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Emotions run high at housing forum as neighbours oppose plan ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

“We don’t want the homeless around us,” said Andre Giasson.

A ring of business owners, landlords and some residents had formed in one corner of an open house Wednesday night at Sandman Centre, intended to offer those closest to 259 West Victoria St. information about a new affordable housing project the province intends to build next to the Emerald Centre shelter.

Giasson, who owns multiple properties in the corridor was near its centre, along with Coun.

Arjun Singh and Christa Mullaly, whose Canadian Mental Health Association runs the shelter and has been tapped to manage the new build.

“You think I want more of these people around me?”

Giasson continued. “I’ve had it.”

“Where are they going to go?” asked Singh.

Another business owner offered a suggestion: Tranquille Farms, a property located about seven kilometres past the Kamloops airport.

Speaking to KTW later in the evening, Giasson said property owners on West Victoria are fed up with petty crime and drug use in the area, which they attribute to the existing shelter and New Life Community Kamloops’ outreach centre, which provides meals and other services.

“I’ve been there for 20 years and I’ve had nothing but problems with every one of them,” he said, listing grievances that included cut fences, squatters living in a former tenant’s trailers, break-ins, drug overdoses, discarded needles and garbage.

Giasson said he believes the affordable housing project, which will include up to 52 units of rental housing and round-the-clock support services, will increase problems in the area.

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I’m worried if this keeps “going on it could get out of hand and ruin our home.”

— ANGLIN MACINTOSH 11-year-old West End resident

Anglin Macintosh, 11, came to the open house with his parents to share similar concerns. He said he’s worried about a fire set near the family’s West Seymour Street home over the weekend, which the family believes was ignited by people who use the shelter, and needles and cigarette packs he’s been finding in the area.

“I’m worried if this keeps going on it could get out of hand and ruin our home,” he said.

Mullaly said CMHA is committing to do more to manage street-level issues and provide immediate responses to the neighbourhood before the new housing, slated to open in the fall, goes in.

“We need to upgrade light-

ing, we need to look at different options for cameras and security, we need to have a greater presence on the street,” she said, adding she encourages neighbours to call her with concerns.

She said the organization also needs to make it clearer to residents what the building will offer and why.

“You can’t even look past the next hour if you don’t have a roof over your head. You’re in survival mode, and when people are in survival mode, they do all sorts of things they wouldn’t do if they were in a safe space,” Mullaly said.

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Singh said he also wants the city involved in efforts to keep the project from negatively impacting the neighbourhood.

“The commitment, maybe foolishly, I made to people today, is I’ll do everything I can to make sure that doesn’t happen,” he said.

Not every visitor to the open house was opposed to the project.

Cynthia Travers, who became homeless this fall, said the housing will help other homeless people she knows who want to get off the streets and move on with their lives. Travers herself is moving into a transitional housing project run by ASK Wellness at the former Maverick Motor Inn. “It’s nice to stop falling through the cracks,” she said.

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Council Calendar January 29, 2018 10:00 am - Community Safety Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West January 30, 2018 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing CANCELLED Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West 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, 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 February 27, 2018 10:00 am - Council Budget Meeting 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 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.

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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.

6th ANNUAL FAMILY DAY FESTIVAL February 12, 2018, 10:00 am-2:00 pm The Tournament Capital Centre is hosting a FREE festival for families with children of all ages!

Get creative with arts and crafts, have your face painted, learn about all things science, try new sports, and play musical instruments—there will be something for everyone. In addition to live entertainment, music, games, sports, and crafts, you could take home some great stuff. Families can pick up “experience passports” at the door, and all completed passports will be entered to win a prize.

Think sustainably, and don’t forget to bring your own eco bags from home to carry all of your goodies in.

The Kamloops Food Bank will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items at the door.

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Kamloops bakery offering bread for gift card donations as Loblaws makes good Erwin’s plans to donate the gift cards to people in need ANDREA KLASSEN

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A Kamloops bakery is encouraging residents to shop local and give to charity using grocery store gift cards offered in the wake of a national bread pricefixing scandal.

Erwin’s Bakery co-owner Robyn Haley said the shop, located in the Mount Paul Industrial Park, will exchange the $25 Loblaws gift cards for an Erwin’s punch card, entitling the recipient to five loaves of bread.

The bakery will then donate the gift card to charity.

“One of the challenges for us is getting people to try our bread and understanding the difference in quality between what’s at the store and what’s here,” Haley said.

“We thought because these cards were coming out because of a bread scandal it was a great opportunity to get people to try something that’s actually made on site from raw ingredients.”

The Loblaws grocery chain is offering the cards to customers who purchased bread at their stores, including Real Canadian Superstores, between 2002 and March of 2015 at loblawcard.ca.

Loblaws announced last month it had been part of an industry-wide scheme to fix the price of bread for more than 14 years.

The company has stated there was an arrangement between a number of major grocers to increase bread prices on a regular, coordinated basis.

While the cards have not yet

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shipped, Haley said response to the plan has been positive, and Erwin’s has received multiple calls and visits from people interested in participating in the program — including regular bread purchasers who have offered to donate both their gift card and the bread card to charity.

“It’ll be interesting to see what happens,” she said, noting one of the bakery’s other charitable programs, which allows customers to buy tokens for breakfast buns to hand out to people in need, caught on nationally when it was announced.

“We had people all across the country buying them so we could and them out here,” Haley said.

“So maybe that’ll happen again.”

Haley said Erwin’s already gives its leftover bread to the JUMP Program, which provides meals and a drop-in centre on the North Shore, and First Nations Housing Authority, which works with seniors and the working poor, and it’s likely most of the gift cards will go to those organizations. Should more gift cards than expected come in, Erwin’s will also donate to the Kamloops Boys and Girls Club and Habitat for Humanity.

Save-On-Foods will also offer $25 price-fixing rebates, but because they will be distributed through the store’s More Rewards program rather than via gift card, Haley said Erwin’s can’t accept them.

Alleged trailer park shooter has court matters put over to next month The case of a Kamloops man facing attempted murder charges in connection to a 17-hour standoff with police last fall has been put over to Feb. 5 for disclosure reasons.

Shane William Caron is charged with four counts of attempted murder in connection to alleged shots being fired from a rifle at Mounties in October.

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Police were initially called for a report of domestic assault involving the suspect at a North Shore home on Friday, Oct. 27, less than two weeks after Caron was released on bail following a previous arrest for similar allegations.

RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller said police tried to make contact with the suspect before he threatened to shoot police.

Mueller said the suspect emerged from the home armed

with a rifle and took off in a pickup truck. He said police followed the vehicle to the Mount Paul industrial area, where the suspect fired at police and gunfire was exchanged. Caron was arrested around 4 a.m. on Oct. 28.

The lengthy standoff prevented kids from leaving school on the Kamloops Indian Band Reserve.

Residents in the affected neighbourhoods and motorists travelling on Highway 5 were also impacted.

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KTW FILE PHOTO Wildfires across the province in 2017 scorched more area than any other year on record.

Hines organizing world cafe to talk about wildfire crisis JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Wisdom is not always best derived from the loudest voice in a room, nor does it always come from government officials or expert sources.

It can come from the quiet corners of a community, such as an intimate conversation or perhaps a drawing.

“I think that the genius of the world cafe is that it recognizes there are quiet voices,” Dan Hines told KTW. “They have a lot to say.”

After the Fires: A Kamloops World Cafe about the 2017 B.C. Wildfires is on Sunday night at St. Paul’s Cathedral. World cafes allow larger groups of people to hear from one another. They differ from town hall gatherings, in that the larger group is broken up into small ones to promote conversation in various formats. The information gleaned is then summarized and compiled.

Hines called After the Fires a grassroots event organized by community leaders who felt a need for conversation beyond the experts.

“This is about community wellbeing and a chance for us to speak to each other,” Hines said.

Caribou region nature photographer Chris Harris will share his experience as a wildfire evacuee. Harris filmed a movie, interspersed with

photography, which will be shown that night to encourage others to share how they were impacted by the wildfires.

“The big story — I don’t see it being told in the media very well — is the economic impact of the fires,” Hines said. “Provincially, it was a huge hit on the economy, particularly painful in Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.”

Groups of eight will rotate through tables covered in paper, allowing people to write or draw their thoughts. Table hosts will facilitate conversation about the impacts of the wildfires, how they happened, what can be learned and where the community can go from here.

“This is not a one-off,” Hines said.

“Every forestry expert and ecologist is telling us we’re going to see much more of this in the future, so how do we prepare for it and develop more resilience in the community?”

Mainly geared at the people in the room, Hines anticipates activism will flow from the event. About 80 community members, wildfire workers and volunteers are expected to attend the sold out event.

Hines said demand comes from deep concern within the community.

“It’s a pent up desire in our community to try to understand where we’re going and what this means,” he said.

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Canada Post unveils stamp depicting Greene Raine Sun Peaks resident and Conservative senator honoured alongside fellow female winter Olympic athletes KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Senator Nancy Greene Raine is getting her own stamp.

The Sun Peaks director of skiing and Conservative senator is one of six female athletes commemorated in a new set of stamps from Canada Post.

Greene Raine captured a gold and silver medal for women’s alpine skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics.

Over the course of her career she won 17 Canadian titles, 13 World Cup victories and three U.S. Ski Championships.

In a release, Canada Post credited her with putting the country on the map in alpine skiing.

“The women of these stamps have contributed to Canada beyond the medals they’ve won or the records they’ve broken,” said Carla Qualtrough,

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Other athletes in the stamp series include Nordic skiers Sharon and Shirley Firth, wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet, hockey player Danielle Goyette

and Clara Hughes, who medaled at both winter and summer Olympic games in her sports of cycling and speed skating.

Each stamp features an action shot of the athlete as well as a candid portrait.

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Robert W. Doull President Aberdeen Publishing Inc.

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NEW ROUND IN FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

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ifty years ago, it fell to a tobacco manufacturer to pretend to champion women in a bid to sell cigarettes to the distaff gender.

In 1968, Phillip Morris Companies (now known as Altria Group) introduced Virginia Slims cigarettes, which were aimed at young professional women using the nowfamous tagline in advertisements.

In fact, women have come a long way as 2018 marches, but that journey has nothing to do with sucking tar and nicotine into lungs.

The #metoo movement not only seeks to expose men who have, for far too long, abused and exploited women over whom they have power. The movement has also strengthened women to not only fight back, but to issue a call for gender equality. That call was heard in Kamloops during last weekend’s Women’s March.

Others, like St. Ann’s Academy student Catherine Browning, are also trying to do something about it.

The Grade 12 student is a finalist in SOS magazine’s annual $5,000 scholarship contest that has high school kids explore social issues.

Browning has produced a video on gender equality, a project sparked by her mission trip to Tanzania last summer, where what she saw made her think more about how women are treated.

While in the east African country, Browning met an 18-year-old woman who was in Grade 10. She was older than other male students because she had to wait at home while her parents paid to send her brothers to school.

Women may have been granted the right to vote in Tanzania in 1959, but they are still fighting for the right to be educated.

It is encouraging to see a young mind like Catherine’s devoted to educating people about such inequality. Hauling women up and onto the playing field occupied by men is a Herculean (or, should we say, Atalantian?) task, but as the current #metoo movement and past women’s rights initiatives have shown, the wave of change begins with consistent ripples.

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by Robert W. Doull, the publisher of Kamloops This Week.

He’s a man who truly has ink in his veins in a career that spans decades.

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Your attention to these words creates an audience — an audience that we can sell advertising to reach online, in the paper or in the flyers that these pages surround.

When we make a mistake, whether it’s a paper that doesn’t get to the doorstep, a misspelled name or an error in fact, we hear about it — usually instantly and often repeatedly. To be fair, we also hear compliments for stories that we’ve written that touched people’s hearts or that led to positive outcomes.

That’s good — we need that immediate feedback and we seek to learn and grow from it, especially the constructive criti-

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SHOT cism. But we think we also need to go beyond the day-to-day responses.

Why? Because media has changed immeasurably in just a few short years. Today, thanks to the rise of the smartphone and social media, nearly everyone has the ability to share their thoughts and ideas with a worldwide audience instantly and from anywhere.

That means the role of community media — including KTW — has to change in order for us to remain relevant to you, and to the advertisers that pay for us to bring this service to you. We’ve been working hard on those changes, but now we need our boss’s input.

That’s why we are now inviting expressions of interest from you, our readers and advertisers, to join our new Community Advisory Board.

We’re looking for individuals of many different ages, interests, occupations and walks of life to meet with representatives of KTW (including me) and offer feedback and suggestions on how we can improve, whether in our editorial content, our advertising, our online presence, our

delivery system or our interaction with the community.

This group will get an indepth education on KTW and how it works, making it an ideal opportunity for anyone who’s ever wanted to know more about how a newspaper actually works and why it makes the decisions it does.

Like all good newspaper ideas, this isn’t new. When I was editor of the Squamish Chief nearly 20 years ago, my thenpublisher, Penny Sakamoto, created a group like this to get input from our community. It was a great idea, but it never really got beyond its second meeting, mainly because trying to get a good-sized group of community-minded citizens together regularly was next to impossible.

We hope to avoid that problem this time by meeting in person for our first meeting and then exploring ways of regularly interacting with each other online (perhaps in a closed Facebook group) in between future in-person meetings.

Where will this group take us?

Will it succeed? We have no idea. That’s a little frightening — but it’s also exciting.

If you would like to participate or would like to suggest the name of someone to participate, please email me at tshoults@ kamloopsthisweek.com or call 778-471-7534.

I’m looking forward to speaking to my bosses about this. tshoults@aberdeenpublishing.com Tim Shoults is the Operations Manager for Aberdeen Publishing and is in charge of day-to-day operations at KTW.

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PAYING OFF BC HYDRO DEBT ON BACKS OF ALL Editor: In their answer to Premier Campbell’s 2008 long-term acquisition plan, the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) held that the purchasecontract rate . . .domestic being paid for rate-payers electricity from are forcibly the independent power prosubsidizing ducers (IPPs) both American — some of exports and which were 10 times the cost selected of producing it industrial themselves — was “not in the users. public interest.”

On April 27, 2010 the Campbell government passed an Act that stripped BCUC of its powers with respect to 11 projects, including Site C. The Act also states that one of British Columbia’s energy objectives is: “to ensure the commission, under the Utilities Commission Act, continues to regulate the authority with respect to domestic rates

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but not with respect to expenditures for export, except as provided by the Act.” One of the projects exempt from independent review was BC Hydro’s $2-billion ‘smart metering and grid’ program that allowed different rate charges at different times of day to level out consumer demand.

Note that the Act only applies to domestic rates and that it is only these domestic rates that have been made wholly responsible for the total debt incurred

by BC Hydro.

The BCUC approved the Liberal government’s two-tier price structure, with modifications.

They hiked that higher rate, noting that the energy plan required rate increases — among other measures — to achieve a specific conservation goal: “that by 2020 half of the projected increase in electricity demand be met through conservation.”

Save power, by making it too expensive to use.

Meanwhile, Powered, BC Hydro’s exporting arm sends electricity with a “blended” aggregate production cost of

more that eight cents per kilowatt hour to the U.S. at 2.33 cents.

And the once proposed Ajax mine, which could have used as much electricity as the City of Kamloops itself, submitted a feasibility study stating that they had a contract rate of 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour with BC Hydro.

It seems that in addition to having to pay off BC Hydro’s massive debt, domestic rate-payers are forcibly subsidizing both American exports and selected industrial users.

If the new coalition government is really concerned about the massive debt that has been dumped onto BC Hydro, they should enact legislation that repudiates any and all existing legislation, preventing BC Hydro from either exporting or supplying electricity to industry at a rate below the aggregate cost of production.

If, when setting the price of electricity in B.C., a “blended rate” can be charged to domestic customers, it should also be applied to all customers — including U.S. export rates.

Abe Bourdon

SIGNED ATTESTATIONS A REQUIREMENT FOR JOBS PROGRAM Editor: Re: Bible Truth Church Rev. Jonathan Strutt’s letter of Jan. 19, regarding the federal government’s requirement that attestations be signed by groups applying for funding from the Canada Jobs Program (‘Restriction goes against human rights’):

Strutt seems to be of the opinion that the rest of us should be funding his extreme religious beliefs.

Of course, he’s welcome to believe whatever he wants, but the rest of us are not required to fund him.

The federal government funding application simply

asks that applicants tick a box stating they will be adhering to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the reproductive rights of women, not to mention the rights of LGBTQ folks.

If Strutt and his ilk can’t bring themselves to agree to that simple request, why on

earth should he get funding from the government.

If Strutt and his church want to run a summer religious indoctrination camp for children, they can pay for it themselves, using the money they save by not paying property taxes.

Bill Ligertwood Kamloops

TALK BACK Q&A: kamloopsthisweek.com We asked:

Results:

How would you rate the City of Kamloops’ snow removal service so far this winter?

Poor: 604 votes Good: 397 votes Excellent: 191 votes 1,192 VOTES

What’s your take?

16% GREAT 33% GOOD

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Will the six-week closure of the downtown Kamloops TNRD library impact you or your family?

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A selection of comments on KTW stories, culled online RE: STORY: CITY COUNCIL VOTES DOWN MOTION ON SNOW REMOVAL STUDY:

“I’m not sure what people expect from the city workers.

“It’s not as if they can go out every day 10 times a day and remove every single flake, trace of flake, clean up the edge of everyone’s driveway, haul away snow that’s pushed to the side and salt and ice every single neighbourhood, multiple times a day.

“I believe the people of Kamloops are completely unrealistic in their expectations of the city and its workers and are acting like whiny babies.”

— posted by Tired of your whining “Why doesn’t city council address the elephant in the room?

“Would service be much better and would it cost less, if the job was contracted out ?”

— posted by Brian Husband

RE: STORY: CANADA POST UNVEILS COMMEMORATIVE STAMP DEPICTING GREEN RAINE:

“Now that she has her own stamp, will she get me door-todoor delivery back?”

— posted by Hammerhead

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TRU to host panel on Indigenous water rights KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

A pair of Australian authors and activists are headed to Thompson Rivers University to discuss the fight for water rights for Indigenous people.

The Sacredness of Water: Securing Indigenous Water Rights, features Virginia Marshall and Paul Marshall, as well as Skeetchestn band chief Ron Ignace and TRU’s executive director of Aboriginal Education, Paul Michel.

Virginia, a Wiradjuri Nyemba researcher, lawyer and teacher, is the author of Overturning Aqua Nullius: Securing Aboriginal Water Rights,

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Shelkie said a police dog unit was called out and the suspect was located “after an extensive track across the countryside.”

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Local snow sculptors competing internationally ANDREA KLASSEN

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For most of the year, stone is Brian Rouble’s preferred art material.

But when winter rolls around, the Monte Lake sculptor’s attention turns to a softer — and much colder — medium.

Rouble is one of

three Kamloops-area snow sculptors, collectively known as Team White Spades, headed to Canada’s national snow-shaping championships this week.

After securing a win at the B.C. Championship Snow Sculpture competition last year at Silver Star near Vernon, Rouble and sculptors Mahina

Rose and Michael Larner have an entry in the International Snow Sculpture Competition at the Carnaval de Quebec.

“Finally, we won,” said Rouble, who has been sculpting competitively for 10 years, half of that time with the Spades.

The entry that finally pushed the team over

the top featured two horseback riders, one in Western dress, one attired in Aboriginal garb, carved from a single block of packed snow.

For their national competition, the three sculptors are planning another piece that looks to the province’s Indigenous roots.

“From one perspective, it’s a Nootka canoe

crashing through a wave that’s curling over on them, and from the other side that wave becomes a whale,” Rouble said. “It’s riffing on a Nootka legend where they say their universe rests on the back of a Right Whale.”

Stone and snow have some similarities, Rouble said. In both cases, artists carve

away pieces from a larger block to create three-dimensional images and, once a piece of stone or snow has been removed, there is no reattaching it.

Despite the challenges ahead, Rouble said the team is excited

to get to work. A small clay version of their planned sculpture is already finished and all that remains is to translate that work into an enlarged, snowy version.

Work will begin on Friday with judging on Sunday.

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Blazers deal beneficial for city compared to others ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

When news broke last summer that Kamloops city councillors opted to give the Kamloops Blazers hockey team a break on their lease at Sandman Centre, city director parks and civic facilities Jeff Putnam told KTW the city was still getting one of the better deals in the Western Hockey League.

“The deal we were able to negotiate, amongst our peers and other communities, it’s still a very good deal for the city,” Putnam said in an interview at the time.

“It’s just the previous deal was really good. In talking to my colleagues at the WHL meetings and the facility-owner meetings, we’re still in a very good position.”

To test that statement, KTW took a look at deals in three other cities: Cranbrook, Prince George and Lethbridge. Like Kamloops, all three cities have arenas which are not managed by a private third party (which ruled out Kelowna, Brandon, Manitoba and Medicine Hat, Alberta).

Of the communities analyzed, only Kamloops provided the dollar amounts paid for use of the arena without requiring a Freedom of Information request.

Under their renegotiated deal, the Kamloops Blazers will pay $128,000 annually to use Sandman Centre, and will pay an additional $1.40 per ticket for every ticket sold over the 122,400 mark (in previous stories, the city said the $1.40 fee was applied to every ticket sold over 3,500 per game — the team’s Sandman centre use agreement clarified how the payment will be doled out.)

MONEY PAID BY WHL CLUBS TO MUNICIPALITIES KAMLOOPS / BLAZERS (OLD AGREEMENT) — $604,000 KAMLOOPS / BLAZERS (NEW AGREEMENT) — $452,000 LETHBRIDGE / HURRICANES — $272,445 PRINCE GEORGE / COUGARS — $134,441 CRANBROOK / KOOTENAY ICE — $84,034

SOURCE: FOI’d documents and figures provided to KTW from the City of Kamloops

NEW$2AGREEMENT AGREEMENT Kamloops gets another per “Cost is always an issue more OLD Cougars, Kootenay Ice and ticket for playoff games where than anything.

We’re always lookLethbridge $128,000 $280,000 Hurricanes use ticket attendance is aboveper3,400. ingoffices for ways to minimize our per year to usesales toCentre setand rental year to useAfter the Sandman Centre and the Sandman offices rates. the first two playoff games$1.40 hosted “The better the team does, per ticket expenses and that was a big part $239,000 if the team sells more than 122,400 fee to sell advertisingthen in Sandman Centre, such as rinkwe boards at Sandman, the city gets $600 and regularofseason it,”tickets he said. the better do,” said Glen (requiring the Blazers to sell an average of 3,400 tickets per home game) $85,000 $2 from every ticket sold.

Moores said while there is Mikkelsen, manager of Prince $2.00 per ticket private suite rentals The previous deal didgames notwhere attendance is some George’s CN Centre. for playoff above 3,400discussion between teams (after thepayments first two playoff games, the city gets $600 and $2.00 of ever ticket sold) include sliding tied about agreements, it’s not very “It’s basically an agreement that $239,000 to ticket sales, and instead set a specific. Asked how Kamloops’ allows the team to do well when fee to sell advertising in Sandman Centre, such as rink boards flat fee to rent the arena which deal would compare with othticket sales aren’t as strong.” $85,000 increased each season andprivate wassuiteatrentals ers in the league, Moores said he Of the four communities, about $278,000 when the deal was could not comment, because the Kamloops is the only city in which renegotiated. deals are often structured in ways rent is not completely tied to tickThe team pays a yearly that are difficult to compare. et sales. None of the other teams $240,000 marketing and sponsor“The agreement that we did charged a base rate to use their ship fee to the city for the right to with the city was more of a partarena. Should the team have a sell advertising at Sandman. That nership than anything else. So if major attendance slump, it would figure did not change. The city we’re successful the city will be hit the city far less directly than also gets $85,000 in revenue from successful and they’ll share in a similar downturn in Cranbook, private box rentals, with the team whatever rewards we share in.

Lethbridge or Prince George. keeping any additional revenue, That was the theory,” he said. “I Here’s a closer look at how and at least 16 complimentary certainly can’t answer to any of the other teams pay to play: tickets per game. other teams. I haven’t seen their CRANBROOK Don Moores, president and agreements.”

Under its deal with the COO of the Blazers, said the team Tying rent to ticket revenue Kootenay Ice, the City of previously felt its deal was becom- appears to be common across Cranbrook gets two per cent of ing burdensome. the league. The Prince George

what the team makes on tickets each season. Should average attendance at Western Financial Place exceed 2,600, the city gets an extra $20,000 — with more money added for higher levels of average attendance. It also gets 30 per cent of revenue generated by the arena’s 18 private boxes.

In 2016-2017, when the Ice posted a league-worst average attendance of 1,754 fans per game, the city got $14,041 in ticket sales, as well as $29,385 in private box revenue (plus about $1,300 in parking revenue for the suites).

As in Kamloops, the Ice are allowed to sell advertising within the arena. Instead of a flat fee, the team pays 20 per cent of revenue, which amounted to $37,508 in the 2016-2017 season.

The Ice’s deal also secures the city two complimentary tickets to every game.

PRINCE GEORGE The amount paid to the city of Prince George by the Cougars to use the CN Centre is more difficult to analyze, as the city chose to provide partially redacted receipts from the team rather than an itemized list of payments supplied to KTW by most communities.

The receipts showed the Cougars paid $134,441 to the city over the course of 2016.

Breakdowns between rent and advertising were not provided.

A receipt with the heading “rent and advertising, 2016-17” which covered the first portion of that season, from September to December, shows the team paid a combined $57,817 during those four months.

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KTW FILE PHOTO Blazers president and COO Don Moores said the team’s old deal with the city was making it difficult to operate.

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According to its use agreement with the Cougars, Prince George receives 15 per cent of ticket revenue for private boxes and splits other revenue from the boxes 50-50 with the team. It also gets additional percentages of gross ticket revenue depending on how much the team makes. If the Cougars make $1 million in a season, for instance, the city gets two per cent of the first $500,000, minus private box ticket revenue, and five per cent of the next $500,000.

The city again gets a percentage of ad sales, rather than a flat fee. The amount varies somewhat based on what item in the arena is in question, but 30 per cent is a common figure.

Unlike Kamloops, where the

team does not get a portion of concession funds, the Cougars get 30 per cent of alcohol sales during games, excluding sales in private boxes.

The deal doesn’t specifically mention free game tickets for the city.

LETHBRIDGE The Hurricanes paid $253,039 in rent and $19,406 in advertising revenue to the City of Lethbridge during its 2016-2017 season — and the city paid the team $352,096.

That’s because the deal for use of the Enmax Centre sees Lethbridge collect and split revenues with the team on a much more frequent basis. In the other three deals analyzed, it’s more often the other way around. The city sells advertising on the are-

na’s press box, for example, but the team gets 50 per cent of the take (and the amount of money the city makes in the process isn’t included in the calculations provided to KTW).

In return for use of the arena, the Hurricanes pay the city 12 per cent of ticket revenue, based on 2014-2015 ticket prices.

Should the team raise ticket prices, the city gets 25 per cent of the increase money.

Also of note is a deal between the city and the Hurricanes which will see the team pay $2.5 million over 17 years for expansions and renovations. Payments of $166,667 began in 2011, though they were deferred during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons.

The city gets 25 complimentary tickets per game.

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VANCOUVER — Tempers flared at the B.C. Liberal leadership debate in Vancouver as veterans butted heads over the future of the party with newer faces calling for change.

Former cabinet ministers Mike de Jong, Andrew Wilkinson and Todd Stone faced off against backbenchers Sam Sullivan and Michael Lee, as well as former Surrey mayor and Conservative member of Parliament Dianne Watts.

“We need to bring a fresh perspective, a fresh face. We need to bring a more balanced approach to this party,’’ said Lee. But Wilkinson called into question Lee’s lack of experience and his calls to expand the party’s appeal to voters.

“I’ve been out in the trenches for a long time doing this work, and I see you having arrived now claiming that we somehow failed at the job,’’ he said, adding that Lee was “new at the job.’’

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TODD STONE tion,’’ Lee said.

The BC Liberal party is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada and describes itself as “a made-in-B.C. free enterprise coalition.’’ That coalition includes members of the federal Conservative and Liberal parties.

The role of party leader became vacant in August when Christy Clark stepped down after the Liberals were dumped from power in a confidence vote, ending the party’s 16-year stretch in office.

The six candidates began the campaign doing some soul-searching as to why the party lost seats in last year’s spring election.

Like Lee, Watts also poised

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But de Jong, a former finance minister, took aim at the details of her campaign platform, including a call to end transferring profits from the province’s crown corporations to the government coffers.

“Your facts are wrong,’’ he said. “It’s a $2.2 billion mistake.’’

Veteran candidates were also in the defence over their track records.

Stone, Kamloops-South Thompson MLA and a former transportation minister, said he was proud of having negotiated federal funding for rapid transit projects and invested in roads and highways around the province.

But Wilkinson said under Stone’s watch, a referendum to implement a mass transit strategy for the Lower Mainland failed, high tech

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“In the Lower Mainland, it’s going to be tough for us to get back 10 seats and for you, it’s going to be especially tough with those hanging around your neck,’’ Wilkinson said.

An issue all six candidates did agree on was defeating an upcoming referendum on the province’s voting system.

The governing NDP has said it will support a move to proportional representation, which the Liberal candidates say is an attack on the democratic system and will give large urban centres too much influence over the legislature.

“We need to get away from the politics of division, and that’s what this will create more of,’’ Lee said.

Party members begin casting their ballots on Feb. 1 and the new leader will be announced Feb. 3.

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VICTORIA — British Columbia’s first provincial health officer is resigning after nearly 20 years on a job he calls “incredibly rewarding.’’

Dr. Perry Kendall, who declared a public health emergency in 2016 over the province’s overdose crisis, will be leaving his post at the end of the month, when the deputy health officer will fill the position.

Kendall has described the opioid epidemic as B.C.’s most devastating health issue because of the high number of deaths from fentanyl that is cut into street drugs.

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ed deaths during that time, an increase of 136 per cent from the same period in 2016.

“I’ve worked with, reported to, a series of ministers of health,’’ Kendall told a news conference earlier this week.

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Kendall was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2005 for his contributions to public health and harm-reduction practice including the distribution of needles.

He was at the helm of prevention policies for AIDS and HIV, which spread through drug users sharing needles, especially in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

He was also among those who called for a supervised injection site in the city and championed the use of medical-grade heroin to treat addiction as Vancouver became the first city in North America to adopt a European model aimed at reducing overdose deaths.

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Health Minister Adrian Dix called him “one of the most extraordinary public servants the province has ever had.’’

Dix said Kendall’s report in 2002 on Indigenous health played a role in creating the First Nations Health Authority, still the only one of its kind in Canada.

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Focusing on building support for people struggling with substance use and mental health issues will be the crux of her work on the overdose epidemic, she said.

“We have led the country in both recognizing this and in trying to put in place a myriad of measures to try and keep people alive. I think the focus right now needs to be on communities, on individual communities, with their unique needs.’’

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Val Holmes says for the past several years, the creatures have spent winters roosting in their evergreen trees and by spring whole branches have been broken off, needles and twigs litter the ground and the excrement can be at least 2.5 centimetres deep.

Regional District of East Kootenay director Gerry Wilkie blames the problem on a few people who feed the birds, habituating them to human contact and encouraging them to remain near the community.

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Kimberly, Cranbrook and Radium Hot Springs have all had issues regulating wild turkeys, which are not native to the province, and Wilkie says some Edgewater residents have even mulled plans to bait a trailer, trap the birds and haul them out of town.

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Trudeau commends women for speaking out on Ontario’s Brown Ontario opposition leader issues hasty resignation after allegations surface THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ontario premier Wynne won’t call snap election

DAVOS, Switzerland — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is saluting the courage of the women who have levied allegations of sexual misconduct against the former TORONTO — Ontario Premier leader of the Ontario Progressive Kathleen Wynne says she will not Conservative party. seek a snap election before the Patrick Brown resigned as scheduled June vote following leader overnight after CTV News the Opposition leader’s decision reported that two women have to step down amid allegations of sexual misconduct. come forward with graphic sexual Wynne says it’s too early to misconduct allegations against know what impact Patrick Brown’s Brown while he was a federal MP resignation as leader of the — allegations he denies.

Progressive Conservative party “We take these allegations will have on the province’s political extremely seriously whenever landscape. they come up,’’ Trudeau said The premier would not comThursday. ment specifically on the allega“My thoughts turn immediately to the women who came among their friends, families and forward knowing how difficult it communities at large. can be, to salute them for their about Collaborative Divorce: a Healthy Choice “I certainly hope their example courage, and their leadership.’’ will resonate,’’ he said.

Trudeau said he hopes the Brown was a Conservative women who have spoken out backbencher under Prime about Brown retain support

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tions levelled against Brown but broadly denounced sexual assault and harassment.

When asked if she would consider changing the date of the provincial election, she said: “No. This is not about politics.’’

Brown announced he was stepping down in a statement issued early Thursday morning, following a hastily called news conference in which he “categorically’’ denied what he called “troubling allegations’’ about his conduct and his character.

Minister Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2015, when he stepped down to run for leader of the Ontario PC party.

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tions against Brown must be investigated fully.

“Sexual misconduct and sexual harassment have no place in Canadian society, especially within our political system,’’ Scheer said in a statement.

Trudeau has repeatedly said his government has zero-tolerance for sexual misconduct, and he used his keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to urge companies and politicians to do more to confront the problem.

“Me Too, Times Up, the Women’s March — these movements tell us that we need to have a critical discussion on women’s rights, equality and the power dynamics of gender,’’ Trudeau said Tuesday.

“Sexual harassment, for example — in business and in government — is a systemic problem and it is unacceptable. As leaders, we need to act to show that truly, time is up.’’

Charges laid for ‘shocking’ negligence, police say THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — Police have charged two Alberta women with attempted murder in an abuse investigation involving five children under the age of 10.

After receiving a tip from a babysitter last month, Edmonton police said they checked a house in the city and found the children in a “shocking environment and physical state.’’

All of the kids needed medical attention, police said, including two who were admitted to hospital. Police said they arrested two women who are known to the children and who were responsible for their care.

The women, ages 23 and 24, also face other charges including aggravated assault, abandonment of a child, unlawful confinement and criminal negligence.

Police said the children are recovering and are being looked after in loving environments with lots of support.

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Liberals to end community mailbox conversions, won’t restore door to door TERRY PEDWELL

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are terminating a program launched by the former Conservative government to convert existing home mail delivery in Canada to community boxes.

But some 840,000 families who have already started walking down the street for their mail since the conversions began in 2014 won’t see door-to-door delivery restored.

“We’re not going to put the toothpaste back in the tube,’’ Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough told a news conference at a Canada Post sorting plant in Mississauga, Ont. “We’re not going to reverse these decisions that were made by the former government, but we are going to guarantee exceptional services to Canadians.’’

The decision not to restore door-todoor delivery is expected to upset postal workers who have demanded the post office turn back the clock on mailbox conversions.

It also means Canada Post won’t realize savings it estimated at $350 million

annually from converting the remaining 4.2 million addresses across the country that still get mail dropped at their doorstep.

At least one analyst warned that will hamper the Crown corporation’s ability to remain self sustaining, and merely postpones difficult decisions by kicking the problem of collapsing letter mail volumes down the road.

“This is going to become a great big black hole for the government,’’ said Ian Lee, a professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business.

The Liberals vaguely promised during the 2015 election campaign to “save home mail delivery’’ after an outcry over the community mailbox conversion plan launched by the Conservatives.

Under the new Liberal plan for Canada Post, a task force will be struck to examine how to enhance the corporation’s accessibility program for seniors and people with mobility issues who lost home delivery.

Qualtrough said the existing program needs to be upgraded and better promoted.

The minister also announced changes

to the financial rules that drive Canada Post, allowing the agency to make a profit and then re-invest the extra money back into operations to improve services and remain self-sustaining over the long run.

Senior leadership at the post office, which is in the midst of a large-scale turnover that includes a search for a new CEO, will also be mandated to establish more cordial labour relations.

Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are currently in contract negotiations.

As well, the government is encouraging Canada Post to promote its postal money order business to Canadians who send money to friends and family abroad.

CUPW had called instead for a reintroduction of banking services at postal outlets as a way to make money, an idea that has been rejected by the agency.

The government will also ask Canada Post to capitalize on a boom in its parcel services, since that’s where the money and growth are.

While mail deliveries by postal workers have been declining drastically in recent years, Canada Post has seen parcel delivery volumes soar.

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Gymnastics doctor sentenced to up to 175 years ‘You do not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again,’ U.S. judge tells physician who admitted sexual assaults THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LANSING, Mich. — The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison by a judge who proudly told him, “I just signed your death warrant.’’

The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing in which more than 150 women and girls offered statements about being abused by Larry Nassar, a physi-

cian who was renowned for treating athletes at the sport’s highest levels. Many confronted him face to face in the Michigan courtroom.

“It is my honour and privilege to sentence you. You do not deserve to walk outside a prison ever again. You have done nothing to control those urges and anywhere you walk, destruction will occur to those most vulnerable,’’ Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said.

Nassar’s actions were “precise, calculated, manipulative, devious, despicable,’’ she said.

When the hearing ended, the courtroom broke into applause.

Victims and prosecutors embraced at the conclusion of the gruelling 16-month case.

But the anguish of the past week will have little, if any, practical effect on Nassar’s fate. Before serving the Michigan sentence, the 54-year-old must first serve a 60-year federal sentence for child pornography crimes. With credit for good behaviour, he could complete that sentence in about 55 years. By then, he would be more than 100 years old if still alive.

He is also scheduled to be sentenced next week on more assault convictions in Eaton County, Michigan.

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(Registration ends noon on February 2.)

A prosecutor called Nassar “possibly the most prolific serial child sex abuser in history’’ and said competitive gymnastics provided the “perfect place’’ for his crimes because victims saw him as a “god.’’

Prosecutor Angela Povilaitis also said Nassar “perfected a builtin excuse and defence’’ as a doctor, even though he was “performing hocus-pocus medicine.’’

“It takes some kind of sick perversion to not only assault a child but to do so with her parent in the room, to do so while a lineup of eager young gymnasts waited,’’ Povilaitis said.

She urged people to believe young victims of sexual abuse no matter who they accuse and praised journalists, including those at the Indianapolis Star, who were among the first to report on the allegations.

Although Nassar’s work with gymnasts received the most attention, the allegations against him spanned a dozen sports over 25 years.

The judge also read a letter written to her by Nassar, in which he described his actions with the athletes as “medical, not sexual,” and said the “stories” about him were fabricated.

Study shows modern humans left Africa earlier than thought THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A fossil found in Israel indicates modern humans may have left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.

In an article in Thursday’s Science, scientists said an ancient upper jawbone and associated stone tools could also mean that our species appeared far earlier than fossils now show.

Researchers calculated that the jawbone, complete with several well-preserved teeth, was between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.

Previously, the oldest fossils of modern humans found outside of Africa were somewhere from 90,000 to 120,000 years old, also in Israel.

The study suggests modern humans could have left Africa 220,000 years ago, with some of the authors saying maybe even earlier.

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REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN AT NEIGHBOURHOOD SCHOOLS (not schools of choice) will take place February 13 to 16, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Please refer to School District No. 73 Policy 300.1 School Boundaries and Student Transfer Request and Policy 706.2 – Education Choice – Enrolment – Schools of Choice, French Immersion & Academies for clarification regarding school boundaries and enrollment in schools of choice.

Information on catchment areas is available on our website at www.sd73.bc.ca.

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Brazil’s da Silva Oprah rules out 2020 bid for U.S. presidency vows to run amid scandal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Former Brazilian World News President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is charging ahead with his plans to run for Brazil’s presidency again, even after an appeals court unanimously upheld a graft conviction against him and added years to his prison sentence.

Da Silva was wildly popular as president from 2003 to 2010 and he has been leading the polls for October’s presidential election. He was defiant in the face of Wednesday’s court ruling.

Speaking to a crowd of supporters, he proclaimed: “I am not worried about da Silva whether I will be a candidate for president or not.’’

The case alleged that while president, da Silva traded favours in return for the promise of a beachfront apartment. It is just one of a series of graft allegations against him amid a mushrooming corruption scandal roiling Brazil.

BRIEFS

German bishops reject pope’s tweak BERLIN — Roman Catholic bishops in Germany say they’ve debated Pope Francis’ suggestion to tweak the translation of the Lord’s Prayer, but will leave it unchanged.

France recently changed its translation of “lead us not into temptation’’ to “don’t let me fall into temptation,’’ which Francis has suggested was better.

He told Italy’s TV2000 last month that a father would never push a son into sin, and “what pushes you to temptation is Satan.’’

But the German Bishops’ Conference said Thursday there were strong “philoFrancis sophical, exegetical, liturgical and, not least, ecumenical’’ reasons to leave it unchanged.

They said the line speaks of “the trust to be carried and redeemed by almighty God.’’ Francis recently allowed individual bishops’ conferences greater leeway in translating liturgical texts, after the Vatican previously centralized the process.

Venezuela complains of meddling CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela says it’s expelling the ambassador from Spain, accusing the European country of meddling in its affairs.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza said in a statement Thursday that Venezuela considers Spanish ambassador Jesus Silva Fernandez a persona non grata.

Spain was a colonial power in Latin American and remains a major trading partner. Many Venezuelans have fled to Spain during the country’s deepening crisis.

Spain also is among European Union nations that imposed economic and travel sanctions on seven senior Venezuelan officials this week.

Venezuela is in a deepening political and economic crisis under socialist President Nicolas Maduro, who has drawn criticism by the international community, including the United States.

Venezuela last month expelled top diplomats from Canada and Brazil.

ATLANTA — Before her iconic Golden Globes speech sparked a new presidential push on social media, Oprah Winfrey declared that she’s not interested in a White House bid.

The billionaire media

mogul said in a newly published interview that she’s aware of the clamouring among Democrats and liberals looking to counter Donald Trump, a wealthy real estate titan who parlayed his reality TV career into the presidency.

“I’ve always felt very secure

and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not,’’ Winfrey told InStyle magazine.

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Trump ‘looking forward’ to Emotional residents being questioned on Russia return to homes NATURAL DISASTER

U.S. president says he would ‘love to’ give evidence under oath ERIC TUCKER CHAD DAY

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared he’s “looking forward’’ to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump’s possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director.

Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath in the interview, which special counsel Robert Mueller has been seeking but which White House officials had not previously confirmed the president would grant.

“I’m looking forward to it, actually,’’ Trump said when asked by reporters at the White House. As for timing, he said, “I guess they’re talking about two or three weeks, but I’d love to do it.’’

He said, as he has repeatedly, that “there’s no collusion whatsoever’’ with the Russians, and he added, “There’s no obstruction whatsoever.’’

The full scope of Mueller’s investigation, which involves more than a million pages of documents and dozens of witness interviews, is unknown. And there have been no signs that agents aren’t continuing to work on ties between Trump’s campaign and a Russian effort to tip the 2016 election.

But now that Mueller’s team has all but concluded its interviews with current and former Trump officials, and expressed interest in speaking with the president himself, the focus seems to be on the post-inauguration White House. That includes the firing of FBI Director James Comey and discussions preceding the ouster

of White House national security adviser Michael Flynn.

The timing and circumstances of a Trump interview are still being ironed out. But soon it will probably be the president himself who will have to explain to Mueller how his actions don’t add up to obstruction of justice. And that conversation will be dominated by questions tied to whether he took steps to thwart an FBI investigation.

Asked if he thinks Mueller will be fair, Trump replied: “We’re going to find out.’’ He then reiterated that there is “no collusion.’’

In a potential signal of his defence, Trump suggested that he didn’t obstruct — he simply fought back against a false accusation.

So far, witness interviews and the special counsel’s document requests make clear Mueller has a keen interest in Comey’s May 9 firing and the contents of Comey’s private conversations with the president, as well as the ouster months earlier of Flynn and the weeks of conversations leading up to it.

On Thursday, a Trump attorney, John Dowd, released a document confirming the White House had provided thousands of pages of documents related to Comey and “issues regarding Michael Flynn and Russia.’’ Those documents were among more than 20,000 pages of materials the White House has provided to Mueller as part of what Dowd’s document called “unprecedented’’ co-operation and transparency. Among some of the documents, Dowd noted, is material the White House considers to be covered by some kind of privilege.

So far, more than 20 White

House officials have given voluntary interviews to Mueller. That includes eight employees in the White House counsel’s office. In addition, the document notes, more than 30 people affiliated with the president’s campaign have given interviews to Mueller or congressional committees probing Russian election interference.

In total, the president’s campaign has provided more than 1.4 million pages of documents to Mueller. Special counsel spokesman Peter Carr declined to comment on Dowd’s document.

A focus on potential obstruction has been evident almost since Mueller’s appointment as special counsel. And interviews with administration officials — including White House counsel Don McGahn, former chief of staff Reince Priebus and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — have shown that Trump is dealing with prosecutors who already have amassed a wealth of knowledge about the events he’ll be questioned about.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had urged Comey’s firing, was interviewed for hours last week, becoming the highestranking Trump administration official known to have submitted to questioning. Mueller also wants to interview former adviser Steve Bannon, who has called Comey’s firing perhaps the biggest mistake in “modern political history.’’

The White House initially said the firing was based on the Justice Department’s recommendation and cited as justification a memo that faulted Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

after devastating California mudslides KRYSTA FAURIA

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTECITO, Calif. — Emotional residents are trickling back to the California coastal town that was devastated two weeks ago by mudslides that killed at least 21 people and destroyed more than a hundred homes.

Santa Barbara County officials lifted evacuation orders this week for about 1,600 people in the hillside enclave of Montecito, while thousands of others waited for word that it was safe to return to their homes.

“The emotion of it all came back,’’ John Simpson told KEYT-TV as he returned Wednesday to his intact home less than a block from several devastated dwellings.

“Five doors away, two homes were brutally hammered by the mud. . . . One swept right off its foundation,’’ he said.

Authorities warned that the returns would be gradual and many people would have to stay out until at least the end of the month.

The town’s narrow streets were clogged with bulldozers and utility trucks as crews remove mud and boulders and rebuild drainage pipes and power lines. Utility workers are also busy restoring water and sewage pipes, gas service and electricity.

Montecito was hit by debrisladen flash floods on Jan. 9 when downpours from a storm hit mountain slopes burned bare by a huge wildfire. Hundreds of homes

emotions of “it The all came back.

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— JOHN SIMPSON Montecito resident

were damaged. A 17-year-old boy and two-year-old girl remain missing.

Village Service Station reopened shortly after the mudslides, providing fuel, food and restrooms for emergency responders.

Owner Keith Slocum said Thursday that “it looked like a Third World country’’ in the days after the disaster but since then crews have made significant progress clearing roads.

He’s eager to learn when neighbouring businesses will be allowed to reopen.

“We really could use something definitive,’’ he said. “I don’t know what the benchmarks are for why they open some parts and don’t open others.’’

The majority of residents and businesses in and around the town of about 9,000 people have yet to receive an all-clear advisory.

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arah’s marriage is in shambles. After splitting from her husband, she’s returned to her mother’s house to pick up the pieces. But Gail, a beekeeper who divorced Sarah’s father 20 years earlier, is preoccupied with her hives, which are showing signs of colony collapse disorder.

Throw in Earl, a farmer across the road interested in spicing things up with Gail, and grad student Ben, who arrives to study the hives — not to mention the annual Turkey Day Dance — and the weekend is about to get complicated in Western Canada Theatre’s production of The Birds and the Bees.

Penned by Ontario playwright Mark Crawford, the production

is in partnership with Thousand Islands Playhouse, which staged the show in October. It began in Kamloops at the Sagebrush Theatre on Thursday and runs to Feb. 3.

Crawford said the play draws on elements of classic sex comedies and farces, but also looks to explore relationships on a deeper level.

“The inspiration came from wanting to write a very fun comedy where people would get down to their underwear and the audience would have a really fun time, but to explore more about relationships than just slamming doors and running around in

underwear,” he said.

Sarah has spent her marriage raising turkeys with her husband — a process that’s become a bit too relatable to her own marriage.

“One of the things I found out is, in North America most of the turkeys we eat are bred through artificial insemination,” Crawford said. “There’s very little turkey sex that happens.”

An investigation of Gail’s hives and what could be causing bees to die off across North America also allows Crawford to explore how the play’s senior characters view sex and romance.

The concept of sexuality for

the 65-plus set was one he said he was particularly interested in exploring, since that’s often the age of the theatre-going public.

“These characters are mature characters, but they still get to go on a journey in terms of their own exploration of that stuff,” he said.

The show features returning WCT players Nicola Lipman (Gail), last seen in Driving Miss Daisy, and Naomi Wright (Sarah), previously featured in The Man Who Shot Chance Delaney and The Island of Bliss.

Tickets are available through the Kamloops Live Box Office at 250-374-5483, 1025 Lorne Street or kamloopslive.ca.

Christopher Allen and Naomi Wright rehearse a scene from Western Canada Theatre’s upcoming production, The Birds and The Bees. It runs from through Feb. 3.

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Madison Violet is performing a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 4, during the Home Routes concert series. Tickets are $30 for adults. All proceeds go to the artist. A babysitter will be provided at the house in the rec room. To RSVP or buy a ticket, email meiralarose@gmail.com or call 250-682-4484.

Doors open at 3 p.m. Meanwhile, Janelle Nadeau will perform on Feb. 6. Cost is $20 per person. RSVP by emailing homerouteskamloops@gmail.com. For more on the artist, go online to janellenadeau.com.

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Pasmen’s exhibit aims to inspire women Artwork made from book pages to be auctioned for Family Tree JESSICA WALLACE

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Andrew Cooper (right) was named emerging artist at the Mayor’s Gala for the Awards on Saturday night. He stands with Mayor Ken Christian (left).

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The third time was the charm for Andrew Cooper. The Chimera Theatre founder and managing director posed with Mayor Ken Christian on Saturday night during the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts Awards, accepting the emerging artist award after two previous nominations in recent years.

Cooper, a 26-year-old playwright, director and actor, bested 29-year-old painter Zachary Abney and 34-year-old musician JP Lancaster for the top spot.

Two other awards were handed out on Saturday night during a Copacabana-themed dinner at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre.

The event raises money for Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Western Canada Theatre and the Kamloops Art Gallery.

The celebration followed a sombre moment in the community. Marg Spina’s funeral was held down the road earlier in the day, a moment acknowledged at the event by Christian, who lauded Thompson Rivers University president Alan Shaver for conferring Spina an honourary doctorate.

TRU professor and artist Donald Lawrence, 54, won the award for artist of the year, while RBC was lauded business in support of the arts.

f she only knew how beautiful she is.

How strong she is.

How capable she is.

About a year ago, Sandra Pasmen was inspired by artwork featuring pages from a John Grisham novel.

She wanted to replicate the technique using a book that meant something to her.

“When I finally walked across it, it was just sitting there. It was called If She Only Knew,” Pasmen told KTW. “I thought I would use it to inspire all the women in my life — and in everybody’s life — that we sometimes forget the simple things.”

Pasmen is an esthetician and massage therapist at La Dolce Vita Spa and Salon in Sahali and also coaches RunClub. In her line of work, she knows all too well how hard women can be on themselves.

“I have the most spectacular, beautiful, talented, well-educated women who come in and they criticize their pinky toe. I say, ‘That’s God getting even. He gave me nothing else besides a perfect pinky toe,’” Pasmen said with a laugh. “Then I correct them and say, ‘Everybody has an issue. If you have straight hair, you want it curly. If you have curly hair, you want it straight.

You’ll never be happy. I always say, ‘If that’s what your complaining about, you’re truly blessed.’”

The working mother recently got back into art and is using her first exhibit to spread positive messages while raising money for the Kamloops Family Resources Society.

If She Only Knew consists of more than 30 sculptures, paintings and other art works.

Each piece features pages from the book, which are decoupaged and painted with a specific theme.

“There is a piece that is a

Sandra Pasmen paints on pages of the book If She Only Knew to inspire women. Thirty works will be auctioned off on Feb. 3, with all proceeds to be donated to the Kamloops Family Resources Society.

young mom with her child. If she only knew how capable she was,” Pasmen said.

“So the piece is called Capable. The piece’s title

will finish the sentence. But some of them will have a twist.”

The works will be on display at the Happyness Center,

203-242 Victoria St., from Jan. 29 to Feb. 3.

On the final night of the show, the pieces will be auctioned off, with all proceeds donated to the Kamloops Family Resources Society in support of the Family Tree Family Resource Centre. The centre offers families access to healthy food, social supports, baby clothing and parenting workshops.

“I was joking around saying, if two people show up and donate $10, it’ll be $20,” Pasmen said.

“If 100 people show up and donate $1, it’ll be $100. You can’t gauge that.”

Wine will be available by donation. The auction runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Mark Fagg (left) was working sound at CJs Nightclub on Monday night when he was unexpectedly called on stage to perform drums alongside Matt Mays (right).

ROCK STAR FOR A NIGHT

Kamloops drummer called on stage to perform alongside Juno Award-winning artist JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

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ark Fagg was talking shop with Matt Mays during setup for a show in Kamloops when the local sound technician casually mentioned he plays drums. “‘If we need a drummer, I guess we know who to call,” Fagg recalled the Canadian Juno Awardwinning rocker telling him.

Little did the 24-year-old know, he would be publicly called out to perform live on stage to a “jam-packed” room on Monday night, during Mays’ Once Upon a Hell of a Time tour.

“When he joked about it, I really took it as a joke,” Fagg said.

Mays was forced to improvise at CJs Nightclub after his drummer was unable to perform due to a medical emergency. He played a few acoustic songs before changing tune. “‘Everybody’s here for a rock show,” Fagg recalled Mays saying. “I heard our monitor tech, Mark here, is also a drummer. So why don’t we call him up on stage?’

“It was quite a shock. I was not expecting that.”

Fagg’s boss at GK Sound took over his sound duties and the crowd encouraged him on stage.

Everything became a blur, but Fagg recalled the crowd chanting his name. The drummer of 10 years was running on adrenaline — he only knew a little bit of Mays’ music.

“I had to just kind of think on my feet,” Fagg

I had to just kind of “ think on my feet. Before

every song, Matt would turn around and say play this drum beat.

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said. “Before every song, Matt would turn around and say play this drum beat.”

He followed along and tried to make the songs his own, all the while Mays kept him on track, reminding him to keep it simple. It was a dream come true for the Kamloops drummer, who recently started his own funk band, so fresh it has yet to receive an official moniker.

“I’m very critical of my performances, but I’ve heard nothing but great things from friends in the crowd,” Fagg said.

Mays’ impromptu injection of local talent into his set created quite the buzz around the night club and among concertgoers. Capping off Fagg’s onenight only rock star experience, he was invited to hop aboard Mays’ tour bus after the show.

“My coworker was like, ‘Go for it man, I’ll start tearing down the stage,’” Fagg said. “I’ve never been on a tour bus like that. I’ve never had the opportunity to see what a real-life rock star tour bus was like. It was the full deal.”

Author to host crowdfunding workshop A Kamloops author is hosting a workshop on crowdfunding creative projects.

Dennis Staginnus will share his Kickstarter experience, having published mul-

tiple novels with help from the fundraising platform.

It will be geared at writers, musicians, filmmakers, designers and other artists.

“By the end of the

workshop, you’ll have the knowledge and tools needed to start your own campaign,” Staginuss said.

The workshop, which is hosted by the Kamloops Society for

the Written Arts, runs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 204-450 Lansdowne St. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at kswa.ca/ workshops.html.

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Updated comic series ‘perfect’ for modern audience

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any years ago, in a magical although somewhat chaotic time known as the ‘90s, I was at a local hobby store and wandered into the imports section.

I found a strange box with a comic book style drawing of a Japanese robot. It looked kind of like Voltron or a Power Rangers robot, but was much more dynamic and impressive.

I asked the store owner about my discovery and learned it was a Gundam model kit.

At the low cost of $10, this kit didn’t need glue or paint and, when it was built, you could move the robot like an action figure.

I bought it, though slightly skeptical over the price because I thought maybe it was going to be extremely flimsy or small.

When it I was done, however, it was awesome.

Mobile Suit Gundam is a Japanese cartoon series that has been around since the late 1970s.

Like a lot of Japanese science fiction, it’s heavily influenced by Japan’s defeat in the Second World War. Gundam takes place far in the future and mostly in space, but thematically it’s about youth dealing with the realities and horrors of a war they didn’t ask to be a part of.

The war is not only fought with tanks and ships, but also in giant robot war machines known as mobile suits.

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naturally spawned a wildly successful toy line but, due to toy making limitations of the time, the toys were sold as model kits.

Children could build and assemble detailed and involved toys at an affordable price.

Every so often, the Gundam line is restarted with all new stories, characters and robots.

Unable to watch any of the TV shows when I was younger, I really couldn’t connect to Gundam beyond “that one looks cool and it has a ton of guns, so I’ll buy it.”

Eventually, my interest tapered off.

Over the next 15 years, I dipped my toes into the proverbial Gundam pool every now and again, buying a model kit here or there or reading up on a little bit of the history.

I never made a serious effort.

And then about a month ago, after stumbling onto some Gundam videos on YouTube, I decided to grab the first volume of the comic series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin.

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Mobile Suit Gundam began as a cartoon series in the late 1970s, heavily influenced by Japan’s defeat in the Second World War. It has since been remade.

Just like that, I was hooked again.

In 2001, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, one of the original Gundam creators who worked extensively on the first cartoon series, made a new comic based on the original cartoon storyline.

It wasn’t a reboot where they created a new story using older elements, but rather it was a retelling of the original story in a cleaner and more concise manner.

Let’s be honest: trying to watch a foreign cartoon series from 1979 for the first time now isn’t going to go over well. I can almost guarantee it will not hold up.

This updated comic series, however, is the perfect format for a

modern audience who takes one look at that giant robot and says to themselves, “What’s that about?”

It has beautiful art, complete with fastpaced and kinetic giant robot fighting.

The characters are rich and well-developed, living in the harsh realities of a brutal independence war that has destroyed half of humanity.

(Yeah, half of humanity. On Earth and in space colonies. That is intense.)

I promptly bought the next four volumes and a bunch more model kits.

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The Kamloops Independent Short Shorts (KISS) Festival is accepting submissions in advance of the annual film festival in downtown Kamloops.

Copyright permissions are required and films will preferably be in .mov or. mp4 format on a USB drive.

They can be dropped off with a completed entry form and the $10 submission fee at Moviemart, 367 St. Paul St., by 10 p.m. on Feb. 22.

New this year is a filmmaking workshop with Mastermind Studios, which will teach the basics of lighting, sound, editing, special effects and green screen. It runs on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for those ages 13 and older. Cost is $20.

A free screening of the short films will be shown at noon on March 4 at Paramount Theatre. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three winners, as well as a youth prize, audience favourite and juried prizes.

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NEW YORK — Elton John is retiring from the road after his upcoming three-year global tour, capping nearly 50 years on stages around the world. He calls it a “way to go out with a bang.’’

“I’ve had a good run, I think you’d admit that,’’ John said Wednesday, adding that he wanted to “leave people thinking, ‘I saw the last tour and it was fantastic.’’’

The 70-year-old singer, pianist and composer said he wanted to spend time with his family.

His children will be 10 and eight when he stops in 2021, and John said he hoped he might

be able to take them to soccer practice.

“My priorities now are my children and my husband and my family,’’ he said. “This is the end.’’

John made the announcement at an event in New York in which he sat at a piano and performed Tiny Dancer and I’m Still Standing. He wore his signature glasses and a colourful suit jacket that read “Gucci Loves Elton.”

His final tour — dubbed Farewell Yellow Brick Road — starts in September. It will consist of 300 shows in North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Asia.

Tickets go on sale beginning Feb. 2.

The tour stops in Toronto on Sept. 25 and Sept. 26, Ottawa on Sept. 28, Quebec City on Sept. 29 and Montreal on Oct. 4.

John said he decided on his retirement plans in 2015 in France.

“I can’t physically do the travelling and I don’t want to,’’ he said.

He also ruled out a residency but vowed: “I will be creative up until the day I die.”

At the Grammy Awards, to be presented in New York City on Sunday, John is to perform alongside Miley Cyrus and will collect the President’s Merit Award. His Vegas residency ends in May after six years.

His hits include Your Song and Candle

in the Wind. He has won five Grammys, an Oscar, a Golden Globe for The Lion King and a Tony Award for Aida.

He is the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor.

John, who has sold 300 million records, launched his first tour in 1970 and boasts having performed over 4,000 times in more than 80 countries. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

He has had several medical setbacks of late, including a bacterial infection last year that he contracted during a South American tour and an E. coli bacterial infection in 2009.

He’s also had appendicitis and has been fitted with a pacemaker.

Fire and Fury sales exceed 1.7 million Trump tell-all released less than three weeks ago ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury is well on its way to becoming one of the top-selling nonfiction books in recent years.

The tell-all about the Trump administration has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the combined formats of hardcover, e-books and audio, publisher Henry Holt and Co. told

The Associated Press on Wednesday. Published less than three weeks ago, the book remains No. 1 on Amazon.com and other lists.

NPD BookScan told the AP on Wednesday that hardcover sales exceed 500,000, including more than 300,000 last week.

BookScan tracks around 85 per cent of retail sales for physical books.

More Margaret Atwood novels to be made into television shows CANADIAN PRESS

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Another series inspired

by Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s writing is on the horizon.

Anonymous Content and Paramount Television say they’ve acquired the rights to develop a series based on Atwood’s dystopic trilogy Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam.

The MaddAddam

trilogy features a small group of survivors reeling from a global pandemic that has wiped out most of humanity.

The executive producers will come from Anonymous Content as well as Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment.

In a statement, Atwood said she’s happy with the producers’ vision and the “stunning visual presentation

they put together.”

Atwood’s work has been a hit on TV lately, with much awards love for adaptations of The Handmaid’s Tale and critical accolades for Alias Grace.

Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Bard Dorros said the MaddAddam trilogy presents “fascinating opportunities to dramatize the wildest vision of the future ever shown on television.”

Amy Powell, president of Paramount TV, added that Atwood’s “unique and singular literary voice speaks to the greater issues facing our current climate and resonates with fans worldwide; the MaddAddam Trilogy is no exception.

“These stories are perfectly suited for portrayal on television, and we are thrilled to once again bring a literary masterpiece to life.”

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t’s a beautiful spring day in the San Juan archipelago and I awake to glassy water in the bay overlooking Sucia Island. On the island campers are just emerging from their tents, stretching their legs.

From where I stand on the Schooner Zodiac, breakfast is done by 8 a.m. with all hands on deck as a crew of nine volunteers and 12 guests work to polish the brass, hose down the deck and scrub the historic vessel’s surface free of dirt.

The 165-foot long, gaff-rigged ship is a sleek beauty with mahogany rails, Douglas Fir masts and beautiful brass details.

She’s particularly impressive when her sails are at full mast, a massive white butterfly on the ocean that can travel at 13 knots under full sail.

Built in 1924, the Schooner began her life as a gift from one of the Johnson & Johnson brothers to the other. The two hired a crew and sailed the Kings Cup, a transAtlantic race to Spain and up the east coast to Newfoundland and Labrador.

They sold it during the Great Depression and for the next four decades the vessel became a working pilot schooner for the San Francisco Bar Pilots.

In 1974, when the Schooner’s retirement was imminent, she was purchased by a circle of friends who formed the Vessel Zodiac Corporation. To this day they are devoted to restoring it to its original beauty.

The Schooner spends its summers in the Pacific Northwest, attending tall ship festivals, taking guests on day sails in Bellingham Bay and sailing multi-day itineraries with varied themes.

I’m on the spring Lighthouse Cruise, and it’s clear from the getgo that the cruise is educational.

Plenty of hard work is involved

LAUREN KRAMER PHOTO Guests on board the Schooner Zodiac help with sailing tasks, including the heavy lifting. The schooner offers multi-day excursions with themes including lighthouses, seafood and wine, literature and historical secrets of the San Juan islands.

and guests are expected to pitch in.

My first shift on day one was in the chartroom, where I was shown how to read the navigational map using numbers from a computerized GPS. We plotted our journey for the day, noting the islands we’d pass, the depth of the water we’d be traveling in and our estimated time of arrival.

Earlier that day we spent an hour of heavy work pulling ropes

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to hoist the sails, but no sooner were they up than the wind died down.

On deck, guests unpacked Scrabble board games, read books and luxuriated in the unexpected spring sunshine until a pod of orca whales was spotted.

We dropped everything but our cameras and watched in stunned silence as a pod of six whales swam gracefully past the vessel, their breathy exhalations punctu-

ating the stillness of the water.

Throughout the cruise we rotated on various shifts, with crew members checking in to ensure we were doing our jobs properly.

On day two, after the deck was cleaned, I took my bow watch, looking out to sea. At the far end of the vessel, my 13-year-old daughter Amy stood gripping the varnished oak wheel, steering the schooner.

Later, the two of us would learn how to coil ropes into a ballentine and fold the mast.

Over the next three days we cruised past several lighthouses that pepper the San Juan Islands.

At some, like Patos Island, we took a small motorboat to the beach and hiked a forested path through the island to reach the lighthouse.

In years past, lighthouse keepers inhabited homes nearby their workplaces and the keeper at Patos allegedly rowed his daughters to school on Orcas Island each day.

Today, however, the lighthouses are automated and many of their doors remain firmly locked to the public.

It was a windless day as we cruised past the eastern point of Saturna Island. Our captain had shut off the engine so we could enjoy the blissful silence of the San Juan Islands, taking in the view of beaches devoid of footprints and the song of bald eagles calling one other from tree tops.

The ship sails 120 days a year, as guests board for the sheer experience of sailing a vessel built to harness the wind perfectly.

It’s a vessel with an illustrious history and a wide forgiving hull, allowing it to glide through choppy waters without causing passengers even a hint of seasickness.

For some, the opportunity to see orca pods course through the water, porpoises dip in balletic sequences and seals bark and groan from rocky island outcrops, is the most memorable part of the trip.

For others, it’s the chance to be engaged on a working vessel where they can learn to navigate, lend their weight in hoisting sails and appreciate the beauty and complexity of the schooner and its smooth movement on the ocean.

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The intersection of joy, happiness and trials

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ost people would agree that joy and happiness are not the same two things in life.

Happiness depends on circumstances. It comes and goes depending on the circumstantial emotions. But joy is deeper and more profound an issue.

Author G.K. Chesterton has described joy as, “the gigantic secret of the Christian life.”

According to him, joy is always at the centre of a believer.

The word happiness has been so overused in popular culture that it seems to have lost its edge. Despite the fact that it has become such a trite word, it still fascinates many of us to figure out what makes one happy.

The fact that happiness can mean so many things for so many people and the fact that it can’t be grasped any more than air or water, certainly adds to its elusive quality.

Understanding the nature of happiness is further complicated by the fact that it varies from culture to culture, individual to individual and from one phase

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of life to another.

Various etymologies of the word signify luck or favourable destiny. In the English language, the word happiness comes from the Icelandic root “happ” which implies luck or chance.

This is probably why we consider someone who is happy to be blessed with good luck.

Although happiness is often tied to pure luck or chance, Western perspective points out that we can use our mind to decide whether we want to be happy or not.

It also indicates that although we are all conditioned, we are cer-

tainly not influenced by a host of factors that decide for us whether we can be happy or less happy.

Aristotle wrote one of the most influential works on the question of happiness, Nicomachean Ethics. In it, he informs us that happiness is always pursued for its own sake and never with some other end in view.

For Aristotle, happiness constituted the “supreme good.” While we can pursue money for the security and comfort it provides or can seek fame in order to be popular, happiness is an end in itself.

Another Greek philosopher, Epicurus, came up with his formula on the ethics of happiness based on pleasure.

He exhorted his students to get rid of two major fears — fear of gods and fear of death. While Epicurus did not deny the existence of gods, he tried to keep them at a distance, believing that gods did not have much of an impact on human life.

So he saw no need to pray to them or make offerings to appease them. Unlike his contemporaries, Epicurus didn’t believe in the soul’s immortality since it

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joy in our trials.

As the saying goes, “Life is 10 per cent what happens to us and 90 per cent how we react to it.”

The half-brother of the Lord Jesus, James, penned in his epistle: “Consider it all joy . . . when you encounter various trials” (James 1:2).

Commenting on the above verse, author Anne Cetas put it beautifully: “We are each on our own journey of learning to trust God with hard circumstances.

The kind of joy-filled perspective James talked about comes as we learn to see that God can use struggles to produce maturity in our faith.”

Joy and trials come together in God’s plans for His obedient followers. There is no great joy without the suffering that goes with it.

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induced fear of punishment after death.

Space won’t permit to talk of other philosophers, including those of the Enlightenment era, and their pursuit of study of happiness.

But the equation of happiness with another emotive state, namely joy, is a dangerous diversion of a person’s mental world and affects many to disillusionment and even depression.

Like Chesterton said, joy is “the gigantic secret in Christian life.”

He maintained joy has to be a central element of any Christian believer.

If we put these ideas together, it translates joy as the ability to face reality — the good and the bad, the happy and the sad, the positive and the negative, the best and the worst — because a believer is satisfied with God. Seeing in this light, there is no contradiction between joy and trials. They belong together.

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QUEBEC — The one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting will be commemorated over a period of four days beginning Friday.

It was on Jan. 29, 2017 that a shooter entered the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City and killed six while injuring 19 others, five seriously.

The first event will be a seminar in downtown Quebec City entitled “Living together with our differences,’’ organized by Quebec’s antiradicalization centre.

Following the seminar, there will be a special prayer at the mosque Friday evening open only to the Muslim community, but the service will be broadcast online.

On Saturday afternoon, Universite Laval will screen a French-language documentary called, Your Last Steps in the Mosque.

Also on Saturday, the mosque is hosting an open house during which

widows of the victims and others touched by the tragedy will speak about the shooting “for the first time,’’ according to organizers.

On Sunday evening, a spiritual rally will bring together members of the Muslim, Jewish and First Nations communities.

The commemoration ends Monday evening — the anniversary of the shooting — when the population is invited to bring flowers and candles to a vigil, which will take place outdoors close to the mosque.

Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume said what happened in the city last year must never be forgotten.

“We can’t hide this event in any way,’’ he told a news conference.

“We may use different gestures, but it’s absolutely necessary that we remember what happened . . . for the culture our children and [for] ourselves as we continue to reflect on our way of evolving in life when it comes to new immigrants.

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scaping the storylines is impossible, try as they might.

Don Hay and Mike Johnston, adversaries and friends, are both approaching personal milestones, with their hockey clubs set to square off in an abnormal threegames-in-three-nights regular-season series.

The cross-border clash starts in Kamloops with games on Friday and Saturday and ends with the three-match in Portland on Sunday.

Both coaches did their best to shift focus away from themselves and toward the importance of the series to their respective teams, but they, like most everyone aware of the unusual confluence of events, have to be marvelling at the coincidence of it all.

The Kamloops Blazers won three games in Alberta last weekend, bringing their head coach Hay to within striking distance of league history.

Hay is one win shy of tying the record for most wins by a WHL head coach (742), a mark held by Ken Hodge, who coached the Winterhawks from 1976 to 1993.

The record has stood for 25 years. Hay, whose first head coaching gig in the WHL was with the Blazers in 1992-1993 (Hodge’s last season), will coach his 1,340th game on Friday.

Meanwhile, Portland’s current bench boss Johnston is one win away from his 300th win as a WHL head coach.

“In all my years, I’ve never seen it happen,” said Hay, referring to the scheduling blip. “It’s a unique weekend.

“I have a lot of respect for Ken and what he’s accomplished and I have a lot of respect for Mike.

“When he came in, he turned that franchise around, from losers to playing at the Memorial Cup. To get to 300 will be a great milestone, but I hope it doesn’t happen this weekend.”

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KTW FILE PHOTO Kamloops Blazers’ head coach Don Hay has recorded 741 wins as a head coach in the WHL. Former Portland Winterhawks’ head coach Ken Hodge leads the category with 742 wins. Kamloops will play Portland three times this weekend. Current Portland head coach Mike Johnston is one win shy of 300.

when they were chosen to help lead Team Canada at the 1995 World Junior Hockey Championship in Red Deer.

The Canadians won gold, with Hay as head coach and Johnston as an assistant.

“We’ve kept in touch ever since. We always talk, we always share drills,” Johnston said. “We discuss things quite openly.

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NHL level and now at the junior level and have had some great battles. You have a friendship, but at game time it gets very competitive.”

Portland (28-15-1-3) is in a U.S. Division dogfight with Everett, sitting two points back of the Silvertips with a game in hand.

When the Blazers (21-23-1-2) traded 19-year-old NHL signees Garrett Pilon

and Ondrej Vala to Everett before the trade deadline, the likelihood of playoff hockey in Kamloops this season decreased.

Winning three straight in Alberta last weekend helped keep post-season potential alive, the Blazers pulling to within eight points of a playoff spot with 25 games to play.

Victory for the team’s sake should be the primary goal this weekend, said Hay, but that might not be the case.

“You don’t want to get caught up in the storylines, but at the same time that’s such a big storyline and we want to get it done for him,” said Blazers’ 20-year-old defenceman Joe Gatenby, who has 292 regular-season contests under his belt.

“Don Hay is a legendary name in hockey.

We want to be a part of it.”

If Kamloops can top Portland on Friday, it will give the Blazers a chance to snare history for their coach at Sandman Centre, where he hoisted the Memorial Cup for the third time in 1995.

“I’m a Kamloops boy,” said Hay, who will turn 64 on Feb. 13. “I grew up here, played minor hockey in Kamloops, worked in the fire hall in Kamloops and raised my family here.

“It would be very special to be able to do it at home.”

Game time is 7 p.m. both nights at Sandman Centre.

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Silver at Snowfest

Ryder Litke of the Kamloops Classic Swimming club had strong performances in Kelowna on the weekend.

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The Kamloops Classic Swimming club placed second among 14 teams at the Snowfest Invitational in Kelowna on the weekend.

Kamloops earned 71 medals — 24 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze.

Ryley McRae, swimming in the the 16-and-over boys’ division, won six gold medals, one each in the 50-metre fly, 200m fly, 200m individual medley (IM), 400m IM, 200m free and 800m free.

Ryder Litke, competing in the 11-and-under boys’ division, earned gold in the 50m breaststroke, 500m free, 200m breast and 200m freestyle.

He also won silver in the 50m fly and bronze in the 50m back.

Sienna Angove, swimming in the the 11-and-under girls’ category, won gold in the 100m fly and 200m IM and silver medals in the 100m back, 100m breast, 200m free and 200m back.

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bined for seven top-three finishes in the 12- and 13-year-old boys’ division.

Lucas Heer, 13, set personal bests in all of his swims.

Claire Bagabuyo, 10, had three top-three finishes, along with personal bests in each of her swims.

She won the 50m free, placed second in the 50m back and won bronze in the 50m fly.

Justine Etherington, swimming in the 11-and-under girls’ age group, won silver in the 200m fly and bronze in the 100m fly.

Jacob Heer, competing in the 11-and-under boys’ age group, was fifth in the 200m back and seventh in the 200m breaststroke.

Tristin Kicia was fourth in the 16-and-over 200m Fly and Raine Dixon earned a silver medal in the 16-and-over 100m breast. Both swimmers set personal bests in each of their events.

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When the employee confronted the suspect, the suspect said he had a knife up his sleeve and would use it. The suspect then dropped the merchandise and fled on foot from the store.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, in his 30’s, black hair and a short beard, wearing a camo ball cap, blue jacket and grey hoodie.

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FRAUDULANT USE OF GAS CARD Between the days of January 10-15, 2018 a lone male used a stolen company gas card in Kamloops and Barriere to purchase over $5,000 worth of fuel. The suspect would use two card locks at various different times to fill his truck up.

The suspect was driving a dark grey Ford F350 double cab extended box with a large water tank and spare tires in the back.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, with graying beard, wearing a ball cap, camo jacket, black pants and work boots.

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Head coach Pat Hennelly has his TRU WolfPack inching closer to a place they have not been in more than two years — the U Sports top 10.

TRU earned an honourable mention in the latest rankings after four straight victories, two over Saskatchewan last weekend at the Tournament Capital Centre and two over hometown Regina the weekend prior.

“We all expected to be better in the first half,” Hennelly said. “It took a while for the guys to adjust to me as a coach and live up to the expectations we had.

“There was a lot of fear about last year and being at the bottom of the league. We had to work through that stuff mentally.”

Hennelly took leave from coaching in 2016-2017 to pursue a master’s degree and spend time with family. The WolfPack posted a 2-22 record and finished 12th in the 13-team Canada West conference.

His return and several on-court changes, including moving outside hitter Anton Napolitano to setter, have the WolfPack trending upward.

The defence of Cole Keddie and power of outside hitter Tim Dobbert are also among the reasons TRU is eying a return to the post-season for the first time since 2014-2015.

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Dobbert, second in Canada West in kills (271), third in kills per set (4.04) and third in hitting percentage (.311), was named the conference’s second star after an outstanding weekend against Saskatchewan.

TRU, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are tied for seventh in conference standings with matching 7-11 records. The top eight teams qualify for playoffs.

The Calgary Dinos (10-6) and WolfPack will square off in men’s action at the TCC this weekend.

Match times are 7:45 p.m. on Friday and 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.

“They commit very few errors,” Hennelly said of the Dinos. “They will be the best team we’ve seen so far this semester.”

With six matches remaining, Hennelly said three or four more wins should see the Pack into the post-season.

The WolfPack will play two matches each against UBCO (5-11) and Trinity Western (17-1) to finish the regular season.

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Titans top B.C. rankings Imagine the assembly, a double provincial title banner raising at South Kamloops secondary.

Of course, the Titans’ basketball coaches will do everything in their power to make sure players are focused only on the next game, but the latest provincial rankings suggest it is possible.

The Titans’ senior girls, coached by Del Komarniski, are ranked No. 1 in the AA B.C. Secondary Schools Basketball Association.

South Kam’s senior boys, coached by Tim Unaegbu, are ranked No. 1 in the AAA B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association.

Next up for South Kamoops’ boys is a tournament at Robert Bateman in Abbotsford this weekend. Most of the top AAA teams in B.C. will be in attendance.

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TRU athletes join cause Kamloops Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC) representatives approached TRU WolfPack athletes earlier this year, aiming to get them involved in an awareness program to support survivors of sexualized violence.

The WolfPack are putting their weight behind the cause this weekend, with both the men’s and women’s volleyball teams playing host to the Calgary Dinos in Canada West action at the Tournament Capital Centre.

On Friday, the Canada West teams, both visiting and home, will wear purple shirts during warm-up to raise awareness and the KSAC will have informational booths set up.

The women’s tilt begins at 6 p.m., with the men’s match to follow.

Both WolfPack teams were involved in putting together public service announcements that will be publicized through local media, including KTW. On Saturday, TRU athletes will be championing another initiative, the Bell Let’s Talk mental health campaign.

The women’s match will get underway at 5 p.m., with the men to follow.

TRU’s women are 11th in Canada West standings at 7-11, while Calgary (13-3) is third. The top eight teams in the 13-team conference qualify for the post-season.

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The boys’ AA and AAA B.C. championships will run from March 7 to March 10 at LEC.

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The Whundas’ senior boys are the second-ranked AA team

in B.C., behind only Brentwood College.

Rankings can be found at varsityletters. ca.

The 2018 girls’ provincial AA championship will run from Feb. 28 to March 3 at

Girls looking to try their hand at hockey will be given the chance this winter.

The Kamloops Minor Hockey Association Female First Time Hockey program will run in February and March.

Players ages five to 10 are invited. It costs $50 for six ice times. Hockey gear is required.

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Parker Cameron waits for a bite at the 2015 Family Ice Fishing Day at Walloper Lake. For more information, call Mo Bradley at 778-470-8372.

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The Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association is hosting its annual Family Ice Fishing Day for newcomers to the sport this weekend.

Club fishing co-ordinator Mo Bradley told KTW the event begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday with registration at Walloper Lake.

“We supply the rods, reels, bait, everything,” he said, noting the event is free to attend and includes hot dogs, hamburgers and coffee.

Bradley said the event

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GUELPH, Ont. — Don Cherry doesn’t think European players should be allowed to play in the Canadian Hockey League.

Speaking to the media before Thursday night’s CHL Top Prospects game, Cherry was asked what he thought about Europeans coming to North America to gain experience.

“I’m not happy for that, to be truthful,’’ said Cherry, who is coaching one of the teams for the CHL showcase event. “I’m supposed to say, ‘Here, yes, we’re a wonderful country and accept everybody here.’

“What happens is, if you look at it, there’s a Canadian kid not playing. No matter how you cut the mustard, I said this a long time ago and we have it now in bantam, we have them coming over in bantams, if you can believe it. We have them in minor midget as I go all the time and they’re very rich when they come over and you’re asking me, ‘Do I believe in Europeans playing in (the) Canadian Hockey League?’ No. I don’t.’’

Barrie Colts winger Andrei Svechnikov of Russia and Halifax Mooseheads forward Filip Zadina of the Czech Republic are the top two North

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is aimed at introducing new people to ice fishing.

Beginners will be put in groups and paired with veteran ice anglers.

“It’s a big success,” Bradley said. “There was 400 people last year.”

Walloper Lake is home to rainbow trout. The lake is located 35 kilometres south of Kamloops and can be found by taking Exit 336 on the Coquihalla Highway.

The event runs until 2 p.m.

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Current rules allow CHL clubs to carry two European import players on their rosters each season.

Swiss forward Justin Sigrist is the lone Kamloops Blazers import, with Czech defenceman Ondrej Vala having been traded to Everett earlier this month.

The group Cherry coached on Thursday had six European skaters who all joined the CHL through the import draft.

Sudbury Wolves forward Kirill Nizhnikov, a member of Team Orr, left his hometown of Moskva, Russia as a 14-year-old and played bantam and midget hockey in the Greater Toronto Area before being selected in the first round of the 2016 OHL Priority selection by the Mississauga Steelheads.

Cherry, 83, is considered a builder of the annual CHL Top Prospects game and is coaching in the event for the 17th time.

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TORONTO — Rogers Communications executives say there’s no plan to sell the Toronto Blue Jays team.

Questions about the company’s plans for Canada’s only major league baseball team resurfaced late last year but Rogers executives have consistently said they want to maintain ties with the Jays.

The future of the Jays was raised on the Rogers fourth-quarter conference call.

Chief financial officer Anthony Staffieri said there are no plans to sell the Jays and Rogers management has been consistent on this point.

However, as he has said on previous occasions, Staffieri said that Rogers management would like to find a way for the value of the Blue Jays

important to Rogers.

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Staffieri says he wouldn’t say much more on the topic because anything that Rogers management says would fuel more speculation.

Talk about a possible sale of the Blue Jays — which surfaces from time to time — kicked into high gear last month after Staffieri made similar comments at an investor conference.

Rogers CEO Joe Natale told analysts Thursday that sports broadcasting through Sportsnet, rights to National Hockey League games and opportunities with the Jays are strategically

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Mourinho signs

MANCHESTER, England — Jose Mourinho has extended his contract at Manchester United, tying him to the Premier League club until at least 2020.

United announced the new deal for its manager on Thursday.

Mourinho was hired in 2016 on a three-year deal with the option of an extra 12 months.

In his first year in charge, he won the League Cup and the Europa League.

The Portuguese coach says he is delighted the owners “feel and trust that I am the right manager for this great club for the foreseeable future.’’

Mourinho also has the option to stay for a further year.

— (Canadian Press)

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SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods has played only 23 events on the PGA Tour since his last victory.

He also has gone more than four years without winning.

That shows just how much back problems have sidelined Woods since that victory in the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013 when he was No. 1 in the world. His most recent comeback started on Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open and Woods checks in at No. 647.

There’s a reason for the ranking. This will be only his second PGA Tour event since he tied for 10th at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015, so long ago that Jon Rahm — the No. 2 player in the world — was just starting his senior year at Arizona State.

“I just really haven’t played tournament golf in, well, basically since Wyndham in 2015,’’ Woods said. “It’s been a long time and so I just want some starts, I want to start feeling what it feels like to be out here and hit shots, grind out scores. It’s been a full year that I’ve played on the Tour so I’m really looking forward to it.’’

Different about this comeback is that Woods believes his back has been built — through fusion surgery in April — to last more than three rounds.

The interest is just as high.

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The Farmers Insurance Open has 156 players and 155 of them are sure to be practically ignored for at least two days.

“The more attention you guys have on Tiger, the better for me,’’ said Rahm, the defending champion at Torrey Pines. Coming off a playoff victory last week in the California desert, Rahm can reach No. 1 in the world if he were to win.

The return of Woods dwarfs everything in golf this week, including the LPGA Tour season-opener in the Bahamas and Masters champion Sergio Garcia defending his title in the Dubai Desert Classic.

Woods has tempered his own expectations because he has been away from top competition for so long.

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strong history at Torrey Pines. Woods has won the PGA Tour event seven times — and that doesn’t include his 2008 U.S. Open victory in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate.

The most recent memories haven’t been all that great.

Woods returned to golf at Torrey Pines after a 16-month break because of two back surgeries and didn’t come close to making the 36-hole cut.

The previous time, he withdrew after 11 holes when he said the cold morning fog that led to delays kept his glutes from activating.

The year before that, he made the cut with one shot to spare, but then shot 79 the next day to miss a 54-hole cut.

Woods, however, is more inclined to look forward. This is the

start, and he already has mapped out a schedule.

“I’m just trying to build toward April,’’ he said. “I’m looking forward to playing a full schedule and getting ready for the Masters, and I haven’t done that in a very long time.

That’s usually been my schedule and my outlook . . . to try to get ready for Augusta. And there’s no reason to change that.’’

Rahm picked up his first pro title a year ago with a 50-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole that led to a three-shot victory. He since has won three more times around the world and is on the cusp of reaching No. 1 at age 23.

Woods was even-par through 12 holes as of KTW’s press deadline on Thursday, six shots back of leader Ted Potter Jr.

Lions sign linemen VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions fortified their defensive front on Thursday with the signing of American linemen Tyriq McCord, Terence Waugh and Cedric Reed.

The six-foot-three, 240-pound McCord attended the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ training camp last year. The Florida native spent time with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers in 2016 following his college career at Miami.

Waugh attended the Arizona Cardinals’ training camp last season. The six-foot-one, 26-pound Waugh registered 17 sacks and 90 tackles during his university career at Kent State.

The six-foot-five, 270-pound Reed spent the 2015 season on the Buffalo Bills’ practice roster before attending Miami’s training camp in 2016.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Obituaries & In Memoriam In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory Of

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Beloved daughter of George and Lydia Strecheniuk; dear Mother to Shannon Lee and Natalie; precious sister of Carol (Leif) Larsen, Craig (Joanne) Strecheniuk, Debra (Doug) Johnson and Sharon (Gary) Henderson; adored Grandmother to Kylie (Jarod), Taylor and Ayden and cherished Life Companion to Bernie Bouchie.

Linda spent the majority of her life between Kitimat and Kamloops, BC. The people in Linda’s life knew that she was a wonderful Mother and devoted Grandmother. Linda touched many with her kindness and deep concern for others. She loved to laugh, but not as much as she loved to make others laugh along with her.

Linda will be deeply missed by all remaining in her family.

She is now reunited with her infant brother Ronald (1954), infant daughter Natalie (1975), father George (2002) and brother-in-law Leif (2011).

To honour Linda’s private personality a small service was held at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Kamloops for those closest to her. Donations in Linda’s memory may be made to your local hospice or animal humane society.

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January 25th, 2016 at the age She is survived by herAnnette close was born in St. Paul, Alberta on April 4, 1943. of 83. friend Harry Haugland and Sheher was the second daughter of four siblings. She will dog Willy, as well as He is survived by his loving children Wynn (Miles) ofbe Grand deeply missed by her children Craig andNikula, wife of 59Manary years Aira Prairie and Lyla (George) of Noella Ferguson (Rod), sisters Leona Wilkinson (Dave) daughter Hannele (John), Prince George. Joan is also Kieran, son Matti and Yvonne Mcleanby(John), surviving aunthisJanet lovingly remembered her brother Victor (Mae), onegrandson (Amanda) and grandsons grandchildren Jasonnumerous (Amanda), cousins of the Noel and Fewchuk Henwood and families. step-grandchildren Robert and Jordan and Logan.

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Cordelia Ann Marion Bates Ann was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925 and grew up there. After graduating high school, Ann attended the Winnipeg School of Art for three years under L.L. Fitzgerald. In 1947, Ann and two school mates enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City. After the first year, in order to earn enough money to return to NYC and their studies, Ann and her two friends went to Whitehorse, Yukon to work in the only hotel there based on the recommendation of the brother of one of the girls. Working for a full year and saving every penny, they had enough money to finance a second year in New York. They all returned to Whitehorse in 1949 to work another year to earn their way back to New York for further art studies. It was during this second year in Whitehorse that Ann met Stuart, a young RCMP Constable, and they eventually married in 1952. Ann did not return to art school due to a death in the family. Ann and Stuart remained in the Yukon till 1956 when they were transferred with their two children to Saskatchewan. The RCMP life was essentially a partnership for Ann and Stu. Ann looked after the domestic side of the detachment and acted as radio dispatcher when Stu and his constable were out on patrol. Their partnership in the enterprise of their marriage was always central to their life together.

Stuart, and therefore Ann, retired from the RCMP in 1965 and the family set off on their next adventure and moved west.

It was when the family moved to Kamloops, BC that Ann took up the paintbrush again in earnest. Her favourite subject was what she saw in the outdoors (old

Marie ‘Claire’ Muzzillo It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our dear mother Marie ‘Claire’ Muzzillo on January 23, 2018 at the age of 92. Deeply loved and cherished by her four children Anthony (Evelina) Muzzillo, Maureen (Mark) Weiler, Paul Muzzillo (Rachel) and John Muzzillo, sister-in-law Jean Gagne and brother Art (Maureen) Gagne. Mom will be lovingly remembered by her six grandchildren Matt Muzzillo, Chris (Sarah) Muzzillo, Heather Muzzillo, Alicia (Nathan) Poyzer, Sacha (Patrick) Anderson and Joe Weiler, seven great-grandchildren Madison, Zoe, Isaac, Lucas, Liam, Lachlan and Caelan. Claire has left behind numerous nieces and nephews who also mourn her loss.

She was predeceased by her husband Albert Muzzillo, her mother Pearl and father Art Gagne, her brother Keith Gagne, her sister Lois Gagne, sister-in-law Irene Ulveland and brother-in-law Clancy Ulveland.

Mom was born on January 7, 1926 in Edmonton, Alberta. Her dad Art, was playing professional hockey in the NHL. The family moved to Kamloops in 1929 where Art worked for the CNR. Mom attended St. Ann’s Academy from Grade 1 to her commercial training. During her school years she was an active member of the CYO. After leaving school she worked for the Government and Joyce’s Fashion.

Mom married Dad on September 25, 1948. They were lifetime friends, neighbours on Battle Street and school chums. Family was most important to Mom and as the family grew so did her love for each and every one of us. Special times were at the family cabin at

buildings, flowers, landscapes).

Ann was a member of the Arts and Crafts Club in Kamloops for many years. When she was not painting and looking after the kids, Ann loved to canoe, ski and hike and was an active member of the local outdoor club. The people she met in the Arts and Crafts and outdoor clubs have remained lifelong friends. When Ann and Stu moved up to Clearwater in 2001 to live with their daughter, she found endless subjects to paint in the valleys in and around Clearwater. Ann died suddenly on January 21, 2018.

Ann leaves behind son Wes, daughter Abbey, granddaughter Rae (Mark Galante) and three greatgranddaughters Rose, Susanna and Eliza and two nieces Kathy Merideth and Margie Caparra.

Ann’s wishes are to be cremated and buried with Stu in the Clearwater Cemetery. The family will be having a celebration of life for Ann in the spring or summer.

The family would like to thank the staff at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital for their care and kindness.

Donations in memory of Ann may be made to the Kamloops Art Gallery.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Drake Cremation & Funeral Services in Clearwater, BC 250-674-3030.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at MaryAnn@DrakeCremation.com

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Magna Bay where mom could be found on the beach or in #1. Mom loved her garden and spent many hours nurturing and caring for her flowers. Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with many friends and relatives, it was one of their many highlights in life. Mom and Dad travelled extensively with General Motors and also in retirement. Mom was a Lifetime member of the CWL at Sacred Heart Parish.

Most recently, Mom was in hospital when she returned to Ridgeview she expressed that she was happy to be back “with her people”. We would like to express our eternal thanks to the nurses and care aids over the years that helped to assist our mom with her day to day routines. Their care, compassion, kindness and dedication were exemplary. Thank you Doctor Wynn for your professional care and advice over the years.

Tara Bauer, Mom’s Tuesday companion, we can’t even begin to thank you for lovingly documenting your excursions from magazine perusals to coffee dates.

You are very special to each and every one of us.

‘Mom, where you go we go’ ~ until we meet again God Bless You ~ We love you Prayers will be recited at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Monday, January 29, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Derrick Cameron on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Cathedral. Interment at Hillside Cemetery.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night DYLAN THOMAS Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightening they Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

OH GREAT SPIRIT Oh Great Spirit Whose voice I hear in the wind Whose breath gives life to the world Hear me I come to you as one of your many children I am small and weak I need your strength and your wisdom May I walk in beauty Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset Make my hands respect the things that you have made And my ears sharp to hear your voice Make me wise, So that I may know the things you have taught your children The lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock Make me strong, Not to be superior to my brothers But to be able to fight my greatest enemy — myself Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes So that when life fades, as the fading sunset My spirit will come to you without shame.

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Class 3 Drivers License with air endorsement. e-mail l_ramstad@gangranch.infosathse.com Resumes along with credentials and drivers abstract can be emailed to kootenay@yrb.ca no later than February 16th 2018.

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Be A Role Model, Be A Peace Officer.

We are currently seekingMedical/Dental a Conveyancing legal administrative requiredsolicitor’s starting earlydepartment. assistant to add to ourCDA thriving Career Feb. to cover a maternity Opportunities leave for a family based, modWe have an employment opportunity for a A strong candidate will demonstrate: ern general practice located downtown Kamloops.

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Applicants can tions provided, Sechelt. experience in the areas noted; forward resume to Dr. W. John Resume to Armstrong via email: Experience with personal injury law and dsladey@ telus.net • Previous experiencedrsarmstrongsutherland@shaw.ca in conveyancing; academic qualifications strongly recommended.

604-883-2435 Sladey Timber Part-time position • Familiarity with any of econvey andavailable LTSA; for dental chairside assistant Submit your resume in confidence available starting policies Feb. 15, and procedures; • Solid understanding of law office MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! 2018. CDA preferred but not In-demand career! Employers required.

Willing to provide forhave work-at-home positions accurate, proofread, legal documents with • Ability to produce mal training. Good benefits.

ATTN: OFFICE MANAGER available. Get online training CPR and First Aid certificate you minimal need from supervision; an employerrequired. Knowledge of meditrusted program.

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Email resume to: work-at-home career today! columbiadental300@gmail.com complete them under time constraints; • Excellent interpersonal skills; and • Exceptional computer skills (Word, Outlook, Esilaw), retrieval and distribution of files as well as written or scanned documents.

Join BC Corrections

The successful candidate will enjoy our small but friendly and supportive work environment.

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and cover letter outlining specific details of your work experience and compensation expectations to Candace Cates, Partner via email at ccates@cfoelaw.com.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those invited for an interview will be contacted regarding this position.

No phone calls please.

Actively Hiring

Now!

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

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Thompson Rivers Family Optometry NORTHILLS CENTRE

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).

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) Thompson Rivers Family Optometry 60-700 Tranquille Road, Kamloops

8522245

WE'RE GROWING

Nuleaf produce market is looking for a high energy reliable individual for a full time position as a produce clerk.

This fast paced environment is ideal for a person with retail sales experience and exceptional customer service skills.

We provide a competitive wage, flexible work environment and opportunity for advancement.

If this sounds like a position for you, we'd like to hear from you.

APPLY IN PERSON Attn: Herman Nuleaf Produce Market 740 Fortune Drive, Kamloops BC Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

there’s more online  Be a part of your community paper.

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HUNTER & FIREARMS

Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. March 10th and 11th. Saturday and Sunday.

P.A.L. February 6th & 8th evenings. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

Bill

250-376-7970

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at

250-374-0462

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

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

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HEALTH-FITNESS-BEAUTY Lose Weight Feel Great - Fitness Earn Extra Income Text 778-220-6343

Email - lharpe@telus.net Lyle 778-220-6343

Trades, Technical

School District No. 73 Kamloops/Thompson

Heating/Refrigeration Technician School District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson) is presently seeking a Heating/Refrigeration Technician (the position is temporary until the full return of the incumbent). The successful applicant should possess an Interprovincial Heating/Refrigeration Trades Qualification Certificate, a valid class 5 driver’s license, and have 5 years proven previous work experience. Gas Fitters ‘A’ Ticket, Confined space, Fall Protection and Elevated work Platform training would be an asset. The district will consider applicants in a third or fourth year apprenticeship. Please include a driver’s abstract with your application.

School District #73 is a public school district located in Kamloops, BC. The District has 46 schools and 5 facilities buildings.

ATTENTION HOME BUYERS!

HOME & LOTS AVAILABLE New mortgage rules stressing you out?

Call Eagle Homes today!

CALL TODAY

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Kami Cabs Requires a Full Time Automotive Mechanic. $27/hr. Job Description: Repair and Maintenance of diesel, propane and gasoline vehicles. Must have a minimum of 2 years experience, and have completed secondary and post secondary training.

Apply at satinder.mann@kami cabs.ca or in person at 209 Leigh Rd. Kamloops KML Meat Processors Production Staff. Starting wage $17pr/hr. Bonus Incentives, Health Benefits.

Mon-Fri 7-3:30 or as required. Temporary housing available. Email resume: rmason@kmlbeef.com Phone 250 375-2388 TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAINING (BCCSA/WCB Certified) Kamloops: Feb. 10 & 11 and March 29 & 30 1-866-737-2389 roadsafetytcs.com

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We offer a competitive salary and trade days off.

To apply or for more information, please visit makeafuture.ca/kamloops-thompson to create your profile.

Closing date: Friday, February 2, 2018 @ 4:00 p.m.

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School District No. 73 Kamloops/Thompson

Plumber School District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson) is presently seeking a Plumber (the position is temporary until the full return of the incumbent).

The successful applicant must possess a Red Seal Plumber’s Trades Qualification Certificate, a Gas Ticket, a valid Class 5 Driver’s License and have 5 years proven previous work experience.

Experience with Fire Protection Sprinkler systems, Backflow device testing certification, Cross Connect certification, Fall protection training, Confined space training, Elevated Work platform, and WHMIS would be an asset. Please include a driver’s abstract with your application.

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Fun Part-Time Work Available For Product Samplers

Wanted: Seniors, Retirees, At-Home Moms, Men & Women.

Miss people Contact Us! BC’s largest demo company is hiring Product Samplers for Fri., Sat., Sun. work in 2018.

You Can Work: • 2 days in a row, Fri./Sat. or Sat./Sun. depending on each client job • 11:00a.m. - 6:00p.m. each day • 2 to 4 weekends per month You Have: • Perfect English reading and writing skills • A car & license to carry supplies (a must-have) & are willing to travel to various locations throughout town • Good grooming: no visible tats, studs or beards • Food Safe (must be obtained) You Are: • A reliable mature adult • A go-getter who loves people • Able to work on your own • Good at simple cooking • Able to carry 20lbs. demo booth & supplies (provided) • Able to stand unaided 6-7hrs. • Bondable Training: via DVD at home Pay: $13.50/hr. per hour - going up to $14.50/hr.

Call: JMP Marketing Services 604-294-3424, or toll-free 1-800-991-1989 - press 24

• 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 Offering Competitive Wages & Full BeneďŹ t Package for F/T positions.

Please e-mail resume: dhampton@ surecropfeeds.com

Medical/Dental CDA required starting early Feb. to cover a maternity leave for a family based, modern general practice located downtown Kamloops.

We have a bright office environment primarily focused on crown/bridge and oral surgical procedures. Applicants can forward resume to Dr. W. John Armstrong via email: drsarmstrongsutherland@shaw.ca

Temporary/ PT/Seasonal

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

Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

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

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Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /OfďŹ ce 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 at 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

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.

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

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I Phone 6, 16gb. c/w life proof case. $325/obo.

250-5712563.

PETS For Sale?

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TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING Funding available for those who qualify!

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

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

classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com *some restrictions apply.

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

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

GERMAN Black Forest Grandfather Clock. Beautiful Condition, hand engraved & hand painted pendulum.

Three chimes, The Westminster, The Whittington & The St.Michael. $4,500/obo.

Call Tammy 250-572-5842.

Heavy Duty Machinery

Call our Classified Department for details!

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

*some restrictions apply

Misc. for Sale

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

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

Stock up now. Campfire wood.

(250) 377-3457.

8ft Antique Couch $900.

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

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

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

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 Snow Blower 8hp Sears brand $500obo (250) 577-3120 MISC4Sale: Oak Table Chairs-$400, 1-Standard 8ft truck canopy $300. Call 250851-1115 after 6pm or leave msg.

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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

CERTIFIED ICBC AIR BRAKE COURSE February 3-4, 2018

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

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

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

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Call 250.828.5104 or visit tru.ca/trades

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Position is open until a suitable candidate is found.

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

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Suites, Lower Beautiful 1bdrm, sep ent on S. T. River. N/S/P/P. $895. large living space 15miles east of Kamloops Mature Person, must have vehicle 250-5735498.

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Avail immed. 250-573-4745.

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N/S. Pet friendly, fenced yard. $1600/mo. 250-377-6888.

Homes for Rent Downtown Main Floor 3bdrms. $1100. Available Feb 1st 374-5586/371-0206.

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Antiques / Vintage

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554-6877/250-377-1020.

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Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

Scrap Car Removal

1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop.

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

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

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Sport Utility Vehicle

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

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

Cars - Domestic

1985 Dodge Ram Charger.

Very good condition. $5,000/OBO 250-579-5551 2006 Equinox. 168,000kms.

Auto, 6cyl.

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

Trucks & Vans 1994 F150 Lariat 5L 5spd 4wd ext cab Flat deck. $2000/obo 250-376-7129/250-319-0046

1999 AUDI A6 All Wheel Drive Well maintained $4500obo 250-819-2532 Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $5,500.00/obo 250-554-0580

Cars - Domestic 1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

Recreational/Sale

Grt loc, 2bdrms, sep entr. patio, nice yard. Ref’s. No Pets. $925/mo. 250-376-0633

2bdrm 2bth upper duplex Lafarge $750, ac, n/p, n/s mature couple pref Avail Jan 1st. 250573-2529.

Merchandise for Sale

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1BDRM Sep. Entr. Shared Lndry. N/S N/P $900/mo+DD+ ref’s, util. incl. Brock 554-2228

Townhouses

Merchandise for Sale

520 Battle Street

Suites, Lower

Duplex / 4 Plex

250-319-2542

• 1 bedroom apartment $940 - $960/mo. • Updated, Spacious Suites • Convenient Downtown Location • Quiet Living Space • Common Laundry, Storage • No Smoking, No Pets • Adult/Seniors oriented • Available Immediately

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

242,000km no drips. Show car quality.

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

Self contained suite inclds util. w/d, n/s, n/p. $575/mo. dd. ref. Feb. 1st. 236-421-1206

**BOOK NOW FOR BEST WEEKS IN 2018** Shuswap Lake! 5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek BC. REST & RELAX ON THIS PRIVATE CORNER LOT. Newer 1bdrm, 1-bath park model sleeps 4 . Tastefully decorated guest cabin for 2 more. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Provincial park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor store & Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. Only $1,300 week. BOOK NOW! Rental options available for 3 & 4 day, 1 week, 2 week & monthly.

Call for more information.

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Merchandise for Sale

Place your classified ad in over 71 Papers across BC.

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

RUN UNTIL SOLD ONLY $35.00(plus Tax) (250)371-4949 *some restrictions apply call for details

1996 Chevrolet C/K 2500 HD 3/4 ton Truck.

Good condition. $9,900.

250-374-1988 1996 GMC Suburban 4x4 good shape runs great $3800obo Call (250) 571-2107

Utility Trailers Heavy Duty Trailer 5’8� inside 14’ long. 2x8 stud axles, elec brakes, ramps. $3000/obo.

250-577-3120.

Motorcycles

Boats

2003 Harley Davidson 100th Ann. Edition Fat Boy CID 95 Stage 3 exc cond 17,000km $13,000/obo. (250) 318-2030

14ft aluminum boat w/trailer and new 9.9HP Merc O/B w/asst equip $4000.

(250) 523-6251

FRIDAY, January 26, 2018

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All Remaining 2017 Models at Cost!

2018 Kia Stinger

2018 KIA SPORTAGE LX FWD

365 HP- 3.3L Twin-Turbo-Charged All-Wheel Drive!

ONLY

$24,997

JUST ARRIVE D!

* Includes $1500 Dealer Credit

$172/BW SX MODEL SHOWN

*Price and payment do not include applicable sales tax, payment based on 84 months at 5.24% oac, includes dealer documentation of $499 and finance placement of $567, total paid $31,222.10.

KIA MOTORS

#880-8th Street,Kamloops, B.C.

K A M L O O P S

kamloopskia.com

250.434.1394

DEALER #30964

2010 Ford Ranger Sport

T7 134B

40,156 kms

$

12,620

2014 Nissan Pathfinder SL AWD

N8092A

106,961 kms

$

24,089

2016 Chevrolet Malibu Limited LT

9K723

86,868 kms

12,173

$

$

18,215

2016 Chevrolet Traverse LS

9K7 16

2011 Dodge Caravan SXT

9K692A

35,108 kms

52, 796 kms

96,203 kms

25,935

$

9K722

22,766

$

131,074 kms

T8120A

200,661 kms

20,540

$

2011 Chevrolet Malibu LT Platinum

10,957

$

2013 Ford Edge Limted AWD

2009 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport

2011 Kia Soul 4U

S8014A

Gordon Nuttall Sales Manager

9K673A

75,223 kms

10,989

$

Judge Gyger Finance Manager

Justin Sommerfeldt Product Advisor

Richard Minaker Product Advisor

2014 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

9K7 19

52,002 kms

16,500

$

2012 Hyundai Veracruz GL AWD

H8053A

114,121 kms

14,571

$

2016 Kia Forte LX+

9K721

163,569 kms

8,995

$

50,266 kms

14,534

$

2016 Dodge Journey R/T

9K7 12

2005 Lincoln Aviator AWD

X7 746A

Chantele McPhee Product Advisor

60,567 kms

23,713

$

2015 Chrysler 200 C

9K7 10

70,892 kms

18,575

$

*Sale prices include dealer administration, exclude applicable taxes and lender fees.

DEALER #30964

KIA MOTORS

#880-8th Street,Kamloops, B.C.

K A M L O O P S

kamloopskia.com

250.434.1394

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FRIDAY, January 26, 2018

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USED CARS TO BE SOLD AT 77. $

00 & UP

PAID ADVERTISEMENT

should find these prices as low as auction finance representatives who will help buyers arrange low-cost financing, as prices in many cases.” well as ICBC representatives who will Here, every used car and truck is on be providing plates and insurance on sale. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE site.

AND NO BIDDING. It’s the perfect We’ve got over $1.5 million in used opportunity to get a good quality inventory to choose from. Our total used car at the lowest price possible, inventory will be over 125 cars and including cars for only $77. All cars and trucks will be on display at 2525 trucks. We want to remind everybody Paul Johnson, General Manager that this is a one-day sale only. When East Trans Canada Highway, BC under for Kamloops Dodge Jeep has just our inventory has been reduced, we will the big Canadian Flags at 8:00 a.m. on announced plans to hold a used car and remove the sale prices and return to Saturday, January 27, 2018. truck event with used cars and trucks normal operations. Since we are a local All vehicles will be opened so that starting at $77 and up this Saturday, business, we would like to give back buyers may inspect the vehicles before January 27, 2018. According to Mr. to the community,” Johnson said. We Johnson, sales from the last few months the sale begins at 9:30 a.m. Whomever would rather allow local people to buy is sitting behind the wheel at 9:30 a.m. have resulted in an extra amount of used these vehicles than wholesale them at an when the prices are SLASHED on the cars, trucks and lease returns. “In the last auction.” Any questions can be directed windshield will be given first opportunity few months we have increased sales at a to 250-374-4477. to purchase the vehicle at the SLASHED tremendous rate. Now we need to reduce sale price. This innovative approach to Kamloops Dodge Jeep opens at 8:00 the number of cars and trucks in our a.m. on Saturday, January 27, 2018, used car inventory. During this $77 sale selling used vehicles will make it easy every used car and truck will be sold for and quick for anybody in the market for and the sale starts at 9:30 a.m. SHARP! Buyers must be 18 or older with valid hundreds to thousands below the original a good used car or truck at a very low price with no hassle. “We have three driver’s license. price.” Johnson said, “Our customers A leading automobile dealer located in Kamloops is overstocked with used car inventory and will be selling used cars and trucks for as low as $77 and up this Saturday, January 27, 2018. Rain, Snow or Shine! Kamloops Dodge founded this sales event and has had tremendous success with it over the years. This year promises to be the biggest yet!

LOOK FOR US UNDER THE CANADIAN ON THE KAMLOOPS AUTOMALL

FLAG

2525 E. TRANS CANADA HWY, KAMLOOPS, BC DL#C3287

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