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The Tranquille Road branch of Interior Savings Credit Union kicked off the Christmas season with its annual gingerbread house competition. Staff competed for the title of best decorated house and customers placed a penny in the piggy bank next to the house they liked best. Staff added proceeds from the credit union’s annual jeans day fundraiser and branch manager Mark Grimm dropped off a cheque for $500 for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

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Angie Edgson believes in yoga.

She’s been doing it for about two decades and teaches it through her own business, Angie Edgson Yoga, in Let’s Move Studio at 831 Victoria St. She is putting her belief in the benefits of yoga to work for another purpose on Saturday, Dec. 16, and opening the venue — which is being provided to her at no charge — to all.

Edgson is inviting the public to try some mountain poses, maybe Warrior 1 or 2, downward-facing dog or the one that intrigues me the most in the list I googled — corpse pose.

Edgson is doing this to help the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund, accepting donations at the door (she is suggesting $15 per person) that will be added to the account United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo is holding in trust for us.

The session will start at 2 p.m. and end with a meditation for peace just

before 3:30 p.m. branch’s jeans days event.

Edgson said she will also have a When it was done, branch manbox at the studio for those who want ager Mark Grimm brought to our to donate, but cannot take part in her office on Dalhousie Drive a cheque holiday yoga event. for $500.

She is one of many in our commuMeanwhile, there’s a growing stack nity who have stepped up to support of papers on my desk, already more the annual fundraiser, which again than an inch thick, that holds the this year is supporting five charities: record of every donation that comes New Life Community Kamloops, through our front office.

Family Tree Family Resource Centre, Marilyn Emery, who works up Sensational Soups, Y Women’s front and handles the bulk of these Emergency Shelter and Kamloops in-person donations, provides it so Sexual Assault Counselling Centre.

I can generate the list that runs with The folks at Interior Savings Credit each Cheer story in the newspaper Union on the North Shore also got and online at kamloopsthisweek. involved and had some fun doing it. com.

To mark the holiday season, they Emery has compiled the list since Canada Thegingerbread Resort Series held their annual house we took over the fund in 2014 and it’s Park Model competition, bringing their creations doneHomes as much for transparency as it into the branch on Tranquille Road. is to recognize the donors.

The credit union’s members were We partner with the United Way. asked to vote for their favourites by We use its online donation platputting a penny in the piggy bank of form — although most people make the house they liked most. the trek here to do it in person — and The winner received a prize all the money is held there in a Cheer and the money raised was added account. to funds collected during the See HELPING, A10 Proudly made in to Canadian Standards

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Charities being supported again this year include the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Family Tree Family Resource Centre, Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre, Sensational Soups and New Life Community Kamloops.

To donate, go online to kamloopsthisweek. com and look for the Christmas Cheer logo or drop into the KTW office, 1365B Dalhousie Dr. in Southgate.

Office hours are Mondays to Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

All donations collected will be held by the United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo for distribution in January.

Online receipts will be issued immediately by the United Way; cash donations will generate receipts in January.

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GIVE LESS GARBAGE

December 12, 2017 1:30 pm ‑ Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

The holiday season generates an extraordinary amount of garbage for our landfills.

This year, the City of Kamloops encourages you to give less waste.

Give gifts with less packaging, reuse gift bags where possible, and always be sure to recycle your Christmas waste.

December 13, 2017 5:00 pm ‑ Heritage Commission Tumbleweed Lounge, Plaza Hotel, 405 Victoria Street December 13, 2017 5:00 pm ‑ Social Planning Council DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street

SEEKING SNOW ANGELS

December 19, 2017 1:30 pm ‑ Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

Volunteers Wanted Are you looking to give back this winter? Volunteer to help clear snow and help seniors or residents with limited mobility continue to live independently in their own homes.

December 19, 2017 7:00 pm ‑ Public Hearing Valley First Lounge, Sandman Centre, 300 Lorne Street

To join this city‑wide effort, call 250‑372‑8313 or visit volunteerkamloops.org.

Notice to Motorists Expect delays, and please use caution and obey all traffic control devices and traffic control people in work zones. For traffic details, follow #kammute on Facebook and Twitter.

WASTE WISE KAMLOOPS APP Never miss a collection day again. We are announcing our free new app—sign up for collection day reminders via email, phone call, text, or in‑app notification.

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If you are wondering if an item can be recycled or not, simply use the Waste Wizard to find out how to properly dispose of any item.

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COLLECTION ZONE CHANGES As residential growth has occurred more extensively in certain areas of Kamloops over recent years (particularly in Zones 4 and 5), the City is adjusting the boundaries of the five designated collection zones effective January 1, 2018. The new collection zones will be outlined in the City’s 2018 Annual Calendar and are available online at kamloops.ca/ garbage.

These zone adjustments may change the time of day the collection trucks will be in your area. To ensure garbage and recycling is collected, residents are reminded that under the City’s Solid Waste and Recyclables Bylaw No.40‑59, garbage and recycling carts are to be placed at the curb by 7:00 am on designated collection days.

Shopping Downtown Street parking throughout all of the downtown area will be FREE every Saturday in the month of December.

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GRASSLANDS EXTENSION The City contracted Eagle Rock Construction to construct the new section of Grasslands Boulevard between Woodrush Drive and Cantle Drive. The Grasslands Boulevard extension is now open, completing the connection from Batchelor Drive to Westsyde Road.

The project included new traffic signals at the intersection of Grasslands Boulevard and Westsyde Road.

The City appreciates residents' patience and co‑operation throughout this project.

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LOCAL NEWS A Way Home manager Katherine McParland (speaking earlier this year at a meeting on youth homelessness) has lived on the streets.

She is now working to help get youth into homes.

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Dozens of people will spend a night out in the cold in solidarity with homeless youth as part of a pizza-fuelled fundraiser meant to help give homeless youth in the city a safe place to stay.

Youth homelessness organization A Way Home is working with Domino’s Pizza to raise money to create safe suites. A Way Home manager Katherine McParland said the suites are intended to function as a bridge from the streets into housing and stability — somewhere they can stay while looking at their options for employment or education and a return to life off the streets.

The organization wants to raise $300,000 in order to provide 24-hour staffing — something McParland said is important to help youth get off and stay off the streets.

“The streets can come into their homes and youth can be very unsafe. Our goal is to provide them a safe place where they can have warm meals and start looking at healing,” McParland said.

To help raise the money,

A Way Home has partnered with Kamloops Domino’s owner Rocky Hunter, who will donate 1,000 pizzas to the cause and camp out with the group.

Until Dec. 15, medium pepperoni, cheese and Hawaiian pizzas are available at all three Kamloops Domino’s locations for $10 each using the coupon code “YOUTH.” All proceeds will go toward the safe suites housing project.

Hunter said there will also be pizzas for sale at a drive-thru set up near the North Shore Domino’s location — at Fortune Drive and Tranquille Road — where the event will take place on Friday, Dec. 15.

The 2016 Kamloops youth homelessness count conducted

by A Way Home identified 129 young people who had experienced homelessness, including 56 who were homeless at the time of the survey.

The issue is one McParland has experienced herself, having been homeless in the past.

“When I first experienced street homelessness, it was the first snowfall of the year, so in the wintertime, I always think about the young people who are out there without shelter over their heads,” she said.

Mountie charged with assault; Jan. 11 court date A Kamloops police officer has been charged with assault in connection to an on-duty incident earlier this year.

RCMP Const. Todd Henderson is facing one count of assault causing bodily harm stemming from an alleged incident on Aug. 25.

An RCMP spokeswoman did not reply to a request from KTW for comment. In a news release, the B.C. prosecution service said Henderson was working when the alleged incident took place.

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Among those joining Hunter and McParland at the camp-out will be city councillors Donovan Cavers, Tina Lange and Kathy Sinclair.

Sinclair said the issue is one close to her heart because she has had family members affected by homelessness.

“There’s a lot of stigma attached to some of these issues, especially addiction,” she said.

“When we see a youth on the street asking for money, we all tend to make judgments, but it’s a chance to invite people to look beyond what you might see on the outside.”

Sinclair said she is camping out in the hopes it will give her more empathy for the issue of youth homelessness — and she doesn’t think she’ll be getting much sleep that night.

“It’s a luxury for me to be able to do this for just one night and then be able to go home to my safe bed,” she said.

McParland will host an opening presentation for the event at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15 at the North Shore Domino’s Pizza outlet, at 789 Fortune Dr. The camp-out will start at 10 p.m. For more information, email katherine@unitedwaytnc. ca.

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Join KTW for dinner and a classic Christmas (Cheer) movie on Dec. 21 From A3

The United Way also handles processing tax receipts. Those of you who donate online get one immediately, but most will have to wait until January for one to be mailed to them. Snail mail versus email. One takes time.

The donor list never ceases to touch us here at KTW. There are familiar names — Anna Evenrude, Sandra Blakely, Amy Regen, Colleen Stainton, Bob and Jo-Mary Hunter, Terry and Dick Taylor. There are the ones that tug at the heart just a little bit harder when they reappear each year: In memory of Sandy, In memory of Teresa and Sam Bruno, In memory of David and Rachel.

I know I’m missing many others who continue to help us help others.

Now that Santa has arrived, trees are up and decorated — except at my house, so far — and radio stations are already playing Do They Know It’s Christmas, we’re hoping to see more people visit our office and help build the Cheer fund or go online to take advantage of that easy way to donate.

And, yes, it’s so much easier than last year, when we had some Grinch glitches that took some time to reprogram.

To donate online, go to kamloopsthisweek.com and look for the Christmas Cheer logo with the penguin. Click on the flightless bird and it will take you to the online donation site. For those who want to come visit us, we’re at 1365B Dalhousie Dr. in Southgate, right across the road from the post office.

• A pasta dinner and holiday film screening will also support the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund in coming weeks.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. at the Commodore Grand Cafe and Lounge, 319 Victoria St., on Thursday, Dec. 21, where bartenders will be serving up a holiday-themed cocktail, before the buffet dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.

Wear a Christmas sweater to be entered for door prizes, including bottles of Monte Creek Ranch Winery vino, movie passes and handmade tuques.

After dinner, the group will walk down the street to the Kamloops Art Gallery, at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue, where a classic holiday movie will be screened.

Tickets are $40 and are available by calling Jessica Wallace at 778-471-7533 or 250-571-2387.

Many thanks to all of our donors From A3 • Ken and Judy Zutz, $100 • Tony and Kaz Dufficy, $100 • Anonymous, $25 • Alvin and Sonia Hickey, $100 • Bev and Barrie Wells, $50 • Beth, Craig, Todd Shishido in memory of Terry Chishido, $50 • Anonymous, $10 • Mel and Wilda, $100 • Anonymous, $10 • Anonymous, $20 • In memory of Harm and Jean Fransen, Paul and Rose Routeaus, $40 • Linda Jackson in memory of George Wilmot, $100 • Anonymous, $20 • Sharon and Fred Persello, $40 • Anonymous, $50 • Al and Bonnie Michel, $100 • Anonymous, $100 • Gary and Diane Edstrom, $50 • Joan Hughes, $100 • Kathleen Kendall, $100 • Marlene Pattern, $50 • Anonymous, $50 • Anonymous, $50 • Terry and Dick Taylor, $100 • Interior Savings Tranquille Branch, $500 • Calvin and Patricia Moulton, $100 • Anonymous, $200 • Jerry Neigel, $300 • Sandra Blakely, $100 • Anonymous $50 • Wesley, Vanessa and Christina Mah, $75 • In memory of Bob and Brett, $100 • A. Staley, $100 • Wayne and Twink Murphy, $50

• Brenda and Ken Christian, $100 • In memory of Robert (Dicey) Robinson, $1,000 • Anonymous, $100 • In memory of Mike Jules, $100 • Lynn Totten, $100 • Richard and Shirley Holmes, $100 • Doreen Tevely, in memory of my son Dean Rosenau, $100 • In memory of Sandy, $100 • Dale and Noeline Kerr, $100 • In memory of Teresa and Sam Bruno, $100 • Anonymous, $20 • Anonymous, $100 • Anonymous, $30 • Dolly Lowe, in memory of son Warren Lowe, $50 • Anna Evenrude, $50 • Ron and Susan Durant, $100 • Judy and Ross Dickson, $100 • Gary and Carol Bacon, $100 • Ken and Randine Desjardine, $25 • Marianne Forrest, in memory of my husband Bob Madden, $50 • Anonymous, $500 • Elaine Bonderud, $50 • Evelyn Meyer, $60 • Linda Inglis, $50 • Phil and Verne Churchill and family, $100 • Jane and Buzz Osterloh, $100 • Jean Tash and family, in memory of Stanley J. Tash, $50 • Anonymous, $20 • In memory of Noel Kirby from the family, $100 • Kathy Mason, $100 • Evelyn Vipond-Schmidt, in memory of Wilf Schmidt, $200 • Ted and Leigh Moore, $100

• Frank and Chris Amon, $300 • Joan and Jim Moffat, $100 • Shirley Brown, $100 • Kim Giffen, $25 • Colleen Stainton, $200 • Har and Lil Francis, $50 • Marg Clements, $100 • Anonymous, $92 • Darren, Sharlene and Kyle McIlwain, $100 • Anonymous, $50 • John and Val Kemp, $100 • Libby Denbigh, in memory of David and Rachel, $50 • The Posse of Kamloops, $100 • Phil and Cathy Holman, $100 • William Fisher, $100 • MJB Lawyers employee charity fund, $250 • Amy Regen, $100 • Brenda Fennell, $100 • Bob and Jo-Mary Hunter, $200 • Lucy Hicks, $50 • In memory of Ruth Cooley, $25 • Rick Bennett, $50 • John Coyne, $200 • Spencer and Janet Bryson, $200 • David and Anna Smith, $300 • The Blairs, $100 • Anonymous, $75 • Kamloops Dentistry, $50 • KTW Social Fund, $22 • Jess & Jer’s Wedding, $70 • Nel Sarrasin, $50 • Anonymous, $100 • In memory of Julianne Lion, $50 • Irene Anderson, $20 • Kamloops This Week, $3,960 • Investors Group, $1,310 • Danalee Baker, $20 • Tim Shoults, $100

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BRIEFS RCMP looking for suspect after teenaged girl grabbed on South Kamloops street

Kamloops Mounties are looking for a man who grabbed a teenaged girl as she was walking in South Kamloops on Wednesday.

Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the 15-year-old was walking northbound on Ninth Avenue, between South Kamloops secondary and Lloyd George elementary, at 2:30 p.m. when a man grabbed her by the arm.

“The girl pulled her arm away and ran down to Columbia Avenue, where she was meeting her father,” Shelkie said, noting patrols by police and the girl’s father failed to find the man.

He is white, approximately 50 years old and had no facial hair. He was wearing a black tuque, black hoodie and baggy brown pants.

Anybody with information about the incident is asked to contact the Kamloops RCMP at 250-8283000.

and used to entice would-be auto thieves — have been placed around Kamloops, including in shopping mall parking lots and other busy areas.

This month, some

of the vehicles will have parcels and packages in them as Mounties are hoping to catch thieves who break into vehicle simply to steal the items inside.

Stabbing sends 37-year-old man to hospital; 19-year-old man arrested

A 19-year-old Kamloops man is in custody following a stabbing on the North Shore on Wednesday night that sent another man to hospital.

RCMP Sgt. Sascha Fesenko said police were called to Royal Inland Hospital at about 9:45 p.m. for a report of a man with a gunshot wound. When officers arrived at the hospital, they found the 37-year-old man had actually been stabbed.

Investigation revealed the stabbing took place in the area of McGowan Avenue. A 19-year-old suspect was identified and taken into custody.

Both accused and victim are well known to Mounties.

Fesenko said the victim remains in hospital and is expected to survive, though police did not say where on his body he was stabbed.

The suspect was scheduled to appear in a Kamloops courtroom on Thursday.

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Kamloops man arrested for DUI in Vernon suspected of damaging city park with car

A Kamloops man is facing potential charges after being stopped by police near Vernon responding to reports of a possible impaired driver early Tuesday afternoon.

And the impaired-driving investigation may be connected with damage in a park caused by a vehicle.

Just before noon, the RCMP received multiple driving complaints of an erratic and possible impaired driver in the Coldstream area of Vernon.

It was reported the vehicle appeared to have frontend damage and that the driver appeared to be disorientated, stopping multiple times to ask for directions.

Const. Kelly Brett said an officer responded and stopped a dark grey Dodge Charger with extensive front end damage on Ponderosa Way in Coldstream.

The driver, 32, failed a roadside breathalyzer test and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition under the Motor Vehicle Act. He also had his vehicle impounded for 30 days.

Later that afternoon, at 3:30 p.m., Vernon Mounties received a report of extensive damage to Creekside Park, which is off Kidston Road in Coldstream.

“It is believed that the damages sustained to the park were caused by a vehicle driving onto the field and then exiting through a maintenance fence,” Brett said.

“Creekside Park received significant damages to the fields, leaving thousands of dollars of repairs to be done. We believe the incidents may be connected at this time and are looking to speak to any witnesses.”

• Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com and click on News to see photos of the damage in the park.

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THE HOT AND NOT OF THE WEEK Kamloops This Week looks at the stories of the week — the good, the bad and all in-between: HOT: The debate over the location of services for the homeless.

The opening in November of a winter shelter in the former Stuart Wood elementary building has proven there are far more people on the streets than originally estimated. And while the shelter has served a crucial need, its use has not come without problems.

The latest complaint is from the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association, which essentially called for the North Shore to take on some of the services that are now located downtown.

The KCBIA has been charged by some with having a NIMBY attitude.

The fact is the downtown core of any decent-sized city is the hub — and that is where people of all socioeconomic stripes tend to congregate.

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NOT: Vandals who continue to destroy property for no discernible reason.

A large window at the Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre was smashed on the weekend, while a number of stores downtown had their windows shattered early Wednesday morning.

Here’s hoping the cretins are caught.

HOT: Player safety in junior B hockey with the decision by B.C. Hockey to require all players to wear face protection, beginning next season.

The Peninsula Panthers of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League became the first junior B team this year to mandate face protection for its players, a move that has evidently sparked a provincewide mandate.

From 2010 to 2015, more than 370 dental injuries with players wearing half visors were reported to Hockey Canada as compared to eight for those who wore full face protection.

The Kamloops Storm play in the junior B Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and will wear face protection next season.

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Reefer Madness redux

M

ayor Ken Christian was correct when he criticized successive federal governments of botching the marijuana file.

But others would also be correct in castigating city council for botching the marijuana dispensary file in Kamloops.

The federal Liberals plan to legalize marijuana in seven months and only now is city council tackling the issue of dispensaries that sell pot.

Yes, selling marijuana remains illegal until the federal law changes, but the dispensaries in Kamloops have long been operating, for the most part, quietly. At least one pot shop has been in business for nearly a decade.

The current Kamloops council has known for 782 days — since Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected on Oct. 19, 2015 — that marijuana would be legalized. Yet it is only acting now, on the eve of marijuana legalization, to address pot dispensaries in the city.

Vancouver began planning two years ago, recognizing that playing Whac-A-Mole with the dozens of dispensaries was fruitless.

Vancouver has been progressive, issuing 11 business licences for pot stores that satisfy the city’s bylaws, which include limiting shops from opening within 300 metres of a school or community centre.

As Marvin Kwiatkowski, Kamloops’ director of development and engineering services, told council this week: “Vancouver got ahead of things and they put in the full regime

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MUSINGS of zoning. They’re allowing them, but they put in their full regime in advance.”

Which prompts the question: why didn’t Kamloops council get ahead of things? After all, it has had 782 days to do so.

The dithering and prolonged discussion on the issue speaks to the fact some of our elected representatives continue to view marijuana from a paranoid, Reefer Madness lens. They wring their hands and schedule public hearings and call for reimbursement from senior levels of government for unspecified “costs” associated with marijuana legalization.

Yet the discussion at city hall barely rises above a whisper when a liquor establishment requests permission to add a patio or increase seating, despite the fact alcohol has the greatest cost, creating more damage to society and contributing to more deaths in Canada than all other drugs combined.

We have seven pot shops in Kamloops creating angst among the political class, yet this past weekend I drove by 17 establish-

ments on the North Shore and in Westsyde alone that primarily sell or serve alcohol — and that number does not include restaurants with generous liquor menus.

We have some politicians responding to the pending marijuana legalization as though it is the crack epidemic of the 1980s revisited. It is strange world, indeed, when one turns a fearful eye toward a joint, yet leaves a pharmacy clutching a handful of opioids with nary a second thought.

Marijuana will be legalized by next summer, but it is already de facto legal, judging by the number of people who use pot and society’s general acceptance of it.

The provincial government will offer more detail in early 2018 on precisely how marijuana will be sold in B.C., though we know it will be retailed in government and private stores, much like liquor is now sold.

When that happens, cities like Kamloops need not anguish over the process.

We are not reinventing the wheel. Marijuana is not a mystical new product that carries with it a need to brainstorm new ways to deal with how it is sold.

The sale of legal pot will be no different than the sale of alcohol and cigarettes, with regulation, zoning and age limits put in place.

And, as is now the case in Washington state, the marijuana store will quickly become just like any business among many as we go about our daily duties, worrying about much more important issues. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WE NEED FACTUAL TRICKLE DOWN ALWAYS FAILS INFORMATION ON 2018 REFERENDUM Editor: Re: KTW reporter Cam Fortems’ farewell column of Dec. 1 (‘Fact is, we need a solution’): We need a solution for — what?

Giant cheques? Giant scissors? Publicrelations people? The line between journalism and public relations?

In the next to last paragraph, we read, “. . . there are solutions to the erosion of our democracy and trust caused by a lack of balanced and fact-based news.”

Before the referendum on electoral reform in 2005, there was a need for balanced, fact-based information.

Instead, the Kamloops Daily News gave a Donald Trump-style defence of the first-pastthe-post voting system and demonization of the single-transferable vote (STV), which, to me, crossed the line of journalistic integrity.

A balanced, fact-based presentation in 2005 probably would have brought the solution for the erosion of our democracy.

As a journalist in 2005 at the Daily News, Fortems was perhaps guilty of his own farewell accusations.

On the democratic agenda for 2018 is a question: What do we do about our democracy?

We need to learn the facts about the voting options.

In November, there will be an electoralreform referendum to decide the solution.

Fortems now has the opportunity to redeem himself of past association.

I urge him to join the advocacy, give his support and use his ability for an improved democracy.

Ray Jones Kamloops

Editor: Re: (‘Stone vows to reverse NDP tax hikes,’ Dec. 5): I guess Kamloops-South Thompson MLA and B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Todd Stone is anticipating tax hikes.

Ironically, Stone was part of the last B.C. Liberal cabinet that halved medical service plan (MSP) premiums in May, a change that will have to be paid for starting next year.

Fully eliminating medical premiums as proposed by the B.C. NDP (and considered by the B.C. Liberals) means finding $1.3 billion annually elsewhere, most likely by an increase in the income-tax rate.

This is still a better option for the greater good of society — replacing a regressive tax with one that

is more fair and eliminating the administrative costs of the bureaucracy dedicated to managing MSP premiums.

Government services need to be funded from somewhere.

The myth of trickle down economics (that if we cut taxes to the bone, businesses will invest more, thus growing the economy to more than make up for the tax cut) is exactly that, myth.

That approach has limits we have already passed.

The recent U.S. federal tax cut will, by most estimates, add another trillion dollars or more to America’s national debt rather than pay for itself.

Being the uber-low tax candidate means being the minimalist government candidate, which is how the U.S. Tea Party thinks.

There is a case for government and the case for public provision of service or public ownership is strongest where consequences of market failure are most severe.

Capital avoids these areas and charges premium prices due to risks.

The medicare example reinforces this as the U.S., with a mainly private system, pays almost twice per capita to provide medical services, as do other Western nations with taxpayer-funded medicare.

It is a platitude to call oneself the low-tax candidate.

More important is to focus on what areas government needs to regulate or be involved in the economy and to provide value for the taxes we do pay.

Kevin Tyler Kamloops

FORTEMS SHOWED HIM THE ROPES Editor: I’ve never written a letter to the editor before, but I can assure you I have read my fair share in the 10 years I’ve worked as a photojournalist.

I read Cam Fortems’ farewell column online (Fact is, we need a solution,’ Dec. 1) and it made me think of the role model he has been to numerous young journalists who have had the pleasure of working with him, myself included.

My first journalism job was working as a

photographer for the Kamloops Daily News.

Although there are numerous people I can mention who helped me get to where I am today, Cam was someone who consistently gave me constructive criticism, helping me better myself and my craft during my time at the newspaper.

So, thank you, Cam. Thank you for showing me how rewarding and important true community newspapers can really be.

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“These numbers will continue to rise as word gets out regarding how accommodating the city is.

“As someone who works downtown, this situation has forced me to carry an item that can be used as a weapon if required. I am not the only one who has started equipping themselves for a potential conflict.”

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“People we vote in to government, regardless which level, very quickly forget they are public servants.

“They are not there to serve their own interests and fill their pockets with our cash. So, to all who serve, we put you in and we can sure as heck take you back out.”

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Former NHLer fined $100 injuries have on athletes previously told KTW Poeschek is likely suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease found to have afflicted many former hockey and football players. The disease cannot be confirmed until death.

Poeschek, who represented himself in court, told Judge Mariane Armstrong his career as a tough guy has taken a toll on him.

“I had over 400 hockey fights between junior, the pros and the minors,” he said. “It’s only been in the last four years that I’ve started to develop symptoms [of CTE]. I’ll phone to make an appointment and then, two hours later, I’ll ask my wife, ‘Did I call to make that appointment?’ Probation was just setting me up to fail.”

Poeschek is involved in a lawsuit being pursued by former players against the NHL, alleging the league knew the risks players were taking with repeated hits to the head but did not do enough to prevent injuries. He told court the symptoms cost him his job in the mining industry, which has left him in rough financial shape.

“I opted to take my NHL pension in a lump sum,” he said. “But I’m involved in a concussion lawsuit against the NHL. The money

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A former NHL enforcer who suffers from memory loss he blames on his time spent fighting on the ice was given a break by a Kamloops judge on Thursday.

Rudy Poeschek pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court to breaching his probation. He had also been facing a charge of failure to appear in court, but that allegation was dropped by the Crown.

Poeschek was on probation after pleading guilty to an assault charge stemming from an argument he had with a woman following a fender bender in a Brocklehurst parking lot.

Court heard he didn’t report to his probation officer in the summer of 2016, despite being given extra leeway because of his memory problems.

Prosecutor Katie Bouchard suggested a $250 fine.

“I don’t doubt that he does have some memory issues, but probation was bending over backwards to get him to report and he was always coming up with another excuse,” she said.

A Boston-based neurosurgeon who specializes in the impact head

I have should last me about three years.”

Armstrong ordered Poeschek to pay a $100 fine.

“Mr. Poeschek, know that this is going to be a problem you’re going to have in the future,” she said. “It’s just going to get worse if you end up back here.”

CTE played a prominent role in a lawsuit filed by former National Football League players against that league. In that case, the two sides reached a settlement in 2015 believed to have been worth more than US$1 billion.

Researchers confirmed Ty Pozzobon, the Merritt bullrider who killed himself earlier this year, had CTE. Poeschek was an enforcer in the NHL over parts of 12 seasons.

He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 12th round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft while playing junior hockey for his hometown Kamloops Blazers.

After a playing career that ended in 2001, Poeschek was arrested eight times while living in Tampa, Fla., culminating in a March 13, 2005, demolition derby in his upscale neighbourhood that landed him behind bars. He moved with his family to Kamloops after his release from a Florida jail.

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CMHA looking for new shelter space with Stuart Wood gym over capacity Staffers to use storage annex as temporary location when gym overflows ANDREA KLASSEN

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It was supposed to hold bicycles and belongings of the city’s homeless while they slept elsewhere at night.

But due to demand beyond expectations, an annex building at the former Stuart Wood elementary in downtown Kamloops will soon house sleepers who won’t fit in the school gymnasium-turnedwinter shelter.

Christa Mullaly, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association, which manages the shelter,

said the organization is talking with Kamloops Fire Rescue to determine how many people can sleep in the annex. It will become what Mullaly calls the shelter’s “last resort space.” An additional staffer will supervise those sleepers.

The fire code allows up to 52 people to sleep in the former school’s gym, Mullaly said, but in excess of that number arrive at the building on most nights. At its busiest, the shelter at Third Avenue and St. Paul Street welcomed 69 people for at least a few hours.

Mullaly said those who can’t get a mat are not allowed

to sleep, but can sit at tables, have a hot beverage or enjoy a meal.

“They can’t lay down, so they may have stayed with us a few hours, had some hot tea or grabbed a bite to eat,” she said. “But some folks will stay up all night at the tables, chatting to staff.”

It’s one sign of many, she said, that the number of homeless in Kamloops is higher, and the need greater, than anticipated when the shelter opened in November.

In the first three weeks of operation, Mullaly said, Stuart Wood and the CMHA’s Emerald Centre Shelter on

West Victoria Street have housed more than 180 individual clients. A homeless count in October 2016 found 100 homeless people in the city.

Mullaly said she is expecting numbers to continue to climb. Some shelter visitors are only coming in for a few hours by choice, preferring to camp out until temperatures plummet and snow accumulates in the valley bottom. And new faces are still showing up at the shelter doors regularly.

The CMHA is looking at an additional shelter space, but Mullaly said discussions are in the preliminary stages.

Effects of secondhand marijuana smoke ‘relatively minimal,’ Kamloops doctor says DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com

One of the issues surrounding the eventual legalization of marijuana is secondhand exposure to its smoke.

Dr. Ian Mitchell noted research isn’t clear on the subject and said it is difficult to establish restrictions “given the relatively minimal health consequences of primary inhalation.”

The emergency-room doctor at Royal Inland Hospital, who has also been involved in various studies

on marijuana’s impact on the body, pointed to a recent report from the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine.

After a four-month study of secondhand marijuana smoke, it determined nonsmokers in close proximity to the smoker may absorb THC, the main ingredient of marijuana.

Variables that would affect the absorption, the study said, include length of exposure and the ventilation in the venue.

The report said exposure of just 15 minutes could lead

to THC being found in blood and urine that could lead to a failed drug blood test, depending on the number of joints lit and the amount of ventilation.

Mitchell referred to a study done by Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine, which said extreme exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke can cause mild intoxication.

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For one session, the room’s ventilation fans were turned on; in the other, the fans were turned off.

The six non-smokers in the unventilated room had detectable amounts of THC in their urine and blood, with one testing positive in a urine test four hours later.

No non-smoker tested positive from the ventilatedroom session.

Mitchell said that research shows any secondhand exposure could be addressed by avoiding intensive exposure or by cracking a window.

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LOCAL NEWS Accused hijacker stays in jail A 33-year-old man accused of hijacking a transport truck north of Kamloops last month will remain in jail for the time being.

David Lee Chappell, who is facing charges including kidnapping and using a firearm in the commission of an offence, was denied bail in Kamloops provincial court on Thursday.

There is a ban on publication of any evidence presented at the hearing.

Chappell is accused of hijacking a semi truck near Avola on Nov. 6. He was arrested after the trucker stopped at the weigh scales west of Kamloops and escaped the vehicle’s cab.

Mounties have said Chappell was fleeing police when he hijacked the truck.

He is due back in court on Dec. 18.

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TRUSU wants to weigh TRUSU in wants to weigh in on campus food options on campus food options DALE BASS

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The contract to provide food services at Thompson Rivers University expires next year and students want to have input on what food is available on campus.

Tatiana Gilbert, Thompson Rivers University Students Union (TRUSU) president, said in recent years many on campus — not only students — have expressed dissatisfaction with the services provided by Aramark Corporation.

The food-services company’s five-year contract ends next summer. Gilbert will be at the board of governors meeting on Friday to ask for a voice in the discussion of any new or renewed food service.

“Food plays such a big part” in campus life, she said, noting that with the expiration of the contract, there is an opportunity to have an impact on what the university decides to do next.

As part of its review, TRUSU has received about 1,600 signatures on its Hungry for Choice petition, which calls for “a full and meaningful consultation to shape any new or renewed campus food-service contract.”

Signatures have come from students, staff, faculty and community members.

The petition is still open for signatures and can be found online at trusu.ca/advocacy/ hungry-for-choice.

Its preamble notes food service is critical for the health, success, culture and social activity on campus and that

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Aramark operates nine outlets on campus and has been involved with TRU since 2003.

The contract was renewed in 2013 after a competitive process.

The nine food outlets on campus include Bean Me Up, The Den, International Cafe, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Trades Cafe, University and Main Deli, Upper Level Cafe and Urban Market.

Food plays “such a big part [in campus life].

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—TATIANA GILBERT, TRUSU president

Thirty-two full-time employees work at the outlets, along with 43 part-time students and 15 part-time nonstudents.

In the past three years, Aramark has paid $1.4 million in student wages and provides to a student an annual paid marketing internship.

The contractor also supports the education and skills-training program by providing an on-campus training lab for its students.

Aramark has paid the university more than $1 million in the past three years in commissions from overall food sales and has spent more than $850,000 in infrastructure improvements on campus. It has also donated more than $100,000 to student scholarships.

Correction The cutline information for a photo on the front page of the Dec. 6 edition of KTW contained erroneous information. The photo featured Wes Jenkins smoking a marijuana joint at a past 420 smoke-in at Riverside Park.

While the cutline stated Jenkins used marijuana to combat side effects from other drugs he took to treat arthritis, degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia, he in fact only uses marijuana as treatment for those conditions.

every segment of the The contract to community should have provide food services an opportunity to be at Thompson Rivers heard.

University expires next Aramark operates year and students want nine outlets on campus to have input on what and has been involved food is available on with TRU since 2003. campus.

The contract was Tatiana Gilbert, renewed in 2013 after a Thompson Rivers competitive process.

University Students The nine food outUnion (TRUSU) presilets on campus include dent, said in recent Bean Me Up, The Den, years many on campus International Cafe, — not only students — Starbucks, Tim Hortons, have expressed dissatisfaction with the services Trades Cafe, University and Main Deli, Upper provided by Aramark Level Cafe and Urban Corporation.

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The food-services company’s five-year contract ends next summer. Gilbert will be at Food plays the board of governors such a big meeting on Friday to ask for a voice in the part [in discussion of any new or renewed food service. campus life].

“Food plays such a —TATIANA GILBERT, Photo: Tori Lambermont big part” in campus life, TRUSU president she said, noting that with the expiration of W. Gifford-Jones, MD (ageThirty-two 93) full-time the contract, there is employees work at an opportunity to have You probably already know the importance of vitamin C for immune health, especially in cold and flu the outlets, along with an impact on what the season when you need to shore up your defenses.

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Correction The cutline information for a photo on the front page of the Dec. 6 edition of KTW contained erroneous information. The photo featured Wes Jenkins smoking a marijuana joint at a past 420 smoke-in at Riverside Park.

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The federal government vowed to aggressively defend Canada’s softwood lumber industry after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted that American producers have been harmed by imports of subsidized Canadian lumber.

“We will stand shoulder to shoulder with the forestry sector in Canada,” Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr told reporters in Ottawa.

Carr called the duties unnecessary and said Canada has already launched challenges under both the North American Free Trade Agreement and at the World Trade Organization. The NAFTA dispute panel has to make a ruling by next fall. The WTO process could take years.

“We have fought

them before and we’ll continue to defend Canada’s interests,’’ Carr said.

He added the government is helping the industry by offering a support package, including loan guarantees at commercial rates and working to expand export markets and transform the industry.

In a 4-0 vote on Thursday, the agency sided with the U.S. lumber coalition, which complained Canadian lumber was subsidized and it was dumped into the American market at artificially low prices.

Most Canadian producers will now pay a combined countervailing and anti-dumping rate of 20.83 per cent, down from 26.75 per cent in the preliminary determinations issued earlier this year.

Canadian producers have paid about $500 million in deposits for

the duties thus far.

The duties have added to the cost of building a home in the United States.

Canadian unions and lumber companies fear the issue will eventually cause layoffs.

West Fraser Timber pays the highest duties at 23.7 per cent. Canfor is next at 22.13, followed by Tolko at 22.07, Resolute Forest Products at 17.9 per cent and J.D. Irving at 9.92 per cent.

A Resolute Forest Products spokesman said the U.S. will now hold large industry deposits as “ransom” in hope of pushing the Canadian government to sign a “bad deal.”

“Sorry U.S., that’s not going to happen.

Canada is not going to be bullied into submission,” Resolute’s Seth Kursman said in an interview from Washington, D.C. He added the financial health of American

NEB rules in favour of Trans Mountain on bylaw impasse THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The National Energy Board has ruled in favour of Kinder Morgan Canada in its efforts to bypass Burnaby, bylaws that stand in the way of its Trans Mountain expansion project.

The NEB order said the company is not required to comply with two sections of the city’s bylaws as it prepares to begin construction in the area.

The company had filed a motion to have the NEB overrule the bylaws on a constitutional basis, because it claimed the city was delaying a project

the federal government had approved.

Burnaby maintained it was following the standard bylaws process and that the company was to blame for shoddy applications.

The NEB said its decision allows the company to start work at its temporary infrastructure site near the Westridge Marine Terminal, and some work at the Burnaby Terminal, subject to any other permits or authorizations that may be required.

Kinder Morgan Canada said the $7.4-billion pipeline expansion is already months behind and further delays could threaten the viability of the controversial project.

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“The U.S. industry has been crowing about its prosperity for over a year. It is making more money than at any previous time in history.’’

The B.C. Lumber Trade Council said the ruling, while not unexpected, is “completely without merit.”

Council president Susan Yurkovich said the process is biased in favour of the U.S. industry.

“We are confident that this latest decision by the ITC will again be reversed,” she said in a news release.

ITC decisions in the two previous softwood lumber trade disputes didn’t survive appeals, Yurkovich noted.

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OTTAWA — A landmark study from Veterans Affairs Canada appears to confirm what many have long feared: Canadians who have served in uniform are at greater risk of taking their own lives than members of the general public.

Researchers used nearly 40 years of data from Veterans Affairs, the Department of National Defence and Statistics Canada to review the records of more than 200,000 former service members. The study, the first of its kind, comes amid a new government push to reduce the number of suicides and improve the mental health of current and former military members.

The results released Thursday show that the risk of suicide among all male veterans was 36 per cent higher than men who had never served in the Canadian military.

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“Male veterans under 55 years of age were at a significantly higher risk of death by suicide,’’ the study said, “with males under 25 years being at highest risk: 242 per cent higher risk compared to males of the same age.”

Yet the study also found that the risk of suicide among male veterans older than 55 was actually lower than men of the same age who had not worn a uniform.

The risk among female veterans was also found to be alarmingly high — 81 per cent greater than for women who hadn’t served. Age was not considered as great a factor when it came to women who had worn a uniform.

The statistical study does not delve into the reasons veterans are at greater risk of suicide than the general population, though it does say that the trend has been largely consistent over the past four decades.

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Gymnastics coach suspended amid sexual assault allegations MONTREAL — Gymnastics Canada suspended an Edmonton-based coach on Thursday amid allegations he sexually abused some of his former students.

The decision to suspend Michel Arsenault came after CBC’s French-language network reported he sexually abused at least three gymnasts in Quebec when they were minors in the 1980s and early 1990s.

“Our hearts go out

to everyone affected by this situation, in particular the athletes and their families,’’ said Richard Crepin, the organization’s chair of the board of directors.

CEO Peter Nicol said Gymnastics Canada is committed to providing a safe environment for its athletes.

An Edmonton gym where Arsenault was based has also barred him from its premises and said he will no longer be involved in any of its activities.

Champions Gymnastics said it is taking the alle-

gations seriously.

Radio-Canada said Arsenault did not respond to requests for comment.

The network quoted one woman as saying she was 14 when Arsenault allegedly began touching her genitals, while another said she was 15 when he allegedly forced her to touch his genitals.

Other women interviewed described Arsenault as verbally and physically abusive.

The network also quoted the current general manager of

Gymnastique Quebec as saying Arsenault was suspended from competition in 1987 for his behaviour toward coaches and officials.

“He could teach in Quebec, at his club, but he couldn’t represent Quebec, neither as a manager nor as a coach,’’ Serge Castonguay said.

“He couldn’t oversee a Quebec team at national or international competitions.’’

Arsenault moved to Alberta in 1994 and opened Champions Gymnastics in 2002.

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Jerusalem, symbolism and Trump

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All of us are saying: ‘Hey, United States, we don’t think this is a very good idea,’ said Jordan’s King Abdullah II in 2002, when it became clear then-U.S. president George W. Bush was going to invade Iraq.

But Bush didn’t listen and it turned out to be an extremely bad idea.

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declaring the U.S. will now recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. embassy there, King Abdullah simply sounded resigned: “The adoption of this resolution will have serious implications for security and stability in the Middle East.”

He knows there’s no point in protesting, even if it ends up meaning Jordan has to break diplomatic relations with Israel.

Trump is simply keeping a campaign promise he made in order to win the votes of American Jews and evangelicals — and he neither knows nor cares about the implications of his decision for the Middle East.

Neither does he care that he is abandoning an American policy that has endured for seven decades and is still observed by every other country with an embassy in Israel.

They are all down on the coast, in Tel Aviv, because the final status of Jerusalem in international law is still to be determined.

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That never happened because the UN resolution triggered a war that left Jerusalem divided between Israel and what remained of Arab Palestine (all of which was promptly annexed

by Jordan and Egypt).

And since the Old City, the heart of Jerusalem, was now part of Jordan and exclusively Arab in population, all

the embassies stayed in Tel Aviv.

In the 1967 war, Israel conquered the eastern, Arab-majority part of Jerusalem (and all the rest of Palestine, too).

In 1980, it declared the entire “reunited” city would be Israel’s eternal capital.

The embassies still didn’t move, however, because Israel had no more right to annex East Jerusalem in 1980 than Jordan did in 1948.

International law no longer allows borders to be moved by force.

Nothing has changed since then.

There are 88 foreign embassies in Tel Aviv and not one in Jerusalem. This is inconvenient, since most Israeli government offices are up in Jerusalem, but diplomats and foreign ministries generally take international law quite seriously.

They’d gladly move if Jerusalem were internationally recognized as Israel’s capital, but it is not.

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It leaves the final status of Jerusalem to be decided by negotiations between the two parties — although, significantly, Israel did not cancel its 1980 annexation of Arab Jerusalem when it signed the accord.

Now, in fact, everybody knows Israel has no intention of ever giving up Jerusalem as its capital and that it is too strong for any combination of Arab countries to force it to do so. Everybody realizes (or should realize) the “peace process” has actually been dead for at least a decade and there is currently no possibility of resurrecting it.

So this whole fuss is just about symbolism — but symbols matters.

What Trump is doing now, for no better reason than to keep some American voters happy, is rubbing the Arabs’ noses in their defeat. Being normal human beings, they will respond by re-opening the struggle — not to the point where they risk being destroyed

by Israel, but at least enough to save face and do a lot of damage.

Some Arab countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel (and even some other Muslim countries) will feel compelled to downgrade them or cut ties completely.

Jordan and Egypt, which actually have peace treaties with Israel, may be forced to reconsider them.

The Palestinians may feel obliged to launch a third intifada, just to show that, somehow, they are still in the game. It won’t be Armageddon, but it could get quite ugly.

There is one important group of pro-Trump voters, however, who would be delighted if it did turn into a real war: white evangelical Christians, or at least the dispensationalists amongst them.

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BAROQUE CHRISTMAS Sunday, 2 p.m. at. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, 360 Nicola St.

The Kamloops Brandenburg Orchestra presents Baroque Christmas on Sunday, with music director Cvetozar Vutev. The lineup includes music by Corelli, Bach, Handel, Torelli, Tartini and Respighi. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, available from Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or kamloopslive.ca or available at the door.

WELCOME WINTER BLOCK PARTY Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. on Victoria Street from Third Avenue to Fourth Avenue

A new downtown event will feature craft beer, DJs, ball hockey and ornament making. The Welcome Winter Block Party is hosted by Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association, BrewLoops and the Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association.

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ARTSY HAPPENINGS various dates, times, locations

The Kamloops Art Gallery is hosting several events next week, related to its regular programming. Logograph, a youthdirected club that meets weekly at the gallery, is on Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Those ages 12 to 24 can drop in to create art, write or collaborate with others. The gallery is at 465 Victoria St. New members are always welcome. Drink and Draw follows on Wednesday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Red Collar Brewing Co., 355 Lansdowne St. Contribute to large-scale collaborative drawings or play drawing games. No experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Minors are also welcome, when accompanied by an adult. On Thursday, minors are not permitted for Art History Happy Hour. The 19-plus event runs from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the gallery. The free event gives participants the opportunity to imbibe a drink, while learning about

COMING UP: CONNOR WALSH | DEC. 16 Self-taught folk musician Connor Walsh hails from Tipperary, Ireland but now calls Vancouver home. He’s due to release his first single, Lobotomised, on Dec. 15 and the next night, he’ll be at The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St., for a 7 p.m. show. For a while, he was lead singer for Lineside Fire, a band Blink singer Dermot Lambert called a dirty version of the Smiths. While he was with the band, it was included in the compilation album This is Garageland — Volume 1.

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art with lectures from local artists, educators and researchers. A cash bar is available. For more on these events and others coming up at the Kamloops Art Gallery, go online to kag.bc.ca.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY

Kamloops’ best-known holiday display is up and running for the season. The house at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Pleasant Street is dressed up again this year, with lights that rival the Grizwolds. It draws residents from all over the city for a walk through the front yard to sign the guest book and, perhaps, to grab a candy cane off of the Christmas tree on the front porch.

Have you seen other holiday displays worth visiting? KTW is calling on readers to send in the best Christmas lights or other holiday displays in the River City, which will be published in future editions of Kamloops This Week.

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KTW FILE PHOTO Mathew Ward (from left), brother Sam and their friend Tyler Trudeau played a game of shinny at the outdoor rink in Pineview Valley in a winter gone by. The Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association is hoping to muster up community support for a refrigerated ice rink in the River City and will be hosting a ball hockey game during the Welcome Winter Block Party, which is downtown on Saturday.

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ave you ever wanted to deke out Digger?

The furry Kamloops Blazers’ mascot will be among those donning a jersey on Saturday during the inaugural Welcome Winter Block Party.

“We’re really excited to bring a new winter event to Kamloops,” said Ali Webster, Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association marketing, events and brand management specialist.

Digger will join Kamloops Blazers and Kamloops Storm alumni players at Third Avenue and Victoria Street to play drop-in ball hockey with Kamloops residents as part of the downtown festival. The event will take over Victoria Street through to Fourth Avenue, hosted by multiple community partners, including the KCBIA, BrewLoops and the Kamloops Outdoor Skating Association (KOSA), among others.

The street will be blocked off to traffic from noon to 6 p.m. to make way for pedestrians to grab a pint of craft beer, enjoy music by local DJs, do a little Christmas shopping or grab a stick and join in the hockey game.

Makeshift Kamloops design collective will also be at the downtown visitor’s centre, located at 340 Victoria St., to assist in creating marbled ornaments.

“People can come in and dip [ornaments],” Webster said, noting crafts can be purchased for a fee.

Webster said the holiday event is an opportunity for downtown shops to offer sales to those who still have items to tick off of their Christmas shopping lists, but it is also an opportunity for KOSA to drum up support for an outdoor refrigerated ice rink to be built in the city.

Former NHLer Steve Gainey is among members pushing for city council to include in its 2018

budget a study to determine where a refrigerated rink should be placed and what format would best fit Kamloops. A ball hockey game was also organized in advance of a recent public budget meeting.

“The more city council feels there is support within the community for the project, the more likely they are to follow through,” Gainey said.

He’s inviting people of all skill levels to bring their hockey stick where the game will be set up from noon until 3 p.m., but possibly a bit later.

“We believe it will be great to bring people together,” Gainey said.

Those interested in imbibing a pint of craft beer, courtesy of the BrewLoops crew, will be required to show identification and wear a wrist band. The partnerships follows a similar block party held in the summer and is part of efforts to expand the BrewLoops brand from the popular beer festival that occurs each fall to several events throughout the year.

Suds on offer on Saturday will be from The Noble Pig, Iron Road Brewing, Crannog Ales and Red Collar Brewing Co. Beer stations will be interspersed along the street, not confined to one area like a traditional beer garden. Shoppers will not be permitted to bring drinks into stores.

Mulled wine and hot chocolate will also be available for purchase.

Environment Canada is calling for decent weather — with highs of 1 C and lows of -5 C on Saturday — but propane heaters will also be on hand. Stores will be offering double the stamps for the Christmas Cash Card promotion.

For every $20 spent at a business, shoppers receive a stamp, with a fully stamped card allowing entry into a contest to win a $2,000 prize package. Parking continues for free downtown on Saturdays through December.

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love the holidays.

After the dust has settled and the tryptophan has kicked in, rendering everyone mute, there’s this wonderful moment of contentment.

Handmade and the holidays go so well together — there are so many ways to get crafty this time of year.

However, it’s also easy to become overwhelmed if you take on too many projects. In an attempt to stay sane over the holidays, I try to scale back on the DIY, focus on just a couple of projects each year and make them as straightforward as possible.

Restraint is hard and I’ve slipped up on more than one occasion — including this year — but points for trying, right?

If you’re in need of holiday DIY restraint or looking for some simple ways to get more creative this Christmas, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite tips and tricks below: • Fresh greenery is as trendy as it is easy to work with.

At Makeshift, Brianne Sheppard and I are so obsessed with this trend that we created a huge greenery bar at our studio with fresh cedar, fir, hemlock and pine alongside buckets of eucalyptus, olive branch and Italian ruscus.

To create simple fresh swag for your home, gather a bundle of fresh evergreens from a local nursery, grocery store or your backyard, wrap the base with twine or wire and add a pretty ribbon.

Voila! A modern Christmas arrangement for your front door — aren’t you fancy?

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• Baking is one of my favourite holiday activities, but it is labourintensive and timeconsuming. Last year, in a radical shake-up, I simplified my holiday baking routine and made shortbread cookies.

Only shortbread cookies. No gingerbread, no sugar cookies, no butter tarts.

These holiday staples were replaced with delicate shortbread in flavours like lemon rosemary, London fog, aged cheddar and cayenne and cranberry and stilton. Sweet, savoury, nontraditional and easy.

Because I relied on a base recipe and just added different flavour combinations to each batch, grocery shopping was simple.

After years of exchanging tins of baking with friends and family that were all pretty similar in their makeup, it was refreshing to have something new to offer and (most) people were excited to try what I had concocted.

As a bonus, I still

ended up with a great assortment of treats, courtesy of our lovely family and friends.

• Handmade gifts are so special. The time and dedication that goes into making them can’t be replicated.

However, giving handmade gifts doesn’t require the act of making. If you don’t have the time or desire to make gifts for everyone on your list, you can still give handmade; there are so many talented people in our community, province and country who make beautiful products to give this season.

Leather handbags, soy candles, artisan chocolates, hot sauce and jams, cozy mittens, hand-dyed linen napkins, reclaimed wood art, small-batch craft beers, natural beauty products, jewelry, baby blankets — the list of items available from small local boutiques, craft fairs, farmers’ markets and online platforms such as Etsy is longer than the word count allotted for this column.

As a gift recipient, I appreciate the story behind handmade items and discovering kick-ass creatives who are dedicated to their craft and make beautiful things.

As a gift giver, giving locally made gifts is also rewarding; in addition to finding that perfect gift for a loved one, when you shop small, you are directly supporting someone’s dream.

Talk about making some holiday magic.

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Odesza, Cardi B to headline electronic music festival Snowbombing Canada has announced a preliminary lineup for the April 5 to April 9 festival at Sun Peaks.

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The Seattle-based Odesza is an electronic duo — Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight — whose 2012 debut album Summer’s Gone was released to much acclaim. The pair followed it with an EP, My Friends Never Die, and a studio album, In Return. On Sept. 8, they released their third studio Album, A Moment Apart.

Cardi B — American hip-hop artist Belcalis Almanzar — gained fame through Instagram, signing a label deal last February with Atlantic Records.

Her debut single, Bodak Yellow, hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Festival passes are on sale now. For more information, go online to snowbombingcanada.com.

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Aviator Shades, Matt Mays, Shred Kelly coming to Kamloops Several musical acts, along with some comedy, are en route to Kamloops in the coming months, including: • Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., The Wild with Aviator Shades, CJ’s Nightclub, 130 Fifth Ave., $12 in advance plus taxes and fees, $15 at the door with a non-perishable

food item. Proceeds will go to the Kamloops Food Bank.

• Jan. 12, 8 p.m., In Verse with Redwoods, The Dirty Jersey, 1200 Eighth St., $10 in advance, $14 at the door.

• Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m., Matt Mays with Dustin Bentall, CJ’s Nightclub,

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• Jan. 27, 8 p.m., Fifth anniversary comedy show with Sterling Scott, The Dirty Jersey, 1200 Eighth St., $20.

• Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., SonReal, CJ’s Nightclub, 130 Fifth Ave., $35 at the door, limited

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• March 27, 7:30 p.m., Shred Kelly, The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St., $15 in advance plus taxes and fees.

Tickets for all shows available online at kamtix.ca.

KTW FILE PHOTO Spencer Tomlinson (left) and Dave Gorman caught up with KTW after a recent show in Kamloops. The band returns to the River City to perform on Dec. 15.

Choral Rhapsody holiday event returns to Sagebrush Theatre Eleven groups will take part in the 20th annual Choral Rhapsody of Christmas on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Sagebrush Theatre, 821 Munro St., at 7 p.m.

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‘Silence Breakers’ named Time magazine’s person of the year THE CANADIAN PRESS

NEW YORK — The “Silence Breakers” — those who have shared their stories about sexual assault and harassment — have been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

Numerous women have spoken out publicly since October about sexual misconduct by dozens of high-profile men in entertainment, media, business and sports.

Time praised those who have given “voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing us all to stop accepting the unacceptable.’’

The magazine’s cover features Ashley Judd, Taylor Swift, Susan Fowler and others who say they have been harassed.

Time’s announcement was made Wednesday on NBC’s Today show, where longtime host Matt

Lauer was fired last week amid harassment allegations.

Today host Savannah Guthrie acknowledged Wednesday this year’s winner hits “close to home’’ and mentioned Lauer by name.

Women who spoke out, initially against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and then others, helped to spawn the #MeToo movement, with millions of people telling stories of sexual misconduct

on social media.

The tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts began after actress-activist Alyssa Milano followed on a suggestion from a friend of a friend on Facebook and tweeted: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.’’

The hashtag was tweeted nearly a million times in 48 hours. #MeToo was actually founded by activist Tarana Burke a decade ago to raise awareness about sexual violence.

Milano has said she wasn’t aware of Burke’s contributions when she made her initial tweet and has since publicly credited her.

Milano and Burke appeared together Wednesday on the Today show.

“This is just the start. I’ve been saying from the beginning, it’s not just a moment, it’s a movement,’’ Burke said.

“Now the work really begins.’’

“As women, we have to support each other and stand together and say, ‘That’s it.

We’re done. No more,’” Milano said.

“It’s vital to me that we really set in some actionable things that we can do to continue this momentum.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Time’s 2015 Person of the Year, said through a spokesman that this year’s winners should be thanked for “having the courage to break the silence on sexual assaults and for the worldwide discussion that they have launched.”

The two runners-

up for Person of the Year were Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, himself accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women.

He has denied any wrongdoing.

Trump, Person of the Year in 2016, tweeted recently that the magazine had told him he “probably’’ would be named again if he agreed to an interview and photo shoot.

Trump added that he “took a pass.’’

Time has disputed his account.

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In Luk’Luk’I, five Vancouverites live on the fringes of society during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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e has piercing grey eyes, a strong hawknosed profile and a trim beard. Dressed in dishdashah robes, and wearing a traditional chequered head scarf (Shumag), banded in place with a coiled Ogal, he sits astride an Arab stallion, looking for all the world like a bit-actor in Hollywood’s Lawrence of Arabia.

The mountain, Jabel alMazmar, arguably T.E. Lawrence’s inspiration for the title of his Seven Pillars of Wisdom, serves as a perfect backdrop.

I’m at the Wadi Rum Visitors’ Centre in Jordan and the horseman, oblivious to my goggling, is chatting to our bus driver. A small group of us are about to board three jeeps each driven

by Bedouins, (the only ones qualified to navigate the trackless desert) and take off in a convoy

through the Wadi Rum which Lawrence once described as “vast, echoing and God-like”.

I’d imagined the desert as a swell of sand dunes stretching endlessly to a distant horizon, but the Wadi Rum is a wilderness of a different sort.

Stunted bushes pock-mark the sandy soil and gigantic monolithic crags rear up against the sky, their surfaces worn by time and weather into fantastical shapes.

Some appear crumbly as insect-bored wood — others are wind-sculpted into clenched fists, or crenellated bastions. The colours shift from dun to ochre and in the distance, the rocks fade to a pale grey.

The sun brazens down from a metallic sky and the sand shimmers in the heat haze.

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A tinfoil moon rises high above our encampment and we circle a leaping bonfire, dancing to the rhythm of a tabla (drum) and lute. When the flames sink into ashes, some guests, like our Bedouin hosts, sleep on bedding set out on benches in the open.

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REMEMBER THE REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON

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he tugof-war between Christmas and other holiday nomenclatures has begun as the first Sunday in December ushered in Advent.

In our market-driven societies, Christmas advertising flyers start hitting us just after Halloween. Allured by the media blitz, parents fantasize while children pester for all things new.

The retail stores play seasonal music and worry about their fourth-quarter earnings. The enticement to empty our wallets and to worship at the altar of materialism is hard to resist.

The first church official to propose special spiritual activities for the Christmas period was Perpetus, bishop of Tours, in 490 AD. To help his flock prepare for the holiday, he advocated fasting every

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In the Orthodox Church, Advent still includes fasting and, in most places, it lasts from Nov. 15 to Dec. 24.

Let Christmas 2017 also be a time of reflection on our walk with Christ and with one another.

The world creates its own gods and expects others to wor-

ship them. We must resist the temptation of following the ways of the world. In this ever-changing globe of science and technology, the god of market economy generates fanciful expectations, which, when unmet, create a vacuum in our lives. In human history, vacuums have always been filled, whether for good or for bad.

The communist revolution propelled dictatorial leaders Vladmir Lenin and, later, Joseph Stalin, to power. The revolution claimed to fill the vacuum of the masses with material prosperity and equality. To achieve its goals, millions of people were put to death.

The equality promised was well portrayed in George Orwell’s book Animal Farm, wherein he wrote: “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”

The rise of Nazism was startling. Our sen-

sibilities are still traumatized by what Adolf Hitler did, putting millions of Jews to death.

But we must not forget the vacuum Hitler was aiming to fill. Europe was living on glorious memories of the past.

The church was irrelevant. As a result, Europe got Nazism, which positioned itself as the rising tide of the future against the nostalgic waves of the past. Europe and the world suffered.

In recent times, the persecution of Christians and other minorities is well documented. The ideology of purity and pollution by mainline Hindus sees the low-caste Dalits as impure. Thousands of Rohingyas are fleeing from pillar to post in order to survive.

The church is dutybound to model equality, love, respect, and service to all.

The reign of terror unleashed the world

over by suicide bombers raises the pertinent question: Why are young people willing to kill innocent people and, in the process, be killed?

The utopian revolutions of the failed gods of communism and fascism, and the newer gods of capitalism and consumerism, are bound to fail, as well.

History is replete with evidence the gods of this world fail over and over. As Christ followers, we should never allow the human failures of history to haunt us.

Long ago, humanity declared its independence from God and has chased the whirlwinds of ideologies, which are doomed to failure.

The biblical times were also brimming with Greek and Roman ideologies. But with the appearing of the Christ child, the angels’ message came in the form of peace on

Earth. God’s answer to humanity’s emptiness was a baby, indeed a priceless treasure in an earthen vessel.

The self-giving love of God was manifested in a person, not in an ideology. The wise men were led by the star to a rustic manger and they were not disappointed. They worshipped the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

Even today, the truly wise can recognize the presence of God-Man in Jesus. They value human life, especially of the poor and the marginalized.

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Ryley McRae of the Kamloops Classic Swimming club was named to the Swimming Canada junior team last month. He will make his Team Canada debut next month in South Africa.

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yley McRae’s swimming technique was deconstructed last month — criticized, eviscerated and redesigned.

The 16-year-old Sa-Hali secondary student’s introduction to the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre in Victoria was sobering, an unexpected beginning to his tenure with the junior national team, known officially as the National Development Team Program.

“While I was there, they really keyed in on what I was doing wrong instead of what I was doing right,” McRae said. “It definitely made me feel sort of small, which probably, in the end,

was a good thing. It just gives me drive to become better.

“They might have made me feel like I was slow and worked me to the end, but the one thing I took away is if my stroke is as bad as they said it was, there’s lots of room for improvement.”

McRae burst onto the national team radar and into the conversation for the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo at the Canadian Junior Championships in Toronto in the summer.

He blew away the competition in the 16-and-under 1,500-metre freestyle, winning gold with a time (15:35.87) that ranked 11th in the world among swimmers 18 and under.

Kamloops Classic Swimming head coach Brad Dalke said McRae’s inclusion to the national junior swimming team, a desig-

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nation that became official last month, comes with perks such as top-tier coaching and funding — and it signals the start of the stretch drive toward 2020.

“Pretty much, in that oneweek time period, they ripped everything apart in the first couple days,” Dalke said. “Since then, it’s given us a platform to start analyzing things and building going forward.

“Right now, we’re trying to work on getting that stroke technique down pat, trying to be a little bit more efficient, so we can have fewer strokes over a 1,500metre swim, but be able to swim way faster.”

The Classics have spent the last 12 weeks in a cycle of preparation that ends with the 25th annual MJB Law Classic, which runs from Dec. 15 to Dec. 17

at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre.

Most of the club’s swimmers will be shaved and tapered for that event, essentially meaning they will be ready to peak, but McRae is not on the same training plan.

The MJB Law Classic will be important for him, as it will be the first real test of his new stroke, but he is ramping up for the next biggest moment of his young career, his first time representing Canada in international competition.

McRae and three Swimming Canada teammates of similar age will travel to South Africa for the the Midmar Mile, a 1.6-kilometre race recognized as the largest open-water swimming event in the world.

“I think I’m going to swim real-

ly fast,” said McRae, who turns 17 later this month. “Being my first time representing Canada, I think I’m going to be really excited about that. It’s a whole new thing to me, but I’m not going to let that get me down.”

The Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg will cap a twoweek camp that includes a week of training in Durban.

For McRae and his teammates, the trip is a chance to compete against each other in front of national team coaches, knowing there are only so many spots available on Team Canada for the Olympics in the distances in which they specialize.

“I’ve competed against all of them,” he said. “We know each other.

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More pressing than decisions on “I have a playlist The 800-metre school is his timeline that I listen to and I do distance will make its for qualifying for the my specific warm-up Olympic debut in men’s 2018 Junior Pan Pacific competition in 2020, a and actually sort of get Championships, sched- away from everyone, good thing for swimuled to run from Aug. mers of McRae’s ilk, as get into a quiet space, dent has plans to 23 to Aug. 27 in Fiji. it opens up another and really focus on how pursue a career in engi“Everything we are option for qualification.

I’m going to swim the neering. doing is getting ready “This whole ordeal, race,” McRae said.

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B.C. Hockey will require junior B hockey players wear full cages on their helmets starting in 20182019.

“Barry Dewar and the Kamloops Storm do not like the idea,” said Barry Dewar, owner of the Kamloops Storm.

The local junior B club competes in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).

Players in the KIJHL, Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) and Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL), along with the two B.C teams participating in the North West Junior Hockey League, will be impacted by the decision that came down Tuesday.

“B.C. Hockey is proud to be recognized as a leader in riskmanagement initiatives, and player safety is at the forefront of our program planning,” said Barry Petrachenko, B.C. Hockey chief executive officer.

“Our game is faster than it has ever been and as a result we face increased challenges and responsibilities relative to safety. We are confident that through this initiative facial and dental injuries will

Jayden Castle of the Kamloops Storm sporting a half visor in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play at Memorial Arena earlier this season.

Junior B players in B.C. will be wearing full cages next season.

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be greatly reduced.”

Junior B teams will see a 71 per cent reduction in major medical and dental premiums under the Hockey Canada Insurance Program (down $35 to $10 per player) with the move to full face protection, according to the B.C. Hockey press release.

“I’d be curious to know how many times B.C. Hockey ever pays a dental claim,” Dewar said. “In 17 years, I think they’ve paid us twice.

“The one we had this year, the parents’ insurance company paid.

There is no savings for B.C. Hockey or anyone else. Is it someone trying to make a name for themselves by bringing the rule into place?”

Dewar is most upset about the manner in which the

rule has been implemented.

“Maybe it is a good idea, but why not sit down and talk with us?” Dewar said. “We do care about the safety of our players.

Nobody sat down with us with the facts.”

Full face cages are mandatory at all levels of minor hockey. Junior B players are mandated to wear half-visors.

Both Dewar and Delta Ice Hawks’ head coach Darren Naylor said players are not happy about the decision to switch to full cages.

“It’s a badge of honour when they get to play junior hockey,” Naylor told CBC British Columbia.

“The first thing they want to do is put the visor on. I feel bad for those kids a little bit. It would have

been nice if there was some sort of approach with the players, where they could opt in.”

At the 2017 Hockey Canada winter congress, Hockey Canada director of insurance and risk management Todd Jackson reported on dental injuries.

From 2010 to 2015, he said more than 370 dental injuries with players wearing half visors were reported to Hockey Canada as compared to eight for those who wore full face protection.

During the same time period, the overall cost of dental claims were significantly lower in the fullface category — $7,548 as compared to $287,775.

Naylor questioned why the same mandate was not passed for

junior A players in 2018-2019 and questioned whether it is safer to bring in full cages, noting some players are more reckless because they have extra protection.

“What happens if he goes to junior A?” Dewar said. “Now he has to rethink his play.

“And what about players from other provinces coming to B.C.? It’s not Canada-wide. It’s just in B.C.” The Peninsula Panthers of the VIJHL implemented full face protection this season, becoming the first junior team in B.C. to make the change voluntarily.

PJHL president Ray Stonehouse is on board with the decision.

“We’ve had two eye injuries within the last 60 days, and, in both cases, the stick came up underneath the visor — the closest was about an eighth of an inch away from the player’s eyeball. But for the grace of God, that player didn’t get his eye torn out,” Stonehouse told CBC British Columbia.

Dewar said he has reached out to KIJHL president Bill Olhausen to express his feelings.

“I don’t like the idea,” Dewar said. “I don’t know what our options are. Right now, I’m trying to investigate.”

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As a kid, Tim O’Donovan dreamed about playing in the World Junior Hockey Championship.

That didn’t happen.

But now, at 31, the Kamloops Blazers’ director of hockey and media administration is about to get his first taste of the storied tournament.

O’Donovan, who has worked for the Blazers since 2003, has been named Team Canada’s video coach for the world juniors, taking place in Buffalo, N.Y., starting on Boxing Day. The final games of the tournament will be played on Jan. 5.

“The world juniors are something you always dream of as a kid and, if you like hockey, you want to be a part of the world juniors,” O’Donovan told KTW. “I was a hockey nut from a young age.

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playing at a higher level, but that didn’t happen. Now I’ve been given this opportunity.

It’s surreal to realize.”

This won’t be the first time O’Donovan works with Hockey Canada — he’s worked in similar roles at various lower-level events dating back to 2012 — but the world juniors, arguably the most anticipated international hockey event on the calendar with National Hockey League players not being allowed to compete at next year’s Olympic Games, will be the largest stage by far.

O’Donovan said he’s looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere in Buffalo and, hopefully, com-

ing home with a gold medal.

“There’s an outdoor game, too, against the U.S. on the 29th,” he said. “It’s going to be great. That rivalry has just grown so much over the years.”

O’Donovan said he’ll keep in touch with Blazers’ staff and help out as much as he can as time permits from Buffalo.

“I’ll be keeping in touch with the guys here,” he said. “They left for Saskatchewan on Tuesday night and I’m usually a big part of the road trips.”

As for the future, O’Donovan said he hopes to continue to work with Hockey Canada from time to time.

“As I get older, I realize I really like Kamloops,” he said.

“My family’s here and my wife, and we’re going to have a kid pretty soon. I’m comfortable here. I pretty much have a dream job already as far as I see it.”

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Like Altidore, Toronto FC done with small talk as MLS cup final looms NEIL DAVIDSON

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TORONTO — It appears Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore will do his talking on the field Saturday in the MLS Cup final.

The U.S. international certainly had little to say on Thursday at a news conference.

Asked how his sore ankle was, Altidore replied: “Yeah, I’ll play.

It’s good.”

When another reporter pressed him for details, Altidore said: “It doesn’t matter.”

Silence followed.

“Next question,’’ offered the moderator.

Another reporter asked Altidore what it felt like to watch Seattle celebrate last year’s win at BMO Field and whether that feeling had lingered.

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The answer to the first half of the question seemed obvious but it elicited one of his longer responses.

“It was not great, so it’s good that we have a chance to hopefully reverse that feeling on Saturday,” Altidore said.

Altidore does not like talking about himself at the best of times.

Putting him on a podium in front of a gaggle of media was like sending a tailor to a nudist colony. Who thought that was a good idea?

Perhaps it was no coincidence captain Michael Bradley and coach Greg Vanney, who shared the podium with Altidore, repeatedly referred to the championship rematch with Seattle as being “tomorrow” instead of Saturday.

The Cup final comes

34 days and four games after Toronto kicked off its post-season run Nov. 5. In the same time period in May, Toronto played nine games.

One senses Toronto is talked out. It has waited a year to get back to the final, laying waste to the opposition during a record-breaking regular season.

The playoffs have been more of a grind but Toronto, one kick from winning the championship in 2016, is back where it wants to be.

Redemption is just around the corner. Like Altidore, TFC is done with the small talk.

Still, Bradley said he is not fuelled by revenge.

“It’s Seattle again. I think we’re excited it’s Seattle, again,” he said.

“But for me, the way

I look at things, this is about our group of guys, our club, this city, the road that we have all taken to get here, what it meant after the disappointment and heartbreak of last year, to have to live each and every day this year knowing that in the back of our minds this was all we wanted to give ourselves another crack.

“In my mind, this is about us, this is about stepping on the field Saturday and going for it.”

The weather continues to be a topic of conversation, although not one that is sending anyone to the phone yelling, “Get me rewrite.”

“It’s going to be cold,’’ Bradley said with a slight smile.

“It’s Toronto, right. It’s Toronto in

December. Nobody thought any different.”

Bradley said the team has not spent much time thinking about it because “ultimately it’s one of those things that gets filed away under things we have no control over.”

Still, there were audible gasps from a few Toronto players as they emerged for their morning practice in a bone-chilling wind.

“Oh my God,” was one player’s response.

Another looked like he wanted to turn right around and go back inside.

Environment Canada calls for a high of zero and “periods of snow.’’

With underground heating, the snow should not be a problem, but the cold takes its toll after a while.

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PARIS — A decade of dominance as the world’s two best soccer players has left Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi level with five Ballon d’Or awards each.

Despite once trailing 4-1 to his longtime rival, Ronaldo moved level after winning the award again on Thursday.

“With Messi the fight continues, in a good way,’’ Ronaldo said after being presented the trophy awarded by France Football magazine at a ceremony held at the Eiffel Tower.

Messi was second in the voting and Neymar, who left Barcelona in the off-season to join Paris SaintGermain for a world-record transfer fee of 222 million Euros ($262 million), was third.

Overall, Messi has a very slight edge.

The 30-year-old Messi has been runner-up to Ronaldo on each of his wins.

Ronaldo has been runner-up to Messi four times, with the exception being when midfielder Andres Iniesta — Messi’s brilliant club teammate — finished second in 2010 after scoring the winner for

Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) and Lionel Messi have both won five Ballon d’Or awards.

Spain in the World Cup final.

Ronaldo did not make the podium that year, with Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi taking third place.

He has bounced back to win the last two.

Ronaldo was shown on television receiving his latest award Thursday while making the sign of five with his left hand as held the trophy in his right.

“Of course, I feel happy, it’s a big moment in my career,’’ Ronaldo said. “It’s something I hope to win every year.’’

The 32-year-old Portugal forward also took home the Ballon d’Or prize in 2013 and 2014 and in 2008 when playing for Manchester United.

Messi won it from 2009 to 2012 — with Ronaldo runner-up three times during the period — and in 2015 ahead of Ronaldo and Neymar.

Ronaldo claimed it back last year after helping Portugal win the European Championship and starring for Madrid as it won the Champions League.

“Thanks to my Real Madrid teammates,’’ Ronaldo said, adding. “I want to thank the rest of the people who helped me reach this level.’’

Last season, he won the Champions League once again — scoring twice in a 4-1 rout of Juventus in the final — and played a key role as Madrid won the Spanish league title for the first time since 2012. His league tally of 25, however, was his lowest since joining the club in 2009.

Ronaldo is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Champions League with 115 goals.

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“If he can score 10 times in training he will, that’s what impresses me,’’ Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. “His ambition impresses me. I’m proud to be his coach.’’

He set another competition record on Wednesday, scoring in Real Madrid’s 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday to become the first player to find the net in all six group-stage matches.

It took his tally to nine so far, but in La Liga it has been a very different story during this campaign.

In August, he was banned for five games after shoving referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea in the back following his red card during a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. He missed the return leg of the Spanish Super Cup in Madrid plus the first four matches of the Spanish league season.

Since then, he has managed only a meagre two in 10 games and Madrid is fourth — already eight points behind leader Barcelona after 14 matches. Messi is already well clear with 13 league goals.

Meanwhile, veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was fourth on

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France Football’s list. The 39-yearold Italian helped Juventus reach the Champions League final and win the Italian title for the sixth straight season.

Croatia midfielder Luka Modric and Spain defender Sergio Ramos — both Ronaldo’s teammates — were fifth and sixth respectively.

Teenage star Kylian Mbappe finished seventh after helping Monaco win the French title and reach the Champions League semifinals. He joined Neymar at PSG this season in a deal worth 180 million Euros ($216 million) — the second-most expensive ever.

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Tottenham striker Harry Kane completed the top 10.

PSG striker Edinson Cavani was surprisingly 11th despite scoring a career-high 49 goals in all competitions last term.

The Ballon d’Or is voted for by 173 journalists worldwide.

It became known as the FIFA Ballon d’Or for six years in conjunction with world soccer’s governing body. That association ended last year, when it became the sole award of the magazine once more.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Anne Lydia Nelson

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Ana passed away peacefully at Pine Grove Care Home in Kamloops, BC on December 6, 2017.

Ana was born on October 15, 1920 in Croatia and came to Canada settling in Kamloops in 1956.

Ana is survived by nieces, nephews and cousins in Croatia and many friends in Canada.

Ana wished to express a sincere thank you to all her friends for their love and support.

The Funeral Mass of will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 11:00 am.

Arrangements entrusted to Schoening Funeral Service, Kamloops, BC.

Anne Nelson passed away on November 27, 2017 at the age of 96. Anne was born on March 31, 1921 in Golden Spike, AB, the 7th of 14 children born to Lydia and John Breitkreitz.

Growing up on a farm instilled in Anne a strong work ethic, a desire to continually further her knowledge and a life caring for family and those who needed a helping hand.

Anne was able to attend school only until age 15, when she moved to Rosebud, AB to work. She married Howard in 1941 and the couple lived in Standard, AB until 1957. Suring this time their three children were born. Anne was very active in this community becoming the recreation leader for the children during the summer months. She served as President of the Ladies Aid, was active in the church and all community activities.

Anne and family made their home in Hinton, AB from 1957 to 1972. Anne was employed by the Bank of Nova Scotia, quickly being promoted to Assistant Manager. Anne took an active part in church activities, was a Commissioner of Oaths, belonging to the Royal Purple and helped out in the community as a volunteer.

After the move to Kamloops, Anne continued to work for the Bank of Nova Scotia until her retirement. She kept busy with the Royal Purple, holding the position of Honored Royal Lady for several terms. Anne was a volunteer for many years at Royal Inland Hospital.

Anne was a kind and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Until her illness in 2008, she was totally present in all our lives.

Anne is predeceased by her husband Howard in 2003.

Anne is survived by her children Bruce (Marjorie) Nelson of Kamloops, Gloria Fluney (Joe) of Blind Bay, Linda Bonnycastle (Richard) of Calgary, five granddaughters, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter and four of her sisters.

Our sincere thanks to the staff of Ridgeview Lodge where Anne has resided for the last nine years.

No service at Anne’s request. Cremation. Anne’s ashes will be buried in the family plot in Standard, AB. Memorial donations may be made to the Kamloops Brain Injury Association.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services.

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Surrounded by love, our wonderful husband and dad passed away on November 18, 2017 at Royal Inland Hospital with his family by his side.

Earle was born in Dodsland, SK on February 11, 1928 and predeceased by his parents and sisters Gwen Jones, Kay White and Marlene Murray. Lorne is survived by his loving wife and best friend of 60+ years Sharon, daughter Sandy Treleaven (Brian), sons Scott (Shirley) and Mike, brotherin-law Stan Jones, brother-in-law Hayes (Vivian) Brown, sister-in-law Sue Hatch and sister-in-law Marion (Mel) Miners, as well as many beloved cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Lorne was the eldest child and only son of Campbell “Cam” and Doris Earle. One of his grandfathers owned the local store and the other was a farmer, so he was introduced to the working world at a young age. The family later relocated to BC and when Cam went overseas with the Canadian Forces in 1941, Lorne became the man of the family at the tender age of 13.

Having finished school at Victoria College, Lorne joined the Bank of Montreal and after various postings around central BC he ended up back home in Victoria where he and Sharon met and married in 1957. Three kids and several transfers later, Lorne joined the Bank of BC and in 1971 the

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family made the happy move to Kamloops, which Lorne and Sharon made their forever home and where they later enjoyed many happy years of retirement together.

Lorne was a sports fan extraordinaire and cheered his beloved Bruins, Red Sox and Kamloops Blazers with great passion; the Red Sox finally winning their World Series (and then repeating twice!) was at the top of his sports highlight reel. He was an avid curler and a lover of baseball stadiums and hockey arenas; one of his most famous exploits was sweet-talking his way into a sold-out Rangers game at Madison Square Garden, where the security guard not only let him in but ushered him to an empty luxury suite where he watched the game in the highest of style.

Teresa Bruno

March 12, 1932 – December 8, 2013

Our lives go on without you But nothing is the same We have to hide our heartache When someone speaks your name Sad are the hearts that love you Silent are the tears that fall Living without you is the hardest part of all You did so many things for us Your heart was so kind and true And when we needed someone We could always count on you The special years will not return When we are all together But with the love in our hearts You walk with us forever

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Herbert Patrick Kreger

October 31, 1928 - November 27, 2017 After a short battle with cancer, Herb slipped away on an unusually sunny and warm November day surrounded by the love of his family.

Herb was born to his parents Ronald and Mary Kreger in Vancouver, BC and grew up on a farm in Sardis, BC with his parents and six siblings.

Herb went to school in Sardis and Chilliwack, however farm chores took precedence over school attendance.

He married the love of his life Bertha in 1948 and they have been blessed with 69 years together.

Herb and Bertha had five children Jimmy (deceased), Ron (Janice), Judy, Darlene (Blake) and Gary (Katherine), six granddaughters Heidi, Julia, Tabatha, Carrie, Shelby and Kelly and great-grandson Sheldon.

Herb and Bertha have lived in Kamloops for 62 years, 58 of those years in Valleyview.

If family and friends wish, a donation in Lorne’s memory to KidSport BC or to another charity of choice would be much appreciated.

Herb began his working life cutting meat in Sardis, moving on to open his own meat shop there. Herb was involved in starting the meat department in the Overwaitea Food chain. After a few years of independently providing this service for the chain, Overwaitea bought him out and he went on to work as a meat manager for the company for 37 years, finishing his career at the Overwaitea (Save-On) in Sahali.

Throughout his years at Overwaitea, Herb established relationships with many customers including local farmers and ranchers. He always had time for half a cup.

A celebration of Lorne’s life will be held in the spring, dates and details to be announced later.

After a very successful career, Herb enjoyed many years of travelling, camping and bowling with his wife Bertha and many good times with family. He spent countless hours in his yard enjoying his passion for gardening.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

Herb’s wish is for a family gathering in the spring.

Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Services, Kamloops BC. Condolences may be expressed on-line at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Ralph Gordon Becker

November 16, 1925 - November 26, 2017

It is with great sadness that Ralph’s family announces his sudden passing on November 26, 2017 at the age of 92.

Ralph was born in Delisle, Saskatchewan.

He enjoyed his formative years in Saskatoon before he joined the Navy at the age of 17, volunteering as a gunner on merchant ships.

He sailed on four different ships and has three star metals for all seas, as well as CVSM and CLASP. Ralph was very proud of his Navy days and enjoyed telling stories about them.

After WWII, he met and married Erna Woelke in Vancouver on October 11, 1946. After various jobs, he became a dynamite blaster and had his own company, Becker Blasting.

Aviation was one of his hobbies and he loved to read about planes. He achieved his private pilot’s licence and purchased is own Navion plane. In 1962, he purchased Tuloon Lake Fishing Camp near Little Fort and the family moved to Kamloops. After the fishing camp days he worked for Weyerhaeuser and the BC Forest Service surveying logging roads.

He collected coins from all eras and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Ralph was an avid sports fan and watched lots of hockey and baseball

games on television.

His grandchildren will always remember playing bumper pool and Just Dance in the basement as well as sledding at the park beside the house on Tod Crescent.

On their 25th wedding anniversary, Ralph and Erna cruised to Hawaii on the Canberra, which started a lifelong love of travel and cruising.

Ralph is survived by his daughter Donna (Gordon) Dittberner of Scotch Creek/ Sun Peaks), grandchildren Robert Stewart Jr., Carol DeFehr (Jeff) and Jaclyn Stewart (Mark Lamley), great-grandchildren Spencer Scherrer-Stewart, Taiya and Blake Stewart, Payton DeFehr-Robb and the most recent grandson of 6 months Nolan Lamley. Ralph is also survived by his sisters Joan Greenaway and Lois Johnson and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, two brothers, two brothersin-law and his wife Erna in 2007, greatgranddaughter Baby Cora Lamley in 2015 and former son-in-law Robert Stewart in 2017.

Ralph will be missed, but not forgotten.

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Walter “Ray” Bayley passed away on November 20, 2017 at his home at the age of 91 years.

He was born on August 18, 1926.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at St. George’s Church, 308 Royal Avenue, Kamloops, BC with Reverend Isabel Healy-Morrow officiating.

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Samuel Alexander Healey March 10, 1935 – November 28, 2017

Samuel Alexander Healey of Barriere, British Columbia passed away suddenly at the age of 82 at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. Samuel was born in Perry Sound, Ontario on March 10, 1935.

Samuel is survived by his loving wife of 47 years Linda, daughter Nora Lyn Healey Mcphee, sons Sam and Allen, two granddaughters Kieryn and Faith, sister Lucy, brothers-in-law Allan (Lesley) and Ronald (Marion), sister-in-law Donna (Ken) and nieces Joan and Patricia.

He was predeceased by his parents Ethel and Samuel and other members of his family.

Samuel enjoyed going to the Legion meat draws, playing pool, fishing, hunting and playing horseshoes.

Samuel had multiple awards in his younger days for marksmanship.

Several for sporting rifle standing.

There is a formal request, there will be no service at this time. Private family arrangements have been made.

Donations in memory of Samuel Healey may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 729 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2B5.

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A Vanished Friend

by Anders Lim

Around the corner I have a friend In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year has gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For life is a swift and terrible race.

He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men, Tired of playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name.

“Tomorrow, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I am thinking of him.”

But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows, Around the corner, yet miles away “Here’s a telegram, sir,” “Jim died today!”

And that’s what we get, and deserve in the end, Around the corner a vanished friend!

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Call 250-371-4949 to place your ad and for more details.

MAKE A Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat Call FREE! 250-220-1300 or 1-800-2101010. www.livelinks.com 18+0

Lost & Found

Education/Trade Schools AAA Firearms and Hunting Courses.

Our Instructors are the BestSo Say Our Students.

Courses Run every Week Year Round.

Gift Certificates and Details are available at pal-core-ed.com Call 778-470-3030.

SEASONS GREETINGS!

PETS For Sale?

TRI-CITY SPECIAL! is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at

250-374-0462

Sales ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: NEWSPAPER AND DIGITAL MARKETING Kamloops This Week is always looking to add superb sales people with a creative flair to our team.

Our business requires highly organized individuals with the ability to multi-task in a fun, fast-paced, team environment.

We offer our clients traditional marketing ideas and products, in addition to cutting-edge, state-of-the-art online strategies to help them compete in today’s digital environment.

Good interpersonal skills are an asset and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are desired for those who wish to join the vibrant KTW team. Excellent communication skills, a valid driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle are what you need to become a part of a growing business entity.

If you are a competitive and creative individual and enjoy challenging yourself, we want to hear from you.

Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to sales manager Ray Jolicoeur at ray@kamloopsthisweek.com We thank all applicants, but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Temporary/ PT/Seasonal

HUNTER & FIREARMS

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Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. January 6th and 7th. Saturday and Sunday.

P.A.L. December 17th, Sunday. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

Information

Bill

Advertise in the 2018 BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis largest Sportsman publication

PERFECT Part-Time Opportunity

3 Days Per Week call 250-374-0462

Lost in Kenna Cartwright Park on Nov. 30th: 1-yearold male kelpie x mini Australian shepherd wearing an orange harness. Very athletic farm dog from Quesnel, could be anywhere by now.

Contact 250-819-8098 Lost prescription eye glasses.

On the start of the trail at the end of Copperhead Dr. Kenna Cartwright Park. Womans new (1 week old) progressives.

(250) 819-9648

250-376-7970

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINING Online-based 43 wk program incls 8 wk practicum. Regulated Pharmacy Technicians earn $25-$28/hr in hospitals & $20-$27/hr in community pharmacies. Accredited by the Canadian Council for the Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP). www.stenbergcollege.com Toll-Free: 1-866-580-2772

Help Wanted I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries.

Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

Work Wanted Drywall repair, taping, textured ceilings and painting.

Reasonable rates and seniors discount. Bonded. Graham 250-374-7513/250-851-1263 HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Pets

Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

for only $46.81/week, we will place your classified ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949

classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com

Pup loving female English Setter from US National Field Champion lines. Born Sept.

16. $900 OBO,604-889-8010 Ashcroft. boyanows@sfu.ca

EARN EXTRA $$$

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 Wrought Iron Santa, Reindeer and Christmas Tree 4ft high $50 (250) 376-3056

Help Wanted

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

Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details!

250-371-4949

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

Help Wanted

GREEK RESTAURANT

8466339 WE'RE GROWING!

KITCHEN HELPER & P/T SERVER REQUIRED Drop off resume Tuesday to Thursday 262 Tranquille Rd

No phone calls please. Only shortlisted will be contacted.

Firearms

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

.270 calibre BSA rifle w/ Tasco scope, case, shells. Need PAL. $600. 250-571-4943.

Savage 93R17 BTVSS 4000 elite 6x24 scope. $600. 780885-6078.

Firewood/Fuel ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine.

Stock up now. Campfire wood.

(250) 377-3457.

Furniture 2sm antique armchairs $600, wool area rug 9x7 $400 (778) 471-8627 8ft Antique Couch $900.

Round dining room table w/4chairs & 2 bar stools. $700.

Couch & matching chairs $149. 250-374-1541.

Heavy Duty Machinery

IS HIRING A CLASS 1 DRIVER

For more information and to apply today visit parkland.ca or apply with your resume to 1314 Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops.

Bluewave Energy is a brand of Parkland Fuel Corporation.

TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING Funding available for those who qualify!

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1948 Ford Tractor.

New tires/chains, rear blade. Good cond. $1800. 250-573-3165.

1975 Cat Loader, good condition. $30,000/obo. 250-5733165 or 250-371-7495.

Medical Supplies 2015 M300 power wheel chair w/charger Roho air seat, ext arm like new asking $6000obo (250) 554-1257

Misc. for Sale 1 Computer desk. $50. 1 cloth rocking chair. $150. 1 glass top side table. $50. 250-5795696.

2-Honeywell oil filled convection radiator heaters. Model HZ-605C. $50/each. 573-2884 Heavy Duty 1hp Meat Grinder and saw unit $350 obo (778) 469-5434

CERTIFIED ICBC AIR BRAKE COURSE December 16-17

Class 1 Truck Driver Training 2-5 week training courses available

Ask us today about our new B-Train Employment Mentorship Program!

Call 250.828.5104 or visit tru.ca/trades

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Merchandise for Sale

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Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Real Estate

Rentals

Rentals

Tools

Mobile Homes & Parks

Mobile Homes & Parks

Apt/Condo for Rent

Bed & Breakfast

THOMPSON VILLA APARTMENTS

BC Best Buy Classifieds

Misc. for Sale

Proto Torque Multipliers Model J6212 1200 ft lbs $800obo, Model J6232 3200ft lbs $2000obo (250) 573-4217

8466850

• 1 bedroom apartment $930/mo • Adult/Seniors oriented • Recently renovated apartment • Quiet Living Space • Common Laundry, Storage • Clean, Spacious Suites • No Smoking, No Pets • Available Immediately

Real Estate Houses For Sale

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MISC4Sale: Oak Table Chairs-$400, 1-Standard 8ft truck canopy $300. Call 250851-1115 after 6pm or leave msg.

Misc. Wanted 3rd Generation Coin Collector Looking to Buy Coins, Collections, Silver,Gold coins, Bills+ Call Chad 250-863-3082 Cash for GOLD, concentrate, nuggets, gold dust, scrap, gold dental work,Unwanted GOLD+ Call Todd (250)-864-3521

CHECK US OUT

ONLINE

www.kamloopsthisweek.com Under the Real Estate Tab

Mobile Homes & Parks 12ftx50ft Mobile with 8ftx40ft long addition. $39,000. 250260-0312 or 250-320-0504.

COIN collector buying old coins, collector coins, coin collections Todd 250-864-3521

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKER

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Interior Community Services (ICS) is looking to fill multiple temporary part-time and full-time Child and Youth Care Worker positions. These positions are 8 hour shifts in a home setting and expected to be one year in duration.

The successful candidates will have a Human Service Diploma and experience working with a care team to support individuals with high needs. A valid class 5 driver’s license, and own vehicle is required.

Home & Land

Positions will remain open until filled

Bachelor Suite starting at $845 per month 1 & 2 Bedroom Suites Adult Oriented No Pets Elevators / Dishwashers Common Laundry $850-$1,200 per month North Shore 250-376-1427 South Shore 250-314-1135

Pritchard, BC

250.573.2278 EagleHomes.ca

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

VSA Merritt is currently seeking a full time Certified Truck and Transport Mechanic (CTVM) with a Class 3 driver’s license.

Preferred qualifications include CVIP inspection ticket and good knowledge of computer diagnostic software. Wages and benefits are in accordance with the current Collective Agreement.

Please submit resumes to: VSA Highway Maintenance Attention: Human Resources 2925 Pooley Avenue Merritt, BC, V1K 1C2 Or Fax: 250-315-0169 Deadline for submission will be December 22, 2017

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

CAREER OPPORTUNITY PARTS TECHNICIAN, JOURNEYPERSON KAMLOOPS This position will provide customers with cost effective parts and information in a friendly, efďŹ cient, and knowledgeable manner.

Provide accurate parts and pricing information.

Maintaining parts inventories and assisting with inventory counts and inspections, identifying and cataloguing parts and assemblies, ordering, receiving, inspecting, sorting, stock handling, and up selling.

Completing and entering documentation; preparing invoicing, tracking orders, shipping and receiving information for warehouse, data entry of purchase and work orders, maintaining price lists and catalogues and processing CORE returns.

QualiďŹ cations: The successful candidate will possess a Journeyperson Parts Technician certiďŹ cation and a minimum of three (3) years of industry related experience. Other requirements include, but are not limited to: • Strong focus on providing valuable customer service Proven ability to adhere to and maintain workplace health and safety initiatives • Intermediate level of knowledge of MS OfďŹ ce Suite and computerized inventory systems is required • Forklift training, WHMIS, and TDG training certiďŹ cation is an asset Closing date is December 18, 2017.

QualiďŹ ed applicants are invited to submit their application online at smsequip.com

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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Christine is Buying Vintage Jewellery, Gold, Silver, Coins, Sterling, China, Estates, etc.

1-778-281-0030 Housecalls.

Place your classified ad in over 71 Papers across BC.

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2036sq/ft warehouse. 244 Briar Ave/N/Shore. Ideal for small engine shop. Avail immed. 250-376-3733 Mon-Fri 8am-3pm.

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

Call for more information.

1-250-371-1333.

Rooms for Rent Furnished room inclds all util.

W/D, N/S, N/P. $550/mo. DD. Dec. 1st. 250-574-0395.

Furn room close to Downtown all amenities, for working person w/own transportation avail now $550 mo 250-377-3158

Shared Accommodation

Saving Lives, Supporting Victims

Riverbend Senior Community 1bdrm Mayfair Suite w/balcony f/p. Optional supports as needed $1200 554-2016 owner

Report Impaired Drivers!

Call 911

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

North Shore $400 per/mo includes utilities. np/ns. 250554-6877 / 250-377-1020.

Career Opportunities

Director of Corporate & Financial Services JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF THE THOMPSON REGION

Competition #2017-0033 The John Howard Society of the Thompson Region is a non-profit agency that is focused on supporting vulnerable individuals in our community. The Society is currently seeking a full-time Director of Corporate & Financial Services to provide stewardship, oversight and management of the agency’s financial department and operations.

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POSITION SUMMARY: Under the direction of the agency CEO and as a member of the senior management team, the Director of Corporate and Financial Services provides stewardship, oversight and management of the agency’s financial department and operations. This position is responsible for managing the Finance and Administrative staff including oversight of the financial operations of the Society and to provide accurate information to the agency CEO, Board of Directors, JHSTR’s stakeholders and funders. The Director of Corporate and Financial Services reports directly to the agency CEO and has a one-year probationary period. The Director of Corporate and Financial Services ensures the fulfillment of contractual deliverables including reporting requirements, and monitoring contract compliance to agency funders and statutory bodies.

QUALIFICATIONS: The Director of Corporate and Financial Services has a Chartered Professional Accountant designation and a minimum of 7 years’ experience in financial management and accounting. Must possess a combination of people leadership, financial acumen and business savvy. Experience in the non-profit sector is considered an asset. The Director of Corporate and Financial Services has sound knowledge of accounting principles, practices and applications. This role requires the demonstrated ability to lead and direct the finance and administrative department in a $6 million multi-funded agency with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a supervisory capacity. Previous experience executing major initiatives such as partnership, major change, new system implementation or expansion will be an asset.

COMPENSATION PACKAGE: Annual Salary will be negotiated based on experience and qualifications. The Society provides a comprehensive Management Benefits Package.

JHSTR’s philosophy around compensation is to provide comparable salaries and benefits to the Corporate sector to dynamic and motivated individuals who wish to join the JHSTR Executive management team.

The JHSTR Executive management team is comprised of a number of individuals who are focused on continuing to build upon a strong and sustainable organization through an aptitude to be progressive and forward thinking in its service delivery, ultimately creating successful outcomes for clients, the community of Kamloops and our government and private sector partners.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Please forward salary expectations within your cover letter. Email a cover letter and resume, plus copy of Degree(s) to: hr@jhstr.ca The successful applicant is subject to applicable criminal record checks prior to commencement of first shift: Personnel Screening, Consent and Authorization (Government of Canada), Police Information Check (RCMP) and Consent to a Criminal Record Check (Provincial). No formal offer will be extended until the successful clearances have been received.

For access to the full Director of Corporate & Financial Services job posting please contact the agency at hr@jhstr.ca.

Position is open until a suitable candidate is found.

We thank all applicants in advance; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

FRIDAY, December 8, 2017

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Rentals

Rentals

Transportation

Transportation

Suites, Lower

Townhouses

Antiques / Classics

1bdrm clean, perfect for student/working person, n/s, n/party, n/p util incl $800/mo.

Avail Dec. 1st. 250-851-2025

TOWNHOUSES

Cars - Sports & Imports

2bdrm daylight. N/S, N/P, No Noise. w/d, util incl $1200/mo+DD. 250-314-0060 2bdrm North Shore incl util, n/s, n/p, cls to bus and shopping. Avail now. $1,000. 250376-0716 / 250-320-8146.

2bdrms, C/A, F/S, sep entr. patio, nice yard. Ref’s. No Pets. $895/mo. 250-376-0633 Dallas 1bdrm. $1,000/mo util incld. N/S, N/P. Close to bus.

Avail immed. 250-573-4745.

NEW 2 bdrm daylight. Dufferin N/S, N/P, No Noise. $1200/mo+DD. 250-314-0060

Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms *Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

318-4321

lilacgardens1@gmail.com NO PETS

Transportation

Antiques / Classics

New 2bdrm bright daylight suite near TRU/bus stp/ns/furn wifi util inc $900 778-257-1839

3bdrms, 2-bath, Lower Sahali.

N/S. Pet friendly, fenced yard. $1800/mo. 250-377-6888.

3Bdrms N/Shore. $1200/mo. Avail immed.

554-6877/250-377-1020.

Help Wanted

N/P. 250-

1982 Mercedes 300 SD TD. 2 owners, original and documented.

242,000km no drips. Show car quality.

Asking $6000. 250-312-3525 before 8pm

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

Suites, Upper

Townhouses

1989 Mercedes 560 SEC. 61,000kms. Hagerty Appraisals #2 car $10,000USD. Selling $10,000 CDN 250-574-3794

1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop.

55,000 miles. 390-330HP. $4,000. 250-574-3794.

Classifieds Get Results!

Help Wanted

Auto Accessories/Parts 4-Eagle GTII P275/45R20 M&S $400. 2-275/40ZR17 BF Goodrich M&S $275. 2-Goodyear Eagle 245/50VR16 M&S $200. 2-P215/60R16 M&S Pacemark $200.

2P225/60R16 All Season Motomaster $175. Call 250-3198784.

Motorcycles

4-P265/70R17 Goodyear All Seasons. $400/obo. 250-8193848.

2002 Honda Goldwing.

ABS brakes, cruise, Reverse, no damage.

173,000kms. Reduced to $8,900/obo. 778-538-3240.

Commitments • Maintain positive relationships with customers, coworkers and owners.

Services

Financial Services

Landscaping

Snowclearing

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

PETER’S YARD SERVICE

2003 Harley Davidson 100th Ann. Edition Fat Boy CID 95 Stage 3 exc cond 17,000km $14,500obo. (250) 318-2030

2004 Chrysler Sebring. Auto, fully loaded, well maintained. $2,850. 250-578-7888.

RUN TILL

2013 Chev Impala, 2nd owner, auto, winter tires 86,000kms $12,000obo (250) 376-0125

SOLD Turn your stuff into

CA$H

(250)371-4949

Antiques / Vintage

HARMONIE

&

antique collectables

Stucco/Siding

CLASSIFIEDS

Handypersons RICKS’S SMALL HAUL For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent.

Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

250-377-3457

250-371-4949 Stucco/Siding

The “Stupid Stuff” Specialists Over 25 years experience

250-376-4545

RUN TILL

PATCHING & REPAIRING

RENTED

Doors, vents, windows and other small oops or missing pieces • Additions & Renos • Basement Parging • Stucco Painting/Fog Coat

Home Improvements

• Restucco & Restorations • Polite Uniformed Crew • Fast Free Email Estimates

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

Home Improvements

Home Improvements

BENKOVIC

GRAND RE-OPENING SALE! 20% OFF all store items!

PAINTING & RENOVATIONS

For the Month of December

(250) 554-3534 • 232 Briar Ave Kamloops BC

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR - Drywall - Carpentry - Painting - Flooring - Cabinets - Decks/Stone - General Repairs - Insurance Claims Quality Work - 35 Years Experience

Kidney disease strikes families, not only individuals.

THE KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF CANADA www.kidney.ca

250-319-8694 Fully Licenced & Insured

RUN TILL

RENTED

$53

Licensed & Certied

for a route near you!

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

Antiques / Vintage

Yard clean-up, Hedge trimming, Dump Runs

call 250-374-0462

250-371-4949

*some restrictions apply call for details

Snow Removal Tree Pruning or Removal

250-572-0753

Only 3 issues a week!

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

4XDOLÀFDWLRQV • Solid experience with hydraulic trucks and truck mount cranes • Must understand the functions and limitations of the crane • Valid Driver’s License with clean abstract: minimum Class 3; Class 1 preferred • Ability to work and drive in weather conditions in the BC Interior • Energetic, enthusiastic, and dependable 0XVW EH SK\VLFDOO\ ÀW DQG DEOH WR ZRUN LQ YDULRXV weather conditions • Ability to remain alert and maintain a high level of concentration • Strong communication skills in English (oral/ written) • General mechanical knowledge would also be EHQHÀFLDO

Services

Deliver Kamloops This Week

RUN UNTIL SOLD

Responsibilities: • Move crane to and from job sites • Inspecting cranes routinely before operating • Calculate crane capacities and weight to prepare for rigging/hoisting • Operate cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment/materials; while maintaining effective communications with ground crew • Apply correct procedures, rules, regulations; verify before commencing • Perform routine maintenance work; such as cleaning/lubricating cranes • Oversee the crane’s general condition; notify management for repairs/maintenance • Other Tasks as required by the Field Manager per sales order instructions

Services

WE will pay you to exercise!

Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $5,500.00/obo 250-554-0580

Part Time Mobile Crane Operator Alpha Design is a locally owned business seeking an ambitious career-oriented individual to join their team in Merritt, BC. We are looking for a part time crane operator for taxi work. Availability is key. Must be a self-motivated team player; capable of managing multiple priorities and working independently or in a team environment.

Businesses&SERVICES

Fitness/Exercise

Cars - Domestic 1998 Chrysler Intrepid, auto, good cond. Winters on rims, remote, air. $1,800. 376-8628.

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3 Lines - 12 Weeks

Add an extra line to your ad for $10 Must be pre-paid Scheduled for 4 weeks at a time Private parties only - no businesses Some Restrictions Apply

Please submit resumes to: Via email: DFFRXQWLQJ#DOSKD ZHOG FRP Via Fax: 250-378-2239 Via Mail: 2795 Pooley Ave, Merritt, BC V1K 1C2 1R 3KRQH &DOOV 3OHDVH Resumes must be submitted no later than December 31, 2017 Alpha Design thanks all applicants for their interest in the posted position for a Part Time Mobile Crane Operator; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

250-371-4949

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Reduce Stress

Physical Activity

5 Lifestyle Changes For A Healthy Heart

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Transportation

Transportation

Transportation

Transportation

Transportation

Motorcycles

Motorcycles

Recreational/Sale

Scrap Car Removal

Trucks & Vans

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2017 Coleman Travel Trailer 2 slides, A/C, Rear kitchen, front bedroom. $29,995.00. 250-320-7446

Sport Utility Vehicle

2013 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab, long box.

Fully loaded.

Excellent condition. $25,900.

250-299-9387

Boats .

Recreational/Sale 2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. 236-421-2251

CLASSIFIEDS

Run until sold

New Price $56.00+tax

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

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

2006 Equinox. 168,000kms.

Auto, 6cyl.

Good cond. $5,500/obo. 250-554-2788.

Call: 250-371-4949

SHOP LOCALLY

FIND IT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

250-371-4949

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

Help Wanted

SOME SHOES NEED FILLING Looking for Door to Door Carriers.

Kids and Adults needed!

ABERDEEN Rte 508 – 700-810 Hugh Allan Dr. – 40 p.

DALLAS/BARNHARTVALE Rte 748 – Crawford Crt, Crawford Pl, 387-495 Todd Rd. – 38 p.

Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 67247250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd, Stockton Rd. – 40 p.

Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 57 p.

DOWNTOWN Rte 311 - 423-676 1st Ave, 440533 2nd Ave, 107-237 Battle St. 135-173 St Paul St. – 31 p.

Rte 317 – 535-649 7th Ave, 702-794 Columbia St (even), 702-799 Nicola St. – 46 p.

Rte 323 – 755-783 6th Ave, 763-884 7th Ave, 744-878 8th Ave, 603-783 Columbia St (odd Side), 605-793 Dominion St. – 48 p.

Rte 325 – 764-825 9th Ave, 805-979 Columbia St (odd), 804-987 Dominion St, 805-986 Pine St. – 65 p.

Rte 335 – 1175-1460 6th Ave, 1165-1185 7th Ave, Cowan St, 550-792 Munro St. – 59 p.

Rte 339 – 916-1095 Fraser St, 1265-1401 9th Ave. – 30 p.

Rte 373 – Clark St. 24-60 W. Columbia St. – 20 p.

1985 Dodge Ram Charger.

Very good condition. $5,000/OBO 250-579-5551

Rte 380 – 610-780 Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 61 p.

Rte 381 – 20-128 Centre Ave, Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St. – 41p.

Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 31 p.

Rte 387 – McBeth Pl. – 23 p.

Rte 388 – 455, 460 & 580 Dalgleish Dr. – 46 p.

Rte 389 – 390 Centre Ave, 242416 W. Columbia St (even side), Bluff Pl, Dufferin Terr, Garden Terr, Grandeview Terr. – 67 p.

MT DUFFERIN Rte 589 – 1200-1385 Copperhead Dr. – 58 p.

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