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OCTOBER 3, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 79
WEDNESDAY
CANDIDATE
Q&As
TODAY’S WEATHER
Sunshine and clouds High 10 C Low 3 C
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The second in a four-part series of queries KTW has posed to those running for mayor, city councillor and school trustee
NEWS/A12-A13
OUT OF AFRICA Darlington Murasiranwa and his family have endured a journey few others can imagine. Marty Hastings has the remarkable story on Page A25
CUP QUEST CONCLUDES It’s decision day as the 2020 Memorial Cup tournament will be awarded to either Kamloops, Kelowna or Lethbridge GO ONLINE TO KAMLOOPSTHISWEEK.COM AND CLICK ON THE SPORTS TAB FOR THE DECISION
Under USMCA, B.C. wine loses its exclusivity MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
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Kamloops Rugby Club speed demon Darsha Thilakarathne fielded this chip kick and ran in for a try against Langley at Exhibition Park on Saturday. Langley bested Kamloops 50-31 in men’s second-division play and Capilano downed the Raiders 100-12 in women’s action. The Kamloops women are a first-division team, while Capilano fielded a premier-division side on Saturday. For more sports coverage, turn to page A25.
Gourlay suing over prison assault TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
The Kamloops man who killed a teenager in a hit-and-run crash in 2016 is suing two prisoners and two corrections officers relating to a pair of jailhouse beatings he sustained following his arrest last year. Jason Gourlay was sentenced earlier
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this year to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of leaving the scene of an accident and obstructing justice stemming from the Nov. 6, 2016, death of Jennifer Gatey. Gatey was one day short of her 17th birthday when she was killed. Court heard she was sitting on the curb at a bus stop, beneath a street light, when she was struck
and killed by Gourlay’s Jeep. The incident took place on Pacific Way behind Gatey’s family home. Gourlay, 43, filed suit in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday detailing two incidents in which he claims to have been assaulted while in pre-trial custody.
As the impact of a renegotiated trade pact between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico begins to sink in, Kamloops politicians and business representatives say they are relieved to see a deal in place — while wine shoppers in grocery stores will soon see an expanded selection from outside of B.C. Replacing the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) was reached late Sunday night amid 11th-hour negotiations ahead of the Americanimposed Oct. 1 deadline. While admitting there is still much information to review, both Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo (Conservative) MP Cathy McLeod and Kamloops Chamber of Commerce president Joshua Knaak said it’s important an agreement is in place. “We needed a deal with our biggest trading partner,” McLeod said. The negotiations, however, were all about making concessions to U.S. President Donald Trump, with essentially no gains for Canada, McLeod told KTW. Knaak echoed that sentiment. “I think the prospect of a trade war, the uncertainty, is pretty frightening in the business sense,” Knaak said. “Do we have something that was better than what we had before? It doesn’t sound like it. It doesn’t sound like we had to give up much, but we didn’t gain anything out of it.” Under the USMCA, Canada has preserved holdovers from NAFTA such as the dispute-resolution provision Chapter 19, which allows for independent panels to resolve disputes involving companies and governments.
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See DAIRY INDUSTRY, A24
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