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SHOOTING ON 12TH STREET One arrest after man shot in leg in wee hours of yesterday morning

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RISING LEAD LEVELS AT SUMMIT But there is little cause for concern as levels dropped after 30-second flush

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. . . AND OTHER TALES OF WOE FROM THE NEW RIH PARKADE STORY/A11

TALKING ETHICS IN SPORTS Paul Melia of Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports was at TRU Law Conference

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BRING IN THE CLOWN Read all about Mockus, a play that starts Feb. 8 at Pavilion Theatre

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RCMP investigators were at the scene of a shooting that occurred in the early-morning hours of yesterday in the alley (below) adjacent to Madison Townhouses (above) and Sherbrooke Avenue on the North Shore. One man was found shot in the leg in the 1000-block of 12th Street and a 31-year-old man was arrested.

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A 31-year-old man is in custody following a shooting on the North Shore of Kamloops in the wee hours of Thursday morning. A man, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, was shot in the leg with a small-calibre firearm at about 2 a.m. Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Edward Preto said the shooting suspect has been arrested and is at the department’s Battle Street detachment. The suspect is being held in custody at Kamloops RCMP’s Battle Street detachment. Sgt. Robert Daley said the shooting occurred in the 1000-block of 12th Street on the North Shore. Mounties remained at the crime scene as daylight broke, with police tape stretching across four properties and across a nearby alley. Officers were also investigating a

nearby home. Kathryn Young, who lives in the townhouse with her children, said she spent the night at a friend’s house and returned yesterday morning to find her place a mess. She said her son was home late Wednesday night or early yesterday morning when someone smashed her living room window and stole her car.

Young said she is not certain whether the incident at her house is connected to the shooting. “I think they [police] thought it was all together and it might be,” she said. “I don’t know.” The victim of the shooting was taken to Royal Inland Hospital. “The investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing at this time,” Daley said.

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Police are asking a judge to extend the time they can keep evidence in the case of a Kamloops teenager who was killed in a hit-and-run collision nearly three months ago. Jennifer Gatey died on Nov. 4 while walking across Pacific Way just south of Aberdeen Drive, behind her family’s Aberdeen home. The South Kamloops secondary Grade 11 student was one day shy of her 17th birthday. The vehicle that hit Gatey did not stop. Police later announced they were looking for a darkcoloured Jeep. On Nov. 8, investigators seized a darkcoloured two-door Jeep from a driveway outside a home in Dufferin. In Kamloops provincial court yesterday, Judge Roy Dickie was told the lawyer for the registered owner of the Jeep is opposed to police holding on to the vehicle. “It was set for today so that [registered owner] or his counsel could decide whether they want to oppose it,” RCMP Const. Kevin McIntyre said. When a police application to extend the time investigators can keep evidence without charges is opposed, the matter is left in the hands of a judge. A one-hour hearing will be scheduled to determine whether Mounties will be allowed to keep the Jeep for a longer period of time.

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CITYpage Council Calendar February 7, 2017 9:00 am - Council Budget Meeting 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting February 8, 2017 5:30 pm - Heritage Commission DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street February 21, 2017 9:00 am - Council Budget Meeting 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing

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5th Annual Family Day Festival

Join us for tea parties, theatre, live music, sports, and all kinds of arts and crafts! When: Monday, February 13, 2017, 10:00 am-2:00 pm Where: Tournament Capital Centre (910 McGill Road) Cost: FREE! Non-perishable food items will be gratefully accepted for the Kamloops Food Bank.

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Call for Proposals The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) is a federal initiative aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness.

Friday, March 3, Sahali and Fortune Safeway stores 10:00 am-3:00 pm

A Call for Proposals is now open to allocate approximately $1.1 million in funding to projects in Kamloops that follow the Housing First model or provide support services to homeless individuals and families (or those at imminent risk of homelessness). Proposals will be evaluated and awarded by community through the HomeFree Collective.

Saturday, March 4, Sahali and Fortune Safeway stores 10:00 am-3:00 pm

For more details on the Call for Proposals and the application form, please visit www.kamloops.ca/homefree.

Thursday, March 2, Aberdeen Mall 10:00 am-2:00 pm

The 150th person to walk through the door will receive Canada 150 prizes!

For more information, contact Kevin Beeton, Police Support Services Supervisor, at 250-828-3264 or visit www.kamloops.ca/communitysafety.

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Green Living Expo: CALL FOR EXHIBITORS The second annual Green Living Expo will take place April 29, 2017, at the Sandman Centre, and we are looking for companies and organizations to host interactive exhibition booths.

If you have a product or a service that encourages healthy, sustainable living, contact us at greenliving@kamloops.ca or visit www.kamloops.ca/expo.

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During routine tests, one water sample at Summit elementary in Sahali showed elevated levels of lead. Full test results are expected next week. In the meantime, bottled water is being used at the school.

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Test results are expected next week on a water sample at Summit elementary that showed an elevated amount of lead. Michelle Marginet, manager of health and safety for the Kamloops-Thompson school district, said one fountain is involved at the school in Sahali, but noted all drinking-water taps and fountains have been shut down. Marginet said the water sample showed a level slightly above what is considered acceptable when tested immediately, but once the water ran for 30 seconds, the lead level dropped to a reading considered to be safe. The result was found as Summit came up on the school district’s schedule for water testing. Such testing became mandatory last year in the province after 63 schools in Surrey that were built before 1990, the year the B.C. Plumbing Code restricted the use of lead solder in pipes, showed lead content that was greater than the level allowed by Health Canada. Summit elementary opened in 1980. Marginet said the potential for significant lead problems is

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The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality limit lead content of drinking water to 10 parts per billion. The water at Summit tested immediately as it was collected was 12 parts per billion. It returned to one part per billion after the fountain ran for 30 seconds. The guidelines were established by a federal-provincial-territorial committee and set out the basic parameters that every water system should strive to achieve in order to provide the cleanest, safest and most reliable drinking water possible. Health Canada notes “Canadian drinking water supplies are generally of excellent quality. However, water in nature is never ‘pure.’ It picks up bits and pieces of everything it comes into contact with, including minerals, silt, vegetation, fertilizers and agricultural run-off. “ low in Kamloops because the water in the city is not acidic. Acidic water can create a corrosion that leads to lead dissolving into water. Automatic flushers can be installed to clear out sitting water. Marginet said bottled water is being provided for Summit students and, in a letter from the district to parents and guardians addressing the issue, a request was made for students to come to school with their own water bottles filled from home. Bottled water is also being provided for any food preparation at the school. Marginet said some elevated levels have been found in other Kamloops schools since testing became required last September, but noted replacement of taps or

flushing the water lines resolved the concern. She said it’s likely one of those two options will be put into effect at Summit. Testing is the only way to determine the presence of lead. “You can’t see it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it,” Marginet said. Although lead was banned in Canada in 1990, Marginet said there are still plumbing products sold with brass fittings that might have had lead used in their creation. She said the element is found “all around us, in the Earth’s crust, in our air, in rocks” and advised anyone concerned about their child’s exposure to consult with a doctor. The school district is working with the Interior Health Authority to monitor lead levels in all schools.

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City of Kamloops public works director Jen Fretz said she is disappointed the companies responsible for repairs to the Westsyde Pool building are more interested in “pointing fingers” of blame than moving forward with solutions to a materials mix-up that has stalled construction since December. The city met with D&T Developments Ltd. and its consultant, Read Jones Christoffersen Engineering, again last week, but has not yet managed to nail down a date to resume construction of the building’s roof, Fretz said. “It’s unfortunate, it’s frustrating. Things need to move quickly, but we’re still at the discussion stage,” she said. “We are doing everything we can to make this happen and we’re not getting a whole lot of progress at this point.”

In December, D&T alerted the city it had installed the wrong type of roof decking at the pool, rather than the specially treated product required in its contract. Mayor Peter Milobar has described the incident as a mix-up, likely supplier-caused. The materials issue wasn’t caught until more work on the roof had been completed. It’s not clear if that work, which includes the installation of insulation and part of the roof membrane, will all be salvageable. “Initially when we met with the contractor and the consultant, they were both very forward with saying they wanted to work with us, they were willing to work with us and make things right and get things done, which was all very positive and wonderful,” Fretz said. “I assumed by that we would be under construction again by now at least.” The city had hoped to open the pool this month, but has

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THE HOT AND NOT OF THE WEEK Kamloops This Week looks at the stories of the week — the good, the bad and all in-between:

HOT: The city’s recycling program, which will see $1.1 million per year paid to city hall now that Kamloops has joined Multi Material B.C. (MMBC). 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. While the money is welcome (and, hopefully, is used to lower utility rates faced by homeowners), the fact glass and soft plastics will no longer be part of curbside collection is troublesome. Yes, there are depots in Kamloops that will accept glass and soft plastics, but many residents will choose the quickest route to rid their homes of such waste — that being the garbage can in the garage that is eventually dumped at the Mission Flats landfill site.

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NOT: The state of the construction site that is the Westsyde Pool. A significant mistake in applying roofing material to the building has led to a significant delay in completion of the $3-million project. Work has been halted since December as various parties try to decide how to proceed. We’d suggest those responsible do the right thing, pay to fix the mistake and get on with it. Residents of Westsyde and adjacent areas have been without their community pool and recreation centre long enough — since June 2015. HOT: The South Kamloops Titans senior boy’s basketball team, which has risen to No. 2 in the province in AAA rankings. Kelly Olynyk’s alma mater is seeking a B.C. title and has a good chance of claiming one. See more on today’s Sports front on A23.

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I don’t need farmers; I get my food from the grocery store.” Sounds ridiculous, right? The Colorado Press Association used it as part of a recent marketing campaign, comparing it to the phrase, “I don’t need newspapers; I get my news from the Internet.” I was reminded of that as I read Shattered Mirror, the report from Ed Greenspon of the Public Policy Forum (PPF) on the Canadian media industry. (Disclosure: I attended one of the PPF’s roundtable discussions this past fall in Vancouver on behalf of the BC and Yukon Community Newspapers Association.) It’s a comprehensive report that does an excellent job of describing and analyzing the challenges facing Canadian media in a global digital age. More importantly, it has several recommendations on how to help support Canadian media and local news, including closing a tax loophole that gives advertisers a break when advertising in nonCanadian-owned online media (a break they don’t get for foreignowned print advertising) and using the money generated from it, estimated at $300 million to $400 million per year, to fund local news and new media initiatives. But what I think the report does best is make it clear why media outlets struggle in the digital age — it answers the question about not only how the food gets to the grocery store, but how much the farmer gets when you pay $1.29 for that tomato. People have long misunderstood who pays for news, and how. In the days of paid circulation, many believed they were supporting the entire cost of their local newspaper when they plunked down their pocket change for a copy. In reality, reader revenue — where it exists — covers only a

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VIEW fraction of the real cost of reporting news, never mind the mechanical and logistical costs of preparing, printing and delivering it to readers. Even the many community newspapers that deliver the news free of charge still hear the grumbling from unhappy subjects of coverage that we are just “trying to sell papers.” (!) The advent of the Internet has made people more aware of the real way people pay for content — with their attention. Sadly, this realization has come just at the point where the real money online goes not to the people who pay to produce what you read, but the people who organize and distribute it — primarily Google and Facebook, two U.S.based corporations that between them employ a grand total of zero journalists in Canada. However, readers are led to believe because they continue to be flooded with seemingly ever-increasing amounts of content for which they do not pay, and because they continue to be bombarded with marketing messages attached to that content, that somebody must be making enough money to pay for it. They need to know the model has shifted entirely. Advertising dollars online have become largely detached from

content and those who package others’ news to readers get the overwhelming share. Those who pay journalists to perform civic journalism simply can’t afford to do so off the dregs of digital revenue Facebook and Google have yet to siphon up. The fundamental contract of media in the 20th century between reader, publisher and advertiser, when applied to the digital landscape, is as shattered as the mirror Greenspon uses to title his report. People need to realize this contract has been fundamentally disrupted and that, if it continues without some form of change, those who pay to create local journalism, many of who have already been forced to cut back severely, will simply disappear from the landscape, to be replaced with nothing in the case of countless communities. That’s the message we as media outlets need to take from this report and bring to public attention. If readers want to keep getting news as they’ve been getting it — that is, without paying directly — the Greenspon report’s recommendations provide a workable answer. If those aren’t acceptable to the public, or to the government, then the choices are for readers to pay for that content directly or watch it disappear. Greenspon is trying to keep that from happening and I salute him and the PPF for their work. But neither the PPF, nor the media industry in Canada, nor the government will have the final say. In the end, the reader will. And, in the end, if the farmer can’t afford to grow tomatoes, you won’t find them at the grocery store. Tim Shoults is operations manager of Aberdeen Publishing, which publishes KTW and other newspapers in B.C. and Alberta.

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DISAPPOINTED, ANGRY ABOUT BROKEN PROMISE Editor: Prior to the 2015 election, the federal Liberal platform stated: “We are committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-pastthe-post voting system.” Justin Trudeau himself repeated this in many speeches. He has now completely dismissed this promise. Though the supposed antithesis to Donald Trump, Trudeau and his government are using “alternative facts.” They have made a claim: “It has become evident that the broad support needed among

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Whether he likes it or not, Trudeau promising the world and failing to deliver on those promises . . . leads to further distrust in the political system and government.

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Canadians for a change of this magnitude does not exist.” This is not true. Sixty-three per cent of Canadians voted for parties that supported electoral reform. When almost 70 per cent of MP town hall reports, 88 per cent of

expert witnesses and 87 per cent of Canadians who testified in front of the committee want a fair, proportional voting system, the Liberal claim is clearly absurd. As soon as the Liberals won the election, it appears to me they have been deliberately trying

to sabotage this promise, from trying to appoint only Liberal members to the committee to study the issue, criticizing said committee after the report was issued and using a misleading survey as evidence of a lack of consensus. I cannot say I am surprised with yet another example of the campaign to the left, govern to the right model the Liberals have used from Jean Chretien onward. I am just disappointed and angry. Whether he likes it or not, Trudeau promising the world and failing to deliver on those promises

(when he has essentially no excuses with a majority government) leads to further distrust in the political system and government. When this happens, people can gravitate toward a demagogue outsider who will promise to rid the country of the political dynasties that have ruled too long. Sounds eerily familiar to what happened to our southern neighbours. If I was Trudeau, I’d be careful. The seeds he is sowing may sprout sooner than he thinks. Chase Blair Knutsford

MORE LIBRARY SECURITY WON’T CHANGE ANYTHING Editor: I am responding to KTW’s request for input regarding improvements to security at the TNRD Building at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue downtown. About two years ago, while waiting in line at a walk-in clinic, I overheard a conversation between two men, one of whom was a security guard at the library. The men were discussing security at the library and the

loiterers outside, and sometimes inside, the building. The guard told the other man the loiterers were actually nice people “once you get to know them.” The guard went on to say they knew there was drug dealing taking place, but “we have been told to not do anything.” I am using quotation marks because that is exactly what the library guard said. Another incident happened

last week. I was walking by the library and saw two loiterers sitting on a bench and eating. They were dropping something on the ground, perhaps peanut shells. I noticed the public area was strewn with litter, cigarette butts and wrappers. I then noticed a security guard approaching the two men. I’m not sure what transpired as I did not stop to observe

the interaction between the men and the guard. My point is library guards know who the loiterers are and are on a first-name basis with them. They also have the technology to monitor the area by video cameras, yet they do nothing to stop bad behaviour. More personnel is not going to change anything. James Fraser Kamloops

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“It is only a true recycling program if all recyclables are accepted. If not, then it is just another disposal method. “All those involved (MMBC and city council) needs to get with a complete program. “Not accepting glass products earns them a fail.” — posted by Notory

RE: STORY: SCHOOL OF ARTS EARNS ACCOLADES:

“This school is absolutely amazing. My daughters are really thriving in this environment since their transfer this year. “The teachers at Kamloops School of the Arts go above and beyond their regular duties as teachers, for the benefit of the students, on a daily basis. “It is something I haven’t witnessed very often, in some of the other schools in the district that they have attended. “Kudos to KSA, well deserved.” — posted by LoudAndProud

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Parkade opened — and complaints flooded in DALE BASS

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On Oct. 25, a senior walked under the open gate at the new parkade at Royal Inland Hospital — and it came down on his head, leading to a visit to the ER. That’s one of the complaints the Interior Health Authority’s parking division received after the July 25 opening of the parkade beneath the $80-million clinicalservices building. While owned by the health authority, Impark manages the parkade. An accurate count of complaints was not possible, but a freedom of information request asking for documentation related

to the IHA’s decision to remove the gate and change the method of payment to pre-payment rather than on exit resulted in 358 pages provided — with 341 of them detailing data on complaints. Each of those pages has at least 10, and upwards to 15, notations. While some relate to testing of the equipment — at the time, the only gated parking facility in the authority — and a few were asking for directions on how the system worked, the bulk related to the payment kiosks and continual failure of the parking-exit gate. On opening day alone, 23 complaints were received, most stemming from the pay stations. The next day was a bit better, with nine complaints, including the exit gates being stuck, pay-

ments not going through and the entry meter not issuing tickets. The documents stop on Oct. 26. On that day, there were still complaints coming in. The IHA opted to return to the pre-payment system it had in place before the parkade was built. The transition happened in mid-December at a cost of $70,000, an amount general contractor Bird Construction covered. Before that, however, the health authority had to make physical changes to the exit, removing one of the two exit lanes after complaints were received from drivers of large vehicles that were sustaining damage due to the design. In a discussion briefing pre-

pared for senior IHA administrators, Andrew Pattison, the health authority’s manager of protection, parking and fleet services, said “soon after opening the parkade, it became apparent the exit needed to be redesigned to accommodate full-size pickup trucks and larger vehicles.” Three complaints were received in mid-October, but Pattison notes in his report that “upon review, there is evidence this is a more prevalent issue as tire marks and damage to the curb suggests this happens more frequently than we have been made aware.” Reducing to one exit lane, he noted, led to “a backlog of vehicles at peak times and provides no alternative exit if the equipment is out of service.”

By November, a parkade “ambassador” had been hired at an ongoing cost of $1,000 per week. Pattison’s report noted one challenge the authority faced from the many complaints about the parking system was the result of “no local presence by the [equipment] vendor, who are based in Ontario, and they rely on a third-party contractor out of Vancouver.” At the time the payment change was announced in early December, Pattison acknowledged revenue from the parkade was down about 35 per cent compared to previous years, a drop that was expected. Revenue began to increase in mid-September.

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IHA says improvements continue Calling it “a calamity,” the head of parking for Royal Inland Hospital is confident the situation is improving. Andrew Pattison, parking and security manager for the Interior Health Authority, said there are more changes coming following the decision last fall to reduce exit lanes from two to one and change the payment system to pre-payment rather than having drivers pay at the end of their hospital visit. In coming weeks, payment kiosks will be changed to be one system. Now, Pattison said, the kiosks in the original part of the hospital won’t work for those who need to add time to their stay. He also plans to replace the counter

that had been at the entrance to the parkade in the clinical-services building. The old one was tied to the computer system linked to the original payment method at exit. Pattison said he’s hoping to install one that will work with the pre-payment system so drivers will once again know how many stalls are vacant before they enter the structure. The exit-lane change was needed because some larger vehicles were getting damaged as they left the facility. The payment system was changed to the one used in all IHA parkades due to complaints about congestion at the exit at peak times and frequent malfunctioning payment kiosks and exit gate.

An on-site parking ambassador program to help people deal with issues ended two weeks ago and, Pattison said, complaints have decreased. He noted many of the contacts with people using the parkade were not necessarily complaints, but requests for assistance figuring out the new system. Pattison said the structure was built to code, but noted problems began to appear on the July 25 opening day. He praised general contractor Bird Construction, which hired and dealt with all subtrades involved in the construction, for addressing the problems. The cost to make the changes was about $70,000, Pattison said, an amount covered by Bird.

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A sampling of complaints received about the new parkade at Royal Inland Hospital: • July 25, opening day: No receipt issued after payment (2), payment not accepted (2), no ticket issued (3), kiosk would not accept credit card (3), no change or receipt issued (1), pay stations not working (5), two receipts issued (1) [customer wanted to know if they had been charged twice], gate equipment not reading ticket (3) or failing to read barcode (2) and one person paid and the kiosk instructed the person to pay again. • Aug. 3: Gate not opening (2) [with two exit lanes still in place, RIH opted to leave one open all day], no ticket issued (9). Aug. 12: No ticket issued (5), machine not accepting ticket (3), improper change from kiosk (1), gate won’t open (2), pay station not accepting payment (8), exit equipment won’t read ticket (1). Sept. 5: No ticket issued (6), gate stuck open (1), kiosk won’t accept payment (9) or won’t return credit card (1), kiosk won’t issue change (1) or accept ticket (7). Sept. 16: Equipment won’t accept ticket (4), no ticket issued (1), gate won’t open (1). Sept. 24: Kiosk won’t accept payment (26) [notes indicate the payment kiosk on level four was not working, with one complainant suggesting a sign be displayed, alerting people to use other kiosks], gate up (6), no ticket issued (10), ticket not accepted (5), kiosk demanding second payment of same amount (1). Oct. 4: Gate won’t open (5), ticket not reading (2), ticket not returned from equipment (2), no ticket issued (4), request to pay again (1), gate up (2). Oct. 26: Gate won’t open (2), kiosk won’t accept payment (2), ticket not being read (1). The parking attendants also dealt with many calls from people who did not understand the system, had lost their car or payment ticket or who accidentally pushed the help button.

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SECOND PART OF CLINIC WILL OPEN MARCH 2, SECOND WITH PART OF NORTHILLS CLINIC AIMING FOR APRIL 1- START NORTHILLS DATE CLINIC Politicians will gather on the North Shore today to celebrate the pending opening of the first phase of new medical clinics. MLAs Terry Lake and Todd Stone will be joined by others at the North Shore Health Science Centre, on the second floor of 376 Tranquille Rd., to mark the occasion. The second-floor clinic will open on Monday, Feb. 6. That clinic will have on staff registered dieticians, diabetes educators, respiratory therapists, mental-health clinicians, social workers and occupational thera-

pists, as well as other medical staff who can work with patients with complex medical issues and mental-health and substanceuse illnesses. Lake, the province’s health minister, will also provide an update on his ministry’s primary-care four point action plan. There are two parts to the Tranquille clinic. In addition to the complexcare centre, a primary-care centre will be located on the main floor of the building. Medical staff there, including doctors and nurse-practitioners,

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Home building to beHome hot b ANDREA KLASSEN

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It’s looking like another busy year for residential builders in Kamloops. Building permit statistics released by the city’s development and engineering department once again show home construction outpacing commercial work by a large margin. Of the $4.6 million in permits issued in January, nearly $3.4 million went to residential construction projects — mainly nine single-family homes. By comparison, permits issued for seven commercial projects amounted

only a combined $616,000 in value for the month. Marvin Kwiatkowski, director of development and engineering services, said he is expecting to see a repeat of 2016, when condo, apartment and single-family home projects carried much of the permit value for the year. “If you look at the market, there’s a demand for everything,” he said. The city has issued more than four times the number of singlefamily home permits in the first month of the year — nine compared to two last January. Permit values are also up overall. In the

first month of 2016, the city issued $3.9 million in permits. This year, the value is $4.6 million. Kwiatkowski said he expects the McGill Road area to be particularly hot this year, with a number of development projects in the works or expected to come before city council. These include a five-building rental project by Cross Developments approved late last year, a tower proposal from Tri City Contracting and Thompson Rivers University’s plan to develop The Reach, an on-campus neighbourhood for nonstudents.

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A professional trucker who was having a “bad day” when he intentionally crashed his SUV into another vehicle during a fit of road rage almost two years ago has avoided jail time and house arrest. Dylan Yarosloski pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle stemming from an incident on the Summit Connector, just west of downtown Kamloops. Court heard the 45-year-old was driving a Dodge Nitro along Hillside Way in Aberdeen on March 10, 2015, when he perceived an altercation with another vehicle. “The accused drove in an erratic manner, honking his horn, showing his middle finger and weaving in and out of traffic,” Crown prosecutor Camille Cook said. Yarosloski then drove down the Summit Connector, where he intentionally hit a car near the intersection of West Victoria Street and Mission Flats Road. Yarosloski’s SUV flipped, while the vehicle he struck was pushed onto the meridian. Court heard

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He has a criminal record including convictions for violence and property-related offences. Yarosloski was placed on a sixmonth conditional sentence order with no house arrest. Court heard he lives in shelters on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In addition to the conditional sentence, Yarosloski will also spend an additional year on probation and be banned from driving for 12 months. He was also ordered to submit a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database.

Yarosloski got out of his SUV and approached the car he hit, offering an apology. Cook said the driver told the car’s occupants not to worry and said he was “going for a walk.” Firefighters arrived at the scene a few minutes after the crash and two of them followed Yarosloski. He told them he was “having a bad day” and had been fleeing a previous incident in Sahali. Yarosloski suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, court heard, stemming from abuse in his childhood.

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It’s time to start thinking of cyber attacks as we do the common cold — the question is “when” it will happen, not “if,” according to cybersecurity expert Justin Fong. It’s why individuals need to take a preemptive approach in protecting their information and why v companies need to be

vigilant and have the right response team. “The human body is actually the best analogy I can think of for cybersecurity,” Fong said, speaking Wednesday at the Thompson Rivers University Privacy and Security Conference. “You are going to get a cold. Sometimes you are going to get a flu,” he said. “How long you leave it depends on how resilient you are

and being able to identify it and see a doctor. “You need to make sure you have the doctor readily available. If he has no idea of your history or he’s not ready for you, he may not be a good fit. Those things are key to risk management.” Fong is a cyber-risk partner with Deloitte, advising major oil and gas companies and global financial institutions on cybersecurity.

Defending assets from online attackers can sometimes be like fighting spaceships with spears, Fong said. Hackers work together and share intelligence. Their advanced attacks can be hard to detect. Advancements in technology — augmented reality, autonomous cars, drones — create new opportunities for malicious programmers.

Studies show it takes about 200 days to detect an attack, Fong said. Sometimes it can take years. Companies like his are paid to break into networks to expose flaws. He said large organizations need to invest in their cybersecurity. “It’s always pretty easy to get in. Hackers are pretty ingenious in how they do things,” Fong said. “We’ve seen the best

companies with all the best technology, all the best password protection, all the best controls, but sometimes it’s the easy stuff we forget about. We’ve been able to simulate that for organizations to help them understand, ‘Where are my risks?’” Fong noted three main groups: casual attackers who are looking to disclose information, such as the president’s tax returns; advance persistent threats, practised by state-sponsored hackers who aim to gain access to a network and stay there undetected; and organized crime, the bank robbers of the Internet who steal information for profit. Stolen information is sold by the bulkload on the dark web, Fong said, where users remain untraceable. Personal records are

worth about $1 and credit-card information is monetized by brand: $4 for MasterCard, $6 for Visa, $10 for American Express and $15 for American Express Centurion. Strong passwords, good anti-virus software and regular malware scans are some of the easiest ways to protect digital information on an individual basis. Back everything up and use encryption for sensitive information, Fong said. It’s also wise to monitor personal accounts and activity to watch for anomalies. Don’t recycle or reuse passwords and never reference personal interests or information. “Do not use passwords on things you like or are interested in like your girlfriend or pets because I’m going to guess it,” Fong said.

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B.C. spends the lowest amount per capita in Canada to help those who live with vision loss — but Ken Gray is hoping recent advocacy work might change that. Gray, chairman of the board for the B.C. and Yukon chapter of the CNIB — formerly known as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind — said he and others have been speaking to local MLAs Todd Stone and Terry Lake about the funding. “I am hopeful we can turn it around,” Gray said. The type of funding he is seeking to be increased is that used for rehabilitation therapy for people with vision loss, the kinds of help he is familiar with as a person who is a legally blind. Gray will talk about his own story, about how technology can help those with vision impairments, about the advocacy work being done on their behalf and about the value of such supports when he addresses a luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 9, as part of White Cane Week in the city. Gray’s blindness is a result of albinism and nystagmus, both of which, among other symptoms, can affect the eyes. He said the conditions can lead to frustration when he can’t recognize people or drive a car, among other activities others take for granted. “It affects me every day,” he said. The CNIB became part of

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then, after winning one, he abandoned it. That was the narrative his political rivals were building after Trudeau officially walked away this week from his oft-repeated commitment to get rid of the first-past-thepost voting system in time for the 2019 election. Critics like the NDP’s Nathan Cullen characterized the about-face it as a cynical betrayal of trust, even if political observers had seen a climbdown coming from miles away in a portfolio that’s long been a sore spot for the Liberals. Trudeau argued

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are not clamouring for change in the way they choose their federal government. “A clear preference for a new electoral system, let alone a consensus, has not emerged,” Trudeau said in the letter released Wednesday, where he also ruled out the possibility of a national referendum. The reaction from the NDP, who accuse the Liberals of catering to their own supporters, only to back off when they realized there was no appetite for their preferred ranked-ballot option, was swift and savage. Cullen, the NDP’s democratic reform

critic, called Trudeau a “liar” and “the most cynical variety of politician, saying whatever it takes to get elected then, once elected, seeking any excuse, however weak, however absent, to justify that lie to Canadians.’’ Green party Leader Elizabeth May said many members of her party had urged people to vote strategically for the Liberals in hopes of seeing electoral reform come to pass. “I feel more deeply shocked and betrayed by my government today than on any day of my adult life,’’ May said. Canadians made their views known through the House of Commons special committee on electoral reform, town halls held by MPs from all parties, the travels of former minister Maryam Monsef and a muchmaligned online survey

called MyDemocracy.ca. “Canadians should think twice about believing what Justin Trudeau says,” said Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose. In his letter, Trudeau said he did not believe those consultations have produced their desired — albeit never quantified — level of support for electoral reform, let alone any clarity on a preferred replacement. That message has evolved over time. At one point, the Liberals argued their election win, as well as votes cast for other parties that included electoral reform in their campaign platforms, should be considered sufficient grounds to proceed without a referendum. “Over 60 per cent of Canadians ended up voting for parties that clearly stated their commitment to imple-

menting a different way of voting,” Monsef said last July when she appeared before the electoral reform committee. Last October, Trudeau suggested in an interview with the Quebec newspaper Le Devoir Canadians might be less keen on electoral reform now that the Liberals had replaced the Conservatives. Later, however, he doubled down on the original promise. “I’ve heard loudly and clearly that Canadians want a better system of governance, a better system of choosing our governments, and I’m working very hard so that 2015 is indeed the last election under first-past-the-post,” Trudeau told the editorial board of the Toronto Star on Dec. 2. There were also big new items in the man-

date letter. Trudeau wants Gould, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to come up with ways to defend the Canadian political system against cyberthreats and hackers — a possible consequence of the “voter fraud’’ and hacked email controversies emanating from the raucous U.S. election. That will include asking the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) to assess the current risk and publish their results. The letter also asks Gould to take the lead on developing legislation to bring stricter rules — and greater transparency — to political fundraising, a response to months of negative headlines about so-called cashfor-access Liberal fundraisers.

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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has unofficially launched the conversation aimed at renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, calling for a quick process while remaining open to drastically different potential outcomes. The U.S. president said yesterday his commerce secretary will be involved in negotiations, that he’ll move as quickly as possible under legal guidelines and that he’s not sure what form a new NAFTA will take. He suggested the agreement could get a facelift — or an entirely new body. “I don’t care if it’s a renovation of NAFTA or a brand new NAFTA,” Trump said. “But we do have to make it fair.” He added, in jest: “Maybe we do a new NAFTA and we add an extra, ‘F’ . . . for free and fair trade.” The remarks suggest the president hasn’t reached a decision on how extensive he’d like the changes to be — or even what the final format of the agreement might look like. Some trade experts predict the trilateral agreement of 1993 could wind up splintering into separate oneon-one deals between the countries — the approach favoured by one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, law-

maker Chris Collins. The Canadian government appears open to both possibilities — officials have signalled publicly, and privately, that while they prefer the format as it is, they could live with multiple agreements as a Plan B. That’s exactly what one leading authority on NAFTA predicted will happen. The current political trendlines point toward separate bilateral agreements, said Gary Hufbauer, the former U.S. trade official and NAFTA expert who’s currently an analyst with Washington’s Peterson Institute for International Economics. It’s not the best approach — but it might be the one that’s adopted, Hufbauer said. He said the new administration has repeatedly said it prefers bilateral deals to trilateral ones. Also, bashing NAFTA is popular in both U.S. parties. So it stands to reason Trump might try replacing it, he said. “I’m just tracing the logic of their various statements,’’ Hufbauer said. “It sounds like the logical outcome for NAFTA is to get rid of the name and have a bilateral agreement with Canada and another bilateral agreement with Mexico . . . “With Canada, it’s easier because you could build on the

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OTTAWA — The Liberal government has brushed off criticism of the slow movement of billions in new infrastructure spending that threatens to put economic growth projections at risk. In a report released yesterday, the parliamentary budget office said of the $13.6 billion in infrastructure money announced in last year's budget and slated to be spent through March 2018, departments have only identified $4.6 billion worth of projects. Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi said the government is confident cities and provinces will complete projects by the end of next March, with the exception of a few whose funding flows in 2019 and beyond, even as the budget watchdog warned of “a significant gap” to meeting the target.

The timing of spending is critical to federal economic projections and the ensuing effect on federal finances. The Liberals' first budget predicted the infrastructure work would boost the economy by 0.6 per cent over two years, but to meet that, the government would have to see roughly $11 billion worth of federally funded work done by next March. Sohi said the government has had to prod provincial officials to finalize the list of projects they want funded. Federal officials are still poring over proposals with the expectation funding approvals will come in coming months. Sohi himself has approved about 1,200 of the almost 3,900 projects being funded through the Liberals' infrastructure plan, but the PBO report says that getting details of the spending has proven difficult. The budget office said the Liberals have not pro-

vided any performance measurement framework to make sure the money is meeting its intended goals. Nor have all 31 departments and agencies responsible for the money provided enough information about where the money is being spent, the report said. “We do have reporting milestones to which they have to abide by and we will be seeing some more information come our way,” Sohi said. The report suggests the lack of information may become worse when the Liberals launch their promised infrastructure bank, that would use public dollars to leverage private investment into local infrastructure projects. As it stands, it is difficult to determine the financial risk to federal finances for loan guarantees that will be part of the bank. The report is the latest from the budget watchdog that has raised concerns about the pace of infra-

structure spending, which often doesn't happen as quickly as governments expect. Federal dollars only flow once project proponents submit receipts for reimbursement, often leaving a lag between when work takes place and when infrastructure money is actually spent. The Liberals plan to spend $82.8 billion from their infrastructure program over the next decade, not including the more than $100 billion to be spent over the same time from previous infrastructure programs. Phase one of the program was designed as a short-term stimulus to repair aging and crumbling infrastructure in cities and on reserves and provide cash to local officials to plan larger projects that would be eligible for funding on the second and more lucrative phase, the details of which will be unveiled in this year's budget.

Trudeau: Canada shaken by ‘brutal and hateful’ attack MONTREAL — A brutal massacre at a Quebec City mosque has left Canada reeling in shock but also unified the country in solidarity with the Muslim community, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday at a funeral service for three of the six men killed in the attack. “It is with a heavy heart that we come together this afternoon to grieve the loss of these innocent lives. But as a community and as a country, together we will rise from this darkness stronger and more unified than ever before — that is who we are,” he told the crowd. Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti were devoted fathers who worked hard to ensure their families had a bright future — a dream Canadians across the country have known and shared for generations, Trudeau said. Several thousand mourners packed the Maurice-Richard Arena to pay their respects to the three men, whose caskets were draped in wreaths and the flags of their homelands.

Thabti, 44, was a pharmacist of Tunisian origin who had three children; Belkacemi, a 60-year-old father of two, was from Algeria and was a professor at Universite Laval; and Hassane, 41, was from Algeria. He was a father of three and worked in information technology for the provincial government. There were prayers at the service for the three other victims — Azzeddine Soufiane, Mamadou Tanou Barry and Ibrahima Barry. The six victims, aged between 39 and 60, were killed when a gunman stormed the mosque and opened fire on men who were attending prayer. Authorities have refused to specify what type of firearm was used in the mass shooting. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was arrested Sunday following the massacre in which 19 people were also wounded, including two who were still in critical condition on Tuesday. Bissonnette has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm. — The Canadian Press

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Without a proper sense of urgency, we will be eventually defeated, dominated and very likely destroyed,” former general Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, wrote last year. “They are dead set on taking us over and drinking our blood.” It’s so early in the new year that nominations for Year’s Most Ridiculous Statement are not even officially open yet, but this has to be a strong contender. Flynn was talking, believe it or not, about the “Islamic terrorist threat.” He was predicting that the United States, despite having the world’s biggest economy, 325-million people, the world’s most advanced technology and more than 4,000 nuclear weapons, faces defeat, domination and probably destruction at the hands of 10,000 or

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WATCH 20,000 Islamist terrorists — unless, presumably, it gets serious and starts torturing people again. Even if all of the world’s 1.6-billion Muslims were politically and militarily united — an event less likely than their mass conversion to the Jedi faith — and were all committed to a cold or even a hot war against America, the United States would survive. This is not just Doomsday talk — it is extremely stupid Doomsday talk. But there is a lot of it

around at the moment. Take, for example, the famous Doomsday Clock, a metaphorical device concocted by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947 to signal how close we are to the end of the world. Midnight was the apocalypse, all-out nuclear war. Last week, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the clock to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight, the closest it has been since the depths of the Cold War in 1984. I was already a journalist in 1984 (a much better-looking one than I am now) and I had already interviewed the commanders and the operators of the nuclear forces on both sides of the Iron Curtain. I was 10 times more frightened then than I am now. What’s going on here is simply inflation. Terrorism is strategically a mere nuisance and, in terms of your

personal threat level, it is statistically irrelevant. An American, for example, is 10 times likelier to drown in the bath than to die in a terrorist attack. Yet terrorism gets as much media attention today as the threat of a global nuclear war got during the Cold War. To paraphrase Parkinson’s Law, threats expand to fill the (media) space available. The scientists who calibrate the Doomsday Clock are serious and sincere people, but they are not immune to the inflationary trend. The clock was set at seven minutes to midnight during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 (which came close to triggering global nuclear war and killing hundreds of millions of people). Now, they say, it’s only two-and-a-half minutes to midnight. Really? Are they sure? It is nonsense. The world is a bit

more dangerous than it was just after the end of the Cold War in 1991, when the clock was set back to 17 minutes to midnight, but no year in the past quartercentury has been as dangerous as any of the years before 1991. Nuclear war between great powers is still the real big deal. However, the people who run the clock have greatly expanded the range of threats they worry about since the risk of a nuclear war declined. They now include climate change and the resurgence of old-fashioned nationalism from America and Britain to India and Japan, and pretty well everything else down to acne and hangnails. There is no fate worse than being ignored. That’s how we got to this point, allegedly two-and-a-half minutes to midnight. From 17 minutes after the end of the Cold

War, they pushed the minute hand forward every time anything worrisome happened — and only once pushed it back, by one minute, for two years. It went forward three minutes in 1995 because there were still 40,000 nuclear weapons in the world. It jumped forward another five minutes in 1998 because Indian and Pakistan had tested nuclear weapons (although the total number of weapons in the world had been halved). It advanced another two minutes in 2002 because the Bush administration in the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The clock moved another two minutes forward in 2007 because North Korea tested a nuclear weapon and Iran was rumoured to be working on one (it wasn’t). There was then a two-minute jump for-

ward in 2015 because of “unchecked climate change, global nuclear weapons modernizations, and outsized nuclear weapons arsenals.” So, when Trump came to power on Jan. 20, frightening people with his reckless talk and impulsive actions, the clock was already at three minutes to midnight — and they could only push it forward by another 30 seconds. That’s about right in terms of the extra threat Trump represents. It’s completely wrong in terms of where the global threat level is now. Trump is a loose cannon, but he’s not the apocalypse and most other world leaders are still grown-ups. Let’s say 10 minutes to midnight. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. gwynnedyer.com

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The Calgary Dinos are in town to play the Thompson Rivers WolfPack this weekend in Canada West basketball action at the Tournament Capital Centre. Shenise Sigworth (left) and the WolfPack women play the Dinos tonight at 6 p.m., with the men to follow at 8 p.m. The women square off tomorrow at 5 p.m., with the men to follow at 7 p.m. TRU’s men are 8-8, while its women are 2-14. The Dinos’ men are 12-4, their women 8-8.

ead coach Tim Unaegbu is happy to be soaring under the radar, but his South Kamloops Titans also want respect. It’s one or the other — and the former won’t be possible if the Titans keep rolling. South Kam, ranked No. 2 in B.C. High School AAA Basketball, is vying for gold at the 44th annual Interior Savings Western Canada Baskeball Tournament, featuring eight teams ranked in the top 10 in their respective provinces. The Titans opened against the host Kelowna Owls last night and their opponent today was dependant on games played yesterday after KTW’s press deadline. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for the result. “We should have been ranked No. 1, but that’s one thing we tell the guys — we have a chip on our shoulder and we don’t get the proper respect we deserve,” said Unaegbu, a former Thompson Rivers University multi-sport athlete who has been coaching at South Kam for six years. “The fourth-place team jumped up to No. 1, even though they lost a tournament and we won a quad A tournament. But that’s OK. “Our goal is not to make it to provincials, but to win provincials.”

The Rick Hansen Hurricanes of Abbotsford took over top spot in the provincial AAA rankings this week. South Kam has not been to the AAA senior boys’ provincial championship since 2013, when it was knocked out in Round 2. Unaegbu coached the junior boys the last two seasons and followed that group into the senior ranks for 2016-2017. The Titans’ bench boss mentioned key players — including 6-foot-9 centre Ripley Martin, shooting guard Nick Sarai and point guard Reid Jansen, each of whom are in Grade 11 — in a tournament preview published at kelownanow.com, but admits he may have accidentally-onpurpose left out a few names. “I give the obvious ones because they already know who they are, but we have other people working hard,” said Unaegbu, who noticed the Owls’ coach took a similar approach to disguising his team’s talent. “When our guys win tournaments, they already start talking about practice on Monday. That’s very rare and I appreciate what they do.” South Kamloops is 2-0 in AAA Okanagan Zone regular-season play, having walloped Vernon

89-41 on Jan. 25 and Okanagan Mission of Kelowna 78-43 on Dec. 13, but its most-impressive accomplishment to date this season came at the AAAA Yale Tournament last month. The Titans knocked off Salmon Arm 72-54 and W.J. Mouat of Abbotsford 60-51 before claiming gold with an 86-82 triumph over host Yale of Abbotsford in the final. Unaegbu has gripes with officiating on the Coast, saying it seems like his team often starts with a 10-point deficit. “People don’t give us love,” he said. “They think because we’re bad, we’re going to foul. Later on, they realize we’re good and we get the favourable calls. “It takes until the second quarter, then we pull away in the second half.” Rounding out the field this weekend in Kelowna are the Walnut Grove Gators, Oak Bay Bays, Semiahmoo Totems, Raymond Comets of Raymond, Alta., Campbell Collegiate Tartans of Regina and Oak Park Raiders of Winnipeg. South Kam, the only AAA school from B.C. invited to the tournament, will find out where it stacks up against some of the best in the west. “We have 10 guys putting in the time every single practice and not being satisfied with tournament victories,” Unaegbu said. “Countless times they’re missing out on things, like maybe going to a party with a friend, because they’re in the gym. It’s paying off.

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Paul Melia, president and CEO of Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, spoke first yesterday at In The Spotlight, a sports, media and law conference organized by Thompson Rivers University Society of Law Students. The organization tries to make sport better in Canada by using principle-based systems and programs to spur excellence and combat unethical behaviour. Melia did not want to speak on behalf of CCES from a legal standpoint at the law conference, so he instead spoke about the values it uses to build character in children, strengthen communities, create social capital and fill the playground with kids, some of whom will eventually rise to excellence on the world stage. He also focused on the programs used to combat unethical behaviour, one of them being the Canadian Anti-Doping Program, which is administered by CCES. In the Spotlight, open to the public and free of charge, continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m today at TRU. See today’s schedule online at trusls.org. KTW posed a few questions to Melia outside of conference hours. His answers are below. KTW: Along with your work at CCES, you are a parent and a coach. How do you balance the desire to win with making sure everyone gets playing time? PM: “Inclusion and winning are not mutually exclusive. From a governance point of view at the community level, it’s often parents whose kids are enrolled in sport that coach or govern. “Ensure respect, fairness, fun, safety and loyalty principles are in place and the winning will follow. “How does it apply to shortening the

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Paul Melia, president and CEO of Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, spoke yesterday at In The Spotlight. The Thompson Rivers University Society of Law Students conference continues today.

bench? If you take a larger view, you’re not going to shorten the bench, depending on age and stage of development. “If you focus on winning at a younger age, it allows the uninformed coach to shorten the bench at nine, 10 and 11 years of age, and that’s not really helping anything except the coach’s winning resume, which is immaterial at at that level.” KTW: At some levels of minor sport in Canada, such as in under-11 and under12 soccer, directives have been followed to abolish the keeping of scores and standings, including here in Kamloops. There is no winning or losing. Do you think we’re babying our youth? PM: “I commend soccer and those sports that have shown great leadership in driving the model down to the community level. I don’t think it’s a question of babying anyone. It flows from long-term development models that have been embraced by Canadian sport. “When you’re talking about short-sided games and not keeping score, it’s because you’re focusing on skill development, so children have an opportunity to develop in an environment where they feel safe and welcome. “As they get older and demonstrate an

ability and an interest to pursue competitive sport, there’s time enough to introduce keeping score and standings.” KTW: How sorry do you feel for athletes who suffer from guilt by association when it comes to doping? PM: “If there’s a lot of doping in the sport, then there’s a belief by the general public that all the athletes in that sport are probably doping. That’s unfair, for sure, but the solution to that is the consistent and uniform application of the World AntiDoping Code by all sports in all countries, to help change that perception. “In Canada, it’s very difficult to beat the system. Our athletes are subject to education, testing, we know there whereabouts and we collect biological profiles to see in subsequent testing if there’s deviation. “It’s only when you have situations like Russia, where the government is systematically trying to beat the system and working with its anti-doping agency and lab to figure out how to get around the rules. “These are things that give public perception that all athletes are doping. It’s tremendously unfair to any athlete in Canada because they are subject to a very rigorous doping program.”

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Eric Spence of the Kamloops River City Racers is ranked the seventh-fastest junior male speed skater in the country. The 18-year-old speedster improved his ranking after strong performances at the Junior National Olympic Style Speed Skating Championships in Saskatoon on the weekend. Eric placed fifth in the 5,000-metre event, sixth in the 500m and eighth in both the 1,000m and 5,000m races. He set personal bests in each event. There were 47 junior male skaters in action on the outdoor Clarence Downey Oval. Eric, who was not ranked heading into this season, began training more seriously in Calgary in the fall. His sisters — Sara, Josie and Tori — were entered in the senior women’s Canada Cup No. 3 portion of the event in Saskatoon, along with Sylvie Lloyd of the Kamloops Long Blades. In the 1,500m, Josie was first, Victoria was fourth and Sara was seventh. In the 1,000m, Josie was second and

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BRIEFS Sara was sixth. Sara placed fifth in the 500m. Josie set provincial records in the 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000m distances. Lloyd placed 11th in the 500m and 13th in the 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000m, achieving personal bests in the 1,000m and 1,500m.

Super superintendent

Keith Lyall of Sun Peaks Golf Course was named the British Columbia Golf Superintendents Association (BCGSA) superintendent of the year earlier this week. “Keith is regarded by his peers in the golf course industry as one of high esteem,” BCGSA president Stephen Kerbrat said. “He has been tireless in his efforts, both provincially and nationally, to procure greater recognition and professional-

ism for an industry that is very dear to him.”

Stormy weekend

The Kamloops Storm have a pair of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games this weekend. Kamloops will play the Chiefs in Kelowna tonight before returning home to host Sicamous tomorrow, with game time set for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Arena. The junior B Storm are third in the Doug Birks Division, four points back of 100 Mile and 10 points behind Chase.

Snowshoe event Sunday

The seventh annual North Face Dirty Feet Snowshoe Fun Run at the Stake Lake Nordic Ski Area will be held on Sunday. To register for the competition, which begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Stake Lake stadium, go online to dirtyfeet.ca/ snowshoe-race/feb-stakes.

Broncos shape board

The Kamloops Broncos Football Club held their annu-

al general meeting on Tuesday. Dino Bernardo is president, Jan Antons is general manager and vice-president and Brad Yamaoka is head coach and director of player personnel. Darryl Chow, Jim McCreight, Jim Motokado, Darren Watt, Shane Steptoe and Carollyne Smith were re-elected directors and Peter Mutrie rejoined the board as a director. Wendy Matheson is the secretary and billet co-ordinator.

Partnering up

Soccer Quest announced associate membership with B.C. Soccer this week. The membership allows Soccer Quest to enter B.C. Soccer-sanctioned events and tournaments. Soccer Quest Academy will play host to its first development academy tournament in Kamloops on March 24 and March 25 at Hillside Stadium. Boys and girls ages five to nine are welcome. For more information on spring and summer programs, go online to soccerquest.ca.

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Deven Sideroff (right) and the Kamloops Blazers continue their long road trip through the U.S. Division tonight against the Seattle Thunderbirds in Kent, Wash. The Portland Winterhawks doubled the visiting Blazers 4-2 on Wednesday at the Moda Center. Collin Shirley and Luc Smith scored in the second period to give Kamloops a 2-1 lead, but the Winterhawks scored three straight goals to earn the victory. Dylan Ferguson made 34 saves in a losing effort for the Blazers (31-18-2-2), who are second in the B.C. Division, nine points behind the Prince George Cougars, four points ahead of the Victoria Royals and six points in front of the Kelowna Rockets. Hometown Seattle topped Kamloops 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday.

The New England Patriots face the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51 on Sunday. The big game in Houston has prompted the B.C. Lottery Corporation to create the largest potential online sports grand prize of its kind ever offered in Canada. For $5, gamblers can log on to playnow.com and take their shot at the big prize. To win the $1 million Super Pool, players must correctly pick all 25 Super Bowl related props, or outcomes, on their pools card. Outcomes range from props such as the result of the coin toss and whether an interception will be thrown, to more traditional bets like the total points scored in the game and the winner of Super Bowl 52. In the event no one

selects all 25 outcomes correctly, players with the most correct picks will win or share a jackpot generated by sales of the pool. As of KTW press deadline yesterday, the prize pool was at $4,500. In addition to the Super Pool, fans can also wager on more than 300 prop and novelty bets related to the game, including which team will win, which player will score the first touchdown and length of the national anthem. According to BCLC, the Super Bowl is the singlebiggest sports betting event in B.C. and Canada. More than $430,000 was wagered in B.C. through BCLC last year on Super Bowl 50. Approximately $14.6 million dollars was wagered on the NFL on PlayNow.com and Sports Action during the 20152016 season.

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AHL stars expected to benefit thanks to Vegas expansion STEPHEN WHYNO

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Cory Conacher knows all too well how quickly a hockey player appears old. Conacher is only four years removed from being a Calder Trophy candidate as NHL rookie of the year but has been in four different organizations and spent time in Europe since then. He sees the sport getting younger and faster — and more players his age getting squeezed out. “I wouldn’t have thought myself to be old, but I’m 27 and now that’s considered almost too old,’’ Conacher said Monday at the American Hockey League All-Star Game. “You see some of these guys going on waivers and playing in the AHL [to make room for] the younger guys.’’ That trend isn’t likely to change, but Conacher and other top AHL players are in luck. Aside from new owner Bill Foley, fans in Las Vegas and the 30 other NHL owners cashing in on expansion fees, no one will benefit more from the addition of the Golden Knights than the best of the best in the minors. Many AHL stars are too young to be eligible for selection by Vegas in the expansion draft, but a 31st team means 20-plus more NHL roster spots that need to be filled beginning next season. “It’s just more jobs for guys in the NHL and that’s all these guys’ goals to play in the NHL,’’ said goaltender Michael Leighton, a veteran of 126 NHL and 487 AHL games. “If it’s with an expansion team or a guy gets picked up [by Vegas] and he moves up, that’s great for everyone.’’ It could be particularly great for

AHL top scorers Kenny Agostino, Jordan Weal and Jake Guentzel, defencemen Matt Taormina, T.J. Brennan and David Warsofsky and goaltenders Tristan Jarry and Anton Forsberg. Players like Jordan Subban, brother of P.K., aren’t thinking much about expansion, but if the Vancouver Canucks lose a defenceman to Vegas, he could be a full-time NHL player sooner rather than later. So-called “tweeners,’’ like baseball players who are too good for Triple-A but not good enough for the majors, often go back and forth from the NHL to the bus rides in the AHL. But as the NHL has prioritized speed and skill and pushed out oldschool enforcers, there’s no shortage of depth in the pool of talent available. “You look at this league and just about every player came from this league,’’ Arizona Coyotes prospect Christian Fischer said. “There’s 48 guys here that probably could play in the NHL and there’s not enough spots. Now there’s going to be more spots open. . . . There’s plenty of talent down here.’’ Eighty-two per cent of players on NHL opening night rosters played in the AHL, which could also see the trickle-down effects of expansion. President and CEO David Andrews said Monday that the AHL would like to expand to 31 to match the NHL next season and will almost certainly get there by 2018-19. Even though the AHL will lose some talented players because of expansion, Andrews has talked at length with Vegas general manager George McPhee and considers it a good thing for his league in part because of the influx of youth that’ll be coming.

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK THEFT OF HEAVY DUTY BATTERIES Sometime overnight on Thursday, January 26th, thieves took a chance and cut through a fence at Fining Tractor on Kelly Douglas Rd. in the Valleyview area. These suspects had a plan and had a vehicle of some type near by the yard to transport the batteries. The suspects cut through the fence then entered a number of pieces of equipment and took the batteries. The batteries are Caterpillar ‘Heavy Duty’, 12 volt, 31 series and there is a part number 115-02422. All of these batteries can easily be identified by the staff. Remember buying stolen property is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada. Although the business is a little off of the main highway there is always a lot of vehicle traffic and some pedestrian traffic in the area. Someone may have seen some suspicious activity in the area or a vehicle parked near the business. Do the right thing and report this theft anonymously, only your information will be used, never your name.

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B: 1989-01-14 Age 28 White male 170 cm (5’07”) 70 kg (155 lbs) Blonde Hair Blue Eyes WANTED FOR: Fail to Comply with Probation, Possession of Stolen Property and Uttering Threats

MALE SHOPLIFTER On Saturday, January 25th, a male entered a business on the North Shore and took his time walking around the store. This male had a plan as he was looking around at the different items on the shelves of the store. He would look at some of the merchandise then put it back on the shelf. Once the suspect noticed all the staff were busy he grabbed an item and left the store without making any attempt to pay for the item. This suspect would have gotten away with the theft

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DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS THIEF The Police and the store manager would like to know who this person is. On Tuesday, January 31st in the afternoon, a lone female entered a business in the Valleyview mall. The female was seen walking around the store for a length of time, she was seen on other security cameras throughout the store. A store employee became suspicious of this female and watched her for a while but got call away to assist another customer. The employee went back to where this suspect

was hanging around and noticed a couple of items were missing. The female had fled the store prior to the store employee locating her. The female is described as Caucasian, mid 20’s, dark hair in a pony tail, at the time she was wearing light tan coloured ski jacket with grey patches on the sleeves. If you know this suspect, please contact Crime Stoppers, you will receive a cash reward upon the arrest of this.

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Freeman, Coleman a dynamic football duo PAUL NEWBERRY

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HOUSTON — Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman are so interchangeable in the Atlanta Falcons backfield, Matt Ryan gets a little mixed up at times. “He doesn’t even know who’s in the game,’’ Coleman said, breaking into a huge smile. Quite a 1-2 punch, these two are. It really doesn’t matter who you put at “1’’ and who goes at “2.’’ Sure, Freeman is the starter, but there’s no drop-off or any reason to change things up when Coleman comes into the game, a back-and-forth arrangement that keeps both backs fresh and gives fits to opposing defences. But their relationship runs beyond the field. Far beyond it. “That’s my brother,’’ Freeman said in the lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl against the New England Patriots . “When you see someone, you see that they want to be a part of something special, they’re working hard, they’re working their butts off, you have no reason but to love that person and have the utmost respect for that person.’’ They’ll savour it while they can, because chances are this won’t be a long-term partnership. They’ll be friends for life, that’s for sure, but the realities of the NFL — with its salary cap and other devices that make it difficult to keep a team together — will likely lead to a breakup in the not-too-distant future. Freeman, a fourth-round pick out of Florida State in 2014, already created a bit of a stir early in Super Bowl week by bringing up his desire for a new contract. He rushed for more than 1,000 yards and has been selected for the Pro Bowl each of the past two seasons. Not surprisingly, he wants to be paid like one of the league’s top backs. Then there’s Coleman, a third-round pick out of Indiana in 2015. Despite missing three games with an injury this season, he rushed for 520 yards and eight touchdowns. At some point, he’s going to deserve more money and probably a larger role in someone’s offence. “We’ve thought about this a lot,’’ Coleman said. “But that’s going to be my brother always,

wherever we’re at.’’ Ryan, the Falcons’ All-Pro quarterback and one of the leading MVP contenders, knows how fortunate he is to have two backs such as these. “They complement each other so well,’’ Ryan said. “The unique thing about us and about them is that they’re both three-down backs. “They’re guys that can run the ball between the tackles, they catch the ball extremely well out of the backfield, and they’re both excellent in pass protection. It’s rare that you have one guy on your roster like that, and we happen to have two that are really, really talented.’’ Indeed, as they rotate back and forth on virtually every offensive series, Freeman and Coleman give the league’s highest-scoring offence two of its most dynamic, versatile weapons. In addition to combining for just short of 1,600 yards on the ground, they are nearly as dangerous in the passing game. Freeman had 54 catches for 462 yards and a couple of scores, while Coleman hauled in 31 passes for 421 yards and three TDs. Now you can understand why Ryan sometimes forgets who’s in the game. It doesn’t really matter. “That makes it difficult for a defence to account for those guys, because there’s really no change with what we do with either of those guys in there,’’

Ryan said. “It doesn’t allow for them to key in on certain things.’’ Off the field, there’s no sense of any jealousy. These guys genuinely seem to like each other. “It’s just second nature to support him while he’s in the game,’’ Coleman said. ``When he makes a play, he’s like, ‘Go get you one.’’’ Freeman was raised in one of Miami’s most notorious housing projects, but he was determined to make a better life for himself. Football was that outlet, and his appreciation for the game is reflected in the way he plays. This isn’t a job to him. This is pure joy. “Growing up, I had to deal with frustration, stress, anxiety,’’ he said. “Trying to dodge a bullet was stressful. When you’re playing on the football field and a shootout starts, dodging those things, that was stressful. That was frustrating. Things like that. “Having to walk through the projects sometimes _ that stuff was real frustrating and stressful with anxiety and stuff like that. Now it’s just fun. I get to sit back and do what I love to do.’’ In Coleman, he sees someone who approaches the game with that same passion. “I love grinders,’’ Freeman said. “When you’re a grinder, I love it.’’ But these two are more than just grinders. They’re brothers.

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Lady Gaga says Super Bowl halftime show is ‘for everyone’ Singer says performance will be unforgettable and ‘tremendously athletic’ MESFIN FEKADU

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HOUSTON — Lady Gaga said she hopes her Super Bowl halftime show will celebrate “inclusion’’ and the “spirit of equality’’ during a time of national division. “This performance is for everyone. I want to, more than anything, create a moment that everyone that’s watching will never forget,’’ she LADY GAGA said in a press conference yesterday in Houston. Gaga wouldn’t reveal what songs she would sing, how many costumes she’ll wear or any staging details, but promised a “tremendously athletic’’ show and no reappearance of her infamous meat dress. She also said there wouldn’t be any wardrobe malfunctions — like Janet Jackson’s infamous moment when she performed at the last Super Bowl held in Houston in 2004. “Everything is going to be nice and tight,’’ Gaga said. “I wouldn’t worry about that.’’ When Gaga debuted in 2008, her sound was a mix of electronic, dance and pop sounds, including the hits Poker Face and Just Dance. Her latest album though, Joanne, delves into country and acoustic rock territory, and she said she plans to perform songs from her entire catalogue. The 30-year-old singer, who sang the national anthem at last year’s Super Bowl, was nominated for the best original song Oscar last year and won a Golden Globe for her role on the FX series American Horror Story. Gaga said she considers being asked to be the halftime headliner is due to her fans, affectionately known as “little monsters.’’ “Essentially, that kid that couldn’t get a seat at the cool kids table and that kid who was kicked out of the house because his mom and dad didn’t accept him for who he was? That kid is going to have the stage for 13 minutes,’’ she said. “And I’m excited to give it to them.’’ The performance at the NRG Stadium will also feature Tony Bennett, who Gaga called a “tremendously wise man.’’ Gaga and Bennett, 90, recorded the 2014 album of duets, Cheek to Cheek, which won a Grammy — the sixth for Gaga. They also launched a successful tour. The showdown between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons will kick off on Sunday. Gaga, who said many of her relatives are Pittsburgh Steelers fans, wouldn’t reveal whom she’s rooting for. “I’m going to keep that one to myself,’’ she said. In addition to Gaga, three original cast members of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton will sing America the Beautiful during pregame festivities and Luke Bryan will perform the national anthem.

Belichick follows a familiar script to coaching greatness EDDIE PELLS

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HOUSTON — He values the team’s overall culture ahead of its individual parts. He rules his team with an iron fist, and yet, instills that team with a sense of family. He can appear heartless — quick to say “goodbye’’ to those who no longer fit in — and yet, he is deeply loyal. He has hard-and-fast ideas about how to run his own team, but is never against learning and adding bits of others’ expertise to his own repertoire. Yes, this is a description of New England coach Bill Belichick, who can set himself apart Sunday by winning a record fifth Super Bowl title as a head coach. It’s also a description of former Steelers coach Chuck Noll, former Cowboys coach Tom Landry and current Alabama coach Nick Saban. As well as San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and former UCLA coach John Wooden and pretty much every other person who has cemented him or herself on the Mount Rushmore of the profession.

“Xs and Os are the price of admission,’’ says John O’Sullivan, founder of the Changing the Game project, who speaks often about the importance of coaching in society. “But great coaches, the first thing they do is connect. When you connect with people, they’ll run through a wall for you.’’ Belichick, a people person? The same might have been said, or asked, about Noll, Landry, Saban or any of these coaches, whose time facing the public usually involves 5and 10-minute segments with the media during which their main goal is to not reveal anything important about their game plan — or much about themselves. The effort — and sometimes, accolades — they get from their players says more. Terry Bradshaw couldn’t stand Noll on their way to winning four Super Bowls with Pittsburgh. Only years later did the Hall of Fame quarterback concede that he benefited from Noll’s coaching. “Did I respect him? Of course I did,’’ Bradshaw said last year. “Like him? No, I didn’t like him.’’ Among the 15 blocks

on Wooden’s Landry spent a famed pyramid season shuffling of success is between Roger “self-control,’’ Staubach and an attribute that Craig Morton applies to the at quarterback. players as well as Eventually, he the coaches and recognized the general managers Cowboys could choosing them. only succeed In a recent with one of talk he gave to a them, and he group of coaches, chose Staubach, BILL BELICHICK Popovich spoke while trading of the virtually mandatory Morton to the Giants. requirement to resist talented “Sometimes it is unfortuplayers who are more focused nate to have to make such a on themselves than the team. decision,’’ Landry said at the “That’s not easy,’’ he said. time. “But it is important to “You have to follow through, clear the air so there is no be good to your principles. speculation on it from week to That person who’s going to be week.’’ good, who has potential, that’s Tom Thibodeau, coach going to get you fired.’’ of the NBA’s Minnesota A lot has been made Timberwolves, spent time this year of New England’s with Belichick a few sumdecision to part ways with mers ago and said he marvels two key cogs in its defence because “the infrastructure is — Chandler Jones in the so strong’’ — one factor that off-season, then linebacker allows great coaches to say Jamie Collins, who was traded goodbye to key players withaway to winless Cleveland in out missing a beat. October. That defence still “You either conform and allowed the fewest points in become a team-first guy, or the league. you won’t be there long,’’ Belichick is hardly the Thibodeau said. “I think every first coach faced with those player really wants discipline sorts of choices. In the ‘70s, — and they want to win.”

Canadian viewers set to see American Super Bowl commercials for first time BILL BRIOUX

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Many Canadians are wondering who will emerge victorious Sunday in Super Bowl LI. Not in the game between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons, but in the high-stakes battle between the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission and CTV. By mandating that this year’s Fox Super Bowl feed not be substituted with a Canadian signal, the CRTC was hoping to score a touchdown with Canadian viewers who have been venting for years about being shut out of the showy, high-priced U.S. ads. Canadian rights holder Bell Media, claiming it has been hit with a multimilliondollar ad revenue loss, has thrown a flag in protest. There’s been legal challenges and political lobby-

ing, with even the National Football League getting involved on both sides of the border. If nothing changes by the time of the coin toss Sunday, Canadian viewers will finally get to see the American Super Bowl ads live on through their cable and satellite packages. Fox Sports president and COO Eric Shanks had two words last month in Los Angeles when asked if his network has charged a premium for ads that might reach Canadian viewers this Sunday: “I wish.’’ Not that Fox is suffering. The network is already reportedly getting upwards of US$5 million per 30-second commercial spot during the Super Bowl. The decision to allow the Fox feed into Canada might have created a windfall for U.S. border stations had there not been so much lastminute uncertainty. Local sta-

tions are allotted 13 30-second spots during the game (another 50 or so national ads are sold by the Fox network). Canadian advertisers might have bought air time on Buffalo, Detroit and other border stations had it been clear the CRTC ruling would stand. Whether viewers watch the Canadian or American feed, they will see at least one new innovation this year, called “Be the Player.’’ “For the first time ever,’’ said Shanks, “we are going to be able to, inside the game, take fans inside the helmet of any player on the field and show their perspective in real-time of what’s happening on either side of the ball.’’ One thing viewers will not see is the game being transmitted in 4K. Rogers Sportsnet produced and aired all Toronto Blue Jays home games in 4K last season and plans to stick with the new

technology again this season. Sportsnet also produced 15 NHL games and 14 NBA games in 4K for the 2016/17 season. “There’s so few [4K] capable homes,’’ says Shanks, “that doing what we do and doing it right for that small amount of audience today just isn’t an investment that probably makes sense.’’ Fox does have one 8K camera and four 4K cameras out of a total of 100 cameras covering the game. Shanks noted there will be 24 cameras in the end-zone areas alone. The U.S. network uses their 4K and 8K cameras, explained Shanks, mainly as “a production tool to be able to blow up and magnify a guy’s foot’’ so it still looks to be in high definition. Kickoff for Super Bowl LI is scheduled for approximately 3:30 p.m. The game will air in Canada on CTV, CTV Two, TSN and Fox.

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7999599 Senior Advisor Communication & Communities - Watershed Rio Tinto is a global leader in the aluminium industry. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada and with operations across the world; it boasts low-cost, technologically-advanced facilities. We are looking for a Senior Advisor C&C Watershed with strong interpersonal and proven strategic skills to contribute to our Aluminium division's Communications and Communities team in Northwest, British Columbia. Based in one of Rio Tinto BC Works' offices in the Nechako watershed region, the successful candidate will work with a cross-disciplinary group of colleagues throughout the province in building collaborative and lasting relationships with community partners. Reporting to the Manager Communications & Communities of BC Works, this role is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who has a strong work ethic and who enjoys working in a team environment. This role requires 5 - 7 years demonstrated experience implementing stakeholder, community and First Nations engagement programs, preferably in British Columbia.

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â€˘ Remuneration based on qualiďŹ cations â€˘ Eligible to participate in employee beneďŹ ts plan after successful 6 monthsâ€™ probation 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

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Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries. Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

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MANAGER OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Interior Community Services is seeking an experienced Manager of Finance and Administration to oversee the supervision and operations of the Administration Department including payroll, A/P, A/R and general administration. This position will be also be responsible for the technology operations of the agency including software and hardware installations and managing relationships with vendors. QualiďŹ cations and Experience: â€˘ Completion of a recognized professional accounting designation (CPA), plus 5 years of related experience in a supervisory position, preferably in a unionized environment. â€˘ Demonstrated and in-depth working knowledge of nonproďŹ t/charitable community based programs and services. â€˘ Excellent supervision and people management skills, including exceptional written and verbal communication. Submit your resume with cover letter by February 6th, 2017 to careers@interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca Quote #2017-02 Finance and Administration For more information please visit our website: www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.ca

7997495

School District No. 73 KAMLOOPS/THOMPSON

Buyer 2

School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson) is currently accepting applications for a Buyer 2. Under the limited supervision of the Purchasing Manager, the Buyer 2 arranges for the purchase of goods and services requiring knowledge gained through research for the School District. Work is varied and requires the incumbent to comprehend, judge and make responsible decisions based on School District needs and available product knowledge. QualiďŹ cations: â€˘ Grade 12 supplemented by a minimum of SCMA Supply Management Training courses â€“ SMT Procurement, SMT Logistics, and SMT Transportation (Formerly PMAC Principles of Buying, Principles of Transportation, and Principles of Inventory Control). â€˘ Four years proven previous work experience in Purchasing including working knowledge of Public Sector Purchasing policies and procedures, including trade agreement obligations. â€˘ ProďŹ ciency using Microsoft Excel and Word Applications should include, but are not limited to, a cover letter and resume. If you have the above qualiďŹ cations, please submit written applications by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 through makeafuture.ca/kamloops-thompson

Help Wanted

OFFICE POSITION

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Boutique family law Â˝rm in downtown Kamloops seeking an experienced candidate to work as a

FULL-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST. Candidates must have completed a legal assistant program and have at least one year experience working in a law Â˝rm. Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, communication and interpersonal skills are required. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Please email a copy of your rĂŠsumĂŠ, cover letter, transcript and references to CHRIS@SOLLANDCOMPANY.COM

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Employment Medical/Dental Dr. Chris Wilson is seeking an experienced full-time Treatment Coordinator to join the Grasslands Dental Care team. Our practice is located at 1222 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, BC. Interested applicants please contact us at 250-3765433 or email: smile.dentalcareers@gmail.com

Sales ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Pets & Livestock

Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act. BICHON puppies, boys, vet checked, 1st set of shots, delivery avail. 1-250-804-6848

PETS For Sale? TRI-CITY SPECIAL! for only $46.81/week, we will place your classified ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949

Do you have an item for sale under $750? Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details!

HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774. Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Ofﬁce Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate. Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills. Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match. Gene Wirchenko 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

CLASSIFIEDS

*some restrictions apply

Employment

Furniture

Misc. for Sale

Education/Trade Schools

Oversized dark brown leather chair. $750. 250-573-5646.

Heavy Duty Machinery A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’ insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifications possible doors, windows, walls etc., as office or living workshop etc.,Custom Modifications Office / Home” Call for price. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Jewels, Furs Stunning White Gold engagement ring. Main diamond is .94 carat with another .5 carat in smaller diamonds. Size 7. Recently appraised at $5500 asking $1500 Call to view 250578-7202 after 5pm

Firearms

Misc. for Sale

1939 Winchester Mod 94 30:30. $1,000. 1958 BRNO .22 target quality. $500. Both exec cond. 250-372-5489.

2 Person Portable infrared sauna made of hemlock. $750/obo. 250-554-2514.

Firewood/Fuel

Lemond RevMaster Spin Bike. Model 15300-7. $500. Like New. 250-372-8406.

ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine. Stock up now. Campfire wood. (250) 377-3457. Fir Firewood split or rounds delivered. Measured cords. 250-277-4477.

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Kubota AV2500 Generator. Kubota AV2500 Oil Watch. $595. 250-374-1988 MISC4Sale: Oak Table Chairs-$400, 1-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg.

Furniture 5 drawer desk. $50. Office chair. $15. Dresser w/mirror. $50. 250- 554-9981.

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC call for availability 250-374-7467

Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477 Standard black wheelchair. Like new. $800/obo. 250-5540400.

Misc. Wanted BUYING Coin Collections, Olympic Coins, Gold & Silver etc. Call Chad: 250-863-3082 Wanted to Buy. 12 Bass Piano Accordion. 250-374-4891.

Legal

LEGAL ADMIN ASSISTANT

We have an opening for a LAA with a corporate solicitor or conveyancing background. If you are detail orientated, performance driven and can oﬀer exemplary client service, we want to hear from you. Please forward your cover letter, resume and references to Wendy Freeman, Human Resources Manager, wfreeman@fultonco.com.

As New Teak Table 43x75 Ex 48”, 8-chairs, sideboard/ $4,000/all. Casting Table 10x24. $100. 3-drawer Tool Stand. $60. 8x12 Wool Rug. $200. 3-drawer Wood Cab 18x22. $25. 250-851-7687.

$750 Loans & More NO CREDIT CHECKS

1-855-527-4368

Apply at:www.credit700.ca

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

Fitness/Exercise WE will pay you to exercise! Deliver Kamloops This Week

Landscaping

RICKS’S SMALL HAUL

PETER’S YARD SERVICE

For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

Fruit Tree Pruning or Tree Removal

Home Improvements

Stucco/Siding

for a route near you!

Qualiﬁcations

• Minimum Grade 12 or Equivalency • Experience/Knowledge of Microsoft Ofﬁce, Excel etc. • Eagerness to learn, team player with great attitude and positive energy • Undergo a criminal record check • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation are required

Please note

Only those chosen for an interview will be contacted, preference will be given to First Nations applicants.

How to Apply

Please send your resume, cover letter and references to: Joan Arnouse Email: jarnouse@lslib.com In person or by mail: 1886 Little Shuswap Lake Rd, Chase BC, V0E 1M2 Closing Date: February 10, 2017

Help Wanted

Licensed & Certied

250-572-0753

Rubbish Removal

Our firm offers a positive working environment with competitive salaries, a group benefits package, and an RRSP program.

JA ENTERPRISES Rubbish Removal 778-257-4943

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.

THOSS JUNK REMOVAL Reasonable Rates 250-819-3552

SOLD

We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.

3500

RUN TILL $

250-371-4949

PLUS TAX

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

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.

Yard clean-up, Hedge trimming, Dump Runs

Only 3 issues a week!

call 250-374-0462

• Working knowledge of AANDC K-12 and Post-Secondary education policies, keep updated with the latest education policies. • Knowledge of Secwepemc culture • Assist in the daily administrative duties • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills • Strong planning, organizational and coordination skills • Act as a liaison and advocacy with schools, school districts and parents for all school age children. • Assist with the application for funding, sponsorship and support postsecondary students • This position involves 35 hours per week and may require work on evenings and weekends.

VERNON, B.C.

Handypersons

250-377-3457

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.

CONVEYANCER

& SERVICES

Open 7 days/wk. 8am - 8pm

Training Position – Education Assistant

300-350 Lansdowne Street, Kamloops, BC Phone: 250-372-5542 w w w. f u l t o n c o . c o m

Businesses Financial Services

1886 Little Shuswap Lake Road, Chase, B.C. V0E 1M2

Education Assistant job duties include

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8ft Antique Couch $1200. Antique Settee or Loveseat one of a kind $900. Round dining room table w/4-chairs & 2 bar stools. $800. Couch & matching chairs $250. 250-3741541.

250-371-4949

Employment

Lazyboy Dark Brown Sofa, Loveseat (reclines) and Rocker Recliner. $750/obo. 250554-2424.

250-371-4949

Work Wanted Experienced cleaning lady looking for work. References available. (250) 852-2131.

Employment

Gibbard Queen size 4 poster bed paid $2000 asking $400 2sm antique armchairs $600, wool area rug 9x7 $400 (778) 471-8627

*some restrictions apply.

$500 & Under

Merchandise for Sale

Diningroom table w/8-chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $900. 250-374-8933.

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Merchandise for Sale

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Real Estate

Rentals

Transportation

Apt/Condos for Sale

Apt/Condo for Rent

Bed & Breakfast

Suites, Lower

Cars - Domestic

Scrap Car Removal

Trucks & Vans

THOMPSON VILLA APARTMENTS

BC Best Buy Classified’s

2bdrm North Shore incl util, n/s, n/p, cls to bus and shopping Avail immed. $1,000. 250-376-0716 / 250-320-8146.

2009 Subaru Impreza. 4dr., 5spd, one owner. 69,000kms. $15,500. 250-318-6851.

Bachelor Apartments

$710- $730

55+ CONDOS 1 bedroom units for sale. 790-990 sq.ft. STARTING AT

• Seniors Orientated • Close to the Hospital • Quiet Living Space • Underground Parking • Newly Renovated Suites • No Smoking

520 Battle Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2M2 Contact Jean: 250-372-0510

179,000

Northland Apartments Bachelor Suite $845 per month 1 & 2 Bedroom Suites Adult Oriented No Pets Elevators / Dishwashers Common Laundry $845-$1,125 per month North Shore 250-376-1427 South Shore 250-314-1135

Please Call 250-376-4777

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Houses For Sale 3-Bdrm Mobile on 2 Acres. 8905 Kealty Rd. 9 KM up Hwy from Heffley Creek Store. Fixer-up or build. River very close.

NORTH SHORE

1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Clean quiet buildings. Reasonable Rental Rates

$219,000

CALL KARL NEFF 250.819.9373

CHECK US OUT

ONLINE

Utilities not included

CALL 250-299-3885

North Shore. 2brm apt. Newly renovated. Lndry in bldg. N/S, N/P. $925/mo. 250-851-9310, 250-682-2761.

The place to advertise EVERY week

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Misc. for Sale

Under the Real Estate Tab

TARPS! TARPS! “BEST PRICES IN TOWN!”

BLUE TARPS

10X8 weave (Medium Duty)

Place your classified ad in over 71 Papers across BC. Call 250-371-4949 for more information

Vacant reno’d 2bdrm, sep entr, C/A, patio, ref’s req., suitable for couple. $950/mo + 1/2 hydro. 250-376-0633. Westsyde large 1bdrm ground level suite. No stairs. Suitable for single 55+. N/S. Jan 1st. $950. 250-320-9567.

Townhouses

Get the best results!

TOWNHOUSES Best Value In Town

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NORTH SHORE

Homes for Rent

*Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms

All Furnished5Bd+,nrTRU/RIH denViewDeckCozy nsp $2700. 250-314-0909pg604-802-5649

*Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

Recreation **BOOK NOW FOR BEST WEEKS IN 2017** Shuswap Lake! 5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek BC. REST & RELAX ON THIS PRIVATE CORNER LOT. Newer 1bdrm, 1-bath park model sleeps 4 . Tastefully decorated guest cabin for 2 more. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Provincial park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor store & Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. Only $1,300 week. BOOK NOW! Rental options available for 3&4 day, 1 week, 2 week & monthly. Call for more information. 1-250-371-1333.

Shared Accommodation

10X10 weave (Heavy Duty)

STARTING AT $$3.99 4.49

BLACK TARPS

Transportation

Cars - Domestic

MATTRESS REPLACEMENTS SINGLE TO KING SIZE 2” TO 6” THICK - CUSTOM CUT OR CUSTOM ORDER MEMORY FOAM TOPPER PADS - 3LB DENSITY SINGLE TO KING SIZE - 2” & 3” THICK

CUSHION REPLACEMENTS TORN OR TATTERED? SOFAS, CHAIRS, OTTOMANS, SNOWMOBILES SEATS, TRACTORS

YOU NEED IT - WE WILL CUT IT!

CAMPING FOAM, MEDICAL WEDGES & BOLSTERS, PILLOWS

“ A CUT ABOVE THE REST” FIND US ON FACEBOOK

www.surplusherbys.com

248 TRANQUILLE RD, NORTH SHORE - KAMLOOPS 250376-2714 • OUT OF TOWN CALL 1-800-665-4533

2002 Nissan Altima. 4 door, auto. Fully loaded. Good condition. $5,500. Call to view. 250-376-4077.

RUN TILL

SOLD Turn your stuﬀ into

CA$H

1bdrm Bach North Shore $600/mo. incl util, n/s, n/p 250376-0716 / 250-320-8146. 1bdrm Hospital, TRU area Student or quiet person $495/ $725 n/s, n/p (250) 299-6477

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

Legal Notices

250-371-4949

Action No. H- 160618 Vancouver Registry

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BETWEEN ROYAL BANK OF CANADA/ BANQUE ROYALE DU CANADA AND PETITIONER

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MARK RICHARD KRUG RESPONDENTS The Respondent, Mark Richard Krug NOTICE A Petition has been issued by the Petitioner naming you as Respondent; concerning the following property: Lot 9 District Lot 255 Kamloops Division Yale District Plan 5062 By reason of your whereabouts being unknown, the Court has on the 9 day of January, 2017 ordering that you may be served alternatively by two publications of this Notice on any day in the Kamloops This Week Newspaper . You may inspect the Petition at the Office of the Registrar at The Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2E1. If you wish to defend the action, you must give notice of your intention by filing a Response in the above Registry within 21 days of the last publication of this Notice. In default of Response, you will not be entitled to notice of any further proceedings. A copy of the Petition and supporting material will be mailed to you upon receipt of a written request to the above named Registrar. Eliot M. Roadburg Ellis, Roadburg #200-853 Richards Street Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3B4 604 669 7131

*some restrictions apply call for details

Sport Utility Vehicle 1981 GMC Suburban 4X4. Re-built motor/trans. Good shape. $2,500. 778-469-5434

Buying or Selling? classiﬁeds@kamloopsthisweek.com

Cars - Sports & Imports

2002 Dakota Quadcab 4x4, V-8 Auto, tow pkg, full load, handsfree stereo, box liner, 6-seater, newer rubber, exhaust, shocks and brakes. 195,000kms. Exec. cond. $6,999. 250-319-7821 2011 Chevy Silverado 4x4 Z71 extended cab. Loaded, canopy. 99,000kms. $24,900. 250372-9181.

2009 Subaru Outback. 1owner. 109,000kms. Sport shifter. Exec. cond. Winter/summer tires on rims. Remote starter. $12,000. 250-554-2977.

Boats 14ft. Runabout boat. 40hp Johnson motor on trailer. $1500/obo. 778-469-5434.

2010 Mercedes Benz GLK350. Black, AWD. Fully loaded. 160,000kms. $15,000. 250319-9291. 1982 Mercedes 300 SD TD. 2 owners, original and documented. 242,000km no drips. Show car quality. Asking $6000. 250-312-3525 before 8pm

Trucks & Vans

Recreational/Sale

14X14 weave (Industrial Duty)

FOAM SHOP

(250)371-4949

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. (778) 468-5019.

Suites, Lower

TO:

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

318-4321

ROOMMATE: Working or student to share N/Shore home $500 /mo 250-376-0953

STARTING AT $$5.49 6.79

RUN UNTIL SOLD

lilacgardens1@gmail.com

STARTING AT $$2.69 2.19

WHITE TARPS

Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $6900.00 obo 250-554-0580

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

NO PETS

2000 Dodge Dakota. Full load. V-6. 195kms. 1-owner, canopy. Good Cond. $5,500. 3763480

2013 Keystone Fusion Toy Hauler slps 9, 41ft 12ft garage asking $69,000 250-374-4723

1996 Chevrolet C/K 2500 HD 3/4 ton Truck. Good condition. $9,900. 250-374-1988 1996 GMC Suburban 4x4 good shape, runs great $4,200/obo. Call 250-5712107

Run until sold

New Price $56.00+tax

Do you have a vehicle, boat, rv, or trailer to sell? With our Run til sold specials you pay one ﬂat rate and we will run your ad until your vehicle sells.* • $56.00 (boxed ad with photo) • $35.00 (regular 3 line ad)

Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply. Private party only (no businesses).

Legal Notices 7999041

1998 Toyota Tacoma Truck. 150,000km on new motor. Runs great, exec cond, no rust. Boat loader not included. $6,900 250-374-1988.

Legal Notices

Provoak Industries hand made 16ft. Cedar Strip Canoe. Weighs 65lbs. Includes 2 paddles. Great lake canoe. $2500/obo. 250-828-0782.

BIGGER circulation, BETTER value Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday over 65,690 readers in over 31,000 homes and businesses receive Kamloops This Week and find it full of relevant, local news. Communicating with customers must be cost-effective. Our large circulation and reasonable ad rates mean your cost per reader is exceptionally affordable. Your ROI is high!

Legal Notices

Call for Expressions of Interest United Way Community Collaboration Centre and Administration Ofﬁces

A Call for Expressions of Interest for the following project will be opened February 1st, 2017 and be received by United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo (UWTNC) until 4:00 PM, February 28th, 2017 at the UWTNC ofﬁce located at 177 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1Z4. UWTNC is seeking premises to house a Community Collaboration Centre and administration ofﬁces for staff totaling approximately 4000 square feet, plus a minimum of eight parking spaces, to lease or purchase by December 2018. Please note that this is a Call for Expressions of Interest and not a Call for Tender. For more details on this Call for Expressions of Interest and United Way, visit unitedwaytnc.ca/EOI or phone 250-372-9933.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam A.L. (Larry) Steffens It is with great sadness that we regret to share with you the recent passing of Arthur “Larry” Lawrence Steffens on January 22, 2017 in Kamloops, BC at age 79. Larry was surrounded with love, having his wife Barb, daughter Elva and brother Allan (Ruth) by his side. Survived by his son’s Mike and Arthur, daughters Elva, Juanita and Leanne, grandchildren Michael, James, Amanda, Connor, Bradly and greatgrandchild Jordon. Larry’s siblings Jim (Elain), Donnie (Ken), Allan ( Ruth ), Tricia (Joe) and Good Friends Isy and Trudi and so many other friends, to many to mention. Larry was born in Merritt, BC on December 26 1937, where he lived and happily worked the Steffens’ Brothers Ranch “The Lazy L”, for many many years. We will all miss his big heartfelt ways, his laughter, many joyful stories, his playful joking mannerisms, but most of all his love. Thank you to the Nurses and Physicians at RIH for taking such good care of him during his lengthy stay.

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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Laureen Marie Montgomery June 12, 1959 – January 28, 2017

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It is with great sadness and sorrow that the family of Randi Miller announce his passing. Randi was born in Nelson, BC on January 28, 1954 to Herb and Mary Miller and passed away peacefully in Kamloops, BC on January 28, 2017. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Regina, his daughter Shelley (Gary), son Aaron, step-sons Joseph “Jandee”, (Socorro “Collins”), John Rainier (Zarah Mae), Jhanstin (Vanessa) and grandchildren Daphne, Dylan, Carlo Miguel and Nicole. Randi will be deeply missed by his mother Mary, brothers Rod (Chris), Alan (Arlis), Dan (Lee), David (Teresa) and Tim (Karen), sisters Marlo (Jamie) Tedesco and Yvonne (Vince) Vulcano and numerous nieces and nephews. Randi was predeceased by his father Herb and his brother Glenn. Randi started with Canadian Pacific Railway in 1971 and held the position as Roadmaster for most of his 37 year career. Randi called home to many communities in BC, including Salmon Arm, Cranbrook and finally Kamloops were he drove his last spike as a railroader in 2008. He had a pre-retirement plan to build a pub to entertain all his friends and in 2003 opened Tumbleweeds Pub in the community of Dallas. Randi entered final retirement in 2013 with the sale of the pub and started his next venture building a dream home on the Rivershore Golf Course. Randi enjoyed spending time with his many good friends, golfing, curling, drag racing cars and flying his plane. Most of all Randi enjoyed the company of his family and his beautiful grandchildren. The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Royal Inland Hospital for their compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to any organization or charity of your choice in Randi’s memory. Friends will be welcome to join in the Celebration of Life at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Rivershore Golf Links Clubhouse in Kamloops, BC. Due to the facility size, a private Memorial Service will be held for family and close friends at 12:30 p.m. Condolences may be emailed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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It is with profound sadness that the family announces the passing of our beloved Laureen after a long and very courageous battle with cancer. We will miss your smile, wit, style, grace and your unfounded passion for life which included family, friends, traveling, shopping, reading, music, golfing and fishing. Predeceased by her parents Allister and Edith, Laureen leaves her son Cody, siblings Don (Patti), Kenda, Leanne (Sam), Marla, Paul (Melissa), fourteen nieces, nephews, Auntie Ruth, Uncle Doug, cousins, her loving friend Jamie and his family. Heartwarming thanks to Dr. Van Heerden, Dr. Tevendale, Dr. Topic and the nurses in oncology. Laureen was so thankful for your love and support. Also, many thanks to Dr. O’Connell and the wonderful nursing staff on 6 North at RIH. Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations may be forwarded to the Canadian Cancer Society or Kamloops Hospice Association. Condolences may be sent to DrakeCremation.com

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Lena Storey On January 28, 2017, Lena Storey passed away peacefully at the age of 95. She will be lovingly remembered by her family and friends. Left to remember and celebrate her life are her daughters and sons-in-law Sharron (Jim) Bollefer and Gayle (Jim) Dunsmuir, grandchildren and great-grandchildren Kathy (Ross) Hoshizaki, Brynn, Tye, Megan, Kevin (Shannon) Bollefer, Jenna, Alyssa, Lisa (Ken) Woodruff, Kianna, Tanner, Liane Dunsmuir, Trevor Thurston, Sophie, Hanna and her sister Mary Alder in San Diego, CA. She was predeceased by her husband Ed in 2002 and brother George Wolanski in 2011. Lena was born in Borowti, Rumania and came to Canada when she was 3. In 1940, she married Ed Storey and in 1955 they moved to Kamloops. While in Kamloops, she was an active member of the Kamloops United Church and a life member of the Eastern Star. Her favorite activities were gardening, traveling, dancing, playing cards, making crafts and visiting with friends and family. The family wishes to thank the staff of the Royal Inland Hospital in Emergency and 4 North Palliative Care for the respectful and compassionate care they provided our mother. Lena will be remembered as a very loving, kind and generous person who always put family and friends first. In keeping with her spirit, donations in her memory can be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home at 72 Whiteshield Crescent South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9. A Celebration of Life will be held in the Schoening Funeral Chapel at 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Reception to follow. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

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Replacing traffic cops with mimes among legacies of innovative Columbian mayor Chimera Theatre’s new production Mockus puts him in focus DALE BASS

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hen Antanas Mockus was elected mayor of Bogota, Columbia, in 1995, he quickly realized he had many large problems to confront. His solution for one of them — corrupt traffic

officers — was to fire all of them and replace them with 400 mimes who did their work in full face paint and without speaking. The move was a success, said Chimera Theatre artistic director Andrew Cooper, because while drivers weren’t afraid of fines, they were afraid of being ridiculed and laughed at by the mimes.

Mockus shut down the city one night, declaring it women’s night where only women were allowed into clubs, dance halls and restaurants. The night was overseen by only female police. He distributed thousands of balloons, extolling people to inflate them, write their problems on them and then all gather

at neighbourhood parks to pop them and watch those woes fade away. His ideas didn’t all work, Cooper said, but they did attract a lot of international attention. The innovative mayor is the inspiration behind Mockus, the next play Cooper’s company is presenting. See MOCKUS, B3

eslie Dala credits his family — and his mom in particular — for putting him on the path that has led to being one of the four being considered to become conductor of the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO). His mother always wanted to be a professional musician, Dala said, but growing up in Eastern Europe during the Second World War and fleeing to Canada during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution quashed that dream. Instead, she and her husband filled their home with music and ensured their four children — Dala is the youngest — learned not just to play but to also love music. By the time he was 14, he was singing in a choir, playing piano, violin and the organ and felt “music seemed like everything to me.” Eventually, he was studying at the internationally renowned St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto, then to the University of Toronto and University of British Columbia. He’s had residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the International Conducting Workshop in the Czech Republic and the National Arts Centre Orchestra Conductors Workshop. When he conducts, “it’s really about just being in the music,” Dala said, taking the notes on the page and inspiring musicians to bring them to life. The conductor isn’t making the sounds but is navigating among musicians to create what the composer envisioned. He’s looking forward to his time in front of the KSO on

Leslie Dala is the KSO guest conductor for a Feb. 11 show.

Feb. 11, when the program will include Beethoven’s Symphony #6 (The Pastorale). Beethoven is one of the great composers who resonates with Dala. He enjoys this work because it’s not the big bold Beethoven but reveals the composer’s quiet and melodic side. The program also includes the overture to Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Fire and Blood by Daugherty. Guest artist is violinist Alexandre Da Costa. Dala is the second of four vying to replace Bruce Dunn. He is the music director of Vancouver Bach Choir and the Vancouver Academy of Music symphony orchestra, having also worked with Vancouver Opera and as music director of the Prince George Symphony. Melanie Leonard has already guest conducted. Dina Gilbert and Martin MacDonald have yet to have their opportunities to perform. The concert is at Sagebrush Theatre. It begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250374-5483.

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Kelsie Balehowsky’s exhibit, Collective Isolation, focuses on technology bringing people together while keeping them apart. The Kelowna artist’s large-scale photographic exhibition, which is on display at the Arnica artist-run centre until Feb. 18, features constructed situations where castmembers are together don’t engage with one another, shedding light on society’s smartphone addiction. The centre is located in the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, at 7 West Seymour St. For more photos taken of this exhibit, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.

It’s your last chance to catch Western Canada Theatre’s latest production, The Comedy of Errors, this weekend. William Shakespeare’s zany comedy is filled with mistaken identities. To read KTW reporter Andrea Klassen’s review of the show, turn to B3. Tickets are available from Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or kamloopslive.ca.

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BURLESQUE Thursday, Feb. 9, doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9:30 p.m., at The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St.

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The Kamloops Old Time Fiddlers host their next dance at Heritage House. The dance goes from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $6 for members and $10 for non-members. For more information, call 250-376-2330.

Kamloops Burlesque presents Dirty Secrets Valentines on Feb. 9 at The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St. Along with local performers, the show will also include Innana’s Awakening and Ivy La Fleur. The show is 19-plus. Admission is $5; VIP tickets are $10 and include floor seating and a chance to win more draw prizes. Tickets can be bought at Instinct Adornment next to the venue or online at kamtix.ca.

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GENERATION Z Monday, Feb. 6, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St.

Geared to teens ages 13 to 18, this free event at the Kamloops Art Gallery focuses on youth. Participants create art and build an exhibit, to be put on display from April 8 to July 1. The sessions run bi-weekly through March. No registration is required and all supplies are provided. For more information, go online to kag.bc.ca/programs.htm.

DRINK AND DRAW Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Red Collar, 355 Lansdowne St.

Join in collaborative or individual drawing at Red Collar in downtown Kamloops on the second Wednesday of every month. No experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Minors are welcome when accompanied by an adult.

MOCKUS Wednesday, Feb. 8 through Saturday, Feb. 11, at Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St.

Chimera Theatre’s newest production, Mockus, begins at Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday. Written by George Johnson, the chair of Thompson Rivers University’s English department, it’s the story of a Colombian mayor who uses innovation to solve problems. Read more about it on B1 and B3. Tickets can be purchased from Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-3745483 or kamloopslive.ca.

ART HISTORY HAPPY HOUR Thursday, Feb. 9, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St.

Learn something about art while imbibing local craft beer, downtown at the Kamloops Art Gallery. The event is free to attend, but does not include drinks. It is followed by DIY Thursdays, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Email events to listings@kamloopsthisweek.com.

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THEATRE REVIEW

‘Fun’ watching cast juggle roles in WCT comedy ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

ALLEN DOUGLAS /KTW Most of those involved in Chimera Theatre are Thompson Rivers University theatre-arts graduates, including cast members (seen above rehearsing a scene from Mockus) and behind the scenes with sound and lighting crew.

Mockus written by chair of the English department at Thompson Rivers University From B1

Written by George Johnson, chair of the English and modern languages department at Thompson Rivers University, Mockus addresses real issues with humour, music, acrobatics and dance, said Brittany McCarthy, who plays the mayor. It’s one of the biggest plays Chimera has taken on, Cooper said, with a cast of nine, a more developed set and intricate handmade costumes by Susan Dixon. “We didn’t just go

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We didn’t just go one step up. We went three or four up this year.

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one step up,” Cooper said of his young theatre troupe. “We went three or four up this year.” McCarthy had to learn clowning and magic for the role, a challenge she said has been fun. Most of those involved in Chimera are TRU theatre-arts graduates, including many who will be

working behind the scenes with sound and lighting. Others in the cast include Todd Sullivan, Harmony Maher, Morgan Benedict, Taylor James McCallum, Josh Sunderman, Dela Coutts, Taryn Coleman and Nathan Medos. Chimera exists not only to provide acting opportunities for local

people, but to also promote new works. Cooper said every production it has done has been an original play. He discovered Mockus when he sent information to Johnson, who had taught Cooper playwriting at TRU, about Chimera’s annual new play series. The goal was to have Johnson’s students submit their works but the instructor sent in two of his own, including Mockus. “Wow, I like this,” Cooper said was his

reaction. “We have to keep going with this script.” That was a year ago and, since then, it’s been developed and had a staged reading, all getting it ready to go public. The play is at The Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St., opening on Feb. 8 and continuing to Feb. 11. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. pay-what-you-can matinee on Feb. 11. Tickets are available at Kamloops Live box office at the theatre, 250-374-5483, or kamloopslive.ca.

ithout context, the most successful portions of Western Canada Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors can sound a little strange. In no particular order these include: • Eggs repeatedly falling out of a main character’s mouth; • A star turn by an audience member reading cue cards pulled out of an actor’s bra (special KTW shoutout to Officer Derek from Saturday night’s performance); • Actor Anand Rajaram attempting a fist fight with himself through a door; • Hats; • So many hats. Set on the island of Ephesus, the play tracks the story of two sets of identical twins, separated by a shipwreck not long after birth. When one set of the twins arrives on the island, which is already home to their identically faced, identically named counterparts, mistaken identities immediately begin to pile up and chaos ensues. To up the ante, the show keeps its cast limited, with each of its five actors playing multiple roles, swapping costumes rapid-fire as the show mounts toward its conclusion. Rajaram, playing both halves of a set of twin servants, is a standout here, with the kind of manic, rubbery-limbed energy normally seen in Looney Toons characters. As Dromio (and also Dromio), Rajaram spends much of the play’s run time either running, screaming, dodging blows or being attacked by rogue suitcases. That he’s still going at the end is a testament to stamina. Errors is among Shakespeare’s earliest works and it shows. There’s plenty of wordplay to go around, but the inventiveness of some of the later plays gets traded here for repetition of funny bits. There comes a point when watching Dromio shriek his way across the stage, or flail his way through another set of beatings by his upset masters (who seem to have confused their man servants with stress balls) gets to be a lot of the same, no matter how many wacky sound effects director Daryl Cloran layered into the background. But, doing a lesser known script does allow for a level of sheer weirdness that you can’t as easily force into a MacBeth or Romeo and Juliet. And there is a lot of fun to be had watching the cast members race across stage during their final scenes, trying to represent all 15 characters who’ve returned to stage at once with various accent and costume changes — in one inspired case, by standing under a post with a hat perched atop it. The resulting ridiculousness is about worth the ticket on its own. Comedy of Errors runs to Feb. 4 at the Sagebrush Theatre.

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Create heart-themed artwork, such as the pieces shown here, during a workshop at Lansdowne Village in the Kamloops Arts Council space on Feb. 11.

Create heart-themed art, leave out in the city to be found by strangers DALE BASS

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helly McKerchar thinks Kamloops could use “a little love and tenderness” — and she’s got an idea how to accomplish it. Inspired by Jake Parker, who created World Art Drop Day in the U.S., McKerchar is inviting people to join her for HeARTdrop 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 11, and create heart-themed art to be left somewhere in the city for others to find.

McKerchar is hosting a workshop at Lansdowne Village in the Kamloops Arts Council space near the Booster Juice location. McKerchar will have a variety of materials people can use to create their own masterpieces. It’s a family-friendly event, but children must be accompanied by an adult. This is the third year McKerchar has created an art-drop event near Valentine’s Day. The first year was small — mostly just McKerchar leaving

some of her own works out in the open. Last year, she knit 15 hearts and hung them from trees in Riverside Park for others to find. This year, she’s hoping the event grows to involve more people creating and finding the works. “It creates community,” McKerchar said. “It’s like a gift.” The drop-in event runs from 10 a.m. to noon. It costs $5 for families and $2 for individuals. For more information, email her at shemck3@hotmail.com.

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