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SPACE-AGE QUERIES Kay Bingham kids got a chance to ask questions of an astronaut

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CHERRIES ON TOP The area’s first commercial cherry crop should be ready to eat in summer 2021

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Students at Kay Bingham elementary joined their peers from across the country on Thursday to chat with Canadian astronaut Lenni SideyGibbons.

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Grade 6 student Paige Smith was “kind of” nervous when she approached the front of the classroom to read a question, but the answer left her ready to shoot for the stars.

With her query printed in pencil on a square, paper card, Paige looked into a webcam featuring the class’s prestigious guest and spoke softly.

“Did you ever want to give up during training?,” Paige asked Canadian astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons.

Dressed in a light blue jumpsuit with a Canadian flag patch on her shoulder, SideyGibbons took time out of her morning on Thursday to videoconference with multiple schools, including 75 Grade 5 and 6 students at Kay Bingham elementary in Brocklehurst.

Sidey-Gibbons said that in any career path, there are always disparaging times, which she experienced at the start of her astronaut training.

While the training was difficult — such as solving math problems under water — Sidey-Gibbons said she learned to never give up and continue to do her best.

“Hopefully, I can pass on to you that you really shouldn’t cut yourself out of the running for anything or give up on something. If something doesn’t work out, it surely should not be you that puts that limit on yourself,” Sidey-Gibbons told

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Paige, who was one of three Kay Bingham students to ask a question.

Paige said she wanted to ask that question because sometimes she feels like giving up on difficult tasks.

“But she didn’t give up and she’s now achieving her dream,” Paige said, noting it was fun to get an answer from an astronaut.

The Kay Bingham student has aspirations to be a doctor when she grows up — and SideyGibbons inspired her to keep following her dream.

“Now I feel like if I train and follow through with what I want to be, maybe one day I’ll be a doctor,” Paige said.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) invited the students to chat with Sidey-Gibbons about space, her career path and what it takes to be astronaut.

Getting the unique opportunity to speak with an astronaut was a year in the making, teacher Lisa Pye explained.

While researching information for her unit on space in the summer of 2018, Pye found an application to have an astronaut speak at her school.

She then added Kay Bingham to the CSA’s list.

“Thirteen months later, they said, ‘How about two weeks from now?’” Pye said.

Pye said she hopes her students will look back on this moment as a landmark event in their lives.

“I know Chris Hadfield got his start watch-

ing astronauts and it sounds like Jenni did, too, so it’s something that continually inspires next generation,” Pye said.

She said she wants her students to connect to the rest of the world and be curious about science and technology.

“The world is full of challenges they will be facing as adults, so I want them to be excited to take on those challenges and feel optimistic about what they can achieve as individuals,” Pye said.

Logan Wiebe, who is also in the sixth grade, said he was excited when he heard they would be speaking with a real-life astronaut, adding he finds space to be fascinating.

He said he wants to be a mechanic when he grows up and could see himself using those skills to work on the International Space Station.

The videoconference saw students from multiple Canadian schools ask questions of Sidey-Gibbons, including such queries dealing with life on other planets, difficult parts of training and whether one can tweet and vote from space.

In response, Sidey-Gibbons said that, given the scale of the universe, there must be some other forms of life out there, noted learning Russian to communicate with other astronauts is one of the hardest part of her training and confirming that, yes, tweeting and voting from space are possible.

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The draft Downtown Plan is now available for review and feedback.

Over the past 18 months, the City engaged residents on the vision, key issues, and potential development concepts for Downtown.

The plan is an update to the City Centre Plan 2005 and provides a framework to guide planning and land use management for the Downtown, Sagebrush, and West End neighbourhoods over a 20-year period.

November 25, 2019 2:00 pm - Development and Sustainability Committee (cancelled) November 26, 2019 9:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

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• Email comments - review the draft plan online and email comments to letstalkdowntown@kamloops.ca.

Your feedback will be used to make revisions prior to presenting the final plan to Council for adoption later this year.

November 27, 2019 7:00 pm - Public Budget Meeting McArthur Island Sport Centre Lounge, 1580 Island Parkway December 3, 2019 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

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December 9, 2019 10:00 am - Development and Sustainability Committee DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street 2:00 pm - Community Relations Committee (new time) Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West December 10, 2019 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West December 11, 2019 2:00 pm - Finance Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West December 16, 2019 1:30 pm - Civic Operations Committee Kenna Cartwright Boardroom, 955 Concordia Way

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The public budget meeting in November is a key budget cycle activity. At the meeting, the City will inform residents about the 2020–2024 Five-Year Financial Plan and introduce community-driven supplemental items and potential funding sources.

The public will have the opportunity to learn more about the budget process, provide feedback on the provisional budget, and share ideas for future consideration.

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He said Daniel was set to graduate from TRU in April and aspired to work in Canada and become the chief financial officer of a company before returning to Nigeria to run for political office.

Okocha said he was very close with his brother, who recently celebrated a birthday.

“He was my best friend. He was meant to be my best man when I get married. He was the life of the family, the life of any party,” said Okocha, who is trying to raise $20,000 via a GoFundMe page for funeral costs.

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Three international students from Nigeria who died when the car they were in was crashed into by a pickup truck are being remembered as kind, fun-loving individuals.

Daniel Okocha, 22, and Feyisola Adebowale, 28, died at the scene. Oluwatosin Adeojo, 31, passed away in hospital this past Tuesday.

Police say the pickup truck ran a stop sign on Battle Street before striking the southbound red sedan on First Avenue.

The car was carrying the three

men and a fourth individual who sustained non-life threatening injuries.

All four are Thompson Rivers University students or alumni.

Friends and family of the deceased are now trying to coordinate funeral arrangements and raise funds to cover costs.

Each of the men had either graduated or were about to graduate from their post-secondary studies in business.

Okocha’s older brother, David Okocha, who lives in Alexandria, Va., said words cannot describe what his brother meant to him.

“He might be dead, but he still lives in my heart,” Okocha told KTW, adding his younger brother

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Tominiyi Owoyemi is one of about 10 friends in Kamloops — many being TRU alumni — helping to co-ordinate funeral arrangements on behalf of the three men’s families.

Owoyemi is managing a GoFundMe page for Adebowale, which has a $20,000 goal. There is also a Facebook fundraiser for Adeojo with a $10,000 goal.

Owoyemi, who is also from Nigeria, said he met Adebowale at TRU about two years ago.

“We met and immediately became good friends,” Owoyemi said, describing Adebowale as a jovial person who made friends easily.

Adebowale was a business student and had just graduated from TRU in October.

He would have had a birthday at the end of the month.

Owoyemi said Adeojo was doing a post-baccalaureate at TRU and was to graduate next month.

According to Adeojo’s girlfriend, Alicia Mark — who was in contact with KTW via an email from Owoyemi — the couple planned to move to Calgary after graduation and settle down together.

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hardworking and generous man.

Owoyemi said the three deceased were members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Bethel Chapel Kamloops, which will handle the funeral services at a yet to be determined date.

Okocha said he is making travel arrangements to get to Kamloops, but he will be the lone representative of his family to attend his brother’s funeral in Canada.

He said his mother and father won’t be attending as, according to tradition, the parents are

not meant to bury a child.

“My mom is in [too] devastated [a] state to even lay eyes on his body,” he said.

Okocha said he learned of his brother’s fate after leaving church on the day of the accident. He said his father called, telling him he heard Daniel had been in a car accident.

David said he’s been coping with his brother’s death by taking solace in the word of God. “He was a nice person and he didn’t deserve to die this way, and

his friends didn’t deserve to die this way,” Okocha said.

Owoyemi said he has been coping with the deaths of his three friends by trying to be around people, noting it is difficult to be alone.

“These guys were great guys, fun to be around,” Owoyemi said.

While the driver of the truck fled from the carnage, the vehicle’s registered owner was arrested and released the following day.

No charges have yet been laid and the investigation is ongoing as police continue to speak with witnesses.

Owoyemi said he has faith in the justice system holding the driver of the vehicle that struck his friends to account.

“That, if anything, would give us a lot of comfort, knowing that the person responsible, who didn’t even stay at the crash scene — because he could have done a lot if he stayed — we really hope the justice system brings him the book,” Owoyemi said.

Meanwhile, any remaining tuition on the deceased students’ files will be returned to their families.

“I can’t speak to the specific situation, but can advise that TRU uses its discretion in matters such as these,” TRU spokeswoman Darshan Lindsay told KTW. “For humanitarian and compassionate reasons, our practice has been to refund the tuition to families of students who have passed away while here for studies.”

To learn more of the fundraising efforts to help the families with funeral and travel expenses, go online to gofundme.com and search “Feyi Adebowale” and “Daniel Okocha.”

The fundraising effort for Oluwatosin Adeojo is online at https://www.facebook.com/. a81149/.

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By the summer of July 2021, David Geen expects to be selling cherries from a roadside stand just east of Kamloops. Last spring, the Okanagan-based cherry grower planted 58 hectares of cherry trees on the north side of the Thompson River, just upstream from the Pritchard Bridge. Next spring, another 170 acres of cherry trees will be planted. Part of the attraction of the Thompson Valley, Geen said, is that cherries don’t like to be wet and the region is dry.

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Kamloops residents have for years been growing cherries in their backyards, with some wondering why the sweet, ruby-coloured fruit doesn’t line summer stands, as it does in the Okanagan.

That’s about to change.

By the summer of 2021, locally grown cherries are expected to be available a half-hour from downtown Kamloops as fourthgeneration Okanagan cherry growers are planting roots in the Thompson Valley, harkening back to the days when apple orchards were abundant in Brocklehurst and Valleyview.

“To my knowledge, there’s never been [cherry orchards in the Kamloops area],” David Geen told KTW. “Walhachin development, they had primarily apples. There was some soft fruit, as well. But since that time, there’s not been a commercial cherry orchard in the Thompson Valley.”

The Lake Country-based cherry grower farms 850 acres of cherries in the Okanagan, from Vernon to Kelowna via Coral Beach Farms, which sells cherries under the Jealous Fruit label in the Okanagan and to global markets.

The company does its own packing and marketing and ships to 25 countries around the world, including the United States and China.

Geen said the company is diversifying, with plans for a new retail operation near Kelowna Airport, in addition to a multi-million dollar orchard and small retail operation in Pritchard, about 30 minutes east of Kamloops. It will not include you-pick cherries.

Work is underway. Last spring, 58 acres of cherry trees were planted on the north side of the

Thompson River, just upstream from the Pritchard Bridge. Next spring, another 170 acres of cherry trees will be planted, as well as 25 acres of honey crisp and ambrosia apple trees.

With roughly 450 cherry trees per acre, the orchard will produce more fruit than the local market can handle and, in addition to fruit, the orchard will need 10 to 12 permanent full- and part-time jobs and up to 200 seasonal pickers during summer months.

Geen’s great-grandfather first planted an orchard in the Okanagan Valley in 1903. Geen’s grandfather, father and greatuncles later got involved in farming.

Geen said the company purchased the Pritchard property in fall of 2016. Since then, weather stations have been monitoring area temperatures. The upper bench was determined to be well-suited for growing cherries, due to drainage and hillside protection that provides temperatures slightly warmer than the valley bottom.

Part of the attraction of the Thompson Valley, Geen said, is that cherries don’t like to be wet and the region is dry.

Historically, the Kamloops area has been home to many apple orchards. The Orchards Walk development in Valleyview is aptly named for its sweet, crisp history.

Still, the local apple orchards did not survive to compete with their Okanagan counterparts.

Kelowna is also aptly nicknamed The Little Apple, perhaps the most telling sign of how the two communities’ agricultural industries turned out. Kelowna is nicknamed for its orchards, while Kamloops, pays homage to former orchards now covered by a housing development.

Geen said several extremely cold winters spanning a 20-yearperiod — 1949 to 1968 — were

“catastrophic” for fruit trees and deterred farmers in the Kamloops area.

A vineyard planted in Ashcroft in the 1980s was killed by the cold winter of 1985.

However, times, they are a-changing and so is the climate.

Based on his monitoring in the past few years, Geen noted the Thompson Valley is only slightly colder than the Okanagan Valley.

He said he is encouraged by the success of vineyards in the Kamloops area, noting grapes are more difficult to grow than are cherries.

“We’re seeing in general, with global warming, the extreme weather temperatures — they get cold — but it’s not to the extent to what it was,” Geen said.

“It’s good and bad. On average, our temperature is going to be slightly warmer and, on average, the winters are going to be slightly warmer. The weather is also more volatile, which is not good in terms of rain storms and thunder storms, droughts and all that.

“I think, on balance, the Thompson Valley gives me a level of comfort that the odds of an extreme weather event were lower than they once were.”

The next steps include installing irrigation, continued work with First Nations with respect to archeological sites identified on the land and planting the bulk of the trees next spring.

Geen said trees planted last year will start producing cherries in July of 2021.

As to whether other Okanagan cherry growers will follow Geen into the Thompson region, he said has taken calls from growers.

“It wouldn’t surprise me,” he said.

“People will sit back for two or three more years and see whether or not I fall on my face, before they follow suit.”

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limate strikes will continue as part of a global movement to pressure governments to act on combatting climate change.

While some have applauded the demonstrations, others have questioned why these actions are not taking place in Asian countries, which are among the world’s worst polluters.

The statement is accurate. Pollution in Asia is far worse than in most of North America and Europe.

Locations in China, India and other parts of Asia tend to have the worst air quality in the world, while most of Europe, Australia and North America are not struggling with similar air-pollution issues.

Some of the worst toxic sites in the world are in India, Russia, Central and South America and Africa, rather than in Canada, the United States or most parts of Europe.

However, placing the blame on Asian countries does not address some important factors contributing to pollution.

Many companies headquartered in North America and Europe have outsourced their manufacturing to Asia, where costs are significantly lower than here.

The products — electronics, clothing and other consumer goods — are then sold to a consumer base here.

And waste generated in Canada has been shipped to Asian countries. The intent has been to send recyclables, but non-recyclable materials have also been sent.

All these factors mean countries and individual residents in Europe and North America play a role in pollution problems.

The pollution might come from Asia, but it is the result of choices made much closer to home.

Asian countries do not and should not get a free pass when it comes to pollution, but at least a portion of the responsibility is ours.

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ear Alberta: Just an old-fashioned letter saying we understand your frustration and that you’re hurting, but maybe it’s something we can talk about over an Okanagan Spring brew or a Mission Hill pinot grigio.

You see, we like having you around over there on the other side of the Rockies. To think we’d need a passport to get to our Prairie cousins is not a pleasant thought, although a decent excuse for those annoying family reunions.

Maybe 750 people at a Wexit separation rally in Edmonton shouldn’t worry us so much, or your premier talking tough with Ottawa, or the media fixation with the concentration of Conservatives on the Prairies.

After all, it’s only talk at this point. But it’s understandable, too.

The rest of the country voting Liberal, especially Newfoundland — where half the province’s population now has a postal code that starts with T — seems like a betrayal at a time when you need a hand up, not a handout.

Don’t they know that since the price of oil dropped a few years ago, jobs have been disappearing, downtown buildings have been emptying and the confidence of a province is on the wane?

To be honest, they don’t. Just like British Columbians have no idea what’s going on in New Brunswick unless there’s a big storm showing on the news and Prince Edward Islanders’ only concern with fossil fuels is how much it costs to fill their Prius.

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That’s not to say we don’t care about each other. It’s just easier to blame Ottawa.

We keep giving, in the form of equalization payments and taxes, and they keep taking and taking and taking. And not only do we not get respect, we get ridiculed and ignored.

I’m using the collective “we” because B.C. often feels the same way — and we’re even farther from Ottawa.

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put as much time and passion and, apparently, skulduggery into the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project as he did into the SNC Lavalin affair, the bitumen would now be flowing.

However, before I talk myself into joining your separation movement, we need to look at this a little more realistically. It’s not Trudeau’s fault the pipeline is not yet built — at least not entirely.

He approved it and liked it so much he decided to buy it for the rest of us. Whether that was a good idea can be debated a billion times, but it’s not the actions of a

man opposed to the project.

The courts have held it up the most after abandoning the concept of the common good. And, yes, B.C. hasn’t helped matters with our premier using our tax dollars to fight against what’s best for the Canadian economy.

Obviously, he is heavily influenced by the cappuccino crowd on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland that thinks jobs literally grow on trees and doesn’t consider anyone else in the province beyond Hope.

We in the Interior understand resources are what built this country and we need to get them to market in the most economical and environmentally friendly way possible while we still can.

However, climate change is real and fossil fuels are in the sunset of their careers. Demand and price will continue to go down, so a more diversified economy is in order for all concerned.

You have three options in my book — stay and make the best of it, go independent and never get your oil to market or join the U.S. We’ll help you with the first one, the second one is dumb and the third will have to wait until they impeach their president.

We’re willing to help even though your hockey teams are better than ours, your football teams are way better than ours and the boats and trucks you bring by every summer are definitely nicer than ours.

Cheers, British Columbia.

Glenn Mitchell is former editor of the Vernon Morning Star

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CONSULTATION, CONSENT NEEDED Ron McLean (left) and Don Cherry.

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FIRING OF GRAPES ELICITS HIS WRATH Editor: It is with deep regret that our Canadian culture has become so fragile that comments made publicly can cause the knee-jerk reaction by the powers-that-be to fire Don Cherry for a comment he made and for speaking his mind with regard to our Canadian customs.

With this muzzle placed on public comment, pretty soon saying hello will be considered harassment.

Tom Ouellette Kamloops

THANKS FOR HELP Editor: Kudos to the wonderful people who assisted me in my biking accident a few weeks ago at the corner of Summit and Waddington in Sahali.

It warmed my heart to have so many wonderful people rush to my side.

Special thanks to Michelle and Wendy for their efforts.

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Editor: In response to Bud Mullen’s letter of Nov. 8 (‘Why wait for band input on Stuart Wood?’), it is apparent the general public needs to become educated about the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

UNDRIP includes the need for “free, prior, and informed consent” from First Nations for what happens on lands in B.C. and Canada.

The courts have determined none of Indigenous lands in Canada were surrendered to foreigners, who applied a sinful pattern of assimilation, oppression and denial.

Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Horgan have endorsed UNDRIP. One hundred percent of B.C. falls into Indigenous lands (including the city of Kamloops). There are 203 First Nations in B.C., each with its own unique traditions and history. This provides a challenging backdrop for negotiating consent for projects in any one area, not to mention those that cross the province.

One fallout of this complex and tran-

The heritage building that was once Stuart Wood elementary has sat empty since the downtown school closed in June of 2016.

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sitional jurisdictional arena is that it will be difficult to sell a project to outside investors.

For example, Kinder Morgan determined the challenge of obtaining consent for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was seen as one it could not overcome.

As media has reported, “the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the government’s approvals, handing a huge victory to Indigenous groups.”

So, Kinder Morgan’s board of direc-

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LEST IT FORGETS, CP NEEDS TO PAUSE ITS TRAINS Editor: CP Rail needs to show more respect on Remembrance Day. I attended the ceremony at Riverside Park on Nov. 1.

I had family visiting and was eager to show them how many Kamloops residents

come to pay their respects.

Unfortunately, two CP Rail freight trains decided to pass at 11:10 a.m. and at 11:24 a.m., with one locomotive stopping and idling for some time.

This made it impossible to

hear the ceremony and was an embarrassing display.

Perhaps CP Rail would be good enough to pause the trains passing through our downtown for only 30 minutes once a year on Remembrance Day so we can properly pay

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tors agreed to sell the project to the only available buyer — the federal government.

The courts will be very prominent in deciding the future of most projects.

That includes those proposed by all levels of government and industry.

Consultation is required and it will be the courts that decide when the appropriate level of consultation has been reached. The goal posts are often fuzzy and trips through the courts will become lengthy and commonplace.

So, what is to become of the former Stuart Wood building and property downtown?

Under UNDRIP, if the city wishes to turn the former school site into a museum “for the betterment of all,” it cannot “just go ahead and do it.”

Consultation and consent is required.

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While on the job, Osborne “They’re working at the consaid he has taken the initiative struction site and they’re getting to inquire about full-time work up even though they live in a with Casman Construction and tent and going to that site and he got hired within three days of doing the work and they’re going submitting his resume. to have a roof over their heads The youth workers are supervised by LMO’s crew supervisor when it’s done,” Proulx said.

Philip Shupe, who lauded his Downes said LMO told him crew for their dedication to the about the opportunity to work project. on Kikekyelc last summer when Shupe said people like he was at the office one day. He Downes have been on the job told them he’d be interested. since Day 1.

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Thistle Farms suspends delivery due to increasing competition KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Thistle Farms in Kamloops has suspended its fresh produce delivery service amidst a rise in grocery delivery options.

Since 1998, the farm in Westsyde has offered yearround delivery of fresh produce sourced from its farm and other areas — when seasonally challenged — usually weekly or biweekly.

Owner Dieter Dudy said the farm has experienced declining

numbers in the past couple of years, particularly since major grocery store chains began offering delivery.

He said he does not believe increasing popularity of online meal delivery services like Hello Fresh have played into the decline.

At the height of the service, Thistle Farms delivered to between 250 and 300 customers, with the service accounting for about half of the business.

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customers and Dudy said only about 10 per cent of the business is linked to the delivery service.

“For us, it’s just a case of the numbers didn’t make sense anymore,” he said.

Dudy said he may re-evaluate whether the program could run solely through the summer months.

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The Kamloops Heritage Society wants the public to weigh in on the city’s planned takeover of St. Andrews on the Square.

Society president Peggy Broad said the group has launched an online petition and is seeking feedback from residents.

Broad said following an October meeting with the city — at which both parties walked away agreeing to no longer debate the matter in the media — the society was hopeful lines of communication had opened.

However, she told KTW the group has since “heard nothing.

“I was hoping that they would agree to revisit it [the decision],” Broad said. “They never sat down and talked to us as a whole. They went on information that was based on information from years ago.”

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said he is limited in what he can say to KTW, based on discussion occurring in-camera. He added, however, more information will be released at a later time.

“The city is looking at all of the assets that we own, from an assetmanagement lens,” Christian said, citing a

parallel takeover of city parkades.

“We are taking steps to have those under control of the City of Kamloops.”

The society has operated St. Andrews on the Square, the city’s oldest civic building, for many years. It was put on notice, however, that the city, which owns the facility, will be taking over maintenance of operations in March of 2020.

As a result, the society is concerned about changes to ways in which the facility is booked (from inperson and by phone to an online system), potential cost increases and the fate of its one staff member, Melody Formanski.

The city said the non-profit asked five years ago for the city to develop a succession plan, due to its operational model being unsustainable.

Former society president and city councillor Shirley Culver backed that claim.

However, the society continues to refute the suggestion it can not operate in the black, noting it has more than $50,000 in the bank.

The petition is online at change.org (search “Kamloops Heritage Society”) and states: “To the Mayor and Members of Kamloops City Council: Your petitioners therefore

Science centre will open downtown in December A fundraiser in early November helped the Big Little Science Centre raise $12,000 toward the cost of its move to a new downtown location.

The Sept. 5 that destroyed Parkcrest elementary resulted in a domino effect of school relocations, with the science centre leaving its home in the former Happyvale elementary building in Brocklehurst to make way for incoming students.

The science centre expects to open in the former Value Village building, downtown at Seymour Street and Fifth Avenue, in December, once renovations are complete.

Those with trades skills willing to donate their time can call 250-554-2572 or email susan@blscs.org.

Meanwhile, science centre staff and volunteers continue to present regular and special programming in the community and in schools. All the latest information is on the calendar on the science centre’s website at blscs.org.

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LinkUp takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre.

Tickets are available online at venturekamloops.com. Tickets are good for access to the entire day of resources, roundtables and networking opportunities, plus breakfast and lunch. The keynote speech will take place at 1:30 p.m., following lunch and a break dedicated to networking and the trade show.

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“His background is marketing,” said Jim Anderson, executive director of Venture Kamloops.

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The driver of this vehicle somehow accelerated onto the sidewalk and into the storefront of Gary’s European Deli and Sausage in Fortune Centre in North Kamloops. There did not appear to be serious injuries in the mishap, which occurred at about 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

James Grega, who owns the Fortune Barbershop next door to the deli, said he was waiting for his next client when he saw the vehicle, a silver Subaru, pull up to park, followed by a loud revving noise. He said he then looked over to see the car fly through the storefront window.

“It was a loud, hard impact — like rock on rock,” Grega said. “The whole building kind of shuddered just a little bit.” Grega said the driver of the vehicle was an elderly woman, who appeared shaken up, but not injured. “It’s amazing nobody got hurt. That place is usually busy as hell and she hit right where everybody sits to wait,” he said.

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Need exists for more shelter space for homeless: city

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Community short an estimated 50 shelter beds JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

With the first snowfall of the season falling this week, city staff say there is a need for more shelter spaces heading into the winter months.

City of Kamloops social development supervisor Natalie Serl said emergency shelter services are 50 spaces short of what is required.

Serl said that number is based on the city’s 2018 point-in-time homeless count and conversations with social agencies. Shelters provide basic services — a bed or mat, shower and laundry, meal, support and/ or a place to store belongings — on a temporary basis.

In Kamloops to date this fall, available shelters include: Emerald Centre Emergency Co-Ed Shelter, downtown at 271 West Victoria St. (55 beds) and Mustard Seed Kamloops, downtown at 181 West Victoria St, beginning Nov. 27 (30 mats).

New beds have become available, including The Branch, 185 Royal Ave. in North Kamloops.

It has 36 beds, but it is geared more toward bridging people out of homelessness and a vulnerability assessment is required in order to access the service.

The Y Women’s Emergency Shelter also offers 23 beds, but it is specifically geared toward women and children fleeing violence and does not accept people escaping the cold.

The most significant change this year remains the temporary closure of the Out of the Cold extreme weather shelter.

In previous years, Out of the Cold operated out of the basement of St. Paul’s Anglican Church downtown, at Nicola Street and Fourth Avenue.

It offered refuge for up to 30 people twice weekly.

However, the fate of that service remains up in the air, with volunteers

hopeful it will open this winter in a new location.

“Yes, we are,” Out of the Cold board chair Kathy Moore told KTW when asked if it will open this year.

“Oh, for sure we are.”

Out of the Cold recently hired a new executive director, Lena Cimmarrusti, who started about a week ago.

She is from Kamloops, but spent about 25 years in Alberta, where she gained experience as a nonprofit executive director, working for the Alberta Hospitality Safety Association.

She returned to Kamloops about two years ago and retired, volunteering for the odd gig, including with the SPCA. Cimmarrusti said she was moved to action in light of an identified need. Homelessness in Alberta, she said, is much less “in your face.”

“It kind of pulled at my heart strings,” she said. “I wanted to get involved with it.”

Cimmarrusti and Moore were scouting a potential new location for Out of the Cold, when reached

by KTW this week. Cimmarrusti said three or four options are being considered. She hopes to have a location secured by the end of the month.

Challenges, however, include funding and finding a suitable building equipped with a kitchen.

Cimmarrusti said the organization is almost entirely reliant on donations.

Meanwhile, Serl said the city is in constant conversation with BC Housing to address the shelter space shortage.

“We’re actively looking for new opportunities,” Serl said.

“It’s difficult finding space and then finding space that is suitable for sleeping and being able to provide these services. It is challenging, but we’re constantly looking for opportunities.”

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Trio of alleged kidnappers will stand trial TIM PETRUK

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Three men charged following an alleged gang-related kidnapping and robbery in February will stand trial

in B.C. Supreme Court.

Justin Daniels, Michael Mathieson and Robert Rennie are facing a raft of charges stemming from a highprofile string of incidents spanning three days in Kamloops and

the Okanagan.

Rennie, Mathieson and Daniels are facing charges of robbery with a firearm and unlawful confinement.

Daniels and Mathieson are facing additional charges

of using a firearm to commit an indictable offence and robbery, while Rennie is charged with an additional single count of assault causing bodily harm.

The three accused, all in custody, were in

Kamloops provincial court on Wednesday to confirm their desire to stand trial in front of a B.C. Supreme Court judge sitting without a jury.

The trio is slated to appear in B.C. Supreme Court on Nov. 25 to set a date for trial.

Police have said two men and a woman were robbed by two armed men in downtown Kamloops on Valentine’s Day. According to Mounties, the assailants took the woman against her will in one of the victim’s vehicles.

The woman was found safe the following day when police stopped a vehicle near Falkland, a community about 50 minutes east of Kamloops. Police said guns were also seized from the car.

The victims in both incidents are believed to have ties to the

city’s drug trade.

The incident is believed to have been connected to a robbery the previous day, in which a man was beaten and robbed.

The mayhem was part of a series of highprofile gang-related violence in Kamloops in late 2018 and early 2019.

Troy Gold, a man with ties to the city’s drug trade, was murdered in October 2018.

Last month, police arrested five men — including alleged highranking city gangster Nathan Townsend — on murder charges in connection with Gold’s death.

Two men, Cody Mathieu and Rex Gill, were gunned down in separate shootings outside hotels on Jan. 23.

Police have said those murders were related to an ongoing gang conflict in the

city, but no arrests have been made.

Police say Gill’s death may have been a case of mistaken identity.

On Feb. 15, Justin Glover was killed and Kelly Callfas suffered gunshot wounds to the face in a gangrelated shooting in Brocklehurst.

Gordie Braaten and Hugh McIntosh have been charged with murder and attempted murder in relation to the incident. Both men are in custody.

The violence stems from a vacuum in the city’s drug trade left by the September 2017 murder of Konaam Shirzad, a co-founder of the Red Scorpions gang.

No arrests have been made in connection with Shirzad’s slaying, but prosecutors said as recently as last December that police had “viable suspects.”

Have you seen Nakomi Delorme? If so, call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.

Woman reported missing Kamloops Mounties are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman reported missing.

Police say Nokomi Delorme, who is also known as Dawn, has not been in contact with her family for some time.

Delorme is 41, white, stands 5-foot5 and weighs 150 pounds. She has blond hair, some of which may be dyed pink, and blue eyes.

Anybody with information on Delorme’s whereabouts is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.

Theft from car tally at 50/week There were 50 reported thefts from vehicles in Kamloops between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10, according to the latest figures released by Mounties.

Last week’s number of thefts is in line with the previous week’s 48 and the average of 50 per week since police started releasing the information in July.

The record high is 73 thefts from vehicles and the low is 28.

There have been 939 thefts from motor vehicles reported to police since

police began releasing figures to the media on July 1.

REPORTED THEFTS FROM VEHICLES (full list online at kamloopsthisweek.com): Nov. 4 - Nov. 11: 50 Oct. 28 - Nov. 3: 48 Oct. 21 - Oct. 27: 39 Oct. 14 - Oct. 20: 41 Oct. 7 to Oct. 15: 28 Sept. 30 to Oct. 6: 48 Sept. 23 to Sept. 29: 62

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More taxes, regulations on vaping KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

The B.C. NDP government will restrict the amount of nicotine in vapour pods and is increasing the provincial sales tax by 13 per cent on the products in a move to protect youth from the health risks of vaping.

Health Minister Adrian Dix said youth vaping rates are increasing, putting young people at risk of serious illness, prompting the government to introduce the most comprehensive vaping plan in Canada.

“Some vaping manufacturers are using flavours and advertising to entice and normalize vaping for youth, introducing a new generation to very high levels of a very addictive drug,” Dix said.

“As a result, youth vaping rates are rising, putting them at risk for addiction and serious illness.”

The new regulations will restrict the amount of nicotine in vapour pods and

liquid to 20mg/ml and will require plain

packaging for vapour products that

include health warnings. Public advertis

ing of vapour products will also be restrict ed in areas where youth spend time, such as bus shelters or community parks. The of vapour flavours, other than tobacco sale

flavours, will only be allowed in age restricted shops.

The minister said the government

will introduce legislation this month that boosts the provincial sales tax on vap ing products from seven per cent to 20

per cent. The legislation will also include increasing the tobacco tax rate by two cents. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the tax applied would be 29.5 cents per cigarette and 39.5 cents per gram of loose tobacco.

Nicotine gum, patches and similar smoking cessation products would continue to be exempt from the PST. The B.C. School Trustees’ Association has asked the government for help, saying many districts in B.C. are spending too much time monitoring and addressing the problem of vaping in schools.

Health Canada said last week that the province may now have three possible vaping-related illnesses and the provincial health officer said the number was likely to rise as more of the illnesses are reported and investigated.

Health Canada has issued a warning to people who vape to monitor themselves for symptoms of vaping-related pulmonary illness following hundreds of such cases in the United States and a few in Canada.

Dix said he wants the federal government to bring in national regulations that address vapour product wholesalers.

“Until they do, there will be a black market of non-compliant vapour products from other jurisdictions that can make their way into our province, our schools and the lungs of our young people,” he said.

The regulations will be supported by a youth-led anti-vaping social media cam-

paign to de-normalize vaping.

Kamloops-South Thompson (B.C. Liberal) MLA Todd Stone has been calling for action on vaping as it pertains to youth.

He said the measures announced on Thursday cover most of which he has been calling for during the past seven months.

But Stone said he will be watching how the government rolls out its education plan.

“I’m going to reserve judgment as to whether or not the government is putting the necessary resources into the schools,” he said.

“It’s one thing to put a tool kit into every school. It’s a very different thing to have a program like Preventure, which has been piloted in another school district, which is actually a youth-led, youthfocused program that isn’t just a single meeting or a single presentation. It’s an ongoing discussion.”

Stone agreed with Dix in calling for a national standard on the issue, but noted the recent federal election will make it difficult to enact legislation quickly.

“The problem that we have with vaping today is that Health Canada is significantly behind the 8-ball in so far as not having advanced the broad range of federal regulations that are required,” Stone said.

He said after speaking with current and former Health Canada officials, he has learned it will be between 12 and 18 months before such regulations may be introduced.

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ALC changes spur debate at regional district JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian is concerned impending changes to the way agricultural land exclusion applications are handled in B.C. will “download” work onto municipalities.

The province is planning to eliminate the ability for landowners to apply for exclusions from the Agricultural Land Reserve, instead only allowing municipalities, First Nations and the Agricultural Land Commission to do so.

The issue arose during a recent presentation by the commission to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Christian said the city has 900plus employees, none of whom are agrologists, noting the city does not intend to hire such employees.

“If you look at Kamloops, there are some very contentious pieces: the McGowan pond, the Dunes golf course, the Tranquille Farm piece,” Christian told the ALC. “I don’t want those debates to play out in our council chambers when, in fact, there is a higher

authority that’s going to make a ruling on that. The way you’ve set this up, this has got to come through the City of Kamloops and it’s going to be messy and we’re not the best qualified to make those determinations you make.”

The board heard that following changes to the ALC in 2018, brought into effect in February, more changes are likely on the way.

Bill 15 was introduced in May and the Ministry of Agriculture is undergoing consultations to learn how it would work at the

local government level.

ALC interior regional planner Sara Huber explained the rationale behind changing the process is to allow for better planning and encourage more thoughtful removal of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, rather than removal on a piecemeal basis.

He said the goal is to further protect agricultural land in the province, which is the mandate of the ALC. Other TNRD directors suggested the commission loosen rules for removing land from the reserve.

Area I director Steven Rice worried that small family farms were not being consulted on changes, at a time when they are already facing challenges.

Area J director Ronaye Elliott said issues like water access make some lower-class agricultural land unusable, meaning land is stuck in the reserve when it could be used for other uses.

“We’re sort of held hostage to individual applications,” Elliott said.

Nine per cent of Interior land is in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Convoy organizers spreading their message JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

The Merritt log haulers who organized a truck convoy in support of B.C.’s hard-hit forestry industry were at the Thompson Nicola Regional District last week to continue advocacy efforts.

Frank Etchart and Howard McKimmom led a 17-kilometre-long convoy with 200 trucks and hundreds of other vehicles from Merritt to downtown Vancouver on Sept. 25, when politicians from throughout the province — includ-

ing from Kamloops — were meeting at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.

“Frank and I are prepared to take this to every community in British Columbia,” McKimmom told KTW. “We will go to council for every small community in B.C. that’s affected. We’re set out to make every business and every person in every community aware of what’s happening.”

The pair is lobbying for changes to B.C.’s Forest Act, including reduced stumpage fees and timber supply tenure.

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They argue big companies should not be able to sell timber rights when they shut down in small communities.

Etchart noted the appurtenancy clause in the Forest Act was abolished in the early 2000s under the former B.C. Liberal government.

Appurtenance clauses require forest companies to process wood in the area from which it was harvested.

“Big companies are leaving town, shutting their mills down and taking their tender with them,” McKimmom said.

“That needs to remain behind for the

community, revert back to the government. These companies don’t own the timber.

“They don’t really have a right to sell that to another company.”

Etchart and McKimmom said they were “overwhelmed” by support in September and hope to continue shining a light on the industry’s importance in B.C. “It’s no different than oil in Alberta,” McKimmom said.

“And they’re taking our ability away to make a living.”

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The Best Visual Storytelling Award recognizes Tourism Kamloops’ efforts for its Meet the Locals campaign, which features stories told from the lens of Kamloops residents using video, photos, blogs and social media.

Tourism Kamloops took top place, besting 22 other tourism destinations.

“We are honoured to be recognized amidst a slate of strong and reputable destination marketers,” said Amy Thompson, director of brand and marketing for Tourism Kamloops. “We worked with local content creators to bring the Kamloops story to life and to create a relatable and inspirational marketing campaign. To date, six separate stories have been released and we will continue the campaign throughout the winter.”

More than 230 travel and tourism marketing professionals from across North America attended the conference to learn more about user-generated content and tourism marketing. Attendees included marketers from destinations such as Beverly Hills Tourism and Visit Austin.

Tourism Kamloops is also a key contributor to Travel Stories, a new feature announced by Crowdriff and Destination British Columbia at the conference.

Travel Stories are mobile-first and visually immersive stories that help travellers plan their trip. The stories contain interactive vertical images or video in a carousel used on Tourism Kamloops’ website and Instagram page.

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A. Finding the right accommodations for your loved one(s) can be overwhelming. The best place to start is with a tour of the Community.

While you are there, here are some great questions one can ask: ALISON MURDOCH/KTW READER

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Sunrise sharpens into focus over a new day in health care at Royal Inland Hospital. This photo taken at 6:49 a.m. on Remembrance Day. By the end of the day, snow would be falling for the first time this autumn/winter. If you have photos to share with KTW readers, email them to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com.

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We flew from Kamloops to Cancun on Westjet. We were met at the airport and taken on a private direct transfer to our hotel “Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya”.

This is a beautiful 5-star all-inclusive resort, about one-and-a-half hours from the Cancun Airport. Located just 20 miles from Playa Del Carmen, the setting is outstanding, surrounded by nature, with a Mayan ruin, beautiful white sand beaches, clear waters and coral reefs.

They have a wide range of activities including snorkelling, kayaking, soccer, beach volleyball, guided trail hikes and biking tours around the resort.

We indulged at the eight themed restaurants, two main buffet restaurants, 11 bars, coffee shop, and snack bars. The entertainment was excellent with theatre shows every night! Although the kids missed trick-or-treating, they got to dress up and go to the “Haunted House” and see a special Halloween show in the theatre.

Most of our time was spent on the beach and snorkelling in the water. We saw an abundance of fish, including a sting ray! The kids loved floating down the Lazy River as well.

Although there was tons to do at the resort, we did go on a couple excursions. Our family enjoyed a relaxing horseback ride in the Mayan Jungle (in a torrential downpour!), and a swim in a cenote. The second excursion had us descending 12 meters into a cenote to cave dive in the crystal clear water. We zip-lined over the trees in the middle of the jungle and also participated in an authentic Mayan ritual blessing ceremony.

The last day of our trip, we took a bike tour around the property. It was amazing! We stopped at the hotel’s nursery that conserves the species and plants of the region. We also visited many of the cenotes and sinkholes located throughout the resort and saw the sea turtle’s nesting areas. Carrying bananas from the buffet, we came back to the cenote in the evening to feed the monkeys that lived there.

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• What activities are available?

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It is known that people who ask lots of questions get better medical care and this same principle extends to the search for Retirement Communities. By asserting your needs and asking whether a community is equipped to meet them, you can steadily narrow down the list of options.

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Exploring the era of tribalization in politics

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Homo economicus is dead. Long live Homo tribuarius!”

That’s not really something to celebrate, but it’s certainly true that in most democratic countries, economic self-interest is no longer the most important factor in voters’ choices.

Tribalism of various sorts is taking its place — and that is not an improvement.

Take three quite different countries that are all stalled in the middle of political transitions that would have been done and dusted in no time 20 years ago: Spain, Israel and the United

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left PSOE party’s seats in parliament enough to make the arithmetic work.

He had no chance of winning an overall majority, of course, but maybe with a few more seats and a more willing coalition partner, he could solidify his strength.

Not a chance.

Sánchez went back to parliament with a few less seats, as did his skittish intended coalition partner, Unidos Podemos.

They have now swallowed their pride and agreed on a coalition, but they still need 21 seats from elsewhere for a majority and it’s hard to see from where that will come.

This is not how things used to be.

A couple of decades ago, the PSOE and its centre-right rival, the People’s Party, would sweep up 80 per cent of the vote, leaving just scraps for the minor parties.

In last April’s election, the two historic major parties only received 48 per cent of the vote between them.

Or consider Israel, where two elections this year failed to leave any set of political parties — out of a total of nine — with enough common ground to build a coalition government that works.

The two major parties together garnered only 51 per cent of the vote.

Binyamin Netayahu’s Likud Party tried and failed to form a coalition government.

Benny Ganz’s Blue and White Party is still trying and there is talk of a power-sharing grand coalition between the two biggest parties, but otherwise Israel is probably heading for a third election within months.

Even if there is a deal between Likud and Blue and White, the resulting government would be prone to fall apart at the first bump in the road.

As that perspicacious political observer Donald Trump said on Monday, “They keep having elections and nobody gets elected.”

Then there’s the United Kingdom, stuck in the Brexit swamp for

Trump is not watching

Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was “too busy’’ doing the people’s business Wednesday to watch the impeachment hearings that imperil his presidency.

But even as Trump tried to suggest he was above the fray, the president repeatedly laid out his many grievances against the process.

“I hear it’s a joke. I haven’t watched for one minute,’’ Trump said during a White House news confer-

more than three years and still looking for the exit.

The two big traditional parties, Labour and Conservative, managed to win 80 per cent of the vote in the last election, but subsequent defections from both the big parties made a decision on what kind of Brexit it should be (if any) impossible.

Why is this happening?

In Britain, the Labour-Conservative disagreement used to be essentially economic.

Labour sought to redistribute the wealth, the Conservatives tried to defend the existing order and most people made their choices according to their position in the economic pyramid.

That was never entirely true, of course.

Some intellectuals in posh houses voted Labour and the Conservatives always managed to attract some working-class votes by stressing racial, sectarian and values issues.

But most people did vote for their economic

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Not now.

The Conservatives are the pro-Brexit party, but 42 per cent of their traditional voters supported “Remain” in the 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union. Similarly, onethird of traditional Labour voters backed “Leave.”

Never mind the economy, the referendum was driven by English nationalism — or tribalism, if you prefer.

You can find similarly indecisive outcomes all over the place.

The two traditional major parties in Germany received only 54 per cent of the vote in the last election. In 2017, the Netherlands went 208 days without a government. In 2018, Sweden went four months before a coalition was finally formed.

You can’t blame these outcomes on the internet, although that certainly makes it easier to spread disinformation.

You can’t just blame it on proportional representation voting systems, either as the UK

— like Canada — has a simple winner-takeall first-past-the-post system.

You probably can blame it on a rising level of anger everywhere, but then you have to explain the anger.

The one common denominator that might explain it is the growing disparity of wealth — the gulf between the rich and the rest — in practically every democratic country.

Since the 1970s, income growth for households on the middle and lower rungs of the ladder has slowed sharply in almost every country, while incomes at the top have continued to grow strongly.

The concentration of income at the very top is now at a level last seen 90 years ago during the Roaring 20s, just before the Great Depression.

We could fix this by politics if we can get past the tribalization.

Or we could fix it by wars, the way we did last time.

Read more Dyer columns online at kamloopsthisweek.com, under the Opinion tab.

ence with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the day’s testimony had ended. “This is a sham and it shouldn’t be allowed.’’

The first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry opened with two career public servants raising their hands and swearing an oath to tell the truth.

Trump pushed back vigorously, insisting he did nothing wrong in his dealings with Ukraine.

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NDP Leader Singh may vote against throne speech TERESA WRIGHT

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OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he is prepared to vote against the Liberal throne speech if his party’s key priorities are not reflected in some way in the Liberals’ policy agenda.

Singh was to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, when he was expected to lay out his priorities in the hopes of using his party’s position in a minority Parliament to get policies and laws that reflect New Democrat platform commitments.

Speaking on Parliament Hill Wednesday, Singh said he has three key priorities he hopes to see in the Liberal throne speech, which will be delivered when Parliament resumes on Dec. 5.

The No. 1 request from the NDP will be Liberal support for the immediate creation of a national universal pharmacare program.

“That means a timeline, a framework, that means making sure that we’ve got some clear steps that are going to be indicated in the throne

speech,’’ Singh said.

“We know that people are worried about health care. This is something that would unite Canadians across the country.’’

Singh said he wants to see an “openness’’ from the Liberals to public dental coverage. He will also push Trudeau to drop the government’s legal challenge of a recent Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that ordered Ottawa to pay $40,000 each in compensation to Indigenous children who were wrongly placed in foster care after 2007, as well as to their parents or grandparents.

The New Democratic leader said he is not issuing ultimatums, but he did say his party would be willing and ready to vote against the throne speech — the first confidence vote Trudeau’s minority government will have to pass to hold power — if it doesn’t somehow acknowledge the NDP’s requests.

“I’m keeping an open mind and I’m not drawing any lines in the sand, but I’m making it really clear I’m prepared to vote against, our party is prepared to vote against, if it doesn’t reflect the

Climate change will always be with us: report CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A new report from the international medical journal The Lancet says a child born today will never know a life when his or her health isn’t at risk from a warming planet.

The journal said with climate change affecting everything from forest fires to food security, even if the world does what is needed to slow the rate of global warming, today’s children will always feel its consequences.

In some of the world’s hottest and poorest countries, malnutrition will increase. while in a country like Canada, air pollution, exposure to toxic smoke and heat-related illnesses are bigger threats.

Dr. Courtney Howard, a Yellowknife emergency physician who helped pen a Canada-focused briefing paper out of the global report, said if the world acts to slow climate change, people can adapt to the impacts already being seen.

She said if nothing is done, the world will likely get so warm that adaptation will no longer be possible.

When people ask if frequent forest fires are a new normal, she said, the answer is no because the number of fires is very likely to keep rising.

important things that Canadians sent us here to do,” Singh said.

The NDP was reduced to fourth place in the House of Commons, behind the Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois, after winning just 24 seats in the Oct. 21 federal election, down from the 39 seats it held before the vote.

But despite these losses, party and caucus members were cheering on election night and

have since been viewing the upcoming re-opening of Parliament as a positive for the party.

Returning MP Peter Julian pointed to past minorities that saw the NDP negotiate progressive initiatives, such as universal medicare and the Canada Pension Plan.

“It’s a lot easier to get things done in a minority Parliament, as I think historically minority Parliaments have proven, than it is in a majority

Parliament, where the [Prime Minister’s Office] decides everything and often makes decisions just in the interests of lobbyists rather than in the interests of Canadians,’’ he said.

“In this case, it’s not only the politically smart approach to take, to work with us, it’s also in the best interests of Canadians.’’

Trudeau has been meeting with all federal party leaders and with

a number of premiers over the last week, getting a laundry list of requests and demands as the other leaders flex their muscles against the weakened Liberals.

The opposition leaders want spending or policy commitments from Trudeau in exchange for support to keep his minority government afloat.

Trudeau has shunned a formal coalition with any of the other parties,

but has indicated willingness to work with parties on a case-by-case basis.

When it comes to Singh’s top request, the Liberal platform did promise a $6-billion increase to provincial health transfers over the next five years to help pay for improvements including pharmacare.

Singh has said this would not go far enough, despite criticism from the Liberals that Singh’s demands are unrealistic.

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TREC students could be reunited by New Year MICHAEL POTESTIO

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Students of the Twin Rivers Education Centre (TREC) could be reunited by the time they return from

Christmas break.

TREC programs — which consist of the Bridges Program, Four Directions secondary and the Alternate Education program — were displaced from George Hilliard elemen-

tary in September when students from nearby Parkcrest elementary lost their school to fire.

The fire led to a domino effect of student movement between various locations.

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Currently, students from Bridges are at the John Tod Centre.

Four Directions is operating out of the United Way’s Xchange offices on Tranquille Road. Alternate Education students are at NorKam senior secondary and downtown at School District 73’s online education classroom.

But school district maintenance staff expect to have students back under one roof soon, having pegged late December for when renovations to their new home at the former

Happyvale elementary in Brocklehurst will be complete.

With the Big Little Science Centre and two day cares having moved out of the site, portables are being added to the property and renovations to the building are ongoing — new paint, flooring, walls and reconfiguring spaces.

New electrical work for the five portables and computer systems are also being installed.

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lar maintenance operations, adding he knows many people in the district are “getting antsy,” asking why they can’t get repairs addressed in their schools.

He said the department has poured all of its resources into these projects because it doesn’t want TREC students to be displaced for much longer.

SD73 facilities director Art McDonald added it will be some time after January before the district gets back to regularly scheduled maintenance, noting that list is long.

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electricians, the carpenters, the painters, the plumbers, the HVAC guys,” Jim McFadden, SD73 manager of maintenance and buildings, said in a video released by the school district.

SD73 maintenance crews have been kept busy adapting facilities following the Sept. 5 Parkcrest fire — from renovating NorKam to accommodate TREC, to renovating TREC for Parkcrest students and now Happyvale.

McFadden said the department will need to strategize how to get back on track with regu-

Dogs of downtown have some new digs for when they’re down and out.

A veterinary clinic has been given approval by council to open at the corner of First Avenue and St. Paul Street.

During a recent public hearing, two young veterinarians told council they are leaving corporate life to open a neighbourhood clinic downtown. Needed was a site-specific rezoning to allow a West End house at 7 West

St. Paul St. to be used for office space and a veterinary clinic.

The building is currently occupied by Allnorth Land Surveyors, with several other services allowed under a landuse contract relinquished with the rezoning.

“We are both coming from corporate practices, which is not what we want anymore,” Adrian Helmers said, noting the operation will be limited to two vets to start.

Some neighbours, however, spoke out against the application, with concerns over traffic, parking and

heritage preservation.

The vets, however, pledged to be good neighbours: providing poop bags outside to prevent messy sidewalk issues, maintaining the heritage feel of the building and educating their clientele about parking in their area.

They said they hope to attract pedestrian traffic from the neighbourhood.

Council voted in favour of supporting the application, with councillors supporting the bid noting uses already allowed on that property could elicit similar concerns from residents.

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FAITH

Saviour, shepherd, sovereign

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t is no mistake or simple coincidence that in the Bible, Psalm 22, 23 and 24 are found together.

Psalm 22 is all about the Lord Jesus in His suffering on the cross as our Saviour.

Psalm 23 is well known for being the Psalm of the good Shepherd.

Psalm 24 brings before us a future time on earth when the Lord will reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Sovereign.

Psalm 22 starts with the words, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”

This Psalm of David was written 1,000 years before the Lord Jesus came into the world.

It is amazing that David wrote the very words that the Son of God spoke from upon the cross, while darkness covered the world.

This Psalm from verse 1 to verse 21 is full of the experience of the Lord Jesus while He suffered.

Verse 2 tells of His cry in the daylight hours from 9 a.m. to noon and then, His cry in the night season which lasted from noon until 3 p.m.

David wrote of the deliverance that Israel knew as God delivered them from their enemies. The suffering Saviour was not delivered, though His suffering was immense.

It is written in verse 6, “I am a worm and no man; a reproach of men and despised of the people.” The scorn of those who were at the cross is seen in verses 7 and 8.

In verses 12 through 21 we have the metaphors of strong bulls (the Jews who rejected Him) and the roaring lion (Satan himself) and the dogs (the Gentiles) that were all around Him. Verse 16 tells of the piercing of His hands and feet long before crucifixion was

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a means of execution.

Verse 18 tells of the dividing of the clothing of the Lord Jesus by the soldiers and that they gambled for the inner garment which was woven without seam.

There is much more to look at but it is safe to say that this prophetic Psalm can only be about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 23 starts out with, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” This Psalm is one of the best known parts of the scriptures.

It is often read at funerals to bring comfort to those who mourn. The Lord Jesus is also spoken of as the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd and the Chief Shepherd.

The Lord Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” Is He your Saviour and Shepherd?

The blessings that are the result of knowing this shepherd are told out in this Psalm. The blessings of His provision for the needs of life in the green pastures and the still waters are found in the first two verses.

Then, the restoration of soul and the leading in the paths of righteousness are found in verse 3.

Verse 4 speaks of what may cause fear being overcome by the never ending presence of the shepherd bringing comfort.

Verse 5 tells of a prepared

table in the midst of opposition and a full cup with blessings running over.

So, in verse 6, this sheep is not worried about the future but rather secure in the future being in good hands and an eternity of blessings ahead.

The Lord Jesus said “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

The last of this trilogy of Psalms speaks of a future day yet to come.

Verse 1 says, “The Earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof: the world, and they that dwell therein.”

Verses 7 through 10 speak of the “King of Glory, the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle and the Lord of hosts.”

Revelation 11:15 says, “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.”

The hope of the believer on the Lord Jesus Christ is a glorious hope.

Hebrews 6:19 says, “which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.”

Romans 8:38, 39 says, “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

John Eggers is an elder in the assembly that meets in Westsyde Gospel Hall in Kamloops.

KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and include a headshot of the author, along with a short bio on the writer.

Submissions can be emailed to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com.

Breast cancer group meets Community

BRIEFS The Kamloops Breast Cancer Support Group, which began in 2017, provides a safe and confidential place for women with a diagnosis of breast cancer to meet.

The support group believes no one understands the impact a breast

cancer diagnosis can have on a woman’s life and the challenges that she may face, as well as someone who has been “in her shoes” — a peer.

Following Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the local support group invites women to come and share their experiences.

The next meeting is Monday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.

The group says,

that even though some women may not feel the need for support within a group, it can offer them insights on how to help other women going through their own breast cancer experience.

The support group has two facilitators trained by the Canadian Cancer Society — both survivors of breast cancer themselves — who welcome others to the

gatherings.

Meetings are held at 7 p.m., on the third Monday of each month, in a private room provided by Kamloops United Church at 431 St. Paul St. For more information, email kamloopsbcsg@ gmail.com, or you can message them on Facebook at Kamloops Breast Cancer Support Group@2017support.

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rom ground level, the opening in the rock face is about a metre high.

It is dark inside so it is hard to tell how long the passage is, but I know it leads to a cavern. I crouch down as low as I can, try not to hit my head and duck-walk my way through.

On Kauai’s south shore lies the Makauwahi Cave Reserve. It has the largest limestone cave in the Pacific, is the most fossil rich site in Hawaii and one of the richest in the world.

To reach the entrance, we saunter atop coastline cliffs where the trail’s red dirt contrasts with green shrubs and the blue ocean.

We pause often to watch the crashing waves, check for breeching humpback whales, and admire the distant, almost empty, white sand beach backed by a lushly vegetated hillside.

After safely negotiating the entrance passage and exiting the low-ceilinged cavern it led us to, we cross a large open area. At the entrance to a larger cave, we join Jerry, a volunteer guide from the Reserve Society.

Over hundreds of thousands of years, the heart of an ancient sand dune here turned to stone and formed a huge cave.

About 7,000 years ago, the cave’s central ceiling collapsed and the rubble blocked off the tidal ocean water. Fresh water and ground water collected, forming an inland sink hole lake.

Our guide explains: “Whatever falls into the water of that lake gets preserved in the sediment in the bottom of the lake. Over the thousands of years since the roof collapsed, the sediment is now built up and the lake is now dry.”

We stand on 33 feet of sediment recording 10,000 years of time. The layers bear evidence of

myriad plants and animals, floods, droughts and dramatic events, such as a tsunami and hurricanes.

Archeological bores have revealed finds such as the huge talon of an extinct bird-hunting owl, bones of extinct flightless ducks and evidence of the first settlers: fish hooks, octopus lures and shell jewellery. It’s all preserved here in this natural time capsule.

The selection of plants for the sink hole floor restoration was guided by the fossils found. A stand of native palms is a focus point and some are almost as tall as the outer walls.

Outside the sinkhole, more reforestation with native plants is an on-going project.

Integral to the process are African land tortoises. These lum-

bering, pre-historic looking beasts munch on low lying invasive species but do not have teeth to chew on the bark of newly planted native trees.

We follow our guide deeper into the sand floor cave. Openings to the surface let in wind-blown sand, which is very fine as it filters down through the rock to the cave floor.

In the light from our flashlight we see popcorn-like flowstone, formed from condensation, dimpling the ceiling. Water flowing through cracks in the walls has formed delicate lines of stone drapery.

It’s impossible to count the multitude of diagonal layers of sand that make up the limestone walls.

There are smaller caves behind this larger one. For Hawaiians, they

are culturally significant and are “kapu” (forbidden) to others.

One is a wet cave and in its total darkness live rare creatures, which are totally adapted to their environment.

The white Kauai cave spider has no pigment or eyes and hunts other blind cave dwelling invertebrates. They only live here and in a few other locations nearby. I am glad we are not exploring that cave.

Retracing our steps, we exit the darkness and blink in the brightness of the day. Strolling around the sinkhole, we study the formations in the rock walls and admire the lush greenery of the reintroduced native and Polynesian plants.

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We seek shelter in the cave near the entrance and contemplate the likelihood that thousands of years before, early visitors to this site must have also sheltered from the rain like this.

Once the storm abates, we crouch down low and make our way out through the entrance hole.

The rim trails, which wind through yet more native plantings, lead us to views into the sinkhole from above.

Looking at it from this vantage point, it is amazing to think of the thousands of years of history preserved just below the sinkhole floor.

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Christmas is still on Dec. 25, but the Santa Claus Parade will be held on Sunday, a week earlier than usual this year — and later in the day, too.

Festivities will begin at 3:15 p.m. with a welcome to

Santa at Second Avenue and St. Paul Street.

The parade will commence at 4 p.m., starting at Second Avenue and St. Paul Street, north to Second Avenue and Victoria Street and continuing east to Sixth Avenue.

The evening will finish

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with a tree lighting back at St. Andrews on the Square at 6:15 p.m.

Transit use is being encouraged to get downtown, but spectators should arrive before 3:45 p.m. when service is disrupted by the parade.

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relocated to St. Paul Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue from 3:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a number of downtown bus stops will be closed.

For those driving, free weekend parking is available at parkades on Seymour Street and Lansdowne Street.

holiday hayride is one of many traditional Christmas activities, but Sagebrush Theatre will be welcoming something a little different — and a little warmer — with the Louisiana Hayride holiday concert this Monday at 7:30 p.m.

“The Louisiana Hayride show was a live radio show way back in the late 1940s and 1950s,” said Lori Risling, who started the travelling show with husband Gil. “What we’ve been doing for the last 10 years, paying tribute to that.”

The Louisiana Hayride features performers in character as musicians who would have been featured on the radio show of that era, such as Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley.

The show also features more recent stars who would have been inspired by the oldies,

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such as Canadian country music icon Shania Twain.

The Nov. 18 show in Kamloops will be the Christmas version of the Louisiana Hayride show, which means a special performance.

While there will still be traditional tribute artists singing the hit songs, they will also be performing Christmas songs for which the stars of yesteryear were known, Presley’s version of Blue Christmas and Crystal Gale’s version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

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According to Risling, that’s when they really get to shine, when they’re not constrained to having to sound like a particular performer.

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On Nov. 23, Hong Kong-born Wai Hung Ma will sign his latest motivational book The Journey: Always Breaking Limitations, cowritten with fellow Kamloops authors Kirk Baethke and Corey Sigvaldason.

SANTA CLAUS PARADE Nov. 17, 4 p.m., downtown Kamloops, Second Avenue and St. Paul Street start

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Santa Claus Parade will begin a little later at 4 p.m., but the route is the same, starting at Second Avenue and St. Paul Street and ending at Victoria Street and Sixth Avenue. A tree lighting is scheduled for 6:15 p.m.

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Get in the Christmas Spirit with the annual Louisiana Hayride Christmas performance, featuring tributes to Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Lefty Frizzell, Shania Twain, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Crystal Gayle and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tickets start at $42, available at the Kamloops Live box office, online at kamloopslive.ca.

RIA MAE Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Cactus Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nightclub, 130 Fifth Ave.

Halifax singer-songwriter Ria Mae will return to Kamloops. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one stop on her 17-city cross-Canada tour. She will perform with Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Matthew V. For tickets, go online to kamtix.ca.

BIRD TALK Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Heritage House, 100 Lorne St.

The Kamloops Naturalist Club will host John Woods, who will deliver a talk entitled Echoes of the Ice Age: Diversity in B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canada Jays. Wood has studied wildlife, including Canada Jays,

The SMALL//works exhibit and sale will return. The annual Kamloops Arts Council fundraiser will feature local, small, original works of art. Prices range from under $100 to $300 and about 350 works will be available for sale. Proceeds will be split 50-50 between the Kamloops Arts Council and the artist. An opening reception is planned for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23.

THEO AND THE THUGS Nov. 27, 8 p.m., The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St.

Punk band Theo and the Thugs will play GOB songs and originals. The band features members of GOB, playing apart from Tom Thacker, who is currently playing with Sum 41. Tickets are $15 in advance, available online at ticketweb.ca.

COMMUNITY BAND PERFORMANCE Nov. 27, Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle, 1550 Tranquille Rd.

The Kamloops Community Band will celebrate winter with Up to Snow Good, an upcoming performance featuring festive favourites. The Kamloops Choristers will join as special guests.

Tickets are $15, available online at kamloopsband.eventbrite.ca or at the door.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Nov. 28 to Dec. 11, various times, Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave.

Western Canada Theatre presents The Sound of Music, featuring a cast of 22 and six musicians. The play runs in the evenings at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. for Saturday matinees. Pay-what-youcan matinees are on Nov. 30 and Dec. 7, while a tea matinee will be held on Dec. 4. Pizza night, including a pre-show chat, will be held on Dec. 5, which will be followed by a post-show talkback session after curtain call. Tickets start at $44, available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or online at kamloopslive.ca.

CRAFTS CLUB SALE Nov. 30, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Heritage House, 100 Lorne St.

The Kamloops Arts and Crafts Club Christmas Artisan Sale and Tea includes pottery, fine art, weaving, sculptures and jewelry for sale. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee while you shop.

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South Kamloops secondary students are once again holding an annual fundraiser event featuring their work in calendars.

This year, students took inspiration from Becky Cooper’s Mapping Manhattan project, which sought to tell New Yorkers’ stories through maps they had created, placing memories on visual representations of their city.

Now, SKSS students have done the same, mapping their memories by creating meaning-

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ful images that share aspects of their vision of Kamloops.

Calendars and postcards will be available for purchase at the Kamloops Art Gallery store at 465 Victoria St. A community reception for the sale will be held on Nov. 20 in the lobby of the Sagebrush Theatre at 1300 Ninth Ave. Calendars and postcards will also be available at the Kamloops Blazers game on Nov. 29.

Proceeds will be used to fund future art student initiatives at SKSS.

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hirley Ellen Dodding will be bringing her fourth book to Chapters on Nov. 24, and she hopes her former students will drop by to pick up a copy.

Dodding — whose students would remember her as Mrs. Collins — taught Grade 7 in Kamloops for 28 years before retiring.

The book, Dancing with the Stripes, is described as an adventure, mystery, romance novel, which would probably be most enjoyed by readers in their early 20s, which, she points out, is the same age as many of her former students.

“I think it’s more young fic-

tion,” she said. “Like a young girl in their 20s. It’s not really teen and not really young kids.”

Dodding started writing with the non-fiction book Asparagus to Computers: One Hundred Years of Kamloops Schools before switching to fiction. She has previously published two novels, You Look Just Like Her and Naked on the Inside.

“As my teaching career ended, I ended up getting involved with a writing group here in Kamloops, and I started getting inspired by them,” she said.

Dancing with the Stripes is set against the backdrop of a cruise ship, where a young woman named Alyssa who has recently lost her parents is on the lookout for hope, happiness and maybe even love.

Unfortunately, along the way she gets tangled up in a series of burglaries that could be leading toward a major heist. And who can find love when locked in the brig?

She’s currently working on a book that isn’t exactly a follow-up, but does feature two of the younger characters who are a part of Dancing with the Stripes. Writing about characters around the age of 12 is appealing because she knows that age so well from her years teaching.

“I know how they are, I know how they think. I know what they like and want,” she said.

Dodding has been a member of the Interior Authors Group for the last six years, including one year as secretary, one year as vice-president, and two years as president.

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This isn’t the first time she’s had a book available at Chapters, and she hopes that Kamloops residents, including former students, drop by to visit her table during the signing on Nov. 24.

Tales of the departure of dancers at the Duchess on Tranquille have been greatly exaggerated, apparently.

To the dismay of many, the Duchess announced in October that its exotic dancers would soon be no more in an effort to better fit in with a changing Tranquille corridor and North Shore.

The announcement on the club’s Facebook page did not reveal the reason for the departure, but calls to club promoter Sam Parrotta and to the North Shore Business Improvement Association executive director Jeremy Heighton brought out a narrative that explained why such a move would be made.

Heighton told KTW the NSBIA had been in talks with club ownership since the spring about how it wanted to “create family friendly, but also socially appropriate, venues and opportunities along our corridor.”

Parrotta, meanwhile, said, “We just feel that it’s a better fit for the area, with new developments and improvements to the North Shore and Tranquille Road, and we feel our nightclub is a better fit.”

It’s not the first time the club has gone back on its plan to drop strippers. In 2013 it did the same thing, with many calling the announcement a publicity stunt.

When KTW asked Parrotta if people were in for a repeat of those events, he stood firm.

“No, I don’t think so. We’re going to move forward with this decision and we’re going to take how it comes and I believe it’s going to be the best fit for the community,” he told KTW in October.

The club’s Facebook page tells another story — one that involves the dancers never leaving in the first place. Advertisements alluding to exotic dancers were never removed and new ones were posted prior to the announcement strippers would return.

Duchess on Tranquille owner Trevor Swanson did not respond to requests for comment before KTW’s press deadline on Thursday.

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Local bluesy rocker has a new single, plans for more over the winter what? Things slowed down and I didn’t know what was coming next,” he told KTW. What came next for Marshall was a significant event in his personal life — marriage — and another advance in his professional music life — a new band lineup and a new single.

Where there once were three Jims, there are now only two — Alex Campbell (Phosphenes, Chatterbox) on bass and Sean Schneider (The Houses (Where We Grew Up) and formerly The

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ackson Marshall put out his first EP in 2016, a brief four-track foray dispatched into the Kamloops music scene.

Two years later, Jackson Marshall and The Jims opened for a band Marshall had wanted to play with for years prior.

“It went really well, but after that I was left with a moment that was like, well, OK now

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and crew to the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre while Sagebrush had its roof repaired.

“It’s always great being in a theatre,” she said.

For those with delicate ears, Risling made a point that the show always ensures carefully balanced audio that can be enjoyed without annoyance or discomfort.

Tickets are available online at Kamloops Live box office (kamloopslive.com) and will be available at the door if they don’t sell out in advance.

There will be a mix of secular holiday songs with more traditional hymns, as well as performances of songs that are simply fun for the holidays, like Santa Baby.

The Louisiana Hayride has visited Kamloops many times over the years and continues to be a popular show in the city.

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“I had been playing with as many hands on deck as I can to get a variety of sounds, but at this point I’m looking to settle down a little bit and put out as much material as I can,” Marshall said.

The latest single from Jackson Marshall and The Jims is October, a slow-paced and pensive track written in October 2018 and released at the tail end of 2019’s 10th month.

The new track is relatively

down tempo when held up against two bouncier bluesinspired rock tracks on the EP, Hers and Serf ’s Up, and the band’s inclusion on Factotum CO’s Engine Noise compilation album, Promises.

“I looked forward to the winter ahead and didn’t have a lot going on. So there was some emptiness that came along with that sensation,” Marshall said.

A reliable feature among all of Jackson Marshall’s work, however, is his guitar playing.

After listening, it might be no surprise he also teaches the craft at Long and McQuade.

While he doesn’t have any current local shows booked, he’s working on a pair he’d like to see happen over the winter.

Beyond that, he’s also planning a tour that will cover B.C. and maybe beyond.

To listen to October and the band’s past releases, find Jackson Marshall and The Jims on streaming platforms and on YouTube.

Snowbombing organizers say 2020 festival is off, but pledge return The annual Snowbombing Canada music festival held at Sun Peaks will not happen in 2020.

In a post on Instagram, Snowbombing Canada announced there would be no festival in 2020 and pledged to work on a “bigger and better adventure” for its followers, signing off “see you on the mountain in the future.”

In recent years, the event has brought in artists as big as Ludacris, Kaskade, Cypress Hill, Illenium and Odesza.

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A pancake, in volleyball, is a one-handed dig in which a player, most often diving forward, slides the outside of a flat hand underneath the ball in a last-resort effort to keep play alive. This pancake, wonderfully executed by Hali Drezet of the TRU WolfPack last month in Canada West action at the Tournament Capital Centre, was served with a smile from teammate Kendra Finch. TRU (5-1) will play host to the Regina Cougars (1-5) this weekend at the TCC, with match time slated for noon on Friday and Saturday. More than 1,200 elementary and secondary school students are expected to be in the stands on Friday for School Day.

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There were seconds in which Kamloops Blazers’ forward Kyrell Sopotyk thought the worst after he careened head-first into the Sandman Centre boards on Monday.

The WHL reviewed the check from behind by Pavel Novak of the Kelowna Rockets that is likely to keep Sopotyk out of the lineup until January and handed down an eight-game suspension on Wednesday.

Once he could move his extremities, Sopotyk was relieved. The left shoulder that was dislocated in the scary collision was popped back into place on the ice

by Blazers’ trainer Colin

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW FILE Kyrell Sopotyk is not expected to play for the Kamloops Blazers until after the WHL Christmas break.

(Toledo) Robinson.

“I’ve seen it too many times over 25 years, but that was a bad one,” said Robinson, who demonstrated the rotate-and-pop motion he used to put the shoulder back in place.

“It’s been a long time

since I’ve gone out to see a player and my heart was jumping a bit more than usual. Not a good hit at all.”

Novak, a 17-yearold forward from the Czech Republic, is eligible to play next against the Wheat Kings in

Brandon on Dec. 10.

The Blazers who spoke to KTW said there is no illwill toward Novak, who was assessed a checking-frombehind major and game misconduct on Monday.

“He felt bad,” Kamloops defenceman Montana

Onyebuchi said. “He even reached out to Sopo after and told him he didn’t mean to. It was an accident.”

Sopotyk, an 18-year-old left shot from Aberdeen, Sask, will miss the Blazers’ road trip to Manitoba and his home province, the sixgame East Division swing that begins in Brandon on Dec. 6 and precedes the Christmas break.

“That’s pretty scary stuff,” Blazers’ captain Zane Franklin said. “It looks even worse on the replay. Your first thought is I hope he can get up and skate off.

“It could have been a lot worse. We’re just thankful for that.”

Kamloops GM Matt Bardsley was asked if Novak’s punishment fits the crime.

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“Eight games, some people think it could have been more but, at the end of the day, it’s not my decision to say if it should be more,” Bardsley said. “Eight games is probably the longest we’ve seen in a while. I hope eight games is a deterrent for any player.”

Bardsley said he does not expect Sopotyk to play until after Christmas.

“Definitely I would say after Christmas at some point, whether that’s early, mid or late January, it’s all going to depend on how his recovery goes.”

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Stewart chasing podium at worlds The culmination of Greg Stewart’s 2019 season will be a chance to throw for gold on Friday at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai.

Stewart, 33, is one of 15 athletes slated to compete in the men’s shot put F46 final, which is scheduled to get underway at 6 a.m. Kamloops time.

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The 7-foot-2 powerhouse from Kamloops has the secondbest personal-best throw of anyone on the start list, a 15.82metre heave recorded at the B.C.

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Joshua Cinnamo of the U.S. is the favourite. The 38-year-old athlete from San Diego boasts a personal-best throw of 16.49m.

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expected to return to the lineup until January. sports@kamloopsthisweek.com Novak, who was assessed a checkingMark Liwiski of from-behind major and the Kelowna Rockets game misconduct for and Martin Lang of the second-period hit, the Kamloops Blazers was on Wednesday susagreed to fight late in pended for eight games. a hard right hand that the third period of a The Rockets were and finished atop the podium at B.C. Division contest on dropped his opponent. displeased with a Liwiski, who folthe Parapan American Games in Monday at Sandman check from behind lowed with four more Lima, Peru.

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by Franklin on Nolan shots while Lang fell Stewart, who was injured in Lang reached for his Foote, another moment to the ice and tried to training in the lead-up to the chin strap and turned that contributed to event, won silver with a throw of away from Liwiski, who protect himself, was simmering tension that booed heavily as he left 14.96m. pounced and landed precipitated the fight. the ice.

Onyebuchi was The scrap was the asked how the heated 10th WHL fight for contest might affect the Liwiski, a 5-foot-11, rematch on Saturday in 190-pound forward Kelowna. from Dauphin, Man. “Both teams comLang, a 5-foot-10, ing out, loving to battle, 175-pound forward couple scraps, get all from Rokycany, Czech the boys, get the fans Republic, had before into it, get everybody never engaged in a energized,” he said. major-junior tilt.

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George Cougars on The fight materialFriday. ized near the end of a Game time is 7 p.m. game — already decided with Kamloops lead- at Sandman Centre.

B.C. Division standing 5-2 at 16:09 of the third period — that was ings: Kamloops (13-6, 26 points), Vancouver marred by a dangerous hit in the second period (10-8-1-1, 22 points), Kelowna (9-8-1-1, 20

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK SHOTS Counterfeit crook focus of cops On Monday, Nov. 4, a man passed counterfeit $20 bills at a Kamloops convenience store.

The suspect is white and stands about 5-foot-6. At the time of the fraudulent purchase, he was wearing a black T-shirt with a “RAW” logo on it, a black ball cap sporting a white logo and two chains around his neck.

If you know this man, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Kaily Fleury (left), Sofia Stilwell and Hannah Steed of the Valleyview Vikings provide defence against Jayda Deol of the Sa-Hali Sabres last week in junior girls high school volleyball action at Valleyview secondary. The host Vikes toppled the South Kamloops Titans in straight sets — 25-15, 25-20 — to win the city title.

GLASMACHER MAKES TRU HISTORY Jan Pirretas Glasmacher became a TRU WolfPack trailblazer on Monday when he was selected in the Canadian Premier League U Sports Draft, in which 14 of the professional soccer clubs each nabbed two players.

The defender from Barcelona was picked third overall by Victoriabased Pacific FC and became the first WolfPack player in program history to be selected in the CPL draft.

“I was super excited when I found out,” the 6-foot-1 business student told TRU Sports Information. “Not only is it great for me, but it is great exposure for the WolfPack program. “ WolfPack head coach John Antulov recruited Glasmacher in time for the 2017-2018 season.

“Not only is he a fantastic player,

but person as well,” Antulov said of the WolfPack captain. “For him to go as high as he did says a lot about Jan, but also says a lot about our program.”

Pacific FC interim head coach James Merriman spoke to TRU Sports Information.

“I know Jan is a player and person of high character and I am looking forward to working with him if he earns a U Sports contract out of training camp,” Merriman said.

Pacific FC will begin informal workouts in January and February, with training camp set to begin in early March, when Glasmacher expects to join the club.

Glasmacher plans to return to TRU in 2019-2020 to continue studying business and play for the WolfPack.

Doyle rules KIJHL three stars Curtis Doyle of Kamloops earned top honours in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Hot in the KI 3 Stars for the period ending Monday.

The Osoyoos Coyotes goaltender helped his team snap a 17-game winless skid in a 3-1 victory over the Kamloops Storm last Friday at Memorial Arena.

Doyle, 20, made 33 saves and followed

with a 41-stop performance in a 2-2 tie with the 100 Mile House Wranglers last Saturday in Osoyoos.

“The victory felt great, we have a very hard working group of guys and it was nice to help reward them with the win,” Doyle said in a KIJHL press release.

Doyle was acquired by the Coyotes in a

trade with the Nelson Leafs on Sept. 30.

“I thought I had a really solid game,” Doyls said. “I loved my time in Kamloops and I haven’t really been back much since, so it was a game I was looking forward to.”

Kimberley Dynamiters’ forward Brock Palmer and North Okanagan Knights’ defenceman Cole Haberlack were named second and third star, respectively.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m., a man walked into a store in Valleyview and stole money from the poppy tray.

The suspect has long hair and a slender build and was wearing a striped hoodie/jacket at the time of the theft.

Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477) if you can help identify the thief.

DOB: 1980-01-01 Height: 183 cm / 6’00” Weight: 95 kg / 210 lbs Race: Caucasian Hair: Brown | Eyes: Blue Wanted For: Fail to Comply

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Thief was dressed for (basketball) court

DOB: : 1975-03-10 Height: 170 cm / 5’07” Weight: 56 kg / 124 lbs Race: Caucasian Hair: Brown | Eyes: Blue Wanted for: Unlawfully at Large

On Sept. 3, a man stole items from a downtown store. He is white, tall, bald, has tattoos and was wearing basketball shorts and jersey at the time of the theft.

Do you recognize him? If so, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

www.kamloopsCrimeStoppers.ca If you know where any of these people are, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The tip line pays up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of fugitives.

Remember, Crime Stoppers just wants your information, not your name. Crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does.

This program is jointly sponsored by Kamloops Crime Stoppers & Kamloops This Week.

People featured are wanted on arrest warrants not vacated as of 3 p.m. on November 13, 2019

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ACTIVITY PROGRAMS

Bats are misunderstood and underappreciated. They’re also in trouble from white noseis syndrome.

Fall Activity Guide out. Join community bat coordinator Vanessa Robinson on a IS NOW OPEN.creatures. journey toREGISTRATION learn more about these fascinating Walk upare Tranquille to view numbers them leaving Programs cancelledcreek if the minimum are nottheir met. roosts. Use a bat detector to ‘hear’ them. There’s so much to discover about bats.

18th of September. 7 pm to 9 pm.

Cardboard Animal Creations Meet in Pine Park parking lot, Tranquille.

Ages: 4–6

Have you always wanted your very own wolf, rabbit, or fox? Join us at the KMA to create your very own cardboard animal creation. Bring your friends, and enjoy a morning of making cardboard animals with lots of music and laughs.

Kamloops Museum & Archives Sat Nov 23 10:30–11:30 am 1/$10

Pottery Clay Play

Be inspired as you play in the clay at Redemption Pottery Studio! Explore the unlimited possibilities in this basic workshop suitable for those with little or no experience of working with clay. You will learn hand-building techniques and how to use the potter’s wheel. Your creations will be bisque fired, then you will have the opportunity to glaze your work before the last firing. All supplies are included.

Redemption Pottery Studio Thu Nov 21 6:00–7:30 pm 1/$30.50

SPORTS

Speed skaters set new marks Cameron Thomas and Sylvie Lloyd of the Kamloops Long Blades were in action at the CanAm International Speed Skating Competition last weekend in Calgary.

Both skaters recorded two personal-best times each.

They will next be in action at a Canada Cup long track event in December in Fort St. John.

Tournament Capital Sports

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REBELS ON TOP The Kamloops Rebels earned gold at a peewee girls’ hockey tournament in Burnaby on Remembrance Day weekend.

Kamloops blanked the Washington Wild 2-0 in the championship showdown.

Recording points on the weekend for the Rebels were Tayla McMillian (8G), Alina Baltakis (4G, 2A), Rebekah Huss (1G, 1A), Kalynn Pywell (1G), Kika Saul (1G), Grace Robertson (2A), Kate Benastick (1A), Zoe Steinke (1A) and Lizzie Harbaruk.

Kika Saul and Destry Eli shared goaltending duties and posted shutouts.

Game MVPs include Benastick, McMillian, Saul and Dannika Johnson.

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ACROSS 1. Broods 6. “____ are the voyages of the starship Enterprise” 11. Long-billed wader 15. Idiosyncrasies 19. Brownie ingredient 20. Actor Tom of “The Dukes of Hazzard” 21. Indie singer/ songwriter ____ Case 22. 1980s U.S. Davis Cup team captain 23. Your apartmentmate, if you don’t close the door before showering?

26. Self-involved 27. Blend 28. Expensive 29. Drumstick 30. Gets better 31. Your wish, maybe, when a rambunctious terrier puppy is first brought home?

36. Browning who directed “Dracula,” 1931 37. Draw a bead on 38. Bring in 39. Songwriters’ org.

42. Lady friend, in Florence 44. Great ____ 45. See 88-Across 48. Soprano ____ Te Kanawa 49. Giant star 50. Tyrannic sort?

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68. It can cause shortness of breath 71. Sight at a gladiatorial fight 72. Fluffy neckwear 73. Chooses 75. Actress Grier of “Jackie Brown” 76. Location of Hephaestus’ forge

78. Spoil, as a parade 80. Online reference about toilets?

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52. Tree knot 53. Textbook section 55. Bela Lugosi’s role in “The Ghost of Frankenstein” 56. Word before bread or boat 60. Take care of, as a persistent squeak 62. Computation class in Cambridge 63. Part of A.P.A.: Abbr.

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SUDOKU FUN BY THE NUMBERS

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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Find the words hidden vertically, horizontally & diagonally throughout the puzzle ALLEGORY ALLITERATION ANTAGONIST ASSONANCE CHARACTER CLIMAX CONFLICT CONNOTATION CONVENTION DENOTATION DENOUEMENT DIALOG

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WEEKLY COMICS

FRANK & ERNEST by Bob Thaves

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

GUESS WHO?

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KIT ’N’ CARLYLE

by Larry Wright

FAMILY CIRCUS

by Bil & Jeff Keane

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CLASSIFIEDS Phone: 250-371-4949

INDEX

LISTINGS

Announcements . . . . 001-099 Employment . . . . . . . . .100-165 Service Guide . . . . . . . 170-399 Pets/Farm . . . . . . . . . . .450-499 For Sale/Wanted. . . . .500-599 Real Estate . . . . . . . . . .600-699 Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700-799 Automotive . . . . . . . . . . 800-915 Legal Notices . . . . . . 920-1000

Coming Events

If you have an upcoming event for our

COMMUNITY CALENDAR go to

kamloopsthisweek.com and click on the menu and go to events to submit your event.

Kamloops Ambassador Society Annual General Meeting November 27, 2019 6:30 pm 615 Victoria St. Kamloops Let’s Dance with the Kamloops Social Club. Dance the night away Saturday, November 16th, 7:00-11:00 pm, with the music of Sleepless Nights at Brock Activity Centre, 1800 Tranquille Rd. Tickets $10 @ the door. Our club is also holding a New Year’s Eve Dance, 8pm-12:30am at the Brock Activity Centre on December 31st with live music by Bob King. Tickets $40 include a cold buffet, desserts, party favours, door prizes, 50/50 & more. For tickets call 250-3198510.

2 Days Per Week Call 250-374-0462

Fax: 250-374-1033

REGULAR RATES

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RUN UNTIL RENTED

GARAGE SALE

WEDNESDAY ISSUES • 10:00 am Tuesday FRIDAY ISSUES • 10:00 am Thursday

No Businesses, Based on 3 lines Merchandise, vehicles, trailers, RV’s, boats, ATV’s, furniture, etc.

No Businesses, Based on 3 lines Houses, condos, duplexes, suites, etc. (3 months max) $ 5300 Add an extra line to your ad for $10

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ALL ADS MUST BE PREPAID. No refunds on classified ads.

Antiques Wrought iron $300/each. Floor lamp High chair $30. Cedar Chest $400. Rocking $150. Oak dresser with $475. 250-372-8177.

beds $50.

Hope chair mirror

Art & Collectibles BUYING & SELLING: Vintage & mid-century metal, teak, wood furniture; original signed paintings, prints; antique paper items, local history ephemera; BC pottery, ceramics.

4th Meridian Art & Vintage, 104 1475 Fairview, Penticton.

Leanne@4thmeridian.ca

For Sale - Misc 1948 Ferguson rebuilt motor & extra parts has a util. snow blade & chains mostly original $3,000. 250-374-8285.

5th wheel hitch $250. 250374-8285.

6hp Evinrude O/B motor. $600. 70 CFM air compressor. $750. 250-574-3794.

Butcher-Boy commercial meat grinder 3-hp. 220 volt. c/w attachments. $1500. 250318-2030.

Craftsman LT11 Riding Mower. Chains and garden trailer.

Deck needs minor work. $500.

250-819-9712, 250-672-9712.

Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details!

250-371-4949

EARN EXTRA $$$

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 Fuel tank w/pump $950. Electric boat loader. $950. 250579-9550.

Looking For Love?

Try your luck with 1x1 boxed ad $35 plus tax for 2 weeks.

Price includes box number.

Call 250-371-4949 to place your ad and for more details.

Email: classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com

Based on 3 lines

1 Issue . . . . . . . . . $1300 1 Week. . . . . . . . . $2500 1 Month . . . . . . . . $8000 ADD COLOUR. . $2500 to your classified add

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Furniture

Commercial

1-4ft long horn one of a kind. $900. New pedestal round drop leaf table 40” w/2 chairs leather seats. $750. 250-3776920.

CHOOSE LOCAL

6 drawer Walnut dresser w/ mirror & matching double bed exc cond $200. 250-374-7514.

8ft Antique Couch Couch & matching $200. 250-374-1541.

$900. chairs

Diningroom table w/8-chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $850. 250-374-8933.

Solid oval oak table w/6side chairs, 2 arms chairs, buffet. $5,000. Exec desk dark finish $200. Teak corner cabinet $100. Treadmill $450, Custom oak cabinet $200. 250-8517687.

Sports Equipment 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.

Savage AX19 223 Remington caliber 40X Vortex scope 80 rounds of ammo, $725 like new (250) 554-4467.

Ultra Light Ride Snowboard w/bindings, never used. $375.

Arc Solomon snowboard w/bindings $325. 578-7776.

Skates/Skis/ Snowboards SKI SALE: 3 pairs. 180cm Atomic Powder Cruise- the ultimate floater. $100. 170cm Saloman Scream - light cruiser for novice plus. $125. Atomic Metron10 - great carver, wide toe. $125. Ski tuning kit. 250579-5880.

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Landscaping

250-374-0916 Houses For Rent

Furnished5BdDen nrRIH, nsp, $3300. Call for shorttermrates 604-802-5649pg250-314-0909 Monte Lake 1bdrm. Own yard, W/D, F/S. Ref’s req’d. Remodeled. $800/mo. 250-320-3833.

Monte Lake 3bdrms on 1 1/4 acres.

Remodeled, custom kitchen, unfinished basement.

W/D, F/DW, gas stove. $1400/mo.

Ref’s.

250-3203833.

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Satellite phone Model Iridium 9505A handset w/attachments. $1300. 250-374-0650.

Call 250-374-0462

Farm Equipment Case Collector Tractor only 1950s. $600. 1958 Case (utility) 350 Tractor w/blade, chains, front-end loader. $1,000. 250-819-9712, 250672-9712.

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Farmers Market Taking orders 3 meat cabbage rolls ask for Karen between 9am-6pm 236-421-2255

Basement Suites N/Shore 2bdrms, shrd lndy, priv entr, sm pet neg. Dec 1st. $1100 util incld. 250-819-4292 Vacant NKam, 2bdrms, c/a, patio, nice yard. $950/mo plus shared hydro. Ref, req. 250376-0633.

12 Friday - 3 lines or less 1750 Wed/Fri - 3 lines or less

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Misc Home Service

PETER’S YARD SERVICE Time to Trim Your Hedges Tree Pruning or Removal Yard clean-up, Landscaping Licensed & Certified 250-572-0753

Snow Removal

Security

CHOOSE LOCAL “Our Family Protecting Your Family”

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Peace of mind house sitting and pet care. Keep your house and pets safe while your away.

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For quiet N/S male, in downtown apartment. TRU student OK $600/mo. 236-425-1499.

For Sale by Owner

250-374-0916

Farm Services

Farm Services

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE

250-838-0111 Handyperson

For Sale by Owner $55.00 Special

RICKS’S SMALL HAUL

The special includes a 1x1.5 ad (including photo) that will run for one week (two editions) in Kamloops This Week. Our award winning paper is delivered to over 30,000 homes in Kamloops every Wednesday and Friday.

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Misc Home Service

Tax not included

Renos & Home Improvement

Classes & Courses

10-989 McGill Pl. Kamloops

Shared Accommodation

Based on 3 lines 1 Issue.. . . . . . $1638 1 Week. . . . . . $3150 1 Month . . . $10460

Scrap Car Removal

House-sitting

Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

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Pets

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 90,000 for $17,000 (250) 376-6607

Property For Sale

LIVE ANSWER | EFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVE | LOCAL COMPANY

Wanted to Buy

Health

Scheduled for one month at a time.

Customer must call to reschedule.

Tax not included. Some restrictions apply

“Our Family Protecting Your Family”

Quality 7mm Mag with scope & open sights. S.S. preferred.

250-318-9478.

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Renos & Home Improvement

AAA - Pal & Core

courses mid-week & weekends.

NEW - Intro to Reloading & Bear Aware courses on demand.

For schedules see www.pal-core-ed.com or 778-470-3030 HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. A Great Christmas Gift. Next C.O.R.E. January 4th and 5th, Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. November 24th, Sunday.

Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor: Bill 250-376-7970

Boats 14ft. Runabout boat. 40hp Johnson motor on trailer. $1500/obo. 778-469-5434.

RVs/Campers/Trailers 17’ Aerolite Trailer like new, slide out, stabilizer bars. $9,900 (250) 372-5033 1972 Triple E motor home 25’ 77,000miles 402 Chev lots of extras $7,000 250-523-9495 2004 Cougar 5th wheel. 12ft slide.

Excellent cond. $14,000/obo. 250-554-1744.

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $14,000. 236-421-2251.

2006 Dodge 2500 4x4 HD. w/1994 11ft. camper. $15,500/both. 778-220-7372.

2014 Adventurer Camper 89RB solar 13’ awning + extras $22,000 (250) 523-9495.

2016 24ft. Jay Feather 23 RBM. Fully loaded. 1500kms. $22,000/obo. 250-377-1932.

Automotive Tires 4-Blizzaks M&S 245/45 R20 $600. 4-Hankook 215/75 R15 winters on GM rims $200. 2Laufenn 235/75 R15 winters on GM rims. $200. 376-6482.

4-Ford 6 bolt studded forward tires on rims. P265-R17. 50% tread. $300/obo. 374-2403.

4 Michelin M&S 235/55/R17, 7mil tread left. $125. 250-5795361.

4 Michelin M&S P215/55 R17 Radials X. New $600. 250374-0988.

To advertise in the Classifieds call: 250-371-4949

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ATVs / Dirt Bikes

Trucks & Vans

Yamaha Grizzly ATV. KMS 011031 $4,000 250-579-3252

2014 Ford Platinum 4x4 Crew-cab 3.5 Ecoboost, white with brown leather, Fully Loaded. Immaculate.

142,000kms. $31,300.

250-319-8784

2010 Harley Davidson Softail.

Lugg carrier, cover, lift-jack. $11,000/obo. 250-374-4723.

Trucks - 4WD 2003 Chev 3/4T service truck 4x4. 6.0L, V-8, auto. Engine driven air compressor. Power tailgate. $6900. 250-320-9215.

Trucks/Heavy, Commercial Cummings Gen Set Ford 6cyl 300 cu/in single and 3 phase pwr $5000 (250) 376-6607 Brand New Yamaha R3 Motorcycle with only 6kms. 320CC, liquid cooled, ABS brakes. Still has 1 year Factory Warranty. $4,700. 250-578-7274.

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Leagl & Public Notices

Employment

Employment

Employment

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Motorcycles

1957 Triumph Tiger 110 matching serial numbers. $7,800 Firm.

778-257-1072.

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Vans

Notice is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of Richard Duane Spooner a.k.a. Dick Spooner, late of Kamloops, BC who died on or about April 14, 2019, are required to send them to the executor before the 31st day of December, 2019. After that date, the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled, having regard only to the claims of which the executor has notice.

Heather Lynne Spooner c/o Gillespie & Company LLP Lawyers 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 121 St. Paul Street Kamloops, BC V2C 3K8 Employment

Employment

1995 Plymouth Voyager.

Great van needs to be seen. $1500/obo. 250-319-7053.

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If you are a caring person with a positive attitude, good communication skills and a willingness to learn, please read on.

Our homes and services provide an excellent work environment.

We are currently hiring CASUAL Support Workers for our Residential (Homes) and Day Services in your area. These opportunities can advance to Part Time and Full Time positions once hired. Our Permanent positions have a comprehensive beneďŹ ts package.

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We wish to thank all applicants; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

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For further information, please call 250-828-2231 between 8 am and 1 pm Monday to Friday

HIRING TWO LINE COOKS

Westsyder Inn at 3369 Westsyde Road, Kamloops is looking for two Line Cooks which are full-time, permanent jobs.

Job duties include prepare and cook food according to speciďŹ cations, oversee kitchen operations, train and supervise staff, supervise and maintain inventory and record of food supplies and equipment, ensure quality of food.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Stanley William Bott 1931 - 2019

It is with great love and sadness that we announce the passing of Stanley William Bott on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Overlander Extended Care Hospital in Kamloops, BC. Stanley was born on January 20, 1931 in Edmonton, Alberta, to his parents Albert and Connie Bott, the oldest of three children. He grew up in Northern Alberta where his father worked around the region as a station agent and went to high school in Westlock, close to Edmonton.

While in Alberta, Stan achieved his CPA in 1954 and worked in Edmonton until he relocated with his first wife and family to Kamloops in 1972 and began working at Munro & Co. He later started his own company and continued as a practising CPA until retirement. He was honoured last year by the Canadian Association of CPAs for 60 years of service.

Stanley and Enid were married on November 14, 1998 and had some wonderful shared memories from their travelling and just enjoying their life together.

For many years, Stan was a very active, involved member of Mt. Paul United Church. He was the person to greet everyone with a happy, smiling face and the one who could be relied on to do whatever needed doing.

Stanley followed his father into the Masonic fraternity in 1959, when he joined Westlock Lodge #114. He affiliated with Mt. St. Paul Lodge #109

in 1976, serving as Master in 1984 and District Deputy Grand Master in 1998. He received his 60 year pin from the Grand Master this past September. Stan was coroneted as an Honorary Inspector General, 33rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Canada in 1997.

Stan is survived by his loving wife Enid, her daughter Gerry (Fred, granddaughter Rebekah, great-granddaughter Gazlyn) of Edmonton, his son Ken (Susan and granddaughter Vivian) of Montreal, his daughter Leaticia (grandson Christopher) of Castlegar, his sister Connie of Victoria, his sister Katheryn (her children Bryan, Karyn, Colyn, Michell) of Vancouver.

The family would like to thank the many people who supported Stan at RIH, Ponderosa and Overlander for their care and understanding.

A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Mount Paul United Church, 140 Laburnum. Reception to follow at the Church.

If you wish, donations in Stanley’s memory may be made to the charity of your choice.

Condolences may be expressed at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM John Kurta John Kurta, aged 87, of Salmon Arm, BC (formerly Clearwater and Kamloops), passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019. He was born in Granada, Alberta. When he was school age, his family moved to Toronto and then in 1946, moved again to Salmon Arm. After attending UBC and attaining first a forest degree, and then a law degree, John settled in Kamloops where he and his wife Edwina raised their family. Being a man who preferred to be his own boss, John set up his own law practice (Law Offices of John Kurta).

He also offered law services to the community of Clearwater. Edwina and John moved to Clearwater in 1997 where John continued to practice law and was ‘semi-retired’. Law was one of John’s many passions and his knowledge of case law was extensive due to many hours spent in the law library.

When not practicing law, most of John’s time was spent in the bush – fishing, hunting and camping with family or friends down some bumpy backroad, on the top of a mountain or by a running river. Much time was also spent at ‘the farm’ in the upper Clearwater Valley, where John and Edwina eventually built their retirement home. He also travelled with his family to many rotary conventions and danced up a storm with Edwina on the dance floor whenever an opportunity came up.

John’s contributions to community included membership and leadership roles with Kamloops North Rotary Club, Friends of Wells Gray and Upper Clearwater Community Hall. John and Edwina also donated private land to The Land Conservancy to support the development of the Clearwater Wetland Project, which was John’s vision in the early 70s when he purchased land in

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the Upper Clearwater valley - with this, he and Edwina have left a legacy that will continue to be expanded and developed.

Things that we will always remember about John his ‘Cheshire Cat smile’, his willingness to help family and friends, his long and detailed stories, getting set up for the perfect picture, his love and respect of the outdoors and the importance of the preservation of unique and special ecosystems.

Left to honour John and to remember his love and passion for life are his wife Edwina, three children Sheryle (Neil) Campbell, Sandra (Chris Greenaway) Sulyma and Jim (Charlotte) Kurta, grandchildren Devon, Emma and Keean Campbell, Joel and Emily Sulyma and Anni and Sam Kurta, sister Iva Bonar and half brothers Rick Gunderson and Ron Gunderson. He was predeceased by his parents Walter Kurta and Lena Gunderson, his brothers Eddy and Len and his sister Ella.

On Saturday November 23, 2019 at 1:00 pm, the family invites friends and family to Celebrate John’s Life at the Sockeye Room – Comfort Inn, 1090 - 22nd Street NE, Salmon Arm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Land Conservancy (http://conservancy.bc.ca/), directed to the Clearwater Ancient Swamp and Wildlife Corridor Campaign, which will serve to connect to the land that John and Edwina have previously donated.

Mr. Alphonse Farkas Mr. Alphonse Farkas, aged 86, of Logan Lake, BC passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home in Kamloops, BC. A service will be held at a later date in Lethbridge, AB where his final resting place will be.

Al was born in Stockholm, SK on February 12, 1933 to Barney and Mary (Yanyu). He grew up in Swift Current, SK and Lethbridge. Al married Doreen Thom, his wife of 66 years. Together they have five children Linda, Heather (Bob Spiers), Alan (Celine), Craig and Patrick (Allison), twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

His career path began in service and sales at Ferguson Supply in Lethbridge, then relocating to Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Saskatoon and then the Okanagan Valley. He pursued his dream of building his own home in Winfield, BC. This was when his passion for masonry and construction developed and his artistic side unfolded.

Our family would like to express thanks to Fr. Derrick Cameron, Nicola Meadows Retirement in Merritt, the wonderful care received at RIH, 6-North and to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice where Al died peacefully with family at his side.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to John’s obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com

While the price difference for a cremation with NO Service is similar at most funeral homes in Kamloops, First Memorial is proud to have facilities to accommodate all of your needs, whether you choose a Celebration of Life or a full Traditional service. We can do it all at First Memorial.

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Olive Ann Neighbor (née Ritchie)

July 10, 1920 - October 20, 2019 It is with sad hearts that we announce the passing of our mother Olive Neighbor.

Olive was born is Scotland, moving to Canada at the age of four. Her family settled in Toronto where she remained until her marriage to Bruce Neighbor in 1945. They met while Bruce was serving in the RCAF stationed in Newfoundland. He and others would come to Toronto for R&R. They married after the war.

As a young woman in the 1940s, she worked in a jewelry store, but at the same time was volunteering in wartime organizations.

In 1941 she joined Canadian Auxillary for Territorial Services which was the forerunner of the Women’s Canadian Airforce.

In 1942 Olive joined the Civil Defense Committee and was both an Air Raid Warden and Secretary to the Committee.

After her marriage to Bruce on October 6, 1945, she spent a summer in Jasper with Bruce’s family then moved to Vancouver where Bruce attended UBC, studying Forestry. During this time, Olive worked in the Dean’s office. The university made room for all the married students attending after serving in the war by creating a trailer park. Their trailer was 7x13 feet and according to Olive, was too small to get mad in! Many lifelong friends were made there. After graduation, Olive and her family, which now included Linda and Wendy moved to Kamloops. Judy, Gary and Raymond were born during their early years. She lived for 65 years in the same house on Royal Ave. Olive loved her little house on the river and often took a cup of tea to the end of the yard to sit and watch the river. The family celebrated many happy occasions in the backyard overlooking the river.

Olive’s willingness to serve continued in Kamloops. She was heavily involved in St. George’s Anglican Church, at times serving as President of the ACW and a delegate to the Cariboo Diocesan Board. She was Badge Secretary for the North Kamloops Girl Guides and both she and Bruce received “Thank

You Badges” for their efforts which was the first time this honour was given. Her love of working with and helping people extended to Seniors Outreach, the Church’s adopted family and hospital visiting.

She was predeceased by her son Gary in 1976 and then by Bruce in 1984. Later she would lose Raymond on 2007. Theses losses took a toll on her, but she was determined to make the most of her life. She travelled to Australia and New Zealand, then to China and Scotland with her sister Jean, also a widow. While in Scotland they spent time researching their family history. Olive’s interests were many and varied. Google would have been her best friend if she hadn’t lost her sight to macular degeneration.

Olive shared her home with her granddaughters as each of them continued their schooling in Kamloops. Her house was always open to one and all at any time, always with a cup of tea.

Eventually, her family was unable to keep her in her beloved home. She spent her last years in the Village at Smith Creek in West Kelowna where most of her family resided in close proximity to her. Our mother passed away with family by her side on Sunday, October 20, 2019.

Olive leaves behind daughters Linda Wasylenko (Alex), Wendy Neighbor, Judy vanNus (Richard), daughter-in-law Nancy Neighbor, grandchildren Shelly, Chad, Kim, Marisa, Thalia, Ben and Quinn. Also eleven great-grandchildren and four greatgreat grandchildren.

Our mother was the center of our family and will forever be sorely missed.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Bernice Agnes Schemenauer (née Jeck) Our wonderful mother Bernice passed away peacefully on Friday, November 8, 2019 at the age of 95. She spent her last day in her room at Kamloops Seniors Village with family at her side.

Bernice was born on August 24, 1924 in Hay Lakes, Alberta. Her parents Adolph Jeck and Maria Henkelmann Jeck moved the family to McBride, British Columbia when she was a year old. As a young woman, Bernice cooked in her dad’s lumber camp, where she met Paul Joseph Schemenauer. They married in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, McBride on August 25, 1942; one day after Bernice’s eighteenth birthday.

The couple moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where Paul worked for the Canadian National Railway. Two sons, Robert and David, were born to them. When the boys were eight and five, Bernice started working for Eaton’s Department Store. Over a period of years, she worked in several other retail venues, also for the Wapiti Library System. Bernice was an energetic member of the Catholic Women’s League. Her love of making friends and helping people were a great asset in her many activities.

She loved visiting family and was a great cook and gardener.

Kamloops, where her parents had lived and where they are buried.

Bernice was predeceased by her husband Paul, her parents, and her siblings Alice, Frieda, Leonard, Gladys, Myrtle, and Cyril.

Left to mourn are sons Robert (Elma) and David (Margo) of Kamloops, siblings Florence, Lloyd (Ev), and Mary, sisterin-law Alaire, many nieces and nephews and many friends.

A viewing for family will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2019 in the Schoening Funeral Chapel from 5:00 to 6:00 pm and friends are invited from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.

The Funeral Mass will take place on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 11:00 am at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Third Avenue and Nicola Street, Father Ajin George Celebrant. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the staff of Kamloops Seniors Village for kindly caring for Bernice in her last years and to the Sisters for visiting her regularly and providing comfort. She was greatly loved and now rests with God.

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Jozef (Joe) Petrovcic February 3, 1937 – November 11, 2019

We are sad to announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and friend. Joe is survived by his loving wife Susan, sons Steven (Christine), Mark (Sheri), four grandchildren Sierra, Andrew, Eva and Owen, mother-in-law Joan LaFave, siblings Ivan, Marija, Andrej and their families. Joe is predeceased by his parents Franc and Marija, brother Franc and sister Antonija.

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There’s an angel on your shoulder Though you may not know she’s there, She watches over you day and night And keeps you in her care.

There’s an angel on your shoulder Watching you learn and grow Keeping you safe from danger And nurturing your soul.

She’ll be there through your triumphs She’ll dance on clouds with pride, She’ll hold your hand through disappointments and fears, Standing faithfully by your side.

In her lifetime this angel was strong and true, And stood up for what was right.

In your life you’ll be faced with decisions and trials And she’ll shine down her guiding light.

Life holds so much in store for you, So remember as you grow older, There are no heights you cannot reach ‘Cause there’s an angel on your shoulder.

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- Ty Howard Joe loved the outdoors and shared this passion with his family which likely influenced the resource management careers of both sons.

Next to family and friends, Joe’s favourite pasttime was fishing the many local lakes. There are few in this world who could spend as much time in a boat!

In Joe’s retirement years, he was able to maximize his time on the water, visit with friends and travel abroad.

Joe truly optimized the opportunities afforded to him through his hard work in Canada. That said, Joe was very proud of his Slovenian heritage and never forgot his roots. There would be no question who Joe was supporting if there was a Slovenian Athlete or team on the TV! Joe’s passing will leave a large void in our hearts, but his love and support of family and friends will never be forgotten.

Joe was born on February 3, 1937 in Petkovec, a small mountain village in Slovenia. He was born at a time of world conflict that created unique hardships in many European countries. At a young age, Joe pondered his future in his native land and ultimately decided to seek a better life in Canada.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, found at https://www.llscanada.org would be appreciated.

At the age of nineteen, Joe escaped into Italy where he was able to leave the region on a ship named “Vulcania” destined for Halifax. He arrived in Halifax on June 27, 1957 with a suitcase, a very small amount of money, no contacts, and no true comprehension of the English language.

Our family would like to thank everyone who supported us over the past two years. A special “thank you” to Dr. Delorme (Kelowna), the medical staff at the Downtown Health Care Centre in Kamloops, RIH Cancer Clinic, RIH Lab Services, RIH Rapid Access Clinic and the medical staff at Trinity Care (Overlander).

Joe pursued work opportunities in Western Canada and made his way across the country. Joe first found work with the railway in Northern BC and later moved into the forest industry in Sinclair Mills, near Prince George, BC. During this time, like many immigrants, he worked hard to learn the language and the customs of his new country. In 1959, Joe relocated to Kamloops where he pursued his brick and masonry trade until his retirement in 1997. Joe had a strong work ethic and was very proud of his contributions to the growth and development of Kamloops and beyond.

The family would like to extend an additional “thank you” to all that have sent messages of condolence through social media and e-mail.

In 1965, Joe met the love of his live Susan. Together they raised two sons Steven and Mark. Joe’s family and friends were a very important part of his life.

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Footprints

One night a man had a dream.

He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two set of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. “Lord, you said that once I decided to followed you, you’d walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times of life, there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed you most, you would leave me.”

The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.”

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Kenneth Dean McEachern

September 21, 1929 - November 10, 2019 Ken McEachern, aged 90, embarked on his final journey on November 10, 2019 with family by his side at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice in Kamloops, BC after struggling to recover from a hip fracture.

He was born in Kelowna, BC and after finishing high school went to Vancouver Technical School to learn about radio electronics before settling in Kamloops. He developed an interest in wireless communications when he was young and in 1949, he became a licensed radio amateur. This led to a career in electronics as a radio operator and then a radio technician with the BC Forest Service. Amateur radio became a big part of his volunteerism after he retired and he was involved in organizing ham radio operators for the Provincial Emergency Program manning the Emergency Operations Center during many major events.

He served in the Air Force reserve and got his start working with youth as an officer with the Air Cadets. He was involved in the community volunteering with Speed Watch and the RCMP Community Police Office/Indian Band Kamloops Detachment.

He was involved with Kamloops Minor Hockey from the day his sons started playing hockey until long after they had moved away from the Kamloops area. He served as a coach, referee, then a director for the beginner leagues before

Carol Norma Hicketts (née Green)

January 13, 1945 – October 30, 2019 It is with the saddest of hearts that the family of Carol Norma Hicketts, in her 74th year, announces her passing away with her family at her side in the ICU ward at Royal Inland Hospital on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 11:00 pm.

Carol was born on January 13, 1945 in Fort William, Ontario. She graduated from the Medical Lab Technology program in November 1965 and worked at McKellar General Hospital in Thunder Bay. In October 1970, she and her family relocated to Kamloops, BC where she worked as a laboratory technician at Royal Inland Hospital.

After leaving RIH she then worked at Inland Labs. In 1989, she changed careers and began working for Kelly Girl Temporary Service. She made numerous contacts working for Kelly Girls which eventually lead to her final career working for Nicola Ranch and the Canadian Fallow Deer Farm. In 1993, she relocated to Merritt, BC where she was the office manager until her retirement in 2012. She took great pride in learning the new life of working and living on a ranch.

Left to mourn the loss of Carol’s presence but still celebrate the life she shared are children: Michael (Lee-Gaye), Jeff (Kelly); the love of her lives, her two beloved grandsons Joseph and Matthew, sibilings Marilyn Wilson (Reg), Robert Green

taking on the role of president for several years, as well as being a chauffeur and stick carrier for his two sons.

Ken loved to travel and collected great stories from his work trips to the far reaches of BC, epic cross Canada journeys from sea to sea to sea and cruises.

Ken loved to tell stories and enjoyed regular gettogethers with coffee groups like his former work colleagues to interesting characters at the A&Ws around Kamloops so he could swap more stories and share some laughs.

Ken is predeceased by his wife Ruby, his companion Elaine Fitzgerald, his sisters Fern Fetterly and Jessie McEachern and daughter-inlaw Tess McEachern. He is survived by sons Ian (and Beth) and Robert McEachern, grandchildren Caleigh and Kyle McEachern, sister-in-law Helen Douglas and many nieces and nephews.

The family send special thanks to his neighbours for putting up with his stories, snow shovelling and for friendship through the years. In addition, thanks to the staff at Royal Inland Hospital, Ponderosa Lodge and Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice for their excellent care in his final weeks.

Please join us in Celebrating his Life well lived at Schoening Funeral Home, 513 Seymour St., in Kamloops on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 3:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests you make a donation to your favourite charity or share a laugh or story with a friend as Ken so loved to do.

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(Sonia) and Susan Green (Darin Walbaum), nieces and nephew Gavin Wilson (Amanda), Lauren Burrows (Mike), Bethany Takacs (Will) and Kristin Green, four great-nieces and a great-nephew.

She was predeceased by her mother and father Florence and James Green.

Carol was a devoted mother and grandmother.

When she was healthy she loved to knit, tend to a large garden, shop at the Bay and sit in the hockey stands cheering on Mike and Jeff in the winter and in the bleachers at the ball parks during the summers. But as her health declined she spent more time indoors – following her grandsons sporting events – from hockey to referring she could tell you every stat on every team that they were both involved with. She was able to make a trip to Victoria to watch Joe live in a WHL game and see Matt ref the Merritt Centennials in a BCHL game.

We would like to thank the doctors and nurses in ICU Unit at Royal Inland Hospital for their kindness and caring in looking after Carol’s in her final days.

We would like invite you to a Celebration of Carol’s Life on Friday November 22, 2019 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the Merritt Senior Centre, 1675 Tutill Crt., Merritt, BC. She will be laid to rest in the summer of 2020 in Thunder Bay, ON. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE Others who have gone before Hold up my trembling hand.

They comfort me in the blind despair I cannot understand.

They suffer with me when I hurt, Weep with me in my pain, Remind me that we are not lost ...

Though I must now remain.

Those who’ve gone before me, Hear me when I cry.

Sing softly with me soothing chords Of unsung lullabies.

Mourn anniversaries never marked, A future I cannot keep.

They gently kiss the pain away, And love my heart to sleep.

The ones who’ve gone before me Hold me in my dreams.

They gently stroke my furrowed brow, And calm my silent screams.

They love me in my heartache, Wait quietly nearby., Hold patiently, one to another Till I join them by and by.

By Joanetta Hendel, Indianapolis, Indiana

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightening they Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Nancy Malinda Harrison January 22, 1936 – November 4, 2019

It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Nancy Malinda Harrison on Monday, November 4, 2019 in Kamloops at the age of 83.

Nancy was born at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops on January 22, 1936.

Nancy will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by her family: daughters Rosalee Johnson (Dick) of Kamloops and Donna Fraser of Williams Lake, sons Edward (Patty) Smith of Big Lake and Jim (Brenda) Harrison of Kamloops, grandchildren Russell, Jennifer, Brent, TaraJean, Dallas, Eric, Stephanie, Spencer and Bradley, greatgrandchildren Reese, Claire, Griffin, Kellan, Emily, Audrey, Kallum, Natalie, Brody and Evangeline, brothers Doug Ray of Vancouver, Bob (Carol) Ray of Sparwood and their families and all others that knew her.

Nancy was predeceased by her husband Richard (Dick) and parents John and Alice Ray (née Ludtke).

Nancy loved her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren and was very proud of each of them and their accomplishments.

Yoshiko Jane (Jean) Kobayashi

June 11, 1933 - October 24, 2019 If you ever met Yoshiko Jane (Jean) Kobayashi, aged 86, of Kamloops, BC, you were offered food, wine, good company and a place to sleep if you needed one. One of the most caring, kind and generous people we have known, Jean passed away peacefully on October 24, 2019.

She will be lovingly remembered by her children Shaunna (John Kennedy), Kim (Bob Embury), Patrick (Celia Periera), Allison (Emmanuel Proulx), her grandchildren Mika, Chelsea (Tim Allan), Fraser, Alexandre, Jenna, Janine and Keira, greatgrandson Ryder, brother Tom (Kumi), sisters Helen Yamamoto and Betty Koyanagi, lifelong friends Dawn and Daniel Trainor and many nieces, nephews, close relatives and friends.

Before Jean left us, many family and friends visited with her to chat, reminisce, share stories and to thank Jean for being part of their life’s journey. A more beautiful goodbye with the people Jean loved and cared for could not be imagined.

The words of one of her grandchildren sums up Jean’s impact on both family and friends. “Dear Grandma: You have been nothing but kind and supportive to me. Thank you for encouraging us all to do what makes us happy. The highlight of my past summers is when I come to visit you. I’m so proud of how strong, positive and courageous you are. Thank you for inviting us with open arms and feeding us way too much!”

Jean created a rich history filled with friends, family and personal success. Jean was born to the late June Kobayashi and Sato Ishizaka on June 11, 1933 in New Westminster, BC. In 1942, Jean and her family were moved to Hastings Park and then interned in Sandon, Harris Ranch and New Denver, BC during the Second World War. She graduated from Lucerne High School in 1951 in Vernon, BC and completed her nursing training at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver in 1955.

Nancy spent the first 11 years of her life growing up on the Ray farm in the Wells Grey Park until her family moved out of the park to Blackpool then later to Kamloops where she attended Kamloops Secondary School.

She then was married to her first husband Ross (Alvin) Smith and started a family in the North Thompson Valley with children Rosalee, Donna and Edward. Nancy years later, married Dick Harrison of Louis Creek and worked alongside Dick on the ranch where they welcomed the birth of their son Jim. Nancy and Dick moved to Westsyde in 1965. Nancy became an active member in the community as a member of the Westsyde Womens Institute and later as a 4-H Leader where she taught many young girls from the community to sew. Nancy was an early member of the Reform Party and a very active member in the local riding association.

Nancy and Dick were long-time members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in North Kamloops.

Nancy passed away peacefully in her sleep.

A celebration of Nancy’s life will be held on a later date.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Chris Rose Therapy Center for Autism in Kamloops.

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DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE & WEEP

BY MARY FRYE (1932) Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glint on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.

I am not there, I do not sleep.

Do not stand at my grave and cry.

I am not there, I did not die!

She moved to Kamloops in 1958. After spending the better part of the 1960s and 1970s instilling the values of family, perseverance, education, care for others and a strong work ethic in her four children, Jean followed her own advice and went back to school completing a nursing refresher course that led to her 20 year nursing career at Royal Inland Hospital.

Jean excelled at and enjoyed life beyond her career and children. She was a prolific baker and creative cook and dove into wine making with a passion. She loved camping and fishing across BC and Alberta, travelled the world with friends and family visiting Japan, Mexico, the Maritimes and Ontario and loved her cruises to the Caribbean, Panama Canal and Alaska. In earlier years, Jean was an avid downhill skier. She developed her artistic and creative talents with her paintings, drawings, copper work, sewing, crocheting and knitting, played the guitar and had an extensive eclectic music collection. Jean also regenerated and nurtured a houseful of unique plants that she had inherited decades ago. She also enjoyed the time she had with her dogs Peewee and Bonky.

Jean’s home was a gathering place for family and friends always with an abundance of food and memorable times.

She will be dearly missed by all.

Jean’s children wish to extend special thanks to aunties JoAnne and Ines, and uncles Doug and Koji for their incredible care and support.

Jean’s family wishes to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at Royal Inland Hospital and at Overlander Trinity Care for their care and support.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to RIH Foundation, Overlander-Trinity or to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Yukon Branch.

A celebration of Jean’s life will be held in the spring of 2020 and true to the memory and celebration of Yoshiko Jane (Jean) Kobayashi, you will be welcomed and well fed... probably too much.

She Walks in Beauty LORD BYRON

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

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