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MAY 22, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 41
WEDNESDAY TRAGEDY IN SHUSWAP
DOUGLAS WILL DIE? TODAY’S WEATHER
Sun and clouds High 21 C Low 12 C
Climate change will likely claim the tree in Lac du Bois
Carbon monoxide poisoning kills mom, injures daughter
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CATCH CARTER AT CAMP
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B.C. Lions’ receiver Duron Carter rises high to snag a pass during the first day of training camp action on Sunday at Hillside Stadium. Looking on are head coach DeVone Claybrooks (right), special teams co-ordinator Taylor Altilio (middle) and offensive co-ordinator Jarius Jackson. For more on Carter and the new-look Leos, turn to Sports, page A27.
The Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo Conservative riding association is looking to hire four paid door-to-door canvassers ahead of the upcoming election campaign. Such a move is a first, according to the member of Parliament for whom canvassers will be advocating. Funding is coming from money the party typically uses to hire an outof-province telephone company that contacts constituents prior to the writ dropping, incumbent Conservative MP Cathy McLeod told KTW. She said the decision was made to re-allocate those funds locally because fewer people are using landlines. A description for the local position states the job pays $13.50 an hour as a training wage and $15 once training ends. Canvassers will go door-to-door, must engage with between 15 and 25 residents per hour and must have their own transportation for the twohour shifts. McLeod said the riding association hopes to have the positions
filled by the summer. “We know other campaigns throughout the country, from all parties, have done this and we thought it might be a nice thing locally in terms of an opportunity for a student,” she said. McLeod said she has not had paid canvassers in any of her past campaigns, relying only on volunteers. Asked if the positions should be volunteere-based as opposed to being paid, McLeod said those who are hired will need to be a supporter of her and the Conservative party, noting the hiring process will involve a job interview. McLeod said she also has an active contingent of volunteer canvassers who are already going doorto-door, asking for voters’ concerns heading into election season and if they will be supporting McLeod in the fall. “The campaign is run on volunteers,” McLeod said. Door-to-door canvassing is something the other four parties in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo rely on volunteers for, though there are some exceptions. See VOLUNTEERS, A18
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