Kamloops This Week March 22, 2023

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“WHILE WE, ALL EIGHT KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCILLORS, WOULD PREFER TO BE PERFORMING THE JOB THAT WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO DO

BY OUR CITIZENS, WE INSTEAD FIND OURSELVES AGAIN COMBATTING THE CHAOTIC AND UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOUR OF OUR MAYOR THAT LEADS TO CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION . . . . WE, AS COUNCILLORS, HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO REPEATED DISRESPECT, VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES, BELITTLING AND CONSTANTLY DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR BY THE MAYOR . . .”

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Coun, Kelly Hall (centre), who is deputy mayor for March, chaired a special Kamloops council meeting on Tuesday that resulted in council deciding to create a select committee to review how standing committees work, including who can sit as chairs of the committees, and to pause the work of standing committees in the meantime. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson attended the meeting via Zoom and cast the lone dissenting vote against the motion.

The special meeting and approved motion were a result of the mayor’s unilateral decision last week to add nine members of the community to the standing committees, many of whom are friends of Hamer-Jackson. Crucial to Tuesday’s meeting was city corporate officer Maria Mazzotta (bottom left of photo), who clarified a good deal of Community Charter-related information for council.

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Council freezes standing committees MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER

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Kamloops council has paused standing committees and will create a select committee to review how standing committees are run —including who can sit as chairs — in response to the mayor unilaterally appointing members of the public and removing councillors as committee chairs.

Council on Tuesday (March 21) approved by an 8-1 vote a motion to have a select committee review the terms of reference and suggest any needed updates or changes required to address concerns with alterations the mayor made to standing committee structure. Only Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, who attended the meeting via Zoom, voted against the motion.

The special meeting was called by council to “remedy” changes the mayor made to standing committees. Last week, the mayor appointed to the five standing committees nine members of the public, many of whom

he has personal connections with, claiming the moves were to make the committees more effective and unburden some of council’s workload.

In response, council issued a rebuke, stating that no councillor had asked to be removed and criticizing the fact there was no vetting process or input from council on the selections.

Under the Community Charter, the mayor has authority to appoint and remove committee members and set the broad committee mandate, but it is within council’s control to set the scope, limits and activity of the committees’ operation — their terms of reference.

Standing committees have no power to enact change, but rather send recommendations to council, which alone has the power to enact those recommendations.

During the meeting, councillors Dale Bass and Nancy Bepple noted issues of confidentiality, conflicts of interest and code of conduct breaches when it comes to adding members of the public to the current standing committees that deal largely with governance and city

departments.

City corporate officer Maria Mazzotta advised that council’s code of conduct applies to council and the mayor, noting public members would not be bound by it, but adding that respectful behaviour would be expected. She said it would be unlikely committees would deal with in-camera, confidential matters as that is private information to which public members of the restructured committees would not be privy.

Coun. Kelly Hall — deputy mayor for March and chair of Tuesday’s meeting as Hamer-Jackson did not attend in person — will choose the three council members who will form the select committee. Multiple standing committees were set to meet in April, meetings that will likely now be delayed.

During Tuesday’s special council meeting, Coun. Mike O’Reilly said he was concerned that pausign standing committees will bog down the large amount of work the committees manage.

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Unilateral changes unprecedented PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS INCLUDED COUNCIL INPUT MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER

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The addition of members of the public to standing committees is not unprecedented, but when it was done in the past, the committees were much different and council had a say in their involvement.

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson last week added nine members of the public to standing committees and removed three councillors as chairs — changes that, under the Community Charter, he has the authority to make.

CAO David Trawin, who has worked for the City of Kamloops for 20 years — the last 12 as CAO — told KTW members of the public have sat on standing committees before. Those iterations, however, were more topic-based, unlike the more generic and municipal governance-based five existing standing committees today: civic operations, community and protective services, finance, development and sustainability and community relations and reconciliation.

Some examples of past standing committees include a social planning committee, a heritage committee and a parks committee, Trawin said, adding members of the public who were on those committees were usually chosen via a call for applications and selected via council as a whole.

and biosolids management.

“In my experience, more things are coming up from the public through the committees to council than at any time in the past,” Trawin said.

He said these current, more governance-based standing committees did not exist previously and have allowed city staff to inform council more on plans and bylaws.

However, as the committees are more department-related to city business, they tend to deal with more in-camera materials dealt with in closed meetings, Trawin said.

City of Kamloops corporate officer Maria Mazzotta said it is her understanding members of the public could take part in closed committee meetings, but the city would have to be careful about what documents are shared with them as they would not be privy to in-camera materials, such as city contracts.

As for any potential conflicts of interest members of the public may have in sitting on these committees, Mazzotta said the hope is that anyone would have the integrity and step aside any time they were in a conflict.

“But enforcing that would be a lot more challenging with members of the public,” Mazzotta said.

Hamer-Jackson hand-picked the nine public appointees, many with whom he has a personal relationship.

They include Deborah Newby, who worked on his election campaign, 2022 civic election councillor candidate Darpan Sharma (who was vocally critical of the last council and who spent election night at Hamer-Jackson’s event at the Mount Paul Golf Course) and two friends of the mayor: Bailey’s Pub owner Brandon Coyle and former Tk’emlúps councillor Sonny Leonard.

Council has raised concern it had no input in the picks, nor was there a vetting process.

Under the Community Charter, a mayor has the authority, however, to appoint members to committees and to set their broad mandate. But Trawin described the move to appoint members unilaterally as unprecedented in his time with the city.

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Hamer-Jackson has said his intention in adding members of the public to the current standing committees is to make them more effective.

Trawin said previous mayor Ken Christian changed the committee structure as well, turning former standing committees into engagement groups and establishing the current council-only committees. Those engagement groups maintained public membership, which has doubled to about 120 people from their previous status, Trawin told KTW. Under their current structure, engagement groups make recommendations to standing committees, which then feed up to council for approval.

Some city initiatives that have had input from engagement groups include permissive tax exemptions, the North Shore Neighbourhood Plan, emergency access routes in Juniper Ridge, water restrictions

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Hall told KTW it is premature for him to say how long it will take the select committee to return a recommendation to council, but noted public engagement groups in the interim will continue to meet.

“First, we have to strike the committee, then we’ve got to take a look at the terms of reference and how deep we go.

It could take a month, could take two months,” Hall said.

Asked if there is an appetite amongst councillors to bar public members from standing committees and restrict them exclusively at the engagement group level,

where there are not concerns of their exposure to sensitive information, Hall said he does not believe there is.

“But I think there has to be a process,” he said, adding there may be an opportunity for the mayor to participate in it.

As for how he will select members of this committee, Hall said he will sit down with his fellow councillors.

“We want to make sure we have the right people,” he said.

Hall told reporters following the special meeting the pause in standing committees will give council the chance to take a “deep dive” into their terms of reference, noting the

current terms are vague and council wants to look into “principles” that should be factored into standing committees.

Hall said the issue with having members of the public chair committees is how to handle confidential information and how to hold them to account, which will be for the select committee to now discuss.

During the special meeting, Hamer-Jackson told councillors they could still provide input on his appointments to committees.

“This isn’t the end of the world here,” Hamer-Jackson said.

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At city hall, it’s the mayor vs. the rest

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n March 15, Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, during his monthly appearance on the Kamloops Last Week webcast/podcast, conceded he and the rest of council aren’t exactly getting along.

There has been sniping back and forth — particularly between HamerJackson and councillors Dale Bass, Kelly Hall and Bill Sarai — since the mayor and the rest of council were elected on Oct. 15.

“Just watch Kelly Hall,” HamerJackson said in response to questions about relationship problems on council.

“He’s looking like Dale Bass, making all these faces. Too much drama.”

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The mayor said there is “too much rhetoric” on council, said elected officials need to stop “pretending everything’s great” and said

the city needs to get “boots on the ground” in dealing with social disorder on the street.

Some people (including yours truly) believed the group was fractured, but as a whole just needed time to mesh. After all, the council term is a long four years and we are only 10 per cent into the 48-month mandate.

Based on events in the past week, some people (including yours truly) may have been a tad too optimistic.

Despite many councillors’ attempts to downplay reports of a rift and try to put forward the message that the relationship with the mayor was not as dire as rumoured, the truth was evident to many.

The mayor’s decision last week to radically alter the structure of

standing committees — only to have councillors work to kill his plan at a special meeting on March 21 — confirms what many already knew, that the mayor and the rest of council are about as compatible as bleach and ammonia.

And, if there was any doubt, the duelling statements from councillors and the mayor on March 17 and March 18 erased it.

Coun, Katie Neustaeter read a statement on behalf of councillors, refuting much of what the mayor had said (“blatant untruths” is how she desribed his words) in explaining why he did what he did, and claiming Hamer-Jackson has belittled, disrespected and repeatedly violated personal and professional

boundaries of councillors.

The mayor offered a retort the next day, referring to Neustaeter’s claims as being “rife with untruths and personal allegations” and urging the eight councillors to “put their bruised egos aside.”

Hamer-Jackson cited many reasons for the wholesale changes he had proposed, which included demoting some councillors from the positions as committee chairs and installing non-council members in their places.

That plan is in the process of being torpedoed by council as it creates a select committee to define terms of reference for standing committees, including who can be chairs.

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You, too, can get involved in rec master plan City council work can lead to some interesting challenges, such as municipal roads, storm drainage, approval of development variance permits and sewer and refuse sanitation.

Community services are part of our city’s fabric — not real sexy work, but necessary.

I’d like to take you down the trail of the city’s recreation master plan — real sexy work that needs community approval.

Most will question what is in our recreation master plan, so here’s a brief history lesson.

The recreation master plan addresses major recreation infrastructure. It also identifies deficiencies, including a multi-faceted performing-arts centre, another swimming pool, arenas, multi-purpose gymnasiums, another fieldhouse space, a curling facility and recreational aquatic space.

This strategic document was initiated

KELLY HALL View From City Hall in 2018 and focuses on active forms of recreation, which include arts and cultural pursuits, highlighting the fact recreation can mean different things to different people.

Why do we need to approve the vision of our recreation master plan? Let me start with a new centre for the performing arts.

Sagebrush and Pavilion theatres are our two principal performing-arts facilities. They are 45 years old, have limited capacity and availability and restrictive performance opportunities.

The city’s arts and culture sector is growing and the Kamloops Centre for the Arts’ business case for another venue reflects this. The society is growing and working hard in our

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community, bringing together private, public and sponsoring opportunities.

Equally as important is the reality we need and deserve a venue that supports culture.

It is time for the Tournament Capital of Canada to up its game with new facilities.

Why? Annually, Kamloops hosts more than 200 events that bring between $10 million and $12 million to the city. The economic spinoff is crucially important for our tourism, our business community and our reputation as a great place to visit or live.

Our arenas are currently at 88 to 100 per cent capacity. We want to increase opportunities around our rinks through various user groups. We also want to keep all users happy.

Kamloops pools are bursting at the seams with users throughout our entire community.

We offer 1,500 swimming lessons per quarter, but we are falling short with a current wait list of 1,400 people looking for lessons. We also

have to consider recreational, competitive and artistic swimming, as well as diving.

These demands prove we need a new facility.

My request of all in Kamloops is to start talking and begin an action plan to participate in implementing the recreation master plan, which was approved by council in 2019.

We can build all these much-needed facilities at a responsible rate. We have the ability as you have a council that has the courage to take this bold step forward to enhance all our opportunities with new facilities that will lead to a vibrant, prosperous and happy community.

Kelly Hall is a Kamloops councillor.

His email address is khall@kamloops.ca.

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TAX HIKE ONLY ADDS USE WINDFALL TO IMPROVE ROAD REPAIRS TO MISERY FOR SOME Editor: I wonder how most senior citizens and those on fixed income are taking the news of an almost seven per cent rise in municipal property taxes this year?

Single parents must be loving the news.

I invite each member of council to have a look in almost any grocery store on the day CPP and OAS payments arrive for those who receive pension benefits.

A lot of us can’t afford the basic essentials that will contribute to a healthy diet.

Perhaps Kraft dinner, bologna and tube steaks (weiners) will be seen more often and in larger quantities than ever before in the shopping baskets or carts heading toward the checkouts.

How about those CHIP reverse mortgages?

A certain percentage of people have worked and sac-

rificed most of their lives with the hope of at least being able to afford being a senior citizen with a safe place to live.

Are more and more seniors facing the spectre of having to accept living in poverty simply because municipal governments can’t seem to grasp the reality of how seniors are now having to live?

We shall see how things play out. Some, if not most, seniors no longer feel safe to venture out on their own to places such as areas downtown, some fast food restaurants or entire sections of the Tranquille Road corridor in North Kamloops. You won’t see many seniors out and about after dark.

Do any of us believe that a full complement of community service (bylaws) officers is going to make a difference?

Not a chance.

John Noakes Kamloops

Editor: Upon reading in KTW of the more than $15 million coming to the City of Kamloops from the provincial one-time Growing Communities Fund, I’d like to suggest that the city take a serious look at dealing with some of the roadwork backlog.

Since moving to Kamloops five

years ago, it has become an annual tradition to watch the same neighbourhood potholes, cracked pavement and depressions emerge in the spring. Patching these requires the same city crews and taxpayer money year after year.

Yes, we are a winter city and regular road upkeep is required. But

STOP THE ANNUAL TAX INCREASES Editor: KTW reader Klare Radloff is exactly right in his letter of March 15 (‘Stop the free meals at city hall’).

Once again, Kamloops council has showed its indifference to seniors and those on fixed income by raising property taxes by 6.91 per

cent this year. This steady annual increase is turning out to be hard on those who would like to remain in their own homes in their mature years.

When I was growing up, my dad challenged our siblings to “cut our coats according to cloth available.”

When setting property tax rates, council never seems to entertain the notion of cutting down expenditures on services and facilities. There are facilities and services many Kamloopsians don’t access.

Raising user fee rates for the use of these facili-

Clocks changed on March 12.

How would you like to see the practice changed, if at all?

ties — paid for by those who regularly use them — will in some way help bring down taxes.

I have been advocating this means of slashing taxes for the last few years, to no avail.

Ryan Mitra Kamloops

sad that a private citizen, posterior.

NO MEAL KlareIt isRadloff, had to file a Freedom of Kamloops council is raising our taxes request to expose city spending by almost seven per cent this year and WITH TAX Information of almost $11,000 on a Christmas luncheon it doesn’t come with a catered meal at for staff.

Sandman Centre.

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surely a portion of the coming funding could be used to upgrade the quality of roadwork materials being used in order to fix potholes and roads in more sustainable and costeffective fashions, in order to reduce the road rework done every year.

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The Tumultuous Capital of Canada FOULDS/From A8

Hamer-Jackson suggested he was rearranging the committee structure as a way of doing councillors a favour by lightening their workloads.

Rewind to the past few council meetings,

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watch again as some councillors openly criticized the mayor, keep in mind that HamerJackson possesses a boxer’s mentality and is loathe to back down from any slight, perceived or otherwise, and it is not difficult to see the committee shakeup as a means to punish those who do not toe the Hamer-Jackson line.

And the residents he appointed are largely Hamer-Jackson loyalists.

They include 2022 civic election councillor candidate Darpan Sharma (who was vocally critical of the last council and who spent election night at Hamer-Jackson’s event at the Mount Paul Golf Course) and two friends of the mayor: Bailey’s Pub owner Brandon Coyle and former Tk’emlúps councillor Sonny Leonard.

While the mayor and council may be like Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner hanging from a giant chandelier, there is no reason to expect city business to come crashing down due to how council works.

After all, standing committees have no power whatsoever. Its members study issues and pass on recommendations to Kamloops council and it is the nine people on council who decide if a standing committee’s recommendation should be approved.

Although the mayor alone can create standing committees and appoint its members, based on the provincial Community Charter, the mayor has virtually no more power than any councillor when it comes to making decisions.

With council ratio now being eight against one, what were the chances that councillors would have voted in favour of any recommendations brought forward from committees containing Hamer-Jackson’s resident appointees, including as chairs?

It is not accurate to describe Kamloops council as being dysfunctional because it is functioning (and getting work done)

in spite of the festering feud.

The soon-to-be-approved budget, the changes to cannabis store licence fees, changes to recreation admission fees, various roadwork now ramping up are just some of what council has been getting done amid the drama.

However, the battle is not good for the city’s reputation, as past councils in Toronto and Surrey can attest.

The impasse between the mayor and council has led to Kamloops being branded on social media and elsewhere as the Tumultuous Capital of Canada — and even Vince Ready would be hard-pressed to mediate this mess.

Perhaps this political soap opera will convince more than 29 per cent of voters to get off their butts and vote in the next civic election.

They have 1,305 days to back a candidate. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

TCC SIGN-IN PROCESS NEEDS SOME WORK Kamloops Exhibition Association Annual General Meeting Wednesday, March 29, 2023 6:30 PM 210 - 166 Oriole Road Kamloops, BC V2C 4N7

Editor: I really think the city needs to rethink its policy for patrons wanting to use the Tournament Capital Centre.

A friend and I wanted to use the indoor track last week, but we were told we had to first sign in to an account.

After multiple attempts to sign in/set

up an account, I gave up. I went back to the cashier, asking if she would just take my money and, if she needed, I could give my driver’s licence information.

She replied that she could not due to a new policy change. I found this extremely frustrating in trying to use the facility.

I can only imagine how difficult it

would be for seniors. I really hope the city can rethink this. I cannot see myself returning if the city continues to require this account sign-in, which I couldn’t get to work.

Wendy Eckert Kamloops

THANKS FROM A SALMON ARM BLAZERS FAN Editor: I had a bad fall by the bar during the March 17 Kamloops Blazers-Kelowna Rockets games at Sandman Centre.

I never got the chance to thank the people who were first there to help me, so this is my way of sending my gratitude.

Also, much thanks to the ambulance staff

at the rink, who are second to none.

As for the lady who backed into me, no problem. That staircase is plenty wide and I should have taken the long way around to get back to my seat.

Thank you, all.

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The public is being urged to help police with information as Mounties continue to investigate the shooting deaths of 17 wild horses east of Kamloops.

The dead horses were found recently on Crown land north of Wallachin, about 65 kilometres west of Kamloops.

Cpl. James Grandy of the BC RCMP’s Southeast District told KTW the dead horses were found various distances apart in two groups, one with six animals and the other with 11.

“The animals had likely been killed within two weeks prior,” Grandy said. “There are no suspects and the motive is unknown.

Charges may include mischief under the Criminal Code and wildlife offences, as well.”

The Skeetchestn Indian Band released a statement, as did Rosanne Casimir, kúkpi7 (chief) of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc and tribal chair of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.

“The community of Skeetchestn has been saddened by the discovery that 17 wild horses had been shot and killed north of Wallachin,” the Skeetchestn Indian Band said in a statement. “As our stories tell us, we are

These wild horses were photographed between Wallachin and Savona two years ago.

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connected to all animals that walk, fly and swim. It is our responsibility to ensure that all life is respected and cared for.”

While the band’s statement noted the wild horses killed did not roam on its lands, the band expressed sadness that the crime took place near its community.

“We are mourning the unnecessary loss of wildlife that we share this beautiful landscape with,” the statement concluded, urging anybody with information to call the RCMP at 250-299-7462.

“Our Secwépemc traditional stories and laws teach us how the horse is a sacred animal, bringing many teachings to our people

with healing, and symbolizes a powerful entity of strength and freedom,” Casimir said.

“Secwépemc people have a connection with all living beings and have been taught that all animals should be treated with utmost dignity and respect. This senseless act has not gone unnoticed by our communities and can be felt through the spirits of our people.”

Thompson-Nicola Regional District Area I director Tricia Thorpe spoke to KTW about the unsettling incident.

“I’m just appalled,” Thorpe said. “But I would need to talk to my constituents about what they would like to see happen because I’m a voice for them and I would encourage them to reach out to me.”

Thorpe can be reached by email at director.tthorpe@tnrd.ca.

Mike Grenier is TNRD director for Area J, which includes Savona and Tobiano just east of where the horses were found.

“It’s hard to imagine anyone could find any justification for shooting 17 feral horses.

They’re part of our ecosystem and it’s hard to imagine why anyone would take it upon themselves to terminate 17 horses,” Grenier said.

“We’ve got to get to the bottom of this to stop it from happening again.”

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Mayor, chief share vision for Kamloops, Tk’emlúps MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER

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It was a tale of two communities at a Kamloops and Chamber of Commerce dinner event on March 16.

The evening featured Kamloops Mayor Reid-Hamer Jackson and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) Kúkpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir outline to a room full of business people and various dignitaries their visions for 2023 and beyond.

In his address to the crowd, Hamer-Jackson led by referencing the accusation he has heard, that he is a one-issue mayor focused on addressing homelessness, arguing that the reality is the business sector cannot move forward until the streets are safer.

He said the business community needs to discuss the impacts street issues are having on it, find ways to address the issue and relay ideas to city council.

Hamer-Jackson said he feels

the province’s current harm reduction model “is enabling our street population” and called for a shift to a recovery centre model. He also called for a “robust travel back home” model to repatriate those in the homeless population who are not from Kamloops.

Hamer-Jackson listed a number of homeless individuals he has helped on the street, along with a new business owner he knows who is dealing with property crime, feces, drug use and camping outside their store.

“Their dream has turned into a nightmare,” Hamer-Jackson said.

The mayor said visitors to Kamloops will see people on the street openly doing drugs, riding bikes and carrying weapons. He then described an apparent hypothetical, painting a picture of a doctor coming to town, trying to decide whether to move to Kamloops, but being discouraged by sights of the marginalized in the community.

“They drive down the Tranquille corridor, to their hotel, they see lit-

KAMLOOPS MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON

TK’EMLÚPS CHIEF ROSANNE CASIMIR

tered sidewalks, open drug use and people having sex on a bus bench,” Hamer-Jackson said. “Then they cross the Overlanders Bridge and drive down West Victoria Street, where people are camped out on the streets with needles hanging out their arms and the flashing lights of a firetruck and ambulance appear. Paramedics are performing

CPR attempting to rescue someone who’s just overdosed.”

When Casimir took the stage, she, too, noted the need for community safety, but it was a footnote in her speech that highlighted a number of initiatives the band is advancing.

Among her myriad highlights was Tk’emlúps’ bid to host the

North American Indigenous Games in 2027 and the construction of the first grocery store on the reserve — expected to be complete by the end of 2023. She also noted the recent opening of new Tesla electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with more planned to be built as the provincial government is trending towards EVs, and highlighted the band’s new waste-management facility.

“We have so many things to be excited about and to look forward to,” Casimir said.

She also highlighted the strong relationship between the band and the municipality and reliance on city infrastructure the band does not have, such as sewage treatment.

Casimir also stressed the band’s need for more transit services and roadway maintenance, given its lack of infrastructure.

“We look forward to further collaboration between TteS and the City of Kamloops. TteS has the land and the city has the infrastructure — that sounds like a good deal to me,” Casimir said.

City of Kamloops

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION AND INTENDED ASSISTANCE Pursuant to subsections 24(1), 26(3) and 94 of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, Ch. 26, the City of Kamloops (the “City”) intends to dispose of an interest in land to and provide assistance to the Kamloops Tennis Association (“KTA”). The City is granting a further lease of the Canada Games Rotary Tennis Complex, legally described as: PID: 017-830-125, Parcel B (KF61531) Blk 74 DL 234 KDYD Plan 193, PID: 017-830-117, Parcel A (KF61531) Blk 74 DL 234 KDYD Plan 193 and part of PID: 013-027-093, DL 981 KDYD (the “Premises”) to KTA for an 8-year term (the “Term”) with base rent in the amount of $10, plus additional rent. In connection with lease of the Premises to KTA, the City is loaning a sum of $175,000 to KTA for completion of court resurfacing, with the loan bearing interest at a fixed rate of 3.9% per annum, to be repaid to the City in blended payments of principal and interest with the balance due at the end of the Term. As a term of the loan, KTA will be required to spend not less than $50,000 of its own capital reserve funds to contribute to the cost of the court resurfacing.

For more information, please contact Jeff Putnam, Parks & Civic Facilities Manager, at 250-828-3700.

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Complaint over medical file comments MERRITT HERALD

A Merritt man has filed a complaint with Royal Inland Hospital, Interior Health and WorkSafeBC against a physiotherapist at Royal Inland Hospital who left derogatory comments on the man’s online worker’s compensation claim, including “redneck hick to death, uneducated, seems to fear his own shadow.”

In December, Robert Munro was working at his job as a delivery driver for City Furniture in Merritt when he sustained a significant back injury, leaving him unable to work. After sustaining this injury, Munro went to his family doctor and started a Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) claim.

After being unable to work for nearly three months, Munro’s WCB claim led him to an appointment with a physiotherapist at Royal Inland Hospital.

The physiotherapist works as the coordinator of the WorkSafeBCsponsored return to work program (called OR1), which handles WCB claims similar to the one Munro

filed. On March 10, Munro said, he visited the physiotherapist and they discussed the injury, including a possible treatment plan moving forward.

“I was excited to be getting back to work,” Munro said of his thoughts leading up to the appointment.

Unfortunately for Munro and his family, this meeting would only yield unpleasant results for them. When Munro received a notification on his online WCB claim portal the next day that the physiotherapist had uploaded his initial assessment, they checked it — and came across the derogatory comments.

“I’ve never seen my husband cry over the doctor before,” said Jessica Munro, Robert’s wife. “He’s never been treated this way before and he’s very upset about it. His mental health was already down from not being able to work for a couple of months and this really isn’t helping.”

What the family read from Munro’s online WCB claim portal was a communication from the

physiotherapist to an Interior Health representative.

“If MRI shows absolutely zero evidence [of] pain we could even consider immediate discharge,” the physiotherapist wrote in his notes. “Or, give him a chance with an OR1, but again it was very theatrical and I’m not buying half of what he’s saying. As I said, redneck hick to death, uneducated, seems to fear his own shadow, and all the red flags that suggest that I think he’s playing the system more than he should. That’s a personal opinion, though. Again, very little clinical finding to support where he’s at, besides to be just a giant player.”

“There’s multiple issues to discuss, so I’ll try to be brief,” the physiotherapist continued. “First of all, uneducated massive giant p*ssy.

Very, very pain focused. I moved his leg for a straight raise and his kneecap popped, which happens often, and he went ‘ow!’ Like this type of moaning. Irrelevant.”

The physiotherapist then noted Munro is half bent over and cannot stand up straight. He cannot squat and can barely walk, which is what

the former delivery driver had been dealing with on and off since the injury in December.

The physiotherapist also wrote that Munro was “uneducated” and drew a connection to Munro residing in Merritt: “He lives in Merritt and he has no license. Would not be surprised. His uneducated lowlife style led him to a DUI or driving with impairment DYU anyway, so he doesn’t have a license.”

Interior Health has confirmed it is investigating and provided a statement about the incident: “We are currently investigating this complaint. We have only learned of these concerns. We can say that the language from this transcript is not what we would expect from an Interior Health employee regarding a patient or client and we will be following up on these concerns. While I cannot speak to the individual personnel issues, Interior Health does have a code of conduct that outlines expectations for all employees, including our duty to be respectful and compassionate to the individuals we serve.”

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Real Estate Versus the Stock Market

With recent property tax assessments in the mail, many people have seen large increases to their home values. We often hear "You can't lose with real estate." or "Real estate is a better investment than the stock market." While at certain points in time this may be true, over the long run you might be surprised how they have played out.

Before we go any further, we feel it is important to mention that we are believers in real estate. Between our families, we own residential, rental and recreational.

The chart below compares real estate returns from January 1999 to December 2022 in several Canadian cities versus the Canadian and US stock markets. Stock market returns do not include investment fees or taxes. Real Estate returns do not factor in rental income or home ownership costs such as mortgage, insurance, upkeep, property transfer tax, legal fees or property tax.

January 1999 – December 2022

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What About Kamloops Real Estate?

We found data on Venture Kamloops website going back to 2013. Our city has benefited from solid real estate gains in the recent years.

Interesting point: The Kamloops average sale price peaked in June 2022 at approximately $680,000. The January 2023 figures reflects over a 20% price drop in 7 months. That means Kamloops real estate hit a bear market in January.

The Canadian National Real Estate Association cites that nationally it was the lowest month for home sales in 14 years.

So, why the difference in psychology between stocks and real estate? Maybe it is because real estate is tangible. You can see it, walk through it and have the keys that go with it.

Perhaps it's because you can sell a stock in just a few clicks, whereas real estate has a longer sale process. Potentially the costs of buying and selling real estate deter investors from selling in a panic. In the end, the objective is the same.

To invest in assets that will grow over the long term and increase your wealth.

We like to remind all investors that: 1.

We believe owning a home is financially prudent.

2.

Because a home is often ones' largest portion of their net worth, we encourage investors to diversify.

3.

Historically the Canadian and US stock markets have outperformed real estate.

4.

During certain periods, there can be over or underperformance from any of these three assets.

Until next time, Source: data.venturekamloops.com/real-estate

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Demolition of hotel to begin KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

The City of Kamloops has named a contractor to demolish the former Northbridge Hotel in North Kamloops, but the entire structure will not be knocked down until at least the summer, according to the City of Kamloops.

In a release, the municipality announced it has contracted Clearview Demolition Ltd. to demolish the building at 377 Tranquille Rd., with preliminary work beginning later this month.

However, residents should not expect to see the structure completely gone until this summer, as much of the initial work will involve debris removal and abatement within the building.

Fences are expected to go up around the property in late March. During the first four months, there will be

very little impact to the surrounding neighbourhood, as all work will be contained on site. Security will remain on premises to ensure no one enters the building during the abatement process, the city release stated.

“It’s extremely important that no one other than the professional abatement and demolition contractors enter the building or site during abatement and demolition,” the city’s capital projects manager, Matt Kachel, said.

“We know this building contains hazardous materials, such as asbestos. While this work poses no health risk to anyone outside the building, proper precautions need to be taken inside. The contractor will erect fences to define their work zone and it’s important that people respect that boundary.”

Residents can expect some traffic impacts on Tranquille Road once demolition of the building begins.

Closures and changes to traffic patterns will be forthcoming at that point. The demolition is expected to wrap up in approximately six months, ending in September.

The city purchased the property, along with 346 Campbell Ave. behind the hotel, in 2021 for $7.1 million, but has not released how much it has spent in maintenance costs, nor the amount of its contract with Clearview.

The Campbell Avenue lot will be sold to BC Housing this coming June for $3.7 million, with the provincial agency set to build a sixstorey, 80-unit apartment complex for seniors and families. The building will be managed by the ASK Wellness Society.

The city plans to sell the Northbridge Hotel property to a developer, with the goal of seeing market-rate housing rise on the site.

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Alvina Snell and Carlo Sia (in photo to the left) and Geoff Noordhoff and James Sutherland (in photo to the right) are among cast members in the Kamloops Players’ newest production, which begins on March 29.

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Almost, Maine takes to Paramount stage SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER

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The city’s oldest theatre group is staging a comeback, with plans to combine stage and screen in its latest production, which will premier at the Paramount Theatre on March 29.

The Kamloops Players will present Almost, Maine as their spring production, a collection of stories set during a winter night, backed by the Northern Lights projected on the Paramount Theatre screen.

“It’s not really a town because they never got incorporated. It’s a very rural setting in winter, on a specific winter night. All of the vignettes happen at the same time at night,” explained director Jay Goddard.

Goddard said he had heard the Paramount was looking to build a stage for live theatre and proposed the Kamloops Players’ spring production for the spot. He said he is excited for audiences to see how it all comes together.

With each cast member playing two roles, the play will use a series of vignettes (short episodes) to tell stories of falling in love, out of love, unrequited love and different aspects of loving relationships.

“Each one is about relationships and love and different kinds of things that almost happen when people enter relationships,” Goddard said.

Part of the set will be projected on the screen, but the rest is being built with the Laughing Stock Theatre Society.

Kamloops Players president Rod DeBoice said he can’t thank Laughing Stock enough for the space, tools and experience it have shared.

“It’s really a tight-knit community and our collective success is what it’s all about,” DeBoice said.

That help is especially welcome after the Kamloops Players struggled to survive during the pandemic.

Without live audiences to support productions, the group found itself in a tight spot, leasing space at the Stage

House Theatre on Tranquille Road.

The group was at the Stage House for more than a decade, but after being limited by pandemic-related health restrictions, the organization was delivered another blow in the form of a flood.

In February 2021, DeBoice said a group of people who had taken up refuge on the roof of the theatre building ended up turning off the gas, which was used to heat the building. With cold weather and no one inside over a long weekend, no one noticed the resulting flood until it was too late.

“There was water running out the front door and the sidewalk on Tranquille looked like a creek. The water was up well over my ankles in there,” DeBoice said.

Already feeling the financial hit of the pandemic, the tens of thousands of dollars in damages from the flood meant the group had to vacate the Stage House.

That led to a whole transformation of how the Kamloops Players

operate, switching to two productions each year, dubbed Spring Into Comedy and Fall Into Drama.

Now, building off the success of last year’s drama Gaslight, the group is pushing for more.

“We’re really excited. We’re in kind of a rebirth mode and we’re all really excited about it,” he said.

While the Paramount is only being used for Almost, Maine, the group has managed to secure a new venue after the Stage House (which is now home to the Effie Arts Collective).

For its fall production, a dark dramatic comedy called Ravenscroft, the Kamloops Players will take the stage at Pavilion Theatre, which will see less activity after Western Canada Theatre’s move to Kelson Hall. Time is also booked in the spring for the Kamloops Players’ 2024 spring production, though the play being staged is still to be determined.

The community theatre group, which was established in 1967, holds open auditions for members of the

public and those without experience, but looking to gain some, are encouraged to apply.

“We take people who have never acted before, we’ll mentor them, teach them in rehearsals, mentor people who are interested in lighting or sound or building sets, whatever,” DeBoice said. “We’ll bring them in and mentor them and it’s all about making it affordable for the community and giving opportunities to people who are interested in the arts.”

DeBoice said anyone interested should sign up for the group’s newsletter by going online to kamloopsplayers.ca.

Showtimes for Almost, Maine begin on March 29, running until April 2, and then again from April 5 to April 7, all at the Paramount Theatre, downtown at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue. Tickets are $29.93 (less for seniors and students) and can be purchased at the Kamloops Live box office, online at kamloopslive.ca or by phone at 250374-5483.

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Flight Sgt. Sylar Kleissen, a local air cadet. finished in first place in the local effective speaking competition.

“It has been a great experience. I’ve learned a lot and I’m looking forward to competing at the wing level,” Sylar said.

Guest judges included Jenna Cann, Judy Robinson and Mairi Richter.

Sylar successfully delivered a five-minute prepared speech, Targeted Grazing: A Wildfire Management Tool, and a two-minute impromptu, What I Would Most Like to Learn About.

Fellow air cadet Cpl. Fin Burrill finished second and both he and Sylar will represent their squadron, 204 Black Maria, at the Okanagan Wing competition on April 2.

Air Cadet Sid Filion was third in the competition, with Air Cadet Ishan Luthra placing fourth.

Sylar has been a member of the 204 Black Maria Squadron in Kamloops for the past five years, where he has been a participant in effective speaking and ground team and a cadet correspondent.

The effective speaking program is an experience in individual development. The speaker’s own growth, measured against his or her own previous experience and accomplishments, is the most important

feature of the competition.

Air Cadets learn to organize and present ideas, opinions and information in a logical, persuasive manner as they build confidence in self-expression.

The Royal Canadian Air Cadets, in partnership with the Air Cadet League of Canada, has been training youth in Canada for more than 75 years. The Cadets are the largest government-funded youth program in Canada with more than 50,000 participants across Canada.

The Royal Canadian Air Cadets accepts youth between the ages of 12 and 18 who have a desire to learn more about the air element of the Canadian Forces, wish to develop attributes of leadership and good citizenship and who wish to promote physical fitness.

While the program is military-based, there is no obligation for a cadet to join the Canadian Armed Forces when he or she finishes their cadet career.

The Air Cadet Program has graduated some notable Canadians, including astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe and several members of the Snowbirds military performance flying team.

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The annual screening of Reel Rock 17 will return to the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, March 25.

The film screening will be hosted by the Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union (TRUSU) entertainment committee between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the downtown theatre, at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue.

“We are using this as an opportunity to build and grow the climbing community in Kamloops,” Alex Duarosan of the TRUSU entertainment committee told KTW. “This year’s screening of Reel Rock 17 stands out to me because the event is not only set up for students, community members and adventure junkies to have fun, but is also set up for a good cause. All proceeds will be donated to TRU Foundation to fund an award for a TRU student.”

Reel Rock showcases worldwide climbing films with a focus on adventure, achievements and the human side of sporting life. Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen found-

ed Reel Rock in 2005 and it has grown over two decades, earning the reputation of becoming the premier global platform for award-winning climbing films.

There will be door prizes available for those who arrive when the doors open at 5 p.m. on March 25. All ticket purchasers will be eligible to win an annual membership to Cliffside Climbing Gym or some of the gym’s clothing swag. In addition, there will be a concession stand and the event will be licensed for beer sales.

Tickets are $15 ($10 for TRU students) and are available online at https://trusu.ca/events/ reel-rock-17-kamloops-premiere.

For more information about the Reel Rock 17 screening, contact Parth Patel by phone at 250-828-5289 or by email at p.patel@trusu.ca.

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Springtime Zabava was held on Saturday, March 18, at the Kamloops United Church, downtown at St. Paul Street and Fourth Avenue. The event featured Ukrainian dancing and other events. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to see more photos.

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Pizza Now, owned and operated by Rocky Hunter, is staging another spring break fundraiser to help The Mustard Seed Kamloops social agency.

Between March 20 and March 31, for every $35 spent on food at Pizza Now, $5 will go directly to The Mustard Seed Kamloops.

“I have a soft spot in my heart for the people in our community who are less fortunate and I enjoy finding ways to give back to the community,” Hunter said.

“Kamloops has been awesome to me over my many years in business and has provided me with the

opportunity to give back to those that need help.”

Katie Hutchins, manager of administration of The Mustard Seed, said the social agency is appreciative of what Hunter does each year.

“We are so thankful to be the beneficiary of his YKA Pizza Week,” Hutchins said.

“The funds donated remain here in Kamloops and go a long way in supporting the services and programs that aid our vulnerable community.”

In addition to the fundraiser, Pizza Now is saluting classroom leaders by offering teachers one free 12-inch pepperoni pizza during YKA Pizza Week with proof of a teacher’s certificate.

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THANKS TO KRUGER, FOR SCOTTIES SUPPORT

On behalf of Curling Canada and the Kamloops Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2023, vice-chairs of the Kamloops tournament, Brenda Nordin and Linda Bolton presented Darrell Booker and his management team at Kruger Inc. with a signed Team Canada (Einerson) jersey at the Kamloops Pulp Mill, which Kruger purchased in June 2022. The presentation was a way of thanking Kruger for supporting the February Scotties (national women’s curling championship) in Kamloops and women’s curling, for more than 40 years.

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The return of the Kamloops Wine Festival THE EVENT, THE FIRST SINCE 2019, WILL BE HELD IN JUNE AT COLOMBO LODGE

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The Kamloops Wine Festival will make its long-awaited return in June at Colombo Lodge and, this year, visitors can purchase their favourite wines at the event.

The festival, founded in 1998, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. For 15 of those years, Judy Basso has been at the helm and she is once again organizing the event.

This year, a portion of proceeds will go toward Western Canada Theatre.

The Kamloops Wine Festival is making its first appearance since the pandemic arrived in 2020.

Western Canada Theatre artistic director James

MacDonald was on hand at the launch event on March 15, downtown at Kelson Hall.

“It really does share the principles we have at Western Canada Theatre. Now, more than ever, it’s so important for us to be together as a community,” MacDonald said.

Two events make up the festival. The first is on Thursday, June 1, at 6:30 p.m. Canadian cheese ambassador David Beaudoin will present an interactive session on pairing B.C. and Canadian cheeses with wine and other food.

Basso called the event an “otherworldly experience” and said she was lucky to get Beaudoin, who will bring his food knowledge and comedic talents to the event.

Tickets are limited, available

Kamloops Wine Festival organizer Judy Basso said she can’t wait for the event to return this year after “a few dry years” due to the pandemic.

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for $87.25 plus taxes and fees.

Next up will be the Grand Wine Tasting Party from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 3.

Featured wineries include Fort Berens, The View, Larch Hills,

Privato and Celista, all of which will showcase wines, ciders and other products.

Tickets to the Grand Wine Tasting Party are $75 plus taxes and fees and a group rate of $65

per person is available for bookings of five or more.

The Lansdowne Liquor Store will have a booth at the event, where those attending can place orders for their favourite wines and pick them up within a couple of weeks after the event.

For tickets, go online to kamloopslive.ca or call the Kamloops Live box office at 250-374-5483.

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A one-of-a-kind theatrical orchestra experience is coming to Kamloops, featuring guest artist Thorgy Thor, a multi-instrumentalist and drag performer who has appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Thorgy and the Thorchestra features a variety of hits, some new and some traditional, based around Thorgy’s explosive style and fusion of drag, music and comedy.

The show will run two nights: Thursday, March 30, and Friday, March 31. Showtime on both nights is 8 p.m.

The production, which has toured around the world since 2018, was created in collaboration with Canadian conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, mixing classical music and contemporary pop songs.

Shane Galligan, the performer behind Thorgy

Thor, began playing violin at a young age, later earning a bachelor of music degree in both violin and viola in 2006 from State University of New York.

KSO music director Dina Gilbert said audiences can expect to hear pop acts like Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars in equal measure to classical music from Tchaikovsky and Rossini. KSO executive director Daniel Mills said he is hoping the show will attract new audiences.

“We are thrilled to be putting on this one-of-akind experience, especially here in Kamloops. Our hopes are to drastically subvert the expectations of what an orchestra concert can be, bring a whole new crowd to the Sagebrush and have a blast while doing so,” Mills said.

Tickets are $49.99 for general admission, $44.99 for seniors, $10 for youth (under 19) and $15 for KSOundcheck members (ages 19 to 34).

To purchase, go online to kamloopslive.ca or call the box office at 250-374-5483.

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The Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society is hosting an intimate partner violence and family law conference to help educate women about how to safely navigate the justice system while managing the complexities of violence and trauma.

Judge Mariane Armstrong, Shelter Movers executive director Marc Hull-Jacquin and various community members will be attending the March 29 conference in the Mountain Room at the Thompson Rivers University.

The event will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“It’s the first time we’ve hosted

a conference like this,” said Odette Dempsey-Caputo, Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society senior lawyer and TRU Community Legal Clinic sessional instructor, noting it is open to the public.

Intimate partner violence is abuse or aggression that takes place in current or former romantic relationships. It can occur one time or multiple times over a period of years, appearing as physical, emotional, sexual or psychological abuse, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.

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’ve never had great balance. Nor am I crazy about dipping into the frigid Pacific.

So when my daughter Emily suggests we head to B.C.’s west coast for some surf time, I’m pretty sure she’s flipped.

In all my years of living, I’ve never set foot (or body) on a board — and I’m not sure now is the time to try. But I don’t want to let her down.

Over the past few months, she’s been slammed with work and family demands, and I feel honoured that she’s chosen me to escape with.

“Check out the wave scale, Mom,” she says with a die-hard glee that makes me nervous.

“It’s extreme.”

Sure enough, the arrow on Tofino’s rating board is nearly off the chart. For Emily, this is a dream come true. For me, it affirms another goal — to somehow switch my surf lesson to a spa treatment.

After a previous stay at the Wickaninnish Inn — affectionately referred to as, the Wick — I know both of our wishes will come true. This family-rooted Relais & Châteaux beauty promises “Rustic Elegance on Nature’s Edge.”

As well as being a popular summer haunt, during these winter days, when southeast gales produce mammoth waves, it lures surfers by the drove. My heart does a drum-roll when I think about being included in this

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crazy mix.

We have the choice of either staying in the Pointe lodge for closer encounters with the turbulent tide, or the Beach lodge that offers sweeping views of the scalloped shoreline.

All rooms boast the same frills— soaker tubs, fireplaces and full-on ocean vistas.

Wanting to get better acquainted with this angry sea before plummeting into it, I talk Emily into the latter.

In our chic suite we catch up on life issues, watch chick flicks till the wee hours and lavish in some ocean-viewing tub time.

In a final attempt to build muscle mass before riding the crests we do a little workout in the fitness room. Yes, it has all the necessary components — just wish I did.

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opportunity is a short walk away at the Pointe Restaurant. From its jetty bluff on Chesterman Beach, this post and beam gem sports a 240 degree vista of the untamed surf. Fine bone china and delicate stemware dress our hand-woven table runner, as do scrumptious Pacific Northwest creations.

“Here’s to your big surfing debut, Mom,” Emily says, in a final toast at this award-winning eatery. “Chill out, you’re going to love it.”

I’m pretty sure I can live up to the first part of this request on the following morning. Although feeling more like an oversized seal than a surfer, in my second skin of neoprene, we meet with a dozen much younger and fitter boarderwanna-be’s at Pacific Surf School.

“Paddle like the dickens, then pop up on your board,” I’m told by our skilled guide. “And don’t lose

sight of me — the next landmark is Japan.”

The nearby Wick is calling out my name more than ever, but I can’t turn back now. With board in tow and Emily by my side, we attack the thunderous waves like whales in mating season.

Raging rollers are formed in the distance, their curls navigable only by the pros. Within seconds, they are upon us. Either we catch them or get pummeled by their white-water wake.

After a few royal washes, my body meets the board and by the end of the lesson, I’m gliding on all fours and going with the flow.

“Next time you’ll master the pop-up,” Emily later reassures, while we enjoy some pampering at the Wick’s Ancient Cedars Spa. Beneath a sheltered alcove, which fronts the Pacific, we soak our worn and weathered feet,

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For me, it’s the Hishuk Ish Tswalk awakening treatment, a whole meal signature deal that infuses the elements of life with traditional Indigenous techniques.

Under the capable hands of the masseuse, my salt-filled pores are exfoliated, cleansed, steamed and rubbed.

He speaks the Nuu chah nulth chant, declaring we are all connected, and while breathing in the heady scent of cedar and listening to the drone of distant waves, I drift off and dream of my next encounter with the surf.

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Logan Stankoven rode the adrenaline of an overtime winner into an on-his-knees, sliding celebration and was eventually joined by teammates near centre ice on Saturday in Kelowna, where the Kamloops Blazers edged the Rockets 5-4 at Prospera Place. The victory in what may have been Stankoven’s final game against the Rockets (26-36-4-0, 56 points) pushed Kamloops (47-11-4-2, 100 points) to its first 100-point season since 1998-1999. Kamloops will finish the regular season with an 8-2 record against Kelowna, including a 5-2 triumph over the Rockets on Friday at Sandman Centre.

Kamloops, which was on a nine-game winning streak as of Tuesday morning, had won 20 of its last 21 games heading into a tilt against Seattle played on Tuesday night after KTW’s press deadline. The Western Conference-leading Thunderbirds (52-9-1-2, 107 points) will be in the Tournament Capital on Wednesday for the rematch, a 7 p.m. start at Sandman Centre.

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aiya Matonovich tried to explain the puzzling sense of discontentment.

She is among the mostpromising athletes in the Tournament Capital and on the weekend the Grade 10 Sa-Hali secondary student who turns 16 in June won gold and silver medals at the Under-18 Canadian Indoor Track and Field Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, placing first in the 800-metre event and second in the 400m dash.

That’s right — two podium finishes at nationals, competing in her 16-year-old year

in a division that includes 17-year-olds, did not quite satisfy the hyper-driven runner.

“I put a lot of time into what I do for track,” said Matonovich, who represented the Kamloops Track and Field Club in New Brunswick. “It’s school and track, school and track. It’s my whole routine in every day life, so to put a lot of time into something and to want the results … I came to the meet wanting to get a PB. I felt ready. My training showed it. Sometimes, when your health isn’t right, it just doesn’t go as planned. You have to accept that and move on and look forward to what’s next.”

Matonovich and her mom, Sukh, began to feel under the weather after the long trip

east, with chest and sinus issues catching up to them prior to the weekend action, which began on Saturday with the 800m.

“It felt like an octopus was grabbing my leg,” Matonovich said.

The octo-grip did not keep Matonovich from becoming national champion — she posted a time of 2:19.17 to edge 16-year-old Juliane Thériault, the silver medallist from Quebec who clocked in at 2:20.80 — but her goal was to eclipse the 2:08 mark.

“It just didn’t go as planned — not even close,” Matonovich said. “I saw the time and I had to blink twice.”

The 1,500m — a total blowout, according to Matonovich (who has a personal best of 4:32 in the event)

— saw the Kamloops runner finish seventh with a time of 4:58.98 in the Sunday morning race. Abby Lewis, 17, of Nova Scotia claimed gold with a time of 4:39.41.

Matonovich was disappointed with her start in the 400m on Sunday afternoon, noting unfamiliar starting blocks were a hindrance, but she recovered to cross the finish line in 58.54 seconds, a couple of ticks behind 17-year old Erika Lealess, the Ontarian who recorded a championship-record time of 56.54 seconds.

“It was a cool experience,” said Matonovich, who is coached by Toronto-based Benny Ralston. “I learned lots.”

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Woodland honoured Kendra Woodland of the New Brunswick Reds was last week named U Sports women’s hockey player of the year for the 2022-2023 campaign.

Woodland, a fourth-year recreation and sports studies student from Kamloops, led the country in save percentage (.960).

Her dominant play between the pipes helped UNB finish the regular season at the front of the pack, with a 23-5 record, and she continued that form into the playoffs, leading the Reds to their second straight Atlantic University Sport title.

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Woodland is the first player from UNB to win the Brodrick Trophy.

She was named to the U Sports AllRookie Team in 2019 and has been a key factor in the successful resumption of UNB women’s hockey since 2018.

Danni Deeds tees off on Justin Cider at a Thrash Wrestling event last year in Kamloops. They will return to the Tournament Capital later this month for Slamloops.

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on Riea Von Slasher, international sensation Bambi Hall and The Audacity Danni Deeds.

Kamloopsians Justin Cider and his daughter, Skyler Cider, will team up for the first time at the show, which will begin with a performance from Femme Fatale dancers.

Kobra Kai will host the event, a Bean and Cider Productions show.

Tickets are available at Desert Hemp, The Mattress King, Pizza 64 North Shore and online at eventbrite.ca.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with showtime slated for 7 p.m.

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Pack hire hoops coach Chad Jacobson will take the reins of the TRU WolfPack men’s basketball team on April 1.

Jacobson, lead assistant coach of the Saskatchewan Huskies since 2015, took over as acting head coach of the Prairie program last March and led the team to a Canada West bronze medal and a silver medal at the U Sports championship last April.

Prior to taking the lead assistant role with the Huskies, Jacobson was an assistant coach with the program for two years.

During nine seasons in Saskatchewan,

Jacobson and the Huskies qualified for the Canada West post-season seven times, earning 101 conference victories and qualifying for the U Sports championship on three occasions.

Jacobson brings experience coaching at the professional level, having served as both head coach and assistant coach of the Saskatchewan Rattlers in the Canadian Elite Basketball League.

Prior to joining the Huskies, Jacobson served as head coach at Neelin High School in his hometown of Brandon was

an assistant coach for the Brandon Bobcats for one season.

A standout on the court as a player, Jacobson attended Minot State University and toiled for the Beavers for three seasons.

Playing for Brandon for his final two seasons of U Sports eligibility, Jacobson helped the Bobcats to a runner-up finish at the CIS National Championship and was named the university’s male athlete of the year in 2007.

“Being able to coach in a program and at an institution where coaches

and student-athletes are provided the opportunities, support and strong leadership in order to achieve success both on and off the court means so much to me,” Jacobson told TRU Sports Information.

“My family and I are thrilled to join the WolfPack and excited to become a part of the community and to be able to call Kamloops home.”

Jacobson — who succeeds Scott Clark, who coached the WolfPack men’s basketball team for 13 years — will be joined in Kamloops by his wife Chelsie, Asher Mayan drives to the basket for the TRU WolfPack in Canada West basketball action last season at the Tournament Capital Centre. Mayan and the Pack will have a new head coach next season. daughter Everly ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW and son Bennett.

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The Freeze Athletics open small co-ed Level 5 team earned gold in its division earlier this month in Saskatchewan at the Warman Classic Cheerleading Competition and the victory granted passage to the World Championship of All-Star Cheerleading, which will run from April 18 to April 25 in Orlando.

Arctic Chill — who can be found on Instagram and Facebook — will represent Canada and Kamloops at the event.

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Kamloops earned a split this past weekend with the visiting Fraser Valley Jets, falling 2-1 on Saturday before bouncing back with a 3-2 victory on Sunday.

Jenna Ormondy, Rochelle

Smith, Allison Aie and Michelle Morrison scored goals for the Vibe.

Ashley Fisher stopped 23 shots in a losing effort between the pipes on Saturday and recorded 21 saves to pick up the victory on Sunday.

The Vibe (16-6-4) finished the regular season in second place in SCWHL standings, one point behind the North Shore Rebels (15-4-7).

Matonovich chasing goals From A23

The outdoor high school and club campaigns will take place this summer and present Matonovich with an opportunity to accomplish a shortterm goal.

“My biggest goal is 1:59.99 in the 800m some time in the near future,” said Matonovich, who won gold in the 800m in the U16 division last summer at the Legion National Youth

Track and Field Championships in Sherbrooke, Que. “That would also get me to the national team. That would be very cool.”

What about provincial records in 2023? Does she have any of those yet?

“Not officially, no, but I hope to change that soon,” Matonovich said, noting longer-term goals include competing at world championships and

the Olympics.

Whichever post-secondary institution lands Matonovich will snare an athlete whose ceiling soars sky high, along with the expectations she carries for herself.

“The lesson to be learned was how to compete when you’re under those symptoms,” Matonovich said.

“You have to persist when the going gets tough.”

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NOMINEES REVEALED The Kamloops Sports Council on Tuesday released the list of nominees for its annual athletics awards, which will be handed out on Saturday, April 29, at TRU in conjunction with the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Sydney Fraser (lacrosse), Kendra Woodland (hockey) and Sienna Angove (swimming) are nominated in the female athlete of the year category, sponsored

by LN Group.

Logan Stankoven (hockey), Gavin Dodd (trampoline gymnastics) and Ethan Katzberg (athletics) are nominated in the male athlete of the year category, sponsored by the Kamloops Minor Baseball Association.

In the coach of the year category, sponsored by Stag’s Head Liquor Store, Stan Marek (canoe and kayak), John Antulov (soccer) and Chris Gremaud (basketball) are the three nominees.

The TRU men’s soccer team, the Team Hafeli curling rink and the Westsyde Whundas’ senior boys’ basketball team are nominated in the team of the year category, sponsored

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Katzberg, Stankoven and Woodland are nominated in the international excellence category, sponsored by PacificSport Interior B.C. Woodland, Jackson Gardner (TRU soccer) and Junior Agyekum (TRU soccer) are nominated in the university award category, sponsored by TRU Athletics.

Karl Mey (track and field), Sandra Yeomans (tennis) and Bruce Butcher (athletics) are nominated in the masters category, sponsored by Royal Legion Branch No. 52.

The Kamloops Sports Council, which is an advocacy group that promotes communication, development, education and participation in sport in the greater Kamloops area, has been handing out annual awards since 1990.

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TRU WolfPack recipients of record donation Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund representatives were all smiles while presenting a sizeable cheque to the TRU WolfPack last week in the Thompson Rivers University Gym.

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Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund executive director Bob Smillie lived up to his name on March 15 in the Thompson Rivers University Gym, grinning ear to ear while speaking about a record-breaking donation to the TRU WolfPack.

“It’s just an amazing and wonderful experience to share this with the community,” Smillie said. “It’s been amazing to see the growth in the community in the fund. This is just a continuation on a bit of a larger scale, but it will not deter from what we put into the community in other ways.”

The largest donation to WolfPack athletics in program history will be used to provide equipment for the high-performance athletics centre in the TRU Gym ($375,000), along with student awards and scholarships ($125,000).

“A lot of the time, as a strength coach, you’re limited by the environment, whether it’s equipment or culture,” said Aaron Chew, head coach of strength and conditioning for the Pack.

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“I think this space, certainly on the equipment end, ticks off all the boxes we need. That cultural and community piece, as well, it kind of gives the athletes a space where they can all hang out, develop relationships and that really is the foundation of a good athletics program and good university experience for a collegiate athlete.”

The training centre is under construction in the area that was formerly dedicated to squash courts and is expected to reach completion this summer.

“I’m really excited to have a place where we can train with a bunch of fellow Wolfpack athletes,” said Caitlin (Larry) Larrigan, a WolfPack women’s volleyball play-

er from Calgary. “At TCC right now, it’s really difficult to get to know other athletes. We’re all going to be able to push each other.”

TRU, which spent $1.3 million on the renovation and hired Chew to lead strength programming, will use the grant money to install lifting stations, speed-work tracks and other equipment in the new space.

“They end up running our city and being part of the community, so it’s important to see what being good to your community can do,” Legacy Fund president Brendan Martin said.

The fund, which provided $417,453 in grants in 2023, will have distributed $4.8 million to 126 organizations in Kamloops and region upon the completion of the 2023 fiscal year.

Martin said the Legacy Fund — which originated from the sale of the Kamloops Blazers in 2007 and a contribution at the dissolution of the Blazers Foundation in 2008 — will eventually need new board members and directors.

He hopes some of them might be WolfPack graduates impacted by the donation.

“It will be here 50 years from now,” Martin said. “We want this to be part of our legacy.”

LETTER TO EDITOR

TRU HAS ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS TCC, SO DONATION NOT NEEDED Editor: In 2018, work on a recreation master plan was undertaken to identify the needs of local citizens.

The results, unsurprisingly, found that the city needs more and better recreation facilities. The majority of user groups are expected to experience growth in future years. Facility capacity was the most commonly identified challenge.

Nearly half of the local respondents said the city does not have sufficient recreational facilities. The top three barriers to recreational participation were cited as being inconvenient times/scheduling, a lack of time and the cost of participation. Two of the three are solved by more access to facilities.

The demand for ice has risen and the amount of ice time has decreased. Now, to compensate, the ice stays in rinks longer, squeezing off-season user groups and events further out of the picture.

Did you know that lacrosse players have to play on soccer fields and outdoor boxes, like the one in Valleyview? When I was growing up, lacrosse thrived in Kamloops.

That shiny new Olympic-sized rink on McArthur Island is the ugly duckling for all

sports participants, with the exception of speed skating. Even ice hockey players begrudgingly use it.

A system that has operated on applications and historical bookings to secure permits has now changed to an arbitrary delivery of permits for groups in which they do their best to appease historical bookings.

There is no longer an application process.

There is no procedure or ability to express your needs — just hope and wait to receive an arbitrary permit weeks before your bookings and try to make things work.

Other jurisdictions function by committee where cities collaborate with user groups to determine allocation and scheduling. How forward-thinking. How do we expect organizations to plan, grow and deliver quality offerings to the community if they don’t even know if they will have access to a facility?

Remember when racquetball and squash were a thing? Thousands of potential users sit in the wings hoping for access to sufficient facilities that don’t require ice. Groups that are trying to grow their sports are almost always stonewalled by a lack of facilities, an inexplicable booking process and any form of support from those with power.

Yet, when Thompson Rivers University needs additional workout space, it is rewarded with a half-million dollar grant from the Sports Legacy Fund. That is right, a university with access to a world-class facility in the Tournament Capital Centre received hundreds of thousands of dollars to upgrade the old gym from a fund that is supposed to benefit the greater population of local sports participants.

If only all the not-for-profit recreational organizations in town had the ability to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, then maybe they wouldn’t need help to build and maintain a facility.

There is no argument or defence to support this funding for a university gym across the street from the shiny world-class facility (TCC) where Olympic athletes train. The university could have sneezed and funded this project.

Don’t get me started on the university’s treatment of staff, recent allegations and pending litigation, as well as its decision to lease land to develop housing while it houses international students in trailers designed for mines and rural work sites.

Many local organizations try to work with local groups to bring big multi-sport tournaments to town to drive tourism, sport and

the reputation of the Tournament Capital of Canada. However, there simply aren’t enough adequate facilities to make these a reality moving forward. Now, when a group approaches local organizations like the Sports Legacy Fund about capital expenditure projects, they will be turned down because the Sports Legacy Fund has decided that its capital expenditures are going to be directed to Thompson Rivers University.

That is not a legacy and it shows a concerning lack of awareness of the longstanding needs of this community.

Everyone should be questioning this decision and questioning the true intention of the Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund and decisionmakers locally.

Almost all stakeholders understand the needs of the city when it comes to a recreation point of view, yet nothing is done. The Sports Legacy Fund chooses to add redundant facilities next door to a world-class facility, instead of contributing to something that benefits other user groups and a much larger population.

Meanwhile, some local sports are hamstrung, dying or requiring resuscitation.

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MARY-BETH HARRISON Human resources manager at New Gold 10K Last week was a challenge.

Work was busy, life was hard, sleep was minimal and there was a time change. Like every other runner, I had every excuse not to show up, but that is when you need it the most.

I remember a run a few years ago. It was late summer, I was going through a particular stressful period of time and we were running along the Jack Gregson Trail. It was a beautiful morning and, as we moved from the paved road onto the nature trail at the end of Lorne Street, I remember starting to cry, tears streaming down my face.

I wasn’t sad. I was confused as to why I was suddenly teary and realized it was stress leaving my body in the form of big tears — all thanks to running. I believe I got a great Jo Berry hug, as she tends to offer, and, at the end, I felt so much better.

I look at running and exercise through a different lens than I did before that day.

Then, it was so I could finish the Lululemon Seawheeze Half-Marathon (because, let’s face it, it had great swag) or so I could continue to eat charcuterie platters for dinner on a regular basis. Now, it aids in my relaxation and stress management. Boogie encourages and celebrates physical and mental fitness and, through running I benefit from both.

Five more weeks to high fives on the bridge. See you there!

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NATHANIEL MARTIN Millwright at Teck Highland Valley Copper 21K Another week down here I am taking a slow week? What the heck? But, you know what?

It’s OK. I’m OK. Less doesn’t mean less. Sometimes it’s good to let your muscles and body take a step back, review what’s been going on inside, then get back at it. You really just let you body heal and repair all those mircotears and build a bit of muscle where it was needed.

Here’s a routine though for those tackling the 21K for the first time. Run the first week three times: a long, slow distance run on a Sunday (13K), hill repeats on a Tuesday (add one hill each week, but try starting at three), then a medium/short run of seven to 10K on a Thursday. Repeat each week, but add a little more distance to the long, slow run and one hill to the hill repeater days.

Remember, we are not professional athletes. What we are is a community with the commonality of shared space. What we have in common are rough and broken edges. Yet we all have these amazing moments where we come together.

So, for all of our rough edges and broken pieces, we make quite the moving mosaic of bodies flooding through our streets. Unity in the diversity that is all of us — that is Canadian and quite beautiful.

The Boogie team gets it. All of Boogie’s sponsors get it. The thousands of runners and crowds of people cheering get it.

Come out and experience it. I’ll see you there because I choose to be part of the moving mosaic of our community.

ACACIA PANGILINAN Executive director at Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce 5K Another week of Boogie training and another week sick for me.

I’ve had a persistent cough that won’t leave, one that has impacted my day-to-day and training.

It’s definitely going around. I’ve heard from a few people who have had respiratory syncytial virus, bronchitis and other colds.

It happens.

I’m trying not to feel like this is setting me back, but it is discouraging. I’ve taken some time off to recover and tried to keep walking, but not pushing myself too hard.

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came across an amazing quote recently from an unknown author: “Our greatest weakness becomes our greatest strength.”

It was taken from a Shakespeare quote, only switched around.

The author means it in a spiritual context. But for me, running is spiritual. And for us runners and walkers, if we’re on the pavement, we’re often training for something besides a race.

Many of you are training for Boogie on April 23 right now and, through that training, something incredible is about to unfold.

The truth is, training sooner or later becomes much more than about a race.

Some of us are training to have the energy to parent or the stamina to stay married or get through a divorce.

We’re training to better balance stress, to reclaim inner peace or to forge a new habit. We’re training to let go of something or someone, ease inner pain or to heal a broken heart. We’re training to make some new friends or to find community. We’re training to recover from injury, illness or addiction. We’re training to become stronger for someone we love, to become stronger for ourselves, to become our own hero.

Whatever we train for, it’s always for something past the physical realm.

Usually, it’s something we cannot see or understand yet. And it will take all the strength, endurance, faith and courage we can muster.

For this runner, all my breakdowns have resulted in breakthroughs and running has been the catalyst to get me there.

Boogie is about real life and crossing your own personal finish line. Boogie is never about how far or how fast. It’s about healing, growing and celebrating life — all the ups downs and in-betweens.

Boogie is the strength of community, movement and love. Crossing the finish line will always give you new strength and stamina for living your best life.

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6584 Corral Rd - $4,300,000 Clearwater Springs Ranch • 296 Acres

10070 Tranquille Criss Crk - $1,000,000 3400 sqft • 31.7 Acres

7807 N Bonaparte Rd - $2,950,000 480 Acres • Private Lake • Bridge Lake

57 Chancellor Dr. - $989,000 4 Bed • 4 Bath • Sahali

101-550 Lorne St - $449,900 1 Bed + Den • 2 Bath • Spacious

922 Pleasant St - $559,900 2 Bed • 3 Bath • Downtown

3886 Parri Rd. - $3,680,000 4 Bed • 3 Bath • South Shuswap

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46 St Paul St W - $899,900 Two legal basement suites • West End

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OPEN HOUSE: SUNDAY 1PM - 2:30PM

960 Pleasant St - $529,900 3 Bed • 2 Bath • Downtown

1307 Carson St. - $419,000 5 Bed • 4 Bath • Clinton

100 St Paul St. W - $749,900 3 bed • 3 bath • West End

302 Hollyburn Dr - $549,900 4 Bed • 1 Bath • Great Location

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Valleyview

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South Kamloops

34-1175 ROSE HILL ROAD $249,900 • MLS®171567

208-360 BATTLE STREET $289,900 • MLS®170464

211-550 LORNE STREET $375,000 • MLS®171384

• Well maintained manufactured home with 2 bedroom 1 bathroom and built in 2004 • Nice flat and fenced yard • Pad fee of $600/month

• Centrally located apartment in The Manor House with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom • 55+ building with no pets allowed • Quick possession possible

• Immaculately kept 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment in Pioneer Landing • Many updates throughout including kitchen, bathroom, flooring • 1 dog/cat allowed with strata permission

Sahali

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Aberdeen

3-1555 SUMMIT DRIVE $475,000 • MLS®171390

39-650 HARRINGTON ROAD $649,900 • MLS®171438

21-810 HUGH ALLAN DRIVE $662,500 • MLS®171560

• Nicely updated 2 bedroom 2 bathroom townhouse in Wedgewoods • Centrally located close to all amenities including Thompson Rivers University • 2 pets allowed with strata permission

• Rancher style 3 bedroom 2 bathroom townhouse in West Pine Villas • Just over 1700 square feet of living space on one level with double garage • Backing on to The Dunes golf course

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• Well cared for 1+2 bedroom 2 bathroom bareland strata in Glencairn Hill • Lots of updated throughout • Bareland strata fee of $160/month

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Bachelor Heights

Pineview Valley

South Kamloops

1173 HOOK DRIVE $749,900 • MLS®171072

1952 ASH WYND $780,000 • MLS®171836

355 9TH AVENUE $845,000 • MLS®171770

• Great lower Bachelor Heights location with 3+2 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms • Beautiful river and mountain views • Full walk-out basement with separate entry

• Beautifully updated and maintained 2+1 bedroom 3 bathroom home • Fully finished walk-out basement with separate entry • Many updates through including furnace, hot water tank, flooring, and more

• Custom built 5 bedroom 4 bathroom home in the heart of downtown Kamloops • Fully finished basement with separate entry • Fenced yard with large covered deck

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WEEKLYCOMICS ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt

PARDON MY PLANET by Vic Lee

BABY BLUES by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott

SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie Macnelly

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

WEEKLYHOROSCOPES ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

MARCH22,2023-MARCH28,2023

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

It is very important that you do not count your chickens before they hatch, Aries. Something you suspected was a sure thing may not pan out this week.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 You have a secret desire that you want to let out, Taurus. But you’re not sure of the timing. Stop letting your head dictate your heart and put plans into action.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Friendships could falter due to your insecurities, Gemini. Others want to be around you for good reason.

Try to see the value in relationships and make the effort to socialize.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

Cancer, you could be defeating your own efforts this week. There may be something telling you that you’re not good enough to go for your goals. A pep talk can put you back on course.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20

Libra, no matter how much you want to spend time with family or friends right now, work seems to draw you away. Focus on finding more balance.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

There’s a fresh development in your love life coming down the pike, Leo. Romantic feelings solidify and you might be in for some exciting adventures in the weeks to come.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

You might be feeling fed up with the pace of lessons being taught to you, Scorpio. If the teacher or mentor simply isn’t effective, then you might need to find a new educator.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Virgo, the crowd around you may not be the support system you need right now. Making new friends can be tough, but it’s worthy pursuit at this point.

This may be an emotional week for you, Capricorn. Your relationship will have to weather a few storms before things right themselves again.

Poor habits can keep you from getting where you want to go, Aquarius. A friend or family member may need to step in to show you where you could be going wrong.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Sagittarius, it might seem like having the utmost control sets you up for security, but that’s not always the case. Being too controlling may push others away.

Help a partner heal by being sensitive to his or her suffering. You may not know all the ins and outs, but being supportive can help greatly.

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NEWYORKTIMESCROSSWORD ACROSS

1. Commuter’s ticket 8. They take bows 15. G-rated, say 19. ‘‘It’s not coming to me’’ 20. Floral brew 21. Quintessential ingredient to borrow from a neighbor 22. Dine out 24. Competitive setting in Fortnite 25. Like many phone cards 26. Often-mispunctuated word 27. Lets it all out, say 28. Aurora, to the Greeks 31. Powerful weapon, for short 32. Pop option 34. Firefly, e.g.

35. Aid in some makeshift repairs 38. Blackhead remover 40. Company that created Pong 41. They can make a huge impact 42. Spongy mushroom 43. Movie character who said‘‘I love you’’ to 110-Across 45. Network supported by‘‘Viewers Like You’’ 46. Literary character who cries,‘‘I am madness maddened!’’

50. Bog 51. Ill humored 52. ‘‘Cool!’’

55. Act theatrically 56. ‘‘Meet the Press’’ host Chuck 57. Attractions for antique hunters 60. Donnybrooks 61. Ironically funny 62. Part of many a weight-loss ad 64. Buck chaser?

65. Something checked at a T.S.A. checkpoint 67. One vs. 52?

68. Go on and on 69. ‘‘Cool!’’

70. Crib

71. Bad impression?

72. Tiny bit of work 73. Famed Deco designer 74. Whitman of ‘‘Parenthood’’ 77. Aftermath of a toddler’s meal 78. Train that stops in New Haven and New York 80. They often don’t mature until they turn 30 84. Yucatán native 85. Lie out on a scorching day 89. Landmark at the entrance to Narnia 92. ‘‘Yeah, but still .?.?. ’’ 93. Online handicrafts marketplace 94. Bareilles who sang ‘‘Love Song’’ 95. Tribe native to the Great Basin 96. Suit fabric 97. Agcy. impersonated in some scam calls 98. Crouched in terror 101. Private 102. Vegetarian options .?.?. or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically 108. ‘‘The Three Musketeers’’ action scenes 109. Flatten 110. Movie character who replied‘‘I know’’ to 43-Across 111. They may be long and shocking 112. Clink 113. Gray matter?

DOWN 1. Tom Hanks movie featuring a giant piano 2. It might turn out to be a drone 3. Barfly 4. Blue diamond in ‘‘Titanic,’’e.g.

5. Lab-culture medium 6. Star close to Venus?

7. Take responsibility 8. Bandleader Shaw

9. Share the ____ (sign) 10. Fort Collins sch.

11. ‘‘____ Loss’’(2022 No. 1 album by Drake and 21 Savage) 12. Cyber Monday merchant 13. Mall security guard, pejoratively 14. Exams with a 400-1,600 range 15. Soup-serving dish 16. Interfacers with publishers 17. Layer between the crust and the core 18. Need for a tough crossword, perhaps 21. Command for creating a revised draft 23. Sushi-bar drink 28. Wax-coated cheese 29. Like words this clue the in?

30. Easily frightened sort 32. Where you might go down in the ranks?

33. Bauxite or galena 34. Things usually made in the morning 36. What’s in 37. ’Fore 38. MADD ad, e.g.

39. Lefty 41. Apple wireless file transfer 43. Do nothing 44. Paris bar tender?

46. Reddit Q. and A. 47. ‘‘The nerve!’’

48. Finally 49. Under siege 51. Turned red, say 52. Like an allegro tempo 53. Landed 54. Subjects of VH1’s‘‘I Love the .?.?. ’’series 55. ’Fore 56. Packaging string 58. Actress Ward 59. Many teens’rooms, to parents 60. Pulitzer-winning columnist Stephens 62. ‘‘Du-u-u-ude!’’

63. Large coffee vessels

66. Made a fast stop?

68. ‘‘Previously on ...’’segment 74. ‘‘The kissing disease’’ 75. ‘‘Coming face to face with yourself,’’per Jackson Pollock 76. Otherworldly 77. Minority in New Zealand’s parliament 78. What goes‘‘up to 11,’’in‘‘Spinal Tap’’ 79. Pot grower?

80. Skinflints 81. Does well on a test, say 82. Wild donkey 83. Fellow 85. Along 86. Many a Monopoly property 87. Ear piece?

88. Marx’s co-author for ‘‘The Communist Manifesto’’ 89. They can be passed but not failed 90. Franklin who sang ‘‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’’ 91. Robin Hood’s love 94. On the wagon 97. Little mischief-makers 98. Veggie that’s often pickled 99. Virgil described its ‘‘cloud of pitch-black whirling smoke’’ 100. Sign of neglect 103. Channel that airs old MGM and RKO films 104. ____ Bankman-Fried, fallen crypto mogul 105. Excessively 106. Boston’s Liberty Tree, for one 107. Kind of sauce for dim sum

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ASHEARDAROUNDTHEDINNERTABLE BYJOHN-CLARKLEVIN

CROSSWORD ANSWERS FOUND ON A26

SUDOKU FUN BY THE NUMBERS

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

WORDSCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to umbrellas.

ANSWERS

ANSWER: CLOUD

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Antiques BUYING & SELLING: Vintage & mid-century metal, teak, wood furniture; original signed paintings, prints; antique paper items, local history ephemera; BC pottery, ceramics.

4th Meridian Art & Vintage, 104 1475 Fairview, Penticton.

Leanne@4thmeridian.ca Wrought iron beds $300./each. High Chair $30. Cedar Hope chest $400 Rocking chair $150.

Oak dresser w/mirror $475 250-372-8177

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Exercise Equipment

Trek Madone 5, Project Series 1, fully carbon, 56cm. custom frame, like new. Numerous accessories. $2000/firm.

For additional information call 250-372-2080. anitamattdenys@ gmail.com

For Sale - Misc 28 Vintage sugar shakers - $400/obo. Tel pioneer collector plates. $150/obo.

250-523-9495.

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Free

GC Annual Family Facility Pass for YMCA. $500.

250-376-6607.

Free: Egg cartons 250376-6607

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 90,000 for $6,000/obo 250-376-6607.

Moving Sale - Everything Must Go - Hshld items, misc furniture, 6pc Bedroom set like new. $500. Angel grinder $75. Small radial alarm saw $50. 250-3748285.

Satellite phone Model Iridium 9505A handset w/attachments. $1300. 250374-0650.

Bissell Pro Heat Carpet Cleaner. $80/obo. 250376-6607.

Bobby Orr's (4444) Collectors Lithograph.

(40"x32") $350. 1-250545-2755 (Vernon).

Brand new Daymak H.D. Electric Scooter. $2,000.

250-315-2334

Pets

Animals sold as "purebred stock" must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act. Apartments / Condos for Rent N/Shore Riverbend 2bdrm apt 55+. Complex. $2400/mo. 250-812-1420.

Education

90 pcs of Royal Memorabilia. Plates, cups etc. $850. 250-579-5437.

BBQ w/side burner. $200.

Patio Table w/chairs $150.

Sofa-bed $175. 250-5541599.

Tax not included included Tax not Some restrictions apply Some restrictions apply

For Sale - Misc

75ft of 3/4" polyline w/heat tape. $200. 250-672-9712.

About 80 Elvis Record Albums - Good variety. $850/all. 250-318-0170

RUN RUN UNTIL UNTILSOLD SOLD RUN RUN UNTIL UNTILRENTED RENTED

No Businesses, Based Based on on 3 3 lines lines Merchandise, vehicles, Merchandise, vehicles, trailers, trailers, RV’s, RV’s, boats, boats, ATV’s, furniture,etc. etc.

ATV’s,furniture, $ 00 $35 00 35

Travelscooter. The world's lightest truly portable Mobility Scooter. $2,000/obo 250-828-7978

Furniture Antique china cabinet $600. 250-376-4161.

Antique Duncan Phyfe table, extra leaf, buffet, hutch and 4 chairs. Exec cond. $600.

778-2577155.

HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses.

A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E April 1st & 2nd. Saturday & Sunday.

P.A.L March 26th Sunday. Professional outdoorsman and Master Instructor: Bill 250-376-7970.

Call to advertise

250.371.4949 Bring Home the Bacon!

Beige Armchair. $100.

250-376-0564.

No Businesses, Based on 3 lines Houses, condos,duplexes, duplexes, suites, Houses, condos, etc.

(3 months max) max) suites, etc. (3 months $$ 00 53 extra line line 5300 Add Add an an extra to for $$10 your ad ad for 10 to your Scheduled forone onemonth monthatata a time.

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Customer mustcall calltotoreschedule. reschedule.

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GARAGE SALE GARAGE SALE

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Motorcycles 2006 Yamaha Star. Exec cond. $5500/obo. 250851-1115.

• Tree Pruning • Hedge Trimming • Spring Clean Ups • Aerating/Dethatching

2017 Yamaha FX6R-4.

Full brothers exhaust.

5500kms. $5,400/obo 250-299-4564.

Domestic Cars

Call 778-921-0023 For A Quote

Tires 1 Kumho tire. 195/65R15.

Like new. $75.00. 778694-5242.

(250) 371-4949

PETER'S YARD SERVICE

Misc Home Service

It's time to prune your fruit trees

JA ENTERPRISES

Tree pruning or removal

Junk Removal 778-257-4943

*some restrictions apply call for details

Sports & Imports

Small tree removal 778-220-9644 jaenterpriseskam @gmail.com

Hedge trimming Odd Jobs

EARN EXTRA $$$ KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

Licensed & Certified

2005 Buick SUV. Loaded. $3500.00 Call 250-682-2264

250-572-0753 Find your new job right here in your

WE will pay you to exercise!

Deliver Kamloops This Week

2017 Genesis G90 Prestige 4 Dr Pure Luxury 3.3 twin turbo AWD. Loaded with options 45,500 kms. White with brown leather $38,800 250-319-8784

Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for one week for FREE?

Exec desk dark finish $200. Teak corner cabinet $100, Custom oak cabinet $200. 250-851-7687.

Exercise Equipment

Call our Classified Department for details!

250-371-4949

WE will pay you to exercise!

Modern solid oak diningroom table with 6 chairs. Great shape. $695. 250-851-1193.

Fuel tanks - 1-300 gal and 2-100gal on stands. $300.

250-672-9712 or 250-8199712.

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Plants / Shrubs / Trees

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Garden shredder $150.

Power washer 1300 psi $50. 20 gal fish tank. $10.

4-wheel scooter new battery and charger. $900.

250-554-4427.

Scotch Pine trees smaller ponderosa in pots 2ft (50) $10 each obo 250-376-6607

Garage Sales

Dale Anderson & Steve Hunt KAMLOOPS OWNERS

Distress sale of 2400 different books on hockey. Both juvenile and adult categories, some fiction, most non-fiction. Published between 1919 - 2012.

Comes with bibliographies. $7,500.

250-374-2211.

BROCK Sat, March 25th. 8am1:00pm. 2385 Bossert Ave. Multi-Family. Rain or Shine. All kinds of good stuff.

GET A FREE QUOTE

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 30,000 for $2,000/obo 250-376-6607.

WESTEND Sat, March 25th. 9am1pm. 75 West Battle St. Collectables includes Avon, records, vintage snowshoes, antiques, hshld & decor. Put our junk in your trunk!

2011 Range Rover Sport. 159,000kms. Blk with Red & Blk interior.

Fully loaded. Exec condition. $21,500.00 250-579-9477.

ONLY $35.00 (plus Tax) for 3 lines each additional line $10.00

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

POWER OF ONE Magnificent creation by John Banovich.

43"hx50"W Brown wooden frame $500. firm 250-578-7776

Sports Utilities & 4x4’s

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Diningroom table w/8chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $800.

250-374-8933.

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2 - P215 / 60 R 16 M&S $125.00 2 -P225 / 60 R 16 M&S $125.00 2 - 245 / 50 VR 16 Good Year Eagle M&S $250.00 Phone 250-319-8784

Michelin Defender LTX M/S on rims. Total performance. 285/45R22. $1700. 250-215-3488.

Trucks & Vans 2004 GMC 3/4T HD. New brakes, good tires. $6,000/ obo. 250-320-7774.

2013 GMC Sierra. Trailer pkg. Exec cond. $15,000.

778-470-4395.

Lawn & Garden

• Fertilization • Weed & Insect Control • Mechanical Core Aeration • Vegetation Control • Crack and Crevice Control Program

(236) 852-8537

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2018 GMC Z71 SLT Crewcab 4X4 fully equipped. Excellent condition. Black with black leather.

107,000 kms $39,300 250-319-8784

Boats Starcraft 17ft skiboat with evinrude 110hp V-4 motor. $6800. 250-374-9677

RVs / Campers / Trailers Excell Tent Trailer. Like new. Pd $11,000. Selling $7,000. 250-572-0753. kamloopsthisweek.com

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Legal / Public Notices Sentinel Storage Located at: 1271 D Salish Rd, Kamloops, BC V2H 1P6

STATUTORY HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a Statutory Hearing will be held on TUESDAY, April 4, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS, #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, in order to afford all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the following amendment to Zoning Bylaw 675, an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in this amendment.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Council will consider issuance of a Development Variance Permit on TUESDAY, April 4, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in COUNCIL CHAMBERS, #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, to vary the provisions of Zoning Bylaw 675, 2010, Section 9, R2 Zone - Two Family Residential s.9.2.2 Minimum Parcel Width for New Subdivisions for: duplex which is divided into two separate parcels from 12m to 10m per dwelling for the property legally described as Lot 1, District Lot 2217 and District Lot 6485, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan KAP92176, except plans EPP18100, EPP29259, EPP52140, EPP75956, EPP103240 and EPP115365 (Lots 10-14 Poplar Drive) in Logan Lake as shown on the map below in bold.

TAKE NOTICE that Storage Vault Canada doing business as Sentinel Storage, intends to auction the following vehicle: FORD, GREEN & RED FLAT DECK TRUCK LVR 120, GARRETT LUGWIG The sale will be held on auction www.ibid4storage.com on or after April 6, 2023 Terms are debit or credit only.

Cash deposit is required.

See website for terms and conditions.

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that to recover Charges under the Provisions of our storage Agreement the goods in units (C 14) Vernon Afflick will be removed on or after April 5, 2023.

The person(s), whose name is attached To these outstanding units are liable to us for outstanding Charges.

McGill Mini Storage Ltd., 1226 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC. V2C 6N6 1-250-828-2287

Subject Properties – Lots 10 to 14 in Bold

A copy of the above permit and relevant background documents are available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from March 20, 2023 to April 4, 2023 inclusive, at the District Office, #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC. For further information concerning this matter you may contact the Chief Administrative Office at 5236225 or via email at warchambault@loganlake.ca Dated at Logan Lake, BC. this 10th day of March, 2023.

Wade Archambault Chief Administrative Officer

REPAIRERS LIEN SALE JAXSEN-PACIFIC MARINE AND MOTORSPORT LTD. jaxsen-pacific@outlook.com Pursuant to a Repairers Lein Act of the Government of British Columbia Jaxsen-Pacific Motorsports Ltd. will be selling by tender for the fees of Chris Loewen in the following goods: 1978 Bayliner Hull ID: BLBE76VU12778 80Hp Mercury Outboard S/N:7189053 To obtain further information contact Jaxsen-Pacific Motorsports Ltd. at 236-421-2666.

Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. Sale will take place at JaxsenPacific Marine and Motorsport at 755 Fortune Drive, Kamloops BC V2B2L3 no earlier than March 22 , 2023. Goods are sold on an “as is where is” basis with no warranty given or implied.

The highest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted. Bidder takes responsibility to ensure they are satisfied with the description of unit/goods being sold as well as transportation to have goods moved from the sale location. Terms of sale: Immediate full payment upon successful bid, plus applicable taxes.

Kamloops Office Jaxsen-Pacific Motorsports Ltd. 236-421-2666

WAREHOUSER LIEN SALE JAXSEN-PACIFIC MARINE AND MOTORSPORT LTD. jaxsen-pacific@outlook.com Pursuant to a Warehouser Lein Act of the Government of British Columbia Jaxsen-Pacific Motorsports Ltd. will be selling by tender for the fees of Wes Reusse in the following goods: 1981 24’ Bayliner Swifter Boat w/ U built Trailer, Sterndrive Volvo 290 855686VP To obtain further information contact Jaxsen-Pacific Motorsports Ltd. at 236-421-2666.

Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. Sale will take place at JaxsenPacific Marine and Motorsport at 755 Fortune Drive, Kamloops BC V2B2L3 no earlier than March 29 , 2023. Goods are sold on an “as is where is” basis with no warranty given or implied.

The highest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted. Bidder takes responsibility to ensure they are satisfied with the description of unit/goods being sold as well as transportation to have goods moved from the sale location. Terms of sale: Immediate full payment upon successful bid, plus applicable taxes.

Kamloops Office Jaxsen-Pacific Motorsports Ltd. 236-421-2666

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NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given to Bose Seth, please be advised that your 2007 Ford Freestar VIN 1FMDK02197GA32363 located at 1350 Kootenay Way, Kamloops, BC will be sold to cover debt of $1145.50 on March 29, 2023, at 9:00 am.

Kamloops Auto Recycling Ltd. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given to Gardner Martin Stewart, please be advised that your Burnt 2019 Land Rover VIN SALYB2FV3KA232559 located at 1350 Kootenay Way, Kamloops, BC will be sold to cover debt of $10,185.00 on March 29, 2023, at 9:00 am.

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Legal / Public Notices NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given to Machelle Ivan, please be advised that your 2005 Chevy Tahoe VIN 1GNEC13Z05R244545 located at 1350 Kootenay Way, Kamloops, BC will be sold to cover debt of $3329.00 on March 29, 2023, at 9:00 am.

Kamloops Auto Recycling Ltd. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given to Redekop Donna, please be advised that your 2012 Kia Sportage VIN KNDPCCA20C7218457 located at 1350 Kootenay Way, Kamloops, BC will be sold to cover debt of $2280.00 on Mar 29 2023, at 9:00 am.

Kamloops Auto Recycling Ltd. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given to Sealy Clint, please be advised that your 1998 Eagle Talon VIN 4E3AK44Y2WE045466 located at 1350 Kootenay Way, Kamloops, BC will be sold to cover debt of $1445.50 on March 29, 2023, at 9:00 am.

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NOTICE OF SALE WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT By the virtue of the Warehouse's Lien Act, contents left belonging to: Courtnay Bent, Michael Campbell, Gideon Bellrose/Vern Whitely and David Ackroyd The goods will be sold on or after April 5, 2023.

Central Storage Ltd. 1236 Salish Road, Kamloops, BC V2H 1K1

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Legal / Public Notices

Notice of Estate

MERRIT WILLIAM SMITH

Delta Law Office is requesting information to assist in locating Alex Smith. Alex was last known to be residing in Kamloops. Anyone with information on the current circumstances of Alex Smith please contact Natalie Gray at natalie@deltalawoffice.com or 604-943-8272.

Auctions

Auctions

MOVING SALE Moving out of the country auction outside of Kamloops that contains a house full of contents that covers the garden to the garage. High end small appliances, Cast Iron Frying Pans, Canning supplies, Crystal, Waterford, Le Creuset Casserole containers, Nordic Ware Baking ware, Vintage Pyrex, Oil Lamps, Furniture, including recliners, Wall art, and a nice assortment of tools from the garage that includes a John Deere 42” Mower deck, Blow Torch, Portable compressor and hose, ladders, scaffolding, 52” Steel 9 drawer workbench….over 500 lots. And so much more.

Auction closing 6pm Friday March 24th!

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Huge Estate Partial List Includes: Antique Dining & Bedroom Furniture, Barrister Bookcases, Desks, China Cabinets, Tables, Occasional Tables, Corner Cabinets, Benches, Rocking Chair, Stools, Lamps, Area Carpets, Framed Paintings & Prints, Mid-Century Modern Pcs, Clocks, Sports Cards & Memorabilia, Jerseys, Toy Tractors, Tin Toys, Trains, Signs, Leaded Glass Windows, Accordion, Records, Native Carvings & Drums, Soap Stone, Dolls, China Sets, Belleek (40 pcs), Propeller, Telephones, Head Vases, Canes, Pinup Calendars, Oil Lanterns, Liquor Bottle Collection, Essex Police Hat, Watches, Bayonets, Cash Register, Xmas Decorations, Plus Much More!!

2005 SUZUKI BOULEVARD 1500, 2008 ROTAX 800R SKI DOO, 1991 TRAVEL TRAILER, ELEC. 4-WHEEL MOBILITY SCOOTER

TOOLS & MISC. - Wood Lathes, Thickness & Jointer Planers, Band Saws, Drill Presses, Table & Chop Saws, Tool Chest, Air Compressors, Generators, Sanders, Chainsaws, Corded & Cordless Hand Tools, Grinders, Routers & Table, Chisels, Bits, Wrenches & Sockets, Clamps, Jacks, Hitches, Sporting Goods, Camping Gear, Saddles, Pellet Guns, Bow & Arrows, Remote Control Planes & Access., SS Appliances, Pots, Small Appliances, A/Cs, Exercise Equip, Live Edge Boards, Tires, Ladders, Patio Furniture, Garden Tools, Plus Much More!!

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A38 WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 Employment

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FOOD SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

The NICOLA VALLEY RODEO ASSOCIATION (NVRA) is seeking a catering and/or food service business to operate the food concession for the 2023 season at the Merritt rodeo grounds.

The concession holds a Food Premise permit and was renovated in 2019 with updated equipment and finishes. The successful applicant must be able to commit to provide services when required at all (currently 6 – 8) scheduled events for 2023, including the Labour Day Weekend Pro Rodeo and demonstrate an ability to provide a variety of menu items at reasonable prices. Attention to prompt service and compliance with health legislation is essential, including the requirements for a temporary food permit. https://www.interiorhealth. ca/YourEnvironment/FoodSafety/Pages/Permits. aspx#temporary Expressions of interest must be received by the Nicola Valley Rodeo Association on or before March 31. Please direct your application or request for further information to nicolavalleyrodeoassociation@gmail.com.

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Employment

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No experience required. Paid Training provided. Duties+ personal care + cooking + cleaning * laundry + driving. Must have valid drivers license.

Competitive wages 250379-2971 Falkland.

Homecare worker needed for partially disabled male.

Casual work for weekdays, weekends & vacation. $26.hr. 250-6820635.

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DOWNTOWN

Rte 306 – 261 6th Ave, 614-911 Seymour St, 600-696 St Paul St, 753-761 Victoria St. -26 p.

Rte 308 – 355 9th Ave, 703977 St Paul St. –35 p.

Rte 310 – 651-695 2nd Ave, 660-690 3rd Ave, 110-292 Columbia St(Even Side), 106-321 Nicola St. -43 p.

Rte 311 – 423-676 1st Ave, 400-533 2nd Ave, 107-237 Battle St, 135-173 St. Paul St. -27 p.

Rte 313 – 430-566 4th Ave, 520-577 5th Ave, 435-559 Battle St, 506 Columbia St, 406-576 Nicola St, 418-478 St Paul St. -34 p.

Rte 317 – 535-649 7th Ave, 702-794 Columbia St(Even Side),702-799 Nicola St. -40 p.

Rte 318 – 463 6th Ave, 446490 7th Ave,409-585 8th Ave, 604-794 Battle St. -17 p.

Rte 319 – 545 6th Ave, 604-690 Columbia St(Even Side), 604-692 Nicola St. -12 p.

Rte 322 – 694 11th Ave, 575-694 13th Ave, 1003-1091 Battle St, 1004-1286 Columbia St(Even Side), 1004-1314 Nicola St. -56 p.

Rte 323 – 755-783 6th Ave, 763-884 7th Ave, 744-764 8th Ave, 603-783 Columbia St(Odd Side), 605-793 Dominion St. -52 p.

Rte 324 – 606-795 Pine St. -33 p.

Rte 325 – 764-825 9th Ave, 805-979 Columbia St(Odd Side), 804-987 Dominion St, 805-986 Pine St. -64 p.

Rte 326 – 850 11th Ave, 1003-1083 Columbia St(Odd Side), 10031195 Dominion St. -33 p.

Rte 327 – 1103-1459 Columbia St(Odd Side), 1203-1296 Dominion St. -38 p.

Rte 328 – 935 13th Ave, Cloverleaf Cres, Dominion Cres, Park Cres, Pine Cres. -62 p.

Rte 329 – 880-1101 6th Ave, 925-1045 7th Ave, 878-1020 8th Ave, 605-795 Pleasant St. -39 p.

Rte 331 – 984-987 9th Ave, 1125 10th Ave, 901-981 Douglas St, 902-999 Munro St. -33 p.

Rte 335 – 1175-1460 6th Ave, 1165-1185 7th Ave, Cowan St, 550-792 Munro St. -56 p.

Rte 339 – 1265-1401 9th Ave, 916-1095 Fraser St. -26 p.

Rte 340 – McMurdo Dr. -23 p.

Rte 370 – Nicola Wagon Rd, 35-377 W. Seymour St. -36 p.

Rte 371 – Connaught Rd, 451-475 Lee Rd, W. St Paul St. -73 p.

Rte 380 – Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. -69 p.

Rte 381 – 20-128 Centre Ave, Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St. -42 p.

Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. -23 p.

Rte 389 – Bluff Pl, 390 Centre Ave, 242-416 W.Columbia St, Dufferin Terr, Garden Terr, Grandview Terr. -51 p.

LOWER SAHALI/SAHALI

Rte 400 – 383 W. Columbia St. -21 p.

Rte 401 – 250-395,405-425 Pemberton Terr. –81 p.

Rte 403 – 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. -28 p.

Rte 404 – Chapperon Dr, 108-395 Greenstone Dr, Pyramid Crt. -54 p.

Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, 98-279 Bestwick Dr, Bestwick Crt E., Bestwick Crt W., Morrisey Pl. -51 p.

Rte 410 – 56-203 Arrowstone Dr, Silverthrone Cres. -47 p.

Rte 449 – Azure Pl. –43 p.

Rte 451 – Odin Crt, Whiteshield Cres, Whiteshield Pl. -39 p.

Rte 452 – 1430-1469 Springhill Dr. -64 p.

Rte 453 – 1575-1580 Springhill Dr. -73 p.

Rte 454 – Crosby Rd. Humphrey Rd, Springfield Pl, 1600-1799 Springhill Dr. -34 p.

Rte 459 – Monarch Crt & Pl. –38 p.

Rte 463 –1787-1898 McKinley Crt, 545-659 Monarch Dr. -44 p.

Rte 467 – 1605+1625 Summit Dr. –28 p.

Rte 470 – Farnham Wynd, 102298 Waddington Dr. -65 p.

Rte 471 – 100-293 Monmouth Dr. -37 p.

Rte 474 – Coppertree Crt, Trophy Crt. -21 p.

Rte 475 – Castle Towers Dr, Sedgewick Crt & Dr. -47 p.

Rte 476 – Tantalus Crt, Tinniswood Crt, 2018-2095 Tremerton Dr. -50 p.

Rte 485 – 690 Robson Dr, 2020+2084 Robson Pl. -45 p.

Rte 487 – 201-475+485-495 Hollyburn Dr, Panorama Crt. -75 p.

MT. DUFFERIN/ PINEVIEW VALLEY

Rte 561 – Ash Wynd, Fir Pl, 1700-1798 Lodgepole Dr. –58 p.

Rte 580 – 1300-1466 Pacific Way, Prairie Rose Dr, Rockcress Dr. -83 p.

Rte 582 – 1540-1670 Hillside Dr, 15001625 Mt. Dufferin Ave, Windward Pl. -38 p.

Rte 584 – 1752-1855 Hillside Dr. -26 p.

Rte 586 – Mt. Dufferin Cres, Park Way, Plateau Pl. -26 p.

Rte 587 – Sunshine Crt & Pl. -51 p.

Rte 588 – Davies Pl, 1680-1751 Hillside Dr, Hillside Pl, Monterey Pl, Scott Pl. -46 p.

Rte 589 – 1200-1385 Copperhead Dr. -48 p.

Rte 590 – 1397 Copperhead Dr, Saskatoon Pl. -36 p.

ABERDEEN

Rte 501 – 655-899 Fleming Dr, Fleming Pl. -49 p.

Rte 503 – Fleming Circ, Hampshire Dr, & Pl, Hector Dr. -51 p.

Rte 504 – 2146-2294 Sifton Ave, Sifton Lane. -48 p.

Rte 505 – 2005-2141 Sifton Ave. -51 p.

Rte 508 – 700-810 Hugh Allan Dr. -49 p.

Rte 509 – 459-551 Laurier Dr, Shaughnessy Hill. -46 p.

Rte 510 – 372-586 Aberdeen Dr, 402-455 Laurier Dr. -36 p.

Rte 511 – Drummond Crt. -50 p.

Rte 512 – Ainslie Pl, Balfour Crt, Braemar Dr, MacIntyre Pl. -69 p.

Rte 513 – Braemar Way, 556-696 Laurier Dr, 2214-2296 Van Horne Dr. -36 p.

Rte 516 – Garymede Crt, 2204-2263 Garymede Dr, Gilmour Pl. -38 p.

Rte 517 – 2267-2299 Garymede Dr, Greenock Crt & Pl. 32 p.

Rte 518 – 2100-2198 Garymede Dr, Glasgow Pl, Greystone Cres. –58 p.

Rte 519 – Regent Cres & Pl. -52 p.

Rte 522 – 604-747 Dunrobin Dr, Dunrobin Pl. -65 p.

Rte 526 – 2015-2069 Van Horne Dr. -69 p.

Rte 527 – Hunter Pl, Huntleigh Cres. -25 p.

Rte 528 – 1115-1180 Howe Rd, 1115-1185 Hugh Allen Dr. -47 p.

Rte 529 – 1555 Howe Rd. -89 p.

Rte 530 – Bentall Dr, Edinburgh Blvd & Crt, Talbot Pl, 2688-2689 Willowbrae Dr. -61 p.

Rte 532 – Harrison Pl & Way, 1181-1290 Howe Rd. -38 p.

Rte 537 – 1221 Hugh Allan Dr. -26 p.

Rte 538 – Talbot Dr, Willowbrae Crt & Pl, 2592-2672 Willowbrae Dr. -51 p.

Rte 542 – Coal Hill Pl, Crosshill Dr, Dunbar Dr. -57 p.

Rte 544 – 2070-2130 Van Horne Dr, Holyrood Circ & Pl. -23 p.

VALLEYVIEW

Rte 602 – Apple Lane, Knollwood Cres, Parkhill Dr. 1783 Valleyview Dr. -54 p.

Rte 603 – Comazzetto Rd, Strom Rd, 1625-1764 Valleyview Dr. -42 p.

Rte 606 – Orchard Dr, Russet Wynd, 1815-1899 Valleyview Dr. -39 p.

Rte 607 – Cardinal Dr, 19092003 Valleyview Dr. -33 p.

Rte 608 – Curlew Pl & Rd, 19251980 Glenwood Dr. -70 p.

Rte 614 – 2504-2667 Sunset Dr, 2459-2669 E. Trans. Canada Hwy. -49 p.

Rte 615 – River Rd, Sunset Crt, 2415-2487 Sunset Dr. –43 p.

Rte 617 – 2401-2515 Valleyview Dr. Valleyview Pl. -51 p.

Rte 618 – Big Nickel Pl, Chapman Pl, Marsh Rd, Paul Rd, Peter Rd, 2440-2605 Thompson Dr. -58 p.

Rte 620 – MacAdam Rd, McKay Pl, Pyper Way, 2516-2580 Valleyview Dr. -63 p.

Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. -46 p.

JUNIPER

Rte 650 – 1520-1620 Abitibi Ave, Omineca Dr. –62 p.

Rte 651 – 1470 Abitibi Ave, 1400-1470 Finlay Ave, 2210-2495 Nechako Dr. -55 p.

Rte 655 – 1685 Finlay Ave, 2202-2385 Skeena Dr, 2416-2458 Skeena Dr.(Even Side). -34 p.

Rte 664 – Kicking Horse Dr. & Way. -30 p.

Rte 669 – Emerald Dr. -55 p.

Rte 670 – Galore Cres, Crt & Pl. – 94 p.

Rte 671 – 1830-1997 Qu’Appelle Blvd, Myra Pl. -68 p.

BARNHARTVALE

Rte 701 – Freda Ave, Klahanie Dr, Morris Pl, Shelly Dr, 901-935 Todd Rd. -87 p.

Rte 706 – 1078-1298 Lamar Dr, Mo-Lin Pl. -29 p.

Rte 718 – Belair Dr. -22 p.

Rte 721 – 5530-5697 Clearview Dr, Coolridge Pl, Wildwood Dr. -38 p.

DALLAS

Rte 750 – 5101-5299 Dallas Dr(Odd Side), Mary Pl, Nina Pl, Rachel Pl. -31 p.

Rte 751 – 5310 Barnhartvale Rd, Bogetti Pl, 5300-5599 Dallas Dr, 5485-5497 ETC Hwy, Viking Dr, Wade Pl. -64 p.

Rte 752 – Coster Pl, 5600-5998 Dallas Dr, Harper Pl & Rd. -69 p.

Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley Pl, Melrose Pl, Yarrow Pl. -71 p.

Rte 757 – 7155 Dallas Dr. -72 p.

Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 6724-7250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd. –42 p.

Rte 760 – Beaver Cres, Chukar Dr. -62 p.

NORTH SHORE/BATCHELOR

Rte 102 – 1071 10th St, 1084-1086 12th St, 813-1166 Lethbridge Ave. –42 p.

Rte 103 – 1167-1201 8th St, 1179-1229 10th St, 1182-1185 11th St, 1188-1294 12th St, 823-1166 Sudbury Ave. –69 p.

Rte 107 – 1177 8th St, 1109-1139 10th St, 1110-1140 11th St, 1138 12th St, 809-1175 Pembroke Ave. -84 p.

Rte 108 – 1010 11th St, 831-1017 12th St, 821-1161 Selkirk Ave. -68 p.

Rte 137 – 106-229,231-330 Clapperton Rd, 203-266,268-285 Leigh Rd, 172-180 Wilson St. -23 p.

Rte 140 – 217 Beach Ave, Fairview Ave, Larch Ave, 237-247 Schubert Dr. -43 p.

Rte 170 – Alview Cres, 16801770 Westsyde Rd. -50 p.

Rte 173 – 1655 Batchelor Dr, Leighton Pl, 1708-1729 North River Dr, Pennask Terr. -36 p.

Rte 175 – Norfolk Crt, Norview Pl, 821-991 Norview Rd. -36 p.

Rte 180 – 807-1104 Quail Dr, Quails Roost Crt & Dr. -81 p.

Rte 185 – Bearcroft Crt, 10031099 Norview Rd. – 44 p.

WESTSYDE/ WESTMOUNT

Rte 201 – Montrose Cres, Wedgewood Cres, Westlynn Dr, Westmount Dr. -70 p.

Rte 206 – Dickenson Rd, Walkem Rd, 1835-1995 Westsyde Rd(Odd Side), Yates Rd. -51 p.

Rte 207 – 820-895 Anderson Terr, 1920-1990 Westsyde Rd.(Even Side) -24 p.

Rte 221 – 3013-3072 Bank Rd, Bermer Pl, 710-790 Bissette Rd, 3007-3045 Westsyde Rd.(Odd Side) -60 p.

Rte 234 – Orcrest Dr, Sage Dr. -35 p.

Rte 235 – 3440-3808 Westsyde Rd. -71 p.

Rte 239 – 807-996 Pine Springs Rd, 1006 Sicamore Dr. –53 p.

Rte 247 – 810-899 Elder Rd, 808-894 Grant Rd, 3020-3082 Westsyde Rd. (Even Side) –53 p.

Rte 252 – 813-897 Mayne Rd, 813-886 Morven Pl, 2770-2870 Westsyde Rd. –50 p.

Rte 253 – Irving Pl, 2401-2477 Parkview Dr, Rhonmore Cres, 2380+2416 Westsyde Rd. -45 p.

Rte 254 – Elston Dr, 2410 Oak Hills Blvd. -23 p.

Rte 255 – 2478-2681 Parkview Dr. – 28 p.

BROCKLEHURST

Rte 1 – Argyle Ave, Ayr Pl, 10631199 Crestline St, 1008-1080 Moray St, Perth Pl. -93 p.

Rte 2 – 2605-2795 Joyce Ave. -52 p.

Rte 4 – 727-795 Crestline St, 2412-2680 Tranquille Rd. -40 p.

Rte 5 – Young Pl. -44 p.

Rte 6 – 2450-2599 Briarwood Ave, 2592 Crestline St, 2431-2585 Edgemount Ave, Paulsen Pl, 2406-2598 Rosewood Ave, 1101-1199 Schreiner St. –79 p.

Rte 19 – Downie Pl, & St, Moody Ave, & Pl, 2307-2391 Tranquille Rd. -50 p.

Rte 20 – Barbara Ave, Pala Mesa Pl, Strauss St, Townsend Pl, 21052288 Tranquille Rd. -49 p.

Rte 24 – Dale Pl, Lisa Pl, 806-999 Windbreak St. –50 p.

Rte 26 – Erona Pl, 1955-1998 Parkcrest Ave, Ponlen St. –51 p.

Rte 27 – Bentley Pl, Kamwood Pl, 1866-1944 Parkcrest Ave. -59 p.

Rte 31 – Desmond Pl, 10081028 Desmond St, Inglewood Dr, Newton St, Oxford St. -54 p.

Rte 38 – 1725-1797 Greenfield Ave, Newton Crt, 907-990 Stardust St. -35 p.

Rte 41 – Alexis Ave, 520-796 Singh St, Slater Ave. -59 p.

Rte 42 – 1718-1755 Brunner Ave, Delnor Cres, 608-790 Holt St. -46 p.

Rte 59 – 801-1098 Ollek St, 1454 Tranquille Rd. -60 p.

Rte 61 – Popp St, Stratford Pl, 1371-1413 Tranquille Rd, Waterloo Pl, Woodstock Pl. -38 p.

Rte 63 – 896-1061 13th St, 1315-1337 Moncton Ave, 1306-1337 Selkirk Ave, 1316-1380 Sherbrooke Ave, 1300-1346 Tranquille Rd. -58 p.

Rte 64 – Valhalla Dr. -93 p.

Rte 69 – 2612-2699 Briarwood Ave, 1100-1199 Moray St. -42 p.

RAYLEIGH

Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. -55 p.

Rte 832 – Bolean Dr & Pl, Chilco Ave, Kathleen Pl. -57 p.

Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. -44 p.

Rte 835 – Mattoch-McKeague Rd, Sabiston Crt & Rd. –28 p.

Rte 836 – 136-199 Cahilty Cres, Hyas Pl, 4551-4648 Spurraway Rd. -35 p.

Rte 838 – 4556-4797 Cammeray Dr, Strawberry Lane. -62 p.

Rte 840 – Brigade Rd, 44044493 Cammeray Dr, Montego Rd, 309-474 Puett Ranch Rd. -49 p.

Rte 841 – Furiak Rd, Michael Way, 100-287 Puett Ranch Rd. -43 p.

WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023

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We have an onsite supervisor who co-ordinates the unloading and loading.

Typically the work happens between midnight Tuesday and 10:00 am Wednesday but it can go longer if we have bad weather, highway closures or heavier papers.

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I endure the times we spent together, and they are locked inside my heart.

As long as I have those memories, we will never be apart.

Even though we cannot speak anymore, my voice is always there, because every night before I sleep, I have you in my prayer.

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day… unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.

Teresa & Peter, Ryan & Jackie, Daniel & Hannah, Stacy & Amber, Miles, Justine.

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Each Loss

In Loving Memory of

Nancy Fern Willoughby

Each loss is very different, The pain is so severe.

Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear?

Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared.

I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow.

So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

Now my life is all confused Since you went away.

You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time.

Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.

Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

Jesse Morgan Banfield

April 14, 1978 March 22, 2011

Shane Kitson Banfield

September 15, 1980 - March 28, 2011

“To live in hearts we leave behind - is not to die.”

Forever Remembered, Forever Loved.

Mom and Dad

Always in our thoughts.

Forever in our hearts.

Your loving Family.

Michelle, Dave & Rylan

A40 WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 Obituaries

Obituaries

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Werner Bechtel In loving memory of Werner Bechtel who was born on July 27, 1952. It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts we announce his sudden passing on March 10, 2023, after a lengthy illness.

Werner leaves behind his loving wife Eva "The love of his life" for 32 years.

Werner was born in Bonndorf, Germany and he immigrated to Canada in 1997. He worked as a Community/Recreational Assistant for people with developmental disability/mental illness until he retired. He also volunteered on a Strata counsel for many years. His greatest pride was volunteering as a Volunteer Firefighter at the Interlakes Fire Department.

Werner loved the outdoor activities and especially going to the lake cabin regularly. He was the kindest, caring, companionable and charming person you have ever met. He helped everybody who needed him and went above-andbeyond to make everybody feel special.

Werner leaves to mourn his wife Eva, two step-daughters; Marianette and Sabrina & their family, four grandsons, sister Christel Kriegl & family, brother Gerhard & family, brother Heinz & family and many friends.

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Kathryn Wyers Kathryn Wyers passed away peacefully in her sleep at Pine Grove Care Centre on March 11, 2023 at age 95.

Kathryn was born in Poland and moved to Prince George, Canada with her parents and siblings at age 7. Kathryn’s siblings, Mary and Bill were older.

Kathryn met Delbert Wyers at a dance.

They fell in love and were married August 26th, 1950. Their children, Patricia, Stephanie, George, and Larry went to school in Prince George.

Kathryn worked in the retail sector for several years, as well as taking care of her parents, and her family. Kathryn and Delbert moved to Barriere, BC in the fall of 1979, where they built a house, and remained until moving to Kamloops in 1995. Kathryn loved gardening (she had a green thumb), entertaining, fishing and going out to get wood for the winter.

Mom will be sorely missed by: Patricia and Terry Brommeland and their children Lena and Arnold; Stephanie and Gary Cunningham and their children Chris and Chad; George and Debra Wyers and their children Joanne and Judy; Larry and June Wyers.

As per Werner wishes he will be cremated.

There will not be a memorial service at this time. There will be a celebration of life at a later date.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, March 24, 2023 at 11:00 am at Schoening Funeral Home.

The family would like to thank Doctor Howie and the Pine Grove staff for taking such good care of our mother, Kathryn.

Arrangements entrusted to Schoening Funeral Service. 250374-1454.

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Joyce O. Dean (Lyon, Roberts) 1932 - 2023

Mom passed away peacefully at home on March, 7, 2023 at the age of 90.

Joyce was predeceased by her husband Ken Dean. Joyce was born in England and moved to Kamloops as a teen at the end of WWll. Joyce graduated from Kam High and began working in the TB ward at Tranquille Hospital. Mom was entrepreneurial and had many interests, accomplishments and hobbies. Mom enjoyed playing darts, lawn bowling and she loved dancing, singing and entertaining. Mom, her husband and a group of talented friends created a vaudeville style show known as the Silver Follies. Mom was a very loving, affectionate and kind person who always listened to everyone without judgment.

Mom is survived by 2 children, Robert Lyon and Deborah Caspar, as well as 3 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, cousins and a godson. Others who were family to mom were Maryann Corea, Pamela and Steve Jenson, their 3 children, Wendy Escamilla and many good friends.

Born June 27, 1932, in Ontario, our beautiful Mom's life story has come to its conclusion. She passed peacefully at Overlander Extended Care on March 15, 2023.

Predeceased by husband Jim in 2006. Survived by daughters Linda (Wayne) and Julia, granddaughters Colleen (Shane) and Anita (TJ), great-grandchildren Emmitt, Aubrey, Windsor, and Calder.

Mom and Dad loved camping, fishing, and travelling in their motorhome. They made great memories and friends on these adventures. After Dad passed Mom continued to enjoy travelling. Linda and Julia accompanied her on several bus trips, a Mexican all-inclusive holiday, and on an Alaskan cruise. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, quilting, and sewing for her friends and family.

A donation to RIH Foundation, 311 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC, V2C 2T1 (rihf@interiorhealth.ca/donate/) in her name would be appreciated.

A private family service will be held at later date.

No flowers by request.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at kamloops@cypressfuneral.ca

A big thank you to Don Mikal who helped with her care needs and a Very Special Thank You to mom's doctor of over 40 years, Dr. Micheal Wilson for all his compassionate and supportive care.

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Beloved sister and friend now at peace with Jesus.

Memorial to be held later in Abbotsford.

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Peter (Pete) John Shand 20 April 1943 - 7 March 2023

became a member of the Sagewood community and enjoyed living in his new neighbourhood. They spent much of their time enjoying the outdoors, travelling to many exotic lands, enjoying the symphony, the theatre, and cooking new dishes together.

Pete excelled in his career as a Civil Engineer. His expertise in water treatment systems was called upon internationally, and over the years he led teams in Belize, Jamaica, Barbados, Grand Caymans, and Australia, often with his family in tow. One of his proudest achievements was the design of Kamloops’ Centre for Water Quality which provided his beloved hometown with It is with sadness that we share the news of Peter clean drinking water. He was also honoured to impart his (Pete)’s peaceful passing, surrounded by loved ones, on knowledge of water technologies to future generations through the design and delivery of courses at Thompson 7 March 2023.

Rivers University after retirement.

Pete is lovingly remembered by his partner Judy Fowles, daughter Heather (Arlin), grandsons Ben and Nick, Despite having a busy career, Pete was a model for sisters Jenny, Lorna, and Jan, brother-in-law Allen living a well-balanced life. His weekends were typically (Carole), and nephews Ben, Nick, Jack, and Joe. He spent fishing, camping, hiking, curling, golfing, skiing, was predeceased by his wife Jan, son Cameron, and and sailing. Unfortunately, Pete was saddled with a fairweather sailing crew of wife and daughter who would sister Margaret. monitor and impose a maximum limit of ‘leaning’, Born in Inverness, Scotland, Pete developed a lifelong permitting just a slight heel of 15 degrees. Sailing on the love for the outdoors at an early age through adventures Shuswap virtually without exception consisted of a in skiing, mountaineering, rock climbing, and receiving hopeful journey as far as Copper Island and a dejected the Duke of Edinburgh Award before heading to motoring session back to the marina, after which family Edinburgh to study Civil engineering. During university harmony was critically tested during the process of studies, Pete became an unwitting local star in the small docking a bulky, poorly-crewed sailboat. Despite his village of Papcastle, inspiring awe and being most crew, Pete somehow maintained his love of sailing with startled when visiting family and finding villagers lined up annual trips through the San Juans or Gulf Islands to have a run with him round the village in his little green allowing him to properly slice through the waves. sports car. Upon graduation, he and his best friend embarked on a round-the-world trip, sailing to Montreal Volunteerism was also a strong calling for Pete. He was and buying a VW van to drive across Canada. However, an early member of the Lake District’s Cockermouth upon arriving in Vancouver, his return ticket to the UK Mountain Rescue Team, and especially appreciated the was cancelled when Pete met and fell in love with a most important work conducted in the pub after excursions. He also enjoyed calculating statistics at the young nurse named Jan. Kamloops Brier, working with Habitat for Humanity, Married for 45 years, Jan and Pete enjoyed life in leading nature walks with Probus, and most recently several BC communities as well as internationally in serving with much-loved dogs Taylor and Duchess as Belize and Australia, golfing, playing bridge, camping, volunteers in the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog hiking, sailing, and travelling abroad with family. After program. He initially worked with seniors but then being widowed in 2014, Peter met Judy in the year 2015 particularly enjoyed visiting TRU to help students deand they very quickly became a couple. He soon stress during exam times, and the St John Ambulance/TNRD “Story Dog” reading program.

An avid reader and historian, Pete loved any excuse to conduct research and build spreadsheets on an infinite array of topics, from tracking his vertical metres skied per day at Sun Peaks compared with the height of Mt. Everest (which he ‘skied’ many times over), to, as a true Scot delightedly calculating that we’d broken even on our drink packages by the mid-point of a cruise. He had a love for trains as well, born from early days of trainspotting in the Scottish Highlands and culminating in the construction of an outdoor model train system in his backyard.

Grandchildren were a particular point of pride for ‘Poppa’. He introduced both boys to the joys of geocaching, downhill skiing, and mountain biking, instilling in them a love for nature, outdoor pursuits, and Sun Peaks sticky buns. Trips with eldest grandson Ben to the UK to visit family, search (unsuccessfully) for the Loch Ness Monster, walk the battlefield of Culloden, attend Chelsea matches, and explore the beaches of Normandy were a particular highlight.

Pete’s humour, intellect, wit, and gentle nature will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know him. We would like to thank Dr. O'Connell, Dr. Howie, and the staff of the Pine Grove Care Centre for their exceptional care along this journey. In lieu of flowers, donations to the TRU Foundation, St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program, or a charity of your choosing are respectfully requested. A celebration of his life will be held mid-April; please email hfriesen123@gmail.com for details.

The Joy of Living Farewell to you my chicks, soon you must fly alone Flesh of my flesh, my future life, bone of my bone May your wings be strong, may your days be long Safe be your journey Each of you bears inside of you the gift of love May it bring you light and warmth and the pleasure of giving Eagerly savour each new day and the taste of its mouth Never lose sight of the thrill And the Joy of Living - Ewan MacColl - Joy Of Living, Verse 3

Walter Witt

Love’s greatest gift is remembrance.

Walter is now at peace after a hard fought battle with lung cancer.

He leaves to mourn and miss him, his wife Ilona; his 3 children Louise (David), Brenda (Ian) and Norman (Trish); his 4 grand children Rachel, Michael, Catherine and Jack; his step-children Corina (David) and Bryan (Tammy); his 2 step-grandsons Douglas and Curtis; his sister Mary; his nephews Brad and Darren and family; and many friends.

Walt was a passionate golfer, square dancer, bridge player and world traveller. He lived a full and rich life.

The family expresses their sincere thanks to the medical professionals who cared for Walter in his final weeks including the Cancer Agency at Surrey Memorial Hospital; staff at Eagle Ridge Hospital; the Home Care Palliative Nursing team in Coquitlam; and the doctors at Wilson Place Family Practice.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Walter's name to Operation Smile Canada or a charity of your choice.

A celebration of life will be held from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on April 22 at Burkeview Chapel, 1340 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam.

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Trevor Arthur Harvey 10 March 1948 - 4 March 2023

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Harvey just prior to his 75th birthday at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Following complications of cancer, he passed away peacefully on his own terms, surrounded by his family.

Trevor was born in North Vancouver to Trevor and Doris Harvey, growing up in Deep Cove. Trevor lived life to the fullest. His career was varied, but his favourite was the 12 years with his own radio show at CJKC (Country) in Kamloops. Although he had several other jobs over the years, Radio was always in the background; marketing, advertising, voicing his own commercials and mentoring many. He also worked at Mt FM Squamish/Whistler, CFVR Abbotsford, JR Country/CKNW, Nanaimo, Parksville, most recently the Raven in Campbell River.

He was most proud of his family: Jordana (Garrett) White, Andrea (Garrett) Symchuk and his grandchildren, Scarlett, Raeanna, Abigail and Gunner. He is also survived by his sisters, Cathy (Hugh) Stephens and Wendy Harvey (Murray Frame), and numerous nieces and nephews. He was active in his children’s life, coaching wakeboarding, skiing and (he would say) field hockey. He was a natural athlete and excelled at whatever he tried: golf, downhill skiing (racing and coaching), crosscountry skiing, cycling, and Taekwondo. His raced at a National level with the Master’s downhill circuit and obtained his Dan Certificate (Black Belt) in Taekwondo.

His love of sports lives on in his family, especially Mountain and Lake time.

He was an entertainer! He loved telling stories, writing songs, particularly family ones, and sang and played guitar. You didn’t need to be around him long to be given a nickname, even though not always flattering! We would like to thank the staff of NRGH; the Doctors, Nurses, Lab professionals, Katie, and support staff. We also thank the numerous friends and family that connected with him in his final days. As ever the communicator, he appreciated the time, memories and fun stories you shared.

It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Corene Lindsay this past December in Sechelt, BC. Corene was born June 2, 1930 in Pender Harbour, BC., the fourth child of Frederick and Anita Klein. She lived there until she was 17, when she left for Vancouver to complete her high school education. She then worked in various positions for the Royal Bank in North Vancouver.

It was here she met her life's love, Anthony (Tony). They were married in 1953 and within a year departed for the Yukon, where opportunities for Tony's mining business were greater. Over the course of the next 18 years, she furthered her education attaining a degree in accounting.

Through this, she came to work at the Whitehorse General Hospital and moved into the health field, eventually attaining a degree in hospital administration. During this time she was tasked by Northern Health with establishing health stations and satellite clinics throughout the north, where none previously existed, and completed this while acting as assistant administrator of the hospital in Whitehorse.

In 1972 they left for warmer climes. They settled in Kamloops where she took the position as administrator of Tranquille Institute, and later of the Overlander Extended Care Hospital, developing that facility from inception through two expansions.

During this time she also started a kennel, Quanlin, raising prize winning German Shepherds for many years. She retired from health care in 1995 and went back to school, eventually earning a masters degree in Archaeology.

She moved back to the Sunshine Coast in 2001, settling in Gibsons to be near her son and grandchildren. She remained feisty, active and independent right to the end, when a relapse of an old illness took her from us. We will always remember her wit, sense of humour, intelligence, and her indomitable spirit. She is survived by her son, daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, and one sister. She will be greatly missed.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Sechelt. Please email sensuifuent@gmail.com to RSVP.

To honour and remember him there will be a Celebration of Life on Saturday, May 27th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Fish and Duck Pub on Sproat Lake. All are welcome.

Betty Florence May Muench

He would want you to laugh and do something active every day. So go for that walk, run, bike ride or ski. Donations in Trevor’s memory may be made to Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program at https://jumpstart.canadiantire.ca

Betty Muench passed away on March 15, 2023 at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice in Kamloops, BC surrounded by family.

Marion Wilhelmina Dunnigan (née Kols) Marion passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 12, 2023, in Kamloops, BC. She was born August 25, 1935, in Calgary, Alberta, to Stanley Petres and Mary Kolcz. Her parents had emigrated from Poland in 1928 to start a new life but lost all their family during the Second World War. Shortly after high school, she married Ed, her husband of over 60 years and raised their five children. Marion loved crafts and was an avid quilter and painter. She also enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and needlepoint. Marion volunteered with the Catholic Women’s League. She was predeceased by her parents, husband Edward, and son David of Vernon. Marion will be lovingly remembered by her children Janice (Reilly) Thompson of Edmonton, Patricia (Russell) Bloomfield of Kamloops, Mark of Edmonton and Angela Dunnigan of Kamloops; granddaughter Alicia of Kamloops, great-grandchildren Christopher and Edward.

The Reverend Father Jaison Tellis OCD will lead us in a Celebration of Marion’s life in the Schoening Funeral Chapel on Saturday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m. Those wishing to pay their respects by viewing may do so from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. A time of fellowship will follow the service.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The John and Vera Dunnigan Education Scholarship at Edmonton Catholic School District, 9405 - 50 Street, Edmonton, AB T6B 2T4 or the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

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Betty was born in Sydney, Australia to John and Florence Bruce and came to Canada with her two brothers. They moved to and grew up in the Langley area. She married Lorrie Eric Muench of Fort Langley, BC in 1948. She is predeceased by brothers John Bruce (Paddy), Theodore Bruce, husband of 64 years Lorrie Muench, daughter Marie and grandson Tyson Muench.

She is survived by sons Roger (Dianne), Ralph, daughters Judy, Louise, Roberta, adopted daughter Shelly and too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to list.

She was involved with Meals on Wheels and had J & B Fish and Chip take - out in Westsyde and worked at Sears for many years. She travelled and golfed with her friends even into her late eighties. She attended church every Sunday for most of her life and only stopped because of covid restrictions. She loved Kamloops , her family and while living at RiverBend she was involved with activities at the center.

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