. 250-318-5861.

1996 GMC Suburban 4x4 good shape runs great $2900obo Call (250) 571-2107 92 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 runs great, needs clutch. First $500 takes it. 250-371-1333

PLUS TAX

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

250-371-4949

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FINANCIAL MATTERS Saving And Managing Money

A MISSED OPPORTUNITY? Skip the tax refund and put your money to work throughout the year.

The idea of a tax refund, particularly a large refund, is cause for celebration for most people – but it shouldn’t be. The reality is that a tax refund means you have paid the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) too much tax throughout the year. In essence, you have provided the government with an interest-free loan. The larger the refund, the larger the loan amount. Fortunately, there is a way to keep more of your hardearned money working for you throughout the year.

THE SOLUTION If you have non-payroll Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions, child care expenses, interest expenses on investment loans, maintenance or spousal support payments, charitable donations or rental losses, you can have the amount of tax deducted by your employer reduced.

Simply complete CRA’s Form T1213, “Request to Reduce Tax Deductions at Source,” a straightforward one-page form, and send or take it to your local tax office. This form can be filed at any time in the year, providing you are up to date with all your income tax filings and payments. Once approved, CRA authorizes your employer to deduct less tax from your pay. Call 1-800-959-8281 to find the tax services office closest to you.1 Quebec residents must also complete and file Form TP-1016, Application for a Reduction in Source Deductions of Income Tax,” with the Ministère du Revenu du Québec so that their provincial source deductions are also reduced.

HOW MUCH COULD YOU KEEP? Let’s assume you make $80,000 a year and have a marginal tax rate of 35%. Let’s also assume you make non-payroll RRSP contributions of $6,000 and have child care expenses of $5,000 per year. By filing Form T1213, you can increase your monthly after-tax income to $4,900 from $4,580. That’s additional monthly cash flow of $320.2 Imagine the possibilities. What would you do with that extra money?

Before you start envisioning a big-screen TV, think about how you could put that money to work for you. The best use of your additional cash flow will depend on your situation and goals. Consider the methods below to help eliminate debt and save for the future.

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Pay down your mortgage Whether you have a traditional mortgage or a flexible mortgage with a line of credit, reducing your principal today could save you thousands of dollars in future interest costs and enable you to pay off your mortgage faster. Review the terms of your mortgage contract to make full use of the prepayment options available to you without incurring any penalties.

OPTIONS TO HELP INCREASE YOUR SAVINGS Maximize contributions to your RRSP Make a commitment to contribute the extra money you have available to your RRSP. Contributing higher amounts throughout the year allows more time to take advantage of the tax-deferred compounding of investment income. The goal: a bigger nest egg for your retirement.

Top up your TFSA In a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), any investment growth accumulates tax-free, and the money can also be withdrawn taxfree. This flexibility makes it an ideal savings vehicle for mid-to-largesized purchases. A TFSA can also serve as an emergency fund to cover the costs of unexpected events such as job loss, an illness or a major home repair.

Contribute to an RESP

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