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Board chair defends IHA executive pay Senior executives earned a total of $2 million last year DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
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Janelle Holmes, two-and-a-half, found the water park at McGowan Park the perfect place to stay cool with her mom Leanne yesterday. The Rivershore residents say they don’t mind making the trip into the city to frequent local water parks — especially when it’s hot.
Mom admits guilt in baby’s death Courtney Fawn Saul killed her son hours after he was born in December 2011 TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
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A young Kamloops mother has admitted to killing her newborn son. Courtney Fawn Saul pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court to one count of infanticide in connection to the December 2011 death
of her son, George Carlos Saul. Court has heard Saul’s son was killed within hours of his birth. Saul was 19 at the time. Saul was charged last year with second-degree murder. A judge ordered her to undergo a psychological assessment under a section of the Criminal Code deal-
The combined compensation paid to the senior executive team at the Interior Health Authority (IHA) topped $2 million in its last fiscal year. Calling health care “one of the most complex industries that I know of,” IHA board chair Erwin Malzer said given the authority is an enterprise valued at more than $2 billion, the compensation packages are appropriMALZER ate for the executive. They are also consistent with provincial government guidelines, Malzer said. “When you look across Canada, they compare quite favourably, and, when you look at North America or globally, it’s substantially less.” Top of the list is Robert Halfpenny, who resigned as chief executive officer last Oct. 25. His base salary was one of the lowest at $195,615 but with additional payments that include bonuses (35,100), pension payments (19,492), earned vacation payout ($73,819), a retiring allowance ($71,531) and a salary holdback payment ($19,980), among other compensation, the package totalled $420,854.