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DAY 114 OF REVISED 290-DAY PROCESS ON KGHM AJAX’S APPLICATION
Review of proposed mine to end on Sept. 27 Countdown to decision day on mine
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With an environmental review of the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine once again underway — with 110 days added to the 180-day review period, meaning the review should be finished by Sept. 27 — here are a few significant events set to unfold during the rest of the year: • City of Kamloops review: The city spent about $500,000 ($300,000 of which came from mine proponent KGHM), to have SLR Consulting study KGHM’s application for environmental review. See EVENTS, A4
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Supporters of the Tk’emlups, Splatsin and Skeetchestn First Nations gathered at Jacko Lake in June 2015 as the bands signed documents declaring aboriginal title to the lake and adjacent land. Jacko Lake, south of Aberdeen, is known as Pipsell to local First Nations.
An environmental review of the proposed Ajax mine, which has been on hold for nearly a year, is once again on the clock — but the process to restart the review will take longer than expected. The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) review of KGHM Ajax’s 18,000-page application restarted on March 29, on Day 108 of what was initially a 180-day process. That timeline has been extended by an additional 110 days, which the EAO said will “align with the federal review timeline” and allow for another 30-day comment period. During that time, members of the public can weigh in on the BCEAO’s and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s assessment of the project and draft conditions for its acceptance. First Nations groups will also be consulted on the draft plan. The revised review period will end on Sept. 27. In a letter to KGHM Ajax, Kevin Jardine, associate deputy minister for provincial environmental assessments, said the two groups have been working closely while the Ajax
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application was suspended. “Going forward, the agency and the EAO have agreed to seek a greater level of co-ordination, which will include striving to align our respective timelines and to prepare a joint assessment report to inform separate federal and provincial decisions,” he said. Jardine said the approach will provide greater certainty in the process and ensure ministers at both levels are considering the same information on the mine. The additional days will move the end of the review process to late September. Once it wraps up, B.C.’s ministers of environment and energy and mines will have 45 days to decide whether to approve the project. The project needs the consent of both Victoria and Ottawa to proceed. In April 2016, the BCEAO paused the application for an environmental permit at Day 107 to allow proponent KGHM more time to respond to public, city and First Nations comments. Responses to those comments and questions are now online at projects.eao.gov.bc.ca. Jardine said he is satisfied the company has adequately responded to those queries. See CITY, A2
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Thirty-one organizations from within Kamloops and outside the city and province signed a declaration of support during a Saturday ceremony at Thompson Rivers University, in effect backing two area First Nations in their opposition to the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine.
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The city is conducting its own review of Ajax’s application, but its consultant, SLR Consulting, had been waiting on responses to a variety of questions from KGHM before it could submit a final report. Fretz said she plans to bring a report to council on April 25 that will suggest dates for special council meetings to debate SLR’s findings and the city’s response.
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The B.C. Wildlife Federation is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to help focus the May’s provincial election campaign on conservation issues. “We’re going out to meet with conservationists, hunters and anglers and people who care about what’s been going on the last 30 or 40 years,” spokesman Jesse Zeman said. The town hall meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the Calvary Community Church at 1205 Rogers Way in Aberdeen.
The organization representing hunters and anglers in B.C. is focusing on declining provincial budgets for fish and wildlife at the same time as species are under threat. In the greater Kamloops region, that includes mountain caribou in the North Thompson Valley and Thompson steelhead in Spences Bridge. The latter’s numbers have dwindled to 400 spawning fish from the thousands that historically ran the river. The B.C. Wildlife Federation has invited local candidates to tonight’s meeting. “Conservationists haven’t been vocal
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About 500 miners, prospectors and financiers are expected in the city next week for the annual Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) meeting. The 30th annual event takes place today and tomorrow at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre at 1250 Rogers Way in Aberdeen.
It is open to the public and free to attend. The event will feature technical talks on projects around B.C. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. both days, alongside a trade show. Among those attending the conference will be B.C. Mines Minister Bill Bennett and Transportation Minister Todd Stone.
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While SLR’s early findings were shared with the public, the final report has been on hold as the company waited for more information from KGHM.
Council has agreed to hold two more meetings as part of the review — one for SLR to present its findings and one a week later where councillors decide on a response to the project. While council had originally planned to have its first of these meetings about two weeks after the review resumed, the addition of 110 days to the timeline means things will unfold more slowly, with recommended dates coming to council for its last meeting in April. • Public comment period: Tracy James, B.C. Environmental Assessment Office assessment manager, said a 30-day comment period will come near the end of the summer, when her office and its federal counterpart, the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency, have completed a draft report on the mine and list of conditions required for it to move forward. The two organizations are writing the report together, so both levels of government are making a decision with the same information. Compared to KGHM’s application for environmental review, the government’s assessment will require far fewer hours of reading. “It’s much smaller,” James said. “It’s nowhere near 18,000 pages [the total number of pages in KGHM’s application].” James said her office will issue at least seven days of notice before the comment period opens. Once the comment period closes, James said the two organizations will finalize their
report before forwarding it to government ministers in Victoria and Ottawa in late September. • Political decisionmaking: At a provincial level, the minister of environment and minister of energy and mines will decide whether to approve the project. James said they will have up to 45 days to make that call, under provincial legislation. For Ajax to proceed, approval must come from both the provincial and federal governments. With a provincial election still to come, the question of who will make a decision on Ajax remains open — though the duo won’t include current Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett, who retires from the legislature after the May 9 election.
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While the mostly likely occurrence at Pinaus Lake is for a continuation of slumping that’s been happening for years, there is a possibility of a catastrophic landslide. The conclusion comes from a report written in January by provincial geomorphologist Tim Giles, made available to Kamloops This Week by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Development. The province ordered Pinaus Lake Resort closed last month. Owners Arvid and Audrey Hoglund left the resort on March 16 and cannot return unless given special permission. The resort south of Falkland is located on leased land and is closed until further notice. “It is anticipated that the earthflow will continue to progress slowly downslope, but the existing deposits indicate there is also the potential for a catastrophic landslide,” Giles wrote in the report’s conclusion. The scientist estimated the probability of a catastrophic slide as low, but with devastating consequences. “If a rapid landslide were to occur on
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the lower slopes, it would likely be large enough to cause significant damage to people, vehicles and buildings,” he wrote. The Horvaths, in their late 70s, are now living in rented accommodation in Armstrong as they figure out how to raise money to remove improvements, including cabins, as well as equipment for the historic operation. The slow-moving slide was first noticed in 2013, when field staff noted a section of the forest service road was becoming a more pronounced curve, indicating movement into the lake. Instruments, historical aerial photog-
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A Kamloops jury has begun hearing the case of a Lillooet man accused of breaking the skull of a drug dealer during a violent attack in 2015. Jeffery Harris is facing one count of second-degree murder in connection to the beating death of Gary Edward Mandseth. According to Crown prosecutor Chris Balison, Harris went
to Mandseth’s house on Feb. 10, 2015, and attacked him. “Gary Mandseth was attacked in his home,” Balison said in his opening statement yesterday to the six-man, six-woman B.C. Supreme Court jury. “He died of his injuries. Mr. Harris, the accused, was someone Gary knew . . . and he had been to Gary’s house before.” Balison described a violent attack at the hands of Harris. “He used different kinds of weapons,” Balison said. “He used a knife that created
stab wounds, something that created puncture wounds and a club that fractured his skull.” Jurors were told Harris fled police. When he was arrested, Balison said, investigators found a knife, $1,000 in cash and a brown powder believed to be illegal drugs. Balison called the case against Harris “straightforward” and said the attack was witnessed by Mandseth’s two roommates. Harris’ trial is scheduled to last two weeks.
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A 40-year-old Vancouver man was to appear in court yesterday in connection with a bank robbery in downtown Kamloops on Friday afternoon. At 5:16 pm, the TD Canada Trust branch at Victoria Street and Third Avenue was robbed by a man who ran away after grabbing some cash. Mounties responded with a police dog, but the
suspect was not found. Staff Sgt. Jay Wessel said subsequent work by patrol officers led to the arrest of the suspect at 8:30 p.m. Police have not said if a weapon was produced or whether the suspect claimed to have a weapon. No injuries were reported.
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Franco Piva remembers a time when supports for people like him — those who live with a brain injury — were nowhere near what is available today. “If you stumbled, you fell and you fell hard,” Piva told a gathering at Hotel 540 on Friday during a funding announcement by the provincial government. Piva, whose injury happened 42 years ago, praised the Kamloops Brain Injury Association (KBIA), one of several such organizations from across the province with representatives in the audience. They stood and applauded as Health Minister Terry Lake announced $3 million will be going to umbrella organization Brain Injury Alliance during the next three years. “We are people,” an emotional Franco said. “We do have a life. We can, God willing, contribute — just give us a chance. We will make you guys proud.” The alliance also received
$3 million three years ago. The money is distributed through the Brain Injury Alliance to agencies like the KBIA, which use it for housing, outreach and education programs. The money can also be used for education and injury-prevention programs. Terri-Lynn Stone, a director with the alliance and former executive director with the KBIA, thanked Lake and fellow MLA Todd Stone for the money. “This is absolutely good, good news,” she said. • The Kamloops Brain Injury Association is one of 15 such groups in the province that will share the $3 million in funding from the B.C. government. The money will cover various programs and services, including homelessness prevention, outreach programs and education programs for people living with a brain injury. Funds will also go toward targeted education and injury-prevention programs, including for those who are inmates of provincial prisons. More than 180,000 British
Columbians live with acquired brain injuries, with an estimated 22,000 new brain injuries occurring every year. Previous provincial funding helped the alliance create an endowment — the Dr. Gur Singh Memorial Education Grant. Singh was a longtime Kamloops neurosurgeon, past president of the B.C. Medical Association (now Doctors of BC) and philanthropist who raised more than $1 million for the Kamloops Brain Injury Association. The annual grant program supports survivors to participate in education and employment training. Founded in 2014, the Brain Injury Alliance aims to improve the lives of people living withacquired brain injuries in B.C It advocates for adequate and sustainable funding for brain injury prevention, education and individual supports provided by community non-profit brain injury services. To learn more about the Brain Injury Alliance, go online to braininjuryalliance.ca.
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VICTORIA log exports are mostly a political sideshow. The U.S., China and Japan are B.C.’s leading customers here as well, with lumber value running as much as 10 times log value in a given year. Lumber exports to China climbed from minimal to nearly $1.5 billion a year by 2014, helping to keep B.C. sawmills running after the collapse of the U.S. housing market. As the U.S. has recovered, and the expiry of its border restrictions has created a fragile window of free trade in lumber, B.C. exports south have soared, reaching more than $4.5 billion in 2016. Japan remains a steady and vital premium lumber customer, with export values of around $800 million annually. Note that lumber sales to Japan alone are worth as much as B.C.’s total log exports to the world. China’s emergence as a major wood customer follows expensive marketing efforts over many years by the forest industry, the
federal government and B.C. Now that our exports south are under threat again, Asia becomes more important than ever. The B.C. Liberals say much of the increase in log exports is from remote locations with no mill option available. That’s places like the Great Bear Rainforest, where logging continues under new rules. Economists will tell you that, as with many industries, more jobs have been lost from new technology, in the bush and in the mill, than from log exports. The B.C. Greens have announced they would extend the carbon tax to slash-pile burning to force logging companies to sell wood waste for pellets or other uses. The forests ministry already does this by policy, applied only to locations where it can be economically done. It’s required when there is “clear demand,” such as a pellet plant, where businesses would generally make the deal without government instruction. David Elstone, executive director of the Truck Loggers’ Association, noted slash is piled and burned to prepare sites for mandatory replanting. He argued the forest industry should get a break from carbon tax on fuel, since wood structures and products sequester carbon for longer than natural forests, where wood rots and releases carbon dioxide back the atmosphere. tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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PROVINCE MUST IMPROVE MEDICAL SYSTEM Editor: There has been a lot of press lately regarding retired doctor Rajindar Joneja and how his death in the ER of Royal Inland Hospital came to be. I am pleased his wife spoke out. It is sad, however, that it takes the demise of a public figure to increase awareness of things happening in our hospitals. Because of similar issues — hospital employees understaffed and overworked — my mother passed away, essentially from a broken
ankle, on Feb. 2 in another B.C. hospital. From a hospital visit, she contacted staphylococcus sepsis, went to emergency due to weakness and, because there were no beds, was given antibiotics for a bladder infec-
tion and sent home. Three days later, she couldn’t get out of bed. She went back to emergency and tests were done. While awaiting results, she was again put on antibiotics for her bladder infection.
The next night, staphylococcus sepsis was discovered and the antibiotics were changed, to no avail. Janice Czeczei promptly passed away a few hours later. This should never have happened. We didn’t make headlines. Three years ago, we had a much happier ending to another similar situation. The RIH ER was tired of seeing me and my daughter. My daughter, 26, was very ill for six months and had lost 50 pounds because she was vomiting
too much. ER doctors kept checking, mostly for the same thing, and I kept pleading for an MRI. One was booked for many months later. I kept telling them I thought she had a tumour at the base of her skull. I finally took her to Kelowna, where we again were turned away. I decided to fight for her to be admitted and, two days later, an MRI found a seven-centimetre long, three-centimetre round tumour. My daughter was lucky.
Our province must find a way to improve our hospitals and medical system. Overworked doctors and nurses can’t expect to make good judgment when under such constant pressure of weeding out less severe from potentially critical patients. Less severe patients need to have the opportunity to see their family physician. Of course, this means people should have a family physician. Madma Davy Kamloops
NORTH SHORE LACKS SERVICES PRIVILEGED BENEFIT IN BC Editor: I have two major concerns: 1. North Kamloops does not have suitable services for its citizens. We have no department store, no buildingsupply business and a deplorable lack of medical services. We actually need a satellite medical centre here. We have a major purchasing base including Westsyde, Brocklehurst,
North Kamloops, Bachelor Heights and Westmount. Why should all these people have to find services in Sahali and Aberdeen? And they aren’t available downtown, either. Are we not worthy of some encouragement to these services to seek locations in our area? Since we are a predominantly senior area with people who are not able to travel easily to
other areas, could we see some evidence of assistance from planners instead of directing everything to Sahali and Aberdeen? 2. The prepaid hospital parking scheme is a disgrace and a money grab. Paying for the time you have used is only common sense? Doesn’t anyone in the Interior Health Authority have any? Kay Miller Kamloops
Editor: Welcome to B.C., where you can’t get a doctor, there isn’t any legal aid unless you are a criminal and there is very little consideration for the poor and underprivileged. I find the mentality with 95 per cent of the professionals and businesses in the Kamloops area is, “We’ve got you between two mountain ranges, so bend over.” I would suggest if you are in the same category as me,
and you can manage it mentally and financially, pack up and go back to the Prairies, which consist of “have not” provinces that still care about the little people, not just the rich and privileged. This is not a rash opinion, either, as I have been in B.C. for the best part of five years and I am seriously considering moving back, as I have heard of others who did the same. Brenda Kennedy Kamloops
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A selection of comments on KTW stories, culled online RE: STORY: NEW RECYCLING RULES COME INTO EFFECT ON MONDAY, APRIL 3:
“I pay twice as much for garbage collection this year as I did last year due to recycling. Now I will only have half of the recycling picked up and I have to spend my time and money to bring the rest somewhere else. Guess what city council, not happening.” — posted by hop4me “So it is now a partial recycling program — nice work, Kamloops! All that is going to happen is people are going to throw it into the garbage instead of recycling it. Since they are offering less service, is the fee to collect the recycling going to go down?” — posted by Ken Jacobs
RE: STORY: 31 GROUPS JOIN LOCAL FIRST NATIONS IN OPPOSING AJAX MINE:
“Thanks for this story. It is important for people in Kamloops to know that many of us support the First Nations in both their review process and their decision.” — posted by Cara
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Technology businesses interested in locating in the city’s core could get a boost from Kamloops city council tonight. At a combined public hearing and meeting set for at 7 p.m. at city hall, councillors will take input from the public on whether to make “high tech” a permitted use in its central business district and Tranquille Road commercial areas. Following the hearing, councillors will also debate whether those types of businesses should be included in the revitalization taxexemption bylaws for the areas. If approved, developers of high-tech projects could qualify
for 10 years of tax breaks for “new improvements,” at least 80 per cent of which are used for high-tech purposes. Under the exemption bylaws, developers must make improvements to an existing property worth at least $100,000 or 30 per cent of the property’s assessed value. To qualify, the project must also improve the street experience for the passing public. Only the improvement itself is tax-exempt. A staff report defines high tech as: “the design, research, manufacture, testing and servicing of commercial products, including computer software and hardware, in the fields of electronics, telecommunications, digital media, robotics, and biotechnology.”
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New hotels on the agenda for council Two hotel projects are on the agenda at today’s Kamloops city council meeting. Downtown, WTAPS Enterprises Ltd. is looking to rezone its Travelodge property at 360 Columbia St. to make way for a new six-storey hotel. According to a staff report, the lodge’s current commercial zoning — which dates back to the days when Columbia Street was part of the Trans-Canada Highway — has lower height restrictions and doesn’t allow retail commercial space, which the
updated hotel would include. Uptown at 1529 Hugh Allan Dr. in Aberdeen, Kulwant Sangha is seeking a development permit to build a 37-unit hotel in the area, which already boasts a Holiday Inn Express and Super 8. Because the property under consideration is backed by a steep slope, the hotel would be taller (six storeys) and narrower in order to fit on the flatter portion of the lot. City staff say the size will have limited impact on the hotel’s neighbours.
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Health Minister Terry Lake has committed another $90 million in the next three years to expand team-based primary health care throughout the province. The financial announcement was made yesterday as Lake attended the opening of a new primary care and seniors health centre at Northills Centre on the North Shore. It’s the third team-based clinic to open in the city since February and will provide a range of supports for seniors, including a home health program that incorporates community nursing, community-allied health and a community bathing program, a lab collection centre and a primary-care clinic where nurse practitioners will care for patients ages 65 and older from the Kamloops primary care waitlist. In addition, Interior Health Authority partnered with the Thompson Region Division of Family Practice to open a seniors health and wellness centre, where patients can be referred by their family doctor, nurse practitioner, or specialist. The team is expected to include family physicians with a special interest in geriatrics, a geriatrician, mental-health clinician, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, registered dietitian, rehabilitation assistant, speech and language pathologist, pharmacist, registered nurse, social worker, respiratory therapist and medical office assistant. The new money being put into the health-care system will be targeted at redesigning how health care is provided to use more team-based primary care teams working with patients. It could see more nurses and nurse practitioners in primary-care clinics who will work with existing doctors in communities to provide care and supports. Other health professionals like pharmacists, occupational therapists and social workers will also become involved in the team approach.
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Wildfire season underway with two small blazes
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The official start of British Columbia’s wildB.C. News fire season was April 1, and the BC Wildfire Service said the province had already recorded its first two blazes. Small fires were sparked in the Stein Valley, west of the Fraser River, and another occurred south of Prince George, said fire information officer Max Birkner. Both were quickly knocked down, but Birkner also said conditions in the bush are already dry and the fire risk will rise as the weather warms up. By early May 2016, wildfires around Fort. St. John had forced evacuations and charred thousands of hectares of bush and, with snowpacks considered well below normal across the Peace, Liard and Stikine regions of northern B.C. this year, concern is growing about fires.
BRIEFS
Hateful slogans at Abbotsford school
Police were investigating after racist and misogynist graffiti was sprayed on the outside walls and doors of the Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts. Swastikas and graffiti expressing men’s rights and white power were spray painted on windows and a mural over the weekend at the school’s Sumas Mountain Campus, investigators said. It had not been determined if the suspect or suspects had any connection to the school. In a Facebook post, teacher Lindsey Erin said it is sad that hateful images have destroyed the hard work of many students.
Licence plate program set to expand
The Insurance Corporation of B.C. said it’s expanding its specialty licence plate program to include support for charities and not-for-profit organizations. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the move follows the success of B.C. Parks license plates, with more than 14,000 sold since their launch at the end of January to help support provincial parks. The expanded program will let British Columbians support other worthwhile causes such as registered charities and non-profit groups, Stone said. A news release from the corporation said a formal call for applications from sponsors of the new plates was expected in the fall, with plates available for purchase next year.
Coalition demands persistence
The national inquiry into missing and murdered women needs to do more to reach out to family members and survivors, according to a coalition of aboriginal women’s advocates from British Columbia. The group was concerned by news reports that the inquiry has so far only identified about 100 potential witnesses among family members or survivors. The Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in British Columbia said it understands commissioners don’t want to pressure people into appearing, but said the passive stance conveys that family members and survivors aren’t wanted or needed. It has called on the inquiry to immediately request all levels of government and all indigenous organizations with contact information to reach out to those groups to ensure they know how to register as witnesses.
KELOWNA —The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia has been notified after a man was found unresponsive while lodged in a Kelowna RCMP cell. “On March 31, at approximately 5:15 p.m., Kelowna RCMP were called to a single vehicle off-road collision with a tree on McCulloch Rd,” reads a press release from BC RCMP. “Upon attendance, police initiated a criminal investigation and transported the 40-year-old driver to Kelowna Detachment; the man was subsequently transported to local hospital after complaining of pain.” The man was medically cleared by hos-
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press release. As per protocols, IIO BC was notified and they will now investigate if there is a connection between the man’s death and the actions of police. The RCMP has also initiated
an Independent Officer Review of the incident as per existing policies. Given the matter is now under investigation by the IIO BC, no further information is being released by police at this time.
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The B.C. Liberal party has brought back an adviser with a familiar name just over a week before the May election is officially called in British Columbia. Brad Bennett, the son and grandson of multi-term former premiers Bill Bennett and W.A.C. Bennett, has rejoined the Liberal campaign, Premier Christy Clark said Sunday. Bennett also advised Clark during the 2013 campaign and was credited with helping her win in her first election as leader of the B.C. Liberals. The return of Bennett, who was appointed chairman of BC Hydro in 2015, was criticized at the time by the Green Party.
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On the heels of multiple government announcements in 2016 and early 2017, the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) welcomes the latest: an increase in the property transfer tax exemption threshold for firsttime buyers, announced in the B.C. budget. The increase is to $500,000 from $475,000. To keep pace with the dynamic real-estate market and ensure homebuyers aren’t left behind, the BCREA believes the threshold — and all others related to the property transfer tax — should be indexed, with adjustments made annually. During Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s budget consultation in
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Drunk Sunwing pilot gets eight months in prison THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty last month to having care and control of an aircraft while he had a blood-alcohol level that was three times the legal limit. Judge Anne Brown banned him from flying for one year after his release. She noted Gronych has been in treatment for alcoholism, has abstained from drinking since the event and has been “thoroughly shamed.’’ The judge took into account time Gronych has already spent in custody, reducing his sentence to slightly more than seven
months. He will also have to pay a $100 victim fine surcharge. Gronych was escorted off a Sunwing Airlines plane in Calgary on Dec. 31 that was supposed to fly to Regina and Winnipeg before continuing to Cancun, Mexico. Court heard that when Gronych got on the plane, he struggled to hang up his coat, was slurring his words and was staggering. The court was also told the co-pilot suggested Gronych should leave the plane, but he eventually returned to the cockpit, sat down and appeared to pass
out with his face resting on the window. The defence had asked for a three- to sixmonth sentence while the Crown asked the judge to give Gronych one year in jail. The court heard that Gronych, a Slovakia national who is married and has two young children, has lost his job. Gronych addressed the court at his sentencing hearing last month, tearfully recounting how becoming a pilot was a childhood dream. “I can’t even describe how ashamed I am,’’ he said in
PRAIRIES
Waters subsiding in Manitoba, but residents not yet in the clear, officials say THE CANADIAN PRESS
CARMAN, Man. — Some of the floodwater that prompted states of emergencies and evacuations in small Manitoba communities is starting to subside, although officials say the danger is not over yet. Rising water from the spring melt over the weekend forced dozens of people from the Peguis First Nation along the Fisher River north of Winnipeg. There were also evacuees from the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation along the Assiniboine River in western Manitoba. Closer to Winnipeg, ice jams on the Boyne River caused water to pour into dozens of basements on the weekend. The community of 3,400 closed its high school and elementary school Monday as a precaution. But Premier Brian Pallister said the weather is co-operating in most areas and ice jams are breaking up. “It’s a little early to breathe a sigh of relief yet, but nature has been co-operative in diminishing the likelihood of floods in a number of our water basins,’’ Pallister told the legislature Monday. “Local people seem to have things in hand . . . and I know that, if needed, Manitobans, as they always have, will rise
to the challenge.’’ Carman’s schools were expecting to reopen today, Pallister added. Water turned some homes in Carman into virtual islands on Sunday. The flooding washed out roads and forced crews to build a dike along a major highway in the town. “I’ve been here for 35 years and I’ve never seen this kind of water backing up,’’ said Carman Mayor Bob Mitchell. “We’re just worried we won’t be able to do anything until Mother Nature melts the ice.’’ Volunteers showed up at some of the hardest hit properties and laid sandbag to help keep homes dry. Flooding is an almost annual event in Manitoba, as spring melt water from as far away as Alberta and South Dakota passes through the province, sometimes butting up against still-icy sections of north-flowing rivers. Winnipeg is protected by the Red River Floodway, a massive ditch that diverts water around the city. Smaller communities along the Red have large dikes that can be completely sealed to keep the water at bay. The Red Cross was handling evacuees Monday from Peguis First Nation and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Local states of emergencies remained in effect yesterday.
a soft voice. He said the case, which made headlines around the world, has taken a toll on his family. “My kids will be punished for my mistakes,’’ he said. Members of a flight crew are prohibited under Canadian aviation regulations from working within eight hours of consuming alcohol or while under the influence of alcohol. Sunwing has said it has a zero tolerance policy on crew members consuming alcohol within 12 hours of going on duty.
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OTTAWA — Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio has apologized in the House of Commons for making what was described as “a suggestive and very inappropriate’’ comment during a committee meeting last month. Di Iorio directed a stripperrelated remark to British Columbia Conservative MP Dianne Watts. The incident occurred on International Women’s Day, March 8. The Quebec Liberal said he is “profoundly sorry’’ for the comment. He said he never meant to offend Watts. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to look into the matter. Di Iorio and Watts were at a closed meeting on the public safety committee when he heard a colourful ring tone on her cellphone and asked: “Where’s your pole to slide down on?’’ Watts said in a statement afterwards that the remark “left me, staff and other members of Parliament feeling very uncomfortable.’’ Yesterday, Di Iorio rose in the Commons to apologize. “Today in this House I wish to reassure the member, once again, that none of my words sought to embarrass or offend her.’’ he said. Watts thanked Di Iorio following his apology.
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Despite emerging players like iTel Networks and the Goliath of technology that is the B.C. Lottery Corp., Kamloops’ tech community remains in its infancy compared to Kelowna, where 10 per cent of commercial space is occupied by the sector. But Kamloops is starting to catch up, evidenced by the opening of another budding firm. Lightship Works held a party last week to celebrate its arrival, the merging of startups fostered through Kamloops Innovation Centre on the North Shore. Lightship’s CEO, Jaethan Reichel, was a key member of ITel Networks, the fast-growing communication services provider that recently purchased the former Weyerhaeuser building in Mission Flats. Lightship now has 20 employees based in Kamloops and Washington, D.C. It recently received venture-capital funding out of the United States to expand its unique product, which focuses on using technology in emergency management. What is it? “Lightship lets
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you see everything to make better decisions and act faster,” is Reichel’s swift summation. Chief operating officer Dan Erikson demonstrated the technology at a celebratory event held at Red Collar Brewing downtown. The software displays a satellite map with pop-up icons showing the geographic location
of people and equipment. Clicks bring up photos of a disaster, for example, so planners can marshall and track resources at their disposal. Planners can also communicate with those pictured in its map with a click. Clients include a recent contract with the federal government through the Build in Canada Innovation
Fund, Emergency Management B.C., a zoo in Tampa and several mines. Reichel said Lightship has both “innumerable competitors and none.” There are hundreds of geo-locating apps and communication and emergency program-based software, but he said none pull it together like Lightship’s product. The recent celebration was as much about reminding those in the tech community about where they’ve come from rather than where they’re going. Reichel is the cofounder of Kamloops Innovation Centre,
the hub that brings together tech-minded entrepreneurs who want to start something. The biggest fish to come out of the innovation centre is iTel Networks, now at 75 staff and growing. Reichel remains on its board and credits experience there with his success with Lightship. Lightship has major ambitions, but is focused on the here and now. “We’re just trying to manage the growth right now,” Reichel said, before adding, “the idea of Lightship with hundreds of employees is not out of the question.”
With less than a month left to complete and file your 2016 income tax return, you may still be trying to make sense of the changes for the 2016 tax year. To get you started with your 2016 tax return, the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) has answered commonly asked tax-related questions: 1. How much tax do I have to pay? The amount of tax you have to pay is based on your annual income. For the 2016 tax year, the federal income tax brackets have changed. Be sure to check them out before filing your income tax return. To reduce your taxes, check to see if you are eligible for any tax credits or tax-deduction measures. 2. I’m self-employed. Is my deadline for filing my income tax return different? If you are self-employed, the filing deadline for your personal tax return is extended to June 15 for you and your spouse or common-law partner. For corporations, your corporation income tax return must be filed no later than six months after the end of each tax year (or end of your corporation’s fiscal year). Personal returns have a return deadline of May 1 if there is money owing. 3. I was unable to use all of my tax credits last year. Can I apply them in my tax return this year? If you were unable to use certain deductions or tax credits from a previous tax year, you may be able to use them for the 2016 tax year. Some common “carry-forward” items include: • Charitable donations: unused charitable donations may be carried forward five years; • Tuition, education and textbook credits: unused tuition, education and textbook credits may be carried forward indefinitely; • Interest on student loans: unused student loan interest expenses may be carried forward five years • Home office expenses: excess undeducted home office expenses of an employee or a selfemployed individual may be carried forward indefinitely and applied against income from the same office or employment or from the same business. 4. Can I transfer income tax credits to my spouse? You can transfer some income tax credits to your spouse or common-law partner. Transferable credits include the age credit, disability credit, pension income credit, your own education and tuition fee credits and the textbook tax credit. If you are able to reduce your taxes payable to zero without using all of your available credits, you may transfer some of these unused credits to be applied on your spouse’s tax return. Learn more about filing your income tax return with CPABC’s RRSP and tax tips online at rrspandtaxtips.com.
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When did you last check under the hood of your investments? We’ve used the analogy that investing can be like a road trip. It can be fun, exciting, and sometimes you take a back seat to let someone else drive. Others dislike road trips and try hard to avoid them. It would seem that there are a few similarities between driving and investing! Before you set out on a long drive, a prudent traveler would want to make sure that their vehicle can get them from point A to B. You would fill up with gas, check car fluids and tires, and make sure you aren’t overdue for any servicing or maintenance. All of
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ings or RSP contributions. However, we find that many investors are not regularly checking under the hood of their investments. What is working? Is something not working the way it should be? What can be done to fix it? Sure, you might still make it to your destination, but rattling and sputtering along is unnerving
and leaves yourself open to potential hazards or a serious breakdown. What can you do? Schedule regular “maintenance” visits with your advisor. We feel a good advisor is like a good mechanic - reminding you that you are due to come in. Advisors should understand your “destination” and help build a roadmap to get there. Annual reviews should be check-ins to see how things are coming along. Detours happen in life, but are you still on track? This should not purely be a focus on investments, but what is going on in your life,
what has changed, and are any course corrections needed? After this conversation, we should look at the engine, or investments. A few questions you could ask: 1. Are you on track? 2. How are your investments doing? What lagged in your portfolio and why? 3. How did your investments perform compared to others? In our opinion, quality matters. Morningstar is an independent analytics firm that provides independent data and research reports on an investment’s performance against its peers by using
several innovative resources. We use Morningstar to help us build our client’s portfolio. 4. Are changes required now or does it make sense to wait? What is the risk of doing nothing? 5. What do any changes cost? 6. When do we meet next? You need to feel confident and comfortable with who is helping you get to your destination. If you do not feel you are getting serviced accordingly, perhaps it is time for a change, or at least obtain a second opinion. Until next time… Invest Well. Live Well.
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STOCKHOLM — The syringe slides in between the thumb and index finger. Then, with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee’s hand. Another “cyborg’’ is created. What could pass for a dystopian vision of the workplace is almost routine at the Swedish startup hub Epicenter. The company offers to implant its workers and startup members with microchips the size of grains of rice that function as swipe cards: to open doors, operate printers or buy smoothies with a wave of the hand. The injections have become so popular workers at Epicenter hold parties for those willing to get implanted. “The biggest benefit I think is convenience,’’
The next step for “electronics is to move into the body.”
— JOWAN OSTERLUND, body hacker from Biohax Sweden
raises security and privacy issues. While biologically safe, the data generated by the chips can show how often an employee comes to work or what they buy. Unlike company swipe cards or smartphones, which can generate the same data, a person cannot easily separate themselves from the chip. “Of course, putting things into your body is quite a big step to do and it was even for me at first,’’ said Mesterton, remembering how he initially had doubts. “But then on the other hand, I mean, people have been implanting things
said Patrick Mesterton, co-founder and CEO of Epicenter. As a demonstration, he unlocks a door by merely waving near it. “It basically replaces a lot of things you have, other communication devices, whether it be credit cards or keys.’’ The technology in itself is not new. Such chips are used as virtual collar plates for pets. Companies use them to track deliveries. It’s just never been used to tag employees on a broad scale before. Epicenter and a handful of other companies are the first to make chip implants broadly available. And as with most new technologies, it
into their body, like pacemakers and stuff to control your heart,’’ he said. “That’s a way, way more serious thing than having a small chip that can actually communicate with devices.’’ Epicenter, which is home to more than 100 companies and some 2,000 workers, began implanting workers in January 2015. Now, about 150 workers have them. A company based in Belgium also offers its employees such implants and there are isolated cases around the world where tech enthusiasts have tried this in recent years. The small implants use Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, the same as in contactless credit cards or mobile payments. When activated by a reader a few centimetres away, a
small amount of data flows between the two devices via electromagnetic waves. The implants are “passive,’’ meaning they contain information other devices can read, but cannot read information themselves. Ben Libberton, a microbiologist at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, says hackers could conceivably gain huge swathes of information from embedded microchips. The ethical dilemmas will become bigger the more sophisticated the microchips become. “The data that you could possibly get from a chip that is embedded in your body is a lot different from the data that you can get from a smartphone,’’ he says. “Conceptually you could get data about your health, you could get data about your
whereabouts, how often you’re working, how long you’re working, if you’re taking toilet breaks and things like that.’’ Libberton said if such data is collected, the big question remains of what happens to it, who uses it, and for what purpose. So far, Epicenter’s group of cyborgs doesn’t seem concerned. “People ask me; ‘Are you chipped?’ and I say; ‘Yes, why not,’’’ said Fredric Kaijser, 47, the chief experience officer at Epicenter. “And they all get excited about privacy issues and what that means and so forth. And for me it’s just a matter of I like to try new things and just see it as more of an enabler and what that would bring into the future.’’ The implants have become so popular Epicenter workers
stage monthly events where attendees have the option of being “chipped’’ for free. That means visits from self-described “body hacker’’ Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden who performs the “operation.’’ He injects the implants — using preloaded syringes — into the fleshy area of the hand, just next to the thumb. The process lasts a few seconds and more often than not there are no screams and barely a drop of blood. “The next step for electronics is to move into the body,’’ he says. Sandra Haglof, 25, who works for Eventomatic, an events company that works with Epicenter, has had three piercings before, and her left hand barely shakes as Osterlund injects the small chip. “I want to be part of the future,’’ she laughs.
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The beautiful, forgiving man who is my life partner has said I become annoying when I don’t run. I have not wanted to ask him to elaborate on that, although I do believe him. It sometimes feels like blood is flowing through my body at a crawling pace if I go three days without physical activity. On the flip side, my RunClub friends are perhaps a bit annoyed that I never seem to stop chattering while we run. There is little room for me to experience mindfulness when there are so many people to talk to. I think my RunClub buddies are forgiving of me — even if they wish I had a mute button! Being among running friends creates a vibe that is energizing and brings out the best, or perhaps the most annoying, in us. On Sunday, I ran in a gym in Vancouver. It was simply too rainy to be outside with my daughter, with whom I had travelled. It was a fabulous experience at the gym. She went to kids’ care and I learned a lot as I watched personal trainers leading amazing exercises for their clients. Tuesday evening was Domino’s Pizza party post-RunClub meet-up at Volkswagen of Kamloops. We did speed training and it was rocket-fast and exhilarating. I did another run and cross-training on my own. By the way, I asked and, apparently, I am irritating when I haven’t gotten out for a run!
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ADAM DONNELLY CFJC-TV photojournalist 5K Sweet I’ve never been to an AA meeting, but I’ve seen lots of them represented in popular culture. It always seems like when someone relapses, their sponsor makes sure they get to a meeting, ASAP. While I haven’t spent the past week holed up on my couch, refusing any kind of movement, I haven’t run since March 26. Like I said, I haven’t been completely sedentary. I walked five kilometres along the seawall in Vancouver. I played some pickup basketball with a friend in Surrey. I stopped at the batting cages in Abbotsford and worked up quite a sweat — twice. But I haven’t been running. Along with all my non-running activity came some less healthy reps, which involved bending at the right elbow. I did multiple sets in several different locations. I can still feel the booze leeching out of my pores. This is why I’m looking forward to the next RunClub meeting. Like Jo says, Sunday is our anchor day. It sets us up for the week to come, it gets us active and moving and shows us where we’re at with our training. Pre-RunClub Adam might not have jumped back on the wagon so quickly after falling off. I just hope I haven’t undone all the work I’ve put in at RunClub to this point.
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I like to ask people what they get out of running. The most common answers relate to physical health, but what I’ve found interesting is almost every person shares mental-health benefits. “Therapeutic” or “My Happy Place” — I’ve heard all different ways and I totally get it. It’s amazing how an hour or two outside can make you feel afterward. I had a long day last week. I was in a lousy mood, stayed up a little too late, drank a little too much coffee and was not feeling a group run. We started running. Breathing fresh air and being with an infectiously positive group of people had me feeling better. By the time we made it past the hill, I started to find my stride. I focused on my feet hitting the pavement and the feel of the cool spring air. I was quiet on this run, but I really just needed to decompress and let out some steam. By the time we hit the turnaround point, I was having fun. When we made it back to Runners Sole, soaked from the rain, I was disappointed it was over. How I felt after RunClub was completely opposite to how I felt when I arrived. This past week, training was different for me. I didn’t participate in two of my three planned runs, but I made up for it with two long hikes through some great Kamloops hills.
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1) Walk easy for 15 minutes, then power walk for 30. Total 45 minutes.
1) Walk 3.5 minutes, run 2.5 minutes. Repeat 8 times. Total 48 minutes.
1) Walk 2 minutes, run 6.5 minutes. Repeat 6 times. Total 51 minutes.
1) Walk 2 minutes, run 8 minutes. Repeat 7 times. Total 70 minutes.
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2) Walk easy for 20 minutes, then power walk for 25. Total 45 minutes.
2) Walk 3.5 minutes, run for 2.5 minutes. Repeat 6 times. Total 36 minutes.
2) Walk 2 minutes, run 6.5 minutes. Repeat five times. Total 42.5 minutes.
2) Walk 2 minutes, run 8 minutes. Repeat 5 times. Total 50 minutes (with hills).
3) Walk easy for 20 minutes, then power walk for 20. Total 40 minutes.
3) Walk 3.5 minutes, run 2.5 minutes. Repeat 7 times. Total 42 minutes.
3) Walk 2 minutes, run 6.5 minutes. Repeat six times. Total 51 minutes.
3) Walk 2 minutes, run 8 minutes. Repeat 6 times. Total 60 minutes.
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We all need to get outside more. Many people are vitamin D-deficient, affecting important things like bone health and immune systems.
The best complement to your run is yoga. Yoga packs serious perks for runners, including flexibility, easing aches and pains and recovery.
You’re doing fantastic. The long run is your anchor. By increasing your long, steady distance safely, you are increasing your endurance, fitness and distance.
Remember to hydrate before, during and after your runs. Hydrating is energy-giving and reduces inflammation, injury and fatigue.
Half-marathon training is lifechanging. Start visualizing and plan out pacing for Boogie. By putting a plan in your mind, the Boogie half-marathon is already a picture of success.
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he bond between running buddies can last a lifetime. I know I tend to write a lot about the internal health that comes from running. I can’t help it. This is where true health happens — in the heart. That’s what we do with our close running friends. We bond at the heart. When we run together, we talk, laugh and listen. Thousands of kilometres and thousands of conversations happen and all add up to a happier heart and a better life. I don’t know if there’s a topic under the sun we haven’t taken up or a crisis from which we haven’t healed. We have gone Questions? Go online to runclub.ca through so many or send an email to milestones, joys, joberry@telus.net. losses and new beginnings. We talk about growing up, getting older, travel, politics, hair, kids, jobs, grumpy people, love and everything in between. Sometimes we share the conversation equally; other times, one of us has to share more due to events that have occurred between run dates. We look forward to this fitness of the heart every week and running becomes a lifestyle we can’t live without. As long as we have the road, the conversations and each other to look forward to, life is going to be all right. The CFJC-TV Boogie is fitness of the heart. We all need community as much as we need air, food and rest. As humans, we all want two things: to be loved and to be included. We all need support and to surround ourselves in community. On Sunday, April 30, as we stand together in our red Boogie shirts, this is what we are celebrating — fitness of the heart.
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Brodi Stuart, 17, scored his first WHL goal at 17:46 of the third period against the Kelowna Rockets at Sandman Centre on Sunday, a game-tying playoff marker that brought Kamloops Blazers’ fans out of their seats. Short-lived was the exuberance. The Rockets ended the Blazers’ comeback bid — and their season — with the game-winning goal 17 seconds later.
runs their team, they’re going to get those calls. That’s just the way it is.” Rudolfs Balcers, the Blazers’ 19-yearold Latvian import, used fewer words to assess the decision: “I think that was a dumb call,” he said. Undeterred, the home team continued
to press and was rewarded when Blazers’ captain Collin Shirley roofed a backhander over Kelowna netminder Michael Herringer at 16:49. Less than one minute later, 17-yearold forward Brodi Stuart, a midget callup from Langley, sent Sandman Centre into a
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eid Gardiner deflated Blazer Nation on Sunday night. The Kamloops Blazers were in the process of staging a minor sports miracle, having drawn level with the Kelowna Rockets at 2-2 after a pair of late third-period goals, when the 21-year-old forward from Humboldt, Sask., sucked the air out of Sandman Centre. He accepted a pinpoint pass from Nick Merkley on a 3-on-2 and went upstairs to beat Blazers’ goaltender Connor Ingram at 18:03 of the third period. Gardiner added an empty-net marker to secure his hat trick and a 4-2 win for Kelowna, a victory that landed the Rockets in Round 2 of the playoffs, in which they will play either Prince George or Portland. “It’s kind of a crappy ending,” said Blazers’ 18-year-old forward Garrett Pilon, who signed with the Washington Capitals last week. “We were pretty excited after we got that goal. To have their goal happen right after killed us. “For most of the game, they outplayed us. They deserved that one. They outcompeted us. It’s tough to swallow.” The game was not without controversy. Kamloops was down 2-0 to Kelowna, which had goals from Dillon Dube in the first period and Gardiner in the second, when Deven Sideroff looked to have cut the lead in half at 10:18 of the third period. Referees went upstairs to ask for a video review, aiming to ensure Sideroff did not touch the puck with a high stick. The review dragged on and eventually involved WHL commissioner Ron Robison, who was seen in the videoreplay booth in conversation with off-ice officials. No goal was the call. Kamloops netminder Connor Ingram did not mince words with his opinion on the decision. “When it’s a goal on the ice, you usually have to have pretty conclusive evidence to turn it over,” said Ingram, who stopped 31 shots in a losing effort. “When you play Kelowna, you’re not going to get that call. The commissioner is in the building. He’s up in that room. You know as soon as he goes up there, you’re not going to get it. It’s disappointing, but that’s what happens when you play those guys and, with who
frenzy with the tying goal, banging home a rebound at 17:46. “Peels [Pilon] shot it, I saw the rebound and just kind of hit it with my backhand,” Stuart recalled of the goal. “It went in and I skated as fast as I could and everyone came toward me.” Tasting blood, the Blazers won the ensuing draw and raced into the offensive zone, but the Rockets wrangled the puck and raced the other way on the odd-man rush that would end the Blazers’ season. The game took on a surreal feel when puck-drop was delayed by an hour as onice officials were stuck on the Coquihalla, which had been shut down due to a fatal accident. Kamloops was outplayed for 50 minutes, failed to generate scoring chances and was beaten by a team that proved deeper and better, a Kelowna squad that found its stride in the second half of the season after a series of trades and might be primed for yet another deep run. There are many adjectives to describe the Blazers’ power play in the playoffs. Here are a few of them: Dreadful, appalling, horrendous and shocking. Look up synonyms for those words for more descriptors of the power play that was 1-for-32 in the post-season. Losing in six games in Round 1 meant the Blazers fell short of their pre-season goal, which was to reach at least the second round of the post-season. There are plenty of highlights to look back on fondly when it comes to the 20162017 Blazers’ campaign, along with bright spots to look ahead to for next season, but the overall feeling of wasted potential cast a shadow on Mark Recchi Way yesterday morning. “It’s still disappointing,” Ingram said. “It’s starting to sink in a little bit here. As soon as you pack up your stall, it hits you a little bit. “We did a great job this year in a competitive division. I think, if we were in any other division, we’re still playing hockey, but we lost out to Kelowna. “It’s a good team and they’re going to make a good run. At the end of the day, you want to get past the first round. It’s disappointing.”
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Raiders fall
Home matches did not end well for the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders on Saturday at Exhibition Park. Visiting teams from the Lower Mainland scored victories over the Raiders in B.C. Rugby Union (BCRU) play at the downtown pitch. In women’s first division action, the Vancouver Thunderbirds, a fit squad featuring UBC players, cruised to a 69-10 win over Kamloops, taking advantage of poor tackling and unorganized defence to claim victory on the road. Carla Twan had the Raiders’ lone try, with Jess Oldenburger adding the conversion and one penalty kick. In men’s second
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BRIEFS division play, the home team coughed up a lead and fell 31-25 to the visiting Bayside Sharks of South Surrey. The Raiders were up 25-12 in the second half, but the Sharks fought back and scored a try with about 10 minutes remaining in the second half to take the lead. Kamloops pushed in the game’s final seconds, but could not find the winning points and Bayside held on to triumph. Max Heppner (2), Dylan Neath and Nick Smith had tries for the
Alisha O’Neill of the Kamloops Rugby Club Raiders fights for ground against the Vancouver Thunderbirds at Exhibition Park on Saturday. Vancouver won 69-10. For more photos, see the slideshow online at kamloopsthisweek.com. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW
Raiders, with prop Greg Thomson adding one conversion and
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one penalty kick. The Raiders’ women, 5-7 on the season, will be looking to get back into the win column against Nanaimo on Vancouver Island this weekend. Kamloops’ men dropped to 2-3 in the spring half of the BCRU campaign and will be aiming to rebound on Saturday against the Kelowna Crows. Match time at
Exhibition is 1 p.m.
KIJHL champs
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title has returned to Fruitvale. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks completed their series sweep of the Chase Heat last week, winning Game 3 by a score of 5-2 at Art Holding Memorial Arena on Thursday.
Beaver Valley made quick work of Chase in its best-of-five series in 2017, winning Game 1 by a score of 6-3 and Game 2 by a 5-4 margin. Having won the KIJHL title, the Nitehawks, who are based in Fruitvale, will travel to nearby Creston for the 2017 Cyclone Taylor Cup, B.C.’s provincial junior B championship. The four-team tour-
nament will also include the Pacific Junior Hockey League champion Aldergrove Kodiaks, the host Creston Valley Thunder Cats and the Campbell River Storm, who knocked off the Victoria Cougars in seven games to win the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League title. The Storm needed four overtime periods to edge Victoria 4-3 in Game 7 on Sunday.
Clean and healthy schools are vital to a child’s education. But 16 years of underfunding by the provincial government have made it impossible for custodians to do their jobs properly.
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Chronic underfunding has forced some districts to cut daytime custodian positions, leaving no janitors to clean up accidents, vomit or other messes. Increased and unrealistic workloads cause injuries. Staff have been cut in most districts.
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The KYSA is also pleased to acknowledge its other business partners: McDonald’s Restaurants ~ Youth (U11/U18) Jersey Chest + Mike Bartram Memorial Tournament; BMO Bank of Montreal ~ Select Program • 7-Eleven Canada ~ KYSA Slurpee Cup Fresh Is Best ~ Errol Wild Memorial Active Start Mini-Soccer Festival Hansport ~ Coach & Player Development Programs, including the KYSA’s Annual Soccer Schools, also sponsored by Kamloops This Week, Menchies, NL Broadcasting, Umbro Canada & the Printing Place, North Kamloops.
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Bettman says NHL out of Olympics JONAS SIEGEL
THE CANADIAN PRESS
For the first time since 1994, NHL players will not attend the Winter Olympics. The league released a statement yesterday saying it “considers the matter officially closed’’ and that it won’t participate in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Negotiations between the league, the NHL Players’ Association and the International Olympic Committee have stalled in recent months. In the statement, the NHL said it was open to hearing from the parties involved but that “no meaningful dialogue has materialized.’’ “Instead, the IOC has now expressed the position that the NHL’s participation in
Beijing in 2022 is conditioned on our participation in South Korea in 2018,’’ the league said. “And the NHLPA has now publicly confirmed that it has no interest or intention of engaging in any discussion that might make Olympic participation more attractive to the clubs.’’ The league said it will now proceed with finalizing the schedule for next season. The NHL Players’ Association didn’t immediately respond to the league’s announcement. The NHL had been at every Winter Olympics since 1998 and players have expressed their desire to continue participating. It was just over a year ago at the Stanley Cup final in Pittsburgh that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman began pouring cold water on the idea of
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NHLers participating in 2018. Players expressed hope that wouldn’t be the case. Connor McDavid said “100 per cent’’ that NHL players should go. The Edmonton Oilers’ captain, who wasn’t even born the last time NHL players didn’t attend in 1994, said he couldn’t envision the Olympics without the
world’s top players. “I just feel like we’re misrepresenting our sport on a pretty huge scale and a pretty huge level,’’ Jonathan Toews, a long-time ace for Team Canada, added. “A lot of the talk has been it’s the players pushing for it, and it’s the players that are interested and want to go. I think the players do want to go, but I think it should be of
interest to the players and the league. I think the NHL should be in the Olympics.’’ The NHL, NHLPA, IOC and International Ice Hockey Federation all gathered for a hopeful meeting in early February, but by early March, Bettman said there was again nothing new to report. The owners were still unconvinced by the merits of players getting their wish
to go to the Games. Shortly thereafter, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr hinted that players might be able to attend the Games whether the NHL gave the OK or not. He said the PA thought it was “very probably an individual club decision’’, an avenue that might conceivably allow those like Alex Ovechkin to come to agreements on attend-
ing with their respective teams. “The NHL knows what our position is,’’ Fehr said late last month. “They know we think it’s important. They know that we believe very strongly that players ought to have an opportunity to play. They know we think it’s in the longrun good for the game. And it’s something that we ought to try and do.’’
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WEEKLY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. “Be back later” 4. Hoover’s office 7. Brew 8. Philo and Reglis are two (“Star Wars”) 10. Actress Remini 12. Moghul emperor 13. Alaskan glacier 14. Constrictor 16. Prohibit 17. Ancient Brittonic tribe 19. Chinese pastry 20. Razorbill is of this genus 21. Beloved holiday decoration 25. Dutch football club 26. Aggressive dog 27. Small piece of glass 29. “South Park” creator __ Parker 30. Leisure activity 31. Someone’s story 32. Record-setting swimmer 39. Hillside 41. Unit of measurement 42. Famous for its potatoes 43. Insect secretion 44. Gate in Marrakesh 45. Cain and __ 46. A set of moral principles 48. Repair 49. Two-terminal semicondcutor device 50. Strongly alkaline solution 51. Former CIA 52. Satellite laser ranging
DOWN 1. Sea 2. Cleans things 3. More skinny 4. Supervises flying 5. Talk rapidly and excitedly 6. Intestinal 8. Don’t know when yet 9. Soluble ribonucleic acid 11. Chinese and Vietnamese ethnic group 14. Wild cattle genus 15. Rock formation 18. Makes up
19. Resembles a pouch 20. Having an aerial quality 22. Windpipe 23. Million barrels per day (abbr.) 24. Bitterly regret 27. Soft creamy white cheese 28. Renamed when EU was incorporated 29. ‘__ death do us part 31. Sound unit 32. Men proud of their masculinity 33. Clergy member’s vestment
34. Hello 35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls 36. Marks 37. Derived from benzene 38. Low-melting alloy 39. Lost blood 40. Quantitative relation 44. Academic degree 47. Many subconsciousses
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HOROSCOPES
APRIL 4 - APRIL 10, 2017
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Aries, take your time on a particular project that requires more than just a cursory glance. Enlist the help of a partner or coworker if you need assistance.
Taurus, be sure to follow through on any promises you made to others and yourself. Set aside some extra time to address each of these commitments.
Libra, you may be called upon to take a leadership role or start making more of the tough decisions in a relationship.You have to contribute as much as possible.
Scorpio, even if you cannot see the finish line just yet, realize it is just over the horizon.Your hard work will be well worth the effort.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 2
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Gemini, romantic gestures may need to be put on hold until you can devote enough time to treating that special someone in the right fashion. This will give you more time for planning.
Cancer, pretty soon your schedule could be upended and you will have to find new coping mechanisms. It might be a struggle in the beginning, but soon you will bounce back.
Take a few moments to unwind when you can, Leo. It has been a busy time for you and you need to seek respite whenever you can -- even if it’s only for a few minutes.
Think ahead to later in the week,Virgo. Do you have important plans? Try not to burn the candle at both ends now so you can have more energy down the road.
Sagittarius, when someone calls upon you for assistance, jump as quickly as you can. Others know they can count on you to be supportive and quick to support.
A situation at home that has been on your mind finally resolves itself, Capricorn.You can breathe a little easier knowing there is one less challenge you have to face.
Aquarius, with others continually counting on you for answers, you may be hesitant to ask some questions of your own. But speak up, especially if you feel overwhelmed in any way.
MATH MIND
BENDER
HOTDOGS
It is time to start your training for summer hotdog eating. Off you go to the local convenience store to work your way through the many combinations of toppings. The store has the following toppings: mustard, relish, ketchup, chili, cheese, onion, garlic, and peppers. If you can only have up to two of mustard, relish and ketchup and, at most, one of onion, garlic and peppers, how many different hotdog topping combos can you create? ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S WHODUNNIT? PUZZLE:
Four suspects were questioned by police about a recent crime. Either Al or Bo did it, and that is all we can tell.
Creativity takes center stage for you this week, Pisces.You may put a clever spin on decorating or finally dabble in a new hobby.
Full solutions online at
genew.ca
This puzzle is by Gene Wirchenko. His blog, genew.ca, has other puzzles & articles.
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Coming Events 50th Grad Reunion Gladstone Secondary School Class of 1967 Date: June 24, 2017 in Burnaby B.C. For further information contact Doreen: doreensutherland67@ gmail.com or 604-437-1253
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CERTIFIED ICBC AIR BRAKE COURSE April 8-9 • April 22-23
The Class 1 Truck Driver Training program includes: • Airbrakes • Class 1 Driver Training – 2 week to 5 week courses • Road Test at ICBC
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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NEW CAREER
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The Kamloops Veterinary Clinic is currently accepting resumes for
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We have an employment opportunity for an entry level position as a
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Funding available for those who qualify!
SWM 63 looking for lady age 40+ must like fishing, long drives and friendship must be non smoking/drinking call (250) 315-8573
LAWYERS
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Submit your resume in confidence by email to Attn: Office Manager ( mcundari@cundarilaw.com ) or fax to 250-372-5554
positions at our hospital. We are a busy, 6 doctor practice that is looking for organized, energetic people who work well as part of a team. The ideal candidates will be proficient in anesthetic induction/maintenance, radiology and dentistry, and be a graduate of an RAHT program and registered with the AHT Association of BC. Our technicians work throughout the clinic and may be required to answer phones, schedule appointments, admit/discharge, and work reception shifts if needed. Communication skills are an asset. This position will involve some weekend shifts. We offer a very generous benefits package as well as a signing bonus to the successful full time candidate. Wage is negotiable dependent on experience and expectation.
Please email your resume, cover letter and references to info@kamloopsveterinaryclinic.com (Attention Janie)
Step out of the norm and be part of something NEW and EXCITING! Come work in our hip Chicago-style barbershop! Tommy Guns is the hottest new place for men, and we want passionate stylists/barbers who love to cut and style men’s hair! Be part of an amazing company culture while growing your career as a Barber/Stylist!
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MJB LAWYERS IS HIRING! MJB Lawyers is a busy, progressive law firm with a great work environment. For more information about the firm, visit mjblaw.com. We are looking for the following staff to join our team: • Commercial Assistant or an experienced Conveyancer willing to be trained in commercial transactions; • Litigation Assistant; and • Family Law Assistant. Apply in confidence to 700 - 275 Lansdowne Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 6H6, by fax to 250-374-6992, or email sheila@mjblaw.com.
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Contractor: Janitorial Services Closing Date: April 14/17 Contract Conditions:
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Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band (LSLIB) is requesting proposals for a contractor to provide the services described in the attached job description (See Appendix). This is one-year contract, with the potential for renewal. The Janitorial Services Contractor will be expected to provide services at the LSLIB band ofďŹ ce and other community buildings 5 days per week outside of regular ofďŹ ce hours during the contract period. There are no employee beneďŹ ts for this contract. All contractor expenses are the responsibility of the contractor.
Details of Proposal:
Proposals should be submitted to Kevin Potter, Manager, LSLIB Maintenance Department. Proposals should contain the following details: Contractor’s resume; ConďŹ rmation of availability outside regular ofďŹ ce hours for the duration of the contract period; Expected rate of pay; A brief description of the contractor’s previous experience and interest in providing janitorial services; A brief description of the contractor’s previous experience in Secwepemc or other First Nations community work, including any community volunteer work performed.
Livestock
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SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR
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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. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
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Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. April 29th & 30th, Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. April 9th, Sunday. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:
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INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training! Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO? Get certiďŹ cation proof. Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to: iheschool.com
Help Wanted I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679
Businesses&SERVICES Financial Services
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is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries. Vehicle is required. For more information please call the Circulation Department at
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HUNTER & FIREARMS
Instructions:
Interested persons should submit their proposals in a sealed envelope to Mr. Kevin Potter, Manager, LSLIB Maintenance Department, at the LSLIB band ofďŹ ce no later than 4:00 PM on Friday, April 14/17.
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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. SnowCat Mechanic needed for Cat Skiing operation near Revelstoke, year round full time employment, flexible schedule, very good pay. Please send resume to info@mustangpowder.com
Sales ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.
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ABERDEEN Rte 523 – 2300-2399 Abbeyglen Way, 750-794 Dunrobin Dr. – 82 p. Rte 562 – Englemann Crt, 18021890 Lodgepole Dr. – 62 p. Rte 583 – Butte Pl, Chinook Pl, Mt. Dufferin Dr. – 43 p. Rte 584 – 1752-1855 Hillside Dr. – 34 p.
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SUNRIVERS Rte 870 – Mariposa Crt, Sagewood Crt, Dr, Lane, St, 100 Sun Rivers Dr. – 49 papers Rte 874 – Canyon Ridge (area), 1400-1448 Sunrivers Dr. – 28 papers Rte 875 – Golf Ridge (area), 20002028 Sunrivers Dr. – 26 papers
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Rte 877 – The Pointe Pl – 15 papers
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Obituaries & In Memoriam A Celebration of Life
Roy Dolsen
A life so beautifully lived deserves to be beautifully remembered. Please join us as we Celebrate the Life of Roy Dolsen on Saturday, April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Adams Lake Indian Band Gymnasium, 6349 Chief Jules Drive, Chase BC
Cameron Martin Reid
Sebastian James Gardner
1965 - 2017
July 15, 1988 – March 26, 2017
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Cameron on March 25, 2017. He was the beloved father of his dear son Dashiell. He was the adored son of Jeanne and Donald (deceased) Reid. He is mourned by his brothers Scott and Derek (Tracey) who loved and admired him.Cameron will be missed by his Vancouver family: his Mother-in-Law Sharon Nash (Keith) and the Yamauchi familyWillow, Ron, Sophie and Flynn. Cameron lost his wife Rachel in 2011 and has been raising Dash with much love and caring. Dash will now be welcomed into the Yamauchi family in Vancouver. They have always been there for both Cam and Dash. Cameron graduated from Waterloo University with a PHD and was a professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C. Latterly, he has been teaching online so he could spend more time with Dash. His Mother-in Law Sharon Nash of Powell River, B.C. has helped him immensely. A philosopher at heart, he was wise and caring. Always compassionate and listening. He delighted in playing his classical guitar and loved music of all kinds. There will be a Celebration of Life on Sunday, April 9th from 1:30 to 4:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Vancouver, 949, 49 AVE W, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1. Toronto and area family and friends will have a get together at a later date.
Our beloved Sebastian passed away peacefully on a quiet Sunday morning with his wife Cassie Gardner, and his parents John and Penny Gardner, loving him deeply through his last breaths. His courage in letting go was equally as remarkable as his courage to live fully in spite of a long and challenging experience with cancer. Many of Sebastian’s greatest joys and proudest accomplishments occurred during this time, including: graduating with a degree, a successful varsity soccer career at Thompson River’s University, getting married, working as a social worker at the Ministry of Children and Family Development, coaching youth and varsity soccer, and becoming a father to his precious, unborn child. Sebastian chose to love fiercely, take leaps of faith, open his heart, and soften his criticisms of others; to cry, to laugh, to forgive, and to live well in the face of fear. It is for these reasons, and many more, that he will be sorely missed by his wife, parents, siblings Jacob and Harriet Gardner, the Drummond family, countless friends, and a large and loving extended family in England. In lieu of flowers, please consider doing a random act of kindness, donating to the Kamloops Hospice Association, or to an educational trust fund for baby Gardner at babygardnerintrust@gmail.com Sebastian’s Memorial Service will be held in the Grand Hall at Thompson River’s University, 900 McGill Road in Kamloops, BC, at 2:00pm on Saturday, April 8, 2017.
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First Memorial Funeral Service Amarjit Kaur Kang It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother and g r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r, Amarjit Kaur Kang on March 30, 2017 at the age of 89 in Surrey, BC. Amarjit is survived by her three children: Baldev (Raghbir) of Surrey, BC, Jagjit (Daljit) of Kurukshetra, India and Inderjeet (Jasvir) of Iver, England, seven grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. She is predeceased by her late husband Harbans Singh Kang, oldest son Avtar and his wife Surinder. Amarjit immigrated to Kamloops, BC in 1988 from India. She lived there until 2013 and resided in Surrey, BC until her passing. She lived a very full life and will always be remembered for her giving and gentle nature. She will be deeply missed. Funeral Services will be held at Riverside Funeral Home and Crematorium on April 5th at 10:00am (7410 Hopcott Rd, Delta, BC), followed by a Prayer Service at Singh Saba Sikh Temple.
Audrey Margaret Horner
(nee Hodgins) December 20, 1929 November 26, 2016 Her life was well lived as a beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. We would like to invite you to join us and celebrate the beautiful life of our beloved Mother. On Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 2:00PM in the Schoening Chapel, 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC. Condolences may be made to www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
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Lee A. Charlton
November 9, 1953 – March 22, 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lee A. Charlton, with his wife by his side, on March 22, 2017. Lee was born in Burnaby on November 9, 1953 to Glen and Kathleen Charlton. Lee worked for the City of Kamloops for 26 years. He was an incredible husband, father and grandfather. He selflessly gave himself to family and friends and will be missed dearly. Lee is survived by his wife Susan, children Jamie, Nick, Robynn and Cody, siblings Ken and Merinda, as well as many grandchildren. Prayers will be recited on Friday, April 07, 2017 at 6:00 pm in the Sacred Heart Cathedral. The Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, April 08, 2017, at 11:00 am. Archbishop Richard Gagnon and Father Andrew L’Heureux, Concelebrants. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lee & Susan’s second home and vital support system during the last nine months, The Jean C. Barber Lodge in Vancouver. Condolences may be emailed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com
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OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE By Joanetta Hendel, Indianapolis, Indiana
Others who have gone before Hold up my trembling hand. They comfort me in the blind despair I cannot understand. They suffer with me when I hurt, Weep with me in my pain, Remind me that we are not lost ... Though I must now remain. Those who’ve gone before me, Hear me when I cry. Sing softly with me soothing chords Of unsung lullabies. Mourn anniversaries never marked, A future I cannot keep. They gently kiss the pain away, And love my heart to sleep. The ones who’ve gone before me Hold me in my dreams. They gently stroke my furrowed brow, And calm my silent screams. They love me in my heartache, Wait quietly nearby., Hold patiently, one to another Till I join them by and by.
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Obituaries & In Memoriam 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 long-time 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
Andrew Chisholm
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 slow-pitch league.
1985 - 2017
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the unexpected passing at home of Andrew Raymond Chisholm on March 25, 2017 at the age of 31 years.
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. A Celebration of Life for Vince will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 2:00pm at the Barnhartvale Hall.
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Andrew is survived by his parents Peter and Cathy, sister Jen and brother-in-law Zack (Panylyk), grandmother Mary Gaetz, uncles Michael Gaetz and Rob Chisholm (Jody), aunts Elaine Holub (Bob), Janice Stoodley (Brian) and Becky Paul and cousin Tiffany; along with numerous other cousins. Andrew was born in Kamloops on November 24, 1985 and was proud of his home town. He attended Dallas Elementary and graduated from Valleyview High School. Over the years Andrew had attended SFU and BCIT. More recently, Andrew had returned to Kamloops and had enrolled at BCIT to complete his degree in July. He was so looking forward to continuing his passions of writing and film. Andrew was creative, witty, funny, intelligent, charismatic, charming, inspirational and loyal to family and his myriad number of friends. He did not judge others but rather chose always to find something good in everyone no matter their situation or station in life. Andrew left his mark on people wherever he went and easily and unwittingly became the focal point of any gathering. He was truly a free spirit and lived his life to the fullest. Please join Andrew’s family and friends for a Celebration of his Life, Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 2:30 pm at The Central Station Pub in Kamloops. Bring your favourite stories and memories and dress as he would want you to - colourful “All You Need Is Love” ..... John Lennon Condolences may be expressed at DrakeCremation.com
Pre-planning is a matter of taking the time to think about – and record – your end-of-life desires. It’s a thoughtful gesture to those you love, and a way to let go of anxieties about the future. Once done, you can relax, knowing your plans are in the hands of reliable friends or family.
Her Journey’s Just Begun by E. Brenneman
Don’t think of her as gone away, Her journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets, This earth is only one. Just think of her as resting, From the sorrows and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort, Where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing, That we could know today, How nothing but our sadness, Can really pass away. And think of her as living, In the hearts of those she touched, For nothing loved is ever lost; And she was loved so much.
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