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DECEMBER 26, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 154
IN MEMORY OF COACH KIRK
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The 2017-2018 peewee Predators are aiming to win the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup and donate $15,000 to the Canadian Cancer Society in coach Kirk Guenther’s honour
SUN PEAKS SNOW REPORT Mid-mountain: 89 cm Alpine: 120 cm Snow phone: 250-578-7232
STORY, A19
TNRD TARGETS SHORT-TERM RENTALS ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
Dr. Marianne Sadar (left), a senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency researching prostate cancer, stands in her Vancouver laboratory. DANIEL PI PHOTO
DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
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he death of Marianne Sadar’s older sister Elisia set the Kamloops woman on a path into which, decades later, she continues to pour all her
energies. Back then, Elisia was 12 and stricken by leukemia. Marianne was 10 and devastated by her sibling’s death. It led her to Sadar fantasizing about becoming a scientist and finding a cure for cancer.
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Back then, the bathroom of her family’s home on the South Shore was her laboratory. Since 1999, she has been chasing her goal in a real laboratory with B.C. Cancer. Her focus there has been on prostate cancer. A decade ago, KTW profiled Sadar as she and her team identified a molecule she hoped would help fight the disease. Sadar said it received plenty of media attention, with patients asking her to
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inject them with what was, in essence, a virus. Sadar said it was difficult saying no then, but added there were protocols that had to be followed and approvals that needed to be met to even contemplate human testing. She said it would have been unethical to inject the virus into people with cancer. “We realized we needed to find a drug that does what this virus does,” Sadar said. And this is where karma, or just plain good luck, comes into play. See TESTS SHOWED, A12
Looking to set up an Airbnb in the ThompsonNicola Regional District? You now need a permit. At its Dec. 14 meeting, board members voted to require property owners to obtain temporaryuse permits — less than 30 days — if they wish to engage in short-term rentals, such as those offered via the popular website Airbnb.com. The cost is $1,500 for a three-year permit. “We’ve had some problems in some areas of the TNRD with these short-term rentals and most properties are not zoned for short-term rentals,” board chair John Ranta told KTW, pointing to neighbourhood complaints about noisy renters as the most common issue. While planners first looked at putting in a special short-term rental zoning class, the regional district settled on temporary-use permits, which are good for three years, with the potential to renew for another three years. “It requires consultation with the neighbours and notification of neighbours and that sort of thing,” Ranta said. The requirement won’t apply to municipalities such as Kamloops and Sun Peaks, which set their own regulations on short-term rentals. Ranta said enforcement of the new rules will be complaint-based. Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said city council is not following suit. “We’re not addressing this issue right now as it has not been seen as a significant problem at this point,” he said. Christian said the issue in the regional district is connected more with places, such as Loon Lake, where there are lakefront short-term rentals next to permanent residences.
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