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SEEKING HELP IN THEIR FIGHT JESSICA WALLACE

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If only the Bruce family’s aptly named rescue pup, Lotto, had the winning ticket.

“Lotto — he’s my Lotto 6/49, but he doesn’t make me no money,” said 54-yearold Laurie Bruce with a laugh.

Laughter may be the best medicine for a family in a tough situation.

Laurie was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November and is scheduled for surgery with a gynecologic oncologist at Vancouver General Hospital in early February — but the Bruce family can’t afford the accommodations for a week or longer stay in Vancouver.

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Former fire chief sent to prison Editor’s note: this story contains graphic content some readers may find disturbing.

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A man described in court as a former “pillar” of the Barriere community was ordered Thursday to spend seven months in prison after admitting to possessing child pornography, including a number of images of children as young as five involved in sexual acts.

Al Kirkwood, the North Thompson town’s former fire chief who also served as the publisher of community newspapers in Barriere and Clearwater, was taken into custody by deputy sheriffs following an hour-long hearing in Kamloops provincial court.

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The 63-year-old pleaded guilty during a brief hearing last year to one count of possession of child pornography.

Search warrants were executed by police on Oct. 4, 2016, at Kirkwood’s Barriere home, as well as at the town firehall See JUDGE, A6

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The upside to a rather cold and snowy winter is that outdoor ice rinks thrive in such conditions, as these two shinny-playing boys in Juniper Ridge know well.

While the mercury has risen above the freezing mark and will remain there through the weekend, the forecast is calling for a return to below-freezing daily high temperatures by Tuesday.

City buried under avalanche of beefs ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

The number of complaints received at Kamloops City Hall about snow-clearing efforts are the most received since major snowfalls blanketed the Tournament Capital during the winter of 2014-2015.

The city has logged 778 calls to date this winter, compared to 492 last winter and 637 in the winter of 2015-2016.

The 778 calls received thus far this winter represent the second-highest number of complaints since the winter of 2014-2015, when residents logged 863 complaints about snow removal in the same time period.

Jen Fretz, the city’s director of public works, said a significant amount of snow and cold temperatures have made this winter more difficult for her department.

But she noted crews have met most of

their service level goals, which call for arterial roads to be cleared within four hours of the end of a snowfall and local roads to be tackled about 36 hours after the final flakes fall.

Fretz said the department is looking at other options for clearing snow ahead of next year to try to address some common complaints, but added some options might not be popular with the public for other reasons.

Fretz said windrows, large piles of hardpacked snow left at the foot of driveways by plows, remain a challenge and a source of complaint from the public.

She said her department is looking at other options for handling windrows, options that would not require the city to haul away snow, which she said is very expensive.

“One of the things we’ve looked at from other communities is this notion of literally blowing windrows onto the adjacent properties,” Fretz said.

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“And I know that comes with a lot of, ‘Oh my goodness, that’s crazy,’ but it’s something we could certainly consider going forward with the need to get windrows out of the way.”

Fretz said the city already blows windrows away in areas where there is city property next to the road.

Meanwhile, a council debate about snow removal has been delayed by a week.

Councillors this week agreed by a vote of 5-3 to table a motion from Coun. Donovan Cavers, which asks city staff to reassess staffing and service levels for snow clearing.

Cavers asked to pause debate on the motion until Coun. Arjun Singh returns from a Federation of Canadian Municipalities trip to Cambodia.

Councillors Pat Wallace and Ray Dhaliwal, as well as Mayor Ken Christian, voted against tabling the motion for a week.

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Council Calendar January 23, 2018 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

REMEMBERING COUNCILLOR MARG SPINA

January 24, 2018 5:00 pm - Social Planning Council DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street

A memorial service will be held for Marg Spina on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at 11:00 am at the Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way.

January 30, 2018 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing CANCELLED Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that people consider donating to the Kamloops Hospice Association or to the Marg Spina Community Enhancement Fund held at the BC Interior Community Foundation.

February 6, 2018 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West 7:00 pm - Public Budget Meeting McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre, Island Parkway February 8, 2018 8:00 am - Parks and Recreation Committee TCC Meeting Room A, 910 McGill Road February 14, 2018 4:45 pm - Heritage Commission DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street February 19, 2018 4:45 pm - Arts Commission Corporate Boardroom, City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West February 20, 2018 10:00 am - Council Budget Meeting 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

Snow and Ice Control on Municipal Properties First priority public properties that are maintained

by Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services crews are cleared of snow and ice between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm during the winter season (approximately October 15 to April 15) whenever snow accumulation exceeds 2.5 cm (1") or when ice conditions are observed or reported on walkways, entranceways, stairs, and fire exits. Parking lots are cleared when snow accumulation exceeds 7.6 cm (3"). Snow and ice control may not be performed more than one time per day, even though snow conditions persist. See Council Policy No. PRS-13 for a list of priority properties.

Visit kamloops.ca/snowremoval for more information.

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. For project details, call 250‑828‑3774 or email publicworks@kamloops.ca.

Winter Driving, Please Use Caution With the weather changes and decreased daylight hours, follow these simple safety tips to stay safe when walking: •

Look - make eye contact with drivers before crossing the road

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Be Seen - wear reflective clothing or use a flashlight to make yourself more visible to drivers

A STRATEGIC PRIORITY The City of Kamloops has a vision for our community where housing is available and affordable for all residents.

The City supports the availability of diverse housing options that enable people from all walks and stages of life to locate and secure housing that is safe, affordable, and appropriate. Facilitating the development of housing is highlighted in the City’s Official Community Plan and is among Council’s top five strategic priorities. To learn more about how we're doing this, visit kamloops.ca/housing.

SAFETY PREVENTION TIPS DO have your heating system, water heater, and any other gas, oil, or coal-burning appliances serviced by a qualified technician every year.

DO install a battery-operated CO detector in your home and check or replace the battery when you change the time on your clocks each spring and fall.

If the detector sounds, leave your home immediately and call 911.

DO seek prompt medical attention if you suspect CO poisoning and are feeling dizzy, light-headed, or nauseous.

DON’T use a generator, charcoal grill, camp stove, or other gasoline or charcoal-burning device inside your home, basement, or garage or near a window.

DON’T run a car or truck inside a garage attached to your house, even if you leave the door open.

DON’T burn anything in a stove or fireplace that isn’t vented.

DON’T heat your house with a gas oven.

DON’T use a generator, pressure washer, or any gasoline-powered engine less than 20 ft. from any window, door, or vent.

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Volunteers Teresa Story (left) and Shar Froese are among those behind the Kamloops Homeless Mat Project, which involves putting recycled plastic bags to use by crochetting them into durable and portable sleeping mats for the city’s homeless and their pets. The growing group of volunteers meet each Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Brock Activity Centre, which is in unit 9A of the Brock Shopping Centre at Tranquille Road and Desmond Street.

At times, more than 40 people show up to fold, cut and crochet the wide assortment of colourful bags into their finished projects. Others are welcome to join. You can drop off your plastic bags at the centre and at a number of other locations that can be found online at www.kamloopsthisweek.com/homelessmats.

Interest rate rises, but no need to panic, says TRU dean TIM PETRUK

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The associate dean of Thompson Rivers University’s School of Business and Economics says there’s no need for concern in the wake of a slight hike in the key short-term interest rate this week by the Bank of Canada.

“These changes are somewhat small to begin with and they all take time to work through the economy,” Raymond Cox told KTW. “There’s no tsunami, but the wave has increased maybe a centimetre or two. It’s still smooth.”

Canada’s biggest banks upped their prime rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.45 per cent on Thursday, a day after the Bank of Canada raised its key short-

term rate by a quarter-point to 1.25 per cent.

Cox said it was bound to happen.

“We were at historic low rates,” he said. “Never in the history of Canada had the rates been so low for so long. There’s different points of view on it.

Some might think it’s a good thing that rates are starting to go up a bit.”

According to Cox, the impact will only be felt immediately for people with adjustable-rate mortgages or loans.

Banks tend to raise their own prime rates after the Bank of Canada raises its key lending rate, which affects wholesale borrowing costs for the major lenders and the retail borrowing rates they charge consumers.

The prime rate is used as a benchmark for variable-rate

mortgages and some lines of credit.

Consumers with a fixed-rate mortgage will be unaffected by the central bank’s move until it’s time for the borrower to renew mortgages.

The major banks recently raised some of their fixed-rate mortgage rates to reflect their costs of borrowing on bond markets, which have more effect on longer-term mortgage rates than does the Bank of Canada’s overnight rate.

As of Wednesday, several banks had posted five-year fixedrate mortgages at 5.14 per cent — although lenders will often charge less than posted rates.

Posted fixed rates were lower for mortgages with shorter terms.

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Planning a Purchase?

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So when it comes to qualifying for home financing, what should you know?

Here are the 5 C’s important to the bank: Capital – How much do you have to put down for the purchase of your new home? The larger the down payment, the less risk you present to the lender. 5% is the normal down payment required to purchase a home in Canada. However, if your credit is good, there are a few lenders who can gift you the down payment in return for a higher mortgage interest rate. Having no down payment is not always a limitation.

Capacity – Is your income sufficient to support the repayment of the requested loan amount? Most lenders will allow about 40% of your income to go towards housing costs and debt. The housing and debt calculation looks like this: monthly debt payments plus housing costs plus heat plus ½ strata fees if applicable must be under 40% of gross income.

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Monthly debt payments includes: car loan, credit card, lease payments, etc.

Housing costs include mortgage and taxes for all your properties Heat is usually estimated between $85 to $100 per month

Credit – Is the financial institution confident that you will pay them back? Credit is the evaluation of your habits when it comes to borrowing. If you have never taken out a loan or used a credit card, you may be surprised to find out you have no credit rating at all! A credit check reports your credit history and provides a numerical score based on your habits of borrowing and repaying debt (0 to 900, 900 is best).

Collateral – Will the real estate purchase offer suitable collateral to the lender? In the event of a default, the lender will sell your collateral to recoup their loan plus foreclosure expenses. So, lenders will do their homework to ensure the property is in good condition with good resale value. They may not always agree with your purchase price. In some cases, lenders will require an appraisal.

Character – What kind of impression do you make? Character is your reputation and reliability.

The bank may not have had prior dealings with you, so how do they determine your character?

The lender will often look at your: •Assets/ Debt/ Net worth – How have you spent your earnings? What do you have to show for it?

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Highland Valley Copper workers stage sit-in at mine TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

A spokesman for Teck’s Highland Valley Copper says production at the mine southwest of Kamloops was not impacted by informal job action taken by unionized staff on Wednesday.

“There was a limited interruption

in work today, which was related to the implementation of the new collective agreement,” Peter Martell told KTW. A mine employee, speaking to KTW on the condition of anonymity, said the three-hour sit-in was staged to protest a number of issues, including the company hiring contractors to do work previously done

by unionized workers.

“All I can say is it’s related to the implementation of the new collective agreement,” he said, referring to a five-year deal ratified last August between the company and union.

Martell would not speculate about the potential for similar actions in the future as the new contract is further implemented.

“Whenever you get new language, it’s going to take some time to make sure it’s implemented according to the attempt of the language,” he said.

The employee who spoke to KTW said the action was taken by workers, not their union.

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According to Martell, Teck will work to stave off any future job action.

“We never anticipate job action,” he said.

“We try to resolve issues before job action occurs.”

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Search warrants were also used at the offices of the North Thompson Star Journal and the Clearwater Times.

Crown prosecutor Frank Caputo said child pornography — still images and videos — was found on three devices seized from Kirkwood’s home.

Some showed children posing with their genitals exposed and others depicted oral sex involving both other children and adults.

One video described by Caputo showed a sixyear-old girl performing oral sex on an adult male.

“This wasn’t simply exposure,” he said.

“There are actual sexual acts being depicted.

This isn’t just at the lower end because there is more than just exposure.”

Defence lawyer Michael Shapray said Kirkwood has shown remorse since the offence.

“Mr. Kirkwood lived an exemplary life,” Shapray said. “He was a community figure — a pillar.”

Court heard Kirkwood spent 23 years as Barriere’s fire chief after working for a time as the town’s grocer.

“For someone who gave everything to his community, the destruction of his reputation, his family’s reputation and everything he’s built up is complete,” Shapray said, noting Kirkwood’s Barriere home was the target of a vigilante arsonist after news of his charges became public.

“He’s someone who will have to live with that, by his own conduct.”

Shapray said Kirkwood attributed some of his offending to post-traumatic stress disorder he suffered following the devastating 2003 fires in the North Thompson Valley.

But, Shapray added, Kirkwood holds himself responsible for his actions.

“He’s embarrassed by this,” Shapray said.

“He’s remorseful and he accepts responsibility.”

Kamloops provincial court Judge Marianne Armstrong acknowledged Kirkwood has suffered “almost crippling shame and humiliation,” but held that child pornography is “a cancer” to society.

“It is a horrible, horrible crime,” she said.

“It involves, essentially, the abuse of children for the satisfaction of others.”

In addition to the time behind bars, Armstrong placed Kirkwood on an 18-month probation term with orders barring him from visiting parks, playgrounds and pools.

He will also be prohibited from owning a smartphone and can only access the internet under the supervision of his wife.

For 10 years, Kirkwood will be barred from working or volunteering in any role that puts him in a position of authority over children.

He is also required to register as a sex offender for a decade and must submit a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database.

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100-plus modular housing units to rise in city ANDREA KLASSEN

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More than 100 new affordable rental units will open in Kamloops by the fall of this year.

Minister for Municipal Affairs and Housing Selina Robinson was at Horizon North in Kamloops on Wednesday to announce the province will spend $16 million on the construction of new housing projects at 317 Tranquille Rd. and 259 Victoria St. West, each containing 52 modular units.

The North Shore project will be managed by the ASK Wellness Society, while the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) will be responsible for the South Shore property, which is located next to its Emerald Centre shelter.

Robinson said each modular unit, which will be built by Horizon North, will contain a private washroom and kitchen. The developments will also have common areas and amenity rooms for

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Selina Robinson and Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian tour one of the manufactured buildings at Horizon North.

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programs and services.

“They’re amazing,” Robinson said of the units, which take about 17 weeks to manufacture. “They provide dignity and privacy and they provide hope.”

Both developments will offer around-theclock support services for tenants, including meals, life skills training, help accessing benefits, establishing bank accounts or obtaining identification and other supports to help them learn to maintain a home.

They will also include room for shelter beds for

when the mercury dips into dangerously cold readings.

“Folks will pay rent as well,” said CHMA executive director Christa Mullaly. “They make a commitment, they’re signing an agreement to be a tenant as well of all the wellness stuff we’re going to be offering as well.”

Bob Hughes, executive director of ASK Wellness, said both projects will have a staffing model similar to the Crossroads Inn project ASK operates on Seymour Street, but with a lower percentage of

residents who are considered extremely high needs — 35 per cent at each, compared to 70 per cent at Crossroads.

“The rest will be people who just need a little bit of support to move on,” he said.

The announcement comes after a month of rumours on the North Shore that the Tranquille property, which formerly housed Western Restaurant Supply, would become a homeless shelter.

The rumour has had a number of North Shore Business owners concerned, including Renato

Uliana, owner of Sorriso Restaurant two blocks from the modular housing project.

Uliana, who previously told KTW the area is also home to too many service providers — which he said is hurting businesses and turning potential new tenants away — said he remains concerned about the Tranquille project, whether or not it is used as a shelter.

He said he wants to see the city establish a North Shore version of the Customer Care and Patrol team run, by the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association, adding that the modular housing building will need to be attractive looking.

“There’s nothing I can do about it, but as long as they can guarantee me they’re going to have something in the works to keep these people away from our storefronts, from our back of the store — that’s the biggest issue right now,” he said.

Hughes said he and Mullaly, as well as representatives from BC

Housing, have been speaking to neighbours of both projects in the last several days and want to ensure the developments are managed in a way that solves neighbourhood issues rather than creating new ones.

“What we’re doing is about improving community safety,” he said.

“It’s not about compromising people’s ability to run a business and be safe. It is very challenging and I think we can all recognize in the last two years the unfortunately synergy of addictions and homelessness have compromised many people’s compassion and dedication to helping the less fortunate.”

He said both ASK and CMHA will be looking to create good-neighbour accords and ensure neighbours and businesses have someone to call if there are issues.

ASK and CMHA will continue to sit on community organizations, including the North Shore Business Improvement Association.

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said residents can also expect community meetings next week that will answer more questions about the two projects.

“It’s great. It’s going to put more people into those downtown core areas and more people is good for business,” Christian said of the projects, noting they will also provide work for Kamloops residents.

Horizon North president and CEO Rod Graham said affordable modular home projects, as well as other new endeavours, have led to the company doubling the number of employees across all areas of operations.

Meanwhile, business associations on both sides of the river are lauding the announcement.

The city is the ninth in the province to be selected for a modular development.

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FALSE ALARM CAN HAVE BRIGHT SIDE

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t was 38 minutes of shock and stress, panic and denial.

That’s how long it took Hawaii officials to finally confirm there were no incoming ballistic missiles last weekend and that cellphone warnings of an imminent attack were sent in error.

During that time, people in Hawaii had to be contemplating that they might be facing instant annihilation.

The emotional toll this took on them is only one of the aspects of what must be counted as a monumental screw-up. Human error in carrying out a test warning has been blamed and must be considered for another similar missile false alarm in Japan on Tuesday.

But while fingers of blame are being pointed, we should not forget our over-reliance on recent technology only compounded the error. While it reportedly took only three minutes after the false notification was sent out for officials to confirm there was no missile threat, notification of people began only with a cellphone message cancellation, followed by tweets and Facebook posts.

It took more than 30 minutes before many terrified people, most of them frantically seeking some kind of shelter, would have been able to receive some authoritative word there was no need for panic.

Perhaps, though, there is a bright side to this foul-up.

Every now and then, humankind needs a watershed moment, a revelation that we are headed down the wrong road. The people who made a television campaign advertisement for Lyndon Johnson’s run for election as president in 1964 tapped into this by depicting an innocent young girl counting the petals she picked off a flower, suddenly juxtaposed with a stentorian countdown and a clip of an atomic explosion.

More than an effective campaign ad, Daisy Girl, as it is known, is seen as the beginning of a popular realization that a nuclear arms race could never be the way ahead for humanity.

Maybe by being forced — even through a false alarm — to contemplate the bitter end, we can begin to see a way to craft a new beginning.

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f all goes as planned and the province begins to pull in hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue from the legal sale of marijuana, where that money is spent has become the political debate du jour.

Todd Stone, the KamloopsSouth Thompson MLA who is running for the B.C. Liberal leadership, has an interesting idea — using the pot cash on addiction and recovery programs to help those caught up in the opioidaddiction crisis.

It is a laudable idea, as is Stone’s proposal to strike a special committee that would bring together local and global experts on addiction, a committee he says would not be constrained by any current addiction-care model.

But what it truly requires is a look 10, 15 and 20 years into the future by looking at those likely to become snared in addiction and the associated horror that brings.

We can spend billions of dollars today on those mired in addiction, but it won’t do much to stop the at-risk kids from becoming tomorrow’s problem if the focus is not on them.

Think of the long list of socalled missing teens you see featured in these pages virtually every week. Think hard about their home lives — or lack thereof.

Think hard about their lifestyles and the trauma that has led them to such sad situations.

Reacting to a problem is something this society does instinctively.

Perhaps it is because policy decisions are made with a fouryear election cycle in mind; maybe it is due to the fact it is easier to try to treat a known problem than

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attempt to prevent a probable malady.

But to spend time and money and resources in a primarily reactive, rather than proactive, manner means we will continue to spend time and money and resources on the same problem, generation after generation.

What is needed now is a proactive commitment to do whatever it takes to find a way to end the cycle of addiction.

Those in the field working with at-risk children are well aware of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). They know kids exposed to such experiences are far more likely later to have addiction problems, to become ill, to become reliant on social services and to die at a younger age.

ACEs include abuse of all kinds, neglect, death of a parent, divorce of parents, incarceration of a parent, addiction of a parent and mental illness of a parent.

Identifying and doing whatever is required to help those kids in the crucial early years can not only save lives, but plenty of money, too.

Consider that there are homes

in Kamloops and across B.C. operated by the provincial government. They house kids in care, kids who have severe problems.

And the cost is astronomical — in some cases involving thousands and thousands of dollars per month, per house.

Imagine if the money, time and resources spent now reacting to the problem was spent a decade or two ago preventing the need for these government-run homes.

We’d be in a surplus situation.

There is now a lot of money and plenty of time and resources spent on helping kids living lives of hell.

But there is so much more that can be done, with the knowledge that what is spent today is saved tomorrow in costs that would have been borne by the health, justice and social-services systems — and paid for by you and me.

Critics of efforts to help the addicted will argue the afflicted chose to take the drugs that led them to a miserable existence.

True, but they did not choose the trauma that brought them to the street. They did not choose to be raped, to be beaten, to be born in abject poverty with parents fighting their own demons — or to be born addicted to drugs.

(The Canadian Paediatric Society last week noted 1,850 newborns were born in 2016 and 2017 exposed to addicted drugs — a condition known as neonatal abstinence syndrome — most of whom needed treatment for withdrawal.)

Getting to the problem while their minds are still developing, while there is time to alter their course in life, is in the interest of everybody. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

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RESTRICTION GOES AGAINST RELIGIOUS RIGHTS Editor: Thank you for covering the summer student grant issue in the Jan. 10 edition of KTW (‘MP issues attestation alert’): As the pastor of a local church, I have hired students in the summer to help with our programs for children and youth right here in our community.

These youth programs are accessible to all families in Kamloops (not only church families) and also provide summer jobs for university students.

The new restriction from the

federal Liberals is requiring all those applying for the grant to attest to their support for “reproductive rights of women.”

This becomes an issue for those who are pro-life. We believe a child in the womb is a human being and to sign this document means violating those religious convictions.

This has the potential to remove many churches and charities from receiving the summer student grant, but that’s not all.

Essentially, by doing this, the government is making the

national benefit conditional as only Canadians who agree with the Liberal position on abortion will receive the benefit. And, if they get away with this, what other benefits will become conditional?

Thank you again for publishing the article and bringing attention to this matter. Please keep this issue in the forefront as it affects so many here in Kamloops and across the nation.

Rev. Jonathan Strutt Bible Truth Church Kamloops

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womb is a human being and to sign this document means violating those religious convictions.

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BAN FIREWORKS FOR CAUSING STRESS TO ANIMALS Editor: Can someone please tell me why the city allows fireworks to be sold for New Year’s Eve celebrations?

As many pet owners know, fireworks are extremely stressful for animals. We do expect them on Canada Day and Halloween and can be prepared by keeping pets indoors.

On this past New Year’s Eve, we had fireworks exploding in our area of Brocklehurst beginning at 8 p.m.

Finally, midnight came and, as expected, more fireworks. I can understand celebrating at midnight. However, this went on for at least a couple of more hours. By then, our small dog was a quivering, terrified soul,

despite our best efforts to comfort her.

So, we got through that and figured no more fireworks until July. That was not to be as it seems someone with money to burn still had fireworks and set them off in the early hours of Jan. 6. There was several separate explosions over the course of an hour or so.

Fireworks are a hazard to homes, pets and people and they should be banned for sale to the public.

Kamloops council should step up and follow other municipalities by banning fireworks, with the exception of organized public displays.

Maureen Jackman Kamloops

WELCOME TO LOGAN LAKE, WHERE STREETS ARE CLEAR Editor: We lived in Kamloops for 21 years. Thirty years ago, the snow-clearing was not great and it looks as though it is no better now.

I was reading some letters to the editor, one of which stated: “We are a vibrant city with the snow-clearing attitude of a small village.”

I would like to welcome all to

the Village of Logan Lake, just a half-hour from Kamloops.

The sun is shining and, like Kamloops, the people are friendly. However, the village crews clear all of our streets and

sidewalks promptly.

Logan Lake is a nice place to visit and an even a better place to live.

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Road to court of appeal continues after conviction TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

The driver of a speedboat involved in a fatal nighttime collision with a houseboat on Shuswap Lake more than seven years ago is set to make his next appearance in B.C.’s highest court, though a date for the appeal of his 2015 conviction has not been set.

Leon Reinbrecht, now 55, was at the helm of his speedboat on the evening of July 3, 2010, on Magna Bay following post-Canada Day fireworks.

Reinbrecht was driving recklessly — witnesses described him doing donuts and speeding near shore on the busy waters — when his vessel collided with a houseboat. Reinbrecht’s speedboat ended up inside the houseboat.

Ken Brown, the houseboat’s operator, was killed.

Other passengers sustained a variety of injuries.

At trial, Reinbrecht’s lawyers argued Brown’s house-

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Ken Brown was piloting this houseboat on the night of July 3, 2010, when a speedboat driven by Leon Reinbrecht crashed into it, killing Brown.

boat was not properly lit.

Reinbrecht stood trial and was convicted in October 2015. Following a series of lengthy constitutional challenges by his lawyers, he was sentenced the following year to three-and-a-half years in federal prison.

It took 17 months from

the time of the crash for the Crown to bring charges against Reinbrecht, but that delay did not form part of the defence’s argument.

Defence lawyer Joe Doyle argued the 46 months of delay from the time of the charge to conviction was not the fault of his client, a delay he pinned

on the courts and Crown.

The case had seen one Crown lawyer retire and hand over responsibility to another, while Reinbrecht used three lawyers.

Delays were also caused

by Reinbrecht’s fight to obtain legal-aid funding and a key Crown witness’s pregnancy.

However, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sheri Donegal, who found Reinbrecht guilty, dismissed the constitutional challenges based on delays.

An appeal was filed on Reinbrecht’s behalf almost immediately and he was granted bail by the B.C. Court of Appeal four days later.

The appeal filed argues Donegal erred when she ruled Reinbrecht’s Charter rights were not breached by delays in prosecution and the trial itself.

A case-management hearing in the B.C. Court of Appeal is scheduled for Jan. 29. An appeal date has not yet been set.

Reinbrecht remains free on bail.

RCMP: Bombs, drugs recovered from Dallas home TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

A police search of a Dallas home this week turned up two homemade bombs, firearms, drugs and cash, Mounties say.

Police are expected to recommend weapons charges against a 20-year-old woman who was arrested as part of the investigation targeting a home in the 400-block of Badger Drive.

Mounties were called to the home

early Tuesday morning for a reported home invasion. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said officers saw firearms in plain view, then obtained a search warrant for the home.

Two explosive devices were found inside, she said, and a police bomb squad from Vancouver was called in to detonate the devices.

Once Mounties were able to get back in, Shelkie said, their search turned up multiple firearms, unnamed drugs and

undisclosed amount of cash.

Shelkie said it’s too early to determine whether the explosive devices found are connected to the detonation of a homemade bomb on the shoulder of Dallas Drive on Dec. 13.

“We do recognize that it’s kind of in the same general area, but there’s nothing linking them at this time,” she said.

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The suspect is white, has brown hair with a goatee and was wearing dark-coloured sweatpants with a white Nike logo on the upper left thigh area, a red ball cap and black hoodie with white NIKE lettering on

This man is a person of interest in connection with a Jan. 3 incident at the Tournament Capital Centre, where several wallets were stolen from a change room.

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Some boots are made for walking — away JESSICA WALLACE

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When a Kamloops resident dropped off her boots to get fixed at JJ’s Shoe Repair in North Kamloops, she never expected it would be so hard to get them back.

“I went to pick up my boots and there was a sign on the door that said he hurt his back,” said the customer, who wished to remain anonymous. “I called that number 10 times and I never got through.

I finally phoned the cops.

They said there was nothing I could do.”

It’s been almost two months since she dropped off her boots.

Other customers have detailed similar experiences with the shoe repair shop on Tranquille Road. Another customer, who also wished to remain anonymous, said he was told his work boots would be returned

before he left for work out of town, only to face a lengthy runaround to get them back, including multiple calls and visits to the store.

“Then, finally, she came to the door with my boots, only to tell me I had to pay another $30 for the boots because they put some kind of material in them that I never agreed to — and I now know was never needed as the stitching I asked to get fixed on the boots has already started to fray,” the customer said.

Attempts by KTW to contact JJ’s Shoe Repair have been unsuccessful.

A message on the business’s answering machine cites medical reasons for JJ’s being “down a lot” and in “catch-up mode.”

“Your co-operation and understanding is greatly appreciated,” the message said. “For all those who have left messages, we will be get-

JJ’s Shoe Repair has been the focus of complaints from customers who say they are having a difficult time getting their footwear returned.

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ting in touch with you as soon as possible.”

One longtime customer told KTW he has never had any issues with the service or retrieving his footwear.

The man said he has had a couple of dozen items fixed, from leather jackets to boots.

He said the owner mentioned heart problems and being in and out of the hospital.

“Usually, he works by himself,” the customer

told KTW. “I know last time he had a younger girl helping him. I’ve never seen her before.”

Recent incidents are not, however, the only odd boot blunders.

Many complaints can be found via the Facebook group WTF Kamloops.

The Better Business Bureau received a complaint about the business in 2016.

A customer detailed in an April 21, 2016, complaint an instance in

which they dropped off a brand new pair black Nine West boots from The Bay to be taken in at the seam.

“I waited three months for him to be finished before I demanded them back . . . ” states the complaint.

“During those three months, I continuously called to see when they would be ready for pick up and I always got excuses as why they were not done.”

When the complainant finally got the boots back, they apparently didn’t fit and could not be fixed.

“I tried them on and I told the new company that I couldn’t do them up and that now the boot needed to be let out and the top needed to be redone to complete the boot. Once the company received them, he informed me that he could not repair them as there was no extra leather to let out in the seam to make them bigger because the previous business had cut all extra leather off prior to resewing,” the complaint states.

The complainant wanted the $300 boots replaced.

Evan Kelly, the Better Business Bureau senior communications advisor for Mainland B.C., told KTW there was a “difference of opinion” and the case was closed as unresolved.

“Neither side was willing to bear any responsibility,” Kelly said.

On a typical A+ through F grading scale, JJ’s has a B+ rating. Kelly said the company isn’t on the Bureau’s radar.

“B+ also means we don’t have a lot of information about this company,” Kelly said.

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Couple ‘overwhelmed’ by path ahead of them From A1

“It’s overwhelming from my standpoint,” said husband Bob Bruce, 58. “The inability to do anything and knowing something has to be done is very frustrating and very depressing.”

The family of three — four if you include Lotto — lives on a fixed income, renting a small house in downtown Kamloops. They all survive on a pension from Laurie’s former late husband and disability insurance from her 29-year-old son.

Bob hasn’t worked since undergoing heart surgery last April. His employment insurance ran out last summer, but he said pain in his right arm has kept him from returning to the workforce.

“I’ve got talents, I’ve got skills, but I need to get this diagnosed,” Bob said. “I need to get back into the world of employment and then, boom, she [Laurie] gets hit with this. Cancer. I didn’t know what to do.

What do you do?”

When rent and bills are paid (the couple was late on payments when KTW met with them

Kamloops couple Bob and Laurie Bruce have started a GoFundMe page to help with costs associated with Laurie’s upcoming surgery in Vancouver for ovarian cancer.

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earlier this month), the family is stretched, with little left to pay for food and other expenses.

It hasn’t been enough to replace a transmission in their nearly 20-year-old Chrysler PT Cruiser, purchase winter tires, pay for dental work to fix the holes in Laurie’s smile or get her a new sleep-apnea machine to replace the one now held together with Band-Aids.

The dire financial situation has led to sleepless nights for Bob. Adding to the stress is Laurie’s health. A recent MRI brought some good news — the cancer hasn’t spread.

With a couple of weeks to figure out their finances, the Bruces have successfully applied for a lift to Vancouver through Hope Air, which pro-

vides free flights to low-income people when they are required to travel for health care.

Last year, the organization co-ordinated more than 12,000 flights.

“There’s a number of requirements, but the most important one is financial need,” said Paul Lethbridge, who is in charge of donor relations with Hope Air. Laurie and Bob’s flights to and from Vancouver will both be covered, but they are still concerned about the costs of accommodation, food, taxis and leaving Laurie’s son and dog behind at home.

Bob has found accommodation in the the $40 to $60 per night range, meaning a week’s stay could cost up to $420. Budget another $40 or so per day for meals, plus taxi fares,

and the Bruces will need about $1,500 for their stay in Vancouver.

The family has started a GoFundMe campaign online, with the hope of raising $4,500 to cover those expenses and account for unknowns, such as if they end up having to stay longer than the anticipated week and whatever else might happen in the future related to Laurie’s cancer.

Any leftover funds would help pay for Laurie’s dental work, Bob said. As of KTW’s press deadline on Thursday, the campaign had raised $235. Family in Terrace is also working to find funds and has raised about $200.

If you would like to donate, go online to gofundme.com/ p7xpqw-help-lauriebeat-cancer.

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scribbling can reduce seemed to prefer the stress. Watercolour term-long project on a painting has a calming subject in which they effect. were interested over the Grade 11 psychology multiple-choice textbook student Ashana Shanker style of learning. has been studying art Other workshops will therapy all semester focus on insomnia in and will be sharing her adolescence, how socialMarley Barron Robby Dhillon knowledge with the media use affects us and public on Monday night, what we do and mental DAVE EAGLES/KTW BDO CONGRATULATES OUR alongside her classmates South Kamloops Secondary Grade 11 student Ashana preparation for elite athSUCCESSFUL CFE WRITERS at South Kamloops secletes and how to support Shanker talks about her art therapy project. ondary. them.

We are pleased to recognize Marley Barron and Robby Dhillon “Showing them development. She and brain and an introducThe public is encourwho passed the 2017 Common Final Evaluation (CFE). This another alternative,” Brock middle school tion to child consciousaged to attend, keeping is the final step towards becoming a Chartered Professional Shanker told KTW. colleague Nikki Stewart ness in the first term. in mind the workshops Accountant in Canada. We congratulate you for all your hard “Because I know a lot were thinking of ways “So now I wanted a are led by high school work and determination, and look forward to your further of people when they’re to incorporate the new chance for them to dig students. achievements as valuable members of our team. stressed, they don’t grab provincial curriculum in deeper into topics of Workshops are 75 a book and start drawpsychology classes. personal interest to them minutes long, starting at BDO is one of the largest national accounting and advisory ing.”

“The new curriculum and demonstrate the 6:30 p.m. Snacks will be partnerships in Canada with offices nationwide. Our professionals Carole Gillis’ Grade in B.C. is moving towards core competencies,” she provided. The school is have the expertise to serve owner-managed businesses, large 11-12 class was split students being able to said. located at 821 Munro St. enterprises, mid-market public companies, communities and into pairs and trios in demonstrate three core The student response in South Kamloops. non-profit organizations in a broad range of industries.

November to develop competencies,” Gillis has been mixed, with The workshops will People who know, know BDO. SM workshops and present said. some students resisting be in the east wing, in them to the public.

“They are personal at first. Gillis said she classrooms, the cafeteria Assurance | Accounting | Tax | Advisory Students chose their and social thinking and would next time include and gymnasium.

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From now to March 16, the union representing teachers in the Kamloops region will shine a spotlight on schools, highlighting what it says are infractions that need to be addressed.

The infractions claimed by the union relate to classes over student size limit or in excess of three students with special needs.

Amanda Jensen, president of the KamloopsThompson Teachers’ Association (KTTA), said the campaign stems from disagreements the union has with School

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District 73 on how to implement specific parts of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that restored contract language from 2002.

The decision in November 2016 overturned a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling that found the province did not violate teachers’ rights to bargain class sizes and the number of specialneeds children in each class in their contracts.

Jensen said there remain unresolved issues revolving around class size and composition. Those issues will be outlined daily on the KTTA website (ktta.ca), with each day focusing on a different school. For example, Jensen said, Sa-Hali secondary has experienced 340 violations on class size and composition.

The union has filed three grievances cover-

ing the hundreds of violations its alleging.

Shayne Olsen, SD73’s associate superintendent of human resources, said he understands the union’s decision to go public.

“I understand they have a job to do and a role to play and I have a job to do, too,” he said, adding there are no plans to mount a counter-campaign.

Administrators will

answer questions if they arise from the public.

Olsen said “the world has changed” since 2002, when then-education minister Christy Clark sparked the years-long legal battle between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the provincial government when she tore up the contract, replacing it with legislation that took away teachers’ rights to negotiate class sizes and

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1. Immune Health

This is a no-brainer – Vitamin C supports a healthy immune system which is essential in cold and flu season. Vitamin C and frequent hand-washing are two of the easiest steps to take for staying healthy.

2. Collagen Formation for Heart Health and more…

Vitamin C is required to manufacture healthy collagen, the glue that holds cells together, just like mortar is needed for bricks. Lysine, like steel rods in cement, makes collagen stronger. A lack of vitamin C and lysine results in poor collagen and weak arteries. Coronary arteries are under more pressure than any other artery in the body. Without sufficient vitamin C and lysine the constant pounding causes minute cracks in collagen, contributing to atherosclerosis, blood clots or rupturing of a weakened artery, resulting in a stroke. Collagen keeps gums and cartilage healthy too – reducing tooth loss and painful joints. If that’s not enough, all the beauty experts will also tell you collagen helps keep skin looking youthful.

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The essential amino acid lysine is probably best known for its use in those with herpes simplex infections.

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composition.

For example, boards of education in the province now have online classes, something Olsen said wasn’t a consideration in the earlier contract.

He said the two sides have different interpretations on what size an online class can be or how many special-needs students can be in each one since they are part of distance learning.

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David Langevin completed this acrylic painting depicting a snowy view of the River City from Aberdeen earlier this week for the B.C. Winter Games. The longtime professional landscape painter has been nominated in the artist of the year category at the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts.

CELEBRATING THE ARTS Nine nominees in three categories have been shortlisted for the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts Awards, which will be held at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre on Saturday night.

The annual event promotes the arts in Kamloops, raising funds for professional companies — Kamloops Art Gallery, Western Canada Theatre and Kamloops Symphony Orchestra — while recognizing emerging artists, supporters of the arts and an artist of the year.

Kamloops This Week, CFJC’s Midday Show and the Royal Bank of Canada are shortlisted in the support for the arts category. Zachary Abney, Andrew Cooper and JP Lancaster are nominated as emerging artists. Kristina Benson, David Langevin and Donald Lawrence are vying to be named artist of the year.

KTW caught up with the artist nominees in advance of the awards. Turn to pages A20 and A21.

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Using a magnifying glass and singlehaired brush, a photograph was embellished to create an intense hyperreal effect.

It’s old school Photoshop. living withmind, a family “ToAre our you contemporary theremember is a struggling with mental illness? kind of awareness that images, photographs aren’t necessarilyYou truthful,” Kamloops are notsaid alone!

Art Gallery interim curator Adrienne Fast.

BC Schizophrenia Society is offering a “But in the 19th century, people had this 10 session course for families and friends assumption that the photograph is true. who have a loved one suffering from Whereas Indians never fell for that. Indians mental illness. This free course will provide knew.” information, tools,spread and support to help Photography quickly throughout cope with such challenges. the world in the mid-1800s and, in India, it developed twowill streams.

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British photographer Samuel Bourne is known for his adventurous photography. He snapped this shot of Mount Everest in the Himalayas in the 19th century. Meanwhile, Ghasiram Haradev Sharma’s Portrait of Bhadraji Devaraji, depicts painted photographs typical of early Indian photography. Both images are on display as part of the Re Present: Photography from South Asia exhibit, which opens on Friday at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

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The Kamloops Art Gallery’s new exhibit, Re Present: Photography from South Asia, features both painted and colonial images.

It plays with the past and present and questions what we know from looking at a photo.

Among the 20 artists featured is contemporary Indian artist Nandan Ghiya, who takes reproduced archival images and “interferes” with them.

“It’s what he calls glitch photography,” Fast said. “What would happen when your computer goes completely awry. How images are, again, they’re fragments. We don’t really understand the past through images.

They’re just a partial CERAMIC LINK access to the past. We shouldn’t place too much trust in them.”

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Sahali Mallto the Himalayas Bourne took three trips Home of the $5 Watch Battery to document the(Taxes mountain ranges. & installation included) “Those trips sort of cemented his reputawww.danielles.ca tion as the Indiana Jonespm of&19th-century Monday - Saturday: 9:30 am-5:30 Sunday 12:00 -4:00 pm photography,” Fast said.

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Some of his photographs are featured in Re Present, including one casting a ghostly silhouette of Mount Everest.

“It’s about staking claim. By bringing these pictures, making them visible for the British, it makes their colonial holdings a reality. That was the artist’s intention,” Fast said. “But the way I read this, at this time, the equipment would have been extremely Victoria • 250-372-3911 heavy,503 very hard toStreet manoeuvre.

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ON DISPLAY: AN ODE TO THE CHAIR LIFT AND BEYOND THE WINTER TIME | THROUGH JAN. 27 Two new exhibits are on display at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre. Ronan Redel pays tribute to the chairlift with black and white photography (above, left) in An Ode to the Chairlift. It is featured in the Kamloops Arts Council’s main gallery. Meanwhile, Kelly Perry’s Beyond the Winter Time features wildflowers (above, right) to “cheer the winter blues away.” That exhibit is on display in the hallway gallery. The Old Courthouse Cultural Centre is at 7 West Seymour St.

EXHIBIT OPENINGS Friday, 5:30 p.m. at the Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St.

form without entering. Sign-up for musicians will be from 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Musicians are asked to enter the hall through the west door next to the men’s washroom. Audience memThe province’s lieutenant governor will be at a Kamloops bers vote for their favourite act. The hall is seven kilometres up Art Gallery reception on Friday. Judith Guichon will attend the Barnhartvale Road on the left. For more information, call Chrisy opening of upcoming exhibitions Garnet Dirksen: Social Studies light (read on stories of migration.at 250-573-0025.. gallery in Abbotsford. ried alland of his up the sidefrom of the Reequipment Present: Photography South Asia a preview of her parents and “This is what I’ve been working on all mountain.

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SocietyFlavours in London complaining about all the of India will be served, along with a cash bar, with wine Maysshe willcame perform with Dustin Bentall tos music side byand side.

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Interim art gallery curator asks if you see truth in photography with new exhibit opening Friday JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

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he face looks photographic, though it is completely covered in paint.

Using a magnifying glass and singlehaired brush, a photograph was embellished to create an intense hyperreal effect.

It’s old school Photoshop.

“To our contemporary mind, there is a kind of awareness that images, photographs aren’t necessarily truthful,” said Kamloops Art Gallery interim curator Adrienne Fast.

“But in the 19th century, people had this assumption that the photograph is true.

Whereas Indians never fell for that. Indians knew.”

Photography quickly spread throughout the world in the mid-1800s and, in India, it developed two streams. It was used for truth-seeking by the British colonial administration — a tool for surveillance, policing and intelligence gathering — and embellished by citizens as a means of personal expression.

The Kamloops Art Gallery’s new exhibit, Re Present: Photography from South Asia, features both painted and colonial images.

It plays with the past and present and questions what we know from looking at a photo.

Among the 20 artists featured is contemporary Indian artist Nandan Ghiya, who takes reproduced archival images and “interferes” with them.

“It’s what he calls glitch photography,” Fast said. “What would happen when your computer goes completely awry. How images are, again, they’re fragments. We don’t really understand the past through images.

They’re just a partial access to the past. We shouldn’t place too much trust in them.”

British photographer Samuel Bourne is responsible for the largest group of images produced by any photographer in India, a collection of 2,500 photos.

Bourne took three trips to the Himalayas to document the mountain ranges.

“Those trips sort of cemented his reputation as the Indiana Jones of 19th-century photography,” Fast said. “He was an adventurer. He would go to great lengths to capture a perfect image.”

Some of his photographs are featured in Re Present, including one casting a ghostly silhouette of Mount Everest.

“It’s about staking claim. By bringing these pictures, making them visible for the British, it makes their colonial holdings a reality. That was the artist’s intention,” Fast said. “But the way I read this, at this time, the equipment would have been extremely heavy, very hard to manoeuvre. He had a train of about 80 different porters who car-

British photographer Samuel Bourne is known for his adventurous photography. He snapped this shot of Mount Everest in the Himalayas in the 19th century. Meanwhile, Ghasiram Haradev Sharma’s Portrait of Bhadraji Devaraji, depicts painted photographs typical of early Indian photography. Both images are on display as part of the Re Present: Photography from South Asia exhibit, which opens on Friday at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

ried all of his equipment up the side of the mountain. We can read some of the letters that he wrote back to the Photographic Society in London complaining about all the beatings he had to give to his porters refusing to carry all his equipment up the side of the Himalayas.”

That’s what Fast means by the “slippery” interpretations of photography. There’s more to the image than what Bourne intended or than what meets the eye.

“All of the systems of power that would have come into play to make this image possible. It’s not just as easy as snapping something with your camera phone,” Fast said.

“It was a major logistical undertaking.

So this was about making British power felt because all the people in this area would see.

Look at what the British can command. Look at the wealth and power they are able to wield to make this happen. We can read against his intention and see something other.”

Photography was a symbol of class for more than just the British.

An element of “performing for the camera” is evidenced in a 19th century Indian photograph, called Two Merchants.

“If you are a merchant . . . you would want to go have your photo taken in a professional photo studio and you could distribute this to your clients as a way of sort of announcing that you are important,” Fast said. “You know how to perform this societally. You know how to be an important man.”

Meanwhile, contemporary South Asian Canadian artist Zinnia Naqvi sheds

light on stories of migration.

Amassing photos of her parents and grandparents in Pakistan and India, Naqvi restaged them and juxtaposed the photos side by side. She expanded the series when she realized many of her Ontario acquaintances had family who immigrated to Canada. Nine of such works are featured among the 62 in Re Present and inspired an educational component to the exhibit.

The art gallery is calling for photos that tell stories of migration — how we got here — to display on a wall within the exhibit.

“I’ve got a photograph of my grandmother right after she sailed from England and came to Canada when she was 15,” Fast said. “There’s this amazing photograph of her in this, like, 1920s bathing suit right before she started having children. Then, for the next 25 years, she had kids.”

Those photos can be submitted to Kamloops Art Gallery via Instagram using the hashtag #kagrepresent.

The works are on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Some work has been shipped from India and New York.

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Re Present’s opening day on Friday coincidentally coincides with Fast’s last at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

It will be bittersweet for the curator, who has been working on the exhibit while covering maternity leave. Next, she’s off to a

gallery in Abbotsford.

“This is what I’ve been working on all year,” she said. “This is opening and then I’m moving on.”

Before she came to Kamloops, Fast developed an interest in photography from working at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Because of her educational background in South Asian art history, a subject in which she has a PhD, Fast said she knew India had made an interesting contribution to the history of photography. Its painted photos differed from the theories, analysis and histories of the West.

When the Re Present opens on Friday, Fast hopes to expose people to one of the largest cultural minorities in Canada and teach people to be more critical when looking at photos.

“Looking at these images, especially in the age where we’re used to Photoshop and these sorts of things, it teaches you to be a more critical looker,” Fast said. “It teaches you how to read visual information. All of these works yield a lot of information to the process of deep looking. If you keep looking and spending time with these images, more and more information comes to the surface.

“We’re used to 1,000 images a minute.

I think that it really pays dividends to look closely at these images because I think that it makes us smarter about the way we look.”

The exhibit continues at 465 Victoria St. until March 31. A curator’s tour takes place on Friday at 5:30 p.m., followed by an opening reception at 6:30 p.m.

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MAYOR’S GALA EMERGING ARTIST NOMINEES Zachary Abney

29-year-old portrait artist

Zachary Abney, 29, began painting as a youngster in Penticton. The Kamloops artist, who has become known for his oil, acrylic and charcoal portraits, began private instruction at four or five years of age. Throughout his school years, teachers and principals made a point of challenging him, paving the way for him to attend the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

He never finished his post-secondary art studies, instead heading north to work at a mill. It wasn’t until he moved to Kamloops that his artistic talent boomeranged back.

Abney signed up for an art battle and won.

“That just sort of snowballed,” he said.

Abney has since pursued art as a business. He shares space at Studio 322 on Victoria Street with a photographer and DJ, spending hours outside of his full-time car sales gig with Toyota to paint.

“I’m usually down there most nights until 10 or 11,” Abney said.

He’s inspired by interesting faces, hands, tattoos and stories. Find his work on Facebook by searching Zachary Abney - Painter.

Andrew Cooper Andrew Cooper, 26, is hoping the third time’s the charm.

Cooper has his hands in pretty much everything theatre-related in Kamloops and has been nominated for a Mayor’s Gala for the Arts award for the third year in a row.

“I’ll have my fingers crossed for sure,” he said. “I think that the other two artists are really great.”

Cooper co-founded Chimera Theatre, an independent theatre company providing opportunities for young actors, writers and directors. He is managing director, but also acts in, directs and

26-year-old playwright, director, actor

writes plays, while hosting the Freudian Slips theatre improv troupe. He has also acted and directed with Western Canada Theatre and Project X Theatre.

Added to that, he’s been teaching hip hop, contemporary and musical theatre dance at the Academy of Dance for about eight years.

“I do a little bit of everything,” Cooper said.

Cooper moved around a lot growing up, but settled in Kamloops to attend Thompson Rivers University.

He graduated with a bach-

elor of arts in 2014, majoring in theatre with a minor in English.

During that time, he frequented TRU’s Actor’s Workshop Theatre.

Cooper said he never planned to stay in the River City — he wanted to move to Vancouver after graduation — but he “just kept getting work here and it didn’t stop.

“So I just thought, why should I move?” he said. “A lot of the professional artists I meet are like, ‘How are you making a living in theatre in a city as big as Kamloops?’ There’s so much theatre here.”

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Abney is to art what Cooper is to theatre what Lancaster is to music.

“It’s like apples to oranges to pineapples in terms of what we do,” JP Lancaster told KTW. The 34-year-old got his start in music in the 1990s, still a high school student at the former John Peterson secondary school. He continued performing when he moved throughout the years, but eventually returned to Kamloops and performed under the moniker River City Magic.

The singer-songwriter has released two albums with his latest endeavour, At Mission Dolores, and expanded his musical inclinations last year to promote budding artists and foster the music community.

Lancaster’s Factotum record label has released six albums with Kamloops musicians. He takes on local acts, helping to organize and promote shows, publish music in cassette form and digitally and generally publicizes up-and-coming bands.

His “crowning achievement”

is due to be released soon, a compilation album from local and other artists he’s come to know as a promoter.

“It’s a snapshot into the past year,” he said. “The kinds of bands that are coming to town, the kind of talent Kamloops is producing.”

Lancaster isn’t sure who nominated him, but said he’s flattered to be in the company of Cooper and Abney.

“It’s nice a light is being shone on anybody,” he said.

“Genuine authentic art.”

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MAYOR’S GALA ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Kristina Benson Kristina Benson, 39, practises art in a range of mediums, from acrylics on canvas to her most well-known — yoga pants.

The artist first paints on canvas, then creates a highresolution design of the work on her computer before dictating where the piece of artwork would fit on a pair of leggings.

“I design for the bum, the knee, the calf,” Benson said.

Benson’s artistic leggings are sold online, via so-called pants parties and through

39-year-old clothing artist

word of mouth. The pants have stretched to seven provinces and territories in Canada and 10 states in the U.S. since Benson began selling them in 2016.

“Honestly, it’s kind of taken off like wildfire,” she said.

Benson got her start in art more than a decade ago.

Her passion for painting and drawing led her to study at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

Benson honed her graphic-design skills before return-

ing to the paintbrush.

She never planned on designing yoga pants, she said, but her catalogue continues to grow and expand with demand.

Benson is honoured to be nominated for artist of the year, noting she has personal connections with both of the other nominees who were shortlisted.

“I thought, ‘Oh, there’s no way,’” she said. “I just kind of fell off my chair a little bit.”

Find Benson’s work online at kristinabensonart.com.

David Langevin

58-year-old landscape artist

David Langevin accepted his nomination for artist of the year at the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts for one reason.

“To just say thank you to Kamloops and show my appreciation for all that Kamloops has done for my career,” he said. “It’s been such a great community to get my career started.”

Never one to enter juried art shows or apply for grants, the 58-year-old landscape painter has worked as a fulltime professional artist for a quarter century, but had a challenging time breaking into the market when he began out east in Montreal. More than one gallery told him his coniferous trees would do well out west. So he up and moved to Kamloops.

“I wanted to be painting full-time as a career and I wanted to be in B.C., that’s what I knew,” he said. “I quit all my jobs and sold everything.

Donald Lawrence Donald Lawrence aligns his artistic practise with his teaching.

Last year, he and his Thompson Rivers University visual-arts students — one current student and three alumni — set up a temporary exhibit in False Creek. A timber frame was constructed, supported by a dark tent. A lens was positioned at one end to allow people who entered by kayak the opportunity to experience live optical theatre.

“Let’s say it’s a meeting place of interests in optics, culture and drawing, with an interest in older

“That was 26 years ago this summer.”

It worked out for Langevin, who put together a collection of paintings, showed his work for the first time at Art in the Park back in 1993 and then organized his first solo show. He was approached by the Hampton Gallery to sell his original paintings and eventually began showing in galleries in Calgary, Vancouver and Quebec.

“The rest is history, so they say,” Langevin said.

Initially told Kamloops wasn’t really an art community, he has since sold hundreds of paintings to people in the city. “The support for my art has been spectacular and definitely launched my career,” he said.

Langevin is formally trained, with a bachelor of fine arts degree and master of art education. He creates, but also teaches workshops. Find his work online at davidlangevin.com.

54-year-old artist, art professor

historic forms of optical projection,” the 54-year-old artist and TRU professor said of his artistic practise.

His particular interest is in the camera obscura, which in Latin translates to darkroom. It was also the subject of a festival he organized in Dawson City, Yukon, in 2015, which brought together Canadian and international artists.

Added to that, Lawrence has been teaching art at TRU since the 1980s.

He graduated with a bach-

elor of fine arts in 1986 from the University of Victoria and earned a master’s from York University in 1988.

In light of his support for students, Lawrence was awarded an undergrad research mentor award last year from TRU. “That was quite meaningful to me,” he said.

The first chair of the city’s public art commission, Lawrence has also been involved at the civic level.

“It’s nice to have the city in turn recognize that,” he said.

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“It’s a big festival in India,” said Jasvinder Bains, one of the event’s organizers. “Here, people do Halloween and go trick or treating. In India, people go to everyone’s house . . . people give drinks and money.”

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Women’s march returns during #MeToo movement Kamloops residents will take to the streets this weekend to stand up for gender equality — a message that has become especially relevant in the wake of the recent onslaught of sexual harassment and assault allegations.

“We definitely will touch on some of those points because they have been so strong in the media lately,” said event organizer Carlin Bolt.

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TORONTO — Months after dismissing growing fears about a potential serial killer prowling Toronto’s gay village, police said Thursday they have arrested a man they believe is responsible for the presumed deaths of at least two men who disappeared from the neighbourhood.

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“We believe he is responsible for the deaths of Mr. Esen and Mr. Kinsman, and we believe he is responsible for the deaths of other men who have yet to be identified,’’ said Det. Sgt. Hank Idsinga.

“In other words, we believe there are other victims,’’ he said.

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are aware of other men reported missing from the area.

Members of the LGBTQ community were voicing concerns and pushing for answers last year in light of the disappearances, which were deemed suspicious at the time.

Investigators working on the cases issued public reassurances, saying they had no reason to believe the two men were dead, nor that their absence had anything to do with a serial killer or predators targeting men through a dating app.

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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s environment minister says he’s “seriously considering’’ enacting a province-wide ban on plastic shopping bags — a move that would make it the first province to do so.

Iain Rankin said he was looking at all options to reduce the use of so-called film plastics, including an outright ban or fee

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“Everything is on the table,’’ he told reporters on Thursday after a Liberal government cabinet meeting.

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Rankin said he has held “important discussions’’ with solid waste representatives in every region of the province and that the government will make a

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Rankin says the six-month measure could be extended, though plastic will remain banned from the province’s landfills.

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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Aquarium has announced that it will no longer display whales or dolphins.

Aquarium president John Nightingale said in a statement the facility will focus on raising awareness of ocean issues impacting other marine animals.

He said an exception will be made for the aquarium’s single remaining cetacean, a Pacific white-sided dolphin named Helen.

The decision follows the Vancouver Park Board’s approval of a bylaw last May that banned the aquarium from bringing any new cetaceans to its facility in Stanley Park.

It also comes after the deaths of a number of cetaceans at the aquarium since 2016, including a young false killer whale, a harbour porpoise and two beluga whales.

The aquarium said in a release that it will continue to rescue and rehabilitate animals in need, including whales and dolphins, at its rescue centre.

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TORONTO — Toronto is the only Canadian city still in the running to host Amazon’s multibilliondollar second headquarters.

The e-commerce giant released its short list of candidates for the facility on Thursday, whittling the number of applicants down to 20 from 238.

Word that the company planned to open a second North American headquarters sparked a torrent of proposals from cities eager to land the $5-billion investment and lure the projected 50,000 jobs to go with it.

Bids poured in from Canadian cities from coast to coast as both major urban centres like Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary vied with smaller dark-horse competitors such as Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. In the end, however, Toronto was the only Canadian city to make the short list, where it stands alongside American metropolises such as Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and Atlanta.

Mayor John Tory celebrated the city’s triumph at a news conference held Thursday morning.

Likening the inclusion on the short list to “making the playoffs’’ in a sports tournament, he said the city and the surrounding municipalities that were also included in its bid can clearly compete on the global business stage.

“We’re excited to have this opportunity and to be able to tell Toronto’s unique story,’’ he said.

“There is no other place in North America that can boast the same talent, the same quality of life, the same vibrancy, the same economic strength.’’

Toronto Global, the group that compiled the city’s bid, said it was honoured to have made the short list among such fierce competition.

It said it would work with the federal and provincial government as the process carries on.

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Leaving my mark in Fredericton, New Brunswick “All shapes, colours and sizes are suspended from the yellow twine that spans the pedestrian bridge.

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he 78 year-old Bill Thorpe Bridge that links the south and the north sides of Fredericton was originally constructed for trains. It was retrofitted in the 1990s to allow walkers and cyclists to cross the St. John River.

Recently, it’s been used to promote the cure of breast cancer with its lovely display of dangling bras.

But my hiking-hound of a husband is more focused on other outdoor features nearby.

“There are over 80 kilometres of non-motorized routes that weave throughout this city,” Brent says while checking out his visitor’s guide. “Both the Sentier and a portion of the Trans Canada Trail systems connect with this trestle crossing.”

I know he’d love nothing more than to lace up his boots and hit the trail, but with only one day to check out this capital’s treasures, I have other pastimes in mind.

“The Boyce Farmers’ Market is said to be one of the best in the

country,” I reply, “There’s over 200 merchants.”

I realize a lot of men would turn up their noses at the idea of shopping, but not my guy. He had already researched the plethora of stores that integrate into the city’s downtown hub and he’s ready to browse.

We enter this venue on Brunswick Street, a food alley where grilled onions and other aromas waft from the many stalls.

Falafels, spicy samosas and other ethnic options meld with local favourites: potatoes doused in poutine, sizzling buffalo burgers and scads of seafood.

Outdoor booths boasting organics and ultra-fresh produce lead to more goodies found indoors.

Row upon row of vendors offer everything from homemade baked goods to creative crafts.

After an hour of perusing and fuelling up on sweet wild blueberries and banana bread, we’re off to our next Fredericton must-see — the historic Garrison District.

This two block area sandwiched between Queen Street and the river shore is home to the Sports Hall Of Fame and many summer festivals.

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Costumed guides take part in a changing of the guard ritual and a regional museum traces the area’s roots back to 1784, when a British garrison was stationed here.

The stoic Legislative Assembly Building is another heritage drawing card. Since 1882, this seat and symbol of democracy has taken centre stage on Queen Street.

While browsing its noble interiors, we gaze at a little royalty — painted portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

During our jaunt, it’s impossible to miss Christ Church Cathedral, a 19th century neo-gothic wonder,

with a cross-bearing steeple that dominates the skyline. Light flows through amazing stained glass into its rich wooden interior.

A neighbouring gravestone marks the resting place of Fredericton’s first Anglican bishop.

“Did you know this is now a happening place for summer festivals?” Brent asks when reading about recent performers.

“Everyone from opera singers to tango dancers have entertained in this holy house.”

Clearly, the arts is alive and well in Fredericton. Thanks to one of the city’s historical patrons, Lord Beaverbrook, the Art Gallery and Playhouse offer a steady lineup of performing and visual works, featuring local Canadian and international talent. This generous gent also had a hand in promoting Fredericton’s hill-top University of New Brunswick.

After it was built in 1785, he donated a number of first editions

by V. Bennett, Charles Dickens and H.G. Wells, which remain in the provincial archives to this day.

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“There’s one last stop I’d like to make before leaving Fredericton,” I say to Brent after checking out the next morning. When packing my bag earlier, I had left out one important garment to purposefully leave behind.

After dropping me off at the Bill Thorpe pedestrian bridge, I string up my sports bra alongside the rest.

It had been a tough go, battling breast cancer a few years ago, and on this sunny day before leaving this lovely capital of New Brunswick, I feel grateful to be alive and happy to leave my mark behind.

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f betting on B.C. high school basketball was legal, a three-team Kamloops provincial championship parlay wouldn’t be the worst

idea.

The stretch drive of the 20172018 campaign is going to be a heck of a lot of fun.

Ranked No. 1 in the province are the AA South Kamloops Titans girls, led by head coach Del Komarniski. The Westsyde Whundas, 17-0 as of KTW’s press deadline on Thursday, are the No. 2 ranked AA boys team in B.C. South Kam’s senior boys are third in the AAA boys provincial rankings and expected to be among the favourites come tournament time.

“This community gets behind basketball,” said Komarniski, who took over the senior girls’ head coaching reins this season. “The coaching is strong, The athletes buy in and work at their game.

“That shows with regards to how our teams compete on a provincial level. We have a good basketball city.”

The Titans’ girls are led by 6-foot-6 forward Olivia MorganCherchas, who helped Canada to a silver-medal finish at the FIBA Under-16 Women’s Americas Championship in Buenos Aires last June, and guard Madison Gobeil, both of whom are in Grade 11.

Gobeil earned first-team tournament all-star honours at provincials last year, a Grade 10 student toiling against girls three years her senior.

“She’s become a complete player,” Komarniski said. “I’ve been really encouraged by her play.”

Twin sisters Lauren and Katherine Walkley, both in Grade 12, are also key contributors on a team that is 2-0 in league play, with victories over Sa-Hali and NorKam.

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Devon Konst of the Westsyde Whundas in action at the Fulton Cup in December at the Tournament Capital Centre.

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Madison Gobeil and the South Kamloops Titans’ senior girls are ranked No. 1 in the province.

“We’re rounding into form and we’re pretty excited and getting ready for the stretch run,” Komarniski said. “Being ranked No. 1 is nice, but it doesn’t mean a lot on a one-game basis. You’ve got to qualify and win four games to win a championship.”

South Kam was missing the Walkleys at provincials last year and still managed to place fourth.

The 2018 B.C. Secondary Schools Girls Basketball Association AA championship will run from Feb. 28 to March 3 at the Langley Events Centre.

South Kam’s boys made it all the way to the B.C. final in 2017, but lost 69-63 to Rick Hansen in Langley.

Tim Unaegbu, head coach of the Titans’ senior boys, said his team is hunting down the No. 1 seed this year.

“Last year, we went in ranked

No. 2 and we had to play Byrne Creek in the semifinal,” Unaegbu said. “It murdered us physically. We were so tired in that final game.”

Unaegbu said his charges can likely snare top seeding at provincials — and what he believes to be an easier path to the final — by winning the Robert Bateman tournament in Abbotsford later this month.

South Kam’s boys started the season ranked No. 1, but were hindered by injuries to key starters Ripley Martin, a towering forward, and Evan Jumaga.

The Titans posted a 1-3 record at the Tsumura Basketball Invitational in December and their ranking dropped to fourth. They were bumped up to third in rankings released on Wednesday.

Martin and Jumaga are back in the lineup, which also features

standout guards Nick Sarai and Reid Jansen, both of whom played for B.C. at the Canada Summer Games in August.

The injuries were a blessing in disguise, said Unaegbu, noting players such as Sam Jean, his twin brother Josh and Graeme Koppes earned valuable minutes and improved while Martin and Jumaga were hurt.

“There is no hiding anymore,” Unaegbu said, referencing his team’s relative anonymity in 20162017. “We went in ranked No. 1.

The buzz is South Kam is very scary.”

Head coach Ryan Porter and the Westsyde senior boys are also striking fear into opponents this season and will be aiming to improve on a seventh-place finish at the 2017 AA boys provincial championship.

“This is the deepest team I’ve

ever had,” said Porter, whose squad won the Fulton Maroons Corporate Classic championship in Vernon last weekend. “There are a lot of guys who can really play.”

Spencer Ledoux, who joined Sarai and Jansen on Team B.C. in the summer, leads the Whundas, along with Carsen Day, Nathan Strank and Jake Tabor.

“It’s all about how you do at the end of the year,” Porter said.

“We could go undefeated the whole way and lose a game in the Okanagans, and next thing you know, you’re bumped down to the six seed or seven seed.

“You have to be doing well all year and close the deal during playoffs.”

Two other Kamloops and area teams are having solid seasons.

The Whundas are sixth in AA girls provincial rankings and the Barriere Cougars are seventh in single A boys’ rankings.

“We’re always cheering for local kids,” Porter said. “As coaches, you get to know them through camps and the basketball scene.

“There is a lot of great potential this year for Kamloops kids and teams to be successful.”

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Connor Ingram and Kendra Woodland share similar experiences on world hockey stages.

Ingram, the former Kamloops Blazers’ netminder, was pulled from Canada’s net in a 5-2 victory over Sweden in semifinal play at the 2017 World Junior Hockey Championship in Montreal.

He backed up Carter Hart the rest of the way and Ingram was pictured consoling the Everett Silvertips’ goaltender after a 5-4 shootout loss to the U.S. in the final.

Woodland, a 17-year-old Westsyde secondary student, was replaced by Madelyn McArthur of St. Catharines, Ont., in a round-robin loss to the U.S. last Tuesday at the under-18 Women’s World Hockey Championship in Dmitrov, Russia.

Woodland never saw the net again, but she was there to boost McArthur’s spirits after a 4-3 shootout loss to the Americans in semifinal play last Friday.

“It was one of the hardest losses I’ve ever had to deal with,” Woodland said of the semifinal defeat.

“These past couple weeks, the goalies and the whole team have gotten closer. I knew she needed a couple words — ‘It’s tough, but we’re all here for you’ kind of thing.”

Woodland, who wore the Maple Leaf for the first time and posted a shutout in a 4-0 round-robin victory over Sweden, came home to Kamloops with a bronze medal.

Canada, backstopped by McArthur, thumped Russia 5-1 in the third-place game on Saturday.

“Part of me always wants to be playing, but it was what I was supposed to be doing at the time,” Woodland said. “I was part of the game in some way.”

If there is a tinge of disappointment still lingering in Woodland’s mind, the what-ifs most athletes experience in their careers, it might be worth looking at what Ingram has done since the world juniors.

The Imperial, Sask., product went on to post a Blazers’ franchise-record save percentage of .927 in 2016-2017. He signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning in April 2017 and has wasted no time in making an impression in the American Hockey League.

Ingram, 20, took over the No. 1 spot in Syracuse on Dec. 31 and posted six straight wins for the Crunch.

He is inching closer to the NHL. The next big step for Woodland will come this fall, the beginning of her tenure playing for the New Brunswick Reds on a full-ride scholarship.

It may not be long before university hardware accompanies the bronze medal she plans to hang on her wall at home in the Tournament Capital.

“It’s so cool,” Woodland said. “It’s crazy to think I’m 17, I’ve been across the country and across the world.

“Being able to bring back a medal to Canada is a crazy feeling.”

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Age aside, Montana Onyebuchi and Orrin Centazzo are nothing like each other.

Onyebuchi is a 6-foot-3, 210pound defenceman who would rather go through opponents than around them.

Centazzo is a 5-foot-8, 160pound forward who prides himself on scoring, skill and finesse.

The 17-year-old players who came to the Kamloops Blazers from Everett in a blockbuster trade earlier this month do have at least one more thing in common — they were brought here to help the Blazers become a championship contender.

And their addition might aid the local major junior club in its effort to land the 2020 Memorial Cup. “Obviously, I was upset,” Onyebuchi said when asked about his initial reaction to the trade.

“Those are the guys I’d been playing with for a year-and-a-half.

I’ll miss my friends. But I wasn’t too upset after. I was pretty excited to come to Kamloops. There’s more opportunity here as well. We’ll have a great team in a couple of years.”

The team is not great right now.

Kamloops Blazers’ 17-year-old forward Orrin Centazzo stops on a dime against the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Tuesday at Sandman Centre.

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Kamloops is last in the Western Conference and sits 10 points back of the Spokane Chiefs, who hold the conference’s second and final wildcard playoff position.

Lethbridge doubled Kamloops 4-2 at Sandman Centre on Tuesday.

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With a three-game road trip to Alberta planned for this weekend, the Blazers will learn a little more about what they received in the trade that sent 19-year-old NHL signees Garrett Pilon and Ondrej Vala to the Silvertips.

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“They ganged up on me and it toughened me up.”

Onyebuchi, a right-shot D-man, is the second-youngest of five siblings and a second-generation Canadian. His father emigrated to Canada from Nigeria when he was 19 and became a pharmacist.

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said with a laugh.

Hockey quickly became a priority for Onyebuchi, who started playing when he was about five, but football nearly nipped his career on ice in the bud.

“I was playing Team Manitoba football and was asked to play Team Canada, but I got drafted that year,” Onyebuchi said. “It was very tough because I actually loved football. I quit hockey at one point when I was younger.”

Nor is Centazzo strictly a hockey guy.

He plays midget AA baseball in the summer in his hometown of

Marwayne, Alta. — 44 kilometres northwest of Lloydminster — and qualified for the provincial championship in Fort McMurray last year.

“I’ve been playing baseball my whole life,” Centazzo said.

“It’s my family sport and it’s big in Marwayne.”

Centazzo, serviceable on the diamond, showed his potential on the ice with a gem of a goal against the Victoria Royals last weekend, a plays-of-the-week worthy solo effort for his first tally as a Blazer.

General manager Stu MacGregor brought Centazzo to Kamloops with those types of moments in mind.

The Blazers also received firstand- fourth-round picks in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft and 2002-born prospects Nathanael Hinds and Kalen Ukrainetz.

None of those assets do much for playoff hopes this season and some fans will be upset with the outlook for the 2017-2018 stretch drive.

Others will be looking ahead to the next couple of seasons and using what’s left of this one to analyze the roster, with dreams of a Memorial Cup victory on home ice dancing in their minds.

“That would be awesome,” Centazzo said. “Once in a lifetime, right?”

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK RECOGNIZE THIS MAN? Police are looking for a man suspected of stealing wallets from the change room at the Tournament Capital Centre.

On Wednesday, Jan. 3, a man walked into a change room and went through visitors’ belongings, stealing some wallets that were not secured in lockers.

The suspect is white, has brown hair with a goatee and was wearing dark-coloured sweatpants with a white Nike logo on the upper left thigh area, a red ball cap and black hoodie with white NIKE lettering on the arms., as seen in the accompanying photo of a person of interest.

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HELP FIND THESE STOLEN DIRT BIKES On Nov. 28 at 2:10 p.m, thieves entered a garage in the Rose Hill neighbourhood and made off with two Yamaha dirt bikes: a 2015 TT-R110E and a 2016 TT-R125LE. The bikes were in excellent condition when they went missing. The pair need ignition keys in order to be used; therefore, it is believed that either the ignitions will be damaged or replaced in order for the culprits to use these bikes.

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WolfPack to host Huskies at TCC MARTY HASTINGS

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Both TRU WolfPack volleyball teams were given a chance to take big steps in the chase for the Canada West playoffs in Regina last weekend.

One took advantage, while the other faltered.

The WolfPack men were facing Canada West’s last-place team, the Regina Cougars, and the visitors took care of business, giving up only one set in a two-match sweep. “[It was] great for us to win three out of four on the road to start 2018,” said WolfPack men’s volleyball head coach Pat Hennelly, whose team split a pair of matches against Mount Royal in Calgary earlier this month.

“We have a big series next weekend at home against Saskatchewan.”

Both WolfPack teams will play host to the Huskies at the Tournament Capital Centre this weekend, but only the TRU women will be aiming to rebound from a pair of losses in Regina.

The Cougars (8-8) won in five sets last Friday and in four sets on

Saturday, leaving the WolfPack tied for 10th in Canada West standings.

The top eight teams in the 13-team conference qualify for the post-season.

TRU is two points out of playoff position with eight matches to play.

“I thought we played OK,” WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm said on Saturday. “But I don’t think we really found a level where everything was clicking both emotionally and technically. We were trying to break through and try and find some fire.”

The WolfPack women will look to heat up this weekend at the TCC. Game times against the Huskies (8-8) are 6 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday.

TRU (5-11) and Saskatchewan (7-9) will square off in men’s action following the women’s tilts both nights.

The WolfPack men are tied for ninth in the conference with UBC Okanagan (5-9), two points back of Manitoba (6-10), which holds the last playoff position.

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Jack attack paces Junior Blazers Jack Smith recorded two goals and an assist for the Players Bench Kamloops Junior Blazers in a 6-3 victory over the Kelowna Junior Rockets in atom development play on Saturday in the Little Apple.

Also notching points for Kamloops were Cason Scott (1G, 1A), Luca D’Amour (1G), Nate MacPhee (1G), Casey Wood (1G) and Keegan Sanders (1A).

Blazers win bronze

The peewee tier 2 Dearborn Kamloops Junior Blazers won bronze at a tournament in Quesnel on the weekend.

Kamloops thumped Williams Lake 6-1 to place third.

Registering points for the Blazers on the weekend were Roman Wolynec (5G, 1A), Cole Angstadt (4G, 1A), Jonathan Ward (4G), Logan Krug (3G, 5A), Wyatt Gowans (2G, 3A), Cooper Maclead (2G, 2A), Jorlie Anderson (1G, 2A), Marcus Baron (1G), Cole Hanghofer (2A), Will Hendricks (2A) and Jaiden Mullin (2A).

Noah Clark and Luca Woehle split time between the pipes.

No goals allowed

Kimmy Davidson posted a shutout for the Kamloops Junior Blazers in a 1-0 victory over Kelowna in female midget A action on Saturday in Penticton.

Jaymie Mackenzie scored the game-winning goal for Kamloops (6-2-1), with Ellie Gartrell providing the assist.

Tough weekend

The atom development C team from Kamloops posted a loss and a tie on the weekend.

Salmon Arm knocked off Kamloops 5-3 on Saturday.

Kamloops and Merritt tied 4-4 on Sunday. Both games were played at Sandman Centre.

Reaching the scoresheet on the weekend for Kamloops were Aiden Baker (2G), Ryder Johnson (2G),

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The Maniacs posted a pair of bantam recreation victories on the weekend, beating the Kodiaks 7-1 on Saturday and the Chiefs 11-4 on Sunday.

Zachary Kramer backstopped the Maniacs.

Recording points for the Maniacs on the weekend were Maxwell Hinkson (5G, 1A), Isaac Bean (4G), Jordan English (4G), Kaden Linquist (1G, 2A), Max Card (1G, 1A), Bradly Boudreau (1G), Michael Baudin (1G, 1A), Levi Toye (1G, 2A), Ben Miller (2A), Lochlan Scholefield (2A) and Tyler Dhaliwal (1A).

Austin Hammond scored for the Kodiaks, with Shamus Mcguire providing an assist.

Zack Kohurst and Dylan Cruickshank split time between the pipes for the Kodiaks.

Notching points for the Chiefs were Jordan Smith (2G), Maxwell Smith (1G), Kurtis Pearson (1G) and Seth Damini (1A).

Sam Benastick was in the Chiefs’ crease.

Snake tamers

The Thunder edged the Bullsnakes 5-4 in peewee recreation action at Memorial Arena on Sunday.

Noah Henson (1G, 2A), Leland Vince (1G, 1A), Chase Hole (1G, 1A), Quinn Plowe (1G), Frank Padar (1G) and Hanna Craig-Serre (1A) had points for the Thunder.

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Hanghofer (1G, 1A), Alex Bodenton (1G, 1A), Kayden Conroy (1G), Jayden Donchi (1G), Caleb Vankerkhoven (1A) and Devin Neill (1A).

In the desert

The peewee tier 1 Kamloops Junior Blazers placed third at a tournament in Phoenix on the weekend.

Kamloops edged Richmond 3-2 in the

bronze-medal game.

Recording points for Kamloops were Jordan Keller (1G, 1A), Sawyer Mynio (1G), Brady Milburn (1G), Reggie Newman (1A) and Sam Zulyniak (1A).

Preds prevail

The Predators knocked off the Knights 5-1 in bantam recreation play at Brock Arena on Sunday.

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the Predators were Will Davis-Arnold (2G), Micah Brownlee (2G), Lynden Wyman (1G), Zac Banks (1A), Jarrett Dumais (1A) and Nolan Foster (1A).

Aidan Dumais scored for the Knights, with Grady Egeland providing the assist.

Kiran Ramsay was between the pipes for the Preds. Kash Minion backstopped the Knights.

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Goaltender Jordan Wilde and the Kamloops Storm played most recently at home on Dec. 16, a 5-2 victory over the Sicamous Eagles at Memorial Arena. Kamloops will play host to Sicamous again on Sunday, with puck-drop slated for 5 p.m. at Memorial. The Storm (13-19-3-1) are second-last in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Doug Birks Division, one slot ahead of Sicamous (5-30-2-1). The top four teams in the five-team division make the playoffs.

Brady misses practice KYLE HIGHTOWER

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady missed practice with a right hand injury a day after being limited by the same issue as New England prepared for its AFC championship game matchup with Jacksonville.

Brady was present and wore a glove on the injured hand on Thursday during the stretching portion of practice open to reporters. But he was listed as a non-participant on the injury report. He usually only wears a glove on his non-throwing hand.

His scheduled news conference was also postponed until Friday.

Brady appeared on the Patriots’ weekly injury report several times during the latter half of the regular season with Achilles tendon and

The New England Patriots will play host to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. Will Tom Brady be healthy? Game time is noon.

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Ashley Fisher posted a shutout for the Kamloops Vibe at Sandman Centre last Saturday.

VIBE EARN WEEKEND OFF The Kamloops Vibe posted a win and a tie against the North Shore Rebels in South Coast Women’s Hockey League action at Sandman Centre on the weekend.

Kamloops earned a 1-0 victory on Saturday.

North Shore scored with 1:18 remaining in the

third period to salvage a 2-2 tie on Sunday.

Recording points on the weekend for the Vibe were Dani Ayerst (1G, 1A), Rochelle Smith (1G, 1A), Emily Edmundson (1G) and Kiana Karolyi (1A).

Kamloops (6-6-5) sits third in league standings and is not scheduled to play this weekend.

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Foles contemplated retirement after a miserable season with the LA Rams in which he ended up losing his starting job to Case Keenum.

That’s just one spin of a unique quarterback carousel that’ll be on display when Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) host Keenum and the Minnesota Vikings (14-3) in the NFC championship game on Sunday.

“It’s pretty wild,’’ Foles said. “Case’s success and the way he plays doesn’t surprise me because him and I were together and we prepared together. We were around each other every day. But I think the big message there is no matter what happens, you’ve just got to keep believing in yourself, keep working hard and just never give up.’’

The cycle began when former Eagles coach Chip Kelly traded Foles to the St. Louis Rams for Sam Bradford in March 2015. A day later, the Rams acquired Keenum from the Houston Texans to back up Foles.

Foles went 4-7 in 11 starts for the Rams before he was benched for Keenum.

Meanwhile, Bradford had a decent season with the Eagles, but was traded to Minnesota a week before the 2016 season opener to pave the way for Carson Wentz.

The Vikings needed Bradford to replace the injured Teddy Bridgewater. Bradford had a career year in 2016.

Foles asked for his release from the Rams after they moved to Los Angeles and drafted Jared Goff No. 1, one pick ahead of Wentz.

Foles seriously considered hanging up

the cleats before Andy Reid — who drafted him in third round in Philadelphia in 2012 — persuaded him to join the Kansas City Chiefs as a backup to Alex Smith.

Foles played well in two games in relief and then returned to Philly on a two-year deal to provide insurance behind Wentz this season. Keenum helped groom Goff in Los Angeles last year and then went to Minnesota to back up Bradford.

Keenum stepped into the lineup in September after Bradford was injured and had by far the best season of his career, passing for 3,547 yards, 22 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Foles took over in Philadelphia after Wentz tore his ACL in Week 14.

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VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired midfielder Efrain Juarez from Mexico’s Monterrey for an undisclosed transfer fee, the Major League Soccer club announced Thursday.

The 29-year-old, who can also play right back, signed with Vancouver through 2019 using targeted allocation money, with a team option for the 2020 season.

Juarez has made a combined 274 professional appearances with Monterrey, fellow Mexican sides Pumas UNAM and Club America, Scotland’s Celtic and Spain’s Real Zaragoza.

He’s also played 39 times for his country, including three matches at the 2010 World Cup. “(Juarez is) an extremely talented player who has experience at the highest level, can play multiple positions, and is the type of character we want,’’ Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson said in a statement. “Efrain’s preferred position is in the middle of the park and that’s where I expect him to play the majority of minutes for us.

Juarez enters a Whitecaps midfield that will have a very different look in 2018 with the departures of Christian Bolanos and Nosa Igiebor, the retirement of Andrew Jacobson, and the uncertain status of Matias Laba, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament last season and still needs a contract.

The five-foot-11, 155-pound native of Mexico City is Vancouver’s seventh acquisition of a busy off-season that has also seen the club add strikers Kei Kamara and Anthony Blondell, while waving goodbye to Fredy Montero.

The Whitecaps open their schedule March 4 at B.C. Place Stadium against the Montreal Impact.

Stecher coming along nicely JASON BOTCHFORD

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Troy Stecher should never have been the Vancouver Canucks’ best defenceman.

He was too undersized, undrafted and inexperienced.

But there he was, a slice of hope at the end of a dim season being feted last spring as the Canucks’ top blue-liner at 23 years of age.

He won the popular vote and he had earned it. His engine never died even as the Canucks’ doors, bumpers and wheels popped off all around him and were left strewn along the littered roadside.

Stecher played nearly every shift like it just might be his last. He finished fifth in the NHL among rookie defencemen with 24 points. He played 71 games, averaged 20 minutes in ice time and was among the Canucks’ leaders

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After so many had dismissed his chances of an NHL career and counted him out, Stecher had made it.

Not so fast.

The NHL doesn’t quite work like that.

Progression and development is rarely linear.

A few months after “making it,” Stecher had a new coach, a new role and new obstacles.

He was off the power play, had his minutes cut dramatically. He was left trying to figure out what had gone astray.

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“As a young guy, it was kind of hard to adjust,” Stecher said.

“I’m still trying to find my way in this league.”

Stecher has been better. He’s been doing other things, like

impressing with the number of battles along the boards he wins.

He is a big part of the future for the Canucks, a key player in the defensive corps.

And maybe the Canucks should think about him on the power play again. Their blue-

line has combined for one power-play goal on the season. Derrick Pouliot leads the defence with five power-play points. Michael Del Zotto is second with four.

Stecher had eight last season, and that was as a rookie.

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TALKING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE BIBLE

T

here is considerable debate about mental illness and how society and the health-care system need to be dealing with it.

Depression is rampant, even among young people and schizophrenia, dementia, personality disorders and phobias have a huge debilitating effect on those suffering with them and on their loved ones.

But there is nothing new about mental illness.

It was certainly present in ancient times and the Bible makes specific reference to several cases.

King Saul, the first king of Israel, was repeatedly afflicted by what we would probably term clinical depression today. In scripture, it says “an evil spirit

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from the Lord tormented him” — a rather unsettling description, but it was considered common to ascribe the torment of mental illness to an “evil spirit” in those times.

Saul’s advisors recommended that someone who could play the harp be summoned to ease his mental distress and David (the future King David) was appointed to the task. Samuel writes, “Whenever the spirit from God came upon

Saul, David would take his harp and play and the evil spirit would leave him.”

It is somewhat ironic that music therapy, which often uses harp music today, was employed 3,000 years ago.

King Saul’s hostile behaviour towards David would seem to confirm severe depression as he became extremely paranoid and directed his rage at him. Both paranoia and anger are symptoms of clinical depression. Saul even tried to kill David on several occasions. One thing is certain — King Saul was a long time sufferer of mental distress, whatever its cause.

David had his moral weaknesses, but mental illness does not seem to have been a problem for him (at least not until much later in his life). He did, however, feign mental

illness to get himself out of a bind.

When he was being pursued by King Saul, he decided to flee to the territory of the Philistines. Achish, the Philistine king of Gath, was prepared to take him in, but his advisors reminded him that David had a history of slaughtering Philistines by the thousands. David, hearing that Achish might be persuaded to take revenge for all the Philistines he killed, pretended to be mentally ill, acting “like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.”

Achish said, “Look at the man. He is insane! Why bring him to me?”

So he released David, who escaped to the cave of Adullam.

Another high-profile example of mental ill-

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King Nebudchadnezzar experienced a time of insanity over seven years, demonstrating schizophrenic behaviours after reporting a vision he experienced to Daniel.

ness was that of King Nebudchadnezzar. In the book of Daniel, Nebudchadnezzar has a vision and calls upon Daniel to interpret it for him. Daniel predicts a time of madness for him, which comes to pass a year later. The king became insane, eating “grass like cattle [and] his hair grew like feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.”

Nebudchadnezzar was in the throes of insanity for seven years. Certainly, some of the chronic schizophrenics on the streets today would seem to match this description.

The symptoms of depression include despair, hopelessness, despondency and a desire for death to ease all the suffering.

Some of the Psalms (attributed to David) would certainly appear to meet the criteria for a severely depressed person.

Consider Psalm 22: “My God, my God,

why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer . . . I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joint.

My heart has turned to wax . . . I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.”

It is a Psalm of lament and there are many like this one, pleading for release from mental torment.

Many believers use the Bible to find relief from their mental distress and, as a former Christian counsellor, I would use some of those verses in my counselling.

Paul’s letter to the Philippians contains a good example: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all

understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

There is a remedy for mental afflictions, but it requires fervent prayer and expressing gratefulness for the many blessings you already have.

God’s peace is always available to the faithful. There are some afflictions for which a pill is not the answer. Spiritual healing requires spiritual remedies, but sadly, many mental-health practitioners ignore the spiritual dimension of healing altogether.

True peace of mind is healing that comes from God alone.

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ACROSS

57. Marble marvel

72. Noted brand of guitars

2. Appliance brand

73. Use an ice pack on

3. Word before goat or state

59. Cuban province where the Castros were born

74. What a conductor might conduct

4. Sporks have small ones

71. Stewbum

8. Presidential advisory grp.

11. Covers 18. Worked on some screenwriting?

75. Online admin

19. Major work

77. Where a big bowl is found

21. Like the French directors Eric Rohmer and Jean-Luc Godard

79. Indication to bow slowly, say

22. Poseur

80. Creator of the “Planet Money” podcast

23. Kid’s creation out of pillows

DOWN

1. Big name in Scotch

1. Mike who was the 2017 N.B.A. Coach of the Year

5. Suffix with crap

60. Found (in) 61. Nail-polish remover 63. Trivia venue

6. Bird bills 7. Now there’s a thought!

8. Sign by a pool 9. Features of monarch butterfly wings 10. Add salt to, maybe

65. Margarine container 69. Range that’s home to the Mark Twain National Forest 70. Unit of 74-Across

82. Like a boiled lobster 83. Buoy

12. Former Buick sedans

85. Poe ode

13. “Victory is mine!”

89. Nicknamed

14. Covered with water

90. Largest moon in the solar system

15. Sleek fabrics

81. Hamlet’s plot in “Hamlet”

16. Closest to base?

91. Got down

84. “To what ____?”

17. Dry, as wine

92. Discharges

85. Bill

20. Daze

94. Reasons for sneezin’

86. Italian castle town

95. They might be backless

27. Jessica of “The Illusionist”

87. Advance warning

97. Fan favorite

28. Empty

98. Frequent Twitter poster

33. Chocolate purchase

99. Thick hairstyle

35. Language with six tones

103. For the case at hand

36. 180s

105. Hooded cloak

37. Dallas pro

109. Home to the historic Moana Hotel

38. Limit on what can be charged

110. Connecticut city near New Haven

39. “All right, let’s play!”

50. Retired chat service

40. Butcher’s stock

51. Military term of address

112. ____ speak

99. Like Santa’s suit on Dec. 26

52. Perry of fashion

113. Kind of race

42. Nickname for Springsteen

100. Short-story writer Bret

53. “I knew that would happen!”

115. Dum-dums

58. “Twelfth Night” twin

117. Bit of advice before taking off?

25. Last monarch of the House of Stuart 26. Destructive sort 29. Photographer Adams 30. Lines in geometry 31. Android’s counterpart 32. ____ Xtra (soda) 34. Scoundrel 36. Worked from home?

39. Cease communication 41. Bug-studying org.

42. Steinbeck novella set in La Paz 46. Topic for Sun Tzu 47. Has as a tenant 49. Shakespearean king

116. In ____ (entirely)

62. Thin pancake

44. Joins forces?

46. Actor Wheaton

64. Flowery 66. ____ Nation (record label for Jay-Z and J. Cole)

119. Brooding sort

50. Joins forces

120. Häagen-Dazs alternative

54. Insurance giant whose name begins with a silent letter

67. Illegal interference … or what can be found in this puzzle’s 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows?

78. Raiders’ org.

79. Big name in chips

89. “Finally!”

90. Roman Empire invader 93. Part of S.S.N.: Abbr.

48. Prefix with -nomial

4

98. Crested ____ (Colorado ski resort)

5

6

7

8

19

22

23

25

26

43

44

37

32

106. Kids’ character who says, “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day”

33

68

71

72

75

40 47

54

55

86

96 103

110

101

102

66

74

83

84

90 94 98

105

115

61

79

89

97

111

60

70

93

104

59

65

82 88

35 41

58

78

81

92

95

57

73

87

91

56

64

77

80

17

48

69

76

16

51

63

67

15

34

39

50

62

14

29

46

53

13

21

28

45

52

12

24

99

106

107

112

113

116

117

118

119

101. The slightest margin 102. Shows nervousness, in a way

11

20

38

49

85

10

31 36

42

9

27

30

96. Looks for purchases

104. Taking action

45. Run off

3

18

94. Wrap tightly

118. Evasive basketball move

63. Spa treatment

76. It stands for January

88. Nancy Drew’s boyfriend

43. Comics superhero with filed-off horns

2

68. Sign of wind on water

11. Santa ____

24. Kind of elephant

1

108

100

109 114

120

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Shift Production / Warehouseman (with 4th class power engineering ticket) • General Labour / Clean-up

Sure Crop Feeds Inc, is a local livestock feed manufacturer located in Grindrod, BC. The successful candidate will have: • Grade 12 or equivalent • Good interpersonal skills & communication • Great team player • Ability to work in a demanding fast paced production environment • Flexible & adaptable • Take responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work • Open minded and positive in dealing with change and new ways of advancing

For more information on the position and benefits, please visit our website at daleyllp.ca and click the CAREERS tab for further information.

paul.mumford@daleyllp.ca

Help Wanted Fun Part-Time Work Available For Product Samplers

• Previous HR experience in a Management or Generalist role; • Minimum 5 years of related HR work experience, preferably in a professional services firm; • CPHR designation an asset; • Maintains a high level of expertise on BC employment standards, common law decisions affecting employment and Human Rights and other areas of the law pertaining to employment; • Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with tact and discretion;

PAUL MUMFORD CPA, CA, Partner

Trades, Technical

Urban Systems Kamloops is looking to add an enthusiastic, service oriented IT Technician to our existing team of IT Professionals.

Please visit our website for full details and to apply: www.urbansystems.ca

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

Apply online at daleyllp.ca or via email to:

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Employment

Actively Hiring

Now!

Visit BC Corrections Website: gov.bc.ca/bccorrectionscareers For more information, email: bccorrections.recruiting@gov.bc.ca

Offering Competitive Wages & Full Benefit Package for F/T positions.

Please e-mail resume: dhampton@ surecropfeeds.com

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Office Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate.

Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills.

Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match.

Gene Wirchenko 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

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FRIDAY, January 19, 2018 Pets Merchandise for Sale

$500 & Under

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

PETS For Sale?

TRI-CITY SPECIAL! for only $46.81/week, we will place your classified ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm.

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

(250)371-4949

classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com *some restrictions apply.

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

Thompson Rivers Family Optometry NORTHILLS CENTRE

8516015

OPTOMETRIC ASSISTANT Are you a detail oriented person with great interpersonal skills?

Are you a motivated self-starter who is also a devoted team player?

Do you have optometric office experience?

(other medical office experience will be considered an asset)

We are a progressive optometric office seeking full time optometric assistant (or licensed optician).

www.kamloopsthisweek.com

Employment 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.

Thompson Rivers Family Optometry 60-700 Tranquille Road, Kamloops

8509181

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Real Estate

Firewood/Fuel

Misc. for Sale

For Sale By Owner

ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine.

Stock up now. Campfire wood.

(250) 377-3457.

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

Houses For Sale

Furniture 8ft Antique Couch $900.

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

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

Double Box Spring & Mattress. 5-yrs. old, like new. $200/obo. 250-554-4796.

Heavy Duty Machinery 1975 Cat Loader, good condition. $25,000/obo. 250-5733165 or 250-371-7495.

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

5 suite size appl, Whirlpool washer and dyer, Kenmore elec range, dishwasher and microwave $1600 250-3768475

EARN EXTRA $$$

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

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

CLASSIFIEDS

Our office is currently open Monday to Friday, and shifts will include Saturdays in the near future.

We are willing to train the right person.

If this sounds like you, please bring your resume to our office in person during regular business hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm (closed between 12:00 and 12:45)

Merchandise for Sale

Help Wanted

Used fridge in working condition $75 obo (250) 377-7449 Queen bdrm suite w/frame/ Headboard/ Lge Dresser w/Mirror & Chiffonier & nite table $300obo. 2 love seats Twin White fabric in great condition $150 for pair. Kenmore stove like new/nice & clean $95. Built-in Dishwasher like new $70obo Baycrest washer & dryer excellent condition $200 for set. Filter queen vacuum cleaner like new $250 obo. Hubert @ 250-377-7449 STEEL BUILDING SALE...�REALLY BIG SALE IS BACK-EXTRA WINTER DISCOUNT ON NOW!� 20X23 $5,798 25X27 $6,356 30x31 $8,494 32X33 $8,728 35X35 $11,670. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-855-2127036 www.pioneersteel.ca

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

1-778-281-0030 Housecalls.

Coin Collector Buying Coins Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver + Chad 250-863-3082

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

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

250-371-4949

Recliner Love Seat Burgundy in colour, great cond $300 (778) 921-2547

Open House, Saturday, January 20th Noon-3pm. #8-1750 Pacific Way. Aberdeen Townhome, adult oriented, level entry, 2bdrms, 2-baths, full unfished basement. $355,000.

250-318-8679.

CHECK US OUT

$55.00 Special!

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Antiques / Vintage

Antiques / Vintage

Under the Real Estate Tab

HARMONIE

&

antique collectables

We buy and sell antiques & collectables LARGEST ANTIQUE STORE IN KAMLOOPS (250) 554-3534 • 232 Briar Ave Kamloops BC

Misc. for Sale

Misc. for Sale

TARPS! TARPS! “BEST PRICES IN TOWN!�

BLUE TARPS

10X8 weave (Medium Duty)

STARTING AT $$2.69 2.19

Snow Blower 8hp Sears brand $500obo (250) 577-3120

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that an application that will be made with the kamloops courts by elizabeth allen, owner of the Rosebank Ranch near Lillooet, Bc to have Land registered in her name.

The lands are described as Fractions 4, 5, and 8 and are legally described as: (a)

all that Portion of Legal Subdivision Four of Section Thirteen of the Said Township which lies to the east of the eastern Limit of Lot numbered 287, Group one, as Shown Upon a Map or Plan of Survey of the South-east Quarter of the Said Township, approved and confirmed at ottawa, on the Twelfth Day of november, a.D. 1915, by edouard Deville, Surveyor General of Dominion Lands, and of Record in the Department of the interior, containing by admeasurement Five and Thirty Hundredths acres More or Less (“Fraction 4”);

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(b)

all that Portion of the north-West Quarter of Legal Subdivision Five of Said Section Thirteen, which lies to the north of the northern Limit of Said Lot numbered 287, Group one, as Shown Upon a Map or Plan of Survey of the South-east Quarter of the Said Township, containing by admeasurement Four and Twenty Five Hundredths acres More or Less (“Fraction 5”); and

(c)

all that Portion of the north-east Quarter of Legal Subdivision eight of Section Fourteen of the Said Township, which lies to the north of the Said northern Limit of the Said Lot, as Shown Upon Said Map or Plan of Survey of the South-east Quarter of the Said Township, containing by admeasurement Four and Fifteen Hundredths acres More or Less (“Fraction 8”).

These fractions are contiguous with the existing registered portion of the ranch.

The Petition will be heard by the court at least 4 weeks following the last of the publications in the British columbia Gazette, kamloops This Week and the Bridge River Lillooet news. anyone interested in this application can receive more information by reviewing the Petition and supporting affidavits filed in the British columbia Supreme court action no. 055469 kamloops Registry.

Dated at kamloops, Bc, this 8th day of January, 2018.

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Katarina Cavlek It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Katarina Cavlek in Kamloops, BC on January 10, 2018 at the age of 75 years.

She will be sadly missed by her daughter Vesna and son Robert (Trisha), her pride and joy and only grandson Finn, sisters Francis (Vancouver) and Maria (Croatia), nieces and nephews Susan (Steve), Roman and Lora (Nicolas) of Vancouver and many more in Croatia, as well as many friends and relatives. She is predeceased by her husband Tom in 1984.

Katarina (Kathy) was born in Hodosan, Croatia in 1942 to a large and closely knit family. She immigrated to Canada in 1962 and settled with her husband in Kamloops, BC. They had two children and continued to raise them when they moved to Savona, BC in 1972. Kathy worked for Evans Products/Ainsworth Lumber for 35 years and happily retired in 2007. Kathy was ecstatic when she learned she would be a grandmother in 2011. Kathy enjoyed gardening, spending time at the lake and going for long walks.

Prayers will be recited on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 7:30 pm in Sacred Heart Cathedral, 255 Nicola St., Kamloops. Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Cathedral on Friday, January 26, 2018 at 11:00 am with The Reverend Father Swann Kim Celebrant.

Should friends and family desire, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

Alfred Laurie Hilland 1916 – 2018

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ABERDEEN

Rte 509 – 459-551 Laurier Dr, Shaughnessy Hill. – 45 p.

Rte 510 – 372-586 Aberdeen Dr, 402-455 Laurier Dr. 53 p.

Rte 520 – Canongate Cres, Canongate Pl, 805-841 Dunrobin Dr, Whitburn Cres. – 74 p.

Rte 524 – 2400-2599 Abbeyglen Way. – 58 p.

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

SAHALI

Rte 451 – Odin Crt, Whiteshield Cres, Whiteshield Pl. – 40 p.

Rte 470 – Farnham Wynd, 102298 Waddington Dr. – 63 p.

Rte 482 – 101-403 Robson Dr. – 55 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, 702794 Columbia St (even side), 702-799 Nicola St. – 45 p.

Rte 319 – 545 6th Ave, 604690 Columbia St (even side), 604-692 Nicola St. – 15 p.

Rte 323 – 755-783 6th Ave, 763884 7th Ave, 744-878 8th Ave, 603-783 Columbia St (odd Side), 605-793 Dominion St. – 48 p.

Rte 324 – 606-795 Pine St. – 28 p.

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

Rte 331 – 984-987 9th Ave, 1125 10th Ave, 901-981 Douglas St, 902-999 Munro St, 806-990 Pleasant St. – 38 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.

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 384 – 407-775 W. Battle St, 260-284 Centre Ave. – 47 p.

Rte 385 – 350-390 W. Battle St, Strathcona Terr. – 29 p.

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

LOWER SAHALI

Rte 403 – 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. – 29 p.

Rte 404 – Chapperon Dr, 108-395 Greenstone Dr, Pyramid Crt. – 58 p.

Rte 406 – 108-492 McGill Rd. – 59 p.

Rte 410 – 56-203 Arrowstone Dr, Silverthrone Cres. – 44 p.

Rte 411 – 206-384 Arrowstone Dr, Eagle Pl, Gibraltar Crt & Wynd. – 49 p.

VALLEYVIEW/JUNIPER

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Rte 620 – MacAdam Rd, McKay Pl, Pyper Way, 25302580 Valleyview Dr. – 69 p.

Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 54 p.

Rte 652 – Coldwater Crt, 16162212 Coldwater Dr, 1921-1999 Skeena Dr(odd side). – 58 p.

Rte 657 – 1913, 1918-2195 Skeena Dr, Skeena Pl, Iskut Pl. – 49 p.

LOGAN LAKE

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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.

RAYLEIGH

Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 58 p.

Rte 832 – Bolean Dr & Pl, Chilco Ave, Kathleen Pl. – 55 p.

Rte 833 – 4102-4194 Cameron Rd, 3990-4152 Davie Rd. – 44 p.

Rte 835 – Mattoch-McKeaque, Sabiston Crt & Rd. – 30 p.

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Dad passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 101 years old. He joins his wife and constant companion of 69 years Patricia, who passed away in 2016.

He is also predeceased by siblings Harold (Gladys), Carl (Annie), Alma (Les) Moss and Ida (Jack) Helmerson, as well as by his great-grandson Dylan Richard LeBlond.

To cherish his memory, Dad leaves behind siblings Alice (Gary) Lamb and Grace (Homer) Stevens. He also leaves his children Rosamund (Barrie) LeBlond, Russell (Louise), Michael (Carol), Edwin (Pamela) and Caroline (Michael).

He is also survived by eight grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews with extended families.

Dad was was the eldest of seven children born to Finnish/ Norwegian homesteading parents in Eastend, Saskatchewan.

After the ‘Great Depression’ the family resettled in Webster’s Corners, British Columbia where Dad worked on the coast as a logger and a miner.

When WWII broke out, Dad volunteered for the Artillery Division of the Canadian Armed Forces, assigned at first as a trainer and later deployed to first Britain and then Belgium. It was in England that he met our Mum, Patricia May Ramsdale.

He returned to Canada after the war but soon went back to marry her in 1948, brought her to British Columbia, and they spent the next 69 years together.

Dad took on a new life as a gillnet fisher on the Fraser River out of Albion. He bought his own boat “The Chinook”.

Summers he would head up the coastal inlets after good fishing and was away from his family for long stretches.

In 1962 Dad took a position as a Federal Fisheries Conservation Officer in Bella Coola. He patrolled both the Douglas Channel and the many salmon spawning rivers and streams. In 1965 Dad transferred to Kamloops where he protected an area from Blue River to Okanagan Falls. He remained in Kamloops the rest of his life.

Evelyn Jean Pounder

April 12, 1945 – December 27, 2017 Evelyn Pounder passed away on December 27, 2017 at the age of 72.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years Bruce, daughter and son-in-law Sara and Scott Reynolds and grandchildren Paxton and Olive of Kamloops and brother Bob Cowx of Delta.

Evelyn enjoyed tennis, cross country skiing and travelling. She was an avid reader and was a member of the Belmont Book Club.

Evelyn retired in 2010, after working for Dr. Rick Proctor for 27 years. Following retirement, Evelyn enjoyed volunteering with Western Canada Theatre Company as an usher and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

Evelyn’s family wishes to thank the staff and volunteers at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House for their wonderful care and kindness.

A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House.

“Until we meet again….”

Dad was an avid outdoorsman and environmentalist, and loved to fish the many lakes around Kamloops and every fall he would go on an extended hunting trip with his brothers and sisters. He was a long-time member of the Thompson Valley Rock Club, and he and Mum made many friends and made many excursions to various sites exploring the scenic backcountry of British Columbia.

Dad enjoyed a challenging game of cribbage, chess or scrabble, and seldom lost. When he couldn’t find an opponent, he liked to challenge himself to solve all kinds of the most difficult puzzles. He had a keen analytical mind.

Dad celebrated his 100th birthday in 2016 with a large gathering of his extended family and friends. Over 100 people from far and wide attended to help him celebrate this impressive milestone.

Our family would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Sara from Interior Health, Kathy (both a housekeeper and a friend), the nurses and staff of 6N Royal Inland Hospital, the nurses and staff of Pinegrove Care Centre, and Dad’s personal physician Dr. Kraig Montalbetti.

We will miss you Dad. You were honest, hard-working and taught us fair play and responsibility. You were a man of principle, although you didn’t get to 101 without being more than a little stubborn.

A service will be announced later this year when all of Dad’s immediate family will be able to attend.

Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Obituaries & In Memoriam In Loving Memory Of Doreen Stittle

May 15, 1931 – January 18, 2017

Sister Irene Anna Poelzer Sister Irene Anna Poelzer was born on April 21, 1926 in an unincorporated settlement along the Hudson Bay Trail near Humboldt, Saskatchewan to Elizabeth (Hinz) Poelzer, a rural-school teacher and Michael Poelzer, a pioneer farmer. She entered the fullness of Life on January 12, 2018 in Kamloops, BC. This is how Irene wanted to be remembered:

“She was generous and kind and she didn’t get bogged down with money. She loved the earth, animals, people and Jesus her Brother. She was glad to go home to the Father’s House. AMEN!”

A wife, a mother, a grandma too, This is the legacy we have from you.

You taught us love and how to fight, You gave us strength, you gave us might.

A stronger person would be hard to find, And in your heart, you were always kind.

You fought for us all in one way or another, Not just as wife not just as mother.

For all of us you gave your best, Now the time has come for you to rest.

So go in peace, you’ve earned your sleep.

Your love in our hearts, we’ll eternally keep.

Loving you and missing you everyday.

From all of your family.

Until we meet again.

Sister Irene is also remembered by her brothers Jerome of Kamloops BC, Raphael and his wife Kay of Okotoks, AB, Bernard and his wife Cecile of Milk River, AB, her sister, Sister Dolores (MM) of Eugene, OR, as well as by her brother-in-law Tim Desmond and by her sisters-in-law Sonja Countryman and Sharon Morphy. She is predeceased by the following siblings and in-laws: Rita and Kenneth Wiederholt, Sister Zitamarie (CSJP), Sister Agnes (CSJP, SFCC), Mildred and Leo Lisowski, Arnold and Theresa (Gurski) Poelzer, Lillian (Moldenhauer) Poelzer (wife of Jerome), Charles Poelzer, Angela Desmond and Maria Luisa Palau Porres de Poelzer (first wife of Bernard), as well as niece Jean Elizabeth, nephews Mark and Christopher and grandnephew David. After completing high school through the Provincial Correspondence School and in keeping with the mandate of their parents that each child would attend university, Irene enrolled at St. Thomas More College and earned her BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1950. She then embraced the vowed life as a Catholic Sister, first as a member of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and later with the Sisters for Christian Community. Subsequently, she earned a B.Ed (1964) and an M.Ed (1968) from the University of Saskatchewan, an MA in English (1969) from Seattle University and PhD (1972) in Foundations in Education from the University of Oregon. Irene also taught at the Loretto Abbey Girls’ School in Toronto, in Fort Erie and was principal of Sedley High School prior to joining the University of Saskatchewan

as an assistant professor of Educational Foundations in 1970.

Other than one year at Dalhousie (1975-1976), Dr. Poelzer remained at the University of Saskatchewan for the rest of her career. She authored or co-authored three books: Saskatchewan Women Teachers 1905-1920, Their Contributions (1990), Metis Women’s Perception of Social Reality in Seven Northern Saskatchewan Communities (1983) and In Our Own Words: Northern Saskatchewan Metis Women Speak Out (1986); She published a book of poetry, Women of Exodus II, wrote several articles and chapters in books and was regularly invited to speak at conferences. Professor Poelzer was a founding member of the Women’s Studies Research Unit, and developed a course on women and education that ushered in feminist scholarship at the University. She engaged in significant research, particularly on women in society, feminist Christianity, Metis and First Nations women in Northern Saskatchewan, the impact of development in and the retention of First Nations culture. Colleagues and students alike described her as an incredible mentor, a powerful teacher and an inspiration; she was “brilliant and tenacious” as well as had a sense of humour. Sister Irene affected the lives of so many and they lauded how much she had done for the mass of hurting humanity and for the protection of beleaguered Mother Nature—whether on campus or in the community or at her acreage retreat in Salmon Arm. We will celebrate Sister Irene’s almost 92 years of earthly Life with the Mass of the Resurrection in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 635 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 11:00 am; Vigil service on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 7:00 pm.

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Dawna Sharon Nicholson (nee Liddle) 1946 – 2018

After a lengthy illness, Dawna Nicholson of Kamloops, BC passed away peacefully with the love of her family by her side on January 7, 2018. She was 71 years of age.

Dawna was born in Edmonton, AB on February 27, 1946 to Pauline Teskey. She was adopted by Martha Belter and Ed Liddle when she was 2 years old. Dawna moved to Kamloops in 1976 with her children and made it her lifelong home.

In Loving Memory of Bob Hubbard

April 7, 1943 January 19, 2017

Dawna worked in the service industry for a short time, but her real career was as a loving mother of three children and caregiver to many foster children and many others. She was a volunteer with the Royal Inland Thrift Store and loved to shop for vintage trinkets. Bingo was her favorite game and collecting salt n pepper shakers as a hobby.

Dawna is survived by her loving partner Grant McKay, her children Jimmie Nicholson (Lydia), Paddy Nicholson and Billy Kostenuk (Jennifer) all of Kamloops, her brother Norman Liddle of Vegreville, Alberta, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and her nephew Kelly Liddle (Terry) of Storthokes, Saskatchewan. Dawna is predeceased by her birth mother Pauline Teskey, her adopted mother Martha Belter, her father Ed Liddle and her sister-in-law Dee Liddle.

The family sends heartfelt thanks to all the care-aids, nurses and doctors whom took great care of mum over the years. Bless you all.

Dawna chose to not have a service, but for all who knew her, to remember her smile, her fire cracker personality and her strength.

Rest in Peace Mumma.

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