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WHO WILL CARRY THE FLAG? OFF TO RODEO We know Tom Friedman will not be the candidate in Kamloops-South Thompson for a third time, but the campaign may be a family affair A3

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EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES THEY ARE WATCHING HER When Lisa McCauley’s husband, Jim, was killed in a traffic accident in 2011, the tragic impact of his death was compounded by the realization ICBC hired a private detective to probe her life

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A Kamloops Mountie uses the bicycle path to motor across Overlanders Bridge Wednesday as part of a brief pursuit to pull over a motorized bicycle. The cyclist sped past a long line of motorists stopped at a light at the intersection of Lansdowne Street and First Avenue. The police officer eventually caught up to the cyclist riding what is commonly known as an E-bike.

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With nine months until the provincial election, New Democrats have yet to nominate candidates in either riding in Kamloops. But several party members contacted by Kamloops This Week said they are at least thinking about running for the party, while others said they will not consider it. Chief among those who will not seek the New Democratic nomination are city lawyer Bill Sundhu, who ran federally for the party last year, and Tom Friedman, who ran unsuccessfully for the NDP in Kamloops-South Thompson in two successive provincial elections. “I’ve already told our constituency association I won’t be running,” said Friedman, who nonetheless remains active in the party. He confirmed the party has a search committee looking for candidates “I’ve run twice and the party needs someone new — a new face and new ideas.” The committee may not have to look far, however: Friedman’s spouse, Cynthia RossFriedman is a potential candidate.

“Let’s just say I haven’t ruled it out,” said the the North,” Kendall said. “I think it’s also a bellThompson Rivers University science professor wether. We didn’t win in the North and didn’t But Ross-Friedman said she has to weigh her win in the election.” career at the university before making a deciKendall said a “strong candidate” is consion. sidering representing the New Democrats in “I’ve got a lot of work do to at TRU,” she said. Kamloops-North Thompson next year. “It would be a tough decision.” Several sources pointed to Kamloops Labour On the north side of the river, Council president Barb Nederpel, who the New Democrat candidate declined comment. will face off against incumbent Party officials said they are hoping Terry Lake or another Liberal candidates will come forward publicly nominee should the Kamloopsby the end of summer. North Thompson MLA decide The only nominated candidate this summer not to seek rethus far in either riding is incumbent election. Liberal MLA Todd Stone. Kathleen Kendall, acting Dan Hines, a facilitator and president of the KamloopsAnglican priest and co-founder of North Thompson NDP constituthe Rarebirds Housing Co-operative, ency association, represented is seeking the Green nomination in the party in 2013 provincial CYNTHIA ROSS-FRIEDMAN Kamloops-North Thompson. election, but called herself “not There is no word on possible a likely candidate.” Green candidates in Kamloops-South Kamloops-North Thompson is considered a Thompson. bellwether for the rest of the province. Kendall Tyler Carpentier, president of the Green lost by 13 per cent to Lake in 2013, in what was Kamloops-South Thompson constituency assoconsidered a winnable riding for the party. ciation, said the party intends to run candidates “I think we always have a good chance in on both sides of the river.

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Council Calendar July 25 10 am - Coordinated Enforcement Task Force Committee Corporate Boardroom, City Hall 11 am - Police Committee Corporate Boardroom, City Hall July 26 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. Council meetings can also be viewed online at: kamloops.ca/webcast. Meeting schedule is available at kamloops.ca/council.

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The lawyer representing a man accused of raping a former Kamloops prostitute at gunpoint more than six years ago told a jury on Thursday to discount the woman’s story, in part because she was a longtime crackcocaine addict. Taylor James Matchett’s trial on a charge of sexual assault with a firearm is winding down in B.C. Supreme Court. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations by Friday. The woman told the jury she agreed to perform a sex act on Matchett, now 28, for $40. She said he drove her to a secluded parking lot on McArthur Island, pulled out a pistol and raped her at gunpoint. Matchett, testifying in his own defence, said he paid the woman $60 for a different sex act. He said once the act was complete, he told her his condom had broken and she became upset. Matchett said the woman demanded $500 from him and said she would go to police if he did not pay up. He said he threw her belongings out of his car and left her in the parking lot. Court heard Matchett wasn’t charged until November 2015. He was arrested on a Kamloops warrant in Edmonton, where he had been living since 2012.

In his closing statement to the jury, defence lawyer Sheldon Tate characterized the complainant, who cannot be named under a court-ordered publication ban, as a liar. Tate urged jurors not to ignore the fact the woman’s story changed multiple times between the Nov. 11, 2009, incident and her testimony in court earlier this week. “The other thing that can’t be ignored in this case is that this lady was addicted to crack for a long time,” Tate said. “It explains why she went to that area, it explains why she wanted $500. It may have been an artless and unsophisticated blackmail, but it’s exactly the type of thing you would expect from [the woman] in those circumstances.” Tate also pointed to missing evidence. Police never found the broken condom and the woman’s belongings only turned up a week later when someone turned them in to Mounties. “These are items that were overlooked by the police search because their net was not cast wide enough,” Tate said. Initially, the woman did not tell police she was a prostitute. She told investigators Matchett had offered her a ride home and instead drove to McArthur Island and pulled a gun. She later changed her story and admitted she had been working as a prostitute.

“If you make up a story, it’s difficult to keep your facts straight,” Tate said. “She isn’t telling the truth. She hasn’t told the truth. You shouldn’t believe her and you should acquit Mr. Matchett.” In her closing statement, Crown prosecutor Catriona Elliott said the woman had good reason to hesitate about admitting she was a prostitute. “She told us she grew up in Kamloops,” Elliott said. “She didn’t want her family to know she was prostituting. She also said she knew police don’t believe prostitutes and they don’t bother — that was her word, bother — with complaints from prostitutes.” Elliott said Matchett’s story “defies common sense” and described him as “cocky and flippant” on the witness stand. “You’d have to believe she maintained a lie, she maintained that ineffective blackmail scheme, for six-and-a-half years and then put herself through this ordeal,” Elliott said. “It’s the Crown’s submission that you can and should disbelieve the evidence of Mr. Matchett and you can and should, beyond a reasonable doubt, convict the accused of the offence he’s been charged with.” Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for updates on the jury’s deliberations.

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isa McCauley doesn’t know if she’s still being followed. It’s quite possible the private detective with Lanki Investigations Inc. from Surrey isn’t surveilling any more. He might have already gathered enough information for the government agency that contracted his services — ICBC. On the other hand, he might still be keeping an eye on her or calling up her friends to ask questions about how she lives her life. That’s part of Lisa’s reality, one created on Oct. 22, 2011, when her husband was killed in a traffic accident. The details are cut and dry. Jim McCauley, a longtime CP Rail employee, had been given a promotion to trainmaster at the port operations site in Vancouver. He headed to the Lower Mainland to start the job and find a home for Lisa and their three boys, all of whom followed him just a few weeks before the accident. On that day, Jim was headed home after a day of work, riding his red Honda motorcycle along the 10900-block of Kittson Parkway in Delta. The driver of a GMC pickup truck was parked on the east side of the roadway in Watershed Park.

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The driver had often stopped there to take his dog for a walk, a mediation summary prepared for Lisa states, and would then pull out and cross the highway in his truck to head westward. Jim died when his bike collided with the truck. The driver was charged with driving without due care and attention, pleaded guilty in court and was fined $1,000. Lisa heard the emergency-vehicle sirens from her home just two blocks away, saw a helicopter overhead at the crash site and headed to the spot to see what had happened. Police turned her away. When she returned home, officers were waiting to take her to the hospital. There, she was told the man she fell in love with when she was 19 was dead. She identified him by a small tattoo on his right arm, one that has a match on her own arm. Lisa went to the courthouse the day the man faced his charge. “I needed to see he was a good person,” she said. “And I wanted him to not spend the rest of his life wondering. We cried. We hugged. We were both devastated.” The driver had third-party liability insurance coverage of $2 million. Lisa assumed that, after an investigation was complete, insurance would do what she thought it existed to do and pay her under that coverage. It didn’t happen.

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“The constant fight stops me. It keeps bringing up negative thoughts — and all I want to do is just remember the good.” — Lisa McCauley, seen here with husband Jim

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be a valuable tool in validating information.” On average, Olsen said, in the past five years ICBC spent about $7 million each year on external private investigators, representing about .005 per cent of cases. The corporation also has its own special investigation unit. In January, Lisa caught the PI following her. She tried to confront him, but he avoided any face-to-face interaction. “It was terrifying, such a horrible feeling,” she said. Knowing he had interviewed her friends and a man she dated last year and with whom she has a son, Lisa learned the investigator asked questions as detailed as who paid for meals when the couple was on a date or if the man she dated ever planted vegetables in Lisa’s garden. Olsen said other considerations would be what the children might need in the future, what their life plans were and are now, all part of “trying to find a fair settlement.” Lisa said her boys were at first angry and frustrated. But as the years have passed, she said they have become “incredibly strong. They take it all in stride.” The family moved back to Kamloops shortly after the accident and Lisa tried to return to her job with the B.C. Lottery Corporation, but the stress and emotional toll made that impossible. The family has been living on Jim’s life-insurance payout and proceeds from the sale of their house on the Coast. Once a bubbly comedienne who shared the stage with

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Instead, lawyers became involved, meetings were called, people were questioned, statements were taken, court dates were set, court dates were changed — and the private detective started looking into Lisa’s life. “I called ICBC and I asked under what circumstance would you have someone under surveillance,” Lisa said. “And I was told that would happen when a person making a claim was injured in a motorvehicle accident. I then asked, ‘Would they have a person under surveillance if they weren’t involved in the accident?’ She replied no . . . How does that make any level of sense?” For Lindsay Olsen, ICBC’s senior communications specialist for media relations, it makes complete sense. Lisa isn’t just the beneficiary, she’s a plaintiff in a lawsuit. Olsen said when a claim is filed with ICBC, the corporation is obliged to investigate and confirm. She said there are various means ICBC uses, from witness statements to medical reports to private investigators if it brings value. “Private investigators are utilized by various insurance companies, including ICBC, and are governed by very stringent guidelines of conduct,” Olsen said. “We don’t use PI’s on every claim, but we will use a PI if, after careful review and consideration by our staff, we feel they can bring value to the file. “Private investigators may conduct surveillance or interview potential witnesses and can

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HOT: All those bikes, or parts thereof, found by police in the backyard of a house on Nelson Street on the North Shore. A Kamloops Mountie with a keen eye came across a man who was wanted on warrants. The man raced away on a bicycle, the officer followed and they ended up the backyard bike chop shop, where 11 bikes in various stages of dismantlement were found. All the bikes are now in the possession of the city’s bylaws department. Hopefully, they will be returned to their owners. NOT: The latest scam to arrive in Kamloops. By now, we should all be aware of the Revenue Canada scam, in which a fraudster calls, claims to be from the government agency, and demands money. Variations on that theme have included a scammer posing as a Mountie and, now, as someone from the immigration department. Of course, the true clue such a call is fake comes when the scammer asks for money to be paid in the form of iTunes cards. Duh! Don’t be a victim. Use common sense.

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t has become an immediate phenomenon that has lured kids (and adults) out of their homes and away from their computers and video games and into the fresh air of Kamloops and beyond. That’s good. It has also led to all manner of warnings, from the possibility of getting hacked online to being the target of robbers to becoming so engrossed in the game one might get hit by a car or, as happened in Wyoming, stumble across a dead body. That’s bad. It is called Pokémon Go and, despite seeing it demonstrated and despite KTW reporter Jessica Wallace writing about it in today’s paper (turn to page B1 to learn all you need to know about this augmented reality game), I am of the Pong/Atari/ Intellivision age, frozen in 1982 like a corrupt Space Invaders cartridge when it comes to video games and their offspring now found in apps. Try as I might, I cannot understand the allure of walking around town, holding my cellphone in front of me and using my fingers to press buttons and “catch” a little cartoon character that has magically appeared as part of my real surroundings on my phone’s camera lens. Then again, I don’t understand rap or love of the Toronto Blue Jays, either, so being clueless to contemporary interests is nothing new to my retrograde self. Nevertheless, with so many

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MUSINGS people I know (and too many I don’t), wandering around the Tournament Capital, holding their phones aloft and perfecting the gait of the zombies from The Walking Dead, Pokémon Go is something worth examining, A 1999 article in Time magazine features an interview with Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri, who explains how he came up with the idea for Pokémon, which, in its many forms, is simply a game in which you catch creatures who will do battle for you. Tajiri said the genesis for the game can be traced to his childhood in Tokyo, where he would collect insects of all types and study them. From collecting insects to collecting Pokémon, the link is complete. Tajiri is only three years older than me, so he must recall the innocent days of video-game beginnings. I certainly can relate to his tale of collecting insects as doing so was a big part of my childhood.

However, while Tajiri insists he did not make the critters fight, I cannot claim the same. Summers as a kid included my brothers, the twins across the way and many other misfits, jars in hand as we collected a menagerie of insects. All were placed in one big pickle jar, with some twigs and leaves. Bets were placed (25 cents at the most), the jar was shaken and the insect UFC began. If memory serves, the wasp or big spider usually prevailed. Needless to say, I am quite sure such actions preclude me from entry into the Buddhist Hall of Game — but I can say I feel guilty, all these years later about helping to stage the battles. Perhaps that is why I shy away from this Pokémon Go frenzy. Maybe the goal of the game — collecting slaves to wage battle for you — has triggered the trauma of my carefree youth. (It is, in essence, a game that would fit nicely in the Deep South of the United States in the years preceding 1860.) Call me an abolitionist if you will, but I prefer a videogame world in which Pokémon enjoy their emancipation proclamation and the only thing being caught is the leadoff batter as he tries to steal second in a breathtaking game of Intellivision’s Major League Baseball. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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HEALTH MINISTER SAYS TEAMS ARE THE FUTURE Editor: I read with interest recent letters to the editor from retired physicians in response to KTW articles about the Select Standing Committee on Health’s forum in Kamloops. B.C. has more family doctors than ever — and more than the Canadian average — but we also face increased demand from an aging population. In addition, we have many doctors working fewer hours or in walk-in clinics rather than in full-service family practices. Good primary care is more than simply connecting a doctor and patient. It’s about meeting all patient health needs, creating better access to care providers and increasing quality of care.

Retired family doctor C.L. Webster has some ideas to improve health care and he writes about them on Page A10 We need to look at the issue from a broader system perspective to do this — and that is what we are doing with our health-care partners. For example, in Kamloops, Interior Health and the local Division of Family Practice are setting up an integrated health team on the North Shore. This will allow patients to work with a team of health professionals — doctors, nurse prac-

titioners, pharmacists, nurses and others — on their specific needs. This allows the system to make the patient the central focus of the health-care system, where it should be. In regards to the comments about administration, the independent Canadian Institute for Health Information notes administrative spending on health in B.C. is at an all-time low of 3.4 per cent. We will continue to work with Interior Health, doctors, nurse practitioners and other health professionals to provide better access and better care to patients in Kamloops and across B.C. Terry Lake Minister of Health

LET’S KEEP THE FOCUS ON SPEEDERS ON STREETS Editor: Several months ago, there was a highly publicized push by the Kamloops RCMP regarding speeding on the Halston Connector and Westsyde Road and it caught some speeders. As a resident who lives on

Westsyde Road, I have noticed the speed of traffic along the road is getting well above the limit, especially on weekend evenings. Some vehicles are probably doing double the posted limit. Maybe it’s time for another push.

Another option is to post in Kamloops This Week where radar will be each week. It doesn’t matter if they are actually at any of the posted areas at any given time. From my perspective, it is getting increasingly difficult to enter

Westsyde Road safely from our driveway, which has a slight curve prior to approaching it. This is something to consider. I’m sure other areas have the same problem. Kenneth McFadden Kamloops

PEOPLE DON’T KILL PEOPLE — GUNS KILL PEOPLE Editor: Guns kill people — period. When someone has a gun pointed at you, there is no recourse. You can’t compete with a gun. There is more recourse when faced with a knife, fists or sticks. You have a chance. But when there is a gun, that bullet is faster and deadlier than anything you can

do to defend yourself. I have read that a very small percentage of people who own a gun have used it to save their lives. I have also read that the number of incidents of people who own a gun and who have had a family member, a friend or someone else killed accidentally or otherwise with said gun is a much larger than

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CURING WHAT AILS HEALTH CARE Editor: It has been interesting reading recent letters to the editor regarding health care. It seems the two major areas in which there are roadblocks are long wait times for surgical (mainly orthopedic) consultations, elective surgery and lack of access to a family doctor. On the other hand, I think most would probably agree management of medical and surgical emergencies in B.C. has been and remains excellent. So, why would a provincial government that (presumably) cares about our health, allow such gridlock to exist to the detriment of all? The answer, as always, is money. Health-care costs constitute more than 40 per cent of the provincial budget and have been increasing at an annual rate of approximately six per cent for some time. Therefore, in order to place some constraints on expenditures, Victoria has, in fact, rationed primary care and jointreplacement surgery. A useful analogy might be to compare our system to a factory. To be successful, it must be able to sell its product at a profit, with revenues exceeding expenses. However, in the health-care system, each patient (product) successfully treated is a loss, so to speak. The money spent on care cannot be recouped because the patient cannot be sold for a gain. To continue the analogy, the factory would be sure to fail, its balance sheet showing all expenses and no income. Further, if there was no control over the volume (free and open access to health services), financial bleeding would increase exponentially. Therefore, if such a factory was deemed essential to the community, the only way to control costs would be to reduce the efficiency of the system by slowing the assembly line (operating-room time) and reducing hiring (new surgeons). Voila! Less red ink.

This may be good fiscal management, but it’s terrible health care. Looked at in this light, one can begin to understand the two-yearplus wait for hip surgery, the ever more curtailed OR time for existing surgeons and the shortage of GPs. To be sure, money spent on a bloated health bureaucracy is scandalous and a severe culling is needed. But, although helpful, reforming this alone would not magically fix our problems. The whole system needs to be disrupted, even going so far as to change the Canada Health Act. With all due respect to Saint Tommy Douglas, times have changed from the 1960s and some new thinking is in order. For starters, I offer the following suggestions: • That a co-payment system be instituted (as is the case in every other G7 country), which would be means tested, for all entry into the medical system. This could have the effect, depending on how the income is apportioned, of increasing government revenues and perhaps reducing demand to some degree. Isn’t it true we tend not to value something that is free? I would argue, then, a payment (it needn’t be large) at time of service could result in a sense of ownership and, hence, more responsible use of the system. • That arbitrary limits to the number of patients seen daily (50) by family doctors be dispensed with, giving ambitious GPs the incentive to work hard. Many of us must remember Dr. Vagyi in Chase, who worked like a dog, seeing many more than 50 patients per day because he loved his practice and his patients. There was never any question of his care being compromised. • That family physicians be paid more, perhaps a portion of any co-payment fee. We’re short of GPs. Why not the carrot rather than the stick? • That we move quickly toward

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general replacement of the fee-for-sevice model for family practice, perhaps to a form of salary. If doctors could be reassured they wouldn’t be victimized, they would likely embrace the concept. • That GPs be encouraged to employ nurse practitioners in their offices in order to triage and care for less serious complaints and offer preventive care. As things stand now, family doctors could not manage this financial burden without some change in billing protocols. • That health ministers of all provinces get together and create a body to negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies. Acting alone, provinces do not exert the bargaining power they would have if they acted in concert. This strategy might help reduce the 15 per cent share of the provincial heath budget medications consume. • That there be a concerted effort to reduce the use of lab and X-ray investigation. Physicians know most ankle sprains don’t need X-raying, X-rays for back pain are by and large useless unless there are signs of nerve root pressure and MRIs of the skull are not needed for the great majority of headache issues, but still they are ordered. Maybe we don’t need our cholesterol or PSA done so often. Perhaps patient expectations play a part in this? I’m guilty as well. The sad truth seems to be the only ones agitating (hence the letters in your paper) are those immediately affected by a medical issue. Those who don’t have a problem don’t seem to care or, at least, don’t seem to care enough to demand change. We must force our elected representatives to take the courageous, and probably politically risky, steps necessary. The first step would be a vigorous public debate. C.L.Webster retired Kamloops family doctor

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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will financially support two competing Provincial Winter Fairs, despite several directors expressing dismay over the 4-H fight. Directors voted unanimously yesterday at a regular meeting to give $5,000 to a Provincial Winter Fair to be held at Circle Creek Ranch, just south of Kamloops off Highway 5A. A competing event in Barriere, also calling itself Provincial Winter Fair, is similarly scheduled for the last weekend in September. It received identical financial support at an earlier regional district board meeting. The Kamloops-based group under the umbrella of Kamloops Exhibition Association is suing the group holding the fair in Barriere, claiming it is using its identity to hold a competing event. A trial is scheduled to determine the outcome if they two sides cannot settle. “It’s a bunch of adults, each wanting to say they’re running the

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event,” said director and Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar. Milobar made the motion to support the event in Kamloops, provided it goes ahead as planned. At a court hearing earlier this month, lawyers said the Barriere fair has signed up about 70 per cent of 4-H participants. Organizer Carole Gillis said the Kamloops fair was moved from the original proposed site at the cityowned Tournament Capital Ranch in Rayleigh due to the availability of covered areas at Circle Creek. Director Bill Kershaw, who represents a rural area around Barriere, likened the split to the emergence of the World Hockey League as a competitor to the NHL in the 1970s. He said any winners at the fair will find their trophies tainted because competitors are split. “I think there will be only one loser: kids at 4-H,” Kershaw said. David Arduini, chairman of the Kamloops event, said it has made a settlement offer to the Barriere group and organizers expect to hear whether it will be accepted by the end of the month.

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Police find bike chop Kamloops Mounties say they have uncovered a bike chop shop in a North Shore backyard. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said an officer making regular patrols on Wednesday spotted a man he knew was wanted on warrants. “The officer attempted to stop the suspect, but he tried to avoid the officer and biked to Nelson Avenue, where he ran into the backyard of a residence,” Shelkie said. The Mountie caught up to the suspect and took him into custody, but not before spotting an

unusual collection in the yard. “The officer then noted that there were numerous bikes in various stages of dismantlement in the yard,” Shelkie said. Investigators seized 11 bikes from the yard, including one confirmed to have been stolen this week. Shelkie said no one in the house claimed knowledge of the bikes, so no arrests were made in relation to the apparent chop shop. The seized bikes are with the City of Kamloops bylaws department.

Take note of newest scam The Canada Revenue scam has now been joined by a scam involving fake immigration officers. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said they have been notified of ruses in which scammers impersonating immigration officers are demanding a significant

amount of payment in iTunes cards. “These fraudsters will call or email the victim that they or their family may be deported if payment is not made immediately,” Shelkie said. She said if anybody is asked to pay for any service or product

with an iTunes gift card, don’t do it, “Know that immigration officers do not have the authority to deport anyone without proper authority,” Shelkie said. Report any suspected scams to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

Riding for cancer awareness The Sikh Motorcycle Club’s Cross Canada Ride to raise money for cancer research will arrive in Kamloops this weekend. Participants will be at the Kamloops Sikh Temple, 1345 Ord Rd., on Sunday, July 17, from noon to 2 p.m. Riders began in Surrey, drove to Montreal and are now on the way back to B.C.

They will have covered about 10,000 kilometres by the end of their journey. The public is invited to come out and meet the club’s riders on Sunday. To donate, go online to cancer.ca/ sikhmotorcycleclub. Thus far, the ride has raised $50,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

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The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed an application by anti-smart meter activists to certify a class-action suit against BC Hydro’s use of the wireless meters. It’s the latest defeat for opponents of wireless meters, whose claims of health hazards have also been rejected by the B.C. Utilities Commission and the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. In her June 12 decision, Justice Elaine Adair agreed with BC Hydro expert Dr. Benjamin Cotts that it would be impossible to assess a “common issue” of thousands of customers’ exposure to radio frequency exposure because of endless variations in distance and wall materials separating people from meters. Cotts also noted that, in addition to radio frequency emissions from radio stations, cellphones, baby monitors, TV and weather radar, natural sources including lightning, other humans and the Earth itself make the assessment of meter emissions impractical. BC Hydro said in a statement it is pleased by the decision on a wireless electricity system that has “realized $100 million in benefits in the first three years of the program, including reductions in electricity theft.” The proposed representative plaintiffs in the class-action application included Nomi Davis, who operates a yoga and healing centre business in her home, and Sharon Noble, a long-time protester against wireless meters.

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VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer who jolted Robert Dziekanski several times at Vancouver’s airport and then lied about it to an inquiry has lost his appeal in British Columbia’s highest court. Kwesi Millington claimed the lower-court judge made numerous errors in finding him guilty of perjury for testimony he gave at the inquiry investigating the death of the Polish migrant in October 2007. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel at the British Columbia Court of Appeal tossed out all of Millington’s arguments. All four officers who confronted the distraught man at Vancouver’s airport were charged with perjury. Two were acquitted of the charge, while Millington and former Mountie Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were convicted. The Crown claimed in separate trials that the officers colluded over what to say about the confrontation because their stories were all similar, despite

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video evidence to the contrary. Millington’s appeal was based on numerous conclusions by the trial judge over the bystander’s video, the questions of collusion, the exclusion of expert evidence about the impact of stressful and fast-moving events, and the decision to allow the Crown to pursue the allegation that the officers conspired on their stories. In a written decision released yesterday, the panel concluded the trial judge reached the correct verdict and thoroughly analyzed the issue around Millington’s motive to lie. The motive “related to whether Const. Millington would be forced to admit at the inquiry that he had no justification . . . for Tasering Mr. Dziekanski for a second time when he was already on the ground,’’ Justice David Harris said in the ruling. The officers were called to the airport about a distraught man at the arrivals terminal. Just seconds after Dziekanski was confronted he was jolted several times with the Taser and died on the floor. A bystander’s video showed Dziekanski holding up a stapler,

which the officers all told the public inquiry posed a threat. The Crown claimed that evidence and many other instances proved the officers colluded, but separate courts acquitted two other officers. “It may seem surprising, indeed troubling, that different courts can reach different results on what superficially appear to be similar or identical allegations, especially where the evidence is substantially the same in the different cases,’’ the decision said. “It must be remembered that criminal responsibility is individual and is to be assessed on the evidence led in relation to a particular accused.’’ Const. Bill Bentley, who was acquitted, didn’t testify at his trial and the issue was whether he perjured himself at the inquiry, when he said he couldn’t remember what he discussed with fellow officers, Harris said. Millington did testify at his trial and said he didn’t discuss the details of the incident with the three other officers before providing a statement, the ruling said.

Spent helium balloons prompt pledge following Victoria music festival VICTORIA — Organizers of a music festival in Victoria are promising not to use helium balloons at next year’s event. Phillips Brewery and Atomique Productions have issued a tweet apologizing after several deflated balloons were pulled from waters near an ecological reserve south of Victoria. The balloons were printed with the logo of the Backyard Weekender concert held this month at the Phillips Brewery in downtown Victoria. Crew members of a local whalewatching outfit fished the items out of Juan de Fuca Strait and tweeted a note about the danger such garbage poses to the marine environment. Concert promoters responded, saying helium balloons were used for site decoration but were not intentionally released and were believed to have been picked up Sunday. They said they are sad to learn any reached the ocean, they promise the festival will be balloon-free going forward and hope this raises awareness

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Posties find venomous vipers RICHMOND — A slithering surprise was discovered in a package mailed from China at the British Columbia Canada Post distribution centre last week. A spokesman for the Ministry of Environment said three venomous mountain pit vipers were inside a package destined for Manitoba Two of the snakes were already dead, while the third had escaped its container and was found loose in a larger box. Ministry spokesman Chris Doyle said the vipers are dangerous and no antivenin exists for the species in Canada. The surviving snake was successfully caught and its fate will be determined by environment officials.

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REGINA — Flood response has shifted National to recovery mode in Saskatchewan communities hit hard by heavy rainfall earlier this week. Emergency management commissioner Duane McKay says the amount of damage will be determined over the next week or so as people get back into their homes. More than 100 millimetres of rain fell in several places Monday and Tuesday from the southwest corner of Saskatchewan through to the northeast. Four communities — the towns of Carrot River and Arborfield, the Rural Municipality of Arborfield and the Shoal Lake Cree Nation — remain under states of emergency, but the town of Arborfield has lifted an emergency evacuation notice. About 400 residents were ordered to leave their homes on Tuesday when a road acting as a kind of berm gave way during heavy rain. Farmers in the area are also waiting for things to dry out to determine if they’ve lost any crops, but there are already some reports of damage.

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Const. Nancy Roussel, who explained police are calling on players to be aware of their surroundings. “Be careful, watch out, even if you are in a car, on your feet or on a bicycle, be careful and watch where you’re going, please.’’ Every time the Pokemon Go app is opened, a warning from game maker Niantic pops up, telling players to be aware of their surroundings. Players must also agree to fine print saying they cannot enter private property without permission. There’s also a disclaimer that says Niantic is not liable for any property damage, injuries or deaths that result while playing. But despite the warnings, some people playing the game have wandered into private yards, driveways, cemeteries and, in one U.S. case, even an off-limits police parking lot in search of the app’s cartoon monsters. In Vancouver, police have observed the game’s colourful digital characters inside their own headquarters and have cautioned city residents over what they termed the “Pokemon Go invasion.’’ “Are you about to step into traffic? Are you going to crash into someone or something? You could end more than just your game,’’ they said. “It is very easy for

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any stranger to know your gathering spots. Make sure you go with a group, and that younger kids tell parents or another adult where they’re going.’’ Some police forces have also been employing the hashtag #DontCatchAndDrive as players roam community streets. “Please do not look for #Pokemon while driving. If you’ve gotta catch ‘em all, do so safely. #DontCatchAndDrive,’’ tweeted Edmonton police. Winnipeg police and Manitoba RCMP sent out similar missives, urging players to be responsible. In Ontario, provincial police have put out a short video on Twitter in response to the “potential risk and harm’’ they are seeing related to the game. “People are getting injured, people in the U.S. are having their cellphones stolen when they show up at given locations where Pokemon are supposed to be in hiding,’’ said Sgt. Dave Rektor. When asked if police have received any reports of incidents in Ontario, Rektor replied: “I haven’t heard of any but I’m sitting here pulling what little hair I have left out of my

head wondering when common sense will catch up to this crazy world.’’ The cops aren’t the only ones issuing warnings — Montreal’s metropolitan transportation agency has asked riders to respect safety rules when going in search of Pokemon near its facilities, posting a photograph of one of the game’s monsters by a railway track as a train approaches. South of the border, police in the U.S. have

cautioned players that trespassers could get arrested or worse, especially if they cross paths with an armed property owner. In Utah, a teen was slapped with a trespassing ticket that he worries could cost him up to $200 after he and a couple of friends went on an early morning Pokemon chase at an abandoned grain silo. Meanwhile, in western Pennsylvania, one woman told a local TV station that her 15-year-old daughter was hit by a car while playing the game and crossing a busy highway.

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CALGARY — Police say a suspect in the disappearance of a five-year-old girl whose mother was found dead has an extensive criminal history and is giving “zero co-operation’’ to investigators. Insp. Don Coleman says the man is believed to be the same one witnesses saw Monday with a girl matching Taliyah Marsman’s description. They were in the same Calgary neighbourhood where Sara Baillie’s body was discovered Monday night in the basement suite she shared with her daughter. Police believe the man and the girl left a black car belonging to Baillie, got into a grey sedan and drove off. Coleman says the sedan was seized in a strip mall parking lot on Wednesday night and the driver was arrested. The car was being examined by the forensics unit. Coleman says Baillie, 34, knew the suspect, as did Taliyah’s father, Colin Marsman. He also says the suspect is known to police and has a violent background. Police have not closed their eyes to the possibility of other suspects, he said. Between 50 and 75 city police and RCMP officer were searching for clues in a rural area east of Calgary yesterday.

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amantha Kerr could not believe it. Everything went wrong on the first day of the B.C. High School Rodeo Association (BCHSRA) Finals in Quesnel last month.

Denim, her trusty pole-bending and barrel-racing horse and beloved teammate, was injured on Day 1, on her first ride. Just like that, Samantha’s dream of becoming all-around cowgirl for a second straight year, in her senior year and final kick at the can at provincials, was over.

“Your horse is your teammate. She’s everything,” Samantha said, noting Denim is expected to recover nicely. “You practise with them for the whole year. We’re in tune. It was great of everyone to pull through for me and offer horses, but you can’t really expect to be as successful when you’re not with

your teammate.” All was not lost for the resilient cowgirl, who still achieved her goal of qualifying to compete for B.C. at the U.S. National High School Finals Rodeo, which features more than 1,650 contestants from 43 states, five provinces and Australia. Samantha, who graduated last month

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from South Kamloops secondary, qualified with teammate Makayla Lundy of Langley in team roping, their performance at provincials good enough to see them through to U.S. Nationals, which will run from July 17 to July 23 in Gillette, Wyo. Abbey Bachand of Valleyview secondary is the only other

Kamloops competitor who booked her ticket to Wyoming, having won a gold medal in pole bending at provincials. “I actually didn’t have the greatest weekend,” Abbey said. “It actually was not one of my better ones. But, no one had a good weekend that weekend. “I guess I had less

of a bad weekend than some other girls did.” For Abbey, the trip to Gillette will be her first crack at U.S. Nationals. Abbey and her quarterhorse Fly left Kamloops on Tuesday and were making the 1,800-kilometre trip in three stints, set to arrive in Gillette last night. See MORE, A18

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age groups. The BC Cup is for athletes 15 years and younger, while the BC Provincial Championship is for competitors 15 and older and is a qualifier for the Canadian National Sprint Canoe and Kayak Championships taking place in Dartmouth, N.S. in August. “This is kind of new for us. There are only two lakes in the province of B.C. that have their credits for being a national timer,” Wood said. Wood said the club will have a number of athletes in contention throughout the pair of meets, which will make for good viewing for local sports fans. “There’s some seriously great hopefuls, hopefuls from 17 and up who are trying to qualify for the national races, which will be exciting,” she said. Parking for the event will be at the west end of the site. The spectator area will be to the east of the clubhouse.

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For the 16-year-old Kamloops product, the opportunity to learn from some of the best rodeo athletes in the world will make the U.S. Nationals experience a special one. Even if she’s a little bit nervous. “It’s going to be big,” Abbey said. “There’s going to be a lot of kids there. It might be a little overwhelming but, at the same time, I’ve heard it’s just an amazing experience, something you’ll never get anywhere else. “You see how hard you actually have to work to be the top person.” Samantha, student president of the BCHSRA south region and last year’s all-around provincial cowgirl, had high hopes heading into the B.C. championships, having qualified in barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, break-

away roping and team roping. Top-four finishes in each event at provincials were good enough to advance to U.S. nationals — billed as the world’s biggest rodeo — but Denim’s injury hampered Sam’s chances of qualifying in most of them. “You win some and you lose some,” Samantha said. “This is my last year and I’m really happy I get to go one more time with my friends and, hopefully, I’Il make my mark on my last year.” Samantha will ride atop Dice in the team-roping event in the header position and will turn the steer toward heeler Makayla. If they finish in the top 20 after a pair of runs, a place in the championship round awaits. Abbey, meanwhile, has run pole bending times that are competitive with the rest of the field in Gillette. If she and Fly have a good weekend, she could

very well be in the mix when the championship round begins. Samantha’s greatest accomplishment to date at U.S. Nationals was winning a goround in pole bending. Topping that in team roping this year would help soften the blow of Denim’s injury and likely lead to scholarship cash for Sam and Makayla. Sam’s high-school rodeo career has been magnificent. When she saddles up in Wyoming, it will mark her seventh straight trip to U.S. Nationals, having qualified as a junior in Grades 6 through 8 and as a senior in Grades 9 through 12. Sam is likely to attend Western Oklahoma State College on a rodeo scholarship. Her elder sister, Rachel, will be attending Montana State University starting this fall on a full-ride rodeo scholarship.

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Captain Riley Peterson and the Kamloops Venom will renew acquaintances in Vernon tomorrow, with the championship series shifting back to Kamloops’ Memorial Arena for Game 2 on Sunday.

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It’s the Yankees and Red Sox of the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League (TOJLL). The Kamloops Venom and Vernon Tigers are set to square off in the TOJLL championship final for the fifth time in as many years tomorrow night, with Game 1 of the best-offive series set for 7:30 p.m. at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place. The Venom and the Tigers have been the class of the junior B lacrosse league throughout the season, with both clubs advancing to the championship final by virtue of a series sweep in their playoff semifinals. Kamloops thumped the South Okanagan Flames in three straight, while Vernon mopped the floor with the Armstrong Shamrocks. S P I C Y

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Brad Yamaoka has no illusions that the Kamloops Broncos’ pass game will be as potent in 2016 as it has been in the past. “It’s hard to compare to last year because of the success we had — you can’t compare. You could take the best receiving core in this league and I don’t think they’ll even come close to what we did last year,” Yamaoka told KTW at Broncos’ training camp. “We just gotta go in with realistic expectations. The goal, for us, is to win football games. We’re not trying to break records. We’re not trying to put up 80 points a game. We’re going in and trying to win a football game.” It’s no secret the

ABSENT YACHISON, CSINCSA, BRONCOS RECEIVER CORPS SEARCHES FOR NEW IDENTITY Broncos are expecting different things from their offence in 2016. The club has lost a number of its weapons to graduation. Receivers Derek Yachison and Devin Csincsa, who dominated the league’s reception statistics, have both completed their junior careers, as has free-wheeling quarterback Stephen Schuweiler. Yamaoka expects the Broncos will be led in 2016 by fifth-year slotback Colin Mather, a veteran inside man who has worked in the shadows of Csincsa and Yachison for much of his career. But can he be expected to fill the voids the Broncos’ headline-dominating

receivers have left? “We haven’t, as a coaching staff, put that pressure on them, especially for Colin, as an individual player,” Yamaoka said. “It’s hard to compare. It’s hard to always expect that these guys are going to come in and do things similar to what we have seen in the past. It’s not fair to them. If they just come in and play their brand of football and play hard and learn the game the way they’re supposed to, I think they’ll be fine.” For his part, Mather isn’t oblivious to the fact there will be added weight on his shoulders this season. Asked if he felt pressure to be the new Yachison or Csincsa,

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the Edmonton native laughed. “In a game situation, knowing that you’re not going to have those two to catch it every time, yeah,” he said. “But I would say not very much, no.” Mather has excelled in the past at generating yards after the catch, which should help take the pressure off a young depth chart at quarterback. He won’t be alone, with fellow veterans Broden Romanovitch and Brody Bernier expected to have increased roles in 2016. Yamaoka said the competition for the spot under centre is still a two-horse race, with Colby Henkel and Sebastian Bel in the running to start Kamloops’ first game of the season against the Vancouver Island Raiders on July 23. Both are rookies to the B.C. Football Conference. Henkel

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“It’s going to come down to, probably, the game-prep week, which will be next week, and we’re going to have to make a decision, pretty much, Monday,” Yamaoka said. “At that point, we’re going to pick one and that’s the one we’re going to go with for the game.” Mather has been doing his best to fill the void left by his former teammates away from the field, too, taking on a leadership role and mentoring the Broncos’ younger players. The offence isn’t as experienced as Kamloops is used to, but he’s trying to ease the transition. “We’re learning, definitely learning,” Mather said. “It’s a new learning curve, losing a lot of guys, but it’s good. We’ve definitely made strides in things we didn’t do last year.”

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In a concrete room below Hillside Stadium’s press box, the Kamloops Broncos watch. An overhead projector blasts video of the team’s practice onto a wall in the room. To the right, a full wall is devoted to a whiteboard, where mockups of defensive alignments and routes are scrawled in blue dry erase and OMAHA is written in a box in big block letters. In the far corner, a pair of computer work stations offer another

place where coaches and players can get together to analyze film. Nearly 30 chairs populate the room. It’s a far cry from the 80 seats needed to house the entire roster, but the club still makes its way to a classroom on Thompson Rivers University’s campus once a week for larger video sessions. This room is for onthe-fly adjustments. “It’s a great teaching tool,” said Broncos’ head coach Brad Yamaoka. Where the Broncos once only held weekly video sessions with the entire roster, the club

now watches film daily, often breaking into position-based groups. “It will help these guys get better,” Yamaoka continued. “It will help them learn the game quicker.” The Broncos repurposed the room this offseason, previously used for nothing more than a little storage at Hillside Stadium. The hope is it will help a young club improve faster. “It’s just going to be a great tool for us to increase our football knowledge throughout the program,” Yamaoka said.

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The season hasn’t yet started, but the Kamloops Broncos know there’s an opportunity on the horizon. For the first time since 2014 in Langley, the Canadian Junior Football League Canadian Bowl will be hosted by the B.C. Football Conference (BCFC). Scheduled for Nov. 12, the annual national championship game will pit the hometown BCFC champion against the winners of the Prairie Football Conference (PFC). The Broncos would love nothing more than for it to be played in the Tournament Capital. “B.C. conference hosts the nationals this

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year, so I tell you what, if we get hot at the end of the season and we can win a playoff game and get to that national final, it will be right here in Kamloops,” head coach Brad Yamaoka said. “It would be a great showcase for our program.” Broncos’ president Dino Bernardo echoed Yamaoka. “I think it would just validate the time and effort everyone has put in for 10 years trying to build the program. If we could achieve that — that’s always the goal,” Bernardo said. “Our program isn’t about winning national championships, it’s about bettering the kids, giving kids an opportunity. But it’s always nice to win in the end.” The Canadian Bowl has alternated between

the BCFC and the PFC in recent years, but that will change in 2017. The return of the Ontario Football Conference (OFC) to the CJFL after a two-year hiatus will bring with it a new playoff format. The CJFL will again be a true national entity. “I think it’s great for the league,” Bernardo said. The OFC left the CJFL after it decided it needed to raise its age limit to compete with other football leagues across Ontario. Bernardo said he’s uncertain what makes the OFC think it can now get by when it again lowers its age limit. “I hope it all works out for the best because we’re better as a threeleague body than we are as two,” he said.

Early Monday morning at approximately 2:30 am the Twin Rivers Market on Hugh Allan was broken into. Someone had smashed out the front glass door to gain entry, once inside the suspect took cigarettes and lottery tickets. The suspect was seen driving away in a dark coloured vehicle. The male had on a black balaclava and was wearing a heavy yellow work jacket and was carrying a black duffle bag. There is video surveillance but it was not ready at the time of this printing, once it is available it will be posted on our Web page. This is a busy street day or night and someone may have seen this person in front of the store or even the vehicle that was parked near by. If you have any information on this break and enter, please contact Crime Stoppers, you will never have to go to court or give a statement.

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If you know where any of these people are, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The tip line pays up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of fugitives. Remember, Crime Stoppers just wants your information, not your name. Crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does. This program is jointly sponsored by Kamloops Crime Stoppers & Kamloops This Week. People featured are wanted on arrest warrants not vacated as of 3 p.m. on July 6th, 2016

FIRE AT SPOKE N MOTION On Monday July 11th, at approximately 9:30 pm a small fire was started in some cardboard boxes that were left outside of Spoke and Motion on West Victoria St. The police have some information that a male was seen in the area, then threw something towards the store, glass was heard breaking and flames erupted

immediately. The Fire department attended quickly and were able to put out the fire before any serious damage took place. This male is described as Caucasian mid 20’s, with long curly blonde hair, wearing an orange coat with dark stripes on the side and was carrying a long board. It is unknown why this person would

cause this type of damage but the police would like to find this person and get him the help that is needed. If you have any information of this fire please contact Crime Stoppers, only your information will be used never your name.

DO YOU KNOW THIS COUPLE? Sometime overnight on Thursday July 7th, a vehicle was broken into on Ryan place; a wallet containing credit cards, personal identification, and other items of value were also taken from the vehicle. It is unknown if these two people broke into the vehicle but they were caught on the security surveillance camera after using the credit card at the Parkcrest Ave convenience store. Both suspects are Caucasian, the male is 6-foot-tall, shaved head, and was wearing shorts and had a dark coloured camo jacket on. The female is 5 foot 5 inches’ tall medium length blonde hair and was wearing a

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VANCOUVER — Jon Jennings didn’t get caught up in the success that came when he was a rookie phenom quarterback leading the B.C. Lions last year. He’s no less rattled by his first stretch of adversity in the CFL. Coach/GM Wally Buono said the 23-yearold sophomore will be back behind centre tomorrow when the 2-1 Lions travel to face the 0-2 Saskatchewan Roughriders, despite being lifted for Travis Lulay in B.C.’s 25-14 home loss to Toronto last week. Jennings turned heads when given an opportunity after Lulay and John Beck went down with injuries last year, but the start of his second season has not reflected steady growth. He’s last among starters in passing com-

pletions and efficiency rating and has thrown for only one touchdown so far, which is balanced by the Lions’ league-leading rushing average of 109.3 yards per game. Jennings said the added pressure of being asked to deliver results as an established starter hasn’t changed his outlook. The downturn is a result of how opposing defences have prepared for him now that he has put his game on film. “Last year I got away with things that made up for certain mistakes. This year they’re catching up a bit,’’ Jennings said. “It’s a good thing because it allows me to grow.’’ B.C. had a 3-3 record with Jennings under centre last season but the Lions ensured stability at the position during the winter by giving both Jennings and Lulay contract extensions. Lulay is currently the

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highest-paid Lions quarterback but Jennings will make $300,000 in 2018 in the final year of his new deal. Jennings has not thrown for more than 300 passing yards in his last six regular-season starts dating back to last

year and was pulled last week one series after throwing his first interception this season. It could not have come as a surprise, however. Prior to the Lions’ first road game of the regular season schedule in Hamilton, the club

told Jennings he would be pulled if he couldn’t adjust. B.C. won 28-3. “If he can’t handle being pulled, he’ll never be a pro quarterback,’’ said Buono, whose reputation for pulling more established quarterbacking stars in the

CFL is legendary. Lions offensive coordinator Khari Jones admits he is careful not to overburden Jennings, who will make just his 10th career regular-season start tomorrow. “He didn’t even have time to be a backup and I always say it’s great for a guy to experience being a backup for a year,’’ said Jones. “He’s still the same Jon but I told him teams now have a book on him whereas last year he was kind of an open book so you didn’t know what to expect.’’ Part of the problem is the fact Jennings had success early. “He set expectations high for himself,’’ said Lulay. “He threw for 300 yards last year in a half against Winnipeg. Ask Anthony Calvillo how many times in a 20-year career he did that in a half; maybe he never did. “Sometimes when

you’re playing fresh to the league [Jennings] doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. He’s playing on instinct. The thing about Jon that gives him a chance to grow is that he knows he doesn’t know everything. He’s not fooling himself.’’ Lulay rarely benefitted from stability on the offensive line. Jennings has been more fortunate. He’ll have the same five starters up front against Saskatchewan, as rookie right guard Charles Vaillancourt remains in concussion protocol. Veteran Kirby Fabien will start for the second straight week. Anthony Allen received first-team reps for the second straight practice Wednesday and is expected to start at tailback against his former team, allowing Jeremiah Johnson more rest as the Lions have a bye next week.

NOTICE OF LOWER NICOLA INDIAN BAND COMMUNITY RATIFICATION VOTE TAKE NOTICE that a Ratification Vote will be held in accordance with the Lower Nicola Indian Band Community Ratification Process on Thursday, August 11, 2016 and Friday, August 12, 2016 in order to determine if Eligible Voters approve the Lower Nicola Indian Band Land Code and the Individual Agreement. Also, there will be an Advance Vote on Friday, August 5, 2016 and Saturday, August 6, 2016. In accordance with the Lower Nicola Indian Band Community Ratification Process, electronic registration and voting will commence June 30th and be available for the duration of the vote (until 8:00pm on August 12, 2016). The following question will be asked of the Eligible Voters of Lower Nicola Indian Band by ballot: “Do you approve the Lower Nicola Indian Band Land Code, dated April 1, 2016 for reference and the Individual Agreement with Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada?” Friday, August 5, 2016 9:00 am - 8:00pm

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Start Date: ASAP As Needed Pay: Rate will be negotiated based on experience Th ose who are shortlisted will be invited for an interview For full job description contact SCFSS. Apply by submitting your cover letter and resume by E-mail Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive Director ExecutiveDirector@scwexmx.com Scw’exmx Child & Family Services Society thanks all those who apply, however, only qualiﬁed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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Scw’exmx Child and Family Services Society (SCFSS) is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as an Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health (ACYMH) Clinician. As an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Clinician will provide culturally appropriate services and information which enhance the relationships and wellness of children and families who are experiencing signiﬁcant challenges, in the Merritt area. The position is under the direct supervision of the Executive Director. Evening and weekend work as required.

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**Booking for 2016** CALL NOW FOR BEST DATES Shuswap Lake! 5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek BC. Newer 1bdrm 1-bath park model. Tastefully decorated guest cabin. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Provincial Park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor store & Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. $1500 week. 4 day, 1 week, 2 week & monthly rentals available. BOOK NOW! Call for more information. 1-250-371-1333.

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Brock 2Bdrms. N/S, N/P. $1000/mo. July 1st. 250-3767869. 250-682-3199. Brock, Bright Lrg-2bdr, partly furn, w/d, parking/yard area $1000/mo. util incl .376-2684. Juniper 1bdrm bsmt suite. Lndry. Pets okay. N/S. $1000 includes util. 778-908-0626. Sahali 1bdrm suite, fully furn. brand new. N/S, N/P. $1000/mo. 250-374-7096. Studio, priv entr. N/S, N/P. Shared lndry. DD. Ref’s. $750 incl utils. 250-574-7974.

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1987 Mercury Cougar Coupe. Summer driven. 118,000kms. Moving Must Sell. $2999/obo. 236-425-4404.

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The Court Bailiff offers FOR SALE BY TENDER, the interest of the Judgment Debtor, Red Sea Auto & Sales Ltd. INVENTORY OF 24 VEHICLES SEIZED FROM RED SEA AUTO & SALES LTD ON 2016 JUNE 28. DEALER QUERIES WELCOME. AN INVENTORY LIST OF VEHICLES AVAILABLE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Harold Edward Lund

RUBY MAE STEINTHORSON (Plaskett) 1933 - 2016 Ruby Mae Steinthorson (nee Plaskett) passed away unexpectedly at her apartment at LeJeune Manor on June 29, 2016, at age 83. Ruby was born March 3, 1933 in Brandon, Manitoba. She lived in Sheridan Lake, where she met her husband Johannas (Joe) and they were married on October 10th, 1950. They lived in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, until they moved to Kamloops in 1965. For many years she worked in the Hardware, Automotive and Paint department at Woodward’s downtown and Aberdeen locations in Kamloops

February 2, 1932 June 27, 2016

She was predeceased by her husband Joe and her brother Allan, her mother Annie Plaskett (Jones) and her father Jack Plaskett. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, August 5th, 2016 at the Mt. Paul United Church, 140 Laburnum St, North Kamloops, with Reverend LeAnn Blackert officiating. The family would like to acknowledge her friends and parishioners at Mt. Paul United Church, which was her major focus for many years.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Harold on Saturday July 16, 2016 at 1:00 pm at The Rayleigh Pub for friends and family.

Very special thanks to Dr. Howie, for care given over the years. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to: Mt. Paul United Church, Heart and Stroke Foundation or MS Society. Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

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Frank “Red” Murton McRae It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our Husband, Dad & Papa, Frank “Red” McRae. Red passed away on July 9, 2016 with Barb and family by his side at Marjorie Willoughby Hospice Home. Red was born September 29, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Frank Sr. and Dorothy McRae (both deceased). He was the youngest of 4 children, Jim, Betty (deceased) and Fran. Red is survived by his large family. Children: Carrie (Brent Hamilton), Barbi (Terry Yakubowich), Frank, Rusty (Jenny), Misti Rode, Dori (Eron Wright) & Jodi Foss. Grandchildren: Dustin (Chrissy), Halina (Dainen) & Danica, Payden (Taylor), Wyatt & Kealee, Brianna & Kaylin, Alexandra, Kody & Katelyn, Jessica & Chelsea, Scarlett & Lilliana, Carter & Liam. Great Grandchild: Thea. Red was working at CN Railway in the 1960’s when he met colleague Colin Stewart, who became his best friend. Red and Colin left their jobs at CN and ended up at Colin’s parents home where Red met Colin’s little sister Barb. The boys joined the Canadian Navy from there and were joined by the Stewart family in Victoria where they were stationed. It was at that time, Red began dating Barb and their lives began together. Red and Barb were married on September 1, 1962. While Red was in the navy they had 6 children from 1963 to 1971. Years later they made their way to Kamloops which become their final home and where they raised their children. Red spent years employed by Weyerhaeuser which ended as a result of a serious work accident in October 1996. He was just 57 years old at the time of the accident and never returned to work after. His final and favorite “job” became Papa Daycare and taxi to his grandchildren. Red was first and foremost a family man. He worked hard to care for his family. Barb was his life and he loved her with everything he had. He devoted his life to Barb and their 6 children, later adding a “keeper” daughter in Jodi, making it 7 children in total. Although Jodi was not their biological daughter, she was theirs to keep. Him and Barb always included the neighbourhood children and

April 30, 1945 - July 17, 2015 If tears could build a stairway And memories were a lane I would walk right up to Heaven And bring you back again. No farewell words were spoken No time to say goodbye You were gone before we knew it and only God knows why.

Harold is survived by his loving partner of 24 years Beryl Brassington, his sons Brent, Brad (Bev) and daughter Susan. Also his extended family Ronda (Grant), Chris (Lynette), Blair (Nicki), twelve grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren and many friends who will miss him dearly.

She will be sadly missed by her immediate family, sons Terry (Dorothy) and Ken, both in Kamloops, granddaughters Heidi Friesen (Adam) from Calgary, Janna Fisk (Chad) from Kelowna and granddaughter Harley Steinthorson from Kamloops, proud Great Amma to two great-grandsons Marcus and Nolan Friesen, many nieces and nephews, as well as relatives and many friends.

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Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow What it meant to lose you No one can ever know. But now we know you want us To mourn for you no more To remember all the happy times Life still has much in store.

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Since you’ll never be forgotten We pledge to you today A hallowed place within our hearts Is where you’ll always stay.

Pre-planning is a matter of taking the time to think about – and record – your end-of-life desires. It’s a thoughtful gesture to those you love, and a way to let go of anxieties about the future. Once done, you can relax, knowing your plans are in the hands of reliable friends or family. everyone always had a safe place to go. Their door was always open for those in need. Today, several of those children are grown with families of their own and still call him Dad. Red always knew when someone was in need, even when they didn’t realize it themselves. He was always there to pick up the pieces for others and make everything better. Red will be missed. His family will always remember his beautiful voice singing in the kitchen while he made breakfast and coffee. His goofy sense of humor and relentless tickles until you said “oogy googy goo, I love you” to make him stop. His big hands which he would place on your head to rub when you had a headache, or that shoulder to cry on when you needed. You never had to ask, he just knew. Red was one of the most compassionate people you could ever meet. He left a mark on the path of everyone he met. He was a protector, a teacher and most of all, the strongest man anyone who met him ever knew. He volunteered his time with Kamloops Minor Hockey, the Kamloops Blazers and with the Norkam Music Department. Memorial Services to be held at the Kamloops Funeral Home on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Barb and the family are requesting in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home in his honor. Thank you to the staff for their amazing care and compassion on his last few days. You were the strength we all needed. We would also like to thank his family doctor, Dr. Brenda Laupland for such amazing care over these past few years. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE By Joanetta Hendel, Indianapolis, Indiana

Others who have gone before Hold up my trembling hand. They comfort me in the blind despair I cannot understand. They suffer with me when I hurt, Weep with me in my pain, Remind me that we are not lost ... Though I must now remain. Those who’ve gone before me, Hear me when I cry. Sing softly with me soothing chords Of unsung lullabies. Mourn anniversaries never marked, A future I cannot keep. They gently kiss the pain away, And love my heart to sleep. The ones who’ve gone before me Hold me in my dreams. They gently stroke my furrowed brow, And calm my silent screams. They love me in my heartache, Wait quietly nearby., Hold patiently, one to another Till I join them by and by.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Cameron Thomas Gordon August 13, 1967 – July 9, 2016 During the wee hours of July 9, 2016, Cam Gordon quietly and peacefully slipped away from us. His last days, reminiscent of his life, were spent surrounded by family and friends. Adored by all who knew him, Cam leaves behind a legacy of relationships. He was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, friend, coach and comedian. His devoted wife Carla, whom he considered his best friend, together with his treasured sons Luke and Keaton, were the epicenter of his universe and everything he did. Cam lived in simple ways, always acutely in tune with politics and world news, he was ever the advocate for the underdog. Cam loved soccer, hockey and all other sports; beer, his dogs, fishing, buddies, making others laugh and above all, he loved people. With the support and love of many, he endured ten years of cancer with remarkable courage, grace and dignity. Cam was an unwaveringly loyal, humble and kind person, he’s left his corner of the world and all who dwell within it, a little better for having spent time here. Though his memory brings with it laughter and joy, the void of his departure leaves us all bereft. Where once the remarkable, gentle, funny, sweet soul of Cam Gordon lived, there now exists an un-fillable space. We bid you farewell, adventure on dear friend. The Gordon family extend their most heartfelt gratitude to all who comforted, supported and stood by them over the course of Cam’s illness. You have made the unendurable, durable. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the BC Cancer Agency or the Kamloops Hospice Association. Celebration of Life for Cam will be held on Sunday August 7, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the South Thompson Inn, 3438 Shuswap Rd. E. Kamloops, B.C.

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The family of Sue Bottos would like to thank everyone for their love and support. Your acts of kindness and words of compassion helped us through this very emotional time. The baking and food platters were greatly appreciated, and the flower arragements were beautiful. Many charities have expressed their gratitude for the donations that they received in Sue’s name. Thank you to the first responders, RIH emergency staff and the RCMP, especially Cst. Rob Dupuis, for their compassion and professionalism in handling this family tragedy.

Sue will be forever missed but will live in the hearts of all who knew her. With great appreciation, Ken, Jenny, Eric and Kara

July 20, 1922 -July 01, 2016

Ramona Myrtle Flint August 11, 1940 – July 07, 2016

Ramona passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016 in Kamloops, BC at 75 years of age after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Our Dad, Papa, GGPa, Frank Whiteley passed away peacefully to be with our Mom Lillian on July 1st, 2016. His is lovingly remembered by his children Lynn and Vince, Fran (Jim), Cyndy and Craig, Gord and Carra. His amazing grandchildren Monique, Michelle, Tanya and Jim, Ryan and Anna, C.J. and Melissa, Colin and Cristena, Kjerstin and Michael, Courtni and Kyle, Brock and Emily, Cole, Donna and the twinkle in his eyes his little people, his fifteen great-grandchildren, as well as many friends and relatives. Dad did not want a formal service but there will be a “party” to Celebrate Dad’s Life on Saturday, August 20th, 2016 at Hoodoos Master Room, Sun Rivers 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Should friends desire donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice, 72 Whiteshield Cresent South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9. “And I think “Pops” would like to be remembered as somebody who left the world a bit better than he found it”

We love and miss you Dad Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Service (250) 554-2429 Condolences may be left in Frank’s memory at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband John Flint and children Darlene (Ross) Reeves, Kim (Gary) Farfanick, Janet (Don) Roberts, Debbie (Aldin) Loewen, Larry (Wanda) Nystoruk, Daniel Flint and Ken (Leanne) Nystoruk. Ramona will be sadly missed by her brother Fred Bugera, seventeen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her dear daughter Kelly Bourgeois (Flint) and brothers Orest, Percy, Don and John Bugera. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm at First Memorial Funeral Service, #8-177 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, BC with Pastor Vern Frudd officiating. Should friends desire, donations may be made in Ramona’s memory to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice, 72 Whiteshield Crescent South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9. Always Loved, Forever Missed Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Service (250) 554-2429 Condolences may be left for Ramona’s Family at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

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Dan Wayne Mark DeWalt May 9, 1963 - July, 13 2015

Never would have thought you’d be so close to go. The things I would change the words I would say. The moments I would cherish! But the more I think about it the more proud I feel. People may pretend to be angels in disguise but it’s no front. The real ones are the ones taken away from the ones in need of guidance and protecting. Forever in our hearts, always by our sides. For our guardian angel the pain and tears are worth your set of wings. Thank you my guardian angel Love always, Miss you Natasha

Earl Lionel Durant 1929 - 2016

Earl Lionel Durant of Kamloops, BC passed away quietly on July 10, 2016 at 86 years of age. Earl is survived by his wife of 68 years, Gertrude, his sons Earl (Ann) and Dale (Brenda), daughter Diana and foster son Shannon (Toonie), twelve grandchildren and several greatgrandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Earl is also survived by his brother Calvin and sisters Babe and Geneva. Earl was predeceased by his parents, his brothers Skyler and Raymond and his sister Lila. He was also predeceased by his daughter Gloria and his son Larry (Debbie). He has missed both of them for such a long time and they are now reunited and catching up.

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Pokémon are everywhere While some people work out at the gym, others are battling it out on teams to maintain Pokémon territory. In Pokémon Go, gyms are the battleground for three coloured teams, of which players choose their allegiance, and it just so happens the Tournament Capital Centre — an actual gym — is one such location. They can’t be seen with the naked eye, but Pokemon are everywhere thanks to Pokemon Go. One might run into aqua creatures near bodies of water or rock-themed Pokémon in the mountains. It can mean diving into a bit of history at places like the Plaza Hotel in Kamloops, but it has been controversial elsewhere. The Auschwitz-Birkeneau State Museum prohibited people from playing it, calling it “disrespectful to the memory of the victims of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp on many levels and it is absolutely inappropriate.” — Jessica Wallace, with files from the Canadian Press

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hen Hanna Juras and her family left Music in the Park earlier this week, they noticed something peculiar. Groups of youngsters were walking around the trails at Pioneer, focused keenly on their smartphones. “They’re all kind of looking at each other and were like — ‘I got ‘em!’” Juras said. The 26-year-old’s younger brother immediately knew it was Pokémon Go, a new smartphone game that superimposes fictional Pokémon characters into real locations. The iPhone and Android app uses GPS similar to geocaching

Thompson Rivers University students Louis Chen (left) and Annie Li are on Day 2 of playing the latest craze Pokémon Go. They joined more than two dozen others in Riverside Park earlier this week to play.

but instead of finding real items, users swipe their screen to throw a digital Pokéball in the hopes of catching Pokémon, matching the story of the hit 1990s media franchise. The technology

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Oh man, I’ve walked about 30 kilometres in the past two days . . . I’ve gone “pretty much from Valleyview to Riverside out to Westsyde. All over town.” tion stages and said Nintendo began hyping it well in advance. It was released last week in the United States and Robinson has since spent up to 10 hours in one day playing. “Personally, I have caught a total of 402 [Pokémon],” he said. “Sixty-eight different ones, 402 in total.” While the instant popularity of Pokémon Go has meant plenty of time spent gaming, it’s unlike traditional screen time because it gets people outside and moving. “Oh man, I’ve walked about 30 kilometres in the past two days,” 22-year-old Chris Wilson told KTW, noting he’s experiencing “major leg cramps.” “I’ve gone pretty much from Valleyview to Riverside out to Westsyde. All over town.” He recalled playing Pokémon Red, Yellow and Blue — “pretty much all the old games” — on Gameboy as well as the card version. “Now I can actually do it,” he said. “Play the game without getting stuck in my house.” When Juras stumbled upon the gamers in the park, at least 50 people were playing in the area. It’s part of the reason Shane Ziggy tried cashing in at that loca-

DAVE EAGLES PHOTO/KTW Kamloops entrepreneur Shane Ziggy tries to capitalize on the current Pokémon Go fad by offering cellphone charging for the large number of players wandering through Riverside Park with their phones in their hands. The popular app is drawing more than a huge following throughout the world after its recent release; claims that the virtual reality game is eating up smartphone power may be the reason Ziggy spent $200 to rent a generator for the week in hopes of cashing in on the game’s popularity.

tion — charging to power up smartphones at $5 to $7 a pop by setting up a generator in the back of his truck. “Everyone had battery packs already,” he said with a laugh, noting he’ll try selling drinks next time. “No one wants to walk all the way to a store to get a drink.” Ziggy runs a Facebook page dedicated to the game — some have taken to calling him “The Oak” after one of the Pokémon characters —

and noted headquarters are at McArthur Island, while a base is located at Pioneer Park. Locals seem to be embracing Pokémon Go, but it has been controversial elsewhere. Beyond malware, the BBB is concerned about users infringing on private property. Wilson admits he once ran through an unfenced backyard around midnight while chasing a Hitmonlee. “After I went

through it, I went, ‘Oh hey, maybe I shouldn’t have done that,’” he said. The Vancouver Police Department issued a release warning parents that it’s easy for strangers to learn about gathering spots. Other repercussions as reported by CNN include: one man’s home was turned into a Pokémon gym, where teams battle for the territory; a dead body was found by a teen hunting for Pokémon

and robbers used the game to lure victims. It hasn’t gone nearly that far in the River City. Kamloops’ bylaws services supervisor John Ramsay said there’s no bylaw against people walking around using their smartphones — it’s more of a motor-vehicle issue. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said no incidents have been reported related to the game. She said local officers know about the game and are keeping their eyes out for distracted drivers. She advises players on foot to be aware of their surroundings and look up from their screens. “It’s always a concern when people are distracted, even when they’re walking,” Shelkie said. “Walking along the tracks or walking along the streets, anything like that.” According to Tech Crunch, Pokémon Go is the most viral mobile application of all time, the biggest ever in the U.S. and topping Twitter’s daily users. The Wall Street Journal reported Nintendo Co.’s market value increased by $9 billion as a result of the game. It’s unclear when the company will officially release the app in Canada.

The happy yellow creature above is the most commonly referenced Pokémon, Pikachu. Pokémon are caught with Pokéballs (right).

Poké-what? While Pokémon Go is the topic du jour, Pokémon has been around about 20 years. Launched in Japan in 1996, the story features fictional creatures living in a world with humans. They are raised and commanded by trainers, growing and evolving into stronger Pokémon with new names — about 700 of them exist. Products includes video games, trading cards, an animated television series, movies and toys. Pokémon Go is a new augmented reality smartphone application that allows users to catch Pokémon in real locations. It has rekindled the popularity of the hit franchise.

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eland Klassen remembers doing standup at the Jukebox Jive in downtown Kamloops. It was after he had spent time tree planting in the area — around Clearwater and Merritt — and travelled on his days off to the River City. “I just loved the city,” Klassen told KTW. These days the comedian lives in the Lower Mainland and has since given up the tree-planting gig — the Jukebox Jive is no more, either — but he still enjoys Kamloops. It’s part of the reason he started a new comedy festival that kicked off last night at Sagebrush Theatre. Klassen has performed at the Halifax ComedyFest and said Kamloops is a “goodsized community that doesn’t have a comedy festival.” He noted one in Kelowna set up in a bar. “That’s not what this is,” he said. While Klassen gave props to places like the Dirty Jersey, which has helped make space for a local comedy scene, he has pulled together comics from as far as the United Sates for something bigger and more formal. The Kamloops Komedy Festival is a three-night event featuring several different comedians performing stand-up in succession. Headlining is Mike MacDonald, who Klassen called the “first standup comedy star in Canada.”

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He’ll take the stage tomorrow night, along with several others, but not before tonight’s U.S.-Canada themed night. Bone Hampton, Dave Nystrom, Dan Taylor, Tim Nutt and Klassen are among those who will quip on topics such as border and customs incidents. “If you come to laugh, you’re going to get it,” Klassen said. When asked what success would look like in the event’s first year, Klassen said it’s already a success. But, in looking to next year — he plans to make it an annual event — he already has a list of things he’d like to change.

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“I need some ladies to be on there,” Klassen said, noting he tried to book Maria Bamford, but she turned it down. “I need some more diversity.” He would also consider looking to local talent, something you won’t find this year after he hand-picked comics and invited them to the River City. He touts the event as hosting “some of the best standup comics in North America” and hopes to “whet Kamloops’ appetite.” He’s looking forward to returning to the city he’s loved for years. “I’m excited to share this with other comics and have them be in Kamloops,” he said.

Tickets for the Kamloops Komedy Festival — spelled with a “K” for Kamloops — are $30 each. While the festival will be fairly “clean” in content, Klassen recommended keeping the kids at home. “They don’t understand sarcasm until they’re eight or nine . . . a 10-year-old doesn’t understand jokes about a mortgage.” Tickets can be purchased online at kamloopslive.ca. Tonight’s show begins at 8 p.m. at 821 Munro St. and runs about two hours. For more, go online to kamloopskomedyfestival.com.

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f you want to see absolutely perfect family theatre, head to Prince Charles Park to take in The Wizard of Oz. It’s a challenge to know where to start in this review. Every aspect of it, from the set to the costumes to the cast, is superb. Dusan Magdolen’s adaptation of the classic L. Frank Baum tale brings new characters to the story, but they all seem to fit in with the world of Oz. Perhaps that’s because in our minds, Oz is a land where any type of creature could live, from the munchkins to the wizard, but Magdolen brings these new inhabitants into that world in a seamless way. Magdolen has spent plenty of time on stage, but this is his first trip into the art of adapting plays and it is a other theatrical area where he excels. It will be interesting to see what he takes on as his next project. Melissa Thomas directs the

REVIEW play and, with each year she spends with the theatre company — she is now it’s artistic director — she has shown more confidence and skill. Thomas has built a talented ensemble for this production and its partner show, Munsch Upon A Time, something that was evident in the first preview, which went off with few hitches. The few that arose were handled with skill — one ad lib in particular made the missed piece of script seem like it belonged — and it speaks to her vision when she’s at the helm of a production. Then there’s the cast. Valleyview secondary graduate Randi Edmundson brings a sassy, confident Dorothy to the land of Oz. She’s also the creator of the puppets for both productions and, if Toto is any indication of her talent, Munsch’s puppets will be entertaining. The scene where she and Toto meet the

Tin Man brings a delightfully one-off laugh in particular. Back in 2014, a KTW review of The Beaux Stratagem singled out Andrew Cooper and Wyatt Purcha as talents to keep an eye on as their careers moved forward. These performances show why the pair is simply great. Cooper has what should be a minor role as the Monkey King and those scenes have him paired with Allandra Barton as the Wicked Witch of the West. She is another strong actor and the two of them together are a joy to watch. Mack Gordon is the one Canadian Actors Equity actor in the production — he’s also directing Munsch — and he brings a confidence to the stage, but the other actors match him in every scene. I’ve watched Josh Sunderman also grow in his skills through his years and, in Oz as the Scarecrow, he

brings a physicality and selfassuredness to the role that shows he’s picked the right career. Rounding out the cast are Brooke Ballam, Maddison Hartloff, Morgan Benedict and Brittany McCarthy and each adds their own magic to the production. Space limits this review so, suffice to say, Marian Truscott, Cindy Wiebe and Susan Dixon have created great costumes, Cooper’s choreography is adorable, Taran Waterous has the sound nailed, Denise Anderson’s makeup completes each character and Joe Feenstra and Travis Hatt have built wondrous landscapes of Kansas, Oz and the Emerald City. The two plays make up this year’s X-Fest, which continues in Prince Charles Park until July 30. Most performances start at 7 p.m. There are also Saturday matinees, but no shows on Sundays. Tickets are at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca.

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Travelling by train in South Africa aboard the Sholongolo gives a vast perspective of what the area has to offer from (left, clockwise) vegetation to wildlife and Cape Town’s sharply etched coastline.

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Should we forgive and forget?

orgive and forget — it’s a common expression people give others to help them get over injuries and insults they have endured from others. But, is it realistic? To forgive can be extremely hard to do, especially if the injury is severe — the murder of a loved one, rape or incest, major betrayals like adultery or false testimony, abandonment or abuse of a child by a parent, etc. We often hear relatives of victims of crime saying they will never forgive the criminal for what they did. But there is a cost to that kind of thinking. Advice columnist Ann Landers once said resentment [failure to forgive] is like allowing someone you despise to live rent-free inside your head.

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Failure to forgive costs you because it takes a huge amount of psychological energy to feed the fires of hatred. In fact, a 2014 study in the Journal of Health Psychology found those who were not forgiving had much higher levels of lifetime stress, along with poorer mental and physical health than those who practised regular forgiveness. Failure to forgive means hanging on to

a negative past and allowing it to take priority over the present and future. I always urged my counselling clients to forgive those who had offended them, even if they didn’t deserve it, and even if the offender denied they did anything wrong. While it can feel good to be forgiven, the major benefit of forgiveness is to the forgiver. In the Lord’s Prayer, the statement, “forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us” is a clear direction we need to forgive others before we ask God to forgive us. The Apostle Peter once asked Jesus, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” (Peter thought he was being quite generous, as

Jewish tradition only expected someone to forgive someone else three times.) Jesus answered him, “I tell you, not seven times, but 70 times seven.” In other words, there should be no limit to forgiveness, just as God puts no limit on how many sins of ours he will forgive. But what about the “forgetting” part. I don’t think it is realistic to expect someone to forget a significant injury. As a counsellor, I didn’t think the “forgive and forget” advice was very helpful. We can’t erase our own memory, unless Alzheimer’s does it for us. The Bible teaches only God can forget. In the book of Isaiah, God says, “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers

your sins no more.” The book of Micah says, “He casts all our sins into the depths of the sea” (and some preachers are fond of adding “and puts up a ‘no fishing’ sign”). Jeremiah adds the same message — “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” There’s a story told about Jaime Cardinal Sin (yes, that’s his real name), Archbishop of Manila from 19742003. A Catholic nun repeatedly asked him for an audience, saying she had a message from God. Cardinal Sin, suspecting a well-meaning but over-zealous sister, refused her requests. But she did not give up asking and finally, he agreed to meet with her. He said, “I know you believe you have a message from God for me. But I need to know

that it is truly a message from the Almighty and not simply something you imagined. So I have a little test for you. The other day I confessed my sins to my confessor and he is bound by a sacred oath not to disclose anyone’s confession to a living soul. Ask the Lord to reveal to you what sins I confessed and I will listen to your ‘message’.” So he dismissed her and went about his business, fairly certain he wouldn’t be seeing the nun again. But a week later, she was back. Skeptical, he granted her another audience and asked, “So, did God tell you what sins I confessed?” he asked. The nun responded, “He said he doesn’t remember.” Since one of the qualities of God is omniscience, how can

it be possible for God to forget? Clearly it is an act of divine will, reinforced by the shed blood of his only son. This is why we must not keep ruminating over sins we have sincerely confessed. Certainly, we may occasionally remember them with regret, but if we act as if these sins still bind us, we insult our Lord, who shed his own blood to erase them and declares them permanently forgotten. Forgive and forget? No. Forgive others, forgive yourselves and move on. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.

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200 Leigh Road (250) 376-6268

WEEKEND SERVICE TIMES

SAT: 6:30pm • SUN: 10:00am Online Live 10:00am SUNDAY

COMMUNITY CHURCH • 344 POPLAR A Place To Belong A Place To Worship A Place To Serve

Sunday Service - 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:45 a.m. 250-554-1611

www.kamloopsalliance.com

Visit us at www.kamsa.ca

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

Unitarian Universalist

1044- 8TH STREET ~ 250.376.9209

Divine Liturgy at 10:00 am

Sunday, July 3rd

The Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Roman Trynoha SERVICES ARE IN ENGLISH

Fellowship of Kamloops Valleyview Hall 2288 Park Dr.

Worship Services Meditation Discussion Circles Sundays at 10:00 a.m. For full schedule, visit www.uukam.bc.ca

Freedom of religious thought

FRIDAY, July 15, 2016

www.kamloopsthisweek.com

JULYTO 14TH JULY 20TH

FRESH HEALTHY LOCAL

30 +

FRESHLY PICKED PRODUCE ARRIVES DAILY Kamloops Grown

Kamloops Grown

Garlic

Red and White Potatoes

2.98

/bulb

2.98

Green Kale

Gala Apples

98¢

/bunch

BC Grown

3.98

/3lb bag

98 Okanagan Grown

/bunch

1.28

or $23/20lb case

1.28

BC Grown

Broccoli Crowns

1.28

2.98

/lb

Blueberries

2.98

1.98

or $23/20lb case

Okanagan Grown

Apricots

2.98

1.28

/lb

or $52/18lb case

250-376-8618

/lb

or $23/20lb case !

740 FORTUNE DRIVE, KAMLOOPS

/pint

or $25/10lb case

/340g

/lb

BC Grown

Cherries

/lb

or $15/30lb case

Okanagan Grown

Golden Plums

/lb

or $10/20lb case

Okanagan Grown

Peaches

/lb

Grape Tomatoes

/each

BC Grown

Green Onions

Green Cabbage

Zucchini

Green Beans

BC Grown

Red Leaf & Green Leaf Lettuce

Kamloops Grown

BC Grown

/5lb bag

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