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JUNE 7, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 68
TODAY’S WEATHER Sunny and hot
FAN FEST
THIS MEDIUM HAS A MESSAGE
The B.C. Lions celebrated with the community
But will it really be from the afterlife when Theresa Caputo comes to town tomorrow?
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Love triangle led to Salmon Arm murder
Remembering Len Marchand, Sr.
OR SO JURY IS TOLD AS TRIAL BEGINS IN B.C. SUPREME COURT IN KAMLOOPS
DALE BASS
STAFF REPORTER
dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
Len Marchand Sr., the former Liberal MP and senator from Kamloops, died Friday at age 82. Marchand is survived by wife, Donna Parr, daughter Lori Marchand and son Len Marchand Jr. Lori is general manager of Western Canada Theatre and Len Jr. is a judge. Lori knows how her father would react if he was to read and hear all the tributes pouring out about the trailblazing man. “My dad was such a humble man,” Lori said. “He would be putting his hands up to his face and saying, ‘Oh my goodness.’” Her family has also read and listened to the comments coming from all aspects of Canadian society about Len. “My dad was an amazing person,” Lori said. “He was always curious. He liked to hear life stories and he made people feel special.
TIM PETRUK
STAFF REPORTER
tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
Len Marchand Sr. with his 2014 Order of B.C. medal. A memorial service to honour the former MP and senator will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Tk’emlups Indian Band’s Pow Wow Arbour Grounds.
See MEMORIAL, A10
A volatile love triangle in Salmon Arm led to the murder of a 22-yearold man at the hands of two high school students that was only solved when police launched a Mr. Big undercover operation nearly four years later, jurors have been told. A 24-year-old Salmon Arm man is standing trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops, charged with firstdegree murder in connection to the Nov. 21, 2008, death of Tyler Myers. A 25-year-old woman is also charged, but a date for her trial has not yet been set. (Because both accused were under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged incident, neither can be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. KTW will refer to them as Young Male, or Y.M., and Young Female, or Y.F.) Yesterday, a 12-person jury heard an opening statement from Crown prosecutor Bill Hilderman. He said Myers and Y.M. both believed they were in a relationship with Y.F. and both were aware of the other’s involvement with her. “Understandably, this caused friction between the two men,” Hilderman said. “There was an incident where [Y.M.] got into an altercation with
Mr. Myers where he pushed him. . . . Mr. Myers said he would kill him.” Hilderman said Y.M. and Y.F. then hatched a plan to borrow a gun from a friend and lure Myers to an empty schoolyard near a forested area. Y.F. planned to have Myers stand in a lit location of the schoolyard, jurors were told, and leave him momentarily under the guise of going to the bathroom. “[Y.M.] was hiding in the woods where it was dark,” Hilderman said. “When he saw him in the clear, he shot him once. Mr. Myers staggered and went a few steps then fell down. “[Y.M.] then shot him in the back, and [Y.F.] said to shoot him in the head, so he shot him in the head. Mr. Myers was clearly dead after that.” Y.M. was interviewed by police two days later and denied the murder. The investigation slowed after that, Hilderman said, but police launched a Mr. Big undercover operation in June 2012 targeting Y.F. Undercover Mounties posing as gangsters convinced Y.F. they could help her clear up any suspicion if she told them everything she knew about the murder, jurors were told. “They told her they had a guy who was dying of cancer and he would take the fall for it,” Hilderman said. “But they also needed to hear [Y.M.’s] side of the event.” See VICTIM’S MOM, A2
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