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FEBRUARY 8, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 12
AN EPIC RACE IN THE ALPS
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The City of Kamloops’ $10-million emergency water intake system is in Westsyde, on the North Thompson River. It is meant to serve as a backup water supply in the event the South Thompson River becomes contaminated where the watertreatment centre is located. Take a tour of the new intake system by turning to page A11. DAVE EAGLES/KTW
7, here is your in school, between kindergarten and Grade We started it — you continue it. If you are the story. Limit your paragraph and send in the next part to chance to add to our story. Read the opening opsthisweek.com. tale will be added! Email to editor@kamlo submission to 120 words. Perhaps your Bobby always wanted to go to space. Chris Hadfield was his hero and Bobby, now in Grade 4, could not wait until he was old enough to become an astronaut. One day in class, while staring out the window at Mount Paul, Bobby saw something that made his heart leap. WATCH FOR THE “Maybe,” he KTW/CAIN’S KIDS’ thought to himself, “I won’t have to wait PAGE EVERY TWO WEEKS until I am older to visit space!” “I want to, but (The next part how?” Bobby replied. was written by Danica Then the alien Cain.) and reached HAPPENS WHATout “A rocket ship!” Bobby’s US IN TELL hand. touched YOU NEXT? Bobby cried in delight. 120 WORDS OR LESS! Indeed, a space The winning entry will be shuttle had landed on to this story in the the back field of Mount added Feb. 22 edition of KTW. Paul School. The grass was scorched. Thank goodness it was winter or the entire building would be on fire. Then the high side door folded down and two astronauts walked down the ramp. Bobby sprang from his seat and bounded to the door. He raced over to the astronauts and skidded to a stop at their feet. “Hello!” Bobby cried. “Can I come to space with you?” he asked. “Can you fix a rocket ship?” one of the astronauts asked. “I think so . . .” Bobby said. He walked over and gasped. On the bottom of the rocket was a blue-skinned, skinny creature with huge eyes, staring up at him. “Can you help me?” the creature hissed.
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Q: Why did the Teddy bear decline desert? A: Because she was stuffed! Q: How do you stop an astronaut’s baby from crying? A: You rocket! Q: Why did the banana go to the doctor? A: Because he was not peeling well!
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THE PROVINCE AND KAMLOOPS RECORDED THE MOST OVERDOSE DEATHS EVER IN 2018 TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
B.C.’s provincial health officer is looking seriously at the “de facto decriminalization” of hard drug use and possession in an effort to curb the province’s deadly overdose crisis. Dr. Bonnie Henry hopes to have a report ready as early as next month detailing what that might look like for British Columbians. Henry said she is examining, among other things, Portugal’s model for decriminalization. In 2001, the European country decriminalized all drugs. Users in Portugal in possession of no more than a 10-day supply of drugs are dealt with administratively — steered toward a dissuasion commission — rather than by criminal courts. “I’m working right now on a report that has a vision for that,” Henry said. “We need to have those built-in offramps other than taking people to jail.” Dr. Evan Wood, head of the B.C.
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Centre on Substance Use, said decriminalization could be beneficial for the province. “Treating this as a criminal justice issue is why we have fentanyl,” he said. “It’s why we have so many people with addiction.” Henry said she is looking into how B.C. could legally decriminalize drug use. Drugs are illegal under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which is federal legislation. “We can’t wait for the federal government to take action in this province,” she said. “We need to do this to save lives.” Henry said she hopes to have her report made public by the end of March. In B.C., 1,489 people died of illicit drug overdoses in 2018 — including 48 in Kamloops, up from 38 the previous year.
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