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The city’s dragon boaters are hoping they won’t be forgotten as Kamloops councillors grapple with the rising cost of aquatic activities in other parts of the city.

Don Erickson, president of the Kamloops Interior Dragons, expects to see members of the city’s three dragon-boat clubs out in force for the last of the public budget consultations to push for a floating dock at the Pioneer Park boat ramp.

Council will take input on this year’s budget on Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Sandman Centre.

Boat-launch improvements are among items on this year’s supplemental budget list, a series of items that must be added or slashed from the budget before it’s finalized this spring.

Erickson said the grade of the metal ramp in place at Pioneer isn’t steep enough for the river.

He wants a floating dock, which can be moved on a tether, depending on river levels.

“You have to go so far into the river that the trucks are quite a long ways out and people have to go out there and wade in the cold water, in the springtime especially, to get the boat off,” he said. “If we had a dock there, they could stand on the dock and everything would be so much easier.”

The Interior Dragons have about 50 members, all 55 and older. Two other clubs, targeted

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Kamloops’ finance director is asking residents to look to the future at Tuesday’s budget-input session.

Kathy Humphrey said she wants to use the evening session (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.) at Sandman Centre to gather ideas for the 2017 budget, to give her department more time to investigate options.

“This way, we start getting people’s ideas on what we should change, what we should add, what we should take away — and then we can work on it before we prepare the 2017 budget,” she said.

The evening will begin with a presentation from Humphrey just after 7 p.m., followed by roundtable sessions with city staff.

One table will be dedicated to next year’s budget, Humphrey said. at breast-cancer survivors and younger boaters, have another 70 members combined.

Erickson estimates the three groups launch onto the river about 300 times a year and said the dock would also help enlarge the dragonboat festival, which started in the city three years ago.

The $50,000 request is part of $3.5 million in possible supplementary items, which also include more maintenance for Rose Hill and

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The $50,000 city staff is seeking is for the launch project this year, but that money would be used to create a plan and secure permits for work from higher levels of government. The actual cost of the improvements isn’t factored in.

In a report to council, staff has suggested improvements could include a retractable wharf, re-alignment of the Rivers Trail and a reconfiguration of two areas farther back from the river for parking.

Erickson said his group is mostly concerned with a dock, which he said would likely be the last expensive part of the plan, and considers other upgrades less essential.

Tuesday’s meeting comes as the city is also facing other expensive propositions on its North Shore, where the cost of fully repairing the Westsyde Pool has grown to about $5 million and city staff is proposing a full overhaul of recreation facilities.

With no supplemental items factored in, homeowners are facing a 2.04 per cent propertytax increase — about $36 for a home worth $351,000.

Erickson doesn’t know if a strong show of support Tuesday will be enough to keep Pioneer Park on council’s radar.

“This was on the list last year and didn’t ever make the cut, so we’re trying to make sure — but I look around at that Westsyde pool and I think, ‘Oh man, we’re going to get cut again,’” he said.

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March 1 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7 pm - Public Hearing March 2 8 am - Parks and Recreation Committee TCC Boardroom “A” March 8 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7 pm - Public Hearing Regular City Council meetings are broadcast on Shaw Cable as follows: Thurs and Sat at 11 am and Sun at 7 pm.

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Notes Pot Hole Notice Potholes are formed when water seeps into small cracks in the asphalt and freezes. The expansion of the ice in the crack causes the asphalt to crumble, and through repeated freeze thaw cycles a pot hole eventually forms. While Kamloops can generally boast about having a fairly mild winter climate, the constant variation of temperature above and below freezing results in the creation of potholes every winter and most predominantly in early spring.

During the winter months, conventional hot mix is not available and holes must be temporarily filled using a hot recycled asphalt mix or a cold mix material.

Unfortunately the repaired potholes are susceptible to the same freeze thaw cycle and at times require to be filled repeatedly until a more permanent repair can be scheduled in the spring when asphalt plants open up.

During these freeze thaw cycles events up to two City crews operate 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday, patrolling and filling potholes they find. It is not uncommon, in wet road conditions, for crews to refill a hole several times in one day until road conditions dry.

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City Budget Meeting Tues, Feb 23, 7- 10 pm Sandman Centre, Parkside Lounge

Call for Artists Design for Interpretive Signage The City of Kamloops Arts Commission is leading the call for the design of a sign frame for all interpretive signage in our parks and along our trails.

The selected designer/artist will be awarded a $3000 cash award, and the selected submission will become the sole property of the City of Kamloops.

myKamloops and more Location is so important to many of the services provided by the City of Kamloops to you, our customers. To support these services we use online maps and location-based apps.

We are now making these apps available to you for your business use, enjoyment or just general interest in your community.

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House arrest or jail time? ‘Manager’ awaits fate CAM FORTEMS

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A B.C. Supreme Court justice will decide whether the manager of a cocaine ring that may have operated in Kamloops for eight or nine years before it was raided by RCMP should go to jail or be given a lengthy period of house arrest.

Lawyers for the defence and Crown completed arguments yesterday in the sentencing hearing of Steven Lloyd Currie for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.

It is the near-conclusion of a successful RCMP operation in 2012 that used undercover agents and wiretaps to gather information on the eight men charged.

Burglars give and take

The cocaine ring that operated noon to midnight on weekdays and until later in the early morning hours on weekends had dial-adope line and dedicated work car, staffed by five lower-level driverdealers.

Four of those couriers received some form of house arrest for trafficking, while the fifth is wanted on a warrant.

The operation’s owner, Richard Crawford, received a five-year prison term earlier this week.

The wholesale supplier, Jean-Claude Auger was sentenced to four years in prison for his role. When police raided his home, they found cocaine and more than $130,000 hidden in the walls of his home.

Defence lawyer Jordan Watt argued for a two-year period of house arrest followed by three years of probation.

“This is not an individual or set of circumstances where it’s necessary to separate him from society,” Watt said.

“Mr. Currie doesn’t pose a risk to society.”

Currie, 30, attended Thompson Rivers University for trades training and has a successful work history.

He has no criminal record and now lives in Ontario with his parents.

Watt said Currie fell into the operation when he returned to Kamloops from Ontario. Watt said his client’s involvement was brief, only a fraction of what some

Liquor, cash and pool cues were taken when burglars busted into the Dirty Jersey pub in North Kamloops.

However, being apparent equalopportunity thieves, the unwanted visitors left some things behind.

The Feb. 12 break-in took place in the wee hours of the morning and was discovered when staff arrived at the pub just after 5 a.m.

evidence shows was a cocaine ring that operated for almost a decade.

The Crown entered evidence into the sentencing hearing showing Currie managed the drivers and reloaded them with cocaine purchased from Auger.

He collected money and passed that on to Crawford.

Crown prosecutor John Walker recommended a four-year prison term.

Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop was expected to reach a decision after KTW press deadline yesterday.

(Go online to kamloopsthsweek.com for updates to this story.)

While Watt emphasized Currie has been a productive citizen,

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Police are refusing to comment on the case of a Kamloops man who claims to have spent the night in jail after reporting a robbery — a crime he says was not solved because Mounties “dragged their feet.”

Robin Werbowsky said he spent the night in the drunk tank after calling police on the night of Jan. 15 to say he was mugged.

The 53-year-old told KTW he was walking down Tranquille Road near Poplar Street after withdrawing $200 from a nearby ATM when he was approached by two men.

“They crossed the street to head me off,” he said.

“They just roughed me up, went through my pockets.”

Werbowsky said the thieves took his wallet, which held the money he’d withdrawn from the bank, and $100 in lottery tickets.

“They took off running,” he said. “I called police. They picked me up and took me uptown.

like many other young men, he chose the path of easy money,” Walker said.

“It’s a choice.”

The prosecutor said

“I said, ‘Who’s the victim here?’

“I said, ‘Jesus Christ, I just got robbed.’”

Werbowsky, who admitted to having had “a few beers” prior to being robbed, said he was placed in the drunk tank and released the next morning.

He said investigators refused to speak to him about the incident the previous night.

“They said nothing,” he said.

“I said, ‘What’s going on here? I got robbed and I’ve got to spend the night here? You let these robbers go?’”

Werbowsky said he was given a file number and the name of an investigator, who he followed up with by phone.

“They basically told me to shut up — that I was wrong,” he said.

“He said, ‘Quit calling here.’

He said they deleted the file.”

Police confirmed the file has been closed — but that’s all they would say when contacted by KTW. “We did attend that night,” RCMP Const. Jason Epp said.

“We did an investigation. It looks like the file has been con-

cluded from our end.”

Epp refused to elaborate.

“If your guy wants to give you his side of the story, that’s fine,” he said. “But we’re not going to give you our side.”

According to Werbowsky, there was evidence on which police refused to follow up.

He said he phoned the BCLC in January and was told the Keno tickets from his stolen wallet were cashed at a Tranquille Road gas station on Jan. 16.

“There was surveillance video,” he said.

“I went to the store and they said they couldn’t show me — they could only show the police.

“The cops were dragging their feet on this so bad. I could have went over there and pointed him out to them on the video.”

Werbowsky said he was told by the store that the video has since been taped over.

Calls from KTW to RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller were not returned by press time.

As for Werbowsky, he said he’s done trying to deal with police.

“I don’t ever want to talk to those guys,” he said.

“They’re idiots.”

dial-a-dope operations are efficient at spreading cocaine throughout the community, often leading to drug-addiction and ruined lives.

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Thieves took a number of bottles of liquor, a small amount of cash and pool cues.

They departed the premises, but not before leaving behind shoes, a Swiss army knife and other personal items, all of which are being looked at by Mounties.

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with the case his only intersection with the law, the Crown said that “cuts both ways.

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Were the embankment surrounding the Ajax mine’s tailings facility to fail, the breach would most likely happen away from the city of Kamloops, the mine’s project manager told an open house Wednesday afternoon.

Clyde Gillespie said consultants identified the southern embankment of the tailings pond as the most likely spot for a breach, but because of a rise in the land just beyond the storage area it would not cause significant damage.

“It creates a pool there where the tailings don’t migrate a great distance,” he said.

The presentation was one of four on offer during two days of open houses set up by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, to encourage the public to submit questions and comments to the two agencies for Ajax’s environmental review.

Gillespie’s session was the only one not to feature any of the consultants who drafted the mine’s various environmental studies. Gillespie told KTW the decision was made to highlight parent company KGHM’s “social responsibility” and lessons taken from the Mount Polley tailings breach in 2014.

Gillespie said the mine plans to build buttresses of mine rock 120 metres tall on the north, southern and eastern sides of the 500-hectare storage area to form a second line of defence against breaches. The north rock wall would come first, with others following as the tailings area grows over the mine’s life.

“We want that buttress to be there from day one,” he said.

“We want this embankment

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Stantec’s Peter Reid and moderator Tom Dickinson at the head of the room during a session at the Ajax public-information meetings this week.

to be bulletproof.”

Asked by an audience member what KGHM would do if a tailings breach were to occur on the north side of the facility, closest to Kamloops, Gillespie said the company plans to monitor the embankment for signs of shifting, but does not expect such an event to occur.

“Our engineers have assured us this won’t fail, but we will still have a plan,” he said.

Gillespie said the plan for tailings storage, which will see the material thickened to about 60 per cent solid with the help of a polymer, has been signed off on by an independent review panel and the company is confident it is safe.

But, audience members questioned him about what guarantees are in place to ensure the company follows

through with its plans.

Resident Matt Tobey, who called a tailings breach his main concern, said he worries that, because buttresses aren’t a government requirement, the company might end up skimping on secondary measures if it runs into financial trouble.

“And after a certain point is it going to matter if they go ahead with the full plans because they’ve already made money for the company?” he said.

“I guess I wish that it was actually government regulated.

So I guess there’s a lot of unknowns.”

A second set of open houses will run March 15 and March 16.

The federal and provincial governments will take comments and questions on the mine in writing until April 11.

Council sends golf-course development bid to ALC A Kamloops developer seeking to build more than 300 units of housing at a Westsyde golf course will have his application forwarded to the Agricultural Land Commission by the City of Kamloops.

Bill Bilton’s North Core Development is seeking to have 6.7 hectares of land near the centre of The Dunes at Kamloops golf-course property excluded from the Agricultural

Land Reserve (ALR). In return, Bilton has offered to return to the ALR some previously excluded land that was meant to be used for a nine-hole golf course.

Kamloops city council agreed Tuesday to forward the application to the ALC for consideration.

Director of development and engineering Marvin Kwiatkowski told council the

land is thought to have more agricultural potential than that which Bilton now hopes to have excluded, but it will be up to ALC experts to determine if that is the case.

Should the commission approve the exclusion, council will then vote on whether to grant an official community plan amendment and rezoning the development would require.

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SD73’s Street School making ‘a huge difference’: Karpuk Teacher Jason Karpuk (left) helps student Justin Lean with his Math 11 course at the Street School, relocated in Northhills Mall.

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Ten years ago, Street School was held in a room in the basement of the New Life Mission.

Class was once a week, there was one teacher and, of the 10 students who attended, one graduated.

Now, the school will provide education for about 200 people during the year who want to obtain their Adult Dogwood Graduation Certificate and annually will see as many as 50 graduate.

From the mission’s West Seymour Street location, the school moved to the basement of St. George’s Anglican Church on Royal Avenue and now calls the Northills Shopping Centre home.

At an official opening of the school, teacher Jason Karpuk

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praised the new location because “it has the feel of a classroom.”

He teaches math and science to students two days a week but said the reality is each teacher ends up doing a variety of things during the school hours, from addressing numeracy and literacy issues to simply doing what it takes to help the mainly

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New Afton mine life may extend longer than 2022 New Gold Inc. has released results of a study showing the possibility of extended mine life beyond 2022 at its New Afton property just west of Kamloops The possible mine-life extension was released this week as part of the mine’s year-end financial results.

The current underground copper and gold mine is forecast to run out of ore in six years.

But it has capability to go deeper and extend mine life.

The company said the new economic study confirms an earlier scoping study on the extension.

New Gold is expected to make a decision in mid-2017 on whether to move ahead with development of its deeper C-zone at New Afton.

It is forecasting US$2.75 per pound copper and US$1,200 per ounce gold as assumptions.

The C-zone would require six years of development before the first production of copper and gold.

New Gold said it does not anticipate requiring new permits from the province. It will need to dewater the historic Ajax tailings dam in order to move ahead with the $400-million development.

In 2015, New Gold had a record gold production — 435,718 ounces — while amassing a loss of $10 million.

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young-adult learners remain determined.

“You make a difference in two or three guys,” Karpuk said, “and it’s a huge difference.”

Part of the Kamloops-Thompson school district’s alternative education programming, Street School also teaches English/

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The courses were formerly free but a change by the provincial government last year brought in tuition costs for those going to Street School who have also graduated from high school; the district charges $570.65 for courses other than literacy upgrading.

For those who have not finished high school, there are no tuition fees.

Vice-principal Beth Dye said the new location is also

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THE HOT AND NOT OF THE WEEK Kamloops This Week looks at the stories of the week — the good, the bad and all in-between:

NOT: The brazen bid by the operators of the decrepit Northlands Coliseum (Rexall Place) in Edmonton to hijack Kamloops’ wellearned and trademarked Tournament Capital brand.

With the NHL Oilers off to a new downtown arena next year, Northlands brass need something to draw people to the aging oval relic northeast of the downtown core.

This week, Northlands CEO Tim Reid mused about Edmonton becoming the Tournament Capital of Canada after the $85-million coliseum retrofit is complete.

While that title is taken and, with Edmonton council ditching the City of Champions slogan (an odd decision since the monicker refers not to sports, but to the city’s fortitude following the deadly tornado of 1987), perhaps First Round Pick Capital of Canada is available at the patent office?

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HOT: Kamloops’ Street School, which gives adults an opportunity to get their high school diploma at their own pace, is getting more successful by the year.

A decade ago, Street School consisted of one teacher and 10 students in the basement of the New Life Mission.

Today, Street School, part of the Kamloops-Thompson school district’s alternative and adult education program, is teaching 200 people in its new home in Northills Centre.

About 50 adult learners are expected to obtain their Adult Dogwood Graduation Certificate this year.

Are you an adult who is thinking of completing high school and getting that diploma?

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e don’t know precisely what happened to Robin Werbowsky on the night of Jan. 15.

We know the 53-year-old North Kamloops man said he was robbed by two men shortly after he withdrew money from the ATM at the Royal Bank on Tranquille Road.

We know he claims Kamloops Mounties essentially ignored his plea for help and instead carted him off to the drunk tank when he called police after the mugging.

We know he also claims police refuse to tell him why they closed the file and whether they have any leads on the men who stole his wallet, which he said held $200 in $50 bills and a series of Keno lottery tickets (some of which Werbowsky said were cashed in at a North Kamloops gas station, with the suspect possibly captured on video surveillance, which has since been taped over).

Was he really robbed and did Kamloops Mounties really turn a blind eye to the bad guys?

I had a lengthy talk with Werbowsky on the phone when he first called us with his tale.

KTW reporter Tim Petruk and photographer Dave Eagles spoke with Werbowsky when they met him on the sidewalk where he said he was robbed.

Our assessment? He likes to drink, sure, but he sure seems adamant he was robbed. He doesn’t appear to be lying and, if he is, why? What would be the point?

What we don’t know is whether there is something Werbowsky isn’t telling KTW.

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MUSINGS We don’t know if he is withholding information that may tell us why the Mounties are acting the way he insists they are acting.

And the reason we don’t know this is because the Kamloops RCMP continues to add insulation to its growing wall of silence when it comes to informing the public and the media about criminal events in the city.

When we called the Mounties to simply get their response to Werbowsky’s complaint, the answer was astonishing in its dismissive arrogance.

“If your guy wants to give you his side of the story, that’s fine,” Const. Jason Epp said. “But we’re not going to give you our side.”

We receive plenty of calls of complaint from the public, many of which do not amount to anything because, invariably, the caller will conveniently omit that crucial bit of detail that derails the story.

I told Werbowsky straight-up: I have a hard time believing you were robbed, called the police and were taken to the drunk tank instead. There has to be more to the story.

“Were you drunk?” I asked.

“Well, I like to drink, yeah,” Werbowsky replied. “But I was

also robbed!”

Perhaps there is more to the tale. Maybe there isn’t.

What is deeply troubling is the response by the Kamloops RCMP, an all-too-familiar attitude of the public’s right not to know that has grown steadily since Insp. Yves Lacasse left the force.

Lacasse would let you know in no uncertain terms when he was displeased with a story, but he would also always have his officers be as open as possible with the media and the public.

More crucially, when Lacasse could not answer a question, he would tell you why, rather than hide behind the boilerplate “it would jeopardize the investigation” response that seems to accompany most media questions now posed to the local Mounties.

The breadth and scope of the mute blue line in Kamloops may be unparalleled in this province.

Be it a man who claims his robbery complaint was bungled, or a refusal by police to name a murder victim 28 days after the stabbing, or a three-day delay in releasing information on the discovery of a body in a river or the various robberies and ERT operations that become public via any avenue but the Mounties — the silence is all too common and all too concerning.

To paraphrase Lord Chief Justice Gordon Hewart, policing must not only be done, but it must be seen to be done.

Far too often in Kamloops, it is not seen by the public — and such opacity does nothing to engender public trust.

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LET THE BEATTIE NAME LIVE Editor: This is an open letter to the KamloopsThompson school trustees: This week, they renamed Beattie elementary to McGill elementary.

By doing so, they removed a name that was put in place in 1957 to honour the six Beattie sisters who pioneered and taught in Kamloops in the early 1900s.

Very few women from our past have been honoured in this way. I always felt quite proud that Kamloops had honoured their pioneering women.

Now the school is named after a road.

I am hoping Kamloops residents will protest in the same way they did when the name of Overlanders Bridge was changed for a few days.

What’s in a name?

Our heritage and honouring past citizens.

This decision needs to be reversed.

Sheila Park Kamloops

AJAX SIMPLY NOT WORTH THE RISK Editor: This land is your land, this land is my land — this land is not for sale.

In all the discussions about the possible benefits and downside of the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine, I would like to present my side of the argument as a registered nurse.

In my nursing career, I have seen the results of what pollution can do to people. Not only does it cause lung damage, but many other parts of the body can also be affected.

The lungs supply oxygen to all parts of the body,

from the brain to the tips of the toes.

Nerve diseases, cancer, infections, dementia, Alzheimer’s, just to name a few. could be caused by pollution, in my opinion.

Think of any disease and there’s a possibility its origin came from lack of clean, oxygenated air free of pollution that we breathe in and out every day.

Our bodies become out of balance and full of toxins that are not released and asthma bronchitis can eventually become a danger and interfere with our ability to properly fill and

empty our lungs.

Every organ is cleansed via the blood stream, which carries the oxygenated air in and the waste products out via our veins and arteries.

This is something we all learned in our school days.

All nurses have cared for people in the hospital with so many devastating and sometimes fatal diseases. it is not a pretty picture.

Eventually, we will see negative health problems emerge due to hasty decisions we are making now.

I am noticing so many more people using puffers and carrying around

oxygen bottles than they previously did — and it’s not always smokers who are affected.

There is also the destruction and pollution of very valuable organic land, good for cattle grazing and food crops, and a freshwater lake involved.

The risks outweigh the benefits to our health and to our children.

Let’s provide them with fresh, unpolluted air now instead of taking chances on everyone’s future health.

I vote no to the proposed Ajax mine.

Lauana Turcotte Kamloops

WITH THIS ECONOMY, KAMLOOPS NEEDS AJAX Editor: With the economy being as tough as it is, Kamloops and B.C. needs the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine.

At one time, this province had a premier named Dave Barrett who

put the thumbs down to mining. This brought British Columbia to its knees and near bankruptcy. It took premier Bill Bennett 11 years to bring B.C. back, to where it remains today.

Ajax will help generate more than

enough revenue to pay for repairs to Westsyde Pool and to fund an arts centre. In addition, our kids will have jobs for years to come.

Janos Doagozney Kamloops

SNOWMELT REVEALS A CITY-SIZED DOG TOILET Editor: The snow is receding in Aberdeen and it has completely disappeared from the lower elevations to reveal an ugly, smelly mess.

It is now evident just how many people think it’s OK to let their dogs foul the sidewalks and grassy

areas beside the pathways in the city.

They are figuring, I’m sure, that the next snowfall will cover up the poop.

Well, the snow doesn’t last forever and now the revolting results are clearly visible — maybe even

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“Absolutely not. Regardless of where people live, whether it’s Sun Rivers, Pritchard or Monte Creeks, if they don’t pay taxes like I do, then they have no say in what goes on in the city.

“This would open up a huge can of worms.”

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RE: STORY: TOURNAMENT CAPITAL UNDER SIEGE? — KAMLOOPS MAYOR SAYS SLOGAN IS TAKEN:

“How about we rebrand ourselves the Open Pit of Canada and give them the Tournament Capital name?”

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RE: STORY: WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS FOR THE OLD KAMLOOPS DAILY NEWS BUILDING?:

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“Is that a possibility?”

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Sporting a “Stop Ajax” button, Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein told an audience at Thompson Rivers University yesterday that First Nations land titles are key to combatting climate change.

“Indigenous land rights are the most powerful tool for keeping carbon in the ground,” she said.

Klein is on tour promoting her latest book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, which won the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction.

She spoke to a group of about 85 people — including First Nations members and Stop Ajax proponents — at the Irving K. Barber Centre in Thompson Rivers University’s House of Learning building.

The talk was initially planned for participants of the Indigenous People and Climate Change conference — which began earlier this week and wrapped up yesterday afternoon — but became open to the public at the last minute.

Klein told the group humanity is in a “spiritual crisis,” having sacrificed land and people for a “fantasy” that relies on fossil fuels.

“It really is now or never,” she said.

A vocal critic of Stephen Harper’s former Conservative government, Klein also expressed

distrust for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals despite promises for change.

She said goals reached at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris don’t go far enough and government commitments should be sanctioned.

She also criticized TransCanada’s decision to sue the United States over the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Klein is calling for widesweeping political and economic change — an economy based on “caretaking” — and hopes the “stars are aligning” with the plummeting price of oil.

Klein hopes to empower communities to take control of their own energy projects and she said she is against Ajax, the proposed copper and gold mine planned for south of Aberdeen.

Arthur Manuel, former chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band, has known Klein since about 2000, when Klein took an interest in lands-rights issues with the expansion of Sun Peaks Resort.

Manuel said indigenous people are on the “front lines” fighting climate change and hopes people will draw a link between indigenous land rights and climate change, noting “Mother Earth” plays a deep role in first nations culture.

The Skeetchestn and Tk’emlups Indian bands — under the Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) ban-

ner — last year filed a lawsuit declaring aboriginal title on private lands held by KGHM Ajax, as well as on a greater area that includes part of the City of Kamloops.

The B.C. Liberal government has said it will vigorously oppose the claim.

Manuel hopes Klein’s celebrity will help draw public support for the land-claim battle with the province.

“It’ll be a question of public support on these issues and drumming up support,” he said.

Bill Hadgkiss, 75, opposes Ajax and said he went to listen to Klein speak because she is someone who is “paying attention.

“She’s given us a shot in the arm and kick in the bum to get going,” he said.

Throughout the two-anda-half hour lecture, there was applause, shouts and tears. A question-and-answer period saw more statements than questions and Klein noted the many “amazing interventions and contributions.”

One First Nations woman was in Kamloops from North Vancouver and said unity is crucial.

“If you’re willing to hear all us cats in B.C., I’m willing to help,” she said. “We have no planet B.” Manuel said regional meetings with various First Nations groups are in the works.

Klein was scheduled to speak last night at UBC-Okanagan in Kelowna.

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more than 50 per cent from last year, but the figures aren’t what they seem.

Updates to the B.C. building code caused a spike in permits in January 2015 as builders raced to avoid coming changes that would add to the cost of construction.

In January 2015, the city issued 46 permits for a total value of $7.5 million — an unusually high number for early in the year.

Last month, the city issued 19 permits for a total value of $2 million.

Speaking to members of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association-Central Interior, director of development and engineering services Marvin

Kwiatkowski said 2015 was a strong year for construction, with total permit values coming it at about $180 million, up $20 million from predictions and just below the 10-year average.

It was a strong year specifically for residential construction, with just over $120-million in permits — the highest value in five years.

There were 463 residential units constructed, up 10 per cent from 2015.

“We had a fairly strong year in the residential sector, which really does impact the local economy with local trades, suppliers and labour and equipment,” Kwiatkowski said.

Of the new construc-

tion, 41 per cent of the units were constructed in east Kamloops, 38 per cent on the South Shore and 20 per cent on the North Shore.

There were 152 residential lots created, which Kwiatkowski said is on the lower side.

The city experienced delays with subdivision processes due to vacancies in the planning department at city hall.

“I’m going to be honest, we haven’t been near meeting a lot of our posted timelines,” he said. “I know there have been some frustrations.”

Though the city is already in the process of hiring another planner, Kwiatkowski said he would like to talk to the development community to review subdivision

planning processes and expectations.

“It’s almost been like the perfect storm,” he said.

“We’ve had people off, we’ve had maternity leaves and people leave the organization as well.

But I do think we have to be more proactive because — I’m going to say it — we got bit here in the last year and the development community has suffered.”

The city is predicting 364 residential lots will be created in 2016, coming close to the 10-year average.

Among major projects for the department this year are updates to the official community plan and continuing the review of development cost charges.

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arla Thompson and her Kamloops Curling Centre (KCC) rink have to win to get in.

The 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts gets underway on Saturday in Grand Prairie and will be preceded by a pre-qualifying round to determine the final entry into the 12-team main draw for the national title.

Thompson and her crew, which includes third Kristen Recksiedler, second Tracey Lavery and lead Trysta Vandal, are part of the pre-qualifying round, which began last night.

“We’re looking at it as a bit of an advantage that we get to play on the ice before and get used to the venue and the rocks and settle in and feel comfortable,” Thompson said.

“It’s one game at a time, try to relax, stay focused and have fun.”

The 12th-place team from the 2015 Scotties in Moose Jaw, Team B.C., is joined in the pre-qualifying round by the two teams that didn’t advance from last year’s pre-qualifying round, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Nunavut is playing in the pre-qualifying round for the first time.

Thompson, the Northwest Territories’ Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife), the Yukon’s Nicole Baldwin (Whitehorse) and Nunavut’s Geneva Chislett (Iqaluit) will play a single-game round-robin at Revolution Place.

B.C. squared off against Nunavut yesterday after KTW’s press deadline.

Find the result online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

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Skip Karla Thompson of Kamloops is pictured throwing a rock in a comeback victory over Kelly Scott of Kelowna at the Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship in Coquitlam in January.

Thompson plays twice today — against Yukon at 6:30 a.m. and Northwest Territories at 3:20 p.m.

The teams with the two best records advance to the play-in game, to be held concurrent with the opening draw of the Scotties round-robin tomorrow afternoon.

A pre-qualifying tiebreaker would be held tomorrow morning, if necessary.

The KCC held a sendoff function for the Thompson rink last week and local support has been incredible.

“I think 90 people came,” said Thompson, a homeeconomics teacher at NorKam secondary. “We’re overwhelmed. Our phones are going crazy.”

Lavery, who lives in Victoria, is a social worker, Recksiedler works for Sun Life Financial and Vandal works for Kiewit, and both live on the Coast.

“We’ve had a lot of support

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If the Kamloops rink can reach the main draw, it will be part of a field missing some of the nation’s top curlers, with two-time Scotties champ Rachel Homan (Ontario), Stefanie Lawton (Saskatchewan) and Val Sweeting (Alberta) having been upset in provincial finals.

“A couple of the favourites didn’t make it this year, but everyone is going to be out there fighting and we’ll all have to bring our A-game, regardless of who we’re playing,” Thompson said.

Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg rink will play as Team Canada, a result of winning the Scotties last year in Moose Jaw, and are favourites to win in 2016.

Thompson played third on the KCC rink skipped by Allison MacInnes that finished 5-6 at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Regina in 2008.

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and Lavery will be making their first-ever appearances at women’s nationals.

Jeff Richard coaches the Thompson rink.

Thompson won gold at the B.C. Scotties in Coquitlam in January to qualify for the national championship, the winner of which will represent Canada at the 2016 Ford World Women’s Championship, which runs from March 19 to March 27 in Swift Current.

This year’s Scotties has Olympic implications.

Should the winner find the podium at worlds, the rink will qualify for the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials in Ottawa.

That event will determine Canada’s four-player teams for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea.

“We’re just going to try to make our shots,” Thompson said. “Hopefully, it all works out in our favour.”

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In a season of ebbs and flows, the Kamloops Blazers are back where they want to be, riding a fourgame winning streak as the WHL’s stretch drive kicks into full gear.

Ryan Rehill scored twice and was a hitting and shot-blocking machine in his team’s 5-3 victory over the Red Deer Rebels at Sandman Centre on Wednesday, one of the Blazers’ most-complete performances of the campaign.

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Hay highlighted the importance of the victory over the Rebels, who were desperate to win, mired as they were in a three-game losing streak heading into the Tournament Capital.

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Big posts have led the WolfPack all season.

Now, Josh Wolfram and Kassie Colonna are looking to lead Thompson Rivers to the Canada West Final Four for the first time in men’s and women’s basketball history.

The WolfPack’s basketball teams host the UBC-Okanagan Heat at the Tournament Capital Centre this weekend, the final regular-season matchups of the 20152016 slate.

And, while both clubs have already clinched post-season berths in the Canada West, wins and losses against the Heat will lay out the road the Wolves will have to take if

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they’re to earn a spot in the conference’s championship tournament this season. “For us, it’s really about going out and playing our best basketball,� Wolfram, who is ranked third in the Canada West in both points per game (18.6) and rebounds per game (9.8), told KTW. “To clinch first would be great, but for us, it’s just about playing our best. Whatever results out of that is going to happen.�

With just a single win against the 8-10 Heat this weekend, the WolfPack men (144) will clinch the top spot in the Explorer Division, will host a Canada West quarterfinal for the first time in the program’s history and will await an opponent from one of the conference’s two playin series.

It’s a recipe that could end with Wolfram and company making a trip to the Canada West Final Four for the first time in team history. “I feel like we have the talent on our team to definitely make a push, but if we don’t play well then it’s not going to happen,� the forward said. “So, I really think it’s just about us doing our jobs.�

The 13-5 women, however, will be on the road for the entirety of the playoffs, after surrendering the division title to Edmonton’s MacEwan Griffins earlier this season.

The Pack hosted a quarter-final in women’s basketball last season, falling in a bestof-three series against

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the Victoria Vikes at the TCC. This season, they’ll be in a play-in series regardless of this weekend’s results against 10-8 UBC-Okanagan.

They’ll have to find a way to win on the road if they’re to get the program to the Final Four for the first time. “It’s always disappointing when you have expectations, or when you already have a taste of that success,�

Colonna, who is third in rebounds per game (9.3), said of falling short of a home playoff date. “It’s something that

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Still, Colonna and the women’s Wolves haven’t given up on competing in the Final Four tournament.

Maybe the underdog role will suit the club. “Last year, we had a little more success, which set us up to have a higher placing.

It’s always a lot easier to play on your home court with your home crowd,� Colonna said.

“I think that this year’s playoff chances — to make to Final Four is something that Scott has never done and this team has never done and we really want it — but it’s going to be tough, it’s going to be a bit of a grind. But, that’s what makes it feel so exciting.�

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It all comes down to this.

As the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League enters its final weekend of regular-season action, the Kamloops Storm and the 100 Mile House Wranglers are neck and neck in the race for the Doug Birks Division crown.

What better way to settle things than with a head-to-head matchup?

“All in all, with all the rookies we had and losing four guys to junior A and all the call ups and having one goalie for two months, I think the year has gone really well,” Storm head coach Ed Patterson told KTW. “Let’s put it this way, at the start of the season, I didn’t think we’d be in that race, no. I thought it would

be Chase and 100 Mile, with the veteran teams that both teams have.”

Kamloops and 100 Mile House will play their final contest tonight at 7 p.m. on McArthur Island, with the winner taking the upper hand in the fight for first place in the division.

The Storm will then be on the road tomorrow to face the Osoyoos Coyotes in their final game of the season, while the Wranglers will head to Chase to take on the Heat.

Expectations are, the division title won’t be decided until Game 52 is in the books for both clubs.

“Even if we win, we still have to go into Osoyoos and win,” Patterson said.

“There’s so many variables because we’re all so tight. Even Revelstoke is playing very well right now, so whoever you play,

you’re playing a tough opponent in the first and second rounds.”

Winning the division brings with it more than bragging rights — it guarantees home-ice advantage for the first two rounds of the KIJHL playoffs.

It also means facing the Revelstoke Grizzlies in Round 1, a team that has struggled to a 1-8-1-0 record in its last 10 games and has, far and away, the weakest record in the Doug Birks Division.

Right now, 100 Mile House has the upper hand — Kamloops surrendered first place to the Wranglers last weekend, losing a 5-0 decision to the Chase Heat, while the Wranglers picked up wins against the Grizzlies and the Sicamous Eagles.

Winning the final two games of the season would put the Storm back in the driver’s seat.

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Boogie the Bridge has always been about community health.

This year, Jo Berry is hoping to reach a new part of the Kamloops community.

With the annual run a little more than two months away, Berry is debuting her newest training clinic on March 17, a program aimed at helping bigger bodies break out of the sedentary lifestyle.

“It’s just going to be super inclusive, safe, fun, no ego and just a really safe place for people to get moving at a really easy pace,” Berry, the founder of Kamloops’ RUNClub and Boogie the Bridge, told KTW. “It’s so cliché, but sitting is the new smoking. We all have stuff that we battle with. I really want to provide a safe place for people to come, where they’re not going to feel any intimidation whatsoever and just contributing to their health and happiness.”

The bigger bodies clinic, a longtime dream of Berry’s, will help participants look at issues like food addiction and setting

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Jo Berry is once again leading the charge for Boogie the Bridge.

realistic goals. It will be limited to the first 25 registrants in an effort to provide more one-onone support, and is for people who are 30 or more pounds overweight.

The program will conclude with participants walk-running

the five-kilometre distance at the Boogie on April 24.

“Boogie training is never about the elite runner, five per cent body fat,” Berry said.

“It’s about the 99 per cent, the rest of us, who are trying to move for health.”

Also on the horizon are RUNClub’s annual Boogie training clinics, aimed at helping runners of all levels and paces get moving and prepare for the April run.

The club’s afternoon clinic will be held on Sundays and begins at 8 a.m. on March 6, while the afternoon clinic begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, but continues on Tuesdays afterwards.

The countdown to Boogie will begin on March 1, with a kickoff party at Runner’s Sole in Aberdeen Village at 6:15 p.m.

The event will feature a surprise guest speaker, “a very wellknown runner in the community,” Berry said, as well as specials on registration and prizes.

For more information or to register, go online to runclub. ca. Registration for the bigger bodies training clinic is available by contacting Berry at joberry@ telus.net.

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The Kamloops Sports Council has announced the nominees for its annual athletics awards, which will be handed out at the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame banquet at Thompson Rivers University on April 9.

Nominated in the male athlete of the year category are Derek Yachison (football), Colin Gilbert (swimming) and Gavin Dodd (trampoline), while Megan Dalke (swimming), Sara Spence (speedskating) and Megan Hanks (Judo) got the nod in the female athlete of the year category.

Team Brown (curling), KGTC World Gymnaestrada (gymnastics) and the Sa-Hali girls’ volleyball team are nominated in the team of the year category.

Peter Findlay (multiSport), Alf Konrad (track and field) and Jordan Sim (running) are nominated for the master athlete of the year, while Jon Pankuch (hockey), Ashley Shannik (volleyball) and Neil Farber (multisport) are up for sportsperson of the year.

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The Kamloops Sports Council will hand out its annual athletics awards on April 9. Gavin Dodd is one of three nominees in the male athlete of the year category.

category are Gordon Cumming (multisport), Wai Ma (volley-

ball) and Ray Chadwick (baseball), while Kamloops Fire Rescue/

Team New Gold, Steve Seibel (basketball) and Joe Hicketts (hockey) are nominated for the International Excellence Award.

Josh Wolfram (basketball), Emma Piggin (basketball) and Iuliia Pakhomenko (volleyball) are the University Award nominees.

In 1990, the KSC held its first meeting and groundwork began for a unified sport advocacy group to promote communication, development, education and participation of sport in the greater Kamloops area.

The awards have been doled out annually since 1990.

Tickets for the banquet, which will be held in TRU’s Grand Hall, are $45 and will be available for purchase at the Kamloops Box Office.

The Sgt. O’Flaherty’s women’s broomball team that won three provincial and 12 league championships in the 1980s and 1990s will be inducted to the KSHF. More inductees will be named in the next month.

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“This was an important win for us because you go on the road for four games now,” Hay said. “We had to enjoy getting into the battle, which I thought we did.”

The Blazers loaded the bus and set course for Vancouver Island yesterday, with games against the Victoria Royals tonight and tomorrow next on the schedule. Kamloops will play its third game in three nights on Sunday in Vancouver against the Giants.

“I don’t think we can think too much into the schedule,” said Rehill, the 20-year-old D-man who played well on Wednesday in front of New Jersey scouts, there to keep tabs on their draft pick’s progression.

“Other teams play three in three, too. They’re division teams.

They’re rival teams.”

The WHL playoff system sees the top three teams in the B.C.

and U.S. divisions qualify, along with two wildcard spots reserved for the next two best records.

Kamloops sits in the first wildcard slot with 62 points, one point ahead of Portland.

Kamloops is four points behind Prince George, which is third in the B.C. Division.

Asked to reflect on his squad’s recent change of fortune, Hay downplayed the importance of emotional team meetings held after the Blazers fell 4-0 to the Edmonton Oil Kings — Kamloops’ fourth straight defeat — on Feb. 6, which marks the last time the local WHL club tasted defeat.

“You guys [the media] make such a big deal of the meetings,” Hay said. “If it’s a meeting that gets them moving in the same direction, that’s what it takes.

“It’s more about being more competitive and there’s more battle in our game. Also, we got Rehill back from injury. He’s a

real competitive player on the back end. He’s moved everybody back to playing the minutes they’re more comfortable with, to get more of a rotation on the back end.

“And our goaltender has been our best player.”

That he has.

Connor Ingram has been outstanding between the pipes and was named the WHL’s player of the week for the period ending Feb. 14. The Imperial, Sask., product made 43 saves on Wednesday.

Rehill, who fell a goal shy of his first career hat trick, will be aiming for a three-pack of victories this weekend, along with a group of Blazers finding their groove at the right time.

“All we can do is take ownership of our destiny,” Rehill said.

“We’ve got the drive and, with Hayzer back there steering the ship, we’re moving in the right direction, for sure.”

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Pitchers and catchers report as baseball returns JANIE McCAULEY

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — David Price made his first big-money throws of spring training as Boston’s prized off-season acquisition, while new Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke began Day 1 with his new club by drilling on the basics of covering first base.

Johnny Cueto showed off some orange-tinted dreadlocks beneath his off-kilter cap that will fit in perfectly with his new San Francisco Giants colours.

His former team, the World Series champion Kansas City Royals, arrived in the desert and were set to get started today.

From Arizona to Florida, that familiar sound of baseballs snapping into gloves returned yesterday as many clubs held their first spring training workouts for pitchers and catchers that signalled the true start of a new year.

In the greater Phoenix area, a cooling cloud cover provided a respite from the unseasonably warm 90-degree temperatures.

Now, all those franchises that went on off-season spending sprees for pitching are counting on those arms to bring heat.

Greinke, signed to a $206.5 million, six-year contract with surprise suitor Arizona, was picked as the Diamondbacks’ opening day starter in what manager Chip Hale called the easiest decision he has had to make.

The right-hander is scheduled for his first bullpen session Friday in Scottsdale.

Price brought his new $217 million, seven-year deal to Red Sox camp with similar fanfare, while Jeff Samardzija began getting in sync with his new San Francisco catcher, Buster Posey.

After playing catch with closer Santiago Casilla, Cueto sat in the dugout at Scottsdale Stadium soaking in the scene of his new spring home.

Dominican Republic countryman, former Giants manager and outfielder Felipe Alou, made a point to stop and thank the pitcher for joining the organization.

Any nerves for Cueto at this stage after just winning it all with the Royals?

“Claro que no’’ — of course not, he quipped. “Maybe if I were a rookie,’’ he said through translator Erwin Higueros. “I came from pitching in the World Series. I don’t get nervous.’’

Blazers set to don throwback pants The Kamloops Blazers are going old school.

Kamloops will wear CCM Propac full-length pants during the WHL team’s home game against the Kelowna Rockets on March 4 at Sandman Centre.

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The game will air on Sportsnet’s CHL Friday Night Hockey coverage on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific, along with the NHL Network US.

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CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY On February 12th at approximately 2:30 pm the janitorial staff had found the rear door of the business unlocked on the 2000 block of Falcon Road in Valleyview.

The business had been broken into, but there was no sign of forced entry on the rear door. It is possible that the door was left unlocked. The suspects took the time to search through the entire business, leaving cupboard doors and filing cabinets open. It does not appear anything of value was taken or damaged and the suspects departed the same way they got in.

The thieves did not realize what they had left behind for the Kamloops City RCMP forensic unit.

That property has been seized and will be used to help solve this crime.

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THEFT OF RIMS AND TIRES Sometime overnight on Thursday February 11th, thieves struck South Thompson Motors at 2449 East Trans Canada highway.

These suspects took 4 Mud tires that were on alloy rims from 4 different RVs that had been parked in the storage lot. The suspects not only took the rims and tires, but also damaged each of the RVs when they tried to jack the units up.

The RVs were not stabilized properly when jacked up and fell over, crashing into other units and causing considerable amount of damage to each of the RVs. The theft of tires and rims were over $2000 and the final total for the damage to the RVs had not been tallied up as of yet.

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BAR BROKEN INTO In the early morning of Friday February 12th, the Dirty Jersey bar on 8th Street had been broken into. The early morning staff arrived shortly after 5:00 am and discovered the break and enter. The bar had been searched through and numerous items had been taken.

The point of entry has not been determined as there was no damage

on any of the doors including the roof area. The items that were taken included numerous bottles of liquor, a small amount of cash and pool cues.

The suspects left behind some interesting items, including shoes, a Swiss army knife and other personal items, that have been seized by the Kamloops City RCMP identification section.

Although this is somewhat of a quieter area, someone may have seen some suspicious activity in the area and did not know who to call.

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The tyranny of imperfect love can be overcome

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ove is again in the air as Valentine’s Day has come and gone. The mini-circus of cards, chocolates, flowers and phone calls were once again annual exhibits.

But one aspect of modern relationship battles seems to be that a growing number of couples in our society are not just into marriage and are content to live together.

Seen as an outdated institution, couples give diverse reasons for not formalizing their cohabitation by signing on the dotted lines of “just a piece of paper.”

However innocuous that explanation might sound, behind it often lies a lurking fear of the unknown — of commitment and, thereby, of an imperfect love.

The growing tension between discovering each other’s mind and

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a reluctance to face it drives away many from the eagerness, the desire and the longing to “do it right.”

Apostle John, perhaps drawing from the scenarios of failed or unrequited human love stories, penned an alluring sentence of both challenge and comfort to human love and commitment when he wrote: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment and the one who

fears is not perfected in love” (1 John 4:18).

“Fear involves punishment.” The meaning behind the word “punishment” is a sense of restraint.

All of us know something about fear. What is there that constitutes the essence of fear?

One may be fearful because of an insufficiency for which his soul is afraid. One may be getting afraid because the pull of God’s will is going to be difficult for him to bear.

The obedience God asks of us is going to be a hard thing.

We may think of the loneliness it might lead to, the high standard that God requires.

Then we look into our own hearts and experience and see there the utter insufficiency, the inability even to think of entering into God’s will.

If we knew we could not swim, we would be more than a little bit

frightened if we were in a boat that was sinking.

But there is another element in fear and its tyranny: the insufficiency of which my soul is aware and an imagination in which my thought is active.

A tremendous part of fear is built up by the imagination and, therefore, unreal. Situations are pictured and conjured up, which never eventuate. Experiences are endured, which are never encountered.

Have we ever had to have a shot? Did we not have it more than once?

We might even have had it six times before the needle touched our skin.

So often in life our imagination is active and our thoughts busy, and we can build up a whole experience of fear which is based upon unreal imaginings.

We must all have faced a situation we were afraid of — an interview or a surgery.

Our imagination was

active, but when it was all over, did we not say, “It was not half as bad”?

There is another element that creates fear leading to imperfect love: the intention of which our hearts are afraid.

It sometimes happens that we find ourselves in the hands of others whose intentions of which we are not sure.

When we were small and at school, we perhaps received an invitation from the school principal of whose intentions we were not quite certain. The fact we were uncertain of his intentions made that day rather miserable until the interview was over.

And then our mind was at rest, even if our body was not.

Friendship can come into a girl’s life and, with it, possibly, love — love on her side.

She knows that, but she is not quite certain

of the intention on the other side.

Is it just friendship or is it going to be the fulfilment of her dreams?

The very uncertainty makes her afraid.

So, there is a great and complex element entering into the tyranny of fear: “Fear involves punishment.”

How many of us are under that tyranny in relationships just now?

We are not quite certain what the intention of God is and we are more than a bit afraid of a whole realm of the intention of the will of God of which we feel we know nothing of.

Though the above verse in John’s writing speaks of a tyranny, it also speaks of a remedy.

We read there not only that fear has punishment, but that “there is no fear in love.”

The same numbers of letters are in both word and, if I was taking a Sunday School lesson, I would have the word

“fear” spelled out on separate cards.

F-E-A-R: that is the tyranny.

Then I would take the four other cards, L-O-V-E, and put L over F, O over E, V over A, and E over R. There is no fear in pure, real love.

Marriage is a biblical picture of man’s relation to Christ.

Just as a man receives his wife and a woman her husband, people in Jesus’ time lived with him, followed him, listened to his teachings, obeyed him, and committed themselves to him.

Let the patron of love of affianced couples, the engaged couples, and of happy marriages, Jesus, with his outstretched arms of agape love, extricate fear from love, leading to total sacrificial commitment in marriage and love life. ryanmitra225@ gmail.com

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Worship Services Meditation Discussion Circles Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

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Editor: Re: Chris Kempling’s Faith column of Feb. 11 (‘And such were some of you’), in which he claims being gay is a choice and that people can choose to become heterosexual: I wish we could ban people like Kempling from speaking out publicly, but people with foolish thoughts have their rights, too.

I just wish they were kinder and more accepting.

We are born who we are.

We are born with the colour of our skin and with our sexual preferences.

Neither is a choice and neither is wrong.

I thank Kempling’s god that he is no longer teaching.

Kempling’s column is another example of why a lot of people view religion as a disease of the mind, for which, by the way, there is a cure.

Jennifer Mortimore Kamloops

Reconciliation: Why “I’m Sorry” is Not Enough

Reverend Helen McFadyen will speak about the process of reconciliation in our lives and communities Sunday, March 21, 10:00 am.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam RUTH MAE PARKER

In Loving Memory of Brenda MacKenzie

August 20, 1918 – January 23, 2016 It is with a sad heart I announce the passing of my mother Ruth Mae Parker, at Ridgeview Lodge on Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the age of 97.

She is reunited with her husband Bill Parker.

Ruth is survived by her only daughter Bonnie Parker (Arthur Offley), her granddaughter Chrissy (Al) Henderson, great-granddaughter Paige Henderson as well as other relatives and friends.

She was predeceased by her parents Burton and Mable Martin and her husband J.W. “Bill” Parker in 1996.

Ruth was born in Edmonton, Alberta on August 20, 1918.

She grew up in Calgary for most of her early years, then after marrying Bill Parker, she moved to Vancouver, B.C., then in 1966 a move to Merritt, B.C. Mom was a homemaker, a great seamstress and pianist and enjoyed playing piano for the seniors in Merritt or for Bonnie’s Ballet classes.

Mom and dad enjoyed travelling the world and saw most countries. She and dad were members of the Seniors Association in Merritt, where mom was Secretary for a few years. Mom enjoyed playing cards, bingo, listening to music and reading (Robert Service Poems).

Mom was living at Nicola Meadows in Merritt surrounded by friends, until the last three years when she moved to Ridgeview Lodge to be closer to family.

Mom had a great sense of humor and was lucky to be healthy and happy right up to the end of her life.

Ruth will be forever loved and remembered by her daughter Bonnie.

A special thank you to the staff at Ridgeview Lodge and Nicola Meadows in Merritt. I am so grateful for your kindness, love and for taking such good care of mom, grandma and great-grandma.

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Today is the anniversary of when I lost you seven years ago You’re always in my thoughts no matter where I go Today I feel so very sad I think of you and cry I’m missing you so very much and still asking why And though I’m full of sadness that you’re no longer here Your influence still guides me and I still feel you near This rollercoaster of emotions is the worst ride of my life Nothing can prepare you for the neverending strife If I could have one lifetime wish one dream that could come true I’d pray to God with all my heart for a day with you and my sweet baby girl too

...Missing you always...

Love forever Tanya

Patrick is survived by his wife (Alice), four daughters, (Nola (Todd), Tannis (Colin), Lynett (Michael), Shannon (Trevor)) five grandsons, (Zachary (Lindsay), Dexter (Kourtney), Joshua, Nathan, Alexander) six granddaughters (Molly, Abby, Olivia, Meghan, Hannah, Naomi) and his sisters (Margaret (Peggy) and Johanna (Joan)).

Patrick was predeceased by his father (Patrick), mother (Molly), sisters (Kathleene, Julia, and Josephine) and brother (Timothy).

In honor of Patrick and his devotion to Catholic faith please join us at Sacred Heart Cathedral for commemorative services.

Prayers: Friday, February 19th at 5:00 pm. Funeral Service: Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 am Sacred Heart Cathedral 255 Nicola St, Kamloops, BC V2C 2P3 The family would like to extend special thanks to Dr. M. Wilson, Dr. J.H. Steyn, Dr. S. Nair, Staff at Glover’s Pharmacy and last but not least Patrick’s Caregivers Doreen and Marichu (Chu).

In gratitude of Pat’s support of Catholic Education donations are welcomed on behalf of Patrick Desmond to St. Ann’s Academy, 205 Columbia St, Kamloops, BC V2C 2S7 – 250.372.5452 For we are all blessed have this angel watching over us.

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ALEXANDER (SANDY) CZORNY April 6, 1935 - February 13, 2016

With grieving hearts we announce the passing of Sandy on Saturday, February 13, 2016. He leaves to mourn his wife June, sons Kerry (MarieClaude) and Randy (Cheryl) and granddaughters Julianna, Taylore and Jessa. He also leaves to mourn his sister Charlene (Don) Moore and his brother-in-law Chick Stewart and three sisters-in-law, Rosalie, Wanda and Ann Reinbolt and many nieces and nephews. Also his special cousins Mickey (Marion) Bleskie and Marian Dolman as well as many friends, all of whom he was so fond of.

He was predeceased by his parents Mike and Nancy Czorny, sister Marilyn Stewart and niece Natalie Moore. Also his mother-in-law and father-in-law Frank and Julianna Reinbolt, sisters-in-law Peggy Reinbolt and Beth Kennedy, brothers-in-law Frank, John, Joe and Fred Reinbolt and Todd Kennedy.

He was born in Glendon, AB, and his Father was a sectionman for the C.N. Railway. He spent his growing up years moving between Jasper and Blue River with his family. They moved to the Chilliwack area and finally to Fort Langley where he spent most of his teen years and graduated there in 1954. He moved to Smithers in 1955 and started his career there as a Trainman for C.N. Railway. It was there that he met June in 1960 and they were married in October, 1961. They moved to Jasper in the spring of 1962 where he continued working as a trainman and raising their two sons until 1981 when they moved to Kamloops. He enjoyed his years in Jasper golfing, fishing, watching the boys play hockey and travelling on hockey trips when he could get away. He spent many winters enjoying downhill and cross country skiing with June and friends. They also enjoyed summers hiking around Jasper. He took great pride in the trimming of his hedge, especially when the tourists stopped to pose for pictures in front of it. After moving to Kamloops he continued working as a trainman until his retirement on October 31st, 1990. After his retirement he enjoyed more hiking and golf. He then got into the computer world and spent many enjoyable hours working on the family trees for the family. When the granddaughters came along, he cherished every minute he had with them.

He enjoyed spending many hours searching for and copying pictures of the old steam engines and reminiscing about the “good old days” with his railroad buddies on their “coffee breaks”.

He was so grateful to N.P. Natalie Manhard for her exceptional care this past 4 years and to Dr. Hamilton. We thank them and the staff at the Marjorie Willoughby Hospice Home for their tender loving care and for making his last days more comfortable.

We will have a Celebration of Life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, we ask you to kindly make a donation to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, 72 Whiteshield Cr., South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9.

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Patrick was born in Midleton County Cork, Ireland on October 28th in 1942 and moved to Kamloops in July of 1947. Pat grew up farming eventually beginning a career in the food industry, before meeting the love of his life, wife Alice Desmond (nee SILMON). Pat continued on to be a successful business entrepreneur within the construction industry. Patrick’s greatest pride and joy was celebrating a Christian life as a husband, father, father in-law and grandfather.

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PATRICK JEREMIACH DESMOND Patrick Jeremiach Desmond, Husband, Father, Papa, Brother and Friend. Our Heavenly Father called Patrick J. Desmond on Saturday, February 13th, 2016 peacefully at home in the presence of his closest family and friends.

To Geoff’s friends and acquaintances: We regret to inform you that Geoff passed away suddenly on February 8th, 2016.

Geoff had a strength of character that was evident in the way he lived his life. He was a devoted husband to Fran and an inspirational Dad to his three children Errol, Evelyn and Ian. He was Gran’pa Penny to his six grandchildren Kelsey and Cassidy (Errol), Nova and Dax (Evelyn and Ian Bishop), Clara and Nolan (Heather and Ian Penny).

He was born in Cape Town, South Africa, into a close-knit family. He was a brother to Pat, Ann, and Barbara.

In the 60’s, his strong sense of adventure saw him travelling by scooter or in a Gazetta, throughout Europe and Scandinavia. When he explored Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Israel, his mode of transportation was his thumb.

After he retired from the electrical department at Weyerhaeuser Pulp Mill, he became a snowbird, and spent his time bobbing around the Sea of Cortez on the Baja in a twelve foot zodiac doing what he loved: fishing. “The Big Ones” didn’t get away. To his Baja friends his nickname was Mr. Fix-It. He gave a willing hand to anyone who needed something repaired.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam PROVINCIAL NEWS NORMAN ARTHUR CHADDERTON September 26, 1941 – February 7, 2016

On February 7, 2016 after a short battle with liver cancer, Norm peacefully continued on his journey.

Survived by his loving wife Marne, daughters Katherine and Dana, sons-in-law John and Steven, grandsons Connor and Jake, sister Lucille and brother-in-law Dave, sister-in-law Lorill, nieces Jill, Rylee, and Lani, nephews Lee and Brian and many special aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

Norm was a very unique man. He was loud and always had a story or joke to tell – even to a complete stranger. He was a Skookum Mechanic and a general Mr. Fix-it.

At Norm’s request there will be no service, however, a Celebration of Life will take place in the summer. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice in Kamloops.

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Enderby beagle best in show at Westminster MARY MARGARET “MARGIE” MACLEOD May 27, 1932 – February 15, 2016

In Loving Memory

ANNA LOUISE MILLER May 28, 1945 – February 12, 2016

It is with heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing

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Louise Miller on Friday, February 12th, 2016. Louise is Mary Margaret “Margie” MacLeod (McCormick) at survived by her two children, Rhonda Swanson (Tony, 8:30 pm in Kamloops, BC at the Marjorie Willoughby Chelsea and Chase) Doug Miller (Stacey, Rylea, Sydney, Snowden Hospice on February 15, 2016. Mom died Emily, Carson, Travis and Nicole) and numerous relatives peacefully holding Dad’s hand, of natural causes. the biggest cheers. far and near. Shedrew was predeceased by her husband Jack BEN WALKER was born A Skye terrier came in second THEMom CANADIAN PRESSin her family home in Grand Mira Miller in 2004. on May 27, 1932 to May and Dan McCormick. She this time. A standard poodle, a married Guy), Thomas EarleThe MacLeod, on Kennel Louise on tzu Mayowned 28th, by 1945, Nanaimo, BC, NEW YORKDad — A(Old soft-spoken PattyinHearst Westminster Club was dog bornshih May 1, 1954 in Sydney, NS. Together they had five living her youth in Clinton and Penticton, before Canadian-born beagle really and an English springer spaniel settling show has been around since the children Blaise, Susan, Linda, Blair and Brent. In 1969 in Kamloops, Ourmade beloved wasring. always “game” raised a ruckus.

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A Funeral Mass will be celebrated the biggest kid there.

An unforgettable memory.

Not only was she open to winning Westminster.

Instead, barked and bayed his way to on the following day, Monday, February 22, 2016 at was her heart forever and home.

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Her ashes will be spread at a later earned a full day Wednesday Snowden her people were giving her treats. a peep in theHospice, ring. you are all amazing. date by her family. If you so desire those wishing to make a donation in Louise’s on morning The final ring “She princess,’’ handler In lieuisofa flowers, donations may be made to best-of-seven the St. name may do so— toappearances a charity of your choice. TV shows, a meeting with Donald was Society. full of favourites.

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Canadian-born Miss P. Swagger the old English judge David Merriam picked her The dog lives in both Milton sheepdog finished second at in a dog show world shocker. and Enderby.

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Thank You RAUL ALCANTARA Raul Nazareno Alcantara passed away January We 13,would like to express our deep appreciation 2016 from pneumonia just weeks before his 57thto everyone who supported me and my Birthday. family with flowers, Raul made Kamloops his cards, food and phone home in 1990 after touring calls of condolences BC for a year with his band upon the recent death of from the Philippines, The my husband of 60 years

Hall of Fame. He was a courier with Best Express for awhile but music called him GEORGE back. He taught drumming at both Lee’s Music and World of Music(ROBBIE) where he also worked as a salespersonROBERTSON and then with Long and McQuade. He also played with many We thank you all for local musicians in many different bands and being so thoughtful. eventually started a small recording studio. To thanks to Raul, music was everything Special and through it he Dr. Chung and all the touched many lives. doctors and nurses

He is survived by his children Brittanie and in ICU. Nicholas, his brothers Rodel (Girlie), Ramil you to(Melissa), Tim Cook (Nestle), Rey, Obet (Gina),Thank Ferdinand Schoening Funeral sisters Alma and Aileen,ofMelanie Alcantara, Services your help sister-in-law Rosalie Dewey (MikeforCaldwell), and support. mother-in-law Donna Dewey McMillan, father-in-law John Dewey, many nieces and George was so loved nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. and will be dearly He was predeceased by his father and mother missed.

Theodoro and Adelina (Nazareno) Alcantara.

Elsie Robertson A Celebration of Raul’s Life will held at and be family The Rex, 417 Seymour St, Kamloops on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm.

In Loving Memory

STANLEY HILTON MOORE February 5, 1929 – February 19, 2004 The Best Husband, Dad and Grandpa ever Lovingly remembered by Muriel, Mark, Cindy, Matthew and Nicole, Cori, Wes, Justin, Julia and Alicia

In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still, In our hearts you hold a place, No one can ever ll.

A million times we needed you, A million times we cried, If love alone would have saved you, You would have never died.

It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone, A part of us went with you, The day God called you home.

Your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part, God has you in His keeping, We have you in our hearts.

In Loving Memory of (MINNIE) EDITH JENSEN

May 25, 1938 –MACKENZIE February 16, 2016 BRENDA

It is with heavy hearts that –we September 10, 1949 February 19, 2009 must announce the passing been sixEdith years Jensen onI think about your beautiful smile of our It’s mom, since you awayWe extendThat I pray I’ll see again someday February 16,passed 2016.

And I miss you more now than when our gratitude for the kindness I often lie awake at night you first went away expressed by the physician When the world is fast asleep moment that you died And take a walk down memory lane andThe nurses the Emergency My heart wasintorn in two With tears upon my cheeks department at heartache Royal Inland One side filled with Sometimes I watch for answers Hospital.

The other died with you

Because each day I call to you There is a sad but sweet remembrance by I ask for faith and courage Edith was predeceased Therehusband is a memory fond and trueCharles And strength… to help me through her David My life changed forever Edwards; Eddie Sometimes I want toJensen scream On the dayher that I mother lost you and father This Doug is not what I hadHarold planned and Matilda McDonald; brothers and As I lovedsisters you so IFlorence, miss you you had toand leaveher (Sonny), Rose andWhy Marlene In my memory you are near Doesn’t make it son Ernie Edwards.

She leaves behind her siblings Loved, remembered, longed for always any easier to understand Marg, Kenmany (Annette) Bringing a silent tear and Pete (Joanne), children The biggest heartbreakJanet of all Teresa (Ron) Christian, Tim (Bernice) Jensen, I think about you all the time Is that I never got to say goodbye Edwards grandchildren And everyand day itDon hurts toEdwards, cry But the hardestKatrina, part Pierce, Brittany, Jewel, Timara, Jr.,without Danika, So muchEmily, has happened in my life is learningTim to live you I’m notTyrone, sure how long I can tryand numerous And always trying and Tyler, Josh nieces to fill the emptiness inside nephews.

The struggles I face day to day Are struggles that to the Tk’emlúps No one knows how much I miss you A special thank you te Secwépemc don’t seem to fade away No one knows my bitter pain band for their assistance during this difficult time I struggle with loss, pain and anxiety too I have suffered since I lost you and toAnd family and friends for their support. are now I struggle Life has never been We the same not only with the loss of you grateful.

I take the pain and lock it up Everything a reason Andpallbearers, throw away the keyfire Kukstemchappens to ourfor leaders/teachers, So I’ve heard people say Because if I let this pain out keepers, food organizers, spiritual leaders That reason became clear to me No one would recognizeand me pitchOntop a coldcarvers.

October day Kukstemc to those who take They say there is a reason initiative and forward themselves so family can When your beautiful granddaughter They say that time will heal keep taking one Kukstemc the Baylie was bornfoot forward. But neither time from nor reason bottom God of our hearts. realized Will change the way I feel she was too pure for this earth The wake will begin Thursday, February 18,and2016 Although I know you Baylie And although we are watching at desperately 115 Kootenay will over be me held wanted herLane. to stay The service I still look the dayat We knew you were there 20, 2016 on Saturday, February at forward 11:00toam When God calls us all to unite our family show her the way the St.to Joseph’s Church. All are welcome to join

the Tears family for aconstantly feast at MoccasinWeSquare Gardens are falling love you and Baylie My heartthe hurtsservice. everyday More than words can say following Tanya and Ross

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NATIONAL NEWS

EI claims in Alberta double CANADIAN FORCES Liberals rule out cutting as downturn continues IAN BICKIS

THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The number of Albertans receiving employment insurance has doubled in a year, Statistics Canada said yesterday in the latest sign of the province’s economic struggles driven by falling oil prices.

About 62,500 people in the province were on EI in December, up from the 31,200 who were receiving jobless benefits from the same month a year earlier, the federal agency said.

Sean Murray, a 42-year-old father of two preschoolers in Red Lake, Alta., says he’s been applying to any job openings he can find after losing his pipefitting job for the second time in December.

“Mining jobs, construction jobs, gravel pit jobs, civil jobs, oilpatch jobs,’’ Murray said. “Like everything and anything.’’

He said sent out more than 200 resumes but hasn’t found work since, so in January he signed on for EI. He said he’s getting 22 weeks of support at about $1,000 every two weeks for his family.

“Which just pays for rent, food, and a few bills,’’ he said. “It doesn’t

cover all my bills, but at least I’m able to have a roof over my head.’’

Alberta’s growing EI numbers in December accounted for about 90 per cent of the 7.3 per cent increase nationally, pushing the total number of EI recipients to 539,800 across Canada.

The province’s oil-reliant neighbour Saskatchewan saw a 38 per cent increase in EI compared to December 2014. Newfoundland and Labrador saw an 11 per cent rise, making up much of the rest of the overall national jump.

While the EI numbers have climbed significantly in Alberta, they still only account for 2.5 per cent of the labour force, below the national average of about 2.8 per cent, says University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe.

“Things are getting worse in Alberta, but they were getting worse from a very good situation,’’ said Tombe.

“The increase in employment insurance claims that we’ve seen have brought us closer to, but we’re still under, the national average. So it’s not as though the sky is falling.’’

He pointed to the 2008-2009 downturn, when Alberta saw EI ranks increase by about 50,000 people.

size of Canada’s military MURRAY BREWSTER

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OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has ruled out cutting the size of the Canadian military, despite the country’s bleak economic and fiscal picture.

The Liberals will concentrate on meeting existing approved levels of 68,000 full-time and 27,000 part-time soldiers, with an eye towards eventually expanding Canada’s military ranks, Sajjan said yesterday.

“We are not looking at reducing our personnel,’’ he said.

“In fact, the conversations I’m having right now [are] about where do we need to increase the personnel.’’

A recent federal report from last year’s budget shows military reserves are running at roughly 20,000 paid members — about 19 per cent short of full strength.

The numbers are only slightly better for the regular forces, with roughly 66,000 full-time members in uniform.

Sajjan says recruiting has slowed over the last few years and he wants to see measures stepped up so the country always has an agile, optimal force.

National Defence is the largest single discretionary item in the federal budget.

Previous governments, Liberal and Conservative alike, have often used military cuts as a way to balance the books.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have both indicated of late that the Liberal promise to balance the budget over four years has morphed into returning to black ink over the long-term.

When the Conservatives were still in power, they were being urged to cut the size of

the regular force by respected voices, including former defence chief and retired general Rick Hillier, who said the number of bodies could be trimmed in order to preserve sophisticated capabilities.

Sajjan said the new government’s planned defence review — to be carried out at some point this year — will look at the appropriate level of staffing.

He suggested that the exercise will not be aimed at cutting, but rather whether there is an appropriate balance between the army, navy, air force and special forces — something known as “troops to task.’’

But in a nod to Hillier’s remarks, he said the review will be wide-ranging.

“We have to focus on capabilities; that perfect mix of personnel, training and equipment,’’ Sajjan said.

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TORONTO — Toyota is recalling nearly 150,000 sport-utility vehicles in Canada as part of a global effort to fix seatbelts that may not properly restrain drivers and passengers in a collision.

The recall covers the 2006 to 2012 model years for the RAV4.

The company said lap belts for the second-row window seats can be cut and separate in the event of a frontal crash.

The auto manufacturer said owners of the affected vehicles will be notified by mail and it will add plastic covers to the metal seat cushion frame at no cost to customers.

The recall is part of a broader announcement involving 2.9 million RAV4s around the world, including more than 1.1 million in the U.S. — The Canadian Press

From a man’s Reebok sneaker on Gabriola Island to a black Adidas runner found on a Campbell River shore, shoes with disembodied feet have been washing up on the West Coast for nearly a decade.

Investigators were mystified and even spooked when the remains were repeatedly discovered without immediate explanation starting back in 2007.

But as the BC Coroners Service announces two new, matching feet surfaced earlier this month on a beach near Port Renfrew, they’ve had almost 10 years to solve the mystery.

Coroner Barb McLintock is more than willing to squelch the myth of “the famous feet.”

There are neither “strange serial killers” conducting amputations, nor “funny little aliens” depositing appendages along B.C. shores, she said.

“Which some people do think. Sad but true,” she said.

“A lot of this is simply the quelling of the public imagination, to say ‘No, this is unfortunate and they’re all very sad cases.’”

Fourteen feet have turned up along the coastline over the years, and the coroner has identified 10 as belonging to seven people.

None of the cases involved foul play.

Experts have determined cause of death to either be suicide or accidental.

“We pretty well think we know what

This New Balance shoe was on the human foot that washed ashore in Seattle on May 6, 2014.

happened in every case,” McLintock said.

The coroner reported the latest feet had the same owner — although the deceased has yet to be identified. The shoes were men’s New Balance runners, size 12 and blue and black in colour.

It’s believed the owner died between March 2013 and December 2015 because that type of shoe wasn’t sold in North America until the earlier date.

McLintock said the coroner has tried to educate the public that the feet separated naturally in the process of decomposition — and nothing nefarious has been going on.

The perplexing origins of the grisly discoveries appear tied to the advances made in running shoe technology, she said.

“It really didn’t come up until we had running shoes that floated so well,” she said, noting the additions of lighter foam and air pockets. “Before, they just stayed down there at the bottom of the ocean.”

Forensic anthropologists working with the coroner have found no signs of trauma.

“There’s none that have any suggestion of homicide,” said McLintock. “In every case there is an alternate, very reasonable explanation.”

But some news articles reviewing such facts over the decade haven’t stopped speculation.

As far back as 2008, rumours abounded in the online world — from the involvement of organized crime to illegal organ harvesting.

Criminologist Rob Gordon, with Simon Fraser University, told the Toronto Star in 2008 it was reasonable to suggest missing men from the Vancouver area might be the victims of a serial killer.

“When I was raising that possibility, that’s all I was doing. There were a number of hypotheses floating around —pardon the pun,” he said.

Gordon recalled being bombarded with calls from media based around the world when a sequence of five feet washed ashore over the first year.

Investigations take time and involve testing theories, he said, adding he doesn’t believe the speculation was problematic.

“The harm is done if somebody is accused or police are rushed into an investigation,” he said.

“In the case of floating feet, it’s an open debate about the whys and wherefores \.

“People are titillated.

“And it became very newsworthy and still is.”

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The 6Th Annual David Shearing murdered six members of the Bentley and Johnson families in Wells Gray Provincial Park in August 1982. He has since changed his name to David Ennis and remains in prison in Alberta.

Killer of family waives right to parole hearing The man convicted of murdering two young girls, their parents and grandparents more than three decades ago in Wells Gray Provincial Park in Clearwater has waived his right to an upcoming parole hearing — and it will be 2021 before he can apply again.

David Ennis, who has changed his name from David Shearing since the August 1982 murders, was due for a parole hearing in August.

A spokeswoman for the Johnson and Bentley families said relatives of the victims are relieved at the cancellation and are pleased that new federal rules mean Ennis can’t apply for another hearing for five years.

Tammy Arishenkoff said when parole hearings came every two years, the family could only relax for a short time between applications.

Ennis pleaded guilty to six counts of second-degree murder in 1984 for the murders of 13-year-old Janet and 11-year-old Karen Johnson, their parents, Jackie and Bob Johnson of Westbank, and Jackie’s parents, Edith and George Bentley of Port Coquitlam.

The six were camping in the park when they were murdered by Ennis.

He kept the two girls alive for several days after killing the adults, before slaying them and burning all six bodies in a remote area of the park.

— The Canadian Press

Liberals to cancel cuts OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are reinstating health-care coverage for newly arrived refugees and those seeking refugee status in Canada, reversing sweeping cuts made by the previous Conservative government.

The interim federal health program will now apply evenly to all and will also be expanded next year to cover the health-care needs of certain refugees before they even arrive in Canada.

The program was set up nearly 80 years ago to

help address the healthcare needs of immigrants coming to Canada in the aftermath of the Second World War. It evolved to help bridge the gap between a refugee’s arrival in Canada and when they can access provincial health care coverage.

It covered things like prescription medications, dental and eyesight coverage for those who came to Canada as refugees and those made applications for asylum upon arrival.

But the former Conservative govern-

ment clawed back many of its provisions in a surprise 2012 move that eventually led to a series of successful court challenges.

While the court decisions forced the Conservatives to restore some of the cut benefits, they didn’t restore them all — something the Liberals pledged to do in their election platform.

Restoring the cuts will take effect in April of this year, while the expansion to provide care overseas will begin in April 2017.

— The Canadian Press

Yukon mine bid gets panel review WHITEHORSE — Vancouver-based Western Copper and Gold’s proposed Casino copper and gold mine is being sent for a higher review.

The Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board said the Casino project, 300 kilometres northwest of Whitehorse, will undergo a panel review to consider tailings and waste-management issues and any

effects on wildlife.

Western Copper and Gold said the review allows for more public input and responses from federal, territorial and First Nation governments.

Company officials said the process will help show the gold, silver, copper and molybdenum mine can be built without significant environmental effects.

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ART: • Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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Clockwise from top left: actors Kara Pare as Hero, Elizabeth King as Pheobe, Stephanie Morrison as June, Mariana Makulkina as Helen, DeNara Levin as Echo, Kaliey Clark as Procne and Kelsey Launier as Iris rehearse a scene from the Thompson Rivers University production of The Love of the Nightingale.

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here’s a scene in The Love of the Nightingale that, while based on an ancient Greek myth, will likely resonate with an audience of today.

Philomele, who is being taken to see her sister Procne after a five-year absence, confronts her brother-in-law, Tereus, who has assaulted her.

“There’s nothing inside you,” she tells Tereus.

“You’re only full when you’re filled with violence.

And they obey you? Look up to you? Have the men and women of Thrace seen you naked? Shall I tell them? Yes, I will talk.”

Student Erik Stephany said the next play in the Actors’ Workshop Theatre will leave its audience exiting the Black Box Theatre on campus “thinking about things and maybe doing something about it.”

It’s a story about those with power and the people they victimize, of silence and of ignoring violent acts.

It is a cautionary tale, student Emilie Thiebert said, about treating people better.

Many who have reviewed other productions of the play

by Timerblake Wertenbaker have said the dramatist brings a feminist look to the ancient legend of the rape and how the sisters exact revenge.

Director Wes Eccleston said the choice is a departure from plays he normally chooses — student Andrew Robertson called the Thompson Rivers University theatre-arts teacher the department’s “go-to American-realism [drama] guy.”

Eccleston praised his 16-member cast for their commitment to the script and its understanding of the subject matter. Even dur-

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ing rehearsals, he said, new moments and insights in the script revealed themselves.

Thiebert’s character, for example, is Niobe, a slave from Athens who at first seems to be a bad person, but through the play, it’s shown “she’s so much more than that, that she had a horrible life,” Thiebert said.

“The audience will think she’s a bit of a witch, but she spoke out against the gods and she fell hard, really hard, and she’s looking for new meaning to life.”

That’s not to say it’s all doom and gloom,

Eccleston added.

There’s some sword-play under the tutelage of Melissa Thomas. There are acrobatics — TRU graduate Andrew Cooper joined the production to help cast members work on movement — and a gigantic puppet.

Assistant director Josh Sunderman described the play as a personal challenge “that’s also a lot of fun. A bit hectic, but very rewarding.”

He suspects when the lights go out for the final time each night of the production, the audience will feel a catharsis, a relief.

They may also be drained, as Stephany suggested, but “they will get the message.”

For Eccleston, the message is simple.

“Justice is served. Power is brought to account. Truth cannot be silenced.

“To do nothing is death. To be silent is death.”

A decision has yet to be made on whether there will be an intermission in what is, on the day KTW visited, a play that lasts more than 90 minutes. The concern, cast and directors agreed, is breaking the tension mid-story, so Eccleston was considering reworking the production a bit to ensure it stays long enough to tell the story, but not so long as to leave audience members numb in their seats.

The play runs at the campus theatre in the Old Main Building from Feb. 25 to Feb. 27 and from March 3 to March 5, at 7:30 p.m.

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Admission is $5, free for open-mic performers and preteens.

The coffeehouse is held in the Barnhartvale Hall, located seven kilometres past the Dallas PetroCan gas station on Barnhartvale Road.

Family Art workshop

The Kamloops Art Gallery hosts Family Art tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The free event, designed for all ages, includes tours, activities and art workshops.

No registration is required.

The gallery is also launching its arts and

culture tour fundraiser travel program with a trip to France in August.

Cost is $7,599 for the trip that includes four nights in Paris and a seven-night cruise.

For more information, call Perdita Bostock at 250-8510211, extension 207, or email perdita@ travelwise.ca. Those who register before March 31 qualify for a bonus $200 value package that will prepay all cruise gratuities.

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Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t That Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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

• Utopia by Tangie Genshorek and Cameron MacQuarrie, main gallery, Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. • Opening reception for The Case of the Space, an exhibition of works by local artists at Padlock Studios, 175 Second Ave.

Monday, Feb. 22

Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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

Music: Ukulele Orchestra of Kamloops meets, 6:30 p.m., Plura Hills United Church.

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

Art: Out of Sight, Midnight Sun Camera Obscura, Live Stream: Optical Rendering and Isn’t that Punny!, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. Gallery open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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

• Utopia by Tangie Genshorek and Cameron MacQuarrie, main gallery, Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. Music: Ukulele Orchestra of Kamloops meets, 1:30 p.m., North Kamloops Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Info: ukuleleorchestraofkamloops.com.

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

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Thursday, Feb. 25

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

to March 26.

• Kamloops Family History Society meets, 7 p.m., Heritage House, Riverside Park. Info: Catherine O’Reilly, 250-579-9108.

• Word processing class, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Kamloops Library, 465 Victoria St., 250-372-5145.

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

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THE TUBBY TABBY What can be done to trim some fat off our feline friends? Here are some strategies that have been helpful for owners and their cats.

- Switch from a dry cat food to a canned cat food. If your cat insists on eating dry food, use puzzle feeders that only dispense food when the cat actively plays with the feeder.

- Place small amounts of food in several locations around the house. Your cat will burn calories as she is “hunting” for this food.

- If your cat is a neutered indoor pet, choose a food designed for “less active” or “indoor cats”.

- Make sure everyone in the household is on board with the diet. Your kitty is not going to lose weight if one person is restricting food and the other is feeding lots of treats.

- If your chubby kitty shares a household with a thin cat, a diet that is appropriate for one may not be ideal for the other. You can create a separate feeding area by using a “Sureflap” or similar device, which is programmed to allow access to only one cat.

Prepare for a long-term campaign – weight loss is just as slow and difficult to achieve in cats as it is in people, and a significantly overweight cat will require several months to reach its goal weight. The most weight that a cat can safely lose is 1/4 to 1/2 pound (100 to 250 grams) per month. For many cats, this can be achieved by reducing the amount fed by 25%. Faster losses may trigger liver problems, especially in obese cats.

If your cat is more than a pound or two overweight, it’s a good idea to formulate a weight loss plan in conjunction with your veterinarian. He or she can advise you on prescription diet options and monitor your cat’s progress by frequent weigh-ins on the clinic scale.

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The Kamloops Community Band will host the Richard Dickens Music Scholarship Concert on Thursday, at Southwest Baptist Church, 700 Hugh Allan Dr. Proceeds from the annual event go toward the $2,000 scholarship awarded to a graduating student who intends to pursue a post-secondary education in music.

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Tony Rodriguez and Kava Moore spent some time browsing through the books at Chapters. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is hosting a new book club hoping to drum up some interest in reading.

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Later this month, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District will host its first meeting of Books and Brews, a non-traditional adult book club meeting at locations outside the library to discuss books and enjoy food and drinks.

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Attendees are asked to read a book related to the monthly theme ahead of time and come prepared to discuss it.

The first meeting of Books and Brews will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the Noble Pig, downtown at

Victoria Street and Seventh Avenue.

In honour of Freedom to Read Week, the theme will be banned books.

On Tuesday, March 29, the meeting will be held at Red Beard Cafe, in North Kamloops at Tranquille Road and Yew Street.

The theme of the meeting will be female authors, in honour of

International Women’s Day. Both meetings will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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But the battle can soon be over thanks to a one-day Marketing Bootcamp offered in Kelowna on Feb. 29 and in Kamloops on March 1.

“Marketing is often an afterthought for small businesses, but it shouldn’t be,” said George Affleck, president and CEO of Curve Communications, a Vancouver-based marketing agency. “Without the proper strategy, companies can’t stand out from the competition.”

Affleck and a team of experts are behind the one-day intensive marketing classes, which will teach participants how to jumpstart their marketing campaigns and build their brands.

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Amanda Bates, Curve’s vicepresident, brings more than 20 years of experience in journalism, producing and television to the workshops.

She is an expert crafter of pitches and knows what it takes to get journalists to cover stories.

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Affleck’s book was released at the end of 2015 and covers tools and tips business owners need to launch and grow their companies.

In it, Affleck describes his Buzz Formula — a marketing method he has honed over the years.

It’s a formula he will also share with participants in the Kelowna and Kamloops workshops.

“Unlike other courses, these marketing bootcamps won’t take a generic, catch-all approach,” Affleck said.

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Business owners will also learn how to manage their SEO, Google AdWords and Facebook advertising.

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Participants will discover how to create ads for print, radio, television and online, write content and harness the power of email marketing while adhering to Canadian anti-spam laws.

Curve has years of experience in media buying and will show workshop participants how to negotiate ad placement, create promotional campaigns, foster community relations, place corporate donations and develop strategic pitches for journalists.

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Kamloops This Week is partnering with Curve Communications and will offer ad bundle discounts to all those who register for the Marketing Bootcamp.

“We’re happy to support a training program that helps businesses in Kelowna and Kamloops flourish,” said KTW publisher Kelly Hall.

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hurston County in Washington State is best known for its jewel, Olympia, a stately, historic and scenic city filled with soaring examples of GrecoRoman architecture and irresistibly browsable book shops, galleries and boutiques.

Washington’s version of Victoria, its beautiful state buildings are on a bluff overlooking the ocean and its 278-foot high capitol dome is visible from most everywhere.

A five-hour drive from Vancouver, it’s a great destination for a weekend away.

There are daily tours of the capitol dome and we gladly joined one led by Ed Smith, a 30-year history teacher whose father had once served in the legislature.

He primed our small group on the European marble, carved masonry and more than 300 Tiffany lights and chandeliers that decorate the interior.

It’s an impressive, palatial building and one that certainly lends gravity to Washington’s history and the business of lawmaking.

It was less-than-fascinating for a six-year-old, though, which is why our next stop was the very antidote: the Hands On Children’s Museum of Olympia.

These days, almost every city has a children’s museum — but not like this.

“Our goal was to only feature exhibits from the Pacific Northwest, things children might see in their own back yards,” said Jillian Henze, communications manager for the 28,000-square-foot museum.

Best suited for the three- to eight-year-old crowd, this innovative space delves into the farm to fork eating experience, the Puget Sound waterway, the forest and the lifecycle of water.

Touching is mandatory here and, by interacting with the exhibits, children learn how currents flow, how large a bald eagles’ nest really is, how water and wind pressure work,

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IF YOU GO • For more information on Olympia, go online to visitolympia.com.

• The Hands-On Children’s Museum is open daily until 5 p.m. and admission is $10.95. It is free on the first Friday of the month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. More info: hocm.org; (360) 956-0818.

• The Sandstone Distillery (sandstonedistillery.com; 360-239-7272) is located at 842 Wright Rd. SE. in Tenino. Its products are available at select liquor stores in Olympia.

• Free tours of the Washington State Legislative Building run every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.

• You have to stay to play at Great Wolf Lodge, where accommodation starts around $210/night for a family of four to six people. It includes water park passes. Info: greatwolf.com; (866) 798-9653.

• Getting to Olympia is a straight shot on the I-5, 276 kilometres south of the Peace Arch Border Crossing. how to build a house and where food comes from.

My daughter Maya had to be dragged out of the museum at closing time.

We left Olympia the next day for Grand Mound, 20 minutes away and home to Great Wolf Lodge or Washington’s Disneyland equivalent.

The massive indoor waterpark is a hedonistic kids’ paradise, with waterslides that sweep riders on a variety of fast, circu-

itous watery journeys, a large wave pool and two well-designed water play structures — one for toddlers and the other for kids seven and younger.

There’s easily enough to do in the waterpark alone for a half-day’s entertainment.

But, once you towel off there’s much more.

Around us, kids were running around with plastic wands, engrossed in MagiQuest, a game

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wherein they explore an enchanted kingdom, gain magic powers, learn from the Book of Wisdom and battle a dragon.

The game, which runs throughout the lodge, lasts four to six hours and occupies them for the duration of their stay.

At the end of their stay, parents emerge looking flushed and exhausted from the combination of heat, chlorine and noise, while their kids come out starry-eyed and determined to return.

We took the long road back to Olympia on Old Highway 99 to get a glimpse of Tenino, a sleepy city with a fascinating history.

I was anxious to learn about its sandstone legacy, which dates back to 1888 with the discovery of a large sandstone deposit, a popular building material in the pre-concrete era.

In the four decades that followed, Tenino quarries supplied sandstone for buildings in San Francisco, Vancouver, Missoula and elsewhere.

When the quarries closed in the late 1920s, one of them, the Tenino Stone Company Quarry,

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was deliberately flooded with water from natural springs by the City of Tenino.

It was transformed into a 95-foot deep swimming pool with beautiful, terraced walls that bear evidence of its history.

There’s wooden money on display at the Tenino Depot Museum, an emergency scrip issued by the Tenino Chamber of Commerce during the Great Depression.

There’s one final stop you should make before leaving Tenino and that’s the Sandstone Distillery, located on the family farm of John Bourdon.

For the past year, he’s been at the helm of the first legal distillery in the county since prohibition, making small batches of gin, vodka and whiskey from Washington-grown grains.

If you love bacon and whiskey, this may be your only opportunity to try a combination of the two in one carefully crafted bottle.

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Alberta Cheese Company is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time Cheese Maker located in Calgary Alberta.

This individual will be responsible for making cheese products uniformly and accurately to quality standards. Must have a keen attention to detail while monitoring each batch during the cooking process, performing necessary testing for temperature, PH and acidity, pumping curd to the finishing tables & updating and recording daily cheese making. Must observe gauges, computer print outs and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions, set up and adjust processing & packaging machines. Job is physically demanding. Experience in dairy and cheese making is essential. Salary $26.00 to $28.0 per hour.

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235/55/R17, season Teak dining used room 1table w/6 $400.

250-377-3002. chairs.$340. Golf clubs & cart $30.

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8” ION electric ice auger. Never used still in the box. $450.

250-554-9747.

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Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477 Double Hospital bed, brand new w/pressure relieving mattress. $2,000. 250-376-2504.

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US Canada & 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies world coins.

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FULLY FURNISHED TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White ski resort offers your very own hot tub, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced fireplace.

Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge. Ideal for family or as a revenue generator throughout the ski season. $199,900 (May consider a trade for an apartment in Kamloops. Call Don at 250682-3984 for more information.

Mobile Homes & Parks Lease to own New 16 x 58 2bdrm 2bth mobile home in new mobile park. Trouble with financing? One or Two year term Call Gerry 250-371-1849

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Available spacious 1bdrm apts. Starting at $850/mo. The Sands Apartment.

Centrally located. On-site Management.

250-828-1711.

Nicola Towers Downtown Secure building w/prk, 2bdrm 3appl n/s, n/p $1000 372-7161 Sahali 2bdrm Gordonhorn Gardens newly renovated, n/s, n/p $1200/mo. 250-579-8428 Sahali Gordonhorn Gardens. $825/mo. +util. 1bdrm. N/S, N/P. Ref. 250-318-2269.

Email: anneshuk@yahoo.ca

Commercial/ Industrial

1 Bedroom Suite Adult Oriented No Pets / No Smoking Elevators / Dishwashers Common Laundry $825 per month North Shore 250-376-1427

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1 and 2 bedroom apartments.

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Reasonable Rental Rates Utilities not included

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Now Renting CHANEL PLACE Brand new 1 and 2 Bdrm Apartments Downtown Kamloops 555 8th Avenue For more information visit: 3BBBGroup.ca

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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.

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Rents for $1500/week. FMI CALL 1-250-371-1333

Senior Assisted Living 6976910 Independent and

assisted living, short term stay’s, 24 hour nursing care and respite.

250.377-7275 www.berwickretirement.com

Shared Accommodation IN private home, pleasant surroundings fully furnished working male pref. near amenities behind sahali mall 10 min walk to TRU 374-0949 or 372-3339

Near TRU Room $325-per month util included. No Pets.

250-554-6877, 250-377-1020.

North Shore $400 per/mo incl util & basic cable, np/ns 250-554-6877 / 250-377-1020 Retired male seeking roommate, N/Shore. Close to bus/shopping. $500. 376-0953

$5300

Must be pre-paid Scheduled for 4 weeks at a time Private parties only - no businesses Some Restrictions Apply

2BDRM daylight Brock. Private entr/parking. n/s/p. Ref’s. $1000/mo. 250-319-1911.

2Bdrm NShore, w/d n/p/s, util incld $950/mth. Avail now 250- 579-9225 3BDRM/1 bath parking laundry near shopping/bus Feb 1st $1150 inclds util 778-220-8118

Trucks & Vans

2006 VW Jetta TDI Highline, fully loaded, auto, sunroof.

Very well maintained.

180,000kms, No accidents, very clean. $8,500.

250-318-6257.

2008 Fleetwood Mallard. 23ft. like new, fully loaded. $15,000.

250-554-1035.

9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom.

Good shape. $1,300/obo. 250-376-1841.

TOWNHOUSES Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms *Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

2008 Cadillac CTS Premium.

130,000kms.

AWD, Great in the winter, BLK w/leather interior, CD, power windows, seats, mirrors, locks, heating/cooling seats. $13,800. 250-320-6900.

Open Road 2007 349, R.L. 36ft One owner, 3 slides, elec/stabilizers, awning. 1 ton 2005 Ford Diesel, 200,000km club cab $49,500 package (250) 372-5401 snoopy05@telus.net

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Transportation

Antiques / Classics 1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $5,500 obo (250) 376-5722 1984 Volvo (Collector), auto, air. 181,000kms. No winter driving. $3,400. 250-587-6151

2011 Nissan Juke SL, AWD. Sunroof, winters, heated seats. $13,800. 250319-8240.

‘98 Honda CRV good shape, Honda serviced, maintenance logs available medical problems. $4000. 250-374-5266 Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $6900.00 obo 250-554-0580

New Price $56.00+tax

Do you have a vehicle, boat, rv, or trailer to sell? With our Run til sold specials you pay one flat rate and we will run your ad until your vehicle sells.* • $56.00 (boxed ad with photo) • $35.00 (regular 3 line ad)

Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

Scrap Car Removal

CLASSIFIEDS

Commercial Vehicles Contractors Tundra HD Econo Custom. Hwy, hauler $35,000 Concrete work as possible part of the payment.

250-377-8436.

Motorcycles

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250-371-4949 Auto Accessories/Parts

2014 Motorino XPH Electric Scooter bike. 850kms. No scrapes. $1400 250-574-9846

1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $400. Call 250-851-1304.

2-215/60R16 Snow tires. $200. 2-245/50VR16 Eagle Snow. $200. 4-275/45R20 Eagle M&S. $400. 2-225/60R16 M&S. $200. 2-275/40ZR17 M&S. $300. 250-319-8784.

Off Road Vehicles Honda Big Red 3 Wheeler top shape $1650 250-554-0201

Recreational/Sale 10.5ft Okanagan Camper.

F/S, bathroom. Well maintained. $8,900/obo. 372-3437.

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Boats

RENTED CLASSIFIEDS 250-374-7467

2012 Road King, stock 103, ABS, Cruise, Full Size Tourpak, Rider Backrest, Custom Bars, No Scratches, 15,000 kms, $18,000.778-471-1089.

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BIGGER circulation, BETTER value

*some restrictions apply call for details 68’ Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (350 V8 type S).

Convertible.

Black interior+exterior w/chrome.

Restored.

Excellent condition. $16,500/obo. 250572-0714

2008 Ford Diesel 350 King Ranch Lariat Super Duty.

96,398kms. $30,000/obo.

250-828-1081.

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Sport Utility Vehicle

1979 Peterburough 14ft 4 seater c/w ladder, cover, paddle, anchor, and trailer.

No Dents Or Scratches “MINT”. $3900.00 Doug 250 579-5944 2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg Erickson aluminum custom boat,new, 12’ one piece construction $3000 778-257-6079

Legal 2000 Subaru Forester S AWD, 4 DRSW, green, well maintained, 247,000 km, dependable winter vehicle, new battery, good Nokian snow tires on separate rims, roof racks and crossbars, trailer hitch & rear window deflector.

Asking $4000 250319-1960 to view.

Legal Notices WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT Attn: James Steven Grant Fransen 13831 Malabar Avenue White Rock, BC V4B 2X8

Cars - Domestic

Unless you claim your 1995 Chevrolet S10 Vin # 1GCCS1444SK178303 and pay the towing and storage charges of $8,925.00 up to February 16, 2016, your vehicle will be sold for costs 14 days after the first publication of this notice.

Sale date will be March 4, 2016 at our compound.

1972 AMC Javelin SST. Second owner. Exec mech cond. $3,000/obo. 250-372-2096.

MIKE’S AUTO TOWING 726 Carrier Street Kamloops, BC V2H 1G2

Factory built 10ft metal dump box complete w/electric hoist $2500obo 1-250-938-1101

1989 Fleetwood AClass 120,000km slps 6, well kept, $8000obo (250) 579-9691

Jeep YJ 4x4 1987 restored, 6cyl 5sp, lifted, 33”tires on Eagle Rims, 10,000 lb Winch, over $15,000 invested asking $12000 (250) 828-0931

Brand new 1bdrm, Westsyde.

Sep entr, W/D/F/S. $1050 util incld. Ref’s. 250-579-0404

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. (778) 468-5050.

2008 Ford Escape XLT. Urgent Sale. $7,500. 250376-3741.

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Trucks & Vans

Welcoming Cumfy 1bedroom.

Close to University, Hospital.

Student or quiet person. Excellent Location. $495or$725 ns/np. Call (250) 299-6477

1995 Dodge Ram 4x4.

Canopy, AutoStart FOB, A/C, power windows etc. $2,500/obo. 250-318-5861.

Lower Sahali 2bdrm +den 6min to TRU n/s, n/p $1300 1-250-459-7771 250-571-4852

1990 Ford Flair 27’ Motorhome.

104,000kms.

Good condition. $12,049.

250-851-2579.

Semi furn 1bdrm. in Batchelor area private ent and driveway. n/s/n/p, ref req’d. $750 Util/int incld. 250-554-3863.

250-371-4949

3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Avail Immed.

250-374-5586 / 250-371-0206

Recreational/Sale

Aberdeen 1bdrm daylight util and int incl n/s, n/p $825.

Avail Now (250) 851-9950

Riverfront 1bdrm daylight level entry, util incl $650. Avail March 1st 250-579-9609.

1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

Brock 2 bdrm, no dogs, avail Immed, $900/mo 250-3745586, 250-371-0206

Townhouses

Transportation

2005 Sprinter 25’ w/slide 1995 F250 Ford diesel w/low mileage both in exc cond. asking $20,000 obo for both (250) 314-6661

Male seeking roommate Westsyde Furn. Close to bus $550/mo util incl. Avail Immed.

Call 250-579-2480.

2bdrm daylight suite N/Shore n/s, n/p, priv. ent fenced yard $950 util incl, (250) 318-4647

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Cars - Domestic

Looking for roommate to share apt. N/Shore. N/S. $500/mo. (250) 319-8674

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Add an extra line to your ad for $10

Suites, Upper 2bdrms, N/Shore. N/S, N/P. $900 inclds heat/hotwater.

Ref’s required. 250-372-7695.

Transportation

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1bdrm +den fenced yard, pet friendly, w/d $800 + 1/2 util 250-377-6888

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2002 Nissan Altima. 4 door, auto. Fully loaded. Good condition. $5,500. Call to view. 250-376-4077.

2005 Toyota Corolla 5 speed extra set of mounted tires /rims $4500.00 250-318-8870 2013 Nissan Leaf SL, electric, black/tan. 12,000kms under warranty $27,500 250-3778436

WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT Attn: Yvonne Cotte 180 Sekanik Crescent Kamloops, BC V2H 1J6

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1996 GMC Suburban 4x4 good shape runs great $2900obo Call (250) 571-2107

Unless you claim your 2008 Nissan Titan Vin # 1N6AA07F28N319844 and pay the towing and storage charges of $7,019.78 up to February 16, 2016, your vehicle will be sold for costs 14 days after the first publication of this notice.

Sale date will be March 4, 2016 at our compound.

250-371-4949

93 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 runs great, needs clutch. First $500 takes it. 250-371-1333

MIKE’S AUTO TOWING 726 Carrier Street Kamloops, BC V2H 1G2

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1983 GMC 2500 on propane.

350, auto. Running order. $1,000 +hitch. 250-376-7195.

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FINANCIAL MATTERS PAR T 2

Saving And Managing Money

DREAM BIG— THEN PLAN FOR IT Planning today can help put you on the right path towards the retirement lifestyle you want.

CONFIDENT YOU’RE ON TRACK? During the course of retirement planning, you may realize you are in a comfortable position with regard to your retirement plan. If you’re in this situation, consider these options: 1. Move your retirement date up and enjoy more years living your chosen retirement adventure.

2. Adjust your investment mix to help provide greater protection from risk as you transition into retirement.

3. Plan to enjoy a few more indulgences in your retirement.

4. Help out family members with their financial goals: set up a Registered Education Savings Plan for your grandchildren, or contribute to a down payment for a child’s home.

You could also plan to leave a larger legacy to loved ones or to a favourite charity. If this is something you’d like to explore, you may be interested in specialized products that guarantee your beneficiaries will receive 100 per cent of your principal investment no matter what happens in the financial markets – while still letting you access your money at any time if your retirement costs more than you expect.

PREPARE FOR THE RETIREMENT YOU WANT With appropriate retirement planning, you can make choices that can lead you to a retirement lifestyle that makes you happy and that you can sustain long after you’ve stopped working. Schedule a meeting with your advisor to discuss the attached worksheet and how to turn decades of diligent working, saving and investing into income to support your retirement dreams.

BEING TAX-SAVVY HAS ADVANTAGES Keep these deductions and credits in your back pocket to help lower your tax bill.

NOBODY LIKES TO PAY MORE TAX than they have to—but when was the last time you checked to make sure you’re taking full advantage of all the tax-saving opportunities available to you?

These come in two forms: Deductions that reduce your taxable income

WHEN DO YOU WANT TO RETIRE? Some people have a retirement date in mind from the moment they start their careers. Others don’t think much about retirement until they experience a defining moment or trigger: AGE. Landmark birthdays may get you thinking about retirement.

HEALTH. Loved ones experiencing health issues may prompt you to retire and enjoy life to the fullest.

FINANCES. Making your last mortgage or debt payment may put you in a good position to retire.

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WORK. An early retirement offer may be an attractive incentive. On the other hand, a layoff or employer bankruptcy may take the decision out of your hands.

PART 2 OF BEING TAX SAVVY HAS ADVANTAGES

Of course, sometimes the trigger isn’t so well defined.

It’s simply a matter of feeling “It’s time.”

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Credits that reduce your taxes payable This article describes some of the most common deductions and credits.

Speak with your accountant or tax specialist about which ones apply to you and how you can minimize your family’s tax bill

DEDUCTIONS DO YOU MAKE RRSP CONTRIBUTIONS? When completing your tax return, contributions you made to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) can be deducted (up to your contribution limit).1 But they don’t have to be. RRSP deductions can be: Carried forward indefinitely (even after the RRSP is closed) Spread out over several years That means you can make a strategic decision about when to take the deduction – for example, deferring it to a future year when you anticipate your income will be higher.

DO YOU HAVE INVESTMENT EXPENSES? You can deduct fees paid to manage or administer your non-registered investments. You can also deduct interest paid on money borrowed to earn income from non-registered investments or from a business.2

ARE YOU PAYING FOR DAYCARE? You can deduct qualifying child care expenses paid so you or your spouse3 can earn income, go to school or conduct research. You can include amounts paid to a child who is age 18 or older to look after siblings who are age 16 or younger.

Generally, only the spouse with the lower net income (even if it is zero) can claim these expenses. However, under certain circumstances the spouse with the higher income may be able to claim them, for example, if the lower-income spouse was enrolled in an educational program.

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Your final RRSP contribution must be made by December 31 of the year you turn age 71.

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The Income Tax Act (Canada) provides the basic criteria for interest deductibility. In Quebec, the deduction for investment expenses is limited to the amount of investment income earned during the year.

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Throughout this article, “spouse” includes a spouse or common-law partner as these terms are defined in the Income Tax Act

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