Kamloops This Week November 9, 2017

Page 1

139

$

2017 Visit us at www.suncountrytoyota.ca

bi-weekly lease

Toll Free

NO MONEY DOWN!

Dealer #25081

1-877-378-7800 • 1355 Cariboo Place • 250-828-7966

Total paid @ 1.49% / 60 months: $18,070. Taxes extra. While supplies last. See dealer for details. Model #ZFREVT.

KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK THURSDAY

kamloopsthisweek.com kamloopsthisweek kamthisweek

30 CENTS AT NEWSSTANDS

|

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 | Volume 30 No.134 Jennifer Gatey was struck by a vehicle and killed on Nov. 4, 2016, while waiting for a bus on an Aberdeen street. The driver left the scene. Jennifer died the day before her 17th birthday. The accused in her death, Jason Gourlay, is scheduled to stand trial in June of next year. GATEY FAMILY PHOTO

A year of sorrow TEEN JENNIFER GATEY WAS KILLED IN A HITAND-RUN INCIDENT A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH TIM PETRUK

STAFF REPORTER

tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

The family of a Kamloops teen killed in a hit-and-run crash marked two sad milestones over the weekend. Jennifer Gatey died on Nov. 4, 2016, one day before her 17th birthday. She was struck and killed while waiting for a bus on Pacific Way, less than a block from her family’s Aberdeen home. “I guess at the heart of it, we’re

doing OK, but it was a very tough weekend,” Cameron Gatey told KTW. “I hadn’t realized how much the anniversary would affect me or affect us, but it really did. It’s not just the anniversary, but it would have been her birthday, too. She would have been 18.” Gatey said the last year has been incredibly trying for him and his family. “For me, I haven’t got a lot of experience with loss. I lost my mother a few years ago,” he said. See THE LOSS, A2

RCMP PHOTO

Michael Boyer is arrested Monday afternoon outside a Fortune Drive home on the North Shore. Police were searching for Boyer for three days in connection with an altercation in Valleyview last Friday, Nov. 3, that sent a Mountie to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

VIOLENCE IS DRUG-FUELLED TIM PETRUK

STAFF REPORTER

tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

The shooting death earlier this year of the founder of a notoriously violent drug gang outside his Kamloops home has left a vacuum at the top of the local drug trade, according to police — a void that has resulted in a number of recent violent incidents. But gangs such as the Red Scorpions, Independent Soldiers

and United Nations are not established in the city, said Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller. He took questions from reporters on Tuesday following what he called “a very busy and unprecedented 10 days.” Police have dealt with multiple shootings and firearms incidents in the last number of weeks, many of which are connected directly to the drug trade, investigators believe.

“We’re very much aware of the recent increase in the number of gun-related calls in our community and the level of violence directed toward our officers,” Mueller said. “You ask me if I’m concerned? I am concerned. I am always concerned when there’s gunfire . . . But I can assure the people of Kamloops that the Kamloops detachment has a good handle on our city.” See POLICE, A7

THE NATIONALS ARE HERE TODAY’S WEATHER Cloudy High 2 C Low 0 C

Thompson Rivers University men’s soccer team begins its quest Thursday for a Canadian title — right here in Kamloops

SPORTS, PAGE A21

OF OUR BEST OFFER THE YEAR

3 1 FOR

Buy 1 complete pair of RX glasses at regular price & get a *FREE 2nd pair of Prescription Glasses and *$50 Gift Card!

VISION

E X A M I N AT I O N S

Free with Minimum Purchase. * Call for Details * (not an eye health exam)

RX Glasses

+

2nd Pair

+

Gift Card

*Some restrictions apply. See in-store for complete details.

I N T E R N AT I O N A L

eyesinternationalkamloops.ca

331 Victoria St. 250-851-8992

Offer expires Nov. 30 2017

SHARE THE SPARE PAIR! Licensed Optician

Bring a friend...can be 2 different prescriptions!


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
Kamloops This Week November 9, 2017 by KamloopsThisWeek - Issuu