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City opens arms to wildfire victims Kamloops residents and businesses reached out to evacuees of the Fort McMurray wildfire in May, opening their homes to fleeing residents, donating funds through BC Liquor Stores, Kamloops Ford Lincoln and the Canadian Red Cross. Kamloops is all too familiar with the lasting affects a wildfire can have on a community. Considered a hub for fly-in, fly-out workers who commute to Northern Alberta, a long list of Kamloops’ giving spirit was evident regardless of age — as evidenced by a Kamloops Youth Soccer Association’s U13 girls’ house team, the Wildfire, raising $3,300 during the annual Mike Bartram Memorial Youth Soccer Tournament. Many Kamloops residents dug into their pockets to donate money or to open up their homes to their Albertan friends and relatives with a connection to the River City. With only one road through Fort McMurray, Highway 63, the fire in the community cut off those who fled to the north, making for harrowing recounts from residents narrowly escaping walls of flames. CONTINUED ON A6

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With two city council members prepping for next year’s provincial election, a third has announced she is taking an extended leave of absence. On Christmas Eve, Marg Spina posted a message on her Facebook page, explaining she is about “to start my battle with breast cancer” and will be stepping away from her civic duties. Spina wrote she won’t post many details as she begins treatment. “But you can be sure I will put up the fight of my life,” she added. When contacted by KTW on Tuesday, Spina said she didn’t want to talk about her health. She said she is “humbled and deeply honoured and touched by the many good wishes, thoughts and prayers

from so many. I know I will treasure and reflect on each thought of support as I move forward in the coming days and months ahead.” Fellow Coun. Arjun Singh said he expects Spina’s tenacity will result in her being back at the council table before her six-month leave ends. As for the potential of having only six of the nine council members completely focused on running the City of Kamloops, Singh said “we always make things work,” a sentiment echoed by fellow councillors Dieter Dudy and Ken Christian. Christian said city council owes it “to the citizens of Kamloops, and especially to Marg, to make it work.” Dudy said all three voices will be missed, but “having all three away may only be for about six weeks or shorter, depending on

Kamloops Coun. Marg Spina, who has served three terms since first being elected in 2008, will take a six-month leave of absence after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Marg’s recovery.” Dudy doesn’t believe council “will be crippled as a result. “The remaining voices also all have distinct and thoughtful contributions,” he said. “I also think that when we encounter issues where we feel that we would like further input that we can call upon any one of the three for comment. “I’m certain that the six remaining also have a good enough understanding of our fellow

councillors that we will give good thought to what their feelings on matters would be on given issues. I would like to believe that each and every one of us in concert with staff have the strength to see things through and not all be reliant on superstars. “We’ll be fine. We were elected to give our best. Now we have to step that up some. Singh noted Mayor Peter Milobar and Coun. Donovan Cavers, both

candidates in the May 9 provincial election, will only step away from council business for the period of the campaign, which officially begins on April 11. Each would have to make a decision if they are elected to the legislature and that could also impact the size of city council. Milobar is the B.C. Liberal candidate in Kamloops-North Thompson and Cavers is the B.C. Green candidate in Kamloops-South Thompson. Singh said council has dealt with lengthy absences of councillors in the past, notably those of Nancy Bepple, who took a leave of absence at the beginning of 2014 before resigning in March, and earlier this year when injuries from a fall prevented Pat Wallace from being at city hall for more than a month.

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B.C.’s correctional service has developed procedures to respond to drones that may drop drugs or even weapons from above. However, in 2015 and 2016, there have been no recorded reports of drones, also known as unassisted aerial vehicles (UAVs), operating for malicious purposes around provincial correctional facilities, according to records gleaned through a freedom of information request. Provincial records do indicate two reports in the past two years of drones operating around jails or courthouses, but not for malicious purposes. According to minutes from the Justice Institute of B.C.’s operations and security com-

mittee, staff at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre in late 2015 “detected and intervened in an inadvertent drone fly over earlier this year.” The records stated BC Corrections had no record of contraband entering a jail via drone drop. Recent news reports from the United Kingdom show authorities have seized cellphones, drugs, weapons and a DVD player that entered a Liverpool jail from above. Dean Purdy, an official with B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, said the union “has talked about it, but it really hasn’t gone anywhere. “It’s something we’ll be monitoring to be cognizant of down the road,” he said.

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He’s only been gone from the KamloopsThompson school district for a few months, but Karl deBruijn is keeping himself busy. The retired superintendent has been named chair of the 2017 Special Olympics BC Summer Games, which will be held in Kamloops from July 6 to July 8. DeBruijn was a member of the organizing committee for last year’s Special Olympics BC Winter Games in Kamloops and Sun Peaks. “I really believe in the mandate of Special Olympics BC and I am pleased to again have the opportunity to work with this organization,” deBruijn said. “I really enjoyed being a part of the organizing committee during the 2015 SOBC Winter Games. It was a great opportunity to work with some really talented community members who were dedicated to making the Games a very special event for each of the athletes attending from around the province. “We worked hard to ensure that our volunteers and our sport venues were completely ready to host the athletes and the competitions. We wanted each athlete to have a positive sport experience and an opportunity to achieve his/her personal best.” The 2017 event in Kamloops is expected to be the largest Special Olympics Games to date, with about 1,300 athletes competing. More than 1,000 volunteers are needed. To take part, go online to sobcgameskamloops.ca. The 2017 Games will feature 11 sports: fivepin and tenpin bowling, athletics, basketball, bocce, golf, powerlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, soccer, softball and swimming.

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A Kamloops arsonist who in 2013 was the target of an investigation by a national RCMP anti-terrorism unit is back behind bars, expected to plead guilty next week to new charges next week. Tristan Fernandez, 20, is facing two counts of theft, both stemming from alleged incidents on Dec. 20. According to court records, he will plead guilty on Jan. 5.

In 2012, when he was 16, Fernandez pleaded guilty to arson and break-and-enter charges after setting a house fire that killed a family’s pet dog. At the time, court heard Fernandez broke into the Clearwater Avenue home on the North Shore to steal a gaming console. Before he left, he set the house ablaze by lighting cologne-soaked towels on fire. Despite his age, Fernandez was sentenced as an adult and ordered to serve 18 months in jail, followed by three

years of probation. In November 2013, the Crown had Fernandez’s probation conditions tightened after he popped up on the radar of the RCMP’s national-security enforcement team. The anti-terrorism unit searched Fernandez’s home, turning up weapons and a list of locations of Greyhound bus terminals. Fernandez has a criminal record dating back to 2011, when he was jailed as a teenager for four months following a sexual-assault conviction.

Multiple crashes mar Boxing Day in Kamloops area Icy roads in Kamloops on Boxing Day led to a number of accidents, including a two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway in Cherry Creek that forced temporary closure of the route while an air ambulance was called to take victims to hospital. The crash on the highway at Deer Drive — near the Cherry Creek Ranch — took place at 2 p.m. Kamloops Rural RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird said a small Chevrolet car was travelling eastbound when the driver lost control on icy roads, crossing into the path of an oncoming westbound Ford pickup truck. After the collision, the pickup

ended up in the highway’s north ditch. “The impact occurred with the front driver’s bumper of the truck and the driver’s and passenger door of the car,” Aird said. The female driver of the car was pinned in the vehicle until paramedics could free her. Savona Fire and Rescue also arrived to help as Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were busy with a serious crash on Paul Lake Road. Aird said the highway in Cherry Creek was closed for more than an hour as an air ambulance was brought in to take injured driver from the car. Her rear-seat passenger, a young girl, had minor injuries, as

did the driver of the truck and her passenger. All three were taken to hospital by ground ambulance. Aird said roads were extremely icy at the time of the collision, noting recommended speeds would have been under 80 km/hr. “Police are continuing to investigate and note several folks were instrumental in providing immediate medical attention, including a doctor, an off-duty nurse and several first aiders,” Aird said. That crash, and others in the area on a day that brought more snow, prompted police to call for drivers to slow down. Other crashes on Boxing Day included a rollover in Dallas

on Highway 1 near the Lafarge Road off-ramp, in Valleyview on Highway 1 at Grand Boulevard, on Paul Lake Road and at Eighth Street and Lethbridge Avenue on the North Shore. Environment Canada is calling for flurries to persist in Kamloops through Saturday, with the mercury set to drop to lows of -14 C on New Year’s Day and Jan. 2. Through yesterday, Kamloops had received 34.5 centimetres of snow in December, far more than the 21.4 centimetres of snow the city historically averages during the entire month. Dec. 23 delivered the most snow for the month, with 12 centimetres falling on the city.

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Hepatitis A scare for those who dined at Clearwater Dairy Queen Interior Health officials have issued an alert after an employee at the Dairy Queen restaurant in Clearwater was diagnosed with hepatitis A. In a news release, the health agency described the employee as a “food handler” and urged people who ate at the restaurant to undergo testing. “While hepatitis A is uncommon in Interior Health, it is believed there is a low but definite risk to persons who ate food at this restaurant during the period this food handler was infectious,” the release reads. Anyone who ate at Clearwater Dairy Queen between certain times on Dec. 8, Dec. 9, Dec. 11, Dec. 15, Dec. 16, Dec. 17 and Dec. 18 have been advised to get vaccinated with-

in two weeks of possible exposure. Vaccination can prevent hepatitis A disease, but only if given within 14 days of exposure. Health authorities held vaccination clinics in Clearwater and Kamloops on Dec. 23, Dec. 24, Dec. 26, and Dec. 27. In Kamloops, vaccination clinics were held on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24. In addition, vaccines can be administered at the emergency departments of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops and Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater. The Interior Health Authority said Dairy Queen has been co-operative with officials, noting there is no ongoing risk to customers of the restaurant.

Gas-line break in West End A backhoe ruptured a natural-gas line in downtown Kamloops on Tuesday morning and Fortis crews were

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Seymour, west of First Avenue — was called in at 9:45 a.m. There were no injuries reported.

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Vandals used a permanent marker to scrawl messages on the Cenotaph in Memorial Hill Park on Battle Street downtown. The words “the natives did lots,” “eagle” and “respect,” along with scribbling, were left on the part of the memorial honouring Kamloops soldiers who died in the First World War. Crews expect to erase the markings this week. A $100,000 refurbishment on the Cenotaph is nearly complete.

Million-dollar Christmas present Someone in Kamloops or the North Thompson Valley woke up on Christmas morning a millionaire. While the main jackpot in Saturday’s (Dec. 24) Lotto 6/49 draw was not won and was carried over to an $11-million prize last night, there were five guaranteed $1-million prizes awarded. Among those winners was the person who bought a ticket in the Kamloops-North Thompson area. Other $1-million winners Saturday purchased tickets in Burnaby, Ontario and Western Canada (2). The B.C. Lottery Corporation has not yet specified where the winning ticket was purchased in the local region.

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The city recorded seven such deaths in all of 2015. This year, Kamloops has had the most overdose deaths, per capita, of any community in B.C. Bob Hughes, executive director of ASK Wellness, estimated there are about 300 such drug users in Kamloops. Hughes believes a new initiative, triggered by Health Minister Terry Lake when he told all regional health authorities

Shinny takes the spotlight The Hockey Day in Canada extravaganza was an unqualified success as Kamloops took centre stage on national TV. It was epic — from the opening ceremony in Sun Peaks, to community visits by NHL legends, to a star-studded luncheon, to an action-packed alumni game, to an eclectic concert and, finally, to the marathon coast-tocoast broadcast from Sandman Centre. The Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets squared off in Game 7 of their Western Conference quarter-final series in a do-or-die showdown, capturing the hearts of Kamloops’ hockey fans. More than 38,000 spectators took in eight days of hockey in two venues at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship. One of the larg-

est events in women’s hockey, officials said the Tournament Capital of Canada exceeded all expectations as host of the eight-day event. “I think pleased would be an understatement,” Riley Wiwchar, Hockey Canada’s general manager of the 2016 women’s world championship, told KTW. “Kamloops definitely lived up to its reputation as Canada’s Tournament Capital and I think will definitely be looked at for future events.” The always-energetic city man Jeff Putnam said it best: “From a pure media exposure value for the Tournament Capital, we scored a hat trick!”

Welcoming the refugees to town

Kamloops’ first Syrian refugee family of five arrived just hours before the new year was set to begin.

A small group of people, many of them part of Refugees and Friends Together (RAFT) stood at Kamloops Airport to greet the exhausted family. Father Khaled alMohammad, wife Reem, son Mustafa, son Yamen and daughter Ineam left much behind them in the carnage of the war in Syria. Holding Canadian flags, some with flowers and hand-made welcome signs, the family’s arrival to Kamloops was heralded by the singing of the traditional Islamic song Tala’ al-Badru ‘Alayn, which has been used to greet refugees across the country. When the song ended, someone shouted out, “Welcome to Canada!” which was followed by a round of applause. A few weeks later, brothers Rough Youssef Labbad and

Rodan Youssef Labbad stepped onto the tarmac from their Air Canada flight, to be received by members of the Kamloops Islamic Association and RAFT as the second refugee family to reach the city. Since then, refugee families have quietly been welcomed to communities throughout Canada without much of the fanfare first seen in earlier months.

Pooling opinions for the future

Faced with expensive repairs to the indoor Westsyde Pool and the outdoor pools in Brocklehurst and McDonald Park, the city suggested a major recreation revamp early in the year. The initial idea would have entailed draining the water from Westsyde and turning that building into a recreation centre with a gym, closing Brock Pool and replac-

ing it with an ice sheet, turning the McDonald Park into a spray park and building a leisure pool on McArthur Island. The reception to the idea was more than cool and it didn’t take long for neighbourhoods to rally behind their local pools, creating waves of furious protest online about the proposal. The petitions began. In the end, Kamloopsians helped to guide the city’s decision-making. After four public meetings on the city’s proposal to radically alter recreational facilities on the North Shore, council concurred with Mayor Peter Milobar’s recommendation that the city keep pools in Westsyde and Brocklehurst open and close McDonald Pool, replacing it with a spray park and wading pool.

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LOCAL NEWS Fentanyl pills are shown in an undated police handout photo. Fentanyl is being mixed into cocaine and heroin, a combination that has killed hundreds across B.C. this year. The RCMP is working with the United Nations and China to stem the influx of the dangerous opioid into Canada. RCMP PHOTO

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Dr. Silvina Mema knows creation of overdose-protection sites in Kamloops is going to upset some people, but she said when faced with the kind of medical emergency B.C. has been experiencing, priorities have to shift. The process continues to establish a mobile supervised drug-use site in Kamloops. “The reality is people are still dying in the streets,” said Mema, the Interior Health Authority’s medical officer of health. “And we would ask the community to be patient and to help us.” After Health Minister Terry Lake invoked powers that direct health boards to provide overdose-prevention services, the health authority announced it was creating two such sites in Kamloops, one at the ASK Wellness Centre on Tranquille Road on the North Shore, the other at the ASK-run Crossroad Inn on Seymour Street downtown. They are now in operation.

Mema said the sites include at least one nurse and one other trained specialist with experience in the harm-reduction stream of health care. They have been taken from other areas, but Mema said that’s part of the prioritization — if there is a crucial need somewhere else, staff who can address it will be deployed. “This is temporary and our hope is some day this [level of drug-overdose deaths] will be over,” she said. The sites are only one answer, Mema said, noting education is key. But, she added, doctors also need to rethink whether prescribing opioids for pain management should be the answer. Mema said the province’s health authorities are working with the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons to promote consideration of other pain-management medications or therapies. “That culture is changing,” she said. “We want to make sure physicians know there are other options for treating pain.” The IHA wants to open a

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mobile supervised drug-use site in Kamloops, but that proposal has not yet gone to the federal government. An online portal for public comment closed on Dec. 15 and that information, along with feedback from others — business associations, police, municipal government, associated agencies and health-care providers — will be analyzed before a next step is taken. Mema said the authority also has to decide if it can afford the clinic — and two others to be placed in Kelowna — but Lake has said in the past the clinics must be established to address the soaring overdose-death rate. Mema said she understands the concern from ASK executive director Bob Hughes that his two buildings will become a “mecca” for drug users, but noted research shows that is always the case with agencies that work in harm reduction. She said drug users know they are the go-to places. “It’s good to have them concentrated so we know where to put the sites,” Mema said.

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here are two days left in 2016, after which we welcome 2017 and all that an artificial timeline promises. This year, as with every other year since we began worshiping celebrity, a large number of famous people died. Some deaths were tragic, such as that of 29-year-old country singer Craig Strickland, who drowned after his boat capsized on a fishing trip, and that of Tray Walker, 23, an NFL player who died in a dirt-bike crash. Some deaths were not surprising, such as the demise of hard-partying former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the age of 45. But most deaths were simply the cessation of charmed lives at ages most of us can only hope to reach. It’s neither tragic nor sad to learn Nancy Reagan died at 94 or Harper Lee left us at 89. It is, as they say, life — and death. From David Bowie to Merle Haggard to Prince to George Michael to Carrie Fisher, the number of celebrities dying in 2016 were many — but the numbers were as high in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and each and every year before. To those whose social-media posts include calls for this “awful year” to end, we contend a year cannot be judged on the awful meter based on celebrity deaths alone. According to the World Health Organization, 56-million people die each year on Earth, which is an average of about 153,424 people each day. The vast majority of those 153,424 deaths involve people who were not known worldwide for their celebrity, but it is safe to assume their deaths were as painful to those who loved them. No, 2016 was not the “worst year ever,” as some star-struck bloggers in cyberspace would argue. To name but a select few years, we’d pit 1665 (Great Plague of London), 1939 (start of Second World War) and anywhere between 450–440 Ma in the Ordovician-Silurian transition (one of the five major extinction events on this planet) against 2016 any day.

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New Year’s inspiration

ew Year’s inspiration can be found in the most interesting places. This year, it comes from the longtime prime minister of Sweden, Goran Persson, who, when asked for some observations on his goal for the coming year, opined: “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” We will have plenty of opportunity to do that in 2017. Let’s consider a few ways: The most important way comes early in 2017 as the province heads into another election cycle. In the last one, we came so close to setting a new record in voter turnout, as only 55 per cent of us got off our butts and went into our neighbourhood polling stations. The previous election, in 2013, saw only half of eligible voters exercise the right our forefathers fought to protect for us all. Those aren’t impressive statistics and a look back, courtesy of Elections B.C., shows the percentage has been steadily dropping since 1983. Do society a favour. When election day arrives on May 9, vote. • Let’s also try to elevate the level of online discourse, particularly those who choose to comment over and over and over again on stories that apparently anger them. There’s no need to throw out insults and pettiness. Comment on the issues, but leave out the

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LEVEL personal attacks. The words “white privilege” have been thrown around a lot on social media in the past year, often correctly as pertaining to people who have things pretty good, whose biggest challenges might be whether to get an Android or an iPhone. There’s always an outpouring of charity at Christmas, and that’s a good thing, but let’s remember to be charitable to others on each of the 364 days of the year that do not fall on Dec. 25. Many of us have had pretty good lives, not wanting for much. We baby boomers never faced the kinds of challenges our kids and grandkids are facing. Some of them fall down. Rather than blaming them for their slips, let’s help raise them up again. The world they live in is a lot different from the one in which many of us spent our formative years. There are plenty of ways to be charitable to others. Volunteer your talents with a local agency. Look for one that might be under the radar, that does amazing work despite not having a lot

of help. I continue to marvel at the tiny army behind Sensational Soups, for example, a small group of retired and nearly-retired women who serve almost 1,000 free homemade lunches every month. They demonstrate how a group with an idea and the energy to pursue it can help change a tiny part of the world. There are plenty of others just like them and there are those one-off events that require volunteers to be successful. Consider the Special Olympics BC Summer Games that come to town in July. More than 1,000 athletes and 350 volunteer coaches will bring their talents to the public, but they will need more of us to help, to sponsor the event, to attend. Basically, get involved in your community, however you define it. It might be your church, your child’s school, your union or the book club you and others host every month. Skip the stop-smoking/loseweight resolutions and their ilk. Instead, consider Persson’s observation about New Year’s Eve, which continued with these words: “We who stand here will come to meet others when things are as difficult as they can be. Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone. Speak, but even more, listen. Do not be in a hurry, have patience, wait. “Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.” dale@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @mdalebass

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DRUG USERS KEEP MAKING BAD CHOICES Editor: I agree with Roger Parker’s letter of Dec. 20 on the fentanyl crisis (‘Reaction to addicts condones behaviour’). We all seem to be forgetting drug use is a choice, a decision people continue to make despite

the warnings and the deaths. We have our provincial government trying to put a Band-Aid on the situation by having paramedics go on TV and tell us it’s OK, that they don’t judge users, but here’s a fix should they choose

to continue to make bad choices. Our paramedics, police officers and healthcare providers are being taxed to the limit to undo the harm these people continue to do to themselves when they have been continually told

what the consequences may be. Why is our province not doing more to promote abstinence? Not everyone is doing drugs. It is not the norm. When we have the choice and we continue

to make bad choices, we have to live with the consequences of those choices. How we respond to destructive behaviour needs a major rethink.

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COMPARING TRUMP TO HITLER SIMPLY WRONG

“All the best, Marg. I hope you get a good rest out of the whole thing — and I mean that in a positive way. “Council will manage to survive. Wishing you well.” — posted by Brian Husband

Editor: I read with interest Linda Rightmire’s letter of Dec. 23 (‘Trump cartoon hits the mark’) comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. I’m not a Trump fan, but if I were American, I would have voted for him to

RE: STORY: KAMLOOPS TRANSIT SERVICE EXTENDED ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, BUT BUSES WON’T RUN ON NEW YEAR’S DAY:

keep the corrupt Clintons out. But comparisons to Hitler and Stalin border on the ridiculous. To compare anyone to those two horrible human beings is simply wrong. They were murderers. No one can change the election results, so,

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as is so often said, “wait and see” applies in this situation. One thing is certain: the stale U.S. government system, which is a mess, will change, hopefully for the better. D. Johnston Mesa, Ariz.

PUT PRESCHOOL, SENIORS’ CENTRE IN STUART WOOD Editor: I have an idea for the former Stuart Wood elementary building in downtown Kamloops. The restriction is that the building has to be used for educational purposes.

Could we not put a preschool there? How about a seniors’ centre? A lot of older people have lost contact with family or don’t have family and we could run an adopt-a-grandparent program

with the preschool children. We could also have an outreach program for youth. The fentanyl crisis needs to be stopped before kids start using drugs. This may be a good way to do that.

We could also put the museum in the building, tie in some education and help these children get in touch with their history. Tracey Lodge Kamloops

GIVE MY PENSION RAISE TO THE ORCA PROBE Editor: I was listening to a CBC Radio story about the orca whale that washed ashore in Sechelt. Everyone was concerned about the

cause of death. In fact, they performed a necropsy and determined the animal died of blunt-force trauma. There is speculation a ship may have hit it.

They were even wondering if there is some way to investigate which ship it could have been. I’m quite sure the necropsy was an expensive

procedure and subsequent investigations will not be cheap. Therefore, I would like to donate my Canada pension raise of 55 cents to help with the costs.

Any remaining money from my raise can be used to purchase some naloxone kits. Elaine Chambers Kamloops

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Staff stars of $4,000 Cheer donation KTW STAFF

During the holidays, Southstar Equipment pays for staff to head up to Sun Peaks to celebrate — accommodations, drinks and even breakfast the next day all paid for by the company. It’s why, when asked at the event to give $20 or so to help local charities, staff don’t bat an eye. “We raised $4,700 and change altogether,” said Southstar parts manager Tayla Collings of the 60-person party. The KTW Christmas Cheer Fund received $4,000 and the Kamloops Food Bank and ASK Wellness picked up the change. An avid KTW reader — she also found her job via a posting in the newspaper — Collings said Cheer caught her attention because it benefits multiple chariDONATIONS AS OF DEC. 29 Anna Evenrude, $50 Anonymous, $25 Sandra Blakely, $100 Margaret Sandulak, $75 Kay Prichard, $25 Rick Bennett, $50 H and L Francis, $50 Anonymous, $25 The Hanes family in memory of Brett and Bob, $100 Spencer and Janet Bryson, $200 Larry J. Lewis, $50 Anonymous, $100 Wendy and Kim in memory of Peter Basson, $25 Amy Regen, $100 Anonymous, $100 In memory of Mike Jules, from Hunter and Mitch, $75 Robert and Romona Goldie, $30 Jeanne Abbott, $200 M. N. Rueger, $50 Mrs. L. Stevenson in memory of Gerry Stevenson, $50 Shirley Brown, $100 Anonymous, $28 M. Colleen Stainton, $200 Kathy Mason, $100 Libby Denbigh in memory of David and Rachel, $25 The Patrick family in memory of Kelly, $100 Greg Harris, $50 Anonymous, $20 Joan and Larry Cummings, $30 Marlene Larson, $100 Anonymous, $200 Anonymous in memory of Sandy, $100 Lucy Hicks, $50 Anonymous, $100 Anonymous, $25 In memory of P.O. R.C. Carnegie RCAF, $100 Brenda Funk in memory of Henry Funk, $25 Lynne Totten, $100

KTW publisher Kelly Hall (left) greets Tayla Collings (second from left), Michael Sampietro and Carol Ramunno just before the KTW office was to close on the last workday before Christmas. The trio from Southstar Equipment in the Mount Paul Industrial Park dropped off $4,000 for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

ties and all the money stays local. “I was reading the paper and I saw that,” Collings said. She called the fundraising a combined effort from staff, the result of a 50-50 draw, raffle and silent auction. Anonymous, $100 Paula Gardner in memory of Brad Gardner, $500 Julia Bergeron birthday party donations in lieu of gifts, $55 Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Hart, $100 Anonymous, $200 Joan Goode, $25 Anonymous, $25 Lois McAlary in memory of Sarah McAlary, $100 Edie Pletzer, $50 Anonymous, $25 Heather Palmer, $100 Evelyn Meyer, $75 In memory of Teresa and Sam Bruno, $50 1:30 p.m. Mon/Wed Old Dogs hockey group, $450 Anonymous, $100 Anonymous, $100 Sharon and Tom Moore, $100 Anonymous, $500 Gwen and Gordon Watson Harris, $400 Olga MacKay, $20 Harriett and Jacques Chave, $100 Robert and Jo-Mary Hunter, $200 Wayne and Twink Murphy, $25 Spats and Bingley, $50 Tony and Kaz Dufficy, $100 Gladys and Ken Klepachek, $50 Nel Sarrasin in memory of Gordon Sarrasin, $50 D. McKee, $50 Diana Hauser, $100 Anonymous, $25 Don and Marlene Pattern, $50 John and Val Kemp, $100 P. O’ Brien, $100 Wesley, Vanessa and Christina Mah, $75 Terry and Lynne Murphy, $500 Geoff and Judy Gibbard, $100 Anonymous, $200

“It’s company-wide and every single person is into it,” she said. “We’re kind of like a family. Everybody gets together.” Last year, the company raised about $2,600, with funds supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters and Christmas

Geoff and Judy Gibbard, $100 Cathy and Phil Homan, $100 Gwen MacKinder in memory of my friend Sophia Keuris, $100, and in memory of my mother Minnie Cook, $100 Anonymous, $100 Ken and Mo in memory of Kala MacKinlay, $200 Anonymous, $200 Cathy and Phil Holman, $100 Sandy and Robbie Osborne, $100 Anonymous, $100 Anonymous, $100 Terry and Dick Taylor, $100 Judy and Ken Zutz, $100 Leona Colna, $25 Catherine Damini, $50 Verita and Case Van Diemen, $500 Don and Debby Erickson, $100 Mike and Helen McBride, $100 Clarke and Merle Roadhouse, $25 Eleanor M. Nicol, $500 Jim and Thea Rousell, $25 Rob and Shirley Shanks, $25 Marge Lane, $25 Arlene Currie, $35 Stan and Evelyn Lowrey, $25 Kamloops Ladies Afternoon Curling Club, $180 Anonymous, $200 Calvin and Patricial Moulton, $100 Noeline and Kale Kerr, $100 Anonymous, $200 In memory of Fred and Sandra, $50 Vera Wojna, $100 John and Joanne Soberlak, $200 Anonymous, $100 In memory of Muriel and Norman Cooper and

Amalgamated. Collings was blown away when that number nearly doubled this year, the difference maker being suppliers she contacted to donate extra items for the draws. Companies from as far away as New Zealand stepped

Gloria andTom Stout Sr., $100 First Annual Holiday PopUp Market, $42.25 Anonymous, $100 Linda Marson, $100 James Moffat, $100 Jerry Neigel, $200 Darren, Sharlene and Kyle McIlwain, $100 Joe Dobson, $100 Anonymous, $50 Anonymous, $100 Len and Sheila Knight, $50 Commodore dinner with friends and family of KTW, $1,525 Anonymous, $100 The Botham family in memory of Peter, $100 In memory of Juli Lion, $50 Thompson Rivers University Foundation, $500 Allan and Karen MacLaren, $25 Anonymous, $20 Anonymous, $300 John and Lorraine Hoffert, $200 Anonymous, $100 Kathleen Ayotte, $100 Anonymous, $200 Merry Christmas to family and Friends, $600 In memory of Aunt Gertie, $100 Marg and Terry Bangen, $100 Taya Berkhout, $200 Anonymous, $100 A and G Morrissette, $200 Angela and Chris de Haan, $300 Rusty and Ian Paterson, $100 Anonymous, $100 Barry Manderson and Kathy Bassett, $100 Rae and John Agassiz, $80 Sue Turner, $100 Frank and Chris Amon, $200 Anonymous, $100

up with everything from hotel accommodations to appliances and event tickets. Southstar staff matched that generosity. “We thought just to give back,” Collings said. “We thought it would be nice to give even $20.” The KTW Christmas Cheer Fund raises funds annually in support of local nonprofits. This year’s beneficiaries are: The Kamloops Sexual Assault and Counselling Centre, Sensational Soups, New Life Community Kamloops, The Y Women’s Emergency Shelter and Family Tree Family Centre. To donate, go online to kamloopsthisweek. com and click on the Cheer penguin or drop into the KTW office at 1365 Dalhousie Dr. Tax receipts are given for donations greater than $20.

Chris Wass, $75 Jo Armstrong, $100 Audrey Dalgleish in memory of my sister Daphne Perry, $50 In memory of Dad-Noel from the Kirby family, $100 Hudson Bay Company associates, $301 Western Karate Academy Christmas charity kickathon, $7,475 Anonymous, $100 Bill and Carol Greenhalgh, $500 Tracy Hendry, $140 Anonymous, $100 Anonymous, $50 Anonymous, $100 Downtown Businessmen’s Christmas social, $890 Volkswagen of Kamloops, $1,000 In memory of Dicey Robinson, $1,000 St. John Vianney Friday afternoon bridge club, $149.05 Anonymous, $25 Alexis and Cathy’s Christmas party, $240 Rosemary Anerson, $50 Alice De Smet in memory of Bill, Brenda and Patrick, $25 Kam Tech Consulting, $300 Evelyn Vipond-Schmidt in memory of Wilf Schmidt, $200 Preceptor Delta Beta Sigma Phi, $100 Diane Bloomfield, $20 Maureen Carr in memory of Emily Lendvoy, $50 Anonymous, $200 Kamloops Community Corrections, $270 Anonymous, $50 The dental staff of Dr. Daniel Wotton, $210 BC Hydro employees, $382.50 Anonymous, $100 Shirley Clayton in memory of Tony and Kay, $200

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TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian actors Dan Aykroyd and William Shatner are some of the scores of people paying tribute to the late Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars. Trudeau — who is known to be a big Star Wars fan — honoured

CARRIE FISHER: Died on Tuesday at age 60 from a heart attack.

the iconic American actress by tweeting: “We’ll never forget you, Carrie. May the Force be with you always.”

For the last two years, Trudeau invited patients from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa to join him for advance private screenings of The Force Awakens and Rogue One. He was also photographed with his family on Halloween in 2015 dressed as Han Solo, while his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, was Princess Leia.

Fisher died Tuesday at age 60, four days after falling ill aboard a flight to Los Angeles from London. Media reports say the actress had a heart attack. Aykroyd, who was briefly engaged to Fisher in 1980, called her his “beautiful, brilliant, funny, wise, kind and generous Blues Sister” on Twitter. “So ironic. Xmas was Carrie’s favourite

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thing next to babies,’’ the Canadian actor said of his Blues Brothers co-star. Shatner, best known for his role as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, also took to Twitter to express his condolences. “I’m deeply saddened to learn of the death of Carrie Fisher. I will miss our banterings. A wonderful talent and light has been extinguished,”

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Relative faces drunk-driving charges after couple killed THE CANADIAN PRESS

CORNER BROOK. N.L. — People in a Newfoundland fishing village are mourning the deaths of a couple who were run down as they walked home from a Christmas gathering, allegedly by a relative

now facing charges of drunk driving. A man related to the married couple, Merle and Marilyn Sheppard, said yesterday they were walking along the Little Port Road in Lark Harbour when they were struck by a pickup truck after midnight Boxing Day.

Eric Sheppard, who is a distant cousin of the 59-year-old husband, said the man accused in the case is Marilyn Sheppard’s brother-in-law and was attending the same party, but is based in Fort McMurray, Alta. Sheppard said the deaths are being

keenly felt throughout the town of about 500 people, where many bear that last name and have a family connection. “I knew them all my life,’’ he said from his home. “It will have a big effect on the community, a very big effect because every-

body knows everyone.’’ Walter Joyce, 45, appeared in court in Corner Brook yesterday and was released to return for another hearing on Jan. 17. RCMP Cpl. Trevor O’Keefe confirmed a man who has a family connection to the couple was facing four

charges, including two counts of impaired driving causing death, impaired driving and driving while over the legal limit. Sheppard said they attended the party on Little Port Road and began walking home on the same road, when they were hit not

far from their home. Sheppard, a retired truck driver, said the couple worked in the fishery, going out on their own boat to catch lobster, cod and crab. He said they lived in the town their whole lives and attended the sole local church.

Atheist United Church minister starting new secular community Vosper deemed unsuitable as minister MICHELLE MCQUIGGE

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Roy Lee, 43, and Chun Lam, 64, have been missing at Cypress Mountain Resort (above) in West Vancouver since Christmas Day.

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VANCOUVER — Searchers say this is a crucial day for two Vancouver-area men facing a third day in the frigid backcountry of Vancouver’s North Shore. Forty-three-year-old Roy Lee and Chun Lam, who is 64, have been missing since Christmas Day when they set out for a day of snowshoeing at the Cypress Mountain Resort

in West Vancouver. A search began Sunday night after Lee’s car was found in the parking lot of the resort, but without a trip plan, searchers have been challenged to trace the pair in the sprawling area. Members of North Shore Rescue were optimistic late Tuesday after making what they hoped was voice contact with the pair, but fading light and increasingly dangerous condi-

tions forced suspension of the search before contact could be confirmed. Team spokesman Mike Danks said rescuers were returning to Strachan Mountain, north of the resort, but the weather was not in their favour and snow and clouds were hampering the use of helicopters. About 20 searchers and at least two aircraft are involved in the rescue effort.

B.C. court rules against allowing man’s trial to be held in French NEW WESTMINSTER — A judge in British Columbia has ruled against a man’s bid to have his trial heard in French. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Murray Blok said in a written decision that the Francophone man who applied for a judicial review of his request did not prove

that a lower court made a mistake in refusing him a French-language trial. Joseph Bessette is disputing a charge of driving while prohibited dating back to September 2014, and asserts his right to have a trial in French. Bessette applied for the right in provincial

court, claiming he can request his trial be conducted in either of Canada’s official languages, but the judge refused. The Crown claimed that because the alleged offence falls under provincial law instead of the federal criminal code that it can only be tried in English, with inter-

pretation if necessary. Blok ruled there is not “ongoing significant’’ infringement of Bessette’s rights to have his trial heard in English, but the judge also left the door open for Bessette to appeal the language decision after his trial is complete. — The Canadian Press

TORONTO — A minister deemed unsuitable by the United Church for declaring herself an atheist is now at the heart of an effort to establish a type of church-style, secular community in Canada. Gretta Vosper is one of about 10 founding members of Toronto’s Oasis Network, believed to be the first of its kind in Canada and due to launch in February. Oasis communities, which have sprung up in several locations across the United States, are nonfaith-based groups that try to draw people together based on five broadbased principles. Among them are notions reality is best understood through reason rather than religious insight and that the world’s problems are best addressed by people rather than divine intervention. Vosper sees setting up the community in Toronto as a natural extension of the work she’s already doing at one of the city’s churches. The United Church criticized Vosper for declaring herself an atheist and will hold an ecclesiastical hearing in late 2017 to determine whether or not she will be defrocked as a minister. Vosper is fighting to keep her job as the pastoral leader of the West Hill United Church in east Toronto and said her involvement with the Oasis community builds upon what she has tried to establish there. “There’s many elements of religion that will be picked up by Oasis, but they’re not exclusive to religion,” Vosper told The Canadian Press. “Religion has carried them forward and done it very, very well in many ways, but also in many ways has done it with drastic results. So to distill the best elements of religion in a way that can allow them to be embraced by an increasingly secular world I think is important, and that’s what we’re doing.” Oasis will maintain many trappings of a traditional church, she said. The group will gather on Sunday mornings, often seen as the time best-suited for family activities,

and congregate in a multi-faith centre in downtown Toronto. They will offer programs for children while adults listen to a guest speaker or a local musician. Gatherings will not centre around a single leader, but will instead be shaped by the guest presenters who will lead discussions of topics relevant to the community. Vosper said the group is open to anyone who shares the five core principles of Oasis: people are more important than beliefs, reality is known through reason, human hands solve human problems, meaning comes from making a difference and be accepting and be accepted. She said the goal is to create a free-thinking, compassionate community that offers many of the same benefits regular church-goers have experienced. Vosper said the group is far from an atheist community, adding people of all religious convictions are welcome. Vosper emerged as a controversial figure in United Church circles when she renounced belief in God and the bible in 2013. She recently told a Church review panel that she identified as an atheist as a sign of solidarity with those who were persecuted for challenging religious fundamentalism or extremism. In September, that review committee issued a report saying Vosper’s lack of belief in God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit made her unsuitable as a minister. Vosper, 58, who was ordained in 1993, joined her West Hill congregation in 1997 and has been up front about her beliefs for years. Things came to a head after she wrote an open letter to the church’s spiritual leader following the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris in January 2015, pointing out that belief in God can motivate bad behaviour. The general secretary of the church’s council decided on the review of her fitness to preach. Congregation members and fellow ministers have supported her throughout the controversy, with one retired leader asking to be defrocked as a show of support.

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Champagne and chanterelles Swap wine for bubbly with this New Year’s inspired risotto dish ELIZABETH KARMEL

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ven though risotto is a simple rice dish, I associate it with special occasions. A northern Italian rice dish cooked in broth to a creamy consistency, risotto is most often served as a first course. But in North America, it is served as a side or main course. It almost always includes butter, onions and wine. I have made white wine risotto with spring peas and crab meat and red-wine risotto with caramelized shallots and mushrooms. But I never thought about making Champagne risotto until my friend and fellow chef, Bob Blumer, mentioned it to me. I knew immediately Champagne risotto would have to become my New Year’s Eve staple — it’s comforting on a cold night and easy to prepare while talking and drinking with friends. And it’s the perfect choice for an at-home New Year’s Eve celebration. Bob makes his risotto with asparagus, which is out of season right now. I opted to make mine with one of my favourite ingredients — mushrooms. Any kind of mushrooms work or a mixture of wild mushrooms. The combination of garlic, shallots, butter, Champagne, Parmesan and thyme is so rich that this recipe is excellent with button mushrooms and only gets better with more interesting mushrooms. My favourite two mushrooms are meaty morels and chanterelles. And, since it is New Year’s Eve, why not spurge with Champagne and chanterelles? The key to risotto is setting up two pots — one for the stock and the other for making the risotto itself. Keep the stock warm so it is absorbed quicker and doesn’t “shock’’ the risotto as you stir it in, little by little. Elizabeth Karmel is the chef and pit master at online retailer carolinacuetogo.com and the author of three books, including Taming the Flame.

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Servings: two dinner portions or four side dishes Start to finish: 45 minutes 2 large shallots, chopped (about 1/3 cup) 2 large cloves of garlic, chopped 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 4 tbsp. butter, divided 4 ounces mixed chopped mushrooms (a generous cup of cooked mushrooms) 1 cup Champagne 32 ounces unsalted chicken or vegetable stock 6 sprigs of fresh thyme, divided 1 generous cup Arborio rice 1 generous cup Parmesan cheese, grated In a heavy-bottomed medium-sized pot over medium-high heat, add olive oil and two tablespoons of butter. Immediately add shallots and garlic and stir for three to four minutes or until shallots are translucent and start browning around the edges. Add rice and stir vigorously for about 30 seconds until the rice grains are coated in oil. Let rice toast in the pan for about three minutes, stirring frequently. In a medium sauté pan, add the remaining butter and melt. Season with salt and add mushrooms. Cook down until lightly sautéed and set aside. In a second pot, warm stock and 1/2 cup of Champagne over mediumlow heat. Add four sprigs of thyme to infuse stock. Add Champagne to the rice mixture and reduce heat to medium. Add in sautéed mushrooms. Stir for two to three minutes, until most of the liquid is absorbed. Use a ladle to add 1/2 cup of the hot stock to the rice. Stir frequently. Each time the stock is almost fully absorbed, add another 1/2 cup. Continue stirring and adding stock until rice is creamy yet still a little firm to the bite. (It may not be necessary to use all of the stock.) The total cooking time, once the rice has been added, should not be more than 25 minutes. To keep the rice slightly creamy, don’t wait until the last ladle full of stock is totally absorbed before pulling it off the heat and serving. Remove from heat. Stir in the reserved thyme (leaves only) and Parmesan cheese. Continue stirring until cheese is completely melted. Season with salt and pepper. Serve in flat bowls with a sprig of thyme. Nutrition information per serving: 343 calories; 174 calories from fat; 19 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 37 mg cholesterol; 475 mg sodium; 31 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 12 g protein.

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ince being featured in the KTW series Transcendent: When Darrin became Deanna, Deanna Packard is a grandmother again. The Medicine Hat native — who reached out to KTW in early 2016 to share her story living as a transgender woman — still resides in Kamloops with her three daughters and five grandchildren, the youngest being eight months old. Her eldest is seven and still calls her “gampa,” but she’s proud to see a younger generation embracing the changing

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landscape of gender identity. She fondly tells the story of her grandson recently coming home from school proclaiming it’s OK for boys to wear dresses if they want to. “He is taking it very well,” Packard said. “If I did go tomorrow, he is going to remember me as a female. So, I think the kids nowadays are more accepting of it. I

feel good about that because their generation is going to be way more open.” KTW chronicled Packard’s life story back in May, a feature that followed her experience through her troubled younger years, her battle with HIV and her transition. It also delved into the resources available in Kamloops to those experiencing gender dysphoria. Today, Packard has set her sights on

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nnette Glover is no longer heading off to school board meetings, but the longtime trustee is still advocating for students and education. Glover, was a trustee for 18 years before stepping away from that position in 2014 to run for city council. She continues her volunteer work with

the Big Little Science Centre, Kamloops Performing Arts Festival and the United Way Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo. In addition, Glover and husband Bill Duncan welcome international students with School District 73 and Thompson Rivers University into their home, which is also the Overlander B&B. Glover said activities that keep her busy also fuel her positive attitude and improve her quality of life. It’s important for people to talk with each other, share moments and

experiences, Glover said. “We need to get to know each other.” Her work with the BIG Little Science Centre also continues to fill her with pride as she has helped it expand through the years. Glover is also enjoying her work with the United Way as it goes through the steps to be accredited by Imagine Canada, a national organization that works in the charitable sector, a process she expects will find success in about a year. Add in six kids, 10 grandchildren, some

extensive trips abroad — three weeks that took the couple from Yellowstone Park to the U.S. Open, in addition to an extensive backpacking bike tour of The Netherlands — and she’s keeping busy following her passions. But the little moments can bring the best delight, like listening to the students living with her, who have come from Brazil, Russia, China, Japan and Hong Kong, sitting at the breakfast table, just talking with each other. “That is what I like,” Glover said. 2016-2017

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Nomadic journey ends in Kamloops to become executive medical director of what was then the Thompson Health Region under the

NDP government. He remained in senior administrative positions when regions were amalgamated, ending up with the Interior Health Authority. In 2007, Poulin moved to Saskatoon to work in a similar role and later joined senior administration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. When Poulin originally moved to Kamloops, he was a practising emergency-room doctor in Ontario taking on more and more administration. â€œWhen I saw the opportunity in Kamloops, I was attracted to it,â€? he said. Poulinâ€™s stint as the head of medical administration in Kamloops, with its tertiary hospital, came at a tumultuous time of change brought in by the B.C. Liberal government. Unlike todayâ€™s Interior Health senior administrators who are shielded by teams of public-relations officials, Poulin answered calls personally and was publicly accountable and well-liked by reporters. The physician worked in four Canadian provinces. When it came time to retire two years ago, Poulinâ€™s family was spread in different locations, so there was no natural place to call home. He and his wife, Jodi, decided to move back to the Tournament Capital. â€œOf all the places Iâ€™d lived, Kamloops was the most attractive . . .â€? he said. â€œIt really stuck with me when we did recruitment. We used â€˜work and play in the same day.â€™ That was our catch line. It stuck with me because it was so true.â€? Poulin has done some consulting work, but these days he is not caught up in the grind of work. When heâ€™s grinding away, itâ€™s on the pedals of his road bike. While Saskatchewan had some pull, Poulin said it canâ€™t match the Thompson Valleyâ€™s cycling â€” where the challenge is hills, not headwinds. â€œWith a hill, you know thereâ€™s an end and you have downhill on the other side.â€?

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out of annoyance. For, you see, the 2017 BMW 330e requires you to pull the door release twice before it will open. Also, the shutoff button to power down the engine requires a double-poke before it is truly “off”. And now I have given away the whole

story in the first two paragraphs, because that is pretty much the only major problem I have had with my Bimmer loaner. I was fortunate to be able to grab hold of 330e a couple of weeks back. I got an optioned-up model with all the necessary extras while I was in

Ontario for the Car of the Year tests at Mosport and came away satisfied enough with the whole experience in BMW’s plug-in 3 Series. The car is a hybrid, much along the lines of the company’s i3, (just not as outlandish looking) with a lithium-ion battery

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at moderate speeds. The powertrain’s combination of fourcylinder engine and electric motor delivers suitably BMW-caliber performance, boasting up to 252 horses and

310 lb.-ft of torque. It gets me up to highway speed briskly and quietly. Naturally, it also does so economically. The fuel economy is stated to be a ridiculously low 3.3L/100 km (and even after

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Ontario morning, you will want it in every car. Fortunately, the 330e also has a navigation system (because I have no idea where I am when in Ontario, and would easily get lost and no one would ever see me or the car again). Another favorite thing of mine: a heads-up information display. All the vital info appears in a projection just above the hoodline; a digital speed display, local speed limit (also very handy) and directions from the navigation module are presented in an easy-read fashion. A backup camera and surround-view display appear on the center-dash screen, blind-spot monitors and parking sensors add to the safety and

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ease of use; and my tunes fill the cabin from an upgraded Harmon Kardon sound system (also part of the Premium package enhancement). Taken altogether, there is little to dislike in a vehicle that brings together the slick and powerful driving manners of BMW’s mainstay brand, and puts a suite of technol-

ogy and economical operation behind the cachet of the badge. Except for the part where you have to push the starter button twice to shut it down, and double-pull the door release to get out, but we’ve already covered that. Expect premium car pricing, of course, when you are shopping BMW sedans. But, even then,

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BEIJING — General Motors Co.’s main joint venture in China was fined $29 million on Friday on charges it suppressed competition by enforcing minimum sales prices for dealers, the latest in a string of penalties against foreign auto brands under the country’s anti-monopoly law. Chinese regulators have punished companies in industries from milk to medical devices under a 2008 anti-monopoly law in what appears to be an effort to force down consumer prices. Friday’s announcement followed public criticism by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump of Chinese trade practices but there was no indication the case was linked to that. GM had announced in August 2014 its joint venture, Shanghai GM, was under investigation by anti-monopoly

regulators. The Shanghai Price Bureau said Shanghai GM, a joint venture with state-owned Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., improperly suppressed competition by enforcing minimum prices dealers were allowed to charge for Cadillac, Chevrolet and Buick models. That “disrupted the normal order of market competition,” the statement said. Setting minimum retail prices is a common practice in many markets but lawyers say Chinese regulators appear to regard it as an improper restraint on competition. A statement by the price bureau said the penalty was set at four per cent of Shanghai GM’s annual sales, or 201 million yuan ($29 million). In a statement, GM said: “GM fully respects local laws and regulations wherever we operate. We will provide full support

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to our joint venture in China to ensure that all responsive and appropriate actions are taken with respect to this matter.” GM vies with Germany’s Volkswagen AG for the status of the top-selling vehicle brand in China. Sales of GM vehicles in China rose seven per cent in November over a year earlier to 371,740 units. Year-to-date sales rose 8.5 per cent to 3.4 million. Audi, VW’s luxury unit, was fined $40.5 million and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Chrysler brand received a smaller penalty in 2014 on similar charges of enforcing minimum sales prices. State media cited an official saying Daimler Benz AG’s Mercedes unit was

guilty of violations but no penalty was announced. Toyota Motor Corp. said its Lexus unit was under scrutiny but no results have been announced. A dozen Japanese auto parts suppliers were fined earlier on price-fixing charges. The industry-wide investigation began in 2014 following complaints foreign auto brands were abusing their control over supplies of spare parts to overcharge consumers. In the case of Mercedes, regulators said purchasing the spare parts needed to assemble one car would cost as much as 12 new vehicles. Foreign business groups welcomed passage of the 2008 law, which they said would help to clarify oper-

ating conditions in China’s state-dominated economy. Since then, they have complained about the secretive way investigations are conducted. They say companies are pressured into agreeing to penalties and to avoid disputing any finding of wrongdoing. In the biggest penalty so far, Qualcomm Inc. was fined $975 million in 2015 on charges it abused control over patents that are part of global industry standards for mobile phones to charge Chinese handset makers excessive licensing fees. This month, medical device maker Medtronic Inc. was fined $17 million on charges it suppressed competition by enforcing minimum prices for its retailers.

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The Regina Pats wanted a defenceman and the Kamloops Blazers were in need of a forward. The teams swapped players on Tuesday morning, with 18-year-old defenceman Dawson Davidson (left) heading to Regina in exchange for 18-year-old forward Luc Smith. KTW FILE PHOTO

Blazers ship Davidson to Pats MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

epth at forward was a concern for the Kamloops Blazers, even before the injury to Matt Revel. General manager Stu MacGregor did something about it when the WHL’s holiday trade moratorium lifted on Tuesday morning. Kamloops shipped 18-year-old defenceman Dawson Davidson to the Regina Pats in exchange for 18-year-old forward Luc Smith. “They wanted a defenceman and Dawson was not a piece we really wanted to move, but sometimes you have to pay a price,” MacGregor said. Smith, a 6-foot-5, 205-pound centre from Stony Plain, Alta., is expected to be the Blazers’ third-line centre and is capable of playing on the power play and penalty kill. The sizeable right-hand shot has six goals and 11 points in 29 games this season, bringing his WHL career regular-

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season totals to 12 goals and 26 points after 154 games. “His numbers aren’t what you’d call dramatic, but he’s already surpassed what he’s done in the last two years,” MacGregor said. “I like his effort and his character, his desire to improve every day. He plays a good, solid two-way game and wins faceoffs.” Davidson, from Moosomin, Sask., joined the Blazers in 2014-2015 midway through his 16-year-old campaign and never relinquished his roster spot, stealing ice time from elder D-men Travis Verveda and Cam Reagan and garnering more minutes when Josh Connolly and Connor Clouston were jettisoned in trades. He racked up 12 goals and 63 points in 124 games with the Blazers and joins the Pats with a WHL career plus-17 rating. Smith was playing in Regina behind two of the leagues best centres in Sam Steel, 18, and Adam Brooks, 20. Davidson, who endured rough patches in the first half of the 2016-2017 season, was among the glut of defencemen on Kamloops’ blue line. Seven D-men remain on the Blazers’ roster — Dallas Valentine, 20, Joe Gatenby,

19, Ondrej Vala, 18, Dan Gatenby, 18, Nolan Kneen, 17, Conner McDonald, 17, and Luke Zazula, 16. Earlier this month, MacGregor acquired 19-year-old forward Nic Holowko from the Prince Albert Raiders in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft, a trade that attempts to address the lack of depth up front. When Revel, 20, injured his collarbone on Dec. 10 in Edmonton, his future with the Blazers came into question as the club might have added another overage forward before the Jan. 10 trade deadline. It appears the Abbotsford product will return to the lineup in late February or early March to occupy one of three 20-yearold spots, along with Valentine and forward Collin Shirley. “We respect Matt and what he’s done and how hard he’s worked and you don’t want to just cast a guy aside, but I’m not doing it for sentimental reasons,” MacGregor said. “He’s [Revel] a quality player and will be a good addition to our team.” Both Davidson and Smith were picked in Round 3 of the 2013 bantam draft,

Davidson by the Blazers and Smith by the Pats.

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The Blazers played host to the Kelowna Rockets in a game played last night at Sandman Centre after KTW’s press deadline. For a game recap, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com. The Blazers dropped their first game after the WHL Christmas break on Tuesday. Kole Lind, Nolan Foote and Conner Bruggen-Cate scored for the Rockets in a 3-2 victory over the Blazers at Prospera Place in Kelowna. Michael Herringer stopped 30 shots between the pipes for the Rockets and was named the game’s first star. Collin Shirley and Erik Miller had goals for the visitors in support of backstop Dylan Ferguson, who made 30 saves and was named the game’s second star. Kamloops was four points behind second-place Kelowna in the B.C. Division standings heading into yesterday’s game. The Prince George Cougars were in first place, 10 points ahead of the Blazers.

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The Corryn Brown rink was 2-0 at the B.C. Junior Curling Championships in New Westminster as of KTW’s press deadline yesterday. Skip Brown of Kamloops, third Marika Van Osch, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Samantha Fisher opened their tournament with a 6-2 victory over Megan Bourassa and her Delta Thistle rink on Tuesday. Brown doubled Megan McGillivray and her Vernon team 8-4 yesterday morning and was scheduled to play Cierra Fisher last night. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for the result. Cierra Fisher’s rink plays out of Chilliwack Curling Club, but she is from Kamloops and is Samantha’s sister.

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Joni Ingram will soon become a grandmother and her youngest son is between the pipes for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Life just doesn’t get too much better than that. “It’s surreal. That seems to be the favourite word,” said Joni, speaking yesterday to KTW from Toronto, a day after Connor posted a six-save shutout in Canada’s 5-0 victory over Slovakia. “You can’t really describe it. It’s really just a dream come true for all of us, a bucketlist type thing you just wouldn’t have thought possible.” Eldest Ingram brother Bryce and his wife Jill will soon make Joni a grandma and Connor an uncle, a piece of information the family planned to keep from the Kamloops Blazers’ backstop until after the tournament. “Mom was pretty adamant she couldn’t keep it a secret any more,” Bryce said with a laugh. “Of course, he had some witty comments about trying to steal his thunder.” The youngest Ingram brother’s quips and quirks have been on display in Kamloops for the past few years and now his personality is taking the national stage, along with his world-class ability in the crease. Connor was racing to the bench in the second period during a delayed penalty on Tuesday when he bailed hard and slid into

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Thursday, Dec. 29 Latvia @ Canada 5 p.m. Air Canada Centre the boards, a tumble that left Joni, father Brent and brothers Bryce, 30, Mark, 26, and Keeran, 21, keeling over in the stands. “I was flying,” Connor, 19, told TSN after the game. “That’s top speed for me. That’s gear five. That right toe went in pretty good. Worst play of the day. I just ducked my head, swallowed my pride and skated back to the net.” The Ingrams are joined in Toronto by what Connor joked is half the population of Imperial, Sask., the family’s hometown 155 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon. Partying spilled into yesterday morning. “We’ve had a couple of solid shifts over the last few days,” Bryce said yesterday morning. “There’s a few waters being thrown back today.” Connor shed light on his mom’s gamewatching habits, which include vanishing to a secluded area in the rink to white-knuckle

it through 60 minutes or more. “She hasn’t eaten today and nobody knows where she is,” he told TSN on Tuesday night. “She’s worn the same thing for like three years. She’s got her Imperial School staff hoodie with a nice little Connor Ingram button on it. She made the guy redo the picture because I had a beard in it. “We’re shaving years off her life. I’d never let my kid be a goalie just because I see how my mom is.” There were sarcastic cheers from the crowd in the third period each time Connor made a rare save. Spectators at Air Canada Centre were having fun at the expense of Slovakia, its paltry six shots tying a record for the fewest registered by a team in world junior history. Norway shares the dubious record, having fired six pucks at Mike Vernon in a 13-0 loss to Canada in 1983. “The first good shot he got was right on the middle of his forehead and he described it as, ‘Taking it right in Winnipeg, Manitoba,’” Brent said. “He’s been a goofy guy all his life,” added Bryce. “It’s good to see he hasn’t tried to change that or change his mindset. He’s just being himself.” Ingram posted the shutout on Tuesday and did nothing to hinder his chances of being the No. 1 guy down the stretch, but seeing very little rubber kept the WHL’s save-percentage leader from showcasing the talent that has

endeared him to fans of the Blazers. Canada (2-0) will be back in action today against Latvia (0-2), with puck-drop set for 5 p.m. Team brass had not yet named a starting goalie as of KTW’s press deadline yesterday, with head coach Dominique Ducharme saying staff was still discussing the decision. Carter Hart, the Everett Silvertip who entered the tournament No. 1 on the depth chart, looked shaky at times in Canada’s 5-3 triumph over Russia on Monday, allowing three goals on 17 shots. Hart also allowed three goals on 15 shots in his final pre-tournament start against Switzerland, while Ingram recorded a 21-save shutout in his only pre-tournament start against the Czech Republic. “I was supposed to go back to work on January third, but if things shape up like he might be the starter, I might have to make a quick phone call to work,” Bryce said. Canada will finish round-robin play against the U.S. on Saturday, with game time set for 12:30 p.m.The medal games will be played on Jan. 5. “In reality, all that really matters is that, at the end of it, Canada wins,” Brent said. “Connor stepping onto the ice wearing the Maple Leaf and knowing he was going to start was a pretty proud moment for this family and everybody that’s here from Imperial. “It’s the culmination of a lot of things in that moment right there.”

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the dirty work to sell the UFC’s end-of-theyear, pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. “I really don’t know what’s going on with Ronda right now,’’ Nunes said recently. “This whole thing, I really don’t know. . . . I think the UFC is doing it for her. I think the UFC has been doing all the promos for her. I think she can do whatever she wants.’’ Rousey is the most marketable name in the game and perhaps the biggest mainstream star in MMA history. Her return from last year’s shocking knockout loss to Holly Holm should be one of the biggest sports events of the holiday period. Rousey (12-1) largely vanished from public after her defeat, but agreed to return for a title shot at Nunes (134), who won the belt in July. Rousey’s decision to limit herself to a few talk-show appearances and a fleeting interview or two has forced Nunes — who has a tiny fraction of Rousey’s fame — to carry the promotional weight along with talkative men’s bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, who takes on unbeaten Cody Garbrandt in the co-main event at T-Mobile Arena. Nunes has gamely done hours of interviews in her everimproving English to promote the show. The Brazilian champion thinks she knows why the UFC has given a free pass to Rousey. “The UFC wants to make it easier for her, so she doesn’t feel like she’s not the champion anymore,’’ Nunes said. “They want to make her feel like she’s not the second. They want to make me the second, to make her get stronger or something. “I feel like they promote her, so she can be strong, like, ‘Ronda, Ronda, Ronda, Ronda.’ But she knows she’s the challenger. I’m the champion.’’ — Associated Press

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NFL hopeful the Trudeau government will overturn CRTC Super Bowl ad ruling CAMILLE BAINS

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OTTAWA — The company that owns the right to broadcast the Super Bowl in Canada and the National Football League went back to court yesterday in a last-ditch effort to reverse a decision banning the substitution of Canadian ads over American ones during the big game. Bell Media, which owns CTV, and the NFL formally filed notices of appeal of a recent court ruling upholding the ban, but made clear they’re hoping the Trudeau government will intervene before the case is heard. “Today’s submission is just the latest procedure in an ongoing legal process,’’ Bell Media said in an emailed statement. “But there is a growing community of voices highlighting the negative impact of this decision on the Canadian creative and broadcasting industry.’’ Citing complaints from Canadian viewers, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications

Commission ruled in 2015 that simultaneous substitution of Canadian spots over the star-studded American ads played during the Super Bowl would no longer be allowed, effective the first NFL championship game in 2017, set to air Feb. 5. In late October, the Federal Court of Appeal allowed an appeal of an earlier court decision upholding the ban, but denied a stay of the ruling until the case could be heard. Political leaders on both sides of the border, including former Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio, along with unions and business groups, have recently begged the government to lift the ban if the CRTC doesn’t reverse course before game day. Two Liberal MPs, Bob Nault and Wayne Easter, have also asked the CRTC to back down, and have written to several policymakers warning the decision is costing the Canadian economy tens of millions of dollars. Bell and the NFL have

asked for an order setting aside the CRTC decision, arguing that the regulator has no jurisdiction to prohibit the simultaneous substitution of the Super Bowl ads under its own so-called “sim sub’’ regulations, and that the ban contravenes the Copyright Act. Simultaneous substitution occurs when the signal of an American TV station being broadcast in Canada is replaced by the signal of a local Canadian broadcaster. The league complained yesterday that the CRTC has been using legal roadblocks to slow the courts in hearing the case and urged the Trudeau Liberals to step in. “The CRTC’s legal manoeuvrings each step of the way have only served to delay this process in an apparent attempt to run out the clock and sidestep the challenge,’’ the NFL said in a statement. “While the NFL continues to preserve its legal rights and press its case in Canadian courts, the League remains confident that the Government of

Canada will act reasonably and responsibly before the 2017 Super Bowl to address this arbitrary attempt by the CRTC to disadvantage not only the NFL, but Canadian broadcasters and the Canadian creative community as well.’’ But the government appeared unwilling to step into the regulator’s territory, saying the policy is solely within the CRTC’s purview. “Our government understands that Canadians value choice when it comes to their programming,’’ said a spokesman for Heritage Minister Melanie Joly. “We also understand the importance of local advertising in maintaining a healthy broadcasting system,’’ Pierre-Olivier Herbert added in an email message. “This decision on simultaneous substitution . . . is within the policy authority of the CRTC and is explicitly not reviewable by government.’’ A spokeswoman for the CRTC said the regulator would not comment while the case is before the courts.

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TORONTO — Two solid victories for Canada at the world junior hockey championship have helped restore confidence to a team that made an early exit at the 2016 tournament last January. A New Year’s Eve game with the archrival Americans is circled on the calendar but Canada’s next goal is to defeat Latvia tonight at Air Canada Centre. The host team will not be taking the underdog Latvians lightly. Denmark’s stunning 3-2 upset win over defending champion Finland on Tuesday at Bell Centre got

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challenge ourselves to be better every time that we step on the ice. “There’s little things that we can do better and that’s the way that we look at it every day.’’ Canada opened the preliminary round on Boxing Day with a solid 5-3 win over Russia. A comfortable 5-0 victory over Slovakia followed a day later. Canada has used a balanced scoring attack with nine different players finding the back of the net. Captain Dylan Strome is the lone Canadian with two goals in the tournament. “It’s great to see everyone involved and getting rewarded,’’ Ducharme said. “I think our guys are working hard. To see scoring

spread around like that is a good sign of the way that we’re playing as a team. “We’re going to be having success as a team and that’s the way that we’re doing it. Right now it’s paying off and guys are getting rewarded individually, scoring is across all four lines and it’s great to see.’’ Canada backchecked well against Slovakia and held the opposition to just six shots on net. Kamloops Blazers’ netminder Connor Ingram earned the shutout after Carter Hart’s 17-save performance in the tournament opener. Ducharme said the regular starter job could go to either goalie, adding he has yet to make a decision on who will be in net tonight.

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ATLANTA — Overlooked in the College Football Playoff, the Sports Washington Huskies know what’s expected of them. One-and-done against mighty Alabama. Actually, after spending a few days in Atlanta, they sort of understand the logic. Now on Eastern time, some of the Huskies tried to stay up late watching Boise State — coach Chris Petersen’s former school — play in the Cactus Bowl. “It’s been 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning when some of these games have been on,’’ moaned Washington cornerback Kevin King. “I wouldn’t be up every day watching them. When you’re playing those later games, everybody out here [on the East Coast] is asleep. Maybe they don’t know about West Coast football. But everybody will be watching come Saturday.’’ That’s when fourth-seeded Washington (12-1) takes on No. 1 and heavily favoured Alabama (13-0) in the Peach Bowl semifinal game. Kickoff is slated for noon. The Tide opened as an 11-point pick, and the line has since climbed to 14 points. The Huskies are by far the biggest underdog in the three-year history of the playoff; in fact, it’s the largest spread for a game that will go toward determining the national champion since the launch of the Bowl Championship Series — a one-game matchup between the two highest-ranked teams — back in 1998.

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Blackhawks ink Panarin for two more years CHICAGO — Artemi Panarin and the Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms yesterday on a $12 million, two-year contract extension. The reigning Calder Trophy winner will count US$6 million against the salary cap in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Agent Tom Lynn confirmed the deal in an email to The Associated Press. Panarin has 114 points in his first 117 NHL games. The 25-year-old Russian winger had 30 goals and 47 assists as a rookie last season, and has 15 goals and 22 assists in 37 games this season. The former Kontinental Hockey League star who went undrafted and signed with the Blackhawks two summers ago is fifth in the NHL in scoring at almost the halfway mark of the 2016-2017 season. While not the long-term contract that many expected, the bridge deal keeps Panarin in Chicago along with core players Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, Artem Anisimov, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Corey Crawford. Chicago has over $59 million committed to those nine players for next season. Panarin, who was a point-a-game player in his first appearance in Stanley Cup playoffs, conceded on a long-term deal to keep Chicago’s championship window wide open. He’ll still make more than countryman Nikita Kucherov, who re-signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning for an average of $4.67 million over three years.

Centennial Classic tickets still up for grabs TORONTO — Tickets are still available to the NHL’s Centennial Classic, the next in a long line of high-profile sports events in Toronto. A search of Ticketmaster shows that blocks of eight seats can still be had in multiple sections for Sunday’s tilt between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings, beginning at a per-ticket price of $229. The least expensive seats ($129 per-ticket) appear to be mostly gone. A league source said only a limited number of seats are left and a sellout of BMO Field is expected. It’s possible Toronto is just suffering from sporting fatigue following a series of big events. The Toronto Raptors reached the Eastern Conference final for the first time last spring while the Toronto Blue Jays qualified for a second consecutive American League Championship Series in the fall. The NHL and NHLPA also held the World Cup of Hockey at Air Canada Centre in September and the CFL’s Grey Cup game was held at BMO in late November.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Colleen Marie Linge (nee Marcy) November 17, 1938 - December 23, 2016 It is with great sadness that the family of Colleen Marie Linge announces her passing with her family by her side on December 23, 2016 at the age of 78 years. Colleen will be missed but never forgotten by her family and friends. Colleen was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan to Veronica Eileen Freeman and Felix Gustave Marcy. She was the youngest of four children. Her sister Pat and two brothers Jack and Bob have all predeceased her. Colleen’s family moved to Kamloops, where in her early twenties she met her future husband Ray. Colleen and Ray permanently settled in Calgary where they raised their two daughters Debbie and Melody and enjoyed spending time with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Colleen was an accomplished artist with most of her work being purchased by appreciative customers. She spent most of her working career at Florabells Ladies Wear.

Ronald “Ron” Coxon

Alice Mary Wilson

February 23, 1945 – December 20, 2016

November 2, 1934 – December 15, 2016

Ronald Coxon of Kamloops passed away on December 20, 2016 at 71 years of age. Predeceased by his loving wife Audrey Coxon and survived by his children Paul and Michael (Wanda) of Kamloops and grandchildren Alex, Devyn, Ayla, Madisen, Gavin, Matthiew and Mitchell greatgrandchildren Ryder, Jaxyn and Fynn, brothers and sisters, Karen (Joe) Salt, sister-in-law Christine (Graeme) and brother-in-law Alan (Sophie) all of Engand, with numerous nieces nephews and cousins in the UK. Predeceased by his parents Henry and Edna May, brothers William, Henry, Allan, Michael and George and sisters Jean, Violet and Edna.

Colleen is survived by her loving husband Ray, daughter and son-in-law Debbie and Arthur Wehnes and daughter Melody Linge, grandchildren Cory and Lindsay, Danielle and Justin, Candace and Tyler, Evan, Cara and Brendan, Gerhard and Trinity, great-grandchildren Clayton, Caleb, Mckenzie, Calin, Conrad, Anthony, Carter and Carson, numerous nieces, nephews and extended family both in Alberta and British Columbia.

Ron was born in Seaham, County Durham, England where he met Audrey, his flower, and they were married in 1966 for 49 wonderful years. They immigrated to Canada in 1977, first to Leaf Rapids, Manitoba then to Logan Lake, British Columbia then finally settling in Kamloops with his family. Ron worked his whole life mining, starting in the coal mines of England, a short stint in Leaf Rapids, Manitoba and finally Highland Valley Copper, where he retired from after almost 30 years there.

Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Park Memorial, 5008 Elbow Drive S.W. Calgary, AB) on Monday, January 2, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.

Ron will eternally be missed by the many people’s lives he touched both on a social and professional level.

Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com. Thank you to the emergency staff at Foothills Hospital, the staff and residents of Sarcee Carewest and Dr. Sy Lam for their care and compassion.

A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:00 pm in the Kamloops Funeral Home Chapel, 285 Fortune Drive, with Brian Arnold officiating. Special thanks to Royal Inland Hospital I.C.U.

If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to The Alzheimer Society of Calgary, Suite 201, 222 – 58th Avenue S.W., Calgary, AB T2H 2S3, Telephone: (403)290-0110, www.alzheimercalgary.com.

For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice House, 72 Whiteshield Crescent St. South, Kamloops, BC V2E-2S9.

In living memory of Colleen Linge, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Park Memorial, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W. Calgary, AB, T2S 2L5, Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

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Gordon Atkinson On Boxing Day 2016 at 97 years of age, Gordon peacefully passed away at his home at Berwick in Kamloops. Gordon was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan growing up, the middle child of nine children. He left Regina at the start of WWII with the RCAF and served a little over six years, then settled in Vancouver after the war and met and married Edna. In 1958, the young family moved to Kamloops – and lived in one of the first houses in the east end of Valleyview. Gord’s pool was a neighbourhood favourite and his annual mid-summer birthday parties are fond memories for many family and friends – always a great rendition of A-T-K-I-N-S-O-N rounding out the afternoon. Gordon and Edna were great square dancers and enjoyed many special events (including their 25th Wedding Anniversary party) and lots of world-wide travels. Gordon never sat still for long and over the years took up skiing, golfing, curling and lawn bowling. He was a member of Branch 52 Royal Canadian Legion. Gordon was predeceased by his wife Edna in 1970, his son David in 1984 and his daughter Susan in 2015. He was also predeceased by his loving companion of many years Gerry Carney. Gordon is survived by his grandsons in Edmonton, Shane Boorse and Ryan Boorse and their families and by his sister Vera (Phoenix) and his brother and sister-in-law Norman and Grace (Kamloops). Gordon’s nephews and nieces, and great- nephews and nieces, and great-great nephews and nieces will miss our Uncle’s sparkle and facing life with a smile. While Uncle Gord hasn’t been buying green bananas for quite some time, he was feeling quite well up until the last few days. We are so pleased that he was able to be singing Christmas carols with us and his friends at Berwick, just a week before he died. Gordon’s extended family wishes to express our sincere appreciation for the wonderful care from all at Berwick, his last home on earth. There is no service at Gord’s request, but we expect there will be lots of stories shared in his memory. Schoening Funeral Services in care of arrangements.

Alice is survived by Robert her loving and devoted husband of 64 years, her children Roberta (Rod), Cindy, Sharon (Tony), Pam, Brad (Jamie), her sister Myrna (Cal), as well as twelve grandchildren, fourteen greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Alice is predeceased by her parents Robert and Victoria Harris, her sister Viola Mann, her son William Robert Wilson and her great-grandson Corbin Boon. Alice was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan and moved to Kelowna as a child and then Salmon Arm where she met Bob, the love of her life. In 1964, the family of seven moved to Kamloops. Alice loved life and lived it to the fullest. Her beautiful smile and kind heart left a lasting impression on everyone she met. Her courage, strength and faith have always been an inspiration to her family and friends. She will be greatly missed by all, but will remain in our hearts forever. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Summit Baptist Church, 1975 Summit Dr, Kamloops, BC on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 11:30 am. Donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC will be gratefully accepted in lieu of flowers. Condolences may be emailed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Patrick “Pat” Owen Rozek It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patrick “Pat” Owen Rozek on December 22, 2016 at the age of 64. He is lovingly remembered by Noreen his wife of 43 years, his daughter Nadine (Dave) Keyworth, his sons Kevin (Kathryn), Paul (Carole) and Dave (Kirsten), his seven grandchildren Sydney and Brycen Keyworth, Jonathan, Rebecca and Zachary Rozek, Talia and Marlo Rozek, his siblings John Rozek, Allan (Kathy) Rozek, Judy (Shawn) Kelly and Christine Collins and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

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Other than his family, Pat’s greatest passion in life was hockey. More than just a fan, he was a fixture in the arenas in Kamloops for 39 years. When the boys were young, Pat was a big volunteer involved in Kamloops Minor Hockey. For the last 25 years, Pat was the scorekeeper for the Kamloops Blazers, a volunteer position which he cherished and deeply enjoyed. He took great pride in his meticulous score sheets and the many opportunities it led to including keeping score during the 2010 Olympics and several Hockey Canada events. If asked, Pat would say his greatest accomplishment in life was his children and grandchildren and he took every opportunity to share his pride in them. His friendly, welcoming smile will forever be remembered by those who knew him. Prayers were recited on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 7:00 pm in Sacred Heart Cathedral. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, December 29 at 11:00 am with The Reverend Father Andrew L’Heureux Celebrant. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery. A Celebration of Pat’s Life will continue at 12:30 pm in the Parkside Lounge, Sandman Centre. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the Darcy Robinson Memorial Fund at HSBC, 380 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC (250 372 7141). The fund goes towards helping Kamloops children who cannot afford to play hockey. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

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