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Douglas Lake Ranch’s manager used “threats and lies” to bully public servants and even the RCMP to exclude the public from two fishing lakes, a lawyer claimed yesterday in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops. The legal battle between the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club and Douglas Lake Cattle Company over access to prized fishing lakes entered closing arguments. Lawyer Chris Harvey summed up four weeks of testimony and factual evidence to
lay out the foundation for the club’s argument: the water, fishery and road leading to Stoney and Minnie lakes is owned by the public and the ranch has acted illegally in erecting gates and intimidate anglers. The lawsuit is expected to act as a precedent for about 30 lakes on the ranch with similar attributes. The ranch began asserting what it claims are its private property rights more than three decades ago, eventually placing a locked gate on Stoney Lake Road. The two lakes are located about 25 kilometres southeast of Merritt and are surrounded by 250,000 acres of deeded land and thousands
more acres of Crown licences. The ranch, through manager Joe Gardner, claims it owns all land surrounding the lakes and has created a world-class fishery through engineering and raising of what were barren waters. Douglas Lake Ranch has a lodge on Stoney Lake and offers tourists exclusive rights to fish on what it considers its lakes. “There can be no doubt that both Minnie Lake and Stoney Lake were both popular fishing spots for the general public prior to any engineering by the ranch,” Harvey told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves.
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After more than three years out in the cold, the City of Kamloops will finally join the Multi Material B.C. (MMBC) recycling program. Under the agreement, MMBC, a consortium of packaging and paper-products producers, will pay the city a fee per housing unit to collect residential recyclables. The deal is worth about $1.1 million per year to the city, said streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow. MMBC will also cover the costs of hauling and sorting residential recycling, carving about $800,000 more out of the city’s $10-million solid-waste budget. In exchange for the cash, residents will be required to make a few changes to how they recycle. MMBC will not accept glass and soft plastics, such as shopping bags, in its recycling mix. But it will collect aerosol cans and pizza boxes, regardless of the level of cheese still stuck to the sides. (Farrow said the city has previously asked residents not to recycle the portion of the box with food waste on it.) In April, Farrow said, the city will launch a campaign to communicate with residents about the changes. Mayor Peter Milobar said residents won’t see a change to their solid-waste fees this year because the money is coming in after rates were set in December. However, Milobar added, council will have a few options in dealing with the savings in 2018.
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A Kamloops man described as a midlevel drug dealer has pleaded guilty to possession for the purpose of trafficking after being caught with two ounces of fentanyl-laced heroin. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop is expected to sentence Jacques Bedard tomorrow. Court heard Bedard, 44, was arrested on June 19, 2015, after making a trip to the Coast to pick up heroin. Investigators were tipped off by two separate sources who claimed Bedard was making weekly trips to the Lower Mainland to pick up drugs.
“It gives us flexibility moving forward to look at adjusting rates, or also starting to look at the potential of things like green pickup and foodwaste pickup, separated as yet another level of pickup service,� Milobar said. MMBC first came on the scene in 2013, but the city was initially wary of its offer when it appeared the agency could invoke high fines on communities that didn’t get glass out of their recycling streams quickly enough. By the time MMBC clarified its plans, it had already reached agreements with as many cities as it could afford to fund, leaving a number of communities and regional districts out of luck, Kamloops being one. Milobar said the city has been meeting with MMBC regularly since, waiting for it to get enough packaging producers paying into the recycling service to bring on more communities. While most of the city’s recycling sorting costs will be covered by MMBC, Farrow noted the city will still need to pay for its commercial recycling service. MMBC is expected to continue to sort recyclables using the city’s contractor, Emterra Environmental, which operates out of its facility in Valleyview.
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Pepper spray clears McDonald’s Police are on the hunt for a suspect and a motive after someone set off a canister of pepper spray on Tuesday at a downtown Kamloops fast-food restaurant. RCMP Cpl. Jodie Shelkie said emergency crews were called to the McDonald’s outlet on Victoria Street just after 2 p.m. after a man
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Police conducted surveillance on his vehicle, tracking his movements to Vancouver and back and searching his car upon his return to Kamloops. RCMP found $12,000 worth of heroin, two scales and drug paraphernalia. Crown prosecutor Anthony Varesi said the heroin was found to have traces of fentanyl. The Crown is seeking a prison sentence in the range of 18 to 24 months, while defence is recommending a suspended sentence to be followed by 30 months of probation. Bedard has a number of prior possession convictions. Defence lawyer Jeremy Jensen argued jail time is not necessary given the
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Carjacker, serial thief awaits sentencing Roderick Mervin Bailey was driving this Suzuki on May 27, 2016. He was fleeing from police when he blew through a stop sign.
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The Crown is seeking a five-year prison sentence for a Saskatchewan man who admitted to his role in a violent collision and subsequent carjacking last spring in downtown Kamloops. Roderick Mervin Bailey also pleaded guilty to charges stemming from 10 thefts of lottery tickets from gas stations and convenience stores in Kamloops, Merritt, Vernon, Armstrong and Saskatchewan. Court heard Bailey, 43, started his crime spree in Saskatoon on Feb. 27, 2016, when he walked into a grocery store with his co-accused, Jodi Pechawis, and stole $500 worth of lottery scratch tickets. The couple used a similar tactic in nearly all of the thefts, court heard — Pechawis distracted a clerk while Bailey loaded up on hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets before fleeing the store. Bailey pleaded guilty to charges relating to five such thefts in Saskatchewan between late February and May 11, after which time he and Pechawis, 35, headed west in a stolen Suzuki SUV. The couple hit stores in Armstrong and Vernon on May 23 and in Kamloops on May 24. Two days later, they ripped off
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stores in Kamloops and Merritt. On May 27, Bailey and Pechawis were in a pawn shop on Tranquille Road on the North Shore when they looked out the window and saw a police officer scoping out their Suzuki. The couple left the shop and ran to the vehicle, jumping inside. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Kelly Butler drew her sidearm, but Bailey drove away. “The officer had to step to her right to avoid being hit,” Crown prosecutor Satinder Sidhu said. Bailey and Pechawis drove away at high speeds across Overlanders Bridge and into downtown Kamloops, all the while failing to pull over for multiple officers. Police lost sight of the Suzuki on until an officer saw it speeding southbound on Eighth Avenue toward Columbia Street. Bailey blew through the stop sign at Columbia Street and
T-boned a Hyundai SUV. Both vehicles suffered significant damage and the two people in the Hyundai were hospitalized. Court heard the female passenger in the Hyundai suffered a broken neck and continues to wear a neck brace at all times, while the male driver broke his jaw and ribs. A passerby stopped to offer help. Bailey and Pechawis, both suffering minor injuries, climbed out of the Suzuki, walked past the Good Samaritan and stole his Ford Focus. The following day, Mounties in Vernon were called to a theft of lottery tickets at a Husky gas station. Officers found Bailey crouched behind the Ford Focus. He refused to co-operate with police and was Tasered twice before being taken into custody. Court heard Pechawis was found in the back seat of the Focus with a broken foot.
She was also arrested, but later released. She has since gone on the lam and is believed to have fled B.C. Bailey later told police he knew he was taking a big risk speeding into the Columbia Street intersection. “He said he saw the stop sign and, quote-unquote, he said he gambled and lost,” Sidhu said. Court heard Bailey told investigators he and Pechawis were stealing to pay for their $200-a-day drug habit. He said he averaged a profit of about $300 every time he stole lottery tickets. Sidhu has asked Kamloops provincial court Judge Chris Cleaveley for a five-year prison sentence minus credit for time served. Bailey has 75 prior convictions dating back to 1986 and will have 94 once his latest guilty pleas are entered. “He’s close to that 100-conviction mark,” Sidhu said. “That is an extremely lengthy record for any accused person.” Defence lawyer Raj Basra, meanwhile, has recommended a sentence of two years less a day, citing abuse Bailey suffered as a youth at Saskatchewan Boys’ School. “He’s at a crossroads in his life,” Basra said. “He wants to re-enter society and become a productive member of society.” Bailey is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16.
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Flu takes toll on surgeries The prevalence of flu in the region has pushed Royal Inland Hospital staff to capacity, leading to some surgeries being cancelled this week. The Interior Health Authority said the increase in cases of flu is an expected “seasonal surge” that has stretched the hospital’s resources and kept the health-care system busy. It’s expected to ease up in coming weeks. The health authority said some elective surgeries, as well as some not urgent surgeries, have been affected.
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Plans for a prayer vigil tomorrow have been firmed up and altered from the original announcement earlier this week. The vigil is being held to remember the six men who were shot and killed on Sunday, Jan. 29, while praying in a Quebec City mosque. The local mosque is in Knutsford, just south of Kamloops, at 2805 Highway 5A South. Faisal Siddiqui, president of the Kamloops Islamic Association, said the public can take part in the event on Friday, the day when the community’s Muslims gather at the mosque for prayer. That runs until 1 p.m. and, at the end of that session, the gathering and any others who wish to attend can take part in a special prayer session
for those who lost their lives in Quebec City. The prayer vigil is expected to end by 1:30 p.m. and Siddiqui said people can drop by between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to attend the vigil and pay their respects. A guest book will be available for those who wish to sign their names; it will be sent to the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City on behalf of Kamloops. Siddiqui said information with more details will be available through social media on the association’s website (ayeshamosque. com) and via Twitter (@AyeshaMosque) and Facebook (search for Ayesha Mosque). Meanwhile, Quebec City’s Muslims are looking to open a cemetery in the city in order to bury their dead. The president of the
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following the massacre in which six men were killed and 19 people were also wounded, including two who were still in critical condition on Tuesday. He is charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm. On Wednesday, the head of Montreal’s antiradicalization centre told the city’s executive committee it had received 24 calls since Sunday, including 10 related to Islamophobia and four related to the extreme right. Herman DepariceOkomba said four of those cases were transferred to police. “It [24] is an enormous number in 72 hours,’’ he said.
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city’s mosque said community members cannot be buried in Quebec City when they die because there is no Muslim cemetery. Mohamed Yangui said the closest burial ground is in Montreal. Five of the bodies are set to head overseas for burial and one will remain in Montreal. The bodies will be flown to Algeria, Tunisia, Guinea and Morocco. Yangui said the community is working hard to open a cemetery and has formed a committee to get it completed. Mosque vice-president Mohamed Labidi said the community has been working on the file for 10 years. He said the mosque would like the municipal, provincial and federal governments to help. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was arrested Sunday night
“By the mid-’80s the ranch systematically intimidated anyone found fishing on Minnie and Stoney lakes, even those arriving by aircraft,” Harvey said. Throughout the four weeks of trial, the gallery in the fifth floor courtroom has been packed with anglers from Merritt and Kamloops. Groves questioned why the RCMP was working closely with the ranch, seemingly supplying the identity of drivers based on licence plates, information that is confidential. Now a Supreme Court justice, Groves said when he was a lawyer acting in civil matters, “access to licence plates [was difficult]. You have to explain why, write a
letter, do all kinds of things. “Victims of crimes, I don’t think, are regularly called [by RCMP] and told the licence plate of the person who broke into your house is the guy down the street,” Groves said. The trial heard evidence from experts hired by the cattle company, the ranch’s manager and a number of provincial bureaucrats. Douglas Lake Cattle Company is owned by Stan Kroenke, who also owns a number of professional sports teams, including Colorado Avalanche (National Hockey League), Los Angeles Rams (National Football League), Denver Nuggets (National Basketball Association), Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer) and Arsenal (English
Premier League soccer). He is married to Ann Walton, an heiress of the Walmart fortune. Groves asked why provincial bureaucrats and even the RCMP appeared eager to do the ranch’s bidding. “They’re rich and famous and somehow they carry more influence with public servants and others than the man on the street who says, ‘Why is this gate locked?’” Harvey said. Kroenke has owned the cattle company and ranch since 2003, when he purchased it in a courtordered sale following then-owner Bernard Ebbers’ involvement in the Worldcom scandal. The cattle company is expected to give the majority of its closing argument today.
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The Interior Health Authority doesn’t believe its roving supervised drug-use clinics will become gathering places for addicts, according to an administrator working to bring the service to Kamloops. Rae Samson was responding to concerns from North Shore Business Improvement Association general manager Steven Puhallo, who has objected to the service parking near McDonald’s or other restaurants. “Their input is really important to us in determining locations, so as we’re looking to the North Shore, we really want to minimize any negative impact on businesses,” said Samson, a health administrator with the health authority’s mental-health and substance-use services. “We actually want to be a support to businesses.” Samson said she expects to nail down precisely where the clinic will park on
the North and South shores in the next few weeks, as the IHA prepares to finish its submission to Health Canada. The health authority is also seeking a letter of support from Kamloops city council, for which it will submit a template in the coming weeks. She said the locations will likely be close to overdose-prevention sites already set up on both sides of the river. The sites allow people to get information and naloxone kits to temporary reverse opioid overdoses, but are not supervised drug-use locations. Samson said the two sites, located at ASK Wellness at 413 Tranquille Rd. on the North Shore and at the Crossroads Inn at Victoria Street and Sixth Avenue downtown, haven’t seen the kind of issues businesses seem to be concerned about. “We haven’t created a gathering for people to use drugs in that area, but we have been able to provide naloxone kits, primary care and do some teaching,” Samson said. “We have not seen negative concerns coming out of those sites, so I anticipate
the same for those mobile sites.” Samson and IHA community manager Kris Weatherman told council they are anticipating new staffing positions will be created for the clinic, which will operate out of a van, bus or RV. They plan to hire a nurse and social worker who will staff the site Tuesdays to Saturdays for about eight hours per day. Doctors who specialize in addictions will also work with the clinic to provide access to other treatment programs. Coun. Tina Lange is supportive of the program. “When this was first announced, sadly, there was a portion of the population who said, ‘Why would we care? It’s their choice. Why would we spend money on it?’ “I hope those people have come to realize no one wakes up in the morning and thinks, ‘Gee, I’m going to become a drug addict,’” Lange said. Samson expects the supervised druguse program to be in use within the next six months.
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The ThompsonNicola Regional District has sided with one of its neighbours in a bid for clarity regarding the jurisdiction of volunteer fire departments. At its January meeting, the TNRD board of directors approved support of a letter written by the SquamishLillooet Regional District (SLRD) to the B.C. Office of the Fire
Commissioner. In the letter, the SLRD requests that the office step in and clarify that societyoperated volunteer fire departments have the right to step onto private land in the pursuit of their duties and that the right be legislated in the new Fire Safety Act. The TNRD wrote a letter supporting the SLRD’s requests. Concerns about the jurisdiction of fire departments arose
Council six-pack Kamloops city council will shrink to six on April 12. Mayor Peter Milobar and Coun. Donovan Cavers said they will take unpaid leaves of absence to campaign in the provincial election once city council gives final approval to its 2017 budget on April 11, which is also the day the election campaign officially begins. Cavers is running for the B.C. Green Party in Kamloops-South Thompson, while Milobar will carry the flag for the B.C. Liberals in KamloopsNorth Thompson. Both will return to their seats on May 10, the day after the provincial election. Council is already one member short in 2017 as Marg Spina is on medical leave from her post to undergo treatment for breast cancer.
after a meeting in the summer of 2016, during which the Office of the Fire Commissioner cautioned that volunteer fire departments might not have legal jurisdiction to enter private property to fight a fire. The lack of jurisdiction could lead to the department’s insurance being voided should damage be done to the site. The TNRD has six
society-run fire departments — those in 70 Mile House, South Green Lake, Loon Lake, Little Fort, McLure and Tobiano. In an email to KTW, Ron Storie, the regional district’s director of community services, said the regional district is also waiting to obtain costs for a fire service review that would incorporate all of the society departments into the TNRD.
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ike many politicians that have come and gone before him, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week revealed himself to be a liar. There is no other way to describe the man who, during the 2015 election campaign, as he courted votes, promised that election would be the last under the first-past-the-post system. Trudeau promised to look into a fairer system incorporating some kind of proportional representation. This week, Trudeau gave a mandate letter to Karina Gould, his new minister of democratic institutions, and had her explain to reporters why a key election promise was being trashed. The mandate letter is heavy with syrup-laden passages referencing the fact the Liberals “promised Canadians real change,” except, of course, the biggest change promised — that of electoral reform. “A clear preference for a new electoral system, let alone a consensus, has not emerged,” Trudeau’s letter to Gould reads. “Furthermore, without a clear preference or a clear question, a referendum would not be in Canada’s interest. Changing the electoral system will not be in your mandate.” The fact is, Trudeau promised to change and improve the electoral system and some people based their vote for the Liberals on that promise. Trudeau’s Liberals were chosen to govern and make decisions. That includes honouring a promise and choosing a new electoral system or asking the public to help via a referendum. All too often, politicians lie, which is why politicians in general have dubious reputations at best. We can now attach Trudeau’s name to fellow political liars, including Jean Chrétien and the legendary Paul “Warren Betanko” Reitsma. NDP MP Nathan Cullen summed it up well, noting the prime minister claimed he would be a different kind of politician, but lied. Cullen said Trudeau will pay the price for such deceit — as well he should. The broken promise exposes the Liberals as governing as usual and adding to public cynicism about those we elect. Voters have a right to be angry.
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t’s stunning to think there are people in Kamloops who have criticized Arjun Singh for speaking out on the Muslim-ban disaster initaited by U.S. President Donald Trump. The city councillor added a sign to his spot at the council horseshoe this week, declaring himself the “proud son of immigrants.” (See story on page A10). Some KTW readers took to social media to accuse Singh of capitalizing on his position in the city to seek out free publicity. It’s good that media paid attention to what some consider a stunt. Honestly, does anyone really believe the only city councillor of a colour other than white is doing this for political gain? The man is the son of immigrants. He is aghast at the actions being taken in the United States. He wants to make a statement — not for himself, but for his heritage, for his good fortune, for his beliefs and for our Muslim neighbours so they know the larger community of Kamloops has people who care about them. While I’ve mocked Singh in the past for being somewhat kumbya-ish, if there was ever a time when we all need that big group hug, it’s now. Good on him for taking a public stand. Those who think all politicians only take actions to promote themselves really need to
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LEVEL rethink that attitude. Trump does, but Singh is one of the few who knows when to be a politician and when to be a son, brother and neighbour. His presentation to his council colleagues highlighted the reality of Kamloops history. This is the city that gave Canada its first indigenous member of Parliament in the late trailblazer Len Marchand Sr. It is the city that gave North America its first Chinese mayor in Peter Wing. It is the city that gave the province its first black city councillor in John Fremont Smith. Singh wants to do something more tangible than posting his yellow “proud son of immigrants” sign in council chambers. He said he is meeting with the folks at the Kamloops Immigrant Society to look at options. Here’s one for him to consider, courtesy of my Ontario hometown. Singh’s counterparts in London have unanimously voted
to become a sanctuary city. They gathered the day after the shootings at the Quebec City mosque to discuss the motion, which would give those without formal documentation access to municipal services, but not to education or health care. Sure, it’s not a lot, but it says so much more. Only Toronto and Hamilton have previously passed similar motions. The London motion also called on the city’s diversity committee to review ways to make it such a city. Kamloops has such a committee, one that reports to the social planning council. Maybe, for this initiative, that group should work directly with Singh and others to push forward with the councillor’s goal of making a bold statement that shows we are inclusive. Perhaps it could promote a move to have Kamloops declared a sanctuary city. As for those of you criticizing Singh for standing up for his beliefs, let’s remember one thing — when one of our own becomes a city councillor, they don’t stop being a citizen. They don’t stop having a belief system that inspires and instructs them. They don’t give up the right to stand up and declare themselves the proud child of immigrants. That’s the kind of leadership we should expect from those who govern us. It is simple, succinct and speaks volumes. dale@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @mdalebass
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WE STAND WITH MUSLIM FRIENDS Editor: Refugees and Friends Together (R.A.F.T.) is shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the murders and mayhem at a mosque in Quebec on Sunday night. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones and with the families whose loved ones have been injured. We stand beside and support all Muslim families in Kamloops, across Canada and throughout the world. Martha Ashbaugh Refugees and Friends Together
Editor: Re: The Westsyde Pool roof construction job, which is now delayed indefinitely after the contractor failed to install correct materials: The importance of the specifications for the pool roof decking would suggest the following: 1) The specifications should have been a highlighted item in
the bidding process; 2) The importance of the specifications should have been a line item in the pre-construction meeting agenda; 3) The order for the building materials, complete with material specifications, should have been copied to, and inspected by, the City of Kamloops;
4) On receipt of the building materials, the enclosed data sheets and specifications should have been inspected. Materials testing would also be appropriate. The City of Kamloops is not blameless in this fiasco. Howard Leggatt Kamloops
SENTENCES AN INSULT TO RCMP OFFICERS Editor: Re: (‘No jail time for men who beat Mountie,’ Jan. 31): Unbelievable. Seriously, these two individuals beat and stomp a police officer into unconsciousness during the performance of his job and they get house arrest.
What is this world coming to? I guess all those touching comments and expressions of remorsefulness — which they are coached to say by their legal counsel at sentencing — must work wonders. I can’t imagine being a
RCMP officer and hearing that decision. It would definitely not provide me with confidence in dealing with society’s most upstanding individuals in the course of my job performance. I wonder if WorkSafe BC has something to say about
the protection of employees. Thanks and good luck to all the RCMP officers who provide my family with a safe environment. You all have my sincerest appreciation. Bill W. Gallis Kamloops
BLAME OTTAWA FOR DISAPPEARING LINES Editor: Re: J.M. Birk’s letter of Jan. 31 regarding road markings (‘Road lines vanish amid another winter’): I spoke to Transportation Minister Todd Stone about this a couple of years ago and he said the federal government has mandated road line paint must be water-based and can no longer have volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The minister also noted the new paint wears out a lot quicker than the old paint did. The new paint (sans VOCs), like much of the house paint
used today, has been stripped of many of the chemicals that made the paint robust and resistant to wear. The provincial government has no control over this. The federal government is where the blame lies. What Canadians do have control over is whether they continually drive on the lines and wear them out. I have noticed many drivers tend to ride on the painted lines, which is the reason they wear out in the first place. Ken Wells Kamloops
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In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend the U.S.’s Syrian refugee program and ban visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries, and on the heels of Sunday’s shootings in a Quebec City mosque that left six dead, a Kamloops city councillor has added a new decoration to his seat at city hall. “Proud son of immigrants” reads the sign now placed in front of Arjun Singh’s seat at the council horseshoe table. During a portion of Tuesday’s meeting set aside for councillors to speak on various topics of community interest, Singh, whose parents immigrated from India, said he’s concerned about a resurgence of anti-Muslim and antiimmigrant sentiment since Trump took office this month on Jan. 20. Singh urged residents to support each other regardless of religion or race. “I think Kamloops has a place in this
conversation because we’re an incredibly amazing community in how we’ve embraced diversity here,” he said, noting the city was home to Len Marchand Sr., Canada’s first indigenous member of Parliament, Peter Wing, the first Chinese mayor in North America, and John Freemont Smith, the first black city councillor in B.C. Singh said he plans to bring forward in the next few weeks a motion he is drafting with the Kamloops Immigrant Centre supporting immigrants in the city. He also called Trump’s ban, which bars residents from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the U.S. for 90 days and refugees for 120 days “nonsensical,” noting he is concerned about Canadian politicians, such as Conservative leadership candidate Kelly Leitch, who have suggested the country should apply a “values test” to immigrants. “I think so many of us in our community want to stand with the
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Kamloops Coun. Arjun Singh has taken to proclaiming his pride in being the son of immigrants. His sign appeared at city hall this week in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend the U.S.’s Syrian refugee program and ban visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries, and on the heels of Sunday’s shootings in a Quebec City mosque that left six dead.
Muslim members of our community. We should not stand for discrimination against Muslim members of our community, as we shouldn’t stand for discrimination around any members of our com-
munity,” Singh said. He said the issue is personal for him because one of his grandfathers sheltered a Muslim man in his basement during an outbreak of religious violence.
TRU president releases letter Thompson Rivers University president and vice-chancellor Alan Shaver has released a letter in response to the killings on Sunday of six men in a Quebec City mosque and in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travellers and refugees to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries. Shaver’s letter, which can be read in its entirety online at tinyurl.com/z329tga, includes information on the executive order as it may apply to international students at TRU: “To the best of our knowledge, none of our students, faculty or staff are immediately affected by the U.S. ruling at this time. We are watching this issue closely and working with the Canadian government and Universities Canada,” Shaver said. “We are in touch with our international students to provide information and assistance as needed. Faculty and staff who have any concerns about their own travel arrangements are encouraged to discuss them with their area leaders.” Shaver also touches on the university’s international makeup: “At Thompson Rivers University, increasing intercultural understanding is not only a strategic priority, it is what we do. We foster and honour connections across our local, global and Indigenous cultures as part of the authentic fabric of our university”
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Making a beeline to TRU from beaches of Bahamas JESSICA KLYMCHUK STAFF REPORTER jklymchuk@kamloopsthisweek.com
Students from the Bahamas are showing a rapidly growing interest in studying at Thompson Rivers University. Within a year, the number of TRU students hailing from the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Florida has gone from one to 18. TRU’s associate director of international marketing, Lucas Maikapar, called the increase significant and the situation unique, noting the university has never targeted the
Bahamas for recruitment. However, a tuition award introduced by Vantage Airport Group, which operates the Nassau and Kamloops airports, has spurred interest. The company last year introduced an annual $7,500 award, given to one Bahamian student pursuing undergraduate studies in business or tourism. At least one Bahamian agency that assists students in pursuing post-secondary education picked up on Vantage Airport Group’s marketing of TRU and started promoting it, Maikapar said.
While the award started the ball rolling, Maikapar said more than half the students who applied to study in Kamloops were not aware it existed. “It’s not the award only that has created interest, but I guess branding and sharing of information on our sites, on our Facebook and Vantage Airport Group’s work in the Bahamas,” he said. “Because this name ‘TRU in Kamloops’ was presented in the Bahamas, someone picked up on it.” The country has a population of 370,000, so the exposure was quite effective, spreading quickly.
Maikapar said this is the first time a private organization has introduced such an award for international students. Vantage Airport Group said the travel translates to increased traffic for the Kamloops Airport. “This is kind of unusual because it’s presented by a North American organization, but it’s going to an international student specifically. “We don’t normally get these kinds of awards, but obviously it’s proven to be quite successful,” Maikapar said. “I would have to say the Bahamas is a unique situation because it’s a
small population and a small community. If there was one award that was given to somebody in Germany, you might not have the same kind of takeoff, but it certainly did in the Bahamas.” The School of Business and Economics tends to be the most popular area of study for international students and people from one country will sometimes focus on similar studies. But Maikapar said Bahamian students represent a range of faculties, from arts to sciences. There are about 1,800 international students studying at TRU.
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Students share sports from Aberdeen to Ethiopia (Back, left) Owen Cameron, Parker Cameron, Adam Vukusic, Alex Middleton, (front, left) Nathan Amy, Daniel Ma, Keara Fleming, Abigail Biffert and Maizy Graham are Aberdeen elementary Grade 6 students behind a fundraiser raising money for Bete Desta Children’s Home, an orphanage in Ethiopia.
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Adam told KTW. He went back to school and rallied his Grade 6 friends at Aberdeen elementary to collect used sports equipment to help kids in need. Why sporting goods? “In Ethiopia, they have simple needs
covered like pencils and paper, but they’re not able to have any fun with sports gear,” Adam said. Noble intentions aside, the plan required some problem-solving. One, shipping things like basketballs and baseball gloves
isn’t exactly economical. Two, there’s the issue of all those handme-down ice skates going to a country so close to the equator. From there came the idea of partnering with Consignor Sports, the used sporting equipment store on Notre Dame Drive, to liquidate the gear and send a cheque to Negatu, who would in
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turn purchase sports equipment for the kids. “They’re [Consignor Sports] going to give us a cut of the money,” Adam said, noting 60 per cent of sales will go to the cause. KTW met with Adam and his friends at their school while they were getting ready to deliver the items. With help from their teacher, Mrs. Allen-
Innis, they had gone class to class pitching the idea to fellow students, putting up posters in the halls and setting up more than 20 boxes around their school for kids to toss in their old equipment. Goalie pads, running shoes and bike helmets were among 82 items collected in two weeks. Adam estimates they will collect, on average, about $10 per item once everything has sold from Consignor. Added to $225 in cash donations, he’s hoping to send Negatu a cheque for more than $1,000. “I’m really, really excited,” he said.
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The other kids are excited, too. They listed the sports they enjoy and want to share with kids in need — swimming, soccer, hockey and biking, to name a few. “When you do something like this, you just have to put yourself in the other people’s shoes,” Adam said. Tamara is proud of her son’s initiative. “It’s such a silver lining,” she said. “I think he’s changed forever.” She recalled her surprise when seeing an area code she didn’t recognize on her caller ID — the Ethiopian orphanage’s number — and how Adam insisted on being dropped off at Consignor Sports to negotiate face-toface on his own with the owner, rather than simply firing off an email. “He wanted it to be his thing,” Tamara said.
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Those wishing to donate used sporting equipment or money to help with the cause can drop it off at Consignor Sports, 789 Notre Dame Dr., in the Southgate area.
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The Board of Directors of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing at the Green Lake Snowmobile Club, 176 Green Lake South Road, Green Lake, BC, to consider proposed Bylaw Nos. 2592, 2593 and 2597. This Hearing will be delegated to the Board Chair, the Director for Clinton, and the Electoral Area “E” Director. What are Green Lake and Area OCP Amendment Bylaw 2592, 2016 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2593, 2016? Both concern the Property at 3677 North Bonaparte Road (legally described as Lot 1, District Lot 1502, Lillooet District, as shown on the Official Plan in the Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources and on Plan C.G. 480 on file in the Land Registry Office Kamloops) as shown on the map below. Bylaw 2592 amends the Green Lake and Area Official Community Plan by redesignating the Property from Rural Holding to Resort Commercial (shown shaded on the map below). Bylaw 2593 is a change to Zoning Bylaw 2400 to rezone lands, as shown on the map below, from RL-1: Rural to C-4: Recreational Commercial with site-specific amendments as follows: Resort use limited to a maximum: • 6 bed and breakfast bedrooms within the single family dwelling; • 3 detached rentable units; • 6 campsites within a private campground with the possibility of associated RV storage at these 6 campsites; • 12 outdoor assembly use events per calendar year; all to enable a small-scale resort.
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All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. Additionally, they may make written submissions on the matter of the Bylaws (via the adjacent options) which must be received at our office prior to 4:30 p.m. on the 6th day of February, 2017. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter. How do I get More Information? A copy of the proposed Bylaw and supporting information can be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (except statutory holidays) at our office, from January 30th, 2017 until 4:30 p.m. the day of the Hearing; or please contact us via any of the adjacent options. No representations will be received by the Board of Directors after the Public Hearing has been concluded. R. Sadilkova, Director of Development Services
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Two distinct moments speak to the talent that saw a group of Kamloops School of the Arts students win an international award — and neither occurred on stage. The first happened in Grade 7 teacher Pam Clark’s classroom. She dropped something and uttered, “Oh dear.” Immediately, her students launched into a chorus from a play they were working on, Johnny Dunn, one that featured those very words repeated several times. The second happened in the school library. The librarian said, “Oh dear” and Clark’s students, scattered throughout the room, came together and went right into that speech. “Just like a flash mob,” Clark said. That ability was highlighted when Trinity College London came to judge the students as part of its performing-arts examinations. The result was the students receiving the college’s North America Exhibition Award for excellence for the classification in which they performed. The award is dated for 2015, the year the students went through the onerous and long process to achieve the recognition, but the school received confirmation of it on Jan. 15. Clark took on the project at the encouragement of her former teacher, mentor and friend, retired drama teacher Sheda Petersen, who has often encouraged students to try for recognition from the British institution. Its international exam board also offers courses and training in a variety of performing arts and English
language, learning and teaching, conducting exams in more than 70 countries. It began in 1877 and only offered exams in music, but through the years, has expanded the program. Clark said Petersen has been encouraging her to get one of her classes involved. Her students had prepared scenes from the play for the High Country Festival and Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts and opted to take one scene through the process. Petersen sponsored them — there is a cost to have the examination done — and students also contributed some funds. Not all of them opted to do it, but a group saw it through to performing in front of an examiner who came to the school from England. In the report, the students were praised for understanding “the importance of working as a team. Everyone was supportive and had a great deal of fun.” During the exam itself, Clark said, the examiner asked the students how they had learned to do choral reading so perfectly. The answer they gave was that they learned first how to breathe. The examiner continued to note in the written report “there was a solid integration of skills here, from the dancing and guitar playing at the start to the acting, choral speaking and physical comedy. The sequence with the ducks was highly amusing and the sound effects throughout gave this piece life and a sense of performance.” The final exam mark was 98 out of 100. “These were good kids who really worked their hearts out,” Clark said of the students
who, two years later, are now in Grade 9 — and some have left the school for others. Because of this, not all of them know they won and Clark is trying to contact those no longer at the arts school. The cast included Russell Brochu, Dwight Elfert, Cierra Gallagher, Kayla Griffiths, Nolan Grover, Meleah HolmMcKay, Madison Johnson, Angel Justyce, Danieka Kies, Harry Lamb, Maddison Luce, Siya Market, Ariel Montgomery, Kylie Pretty, Sydney Ramage, Autumn Richards, Ethan Rogers, Madelynn Salo, Lillian Schrader, Niamh Shaw, Amanda and Vivian To, Anna Torchia, Sebastian Tow, Tatianna Vasil, Sierra Wright and Michael Zhou. “It was the brilliance of the students that got them here,” Clark said. The play led to some other learning experiences. An old play, Johnny Dunn includes a First Nations character and language no longer considered appropriate when discussing aboriginal culture. Clark said while working through other words that could be substituted, students learned about how language can change through the years to be less offensive. She praised the collaboration that led to the production, noting working together is a key component at the school. Tannis Tate, Jennifer Pendergast and Jennica Alpaugh all helped bring the many elements together alongside Clark and her students. Each student will receive a certificate, as has Clark. The award came with an honorarium that will be used at the school. “I’ve finally got a drama budget,” Clark said.
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Faith Yurkiw (above) of Aglow Bridal Lounge poses in a long-sleeved wedding gown during the Thompson Rivers University Luxury Bridal Fair, held on Sunday. The event brought in brides and grooms from Kamloops and beyond to book wedding vendors, such as Sweet Spot Cupcakes (bottom left), or simply find inspiration for their big day. For more photos, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.
Jake Vandermeer of Centra Windows in Kamloops is hosting a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops on April 20 at Match Eatery in the Cascades Casino. In November, citing financial issues, the agency stopped its mentoring program from accepting any more children or adult volunteers. Vandermeer has been involved with the agency for a few years and said he wanted to help. The evening, which starts at 5:30 p.m., will include dinner, one beverage ticket, a silent auction and entertainment by Bees and the Bare Bones.
Tickets are $25 and are available at the agency, 821 Seymour St. downtown, through local Rotary Club members or by calling Vandermeer at 250299-6717. He is also looking for donations for the silent auction. When the move was announced, executive director Joanne Mason said the existing 250 Big and Little pairings would continue. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops receives no government funding and the bulk of its budget comes from its Renew Crew program that collects donations and receives a portion of sale proceeds at Value
Village. Those proceeds have been impacted as other non-profit organizations have begun canvassing the city for donations and many Kamloopsians are opting for online market/ sale sites to sell their items.
Call for proposals
The federal government is calling for proposals to help allocate $1.1 million in funding to projects aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness in Kamloops. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 16 at noon. For more information, go online to kamloops.ca/homefree.
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One firm is looking for ways to improve greenhouses, while another company wants options for tracking its employees in the field and improving voiceactivated data entry at its call centres.
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the North Shore, for a regional innovation tour. Innovation Council CEO Carl Anderson said the aim of the four-hour event is to spotlight the work of tech companies outside of Vancouver, including Kamloopsbased businesses such as Streamline Transportation Technologies, which uses app technology to help trucking compa-
nies track their fleets. “We can talk about what they’ve done, how they’ve done it and what would make them grow even bigger,” Anderson said. That could include partnerships with other tech companies that might be able to make use of products already in the works. The tour will also bring the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, IBM,
Fortis BC, BC Stats and other large companies to highlight technological gaps that need filling. “These companies have needs and we want to see if there are companies in the regions that can meet those needs right now or change what they’re doing to meet that need so they’ve got an instant market,” Anderson said. The event will
include short presentations from various companies, with breaks for networking. “We want to help people build companies in places where they live. It’s not Vancouver only, it’s not the Lower Mainland only,” Anderson said, noting improvements in web technology mean companies don’t need to be in the same region — or even country — to do
business together. “It’s a huge opportunity we have nowadays,” Anderson said. “Preinternet you couldn’t do it, but now you can.” In addition to Kamloops, the tour will hit Prince George, West Kootenay, Nanaimo, Victoria, Terrace and Kelowna. For more information, go online to bcic. ca/regional-innovationopportunities.
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Okanagan franchise joins BCILL
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acrosse players from Kamloops now have an option to play in the intermediate A ranks closer to home. The Okanagan Wild — who will draw from Kamloops, Penticton, Merritt, Kelowna, Vernon and Salmon Arm — will play their inaugural season in the 16-to 18-year-old B.C. Intermediate Lacrosse League (BCILL) this year. “The purpose behind the team and filling that two-year gap between midget and junior B is to get as much growth in the sport as possible and support our players, some of whom have committed to over 10 years of lacrosse, to continue playing the game we all love,” said Martin Gardner, the Wild’s general manager and governor. Gardner and Kamloops Minor
Lacrosse Association (KMLA) president Brook Webster, the Wild’s assistant GM, brought forth a proposal for the franchise to BCILL governorship, which voted 9-1 in favour of adding Okanagan to the fold. The Wild, who will feature a 25-man roster, are expected to play four of their 10 home games in the Interior, likely rotating between Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon and Penticton, with the other six to be held in Chilliwack. Practices will probably be held in Merritt. Tryouts will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 19 at Hassen Arena in Armstrong, with a parent-information meeting slated for 10:30 a.m. Okanagan joins Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Richmond and Victoria in the B.C. Intermediate A League, which runs from April to July. Prior to the Wild’s formation,
lacrosse players who graduated from the KMLA’s midget ranks could either play intermediate on the Coast or Vancouver Island, or play with the Kamloops Venom in the junior B Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League (TOJLL). Gardner said lacrosse careers have been ending too early because there are not many 16-year-olds ready to make the jump straight to the TOJLL, which has a maximum age of 21. It is Gardner’s hope that 16- to 18-year-old players who are willing and able to play for both the Wild and in the TOJLL will be allowed to do so. But, as it stands now, that will not be possible. Prior to the 2014 TOJLL campaign, the league’s member teams voted in a rule that makes it nearly impossible for intermediate-level players, such as the ones in the BCILL, to play games as an affiliated player in the TOJLL. Kamloops was opposed to the
rule, but the league’s other teams — the Kelowna Raiders, South Okanagan Flames, Vernon Tigers and Armstrong Shamrocks — voted it through. Some of the TOJLL governors and commissioner Dan Wray believe the Venom were plucking players who spent the bulk of their season playing intermediate on the Coast or Island and bringing them back to Kamloops just in time for the playoffs. Both sides had arguments, which can be read about online at kamloopsthisweek.com, but Gardner said there is no longer any reason to keep that rule in place. “Now there is an inter A league in the Interior that all junior B clubs from the five [TOJLL] communities have equal access to calling up players from on a regular basis, exactly the way it’s done on the Lower Mainland,” Gardner said. “They [some TOJLL team gov-
ernors] don’t quite see things the way Brook or I do, or the thousands of people across the Interior that support inter A. There’s a great deal of pride and ownership in what they do and they feel that inter A is just robbing them of players. “If that policy doesn’t change, that’s in actuality quite true.” Wray said the intermediate A rule may be reassessed in the future, “but even if we didn’t have that ruling in place, the players on the Wild will be challenged enough with being constantly on the road and would possibly have little time to play in the TOJLL.” Gardner disagrees, noting the Wild would do everything in their power to arrange practice and game schedules to allow players to suit up with junior B teams, which would also allow Okanagan to call up second-year midgets for developmental stints in the BCILL. See LACROSSE RULE, A19
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Indoor triathletes took over TCC The Runners Sole 4xMixed Relay Indoor Triathlon was held on Sunday at the Tournament Capital Centre. Included in the event were a 300-metre swim, a 6.6-kilometre spin on a stationary bike and a 1.6-km run on the building’s indoor track. Trish Stathers won the solo division in a time of one hour, thirty-one minutes and 17 seconds. Pro Team placed first in the pro category in 1:21.33; Tight and Bright won the age group team event in 1:28.35; TNT was the first-place family team in 1:17.17; Cold Start won gold in the junior team division; and the Spring Chickens earned first in the masters’ category in a time of 1:32.56. Some of the distances were scaled based on age.
On the oval
Two speed-skating events were held at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre on the weekend. Five members of the Kamloops Long Blades Speed Skating Club competed in the Western T2T Circuit Speedtacular, which featured 67 of the top skaters from B.C. Vladimir Demishkevich, Teagan Lawhead, Cameron
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Thomas, Leah Turner and Isaiah Jessie Uribe skated to personalbest results. Meanwhile, 22 Long Blades and seven Kamloops River City Racers were in action at the sixth annual Coyote Cup, a shorttrack event held on Saturday. The Long Blades were awarded the most points and had goldmedal performances from Samantha Stadfeld, Anisha Litt, Yael Van der Merwe, Abigale Van der Merwe, Dawson Doern, Hallie Sadegur and Alya Chard. Taien Chard, Evan Columbus, Caleb Van der Merwe, Keidis Corrigan, Meena Litt, Kayleigh Roberts and Jordan Smith are the Long Blades who won silver. The Long Blades who won bronze are Patrick Gu, Evangeline Kampman, Jacob Beesley and Rebecca Thomas, while Adam Turner, Nelson Smith, Jared Roberts and Laylah Sadegur won iron. Sophia Pankratz and Jason Hill set personal bests and won gold for the Racers, while John Hill, Clair
Reil, Maya Neufeld, Mason Pelton and Jessica Robertson hadpersonal best times and won iron. Members of both clubs will attend the Okanagan Short Track FUNale in Vernon on Feb. 11.
Hot start
The Kamloops Raiders started the spring B.C. Rugby Union campaign in style, picking up a pair of victories on the Coast. In Division One women’s play, the Raiders thumped the Brit Lions of Delta 41-12, with tries coming from Kalea Nokelby (2), Kaitlyn Cumming (2), Frankie Fraser, Riley Halvorson and Lizzy Gotuaco. The Raiders’ men edged the Surrey Beavers 20-17. Steven Thomson and Vince Finnen scored tries for Kamloops. Prop Greg Thomson used his boot to add two penalties and two conversions. Kamloops’ men will play Scribes in Vancouver on Saturday, while the Raiders’ women have a bye week.
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that is talked about day in and day out.’’ Calling the change a “rebirth,’’ Armstrong fought back tears while calling Hitchcock a future Hall of Famer and his “best friend.’’ Armstrong said Hitchcock took the news hard. “He was defiant to the end,’’ Armstrong said. “There was no kumbaya last night. He was angry.’’ Goaltending coach Jim Corsi was also fired and his duties will be handled by assistant GM and Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur and Ty Conklin, the team’s goalie development coach. Hitchcock has coached 20 NHL seasons with the Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Blues. He won the Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999 and his 781 career regular-season victo-
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Hitchcock coached the Kamloops Blazers from 1984 to 1990. Darryl Sydor played defence for the Blazers from 1988 to 1991 and is now a part-owner of the team. Sydor lost his job coaching as an assistant for the Wild when Yeo was fired last year, but was hired as an assistant lasy July by the Chicago Wolves, the Blues’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. Sydor started his coaching career in the AHL as an assistant under Yeo with the Houston Aeros in 20102011 and helped lead the team to a Western Conference championship before the duo joined the Wild in time for the 2011-2012 campaign.
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“Teams in junior B will continue to function,” Gardner said. “They’ve struggled with numbers all along and it’s because they haven’t had an intermediate team to develop more players to funnel into their system.” Webster would like to see a North Thompson-area intermediate A team form in the next few years, in addition to Okanagan. If there were two teams in the region, it would make it more feasible for BCILL teams on the Lower Mainland to travel north for road trips, he said. Wray said the TOJLL will take a wait-and-see approach to the Wild. “We offer players to play at home, where players can stay at home and play in front of hometown fans, friends and family,” Wray said, noting he wishes the Wild success in the upcoming season. “We believe that our TOJLL
players should finish high school at home, where there will be less stress and travel for them. “With [Wild] home games somewhere in the Fraser Valley, it will be a challenge for both players, coaches and fans.” Kamloops Venom general manager Brandon Pittman attended a TOJLL meeting on Sunday. “They won’t change the rule, as much as it hurts our league,” Pittman said, noting there was an hour-long argument on the topic. “They won’t change it. They don’t feel that any other team will benefit from this rule being changed other than Kamloops.” Pittman gave the South Okanagan Flames of Penticton as an example for why the rule should change. There are about seven players expected to play for Okanagan that could also play for the Flames, if the rule were changed, he said. “The inter A league is a great
idea,” Pittman said, noting 16and 17-year-old players should not be forced to choose one or the other. “They’re worried inter A can destroy our league. If you’re worried about that, then we need to change the rule so more kids can play.” Players from the Wild catchment area carded last year by BCILL teams on the Coast and Island will have the option to either stay put or join the Wild. There are somewhere between 10 and 14 players from the Tournament Capital expected to be among the 50 or 60 who will try out for Okanagan. “The majority of them aren’t physically ready for 18 to 21 junior B,” Gardner said. “Normally, their box lacrosse careers would be over, without having inter A. “And we’re developing players that will funnel into junior B in two years, to help them.”
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ST. LOUIS — The Blues abruptly fired coach Ken Hitchcock yesterday, cutting short the veteran’s final season in St. Louis and putting coach-in-waiting Mike Yeo in charge of the underperforming team months earlier than planned. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the change one day after the Blues’ fifth loss in six games. “We don’t lose with pride,’’ an emotional Armstrong said at a news conference. “I don’t think that we’ve given our best effort, and, Ken, ultimately he’s paying the price with all our failures, starting with mine.’’ The 65-year-old Hitchcock was in his sixth season as Blues coach. They went 248-124-41 and made the playoffs in each of his five seasons, reaching the Western Conference final last spring. But St. Louis went just 5-8 in January and at 24-21-5 was mired in eighth place in the Western Conference entering the day. “We’ve let our group become independent contractors,’’
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Kaeyden Bert tallied three goals and an assist for the Kamloops Chiefs in a 5-3 victory over the Fusion Timber Kamloops Hurricanes in bantam recreation play at Brock Arena on Saturday. Also recording points for the Chiefs were Douglas Pryor (1G, 1A), Bryton Jahn (1G), Jacob Haines (1A), Michael Dagasso (1A), Blake Jahnke (1A), Will Davis-Arnold (1A) and Jackson Schuler (1A). Finding the scoresheet for the ‘Canes were Austin Hammond (1G), Kyle Sandher (1G), Conner DeFoe (1G), Rylen Trent (1A) and Hunter Coleman (1A). Bryton Neufeld backstopped the Hurricanes. Ryerson Palmer was in the Chiefs’ crease.
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Ethan Ashton (left) and Ty Jarman jostle for the loose puck in peewee Kamloops Minor Hockey Association play on McArthur Island on Saturday.
Brady Pawlachuk (1G, 2A), Hayden Buttazzoni (1G, 1A), Austin Burke (1G), Jacob Sherlock (1G) and Jacob Taylor (1A). Tyson Aspeslet was between the pipes for the Leprechauns. Rebekah Schmutz and Zachary Kohorst split time in net for the Hooligans, who had two goals from Michael Hutchison.
bantam recreation games, topping the Leprechauns 5-4 and the Hooligans 6-2. Harjun Serown (6G, 2A), Dakota Reid (2G), Rohan Onufreychuk (1G, 2A), Parker Erickson (1G, 2A), Keegan Leblanc (1G), Tye Kitamura (1A) and Ethan Gremaud (1A) had points for the Billionaires on the weekend in support of goaltender Xavier Tedford. Tallying points for the Leprechauns were
Winning it all
The atom development A1 Kamloops
Blazers posted a 5-0 record and won gold at a tournament in Chilliwack on the weekend. Kamloops doubled Comox 6-3 in the final. Finding the scoresheet on the weekend for the Blazers were Jaxsin Vaughan (7G, 4A), Corbin Vaughan (5G, 2A), Chase Besse (2G, 2A), Myles Walker (2G, 2A), Nik Dimopoulos (1G, 3A), Ryan Smith (1G, 3A), Max Kinnee (1G, 2A), Jacob Eichenberger (1G), Jakob Gottfriedson (1G) and Caden Cail (1A). Luca Woehle was 3-0 between the pipes and was in Kamloops’ net for the final. Noah Clark was 2-0 when given the nod in the crease.
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Auto lotto to support pediatrics at RIH Zimmer AutoGroup hopes to raise $150,000 for RIH Foundation through Mercedes-Benz raffle JESSICA KLYMCHUK
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ob Zimmer is hosting a luxury ‘auto lotto’ in hopes of tripling his $50,000 pledge to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. Four-thousand tickets will be sold for the fundraiser, with one lucky winner taking home a 2016 MercedezBenz CLA2504M valued at $58,306. There are also 19 secondary prizes to be won. “Originally, we were going to write a cheque for $50,000. Then I thought, if we donate a car, we can potentially raise $150,000 for the foundation,” said the Zimmer AutoGroup president. “So, that’s our goal.” All funds raised through the lotto will support the pediatrics department at RIH. “I have four kids and my youngest was born here in RIH,” Zimmer said. “Unfortunately, we all probably are going to need the hospital some time in our lives, whether we are a kid or an older person.” Heidi Coleman, chief executive officer of the RIH Foundation, said money raised will
Rob Zimmer and the RIH Foundation are raffling off this 2016 Mercedez-Benz CLA2504M and 19 secondary prizes to raise money for the pediatric department at Royal Inland Hospital.
be allocated to the neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU). Funds will also go toward purchasing specialized equipment used to treat or operate on children who arrive in the emergency room or intensive-care unit (ICU).
“We always need the highly specialized equipment we see in the NICU,” Coleman said, adding the unit will eventually be moved to the patient care tower, which is still in the early planning phase. “Our ICU is so
technical and highly specialized and looks state of the art, but our NICU does not look like that — but it will,” she said. “Any kind of emergency trauma equipment for children we like to make sure we have up-to-date.
“Even in the ER, we need portable X-ray machines and portable ultrasounds and we’re looking for the pediatric versions.” About 1,800 tickets are still available. There is $62,797 in prizes to be won. Tickets are $50 each.
Sales cut off Feb. 14 and the draw will take place at Zimmer AutoGroup at 9 a.m. on Feb. 17. RIH Foundation will be selling tickets at Aberdeen Mall until to Feb. 12, between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays and from noon to
5 p.m. on weekends. They are also for sale at Zimmer AutoGroup, 695 Laval Cres., and at the RIH Foundation office at the hospital. For more information, go online to rihfoundation.ca/auttolotto.
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• Helps to maintain filing systems for Chief and Council, band administration and departments • Assists as needed with sorting and distribution of mail to Council and management team • Organizes and types memos, letters and documents as directed by Administrator • Plans and provides secretarial support for meetings, including preparation of agendas, recording and preparation of minutes, coordination of delegations to Council • Organizes meetings and travel for Chief and Council, and for the Administrator • Prepares notices and documents for meetings of Council, committees and community functions as needed • Coordinates the collection and publication of reports by the management team • Assists with conversion of existing paper-based filing systems to electronic filing
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• Grade 12 and some post-secondary education preferred • Secretarial training or practical experience • Familiarity with office equipment and office procedures • Good computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office or equivalent software • Ability to deal in a positive way with co-workers, clients and community members: i.e. respectful, patient and good humoured • Committed to teamwork • Punctuality, reliable attendance at work, and ability to work to deadlines • Must have drivers licence and own reliable vehicle
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Please submit a letter of application, a resume, and the names of 3 references to Doug Brown, Administrator, by noon on Friday, February 10, 2017. Your application can be submitted by email to: dbrown@lslib.com
Ready to work with the best? You got the Talent, we got the Team! Our ideal new sales partner: • Is customer service-oriented in focus and approach • Is a go-getter who aggressively looks for opportunities to connect with customers and follows through • Is energetic, enthusiastic, positive, hard-working, and confident • Has excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing • Must be friendly, personable, accommodating and professional at all times • Has a detail-oriented personality • Is knowledgeable about vehicles or is willing to spend time learning about the vehicles we sell • Has an excellent ability to manage priorities, stress and being on point without missing a beat
Guaranteed income to get started! Come be part of our New and Used sales team at Kamloops’ fastest-growing dealership!
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Horsting’s Farm in Cache Creek, BC requires Farm Labourers 5 to 6 days/week, 40 to 50 hours/week at $10.85 per hour. Farm work includes: planting, weeding, irrigating, harvesting and preparing crops for market. Employment start date is March 10, 2017. Submit application to: fax 604-792-7766, by mail to: 2540 Hwy 97, PO Box 716, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0 Or email: horstingsfarm@shaw.ca
Help Wanted Don’s Auto Towing Part-time dispatcher position available. Weekends, evenings and holidays. Knowledge of the city is an asset. Please apply in person with a resume to 671 W. Athabasca St. Gas attendant/sales clerk required for weekend/nights. 2pm-10pm. Drop off resume at Super-Save Gas, 10030 Dallas Drive or call 250-573-2990. I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679
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The Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band has an opening for an Education Coordinator Assistant reporting to the Education Coordinator. The assistant will promote Community development for culturally based wellness activities that promote learning and growth.
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Nixon Wenger is one of the largest, fastest, growing law firms outside of Greater Vancouver. Currently with 21 lawyers and a newly constructed office building, our Vernon, B.C. office has an opening for a Conveyancer. Our successful candidate will have experience and must be able to complete residential and commercial deals from start to finish. The applicant will have strong communication skills, will be very detail-oriented and must be highly organized. In addition, the applicant must be knowledgeable with E-Filing through BC Online and experience with econveyance would be an asset. Responsibilities will also involve interacting with clients by phone and email. Our firm offers a positive working environment with competitive salaries, a group benefits package, and an RRSP program. Nixon Wenger welcomes your interest in this position within our Conveyancing Department. Please submit your resume by 4:00 pm on February 10, 2017 to humanresources@nixonwenger.com. We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.
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Seeking Onsite Assistant Resident Caretaker for 70 unit complex focused on safe, affordable housing. The successful proponent should be familiar with the Residential Tenancy Act and able to perform a variety of administrative and caretaker duties. Janitorial and basic maintenance tasks include sweeping, mopping, basic plumbing repair and unplugging drains, general cleaning around the building and garbage area, yard work and keeping the sidewalks free of leaves and snow. Must be familiar with unit prep, which would include cleaning, minor repairs and painting. Administrative tasks would include maintaining a daily log, rent collection, bank runs, showing and renting suites and contractor supervision. A minimum of 3 years cleaning and maintenance experience plus the ability to lift 25 kilograms needed. The successful proponent should be upbeat, friendly and have a familiarity with computers. The position is a permanent, part-time livein position. Must be bondable and provide CRC. Please send resume to: Box #1459 c/o Kamloops This Week, 1365-B Dalhousie Dr., Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5P6.
SCOTCH Creek Super Valu is now hiring a Full-Time produce Manager. Position to start ASAP. Minimum 2-3 yrs experience. Wage negotiable. Extended benefits. Located on Shuswap Lake. Please forward resume to sv3377@shaw.ca or fax 250-955-2132
BICHON puppies, boys, vet checked, 1st set of shots, delivery avail. 1-250-804-6848
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ABERDEEN Rte 508 – 700–810 Hugh Allan Dr. – 40 papers
DOWNTOWN/LOWER SAHALI Rte 310 – 651-695 2nd Av, 660690 3rd Ave, 110-292 Columbia St(even), 106-321 Nicola St. – 59p.
SUNRIVERS Rte 870 – Mariposa Crt, Sagewood Crt, Dr, Lane, St, 100 Sun Rivers Dr. – 49 p.
Rte 562 – Englemann Crt, 18021890 Lodgepole Dr. - 63 papers
Rte 311 – 423-676 1st Ave, 440533 2nd Ave, 107-237 Battle St, 135-173 St Paul St. – 31 p.
Rte 871 – 9th Green Dr & Lane – 34 p.
Rte 564 – 2000-2099 Hugh Allan Dr, Pinegrass Crt & St. – 39 papers
Rte 327 – 1103-1459 Columbia St, 1203-1296 Dominion St. – 39 p.
Rte 583 – Butte Pl, Chinook Pl, Mt. Dufferin Dr. – 43 papers
Rte 380 – Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 60 p.
Rte 591 – 1940 Hillside Dr. (Complex) – 19 papers
Rte 381 – 20-128 Centre Ave, Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St. – 45 p.
Rte 874 – Canyon Ridge (area), 1400-1448 Sunrivers Dr. – 28 p. Rte 875 – Golf Ridge (area), 2000-2028 Sunrivers Dr. – 26 p. Rte 877 – The Pointe Pl – 15 p. Rte 878 – Stone Ridge Cres, Dr, Lane. – 35 p.
DALLAS/BARNHARTVALE Rte 750 – 5101-5299 Dallas Dr, Mary Pl, Nina Pl, Rachel Pl. – 30 p.
Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, Bestwick Dr & Crts, Mahood Pl, Morrisey Pl. – 86 p. Rte 406 – 108-492 McGill Rd. – 62 p.
VALLEYVIEW/JUNIPER Rte 617 – 2401-2515 Valleyview Dr, Valleyview Pl. – 50 p.
Rte 754 – Hillview Dr, Mountview Dr. – 35 p.
RAYLEIGH Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 44 p.
Rte 618 – Big Nickel Pl, Chapman Pl, Marsh Rd, Paul Rd, Peter Rd, 2440-2605 Thompson Dr-55p.
Rte 834 – Armour Pl, MattockMcKeague Rd, Sabiston Crt & Pl, 4205-4435 Spurraway Rd. – 64
Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 52 p.
Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley Pl, Melrose Pl, Yarrow Pl. – 75 p. Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 61 p. Rte 781 – Duncan Rd, Durango Rd, Sonora Rd, Wittner Rd. – 42 p.
WESTSYDE Rte 221 – 3013-3072 Bank Rd, Bermer Pl, Bissette Rd, 30073045 Westsyde Rd. – 58 p. Rte 235 – 3440-3808 Westsyde Rd. – 72 p.
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Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Council gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing in Council Chambers at 106-3270 Village Way, Sun Peaks, BC, to consider proposed Bylaws 0082 and 0083. What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0082, 2017?
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It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 to rezone lands at 5425 Lookout Ridge Place (legally described as Lot 11, District Lot 6468, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan KAP82619), as shown shaded in bold outline on the map adjacent, from RS-1: Residential Single Family One to RS-1A: Residential Single Family One – Tourist Accommodation Zone to permit tourist accommodation (nightly/short-term rental). What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0083, 2017? It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 to rezone lands at 2403 Fairways Drive (legally described as Lot 5, District Lot 6334, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan KAP53475), as shown shaded in bold outline on the map adjacent, from RS-1: Residential Single Family One to RS1A: Residential Single Family One – Tourist Accommodation Zone to permit tourist accommodation (nightly/shortterm rental).
All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. Additionally, they may make written submissions on the matter of these Bylaws (via any of the below options) which must be received at our office prior to 4:00 p.m. on the 3rd day of February 2017. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter. How do I get more information? A copy of the proposed Bylaws and all supporting information can be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday (except statutory holidays) at our office from January 20, 2017 until 4:00 p.m. the day of the Hearing; or please contact us via any of the below options. Rob Bremner, &KLHI $GPLQLVWUDWLYH 2I¿FHU Mail: PO Box 1002, Sun Peaks, BC V0E 5N0 Email: admin@sunpeaksmunicipality.ca Phone: 250-578-2020 Fax: 250-578-2023
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Logan Lake Community Forest Forest Stewardship Plan Please be advised that the Logan Lake Community Forest will be submitting a new Forest Stewardship Plan to the Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations, Thompson Rivers District for approval. This Forest Stewardship Plan will be available for viewing at the Logan Lake municipal offices between February 2nd, 2017 and April 3rd, 2017. It is also available online at loganlake.ca/community-forest-corporation There will also be a Community Forest Open House on March 2nd, 2017 from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at the Logan Lake Fire Hall where the Forest Stewardship Plan will be available. Join us at the meeting and see what the Logan Lake Community Forest has been up to. Or alternatively you can contact the Logan Lake Community Forest Coordinator Randy Spyksma and rspyksma@forsite.ca If you wish to provide input to the new Forest Stewardship Plan, please provide your written feedback to rspyksma@forsite.ca before April 3 rd , 2017.
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Obituaries & In Memoriam Burnice Lucille Davis
Wanda Lehn
On January 18th, 2017 we lost a Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and dear friend, Burnice Lucille “Lou” Davis who was 86 years old.
We sadly announce the passing of our beloved Wanda Lehn on January 26, 2017.
Born on October 16th, 1930 in Brandon, Manitoba, Lou later moved to British Columbia and married Russell Scott Davis. Lou is survived by her daughter Gwendolynn, her granddaughter Gwen Adeline and great-granddaughter Jenna including many distant relatives and friends.
She will missed and lovingly remembered by her sister Anni, brother-in-law John, nephews Rudy and Horst, niece Paula and their family’s, relatives and friends who extend throughout Canada, Germany and Argentina.
Lou was an influential icon in the post war modern women’s rights movement and became the first woman in North America to hold a licensed Blaster’s Certificate. Lou and her husband Russell were engineers in the planning of the world’s largest non-atomic blast in Ripple Rock, Campbell River, BC in 1958. They owned and operated C.I.L. Explosives and Accessories where Lou was a distributor and handler of all types of explosives. After the sudden passing of her husband Russell, Lou went on to build and operate the Lost Erra Resort and Trailer Park in Campbell River, BC from 1970-1981. Lou retired on her farm in Pritchard, BC and was an active member of The Royal Purple for many decades volunteering countless hours to their charities, fundraising events and functions. Lou played key leadership roles serving as District Deputy, Honored Royal Lady and Secretary. Forever in our hearts and memories A Private Service for close friends and family will be held in honor and Celebration of her Life.
Evelyn Ruth Dick (Martens) Evelyn was called home to her Saviour on January 17, 2017.
Wanda was pre-deceased by her Father, Mother, Brother and three Sisters. Wanda was born in Einlage, Ukraine on September 29, 1932. From there, the family traveled to Germany during WWII. As a young girl, she and her family moved to Argentina, then in 1968 Wanda immigrated to Vancouver, Canada where she worked in a bakery and then at Safeway Empress Foods until her retirement in 1994, when she moved to Kamloops to be closer to her family and enjoy her retirement. After spending the last five years in the care of The Hamlets Residential Home, she passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Wanda will always be remembered as a very loving, kind and generous person who always put family and friends first.
A special thank you to Kamloops Funeral Home and Associates.
We wish to thank Dr. D. Hamilton and the Staff of The Hamlets for the exceptional care they provided.
The greatest comfort during sorrow is the expression of sympathy conveyed in many ways. We thank you most sincerely and appreciate your thoughtfulness.
The Funeral will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 1:00 pm in the Kamloops Funeral Home Chapel, 285 Fortune Dr., Kamloops, BC.
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July 14, 1925 - January 27, 2017 Mary Romano passed away peacefully after a brief illness with family by her side. Words cannot express how much she will be missed… and hearts are broken yet thankful this amazing woman lived such a rewarding 91 years. Mary was born to Catherine and Frederick Zuhajewich in Prince Albert, SK. As a child she loved music and visiting her grandma’s farm. She attended nursing school and became an R.N. in Nelson, BC was where she started her career and met her future husband Tony (Anthony John) Romano. They married in 1948. In 1954, they moved to Kamloops where Mary was kept very busy with her nursing career and raising their five children. She worked at the Tranquille Tuberculosis Sanatorium and then at Royal Inland Hospital. After nursing, she stayed active in various positions on the board for the Kamloops Figure Skating Club and supported her husband Tony who was on both North Kamloops and Kamloops city councils for years. Many enjoyable summers were spent at their cabin at Little Shuswap and taking weekend trailer trips exploring BC and beyond. She loved to travel and attended many conventions with her husband all over the world. She was as happy in a historic church in Europe as she was watching the Adams River Salmon Run. She spent several winters in Mexico, relaxing on the beaches and sharing ‘happy hours’ with Tony. Mary’s numerous hobbies included knitting, sewing, quilting, gardening, canning and baking. She was an avid reader and spent many hours on her computer keeping in touch with loved ones afar and researching current and historical world events. Mary enjoyed playing cards, especially
She and Bob Dick married on July 25, 1970. They moved to Kamloops in the 1970s where they welcomed their daughter Tanya in 1977. Many summers were spent at Adams Lake in their beautiful log house which became a great gathering place for family and friends. Ev was a skier, an artist, a tremendous green thumb, a quilter, a good cook and played a mean game of Dictionary. If anything was the colour purple, she had to have it. Her loving nature, joy and humour brightened the world of everyone she came into contact with. In 2010, Ev had breast cancer surgery which she bravely faced, but the cancer came back this year along with other health issues. Ev maintained a strong faith in Jesus Christ and enjoyed fellowship in churches wherever they lived. She leaves behind to mourn her husband Bob, daughter Tanya (Mark), stepson Robert, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, six sisters and one brother, many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. She will be sorely missed. Heaven is richer. A Service will be held on Saturday, February 25th, 2017 at 11:00 am at the Kamloops Alliance Church. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to a children’s charity of your choice.
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Evelyn was born in Brooks, AB on July 30, 1943 to Dave and Nettie Martens. After the family moved to BC in the 1950s, Ev became an integral part of the Aldergrove High School sports teams as well as taking leadership roles in the Young People’s Group at the Langley Evangelical Free Church. After obtaining her teaching degree, Ev taught in Langley, Kelowna, Jasper, Grande Prairie and the Kamloops area where she taught kindergarten until she retired.
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Bridge and Saskatchewan Rummy and was a master at Scrabble and Sudoku. She loved music and singing and even rekindled her mandolin playing in recent years. Mary was also bilingual in English and Ukrainian. Amongst all of this, her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Tony in 2001, her parents and her four brothers. Her legacy survives in her five children Wanda (Sonny), Norman (Anita), Murray, Mark and Helen (Paul) as well as her five grandchildren Darlene (Blake), Vincent (Taunya), Mitchell, Megan and Mateo. She was also blessed to have great-grandchildren Azlyn, Thairyn, Jaydah and Helayna. Her immense love for her family and endless curiosity about the world are an inspiration to all. A sincere thank you to those who helped her in her final days, the wonderful staff at Berwick on the Park, good friends Christa Maguire and Jenny Bakken and the amazing staff at Royal Inland Hospital. A Funeral Service will be held in the early spring at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Donations can be made to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. Condolences may be made to www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454
Christal Ruth Lentz Christal was born on July 12th, 1990 and was suddenly and unexpectedly called Home to be with her Lord on January 23rd, 2017 at the age of 26 as the result of a tragic motor vehicle accident. She is now singing praises in the house of the Lord, where she will dwell forever. Christal knew that this was not our home, but the Mission Field. It was always a joy for the Salvation Army to work the mission field with Christal. Christal will be lovingly remembered by her parents Carrie and Reg Reiger of Vernon, BC and Marvin Lentz of Camrose, Alberta, one sister Chloe (Ryan) Scott of Rush Lake, Saskatchewan, three brothers Daniel Lentz of Kelowna, BC, Adam Reiger of Vernon, BC and Jesse Stevenson of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, two nephews Evan and Brandtlee Scott, her grandfathers Sig Lentz of Camrose, Alberta and Perc Ridge of Adelaide, Australia, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandmothers Ruth Ridge, Glen Ridge, Marg Lentz, Mary Reiger and her extended family at Kamloops Salvation Army. A Celebration Of Christal’s Life which will be held at the Salvation Army, 344 Poplar Street, Kamloops on Sunday, February 5 at 4:00pm with Captain’s Paul and Lisa Trickett officiating. We request in lieu of Flowers, if you would make your donation to the Salvation Army’s “Deborah’s Gate” a restoration home for Human Trafficked Women. www.deborahsgate.ca
Robert Neill 1943 – 2016
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert R. Neill on December 21st, 2016. A Celebration of Life is planned for 12:00 pm on Saturday, June 10th, 2017 at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Vernon, BC with refreshments following at the home of Rick and Silvia Neill. This gathering is a dress-up event; funny costumes or accessories are encouraged. CORRECTION: For any other information, please contact Avery at flavory@hotmail.ca or 250-819-8379. On-line condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454
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Obituaries & In Memoriam Kevin Eric John
November 24, 1978 – January 25, 2017
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Kevin in Kamloops, BC. He will be lovingly remembered by his mother Helen John, his wife Natalie West, his children Destiny Foard, Talon John, Alaia John, Tyra Gregg and Nevaro Gregg, brothers Christopher Anthony, Les Anthony (Natasha), Kelly John, David John, Doug Anthony, Craig John (Amy), sisters Julie John (Justin “Judd”), Andrea John (Jason), Roberta Bungay (Dave), Jody Tomma (Mike), Tracey Davis, Stacey Berryman, Dawn Berryman and nieces and nephews Waylon, Shyleen, Shyreen, Julz, Shylee, Johnathon, Heather, Darnell, Mercedes, Devon, Darian, Bruce, Sisena, Aislyn, Allandra and Louie. Kevin is predeceased by his father Narcisse “Mousie” John. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454
Alfred Law Alf passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. His passing was unexpected for his family; perhaps not so much for him. His children all talked to him in person a few hours before he went to bed Tuesday evening. The last thing he said was “I have lived as long as I wanted”. He went to sleep that night and passed away peacefully. Alf is survived by his children Bonita (Noel “Skip”) Gopsill of Kamloops, BC, David (Betty Graham) Law of Coquitlam, BC, Sheryl (Chris Glazier) Law of Vancouver, BC, Randall Law of Kamloops, BC, Marilee (Mo) Yee of South Hazelton, BC, and Bill (Meaghan) Wade of Kamloops, BC. He was also survived by grandchildren Michelle (Chris), Teresa (Jason), George (Sara), Liz, Brianne, Morgan, Regan, Nolan, Steven (Sabrina), Sean, Kelsey, Rachel and great-grandchildren Austin, Taylor, Amber, Thomas and Sadie, as well as brother Richard (Mary) Law and sister Queenie Lance. He was also survived by the last love of his life Ronnie Pepplar. Alf was predeceased by his first wife Leonie (Gueulette) Law in 1971 and his second wife Frances (Wade) Law in 2013. Alf was born in 1926 in New Westminster, BC. He was active in sports from a very young age and was an avid reader, historian, mathematician, square dancer, ballroom dancer, seamstress and sports officiator. First and foremost though, he was a teacher - in every situation. He loved all sports, played and officiated every sport he could. He especially loved volleyball, playing his last game at the age of 85. In 2008, he was inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame. For many years he was an active volunteer for many organizations including the Catholic Church, the Lion’s Club, Tranquille Hospital Complex, Cub Scouts and the Kamloops Elementary Sports Council. He taught a generation of children to dance. For many years, he raised money for the Cancer Society participating in the Longest Day of Golf, playing as many as 8 ½ rounds of golf on the longest day of the year. Alf loved poetry. He wrote poems at every occasion, from dinners to birthdays, weddings to funerals. He recited countless poems from memory, even into his old age. One of his favourites was “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, which he could still recite at the age of 89. Alf, like his older brother Cecil (his hero), was a remarkable man, with a broad range of interests, skills and expertise, a true polymath. He was an inspirational teacher and mentor to many. He wasn’t perfect but we loved him. He will be missed by all those whose lives he touched. A Celebration of Alf’s Life will take place at 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at the Unifor Hall, 427 Lansdowne St., Kamloops, BC. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca
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Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you wake in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die!
Because a celebration of life is an important step in the healing process – for you and for all of your loved one’s friends and family members, we want to help you plan a celebration that honours and respects your loved one’s life, loves, and accomplishments. We’ll work with you and your budget to ensure your loved one’s memory lives on
Her Journey’s Just Begun by E. Brenneman
Don’t think of her as gone away, Her journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets, This earth is only one. Just think of her as resting, From the sorrows and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort, Where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing, That we could know today, How nothing but our sadness, Can really pass away. And think of her as living, In the hearts of those she touched, For nothing loved is ever lost; And she was loved so much.
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