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NOVEMBER 17, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 139
TODAY’S WEATHER Sun and clouds High 3 C Low 1 C
LET THE HUNT CONTINUE
RAYLEIGH KIDS WHEEL MESSAGE INTO BUDGET TALKS
Book lovers are scouring the city
Twenty-four teens told the city they want a skate park to call their own
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Food bank on pace for record year DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
By the end of this year, if the situation doesn’t change, the Kamloops Food Bank will set new records. It’s on track to distribute 1.5-million pounds of perishable foods through its FoodShare program, food that might otherwise end up in the landfill. At an estimated cost of $3.50 per pound, that’s $3.75 million in food ending up feeding hungry Kamloopsians rather than rotting in the dump. In her report to the food bank board last night, executive director Bernadette Siracky said staff and volunteers “look forward to the day that we do not have a line-up and that the complex issue of poverty and people not being able to meet their basic needs have been solved.” Statistics in the report don’t point to that day arriving any time soon. After a relative plateauing of client need in 2014 and 2015, statistics gathered for 2016 to the end of October indicate more people in each age group will be served than in recent years. Statistics for the first 10 months of 2016, with figures for all of 2015 in brackets indicate: Children under the age of five: 791 (759); Children between the ages of six and 18: 1,190 (1,266);
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FIRST SNOW OF SEASON FALLS ON SAME DAY AS 2015
The first significant snowfall of the season arrived in Kamloops on Tuesday, blanketing Aberdeen and giving Linda Balyx, husband Bill and their dogs a winter wonderland in which to walk along Pacific Way. The white stuff arrived exactly one year to the day of the city’s first measurable snowfall of 2015. On Nov. 15, 2015, two centimetres of snow fell on Kamloops, contributing to 8.2 centimetres for the month. Tuesday’s snow — which arrived precisely one week after Kamloops enjoyed a record-setting high of 21.5 C — prompted Environment Canada to issue a warning for travellers on the Coquihalla Highway. The short-term forecast for Kamloops calls for sun and clouds through the weekend, with highs of 8 C and lows of 2 C. While the winter weather has arrived at higher elevations, an unusually warm October has delayed opening day at Sun Peaks. The resort had planned to open this Saturday, but that date has been pushed back. Turn to Sports on page A23 for more information.
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