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NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 89
TODAY’S WEATHER
Mainly sunny but cool High 4 C, Low 0 C
ALSO INSIDE Old Navy confirmed for Aberdeen Mall NEWS/A4
WEDNESDAY
PAC TO GO TO VOTE
CITY PERMITS BOLSTERED
WEEKEND SPOILED
Referendum will be held to determine fate of arts centre
‘Superstructure’ build at RIH, condos on TRU campus spur growth
Allegations of racial taunting scar KIJHL teams
NEWS/A14
SPORTS/A23
NEWS/A12
Neighbours not happy with plan for Westsyde cannabis facility ALR land adjacent to the Dunes golf course is slated to become home to a large-scale marijuana production facility ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Two people were killed and a third was critically injured in a collision early Sunday morning between a car and a pickup truck at First Avenue and Battle Street in downtown Kamloops. The owner of the pickup truck was arrested later in the day, police said.
Two students killed in crash TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
The two young men killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision early Sunday morning in downtown Kamloops were international students at Thompson Rivers University. According to the university, each of the four occupants of one of the vehicles involved in the wreck were international students or alumni. “The collision took the lives of two of them and critically injured
Driver of pickup truck fled scene, police say another,” TRU president Brett Fairbarn said in a statement. “Our deepest thoughts are with their families and OKOCHA loved ones and, on behalf of TRU, I offer our condolences.” Social media posts have identified the two deceased as Daniel Okocha and Feyisola Adebowale, both believed to be Nigerian nationals.
Emergency crews were called to the intersection of First Avenue and Battle Street just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday for a ADEBOWALE collision between a pickup truck and a car. Police said two of the car’s occupants were killed and another was taken to hospital in critical condition. See INVESTIGATORS, A11
JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
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gricultural land in Westsyde is being prepped for largescale outdoor cannabis production — the first facility of its kind in Kamloops in the era of legalized weed — and some nearby residents are concerned. Interest in outdoor growing has thus far resulted in projects in mostly rural areas, including an operation in Westwold. This one, adjacent to the Dunes, is in city limits and visible from Westsyde Road. “Pot plants, when they’re in full bloom, are pretty smelly,” one resident who lives close to the facility, which is under construction, told KTW.
“That’s concerning, if it’s a strong smell all summer long. We’re not against marijuana. I’m not offended by the smell of marijuana. But that’s another level.” The proposed outdoor operation is slated for property at 4045 Westsyde Rd., owned by Bill Bilton. Bilton leased 30 acres to his son, Bill Bilton Jr., and more than a dozen other investors operating under the company Dunesberry Farms, which is seeking a federal license to grow cannabis outdoors and is about three quarters through the application process. The younger Bilton said outdoor growing comes at a fraction of the cost and with a smaller environmental footprint compared to indoor facilities. See FACILITY, A11
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