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DECEMBER 14, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 100

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LIGHT THEM UP! Wildlights begins on Friday night at the B.C. Wildlife Park. We have all the details

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GUILTY VERDICT IN TRIAL Jury wasted little time in convicting Stephen Fraser of seconddegree murder

Danielle’s Silver & Gold was open the day after the robbery, with tarps covering the jewelry cases targeted by the raiders.

At left is an image of the men, taken from Sahali Mall security cameras.

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DID YOU KNOW? In Dufferin, Mellors Place is named for coachman-turned-rancher James Mellors, who settled south of Kamloops in 1865.

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TODAY’S FLYERS Bed, Bath & Beyond, Bianca Amor, Downtown Christmas, YMCA, The Source*, Shoppers*, Nature’s Fare*, Michaels*, Home Hardware*, Highland Valley Foods*, Gord’s Whirlpool*,

Charities being supported this year include the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Out of the Cold shelter, The Mustard Seed New Life Community, Kamloops Brain Injury Association and Boys and Girls Club’s Falcon Program.

To donate, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com/ cheer.

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW Thirteen-year-old Wesley Mah (left), sisters Christina, 9, and Vanessa, 11, dropped by the Dalhousie Drive office of Kamloops This Week to play Christmas music and donate to the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund. The Mah family has used its musical talents to help the city’s less fortunate. The three children have been playing together for more than five years and their appearance at KTW is an annual Cheer tradition.

HELP KTW SPREAD THE CHEER TODD SULLIVAN

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Time is running out to donate to the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

If you want to support this great annual fundraising effort that helps five local non-profit organizations in Kamloops, you have until the end of December to do so.

I’m not going to try to tell you that it’s the best or most important fundraiser because there are so many worthy groups out there that need financial support at this time of year.

What I will say is that the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund is the one currently the closest to my heart.

I started working at Kamloops This Week at the beginning of October.

In the chaos of my on-boarding and learning the ins and outs of this newspaper, covering the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund was one of the first assignments to land on my desk.

For the past two months, I’ve been immersed in it.

I’ve had a chance to talk to representatives of all the non-profits that will be receiving KTW Christmas Cheer Fund money this year — the Kamloops Brain Injury Association, the Y Women’s Shelter, Out of the Cold shelter, the Boys and Girls Club’s Falcon Program and The Mustard Seed New Life Community.

I’ve also had a chance to speak with many of the people who have been working so hard during the last few weeks to help raise funds for the cause.

Those are people like Jim Doan, sensei at the Western Karate Academy, whose students’ annual fundraising kickathon has raised more than $100,000 for the Cheer Fund since 2002.

There is Denver McKinlay, a karate student who pounded the pavement, going door to door to raise $2,000 on his own.

There are companies like Investors Group Wealth Management that have been giving to the cause for many years, including this one.

And, of course, there are the indi-

vidual donors, named and anonymous, donating $10 or $500.

It’s all valuable — literally every penny counts — and it all goes to sa quintet of local groups that really need the money.

One point that came up often as I spoke with the representatives of the different organizations is just how hard it can be for them to simply keep the lights on.

Money is tight for these non-profits and they would much rather be spending their time focused on their volunteer work than on fundraising to pay the bills.

With that in mind, and with the spirit of giving in full force as we approach Christmas, let’s see if we can make one more big push in donations to the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

It’s well worth it.

If you would like to donate, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com/ cheer or drop by our office at 1365B Dalhousie Dr. in Southgate.

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CITYpage Council Calendar December 17, 2018 3:30 pm - Junior Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West December 18, 2018 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West January 8, 2019 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West January 10, 2019 Council Strategic Planning January 11, 2019 Council Strategic Planning

Holiday Transit Service Visit BCTransit.com/Kamloops for the full holiday schedule and to access NextRide, a real-time transit tracker.

December 24 - regular weekday service December 25 - no service December 26 - Sunday service December 27–30 - regular service December 31 - extended weekday service January 1- Sunday service January 2 - regular weekday service

Notice to Motorists BC Hydro began road work along Hillside Drive from Summit Drive to Bunker Road on December 3.

Periodic lane closures will be in affect. Questions can be directed to jennifer.walker-larsen@bchydro.com or 250-814-6645.

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• Check reviews of the company before making any big purchases online.

• Make sure there is a padlock icon in the upper right hand corner of any page that is asking for personal or credit card information.

• If you aren't going to be home to receive your package, request that it be sent to a pick-up location to prevent people from taking items left on your doorstep.

• Most delivery companies provide a tracking number and/or can give you text or email updates on your package's delivery status. This allows you to retrieve your package from your doorstep quickly.

CANDLE SAFETY Candles are pretty to look at, but they can cause of home fires—and home fire deaths. Remember, a candle is an open flame, which means that it can easily ignite anything that can burn.

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SAFE & EFFICIENT WOOD BURNING Wood burns most efficiently when the moisture content is between 10% and 20%. Burning wet wood reduces the fire’s temperature, which results in a smoky fire and creosote buildup. Inexpensive moisture meters are available at most hardware stores.

• Blow out all candles when you leave the room or go to bed.

• Avoid the use of candles in the bedroom and other areas where people may fall asleep.

• Keep candles at least 12 in. (30 cm) away from anything that can burn.

• Have flashlights and battery-powered lighting ready to use during a power outage. Never use candles.

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myKamloops App With myKamloops, it's quick and easy to report issues, send a photo of a problem, and submit service requests to the City. You can also use the app to: • search for park and trail maps • stay connected with City news on Twitter and Facebook • check local traffic on our webcams • search our cemeteries to locate a grave site With the myNeighbourhood feature, you can find basic information on developments in your neighbourhood. Visit Kamloops.ca/myKamloops for details.

On first-priority public properties that are maintained by City crews, snow and ice control is performed between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm whenever snow accumulation exceeds 2.5 cm (1”) or when ice conditions are observed or reported on walkways, entranceways, stairs, and fire exits. Municipal parking lots are cleared when snow accumulation exceeds 7.6 cm (3”). For more information, visit Kamloops.ca/SnowClearing.

• If the moisture level in your wood is less than 20%, it is ready to burn.

• If the moisture level in your wood is more than 20%, it isn't ready to burn.

Wood isn't ready yet?

Season your wood: split, stack, cover, and store the wood for 6–12 months.

Learn more about safe and efficient wood burning at Kamloops.ca/WoodBurning.

Pedestrian Safety With the weather changes and decreased daylight hours, follow these simple safety tips to stay safe when walking: Look - make eye contact with drivers before crossing the road

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

Consider a Career With Us Join our team of over 700 employees, who work in a variety of fulfilling and challenging careers. Visit Kamloops.ca/Jobs.

All major ON-STREET parking in Downtown Kamloops will be free of charge every Saturday (and Sunday) until December 30, 2018.

In light of the holiday season, this is our gift to you! Of course, this is in addition to Sundays, which are always free.

The regular 3-hour time limit will be enforced.

Please note: On-street parking stalls are reserved for customers, not downtown employees.

Give Wellness Give Less Garbage This Holiday Season The City’s Winter Activity Guide has great gift ideas that will give your loved ones a chance to learn new skills. There are also many local businesses that provide services to hone your skills in cooking, the arts, music, sports, and more. Give experiences, and cut down on waste!

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW Smashed cases at Danielle’s Silver and Gold in Sahali Mall remained covered on Wednesday following Tuesday’s robbery.

Two men with their faces covered walked into the store at about 5 p.m., smashed glass display cases with a wrench and ratchet and stole chains and rings.

Sahali Mall store heist nets robbers $15,000 in jewelry MICHAEL POTESTIO

STAFF REPORTER

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A pair of robbers made off with $15,000 worth of gold chains and rings in a brazen heist at a Sahali Mall jewelry store on Tuesday night.

Kamloops Mounties are now on the hunt for two men who robbed Danielle’s Silver & Gold, smashing glass display cases using a wrench and ratchet.

Store owner Rick Niles told KTW it was close to 5 p.m. when the robbery occurred.

He said he and wife Nikki were sitting in a back room during a lull in business when two men with masks on their faces walked in and began smashing open the cases.

“We started screaming,” Niles said. “They keep smashing, grabbing.”

The couple continued screaming in an attempt to scare off the robbers, with Niles getting within a couple feet of the men, who didn’t budge until his wife threw a jeweller’s tool at them.

The masked bandits as they walked in Sahali Mall.

“The one guy ducked and they took off,” Niles said, noting the entire incident seemed to occur within a minute.

Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the two robbers left the mall via the east exit, near the Fox n Hounds Pub, and were seen going toward Sahali Terrace on foot.

One suspect was wearing a light grey or white hoodie with the hood up, dark grey pants, white runners, a white bala-

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clava with black markings and white gloves with black on the knuckles. He was carrying a green recycling bag.

The second suspect was wearing a white parka-type jacket with a fur-lined hood.

The hood was up and his face was covered. He was carrying a pack.

Niles said there were still quite a few people in the mall at the time of the robbery and the loud smashing of the glass cases drew onlookers.

Niles said the bandits didn’t make off with as much as he initially feared.

“They smashed four cases, but really only got into two,” he said. “At a jewelry store, you can lose $100,000 in the blink of an eye.”

Niles said his store has been broken into overnight in the past, but he has never experienced a robbery like that which occurred on Tuesday.

“It was freaky,” he said.

Anybody with information on the robbery is asked to contact the Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

The 21st annual Fulton & Company Cup kicks off one week from today and we are looking forward to this showcase of our local high school basketball talent and some exciting match-ups.

Games start 2:00 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at the Tournament Capital Centre with the finals on Friday, Dec. 21 (sr. girls at 7:30 pm; sr. boys at 5:45 pm; jr girls at 4:30 pm; jr boys at 4:15 pm), followed by the presentation of our bursaries to the AllStar's and MVP's.

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Fraser found guilty of murder No end to OD crisis in Canada MICHAEL POTESTIO

STAFF REPORTER

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Relief overcame the sisters of a slain Kamloops man after a jury returned its verdict in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday.

Stephen George Fraser, 58, was found guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the Feb. 11, 2017, death of 26-year-old Cody Foster.

Fraser stabbed Foster to death while visiting him at his home in a Dallas trailer park. Foster sustained multiple stab wounds and lacerations to his face and neck, as well as a broken jaw, nose and skull.

Foster’s sisters breathed sighs of relief

Twenty-six-year-old Cody Foster was killed on Feb. 11, 2017, in his home in the Kamloops RV Park.

in court.

Hearing the verdict brought solace in knowing the man responsible for their brother’s death wouldn’t be getting away with the crime, Dana Foster told KTW. “There’s no justice for it, but it’s a little bit at least,” she said.

“I don’t have words for it,” an emotional Nikki Foster said, cupping her hand to her mouth. “This will never be over for us.”

Fraser, dressed in a blazer and wearing his hair in a ponytail, was motionless as the verdict was read aloud in court.

Second-degree murder comes with a mandatory life sentence, with parole eligibility between 10 and 25 years, but the jury made no recommendation on the length of time Fraser will serve behind bars before being eligible for parole.

Justice Len Marchand will make that determination. A hearing to fix a date for sentencing is scheduled

for Jan. 7.

During the trial, Fraser took the stand and described killing Foster in self-defence, claiming Foster told Fraser he had to kill him and was a member of the Independent Soldiers gang.

The trial spanned about a week, with closing arguments being heard on Tuesday and the jury beginning deliberations on Wednesday afternoon.

The jury returned a verdict just before noon on Thursday, tasked with considering the partial defence of provocation, which could have found Fraser guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The Foster sisters described their brother as a loving, unselfish man who could make anyone smile.

Fraser was represented by defence lawyer Jay Michi, while Alex Janse and Camille Cook prosecuted the case.

Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to read stories from the trial.

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Three years after fentanyl started killing people en masse across the country, the numbers continue to tell a tragic tale.

Forty-four people in Kamloops died from illicit drug overdoses in 2016; 38 died in 2017 and 32 died through the end of this past September.

Before the opioid epidemic, Kamloops recorded between two and 10 such deaths per year.

“So, we’ve gone up really high,” Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Karin Goodison said. “The trend has been the rapid rise of the appearance of fentanyl in the drug supply, a poison has been added to the drug supply and is killing people.”

Data from the Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses states that more than 9,000 Canadians have died during the opioid crisis, with data covering January 2016 through June 2018.

Of deaths reported in the first half of this year, 94 per cent were accidental and nearly three-quarters of those involved fentanyl-related substances.

The Canadian Institute for Health further shows opioid hospitalization rates last year were 2.5 times higher in communities with a population between 50,000 and 100,0000, including Kamloops, compared to larger cities.

Last year, 17 people were hospitalized across the country every day due to

opioid use.

On a per capita basis, Kamloops ranks fourth in B.C. and fifth in Canada in opioid-related hospital visits.

Goodison said B.C. is one of the most impacted provinces and statistics from the BC Coroners Service show 1,143 people died from illicit drug overdose between January and September of this year. The numbers are “stabilizing at an unacceptable rate,” she said, and account for more deaths than homicide, motor-vehicle accidents and suicide combined.

“It’s a tragedy,” Goodison said.

Policing can only go so far, she said, being that fentanyl is difficult to track.

Goodison said prevention is key, including offering safe choices, curbing stigma and providing treatment, counselling and support.

One challenge surrounding opioid addiction is that it changes the brain.

The body craves opioids and also quickly loses tolerance, meaning relapse can be deadly.

Kamloops resident Darren Robinson died in November from a fentanyl overdose during recovery. His mother, Karen Juergens, labelled as “murder” the sale of drugs laced with fentanyl to the vulnerable.

“I wish it would happen to their families, put it in reverse and let them suffer through what the families go through, losing their kids, their children, aunts, uncles sisters,” she said.

“I wish we could reverse it and let them suffer.”

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2019 BUSINESS LICENCE RENEWAL DAVE EAGLES/KTW Franco Annicchiarico, owner of Franco’s Auto Service Ltd. is fed up with gas thieves drilling holes in his client’s vehicles, which are parked overnight on the street outside his Lorne Street auto business.

Thieves fuelling Franco’s anger

AUTO SHOP OWNER SAYS FUEL LOOTERS COULD SPARK EXPLOSION TIM PETRUK

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A longtime Kamloops business owner is hoping his downtown auto shop doesn’t become the scene of an explosion following a string of fuel thefts in which thieves used drills to get into gas tanks.

“When they drill, they are stupid,” Franco Annicchiarico, owner of Franco’s Auto Service, told KTW. “They could blow themselves up.

The sparks from the drill, it’s like a time bomb.”

Annicchiarico said the thefts have been happening for more than a month.

According to Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, police were first called on

Nov. 19 and investigators arrived to find two vehicles with holes drilled in their gas tanks.

“No evidence was left at the scene for forensic identification services. There is no surveillance in the area,” she said.

“Patrols were made in the area in attempts to locate gas cans, drills or other evidence, but nothing was found.”

Annicchiarico believes a nearby broken streetlight is at least partially to blame, giving criminals added cover.

He said he called the City of Kamloops and BC Hydro and has had no luck in determining who is responsible for fixing it.

He said the city referred him to BC Hydro and BC Hydro sent him back to the city.

According to Annicchiarico, it takes an additional two or three hours of work to replace a damaged gas tank, which he said is hurting his Lorne Street shop’s bottom line.

He said he is also paying the insurance deductible for the owners of the cars hit by thieves because he doesn’t believe they should be held responsible and he doesn’t want it to hurt business.

“This is the biggest problem I have here right now,” he said.

“What I’m really concerned about is I don’t want the person to kill himself.

Because when you drill, it makes sparks right at the gas tank.”

Anybody with information on the thefts is asked to contact the Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.

B.C. Liberals call for outside audit TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS tfletcher@blackpress.ca

B.C. legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas has questioned financial reports signed off

by Auditor General Carol Bellringer, leaving her unable to audit her own work, opposition MLAs say.

Plecas has promised a “forensic audit” of the books of the B.C. legislature, but hasn’t shared his reasons for doing so, B.C. Liberal house leader Mary Polak said in a memo tabled at the legislature management committee meeting on Wednesday.

“In order to re-establish public confidence in our legislature, this forensic audit must be undertaken immediately and with

great care, and with guidance from the Auditor General,” the memo states.

“However, we must bear in mind that the statements from the Speaker call into doubt previous audits conducted by the Auditor General herself, putting her into a most difficult position, as she cannot conduct a forensic audit on her own work.”

Plecas arranged for the suspension of Clerk of the House Craig James and Sergeant at Arms Gary Lenz on Nov. 20, citing unspecified suspicions about the operation of the legislature’s $70 million operating budget.

Chairing a meeting of the legislature’s finance and audit committee meeting on Wednesday, Plecas said MLAs should deal

with the budget first, arguing his suspicions about finance operations can be discussed at a meeting of the full management committee in January.

Polak said Plecas’ allegations reflect on the operations of the legislature, countering that passing a budget without discussing them does not make sense.

“We can’t go on pretending that the chair of this committee hasn’t made allegations of financial wrongdoing,” Polak said.

The B.C. NDP and B.C. Green majority voted down a series of B.C. Liberal motions to delay the process, including seeking a briefing from independent prosecutors appointed to examine the situation.

The City of Kamloops 2019 Business Licence renewals have been mailed.

Payments are due by January 1, 2019.

Payments are recommended to be paid online using your MyCity account, by online banking services, mail, or in person at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2.

Business Licence accounts outstanding after January 15, 2019, will have a $25 late payment charge added to the balance owing.

If you have not received your renewal notice, or if there has been a change to your business, please contact the Business Licence Office prior to submitting the 2019 payment.

Business Licence Office 105 Seymour Street 250-828-3481

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2019 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LICENCE PLATE RENEWAL Owners and operators of commercial vehicles are reminded that before a vehicle is used or operated on any highway within the municipality, the vehicle requires a Commercial Vehicle Licence Plate (decal) be displayed, pursuant to City of Kamloops Licensing of Commercial Vehicles Bylaw No. 33-5. As of January 1, 2019, the 2019 plates (yellow-coloured decals) are required to be displayed. The 2019 plate is valid throughout all participating municipalities in BC. Commercial Vehicle Licence Plates range from $25 to $40 per vehicle annually and are based on vehicle weight. They can be purchased at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, and Bylaw Services Centre at 1303 Mission Flats Road, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, on presentation of a validated certificate of insurance.

The decal must be displayed on the lower right-hand corner of the vehicle’s windshield.

For additional information, phone 250-828-3481

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Kamloops This Week is a politically independent newspaper, published Wednesdays and Fridays at 1365-B Dalhousie Dr., Kamloops, B.C., V2C 5P6 Phone: 250-374-7467 | Fax: 250-374-1033 email: editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

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QUESTION, BUT DO NOT DISCRIMINATE

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here may be a fine line between deciding whether an issue is a news story or a quirky sideshow.

But the line separating honest questions about government policy and blatant xenophobia is as broad and visible as a comet shooting across the sky.

Last week, a press release announced a series of rallies across Canada, organized by opponents of the Global Compact on Migration.

The compact is a non-binding agreement, signed by Canada and 163 other countries and facilitated by the United Nations.

Essentially, the document is an agreement between those nations to find a way to deal with migration in a safe and orderly manner.

According to the UN, there are about 260-million migrants in the world today, people living outside their home countries for various reasons.

Opponents of the agreement claim it removes Canada’s sovereignty and gives the UN the power to tell Ottawa how to deal with migrants wishing to enter the country.

The agreement does no such thing.

What it proposes to do is find a way for the signatory countries to better place migrants and, in doing so, finding a way to improve the lives of these displaced people.

Yes, the agreement should be questioned (article 17, which calls for a commitment to eliminate discrimination towards migrants, should be debated as it seems to rub dangerously close to infringing on freedom of speech and the free press), but that questioning should not include thinly veiled racist language, as was the case after KTW published a story about a handful of protesters staging a small rally just east of the city.

The comments from some participants, and from some who posted their thoughts online, were weighted more toward xenophobia than toward rational debate.

Opposing any government policy is a right afforded under democracy. Spewing hatred and false information, however, does nothing to bolster one’s argument.

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hen two masked men stormed into Danielle’s Silver and Gold in Sahali Mall on Tuesday and began smashing the display cases with a wrench and ratchet, you can bet owner Rick Niles and wife Nikki were terrified.

“We started screaming,” Niles said. “They keep smashing, grabbing.”

Hearing about the robbery rocketed me back 24 years, to a crime I covered as a fledgling reporter, a jewelry heist that had a much more lethal outcome.

Interestingly, that armed robbery in Mission on Dec. 1, 1994, has a belated Kamloops connection in that one of the two bandits, now living here, caught a break in court three years ago after being caught driving while prohibited.

On that winter day in the year grunge ruled, the Kamloops Blazers won the Memorial Cup and O.J. Simpson took the world on a slow-motion chase down an L.A. freeway, two men walked into Gold ’N Things jewelry store in Mission and forever changed the lives of two families and all who knew them.

Ronnie James Woods and Ian Mooring were no strangers to crime and were looking for a quick score.

They entered the store in the Mission Oaks Mall and, in quick succession, owners Roger Kimberley and Pierre Choquette were gunned down.

Kimberley was killed and Choquette lost an arm.

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MUSINGS The two proprietors did not resist during the robbery. They did not try to fight the robbers.

They happened to just be there as Woods and Mooring decided time was of the essence and used a shotgun as part of the heist.

The tragedy was, of course, major news, and contacting those connected to the victims was a challenging and emotionally difficult job.

The violence and carnage of that robbery has stayed with me as I went on to cover many other crime stories, some more gruesome than others.

Always in the back of my mind when reporting on, or reading of, a robbery of a business is that horrible heist in Mission back in 1994.

A man lost his life. His business partner lost his arm.

And the trauma from that incident continues to follow the survivor and the families and friends of both men.

That people can be so callous, so indiscriminate in decid-

ing to end a life in the pursuit of money is always shocking.

That is never seems to end is depressing.

Less than a decade after the robbery and murder, one of the culprits, Woods, begged for his parole eligibility to be shortened because he as dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Showing compassion toward him that Woods could not extend toward Kimberley and Choquette, the B.C. Court of Appeal in 2003 decided to allow Woods to apply for parole after nine years in prison, as opposed to the minimum 15 years that was part of his original sentence.

I lost track of Woods after that and presume he succumbed to his disease.

His partner in crime on Dec. 1, 1994, Mooring, surprisingly appeared in the pages of Kamloops This Week in 2015.

On parole for life, Mooring was stopped in a road block and lost his licence for 90 days.

Because of his parole status, he spent a month in prison.

He was then caught driving within that 90-day span and again spent 30 days in jail.

The shattering of the glass in Danielle’s Silver and Gold in no way compares to the shotgun explosion heard in Mission nearly a quarter-century ago, but both illustrate how the utter disregard for fellow human beings remains a blight with which we must always deal. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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A selection of comments on KTW stories, culled online

Editor: I am sending thanks to my family, friends and the wonderful staff on the sixth floor (surgical ward south) at Royal Inland Hospital.

On Oct. 5, I underwent a successful surgery, having a cancerous tumour removed. I stayed in the hospital for one week.

During my stay, I had some difficulties dealing with the healing process and was given awesome help from the ward nurses to make sure I was comfortable. They were nice enough to bring me food when I was hungry.

Thank you so much to the doctors who took their time and consulted with each other to remove the tumour in the best way possible.

Also, a big thank you to my family, friends and my church family for their visits, regardless of time of day or the shape in which they found me.

This was very much appreciated and helped me deal with the healing and the longer then expected hospital stay.

I am now on a healing journey and will expect chemo, as well as another surgery, in the next four to six months.

Prayers blessings to you all.

Wanda Jean Kamloops

“I’m offended, too, by the phrase ‘Happy Holidays’ — unless I hear it as I’m heading off to Mexico.

“Merry Christmas to everyone.”

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Editor: I was recently driving students to Thompson Rivers University.

In my vehicle were a Sikh from Britain and an African from Gold Coast.

My Sikh friend said “Man, these roads here are bad.”

My African friend responded: “Not as bad as my country, where you drive from inside one pothole into the next pothole.”

Both agree you don’t notice how bad it is when riding the bus to school.

I’ve never seen the roads in Kamloops in such poor condition.

The city just finished its $3.2-million path Peterson Creek path to nowhere. In 15 years of mountain biking in town, I have never entered or exited Peterson

Creek from this new spot by Sa-Hali secondary, nor has anyone I know, hikers or bikers.

Were funds to build council’s ego folly taken from the roadworks budget?

The size and number of potholes is increasing. The intersection at Summit Drive and Columbia Street and at Hillside Drive and Hugh Allan Drive all have numerous deep potholes.

At Summit Drive and McGill Road, I almost lost my Smart Car in a big pothole. Winter is upon us, yet I don’t see much more being done about patching.

I purchased road tar patch in a bag from Home Depot and filled a monster hole outside our complex.

Perhaps residents should form teams to plug and patch.

Maybe the city can reimburse us, though I am not sure about liability?

Would we get arrested for helping to save accidents, cut down on ICBC insurance claims and reducing overtime costs of city workers?

Picture it — a flash mob pothole filling, where we arrive simultaneously, emergency flashers on, two in front and two behind the offending hole, jumping from cars with shovels in hand, placing safety cones, dumping the goods in the hole, patting it down, stomping on top, jumping back in our vehicles and we are gone.

Take a moment, phone city hall to join the team.

Jim Knowles Kamloops

BITE WAS TAKEN OUT OF CAP’N SHARKY’S Editor: Re: The closure of Cap’N Sharky’s seafood restaurant on the North Shore (‘No more batter up,” Nov. 21’): I am not surprised to see this restaurant close; in fact I am happy to see it close under its current ownership.

I have been predicting this closure for about 18 months, which is how long it has been since I have been there.

As far as I am con-

cerned, it was once the best place for fish and chips in Kamloops.

There were four locations in the city at one time and the original owner ran it properly, with customers in mind.

However, when the last owners took over, it didn’t take long to see the writing on the wall.

Much smaller portions, rising prices, no coupons and poor service.

We used to be regu-

lar customers and the restaurant was mostly always very busy.

I once suggested to our server (under the last owners) to pass a message on to them: don’t change anything too much because this restaurant was once a success for a good reason.

Obviously, my message fell on deaf ears.

It would be really nice if Cap’N Sharky’s once again found new life in Kamloops and re-opened

under either the original owners or new owners who would run it the way the original owners used to operate it.

It’s prudent to survey your customer base occasionally, to try to determine what is working well and what may not be working.

The survival of your business depends on it.

Bob Wren Kamloops

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“No one religion matters in this country. We live in a part of the world where we are allowed to partake or not partake in any religion.

“Some people aren’t Christian and they don’t want to be forced to participate or speak in a language that celebrates a religion of which they are not part.”

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RE: STORY: ACCUSED IN DOWNTOWN KAMLOOPS WAREHOUSE RAID WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS:

“It is unfortunate Charles Patrick’s Charter rights were deemed to have been violated.

“Not taken into account is the Charter rights of innocent people whose lives are adversely affected by guys like him.”

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Interior Health CEO Susan Brown said work on the tower, slated to open in 2022, is well underway.

Brown said IH staff are looking at needs in the region from a cancer-care perspective and considering how those will shape the final product.

“That will add and support what goes into this campus going forward,” she said, “The planning part looks at the need. The amount of patients that need that care, that’s what dictates what we need and also what is feasible in our footprint.”

Brown said hospital staff are still putting the finishing touches on the $80-million clinical services building, which welcomed its first patients last year.

“We’re still finishing it off,” she said, noting IH is looking for new anesthesiologists to help keep the facility’s new operating room busy.

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“We obviously pay attention to what happens in other jurisdictions, but it may not dictate what we do here,” Interior Health CEO Susan Brown told KTW as she visited Kamloops on Wednesday.

“We are not planning on making any changes [to pay parking] at this moment.”

Brown, who took the reins of IH in late October, said parkade upkeep represents a significant cost and parking revenues help offset that.

“Parking is always on the radar, one way or another,” she said. “But, at this point in time, we’re not planning on making any changes.”

Last month, Surrey city council agreed to allow two hours of free parking for visitors to city hall and in the area of Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Visitor parking spots operated by Fraser Health remain paid.

Craig Paynton, Interior Health manager of protection, said parkade costs at various health-care facilities include general maintenance, security, lighting, pothole repair, line space painting and snow removal, expenses that IH would otherwise have to fund via money from patient care services.

“We do an annual review of our parking rates, taking into account the cost of operating a parkade and local pay parking rates as well,” Paynton said.

“It is about trying to find a balance between that and considering the parking impact on the surrounding neighbourhood if our rates

are too expensive,” “We do have financial exceptions for medical hardships that are reviewed on a case-by-case basis through our hospital social worker program regarding daily and monthly rates.”

In Surrey, the free parking at city hall and around the hospital was a promise made by newly elected mayor Doug McCallum during the recent municipal election campaign.

Surrey council has asked Fraser Health to follow in the city’s footsteps and offer free, two-hour parking for the hospital parking spaces it oversees, but the health authority has not agreed to the request.

On Vancouver Island, new hospitals in Campbell River and Courtenay opened last year with free parking after municipal councils in those cities voted to ban paid parking at the facilities.

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Thompson Rivers University warmly welcomes its new President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Bre Fairbairn.

Dr. Fairbairn is a distinguished academic and a passionate advocate for universities and higher education. He looks forward to deepening TRU’s connections within our friendly city as he connects, listens and learns in his new role.

As a leader, Dr. Fairbairn strives to develop relationships and has a strong value system of integrity, respect and accountability.

TRU administration has said it will not take part in the probe, arguing CAUT does not have authority or jurisdiction to probe issues covered in the collective agreement between the university and the faculty association.

TRU contends the TRU Faculty Association would issue a grievance if it believed Pyne’s academic freedom had been violated.

“No grievance related to academic freedom has been filed by TRUFA,” TRU vice-president academic Christine Bovis-Cnossen wrote to CAUT executive director David Robinson.

Pyne said he has asked TRUFA to file a grievance that his academic freedom has been violated, but so far it has only launched a complaint seeking repayment for two weeks of lost wages during his suspension.

Pyne claimed the union told him it cannot file a grievance regarding the initial ban from campus because it is not considered a disciplinary action.

TRUFA president Tom Friedman was not available for comment by KTW’s press deadline.

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A Thompson Rivers University professor who accused the post secondary institution of violating his academic freedom when he was suspended earlier this year will return to work next month.

Economics professor Derek Pyne said he was banned from the campus in May and suspended in July due to his research into faculty at TRU and elsewhere paying to have papers published in dubious scholarly journals that lack peer review.

“I think they basically got tired about the media reporting on the ban,” Pyne said of his reinstatement.

Both Pyne and the university have confirmed he will resume teaching in January, but Pyne said the issue is far from over.

The university has publicly stated the suspension was unrelated to Pyne’s research and pertains to matters it is unable to comment on due to employment and privacy law.

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Pyne said the university viewed this feedback, along with some Facebook comments he made, as defamatory.

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The university’s board of governors has unanimously agreed to hike undergraduate tuition for those studying abroad at TRU by nine per cent over the next three years, with three per cent annual increases starting in September of 2019, followed by subsequent increases of the same amount in 2020 and 2021.

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LOCAL NEWS Protesters vandalized the area behind the Campus Activity Centre at Thompson Rivers University with red paint on Monday.

Paint was also smeared on the outside and inside walls of the building.

The group behind the pipeline expansion protest — the so-called Tiny House Warriors — was arrested by the RCMP in July during another pipeline protest in North Thompson River Provincial Park, during which passing vehicles on Highway 5 North were damaged by paint being thrown into their paths.

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Kamloops Mounties have recommended charges against three First Nations protesters arrested at Thompson Rivers University on Monday after disrupting a meeting on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Mayuk Manuel, Snutetkwe Manuel, and Isha Jules were arrested after they joined others from the anti-pipeline group Tiny House Warriors to protest a preconsultation roundtable at the Campus Activity Centre between former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Frank Iacobucci and local Indigenous groups.

The protesters read out the conditions of their release in a video posted to Facebook.

“It says right here that we can’t go to any Natural Resource Canada hearings chaired by Frank Iacobucci,” Mayuk Manuel said.

“And it also says we can’t go within 100 metres of Trans Mountain facilities.”

Cpl. Jodi Shelkie confirmed the protesters were released on Monday afternoon with a future court date.

She said police could not disclose the conditions of their release, nor their names, saying only police arrested two women,

ages 32 and 42, and a 42-year-old man, all of whom are from Chase.

Police arrested the protesters on suspicion of assault and mischief, but it will be up to the Crown to determine if it moves ahead with those recommended charges.

“Kamloops RCMP officers were requested to attend [the university] when members of the campus security were assaulted,” Shelkie said. “As well, the protesters had allegedly damaged property by pouring paint over the sidewalk and walls outside of the activity centre.

“The RCMP fully support the right to peaceful and safe protest,” Shelkie said. “But businesses also have the right to conduct meetings. No one has the right to damage property or to put someone else at risk. As soon as we see a situation where property is getting damaged or the public is at risk, then we must step in.”

Video of the protest posted to Facebook showed Manuel standing outside the doors to the Grand Hall inside the CAC, shouting her opposition to the pipeline using a bullhorn while police and security personnel blocked the door. She was taken into custody shortly after.

In another Facebook post, Manuel said Jules was able to gain entry into the meeting room

before being arrested.

The Tiny House Warriors contend that consent in the Secwepemc nation is exercised collectively, adding they are opposed to closed-door meetings with bands recognized by the federal government as they do not hold title over the majority of First Nations land.

In a statement, Natural Resources Canada said the roundtables are a space for potentially impacted communities with varying views on the project to come together and help shape the consultation process.

It said that while NRC stands behind people’s right to protest, “actions that could interfere with any group’s ability to safely participate in this process raises serious concerns.”

The same group of protesters was arrested by the RCMP in July during another pipeline protest in North Thompson River Provincial Park, during which passing vehicles on Highway 5 North were damaged by paint being thrown into their paths.

After the Federal Court of Appeal ruled in August that consultations with Indigenous communities on the pipeline expansion route were inadequate, the federal government appointed Iacobucci to oversee new engagement.

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This year’s flu virus hardest on kids, non-elderly adults BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) influenza experts say influenza activity is increasing as the Christmas season approaches.

Dr. Danuta Skowronski, influenza lead at the BCCDC, said high-risk individuals and their close contacts should be vaccinated as soon as possible.

“Our monitoring suggests the influenza

epidemic will coincide with the festive period in a couple of weeks,” Skowronski said.

“Since it takes about two weeks for the influenza vaccine to induce protection, now is the time for high-risk individuals and their close contacts to get vaccinated, if they haven’t already.”

High-risk individuals are those with underlying medical conditions

like heart and lung disease or those with weakened immune systems that make it harder to fight respiratory infections.

Complications such as pneumonia can be life-threatening for some and can lead to death.

Last year and the year before, there were severe epidemics due to the H3N2 kind of influenza A virus.

This year, the H1N1 kind of influenza A is mostly circulating instead.

Skowronski said both cause similar illness — fever, cough, aches and fatigue — but H3N2 viruses are hardest on the elderly, whereas H1N1 viruses tend to affect more children and non-elderly adults.

This year’s flu vaccine gives protection against both H3N2 and H1N1

viruses, as well as influenza B. In addition to vaccination, Skowronski said there are other steps people can take to reduce their risk and minimize the spread of influenza and other viruses to others.

This includes: • Wash your hands frequently, especially if you’ve been out in public; • Avoid touching your

face, especially your eyes, mouth and nose; • Cough and sneeze into your elbow. If you use a tissue, make sure to dispose of it properly and wash your hands; • If you feel unwell, stay home so you don’t

pass your infection onto others, especially those who may be at higher risk.

The latest influenza surveillance reports from the BCCDC are available online at bccdc.ca.

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LOCAL NEWS Maeghan Summers and husband Jared Summers are partners in The Noble Pig Brewhouse and have just opened their second restaurant in downtown Kamloops. Forno on Fifth, located in the former Sanbiki restaurant at Lansdowne Street and Fifth Avenue, is a more modern restaurant with a strong whisky presence on the menu.

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Downtown dining gets more diverse FORNO ON FIFTH HAS OPENED AND ALCHEMY BREWING WELCOMES PATRONS ON FRIDAY TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

A pair of new dining options are now on the table for hungry Tournament Capital residents.

Forno on Fifth, created by the same people who established Noble Pig as the city’s first microbrew pub almost a decade ago, quietly opened its doors late last month and has been busy since.

Next door to the Pig, in the 600-block of Victoria Street, Alchemy Brewing Company is set to open its doors for the first time on Friday.

Alchemy general manager Ken Morley said the establishment takes inspiration from Portland’s craft brewery scene and offers a different take

than its next-door neighbour.

“Honestly, we’ll feed off each other,” Morley told KTW. “We are different. Our menu, our style, there’s a different atmosphere. But the craft brewery scene is such that we help them out and they help us out.”

Morley mentioned Maeghan Summers, the Pig’s operations manager and partner, by name as someone who helped Alchemy find good staff.

Summers, meanwhile, has been busy of late splitting her time between the now-venerable The Noble Pig and Forno on Fifth, a block-and-a-half away.

“It’s like having a second child,” Summers said.

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“My first one, I feel I haven’t had as much time with it lately, and the labour was hard, but it’s been worth it.”

Summers said Forno has been busy.

“It’s been nuts,” she said of the whiskey bar with Mediterranean cuisine. “We were nervous because it’s a new concept for Kamloops, but it’s been lovely.”

Morley is hoping for similar success at Alchemy, which pairs its craft beer with food truck-inspired menu options in a casual atmosphere attached to the Thompson Hotel and Conference Centre.

“We’re nervous and excited,” he said. “We’re just really excited to get our doors open.”

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Rayleigh resident wants end to being trapped by tracks JESSICA WALLACE

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A Rayleigh resident says her neighbourhood is in danger, stuck behind the train tracks.

Diane Czyzewski pleaded for help from city council on Tuesday, noting lengthy CN trains span across two rail crossings — and the only Rayleigh exits — on Puett Ranch Road and Mattoch-McKeague Road in the north end of Kamloops.

Her concerns relate to residents being trapped during emergency situations, such as wildfires or those requiring an ambulance to Royal Inland Hospital — times when travel delays are matters of life and death.

“I’m really hoping that council can come together on this and do something to approach CN on it before a life is taken,” Czyzewski told council. “Because something serious will happen and I hope that’s not what they’re waiting for.”

Mayor Ken Christian agreed, noting similar issues in Valleyview and Dallas related to CP trains. He said council has raised concerns about the length and speed of trains, in addition to access during emergencies. Emails provided to reporters by Czyzewski between her and the city’s transportation engineer, Elnaz Ansari, paint a larger picture.

In the emails, Ansari said recent safety assessments on both Rayleigh train crossings meet Transport Canada regulations.

The email notes: “Rail crossings cannot be blocked for more than five minutes ‘unless the railway equipment is continually moving.’

So even if the trains are long, they are complying with regulation as long as they’re moving.”

Czyzewski said she has waited up to 25 minutes. In the email, Ansari also noted Transport Canada states that when emergency vehicles need to pass through, railway companies must clear the tracks.

The latest Statistics Canada data has about 2,000 people living in

Rayleigh and Czyzewski said the highway is getting busier, causing further transportation

delays,.

CN provided to KTW the following emailed statement:

“CN understands the concerns of residents and works hard to minimize impacts to all

communities through which we travel. We will continue to have open dialogue with the City of

Kamloops on this concern. In case of an emergency situation where a crossing is blocked,

citizens may contact our police communications center at 1-800-4659239.

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Slow down in snow

Drivers are advised to prepare for more winter weather conditions and possible delays when travelling to and from the Interior for the remainder of the week.

After a mild start to the season, heavy snowfall is expected on highelevation highways through Friday.

More than 55 centimetres fell on the Coquihalla between Kamloops and Hope between Monday and Thursday.

Drivers are reminded to slow down, drive to conditions and ensure their vehicles are equipped with winter tires, as required by law.

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In the wake an a report on heavy truck crashes in B.C., the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is calling for mandatory truck driver training.

The chamber noted the B.C. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles requires only a pass on a written examination and a two-hour road test, combined with a 16-hour ICBCapproved course on airbrake testing.

“There are cases in Canada where people have applied for and obtained a commercial vehicle driver’s license in as little as three days,” said chamber president Joshua Knaak.

Heavy commercial vehicles such as dump trucks and semi-trailers represent only three per cent of vehicles on B.C. roads, but they are involved in 19 per cent of fatal accidents, B.C.’s auditor general states in a new report.

Auditor General Carol Bellringer has released an independent report on commercial vehicle safety, noting that most of those accidents are not the commercial driver’s fault and that safety programs to inspect and enforce regulations are working well.

Her report notes B.C. does not have mandatory driver training for commercial vehicles and suggested accidents can be further reduced with other measures.

The report states safety education about heavy vehicles can save lives and should be extended to all drivers, not just those behind the wheel of big rigs.

Bellringer urged all drivers to review the province’s “Be Truck Aware” safe driving tips.

“Currently, drivers are not

required to take specialized training to get their commercial licence in B.C.,” Bellringer said.

“In comparison, Europe has had mandatory training for commercial drivers in place for more than 10 years, Ontario brought it in last year, the United States is phasing it in over three years and Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta all have plans to do so soon.”

The audit found that while the public safety ministry, in charge of policing, the transportation ministry and ICBC, all have education and awareness efforts for commercial vehicle safety, no one agency has overall responsibility and resources to do the job.

In 2016, the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce membership voted at its annual general meeting to lobby government for required truck driver training in B.C. Recommendations to the provincial government included: • Create a minimum standard for accreditation of commercial driving programs based on the national occupational standard; • Require mandatory graduation from an accredited commercial driving program in order to qualify to take the exam for the professional driver license; • Amend the graduated licence program to allow graduates of the accredited commercial driving program to obtain their class 1 or 3 licences upon graduation (as early as age 18); • Amend the national occupational stand to move professional driving from class C to class B.

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Construction of new passing lanes have been completed on Highway 5 North between Barriere and Little Fort.

This project included construction of a new three-kilometre southbound passing lane and a 2.7-kilometre extension of the northbound passing lane.

The aim of the project is to give drivers additional safe passing opportunities and

improve traffic flow and capacity through the area near Darfield.

Other safety improvements included realigning Boulder Mountain Road and MacColl Road so they now access Highway 5 North at one intersection.

The intersection features new left-turn bays on Highway 5 North and lighting for additional safety.

The Ministry of Transportation said

people are reminded of the keep right except to pass law in the Motor Vehicle Act, which prohibits drivers from using the left lane unless they are: • overtaking and passing another vehicle; • moving left to allow traffic to merge; • preparing for a left-hand turn; or • passing stopped emergency vehicles, such as police cars or ambulances.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 6:30 PM Tuesday December 18, 2018 Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Council gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing at Cahilty Lodge, 3220 Village Way, Sun Peaks, BC, to consider proposed Bylaw Nos. 0108-002, 2018; 0125, 2018; and 0127, 2018.

What is Temporary Use Permit TUP-2018-010, Bylaw No. 0108-002, 2018?

Bylaw 0108-002, 2018, if passed, would replace Temporary Use Permit TUP-2018-003 (Bylaw 0108) which currently allows tourist accommodation use (nightly/ short-term rental) in 2 bedrooms of the principal dwelling at 2203 Sunburst Drive (legally described as Lot 37, District Lot 6337, KDYD, Plan KAP53479) as shown shaded in bold on the map above. This amending bylaw would enable short term rental of up to 3 bedrooms (a maximum occupancy of 6 guests). The specific conditions are as stipulated in the proposed permit, a part of Bylaw 0108-002, 2018.

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City looking to nip potential wildfires in the bud Municipal staffers seeking $265K from UBCM to pay for mitigation work on ‘high-risk’ interface areas in, around city JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

The City of Kamloops is applying for funding from the Union of B.C. Municipalities to support wildfire protection.

Council approved on Tuesday a request for $265,0000 in funding from UBCM’s 2019 Community Resiliency Investment Program to cover costs of treating more than 45 hectares of high-risk interface areas in the city. Of that, $165,000 would go toward crown land.

“This has probably been one of the single-biggest concerns I’ve had in recent years,” Coun. Dieter Dudy said.

The city identified in its 2016 Community Wildfire Protection Plan more than 4,200 houses next to forests or grasslands in city boundaries.

That plan identified 162 hectares across 14 areas that hadn’t been treated. In 2018, the city treated more than 30 hectares in Barnhartvale, conducted prescribed burns for a dozen previously untreated areas and removed more than 500 tonnes of materials to mitigate fuels.

KTW FILE PHOTO The City of Kamloops is looking to secure funding to help treat high risk interface areas to prevent wildfires, like this one in 2009 that came within metres of homes in east Kamloops.

Next year, it hopes to treat areas in Westsyde, Iron Mask, Pineview, Kenna Cartwright Park, Juniper Ridge and Aberdeen.

“We went through and looked at the wildfire danger risk in those

areas, we looked at the structural values in those areas,” City of Kamloops natural resources crew leader Kirsten Wourms said.

“There’s a whole matrix that we went through.”

Assistant fire chief Dan Sutherland said the city faced 38 interface fires in 2018. In addition to potential grant money, the city will also put toward treatment $100,000 from the city’s civic operations budget.

“This gives us a fighting chance, for lack of a better term, if we do have fires in these fueltreated areas for your firefighters, with the help of BC Wildfire Service to control these fires and lessen the impact on the community,” he said.

Sutherland noted the importance of prevention. The city has a single structure-protection unit that could douse flames for an area about the size of a small cul-de-sac. It could not provide structural protection for large, vast areas. Last year, residents watched in horror as the hills in Batchelor Heights went up in flames.

“If we have a large-scale interface fire that impedes on the City of Kamloops, given the time, we would go to the office of the fire commissioner,” Sutherland said.

“We would have an emergency operations centre set up and ask for more resources provin-

cially, that would be supplied to us. There’s just no way that we’d afford as a city to have that much infrastructure at the ready for that eventuality.”

While lauding efforts to treat public and Crown land, Dudy said private property owners put the rest of the community at risk. In the city’s wildfire plan, high-risk houses are identified in Barnhartvale, Juniper Ridge, Rose Hill, Pineview and Heffley Creek.

“As great as it is, that we’re dealing with public and crown land, we need to be able to do something about private property, too,” he said.

Sutherland said Kamloops Fire Rescue and the city’s parks department are going to go beginning next spring door-to-door to offer information on fire-smarting properties. KFR and parks staff will also work with those identified landowners on how to mitigate risks.

“What we were thinking of offering is a pick-up day or a grinding day, where we would go up there, a chipping day,” he said.

Plans for such an incentive program have yet to be finalized.

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A number of free community meals will be offered to those in need through the holiday season: • On Dec. 16, Pit Stop returns with its regular dinner at Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St. It starts at 3:30 p.m.; • Christmas ham dinner and trimmings will be served on Dec. 18 at Kamloops United Church by Infinite Expansion and Pit Stop on Dec. 18. It starts at 5 p.m.; • The Salvation Army Christmas dinner will be held at 344 Poplar St. on Dec. 19 at 5 p.m.

Free tickets are required in advance from the Poplar Street location; • On Christmas Eve, The Mustard Seed New Life Community will host a turkey dinner with trimmings at 181 West Victoria St. It will be served at 1 p.m.; • Turkey and trimmings will also be served by JUMP and the Love Hard Kamloops Society on Christmas Day at 1 p.m. at The Mustard Seed New Life Community outreach centre, downtown at 181 West Victoria St. They are seeking volunteers and donations of money and turkeys and hams. Call 250-8790465 for more information.

• Frenchie’s Poutinerie will offer meals on Christmas Day downtown at 340 Victoria St. The menu has yet to be determined, but food services will begin at 1 p.m.; • A Hope for the Holidays dinner will be served at the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Hall, at 423 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops, on Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.; • Also on Dec. 28, St. Vincent de Paul, located at 168 Briar Ave. on the North Shore, will be hosting a year-end breakfast from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

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Kamloops council changes up committee mix JESSICA WALLACE

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Kamloops council has a new committee structure.

City staff have been digging into the history of city committees and the new structure was proposed to better align them with a recent corporate restructuring at city hall.

New and reorganized council-chaired

committees include community relations, civic operations, community services, finance and development and sustainability, with advisory groups operating beneath them.

Mayor Ken Christian said gaps were identified, noting he was surprised the city did not have a finance committee. The civic operations committee will be tasked with reviewing

service levels, which was frequently brought up by candidates during the recent election campaign.

“When we looked at all the committees and the way they evolved, it was like we were doing things because we always have,” Christian said.

In approving the new structure, however, councillors took issue with lumping arts and culture with heritage

(currently its own commission) and with a lack of transparency as it relates to how the advisory groups could be allowed to function.

Two heritage commission members asked council to allow that body to continue to operate independently. Chair Andrew Yarmie said the commission has been working for nearly four decades to improve heritage in the city.

“We find that the commission would be way too large and would be outside of our scope and our mandate,” Yarmie said of the proposed arts, culture and heritage advisory group.

Council ultimately agreed to keep the heritage commission as a separate entity.

Christian said the proposed group was intended to create synergy and inform

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council on significant projects, such as a performing-arts centre and a First Nations cultural centre and museum at the former Stuart Wood elementary.

Coun. Arjun Singh, while supporting the move to keep the heritage commission as a separate advisory group, noted “governance issues” with the group. He said a letter from the commission bypassed council and was sent directly to federal ministers. Singh added that there have been budget tensions within the group.

Earlier this year, the commission was denied supplemental budget money for a street signs project, which would see poppies added to some street signs in the city.

Council instead decided to add poppies as current signs required replacement. One of the heritage commission members, Jeff Lodge, went on to raise the funds himself and recently gave council a cheque to get moving on the project.

“I think we need to have some discus-

sion with heritage about how this actually works,” Singh said.

Meanwhile, issues about how those groups would operate led to further discussion among councillors, who felt transparency could be sacrificed. The terms of service have yet to be created for the advisory groups — with city CAO David Trawin noting staff waited to see if council would support the structure before hashing out details — but it appears the groups could have authority to dictate whether meetings are closed or open to the public.

Corporate officer Maria Mazzotta said staff would recommend the groups not close their meetings on a consistent basis and provide rationale for doing so.

“However, that will be at their discretion,” she said.

Council voted to ensure each advisory committee will have a position for a councillor, should they wish to participate.

The groups will meet at least quarterly.

Here comes the judge Kamloops is getting a new judge.

First Nations lawyer Raymond Phillips has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the provincial court bench at the Kamloops Law Courts, the B.C. government announced on Thursday.

Called to the bar in 1994, Phillips has been a general practitioner in the Interior since 2002.

In 2015, he received a Queens counsel designation.

A member of the Lytton First Nation, Phillips has served as duty counsel for First Nations court in Kamloops since 2013.

Earlier this year, Linda Thomas, another driving force behind Kamloops’ First Nations court, was appointed to fill a spot on the provincial court bench in Fort St. John.

It is not known when Phillips will begin sitting.

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FOLLOWING THE SAUDI GAME OF THRONES

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ow is the moment of maximum danger for Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS).

He has weathered the immediate storm over the murder two months ago of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

He even went to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires a week ago and persuaded several other national leaders to stand beside him for photographs. But the real threat to his power (and maybe his life) is at home.

It’s not the Saudi public he must fear.

He’s quite popular with young Saudis, who are a large majority of the population.

He’s relatively young himself, at 33. He has loosened some of the tight social and religious controls (women can now drive and people can even go to see a movie).

And most of them don’t even believe that he is responsible for the killing.

MbS’s problem is his family, who know perfectly well that he ordered the murder of Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and understand what that crime means for the kingdom’s standing in the world.

They also realize that his foreign policy has been an unmitigated disaster, from the futile war in Yemen to the blockade of Qatar, and that his economic policy hasn’t been much better.

Many prominent Saudis also have personal reasons to hate him.

Some were pushed

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Others were kidnapped, jailed and even tortured in order to extort billions of dollars from them, on the often shaky pretext that their money was the fruit of corruption.

If you held a secret ballot among the 10,000 most influential Saudis, MbS would be gone in a flash.

It doesn’t work like that, of course.

This is still an absolute monarchy and so long as MbS has the support of his elderly father, King Salman, he has absolute power — in theory. In practice, he must also have at least the grudging support of the royal family, which sees the Saudi state as a family business in which they all have a stake.

It is a remarkable family, if only for its sheer size — an estimated 15,000 members, many of whom are direct descendants of the kingdom’s founder, King AbdulAziz Ibn Saud.

When he died in 1953, he left 36 sons, and there are literally hundreds of grandsons.

All these men, their spouses and their children and grandchildren are supported (quite lavishly) by the family business, but

there are only a few hundred people who really matter.

They matter a great deal, however, and by now they would be close to unanimous in seeing MbS as a wrecker who is endangering their own futures.

So, how to get rid of him?

In the past, the family’s rule has survived the abrupt removal of kings; one king was forced to abdicate in 1964, while another was assassinated by his own nephew in 1975.

The princes closed ranks and the dynasty carried on with a new king. In theory, it should be even easier when you are only trying to remove the crown prince.

Why not just work through his father, King Salman?

After all, the king has already appointed and then dismissed two other crown princes; maybe he could be persuaded to do it again.

The problem with this approach is that MbS zealously controls access to the 82-year-old king, who is believed to be suffering from mild dementia.

An alternative would be for the Allegiance Committee, a family-run institution created in 2006 that adjudicates on succession issues, to declare King Salman incompetent because of illness, dismiss the crown prince and appoint someone else as his successor.

In the absence of more formal rules, any prince descended from Abdul-Aziz would be eligible.

Plotters hoping to use this device would be risking their lives,

of course, for MbS is a ruthless man who would strike first if he got wind of the plan.

However, they may be emboldened by the fact he has now arrested his own chief enforcers in an attempt to shift the blame for Khashoggi’s murder.

This betrayal will certainly have shaken the loyalty of their colleagues who still serve the crown prince.

But there is one further consideration that is bound to give even the boldest plotters pause. If MbS concludes that he has decisively lost the support of the royal family, he still has a last card to play — war with Iran.

It’s what he wants in the long term anyway, but his preferred option has been to get the United States and Israel to do the actual fighting for him.

If he had no other way of heading off a family-backed coup against him, however, he might take Saudi Arabia into such a war unilaterally, counting on the U.S. and/or Israel to bail the country out. In the midst of a war, nobody at home would dare attack him.

On balance, MbS is likely to stay in power, perhaps to the ultimate ruin of the country he rules.

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awaiian Christmases have become a wonderful family tradition for us.

Each year in December, we settle into condo living once again.

Breathing in flowery perfumed air, we begin our ventures to farmers’ markets, gathering tasty local produce.

Every sunny morning on our verandah, exotic bird choristers coo, chirp and warble from flowerladen trees, as we savour fresh fruit: apples, bananas, pineapples and papayas. Lunches become sunny beach picnics.

On the island of Maui, during our earlier holidays, we set up an artificial Christmas tree complete with lights and decorations.

In later years, we foraged branches from island Ironwood trees. Tropical fish and St. Nick doodads now dangle from these skinny yuletide limbs. A saucy Santa plays a ukulele, another rides a surfboard, a third straddles a porpoise. And my favourite bobble, Santa riding a bicycle.

Mr. Claus adapts well to Hawaii.

One year, a helicopter landed on our resort’s lawn. Out popped Santa, replete with white beard, red toque and bag of goodies, shouting a jolly aloha.

When our toddler granddaughter asks her dad about Santa’s red T-shirt and shorts, our son grins, “Like us, he dresses for comfort.”

Holidays include strolls from Kihei’s Mana Kai, along white sand Keawakapu Beach to Wailea. Long sunny walks culminate in swanky resort lobbies, where we admire spectacular gingerbread houses.

Returning home, we study

RICK MILLIKAN PHOTO As you walk the creaky floorboards of this 19th century church you are surrounded by vivid frescos depicting various stories from the Bible. The wooden exterior of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church gives nothing away about the beauty of its interior. Called the Painted Church, it reflects just one of many religious traditions of Christmastime in the Hawaiian islands.

endemic ‘happy face’ spiders.

These smiling creatures must relish their life in paradise. And from a rocky point, we spot humpback whales breaching in the distance.

Like us, they arrive around Christmastime seeking peace.

We snorkel above Maui’s coral reefs. On a Wailea beach, we observe exotic fish in an area nicknamed Turtle Town.

Sighting a distinguished turtle resting under a rocky ledge, my daughter dubs him “Mayor.”

Diving to the bottom, we pause to listen for haunting whale songs that can be heard underwater for kilometres.

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In recent years, the Big Island of Hawaii provides new Christmas ventures. In downtown Kailua, a congregation in the islands’ oldest church delights us by singing familiar carols in melodic Hawaiian tongue.

Exploring south Kona, we find an island heritage site, “Place of Refuge” and learn of a Hawaiian festival similar to Christmas.

In December, carved wooden statues called tikis wear white cloth and represent gods. Pathways loop us under palm trees past airy huts and along a crescent beach to a thatched temple.

Lawbreakers — men who stepped on chiefs’ shadows andwomen who ate bananas, sought sanctuary here. Fortunately, priests

exonerated these survivors.

Heading to an adjacent beach, our visit ends with snorkeling in pristine waters.

On a high cliff above, the Painted Church sits atop a steep green slope. Beside it, plaster shepherds and magi surround a thatched manger with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. Inside, biblical landscapes adorn walls, pillars and ceiling. These murals painted by priests instructed island worshippers.

As we exit, green geckos peek from blossoming bromeliads, bestowing good luck.

Nearby, Paleaku Peace gardens exudes more spirituality. Red Hawaiian ti plants fend off bad spirits and one of two Hawaiian shrines honour guardian ancestors.

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Middle Eastern religions share this Eden. In this harmonious garden, we reflect on how many Israelis combine Hanukah, Ramadan and Christmas into a joyful Festival of Three Holidays.

Near the entrance is the symbolic Kaballah, the Jewish tree of life. A further Islamic mosaic depicts its symbolic moon, star and loving heart.

Nearby, the Baha’i’s colourful nine-pointed star decorates a platform. And amid the floral splendor, Christian shrines venerate the mystical doctrines of the Rosacrucians and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Royal palms flank the central lawn that leads to a white Buddhist temple. A nearby Bodhi tree evokes another December holiday: Bodhi Day memorializing Buddha’s enlightenment.

Just beyond, a stone statue of Hindu god Shiva sits under a mahogany tree. Nearby, long turquoise budded jade vines drift above the Hindu goddess of fertility, symbolizing love and divine strength.

Having many divinities, Hindus celebrate 20 festive holidays.

As they recognize Jesus as an avatar of divine love, Christmas provides another good reason to celebrate.

Hawaii provides extraordinary family holidays. Sharing healthful ventures and discoveries, our Christmases overflow with loving aloha.

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This year, we have made tremendous strides in creating the conditions for business and community vibrancy. We have not made these advances alone.

We have some amazing partnerships: • Our City of Kamloops partners, who show up at the table to help us solve our social and infrastructure challenges as well as execute the community-centred events we have all enjoyed this year; • Our non-profit and social sector partners, who work hard year-round to assist us in managing our social challenges as best we

and invest millions in development, jobs and community arts and culture.

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can in the current climate of change; • Our enforcement and response agencies, who show up in the moments of crises, working to solve complex challenges, save lives and provide us with safety; • Our residents, who share in our desire to create a strong, vibrant and safe community, even in the face of some significant social challenges; and mostly their community association leadership, which tackles issues on behalf of all the others in their neighbourhoods; • Our members, those amazing folks who fund us, donate to our community, support our events through sponsorships, engage in community planning

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Vancouver says decision from B.C. Supreme Court allows it to shut down illegal cannabis retailers CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Vancouver says a court decision has reaffirmed the city’s authority to shut down illegal marijuana dispensaries.

In a news release, the city said the B.C. Supreme Court’s decision to order the closing of unlicensed retail shops also sets a precedent if illegal operators fight injunctions requiring them to close in the future.

The city said it filed 53 injunctions against businesses that were operating outside its regulations, but only 28 stores participated in the legal test case after some closed down.

Years before cannabis became legal, illegal marijuana-related businesses grew so the city introduced regulations and fees to control where medical pot dispensaries could operate.

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The charges were laid under the Health of Animals Regulations, which say no person shall beat an animal being loaded or unloaded in a way likely to cause injury or undue suffering.

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Alberta Health Services said the injuries to the male guard were serious, but he was stable when paramedics took him to hospital. The female guard was also stable.

Two Canadians detained in China accused of ‘endangering national security’ CANADIAN PRESS

BEIJING, China — Two Canadian men have been detained in China on suspicion of “endangering national security,’’ the country’s foreign ministry said Thursday.

Spokesman Lu Kang confirmed that entrepreneur Michael Spavor and former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig were taken into custody on Monday and that they are being handled separately.

Canada has been informed of the detentions, Lu said, but declined to say whether the men have been provided with lawyers.

The two cases ratchet up pressure on Canada, which is holding an executive of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

China has demanded the immediate release of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO and the daughter of its founder.

Meng was arrested in Canada earlier this month at the request of the United States, which is hoping to have her extradited over allegations she tried to bypass American trade sanctions on Iran and lied to U.S. banks about her actions.

Asked if the Canadian men’s detentions were related to Meng’s arrest, Lu said they were being handled according to Chinese law.

The Chinese official’s comments come hours after Global Affairs Canada confirmed that Spavor, the founder of a non-profit that organizes culturalexchange trips to North Korea, was the second Canadian to be detained in China.

“We are working very hard to ascertain his whereabouts,” a spokesman said Wednesday.

Trump argues he ‘never directed’ crimes by Cohen ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he “never directed’’ his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, to break the law.

And he’s insisting that he “did nothing wrong.’’

Trump’s comments — in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Harris Faulkner and several morning tweets — came a day after Cohen was sentenced World News to prison for crimes including arranging hush money payments to conceal Trump’s alleged affairs to help his 2016 White House bid, a campaign finance violation.

Cohen and federal prosecutors say the payments were made at Trump’s direction.

Trump, in the Fox interview, insisted the campaign finance charges Cohen pleaded guilty to are “not criminal’’ and were included solely to “embarrass him.’’

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BRUSSELS — European Union leaders offered Theresa May sympathy but no promises Thursday, as the British prime minister, weakened after a leadership challenge, sought a lifeline that could help her sell her Brexit divorce deal to a hostile U.K. Parliament.

May acknowledged a breakthrough on her Brexit deal was unlikely even as she tried to get tweaks to it that she could use to win over opponents — particularly pro-Brexit lawmakers whose loathing of the deal triggered a challenge to her leadership this week.

EU leaders meeting in Brussels said they would try to be helpful, but would not reopen negotiations on a deal over Britain leaving the bloc that the two sides spent a year and a half hammering out.

The outlook appeared bleak for May, who said she accepted that there was unlikely to be major progress on Brexit at the two-day EU summit. Underscoring the sense of stagnation, May’s office confirmed that the Brexit deal — which she had hoped would be approved by Britain’s Parliament this week — would not be put to a vote until 2019.

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Julia Lamb and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association are spearheading a challenge of the law that allows assisted dying only for individuals whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.’’

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any Bible commentators think that when Jesus was born, Mary was probably a teenager, living with her parents in the village of Nazareth.

In her village, Mary was on the lowest rung of Jewish society.

She was not a citizen of Rome, nor was she of any importance to her own people, except for her family. She was a non-descript peasant.

Yet, it was to this teenager that the angel Gabriel appears, announcing that she would give birth to the long-awaited messianic king.

But why Mary?

The early church named Mary as Theotokos — a Greek title meaning “God bearer.” She bore God the Son in her womb.

There was no one who ever had a greater connection to Jesus, no one who experienced and played a more central role in God’s plan than Mary.

Gabriel did not explain God’s choice, but Mary did, in a hymn of praise she sang shortly after discovering she was pregnant — a song of praise inspired by Hannah’s son when she gave birth to Samuel hundreds of years before (Luke 1:46-48; 51-52).

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Why did God choose Mary?

Because God looks with favour on the lowly.

He lifts them up and blesses them, while scattering the proud.

Mary believed God chose her precisely because she was not of noble birth. Her qualifications were that she was humble.

She had a heart for God and was willing to offer herself totally and completely to Him. Evangelist D.L. Moody once said: “God has two thrones, one in the highest heavens, the other in the lowliest heart.”

God consistently chooses the humble, the unlikely and the lowly.

He chose the elderly Abraham and Sarah to bring forth the chosen people.

He chose Moses, a stuttering man and a fugitive from

the law, to be the lawgiver and deliverer of Israel.

He chose David, the shepherd boy, the youngest and the scrawniest son of Jesse, to be Israel’s greatest king.

And He chose Mary to bear the Messiah.

Humility is an important theme in Jesus’ ministry. We hear it in His words again and again: “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 14:11).

The entire Christmas story is, in part, about the reversal of values in God’s kingdom. Mary, a peasant girl, was chosen to bear the King.

Jesus was born in a stable because there were no rental room available in Bethlehem.

The first people God invited to see the Christ were the ditch diggers of Jesus’ day, the shepherds.

Humility is a bag into which God puts the riches of His grace.

The one infallible test of our faith in Christ will be the humility before Him and others which marks us.

Humility is the bloom and the beauty of holiness, of what it means to be set apart for God’s use.

The chief mark of counterfeit holiness is its lack of humility, namely, pride.

Regarding pride, C.S. Lewis wrote: “The essential vice, the utmost evil, is pride. Unchastity, anger, greed and drunkenness are mere flea biters in comparison.”

God chose Mary, a young girl from an insignificant part of the Roman Empire, to give birth to Jesus because that’s how God works.

That’s who He is. That’s what He does: “He opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5).

Gabriel came to Mary and said: “Greetings, you who are highly favoured. The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28).

Grace is God’s kindness, His love, His care, His work on our behalf, His blessings, His gifts, His goodness, His forgiveness and His salvation. And, it is all these things when they are unwarranted.

God’s grace is at the centre of what He was doing at Christmas. God was gracious to Mary, because He had chosen her even though she didn’t deserve it.

The child to be born of Mary was grace incarnate. His life would be a message of grace.

He would demonstrate grace to sinners, tax collectors, and prostitutes.

Through the Christ-child, God was blessing this humble girl with the most remarkable

gift and calling. She would literally be filled with grace.

That’s how apostle John begins his gospel: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

“From the fullness of his grace we have all received on blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:14; 16-17).

Christmas is about God’s grace — the kindness, love, forgiveness and blessings He gives to us, even though we don’t deserve them. Jesus came to show us God’s grace.

During the Christmas season, as we celebrate the hope of the resurrection, the gift of salvation and the cross and the coming of the One who taught us how to live, we celebrate the marvelous gift of God’s grace. ryanmitra225@gmail.com KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page.

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It’s the B.C. Wildlife Park’s time to shine TODD SULLIVAN STAFF REPORTER todd@kamloopsthisweek.com

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his is the time of year when people like to dress up their homes and properties with bright lights and festive holiday displays.

And it’s not restricted to suburban neighbourhoods.

The B.C. Wildlife Park likes to go all out, too.

Celebrating its 21st year, the annual Wildlights Festival brightens up the east Kamloops park and features a number of events and entertainers for visitors to check out.

Wildlights is sponsored by Cascades Casinos and runs from Dec. 14 to Jan. 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. every day except for Christmas Day. Julie Ratcliffe, marketing and events manager for the park, said Wildlights is a big part of the organization’s bottom line.

“Wildlights helps to generate revenue for the park that will carry it through the slower season and into the new year,” she said. “As a not-for-profit, we look forward to the support of the local community.”

The primary draw is the spectacular light displays, which feature more than 650,000 lights, creating an eclectic mix of images throughout the park.

It’s beautiful, but Ratcliffe noted there is a lot of work behind it — about eight weeks, with set-up beginning in early October. It then takes about five weeks to dismantle.

For those who have visited Wildlights in the past, Ratcliffe pointed to some new experiences that might be of interest. Families can take pictures in the Canadian Tire Kamloops Holiday Gazebo, enjoy the bright lights train tunnel and experience more lights than ever.

Visitors can also participate in Scrooge’s Scavenger Hunt, enter the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest, bake their way into the Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 Cookie-Baking Contest and attempt to conquer the Nutcracker Maze. Coffee and doughnuts will be on sale Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Featured again this year is perhaps the park’s most popular attraction — the Wildlife Express miniature train.

“Our guests love to ride the

Wildlife Express train and see the lights from a different view,” Ratcliffe said.

Uncle Chris the Clown will be performing magic shows at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. most nights (there is no 6:30 p.m. show on Dec. 16 and no shows on Dec. 20, 24, 26, and 31).

Elk feedings are daily at 6 p.m., while reptile meet-and-greets will take place daily at 7 p.m.

You can visit with the goats in the Home Hardware Family Farm from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily, purchase a snack at the Caboose or have dinner at the Blue Heron Café. You can even finish up your Christmas shopping at the Naturally Yours gift shop.

Of course, Santa always stops by to say hello.

Annual pass holders receive 50 per cent off the price of admission.

“Wildlights is a great all-ages holiday family tradition that focuses on bringing people together and celebrating the holidays in an outdoor environment,” Ratcliffe said.

Admission to Wildlights is $12.45 per adult, $10.45 per senior, $8.45 per child (ages three to 17) and free for those ages two and under.

Wildlights displays like this one will be set up throughout the park from Dec. 14 to Jan. 6. The park is open every day except Christmas Day.

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A new Christian music FM radio station in Kelowna will be rebroadcast on Kamloops airwaves.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved a request for a Christian music station to broadcast at 88.1 MHz in Kelowna and at 99.1 MHz in Kamloops.

The station is the first in Western Canada by International Harvesters for Christ Evangelistic Association Inc., which operates three stations in Halifax, Moncton and Charlottetown, rebroadcasting those three in five other cities.

The station will feature 126 hours of programming per week, 91 local programming hours and 35 hours of wraparound programming.

The station’s spoken word content will include 40 minutes of news, 40 minutes of local weather and traffic reports, 112 minutes of local community announcements and 100 minutes of interviews with local community leaders, organization heads and singers.

Harvesters told the CRTC that 95 per cent of all music on the station will be in the “non-classic religious” category.

Avenue Radio Ltd., a sister company of Kelowna’s Castanet Media that operates oldies station CKOO-FM, opposed the station’s approval, arguing that Kelowna radio market revenues and profitability declined every year from 2012 to 2016.

Avenue also argued the station’s proposed frequency (88.1 MHz) may be the last viable Class C frequency for the Kelowna market.

In response, Harvesters said most of its revenues would come from the Bible programs it broadcasts and that its advertising sales “would not have any measurable effect on other stations in the market,” according to the CRTC’s decision.

Harvesters was founded by Jeff Lutes, who describes himself as an evangelist specializing in evangelistic campaigns, evangelism and prayer conferences.

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Celebrate Christmas with the KSO. Hear your holiday favourites in this show featuring guest conductor Yaniv Attar, who will lead the orchestra through classics like Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Rimsky Korsakov’s Christmas Eve Suite and Herbert’s March of the Toys. Tickets are $42 for adults, $39 for seniors and $10 for youth ages 19 and younger, available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or online at kamloopslive.ca. An open dress rehearsal will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Uptown Chefs is hosting a gingerbread house competition until Dec. 24 to benefit the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter.

Voting on the competition can be done throughout the month of December. Entries are located in the lobby of the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way. Viewers are encouraged to bring a Christmas gift to be donated to the families at the shelter.

Categories include toddlers (five and under), elementary school, high school, individual and professional. Uptown Chefs will donate $10 for every gingerbread house entered.

Voters will receive a complimentary hot chocolate and housebaked cookie at ROMEO’s Kitchen and Spirits.

For more information, go online to the contest’s Facebook page. Search for Gingerbread House Competition 2018.

SANTA AT SCOTT’S Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Scott’s Inn and Restaurant, 551 11th Ave.

Santa Claus will be in the lobby of Scott’s Inn on Saturday for photos with kids. Receive 10 per cent off a meal with a donation for the Kamloops Food Bank, or 20 per cent off with a donation of a winter jacket for Coats for Kids.

COMEDY NIGHT Saturday, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Ramada Kamloops, 555 West Columbia St.

Headliner Garrett Clark will be joined by fellow comedians Susan Thompson, Sam Elliott and Arron Butowski for a show at the Ramada. Tickets are $15 each or $25 for two, available online at kamtix.ca.

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW Friday, 7:30 p.m., Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.

Vernon-based band Cod Gone Wild will perform alongside the Kamloops Celtic Choir as part of the band’s album release tour for The Neighbourhood Rounds. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door, available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, or online at kamloopslive.ca.

Ten choirs will join together for an evening of carolling at Sagebrush Theatre. Bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation for the Kamloops Food Bank. Tickets are free. Visit the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, or online at kamloopslive.ca, to get reserved seats.

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KTW staff answer Christmas questions If you could travel and have your Christmas anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

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TIM PETRUK REPORTER DAVE EAGLES PHOTOGRAPHER I’d hop on a plane and head to Fiji. Bring on the heat. Having spent Christmas and New Year’s holiday in Palm Springs once before, I realize the need to get farther south for the real warm weather.

CHRISTOPHER FOULDS EDITOR If money was no object, I would gather those closest to me and charter a plane to Maui, the most beautiful place I have ever visited. There, I would rent a place right across from Kama’ole I beach, where we would stake our claim in the sand and bodysurf all day long in paradise.

Back at the beach house, Elvis’ Christmas Album, the original vinyl version, would be spinning on the turntable 24/7. The King’s Yuletide warblings would be interspersed with a healthy does of unedited versions of Baby, It’s Cold Outside and Fairytale of New York. We would drink to Christmas, with the only ice in sight being that in glasses of our neverending Blue Hawaiis.

I would probably travel to the City of Champions to spend Christmas with my family. We have not been all together for Christmas since I moved from Edmonton to Kamloops in 2006, and I know it would mean a lot to my mom. But, she will be in the Tournament Capital this year to spend Christmas with her favourite and only grandson — minus my dad, sister and cousins. My seven-year-old son will get to spend his first Christmas with his Nanny, and he is pumped.

TODD SULLIVAN REPORTER I never thought about this question until it crossed my desk for this feature, but my answer was immediate — I would go wherever they celebrate Krampus. Which apparently is Austria. So I’d go to Austria to check out (or more) of their many Krampus parades. And for those who don’t know who Krampus is (a group that included me until just this year), he’s kind of like Santa Claus’ equivalent of The Devil. In the folklore, Krampus punishes bad kids while Santa rewards the good ones.

JESSICA WALLACE REPORTER I would stay home with family and friends, but also travel to Saskatchewan to visit my in-laws. This year, we are skipping a trip to the Prairies, due to obscene airline prices. It is breaking our hearts and it is simply cruel to charge $1,500 to fly to Saskatoon and back, no matter the supply-and-demand conundrum.

WestJet bought Christmas presents for passengers during a flashy marketing campaign, it dubbed the “WestJet Christmas Miracle.” I’d sooner see the company put that money toward making travel affordable for all the people who long to be with loved ones in other parts of the country over the holidays.

That would be a true Christmas miracle.

MICHAEL POTESTIO REPORTER Christmas is usually a no-fly zone for me as it’s spent with family right here in my hometown, but given the opportunity to go anywhere, I’d take my parents, brothers and grandparents to Italy. My Nonno and Nanna immigrated to Canada from the old country 50 years ago and still have family back there. Rather than the usual Skype call with them on Christmas morning, I’d bring everyone together for a Christmas in Italy none of us would soon forget.

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This question can also read: Which family member(s) do you want to trigger by accidentally excluding when deciding where to lavishly enjoy a kayfabe destination Christmas?

As we get older and families and friend groups fracture and change, it becomes tougher to get everyone in one place. One can only imagine the distress the old big guy would cause if he up and flew to Greece for the holiday season or picked the wrong spot for this family-fellowship excursion.

If we’re living in a dreamworld in which everyone is available and gung-ho to travel and old friends are still good friends and you don’t get super depressed when answering lovey-dovey questions for your local newspaper, I’d probably still pick some kind of wintry compound with multiple cabins on site, places of retreat in which to recuperate when the going gets tough.

SEAN BRADY REPORTER I’d head south of south of the border to Mexico. I’d like to say I made my choice because of the culturally rich way Christian holidays are celebrated there — with over the top nativity scenes and star-shaped piñatas — but really, I just want to know what Christmas feels like without all the snow. The fact that I could be on a sandy beach with the temperature just over 20 degrees by the time Old Saint Nick decides to visit is definitely a plus.

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s the Kamloops Art Gallery’s exhibition Inverted Pyramids and Roads to Nowhere comes to a close, artist Eleanor King is inviting members of the community to take home the firewood on display.

This gesture is an extension of King’s project made specifically for the gallery, which highlights the paradox of society’s need to use natural resources and the desire to preserve these resources for the future.

King’s installation includes two cords of split fir firewood gathered from the region that has filled the gallery for the past two months. The wood is a personal reference to the artist’s relationship to wood as a source of heat during the cold winters of her childhood and as a broader reference to the logging roads she features in her large-scale wall paintings and videos.

Gallery visitors are invited to take up to one armful of the firewood per person once during operating hours, from Dec. 15 to Dec. 29.

The Kamloops Art Gallery is in the TNRD Civic Building, downtown at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue. It is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The gallery is closed on Sundays and statutory holidays.

King is a Nova Scotia artist based in Brooklyn. In the new

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work made for the Kamloops exhibition, King intervenes in the architecture of the gallery, shifting walls into new configurations that fold inside and outside spaces into one another, filling spaces normally used as entranceways and creating a sensory experience of sound and sight.

Aware of her own environmental footprint through increasing opportunities to travel as her art career excels, King has explored ways to address her complicity in this “jet set” life through studies of geography and land use and by exploiting her own labour in the process.

Through massive abstracted landscapes, painted directly on the walls of the gallery by King and local assistants over successive days, the artist points to our collusion with corporations like Google and their pervasive “user-friendly” version of military mapping tools.

Rather than representing the landscape through the traditional display mechanisms of painting, King’s wall paintings directly reference satellite maps to follow logging roads and mining sites in the Kamloops region, presenting an immersive environment that encourages the viewer to traverse the landscape and the horizon line with their own body.

Her videos also survey the land with Google Earth; by using tools of surveillance and capitalism against themselves to create imagery of human activity, King creates moving images that are

both beautiful and horrible.

She shifts the perspective from the literal to the metaphoric, integrating patterns of modernization and industrial activities through abstraction, acknowledging the long history of painting and evoking consumer signage.

The soundtrack for the project was written by King and recorded by the Kamloops Thompson Honour Choir. Take Days engages young people in expressing a message of urgency about the future of our planet.

The inclusion of a piano for visitors to play suggests a site of history and potentiality where personal responsibility and contribution is encouraged.

Building on previous work that incorporates stacks of salvaged materials, King has stacked firewood from the region, a material reference to the artist’s personal memories of keeping wood stoves burning and larger issues of sustaining a balance between economy and ecology.

King’s project recognizes the contradictions people live with and the necessity of industry to sustain human activity. She offers hope in the next generation, while at the same time asserting: “We know it’s not a good idea. Taking from our future selves. Short-term gain for long-term pain … Don’t say, don’t say, don’t say, you didn’t know it was coming.”

Inverted Pyramids and Roads to Nowhere was curated by Kamloops Art Gallery curator Charo Neville.

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Late-‘80s novel is Ondaatje’s most poetic

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ichael Ondaatje writes amazing poetry. Just peruse the redolent imagery of Rat Jelly or the sepia tones of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-handed Poems to feel the visceral impact that his writing can bring to the psyche in just a few short lines.

In many ways, In the Skin of a Lion, which won a governor-general’s award in the late ‘80s, can be seen as his most poetic novel.

At times, the work is a narrative journey of transitions. Patrick is from an immigrant family but, due to both a strict upbringing and personal volition, he initially lacks a sense of community.

Although his Finnish father Hazen teaches him how to use explosives, he does not show Patrick how to interact with the new society he has emigrated to, or the older society he has emigrated from.

Hazen also cannot interact with his son on a personal level, and so Patrick cannot relate to his father, ancestral heritage, nor to his home and native land.

Rootless, he looks for a community to mirror his sense of isolationism, and he finds it with the anarchist movement of the day.

As we follow the journey of boy to man, Ondaatje runs a parallel gamut between lover and loved. Love for Ondaatje is an elusive

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will-o-the-wisp. It is to be chased and perhaps shared for a time, but it is never to be possessed or even fully understood.

Much the same can be said Ondaatje’s characters’ love for their city. It is initially brimming passion-filled and poorly defined. The tortured groans of a city with growth pains mirrors the metamorphosis of the citizens within.

Melding metaphors of darkness and light throughout, Ondaatje links the labours of the blue-collar workers with the planners and engineers. His narrative gives additional historical weight to the contributions of immigrant labour and his historic reference material helps to bolster his tale. Somehow, the workers become equal partners in this birthing of a metropolis through Ondaatje. Polar opposites realize they share a common vision.

But first, the mystery.

As much as the mystery is a vehicle for the grander themes encompassed in the novel, it covers a lot of interesting history along the

way. There are imagined adventures among the (very real) anarchists of the ’20s and ’30s in Toronto.

Other historical tidbits are intertwined with the mystery, lending it a certain narrative solidity.

On other occasions, however, the tale falls solidly into the camp of magical realism. Surreal sequences pulse in and out of the work like a lucid dream.

This hypnogogic state, the place between sleep and wakefulness, exists throughout the novel without definition, transition or explanation. Hanging above and around it all, like a smoggy miasma, is the pervasive mystery involving construction and destruction. There

is a missing millionaire and his mistress, anarchists and socialites, communists and capitalists, and a falling nun.

Through them all, Ondaatje weaves the commonality of the famous and the infamous. There are many well-known historical references within, such as the construction of the Prince Edward viaduct, the water treatment plant, and the afore-mentioned falling nun. However the book is more concerned with the lesser-known history of Toronto’s immigrants, and how they were influential in both the past and the present.

By blending history with magical realism, Ondaatje manages to equate the marginalized with the industrialized.

Evocative and lyrical, a very poetic narrative, this novel is Ondaatje at his finest.

The era and characters are so vibrant they are violent, mere reality cannot contain their vastness.

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he touring lives of Killitorous band members are ones that sometimes include ham, but rarely include hotels.

“There’s something just so sterile and dry and not rock ‘n’ roll about going to a hotel after a show, you know?” said guitarist Nick Miller.

“We’re a firm believer in no hotels.”

That belief stems from the fact that by not staying at hotels, Killitorous members have a chance to meet and interact with their fans in scenarios that are sometimes extremely cozy — like when all five of them sleep on the floor of someone’s kitchen.

And the ham?

“We had these guys start throwing ham at us on stage because they saw an interview where we talked about throwing ham,” Miller explained.

“It wasn’t actually too distracting. People think that playing this technical music, I can’t have any distractions, but I don’t know — I didn’t mind it. It made for an entertaining show and that’s all that matters.”

Miller is one of three guitarists in the band, which recently added Marc Roy, a former session bassist, to its guitar roster while recording the band’s upcoming second full-length album AfterParty.

“I studied jazz in university, so it’s been kind of up to me to arrange all the guitars and fit them all into each other,” Miller said.

The guitarist, who joined the band in 2011, compared his composition work to a sudoku puzzle, trying to make three lead guitars — one of which is doubled — work on each track.

Killitorous plays technical death metal, which features drums, guitar and vocals that are intense, fast and complex.

The lyrics, if you can understand them, are often comical, horrific or grotesque — or all three at once — as is tradition in death metal circles.

But to gain notoriety in the scene requires serious skills — skills Miller said he has developed alongside co-lead guitarist Aaron Homma, with whom he lives in an Ottawa apartment.

“We spend a lot of time watching old guitar instructional

CP Holiday Train set to bring music acts by rail The CP Holiday Train will once again roll into town to collect food bank donations.

The train, carrying performers Sam Roberts Band, Kelly Prescott and Sierra Noble, is scheduled to arrive at Sandman Centre, 300 Lorne St., at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Performances will begin at 5 p.m. and the train will depart after 5:30 p.m.

Other performances that day

include Chase (2:45 p.m.), Savona (7:05 p.m.) and Ashcroft (8:45 p.m.).

The CP Holiday Train began its journey in Montreal, with its first performance on Nov. 27. It will end its journey in Port Coquitlam on Dec. 18.

Since 1999, the Holiday Train has raised more than $14.5 million and 4.3 million pounds of food for food banks in North America.

videos from the ‘80s, trying to get our chops up to the levels of people like Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai — those kind of guys. But really we have a drive to get better at guitar and just do things other people aren’t doing,” Miller said.

“We’re really students of the craft. We try to dive deep and find the weird guitar thing that no one else is doing.”

AfterParty doesn’t have a set release date just yet, but Miller said to expect it before summer 2019, and to find arrangements of “beautiful guitars” and top notch songwriting on the album.

Miller said he knows Killitorous’ music fits a niche, but said the band’s music is starting to “evolve a little bit,” and hinted they may start to cross over into new territories, with plans to include some more traditional singing on the next album.

“There’s definitely a cap [to how big Killitorous can grow].

We’ve thought about it before because we want to be doing this for the rest of our lives,” he said.

That cap, Miller said, can be seen by looking at where the biggest death metal bands are at, listing off Obscura, Archspire and

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KILLITOROUS/FACEBOOK When it’s 3 a.m. after a show and all the equipment has been packed away, that’s when Killitorous members start looking for a place to crash for the night. Sometimes that means sleeping on a fan’s kitchen floor.

Beyond Creation as examples of the top dogs in technical death metal.

“So we’re going to try to shoot for there and try to get big and hopefully that’s enough to keep food on the table and pay for rent,” he said.

Killitorous is currently on

the western leg of its coastto-coast tour and will play in Kamloops on Dec. 19 at The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St., at 8 p.m.

Blackwater Burial of Vancouver and local bands Black Castle Banshee and Shatterless will open. Tickets are $10 and available online at ticketor.com.

Snowbombing announces lineup for spring festival The annual Snowbombing music festival has named its 2019 lineup.

Illenium and Cypress Hill will headline the festival, which takes

place on various Sun Peaks Resort stages from April 5 to April 7.

Special guest artists include Adventure Club and Griz.

Claptone, Lane 8, Pendulum,

Sasha, Slander and Yotto will also feature, along with 20 other artists.

Basic packages start at $385 for three nights’ accommodation and a festival wristband.

Open art show calls for submissions The Kamloops Arts Council is calling for submissions from residents of the regional district for its annual Art Exposed exhibit.

Visual artists of any kind and any skill level are invited to submit up to two works for display at the

exhibit running from March 8 to March 16 at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre.

The maximum allowed size for artwork is three feet wide. Height is not restricted.

The deadline for entries is

Feb. 15, or once 250 entries are received.

For a complete list of guidelines and to register online, visit kamloopsarts.ca or the KAC office at the Old Courthouse, 7 West Seymour St.

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Rounding out the roster are Kendra Kaczur, Pyper Ansley and Sadie Moyer.

The Titans played in their first tournament last weekend, placing third at the UFV Cascades Classic in Abbotsford after knocking off the Okanagan Mission Huskies of Kelowna 69-47 in the bronzemedal game.

South Kam’s championship bid was ended by the No. 1-ranked AAA team in B.C., the Semiahmoo Totems of South Surrey. The Huskies are the seventh-ranked AAA team in the province.

Next up is the Howard Tsumura Basketball Invitational, which will run from Thursday to Saturday in Langley.

Thirteen of the 16 teams taking part are either ranked or received honourable mentions in the latest AA and AAA B.C. polls.

South Kam will be without Morgan-Cherchas, who will be away on national-team duty, but the early-season test will still be a formative moment for the newlook provincial favourites.

If these Titans can claim gold in March, they will have matched the incredible feat accomplished by the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 South Kam girls’ teams, which earned back-to-back B.C. banners.

But this group isn’t interested in looking in the rearview mirror.

“We’re moving forward,” Komarniski said. “We’re not trying to replicate what we did last year.”

“There is a lot of work to do before we get to March.”

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hen you’re the No. 1-ranked team in the province, there are

expectations.

When two of your Grade 12 starters are committed to U Sports teams and among B.C.’s best, there are expectations.

When you’re the defending champions, there are expectations.

The South Kamloops Titans are aware of expectations, but not consumed by them.

There is too much work to be done, with the B.C. Secondary Schools Girls Basketball Association Championships only a few months away.

“We’re more concerned with the process. We’re sort of shrugging off what our identity was last year and building a new one,” said Del Komarniski, head coach of the AA Titans. “The girls are buying into it and it’s promising.”

The South Kam conversation begins with Maddy Gobeil, a 5-foot-9 guard who will play for the Abbotsford-based Fraser Valley Cascades next season, and 6-foot-6 forward Olivia MorganCherchas, who will fly with the UBC Thunderbirds in 2019-2020.

“They’re two of the best players in the province,” Komarniski said.

“Those are going to be nice pieces to anchor our team and build around.”

Perhaps the Titans’ tallest hurdle to clear on their quest to repeat is filling shoes left empty by graduated twin sisters Lauren and Katherine Walkley, both of whom were key cogs on last season’s championship team.

Lauren is enjoying a nice rookie season with TRU’s basketball squad. Katherine started 12 games for the WolfPack soccer team in her rookie campaign.

GREG LAYCHAK/BLACK PRESS Kendra McDonald was in Grade 10 when she netted 12 points in the final of the B.C. Secondary Schools AA Girls Basketball Association Championship in Langley in March. The Titans knocked off G.W. Graham of Chilliwack 73-67 in overtime. South Kam enters the 2018-2019 season ranked No. 1 in the province.

Anika Komarniski and Fiona Brisco will play much bigger roles in the Walkleys’ absence, with help from Jenna Dandurand.

“They’re not trying to be the Walkleys,” Komarniski said.

“They’re trying to be Anika, Fiona and Jenna.”

Kendra McDonald scored with

6.2 seconds remaining in the AA B.C. final in March, a basket that forced overtime in an epic clash with the G.W. Graham Grizzlies of Chilliwack.

The Titans’ forward was in Grade 10 and never left the floor in the title tilt, which South Kam won 73-67 in front of a raucous

crowd at the Langley Events Centre.

McDonald is another reason why this season’s group is favoured to go the distance.

“We’ve also got some other younger girls coming up and we feel quite good about their potential,” Komarniski said.

VIKES LURKING The Valleyview Vikings are the only other Kamloops girls’ team listed in the latest AA and AAA B.C. polls.

Valleyview, which earned honourable mention in the AA bracket, will also compete this week at the Tsumura Invitational.

On the boys’ side, the Westsyde Whundas are the No. 2-ranked AA team in B.C. Barriere is the 10th-ranked single A team.

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Broncos to name coach; two candidates remaining MARTY HASTINGS

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The Kamloops Broncos are close to naming a head coach.

“We’ve narrowed it down to a couple of candidates,” Broncos’ general manager Joe Liberatore said. “We’re pretty advanced in the search.”

Liberatore, who declined to provide names of those who remain in the running, was aiming to make an announcement before Christmas, but it appears interviews may have to be pushed back.

Former Broncos’ offensive co-ordinator Mike Faisthuber and Langley Rams’ defen-

sive co-ordinator Marvin Pope, a former CFLer, are rumoured to be interested in the job.

The grand reveal will likely come in January.

“We want a leader, someone who’s inspirational, someone who can recruit and do it all within the means that we have,” Liberatore said.

The Broncos are in a transformational period.

Head coach Brad Yamaoka and general manager Jan Antons made their exits following the B.C. Football

Conference team’s 0-10 campaign in 2018.

Liberatore, who joined the club last month, is part of the hiring committee that is reporting to the Broncos’ board of directors.

“We want someone who can go out and get talent from all parts of Western Canada and someone who can be a good teacher, as well,” Liberatore said.

“We have a young team. We need to focus more on teaching the young players, developing them into the finished product and, hopefully, returning them.”

Liberatore said there have been many applicants, some of whom were unqualified.

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Logan Stankoven of the Thompson Blazers leads the B.C. Major Midget League in scoring, with 54 points, including 28 goals, after 22 games. The 15-year-old Kamloops Blazers’ prospect has a 16-point lead on the league’s second-leading scorer, Brendan Williamson of the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds. Thompson will twice play host to the Greater Vancouver Canadians (10-8-3-1) at Sandman Centre this weekend, with game times set for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday. The Blazers are fifth in league standings, 11 points behind the league-leading Thunderbirds (18-3-1).

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Jermaine Loewen has missed seven games this season due to suspension.

“I’m done being a bad man,” the Kamloops Blazers’ 20-year-old captain told KTW on Thursday.

“I’m going to figure out how to play physical without getting suspended.”

Loewen will return to the lineup against the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook on Friday after serving a three-game suspension for a checking-from-behind major incurred against the Oil Kings in Edmonton last Saturday.

The Edmonton game marked the first of four straight defeats for Kamloops, which will finish its tour of the Central Division against the Hurricanes in Lethbridge on Saturday.

Kamloops played Edmonton and Calgary close, managing one point in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Oil Kings and falling 6-3 to the Hitmen on Sunday after giving up four goals in four minutes in the second period.

Both of those tilts were played in front of 18,000-plus crowds on Teddy Bear Toss nights.

“I think we handled them

pretty well,” Blazers’ top scorer Zane Franklin said. “Beside those four minutes in Calgary, we played pretty well.”

Franklin was assessed a fiveminute major for boarding in the first period against the Rebels in Red Deer on Tuesday. The home team took a 2-0 lead and the visitors, missing two top-six forwards, were unable to find an equalizer.

Loewen watched his tiredlooking team fall 4-2 to the Tigers in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.

“We didn’t have the legs,” Loewen said. “After the first period, we realized, holy crap, we’re getting outworked here,” Loewen said.

While big crowds on Teddy Bear Toss nights, suspended/ejected top scorers and a tough road schedule have posed problems for the Blazers, nobody around the league is feeling sorry for them.

The team has picked up one of a possible eight points on this road trip and is on a four-game losing streak, confirming its status as a streaky squad that can’t seem to pull it together consistently.

Rampant rumours and media reports have the Ice moving to Winnipeg in time for the 20192020 campaign. If true, Friday’s contest will mark the Blazers’ last tilt in Cranbrook.

Loewen has no special memories of playing against the Ice, but recalled having a good game against them on Dec. 17, 2016, in front of 1,731 fans at the Enmax Centre.

“Things weren’t going well,” said Loewen, who had three points, including two goals, and was named first star in an 8-1 victory that night. “My second half was better.

“Maybe it’s just what I need to kickstart me is the good old Kootenay Ice.” Kootenay (7-21-5-1) is thirdlast in the Eastern Conference, while Kamloops (12-14-2-1) is third-last in the Western Conference.

“It’s a good hockey town,” Franklin said of Cranbrook. “It’s too bad what’s happening there.”

Franklin was traded to the Blazers from the Hurricanes in exchange for Jackson Shepard on July 31.

The Marwayne, Alta., product leads Kamloops in goals (17) and points (34) and is returning to Lethbridge to play his old teammates for the first time.

“You’re lying if you don’t say it’s a little extra special,” Franklin said.

“I’ve already talked to a couple guys, saying I’m going to be hard on them. It’ll be lots of fun.”

Kamloops Blazers’ captain Jermaine Loewen: “To salvage the last two games and get wins, we could feel happy about ourselves. It’s been tough and there’s been some discouraging moments in the last few games.” Kamloops will break for Christmas after playing the Hurricanes in Lethbridge on Saturday.

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK SHOTS Theft from Downtown Store On Dec 7th a female entered a store in downtown Kamloops. Once inside the store, she proceeded to conceal some items and then left the store. The Loss Prevention Officer followed her out, but the shoplifter got away without them being able to obtain her identity.

If you happen to know who this shoplifter is, contact Crime Stoppers, your efforts may be rewarded and you don’t have to give your name, just the identity of the suspect and where she could be found.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, approximately 30 years old with dyed red hair and stud piercing below her lip. Suspect left as a passenger in a grey Dodge Caravan.

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B: 1992-11-09 | Age 26 First Nations female 163 cm (5’04”) 59 kg (130 lbs) Brown Hair | Brown Eyes Wanted For: Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Assault with a Weapon, Impaired Driving, and Evade a Peace Officer

Credit Cards Theft On December 7th, a wallet was stolen from a vehicle in the Kamloops area. That day, the victim’s credit card was used at numerous stores in Kamloops.

Two suspects were seen using the cards.

The first suspect is described as a white male, 5”10, mid 20s, 160 lbs, wearing a black jacket and a black and grey ball cap.

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Help name this thief

Wanted For: Breach of Probation, Obstruct a Peace Officer, Personation with Intent, and Fail to Comply with Release Conditions

On December 9th, a male entered a local liquor store, located a bottle of his preferred liquor, then concealed the bottle and left the store.

The suspect is described as wearing a brown parka, blue jeans, dark sneakers and a black ball cap with yellow lettering.

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VANCOUVER — DeVone Claybrooks has finally found the right place to become a head coach.

There have been other job opportunities in both the CFL and NFL, the 41-year-old said, but something was always off.

That changed with an offer from the B.C. Lions. He was announced as the team’s new head coach Tuesday.

“It’s about fit and right place and right circumstances. Because you don’t want your first job to be your last,’’ the former Calgary Stampeders’ defensive co-ordinator told reporters.

The difference in B.C. is the team’s general manager, Ed Hervey, Claybrooks said.

“It’s about trust. And with the other opportunities, I didn’t feel 100 per cent that I could buy in and that it would be the way it should be or the way it had been presented to me,’’ he said. “At least I can say with this guy here is what I see is what I get.’’

Claybrooks spent seven years on the Stamps’ coaching staff, including four as the defensive line coach, and won a Grey Cup with the team last month.

Calgary’s defence allowed the fewest points in the league over his three seasons as defensive co-ordinator.

He reportedly also interviewed with Toronto for their open head coach position, which the Argonauts filled by hiring Corey Chamblin on Monday.

Competition for the “rising star’’ was stiff, Hervey said.

“DeVone was the number one candidate. Make no mistakes about it. This was clear across the board,’’ he said. “I want sure if we were going to be able to get him.’’

The interview process took about two weeks, but Hervey said he’s been getting to know Claybrooks for several years and has long wanted to work with him.

“We have this similar belief on how football teams should be built

CFL.CA PHOTO DeVone Claybrooks succeeds Wally Buono as head coach of the B.C. Lions.

and we’re excited about that and we’re looking forward to the challenges that are ahead,’’ he said.

With several key players eligible for free agency this year, the team Claybrooks and Hervey build could look much different come training camp.

Neither gave may clues Tuesday about who might be on their roster, but both said they’re looking for hard-working players who want to win.

“I can’t predict what we’re going to be, but I can predict one thing — we’re going to be extremely hard working and we’re going to be very physical on the field and we’re going to be disciplined,’’ Hervey said.

Claybrooks replaces Wally Buono, who retired at the end of the season following 46 years in the CFL. “I’m not trying to fill Wally’s shoes.

I’m wearing my own,’’ the new coach said.

“So, I’m going to forge my own legacy and my own standard of what we’re doing around here. We’re just going to build off that platform that he left us. And that’s what we’re trying to do.’’

The native of Martinsville, Va., spent 11 years playing defensive tackle in the NFL, CFL and in Europe.

As far back as high school, coaches helped him understand not only his role, but the defence as a whole, molding the way he viewed the game and guiding him towards coaching after his playing career ended.

Claybrooks said he got into coaching to help young men become grown men.

KNIGHTS SLAY COMPETITION The atom recreation Kamloops Knights won gold at a tournament in Logan Lake last weekend, posting a 3-0 record en route to the final.

Kamloops bested Logan Lake 10-4 in the title tilt.

Roman O’Regan and Wyatt Martin scored three goals apiece, Holden Ekman racked up five helpers and Mason Grieg and three assists.

Logan Lake had a strong effort in defeat.

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BRIEFS GOING STREAKING The atom A1 Kamloops Blazers are riding a three-game winning streak after posting three consecutive 7-6 victories, two over Kelowna teams and one over Vernon.

Racking up points were Nate MacPhee

(8G, 1A), Keegan Sanders (5G, 2A), Jackson (3G, 1A), Mac Newman (3G, 1A), Aaron Zulinick (1G), Kellan Brown (1G) and Brydon Ortwein (1A).

Jackson Ferber and Dawson Washbrook share goaltending duties.

Corben Hickey, Brennen Banford, Brown, Zulinick, Grayson Welch and Sanders are improving on the blue line.

The Blazers are now on holiday break.

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Rachael Karker has a renewed sense of confidence heading into her second Dew Tour.

The Canadian halfpipe skier just has to work on mastering the event’s new modified superpipe layout. And she’s not alone in that regard.

The 21-year-old Karker has been in Breckenridge, Colo., the site of the annual event, for days testing out the brand new course, which includes uncharacteristic jump features before and after the actual pipe.

“I’m not sure how it’s going to go,’’ Karker said with a laugh in a phone interview with the Canadian Press.

“Right now all of us [competitors] are just trying to figure out the best way to use the features effectively.

“Going into a regular halfpipe would be a much easier way to plan a run and figure out what you’re going to do, but this is a really fun challenge and a way for us to try new things.’’

Karker has been trying new things all year since her 12th-place finish in her Dew Tour debut last December.

The Erin, Ont., skier

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has incorporated a left cork 900 (a 900-degree off-axis spin to the left) and a right flair (a back flip with a 180-degree horizontal rotation) into her repertoire after learning both tricks this off-season.

Attempting new daring feats in the air comes a bit easier for Karker, who switched from slopestyle to halfpipe three years ago. Her background in trampoline from her younger years helps with that too.

“Having good air sense is really important in most skiing disciplines, being able to know where you are in the air, so my past in trampoline really helps,’’ Karker said. “I found that a lot of aerial manoeuvres weren’t that difficult for me to learn.’’

The additions have

already started to pay off for Karker.

By putting those tricks into a consistent run, Karker opened the season last weekend with a fourth-place finish at the World Cup in Copper Mountain.

Teammate Cassie Sharpe of Comox — the defending Olympic champion in halfpipe — earned silver.

“That gives me a lot of confidence, especially placing high among all of the people who are normally placed high up,’’ Karker said.

“I was there with the big dogs and that does a lot for my confidence knowing I can match up to them now.’’

Sharpe, who won the superpipe gold medal at the 2017 Dew Tour, is also competing in this year’s event.

Elena Gaskell of Vernon, Evan McEachran of Oakville, Ont., Alex BeaulieuMarchand of Quebec City, Noah Bowman of Calgary, Simon D’Artois of Whistler, B.C., and Teal Harle of Campbell River are the other skiers in either the superpipe or slopestyle competitions this weekend.

Big air Olympic champ Sebastien Toutant of

l’Assomption, Que., headlines a Canadian snowboarding group that also includes Spencer O’Brien of Courtenay and Tyler Nicholson of North Bay, Ont. The women’s superpipe final is Friday morning while the two men’s ski slopestyle events — consisting of the jib (rail portion) and the jumps — go back-to-back on Saturday afternoon.

Snowboard slopestyle is scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Karker said the Dew Tour experience differs quite a bit from the more traditional World Cups or other FIS-regulated events.

There’s a concert on Saturday night, two different award shows on Thursday and Friday, and a general laid-back vibe that she appreciates.

“It feels like there’s less pressure and more creativity around what you can do at the Dew Tour,’’ Karker said. “We get to see everybody and we all hang out.

“It’s super fun, especially with the course being different this year. You’re a lot more free to try different things that you otherwise wouldn’t haven’t done.’’

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LAS VEGAS — The Toronto Blue Jays picked up right-handed pitcher Elvis Luciano from the Kansas City Royals on Thursday in the Rule 5 draft, while losing Canadian right-hander Jordan Romano in the selection process.

Luciano, an 18-year-old from the Dominican Republic, is 9-6 with a 3.37 earned-run average through two seasons in rookie league affiliates with Arizona and Kansas City.

He signed with the Diamondbacks as a 16-year-old international free agent on Oct. 1, 2016.

Toronto will need to keep Luciano on its 25-man majorleague roster for the entire 2019 season or offer him back to the Royals for US$50,000, half the price the Blue Jays paid to draft him.

The Rule 5 draft is a means of preventing teams from hoarding major-league ready talent in the minor leagues.

The Blue Jays lost Romano, a 25-year-old from Markham, Ont., to the White Sox with the third overall selection Thursday.

Chicago then traded him to the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash considerations.

Toronto also lost lefty Travis Bergen, who went to San Francisco with the ninth pick.

Romano was 11-8 with a 4.13 ERA over 25 starts at double-A New Hampshire last season. He also made one start at triple-A

Buffalo, allowing two runs over five innings to pick up the win.

Romano won nine straight decisions from April 4 to May 27 before struggling with consistency over the remainder of the season.

One of Toronto’s most recent Rule 5 success stories was righthander Joe Biagini, who they plucked from the Giants in 2015.

Biagini went on to pitch to a 3.06 ERA in 2016, striking out 62 batters and walking 19 over 67 2/3 innings out of the bullpen.

Toronto also selected righthander David Garner from the Chicago Cubs Thursday in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 draft.

Garner was suspended for 100 games last season following a third “drug of abuse’’ violation of baseball’s minor league drug program.

The Rule 5 draft concludes the annual winter meetings.

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• Lansdowne Central Liquor Store • Lensmakers Optical • Market Fresh Foods • Minos • The Residents at Orchards Walk • Penny Pinchers • Plaza • Safeway (North Kamloops & Sahali)

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Bears, Packers to meet, with division title on line ANDREW SELIGMAN

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Clinch the NFC North championship and beat a heated rival to do it? The Chicago Bears couldn’t have asked for a sweeter scenario.

That’s exactly the opportunity they’re staring at when they host Aaron Rodgers and the fading Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon.

“It would be very exciting,’’ quarterback Mitchell Trubisky said. “We know this is a big week for us, and a lot comes with it.’’

With six wins in the past seven games, the division championship and a playoff spot are just about in hand.

A win over the Packers (5-7-1) would clinch the North for the Bears (9-4). So would a loss by Minnesota to Miami. And ties by both the Bears and the Vikings would do the trick, too.

Even if they don’t clinch the division, they could still secure a playoff spot on Sunday. In that case, a tie against Green Bay — or a tie or loss by Washington

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against Jacksonville — would send Chicago to the playoffs for the first time since the 2010 team won the NFC North.

Of course, with a victory comes this added bonus — beating Green Bay. It would also give the Bears a measure of revenge for that season-opening gut punch at Lambeau Field, when Rodgers got carted off the field with a left knee injury and came back to lead the Packers from 20 down to a 24-23 victory.

“It’s a special moment in

my career,’’ Rodgers said.

“It is the Bears, and the injury I was dealing with and the pain and 20-0 and coming back and winning that game. It seems a long time ago, standing here in Week 15, but that was a good moment for us. It’s a better moment when you parlay those into bigtime winning seasons and championship runs, but it was a special moment for sure.’’

The teams’ fortunes sure have changed since.

The Bears have emerged as a force in the NFC in their first season under coach Matt Nagy after four straight last-place finishes. The Packers fired Mike McCarthy in his 13th season two weeks ago and made offensive co-ordinator Joe Philbin the interim head coach, hoping to jolt a team in danger of missing the playoffs for the second straight year.

The Packers won his debut , beating the Atlanta Falcons 34-20. The Bears beat the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams 15-6 last week, with their defence squashing one of the NFL’s most prolific offences.

MCKEEVER WINS GOLD AT IPC WORLD CUP EVENT CANADIAN PRESS

VUOKATTI, Finland — Canada’s Brian McKeever won a gold medal in a five-kilometre cross-country ski race Thursday at the first stop in the IPC World Cup circuit.

The 17-time-Paralympic medallist from Canmore, Alta., clocking a time of 11 minutes 4.6 in the visually impaired category.

McKeever welcomed back guide Graham Nishikawa of Whitehorse, who returned from a back injury.

McKeever skated without a guide in a silver-medal performance in Wednesday’s distance race.

“Having Nish [Graham Nishikawa] back today was massive,’’ said the 39-year-old McKeever, who said Wednesday’s he sluggish in the distance race. “We were able to share the work. Once he blew up, he let me go on my own for the final two climbs before leading me into the finish.

“We were making huge time on the field going up the hardest climbs.

Without a guide today, I wouldn’t have been able to pull out the win.’’

Sweden’s Zebastian Modin skied to the silver in 11:16.8. Oleksandr Kazik of Ukraine was third at 11:31.8.

Natalie Wilkie of Salmon Arm finished fourth the women’s 2.5 kilometre skate-ski race with a time of 6:46.2.

Norway’s Vilde Nilsen was first, followed by Ukrainians Liudmyla Liashenko and Oleksandra Kononova.

Ontario city settles complaint over use of Indigenous mascots and logos COLIN PERKEL

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TORONTO — Indigenousthemed mascots, names, imagery and symbols used by non-Aboriginal sports teams will be removed from arenas and other facilities in Mississauga, Ont., under a mediated settlement before the province’s human rights tribunal, the complainant said on Thursday.

The agreement reached late last month ends a complaint from a resident businessman, who said he found the use of such names and imagery offensive. “[The settlement] recognizes native mascots as a human rights issue,’’ Bradley Gallant, a business consultant and member of the Qalipu First Nation, said in an interview.

“It’s not tradition. It’s something that you can no longer say you’re doing it because it’s honouring us — because the intent of your use

of a mascot doesn’t matter; it’s the effect or the harm that the mascot causes.’’

Gallant filed the complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in 2015 because he said he didn’t want his children to grow up feeling ashamed of their heritage. He said Mississauga, just west of Toronto, should not provide funding to teams with racially insensitive names and logos, like the Mississauga Chiefs or Lorne Park Ojibwa.

He said he also wanted the city to remove banners featuring the teams’ names and logos from municipal buildings, arguing they contribute to a harmful and discriminatory environment.

In all, his complaint named seven teams in the province with racially insensitive names — five in Mississauga.

Two of the teams had already changed their names and logos before the settlement.

“It’s a very wide problem but you attack the issue where you can attack the issue,’’

Gallant said. “I was just getting tired of every building I walked into in Mississauga having a native mascot. I thought it was time for a change.’’

The city, which had argued that the teams were responsible for names and logos, had no immediate comment on the settlement, which was reached Nov. 30.

Gallant has previously said he didn’t see any harm in such names and logos but that his views began to shift in 2014 in light of controversy surrounding the NFL’s Washington Redskins. He said he grew to see the names and images as a holdover of colonial attitudes and eventually told his daughters, who are both goalies, they could not play in such teams.

In addition to removing the offending materials, Gallant said the city also agreed to enhance its diversity and inclusion training and to develop a policy related to the use of Indigenous themes and

images at its facilities in consultation with various First Nations groups.

Gallant called it a “very good start,’’ saying he wants to be able to go into a mall or an arena without being offended. Use of these names and symbols creates a “poisonous environment’’ for Indigenous people, he said.

“I just don’t want to see corporate-sponsored or institutionally sanctioned racism,’’ Gallant said. “I’m not looking to point fingers, just hoping to move back to a better place.’’

Gallant said a similar deal was reached in September with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, which has also agreed to bar students from wearing or displaying Indigenous mascots at school or at schoolrelated events. In addition, he said the board agreed to amend its dress code.

Ontario’s Human Rights Commission intervened in the case and was a party to the resolution.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of

Albert (Al, Ab, Abby) Head February 12, 1945 - December 15, 2016

Time slips by and life goes on but from our hearts you are never gone.

We think about you always, we talk about you too, We have so many memories, but all we want is YOU. Your open arms, warm hugs and easy going nature are missed so much. On this day and every day forward, may the fish be huge and the beer be bottomless. Cheers to you and the life we shared.

We love you Abby, Dad, Papa, and Grandpa Holding you close just as you are us Jeanny, Trev, Jenn, Emily, Nicole, Mark and Nicholas.

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Al Johnson 1933 - 2018

Al Johnson was born in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia in 1933. Despite the promising hometown name, pretty much from the start he leaned more Nova Scotia forests than Bible. Returning successfully from an early hunting trip, he was indignant his family gave him trouble for being late to church with a dirty shirt, so he hit the road.

And travel he did. He remembers 54 countries, and every continent except Antarctica. As they don’t grow anything fermentable that far south, he didn’t think it worth the trouble. And in all those 54 countries, he told stories and had a drink with someone. Yes, he even managed to get a drink in the Islamic Republic of Iran and to share some stories with the people there, which gives you a good measure of the man.

The stock market, hunting and fishing were his main themes, but he had a depth and breadth of topics that demanded the stories always stray from the original narrative to cover multiple topics. Sometimes he told the same story more than once and occasionally he might even finish the story he started, but he would always tell you a good story!

Always moving, he claimed to work for CN Rail, the Quebec, North Shore and Labrador Railroad and various plumbing and heating outfits, but generally found them to get in the way of more important things like hunting, fishing and travelling the world.

Al moved to Kamloops in 1961, where the CN finally gave in and gave him a decent amount of time to explore the world. Along the way,

Frances Mary Linda Ridley

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(née Williams)

David Wayne Robinson

December 7, 1939 - December 1, 2018 Frances “Fran” Ridley, aged 78, passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 1, 2018 surrounded by her loving family singing her to the other side. Fran will be remembered with much love by Ron, her husband of 61 years and their children Rhonda (Barry), Debbie (James) and Leslie (David). Endearingly known as Nana and Great-nana, she will be deeply missed by her six grandchildren and one step-grandchild Eric (Joanne), Sarah (Bob), Lyndsey (Geoff), Jeff (Halimah), Tyson (Kelsey), Landon and Jesse (Brianne) and her six great-grandchildren Rowyn, Logan, Ridley, Zachary, Ewan and Lochlyn as well as step-great grandchildren Chloe, Hannah and Willow.

Fran lived life to her fullest. She was an avid golfer, whose drive extended well beyond the course into her impeccably kept home, where she enjoyed gardening and a glass of wine on the patio. Her culinary skills and her keen sense of style made her a delightful host to many lucky friends and family members. Fran was a passionate traveller and especially enjoyed her winters down south in the motorhome she shared with Ron. Together, they made many friends and wonderful memories during their travels.

Fran loved fiercely. She was a caring and devoted mother and wife and an amazing Nana and Great-nana to all. She also adored her mini schnauzers Bella and Beau, who brought her much joy. We hope that wherever Fran is now, she is savouring a glass of wine on a beautiful patio, looking down on those who remember her affectionately.

As per her wishes, there will be no service. In honour of Nana’s favourite holiday, the family will be gathering at Christmastime to celebrate her life. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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With membership in the Memorial Society of BC, further discounts are available to you and your family for all services and merchandise at First Memorial. Come and ask us how to join. You will be pleased with our already low family friendly cremation prices. he found time to marry an Australian named Claire, have a son named Dave, a daughterin-law named Leah and a granddaughter named Claire. It is possible he spoiled the granddaughter on occasion. They are going to miss him, because even when they thought they had heard all the stories, he would find something new to share with them.

He claimed to be a Poor Old Pensioner once he retired, but between gold panning, mountain biking, skiing, looking at elephants in Zimbabwe, fishing, hunting, drinking red wine, going to Carnival in Rio and arguing with friends about the stock market, he lived a rich life. On December 8, 2018 he was doing moose calls with his friends and on December 9, 2018 he passed away in his sleep.

Al didn’t have much time for funerals or flowers.

So, to remember him, the family asks that you go and buy a cheap bottle of red wine and go share it with your favorite grumpy old man. Don’t worry about the truth content of his stories, just enjoy sharing them with him.

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

November 2, 1957 – December 17, 2017

The best things in life are the people we love, the places we have been, and the memories we made along the way…

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We miss you so much Love, Ernie, Ryan, Daniel, Alison, Ashley, Riley, Luke and Jake.

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Margaret “Teapot” Bonser August 24, 1929 - November 17, 2018

Does anyone remember Margaret “Teapot” Bonser? She was the 2nd Kamloops Girl Guide Leader in the late 1960s through early 1970s.

Please take a moment to remember her for her vivacious leadership, gifted teaching skills and for her encouraging example for many girl guides and children over those years.

She recently passed away in Sidney, BC, her husband of 64 years Patrick and two longtime Kamloops Boy Scouts John (Dave) and Peter wish to honour her by remembering all those good times while they lived in Kamloops and other cities in BC and Saskatchewan.

She moved from Kamloops to Nelson in 1972, where she completed her education degree and then taught elementary school children for 10 years in Nelson and even Pass Creek which is a Doukhobor community and where she was adored.

She then retired to Victoria but worked as a Docent at the Royal BC Museum (Continuing to educate children in her grand style, once again).

Did you know that she had also previously dedicated spare time as a “Brown Owl” Brownie leader in Saskatoon before moving to BC and before that, volunteering with the Girl Guides in England, then she and Pat immigrated to Canada (with one babe in arms, to the middle of Saskatchewan, no less… culture shock! All handled with a brilliant smile and a positive attitude.)

Margaret also has a sister, Barbara in England and two grandchildren Liam and Anneka here in Canada.

Pat and Margaret wished no service nor funeral, but only to be remembered as the vibrant and independent woman that loved teaching - especially children. We thank you.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Victor David Oakley (Vic) Newman October 6, 1929 – December 7, 2018

Vic Newman lived a wonderful life of love, kindness and true faith. Son to Norman and Tula, big brother to Gwen, Daryl and Melvin, loving husband of 64 years to Winnie and father to Vicci (Tony) and Rob (Cathy).

Vic was born at Royal Inland Hospital and raised on the Newman homestead in Brocklehurst. As a child, Vic worked the family orchard after school and pulled weeds in the family’s “Rain-a-Day Garden” located near present-day NorKam Senior Secondary. Vic did his share outside in the fields alongside his siblings but he truly loved spending time with his Mom, reading and listening to music. At an early age, Vic, his brothers and sister rode their horses to school and Vic joined the “Climber’s Club” of the United Church in downtown Kamloops.

Vic loved everything “flight-related” from his early teens until the day he died. He obtained his pilot’s licence in the late 1940s and regularly travelled to the Abbottsford Air Show. Vic read every word written on the “Space Race” and watched through the night with his kids to see Neil Armstrong step onto the moon’s surface.

When he met his beloved Winnie in 1952, Vic became a member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church where he found his true community of faith. Winnie and Vic were married in 1954 and lived happily together until his passing 64 years later.

Vic was hired to help build the Kamloops Oil Refinery in the same year that he was married. After it was built, Vic continued to be employed by the refinery until it was closed in 1983. He then decommissioned the refinery and was asked to travel to China to rebuild it there. Vic spent his entire career arriving at work an hour early and never leaving until his job was done.

His work ethic was born in the orchards and gardens of his youth and continued throughout his life. There was never a job too big. In 1967, Vic and Winnie bought a small cabin at Cedar Villas on Shuswap Lake and just last year celebrated 50 years of memories at the lake with their summer friends and family. Vic served as President of the association for many years and to this day the grounds at Cedar Villas reflect the countless hours of effort that Vic spent working as the de facto handyman.

Dad enjoyed the Rummoli Group, the Walking Club, their Happy Hour Gang and his new friends at Berwick on the Park. His last months were tough for him and for those of us that loved him dearly. True to his kind and unassuming nature, Vic never complained about his declining health and made everyone around him comfortable and comforted by his stoic and gentle nature.

Vic and Winnie had a long, happy marriage, raising their children in Kamloops and developing lifelong friendships. Uncle Vic was loved by his many nieces and nephews and was lovingly called uncle by the children of many close friends. He was also a second father to a number of students who lived with the Newman family over the years.

Dad has “gone home”.

He died peacefully and is now at rest.

In 1989, Vic was gifted with a granddaughter Christine.

She was the “light of his life” and they enjoyed many hours together at the family cottage. Later in life, Vic became Grandpa Vic to Carling, Erin and Caitie. He considered himself truly blessed.

Throughout Vic’s life, the Presbyterian Church has been his mainstay. He developed close friendships with many in the church, most notably the Reverend George Peters and John Brown Sr. Vic was both the Beadle and Clerk of Session for over 41 years. When he retired his post with quiet dignity, he was recognized by the Presbytery of Canada with an Elder Emeritus award. Vic was honored, but somewhat shocked, by the recognition. Working for the church was simply the most natural thing to do.

The Newman and Ryan families wish to thank Vic’s doctor Francois Malan, the staff at the VIP Clinic, his respirologists Dr. Nair and Dr. Kambo, as well as Dr. Raath who lent a healing ear and supported Dad many times this past summer and fall. Lastly, our family extends our heartfelt thanks to the legions of nurses (Blaine), porters, technicians and patients who helped Dad through the long days in hospital.

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Wilbert (Bert) Carl Knezacek Kent

April 29, 1942 – November 27, 2018 It is with great heartbreak and sadness that we announce the passing of Bert Kent – husband, brother, uncle, great uncle and brother-in-law.

Bert is survived by his wife Wendy, of 47 years, sister Betty Rempel (Pete), brother Gordon Kent (Grace), and many, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Bert was born in Kelowna and lived in the Rutland area of Kelowna. He graduated from Rutland High School and attended Grade 13 at Kelowna High School. He moved to Vancouver and worked with cash registers, typewriters and office equipment. Early on he and a work colleague travelled across Canada to the Maritimes distributing STP and other products (a great travelling experience). Bert moved to Kamloops in the late 60s and continued in the office equipment and furniture business.

Bert participated in sports all his life (can’t think of many he was not involved in!), but his passions were always hockey, skiing, sailing, hiking and spending time in the mountains. Bert reluctantly gave up hockey a few years ago but always maintained contact with his hockey buddies. He was part of a close coffee group and attended as often as he could.

Bert was a kind, gentle, genuinely good man with many lifelong friends he kept in touch with. He loved his family first and foremost. He had a great sense of humour, was an artist, loved everything about history, exploration and puttering in his garden. He loved people, animals, birds and had Stellar’s jays eating peanuts from his hand (crows

Bert was awarded a Medal of Bravery (could put M.B. after his name) by the Governor General, The Honourable David Johnston, in October 2016 in Ottawa for being part of a three-man rescue team (hockey buddies) in rescuing a woman who had fallen through the ice into the Thompson River near the Anavets Club in Kamloops in the early spring of 2014.

Bert was a member of the Kamloops Canoeing Club, Tod Mountain (Sun Peaks) Ski Club, Outdoor Club, Overlander Ski Club, Sailing Club and was a long-time member of the Kiwanis Club.

Bert will be greatly missed by his many friends and acquaintances, neighbours and his loving family.

Many sincere thanks and gratitude to all the remarkable doctors and nurses in the ER and ICU at Royal Inland Hospital for their compassionate care and attention to Bert in his final days.

No service by request. A celebration of Bert’s life will be held in the spring in more favourable weather.

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A Celebration of Life for Vic will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1136 6th Ave, Kamloops, BC. There will be a social gathering in the church hall following the Service.

In lieu of flowers, Vic’s family encourages you to make a donation in Vic’s memory to a charitable organization of your choice. !

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Raymond Beaudry April 23, 1947 – December 2, 2018

Ray passed away peacefully, with his loving wife by his side, Chrissy Beaudry of 15 years at the age of 71. He was born in Elie, Manitoba.

Ray is reunited with his deceased parents Adelard and Corinne Beaudry of Elie, MB and sisters Lucy and Claudette.

He leaves behind his brothers Ubald of Elie, MB, Edward of Enderby, BC, adopted children Janice and Bryan, step-child Carolyn, stepgrandchildren Amanda, Vanessa, step-greatgrandchildren Kinsley, Oakely (twins), Karter, Makai, nephews Terry, Jason, nieces Nicole, Tania, Michele, Tricia, as well as many friends and relatives.

Ray was 18 years old when he came to Vancouver, BC from Elie, MB and he worked in construction with his dad. He then became a prison guard, then moved to Canal Flats and worked for Crestbrook Mills, then moved to Nelson and worked as a postal delivery carrier, then worked part-time with the RCMP in Nelson as a security guard.

Then he became a yard foreman and a conductor with the CPR and then transferred to Kamloops. He volunteered as a security guard for many years at Memorial Arena. Ray enjoyed many sports, baseball, curling and golfing.

A Celebration of Ray’s Life will be held on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 1:00 pm by Pastor John at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 364 Fortune Avenue, Kamloops, BC. In lieu of flowers, should you desire donations can be made in Ray’s memory to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

On-line condolences may be expressed at chrissybeaudry1@gmail.com

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Ida Helen Graham

Margaret Sharon Fitger

Sarjit K. Singh

May 6, 1932 – December 3, 2018

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Mother at 86 years old.

She is survived by her daughters Sharon (Kevin), Judy (Ron), son David, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband William, son Robert, both of her parents John and Hilda and a younger brother.

She was born in Lomond, Alberta, into a farming community. She moved to Calgary where she met her husband Bill and they eventually settled in Kamloops. Together, Mom and Dad enjoyed camping, travelling and boating on the Shuswap with family and friends.

No formal service by request, we ask that you please take a moment to reflect on her life.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

It is with deep sadness that family announce the sudden passing of Sarjit Singh on December 8, 2018 in Ladner, BC at the age of 79 years. Sarjit’s homes were in Kamloops and Tsawwassen BC, and she loved both communities immensely where she was known as an avid walker who would always stop to chat about the day and to greet every dog with big smiles and hugs. Sarjit’s greatest joys in life were cooking for friends and family, gardening, traveling with her family, dogs of all kinds, and of course laughing and spending time with her family and friends. For most of her life, she was known for her strength, bluntness and unconditional support and love for the things that mattered the most to those around her. For the last few years Sarjit was enjoying splitting her time between Tsawwassen and the US with extended visits with her daughter and son-in-law including annual trips to Kauai and of course play-time with the most important souls to her – her beloved dogs Max, Mika and Toby. Sarjit passed away peacefully with her family at her side and is survived by her daughter Indra Heed Hornsby, son-in-law John Hornsby, and grandchildren Jonathan Hornsby (Libby, Sophie) and Sarah Hornsby (Mark). She also leaves to mourn her brother and sister-in-law Sucha and Ossie Thandi, her favorite niece Sheila Aolick (Mindy, Zack, Kayla), the Hornsby family in Ottawa, and most especially her dear-cousin/second brother and sister-in-law Hans Raj and Sneh Lata Sandhu and their wonderful girls Priya and Poonam who were daughters in Sarjit’s heart, and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and dear friends in both Canada and the US. Sarjit is predeceased by her loving husband Dave (Khushdev) Singh Heed from 2011, and the family has great comfort in knowing she is back with Dave which is where she always wanted to be ...

Please join us for her memorial service at 10:00am on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Riverside Funeral Home at 7410 Hopcott Road, in Ladner, BC. In lieu of flowers, a donation of your choice can be made in Sarjit’s memory to either the Delta Hospice Society or the Delta Community Animal Shelter.

Mrs. Maria Bartucci Mrs. Maria Bartucci passed away peacefully in Kamloops on December 10, 2018 at the age of 91 years. She will be lovingly remembered by family, her three daughters Rosalba (Domenic) Guido, Ornella Leone and Anna (Joseph) Farias and her three sons Luigi “Gino” (Teresa), Francesco (Maria) and Renato (Rose), her grandchildren Maria Louisa Bartucci, Giuseppe Guido, Agostino Bartucci, Rosanna Falco, Giuseppe Bartucci, Lisa Marrello, Cristina Groves, Tina Bartucci, Roberto Guido, Roberto Leone, Daniel Leone, Jonathan Farias, Doriana Bartucci, Corrina Bartucci and Anthony Bartucci, her great-grandchildren Francesca Bartucci, Angela Falco, Matteo Bartucci, Luca Bartucci, Domenic Guido, Shae Bartucci, Emilio Marrello, Santino Marrello, Aubree Farias, Olivia Farias and Giada Leone and great-greatgrandson Lorenzo Bartucci-Nex and many nieces, nephews, as well as many friends and relatives.

Maria is predeceased by her husband Agostino Bartucci in 1979, her two brothers Antonio and Francesco and her sisters Rosaria, Angelina, Saletta, Ida and Carmena.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated by The Reverend Father Paul Simms on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 11:00 am in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Family entombment will follow at Evergreen Mausoleum.

On behalf of the Bartucci family, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the management and staff of Overlander Long Term Care Facility, for all the care and attention shown to our mother during her five years as a resident. We would also like to thank Dr. Howie and Eccleston for the excellent care they gave our mother over the years.

Our mom valued her family above all else, and that is the legacy she leaves behind in us.

Forever in our hearts.

Should friends desire, donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice, 72 Whiteshield Crescent S., Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9 in memory of Maria.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

It is with great sadness that the family of Margaret Sharon Fitger announces her passing on December 11, 2018 after a short but lions fight against leukemia. Our beautiful mother will be especially missed by her partner of 40 years Emil, her daughters Deanne (Dave) and Pam, her brother Bob (Joan), grandchildren Christian, Brianna (Mike), Katelyn, Jacob, great-grandsons Tyson and Nolan, stepdaughter Cheryl (Gerry) as well as many numerous nieces and nephews.

After many hard working years for the school board, Sharon retired to tend to her farm, garden and family. Sharon’s family greatly appreciated all the care from the medical professionals that were involved at RIH, IV Therapy nurses, Trinity at Overlander and VGH. A celebration of her life will be planned for the spring when family can travel.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a donation made to the Red Cross Blood Donor Services.

FOREVER LOVED AND DEEPLY MISSED Arrangements entrusted to Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services 250-554-2324 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

A Vanished Friend

by Anders Lim

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

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

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

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

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

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ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt

THE BORN LOSER

BABY BLUES

BIG NATE

by Art & Chip Samsom

by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

by Lincoln Peirce

by Chris Browne

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr

SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie Macnelly

PARDON MY PLANET by Vic Lee

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

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HERMAN

by Jim Unger

KIT ’N’ CARLYLE

by Larry Wright

FAMILY CIRCUS

by Bil & Jeff Keane

I am a comic and actor born in Texas on December 13, 1967. I was a star quarterback in high school and I’m also proficient in piano. I gained recognition for my role on “In Living Color,” and won an Oscar for portraying a music legend.

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DOWN 1. Like Bob Dylan’s voice

63. Carries away

81. Meas. in a T.S.A. carry-on rule

2. “Remember the ____!”

66. Harm

83. Failed the class 84. Perfumery oil

4. ____ Johnson a.k.a. The Rock

85. Barbie’s strawberry blond sister

5. Burgle 6. Corp. mogul

87. Kingston bro

7. Hobbles

88. Stagger

8. 2007 No. 1 Alicia Keys album

ACROSS 1. Cranky baby’s need

74. See 62-Across

4. “Inspector Gadget” antagonist 10. Eschew 15. Starbuck’s order giver 19. Brown ____ 20. Best seller subtitled “The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English”

80. Northeast state sch.

3. Medical discovery of 1928

30. Pluck 31. Cryptid of the 115-Across 36. Kids’ TV character who speaks in a falsetto 37. Adler in Sherlock Holmes stories 38. Freshly painted 39. Talk like one smitten 41. Singer Del Rey 43. Cabinet selection?

73. Adaptable sorts

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93. Total hunk

12. Cent : U.S. :: ____ : Sweden

79. ____-mannered

95. Tape or patch

13. Return letters?

96. “Happy Birthday” writer, maybe

14. Blue Book value decreaser

86. Massimo who wrote “The Goodbye Kiss”

97. It’s not your fault

15. Also

98. ____ rap (music subgenre)

16. Housewives and househusbands

101. Word before and after “say”

17. Voice-activated device since 2014

103. Penne ____ vodka

18. Nota ____

105. It borders Iceland’s eastern coast

25. Mother of the Virgin Mary

111. Event not intended to be repeated.

26. Be beholden to 28. Like a top-rated Michelin restaurant

89. Breather 92. Until now 94. Opus ____ 98. Make wealthy 99. Robert who pioneered in electronic music 100. “And if I don’t?”

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109. Eleniak of “Baywatch”

35. Shad delicacy

110. Psyched

121. Fast time

40. Gumbo ingredient

122. Sort with a stiff upper lip

42. Playwright Chekhov

111. Capital on the same parallel as Seward, Alaska

58. “Am not!” rejoinder

123. Capital of Kazakhstan

44. Actress Fisher

60. Smallish batteries

124. Squeeze (out)

46. Ghost

61. P

125. “… ____ they say”

62. With 68- and 74-Across, J. K. Rowling’s first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of answers in this puzzle

126. Cupboard with open shelves at the top

47. Person who’s happy to go bust?

65. Indulges in to an unhealthful degree, briefly

128. “Far out!”

50. Jersey and others 52. Asian territory in Risk

120. One with a backstage pass

54. Traitor 55. Surgically remove 56. Inventor Otis

43. Feudal domain

127. What old army buddies might discuss

67. Dispense

108. Tickle

112. Angle 116. Original Beatle Sutcliffe

48. ____ Ski Valley 49. Repair, as a metal joint

117. Having many fans … or needing a fan?

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113. Bricklayer’s tool

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91. Creation after the Indian and Eurasian plates collided

29. Gave two big thumbs down

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27. Cordial relations

71. It can come in rolls

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90. Real Madrid vis-àvis F.C. Barcelona

24. Cryptid of the 91-Across

70. Motor ____

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21. Pomme de____ (French for “potato”) 23. Part of U.C.S.F.

64. Nursery-rhyme seat

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119. Bit of forensic data

51. Certain product of pyrolysis 53. Classic Chrysler 54. Highway gunk

68. See 62-Across

57. Silent communication, for short

69. Of service

59. The golden rule, e.g.

71. “____ bleu!”

60. Italian wine town

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Rte 323 – 755-783 6th Ave. 763-884 7th Ave, 744-878 8th Ave. 603-783 Columbia St (Odd Side), 605-793 Dominion St. – 51 p.

Rte 332 – 1010-1160 Douglas St, 1025-1079 11th Ave, 1070-1085 12th Ave. – 45 p.

Rte 333 – 1005-1090 Pine St, 1003-1176 Pleasant St. -39 p.

Rte 373 – 25-150 Clarke St, 24-60 W. Columbia St. (Even Side) – 19 p.

Rte 381 – 20-128 Centre Ave, 517-782 Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St. – 58 p.

Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, 889-1024 Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 28 p.

Rte 384 – 407-775 W. Battle St, 260-284 Centre Ave. – 46 p.

Rte 385 – 350-390 W. Battle St, Strathcona Terr. – 30 p.

Rte 387 – 643-670 McBeth Pl. – 22 p.

Rte 389 – Bluff Pl, 390 Centre Av,e 242-416 W. Columbia St, Dufferin Terr, Garden Terr, Grandview Terr. – 61 p.

Rte 390 – Fernie Crt, 158-400 Fernie Pl, Guerin Creek Way. – 49 p.

LOWER SAHALI

Rte 403 – 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. – 28 p.

Rte 404 – Chapperon Dr, 108-395 Greenstone Dr, Pyramid Crt. – 57 p.

Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, 98-279 Bestwick Dr, Bestwick Crt E. & W, Morrisey Pl. – 49 p.

Rte 406 – 109-492 McGill Rd. – 63 p.

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

SAHALI

Rte 464 – 1775 McKinley Crt. – 47 p.

Rte 470 – Farnham Wynd, 102-298 Waddington Dr. – 67 p.

RAYLEIGH

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Rte 492 – 2000-2099 Monteith Dr, Sentinel Crt. – 38 p.

ABERDEEN

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Rte 519 – Regent Cres & Pl. – 50 p.

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Rte 606 – Orchard Dr, Russet Wynd, 1815-1899 Valleyview Dr. – 41 p.

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Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 50 p.

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Rte 655 – 1685 Finlay Ave, 22022385+2416-2458 Skeena Dr. – 36 p.

Rte 664 – 2920-3099 Kickinghorse Dr, 1500-1599 Kickinghorse Way. – 30 p.

Rte 670 – Galore Cres, Crt & Pl. – 108 p.

Rte 760 – Beaver Cres, Chukar Dr. – 64 p.

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Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 56 p.

Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 44 p.

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

Rte 836 – 133-197 Cahilty Cres, 150-187 Hyas Pl, 4551-4648 Spurraway Rd. – 36 p.

Rte 837 – 103-190 Helmcken Dr, 4654-4802 Spurraway Rd. – 22 p.

Rte 842 – 3945-4691 Yellowhead Hwy. – 35 p.

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Rte 14 – 2305-2399 Briarwood Ave, McInnes Pl, Richards Pl, Wallace Pl. – 39 p.

Rte 24 - 2053-2086 Dale Pl, 2058-2089 Lisa Pl, 806-999 Windbreak St. – 49 p.

Rte 39 - 840 – 975 Desmond St, 1814-1897 Gellrich Ave, 1739-1796 Sunnycrest Ave, - 51 p.

BATCHELOR

Rte 175 – 1800-1899 Norfolk Crt, Norview Pl, 821-991 Norview Rd. – 38 p.

Rte 183 – 2003-2074 Saddleback Dr, 2003-2085 Grasslands Blvd. – 74 p.

Rte 184 – 2077-2097 Saddleback Dr, 2001-2071 Stagecoach Dr. – 31 p.

Rte 187 – 2100-2130 Doubletree Cres, 1050-1100 Latigo Dr, 21002169 Saddleback Dr. – 56 p,

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Rte 701 – Freda Ave, Klahanie Dr, Morris Pl, Shelly Dr, 901-935 Todd Rd. – 91 p.

Rte 706 – 1078-1298 Lamar Dr, Molin Pl, - 29 p.

Rte 751 – 5310 Barnhartvale Rd, Bogetti Pl, 5300-5599 Dallas Dr, 5485-5497 ETC Hwy, Viking Dr, Wade Pl. – 64 p.

Rte 752 – 5600-5998 Dallas Dr, Harper Pl & Rd. – 63 p.

Rte 754 – Hillview Dr, Mountview Dr. – 39 p.

Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley, Melrose, Yarrow. – 72 p.

Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 6724-7250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd, Stockton Rd. – 40 p.

NORTH SHORE

Rte 103 – 1167-1201 8th St, 1179-1229 10th St, 1182-1185 11th St, 1188-1294 12th St, 823-1166 Sudbury Ave. – 70 p.

Rte 107 - 1117 8th St, 1109-1139 10th St, 1110-1140 11th St. Rte 127 - 110-111 Dee St, 125-154 Knox St, 209-288 Royal Ave Rte 142 - 215-297 Alder Ave, 219-293 Cypress Ave, 300-348 & 430 Fortune Dr, 225-298 Juniper Ave, 325-439 Schubert Dr, 225-289 Spruce Ave. Rte 144 - 526-548 Fortune Dr, 210-346 Oak Rd, 575-615 Schubert Dr, 223-3380 Walnut Ave,

WESTSYDE

Rte 213 – 2564-2582 Sandpiper Dr. – 61 p.

Rte 214 – 2511-2553 Partridge Cres, 2502-2597 Partridge Dr, 2554-2590 Partridge Pl. – 46 p.

Rte 215 – 2501-2583 Sandpiper Dr (Odd Side), 2586-2627 Sandpiper Dr. – 40 p.

Rte 239 - 1006 Sicamore Dr, 807-996 Pine Springs Rd,- 55p.

Misc. Wanted

Misc. Wanted

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for

Box 67, 100 Mile House B.C. V0K 2E0

one week for FREE?

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE

1*/& t 4136$& t '*3 16-1800%

Please contact Log Buyer at 250-395-6218

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

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

*some restrictions apply

Real Estate

250-371-4949

Free well used Reading chair and foot stool You pick up (250) 828-1151

One bedroom with den in quiet 55+ building. Large walk-in closet, sun room, and in-suite laundry. Low strata fees include hot water, snow removal, and maintenance. Great location close to bus, shopping, library. One cat or small dog permitted. $219,900. 778-2570781.

Firewood/Fuel

For Sale By Owner

Free: Merit Students Encyclopedia and Dictionary. 23 hard cover books. 250-376-6607

RUN TILL

RENTED

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

Stock up now. Campfire wood.

(250) 377-3457.

$5300

Furniture

Plus Tax

8ft Antique Couch $900.

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

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

3 Lines - 12 Weeks

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

Diningroom table w/8-chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $850. 250-374-8933.

Misc. for Sale 5pc bedroom suite. $225.

Men’s LH golf clubs. $80.

374-3962.

Ashley Sofa & loveseat set. $450. 250-374-7096.

Butcher-Boy commercial meat grinder 3-hp. 220 volt. c/w attachments. $1800. 250318-2030.

1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

250-371-4949 Motorcycles

250-260-0110 Career Opportunities

Education/Trade Schools AAA - Pal & Core

ATTENTION HOME BUYERS!

courses mid-week & weekends.

NEW - Intro to Reloading & Bear Aware courses on demand.

Gift Certificates (Ho Ho Ho) For schedules see www.pal-core-ed.com or 778-470-3030

HUNTER & FIREARMS

HOME & LOTS AVAILABLE New mortgage rules stressing you out?

Call Eagle Homes today!

CALL TODAY

250-573-2278 TOLL FREE

1-866-573-2276

RUN TILL

RENTED * RESTRICTIONS APPLY

Courses. A Great Christmas Gift. Next C.O.R.E. January 5th and 6th. Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. December 30th Sunday.

Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

Bill

250-376-7970

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TRAINING Online-based 43 wk program incls 8 wk practicum.

Regulated Pharmacy Technicians earn $25 -$28/hr in hospitals & $20-$27/hr in community pharmacies. Accredited by the Canadian Council for the Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP).

Brand new Manufactured home in beautiful 55+ Sunset Heights Estates Park, Barriere. $160,000 16’ x 66’ 2 Bed, 2 bath.

604-379-8379

BY OWNER $55.00 Special!

Call or email for more info:

250-374-7467 classifieds@

kamloopsthisweek.com

Houses For Sale

Carboys 23L. $30. 11.5L $20.

1-gal jugs $3/each. Bottle dry rack $15. 250-376-0313.

Motorcycles

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ONLINE

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- Regular & Screened Sizes -

REIMER’S FARM SERVICES

Musical Instruments 2-3/4 French and German Violins c/w case/bows. $100$200. 3-Full size violins. $200.

250-434-6738.

5th wheel hitch $300. Ford air flow tailgate w/lock black $160. 250-374-8285.

Halston Bridge Esso are hiring for varied shift patterns.

Please bring a resume in person to the store, 1271 Salish Rd. and ask for the manager Evelyn.

$$$ Cash for Xmas? $$$ Buying Coins Gold & Silver Call Chad: 250-863-3082

Call our Classified Department for details!

Free Items

INTERESTED IN A ROUTE? Livestock

Misc. Wanted

Apt/Condos for Sale

For more information call the Circulation department 250-374-0462

Livestock

$500 & Under

Under the Real Estate Tab

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

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at

EARN EXTRA $$$

250-374-0462

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

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

Looking for Helper for dump runs, cleaning shop and deliveries, some computer skills an asset. Non smokers only. Call (250) 315-8573

Fishing Kayak 10ft. $450.

IGO Titan 36 Electric Bike w/battery. $900.

778-4711096.

Scrap Car Removal

Scrap Car Removal

Hockey Gear fits 5’4” 120 lbs, brand new + skates 6.5 size.

Serious inquires only $650/obo. for all. Call 9-6pm 250-374-7992.

RN’s and LPN’s

Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses needed for in home 1:1 pediatric respite care for medically fragile children in your area.

Offering union wages, paid training and full support.

E-mail resume to: Carley LeBoldus, cleboldus@western.ca or fax: 1.250.762.9898

Temporary/ PT/Seasonal

www.stenbergcollege.com Toll-Free: 1-866-580-2772

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

Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

Help Wanted

Work Wanted

Looking to hire experienced chainsaw workers for firewood business. 250-377-3457.

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

Please recycle this newspaper.

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

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

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

Gene Wirchenko at 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act. Purebred American Staffordshire terrier. Ready to Go. 250-299-3299.

La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX climbing boots, men size 43.

New. $500. 2-161cm Snowboards. Never used $375.

Gently used. $325. 578-7776.

Mobile Homes & Parks ATTENTION HOME BUYERS!

HOME & LOTS AVAILABLE New mortgage rules stressing you out?

Call Eagle Homes today!

MISC4Sale: Oak Table Chairs-$400, Call 250-8511346 after 6pm or leave msg.

Pets

CALL TODAY

PETS For Sale?

250-573-2278

TRI-CITY SPECIAL!

1-866-573-2276

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

classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com *some restrictions apply.

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00

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PLUS TAX

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

TOLL FREE

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive

Rentals Bed & Breakfast BC Best Buy Classifieds

Kamloops BC call for availability 250-374-7467

Place your classified ad in over 71 Papers across BC.

Misc. Wanted

Call 250-371-4949

000 Able buyer of all your old

coins, collections, RC MINT COINS, all silver, gold, rare, common, old money.+ Todd The Coin Guy (250)-864-3521

for more information

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Cars - Domestic

Businesses&SERVICES Fitness/Exercise

Home Improvements

Snowclearing

Snowmobiles 2003 Arctic Cat 600 EFI - 1M Mountain Cat 144” track, 1582 miles as new cond trailer avail $2900 (250) 376-3881 250371-7605

2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms.

Excellent condition. $14,900. 250-374-1541.

WE will pay you to exercise!

Sport Utility Vehicle 2013 Buick Encore AWD. Auto. Fully loaded. Remote Start. $13,000. 250-819-0227.

Deliver Kamloops This Week Only 2 issues a week!

call 250-374-0462 for a route near you!

Cleaning Services

.

Springs Home Cleaning Services

Call for your free estimate today Call Spring at (250) 574-5482

RUN TILL

SOLD

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

Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

250-377-3457

Misc Services JA ENTERPRISES Furniture Moving and Rubbish Removal jaenterpriseskam@gmail.com 778-257-4943

3500

$

PLUS TAX

Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $3,800.00/obo 250-554-0580

Sahali 1bdrm suite, fully furn. brand new.

N/S, N/P. $950/mo. inclds util. 374-7096.

Free Items

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

250-371-4949 * RESTRICTIONS APPLY

*some restrictions apply call for details

Cars - Sports & Imports

Free Items

Free Items

TIME TO DECLUTTER? ask us about our

RUN TILL SOLD SPECIAL

Packages start at $35 Non-business ads only • Some restrictions apply

1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

250-371-4949

Suites, Lower

**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.

1-250-371-1333.

Vacant!! 2bdrms, sep entr, patio, nice yard. $950/mo.

Ref’s required. 250-376-0633.

Shared Accommodation

Transportation

Antiques / Classics

1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop.

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

1978 Ford T. Bird hardtop.

160,000kms. One owner, like new. $2695. 250-374-8285.

Suites, Lower

14ft. Runabout boat. 40hp Johnson motor on trailer. $1500/obo. 778-469-5434.

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

Auto Accessories/Parts 2 Coopers M&S 215/65/R17. $200. 250-376-4163.

4 General Grabbers Used 1 month like new LT 245/75 R16 $800obo (250) 376-4163

Silver 2006 Mazda RX8 136,000km. Auto or Manual, Sunroof, A/C, leather heated seats, great body, tires and interior, Suicide style back doors. $7900.

250-376-7672 Financing avail 855-600-7750

25FT Carver Cabin Cruiser, slps 4-6 clw everything. Recent engine work. 9.9 kicker.

C/W Calkin trailer, new bearings, tires, brakes. $12,500.

250-376-4163.

Motorcycles Wanted: HARLEY GEAR. Chaps, Jacket, Vest and Gloves. Ladies Medium and Mens Xlg. Send pics to: rajol@telus.net

Off Road Vehicles Yamaha Grizzly ATV. KMS 011031 $4,500 250-579-3252

Recreational/Sale

Auto Accessories/Parts 4-Avalanche X-treme winters on rims 275/60/R20 fits 1/2T Dodge truck 5-stud. $1450.

4-Yokohama winters on rims 215/60/R15 fits Chev Malibu 5-stud. $450. 573-5635.

4-Goodyear Noridc winter tires. P215/65/R17 on winter rims. $400/obo. 250-375-2375.

4 - Goodyear Winter tires with rims. 215/75/R15. off GMC Sonoma $200. 250-377-3002.

4 Hankook Winter Tires 235/75 R15 on GM rims $500 (250) 376-6482

Run until sold

New Price $56.00+tax

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

Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

1996 Cadillac Eldorado needs head gaskets, otherwise in good condition $875 obo (250) 573-4680 2000 Chevy Malibu. 4dr, auto.

Fully loaded, bluetooth stereo. $1800. 250-572-4097.

2003 Grand Am. 4dr, auto.

Perfectly mechanical. $3,600.

Winters/summers. 554-1512.

2008 Nissan Altima SL. Auto, 4dr. new CVT trans, brakes, rotors. $6,200. 250-320-2468.

$

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. 236-421-2251 2013 Keystone Fusion Toy Hauler slps 9, 41ft 12ft garage asking $65,000 250-374-4723

Scrap Car Removal

RUN TILL SOLD turn your stuff INTO CA$H

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1999 - 32ft. Southwind.

Slide, V-10, Jacks, Solar, Generator, Dual-air, TV’s, Vacuum, Inverter etc.

Low kms. $32,500 250-828-0466

Cars - Domestic 1992 Cadillac Allante Convertible.

77,000kms.

Mint cond. $9,500. 250-371-4801.

1Bdrm in all male rooming house downtown.

Shared bath. $400. 250-372-5550.

1bdrm Juniper prvt ent, prk, w/d util incl n/s, n/p .Ref’s. $950 250-299-4005/250-8190141.

1bdrm suite, full bathroom.

Suitable for senior. Avail Immed. $700. 250-372-5765.

North Shore 1bdrm. N/S, N/P. No laundry, $750 utils incld.

DD, Ref’s. Jan 1st. 554-6798.

N/Shore 1bdrm bsmnt suite.

Priv entr. $700 incl util. Jan. 1st. Mature people. Small dog okay. Ref. N/S, N/P. 250-3763480.

2014 Ford Platinum 4x4 Immaculate F150 Supercrew, 3.5 Ecoboost, Sun Roof, white, brown leather, Fully Loaded Only $36,800 250-319-8784

Boats

* RESTRICTIONS APPLY

Recreation

Trucks & Vans

RUN UNTIL SOLD

RENTED

Suites, Lower

2013 Hyundai Tucson Black, Low kms, summers on rims, clean title, A/C, Heated seats. $11,900/obo 250-319-8292 for info.

(250)371-4949

RUN TILL

Rentals

2010 Ford Fusion SEL, auto, 4dr., 4cyl, 133,800kms.

4-summers. Fully loaded. $7,200. 250-573-7687

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JOB SEARCHING?

00 PLUS TAX

additional lines $10 each

Restrictions apply

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Spaghetti Squash

Red Beets

3.98

$

Bananas

Macintosh Apples

58

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/5lb bag

58

/lb

Chinese Mandarins

98

/lb

2.98

Green Onions

/bunch

78

/each

58

¢

¢

/each

88

¢ /lb

/each

Ginger Root

1.98

$

/lb

Lemons and Limes

Baby Carrots

Sweet Potatoes & Yams

¢

78

/lb

3.98

$

78

¢

/lb

Grapefruit

Pineapple

¢

68

$

Anjou Pears

¢

/lb

Red & Green Grapes

¢

Winfield, BC Grown

98

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/2lb bag

/lb

Long English Cucumbers

Zucchini

88

1.28

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