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DECEMBER 1, 2015 | Volume 28 No. 144
WEATHER Cloudy High -5 C Low -7 C
SUN PEAKS SNOW REPORT Mid-mountain: 59 cm Alpine: 76 cm Snow phone: 250-578-7232
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MARY POPPINS SIMPLY SENSATIONAL
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Western Canada Theatre play doesn’t disappoint
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New recycling contract 84% pricier for city IF COUNCIL APPROVES DEAL TODAY, AS RECOMMENDED ANDREA KLASSEN
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TREE-RIFFIC TIME
Cash the Burnese mountain dog leads mom Kayla, dad Riley and daughter Jordan back to the car with Christmas tree in tow during a Saturday visit to the Woodward Christmas Tree Farm in Westsyde. It was a perfect tree-hunting day — sunny and cold and snow all around. A change in the weather is coming, however. The cold snap is expected to break Thursday, with a forecast high of 7 C and low of 4 C entering the weekend.
Suspect arrested after death
Gifts GalRoTrHeE FO HOLIDAY SEASON!
Mounties arrested a suspect at a Lee Creek residence after a woman was found dead on the weekend. RCMP spokesman Dan Moskaluk said the Southeast District major crimes unit is investigating the death. RCMP responded to a home in the 2500-block of Squilax Anglemont Road on the Shuswap’s North Shore late
Saturday night for a report of a shooting. A woman was found dead in the home and a suspect was arrest inside the house and remains in custody. Moskaluk said the investigation is ongoing and police are notifying next of kin. Both police and B.C. Coroners Service were at the home on Sunday.
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The company whose drawn-out strike left Kamloops without recycling pickup for months will likely hold onto the contract to process the city’s recyclables. But, it will cost the city almost double what is now being paid — and that increase will be passed on to homeowners, who now pay $33 per year for weekly collection. Council will be asked today to approve a new two-year contract with Emterra Environmental, which includes an option to renew for three years. In a report, streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow said the city will be paying far more for the same services under the new contract, about $845,000 per year compared to the current $460,000 to process 5,000 metric tonnes of recyclable material annually — an increase of 84 per cent. The increased costs will mean higher collection fees for homeowners, public works director Jen Fretz told KTW. A report on the new fees was due to be posted on the city website today, but was not available as of KTW press time. Fretz declined to say what increases residents will see before the report is published. Fretz said city did not ask Emterra “to highlight the rationale” for the increased costs in its bid process, but she does not believe a recent strike at the company’s Kelly Douglas Road plant is driving the cost increases.
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