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JANUARY 9, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 3
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WEDNESDAY
WILL THIS PAC RISE?
WEATHER Flurries High 1 C Low -1 C
Details of the latest arts centre proposal, which is envisioned to rise on this parcel of land in the 300-block of St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops
SNOW REPORT Sun Peaks Resort Mid-mountain: 115 cm Alpine: 147 cm Harper Mountain Total snow: 74 cm
NEWS/A5
PM at TRU town hall tonight
Share BC board director Dennis Giesbrecht has a bagged lunch ready for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada cares to duck out of his $300 per plate fundraiser lunch at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre on Wednesday. There are at least two other protests planned today, including one by the Yellow Vests group (members of which have been seen in Kamloops recently holding placards calling Trudeau a “traitor”) and another by a group opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. DAVE EAGLES/KTW
FREE EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M. TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
Bagging a lunch date with Trudeau JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
A pro-resource advocacy group will serve bagged lunches on Wednesday outside the venue of a pricey fundraiser event hosted by the Liberal Party of Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will try to drum up support in advance of the Oct. 21 federal election. “The average person does not go out and spend $300 for lunch too often, but the average person does go and get their bagged lunch and put their work boots on and go to work — and that’s what we’re trying to say,” Share BC board director Dennis
Giesbrecht told KTW. Tickets for the Liberal party event, which is called An Afternoon with the Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, are regularly priced at $300, but reduced for Victory Fund members ($200) and for those younger than 25 ($75). Victory Fund members are Liberals who make monthly donations to the party. It will be held at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre, at 1250 Rogers Way in Aberdeen, beginning at 11 a.m. Giesbrecht said Share BC launched as a counterpoint to protestors during the War in the Woods, which resulted in environmentalists saving old-growth forests
from clearcutting in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island in the early 1990s. Giesbrecht, an oil and gas worker who failed to secure a city council seat in the 2018 civic election, cited resources for building communities, providing jobs, supporting families and bolstering the Canadian economy. He said the “Tides groups” of the world are trying to shut down “basically every resource project.” “We just need to get the message out there that people in Kamloops and people in B.C. support these resource-based jobs,” Giesbrecht said. See BAGGED LUNCH EVENT, A4
Canada’s prime minister will take questions from Kamloops residents on Wednesday night during a town hall slated to take place on the campus of Thompson Rivers University. Justin Trudeau is scheduled to spend parts of two days in the Tournament Capital this week. Wednesday’s town hall, in the old gym at TRU, is expected to be one of two public events during the stop. Press secretary Eleanore Catenaro said town hall-style events have taken place across Canada during Trudeau’s time as prime minister. “We’ve been doing this for a couple of years now,” she said. “This is the third year the prime minister has committed to doing this all across the country.” According to Catenero, Trudeau will stand in the centre of the room and field queries from attendees. “He’ll go around the room and pick questions based on who raises their hands,” she said. The event is free, but those looking to attend are encouraged to arrive early. Catenero said the doors will remain open until the venue is full. Doors are scheduled to open at 5 p.m. The town hall is expected to get underway at 7 p.m. Catenero said another Kamloops event is expected to be announced on Wednesday. “He will be there in the morning on Thursday, too, so I would stay tuned for that,” she said. On Wednesday morning, Trudeau is scheduled to appear at a Liberal Party of Canada fundraiser at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre, with tickets priced at $300, $200 and $75.
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