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Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon steps to the stage yesterday in a processional led by dignitaries from the Tk’emlups Indian Band, the City of Kamloops and School District 73. Guichon was in Kamloops to mark the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. She spoke to high school students from South Kamloops secondary during her first stop at Sagebrush Theatre and later visited Valleyview secondary and NorKam senior secondary. Guichon is visiting schools across the province as part of the 150th initiative.

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The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) will spend the next few weeks assessing KGHM Ajax’s responses to thousands of public comments on its proposed copper and gold mine.

A spokesperson for the provincial Ministry of Environment said the company has now filed “a substantive portion of the required materials” with the BCEAO. The company’s environmental assessment has been paused at day 107 of 180 since last April.

KGHM Ajax indicated it had filed its submissions in early January, but this is the first time the province has discussed a timeline for their review.

Ajax’s submissions, which will also cover questions and comments from area First Nations and the City of Kamloops, will be posted online once the review is complete and the process resumes.

The ministry spokesperson said last weekend’s rejection of the mine by the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN, which represents the Tk’emlups and Skeetchestn bands) and an accompanying report will also be reviewed by the office as well.

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A panel including 26 family representatives from the two bands recommended rejecting the mine because of its effects on Jacko Lake, also known as Pipsell, which is considered sacred.

SSN argues the lake, which is in the eventual path of a portion of the mine’s open pit, should be preserved for traditional uses.

KGHM Ajax’s proposal must be approved by the provincial and federal governments for it to proceed.

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The City of Kamloops brought in 18 per cent more in revenue from motorists parking downtown in 2016 than it did in 2015.

Motorists spent $1.2 million to park on downtown streets last year, up from just over $1 million the year before. The city also brought in an extra three per cent in ticket revenue, up to $209,862 from $204,440 in 2015. The number of tickets handed out increased to 18,628 in 2016 from 17,370 in 2015.

The on-street increase falls short of a price increase that came into effect last year when council hiked per hour rates downtown to $1.25 from $1.

Corporate services and community safety director David Duckworth said the rate increase appears to have spurred more people parking downtown to use off-street lots and parkades, where revenues were also up this year.

All told, the city brought in $2.1 million from parking this year, including revenue from lots at Sandman Centre and Riverside Park.

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Prosecutors were not opposed to the release from jail yesterday of a Kamloops man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl in a hit-and-run crash in Aberdeen last year.

Jason Gourlay is charged with one count each of failing to remain at the scene of an accident and possession of a controlled substance — namely heroin and fentanyl.

He is accused of driving a vehicle that struck and killed 16-year-old Jennifer Gatey on Nov. 4, 2016, as she crossed Pacific Way near her family’s Aberdeen home.

Gourlay, 41, was arrested last week.

He was released from custody yesterday afternoon on $20,000 cash bail, with the condition he reside in a treatment facility.

Crown prosecutor Neil Flanagan did not contest his release.

Jeremy Jensen, Gourlay’s lawyer, issued this statement: “The death of Jennifer Gatey on Nov. 4, 2016, was unquestionably a tragic event. I would like to extend condolences to Ms. Gatey’s family and friends who have been affected by the tragic loss of a young woman’s life.

“The death of Ms. Gatey raises a number of unanswered questions.

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“Charges are merely allegations; they are not proof of anything. In the eyes of the law, Mr. Gourlay is innocent until proven guilty.

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A Kamloops woman who drunkenly T-boned a police car in January has been ordered to pay more than $1,500 in fines – and fork over thousands more to replace the RCMP cruiser she wrote off.

Jessica Lee Alexis Stewart was also handed a one-year driving ban after pleading guilty to one count of driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08 in Kamloops provincial court on Thursday. Court heard the 21-year-old was driving down an alley between Battle and St. Paul streets just after 11 p.m.

on Jan. 12, a Thursday night.

“As she came out onto Fifth Avenue, she T-boned the police vehicle on the driver’s side, causing the vehicle to go off the road,” Crown prosecutor Mike Wong said.

The officer driving the cruiser smelled liquor on Stewart’s breath. She was taken to the Kamloops RCMP’s Battle Street detachment, where she provided two breath samples, each showing blood-alcohol levels of 0.160 — twice the legal limit.

Court heard Stewart, who works as a community health worker for Interior Health, has a history of drunk driving. In August 2016, she was handed a 90-day immediate

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“I just made a really dumb decision,” she said in court.

“I was drinking and I got in an accident.”

Stewart told Kamloops provincial court Judge Chris Cleaveley she hasn’t had a sip of alcohol since the night of the crash.

Cleaveley placed Stewart on a 12-month driving prohibition and ordered her to pay $1,560 in fines. He also ordered her to pay $5,200 in restitution to the federal government — the value of the cruiser she destroyed.

“You’re paying a steep price here for drinking and driving,” the judge said. “Make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

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In the wake of a Globe and Mail feature series called Unfounded that ran last month, KTW asked local Mounties what the unfounded rates in Kamloops have been in the last five years.

According to the Globe and Mail feature, the rate at which police in Canada declare sexual assault complaints unfounded is about one in five.

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“Unfounded is a determination through police investigation that no violation of the law took place or was attempted.”

Though he acknowledged it is not without flaw, Pillay said the system still makes coming forward a better option for a sexual assault victim than staying silent.

“The police fully understand how difficult it is to come forward and the system is not perfect,” Pillay said. “But I’ve also seen a lot of victims find empowerment by holding these offenders to task on what they’ve done.

“If it was my family member who was the victim of a sexual assault, I’d tell them to come forward.”

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In that time, the unfounded rate has hovered between six per cent and 10 per cent.

Over the same period, the number of cases in which an investigation turns into a report to Crown counsel has been between 15 per cent and 20 per cent.

The remainder of the files, which amount to about three quarters of all reports, falls into two categories — unsubstantiated or unproven.

Pillay said deeming a sex assault allegation unfounded is not something that can be done on a whim or as a last resort for a busy investigator.

“There’s an incredible amount of oversight on these files,” he said.

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“Unfounded is a very specific category,” said Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay, the local detachment’s plainclothes commander.

“It means we’ve done an investigation and proven that the crime did not happen.

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“Unsubstantiated means an investigation cannot establish whether a violation of the law occurred due to insufficient evidence.”

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For every sexual assault report made in the city, the people who work closely with those victims estimate there are 10 never reported to authorities.

It’s why Charlene Eden, executive director of the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre (KSACC) said she was “pleasantly surprised” statistics gathered in a major Globe and Mail feature on such crimes showed only 179 allegations in Kamloops in 2014, the last of the five-year period the newspaper looked at in its national investigation into how such cases are handled by police.

In particular, the series looked at allegations made to police that are determined to be “unfounded” — the investigating police force has determined no crime was committed.

For Kamloops, the data identified from the freedom of information requests that came to the city’s RCMP showed, for sexual-assault cases cleared as unfounded: 2010: 11 per cent (23 of 204 allegations); 2011: 18 per cent (43 of 245 allegations); 2012: 10 per cent (22 of 224 allegations); 2013: 11 per cent (20 of 189 allegations); and 2014: Eight per cent (15 of 179 allegations).

“If I look at it in the grand scheme of things,” Eden said, “I’m pleasantly surprised it as low as it is.”

She wondered if more victims would report if they knew they would be dealing with an officer focused on that kind of offence rather than possibly getting a general-duty officer assigned to the file.

Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay said there is one female officer designated as the go-to person on sexual assault complaints, but she cannot investigate all of them.

He said the serious-crimes

team, of which she is a member, relies on her expertise when required.

There’s no way she could be the sole investigator, Pillay said. It would be too great an investigative load because each investigation is its own unique, lengthy requirement.

About a quarter of the local detachment is female Mounties, he said.

Eden said she also wonders what impact the Mounties’ own internal sexual-harassment issues that have made headlines through recent years might discourage someone from calling them.

Pillay said he hasn’t experienced or heard of any concern related to the RCMP’s internal issues raised by female officers alleging harassment.

He said concerns are more likely to involve victims who don’t want to be interviewed by a man, who are so traumatized other specialized training is required or who are simply trying to cope with their reality and how a police investigation affects it.

However, Pillay said, it is impossible to determine what kind of impact the internal issues has caused because, if a victim never reports an attack, no one knows.

The KSACC is taking its own initiative to deal with sexual assaults. In partnership with Royal Inland Hospital, it has created a team of volunteers who can respond when the crime is reported to help the victims.

Eden is hoping the local detachment will become more involved with the work of the team so all partners can work together “to make sure these victims needs are met.”’

The help could be anything from simply providing information to advocating for victims at the hospital during the intrusive examinations that are required to gather evidence.

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Pillay said he has only heard of the response-team creation and purpose, but praised it because “policing works best when there’s a partnership with us.

“We would welcome anything that helps us and this is similar to victims’ services.”

Eden said she knows the focus of police when an investigation begins is to start gathering facts immediately, but added officers often don’t understand the kind of dynamic they are dealing with.

“When it happens,” she said of an assault, “it’s usually someone they know or they’re in a situation they’re not supposed to be in and it can take courage to report it.

“The police need to understand the role of trauma. It can take days or weeks for all the pieces to fall into place sometime, and these victims have the courage to do that.

“Delayed doesn’t mean false.”

While Eden praised the 20-month investigation that led to the Globe’s series, she would prefer to see that kind of work put into conviction rates.

“False reports are so minimal,” she said. “Think about it. Do we really think there are a lot of people out there who would make a false claim and go through all the stuff they’d have to go through?

“Stop trying to focus on that small number. Why not be angry about the ones who aren’t convicted? That’s what we should be talking about.”

Eden said part of that conversation needs to include an assertion of belief.

If a claim is deemed unfounded or if a conviction isn’t the result of one going forward, she said, “we need to acknowledge as a society, make it clear to people that even if there was not enough evidence for a conviction, we believe you. We have to say I believe you.

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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 decision of the Tk’emlups and Skeetchestn Indian bands to oppose the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine, following a months-long review of KGHM Ajax’s application.

While the government’s environmental assessment of the application will include the First Nations’ report and recommendations, it is just one of a plethora of materials that will be submitted to the provincial and federal governments, which will make a final decision.

Nevertheless, the rejection of Ajax by the two bands is significant, despite KGHM Ajax’s statement on its website, in which the company said it will “look forward to furthering our collaborative relationship” with the bands.

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NOT: News that the B.C. Liberal Party is under investigation by Elections BC for fundraising practices in which lobbyists are illegally funneling money to the party on behalf of corporate and special interests.

The probe comes in the wake of a Globe and Mail story and is the latest revelation that has shone an embarrassing spotlight on what the New York Times has called the “Wild West” of political fundraising.

Instead of keeping in step with virtually every other jurisdiction in Canada and enacting stringent rules on donations, the B.C. Liberals choose instead to sell time with the premier and cabinet ministers to the highest bidder, while laughing off warranted criticism.

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HOT: Kamloops Graffiti Task Force executive director Ronnie Bouvier, the recipient of a 2016 Widening Our World (WOW) award for her dedication, courage and ingenuity in supporting those in Kamloops served by Community Living BC. Bouvier helped create first-time employment opportunities for young adults while raising public awareness of the contributions they can make to their communities.

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The courage of a father

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ameron Gatey has uncommon grace, a dignity and resolve that is immeasurable and enough patience to make Job seem agitated.

Gatey is the father of Jennifer Gatey, the 16-year-old girl who was killed when struck by a vehicle on Nov. 4, 2016.

Jennifer was on her way to the gym for a workout at dinnertime on a Saturday evening when she was hit. The driver did not stop, leaving Jennifer to die on the side of Pacific Way. Since his daughter’s death, Gatey has become the voice and face of the family, always willing to speak with media, even in the hours after the tragic event.

Gatey was contacted again this week after charges were laid against the man accused of driving the vehicle that killed Jennifer.

And again he spoke with conviction, with class, with poise.

Jennifer was very much her father’s daughter when those attributes are considered.

I had the pleasure of coaching her for one glorious spring a few years ago.

Jennifer was one of 16 kids on the under-13 Blue Bombers house team, a modern-day Bad News Bears squad in soccer cleats, an interesting group of girls with wild swings in talent levels. I remember them all, a couple with preternatural soccer skills, many more new to the game, girls who talked up a storm and those whose laughter echoed across the field.

Jennifer was likely the quietest girl I have ever met.

She barely said a word, from

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MUSINGS my recollection, and probably listened and executed better than most.

Jennifer seemed like a natural athlete. She played well, often had a coy smile and rarely left the field without thanking the coaching staff.

She was, quite simply, a great kid.

Four months after her death, police arrested Jason Gourlay, who has been charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident. The 41-year-old has also been charged with possession of heroin and fentanyl, stemming from the alleged discovery of the drugs in his Dufferin home a day or two after Jennifer was killed.

The charge against Gourlay means the Crown has looked at the evidence compiled by police and believes there is a substantial likelihood of conviction.

That police arrested and recommended charges in such a short time is remarkable.

In cases such as this, many months, even years, can pass before a charge is laid — if a charge is laid.

(And the charge, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, is a serious count as it carries with it a maximum sentence of life when a death is involved in the crash.)

There were those quick to criticize the Mounties and this newspaper as the days from Jennifer’s death stretched into 2017.

Some of those critics railed against the RCMP for not making an arrest and questioned this newspaper’s story, published four days after Jennifer’s death, that police had already identified a suspect (that suspect being Gourlay, though we could not name him at the time).

At least one of those vocal critics is a friend of Gourlay’s and was never shy in mocking the Mounties and KTW in his online posts, claiming there was no evidence and there would be no charges in connection to the seizure of Gourlay’s Jeep.

Predictably, he and others like him are as meek as mice now that they have been proven wrong.

What follows are court proceedings, a lengthy process that will again test the patience of Gatey and his family.

There is nothing the driver of the vehicle that killed Jennifer can do to undo the carnage.

What the driver can do — and should have done four months ago — is own up to the act.

It’s a sad day when the grieving father who lost his precious daughter is the one possessing the courage and fortitude. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

HEALTH SYSTEM TOP HEAVY WITH PAPER PUSHERS Editor: My thanks to the staff at the North Shore walk-in clinic and an even bigger thank you for standing up to a government that has its head in the sand.

If you have ever driven by the clinic early in the morning, you will see the lineups are huge. These lineups are due to a shortage of staff, including doctors, nurses and

nurse practitioners. We need more staff to help shore up our fatigued frontline staff.

Being a doctor does not mean you must work seven days a week and be on call all the time.

Hospital overcrowding is not due to flu outbreaks. If it was, why are there lineups all the time in emergency wards?

It is due to government spend-

ing too much time hiring administrators and not enough time and money hiring staff to look after patients’ needs.

Our system is so top heavy with administration that a large chunk of our tax dollars goes to paper pushers. We need to train more medical staff. It is time we stood up to our government and demanded problems be fixed.

I am not sure how cutting MSP premiums will help the system.

Where will the money come from?

Instead of making election promises to sway votes, how about actually doing what was promised in the first place — more doctors, more nurses and better facilities?

Do that and you may get my vote.

Anne Evans Kamloops

COUNCIL IGNORED DALLAS OPPOSITION TO REZONING Editor: I am writing to voice my opinion regarding a rezoning application for 5756 Dallas Dr. That lot has one rental house on it, with the front facing and accessed by a driveway off Dallas Drive.

It is our understanding the applicant’s intent is to add another house alongside the existing house, also facing and accessed by a driveway off Dallas Drive.

A third house is planned for behind the existing house, facing

either Todd Hill Crescent to the west or north and accessed via an existing municipal road right-ofway off Todd Hill Crescent to the west.

That right-of-way would become a ridiculously long driveway and would cut right past and between two other homes on Todd Hill Crescent.

In the end, this one lot would contain three houses.

We live on approximately half an acre on Todd Hill Crescent and the back of our property

borders the back of the lot that is the subject of the rezoning.

We purchased this home 25 years ago and did so for the love of the large-size yards, the room for our children (and now grandchildren) to play and privacy these big, beautiful yards supply.

If that third house is built facing north, it will look directly into the back of our yard.

The division of this property would also set a precedent for future subdivisions and the loss of

these large, beautiful lots.

Once they are gone, you cannot get them back.

A petition that was circulated around our neighbourhood was signed by more than 75 per cent of residents who opposed the rezoning.

My husband and I attended the public hearing on Feb. 21, where we heard the applicant’s proposal. It was then time for anyone to ask questions or make comments.

After everyone had a turn pleading their cases, there were 11 people

opposed and three or four in favour.

City council voted 4-2 in favour of the application. We would like to know how something like this can happen.

Does a signed petition mean nothing? Are our signatures worthless? Are a majority of voices not heard?

Why does it only come down to the vote of council when it is obvious the majority of residents do not want this to happen?

Ken and Linda King Kamloops

KTW, COMMUNITY SHOULD TELL AJAX TO GO BACK TO POLAND Editor: Re: (‘First Nations reject Ajax,’ March 7): It’s good to see the First Nations are smart enough to reject the proposed Ajax mine.

I applaud their wisdom.

Anyone with minimal cranial

capacity should agree this proposed mine will be toxic to our city.

Doctors know it and will leave posthaste, as would anybody with half a brain. We have already seen 13 doctors’ offices close, with no replacements in the wings.

It’s time Kamloops This Week stood up for the health of this community and declared Ajax a fool’s project.

Journalists should realize the importance of the health impact the mine will have if it is approved and care

about this impact.

I am sorry for all the people hoping the mine will bring them well-paying jobs, but that cannot be the overriding concern.

Tell Ajax to go back to Poland.

James Fankhauser Kamloops

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“Isn’t that special. Now you can duke it out with the Commies for last place.”

— posted by Snuffy the Seal

RE: STORY: NOT RESPONDING TO MEDICAL CALLS WON’T HELP KFR BUDGET:

“My father would be dead if KFR didn’t respond to medical calls first. He had a heart attack and I was the only other person in the house.

“The firetruck reached us within a few minutes, it took what felt like ages for the ambulance to arrive.”

— posted by Twelfthnight

RE: LETTER: LACK OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE REMAINS A PROBLEM:

“This is another reason why the Liberal Party at the helm of this province should be turfed.

“Another look at how they aren’t interested in helping anyone that doesn’t have money.”

— posted by Loop

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SHOPLIFTER IN SAHALI On Friday, February 24th, 2017 at approximately 8:42 pm there was complaint of shoplifting at the Safeway located at 945 Columbia St W. The loss prevention officer, reported that he observed an unknown male leave the store without paying for the groceries . When the loss prevention officer confronted the male, the male handed over the items and stated that he had a knife in

his pocket. The suspect male then turned away and left the area on his bmx bicycle.

The suspect was described as Caucasian male, 25-30 yrs, 5”10-6”0, medium build wearing dark jacket, dark base ball cap with “fox” logo, jeans, black gloves and blue runners. The male was not located by police however photos from the surveillance video were obtained.

COUNTERFEIT AMERICAN MONEY USED On Friday, December 30th, 2016 a male attended the Mark Work Warehouse located at 700 Tranquille Rd. The male used 3 American 50 dollar bills to buy a Carhart Jacket. The jacket was later returned at a different Mark’s Work Warehouse location for a full refund. Police attended and seized three $50 US bills which were of poor quality, and all had the same serial number.

A proposed meeting today to look at improvements to boat launching at Paul Lake Provincial Park has been cancelled, with a provincial organizer declaring a decision has already been made.

The meeting was set for this morning to unveil proposed changes to access. That comes in wake of widespread public complaints about lack of trailer boat access to the lake for anyone other than Paul Lake residents. But local anglers threatened to swamp the meeting at a small room at the district Ministry of Forests office on Dalhousie Drive.

“This meeting was not intended

to be a forum to discuss trailered boat access at the Paul Lake car-top boat launch,” recreation section head Adrian Wynnyk wrote to user groups in an email message copied to Kamloops This Week.

“This has already been decided through a previous public consultation process.”

The park plan continues to state it will not allow trailer boat access due to conflicts among large boats.

The ministry has made some changes to the park’s boat ramp, alterations that have not satisfied anglers wanting trailer boat access.

Len Piggin, president of Kamloops Fly Fishers, alleges the ministry is favouring Paul Lake residents.

The club has pushed since 2014 to improve access.

Hastings up for two awards Kamloops This Week reporter Marty Hastings is a finalist in two categories at this year’s B.C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association’s Ma Murray Awards.

Hastings is one of three finalists in the Feature Article Award for 25,000plus circulation for his story Wedding night turns tragic; Adkin dies of OD. The other two finalists come from the Surrey Leader and Prince George Citizen.

Hastings is also one of three finalists in the Sports Writing Award for his story This gym is my family. The other two finalists come from the North Shore News and Surrey Now. The awards will be handed out on April 29 in Richmond.

KTW was named best newspaper in the largest-circulation category in 2015 and 2014 and finished third in 2016.

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Developing the skills to do the job isn’t enough, Thompson Rivers University nursing and social work students heard Wednesday.

To be effective in either profession will also take “moral courage.”

The message came from Cindy Blackstock, a social work professor at McGill University and advocate for First Nations children.

Blackstock told students that treating people without addressing the broader social issues that lead to inequality can only take them so far.

“The best evidence shows that, when you reduce inequalities in your own community, you have people with longer lifespans, reduced incarceration rates, reduced teen pregnancy rates,” she said.

“You’re going to lower mental-health and substance-abuse rates. All that out of that one outcome.”

But, she told students, making the country more equal

isn’t a simple job.

As executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, Blackstock successfully challenged the federal government for failing to fund health and education services for First Nations children living on reserves at the same level as those living in other parts of the country.

In 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled Ottawa was guilty of racially discriminating against about 163,000 First Nations children.

Despite the ruling, Blackstock said there’s so far been little action to fix the situation.

“The government came out and said they agreed with the ruling, but they never implemented it,” Blackstock said, noting she is in the process of preparing for a noncompliance hearing later this month.

That inaction has had reallife consequences for children, she said.

In January, two 12-year-old girls in Ontario’s Wapekeka First Nation died by suicide.

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The funding didn’t materialize until an anonymous donor pledged $380,000 for programming.

In legal documents, Blackstock said the government has admitted it knew neither it nor the province of Ontario were funding mental-health services on the reserve.

“Kids see discrimination and they don’t get mad at Ottawa,” Blackstock said.

“They see kids off-reserve doing better than them and they think it must be because I’m not

good enough. That gets internalized.”

Blackstock said students who want to pursue activism can’t be partisan, but need to rely on evidence-based solutions and practise what she calls “mosquito activism.”

That means coming up with a targeted argument and solution — mosquitos only go after blood — and creating a buzzing swarm the government or corporation can’t ignore, she said.

Other considerations include a message that’s simple and reflects deeply held values, and making sure members of the public who want to support a cause can participate in ways that go beyond the pocketbook.

They should also expect retaliation and resistance to change, she said.

Blackstock noted she was able to access evidence through Freedom of Information requests showing she’d been under surveillance by the government for years, as it looked to discredit her case.

“If you believe governments are logical and moral, you will never be an effective advocate,” she said.

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B.C. firefighters recently obtained another victory with the province and WorkSafeBC, adding three more types of cancer to a list of those presumptively covered as occupational diseases.

In 2005, the province recognized a list of 10 types of cancer more likely among firefighters. Those include lung, testicular and brain cancer.

This week, the province added coverage for breast, prostate cancer and

multiple myeloma.

Those designations mean firefighters are presumptively believed to have contracted the disease as a result of their work and thus covered for WorkSafe benefits.

Alex Anderson, vice-president of International Association of Firefighters Local 913 in Kamloops, was in Victoria on Monday with other union representatives lobbying for other benefits.

The union is arguing for the same presumptions for anxiety and depressive disorders and PTSD. In addition, it is lobbying the province

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VANCOUVER — Emergency crews in Vancouver say they are dealing with an “extremely high” number of overdose calls, including 174 last week.

The city says the number of overdose calls Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services received between Feb. 26 to March 5 was the highest so far this year, and much higher than historical data.

The majority of the calls were in the Downtown Eastside, but the number of cases outside the downtown area also increased.

Vancouver police also reported 14 suspected overdose deaths across the city last week, six more than the previous week.

Mayor Gregor Robertson says drug overdose deaths due to the ongoing fentanyl crisis continue to have a devastating impact throughout Vancouver.

Marc, Jodie Emery arrested in Toronto TORONTO — Marijuana activists Marc and Jodie Emery have been arrested in Toronto and police are raiding several pot dispensaries associated with the couple.

The couple was taken into custody at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Wednesday night.

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Marc Emery, the selfstyled “Prince of Pot,’’ was arrested at one of his new Montreal dispensaries in December and charged with drug trafficking.

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YORKTON, Sask. — A search and rescue technician with the Royal Canadian Air Force has died in a training accident near Yorkton, Sask.

Master Cpl. Alfred Barr was a member of 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 17 Wing based at CFB Winnipeg.

Col. Andy Cook, commander of 17 Wing Winnipeg, expressed condolences to Barr’s family and colleagues.

There was an outpouring of sympathy on social media for the young man and those close to him.

In November, there was another training death in Saskatchewan when Capt. Thomas McQueen, 29, of Hamilton, Ont., was killed in the crash of a single-seater plane participating in an exercise which involved dropping simulated bombs over a weapons range.

In February 2015, search and rescue technician Sgt. Mark Salesse, 44, also of 17 Wing, was buried under an avalanche in Banff National Park.

OTTAWA — Conservative MPs are distancing themselves from a senator who suggested this week there were positive aspects to Canada’s former system of residential schools.

Caucus members surveyed yesterday made it clear they do not support or agree

with Sen. Lynn Beyak, who was appointed by former Tory prime minister Stephen Harper.

Beyak told the upper chamber Wednesday government-funded, church-operated schools where indigenous children endured widespread sexual and physical abuse were not all bad.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett calls the comments unfortunate and misguided, and evidence of a need to educate Canadians about the long-standing legacy of the schools.

Beyak’s office declined an interview request.

— The Canadian Press

LAVAL, Que. — The Cora restaurant chain says its president was kidnapped at gunpoint under mysterious circumstances from his home north of Montreal and later released.

Vice-president Lucie Normandin said Nicholas Tsouflidis was nabbed on Wednesday night at his home in Mirabel. A witness who discovered the bound businessman in a ditch in Laval told Montreal radio station 98.5 FM that Tsouflidis didn’t know where he was and repeatedly stated he’d been kidnapped.

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CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources has struck a blockbuster $12.74-billion deal to buy Alberta oilsands assets from Royal Dutch Shell and Marathon Oil, boosting its exposure to the higher-cost sector even as soft crude prices prompt some large foreign players to exit.

The deal announced yesterday would see Canadian Natural buy Shell’s 60 per cent stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, which includes a mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta., and the Shell-operated Scotford bitumen upgrader and Quest carbon capture project northeast of Edmonton.

Separately, Houstonbased Marathon Oil would sell its 20 per cent stake in Athabasca to Shell and Canadian Natural, who would pay US$1.25 billion each.

Canadian Natural investors welcomed the deal, bidding the

stock up nearly 10 per cent higher to close at $43.31 on the S&P/ TSX composite index.

Financial analysts noted it would boost Canadian Natural’s earnings and cash flow and strengthen its stable of long-life producing assets.

“We like the deal as CNRL is buying an upgraded oilsands mining project at metrics lower than it costs to build,’’ said analyst Arthur Grayfer of CIBC Capital Markets.

Alberta’s oilsands, the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world, are also among the most costly and carbonintensive to produce from and many companies have reconsidered their exposure. Earlier this year, Norway’s Statoil closed its deal to sell all of its Canadian oilsands assets for $832 million.

Canadian Natural CEO Steve Laut made clear on a conference call that he thought he was getting a good price.

“This deal is highly

accretive on all per share metrics and we’ll be able to acquire a world-class mine that is up and running for a 40 per cent discount to what it would cost to build,” he declared.

The transaction would boost Canadian Natural’s overall output of bitumen and conventional oil and gas to more than one million barrels per day if it closes as expected by mid-2017.

Canadian Natural would pay Shell a total of $11.1 billion, comprised of about US$5.4 billion in cash plus 98 million shares.

Shell is also selling its Peace River thermal oilsands assets, including its shelved Carmon Creek project, and undeveloped oilsands leases to Canadian Natural.

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said in a statement the deal allows the company to focus on assets such as deepwater oil and gas that offer higher returns on capital.

“Our people have built a really strong, THE CANADIAN PRESS competitive and environmentally CALGARY — responsible Canadian oilsandsResources business over Natural has the lasta several decades, struck blockbuster but oilsands mining $12.74-billion deal to and Alberta in situ operations buy oilsands are nofrom longer a strateassets Royal Dutch gic fit for Shell,’’ saidOil, Shell and Marathon Shell Canada president boosting its exposure to Michael Crothers on a the higher-cost sector conference even as soft call. crude prices Marathon prompt some large forannounced oilsands eign players the to exit. saleThe in adeal release that announced also revealed it would yesterday would see spend US$1.1 billion to Canadian Natural buy buy U.S. shale assets.

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All seven are in or near what we call the Goldilocks Zone — not too hot, not too cold, but just right for water to remain liquid on the planet.

So, we all speculate once again, but a little more bravely this time, about whether some of these planets might be home to life.

Not only are three of Trappist-1’s planets dead centre in the Goldilocks zone, but the other four are on the fringes of the habitable zone. And they are all big enough — from half Earth’s size to slightly bigger than our home planet — to retain an atmosphere for billions of years.

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It’s probably even long enough for complex life forms to evolve there, as it did on Earth.

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Think about that: a seven-world interplanetary civilization.

It may not exist at Trappist-1 because we cannot yet assume life crops up everywhere circumstances are suitable for it. But it surely must exist in one or many (or most) of the hundreds of millions of similar star systems that exist in this galaxy alone.

It looks like life is as common as dirt in the universe, which for living creatures like us is infinitely more interesting than a dead universe ruled only by physics and chemistry.

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But I am a journalist and I am allowed to speak obvious truths even when the scientific evidence is still falling a bit short.

Planets are selfevidently as common as dirt. Life is almost certainly as common as dirt. And even intelligent life must be pretty common in the universe.

Maybe only one planet in a million has intelligent life, you say?

OK, then there are at least 140-million planets with intelligent life in this galaxy alone.

And there are at least 100-billion galaxies.

I started reading science fiction when I was quite young — maybe 10 or 11 — and my parents knew an old guy a few streets away who was an amateur astronomer, so they sent me to see him.

He showed me his telescope, some pictures he had taken and even an exercise book in which he had done sketches with coloured pencils of our own solar system and the entire galaxy.

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Nobody knew and he was being properly scientific in his caution.

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I am probably now at least as old as that “old guy” was then.

We live in a truly marvelous time, when the whole universe is opening up to us, and I wish he could have lived long enough to know what we know now.

Now for the next perplexing question.

If life is as common as dirt, and intelligent life only maybe a thousand times less common, then where is everybody?

Is intelligence so counter-productive that an intelligent species automatically self-destructs within a few dozen generations of developing a sci-

entific civilization? Or is there something so terrible out there that everybody who survived is observing radio silence?

Questions for another day.

But Trappist-1 is so close that, in a few hundred years, we could probably get there in a generation ship.

Meanwhile, a private consortium led by the BoldlyGo Institute and Mission Centaur is working on an orbital telescope that will look for planets around our closest stellar neighbour, Alpha Centauri, only 4.4-light-years (40-trillion kilometres) away.

It’s called Project Blue after astronomer Carl Sagan’s famous picture of our own “pale blue dot.”

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There was a fight, three goals and three game misconducts inside the first 15 minutes of a B.C. Division tilt between the hometown Kamloops Blazers and Victoria Royals on Wednesday.

But both head coaches agreed a scoreless five-minute span was more meaningful than all of that in the Blazers’ 5-2 victory.

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“We didn’t score on the power play,” Royals’ bench boss Dave Lowry said. “That was the difference.”

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Victoria’s high-octane power play couldn’t convert.

“We allowed them the opportunity to hang around,” Lowry said.

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Price’s goal had not yet been announced when Kamloops defenceman Joe Gatenby, who finished with three points, cut the lead in half with his seventh goal of the season.

The Blazers never looked back, taking control of the game in the second period, feeding off energy from spark plugs Jermaine Loewen, Rudolfs Balcers and Garrett Pilon.

“I liked everyone in our lineup tonight,” Hay said. “We just got better as the game went on.”

Balcers scored to make it 2-2 near the end of the second period.

Collin Shirley, Quinn Benjafield and Balcers notched third-period goals to sink the Royals.

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and Jared Dmytriw of the Royals dropped the gloves six seconds after the opening faceoff.

Dmytriw was slapped with a three-game suspension for a hit that left Sideroff concussed on Feb. 11 on Vancouver Island.

“It’s not like he’s [Deven] a fighter, but he wanted to stand up for the hit that was laid on him last time we were in Victoria and he wanted to do it right off the hop,” Hay said.

“If I would have known that, I probably wouldn’t have started Sideroff. I forgot about that situation. Bad coaching, I guess.”

The fight was considered staged by officials, who handed both players five-minute penalties and game misconducts.

“That’s hockey,” Lowry said.

“The events of the last game carried over. Good on both guys.

Deven took exception to it and JD was accountable for it.

“That should be over now.”

Vala was also suspended for his actions in the Feb. 11 tilt in Victoria. He sat for two games for cross-checking and injuring Royals’ forward Tyler Soy. “It’s always a physical game when we play them,” Loewen told reporters after the game.

“I don’t know exactly what it is, but when I play them, I just try to shut down their little forwards.”

If the “little forwards” jab is bulletin-board material, the Royals may use it tonight in Round 2.

In the standings

The Prince George Cougars are atop the B.C. Division with 89 points, two points up on the Kelowna Rockets, five points ahead of the Blazers and 10 points clear of the Royals.

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Chad Grimm makes adjustments during a Thompson Rivers WolfPack match this season.

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Chad Grimm rejects the notion that a window has closed for the Thompson Rivers WolfPack.

The WolfPack head coach, whose third season at the helm of the women’s volleyball program ended with a pair of playoff losses to the UBC Thunderbirds last weekend, reflected on his club’s first-round exit this week, a finish which not only marked the end of the 2016-2017 campaign for the Wolves, but also of star outside hitter Iuliia Pakhomenko’s university career.

But Grimm expects life for the WolfPack to go on without the three-time all-star, former Canada West and Canadian Interuniversity Sport player of the year and arguably the best hitter in women’s volleyball history at Thompson Rivers University.

It has to.

“If I thought we could only win when Iuliia was on the team, I think I’d have a short career as a coach. That’s not what I want to do,” Grimm said.

“If we want to be a program that’s competitive on a consistent basis, we’re going to have to have people step up and that’s going to take some work in the offseason. It’s going to take some recruiting.”

Still, Grimm said a first-round exit was a disappointing finish.

He knows life without Pakhomenko, who led the conference in both kills and kills per set over the last two seasons, will be much different. He has learned lessons from WolfPack men’s volleyball, which over the years has struggled after losing impact players.

Grimm believes the Pack has the potential to remain a contender, but the players who now take up the cause will have to put in the work.

“I think we can do well, but we also have to be cognizant of the fact that, yes, we are losing Iuliia. When the men’s

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“That’s got to be a message to the group, that this is a real thing and if we don’t want to take a big step back, we need to do some serious work in the offseason and be ready to go.

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While the program’s winning window might not be closed, an opportunity has certainly been missed. Pakhomenko will retire as one of the best women’s volleyball players in conference history, yet the Pack failed to make it past the first round of the playoffs during her tenure.

It will be up to the remaining core to take up the charge of advancing the WolfPack under Grimm’s leadership.

“Obviously, as everybody knows, Iuliia is probably the best volleyball player in the country. Our team will definitely be very different without her,” said setter Abby Spratt who, along with hitter Mikayla Funk was named to the Canada West’s all-rookie team earlier this month.

“However, I think with the players coming in next year and the current players that we

have, I think we will be just fine.”

Spratt, like Grimm, couldn’t help but wonder what might have been. The Wolves had defeated UBC 3-0 in a match during the regular season and had

picked up wins against nearly every other team to qualify for the postseason.

They came up short when it mattered most.

“We didn’t show the country what we’re capable of and I don’t

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“I think, when we play 100 per cent, we can be the best team in the country. We didn’t show that the last couple of weekends.”

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Titans, Whundas chasing championships MARTY HASTINGS

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Two Kamloops schools were in second-round action yesterday at the B.C. Boys High School Basketball Championships in Langley after KTW’s press deadline.

The second-ranked South Kamloops Titans squared off against 10th-ranked Robert Bateman of Abbotsford

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in the AAA tournament, while, in the AA

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seventh, were in tough against secondranked King George of Vancouver.

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South Kam cruised in Round 1 on Wednesday, dispatching the 15th-ranked Brookswood Bobcats 79-49.

“I’ve seen some teams that are happy to be at the provincials,” Titans’ head coach Tim

Unaegbu said. “We’re not happy to be here.

We deserve to be here and we have bigger goals.

“That’s what is pushing us to the next level.”

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“They went on a big run to make it close down the stretch.”

Porter was able to chuckle about it yesterday morning, but he likely lost a few fingernails on Wednesday night.

“I wouldn’t call it good because I didn’t enjoy it,” he said with a laugh. “But it was good to be tested and we have some talking points for our big game tonight against No. 2.”

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“Our guys know that,” Unaegbu said.

“That’s a really good team.”

Westsyde topped 10th-ranked Abbotsford Christian 78-71 on Wednesday.

“We were up about 20 midway though the third quarter, but the pressure got us into a bit of a funk and the guys ran out of gas a bit,” Whundas’ coach Ryan Porter said.

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The Kamloops Classic Swimming club had five swimmers at the 2017 Swim B.C. Short Course AAA Swimming Championships on the weekend, with the group finishing 26th in the 46-team competition.

The Classics were led

by Jack Cameron, who finished fifth in both the 400-metre freestyle and 100m butterfly in boys’ 12- to 13-year-old action.

Cameron was also ninth in the 400m individual medley, 10th in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, 11th in the 50m and 200m freestyles and 14th in the 1,500m freestyle.

In 11-and-under boys’ action, Parker Cameron finished seventh in the 400m IM, 12th in the 400m freestyle and 200m backstroke, 14th in the 200m butterfly, 21st in the 200m freestyle, 26th in the 100m butterfly and 37th in the 200m IM. Ryder Litke, meanwhile, set club records in the 200m IM, 200m

butterfly, 400m IM and 100m breaststroke on his way to fifth place in both the 200m butterfly and 400m IM. Michael Dagasso finished ninth in the 200m butterfly and Tanner Douglas grabbed 11th in the 1,500m freestyle.

Six members of the Kamloops Long Blades Speed Skating Club were in action at the B.C. Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Abbotsford on the weekend.

Martina Antifay finished fourth overall in her division to earn a spot with Team B.C. at the Canada West Short Track Championships, which will run on March 18 and March 19 in Saskatoon.

Cameron Thomas set three personal bests in Abbotsford and will join Antifay on Team B.C. Adam Turner, Rebecca Thomas, Yolaine Kampman and Leah Turner also raced to personal-best times in Abbotsford.

Running into spring

The Kamloops Ridge Runners will play host to the 34th annual Spring Run Off on Sunday.

The race starts and finishes at Arthur Stevenson elementary in Westsyde. Start time is 10 a.m. In addition to the 10-kilometre race, there will be a timed five-kilometre event, To register, go online to interiorrunningassociation.com.

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Why witness and hold Hope festivals?

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he justconcluded Festival of Hope in Vancouver, conducted by Franklin Graham under the sponsorship of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, was mired in controversy.

Some large denominations publicly opposed Graham and boycotted the event for one reason or another.

Besides branding him as a bigot because of his religious and political convictions, many did not like the idea of Christians “forcing their faith down other people’s throats.”

It seems there is much anger in many about Christians telling others that, outside the God of the Bible, their beliefs are wrong.

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I talk to people about Christ whenever I get the opportunity and a hearing.

Even though most people are open and willing to talk, there are also many who are offended.

It makes me wonder if non-believers (also pre-believers) can see what witnessing to Jesus is all about and the reasons behind doing it.

Where does the idea of witnessing come from? Is this some

Christians’ excuse for being obnoxious or is there any real reason for doing it?

In the New Testament (Acts 1:8), we find an answer by reading of what Christ told his disciples before he went up to heaven: “. . . but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit is come upon you. And you shall be my witnesses . . .”

Jesus told his disciples to go and talk to people about him and share the good works that he had done on earth.

There is a biblical motivation for sharing the Word of God, but there are other motives, as well.

One of these is the desire to share the incredible peace and joy that comes through faith in Jesus.

As a Christian, I have seen Jesus’ love break emotional and

spiritual chains in many lives.

I have seen great joy come to those who had been wracked with sorrow.

“But aren’t there other ways of finding peace and joy in this life? Why can’t Christians just let people find their own joy?”

I have heard that question a lot and it brings me to the other motivation for Christians to share their faith.

Let’s say we are living in a country where there is a great plague sweeping the land. People are dying left and right from the disease without even knowing it.

Most don’t take it seriously. Perhaps you yourself had this disease once and almost died from it. Then, suddenly, a cure is revealed.

You decided to take

the cure. Although it was difficult, the cure not only healed you of the disease, but it made you healthier than before you had the disease.

In addition, you have the knowledge and means of that cure in ample supply.

Do you think you could live with yourself if you did not at least attempt to tell someone about it so they could also have the opportunity to get well?

See, here’s the deal.

The Bible tells us there is a disease called sin sweeping across the world and killing people left and right.

To make matters worse, there aren’t many people who take sin seriously. Even if they do, they enjoy it so much that they would rather die than get well.

The “death” from

sin is eternal separation from God, also referred to as being in hell.

The only cure for sin is to accept the atoning work of Christ on the cross and to make Him the Lord of our lives.

The only way anyone will hear about this is if we talk about it.

The point I (and Franklin Graham) am trying to make is that, as hard as it may be to believe, the reason Christians go out and tell people about Christ is that they have seen what Christ has done in their own lives and believe he is the way to becoming healthy — in our souls and in our relationships.

That’s why a Christian braves scorn, ridicule, unpopularity to bring this message to people. But the overwhelming love

and concern that we have for people of the world drives us to do so.

So, maybe the next time a couple of Christians come up and ask if you could spare a few minutes to talk about God, you could remember it is only out of enduring love for the people around them that they do so — and not to “force” others to believe likewise.

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VALLEYVIEW MINI-STORAGE #10 1967 ETC HWY, Kamloops B.C.

Gillespie & Company LLP has an opening for an experienced litigation assistant to join our personal injury department.

We offer a range of benefits including RRSP contribution and a maternity EI top-up for staff members.

If you are interested in joining our team, please contact Lorraine Gruber at lgruber@gillespieco.ca #200 - 121 St. Paul Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 3K8 250 374-4463 www.gillespieco.ca

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Hiring City P&DIndependent Contractors With 1 or 3 Ton Truck Kamloops, BC

Responsibilities - Pick up and deliver freight in a safe and efficient manner - Handle freight and freight documents - Provide excellent customer service Qualifications - Class 5 License with safe driving record - Independent Contractor with 1 or 3 Ton Truck Apply at 888.878.9585 or driver.recruitment@kinderselytransport.com

CARETAKER / MAINTENANCE POSITION AVAILABLE

We are currently accepting resumes for the position of a maintenance caretaker. The property is a 60 unit townhouse complex located in the City of Kamloops.

The daily workload consists of monitoring and managing all the maintenance of the property including: • Handyman repairs, both mechanical and carpentry jobs for buildings and units, overseeing tenders for contract work as required.

• Maintaining complete daily work reports and record keeping, with communication to the Board of Directors.

• Operation of underground irrigation system • Ground maintenance of a 3.5 acre property in common areas • Snow shovelling for assigned units including sanding and de-icing • Unit inspections on a yearly basis and with unit turnover Preference will be given to a candidate who has the following: • Minimum 3 years maintenance related experience • Class 5 BC drivers licence (Abstract required) • Pick-up truck and/or trailer is required to haul yard waste and construction materials • Basic computer skills with the ability to use e-mail and Microsoft Office effectively • Criminal record check (vulnerable sector) will be required • Must be bondable This position requires you to enjoy physical work, the ability organize and prioritize daily tasks, have strong communication skills and work with a minimum supervision.

Please submit cover letter and resume with wage expectations by e-mail to: committeehiring@gmail.com APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL MARCH 15, 2017

English/Mandarin/Spanish • Interpreter/Translator Sunmore Healthtech Ltd., a leading North American Ginseng manufacturer and retailer in Kamloops BC, Canada, is seeking an English/Mandarin/Spanish interpreter/translator for expanding local and overseas markets, to work in Kamloops, B.C. on a full-time permanent basis, 40 hours per week, at the wage of $28/hour, with overtime payment of 1.5 times of the wage per working period exceeding 40 hours/week to join our friendly and professional team.

Requirements:

• 5 years of full-time experience working as a translator/interpreter in English, Mandarin and Spanish.

• Mastery in English, Mandarin and Spanish in both oral and written forms.

• Fluency in other languages such as Taiwanese and Cantonese would be an asset.

• Knowledge of business administration and international trade.

• Criminal record check and driver’s license extract.

In this role, you will communicate and liaise with our local and international clients in China, Taiwan, H.K, North America and Latin America.

You will provide help with any documentation that needs to be translated or prepared for clients using Spanish as well as Mandarin.

** Disabled persons are welcome to apply for this position.

Responsibilities:

• Translate, revise and update the existing written material into Mandarin, and Spanish from English and vice versa.

• Review, proofread and update company documents and manuals in English, Mandarin and Spanish.

• Provide prompt and timely response to clients’ inquiries by phone or by e-mail.

• Research, translate and update current and upcoming research articles into English, Mandarin and Spanish.

• Transcribe and translate video and audio archives from English to Mandarin and Spanish and vice versa.

• Translate and maintain Sunmore’s website with the updated information in English, Mandarin and Spanish.

• Able to travel with sales representatives to overseas countries for interpretation in English, Mandarin and Spanish.

Please send your resume and cover letter to Donna Chang at sunmore925@gmail.com, sunmore@sunmoreginseng.com Cell: 250-371-7462, Sunmore Healthtech Ltd, 925 McGill Place, Kamloops, B.C. V2C6N9, Canada. Tel: 250-374-3017 Fax: 250-374-3011, official website www.sunmoreginseng.com.

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The Class 1 Truck Driver Training program includes: • Airbrakes • Class 1 Driver Training – 2 week to 5 week courses • Road Test at ICBC

For more information, contact: Ray Trenholm - Driver Training

Email: rtrenholm@tru.ca Call 250.828.5104 or visit tru.ca/trades

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Employment Drivers/Courier/ Trucking CLASS 1 US DRIVERS We require experienced Class 1 US drivers immediately. Must have a minimum of 3 years US experience. We supply assigned trucks (no slip seating), phone allowance, US travel medical, all picks and drops paid and regular home time.

Applicants must be physically fit with their own transportation. Please fax resume with current clean abstract to 250546-0600 or by e-mail to: parris@ricknickelltrucking.com Only those that are considered will be contacted.

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Education/Trade Schools HUNTER & FIREARMS

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INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

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is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

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Caretakers needed for remote ski lodge, North/East of Sicamous, best suits a retired couple,2 weeks in, 2 weeks out. April-Oct. Send resume to nick@mustangpowder.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.

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 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ACCOUNTING RUN TILL $ ACCOUNTING 00 CLERK required for dynamic consulting firm.

PLUS CLERK TAX TRUE Consulting provides planning and required for dynamic engineering consulting firm. services in a progressive 250-371-4949 TRUE Consulting environment.

We are looking for a highly * RESTRICTIONS APPLY provides planning and motivated, well organized administrative engineering services assistant to join our successful team. Learn in a progressive Income Opportunity environment.

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Work Wanted Amazing Returns - All Cash - Highadministrative est Profit. Great for Retirees Too. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668HOME & YARD HANDYMAN assistant to join our 6629 Website www.sweetsforaIf you need it done, Give us a successful team. cause.com call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

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Seeking: Experienced Civil Litigation Assistant If you have appropriate experience including all court filing processes, are well organized, and have a keen eye for detail, and you are wanting to work in a boutique law firm that promotes a healthy work/life balance, competitive salary, health benefits, and a great professional experience please apply by email only to Jen Ford â&#x20AC;&#x201C; jford@bilkeylaw.ca.

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Dr. Chris Wilson is seeking an experienced full-time Certified Dental Assistant to join the Grasslands Dental Care team.

Applicants with Prosthodontic module are preferred. Our practice is located at 1222 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, BC. Interested applicants please contact us at 250-3765433 or email: smile.dentalcareers@gmail.com

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

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The Kamloops Pulp Mill is currently seeking for a Part-Time Contract Nurse www.domtar.com/careers

Pets Animals sold as â&#x20AC;&#x153;purebred stockâ&#x20AC;? must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

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Antiques / Vintage Grandfather Clock Circa 1780. Maker Samuel Odgen, England. $350. 250-372-5489.

$500 & Under Do you have an item for sale under $750?

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Firearms

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Firewood/Fuel 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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Merchandise for Sale 1939 Winchester Mod. 94 30:30. $900. Exec cond. 250372-5489.

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2 French Provincial Antique round end tables w/drawers.

D22â&#x20AC;?xH21â&#x20AC;?. $50/pair. 250-5732599.

2sm antique armchairs $600, wool area rug 9x7 $400 (778) 471-8627 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.

As New Teak Table 43x75 Ex 48â&#x20AC;?, 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.

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

Campbell Hausfield 2H.P. Electric Mobile Air Compressor. $300. 778-921-2378.

HARDY TREE, SHRUB, and berry seedlings delivered.

Order online at www.treetime.ca or call 1-866-8733846. New growth guaranteed.

Invacare Wheelchair. Excellent condition. $550/obo. 250376-9680.

Black leather recliner. Good condition. $60. 236-421-1473.

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

Kubota AV2500 Generator. $585. 250-374-1988

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Truck Drivers, Pneumatic Kamloops Terminal Drive for Excellence - Join Our Team!

Westcan Bulk Transport is seeking company drivers to haul dry bulk commodities in pneumatic trailers throughout Western Canada. This opportunity is for skilled Class 1 drivers with any amount of bulk hauling experience coupled with 2 years of highway/mountain driving (full time or rotational contract options available).

Westcan offers: x very competitive km/trip combo rates with numerous bonus opportunities x various schedules available x Group insurance benefits include health, dental, vision care and much more!

Interested applicants apply online at www.westcanbulk.ca under the Join Our Team link.

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1982 Mercedes 300 SD TD. 2 owners, original and Truck. docu1998 Toyota Tacoma mented.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Ryan Bracewell

Daryl George Seifert

Our wonderful son, brother and father to Amelia, Ryan Bracewell, 35, died February 25th, 2017 from a car accident in whiteout road conditions near Ponoka, Alberta.

Ryan was driving home after a long day working on a CNC industrial robotic machine he had designed, built, programmed and was preparing for shipment to the U.S. From childhood, Ryan was passionately devoted to science and robots, consumed and driven by curiosity and a keen intelligence that led others to see him as tremendously gifted in his industry. Mostly self-taught, he surpassed the basics learned in courses, developing highly specialized skills that created a niche market for him in the CNC industry.

Always friendly, personable and chatty, Ryan managed to forge friendships in the most unlikely places, from machine shops to airport terminals to an invitation aboard a yacht sprinkled with t.v. stars (whose shows he’d never seen). Ryan was generous, good-hearted, resourceful, creative and entrepreneurial. Inwardly, Ryan was sensitive, often struggling with self-doubt, despite his many accomplishments such as winning an Innovation Award in business, starting his own skateboard shop and a small foundation for children with medical issues.

Ryan’s greatest achievement was his deep love for his daughter Amelia, an incredible bond that gave his life purpose and meaning. Patient, kind and loving with his bright, happy and energetic little girl, he was already teaching her to build “wobots” and introduced her to computer coding. Ryan was always thinking of fun activities to do with Amelia and he liked taking her to the playground, teaching her to ride a bike, to fly kites, to set off rockets, boating at the lake and mini golf.

We will always remember Amelia racing around on the playground, shouting, “Run daddy, run!” Ryan loved teaching Amelia how to swim and they spent many happy hours together in the pool going down the waterslide. Besides Amelia, he leaves behind his mother Lynne Schuyler, sister Thea Bracewell, father Kevan Bracewell, numerous relatives and many friends.

We will deeply miss Ryan and fondly remember his fascination with dinosaurs, space and geology, his ability to fry a single egg in the world’s tiniest frying pan, his love for Discovery channel programs and interest in how things worked, his laugh and his need to have everyone watch endless videos of his machines running at a high-pitch whine with sparks flying, parts moving. He was, of course, utterly fascinated.

We loved Ryan with all of our hearts and were very proud of him.

A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, March 19th, 2017 at 2:00pm at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 360 Nicola Street, Kamloops, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a trust for Ryan’s daughter, Amelia.

It is with great sadness that we announce that Daryl passed away suddenly but peacefully on February 15, 2017.

Left to treasure his memory is his loving wife Kathy his in-laws the Worth family residing in Victoria and many longtime friends and neighbors.

His many friends some of whom are Eric, Bill, Ken and Beryl and John will miss him along with his spoilt cat Snowflake.

Daryl left behind his aunt Audrey and uncle Larry and numerous cousins and his brother Brian and family.

Daryl was well known in the drag racing community for his love of building high performance engines for both boats and cars. Working as a heavy duty mechanic for several years he retired from that field to help his friend at Garrett Engines where he became Eric’s right hand man lending unequalled excellence to the many projects in the shop. Along with rebuilding a boat trailer for his friend Bill.

Daryl and Kathy spent time together on many memorable vacations that will leave Kathy lots of loving memories to think about although he will be greatly missed by all.

Memorial donations may be made to the SPCA. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Details will follow as arrangements are made.

1951 - 2017

March 12, 2007

Loving and kind in all your ways, Upright and just to the end of your days.

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Kathy Archibald Kathleen Elizabeth Archibald June 1, 1942 - March 3, 2017

It is Kathy’s joy in life and thrill at adventures big and small that will be so missed.

Flowers on her table, beautifully wrapped gifts, theme tea parties, aesthetically presented food, always an eye for the perfect. That kinship with all things Japanese eventually lead her to realize her dream, living in Japan for several years.

Her wanderlust also took her to Australia, New Zealand, all of Europe, Peru, Greece and Turkey. While travelling and at home, her eye for beauty captured images that are valued years later. This evolved into independent film making, leaving behind films that tell stories, are fun and others that are simply lovely. Her sense or beauty shows in the countless quilts she designed, made by hand and gave away. Forever treasures.

Her friends were swept up by Kathy’s zest for life and passion for adventure. She lived and died just as she wanted.

Her reaction to untreatable cancer was to embrace the unknown with a flurry of lists and visits. Her friends and children followed her wishes and made the home stretch, in her words, “a blast.”

Early in the morning on March 3, 2017 with her darling Max by her side and a West Coast storm blowing outside her window, just the kind of storm she relished, Kathy gave up trying to breathe and let the wind carry away her valiant spirit.

Kathy’s daughter Chris and son Andrew, extend heartfelt thanks to Dr. Forgie and the nursing staff on the third floor at Sechelt Hospital. With their care Kathy was kept comfortable, safe and valued to the end, embracing whatever is next with a spirit of adventure.

A Celebration of Kathy’s Life will be held at 2:00 pm on May 8th, 2017 at St. Hilda’s By The Sea Anglican Church in Sechelt, BC. Kathy’s family then invite those in attendance to The Seaside Centre for sharing and memories over a casual afternoon tea.

Each family gets 13 months of telephone counselling care available 24/7 as often as they wish. If they have a celebration or service the attendees will be able to have three (3) months of the same counselling. We care about this community.

Vincent Stanley Smith May 28, 1948 - February 28, 2017

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Uncle and friend Vincent Smith. Vince passed away on February 28, 2017.

He will be dearly missed by his longtime partner Bev Hewlett, daughter Trina (Leland) Harmon and their children Emily and Jacob; his daughter Cher-Lynn (Bridge) Sanderson and their children Alexandra, Rollin and Zak; his son Aaron (Kayla) Smith, their mother Sharen Smith and Bev’s entire family who feel privileged to have had him in their lives and watch them grow up. His brothers Lyle (Beth) Smith, Milton (Ruth) Smith, Dwayne (Anne) Smith, Wes (Christine) Smith, Kerry (Anne) Smith, his sisters Debbie (Henry) Sampson, Cindy (Gene Keats) McGhie, Rhonda (Brian) Dieni, Lu-anne (Emile) many, many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

He is predeceased by his Mother Mary Smith and Father Stanley Smith.

Vince’s family were first and foremost in his life. He loved to cook a turkey and have everyone for dinner. He loved to watch his grandchildren play ball and help them practice. Giving them all the tips he learned from his own ball career.

He was his grandchildren’s biggest fan.

When he was in his teens he was scouted by a couple of MLB teams and offered to play in the MLB as pitcher, but sadly he blew his arm and that ended his ball

career, at least in the major league. He went on to play in the local men’s baseball league and then up until about 5 years ago in the slowpitch league.

He enjoyed golfing, playing ball, camping, fishing and was an avid hunter in his younger years. He shot his first deer when he was only 8 years old. He also loved to “play the horses” and acquired many “track” friends. Always the jokester, he was never short of a story to tell.

Vince had great work ethics. If you wanted a job done, he would do it to perfection.

Not a lazy bone in his body. Vince was a faller by trade and he excelled at it. He could fall a 50 foot tree through a 10 foot opening.

Vince always had the time to stop and talk to people he knew, even strangers which caused him to be late on more than one occasion.

Our lives have forever changed with Vince’s passing. A void is left that will never be filled.

We would like to thank the Upper Nicola Indian Band very much for their heartfelt support. Thank you to the family and friends in the Chase area for honoring his life and journey in the traditional Native spiritual way.

The family is planning a “Celebration of Life” at a later date to be announced.

FRIDAY, March 10, 2017

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Douglas Robert Hunter October 17, 1919 - February 24, 2017

Douglas was born October 17, 1919 in Vancouver, BC. He lived on East Broadway with his parents Robert and Amelia (Woodvine) Hunter and later his brother Stanley (1923).

Doug was a bright, ambitious and adventurous young man who excelled at school. In 1933, he moved with his father and brother to Two Mile, just outside of Hazelton, BC, where they lived on the farm of Ed and Grandma Sweet. Doug attended school by correspondence, walking two miles into town to do his schoolwork and then home to chores and homework by kerosene lamp light. Doug was greatly influenced by this period of his life.

After high school, Doug attended UBC where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture majoring in animal husbandry and pre-med. He worked in a variety of jobs to pay for his education: as a night watchman at the Silver Standard mine, in the meat-cutting department of Woodward’s food floor, at the mill in Ocean Falls, as a riveters assistant in the hulls of ships, and later as a hotel waiter in Montreal. In 1943, Doug moved to Montreal to begin Medical school at McGill University. He was an eager young fellow, short on money but with great ambitions. He boarded in the home of Roy and Betty Wilson where he became like family and stayed until he left Montreal. The Wilsons introduced Doug to sailing, skiing and Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas.

After completing medical school, Doug took an internship and residency at L’Hôpital des Anciens Combattants de la Reine Mary (Queen Mary Veterans Hospital) in Montreal. It was while working at the hospital that he fell in love with Elizabeth Harris a beautiful Occupational Therapist. The two married in 1949 and moved to Ontario. Lib and Doug created a wonderful life together. They shared a mutual love of canoeing, camping, skiing, nature, music, dancing, poetry and adventure. Doug’s medical career took them to a number of Ontario communities, while also beginning their family.

In 1956, Doug went on to specialise in psychiatry, which he completed in 1958. The family continued to grow and in 1964, Doug and Lib moved west. Never choosing the easy path, they packed their station wagon with eight children and one on the way, a dog, a cat, three canoes, and hauling a trailer full of camping gear headed to Kamloops, BC.

Family owned & operated

In 1964, Doug Hunter was a pioneer in psychiatry. He was the first psychiatrist in BC’s Interior. His practice included working with adults and children, and he believed strongly in treating patients where they could be close to their families.

Dr. Hunter established 1-South, the psychiatric unit of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops and continued to practice there until his retirement in 1987. Throughout his medical career, Dad took August off to spend with his family canoeing and camping in parks and lakes, at the cabin on Shuswap Lake, hiking in the Rockies or racing the Enterprise. Winters were mostly spent skiing at Tod Mountain and Silver Star. A car full of Hunters and yet Dad would stop to fill empty spaces with more skiers needing a ride.

Open to new adventure, Doug and Lib purchased Twin Creeks Ranch in Upper Hat Creek in 1974. Dad divided his time between ranching and psychiatry making the two-hour drive to Kamloops regularly. He became ‘Doc’ to the neighbours and earned their respect as he wholeheartedly threw himself into every aspect of ranch life. There was always something going on at the ‘Hunter place’- branding parties, riding the range, picking rocks, stacking hay, feeding cattle, May pole dances, skating on the pond, tobogganing, cross-country skiing or flying kites in the fields, and an amazing sauna by the frozen creek. Doug and Lib made their ranch a place where visitors were welcome and most often put to work.

People came from all over to enjoy the beauty of the valley and experience ranch life. In 1993, Doug and Lib retired and returned to Kamloops where they continued to walk, crosscountry ski, canoe, square dance and enjoy their growing family.

One of Dad’s greatest achievements was discovering his sister Joan in late 1990’s, and building a close relationship between her, his brother Stan and himself. Together the three established two scholarships at Thompson Rivers University, a tribute to their mother’s struggle with mental illness.

Dad loved life and pursued new interests enthusiastically.

Over the years he learned to downhill ski, sail, canoe, hike, build sabots, build a cabin, play the recorder and harmonica, grow tomatoes, round dance, square dance, cross-country ski, build rock walls and appreciate the First Nations’ art, history and culture. He was always eager to try making things from homegrown products; bacon, sausages, yoghurt, cheese, butter, roasted barley, wine, beer/root beer, ice

In May, Doug lost his brother Stan and then in November his beloved Lib and in February his brother-in-law Lorne. Despite this, he never stopped appreciating his good fortune. As he wisely said, “We are privileged to be able to be happy.”

Doug is survived by his sister Joan Adams, his children Helen (Rick), Robert (Ann-Marie), Chris (Marilynn), Richard (Susan), Paul (Jennifer), Mary (Bruce), Martha (Mark), Cynthia, Patricia (Luciano), 16 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Our family would like to thank the staff at Kamloops Seniors Village, Ponderosa Lodge, Ridgeview Lodge and Dr. Wynne for caring for our parents in their final years and days. We are especially grateful to Doreen Johnson for her gentle care and companionship for Mum and Dad. Please join us for a Celebration of Doug’s Life on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at 2:00 pm at the Kamloops Yacht Club. In memory of Dad, donations can be made to the Amelia Woodvine Hunter Scholarship at Thompson Rivers University. Take a walk, sing aloud or read a good book and “Enjoy!”

Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Services, Kamloops, BC (250) 554-2429 Condolences may be left at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

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Nora Scallon

July 26, 1927 - March 4, 2017

It is with heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing of our mother Nora Scallon on Saturday the fourth of March.

Nora was born Noureen Pauline Carachelo on July 26th, 1927 in Revelstoke, BC. Nora was the second youngest of a large family born to Antonio and Teresa Carachelo.

Nora was recently predeceased by her loving husband of fifty-eight years Brian.

She leaves to mourn her children D’Arcy (Shelley) Scallon, Teresa Scallon (Zane), Kathleen (Geoff) Battimelli, Gary (Helen) Gow, Linda Dusick and Sherry Work, her grandchildren Vicki, Michael, Donna, Brian, Geordie, Meghan, Kate, Tessa, John, Thomas and Bryce, also eleven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Also left to mourn are her two beloved sisters Victoria (Stu) Read and Edith Sherst, sisters-in-law June Carswell, Stella (Reno) Commazetto and brothers-in-law Francis and Joe (Mandy) Scallon. Nora was pre-deceased by sisters Mary and Ann and brother John. Nora also leaves behind many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A Service of Remembrance will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 634 Tranquille Rd., Kamloops, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Nora’s memory to Kamloops Hospice Association, 72 Whiteshield Crescent South, Kamloops, BC. V2E 2S9.

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cream and turkey seasoning from wild sage. Doug was an avid reader and learner. His interests included Canadian and Arctic exploration, pioneers- male and female, history of BC and the Cariboo, poetry, artists such as Emily Carr and lots of music- folk songs, bagpipes, operettas and more. But he was most proud of his family. Until the end, he lit up when a young child entered his presence. He continued to love his wife and admire her beauty and was always interested in his children and their spouses, his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. He kept a loving relationship with his brother and sister. Dad enjoyed a family gathering. He was happy to “have enough people for a square” or an excuse for everyone to come together for dinner. His last days were spent with his family around him, singing, reciting poetry and visiting.

Anna & Harry John Major Anna and Harry John (Jack) Major of Kamloops passed away within weeks of each other, Anna on February 6, 2017 at 95 years of age and John on March 2, 2017 at 93 years of age.

They are survived by their daughter Karen (Tom) Hetherington of Surrey, granddaughter Krystina Hetherington, great-grandson Julian Hetherington, John’s brother Peter Major, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.

They are predeceased by Ann’s brother Olaf and her sister Mary.

A Memorial Service will take place at 12:00 noon on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52, 425 Lansdowne St, Kamloops with Mary Widmer officiating.

The family wishes to thank the Royal Inland Hospital and the Overlander Residential Care nurses and staff, for all their care.

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In Loving Memory Of John Alan Durr March 10, 1977 – December 31, 2013

There are no words to tell you how much you are missed.

Even the passing of years has not dulled the heartache of losing you.

You were a hard worker as well as a talented musician who especially loved the blues and jazz. What set you a bit apart was your giving nature and kindness to all people, not just your family and friends.

That you were kind to animals also speaks volumes about the man you were.

We will never forget your smile, your laugh and your wonderful sense of humour.

Today would have been your 40th birthday.

We know you are in the company of angels.

Love Always Mum, Jay, Alison and family

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Sophie Annie Humphrey

Isabel Jean Gavin It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Isabel Jean Gavin. Isabel passed away at Chilliwack Hospital on January 14, 2017.

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Sophie was born on December 9, 1922 in Lashburn, Saskatchewan to Thomas and Elsie nee Peart Cruickshank.

She was married in May 1944 to James Leslie Humphrey until his passing in October 1996.

She is survived by her daughter Jennifer of Calgary and her son Jeffrey of Chilliwack.

Isabel is predeceased by her husband Donald Gavin (2016), her parents William and Jennie Waterman and her sister Pat Duyvenaardt.

Isabel was born in Comox, BC and attended school in Port Alberni. After attending Nursing School in Nanaimo she went to work at the hospital in Alert Bay. It was there that she met her future husband Cst. Donald Gavin of the Alert Bay RCMP. Don and Isabel were married in Nanaimo on April 6, 1968.

Years later Don and Isabel made a move to Kamloops.

Don went to work for WCB (Workers Compensation Board). After settling in Kamloops, Don was elected and served on the Kamloops School Board. Isabel was employed as the Executive Assistant for Nelson Riis MP. Isabel came to know many people in the Kamloops area through her work in the Member of Parliaments office.

Isabel had a great love of animals (especially the family cats). The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please honour the memory of Isabel by sending a donation to the SPCA – Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The family would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Mavis Holman of Kamloops for her many years of dedicated care of the Gavin family. Thanks also to a dear family friend Coleen Hamilton Swan of Kamloops for her friendship and support.

By Isabel’s request there will be no Funeral Service.

Condolences may be sent to Isabel’s daughter Jennifer and her son Jeffrey at isabel.gavin.in.memoriam@gmail.com

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Sophie will be greatly missed by her children Marjorie (Bill) Lindner of Victoria, BC, Don (Beth) Humphrey of Kamloops, Neil (Sue) Humphrey of Kamloops, grandchildren Barry Lindner of Victoria, Richard (Kathy) Humphrey of Val D’Or, Quebec, Bonnie Lindner of Victoria, Gordon (Jillien) Humphrey of Kamloops, Tanya (Danilo) Humphrey of Kelowna, Lindsay (Brad) Humphrey of Kamloops and Leah Humphrey of Kamloops, six great-grandchildren and many other extended family and friends.

Sophie was predeceased by her husband James Humphrey in 1995, parents Thomas and Elsie Cruickshank, brother Fred (Vi) Cruickshank and nephew John Cruickshank.

Sophie loved gardening and looked forward to spring so she could get outdoors and tend her garden. She also enjoyed knitting and crocheting and made many baby outfits for Overlander Auxiliary over the years. Sophie also loved reading and carpet bowling at the Senior Cooperative Associations.

The family of Sophie wish to express their sincerest thanks to Dr. Rollheiser and the Emergency Department Team at Royal Inland Hospital and the staff and volunteers at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Sophie’s name to the Kamloops Hospice Society.

A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:00 am in the Kamloops Funeral Home Chapel, 285 Fortune Dr, Kamloops, BC. Condolences may be emailed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Daniel John Flottorp

September 18, 1962 – February 23, 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Daniel John Flottorp – loving husband, father, uncle, brother and son and a great friend to all.

Dan left behind his wife of over 31 years Barb, daughter Nikki (Jason) Fowles and son Ryan. Dan is also survived by his parents Jack and Lucy Flottorp of Port Coquitlam, BC, sister Pamela Ricalton of Kamloops, sister Susanne (Tim) of Port Coquitlam, BC, Barb’s dad Jack (Beryl) Coghlin of the Yukon, Barb’s sisters Shirley (Neil) McPhedran and Kim (Jim) Chadwick of Summerland, BC, Barb’s brothers John (Brenda) Coghlin of Calgary, AB and Tim (Barb) of Suamico, WI, along with many nieces and nephews, and numerous friends. We know he was loved by all and will be greatly missed.

Dan was a wonderful, caring and fun-loving man who had a great sense of humor. His laughter and jokes were a gift to everyone who shared in his life. He brightened any room with his smile and could always turn a bad day into a good day. He was a selfless person who always put others first. Dan enjoyed sitting around a campfire, biking, hiking, golfing, camping, fishing and spending time with family and friends. Barb, Nikki and Ryan were his pride and joy, and family was very important to him. Dan was the best father in the whole world and mom’s soulmate and the love of her life. Dad, we love you unconditionally and our memories of you will never fade.

You are always on our minds and will be forever in our hearts.

We would like to thank the Royal Inland Hospital doctors and nursing staff at the ER and ICU and Drake Smith of Drake Cremation & Funeral Services for providing us with guidance and compassion during this very difficult time.

Life is too short and Dan left this world way too early.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Kamloops at Desert Gardens on Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations to BC Transplant, the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation or the charity of your choice would be greatly appreciated.

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Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear?

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I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow.

So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

Now my life is all confused Since you went away.

You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time.

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Five Alarm Funk will be performing at the Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St., on Tuesday night. Tickets are $15 and are available at the venue.

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ow do eight guys in a band manage to survive the long road trips and hours in the recording studio year after year?

“The hilarity is what keeps the band together,” said Taybo Branston, drummer and lead vocalist for Five Alarm Funk.

It also helps that each of them has a specific job to do beyond making music. His is to handle the media requests while another is the band’s cook when they’re on the road and another handles the finances — “we all have our own responsibilities,” Branston said.

“But it’s always the love,” he said of the band’s 14-year history.

“We love it.”

Five Alarm Funk came together through happenstance. It started when a couple of them met at a jam night, played some tunes together and decided it was a good fit. They brought in some friends and relatives with the simple entreaty — “we’re building this band so why don’t you come make music with us,” Branston said.

They started out in a garage and, once the music started improving, decided to add a horn

section. The project took off from there.

With the release earlier this month of its sixth studio album, Sweat, the band is hitting the road, starting with a show in Kamloops on Tuesday at The Blue Grotto. Branston said the 12 tracks make up the best they’ve done to date.

He credits producer Ben Kaplan for creating a recording that “brings how it feels at a concert onto a record. The old ones were always missing something and that was it. I’m excited by it, it’s the best we’ve ever made.”

The tour will see the band do 22 shows in 27 days, wrapping up in Ontario. It is heading to the U.S. in June and then back to Canada in time for music-festival season this summer.

Branston said the U.S. has never been all that easy to break into, except for the Pacific Northwest, “where we do great. And last year, we had a great time at a festival in Portland. The band will be back in that city again this year to take part in another music festival.

It might head down into California and across to Tennessee in June, Branston said, “but our focus is always on Canada.”

Tickets for Tuesday’s show are $15 and are available at the venue, 319 Victoria St. Doors open at 8 p.m.

ina Gilbert had no choice — music was going to be part of her life.

One of six girls in the family, she had a dad who always regretted his own parents couldn’t provide him with the opportunity to learn to play music so he was determined his kids would have that change, Gilbert said.

So they played instruments — she started with piano — and sang in choirs “where, with six girls, we were often half the choir.”

Now, Gilbert is the next candidate to become conductor of the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra.

She’s in Kamloops, her first visit to B.C., for a March 11 concert with the orchestra and guest artist Olivia Martin.

The program, Czech Mates, includes The Moldau by Smetana, Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra with Marimba by Mozetick and Symphony #8 by Dvorak.

Gilbert said as she and her sisters moved on in their education, she had siblings who had decided they wanted to be “a nurse, a pharmacist and I thought how come I cannot find something else like they can do?”

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“I got comfortable quite quickly in front of a group,” she said.

She decided to pursue conducting as a career. Since then, she has been assistant conductor for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, a position that ended last year, and has worked with similar orchestras in Ottawa, Toronto, Peterborough, Oregon and North Carolina and overseas in Romania, Estonia, China and Germany.

While she loves the classics, Gilbert has also conducted a hip-hop program with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with guest artists MC Solaar, I AM, Youssoupha, Arsenik and Biglo and Oli. She also enjoys premiering new Canadian works, estimating she’s done that for more than 30 homegrown compositions.

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mind goes when she’s in front of a group of musicians, Gilbert said her focus is to be in the present and to take the musicians and audience there, too.

“With our busy lives, we are not so much in the present moment,” she said.

“I am hoping with this moment, I can communicate with the music and with artists and with the audience.

“I don’t want to show the music — I want to be the music.”

But, she said, it’s not done in a childish or easy manner. Her focus is that communication flow and the audience is key.

“I think the audience knows way better about the quality [of a concert program] than we think sometimes.”

Gilbert is the third of four up to replace Bruce Dunn when he retires. Melanie Leonard and Leslie Dala have already guest-conducted the KSO. Martin MacDonald will have his opportunity in May. Dunn, who announced his planned retirement in 2015, will leave the post at the end of this season.

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There will be plenty of music at the Blue Grotto this month. On March 10 and March 11, Rumble 100 will be on stage. Five Alarm Funk arrives on March 14 and Lion Bear Fox takes over on March 16. The Young Uns are at the venue at 319 Victoria St., on March 17 and March 18 and the month wraps up on March 24 and March 25 with Mostly Marley.

PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE Friday, March 10, 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the North Kamloops Library, 693 Tranquille Rd.

The North Kamloops library will offer a course on digital photography, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

INTERNATIONAL DAYS Continues this weekend at Thompson Rivers University

Dan General — better known as DJ Shub, formerly of A Tribe Called Red — will help wrap up International Days at Thompson Rivers University on March 10 with a Powwow Prevue Party in The Den in the Campus Activity Centre. The all-ages concert will also serve as a kick-off for a powwow on campus on March 11 and March 12. Tickets are $5 for TRU students with valid university identification and $10 for others. Tickets are on sale today online at Eventbrite or in the Old Main Building on campus. The show was put together by students in the tourism management program, who wanted to bring General to the city. Teacher Billy Collins said he was delighted the class took on the project and managed to arrange the event.

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Avola author Eleanor Deckert will sign copies of her second work, 10 Days in January. The book, a sequel to 10 Days in December, is again inspired by the life Deckert and husband Kevin spent in 1978, living in a tiny log cabin as part of the back-to-the-land movement.

BEE TALK Saturday, March 11, 9 a.m. in room 1015 of the International Building at Thompson Rivers University

The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra’s chamber music series continues with Vocal Spectrum, featuring mezzo-soprano Xiu-ru Liu and bass-baritone Guenko Guechev ot Duquesne University in Pennsylvania. Accompanying them will be KSO musician Dimiter Terziev. The program includes a variety of folk songs, arias and duets. Tickets are available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca.

COMING UP: PAINTING 101 | MARCH 11

Geordie Milne (above) recently took part in Painting 101 at the Kamloops Art Gallery. The workshop return to 465 Victoria St. on Saturday, March 11, with artist and educator Anyssa Gill reviewing the basics of acrylic painting. The classes are for those ages 16 and older. Cost is $25 for members and $30 for non-members.

ACTIVIST TALK Monday, March 13, 7 p.m. at Holy Family parish, 2797 Sunset Dr.

Haitian social activist Marie-Ange Noel will speak at Holy Family parish, 2797 Sunset Dr., on Monday. Her free talk is at 7 p.m.

EXHIBIT OPENING Wednesday, March 15, at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St.

Giggles, an art exhibition by Judylynn Davison, will be in the main gallery at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre from March 15 through April 8. Davison drew inspiration from the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote to create her colourful, humorous characters. The gallery is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NATURALIST CLUB Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m. at Heritage House in Riverside Park

Biologist Bruce Harrison will be the guest speaker at the Kamloops Naturalist Club meeting. Harrison, who works for Ducks Unlimited Canada, will speak on how to count ducks when they’re not in a row, looking at the challenges of conducting a duck count. Guests are welcome. For more information, call 250-554-1285.

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drive in the Interior, travelling through communities like Falkland, Armstrong and Enderby, inspired the next production from The Other Theatre Company.

Artistic director Glen Cairns said the road trip took him through community halls that reminded him of how his own acting career began “touring shows, doing onenight stands in towns and halls just like that.”

Cairns started looking for a script that would resonate with the image in his mind and settled on Rock ’N Rail: Ghost Trains and Spitting Slag by Canadian poet and playwright Mansel Robinson.

It’s a musical — courtesy of the work of Stewart MacDougal, but also embellished by music written by one of the two actors in the play, local musician Kyle Cavanagh.

He shares the stage with Cairns as the two pay tribute to quintessential Canadian realities — railroads, mines, Saturday night in the tavern, the complex relationships between fathers and sons — bringing to life the work Robinson created through his own upbringing surrounded by the railroad and living in the mining towns of Northern Ontario.

The plan was to stage it last year, but Cairns said a heart attack set the schedule back several months. Healthy and ready to return to the theatre, he said he’s booking the show into the Cariboo, through the North Thompson region and over into the North Okanagan area.

Given the need for that small-town intimate-venue feeing, Cairns and Cavanagh will present the play at the Smorgasbord Deli, 225 Seventh Ave., from March 23 to March 25.

Tickets are $24 and showtimes are 7:30 p.m.

They are available from the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca.

Art Exposed opened last week at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. Among works featured until tomorrow are Mary — Spirit of the ‘60s (right), a painted mannequin by Elaine Watkins.

Art Exposed

And the winners are . . .

The People’s Choice Award has yet to be announced, but other winners in the Art Exposed regional exhibit now on display at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre have been determined.

In the established artist two-dimensional category, first place went to Debbie O’Donnell for her oil on panel work Serpents. Second place went to Janice Jarvis for her pastel creation Canyon.

In the three-dimensional category, first place went to Christina McLean McNany for her Between Worlds sculpture and second place went to Kirsten Atkins for her textile work Mother Nature.

In the emerging artist

See more photos at kamloopsthisweek.com two-dimensional category, Cheryl Lynn Andrews took top honours for her pastel I Got Your Back. Second place went to Warren Hames for his marquetry Home Sweet Home.

In the three-dimensional category, first place welt to Lily Dalley for The Orchestra, an automata, while second place went to Regina Sailkova for the mixed-media creation Mom’s Had A Bad Day at the Office.

Mya Morin won the youth category for the chalk and pastel work The Dancer.

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Honourable mentions went to: Zachary Abney, Smoking Woman #1; Megan Blackmore, Mice on Venus; Dennis Cound, Good Tilled Earth; Marie Downing, Old Panhead; Vikki Ferguson, Cactus Wren’s Nest in Saguaro Cactus; Judy Harrison, Boys on the Water; Patricia House, Best Friend; Isaac, Eye of the Tiger; Sean Jackson, Blooddrunk (live); Paul Jaras, Untitled; Alicia McClain, Evolutions; Kieran Outerbridge, Illuminating Wonders; Kelly Perry, Spring; Jack Quin, Wiggle Waggle; Joe

Ratushniak, I’m Tripping Paddle; Dale Redfern, Damn Tomatoes; Regina Sadilkova, Waldorf & Statler Get Fit; Emma Tranah, Unique Polymer Clay Jewelry Experience; Olivia Tranah, Unique Chainmaille Experience; Vaughn Warren, Cybernetic Seahorse Sèance.

First-place winners receive $100; second place receives $50 as does the winner in the youth category.

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here’s a pretty strong concept out there about how first impressions can poison the well for all time, but also about how your first idea, your initial thoughts on something in terms of problem solving can lead you down a path that will be difficult to get off.

This is why looking at a problem (not necessarily in a negative context) from a different perspective can be so difficult and the solution can actually be right in your face the whole time, had you just looked at the problem from a different angle.

This is the idea of getting a fresh pair of eyes to look at something for you.

I think it’s also part of the plot 21 Jump Street with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum (actually, I looked it up, it was the sequel 22 Jump Street. Great movies.)

Anyway, when trying to write a new comic book column, I was having trouble thinking of a book to write about because, in reality, I’ve been spending way more time playing board games than I have been reading comics lately.

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That’s reason enough to write about Star Wars and, more specifically, my favourite Star Wars board game — Imperial Assault.

Fantasy Flight Games has put out a dandy of a board game in Imperial Assault, where you and friends play as a band of lowly but courageous Rebel agents on top secret missions to foil the Empire’s plans by any means necessary.

It is kind of like the Rogue One movie, now that I think about it.

The best part is it is a campaign-based game, meaning the missions aren’t just one and done.

Your story continues from mission to mission and you get better abilities and equipment as your characters go along.

But here’s the thing — one person plays as

Imperial Assault, by Fantasy Flight Games, is a campaign-based game that sees players complete missions as Rebel agents to foil the Empires plans.

the Empire as well, and same goes for them.

Each mission, the Empire player can get stronger and bring more powerful enemies and abilities to the game.

See how much fun this already sounds?

Man, I love this game.

Imperial Assault comes as a main core game you can add on to with a variety of large and small expansions.

The core game comes with a wealth of plastic character miniatures and map tiles, so you can build the board you play on.

The larger campaign expansions offer more of the same, as well as a whole new story and missions to play.

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Finally, the smaller expansions are usually character or vehicle packs that allow you to add some of the most famous Star Wars characters to your game.

For example, in buying the Han Solo or Chewbacca character expansions, you not only get the awesome figure, you get an exclusive new mission to play where you will interact or use your new character.

Which is exactly why I bought the Greedo character expansion.

Because, who doesn’t want to use Greedo?

Sure, all he ever did was get killed by Han Solo in the Cantina scene of the first movie, but that loveable loser is awesome.

If someone doesn’t want to use Greedo, get that person out of your life — you don’t need that kind of negativity.

If all that doesn’t float your boat, Imperial Assault also has Skirmish rules, so you can build your own small force to play against another player and their force.

So now you can play as Darth Vader and crack a team of Stormtroopers against, oh I don’t know, let’s say Greedo and his gang of other losers.

I guess what I’m saying here is we all need more Greedo in our lives.

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Through all these cities and all these towns Tom Cochrane played at Sandman Centre on Saturday. The Canadian rocker performed songs from Mad Mad World and picked things up with the band Red Rider. The artist is perhaps best known for the hit Life is a Highway.

Up next, pull out your cowboy hat because two country acts are en route to Sandman Centre in coming months.

Kip Moore will hit the stage on April 22 and Dean Brody will bring his Beautiful Freak Show Tour on June 2.

Tickets are available for purchase now online at ticketmaster.ca.

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Knutsford 2 Homesteads, Barns and Buildings is a sequel book written and photographed by Marney Jarman Bethel on the history of Knutsford buildings.

Kamloops author to release sequel to book on Knutsford A Kamloops author has produced a sequel to a locally produced book on the history of Knutsford buildings.

Knutsford 2 Homesteads, Barns and Buildings, written and photographed by Marney Jarman Bethel, will be ready for the

Kamloops Cowboy Festival on March 16.

The books are now in production.

Jarman said she captured most of the photographs in the last year and spoke to landowners and their ancestors.

She also used historical photos for the

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There are 14 original homesteader families still in Knutsford.

“The Knutsford area with it’s beautiful, rolling hills has little to no water and it was all dry

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he site of France’s early royal court — and Leonardo da Vinci’s last home — Amboise inspires wondrous investigations.

Strolling across the main bridge into old town, a cobblestone street leads us past bistros, patisseries, 15thcentury clock tower and antique shops.

Winding up a hillside, we admire halftimbered homes and marvel at cave dwellings carved into chalkywhite cliffs, common in the Loire Valley.

Just beyond, Leonardo’s gothic chateau rises behind a wooden gate.

His white stone and pink brick home boasts a splendid façade featuring two angels holding France’s heraldic shield and statue of Saint Sebastian, patron of archers.

A stairway leads us onto an exterior gallery and into the first of two spacious bedchambers.

Marguerite de Navarre’s chamber brims with Italian Renaissance furniture inlaid in ivory and ebony.

Our brochure explains Marguerite, King Francois I’s elder sister, was an esteemed writer and diplomat.

She graciously asked Leonardo to live in Amboise: “Here, you will be free to dream, think

RICK MILLIKAN PHOTO The Chateau Amboise (above) was the last home of Leonardo daVinci, historical inventor, artist and scholar.

and work.”

Accepting the invitation and a princely retainer, he enjoyed the last three years of his life residing in their summer palace.

In the adjacent chamber, carved cherubs and sea creatures adorn his canopied, scarlet-curtained bed.

An intricately carved oak cabinet and bench are along the beige wall.

Amid the decorative terracotta floor stands a stout chair and worktable where he recorded observations, organized galas and helped design Francoise’s magnificent Chateau de Chambord, 50 kilometres away.

France’s fleur de lis embellishes the stone fireplace.

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dows frame views of his patron’s nearby Château Royal d’Amboise. We learn a 500-metre underground passage enabled the king’s regular visits.

A small chapel downstairs features a painted star studded vault and four frescoes

by Leonardo’s students: Annunciation, Assumption, Last Judgment and Virgin of the Light.

Perhaps the last, where the virgin’s feet rest on a crescent moon, inspired the chateau’s name: Le Clos Luce, meaning Field of Light.

Two stained-glass windows fuse white, black, yellow and orange colours to depict Christian themes.

A thick Bible and

botanical book lay atop a table.

One conveys Leonardo’s acceptance of God. The other affirms his observations in nature, which contradict Christian creation beliefs.

The reception room’s spaciousness, long dining table and decor seem perfect for entertaining.

Replicas of his Mona Lisa, St. John the Baptist and Saint Anne decorate the walls.

Now displayed in the Louvre, he originally carried these masterpieces in his saddlebags from Milan to Amboise.

A large tapestry depicts a battle from Song of Roland; another pictures goddess Diana hunting.

Atop one cabinet, a carved wooden St. George fights three sinuous dragons.

Francois’s marble bust and Maguerite’s portrait grace a central niche.

In the large kitchen, the life-sized figure of his Italian cook stands beside a huge fireplace with spits and oven.

Piles of garden produce cover her large prep table, recalling Leonardo’s vegetarian diet.

Forty models representing his engineering flair are exhibited in the basement.

Full-scale inventions and exemplary artwork appear throughout the 17-acre garden park.

Placards placed amid lush greenery display

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One lawn encompasses a square towered dovecote.

Inside, we hear a cacophony of simulated coos and discover its octagonal interior sheltered 1,0000 nesting pigeons.

These birds supplied the wealthy with fresh eggs, meat and efficient airmail.

Nearby stands a rustic auberge. Inside, seated at a long wooden table, our palettes experience renaissance haut cuisine. A bonneted maid first serves goblets of sage-spiced, sweetened white and red wines.

We next savour rich basil-tomato soup, then hearty chicken stew.

The maid mentions that only wealthy nobles and merchants could afford this meal’s oldworld spices.

Returning to the town centre, we climb a steep staircase to King Francois’ palace.

We discover his ancestor King Charles VIII replaced Amboise’s former castle in 1492 creating this, France’s first Italianate palace.

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Upon inheriting the French crown, which included these two kingdoms, Francois I welcomed further Italian influences and artisans, including genius Leonardo da Vinci.

Although only onefifth its original size, today’s World Heritage chateau offers several chambers dedicated to furnishings reflecting three centuries of occupation.

Entering the great hall, golden fleur-de-lis on a field of blue velvet covers the throne.

Another bust of Francois I recalls his residence.

A painting of dying Leonardo in Francois’ arms evokes their special friendship.

Leonardo’s marble tomb lies inside the chateau’s baroque chapel, where fresh white lilies and a bronze plaque honour this great man of Italy — and France.

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