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SD73 wants separate reviews DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com

f Premier Christy Clark is looking for ways for school district to cut more costs, Kelvin Stretch has a suggestion. The secretary-treasurer of the Kamloops-Thompson school district would like to see the Ministry of Education review each district separately and identify those that could do more and those that have already made many hard financial decisions. “We’ve closed schools,” Stretch said. “There are districts out there that haven’t closed any schools.” During the budget speech earlier this month, the B.C. Liberal government included a mandate that all school districts find ways to, collectively, cut $29 million from administration

Secretary-treasurer says SD73 has already made plenty of tough budget decisions — which can’t be said for every district in B.C. and related services in the 2015-2016 school year and another $25 million the following year. Stretch said other than the general statement, no specifics have been given to districts about how the requirement will affect them. He said he’s expecting to learn more on March 12, when the government will release preliminary funding information for the coming school year. Education Minister Peter Fassbender said last week he hasn’t looked at imposing specific dollar-figure savings on each district. He said they could come in many ways; one district,

for example, identified a $7,000 saving by changing the way it processed its payroll, while other neighbouring districts have found savings by working together on projects. Fassbender noted the savings amount to one-half of one per cent of the $5.4billion education budget. Board of education vicechairwoman Meghan Wade said any more cuts to the budget would be difficult. “We have always been a financially prudent district, and we have always kept as much of our money as we can in the classroom,” Wade said.

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A man convicted of second-degree murder for the second time hung his head and shook briefly with sobbing following a jury decision yesterday afternoon (Feb. 25).

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by a judge alone. He was given a life sentence, with no chance of parole for 12 years. Crown and defence will argue a new sentence at a hearing later this year.

Bird’s parents and sister attended part of the trial from their home in Armstrong. “We were hoping for manslaughter,” said Fennalies Riemersma, origi-

nally a Fraser Valley farmer who raised her adopted son along with husband Pierre. Fennalies said her son is hoping to upgrade his Grade 12 so he can attend college or university when he is eventually released on parole. See NO, page A14

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The NDP’s spokesperson for children and family development is calling on the provincial government to reunite the children of a woman killed in Clearwater last year with her family members in Hope. Doug Donaldson said he also wants to see an investigation launched to determine why it’s taken so long to do so. Angila Wilson was murdered in her Clearwater home on April 20, 2014. Her three children — ranging in age from three to seven — have been in foster care since, despite Wilson’s brother’s family attempting to take them in. “I think that when you look at the horrific situation that started this — the murder — this is one of the most grievous cases one could imagine,” Donaldson said. “I believe what’s needed is for the children to be placed in permanent care immediately with the family and an investigation be held to determine how this happened.” Wilson’s estranged common-law husband, Iain Scott, is charged with first-degree murder. He was denied bail this week and is slated to return to court for a preliminary inquiry in May. Frank Wilson, Angila’s brother, said he told his sister before she died that he would take her kids in if anything happened to her. “I’m here to try to have my sister’s wishes met,” he said. “I feel as though they [the children] have been let

A friend of the mother of a three-year-old Kamloops girl who died following a freak household accident on Valentine’s Day is hoping to raise enough money to allow the woman to grieve at home. “My whole goal is to get the word out about the fundraiser,” Kaisha Shilleto told KTW. “It’s so sad. It’s been a tough go.” Three-year-old Khalia Vinall fell down the stairs at home on Feb. 14 and was rushed to Royal Inland Hospital. She was later airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, where she died of her injuries. “How many times do we all go up and down the stairs every day?” Shilleto said. “It’s just one of those freak accidents.” Khalia’s mother, Kristy, is a server at Bailey’s Pub and has no benefits package to cover her expenses while she grieves. “There’s no income now,” said Shilleto, who is Vinall’s manager at Bailey’s. “In order for her to not be forced back to work, I’m trying to raise funds KHALIA for her.” VINALL Shiletto said Vinall, who has no other children, lives with her boyfriend who has been unable to work since an accident two years ago. “She was the sole provider for her boyfriend and her little girl,” she said. “Now, she’s got nothing.” Complicating matters is the fact Vinall is relatively new to Kamloops, having moved from Kelowna two years ago. “It’s hard enough, but when you don’t know a lot of people?” Shiletto said, noting the goal is to raise $10,000 for Vinall. “I’m just trying to get the word out.” In addition to the online fundraising — a link to which can be found at kamloopsthisweek.com/khalia/ — Shilleto said she’s also accepting donations at Bailey’s. “I know some people aren’t comfortable transferring money over the Internet,” she said. “If that’s the case, they can come to Bailey’s and just drop off cash in the donation box — and it’s emptied every night.” Bailey’s pub is located at 1050 Eighth St. in North Kamloops. Shilleto said the pub also plans to hold a fundraising dinner and silent auction for Vinall this spring, the details of which are still being worked out. Khalia’s funeral was held last weekend in Kelowna.

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Angila Wilson was murdered in her Clearwater home in the spring of 2014. Though her brother wishes to take them, Wilson’s three children remain in care 10 months later.

down by the system because they are still in foster care and they should be in the care of a family member. “The whole point was for them to be integrated into our family as an adoption.” Leanne Bowcott, who is married to Frank Wilson and was close with his sister, said Angila Wilson fled Scott three times in the years leading up to her murder — at one point staying in Bowcott’s Hope home for three months. “She expressed to us on several occasions that if anything happened to her, ‘Could you please take care of my three children?’” she said. “We want the children to have a home — a permanent home. They’ve experienced trauma like no child should experience.” Bowcott said the

Ministry of Children and Family Development refuses to transfer the file for Wilson’s children to Hope from Clearwater — a necessary step to have them re-united with family members. “She would just be horrified that her children are not with us,” she said. “It’s been a rough 10 months to say the least. They need a home. They need to be loved. They need a family.” The children are presently in foster care in Hope, and they are allowed limited visits with family members. In a statement, a spokesman for the Ministry of Children and Family Development called the situation “tragic and difficult,” but said he could not speak to the specifics of individual cases.

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OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS, AND COVENANT DISCHARGE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Council of the City of Kamloops hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing: TIME: PLACE:

March 3, 2015, at 7:00 pm City Hall Council Chambers (7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC)

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property on a site-specific basis in the A-1 (Agricultural) zone to decrease the lot area to 6 ha to facilitate subdivision into two lots.

Location:

831 Serle Road, as shown on the following map:

Purpose:

To discharge a restrictive covenant that limits use of the subject property to a senior citizens residential facility in order to allow low-density, multifamily development.

to consider the following proposed amendments to KAMPLAN: The Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 5-1-2146) and City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 5-1-2001 and discharge of a covenant: 1.

Location:

Purpose:

2400 Ord Road, as shown on the following map:

To change the Official Community Plan designation of portion of the subject property from Agricultural to Parkland and Open Space and to rezone a portion of the subject property from A-1 (Agricultural) to C-4 (Service Commercial) with a site-specific amendment and a portion to OS (Open Space) to allow a landscaping company, recreational vehicle storage, and a limited range of commercial uses.

Location:

775 Franklin Road, as shown on the following map:

A copy of the proposed amendments to KAMPLAN: The Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 5-1-2146), City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 5-1-2001, and the covenant discharge may be inspected at the Legislative Services Division, City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. City Hall is located on the following transit routes: No. 1 - Tranquille, No. 2 - Parkcrest, and No. 3 - Westsyde. For schedule and route information, please visit http://www.bctransit.com/regions/kam. All persons who consider themselves affected by the adoption of the proposed amendments to KAMPLAN: The Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 5-1-2146), City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 5-1-2001, and the covenant discharge and wish to register an opinion may do so by: 1.

Appearing before Council at the said Public Hearing; and/or

Forwarding written submissions for Council consideration to the attention of the Legislative Services Division by mail to 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2; by fax to 250-828-3578; or by email to legislate@kamloops.ca no later than 4:00 pm the Monday prior to the Public Hearing. For more information on this process, call 250-828-3483.

For further information concerning the proposed amendment or for the Development and Engineering Services Department's report to Council, please contact the Planning and Development Division at 250-828-3561or visit our website at: www.kamloops.ca/publichearing Dated February 18, 2015

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from P-2 (Churches) to RT-2 (Two Family Residential-2) to legitimize an existing single-family dwelling.

Location:

6794 Barnhartvale Road, as shown on the following map:

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Council again nixes call for limits on tethering ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

Don’t look to Kamloops city council to release the hounds. For the second time this year, council has resisted calls to place limits on the tethering of dogs in the Tournament Capital. Kamloops SPCA community council chairwoman Lindsay Curry and Claudine Sleik of Habitat for Hounds appeared before council on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to ask the city to limit the hours a dog can spend tied up in its owner’s yard, and to specify the types of collars and tethers that can be used for the purpose. Sleik, who previously appeared before council about tethering in January, said she doesn’t want the bylaw to target residents who tie up their dog for a moment while get-

ting a coffee on a walk, or those who have the animals on a lead for a few hours under supervision. Instead, her concern is dog owners who use tethering as their main way of confining their unsupervised animals, a practice Sleik said can lead to “immense psychological damage” over time. Curry, who called anti-tethering measures one of the SPCA’s top priorities, said dogs who are tied up long term become fearful and aggressive and are more likely to attack. “It’s not just a question of animal welfare, it’s also a question of public safety,” she said, adding tethering also places a burden on her organization. “Tethering leads to unadoptable dogs. When we do take a dog into our care that’s been tethered, quite

because we certainly do,” she said, pointing to the $30,000 a year the city gives the Kamloops branch of the SPCA. “I wish we cared about the children in our community that much and put the resources towards taking care of children in our community that we do dealing with barking dogs.” Coun. Ken Christian echoed Lange’s cost concern, saying he doesn’t feel there is an appetite in the community to justify the expense. But, Coun. Denis Walsh said he agreed with Sleik and Curry that the bylaw doesn’t have to become onerous for the city. “Right now, we have bylaws against barking and about picking up dog poop, and I think what those bylaws do is not having you guys

often we can’t adopt it out because it’s just too afraid, too damaged.” Curry said a number of municipalities in B.C. are bringing in tethering restrictions, including Chilliwack, Surrey, Kelowna and, most recently, Nanaimo. While Curry said the SPCA is interested in the educational aspects of the policy, and believes it would create new social norms around dog tethering with minimal increases in enforcement, community-safety manager John Wilson said his department would likely see an increase in animal-control complaints as a result of the bylaw, which could require more city funding. Coun. Tina Lange said that’s money she doesn’t want to spend. “I’m not suggesting we don’t care about dogs in this community

going out and ticket every day — it creates social norms,” he said. “I see a tethering bylaw as more of an educational-awareness piece than an enforcement issue.” Council didn’t manage to pass any motions on the issue. A proposal by Lange to not move ahead with a bylaw was defeated on a tie vote, with Christian, Lange and councillors Marg Spina and Pat Wallace voting to take no action on the issue. A second motion from Walsh, which would have had the city strike a committee to investigate tethering and make a recommendation to council, failed on a 5-3 vote, with only Walsh and councillors Dieter Dudy and Donovan Cavers in favour. Mayor Peter Milobar was absent from the meeting.

No DCC break for Humanity ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

The head of Habitat for Humanity Kamloops said she is disappointed the city won’t help her organization make a pitch to the provincial government to waive some of the fees associated with building homes. Executive director Jan Lingford was at city hall on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to ask council to forward a resolution to the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA). The resolution would have called on the province to change its Local Government Act to exempt notfor-profit homeownership programs like Habitat from paying development cost charges, fees for new construction that often add $9,000 or more to the cost of building a home. Not-for-profit rental-housing projects are already eligible for DCC waivers. If a resolution passes at SILGA, it moves on to the Union of B.C. Municipalities for further debate. If passed there, the Union lobbies the provincial government to enact the change. Lingford told council Habitat is finding it difficult to keep cash flowing across the province in order to support its builds, which are then sold to selected families via interest-free mortgages. “We want to have you realize the payment of DCCs negatively affects our ability to build houses,” she said. Besides the SILGA resolution, Lingford also called on the city to “be a leader in the province” and look at exempting Habitat from the charges. She suggested the city look at using its affordable-housing

reserve to cover the loss of DCCs from Habitat’s yearly construction. Director of development and engineering services Marvin Kwiatkowski told council that’s something the city can look at if the province changes its legislation first, but added the amount of money required to cover costs could be more than the fund can handle if groups besides Habitat want an exemption. Council didn’t exactly move ahead with either request. With a deadline to submit resolutions to SILGA only four days away from the meeting, Coun. Donovan Cavers said he didn’t feel comfortable putting a request forward so quickly and asked for a staff report on the implications. That motion failed to pass, as did one from Coun. Dennis Walsh, which would have forwarded Habitat’s proposal to SILGA for further debate. Instead, council went with a suggestion from Coun. Marg Spina to study a Kamloops-only arrangement in which a portion of equity from Habitat’s homes would go to the city each time one is resold, in exchange for a break on DCCs. Kwiatkowski said he’s not sure without further study whether the plan would comply with provincial law, but will bring a report back to council at a later date. Lingford told KTW it’s likely another B.C. community will help Habitat get its resolution some provincial attention. “I was just hoping Kamloops will step forward — and they still may,” she said. Coun. Tina Lange recused herself from the debate, as she sits on the organization’s board.

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More than four years after his speedboat collided with a houseboat on Shuswap Lake, Leon Reinbrecht is on trial, facing one count each of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The trial is facing another delay this week.

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There’s been another delay in the trial of a man facing charges stemming from a fatal boat crash on Shuswap Lake in 2010. The latest delay is connected to a disc of evidence police officers failed to turn over to lawyers. The trial is set to resume on Monday, March 2. Leon Reinbrecht is charged with one count each of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm stemming from a July 3, 2010, head-on collision involving a houseboat and a speedboat. The Crown alleges Reinbrecht was piloting his speedboat in an erratic manner, zig-zagging across the lake, prior to the crash, which took place in the dark of night following a postCanada Day fireworks show. Court has heard Reinbrecht’s boat collided head-on with the houseboat, coming to rest in its main galley. Ken Brown, who was at the helm of the houseboat, died before first responders could get him out of the wreckage. Reinbrecht’s trial began in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 10. It was adjourned after

less than two days because of disclosure issues. The plan was to resume the trial on Monday, Feb. 23, but that was torpedoed by new evidence discovered by accident. Last week, This is defence and Crown a human lawyers process and sat down with RCMP mistakes investigawill occur. tors who — NEIL headed up FLANAGAN, the investiCROWN gation into PROSECUTOR the collision to look at the police file. In it, they found a disc containing 9-1-1 phone calls recorded at the RCMP’s operational communication centre (OCC) immediately after the crash. The disc had not previously been seen by Crown or defence. Defence lawyer Joe Doyle asked for a week-long adjournment to go over the new evidence. Crown prosecutor Neil Flanagan, however, wanted to continue calling witnesses on Tuesday, Feb. 24. “A perfect police investigation would seek out and gather all relevant information,” he said in court. “A perfect prosecution would

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disclose all relevant information. As we all know, we do not operate in a perfect world. “In a case this complicated, things will be missed no matter how hard everyone involved tries to do their best job, and we have an example of that with the OCC calls.” Flanagan said the discovery of the disc does not warrant a week-long adjournment. “This is a human process and mistakes will occur,” he said. “Not all mistakes are sufficient reason to adjourn a case. “The Crown is concerned about delay. They Crown is of the view that this matter should proceed without further delay, and I think that should occur.” Flanagan noted the disc was there for the taking if either lawyer wanted it. “It was there to be discovered had either defence or Crown made the request,” he said. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sheri Donegan decided on the March 2 trial-resumption date. Charges against Reinbrecht weren’t laid until 17 months after the fatal collision, and it took more than three years after that for his file to make it to trial. The trial is slated to last six weeks and the Crown is expected to call upwards of 50 witnesses.

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Kamloops RCMP has a new No. 2 TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

There will soon be a new secondin-command at the Kamloops RCMP detachment. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been nearly a year since Insp. Jennie Latham left the Tournament Capital for the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top cop has found her successor. Supt. Brad Mueller said Sunny Parmar will begin his work as inspector on April 7. Parmar has two decades of experience as a Mountie and is currently working as a government liaison in Victoria. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has a broad range of experience,â&#x20AC;? Mueller said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s married, has a family and currently has his house for sale.â&#x20AC;? Mueller said the last 11 months without an inspector â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Latham left Kamloops in March â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have been challenging, but they gave him an opportunity to closely examine the operational side of the detachment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long time since that inspector role has been filled â&#x20AC;&#x201D; going on a year,â&#x20AC;? Mueller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been difficult. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proved a challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re certainly looking forward to having that position filled.â&#x20AC;? The inspector is responsible for overseeing the operational side of the Kamloops detachment.

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A Kamloops Mountie who was shot and critically injured in December is continuing his recovery, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to hear much more about it from local police. RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller said the family of Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud has asked for increased privacy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continuing with his recovery,â&#x20AC;? Mueller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out of privacy and respect to the family, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want us to discuss his situation and his release to home.â&#x20AC;? Michaud, 41, was shot after pulling over a vehicle in Batchelor Heights in the earlymorning hours of Dec. 3. He underwent multiple surgeries at Royal Inland Hospital following the shooting and was airlifted to a Vancouver-area hospital for treatment on Dec. 23 after his condi-

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ealtors, prospective homebuyers and sellers and others can stop hoping B.C.’s property transfer tax (PTT) will be discontinued. It’s never going to happen. The reason? It’s a major cash cow for the provincial government, needed to balance the budget, and there’s nowhere else to raise that large chunk of cash without raising personal and corporate income taxes — and that’s not on for the B.C. Liberals. Premier Christy Clark is proud of what she says is the country’s lowest tax rate, so this kind of special tax, which only hits buyers of property, is not going any time soon, even though, as Clark herself says, it’s a drag on the economy. Here’s how it shakes down: The PTT consists of one per cent charged on the first $200,000 of a property’s value and two per cent after that. That means for a $600,000 house, $10,000 is due every time it changes hands. This handy calculation is not just a painful hit to the pocket book when purchasing a home — it’s a major source of revenue, generating $1.04 billion in 2014. Don’t think that’s a lot of cash? Well, consider the PTT raises significantly more than forestry — formerly the province’s No. 1 industry — which only brings in about $757 million; or natural gas royalties, which, at $542 million, generate about half of what the PTT does. These revenue numbers are interesting for another reason: They show how important real estate is to B.C.’s ongoing financial solidity. Without a strong real-estate market, helped, no doubt, by record-low interest rates, the provincial coffers would be much poorer. The province also benefits from rising property values and while there are exemptions for family transfers and first-time home buyers, it appears the property transfer tax is a necessary evil that raises millions to cover basic provincial services. A strong real-estate industry and increased property values, especially in single-family homes, are therefore critical to government budgeting — at least for now. — Tri-City News

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here’s one thing you can count on from city council — if there’s a way to make things difficult for themselves, they’ll do it. We could start with the parking-kiosk fiasco or that PR nightmare when they talked about giving themselves a raise, but let’s just jump to this week’s silliness. Folks from the Kamloops SPCA came to council looking for some support that just makes sense — they wanted a bylaw passed limiting how long a dog can remain tethered to a leash. This wasn’t a new topic for councillors as Claudine Sleik of Habit 4 Hounds Kamloops contacted council last month with the request. Council received documentation that showed 118 cruelty complaints relating to the tethering of a dog were received between 2010 and 2014. Council was asked to create a bylaw that would prohibit anyone from fastening any animal to a fixed object for more than four hours in a 24-hour period. It also asked for guidelines on how an animal can be tethered so that it can’t hurt itself if it tries to pull away from the tether. Councillors were given facts they should already know — when a dog is left alone outside for hours on end, day after day, it becomes anxious, desperate and, ultimately, aggressive.

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LEVEL Council was given information about the 30 other B.C. municipalities that already have such a bylaw. In Burnaby and Terrace, the time limit is one hour. Delta, Surrey and the Regional District of Central Okanagan have a four-hour limit. Oliver has a limit of six consecutive hours. Lions Bay and New Westminster do not allow unattended dogs to be tethered. It seems like a no-brainer. Here’s the problem, here’s what other communities have done and here’s the rationale — does anyone want to see a dog tied up for hours, whether it be sweltering summer or freezing winter? Unfortunately, it is not a no-brainer in the hands of Kamloops councillors. Nope, one of them said they would have to hire more bylaw officers, even though experience has shown the SPCA gets more calls — an estimated 125 a year — than does

the bylaws department. Then there is the whole enforcement issue. How, they wondered, could they ever make this work? The SPCA had the answer to that one, too. The society wants the bylaw as much for the educational opportunity than anything else. It wants to be able to send its investigators out to a home where Rover has been tied up in the backyard for hours and hours and tell the pet owner there’s a bylaw against this, so stop doing it. There was the ever-reliable this-might-cost-us-more-money argument put forward. The nonsense doesn’t end there, however. No, our councillors somehow managed to end up with a tie vote on a motion to not make a bylaw — yes, the language was that weird — and then voted against passing a bylaw or even striking a committee to look at the issue. So, nothing is changing. Rover can be tied up, even with just a rope around his neck, and affixed to a pole and left for hours and hours and hours. Some might call that cruelty. Our councillors call it a problem they just don’t want to deal with.

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

AUTHORS’ VIEWS WORTHY OF DISCUSSION Editor: the talk that day. Re: Michelle Good’s letter of Feb. 19 There were no objections until the law (‘Authors cannot be surprised at conference faculty (not in attendance at the talk) got to controversy’): the students the next day and expressed their In her misinformed comments on the personal views about inaccurate and wrong recent presentation by Frances Widdowson views of the two speakers and their published and Albert Howard to the recent work — Disrobing the Aboriginal law students’ conference at Industry. It is hardly Thompson Rivers University, These students took the hate speech, Good suggests she did not advice of their law professors attend the talk or, if she did, she and made their opposition to the but certainly never challenged one position of views the next day to the speakcontroversial the presenters. ers themselves and to the press. No one challenged any of The lawyers do not like the to a faculty of what she called “hate speech” views expressed by the speakers, law. during the talk or question nor do they like any of the points period. Howard and Widdowson make in I would expect that, if such hate speech their published work. was evident, someone in the university crowd These views clearly challenge the very would have challenged such unacceptable lucrative law industry thriving on and proviews. moting continuing litigation between native There were no objections expressed by any people and their aboriginal claims at the in attendance and none were expressed after expense of supporting the real needs of

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aboriginal people. They need assistance with their education, economic and social needs to help them out of their poverty and disadvantaged position in Canada. The presenters’ book was published by the joint McGill University-Queens University Press. It was a finalist for the prestigious Donner Foundation prize for the top nonfiction work in Canada. It is hardly hate speech, but certainly controversial to a faculty of law. It was presented at an academic conference at a Canadian university where, as Good herself says, there are venues for exchange of ideas, debate and critical analysis. It is disappointing and surprising the law faculty and law students did not take Good’s advice. John Hart instructor Canadian and native Canadian history Thompson Rivers University

PEOPLE NEED TO BE JUDGED ON ACTIONS, NOT HERITAGE Editor: Thank you to Christopher Foulds for his Feb. 13 column (‘Court ruling a race to the ridiculous’) on the Justice Alison Beame’s ruling in the Donald Charles Isadore case. I also find the ruling ridiculous. I read about the Gladue analysis in aboriginal sentencing and it seems to me Judge Stella Frame did consider Isadore’s aboriginal heritage and still ruled his driving while prohibited was not a direct result of that heritage. The information on the Justice Eductation Society’s website

regarding Gladue analysis states: ‘This does not, however, mean that all aboriginal offenders automatically qualify for lighter sentences than non-aboriginal offenders. The principles of sentencing apply to all offenders equally, and so in many situations such a remedy will not be appropriate to the circumstances of the case.” Considering aboriginal heritage does not always result in a light sentence. If Isadore’s reason for driving while prohibited is based on his abuse as a child, perhaps court-ordered counselling

would be appropriate. I also have to wonder about the idea of taking into account a person’s heritage when sentencing for a crime. There are many people who go through terrible trauma as children and for a good part of their lives, but the legal system and society do not have to consider their heritage if they commit a crime. What about the people of Japanese descent who were born in Canada and whose parents were born in Canada, all of whom were interred in during the Second World War ? What about the Jews now living in Canada who were held in

concentration camps by the Nazis and saw family and friends murdered in front of them? We need to see past a person’s heritage and see the person and then judge them on their actions, regardless of their background. There are still many sentencing options available that the judge can choose if he or she feels justice would be best served to have someone removed from society to protect themselves and others, during which time counselling and education can be offered to deal with underlying issues. Janet Hobbs, Kamloops

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RE: STORY: FACEBOOK PAGE EXPOSED CROOKS:

“We’ve used it in the past for graffiti problems and we were able to name a suspect. “People know people out there!” — posted by Leigh Folestad

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LETTERS RE: BILL LIGERTWOOD’S RATIONAL THOUGHTS COLUMN OF FEB. 20 (‘THE TROUBLE WITH PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS’):

IN THIS DEBATE, LET’S STICK TO THE FACTS Editor: As you may be aware, the persecution of Christians is at an all-time high worldwide and the Feb. 20 edition of KTW contained an unbalanced amount of articles that were flagrantly anti-Christian. If the situation were not so serious, it would surely be amusing how Bill Ligertwood, director of the Kamloops Centre for Rational Thought, in his derogatory and false statement that the Christian belief is devoid of facts and logic, states that “We are all descended from the stars.” What? This is itself a mystical statement totally devoid of scientific facts and logic. Science cannot prove where life came from — all it has is a theory.

Ligertwood needs to stick to the facts and realize that such twisted logic sold as “truth” certainly has no place in our schools. One atheist made the following remark: “Atheists are free to admit the limits of human understanding in a way that religious people are not. It is obvious we do not fully understand the universe.” Ligertwood gives the contrary impression in his article. The deaths of millions of people that occurred in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, in the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong and in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge (Pol Pot) were all the product of a brand of atheism. We do not need

more proof than that — that people tend to become just as blinded by their fanatical atheist beliefs as do the worst religious fundamentalists. There have been many famous Christian scientists, including Newton, Pasteur, Linnaeus, Faraday, Pascal, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell and Kepler. In fact, one of them, Sir Francis Bacon, is credited with formulating and establishing the scientific method. Their groundbreaking discoveries testifies to their ability to maintain a proper “scientific attitude,” for it was their researches and analyses that led to the very laws and concepts of science, which brought about our modern scientific age.

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become just as blinded by their fanatical atheist beliefs as do the worst religious fundamentalists.

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My appeal is that we humbly stay with the facts we can know and avoid a blinded logic that curtails the freedom of belief and expression in others. This provides balance and will help us all to make this world a better place in which to live. Mark Gelderblom Kamloops

TAX DOLLARS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUT TO GOOD USE Editor: I would like to point out that using the word “illiterate” to describe someone who wrote or helped to write a book is contradictory. Not being religious, I can also appreciate Bill Ligertwood’s misunderstanding that those who helped write the Bible were peasants, when they were in fact scribes, highly educated people, as well as Luke (a physician ) and Matthew (a tax collector). 1. Any independent school — religious or otherwise — must teach to the B.C. curriculum. All of our courses must coincide with the PLOs (prescribed learning outcomes) and cover that which is appointed by government. All of us teachers need to cite the PLOs for every section of our course to show how this is covered (go online to http://www.bced. gov.bc.ca/independentschools/ bc_guide/welcome.htm for the independent schools act). Anything religious that is taught in a school is secondary and an addendum to the regular curriculum. As a note: Christian theology does

not teach that the earth is 10,000 years old. This is a fringe view. In Catholic school, I was taught evolution. 2. Independent schools typically receive between 30 per cent and 50 per cent funding, but still teach 100 per cent of the curriculum, with some add-on material. This is why they charge tuition fees. 3. Independent schools are closely monitored by government. Our school — the online Traditional Learning Academy — has been audited for curriculum several times in the four years I have worked with them, so accountability is very high. Every AP Calculus student I have taught has received a 4 or 5 (5 being the highest grade) on their AP exam — a worldwide calculus exam, equivalent to first year university — and many have gone on to become engineers. So, I assure Ligertwood, the 30 to 50 per cent of his tax dollars for schooling are going to good use. Gareth Howell Kamloops

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Second round of city budget meetings sees more participants, but not by much

It was a more talkative crowd than the one that showed up to the city’s budget meetings last November, but some of the 40 Kamloopsians who turned out to talk about the 2015 budget at Interior Savings Centre on Feb. 24 were disappointed to see how few of their fellow taxpayers had shown up. “People just don’t seem to care much about what’s going on at city hall,” said Bob Caines, who came to the meeting to raise concerns about the planned widening of Columbia Street and the parks and recreation budget. Caines said he’d rather see the $3.8million road project put off, and the city concentrate on a pricey but, in his view, more essential project — a $2.7 million upgrade of the sewer main near the airport, which the city wants to fix in order to stave off potential line failures. The latter is one of about $5 million in capital projects on this year’s list of

supplemental budget requests, most of which the city wants to fund from its various reserves, not through taxation. But, that distinction wasn’t easy to see at the roundtable sessions. Participant Terry Rogers told KTW he felt it was difficult to contribute to the meetings because budget handouts didn’t say how the city was planning to pay for various items or what year the costs would come into play (in the case of the sewer project, not until 2016). “I think a lot of the information could be presented in a way that makes it easier for us,” he said. Several participants also complained about the structure of the evening. While the city offers roundtable sessions with its various departments to avoid grandstanding in an open-mic format, both Caines and Rogers said the same thing seems to happen on a smaller scale, with quieter or less-assertive members

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of the public struggling to be heard during their 15-minute sessions with each group of city staff. Coun. Ken Christian, who has been critical of the city’s budget public input process since it was revealed less than 50 people showed up for a pair of meetings that cost $180,000 last fall, said he wants to see the city continue to work on the input process. Under provincial law, Kamloops must do public consultation on the budget, but Christian said he’s not sure the series of meetings is working as well as it could. “You can’t just go ahead and make a $160-million budget on the opinion of 24 people who are probably here because they have specific issues they’re interested in,” he said. Christian suggested the city may want to consider setting up information sessions in one of the malls, or split members of council up and send them to to meetings of various local groups, including neighbourhood asso-

ciations and community groups such as the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association. “Maybe we have to be a bit more aggressive and take the show to them,” he said. So far, the city is look at a tax hike of 1.91 per cent, or about $35 for an average-assessed home of $344,000. This year’s list of supplement items funded via taxation would add about one per cent to that total — but the city also has yet to allocate surplus funds from 2014, which could offset some of the tax ask. Council will debate the budget again on March 31. A full list of this year’s supplemental requests is online at kamloops. ca/2015budget.

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Forget the three Rs — for many area high school students, learning will revolve around other letters of the alphabet. Starting with A, there’s automotive services. The Cs are well represented with cabinetry, carpentry and culinary arts. The list goes on, skipping some letters — including the Rs — to end with welding as the annual Cariboo Junior Skills Competition and Cariboo Regional Skills Competition takes place at Thompson Rivers University and NorKam second-

ary tomorrow (Feb. 27). As of Tuesday, co-ordinator Al Green said, there were about 130 secondary-school students registered for the main part of the event, the segment that sees the winners in each skills competition move on to the provincial level in April in Abbotsford. The hairdressing segment will take place at La Bella Saints hair salon at NorKam secondary. The junior try-a-trade portion, open to students in grades 6 through 8, includes a gravityvehicle race, wind turbines, mini-sumo robots and spaghetti bridges. Other competitions at the senior level include electronics,

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Revised: Did spending equal civic-election success? CIVIC ELECTION EXPENSES MAYORAL CANDIDATES: Peter Milobar: $37,092 (17,006 votes) Pierre Filisetti $483 (2,941) Ben James: $0 (1,040) Dallas Paisley: $0 (786)

COUNCILLOR CANDIDATES: Mike O’Reilly: $19,865 (6,350 votes) Dieter Dudy: $16,380 (10,399) Arjun Singh: $13,869 (10,939) Donovan Cavers: $13,481 (8,957) Nelly Dever: $11,405 (6,685) Marg Spina: $8,670 (8,380) Bob Dieno: $7,521 (6,305) Annette Glover: $7,259 (5,184) Pat Wallace: $7,070 (7,483) Andy Philpot: $6,621 (7,188) Nancy Bepple: $5,976 (4,601) Ken Christian: $4,883 (12,473) Peter Kerek: $4,875 (2,879) Dustin McIntyre: $4,629 (2,867) Brad Harrison: $4,111 (4,145) Daphane Nelson: $3,446 (3,606) Jenny Green: $3,291 (4,658) Denis Walsh: $3,285 (8,549) Tina Lange: $3,212 (8,374) Andrew Miller: $3,025 (2,235) Peter Sharp: $3,094 (6,240) Tanja Hasler: $2,597 (2,854) Cheryl Phippen: $1,240 (3,452) Glen Thompson: $1,143 (1,772) Bernadette Siracky: $738 (3,785) Glenn Hilke: $0 (1,598) Alexandra Proctor: $0 (1,290) Reo Rocheleau: $0 (484)

This is revised version of the original graph that appeared in the Feb. 24 edition of KTW. This revised version includes election expenses after calculating permissible expenses and surplus funds disbursed. The original story included total expenditures, including permissible expenses and surplus funds disbursed. For example, the original story stated

Donovan Cavers had election expenses of $17,398. In fact, after deducting a surplus of $3,917 not spent, Cavers’ actual election expenses were $13,481. There were a number of candidate expense tallies that have been adjusted. According to Elections BC, if a candidate’s contributions exceed expenses, remaining funds are considered a surplus.

If the candidate donated money to his/ her own campaign, they can take back that amount from the surplus account. If the surplus amount includes money from donors over and above what the candidate contributed, those surplus funds are placed in a trust, to be used by the candidate in the next civic election, in 2018. If the candidate does not

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“We wrote a letter the first time to the judge telling him we hope he wouldn’t get institutionalized, that he’d get an education,” Riemersma said. No one was present at this trial from Michell’s family. Michell, 40, died in his apartment on the Siska Indian Band reserve south of Lytton from 73 stab wounds. In this trial, the defence entered new evidence that Michell sexually assaulted another young man in similar circumstances a year earlier. Calling Michell a “sexual predator,” lawyer Sheldon Tate urged the jury to make a find-

ing of self-defence, arguing Bird was defending himself when he woke up naked and drunk to find Michell with his head in his lap, sexually assaulting him. Twenty years old at the time, Bird was staying with Michell at his apartment in the Fraser Canyon for about 10 days before the incident, testifying he was reluctant to go home to roommates. The two first met when Michell picked up Bird when he was hitchhiking. Bird testified he “snapped” when he awoke, still drunk, to find himself naked, with a naked Michell holding a knife, his head in his crotch.

number of wounds were to Michell’s neck, something Caffaro said “indicates an intent to kill.” In a second police interview, Bird could not explain his reaction to Michell upon waking up. In the trial, he said he was shocked to find Michell sexually assaulting him, stabbed the older man in the neck and a fight ensued. After the 2011 trial, thenB.C. Supreme Court Justice Richard Blair ruled that, despite being drunk, Bird acted with “chilling clarity” in stabbing Michell to death. The jury made no recommendation for a sentence.

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The chance of an interest-rate cut by the Bank of Canada next week has been reduced, analysts said this week following a speech by the central bank’s governor. Stephen Poloz told an academic audience in London, Ont., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, that the full negative impact of lower oil prices on Canada’s economy remains unclear. But, the central bank bought itself time to figure out how best to steer the country back toward stability in making last month’s surprise quarter-point rate cut, Poloz said. “The oil-price shock itself is of uncertain size,’’ Poloz said in the inaugural president’s lecture at Western University. “So, the downside risk insurance from the interest-rate cut buys us some time to see how the economy actually responds,’’ he said. Poloz said later in a question-and-answer session he believes the bank took out sufficient insurance at its January policy meeting,

given the economic environment at the time. He noted oil prices have, by and large, stabilized at a level at which the bank had set in making its January announcement. Until Tuesday, many economists had predicted the Bank of Canada would likely cut rates by a further quarter-point at its March 4 policy meeting. Now, they appear to be leaning toward a wait-and-see position. “Another curve ball from Bank of Canada Governor Poloz has sharply reduced the odds of a rate cut at next week’s meeting,’’ BMO Capital Markets senior economist Benjamin Reitzes said in a statement. “There are still some key economic data before the policy announcement that could change the equation.’’ Statistics Canada is expected to report January inflation numbers today and grossdomestic product data for December is expected on March 3, the day before the rate announcement by the

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policy-makers more confidence the economy should be back on a more sound footing by the end of next year, rather than some time in 2017. Still, uncertainty remains because, while the oil-price shock hurt the economy almost immediately, taking advantage of a lower Canadian dollar to boost exports and increased consumer spending on items other than lower-priced fuel will only happen gradually, Poloz said. He warned that lower oil prices mean lower Canadian income, which will worsen the household debt-to-income ratio. In response to questions after the speech to his alma mater, Poloz said he sees near-term positives in Canada’s economy that could impact the central bank’s decision making, including the price of Brent crude oil stabilizing in the range of $60 US. Poloz told reporters the economy might not see the positive effects of lower oil prices and interest rates until later this year.

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OTTAWA — New research by National Defence shows soldiers with mental-health conditions, especially those with Afghan war illnesses, are far more likely to be declared unfit for military service — and almost 70 per cent of them can expect to be mustered out within 10 years of deployment. The startling figures are contained in an analysis by the Canadian Forces Health Services Branch, which reviewed the medical files of over 30,000 troops who deployed as part of the nearly 12-year Afghan campaign. The analysis focuses on the long-term career impact of service-related mental disorders and how they are impacted by the military’s universality of service rule, which requires all members to be fit to deploy both at home and overseas. In the fall of 2013, a number of soldiers, many with post-traumatic stress, came forward to say they were being declared unfit and hustled out of uniform. The analysis, by Mark Zamorski and David Boulos, finds that five years after the first deployment, 40 per cent of soldiers with a mental-health diagnosis were likely to have developed career limitations that would lead to being released, compared with 11 per cent with no medical condition. After 10 years, the figures jump to 68.8 per cent and 19.8 per cent respectively. National Defence has invested a lot of time and effort to convince soldiers suffering with mental illness to seek help, but a major barrier in the “self-

identification’’ campaign has been the worry that once they seek help, their careers are over. Former veterans ombudsman Pat Stogran said it is a real fear and the new research will come as little comfort. “The soldiers call it going away to the island of broken toys,’’ Stogran said. “It’s a career death sentence and they’re not coming back.’’ Being diagnosed with a career-limiting condition — mental or physical — does not mean an automatic medical release, but it does set the wheels in motion, Zamorski said. Some people with either depression, post-traumatic stress or anxiety, which make up the bulk of the post-combat afflictions, respond well to treatment and can lead productive lives, he said. But, they still might not meet the service standard, Zamorski cautioned. “A lot of people are found to be unfit for continued service, even though we know many of them are just great,’’ Zamorski said. “These are people, many of whom we known from our clinicians, are great. Yes, they have PTSD — or they had PTSD and they no longer meet the criteria for the condition. Maybe they have to take medication and they would be fit for just about any other job under the sun, but not for military service.’’ Stogran believes the universality standard needs to be reviewed and pointed to the fact that overweight — or physically unfit — members can obtain a doctor’s exemption. “I could take you on a walk through (National Defence Headquarters) and show you all the plugs in uniform who couldn’t do the PT test,’’ he said. “So they’ve really got to rethink this.’’

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ore than anything, Scott Reeves said his team is “antsy” to get its Canada West playoff campaign underway. The head coach of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women’s basketball team, Reeves and his players have had nearly two weeks off since they ended their regular season with a 58-54 victory over the Fraser Valley Cascades on Feb. 14. It’s time for the Pack to get back on the court now and they’ll do so in style when they tip off in Game 1 against the Victoria Vikes tonight (Feb. 26) at 7 p.m. “There’s a certain excitement in the air that we get to host our first-ever playoff series,” Reeves told KTW yesterday (Feb. 25). “We’ve done well in practice, working on our systems, and we’re going to try our best to advance to the final four.” Game 2 is slated for tomorrow, while Game 3 of the best-of-three series will go on Saturday, if necessary. All three tilts will be played at the Tournament Capital Centre. On paper, Thompson Rivers would appear to be the favourites in the series, though with the new Pioneer-Explorer divisional arrangement, comparing teams in divisional crossover matchups becomes more difficult. The WolfPack finished the season 18-2, with a season-long winning streak of 15 games, and went 10-0 in 10 games at the Tournament Capital Centre. The club ranked first in Canada West in rebounds (50.3) and third in points (73.7), but was 16th in field-goal percentage (36.2). The Vikes, meanwhile, had the fifthbest field-goal percentage in the conference (41.6), but were eighth in points (71.1) and 15th in rebounds (34.3). They finished the season 13-7 and went .500 (5-5) on the road. The Vikes enter the post-season on the right foot, too, having won six of their last six games, albeit against non-playoff teams. “They’re a very good transition team,” Reeves said of Victoria. “They shoot a high percentage — as individuals and, obviously, as a team when you add that

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together — but they can really spread you out on the three-point line. “They have some good inside play, they rebound the ball hard. “We’ve basically got to play a complete game here — it’s not like we can focus on just one aspect because they’re a pretty complete team.” TRU enters the playoffs on the heels of a week filled with conference recognition. Point-guard Jorri Duxbury was named a second-team all-star by Canada West, while Taiysa Worsfold was named to the third-team and Michelle Bos the allrookie roster. Reeves was named the conference’s

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Brown heading to local Hall of Fame Former Kamloops Blazers’ general manager Bob Brown heads up the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame’s (KSHF) class of 2015. Brown oversaw hockey operations and had the task of pulling it all together for the Blazers, working with a community-based board of directors and a strong network of hockey minds — scouts, coaches and players and, away from the ice, billets, fans, community leaders and sponsors. The result of his leadership and commitment to excellence produced a dynasty decade of hockey from 1985 to 1995. The Blazers will long be known for equalling the record of three Memorial Cup titles in four years (1992, 1994, 1995). Kamloops raised

Bob Brown many league banners under Brown’s direction. During his tenure, Kamloops appeared in five Memorial Cup tournaments and won three of them. His induction will be held on April 11 in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University. The event gets underway at 6 p.m. Sam Lenarduzzi of B.C. soccer fame will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $45 and will be available at the Interior Savings Centre Box office.

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coach of the year. “I’m very humbled by it,” Reeves said of the award. “It is a team award. The team is the one that is able to do those things.”

Men’s basketball

The WolfPack men’s basketball team is in Saskatoon this weekend, tipping off against the nation’s sixth-ranked team, the Saskatchewan Huskies. The Huskies finished the season 15-5, while TRU went 11-9. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday, while Game 2 will go on Saturday and Game 3, if necessary, Sunday.

Emily Schmidt isn’t the only trampoline athlete competing in her first Canada Winter Games this week in Prince George. In fact, it’s everyone’s first. Trampoline is new to the Canada Winter Games this year, joining a gymnastics slate that was previously made up entirely of artistic events. “I’m really proud to be part of the first team that ever goes,” Schmidt told KTW during one of her final practices before heading north.

She’s unsure what to expect from her first multi-sport event, but she’s glad she is getting the opportunity to partake. “I’m not expecting anything,” she said, when asked if she had medal aspirations. “I just really want to do my best and complete my routines.” Turn to page A22 for the latest results from Kamloops athletes at the Games in Prince George.

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Bailey De Palma reads aloud as the Kamloops Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bus rolls through Salmon Arm. The Storm have lost on this night, Monday, Feb. 23, and the bus is quiet as it drones on for Kamloops, the players subdued as they process a 3-2 doubleovertime loss to the Sicamous Eagles in Game 3 of the opening round of the KIJHL playoffs. Head coach Ed Patterson stands at the front of the bus, listening to his goaltender read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything you get in life is earned,â&#x20AC;? De Palma reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some call it a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lucky break,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; some call it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;getting a chance,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; we call it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;earning what you deserve.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to us to prove what we deserve to each other every shift. Remember sacrifice, commitment and love for one another last forever, but so does the guilt of letting your brother and yourself down. Which one do you want? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be scared of failure, go out and earn your success together.â&#x20AC;? They are Pattersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words, a passage written by the coach and passed on to his players in their scouting books. He addresses the quote and asks his team if they earned victory on this night. They did not, they reply. And then, just like that, he tells the team to move on. The Storm could be disappointed a kilometre ago, he says, back when the bus first entered Salmon Arm, but no longer. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to focus on Game 4, which takes place in less than 24 hours, again in Sicamous. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as we got home, we were already over it,â&#x20AC;? Storm captain Felix Larouche said following Game 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In playoffs, you really canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t focus on one loss. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to happen.â&#x20AC;? And, on Tuesday night, a different fate awaited the junior B club. Kamloops would win Game 4, again needing overtime, posting a 4-3 victory to take a 3-1 series lead back to the Tournament Capital. Such is the ebb and flow of playoff hockey. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no time to dwell, whether on a win or a loss. When four losses can mean the end of a season,

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Dexter Robinson (right) and the Kamloops Storm will look to end their playoff series against the Sicamous Eagles tonight (Feb. 26) in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Game time is 7 p.m.

losses are parked quickly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think you just have to keep focused on the end goal of winning four,â&#x20AC;? said forward Addison Bazian, who scored the overtime winner on Tuesday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hard to win four in a row, obviously.â&#x20AC;? A save here, a turnover there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kamloopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; series with Sicamous could very easily be coming back to the Tournament Capital knotted at two games apiece. Instead, the Storm returned with a 3-1 lead and a chance to advance to the second round of the playoffs with a victory tonight at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Game time is 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt an awful lot better than last night,â&#x20AC;? said assistant coach Kyle Panasuk before boarding the Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bus back to Kamloops, a ride that on this night is excited rather than subdued, boisterous rather than quiet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You explain that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been through a lot this year and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to change anything, per se, in the minute, but to believe in yourselves and just trust the process that we worked on through 52 games through the year.â&#x20AC;?

Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nest a venerable gem

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a spartan rink, as nondescript as so many others around the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, but one that punches above its weight. The roof of silver foil, the walls unpainted plywood, the steel girders a pale yellow reminiscent of a hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior. In place of goal lights, the

police lights so common around the KIJHL hang above the nets at either end of the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre. The six rows of bleachers line one side of the rink, filled with parents and fans of the Sicamous Eagles, are painted in bright blues and reds, the norm of the time the rink opened on a January day in 1983. The boards are painted with black puck marks, thousands of scars dating back decades, marks that tell a history of the rink, of a time when now-Nashville Predators Cody Franson and Shea Weber chased the puck as minor-hockey players. Sicamousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; storied hockey history is everywhere in the rink on Shea Weber Way. Above the penalty boxes hang six banners, the NHL teams and draft years of six Sicamous natives â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Weber, Franson, Kris Beech, Kris Hogg, Andrew Kozek and Adrian Veideman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; recognized. In the lobby hangs a photo of Doug Birks, former arena manager and namesake of the Kamloops Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s KIJHL division. Somewhere nearby wanders Codyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, referred to only as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Fransonâ&#x20AC;? by locals. Between periods, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Weberâ&#x20AC;? pilots the Zamboni around the small-town rink. A rink like so many others around the province, history sets Sicamousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; apart.

Westsyde girls book spot at provincials It came down to the last second, but the Westsyde junior girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball team did eventually qualify for the provincial championship, which runs from March 4 to March 7 at the Langley Events Centre. Westsyde edged Okanagan Mission of Kelowna 29-28 in a provincial-playdown game in the Little

Apple on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Okanagan Mission had an open shot to win the game on a last-second play, but was unable to convert. Westsyde downed the South Kamloops Titans 42-29 on Monday to advance to the game in Kelowna on Tuesday.

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SPORTS B.C. High School Rodeo Association graduate Rachel Kerr of Cherry Creek is on a full-ride scholarship to a Wyoming school. The association is raising money to help more students at its Western Gala this weekend at the South Thompson Inn. DANIELLE DOUCET PHOTO

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The second annual B.C. High School Rodeo Association (BCHSRA) Western Gala will be held at the South Thompson Inn on Saturday, Feb. 28. “We’re trying to make people more aware of B.C. High School Rodeo and of what our kids do,” said Pat Kerr, a director with BCHSRA. “We raise money to help our scholarships for the end of the year and to help put together the B.C. finals.” Tickets for the gala are $50. Doors open at 5 p.m. and steak dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

To book a spot at the gala, call Kerr at 250319-1465. There will be silent and live auctions, with prizes such as dinner for eight on a houseboat and a hand-hewn bed. “The business community has been awesome with donating prizes,” Kerr said. Cowboys and cowgirls dressed in their best western attire will be selling 50-50 tickets and displaying the auction items. Last year, the association handed out about $28,000 in scholarships, money doled out to Grade 12 students planning to attend college or university in Canada or the U.S.

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Kerr’s granddaughter, Cherry Creek product Rachel, is benefiting now from one of them. “Rachel [Kerr] is in Wyoming on a full-ride scholarship,” Pat said. “We have two students in California on a ride. We probably have 15 past graduates on some type of rodeo scholarship.” For the first time in 12 years, Kamloops will host the BCHSRA finals, the provincial championships, with the event scheduled to run from June 11 to June 13 at the Tournament Capital Ranch in Rayleigh. Money raised on Saturday will go toward prizes for the provincials.

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Little Apple on Saturday and a 4-3 overtime victory at Valleyview Arena on Sunday. Hunter Beckett (1G), Adam Gammel (1G), Ben Ward (1G), Kaden Dempsey (2A), Alek Erichuk (2A) and Brandon Gremaud (1A) notched points for the Raiders. Kaleb Virgo was in net for Kamloops on Saturday and Ethan Langenegger was between the pipes on Sunday. West Kelowna advances to the provincial championship.

6-6 at Brock Arena. Tallying points for the Lumberjacks were Josh Olynyk (2G, 1A), Andrew Warner (2G), Nicholas Dallaire (1G, 1A) Ethan Crawford (1G) and Ethan Smith (1A). Connor Hall (2G), Jarret Daoust (1G, 2A), Brandon Schanzenbach (1G,1A), Angus McQuillan-Gordon (1G) and Brent Soulle(1G) had points for the Rangers. Kalen Aujla was in net for Big O and Garrick Cassidy backstopped Scotiabank. The Lumberjacks were down 4-2 heading into the third period and rallied to take a 6-5 lead, but the Rangers tied the game with 14 seconds left in the third period.

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Matt Ward and the 7 Point Millworks Kamloops Ice Hawks earned a thrilling 6-5 victory over Kelowna in atom development play on Sunday. With 35 seconds to play in the third period, Ward scored to tie the game. Then, with less than four seconds remaining, he notched the winner. Zach Anderson, Lian Gayfer, Jacob Hufty and Carter Streek had singles. Colton Day posted the victory between the pipes. Kamloops will square off with Kelowna in the playoffs, which begin this Friday in the Little Apple.

Cody Kirbyson and Jacob Faraday scored to lift the North Kamloops Lions to a 2-1 victory over hometown Kelowna in midget tier 1 playoff action on Saturday. Kevin Emsland registered an assist and Kolby Pauwels was the winning netminder. Game 2 of the bestof-three series will be played at Memorial Arena on Saturday, Feb. 28. Game time is 4:30 p.m.

Raiders bow out

All that for a tie

It’s all over for the bantam tier 2 Kamloops Players Bench Raiders. West Kelowna swept Kamloops in Round 3 of the post-season, posting a 5-0 win in the

In a back-and-forth affair, the Big O Tires Lumberjacks and Scotiabank Rangers decided nothing in bantam recreation playoff action on Sunday, tying

The Mean Machine didn’t let up in weekend action against the Hitmen, trouncing the club 10-0 in a bantam recreation matchup. Michael Love and Birch Mierau were perfect between the pipes for the Machine, while Evan Schmidt led the offence with a hat trick. Colton Davoren (2G, 1A), Ryan Anderson (2G), Jayden Williams (1G), Deegan LudwigKonrad (1G) and Kai Farenholtz (1G) also chipped in with points.

It’s Henderson!

Riley Henderson was in on four of five goals for the Thompson Okanagan Lakers as the female AAA club defeated Williams Lake 5-2 in exhibition action.

Henderson had two goals and two assists and was joined on the scoresheet by Ali Roine (2G), Andie Kaneda (1G, 2A), Mairyn Tucker (3A) and Anna Morrish (1A). Emma Gottfriedson and Sydney Carter split the goaltending victory.

Mystix magic

The North Kamloops Royal Purple Mystix took down the Jets at Brock Arena on the weekend, winning the peewee exhibition game 8-3. Cassidy Stasiuk of the Mystix led the game with two goals and two assists, while Nola Clarke (2G), Nicole Thomas (1G, 1A), Camryn Filimek (1G, 1A), Amanda Thomas (1G), Natalie Knight (1G) and Kelly Kosolofski (1A) rounding out the scoring. Eric Crawford (1G), Mathias Woehle (1G), Kaedyn Bert (1G) and Jeremy Hofman (1A) tallied for the Jets. Rebekah Schmutz picked up the victory between the pipes for the Mystix, while Josh Hofmann backstopped the Jets.

Check out the Vibe

The Kamloops Vibe are hosting South Coast Female Amateur Hockey League games this weekend. Kamloops and Simon Fraser University meet at 8 p.m. at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre on Saturday and the rematch will get underway at 11 a.m. on Sunday at the Ice Box.

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Brock girls advance

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Melody Hunter of Bowlertime 5 Pin Centre in Kamloops will compete for the Okanagan (Zone D) at the 5 Pin Youth Bowling Provincial Championships on Saturday, Feb. 28. She will bowl in the junior girls’ singles division in Langley.

Delighted divers

Riptech Diving Club brought three athletes to the winter provincial championships, which wrapped up in Vancouver on Sunday, Feb. 22. Rylee Arthur, competing in the Group E girls’ division, won silver medals in the one- and three-metre events. Diving in the Group C boys’ division, Scott Brunelle had fourthplace finishes on the one- and three-metre boards. Rylie Denis, competing in the Group C girls’ category, was sixth in the one-metre dive and seventh in the threemetre event.

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Owen honoured

Owen Spence, who passed away unexpectedly in December of 2008, was honoured as one of the founders of the Silver Skate Festival in Edmonton on Sunday, Feb. 22. This festival celebrated its 25th anniversary. Owen and his wife Cathy Turnbull Spence resided in Edmonton from 1987 to 1997. A former member of the Canadian crosscountry skiing team, Owen had a love for winter sports and creating fun family outdoor winter activities. In 1990, he, along with several other Edmonton outdoor enthusiasts, created the beginnings of the Silver Skate Festival by organizing a winter triathlon and marathonskating events. Cathy, along with her four children — Victoria (Tori), Josie, Sara and Eric Spence — were in attendance at the award ceremonies on Sunday to present the Owen Spence Award to the winning family team in the winter triathlon.

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Jordan Korol of the Vernon Panthers goes up for a shot, guarded by Amanda Daly (left) and Reanna Everett of the Valleyview Vikings in senior girls’ AA Okanagan basketball playoff action in Vernon on Thursday, Feb. 19. The Panthers beat the Vikings 76-41. In the final, Immaculata of Kelowna downed Princess Margaret of Penticton 81-56. Both finalists advance to the provincial championship, which runs from March 4 to March 7 in Langley.

Country Night

The Kamloops Blazers are hosting Country Night at Interior Savings Centre tomorrow (Feb. 27), when the Victoria Royals are in town. Fans are encouraged to dress in their best western attire to win prizes, including a new car from the Kamloops Auto Mall, tickets to see Chad Brownlee and passes to the Rockin’ River Music Festival in Merritt this summer. Country singer Art Pruce will perform in the Parkside Lounge following the game and will sing the national anthem. The Giants and Blazers play at ISC on Saturday, the final Kids Night of the season. Buy a regularprice adult or senior ticket and can receive a

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The Brock middle school Grade 9 girls’ basketball team won a wildcard berth and will attend the provincial championship this weekend in Kelowna. Brock secured a spot at provincials by placing fifth at the zone championship in Kelowna on the weekend. Members of the team include Ainsley Grether, Denae Branchflower, Athena Louvros, Kaysha Ahmo, Keanna Savage, Manvir Sohol, Emily Ferguson, Tayana Church, Terri Teite, Marie Thoobsaree, Erica Kabatoff, Sehler Hik and Cassandra Ferguson. Chuck Ferguson, Maury Hik and Sandy Ferguson coach the team. Grether and Emily Ferguson were selected to the zone all-star team.

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Valleyview Skating Club sent four skaters to the West Coast Challenge Synchro and Adult Competition on the weekend in Coquitlam. Cheyenne Irvine was first in the gold interpretive event and second in the gold freeskate event. Marilyn Triggs was third in bronze freeskate and fifth in pre-intro interpretive. Janet Dabner performed well in the masters freeskate and placed third in gold interpretive. Corina Doyle was third in the competitive freeskate.

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Fisher catching fire Castro impressing Jays Cierra Fisher is continuing where her sister, Samantha Fisher, left off at the Canada Winter Games. Cierra and her Team B.C. rink were 4-0 in curling action at the Games when KTW went to press yesterday (Feb. 25). B.C. is hoping to repeat as gold medallists in the Prince George event, after Corryn Brown and her Kamloops rink, which included the elder Fisher, won a gold medal in Halifax in 2011. Four other athletes from the Tournament Capital are still competing at the Games. Emily Schmidt of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre was also in action yesterday evening, the only Kamloops gymnast with Team B.C. in mixed trampoline. On Tuesday, Schmidt finished fourth in her preliminary flight in individual trampoline, missing out on a trip to the final. Brendan Semchuk will take to the ice in men’s hockey today, lining

up for quarter-final action against Team Quebec. Team B.C. went 1-2 in preliminary play, finishing third in its pool, while Quebec was 2-1 and finished second. Megan Hanks of the Aberdeen Judo Academy will also be in action today, looking to medal in judo. Synchronized swimmer Katrina Hohensee was in the pool for the team event after KTW went to press yesterday. Earlier this week, she finished seventh in the preliminary round of duet, ninth in preliminary solo and 36th in figures swimming. B.C. was third in the medal standings when KTW went to press yesterday, with 52 medals — 16 gold, 19 silver and 17 bronze. Last week, Kamloops’ Sara Spence was the talk of the Games’ speedskating events, winning two gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals. Competition in Prince George wraps up on Sunday, March 1.

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DUNEDIN, Fla. — At six-footfive, Miguel Castro is hard to miss at the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training camp. The spindly Dominican righthander uncoils like a praying mantis on the mound — and he throws smoke. The first time Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos saw him pitch, for Class-A Vancouver, he thought the speed gun was broken because it kept showing 98 miles per hour. “I literally said ‘Hey, is something wrong with the gun? Is it frozen?’’’ Anthopoulos said. Having just turned 20 in December, Castro is very much a work in progress. But the fact he has control to go with that speed has Anthopoulos enthusing. The GM says the young pitcher may not have great command in terms of where he hits the glove, but he

finds the strike zone. “Any young player, there’s risk,’’ Anthopoulos said. “But, young players that control the strike zone have a much better chance, and young starters and relievers that throw strikes have a pretty good chance to survive up here. I’d say nine times out of 10, the reason guys get sent down is because they can’t throw strikes.’’ Castro is listed at 190 pounds, but looks 20 pounds lighter. While there isn’t much meat on the bone, it doesn’t seem to be a problem. His fast ball has been clocked at 102 m.p.h., according to Anthopoulos. Josh Thole, who caught Castro’s bullpen session on Tuesday, Feb. 24, was impressed by what he saw. “The way that he commanded his pitches, that’s what impressed me more than anything,’’ said Thole. “Not that he throws 100 [m.p.h.] or what not, but throwing a breaking ball and not just throwing it but knowing what he wants to do with it.

And, when he did make a mistake with it, you could see him making the adjustment on the next pitch. And that shows a lot about a pitcher, about who he is.’’ Castro throws a fastball, slider and change-up. “You have a three-pitch pitcher like that, who throws that hard and knows what he’s doing, those guys are special,’’ Thole said. Baseball America lists Castro ninth among Jays’ prospects. “Right now if the season was to start today, he’d be down here in the Florida State League but that’s not to say that he can’t come [up] quick,’’ said Anthopoulos. “A longshot to make the team but we wouldn’t close the door on anything,’’ he added. After seeing Castro last year in Vancouver, an impressed Anthopoulos called Ismael Cruz, the Jays’ director of Latin American scouting. “I said ‘You just paid for your salary for the next 10 years because that’s a great sign.’’’

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ON THE CRAFT HUNT WITH KAMLOOPSBEER

S PERSONALIZE FRIED RICE Kamloops This Week is amping up its inner foodie in 2015. The biweekly Cuisine page will look a bit different this year. Each month, we will highlight recipes as they correspond to various cultural holidays. Those recipes will come from foodies in the community — from restaurant chefs and owners to home cooks — along with a brief explanation of the dish and holiday. This series will be paired with KTW reporter Andrea Klassen’s beer column on the Cuisine page every second Thursday. Bon apetit! KTW contacted Faith Leung, owner of Moon Wok Chinese restaurants in Kamloops for traditional recipes to celebrate Chinese New Year, which occured earlier this month. Leung shared house special fried rice and said the benefit of the

recipe, is that nothing has to be exact. She provides a basic outline for the dish, but advises readers to use it as a starting point. It is also a great opportunity to use up whatever is in the fridge, including leftover rice.

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SPECIAL FRIED RICE

Courtesy Faith Leung of Moon Wok Chinese Baby shrimp Cooked chicken, diced Barbecued pork, diced Cooked rice (left over rice works well) Frozen peas One egg

1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. sugar Soy sauce to taste 2 tsp. oil

Heat up a frying pan and add one teaspoon of oil. Scramble the egg in the pan. Remove the egg from heat. Bring water to a boil in a pot. Add babyshrimp, chicken, bbq pork and frozen peas to boiling water. Once it returns to a rolling boil, strain. Add remaining oil in a pan and add the rice. Stir it until it warms up, then add egg, baby shrimp, frozen peas and chicken. Stir fry until the rice is hot. Add salt, sugar and soy sauce to taste.

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ocial-media savvy beer drinkers in Kamloops may already know Jon Fulton and Matthew Tarzwell through their Twitter account, Kamloops Craft Beer (@Kamloopsbeer). For over a year, the pair has dedicated their time to tracking down hard-to-get seasonal and limited releases at liquor stores across the Tournament Capital. For the first in our semi-irregular Pints With Strangers series, Bad Rider Reviews sat down for a beer and a chat about the account’s origins. Andrea Klassen: How did you decide to set up Kamloops Craft Beer? Jon Fulton: Somehow we heard about Sartori. Driftwood Brewing does it. It’s freshhopped. In September, you harvest all the hops and normally the process is you would dry them, freeze them, pellet them and ship them off. The thing with the fresh-hopped beer is the oils are still really good, so they harvest it, throw it in a truck, drive it to the brewery and dump it in. So, it’s this superpungent hop. We were really big hops fans at that point

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RIDER and were like, where in town is going to get this? And then we noticed that every liquor store in town, they would get not even just different breweries, but different bottles from the same breweries, and we thought someone needs to collate this, so we just started doing it, and put it on Twitter so everyone knows about it. AK: How much do you think craft beer has caught on in Kamloops in the year since you started the account? JF: I think it’s pretty big. For example, Sartori, the day the shipment was supposed to come in, we showed up and we found some of our Twitter followers there waiting at, like, 11 a.m., because the truck was supposed to arrive. Even my father-inlaw, he’s in his 60s and was never a big beer drinker to begin with.

And I’ve totally ruined him. He’s like, ‘I can’t drink any of this crap.’ So, now he’s buying fancy beers — that’s what he calls them. Matthew Tarzwell: I think it’s like anything. You start to become aware that there’s more options. It’s like wine, it’s like restaurants. You want to try something new and you see if you like it, see what the hype is about. Now that there’s so many options when you go into the beer store, I think it’s only going to grow. AK: So, what are you drinking these days? MT: Phillips has been consistently good, Parallel 49 is consistently good, and Driftwood. JF: Driftwood’s probably the best brewery in B.C., I think. AK: What’s next for @Kamloopsbeer? MT: We’ve thought about having taste-offs, maybe invite some of our Twitter followers to say what’s the best IPA or what’s the best pale ale and taste them all. That would be fun. Andrea Klassen is a KTW reporter and beer blogger. Find more at badrider.reviews. Or, email info on your craft beer project or event to andrea@ kamloopsthisweek.com.

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ò Obituaries & In Memoriam ô JOHN KENNETH SCHELLENBERG John Kenneth Schellenberg passed away in his 87th year

on February 21, 2015 at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House in Kamloops. John was born near Nipawin, Saskatchewan on January 9, 1929, three years after his parents, Abram and Anna Schellenberg, had immigrated from Russia. He moved to the Okanagan Valley in 1947 and resided in Penticton, Vernon and Kamloops, in the decades that followed. John had extensive contacts in the region through his work in the industrial supply and financial services sectors and his membership in the First Baptist and Alliance Churches. He was predeceased by his parents and siblings, and by Lydia Schellenberg, his first wife of 52 years. In 2006, John married Jean Burke and together they continued to pursue his love of photography and travel. John is survived by Jean, by his three children Anne (David) Bozek, David (Deb) Schellenberg, and Grant (Diane) Schellenberg; and by seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, three stepchildren and seven step-grandchildren. A family gathering will be held at a later date. Memorial donations in John’s name may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, 72 Whiteshield Cr., South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9.

NORMA PATRICIA TILLEY

GORDON CHARLES WAGNER (GORDIE)

1950 - 2015 It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Norma Patricia Tilley on February 20, 2015.

Gordon Charles Wagner of Grand Prairie, Alberta passed away suddenly on February 14, 2015. Gordie was born in Nanaimo, BC to Gary and Carla Wagner.

She was born at Boissevain, Manitoba on October 6, 1950. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Kenneth Tilley, her sons Richard, Garth (Helen), daughter Sherri (Norman), grandchildren Thomas, Ike, Ricki, Niki, Alex, Brandon, Tyler and her two dogs Baylee and Rilee, two sisters Doreen Alvis, Verma Kerr, four brothers Lawrence, Wilbert, Clifford and Micheal. Norma moved to BC in 1976 and worked retail for many years at BJ Wholesale and London Drugs. She enjoyed spending leisure time with family and friends, camping and summers in her back yard. The family would like thank Dr. Dong, Dr. Kohansal and staff at RIH for their kind and compassionate care. No service by request. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cancer Society.

Gordie moved to Kamloops in 1979 where he hunted, fished and attended school and met many life-long friends. At the age of 18, Gord moved to the Yukon to live out his dream as a hunting guide, where he spent many years making more life-long friends. He later moved to Grand Prairie, where he became a fully ticketed welder, with the help and encouragement from many people who were like family. Gordie’s greatest love was his daughter Kyra Babin-Wagner, who he lived everyday for. Gord is survived by his parents Gary Wagner (Joan), Carla Wagner (Dave), his daughter Kyra BabinWagner, his sister Tammy Wagner (Chris), his nieces Richelle Wagner-Hopkins, Brooklynn Dunn, Autumn Ramage, many aunts, uncles, cousins and his faithful companion Shinner. Gord (original mountain man) had the kindest soul and the biggest heart and will be sadly missed. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to The Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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ANITA RACHEY Anita Hope Rachey passed away peacefully at home on February 21, 2015. She was born, a twin to Joanne, on April 7, 1936, to a family of 10 children. Anita was raised in Bjorkdale, Saskatchewan.

She is also survived by her brother and sister Ernie (Lois) Olafson, Orval (Nadia) Olafson, and will be missed by many nieces and nephews. Annie May Miller was born in Steveston, BC on March 11,1928. The Olafson family moved to Horse Lake in the Cariboo, where she met her first husband Thomas Powell. She had four sons and later moved to Kamloops. After Thomas passed, she married her second husband Frank Miller. She spent many years with Frank, in California and Maui for the winters and summers at her cabin in Horse Lake. Annie spent time at her home in Sardis until she moved into the Overlander Extended Care. Here she was surrounded by a very loving and caring staff. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Annie is survived by her children Roy Powell (Chery), Reg Powell (Nina), and Carl Powell (Diane), grandchildren Lisa Copley (Charlie) and Jeff Powell (Lisa), greatgrandchildren Catana, Flora, Chant, Lily and Cole.

Ms. Heather McLean passed away peacefully in Kamloops on February 22, 2015 at the age of 53 years. She will be sadly missed by BJ (Billy John) and Dean Gabriel, her mother Patricia McLean of Courtney, BC, her daughters, Ashley Knapp, Amber Dawn and Miranda Marchand (Jessie), her long lost son, Matt, as well as many grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Heather was predeceased by her father Mack McLean.

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Annie May Miller age 86 of Kamloops, BC, passed away February 21, 2015. She was predeceased by Thomas Powell, Frank Miller, Kaye Pearson, Bill Olafson, (son) David Powell and Irene Kelly.

1961 - 2015

September 19, 1972 - February 14,2015

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Anita was predeceased by her parents Emil and Thea Anderson, siblings Vernon, Ruth, Marilyn, Joyce and Willard, son Farley, nieces Carla and Adelle, nephew Byron, and former husband Peter. Mom’s memory will be cherished and her presence will be missed by daughter Lana (Phil), son Dean (Kathe), grandchildren Shannon, Julie, Keenan and Hannah. Also thankful for having Anita influencing their lives are siblings Norval (Eleanor), Ray (Coranne), Gordon (Sharon) and of course her loving twin Joanne, along with her too numerous to name nieces, nephews, cousins and glorious friends. She graduated from Saskatoon City Hospital in 1957, nursed for a year in California, then returned home. She married Peter and had a son, Farley. Leaving the Emergency department in Saskatoon for Calgary, she then moved to Kamloops and nursed at RIH. Many friends were made- lasting to this day; two more children, and the tragic loss of a first. Anita nursed and then managed (after obtaining an administrative degree) at Ponderosa Lodge. Another endless number of friends were made. Feeling the loss of ‘hands-on’ patient care, mom retired early, only to become busier. Multi-tasking: solitaire, watching Jeopardy or some other quiz show, doing a crossword and playing Bridge on the computer simultaneously… she loved puzzles, cards, PEOPLE. Mom played softball, curled in many mixed and ladies’ curling leagues, played Bridge (competitive and non) and excelled at golf. She loved her Dunes’ Ladies Club! Mom was a faithful parishioner to her church, preparing coffee etc., before Sunday mass, as well as being a member of the CWL. She provided hospice for families, and looked after others’ needs always (footcare, home perms, sewing, knitting, arranging parties; she was the queen of ‘skits’!) She volunteered at St. Vincent DePaul, countless sporting events, kept stats for curling bonspiels and visited many a ‘Briar Patch’. Apart from family reunions, golf getaways with her buddies, New Years’ Eve sleepover parties, Sagebrush Theatre nights, a bit of (very lucky) gambling outings, Mom adored her time at N. Barriere Lake with family at her twin’s cabin, since 1970. Precious memories. She would dance by the campfire, missing the dance hall days.

Bright, bubbly, quirky, endlessly patient, generous and loving, we shall miss her each day and be thankful for her each day. Such a sweet delight, funny, sane and strong, we miss her already! In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the RIH Foundation. A service in her memory will be held at the St. John Vianney parish in Westsyde, Saturday March 7th at 10 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Services Kamloops 250-554-2429 Condolences can be left at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

Oh Great Spirit ... Oh Great Spirit Whose voice I hear in the wind Whose breath gives life to the world Hear me I come to you as one of your many children I am small and weak I need your strength and your wisdom May I walk in beauty Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset Make my hands respect the things that you have made And my ears sharp to hear your voice Make me wise, So that I may know the things you have taught your children The lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock Make me strong, Not to be superior to my brothers But to be able to ﬁght my greatest enemy — myself Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes So that when life fades, as the fading sunset My spirit will come to you without shame.

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A JEWISH MASS EMIGRATION FROM EUROPE?

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We’re not waiting around here to die,” said Johan Dumas, one of the survivors of the siege at the kosher supermarket during the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris in January. He had hidden with others in a basement cold room as the Islamist gunman roamed overhead and killed four of the hostages. So, said Dumas, he was moving to Israel to be safe. It’s not really that simple. The 17 victims of the terrorist attacks included some French Christians, a Muslim policeman, four Jews and probably a larger number of people who would have categorized themselves as “none of the above.” It was a Muslim employee in the supermarket who showed Dumas and other Jewish customers where to hide

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World

WATCH — and who then went back upstairs to distract the gunman. And the Middle East isn’t exactly safe for Jews. Dumas has been through a terrifying experience. He now feels like a target in France — and no amount of reassurance from the French government that it will protect its Jewish citizens will change his mind. But, Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu didn’t help much, either.

What Netanyahu said after the Paris attacks was this: “This week, a special team of ministers will convene to advance steps to increase immigration from France and other countries in Europe that are suffering from terrible anti-Semitism. “All Jews who want to immigrate to Israel will be welcomed here warmly and with open arms. We will help you in your absorption here in our country, which is also your country.” He was at it again after a Jewish volunteer guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen was one of the two fatal victims of this month’s terrorist attack in Denmark. “Jews have been murdered again on European soil only because they were Jews and this wave of terrorist attacks — including murderous anti-Semitic attacks — is expected to continue,” he said. “Of course, Jews

deserve protection in every country, but we say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe.” As you might imagine, this did not go down well with European leaders who were being told their countries were so anti-Semitic that they are no longer safe for Jews. It is true that five of the 19 people killed in these two terrorist attacks in Europe since the New Year were Jewish, which is highly disproportionate. But, it is also true the killers in all cases were Islamist extremists, who also exist in large numbers in and around Israel. French President Francois Hollande said: “I will not just let what was said in Israel pass, leading people to believe that Jews no

longer have a place in Europe and in France in particular.” In Denmark, Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior rebuked Netanyahu, saying “terror is not a reason to move to Israel.” The chairman of Britain’s parliamentary committee against antiSemitism, John Mann, attacked Netanyahu’s statement that the only place Jews could now be safe was Israel. “Mr. Netanyahu made the same remarks in Paris. It’s just crude electioneering. It’s no coincidence that there’s a general election in Israel coming up . . . We’re not prepared to tolerate a situation in this country or in any country in Europe where any Jews feel they have to leave.” It is crude electioneering on Netanyahu’s part, but it is also true that even in Britain, where there have been no recent terrorist

attacks, Jews are worried. Statistically, Jews are at greater risk from terrorism in Israel, but it’s much scarier being a Jewish minority in a continent where Jews were killed in death camps only 70 years ago. Given Europe’s long and disgraceful history of anti-Semitism, it’s not surprising that such sentiments persist among a small minority of the population. But, at least in Western Europe (which is where most European Jews live), the great majority of people regard anti-Semitism as shameful and most governments give synagogues and Jewish community centres special protection. What European Jews fear is not their neighbours in general, but radicalized young Islamists among their Muslim fellow citizens. The Muslim minorities in the larger Western

European countries range between four and 10 percent of the population. If only one in 100 of them is an Islamist, then Jews do face a threat in those countries. But, it is a very small threat. Nine Jews have been killed by Islamist terrorists in the European Union in the past year in three separate incidents (Belgium, France and Denmark). The Jewish population of the EU is just over one million, mostly living in France, the United Kingdom and Germany. Nine Jewish deaths by terrorism in a year in the EU is deplorable, but hardly constitutes a good reason for encouraging mass emigration to Israel. Still, Netanyahu has an election to fight, and this sort of thing goes down well in Israel. gwynnedyer.com

ò Obituaries & In Memoriams ô In Loving Memory of ARCHENA (CHICK) DOROTHY BUCK December 21, 1933 – February 26, 2013

In Loving Memory of

CATERINA SPINA October 5, 1945 ~ February 25, 2006

MARK EDWARD DAVID LITTKE December 28, 1942 – February 10, 2015

An Honourable Life

Mark passed away in RIH with his wife Deborah, son Jamie and daughter Michelle by his side.

June 7, 1925 - February 16, 2015

He is survived by his wife Deborah, children - Jamie (Beata, Shaylea, Aaliyah, and Finn), Michelle (Greg), Glen (Roxanna Brett) and siblings - Clarence (Maria), Brenda (Jerry), Delbert (Wendy), and Cindy (John). Mark was predeceased by his father Edward in 1993 and mother Irene in 1989.

Though her smile is gone forever And her hand we cannot touch, We still have so many memories Of the one we loved so much. Her memory is our keepsake With which we will never part, God has her in his keeping, We have her in our hearts. Love Ron, Barb & David, John & Karen, Brent, Mathew

f g In our hearts Your memory lingers Sweet, tender, Fond and true. There is not a day dear Mother That we do not Think of you. f g Love Your family

CAROLINE RUTH LANGFORD

Mark was born in Victoria, BC and moved to Melville, SK at a very young age, then the family moved to Vancouver when Mark was 12. He started Brentwood Enterprises in 1969 in Vancouver, BC with gradalls then moved to Kamloops, BC to work in the pulp mill and moved his business there with him. He started his railroad division Hytracker in 1981. He worked all over the province with both companies - he loved to watch dirt move. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, hunting mostly in the Dease Lake area. The coffee room at the office is where he enjoyed having coffee and talking to everyone, whether it was staff, friends or business people. He touched the lives of many people. There will be a celebration of life for Mark on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Coast Hotel (1250 Rogers Way, Kamloops, BC) at 2:00 pm. There will be an open mic, so please bring your stories to share. In lieu of flowers, donations to the New Life Mission would be greatly appreciated. Online condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

With great sorrow, we announce the passing of Caroline Ruth Langford, a deeply loved mother and grandmother, and an independent woman of great integrity. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, and a graduate of Stanford University, Caroline immigrated with her family to Canada in 1953, settling in White Rock, BC and eventually to Kamloops in 1992. Caroline is remembered for her tremendous dedication and passion to everything she undertook: as a life-long teacher, she championed public education. Obtaining a Master’s Degree of Education from the University of British Columbia, Caroline taught elementary school, held faculty positions at Simon Fraser University and UBC, and in the 1980’s was a general editor of the Explorations Series: A Social Studies Program for Elementary Schools for BC’s Ministry of Education. In the 1990s, she established Battle Street Books. As an avid reader, Caroline was engaged all her life with philosophical, moral and political issues. Her civic involvement included: provincial and federal NDP candidate, BC Ferry Corporation Board, Thompson Health Region Board, City of Kamloops, and Royal Inland Hospital – Ethics Committee. Her love of literacy led her to join Laubach Literacy and to participate in the development of the Community Literacy Plan for Kamloops. In her 80s, she volunteered with the city’s Restorative Justice Program. Caroline spent summers at her second home at Shuswap Lake, enjoying many swims, the sunshine, nature walks and afternoon champagne. The lake house provided a wonderful setting for family gatherings and great fun. From weights to stretch class, and yoga to line - dancing or Zumba, Caroline’s daily visits to the YMCA provided her much enjoyment and physical well-being. Caroline’s devotion to the game of bridge developed later in life, and she became an active and respected member of Kamloops’s bridge community. Above all, Caroline was her family’s most ardent advocate. In return, children and grandchildren relied on her wisdom and advice that always came from a place of integrity and careful contemplation. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Ernest in 2006. She will be remembered every day by her children, Peter (Susan), Jared (Sonia), Rachel (Janette), Stephanie, Mark, and Francesca (Surinder), her grandchildren, Kate, Cassia, Michael, Sara, Adela, Adam (Carman), Oscar, Cecilia, Hannah, Anna, and Rosemary and a great-grandchild, Jack. A private viewing for the family was held.

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Devil in the details Canada considers joining U.S.at roundtable on led training mission in Ukraine missing, murdered aboriginal women UKRAINE CRISIS

MURRAY BREWSTER

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STEVE RENNIE

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OTTAWA — Getting Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples, the provinces and territories and the federal government to gather together in the same room is no small feat. But familiar sticking points are sure to return during this week’s roundtable meeting on the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women — particularly when it comes to deciding who will pay for and administer the parts of a plan to end the violence. That could result in some “challenging discussions’’ among the groups when they gather tomorrow (Feb. 27) in the ballroom of a downtown Ottawa hotel, Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde said. “It’ll be the jurisdictional piece — who’s paying from the feds and the provinces, who’s responsible, you know, in terms of financial investments, that’s going to be an issue and ongoing, where the resources are coming from,’’ Bellegarde said in an interview. “The who, what, when and why, when it comes to the administration of it.’’ Both Bellegarde and Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod, who is chairing the meeting, say most of the details of the plan have already been worked out and the meeting will mostly be about putting on the finishing touches. But, there are still big question marks — including who pays for what. “We haven’t gotten to that detail,’’ McLeod said. The roundtable will bring together families of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, groups representing First Nations, Inuit and Metis, and representatives of the provinces, territories and the federal government. Four premiers — McLeod, Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne, Greg Selinger of Manitoba and Yukon’s Darrell Pasloski — are scheduled to attend. The Conservative government, meanwhile, has tapped Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt and Status

of Women Minister Kellie Leitch to take part. The agenda has been whittled down to three key themes: prevention and awareness; community safety; and policing measures and justice responses. That’s still a lot to pack into a seven-hour meeting — especially considering each person is only allowed four minutes to speak on each topic. Talk will inevitably turn to a full-blown national inquiry on murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls — something that most people in the room agree is needed, but which remains a no-go for the Conservative government. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and some of his cabinet ministers have insisted that enough people have studied the problem and that the time has come to take action. Still, calls for a national inquiry have been growing since RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson revealed last year that nearly 1,200 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada in the last 30 years — hundreds more than previously thought. One of the challenges for McLeod and moderator Marie Delorme is to keep people from straying off the agenda and into what would probably end up being a fruitless discussion about a national inquiry. “In my view, we have to guard against that,’’ McLeod said. “I don’t see any reason why we can’t have a number of different activities going on. One doesn’t preclude the other. “I don’t see why we should preclude having a national roundtable or national roundtables at the expense of a national inquiry. I think we can have both a national roundtable and also continue to call for a national inquiry.’’ There’s already talk of the groups meeting again in a year’s time to take stock of their progress. “It’s not just a roundtable to dialogue and talk,’’ Bellegarde said. “It’s all about getting something done.’’

OTTAWA — The Harper cabinet is actively and seriously considering whether Canada should join the U.S. and Britain in a military-training mission to shore up embattled Ukrainian troops, Defence Minister Jason Kenney said yesterday (Feb. 25). The notion drew a lukewarm response from opposition parties, who seem reluctant to see Canada venture further into the tinderbox of Eastern Europe beyond the delivery of non-lethal military aid and satellite intelligence. Britain said it would send 75 military trainers to Ukraine next month to provide instruction and training in military intelligence, logistics and battlefield-medical procedures. Kenney, who had already dropped broad hints of further Canadian involvement in concert with allies, said Canada is considering a similar commitment, with an emphasis on combat-medical evacuation and trauma care. “That’s the kind of technical training that we can offer,’’ he said. “We are in discussions and looking at options, and we’re open to — as I’ve been saying for two weeks now — open to participating in training missions.’’ Kenney would not, however, rule out combat training, saying he “can-

Canada has been policing Baltic airspace as the crisis in Ukraine continues — and now Canadian forces may help train Ukrainian troops.

not be more specific at this point.’’ The U.S. has committed 800 troops to train three battalions in western Ukraine. Canada’s defence department has made two deliveries of defensive military gear, including flak vests, helmets and coldweather clothes. The Harper government recently concluded a deal to provide radar satellite images to the Ukrainians in order to track Russian troop movements in its border region. Canadians would be uncomfortable going beyond that, suggested NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who insisted such a military-training mission should be carried out as part of an alliance and approved by the House of Commons. “If we are going to work

towards anything different than what we’re doing now, which is non-kinetic flak jackets . . . we could send night-vision goggles,” he said. “That’s been agreed to and we’re on board with that.” “Anything beyond that requires two things. “One, concerted NATO action. Two, a decision by the Parliament of Canada.’’ Deploying the military is strictly the prerogative of the federal cabinet, but the Conservatives have made it their practice to put combat deployments to a vote in Parliament. The Afghan troop-training mission and the initial positioning of special forces with Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq were not voted on by MPs. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he wants to see more details of the gov-

ernment’s proposal. Kenney suggested military training, if approved, would be a logical extension of Canada’s involvement in NATO reassurance operations, which have included CF-18s flying Baltic air-policing missions and the deployment of a frigate as part of the alliance’s standing naval task force. “We’ll be doing more later this year in NATO exercises, all of which is designed to send a message to Russia that Canada, together with our NATO allies, stands with our eastern European friends against any intimidation or territorial aggression on the part of Russian President Vladimir Putin,’’ he said. “And the message we’re sending to him with respect to Ukraine is to get out of Ukraine now.’’

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WASHINGTON — Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. predicts a wild ride ahead in the Keystone XL debate, with this week’s presidential veto of a pro-pipeline bill just one more twist in the journey. “We expect a rollercoaster here and we expect setbacks,’’ Gary Doer said. He said lawmakers will probably move on to other issues for a while, then return to Keystone. Congress is in a dispute over immigration rules — which has gotten so bitter that it’s prompted a

standoff that could throttle funding after this week to the Department of Homeland Security. Soon, Doer said, there will be more occasions to discuss the long-delayed Alberta-to-Texas pipeline. He said there’s already talk in Washington of attaching a pipeline provision to a big infrastructure or budget bill. It could be a lot more difficult for the president to veto that kind of legislation. “We believe people are going to work towards getting broader proposals,’’ Doer said, adding that he didn’t want to wade into a

domestic political debate. A first bill to build the pipeline landed on President Barack Obama’s desk this week and he immediately vetoed it. He said it’s up to him, not Congress, to make decisions on cross-border pipelines. Doer also addressed a suggestion laid out in a public letter yesterday (Feb. 28) by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Now a United Nations special envoy on climate change, Bloomberg suggested that Canada and the U.S. strike a bilateral

climate deal in conjunction with Keystone XL. Bloomberg floated the idea in a piece titled, Keystone Solution Runs Through Canada. He said that pipeline gives the U.S. great leverage to extract climate commitments from Canada and could help the economy while lowering emissions. Doer saluted the idea of a Canada-U.S. climate arrangement, noting the Canadian government has repeatedly offered to regulate oil and gas with the U.S. the way it did with other pollutants.

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Max Kerman has been to the Tournament Capital enough times to know how to get a response from the crowd. The frontman of the Hamilton-bred band The Arkells shared a story with a packed house at Cactus Jack’s Night Club on Monday, Feb. 23, in which the band’s agent had approached them before going on tour with a message: “The choice is Kelowna or Kamloops”. He played on the rivalry and the crowd roared long enough to warrant a beer break for bandmate Anthony Carone — and Kerman beamed, guitar in hand. The band first came to Kamloops around 2008 and has developed a following since the early days of

KIM ANDERSON PHOTOS Arkells’ bandmates Anthony Carone (above) and Max Kerman (right) performed at Cactus Jack’s Night Club on Feb. 23, on the third stop of their tour. For video from the show, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.

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played, in part, by husband Drew McTaggart on guitar. The band — named for Danielle’s hometown, Red Deer — will release its debut album Black to Gold next month and it’s one I’ll be watching for after the performance. As for the Arkells, it’s neat to see the band pay tribute to those who have supported them in Kamloops for the last seven years, while they’ve been making names for themselves. Kerman thanked promoter Bill Jaswall and — full disclosure, they are family of mine — “The Karpluks” and “The Swints” with personal shoutouts. I’ve seen the Arkells multiple times now and will be looking for tickets for potential future tours. I’m just hoping they keep choosing Kamloops over Kelowna.

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As You Like It will be presented by the Thompson Rivers University Actors Workshop starting today (Feb. 26). The Shakespearean romantic comedy tells the story of Rosalind, who flees to a forest, dresses as a man and deals with a motley band of characters. The play is at the Black Box Theatre in the Old Main Building today through Feb. 28 and from

March 5 to March 7, all performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. There are also matinees on Friday, Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. and March 6 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $14 and are available at the theatre box office or the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca. For more information, call 250377-6100.

Sam Roberts at ISC Sam Roberts Band will perform at Interior Savings Centre tonight (Feb. 26). Tickets for the show range from $35 to $39.50 plus service fees and are available from Ticketmaster, ISC Box Office or by calling 1-855-985-5000. Go online to kamloopsthisweek to find an exclusive interview with Roberts by KTW’s Marty Hastings.

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BRIEFS Ingrid Mapson will be the featured performer when the Thompson Valley Orchestra presents Romantic Interludes on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way. Born in South American, Mapson grew up in Vancouver and now lives in 100 Mile House.

She was raised in a musical family and can perform in several languages, including French, Spanish and Italian. The concert will feature music by Bizet, Elgar and Wagner, along with other modern romantic and jazzy pieces. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children and $25 for a family. Admission is at the door. The show starts at 7 p.m.

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APPLY Annual party at FOR IHA Rainbow’s Roost ART BY FRIDAY Interior Health Authority is looking for artists interested in working on a health project celebrating breastfeeding. The three-year project that takes in the entire IHA area of the Thompson-Cariboo, Shuswap, Kootenays and Okanagan, with the goal to create an art expo that will tour the region. About 10 artists who work in any medium are required, as well as a videographer who will record a series of vignettes on the project. The deadline for applications is noon tomorrow (Feb. 27), with successful applicants advised by the end of May. The plan is for artists to start their work later this year or early next year with the tour in 2017 or 2018. For more information, go online to breastfeedingartexpo. ca or email karen.graham@interiorhealth. ca.

On Saturday, March 7, the Francophone Association is hosting its annual Sugar Shack Party at Rainbow’s Roost, 6675 Westsyde Rd.

Activities will start at 2 p.m., followed by traditional supper and live music. Tickets for the supper and show are limited and are available

at the office. Members pay $15 for adults, $10 for students and $7 for children. Non-members pay $18 for adults, $12 for students and $9

for children. For more information, call the Association Francophone de Kamloops at 250-3766060. All are welcome.

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COMEDY FOR MS Comedy for a Cause will be at Cactus Jack’s Night Club on March 7, in support of the MS Society of Canada. The event, which features comedians James Ball and Ryan Paterson, begins at 7:30 p.m., with the doors opening an hour before. Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door and can be purchased at mssociety. ca/kamloops, by calling 250-314-0773 or at the local office, at 1-275 Seymour St. A silent auction and other games will also take place, with proceeds helping to end MS and providing services to people impacted by the disease in the area.

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1959-1966 Jaguar Mk II (left): This car has been cast repeatedly as the villain’s ride in all manner of British television and movies, though its menace is largely due to expectation rather than appearance.

1968-1972 Corvette Stingray (above): Talk about a car that looks badass; few cars top a black Stingray with chrome bumpers. 1935 Cord 810 Beverly or Westchester (right): Sleek and low for its era with that coffin nose, few cars have more of an air of threat about them. To me, the chrome pipes of the 812 take away a lot of the menace.

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The Adams Lake Indian Band is a stable, growing organization in Central B.C. situated midway between Kamloops and Salmon Arm. We offer a great Senior Management position in a small town in a beautiful valley with a fantastic climate, affordable housing and shopping. SCOPE OF WORK: The Director of Finance will be responsible for the overall accounting and financial processes and systems, financial software programs, internal control and data security systems for the Band and all its related companies. S/he will provide leadership and direction to the Band and its related companies to ensure their financial well-being and success. S/he will provide inspiration and training to accounting personnel in an effort to ensure internal successors and continuity to the finance department. S/he will assist department managers to better understand and manage their departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances. S/he must have a good understanding of the government funding provided to Indian Bands and the associated reporting requirements of agencies such as Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Health Canada, First Nations Health Authority, First Nations Education Steering Committee, and other federal and provincial agencies. The Director of Finance will provide leadership to the Band in all areas of accounting, fiscal management, business evaluation & management, corporate structures and joint ventures, budgeting, auditing and reporting. The Director of Finance, under the direction and supervision of the Band Manager, will report to, and assist, the Chief and Council in all aspects of business and financial matters. The Director of Finance will be responsible to hire, supervise and coordinate the efforts and actions of all finance personnel to ensure the accuracy, timeliness and appropriateness of all financial transactions and reports.

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015 ADAMS LAKE INDIAN BAND Salary Range $65-$85K. Required Abilities and additional information on how to apply at www.adamslakeband.org under ALIB Job Opportunities Only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. Preference will be given to First Nations applicants.

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FOODSAFE COURSE by Certified Instructor February 28th 8:30am-4:30pm $75 Pre-register by phoning Market Safe Workshop $90 on February 25th 250-554-9762

SYLVAN Learning Centre in Kamloops seeking part time Instructors with tutoring experience grades 4 - 12 reading, math or writing. Send resumes outlining experience to kamloopssylvanlearning@telus.net /fax 250-851-3819. Join our team before the February 28, 2015 deadline.

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MOA position available. Fulltime at a busy medical clinic. MOA and accounting experience would be a asset. Please fax resume to 250-314-5260 or e-mail to: nsharp@sage sportinstitute.com

DEALERS REQUIRED- Be a part of Western Canada’s fastest growing snack business. Earn $8000-$10000 cash every month servicing 100 snack boxes in your area. No experience necessary. Investment: $15,000. Some financing available. Call 604-930-6040.

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking We require qualified US capable Class 1 drivers immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Career Opportunities

HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS Van Kam’s Group of Companies req. Highway linehaul Owner Operators based in our Kamloops terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/ training. We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneﬁts package. To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract & details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com Call 604-968-5488 Fax: 604-587-9889 Only those of interest will be contacted.

HUNTER & FIREARMS

Courses. Next C.O.R.E. March 28th & 29th. Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. March 1st, Sunday. Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

Bill

250-376-7970

PAL & CORE Courses week days and/or weekends. www.pal-core-ed.com or Call George 852-0595 / 778-4703030 Visa or debit accepted

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Career Opportunities

Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation Box 2200, Lillooet BC, V0K 1V0 T: (250) 256-4204 F: (250) 256-4058

Job Posting for

Social Development Worker Closing Date: February 18, 2015 @ 4 pm Only those short listed will be contacted for interviews

Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation is looking for a Part Time Social Development Worker to administer the Social Development Program @ 3 days per week. Supervised by: Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation Administrator

Knowledge and Skills Required » Completion of a Social Worker Certificate Program or a Bachelor of Social Work, social development courses or equivalent experiences. » Experience in the social work field working with First Nations issues, culture and traditions with at least 4 years of experience in Social Development and direct client contact. » Knowledge of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada funding and reporting guidelines. » Computerized experience with word processing and spreadsheet skills. » Communications Skills; relationship building and other people skills to address internal and external relationships. » The ability to maintain confidentiality is essential. » Superior problem solving and conflict resolution skills. » Organizational ability to coordinate social development activities. » Computer literacy. » Individual must be conscientious and detail oriented with sound interpersonal skills. » A valid driver’s license and reliable transportation is necessary. » Individual may have an equivalent combination of education and experience. » Knowledge and use of Xyntax program is necessary » Must abide by BC Social work Code of Ethics » Salary to be negotiated » Successful candidate will be required to complete criminal record check & driver abstract. Please Forward Cover Letter and Resume with any applicable attachment: By mail Administrator: P.O Box 2200 Lillooet, BC V0K 1V0

By walk-in Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation Administration Ofﬁce (Located on Hwy .99 North on Pavilion Reserve from 8:30 am -4 pm Monday to Friday except National Holidays) By email tfnadmin@tskwaylaxw.com

www.tskwaylaxw.com

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Home Care/Support

CAREGIVERS Dengarry Professional Services Ltd.

is seeking caregivers for 24hr. support within the caregivers hm. of individuals with mental / physical / developmental disabilities. Basement suites and / or accessible housing an asset.

Contact Kristine at (1)250-554-7900 for more detail.

Help Wanted EI CLAIM denied? Need help? 22yrs exp as EI officer. Will prepare, present, reconsiderations & appeals. Call me before requesting reconsideration. Bernie Hughes 1-877581-1122.

Steakhouse at Sun Peaks Lodge is hiring experienced line cooks. Email resume to: info@sunpeakslodge.com

Sales

RETIREMENT home in Osoyoos seeking FT maintenance person. Resume and cover letter to jobs@balticproperties.ca

TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Work Wanted

Fitness/Exercise

HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Deliver Kamloops This Week

Trades, Technical

ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Ofﬁce Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate. Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills. Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match. Gene Wirchenko 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

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Services

Help Wanted

Mind Body Spirit

PRODUCE CLERK Locally owned and operated Nu Leaf Produce Market is looking for customer service focused and hard working individuals to join our team. Produce experience required. Interested applicants apply within. Attention Herman. 740 Fortune Drive Kamloops

Relax and unwind with a full body massage for appointment couples welcome (250) 682-1802

Stucco/Siding

WE will pay you to exercise!

Only 3 issues a week!

call 250-374-0462 for a route near you!

Garden & Lawn Grassbusters Lawn and Yard Care is now booking for the 2015 season. Call us today to book your free quote! 250319-9340.

Handypersons RICKS’S SMALL HAUL For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

250-377-3457

Landscaping Developers / Landscapers / Homeowners Colorado Blue & Green Spruce & Pine. 30” - B &B 2M to 4M - $60 to $160. Field grown @ McLure. Choose now, P/U anytime. Digging May 1st. Call 250-819-9712 or 250-672-9712

PETER’S YARD SERVICE

Time to prune your fruit trees.

Director of Sales and Marketing REQUIRES A

We are an independent 3 star property in Vernon, BC located in the sunny Okanagan. We have undergone recent renovations with ongoing improvements. Our property includes a pub, restaurant, catering and liquor store. The Director of Sales & Marketing is accountable for managing the hotel sales, reservation, advertising and promotional and overall revenue generating efforts within the hotel. We are seeking an energetic Sales and Marketing professional with 5 years of direct hotel sales experience, specifically in the mechanics of hotel marketing, contacts, tourism, online reservations software, online and print media. Salary depends on experience, increases based on performance. Involves travel, heavy customer interaction, creative thinking and working with budgets. For a comprehensive job description and to apply for this position please go to www.villagegreenhotel.com/vernon-careers

Career Opportunities

Tree removal Dump runs Licensed & Certied

250-572-0753

YOUR BUSINESS HERE

Only $150/month

Education/Tutoring DANCE Instructor Training! Ballroom-Social-Latin Dance. info@dancediscovery.ca

Financial Services

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WHERE DO YOU TURN

TO LEARN WHAT’S ON SALE?

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Career Opportunities

YOUR NEWSPAPER:

Health Care Assistant – Apply now for March 16 start – Get fully certified in 27 weeks

Information Session: Tues, Mar 2 • 4 p.m. TRU Campus - Old Main 2202

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Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

Merchandise for Sale

Computer Equipment WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-3711333

Firewood/Fuel ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine. Stock up now. Campfire wood. (250)377-3457. Fir Firewood. $200 per cord. Will deliver. Tree removal. 250-573-2205.

Furniture Dining room table & hutch/6chairs. $300/obo 250319-5258. Oak China Cabinet. $500/obo. Armoire. $500/obo. Good cond. 250-672-9408 (McLure).

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. Trades are welcome. 40’Containers under $2500! DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift. Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator. Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale

Houses For Sale

Bell Satellite Dish, HD Receiver 6131 & remote, 6 months old, $200/obo. 250-371-7339. MISC4Sale: Camperette $300, Oak Table Chairs-$400, 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg. Mobility Scooter w/ramp 3wheel. Way below new cost. $1000/obo. 250-377-8708. Nordic Track Walk Fit Treadmill Self powered with arm exerciser poles like new $325obo (250) 578-7449 Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477

FOR SALE OR TRADE for residential property in Kamloops. This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White offers your very own hot tub on the patio, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced fireplace. Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge. Ideal for family or as a revenue generator throughout the ski season. Strata fees only $155.00 per month. Call Don at 250682-3984 for more information. Asking $189,000.00

Misc. Wanted BUYING unwanted and/or broken jewelry. 250-864-3521 I’m searching for old fifty cent pieces! 250-864-3521 I want to buy the coins from your safety deposit box or safe! Todd - 250-864-3521 Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antiques, Native Art, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030 Local Wanted: 8ft. Camper for Ford Pick-up. Good price. 1-250672-5338.

Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale

Elec wheelchair Compass mid wheel drive new cond, ext cap batt incl + charger $2000obo (250) 554-7379

Misc. for Sale 11ft Fiberglass Boat c/variable spd motor. $350. 8ft. Utility trailer. $150. Yardwork rototiller. $250. 1-250-955-0605. 1-set of Michelin Winters 235/70R16 on 5-bolt steel rims. $350. 250-554-1830.

For Sale By Owner Reduced $128,000. Below assessed value. Buy before listed. 55+ Park. 2009 Mobile 3bdrm, 2-bath. 250-819-1051.

Houses For Sale

1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $600. Call 250-851-1304. 4X6Ft hd trailer frame, long tongue w/13” rim /tires lighting pkg $175obo (250) 554-4175 Large tarp 24’x12’. $100. 250579-9456.

Livestock

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

REIMER’S FARM SERVICES

250-260-0110 Prime Time Cattle & Cutting Edge Cattle Co. Bull Sale

Northland Apartments Student/Bachelor Suites Furnished/Utilities Incl’d Starting @ $850 per month 1 & 2 Bedroom Suites Adult Oriented No Pets / No Smoking Elevators / Dishwashers Common Laundry Starting @ $800 per month

Apt/Condo for Rent

RIVIERA VILLA

1/2bdrm clean quiet Apts $750/$850 a mnt + util. Senior discount available. Avail Now n/p, a/c, laundry, free parking, close to downtown (250) 3778304 2BDRM a/c, patio, n/p ref required heat and hot water incl (250) 376-1485. 2Bdrm top floor, 5 appl. Larch Avenue. N/S, N/P. March 1st. $925/mo. 250-372-1879. 55+, independent, community living, 925 sq ft luxury suite. $1950 mo. Activities, entertainment included. 250-8198419 or 778-470-8315

1/bdrm starting at $675/mth 2/bdrm starting at $800/mth Incl/heat, hot water. N/P. Senior oriented.

Rentals

343 Nicola Street 1bdrm and bachelor suites starting @$645 per month includes utilities laundry facilities adult building no pets no smoking 1 year lease reference and credit check required

250-374-7455

CARMEL PLACE 55+ Quality Living in new medical building. Studio suites with affordable rates, FOB entry, elevator, scooter stations and Telus Optik Package! Call Columbia Property Management to book your appointment: 250-851-9310 GARDEN VIEW APARTMENTS - BROCK Modern 2bdrm apts., 5 appliances, a/c, video monitoring, secure bldg., $870/mos. + utilities, min. 6 mos. lease. No Smoking & No Pets. 250-3762254. GOLDEN VISTA SUITES 55+ Adult Living in a new safe building. Close to transit, clinic and shopping. Small pet friendly, elevator, balconies, a/c, common room, parking and caretaker. $775, call 250-819-0101.

Juniper Village 2 or 3 Bedroom Condos Juniper, 1-2 bathrooms Hot Water Heat Included. $1,000-$1,250 + Hydro Sunden Management Ltd (250) 376-0062

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Landmark 1, 2bd, 2bath +den, 1291sq/ft, new furnished show suite, view, $1700, +hydro April 1, N/S/P. 250-319-1946 North Shore. 2brm apt. Newly renovated. Lndry in bldg. N/S, N/P. $900/mo. 250-851-9310, 250-682-2761. Sahali 2 bdrm apartment completely renovated, $1100/mo. 250-579-8428

1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Clean quiet buildings. Reasonable Rental Rates Utilities not included

1&2/BDRM Suites

250-554-7888

SILVERCREST SUITES

One Month Free Rent and Free Telus Cable and Internet for one year! New 55+ living. Next to North Hills Mall with in suite laundry, balconies, A/C, rooftop terrace, amenities room, parking and storage. Pet friendly. Starting at $850 per month. Call 250-819-0101. The Sands, Lower Sahali. Centrally located, renovated 1 Bdrms, starting at $850. Onsite Management. 828-1711.

Mobile Homes & Pads Dallas, 3bdrms, newly renovated. N/S. Will consider owner financing. $1100. 851-5656

Prime Time Cattle - Jason Kelly

587.377.3450

Cutting Edge Cattle Co. - Wayne Pincott 250.395.6367 Catalog online at www.primetimecattle.com

ABERDEEN Saturday, Feb. 28th & Sunday, March 1st. 9am-1pm. 969 Greystone Crescent. Furniture, many household items.

Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms

Call 250-376-0062

Recreation �SHUSWAP LAKE!� VACATION RENTAL

5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek B.C. 1-bdrm 1-bath Park Model. Tastefully decorated guest cabin. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Provincial Park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor Store and Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot-tubs, Adult and Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. Asking $1500/week. 4 day, 1-week, 2-week & monthly rentals available. BOOK NOW! FMI CALL 1-250-371-1333

RV Pads RV sites, winterized, in town. North Shore, fully serviced, incl cable, coin lndy, starting @ $525/mo plus power. 250376-1421

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Recreational/Sale 1991 27ft. 5th-Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $8,000/obo. 250-5799029.

1993 31ft. Bounder. Exc. cond. Must See. 87,000miles. Generator. Exec tires. Awning/screens. Repainted, satellite, sleeps/6. 454 eng. Hitch/tow pkg. New MW/fridge. $16,900. 250-376-8471. 1995 Jayco Trailer 30ft. No slide-outs. Good shape. $7500/obo. 250-851-0264. 2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully loaded, $16,900/obo. 250-3761655.

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

318-4321

Transportation

Antiques / Classics 1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $6000 obo (250) 376-5722

Auto Accessories/Parts

2006 36ft. Forest River Georgetown XL. Loaded, 19,560miles. 3-slides. Gen, winter pkg. Awnings. New Mich tires. $68,000. 3728820/574-0090. 26’ Champion motorhome, 440 motor. reno’d ($3000/receipts) $2675/obo. 778-4721547 9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom. Good shape. $3,500/obo. 250-376-1841.

4 Bridgestone Winters on BMW Rims 185/70R14 used one season. $400. 374-5251. Set of Goodyear Ultra Winters. P205/55-R16 on 5 stud rim will fit Mazda 3. $500. 851-0504.

Auto Services PAINT, AUTOBODY & Restoration. (250)835-2070 canadianhotrodsinc.com

Scrap Car Removal

Cars - Domestic

Boats 2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg

Legal

Legal Notices NOTICE OF DISPOSITION Notice is hereby given to the Estate of the late Bryan Michael Hoffman that a 12’ x 62’ 1973 Commodore Shelby Mobile Home, serial #2168, MH Registry 022432, located on Lot 6, 1440 Ord Road, Kamloops, BC, will be disposed of by Caesar and Elliott Group, c/o Lot 24, 1440 Ord Road, Kamloops, BC, unless a rightful party takes possession of the property, establishes a right to possession or makes an application to the court to establish such a right by March 28th, 2015. RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT Notice is hereby given to Cassidy Young & Brittany Sluis, last known address 143 Oak Road, Kamloops, BC V2B 1K7, that in accordance with the provisions set out in the Residential Tenancy Act, all belongings that were left behind and are currently in storage will be sold or discarded March 28, 2015 and the proceeds put towards the outstanding debt, unless arrangements to pay the outstanding cost in the amount of $1,723.45 are make to Columbia Property Management Ltd., #101-388 1st Avenue, Kamloops, BC, V2C 6W3 before March 28, 2015.

Warehouse Lien Act

By Virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act, we will sell by public auction sale on March 12, 2015 the stored goods of the following to recover costs of unpaid storage and related charges. Devin Burtis Amount Owing - $452.80 John Mayo Amount Owing - $867.20 Stacey Hughes Amount Owing - $363.70 Corey Sabyan Amount Owing - $624.50 Mark Quesnelle Amount Owing - $1179.92 Sale to be held at: 4 Corners Storage 1298 Kootenay Way Kamloops, BC 778-220-4444

Adult 1986 BMW Coupe 325i. 6cyl. 5spd. Looks good, runs good. Extras. $3,600. 250374-5251. 1992 Buick Roadmaster. 5.7L, 53,000kms. Exc Hwy car, new tires. $4,300. 250-319-4104. 1997 Sebring Convertible, loaded, runs great, must sell $1100 250-579-8166 1999 Red Ford Escort Auto 2yr old motor excel tran, 2 set tires, very gd body As is ICBC W/O $600 obo 250-672-9712 or 250-819-9712

NORTH SHORE Saturday, Feb. 28th and Sunday, March 1st. 9am-1pm. #12-1440 Ord Road.(Sunnyside Park).

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97 Camaro Z28 350 6spd 120,000km black loaded $9,000obo (250) 319-7058

*Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

Brock 3bdrms. F/S, W/D, DW. Parking. N/S, N/P. $1800/mo. 250-376-0881.

BC LIVESTOCK - Williams Lakepm BC MARCH 7/15 - 1:00 ABERDEEN Saturday, Feb. 28th. 9am1pm. 2206 Linfield Drive. Moving Sale.

TOWNHOUSES

NO PETS

www.sundenmanagement.com

1992 GMC Dump Truck 366 V8 on propane, 5spd manual tranny, hyd brakes. Incl inbox hyd sander and 10’ snow blade. Clean title $12,500 obo 250-574-2766 or 250-376-1872

Townhouses Executive 3bdrms, 3-baths 1900/sqft in Tobiano. Hardwood floors, granite counters, gourmet appl. Avail March 1st. inclds all util/strata fees, pool. Pets neg. $2200/mo. Call or text Danielle 250-319-5896. Sahali, 2bdrms. $1250/mo. +util. N/S, N/P. Avail March 1st. 250-318-4732.

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2005 Chrysler 300 V-6 3.5L., auto. 177000kms. Very clean, well maintained, nonsmoking. All season and winters. $6495/obo. 250376-2463.

Downtown, bachelor, sep. ent, shared lndry, references. $650 inclds util. 372-9455.

Homes for Rent

Looking for a Rental in Kamloops or Logan Lake?

Trucks - Logging

Suites, Lower

Suites, Upper

Sahali, 2bdrms, 1-bath end unit. Newly renovated. 6-appl., fin. bsment, new H/W, deck, pets okay, rentals. $192,500. Strata $235/mo. 377-8697.

NORTH SHORE

Cars - Domestic

Quiet non smoking male to share North Kamloops home with mature male. $500 mo for details call 778-470-0370

CALL 250-682-2293 250-682-0312

Townhouses

Downtown 250-314-1135 North Shore 250-376-1427

PRIME March 7,TIME 2015 @CATTLE 1:00pm BULL SALE - 32 Angus Two Year Olds - 21 Angus Yearlings - 2 Maintainer Yearlings For more information contact

Shared Accommodation

1BDRM level entry in Brock $800/mo incl util Avail immed. N/P. 250-376-1712 after 5pm 1BDRM South Shore remodeled priv prking W/D N/S N/P $900 Avail Feb.1st. 579-2066 2bdrm daylight suite N/Shore n/s, n/p, priv. ent fenced yard $950 util incl, (250) 376-3379 2bdrm large basement suite 1825 Tranquille. n/s, n/p, insuite laundry. $1000 per month call (250) 371-4801 Welcoming Cumfy 1bdrm. Close to University, Hospital. Student or quiet person. Excellent Location. $495-$725 ns/np. Call (250) 299-6477

Acacia Tower

Medical Supplies

Apt/Condo for Rent

B11

2004 Toyota Prius (Hybrid). Great Car, GPS and Sirius Radio. Cheap on Gas, 180 kms. No accidents. Second Owner. $7,800/obo. Please call or Text 250-319-8292 in Kamloops. 2010 Chev Malibu, 4 dr sedan sunroof remote starter 138000 kms $10,500. 250-819-0227

Sport Utility Vehicle

Escorts

1981 GMC Suburban 4X4. Re-built motor/trans. Good shape. $2,900. 250-828-1808.

Attractive blond provides massage and much more. Ph. 250-376-5319 9am-9pm

Trucks & Vans

Hot Sexy Asian girl 23 years old 5’4” 36C 120lbs, Pretty, friendly and sweet. No rush 778-220-5372

1994 Mazda pickup 6 cyl 2wd manual, canopy winters 244,000km $2050. 374-7708 1996 Dodge half-ton ext cab 4x4. Good shape. $4900/obo. 250-828-1808.

Misc. for Sale

1998 Ford E350 cube van 16’box w/ramp V10 gas with auto tran $6100 250-459-2275 2006 GMC W3500. 5.3L, Isuzu diesel. Med duty tilt cab wit air dam. 16ft. alum box with roll-up back door. Auto, PW, PL, exhaust brake. 375,000kms. 1-owner. $9,000/obo. 250-828-0599. Fishing Truck 89 Ford Lariat F150 2-wd 173,000km V8-302 auto with canopy & boat loader asking $3000 250-376-4761 NEW LEER Truck Canopy. 82”x70”. White. $500, Call: 250-314-0072, 250-318-9851

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC call for availability 250-374-7467

B12

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COMPOUND CLEARANCE SALE at the USED CAR SUPERSTORE 2005 GMC JIMMY SLS 4X4

2008 HONDA CIVIC SI COUPE

9,995

#5784B. BC Vehicle! Locally owned! No accidents! 4.3L V6, 5 spd manual, 2 door, A/C, high back front bucket seats, rear tailgate, locking rear differential, aluminum wheels, and more!

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

146 /

36 mo. @9.96%

2013 CHEV CRUZE

#5737A. Certified! 1.4L Turbocharged, auto, 19,887 kms, 7" touch screen, rear vision camera, remote start, premium cloth interior, p/htd. mirrors, Bluetooth, USB, and much more!

16,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

118 /

84 mo. @5.97%

#E227633B. BC vehicle! 2.0L, 6 spd manual, Nighthawk Black Pearl exterior, Black premium cloth interior, front bucket Si racing seats, 5 passenger, rear colour matched spoiler, and more!

12,995

17,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

126 /

16,995

171 /

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

17,995

84 mo. @5.97%

2014 CHEV TRAVERSE AWD LS

#5715A. One owner! 3.6L V6, 6 spd auto, 21,196 kms,8 passenger, climate control, rear spoiler, colour touch screen radio, Bluetooth and much more!

31,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

231 /

84 mo. @5.97%

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

134 /

72 mo. @5.77%

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

126 /

24,995

#E229662B. Certified! One owner! No accidents! BC Vehicle! 2.4L, 5 spd auto, 52,274 kms, PW, PL, keyless, Bluetooth, steering wheel audio controls, htd. front seats, and much more!

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

179 /

84 mo. @5.97%

16,995

41,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

305 /

ALL INVENTORY PRICED FOR IMMEDIATE

LIQUIDATION!

84 mo. @5.77%

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

147 /

60 mo. @5.97%

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

118 /

15,995

2013 TOYOTA MATRIX

17,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

130 /

84 mo. @6.97%

111 /

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

84 mo. @5.77%

2013 CHEV MALIBU

#5753A. Certified! 2.5L, 6 spd auto, 49,649 kms, 5 passenger, Jet Black/Light Titanium interior, front bucket seats, htd. mirrors, Bluetooth, aux. input, and much more!

17,995

84 mo. @5.97%

#5755A. Certified! Great on fuel! Hatchback, 1.8L, 4 spd auto, 59,142 kms, 5 passenger, PW, PM, cruise, Snowflake rated 16” tires, steering wheel controls, A/C, outside temp. display, flat fold-down rear seating w/durable hard surface, rear storage compartments & more!

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

126 /

84 mo. @5.97%

2010 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE

#5688C. 4.6L V8, 5 spd manual, 98,164 kms, BC vehicle, fog lamps, chrome wheels, dual chrome tipped exhaust, rear spoiler, p/driver seat, steering wheel audio controls, htd. front seats, Microsoft SYNC

23,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

193 /

72 mo. @5.77%

2005 CHEV SILVERADO 2500HD

2004 CHEV SILVERADO 2500HD

#F230815A. Locally owned! V8, auto, Duramax Diesel, 6 passenger, fog lamps, HD trailering pkg, and more!

#E240164A. 1 Owner! 6.6L V8, 5 spd auto, 8 ft. box, Allison Transmision, Bose speaker system, Charcoal leather, HD Trailering pkg, 16" aluminum wheels, and much more!

EX/CAB

24,995

2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 DENALI 4X4 CREW

#F221570A. 6.2L V8, 6 spd auto, 67,747 kms, Ebony leather, premium ebony leather, p.sliding rear window, 6-way p.adjust seat, htd. steering wheel, htd/cooled front seats, all remaining factory warranty!

#5761A. Certified! 3.6L V6, 6 spd auto, 49,223 kms, remote start, Bluetooth, Ebony cloth, front bucket seats, 6-way p/driver seat, steering wheel audio controls, Bluetooth and much more!

2011 BUICK REGAL CXL

84 mo. @5.97%

2012 HONDA CR-V LX AWD

2013 CHEV IMPALA LT

#E228303B. WT 4x2 Extended Cab 6.6 ft. box 143.5 in. WB. 4.8L V8, 4 spd auto, 110,711 kms, 6 pass., CD w/satellite-prep, cruise w/steering wheel controls, remote keyless, security system, 17” chrome-clad wheels

#5696A. 2.4L I4, 6 spd auto, 75,910 kms, locally owned, no accidents, Summit white exterior, Premium 7 speaker sys., 18” aluminum wheels, 8-way p/driver seat, Jet black leather, Bluetooth, htd. front seats

#5725A. One owner! BC vehicle! No accidents! 2.4L, 6 spd auto, 51,368 kms, 7 passenger, premium cloth interior, 4-way manual seat adjuster, USB, leather wrapped steering wheel, Bluetooth, steering wheel audio controls & much more!

2013 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE

23,995

15,995

2012 CHEV ORLANDO 1LT

#E222840A. Sporty 2.0L I4 DOHC engine, 6 spd manual, 26,535 kms, 1 owner, navigation w/6.5” screen, leather, Catalunya Copper Metallic paint, 18” alloys, remote trunk release, htd. front seats, Bluetooth, USB, iPod,

60 mo. @5.97%

#E024800B. One owner! Stow N Go! Certified! No accidents! 4.0L V6, 6 spd auto, 102,999 kms, 7 passenger, front fog lamps, premium grey cloth interior, Stow N Go seating, trailer tow pkg & much more! Great family vehicle!

#5788A. Certified! 1.8L, 6 spd auto, 10,875 kms, rear vision camera, MyLink Touch Screen, USB, remote start, sunroof, cruise, htd.front seats, Bluetooth, spoiler, steering wheel audio controls & much more!

117 /

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

2010 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY

2014 CHEV SONIC LT

2008 CHEV SILVERADO 1500

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

378 /

36 mo. @6.96%

DURAMAX

26,995

2014 DODGE RAM 3500 4X4

52,995

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

387 /

84 mo. @5.77%

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

589 /

24 mo. @5.96%

2013 GMC YUKON DENALI

CREW SLT L/BOX

#5780A. 6.7L V6 Cummins Diesel, 6 spd auto, 14,840 kms, 8 ft. box, BackRack Headache Rack, plastic bed liner, PW, PL, 6 pass., trailer brake controller, exhaust brake & more!

56,995

#F189462A. Certified! 6.2L V8, 6 spd auto, 16,938 kms, rear DVD, navigation, Bose Speaker System, Ebony leather, 6-way p.driver seat, remote start, htd. steering wheel, rear vision camera, Bluetooth, touchscreen navigation screen & much more!

Bi-Weekly Inc. Taxes

429 /

84 mo. @5.77%

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PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON FINANCING ON APPROVED CREDIT WITH THE STATED AMOUNT DOWN OR EQUIVALENT TRADE AND INCLUDE ALL FEES AND TAXES. Total Paid with $3000 down: #5784B $13,398.92, #E227633B $17,280.20, #E228303B $21,171.10, #5761A $22,276.62, #5737A $23,648.90, #E024800B $22,933.64, #5696A $23,648.90, #5753A $25,019.36, #5788A $25,019.36, #5725A $25,019.36, #5755A $25,780.12, #5688C $32,217.20, #E222840A $33,249.40, #E229662B $34,619.86, #F230815A $31,551.08, #E240164A $32,665.96, #5715A $44,222.18, #F221570A $57,571.88, #5780A $72,561.40, #F189462A $80,108.94.