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In this week’s three editions of Kamloops This Week —Tuesday, Thursday and Friday — we are again pleased to showcase Christmas drawings and Christmas stories from our readers. The annual tradition continues to grow in popularity. We hope the creations bring smiles to the faces of our loyal readers. Merry Christmas to each and every one of you.
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DEECEMBER 22, 2016 | Volume 29 No. 154
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A woman was taken to Royal Inland Hospital with undetermined injuries yesterday after this Nissan SUV left Ord Road and rolled on its side. The singlevehicle accident occurred just before 11 a.m. about one kilometre east of the Cinnamon Ridge yard-waste site. In the photo, Kamloops RCMP Const. Sam Bond probes the wreckage.
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While Coun. Ken Christian has vowed be in the hunt for the mayor’s chair should Mayor Peter Milobar become Kamloops-North Thompson MLA after the May 9 provincial election, another name is also in discussion at Kamloops City Hall. Coun. Arjun Singh confirmed to KTW he’s been approached by some of his council colleagues about serving as interim mayor should voters send Milobar to Victoria. Under that scenario, Milobar might take a leave of absence from council until January of 2018, when the city is no longer required to hold a byelection to replace him, while council appoints a replacement from their numbers. “The reason why I think colleagues at council have thought about me is because I’m going to likely be president provincially of UBCM in 2019 and I made the COUN. ARJUN SINGH decision not to run for mayor in 2018,” Singh said. “So, you would have someone who would not be in a situation where they have an unfair advantage if they did decide to run for mayor in 2018.” Singh noted he’s not the only member of council without immediate mayoral ambitions who could fill that role, acknowledging the provincial election campaign has not officially begun. The campaign officially begins on April 11, 28 days before election day. “My strongest feeling is I want to make sure that council as a whole comes to a strong decision, so it’s not a huge fight and we’re not really split,” Singh said. See COST OF CIVIC BYELECTION, A10
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The mayor of Lytton says a couple killed in a highway crash near Kamloops on Saturday will be missed in the close-knit Fraser Canyon community. Mavis and George Jmayoff were killed when the vehicle they were in collided head-on with a pickup truck on the Trans-Canada Highway about 10 kilometres west of Kamloops. “We’re a pretty small community,” Lytton Mayor Jessoa Lightfoot told KTW.
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“Two people, they’re just steady, long-term members of the community — they’re the bedrock of our community. They’ll really be missed.” Lightfoot said the loss is being felt by many in Lytton. “It’s a damper for sure,” she said. “It’s like any other community anywhere, but I guess in a smaller community it’s more obvious.” Mavis Jmayoff worked at Kumsheen secondary. RCMP Sgt. Mike Pears said a westbound Ford pickup truck with two occupants crossed the centre line of the two-lane highway near the
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