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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

British Columbians eat more food than they produce.

According to government statistics, food produced annually in B.C. amounts to a little more than half of what residents consume.

“That figure is probably not going to get any better,” former Ministry of Agriculture agrologist Graham Strachan said.

“It’ll probably get worse.”

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Aging farmers, irrigation challenges, consolidation of small farms into larger enterprises, political influence and a rising minimum wage continue to challenge B.C.’s agriculture industry.

Meanwhile, the average Canadian family will pay up to an extra $487 for food next year, according to an annual report that highlights climate change as a big culprit for rising prices, especially in the produce department.

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he KTW Christmas Cheer Fund can inspire kindness and generosity from all across the region.

Businesses and individuals, old and young alike, all pitch in to help raise money for the four charities the fund is aiming to help: Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Out of the Cold Shelter, The Mustard Seed Kamloops and Kamloops Brain Injury Association Case in point — nine-year-old Denver Mckinlay.

For a second year in a row, he has raised more than $2,000 for the Cheer Fund as part of the annual kickathon event organized by sensei Jim Doan and his students at the Western Karate Academy.

This year, Denver is taking it one step further by challenging local businesses to match his donation.

That exact donation for businesses to match is $2,365.

“It goes to a good cause,”Denver said when asked why businesses should consider accepting his challenge.

“It helps a lot of people,” added his father, Matt.

Denver took no shortcuts in his fundraising efforts, pounding the pavement and going door to door over the course of about a month in neighbourhoods near and far from home.

While some donations were quite high, others were just a few dollars, making his grand total quite the achievement.

Denver pointed to his parents as inspiration for his efforts at fundraising.

According to his dad, it’s something the two of them enjoy doing together.

“It’s fun to do it,” Matt said. “The two of us go out and spend time together, joke and laugh. A couple hours in the evening we spend together with nobody else. It’s kind of nice.”

Of course, it wouldn’t be a kickathon without some kicking — and all Western Karate Academy participants were tasked with completing 1,000 kicks at the Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 event.

Here’s how to help a great cause Charities being supported this year include the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Out of the Cold Shelter, The Mustard Seed Kamloops and Kamloops Brain Injury Association.

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW Denver Mckinlay and dad Matt are students at Western Karate Academy and, for the second consecutive year, Denver has raised eyebrows with the amount of money he raised for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund via the academy’s annual kick-a-thon.

Though it only takes about 10 or 15 minutes to complete, it can be quite tiring.

“We’ll do 100 on one and 100 on the other and then lay down,” Matt explained. “Do some kicks from the ground and stuff like that.”

Prizes are given to the top fundraisers at the end of the kick-a-thon, but Denver has traditionally continued his streak of generosity by regifting any prizes he receives to friends

and family at Christmas.

He plans to do the same this year.

“I just got a ton of gift cards this year to buy stuff,” he said of his prizes.

Businesses (or anybody else) willing to accept Denver’s challenge and help the quartet of charities by donating online at kamloopsthisweek. com/cheer or at KTW’s office, at 1365B Dalhousie Dr. in Southgate.

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Council Calendar December 9, 2019 10:00 am - Development and Sustainability Committee DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street

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On April 4, 2020, electors will vote to decide if they are “in favour of the City of Kamloops borrowing up to $45 million to construct a Kamloops Centre for the Arts”.

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• Treat guests to reusable tableware instead of single-use items. Serving guests with real dishes, utensils, and napkins creates less waste and adds a personal touch.

• Plan meals to avoid food waste. Freeze leftovers to make dishes such as stew and turkey soup.

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Another record building year?

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The city’s building department remains busy heading into the holiday season, anticipating the possibility of surpassing record building permit values for a third year in a row.

“It’s really been a good year,” city building and engineering development manager Jason Dixon said.

In November, the city issued 97 building permits worth $24.9 million. That’s down from 112 permits valued at $52 million issued in the same month last year.

However, Dixon noted, last November was “crazy” and an anomaly.

He pointed to the numbers overall this year, which con-

tinue to outpace 2018, which was a record-breaking building year.

Through November, the city has issued 1,329 permits worth $271.7 million, outpacing — at least in terms of dollars and cents — last year, when 1,463 permits worth $262.6 million were issued, Last year’s record-breaking permit values amounted to $285.6 million.

Two apartment buildings in Sahali — on Robson Drive and off Springhill Drive — drove the numbers last month, with those projects worth $18.5 million. Once completed, the two buildings will provide 105 apartment units to the city’s housing stock.

Construction of apartment buildings appears to be a trend this year.

The city has issued permits for 374 apartment units through November, compared to 174 through the first 11 months of 2018. Dixon said that is due to housing affordability.

Comparatively, just 83 single-family permits have been issued this year, compared to 127 last year.

Dixon has in the past been cautious to predict whether the city’s building stats will once again break records this year. However, with a new calendar in the near future, he is less hesitant to peer into that crystal ball.

“We could,” he said.

“There’s enough. We have a lot of permits in the queue being processed. It’s really just a function of which ones get processed and out.”

TRU decides against lawsuit JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Thompson Rivers University said it will no longer pursue legal action against the City of Kamloops in connection with flooding in the Open Learning Centre earlier this year, which resulted in $700,000 in damages.

Following a KTW story published earlier this week — which detailed the fact the university had filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court — TRU officials now say its insurer will not be pursuing the matter.

In the notice of civil claim, the university claimed a faulty pressure-reducing valve, which caused a pipe to burst in the Jan. 11 incident, was fault of the city. It sought costs for expenses and damages.

In a follow-up statement on Wednesday, the university said that while TRU’s insurer filed a notice of civil claim, it was never formally served on the city.

“The notice of claim was filed proactively to meet legal limitation periods for filing,” the statement reads. “Based on information since gathered, TRU’s insurer will not be pursuing this matter.”

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The challenges in bringing food to your table JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

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ritish Columbians eat more food than they produce.

According to governments statistics, food produced annually in B.C. amounts to a little more than half of what residents consume.

“That figure is probably not going to get any better,” former Ministry of Agriculture agrologist Graham Strachan said. “It’ll probably get worse.”

Aging farmers, irrigation challenges, consolidation of small farms into larger enterprises, political influence and a rising minimum wage continue to challenge B.C.’s agriculture industry.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District recently received a presentation from the Ministry of Agriculture, outlining challenges and opportunities in the local agriculture industry — an area of the province Strachan said has potential.

The board heard other areas of the province, such as the Okanagan, are intensely produced, with competition for water.

“In my view, it’s [TNRD] the largest remaining land area in B.C.

with significant high-capability agricultural lands not being used to their full potential,” Strachan said.

“That doesn’t mean we need to use them to their full potential now, but recognizing that the lands that are out there, what they actually can produce.”

Prime agricultural land is typically located in the valley bottoms.

Dhaliwal Green Acres Farms, just past Rayleigh in Kamloops, is one example of this, producing enough onions in one year to feed 200,000 people. Other farms in the area produce everything from vegetables to beef.

Desert Hills Ranch in Ashcroft supplies cantaloupe to Loblaws stores from B.C. to Thunder Bay, Ont., while organic beef produced in the Ashcroft-Cache Creek area is sold to Lower Mainland grocery stores like Whole Foods and Thrifty Foods.

However, the board heard just nine per cent of Canadian farmers in 2016 were under 35 years of age.

The former regional co-ordinator for Young Agrarians, a network of young farmers, said barriers for young people include property costs and knowledge transfer.

“I started out farming by working on a farm in the North

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Okanagan, so I was learning on the job and I think a lot of the new entrants are doing that,” Michelle Tsutsum, who is now the communications lead for Kamloops Food Policy Council, told KTW. “If they’re not, I would highly recommend that because you can learn by experiencing and really get a sense if that’s something you want to do.”

Another trend is consolidation in the beef and dairy industries.

It appears the number of farms in the TNRD is shrinking. In 2006, the region was home to 1,211 farms. A decade later, that number had dropped to 1,017.

Meanwhile, the average farm

size and capital shot up.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the average farm size in the TNRD in 2006 was 400 hectares, compared to 540 hectares in 2016. In addition, the total farm capital in 2006 was $1.29 billion, compared to $2.39 billion in 2016.

Along with trying to attract young people to the industry, hydro costs, water quality and water availability limit access to otherwise farmable land.

Of 143,000 hectares of prime agricultural land in the region, just 25,000 hectares is irrigated.

Other water issues include the cost of maintaining or replacing dams.

The TNRD has 378 dams,

most of which supply irrigation to agricultural land. Many of the reservoirs have since become recreational areas for the public.

“What is happening is where the dam is located, development has occurred below the dam, whether that’s infrastructure for highways or housing,” Strachan explained.

“The downstream hazard has increased dramatically for a lot of these. The pressure is being put on the licence holder to ensure that the dams are safe, which is reasonable. But that is extremely costly. Inspections can cost thousands of dollars. Maintenance can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Replacement can costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. There is a concern there.”

The board heard it can support agriculture by supporting the Agricultural Land Reserve and land-use planning that halts erosion of agricultural land.

The board can also support the farming community, recognize it as a stable industry that contributes to the economy, protect and plan for necessary resources (such as water and ranges) and recognize individual farms and ranches need to be viable for a successful industry.

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IN 2020, CANADIAN FAMILIES WILL TIPPING YOUR CARRIER PAY NEARLY $500 MORE FOR FOOD THIS CHRISTMAS?

Forecast is from annual Canada’s Food Price Report CANADIAN PRESS

The average Canadian family will pay up to an extra $487 for food next year, according to an annual report that highlights climate change as a big culprit for rising prices, especially in the produce department.

Unexpected snowstorms, droughts and other weather events have impacted crops and food prices in the past, said Simon Somogyi, lead researcher from Ontario’s University of Guelph.

But for 2020, he and others behind Canada’s Food Price Report 2020 highlight climate change.

“We’re deliberately pointing out that, you know: climate change is causing the droughts, is causing the bad snowstorms that’s impacting prices,” he said, citing the Oct. 8 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

The Food Price Report calls the impact of changing weather patterns on our food systems through droughts, forest fires, heavy precipitation, reduced freshwater access and rising sea levels “the elephant in the room” for 2020.

“Canadian farmers will face challenges in the future dealing with unpredictable crop yields, heat-wave livestock threats, pasture availability and pest and disease outbreaks,” reads the report from researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax and the University of Guelph.

That link between climate change and food prices comes with a forecast that the average Canadian family will spend $12,667 on food at grocery stores and restaurants in 2020.

That’s between two and four per cent more than in 2019 — though researchers expect it to be

closer to the top end of that range.

It’s the second-highest prediction since 2013, outdone only by an anticipated three to five per cent, or $420, rise for 2017. The algorithm provides a two per cent range for the national forecast.

INFLATION FACTORS INTO WHAT IS SPENT ON FOOD Canadians also face relatively steady inflation. The consumer price index rose 1.9 per cent year over year in October, according to Statistics Canada — the same increase as the previous two months. Increases have remained below 2.5 per cent since September 2018.

A hotter climate is one factor behind an increase in bacterial outbreaks such as E. coli, Somogyi said, as hotter temperatures and unpredictable heat waves increase bacterial growth. In recent years, multiple E. coli outbreaks prompted grocers to pull romaine lettuce off their shelves and restaurants to stop serving the leafy green, which tend to drive up prices for alternatives, like spinach.

Produce prices also trend up because Canada imports vast amounts of its food as the colder weather limits what can be grown.

Imported goods can fluctuate in price due to trade issues creating slowdowns at borders or weather events impacting delivery logistics.

Food trends can also prompt price swings.

This year, celery costs skyrocketed partly due to a fad diet based on purported health benefits of celery juice.

In May, one major Canadian grocer advertised celery stalks for $5.99 — compared to a more typical, roughly $3-per-kilogram cost for much of the years prior to

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‘THEY SEE THE PLANET ON THEIR DINNER PLATES’ It’s difficult to put a number on how much of the anticipated 2020 food price increase comes from climate change, Somogyi said, but it is responsible for “the bulk” of last year’s vegetable sticker shock.

But the stability of food supply isn’t climate change’s sole casualty, as it sparks changes to demand too, said Sylvain Charlebois, lead author from Dalhousie University.

“People, when they think about food, they see the planet on their dinner plates much more so than ever before,” he said.

Younger generations in particular decide what to eat in part by looking at the environmental impact of their meals, Charlebois said, and turn more toward full or partial plant-based diets.

Fast-food chains and manufacturers raced to stock and create products to feed this demographic, with Beyond Meat and Lightlife alternatives now ubiquitous at restaurants across Canada.

Somogyi anticipates climate change will continue to boost food prices, particularly in categories where Canada relies heavily on imports, unless big changes occur.

In particular, he’d like to see a national food policy that focuses on producing more high-cost items, like many vegetables, in Canada through vertical and indoor farming. That would reduce time to market, costs and risks of bacterial outbreaks, he said.

“If we maintain our current food, Canadian food distribution structure, I can see that happening each year — four per cent, 10 per cent, 15 per cent.”

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TAXING TALK ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES

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lectric vehicles seem to be in the news a bit more than usual this month.

A report from Electric Mobility Canada shows electric vehicles are starting to comprise a significant percentage of vehicle sales, at least in B.C. In the third quarter of 2019, 10 per cent of sales of passenger vehicles in B.C. were zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles, but not conventional hybrids), making it the highest adoption rate in the country, which stood at 3.5 per cent. Year over year, the number of ZEVs sold in the third quarter nearly doubled in B.C., to 4,696 from 2,415.

This has all led to some interesting questions, one of which is taxes.

In Canada, these are usually charged at the pump, but with electric vehicles not frequenting gas stations, they are obviously not paying motor fuel tax, among other taxes. Whether or not we all drive electric cars, there’s still going to be a need for road maintenance, which is paid for by taxes.

This has led some to speculate about how and when changes are going to be implemented, as well as some complaints that electric vehicles should already be paying taxes on electricity at charging stations for which there isn’t a fee.

However, this seems to be missing the forest for the trees.

Currently, the federal government is providing up to $5,000 in rebates for electric vehicles and B.C. is doing the same with $3,000.

Even if these new vehicle owners were paying road taxes, it would be years before they managed to pay that back, let alone actually contribute to government coffers.

Cutting rebates is also far simpler than implementing a new tax system, meaning we’ll likely see cuts there before we see ZEV owners actually pay taxes.

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When the ego prefers to pay the full price

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he first time it happened, I blamed it on the geriatric crowd swarming around me, confusing the neophyte cashier at the till.

But when it occurred a second time precisely one week later, I was forever married to mirrors and windows, seeking out any sign of grey hairs and new creases in the skin.

I could not find much of either, but still — two young girls at the till granting me the seniors’ price on a jolt of java had to mean something, right?

The price was right, but at what price? Seeing “seniors’ coffee” on the bill suddenly had me convinced the slightest twinge anywhere north of my ankles was the cardiac event to rival the one that eventually sent Fred Sanford to see his beloved Elizabeth.

(Then again, simply referring to the junkyard king of 1970s sitcoms just might confirm one is, indeed, old.)

The first coffee-for-a-fewquarters came as I stood in line, sandwiched between customers two or three decades’ my senior.

The Generation Y (or Zed?) at the till rang in my order and asked me for much less than I normally paid. I asked about it and she apologized.

“Oh, I am sorry,” she said. “I have been ringing in so many seniors’ coffees that it becomes habit.”

She assured me I did not look

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MUSINGS old enough for the discount, much to my relief.

And, as a bonus, she declined my offer to pay full price.

The second time I received the discount occurred when I was the only person in line, with nothing distracting the young cashier.

I accepted the discounted coffee, but never felt so in tune with that which we are routinely urged to leave at the door — the almighty ego.

The seniors’ discount left a few coins in my pocket twice within seven days and I was still 15 years from cashing a CPP cheque.

I didn’t know whether to demand to pay more at the till or quit my job and become a fulltime regular of the morning coffee cabal I pass by each morning as I stop for my cup of Joe. (Lord knows I yell at enough clouds to be granted admission.)

Being handed a break normally afforded to those a decade-

and-a-half older brings a feeling I suspect is similar to one a Rubenesque women might have when asked for her due date.

And it confirms why we should never assume.

It’s the polar opposite feeling that accompanies that glorious moment when the 30-somethingyou is asked for ID when buying a bottle of wine.

Oh, for the days of youth — or at least youth plus a dozen years.

It’s a losing pursuit. We spend our youth yearning for adulthood and spend our adulthood yearning for youth, when we should be heeding the advice of Eleanor Roosevelt, who is reported to have noted that “today is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll ever be.”

So, carpe diem and all that.

What is age, though? Tara Holmes, KTW’s resident matchmaker, might say it’s just a number and that disparate numbers often click. Others might say age is simply an attitude.

I prefer Bernard Baruch’s view. The American businessman, philosopher and presidential advisor — who died at the tender age of 95 on the cusp of summer in 1965 — lived by this motto: “To me, old age is always 15 years older than me.”

According to the girls at the till at my favourite coffee joint, I am, apparently, always 15 years older than me. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR GETTING SMOKED OUT IN LOGAN LAKE Editor: Our lives are limited again here in Logan Lake.

Once again, we are dipped in smoke and stink.

We have been exposed to smoke from burning around Logan Lake since the middle of November, but last weekend was unbearable.

The controlled burning started on Nov. 28 northeast of Logan Lake and the wind brought the smoke to our village.

Forest companies not only devastate our forests and take trees that consume CO2, more CO2 is created by burning the waste left behind, rather than taking it away and using the material in more sustainable ways.

This obsolete practice creates even more pollution, which should be mitigated.

Nothing is being done to improve the air quality.

It is getting worse. We have to breathe the air full of smoke, especially at night, when the air is thick with it.

I cannot enjoy my daily way of living — hanging laundry outside, walking and letting fresh air inside because there is none, Meanwhile, people are still allowed to idle their vehicles.

We have to pay all kinds of taxes, such as eco fees, so we can support these practices?

Vera Durst Logan Lake

TREE ‘GIFT’ APPRECIATED Edtior: What a true delight it was to discover a large evergreen tree had been planted near the south entrance to Overlanders Bridge and decorated with lights.

It apears to be a tribute to our city’s beautiful winter lights and a thank you to all businesses, drivers and workers involved in the West Victoria Street construction. Thanks to those behind the gift.

Colleen Stainton Kamloops

NEW ARTS CENTRE PROPOSAL REALISTIC Editor: The 2015 performing-arts centre referendum failed because city council of the day provided no clear description of what would be provided with voter approval.

It did outline the cost, which was exorbitant.

Thus, voters were asked to approve an expensive proposal that had not been properly promoted, advertised or explained.

For the second referendum, set for April 4, 2020, KTW has provided a detailed double-page spread description, complete with renderings, in this newspaper.

It proposes three venues of dif-

Fifteen-month-old Arya with the colouring book gifted to her by her neighbourhood garbage truck driver.

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COLOUR THIS DRIVER SO KIND Editor: Every week, a garbage truck driver — we don’t know the driver’s name, otherwise we would state it here — comes to our neighbourhood in Aberdeen.

Our 15-month-old gets excited and rushes to the window to wave.

Thanks to the driver for waving back to her, for the kindness and for the thoughtful gift..

Ariya loves her new colouring book.

Happy holidays.

Kam Johal Kamloops

Editor: Please ignore the naysayers opposed to the proposed Kamloops Centre for the Arts, which, if approved in the April 4 referendum, would rise downtown at Seymour Street and Fourth Avenue.

The 2015 referendum was very

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ferent sizes. The larger one, in particular, will provide a venue for performances too large for Sagebrush Theatre and too small for Sandman Centre.

The cost has been reduced and for what we now know council proposes, seems a much more realistic budget.

Residents in favour of the proposal have formed the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society.

Membership is $2 and a website has been created, where news and updates are available. That website is at kamloopscentreforthearts.ca.

Sue Calne Kamloops

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close — 54 per cent against, 46 per cent in favour.

With a new and better plan, the Kamloops Centre for the Arts proposal should be a done deal.

Alan Kuhnert Kamloops

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Gilles Molgat and wife Carmen help their son Andre flip the electrical switch to light Christmas lights high above on two working cranes at the Royal Inland Hospital construction site on Wednesday evening.

Both Gilles and Carmen are physicians at the hospital. The family had the winning bid in the Royal Inland Hospital’s online auction for the right to flip the switch. The Molgats also received a $100 gift certificate to Earls restaurant, a holiday collection of chocolates from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and a bottle of bubbly. Those passing the hospital on Columbia Street at night can now see the strings of lights adorning the cranes, which are being used in the $417-million patient-care tower project, which is expected to be completed in 2022.

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HOLMES IS WHERE THE I imagine Santa must get some unrealistic requests from kids leading up to Christmas Day. If a small child hops up on his lap and asks for a pony, I am sure Saint Nick can explain it’s pretty hard to get that animal down the chimney. It must be tough for the Jolly Old Elf to keep up with popular gifts in this everchanging world.

One gift that would no doubt melt every heart and make the giver a hero is an adorable puppy to cuddle up with in front of the fireplace on Christmas morning.

While you have that visual in your mind, you are probably also seeing what that scene would really look like.

As tempting as it would be to give the family a gift of puppy love, the holiday season is not the time to bring a new energetic pup into the home for the first time. The reality of getting a dog in December should be pretty obvious.

December is usually a frantic, hectic, and sometimes chaotic time, with jammed schedules of kids’ Christmas concerts, shopping, baking, prepping, entertaining, having company and decorating.

And we all know puppies love to chew and destroy anything they come into contact with. Puppies need to be house-trained and require calm, regular routines.

For most people, calm and regular routines are not a part of Christmas. Imagine you receive a brand new cashmere sweater and a box of chocolates under the tree. As

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you finish thanking the gift-giver, you suddenly turn around and see your sweater all chewed apart and the box of chocolates in piles of goop, mixed with thread from your sweater that may have come out of both ends of the little pooch.

New pets are also expensive.

They need food, vaccinations, training classes, beds, crates, etc.

When you are trying to manage the Christmas bills on top of new pet expenses, you may become a little resentful of the new family member.

You may be wondering what this puppy tale has to do with matchmaking. Well, as it turns out, a lot.

If you suddenly want to meet someone brand new in the middle of December, just so there is someone under your mistletoe on Christmas Eve, that may be the wrong reason. Some people also want to meet a potential match

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just so they have someone to bring to their holiday staff party, while others like the idea of having someone special to be with on Christmas morning.

This all sounds great, but — as with the puppy — many people have cookies to bake, kids coming home from university, turkeys to stuff and last-minute gifts to get.

It it probably not the best idea to meet someone new during the most hectic time of the year. Of course, there are people who don’t celebrate Christmas, and those who do on a much more simple level, which is an exception.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with being single at your staff party, or being single at Christmas, or being single on New Year’s Eve. We have all been there.

And, sorry to be a downer, but we will most likely all be there again as most couples do not die together.

So, if you are in it for the right reasons, great, but if you are inviting a new fellow over on Christmas morning to meet your family around the tree, be forewarned he may rip into those chocolates and drop them on that cashmere sweater. contact me.

I would love to treat you to an eggnog latte and arrange a date with a single, happy, wonderful person in January. That would be an ideal time to start a new relationship. Tell Santa you would like a matchmaking membership.

He can email me at holmes@ wheretheheartis.ca.

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No trial for teens accused of planning school attack MICHAEL POTESTIO

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Two Kamloops teenagers accused of plotting to use weapons to attack students and staff at a city high school will not stand trial.

The two teens, a boy and a girl, are charged with conspiracy to commit assault with a weapon and uttering threats stemming from an alleged Feb. 7 plan tar-

geting students, teachers and administrators.

In Kamloops Law Courts on Monday, trial dates were cancelled and the two youths have been referred for extrajudicial sanctions.

If they complete the requirements of the extra-judicial sanctions program by their next appearance, the charges against them will be stayed, Crown spokesman Dan McLaughlin told KTW.

The teens were slated to stand trial together in Kamloops provincial court over four days beginning on Dec. 16, but their next date in court is now set for Jan. 20, 2020.

Examples of extrajudicial sanctions include volunteer work, compensating the victim and attending specialized programs.

A youth must accept responsibility for the offending behaviour

Threat charges stayed A charge of uttering threats has been stayed against a 21-year-old Merritt man arrested for allegedly making a threat against Merritt secondary on Tuesday morning.

Police said the man was arrested within 30 minutes of the threat being reported. He was held in custody and police recommended the charge of uttering threats.

The Crown, however, reviewed the file and stayed the charge in provincial court on Wednesday.

Crown spokesman Dan McLaughlin

told KTW the file was stayed as the Crown concluded police hadn’t provided enough evidence to proceed with the case.

He said Crown has to be satisfied there is a substantial likelihood of conviction and, that the public interest requires a prosecution.

McLaughlin said when charges are stayed, the Crown has a one-year window within which it can move ahead with a case if more information comes to light to meet its charge-assessment standard.

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The teens’ identities

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Downtown parking fines rise significantly JESSICA WALLACE

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Downtown parking fines rose significantly in the third quarter of 2019, compared to the same period last year.

According to the bylaw services department, the city issued 3,650 traffic tickets from July to September of this year, 21 per cent more that the 3,020 tickets during same three months in 2018.

City bylaw services manager Tammy Blundell said it wasn’t a concerted effort by the city to crack down on parking violators, who may have been ticketed for an expired meter, parking in a commercial loading zone or handicapped parking spot or other infractions.

Instead, she said,

more people may have simply violated parking bylaws.

“There’s a number of things,” she said.

Still, more parking tickets leads to more money in city coffers.

Blundell could not say how much more money the city collected as a result to the spike, but she noted the minimum fines are $10, suggesting the city would have doled out at least $6,000 more in fines during the third quarter of this year.

The city is undergoing a parking management strategy for the downtown core. Staff say there is enough parking downtown, but there needs to be better management of stalls.

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Owners of residential properties have 48 hours to do the same.

“It takes a community to do it and everybody needs to help,” city bylaw services manager Tammy Blundell said.

Meanwhile, city crews clear busy roads, such as Fortune Drive, Columbia Street and the Summit Connector, within four hours.

Collector road, such as Dallas Drive, Springhill Drive and Ord Road, are cleared within 16 hours and residential streets are tackled within 36 hours.

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The battery for the stimulator is in McKichan’s chest and needs to be charged every few nights in order to keep Parkinson’s symptoms at bay.

Though they will be able to get a replacement in time, if necessary, the McKichans hope that won’t be necessary and that the stolen charger will be returned.

“No questions asked,” she said.

Anybody with information on the theft, or the whereabouts of the deep brain stimulator, is asked to call Amanda at 250-2145050 or Laurie at 250-572-5202.

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medications, as well as a unique charging device for the deep brain stimulator he uses to control his symptoms.

McKichan and wife Laurie were attending a Christmas function for Parkinson’s patients at Storms on the River restaurant — 1502 River St. east of downtown — and were planning to drive to Calgary afterwards.

The theft effectively ended those plans.

Though the device might seem valuable, Laurie said it has no benefit to those who stole it — or anybody else.

“It’s of no use to anyone,” she said.

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From illegal to legal cannabis store across from TRU JESSICA WALLACE

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A former unlicensed cannabis dispensary across from Thompson Rivers University that closed amidst legalization is expected to re-open after city council approved a retail cannabis application on Tuesday.

Sun Med Cares plans to open at 1023B McGill Rd. at an unknown date, pending provincial approval.

Stats: no issue with pot smoke

City property-use inspector Dave Jones said the store closed voluntarily upon being issued a cease-and-desist order.

“They’ve done it the right way,” he said.

Following the closure, Jones said, the building’s ownership group met with the city’s planning department to discuss changes to the development, which is a strip mall across from the university at the corner of McGill Road and Camosun Crescent.

The property was recently

rezoned from industrial park to general commercial, paving way for redevelopment, which includes a six-storey building with commercial space on the ground level and 49 residential units.

It will also utilize most of the existing strip mall, including the location in which Sun Med is expected to be located.

Meanwhile, as part of the rezoning, the cannabis store would now be allowed in that location. The city allows such shops on commercial property,

The haze has cleared and concerns over people smoking pot in public were proven unsubstantiated upon legalization, according to the city’s mayor.

The city’s bylaws department released statistics at a recent community services committee meeting, noting that in the third quarter (July to September) of this year, the department received

but not in industrial parks.

No mention of a cannabis store, however, is in the development-permit application that went to council during the rezoning.

Asked if nearby property owners were notified about the potential for a cannabis store in their neighbourhood, Jones said the city was not required to provide all of the commercial uses potentially allowed on a property.

When council unanimously approved the cannabis appli-

54 reports of smoking at the North Shore and downtown transit exchanges.

The bylaw services department could not identify how many of those reports were related to smoking cannabis or cigarettes.

However, no issues of cannabis smoking at the exchanges on Sydney Avenue and

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cation on Tuesday, Mayor Ken Christian pointed out that nobody had come to council to speak about the application.

“I believe the first one of those we did last year took us about two-and-a-half hours,” he said.

“How things change.”

The city is working toward creating a vibrant, mixed-use, pedestrian- and transit-oriented university district in the McGill Road corridor. Pedestrian upgrades are included as part of the development.

Lansdowne Street were noted.

Mayor Ken Christian said council had anticipated some issues with smoking in the streets as a result of the city having no bylaw against smoking on sidewalks.

However, he said it is a problem “we need not to have worried about.”

FROM BIG BEAR CHILD & YOUTH ADVOCACY CENTRE

Thank you everyone who attended the Big Bear Child & Youth Advocacy Centre’s fundraising launch on Nov 7th! The night began with the trailer to the Child & Youth Advocacy Centre by Mastermind Studio and keynote speakers: Lisa Zetes-Zanatta (Interior Health), Brad Anderson (Interior Health), Dr. Heather Price (Thompson Rivers University) and Superintendent Syd Lecky (RCMP). Donations ended the evening, which began with a $10,000 gift from RBC, and was followed by Ralph Warner from Warner Rentals with another $10,000.

Dave Maurer (RBC) Tracy Scott(VP Big Bear CYAC) Tara Ettinger (Big Bear CYAC) Sean Kehler (RBC) Other donations came from: Kamloops Alarm & Electric Ltd., Gary & Kathy Belik, Nancy Garrett-Petts, Keith & Katherine Boughton, Jennifer Scharf, Emsland & Associates Insurance Services, Mark Bartle, Karen Miller, Danielle Duperreault, Sean Miller, Donna & Ray Frolek and Brian Kiloh, Piggin Family and Trans Mountain Pipeline.

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Thank you downtown businesses for joining the Bright Lights for our Children & Youth window display. Donations from: Blue Sky Clothing, Lavender Lingerie, Krob Krua Thai Restaurant, Plaza Hotel, Jardine’s Domain, Vision Travelwise, Landsdowne Liquor, Pizza King, MLA Stone/Milobar Office, Sprott Shaw College, Red Wing Shoes, Axis Family Resources, Canadian Mental Health and Kamloops Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre. A youth committee voted ‘Brightest Window’ to Lavendar Lingerie, ‘Best Holiday Spirit’ to Plaza Hotel and ‘Kid’s Pick’ to Canadian Mental Health Association.

Thank you to Kamloops Fire & Rescue, Kamloops Firefighter Charitable Society, City of Kamloops, Heritage Society, St. Andrew’s on the Square, KCBIA , TRU 4th Yr. Nursing students, Mastermind Studios and Warner Rentals for helping to make the 2nd annual ‘Bright Lights for our Children & Youth on Nov 17th a wonderful evening! Once again the firefighters and Mayor Ken Christian went up on Tower 2 truck to place the star on top of the tree in time for the whole park to light up! Big Bear CYAC received some wonderful donations at the event and the Big Bear gift baskets were won

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Alleged kidnappers to stand trial KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Three men charged following an alleged gangrelated kidnapping and robbery in February will stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court next fall.

Justin Daniels, Michael Mathieson and Robert Rennie are facing a raft of charges stemming from a high-profile string of incidents spanning three days in Kamloops and the Okanagan.

Their four-week trial before a judge alone will begin on Sept. 21, 2020.

Rennie, Mathieson and Daniels are charged with 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 a single count of assault causing bodily harm.

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 high-profile gang-related violence in Kamloops in late 2018 and early 2019.

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Science centre eyes January opening MICHAEL POTESTIO

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If Gordon Stewart has a New Year’s resolution, it’s to have the Big Little Science Centre back up and running in 2020.

The executive director of the nonprofit is eyeing January for a soft opening of the educational facility, with a grand opening sometime in the spring.

The science centre has moved to the former Value Village building, downtown at Seymour Street and Fifth Avenue, and its opening was initially pegged for November, then December.

Stewart said the timeline was pushed back due to a few surprises that arose with the building.

“There was some plumbing and stuff that wasn’t in the same locations that we originally thought,” Stewart said.

“We had to change a little bit of layout to get things to work properly.”

The science centre won’t occupy the entire building, but will take a third of the former store, from the entrance to the east-facing wall.

One other delay in the renovations is the fact the Christmas holiday is around the corner.

“Most of our volunteer labour is going to escape for Christmas, most likely,” Stewart said with a laugh.

Stewart said the science centre is still looking for skilled tradespeople to help with the renovations, as well as donations of materials or cash.

Those with trades skills willing to donate their time can call 250-5542572 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.

AGM LOOMS The science centre’s annual general meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 16, at Thompson Rivers University.

It will be held in room S-270 of the Science Building and will begin at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

Those who attend will hear about the past fiscal year and what the future holds for the centre at its new downtown location.

Stewart said the society is looking to partner with other groups in the downtown core on activities such as joint tours and summer camps.

“Right now, we’re just in talks and introducing ourselves,” Stewart said.

In the last fiscal year, the centre brought in a few new employees, diversified its robotics programs and had another record year of attendance, with more than 25,000 people visiting at its former home in Happyvale elementary in Brocklehurst.

Stewart said the centre is “slightly in the black” this fiscal year.

The centre will, however, likely be in the red when the 2020 AGM is held due to the impromptu move from Happyvale to downtown — brought on when School District 73 needed the building to house students in the wake of the Sept. 5 Parkcrest elementary fire.

“The coming year’s going to be a challenge for us financially just because of having to move around without having planned for it,” Stewart said.

The science centre society was planning to move from Happyvale within a few years, but was not expecting to do so in 2019, he said.

Stewart said renovations to its new home will be approximately $400,000, though he noted there has been a “substantial amount of donated time and materials.

“We’re still a ways from getting that totally covered at this point,” he said.

In the long term, Stewart believes it will be about three years “before we get out of the shadow of what happened.”

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The three families living in the homes have moved, leaving Habitat officials to seek families to fill the abodes.

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Habitat for Humanity Kamloops is looking for families to place in a trio of homes that recently became available to the organization in its affordable homeownership program.

The homes, all duplexes, include a threebedroom abode with two full baths and a single-car garage, a four-bedroom place with three full baths, a family room and a single-car garage and a five-bedroom unit with three full baths, family room and a single-car garage.

The duplexes are in Westsyde — at 3143, 3151 and 3153 Westsyde Rd. — and were built within the past five years The three homes were originally occupied by other families placed there by Habitat for Humanity Kamloops, but all three families left after less than a year for various reasons.

“It was unexpected,” executive director Bill Miller said.

Though the properties have been vacant since earlier this year, the local branch of Habitat for Humanity waited for the national office to sort out some changes in how it handled the financing of properties before moving forward with the family-selection process, which has now begun.

“We’re going to be trying to gear applications to larger families for the four- and fivebedroom units,” Miller said. “Not to say that we’re going to preclude anybody.”

Habitat homes are normally built for the specific families who will be living in them, with family members putting in 500 hours of sweat equity during the construction phase.

Though the three houses are already built, Miller said 500 hours of sweat equity will still be required of families chosen to live in the homes.

There haven’t been many homes built in Kamloops in recent years as Habitat for

Humanity hasn’t had access to land.

The organization is looking for singleparent families and families with children.

Applicants must be legal residents of Canada who have lived in Kamloops for at least one year.

Homes are sold to partner families with special provisions, including no down payment and an interest-free mortgage. Partner families must demonstrate a need for the home, an ability pay for it and a willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity.

Application forms can be found online at habitatkamloops.com/build, at the ReStore at 1425 Cariboo Pl. in Southgate, by sending an email to bill@habitatkamloops.com or by calling 250-314-6783.

There is no deadline for applications as Habitat will continue to sort through applications until it finds the three families for the homes.

“We’re excited about finding three more families,” Miller said. “It would be a heck of a Christmas present for somebody.”

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NOW

19,900

$

2015 ACURA TLX TECH

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NOW

20,500

$

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2018 TOYOTA TACOMA CREWCAB TRD SPORT

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$

2018 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM

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44,800

$

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NOW

29,500

$

STK: TK265A • 79,500 KMS 3.5L ECO, EXCELLENT CONDITION

NOW

24,900

$

NOW

32,900

$

WAS $28,400 STK: DK431A • 34,500 KMS SYNC, LOW KMS, VERY CLEAN

WAS $39,900

NOW

37,900

$

WAS $30,500

NOW

25,900

$

NOW

24,600

$

STK: SJ516A • 59,000 KMS AWD, LEATHER, NAVIGATION, LOW KMS

WAS $23,900

NOW

19,900

$

2017 FORD F150 CREWCAB XLT SPORT

WAS $30,950 STK: TK201A • 123,500 KMS 3.5L ECO V6 TWIN TURBO

NOW

27,900

$

2016 FORD F150 CREWCAB XTR

2016 FORD TRANSIT 250 CARGO

STK: UK166A • 106,000 KMS MIDROOF, FULL SIZE VAN, 3.5L V6 TWIN TURBO

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WAS $36,900

2018 FORD EDGE SPORT

STK: TK416A • 18,000 KMS LOADED, LEATHER, ROOF, NAVIGATION

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2018 FORD EXPLORER SPORT

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STK: TJ352A • 74,600 KMS 4X4, 6-SPD AUTO, 5.0L V8, EXCELLENT CONDITION

WAS $33,900

NOW

28,900

$

2015 FORD F350 CREWCAB LARIAT

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WAS $59,900

NOW

56,800

$

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NOW

41,800

$

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COMMUNITY

Camping out to help youth EVENT RAISES MONEY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE OFF STREETS

Annual Shoe Memorial set for this Saturday The annual Kamloops Shoe Memorial and Red Dress Memorial will be held this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Tk’emlups te Sécwépemc’s Moccasin Square Gardens.

The event is held in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence Against Women and in memory of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada. It is the 12th annual Shoe Memorial and the inaugural Red Dress Memorial and is sponsored by the Kamloops and District Labour Council and Tk’emlups te Sécwépemc.

This year’s event also marks the 30th anniversary of the Dec. 6, 1989 murder of 14 women at École Polytechnique in Montreal, with the victims targeted due to their gender.

Kamloops resident Lynn Chassé and her family started the Kamloops Shoe Memorial in memory of their mother, Dorothee McLaughlin, who was murdered by her boyfriend on May 13, 2000.

Murdered women and girls are remembered by adding their names to the shoes displayed and new names continue to be added to the shoe display every year.

This year’s event will include the Red Dress Memorial to remember and recognize murdered and missing Indigenous women.

Donations of new or gently used shoes for the display can be dropped off at the following businesses: • Runners Sole: #74 1395 Hillside Dr. in Dufferin.

• Lo-Boy Market: 459 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops.

• Classic FX: 556 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops.

• Kamloops Y: downtown at Battle Street and Fourth Avenue.

• Son Mai Spa: 459 Lansdowne Ave. Following the event, shoes will be donated to local charities with clients in need. For more information, go online to Facebook and search “Kamloops Annual Shoe Memorial.”

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A Way Home Kamloops is in desperate need of more donations ahead of its third annual Campout To End Youth Homelessness, which is set to take place on Friday, Dec. 13, at McDonald Park in North Kamloops.

With just a week until the event, which raises money for homeless youth who access the Youth Housing First program, the non-profit organization has amassed a little less than half of its $50,000 goal, with $24,000 raised to date.

Last year, there were 75 youth on the program’s waiting list.

The fewer donations, the fewer youth the non-profit can help in the coming year, executive director Katherine McParland told KTW. “We’re really hopeful that the community will help us achieve that goal because it can be the difference between housing two or three youth or 10,” she said.

Donations can be made to this year’s campers, who will col-

Katherine mcParland is executive director of A Way Home Kamloops.

lect funds, or to A Way Home Kamloops directly.

The funds raised subsidize rents of participating young people, who are housed in 24 homes the non-profit leases for the program.

Through the program, youths receive a case manager and develop a wellness plan to learn life skills.

The program lasts a year, at which point youths can take on the lease themselves.

There are 33 people registered

to take part in this year’s campout, including notable locals such as Kamloops Coun. Kathy Sinclair and Kamloops Chamber of Commerce executive director Acacia Pangilinan.

Each camper is given a cardboard box and will sleep overnight in frigid December temperatures, giving participants a bit of perspective on the challenges faced by homeless youth.

“I felt like people have had some pretty profound, life-changing experiences,” McParland said, noting she has seen people gain a sense of understanding and empathy with homeless youth at past events.

A warming station will be set up at the Parkview Activity Centre across from the park, with access to washrooms. Campers can register and drop off their donations at Parkview, 500 McDonald Ave. The first two campouts raised $88,500 for the non-profit’s Safe Suites Program, which is set for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.

To donate to this year’s event, go online to awayhomekamloops. com/camp-out-2019.

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The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has used Giving Tuesday — a day devoted to giving following Cyber Monday and Black Friday shopping days — to help Parkcrest elementary and another school in Ontario.

Parkcrest elementary was destroyed by fire on Sept. 5, with the Brocklehurst school’s library also going up in flames.

Chapters Kamloops reached out to the foundation about the Parkcrest fire to ask if there was anything the foundation could do to help.

Unfortunately, both Kamloops Indigo stores — Chapters and Coles — were already fundraising for highneeds schools in the Adopt A School program.

However, the foundation decided to make a special commitment to help Parkcrest start rebuilding its library with a $10,000 literacy grant.

Staff from both bookstores will help choose the books for the library, which opened on Tuesday in space at George Hilliard elementary, to where Parkcrest students moved.

The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has also helped a First Nations school near James Bay, Ont., The Kashechewan First Nation is a fly-in-only Cree First Nation community and its St. Andrew’s elemen-

tary lost its books to a fire this past summer.

St. Andrew’s consisted solely of portables and was deemed too unsafe to use due to mouldy classrooms, jammed doors, electrical problems, faulty fire alarms, and more. The community declared a state of emergency in August and moved 400 elementary students to the high school.

The younger students go to school for four hours in the morning and the 212 older students attend from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The foundation has offered the $10,000 literacy grant to help St. Andrew’s start rebuilding its library.

ABERDEEN MALL STEPS UP On Wednesday night, Aberdeen Mall and Coles teamed up to treat Parkcrest staff to an evening of dinner, shopping and a photo with Santa.

Kristi Williams, the mall’s marketing and specialty leasing manager, said Parkcrest staffers were each given a $200 gift card to spend in Coles to help replace some of the personal libraries that were lost in the fire. Coles added a 30 per cent discount for staff purchases.

In total, Aberdeen Mall and Coles provided $7,000 worth of gift cards to Parkcrest staff.

Come help Stuff the Bus The City of Kamloops and BC Transit are teaming up to present Stuff the Bus, an event that sees the public donate money or a non-perishable food item in a bid to fill a BC Transit Bus. In addition, the BC Turkey Farmers Association will contribute up to $1,500 to purchase turkey products for the food bank.

Donations will be accepted this Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at SaveOn-Foods in Columbia Square, at 1200 Summit Dr. in Sahali.

DO YOUR DEED AND NOMINATE A CHARITY For the seventh consecutive year, Mr. Mike’s is running its Deeds Well Done Campaign.

Until Dec. 31, restaurant guests in Kamloops and across the country are invited to nominate their favourite registered

Community

BRIEFS charity that makes their community a better place. Mr. Mike’s will donate $22,000 this year, with the winning charity in each area receiving local recognition, $500 toward their cause and more.

To learn more about the Deeds Well Done initiative and nominate a charity, go online to mrmikes.ca/deedswelldone.

DEALS IN BOOK WELL INTO 2020 The Kamloops ProLife Society is once again selling the Great Little Coupon Book.

For $10, the book offers myriad 2-for-1 coupons for use at Kamloops restaurants and entertainment establishments.

MUG

Kamloops & District

New pages for Parkcrest, courtesy Aberdeen Mall and Chapters/Coles

Offers can be used until Aug. 31, 2020.

To buy a book, visit St. Joseph’s Bookstore, downtown at 256 Nicola St. CP HOLIDAY TRAIN ARRIVES ON DEC. 15 Country singers Dallas Smith and Terri Clark will be on the CP Holiday Train stage on Sunday, Dec. 15, behind Sandman Centre in downtown Kamloops.

The CP Holiday Train is North America’s longest rolling fundraiser.

The train raises money for local food banks at more than 150 free concerts in cities and towns along CP’s routes.

It has raised more than $15.8 million and collected 4.5-million pounds of food since its inaugural journey back in 1999.

The colourful train is scheduled to arrive at 4:30 p.m.

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK SHOTS Help police PIN this card crook Last month, a purse was lost in Kamloops.

Then, on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 — a Sunday and Monday — a debit card from the purse was used at several convenience stores in the city.

The person using the card is a white man who wears wire-rimmed glassed and has a moustache. When using the debit card, he was wearing a blue hoodie and a black toque.

If you know his name, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Shoplifter sought for North Shore crime On Monday, nov. 18, a woman stole items from a North Shore business.

She is white and has dark hair pulled back in a bun. At the time of the shoplifting incident, she was wearing a black winter coat and black pants and carrying a purple backpack.

If you recognize her or have information about her, call Crime Stoppers at 1-8000-222-TIPS.

Be aware of thieves this Christmas season Christmas gift-giving is fun, but having your purchases stolen is not.

Kamloops RCMP reminds you to never leave purchases in your vehicle unless they are secured in a locked trunk.

Always carry all of your purchases with you until you can take them home safely.

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 December 4, 2019

RICHARD, Christian

DOB: 1987-03-13 Height: 188 cm / 6’02” Weight: 85 kg / 188 lbs Race: Caucasian Hair: Brown | Eyes: Brown Wanted For: Theft Under $5000

LOOS, Jody

DOB: : 1983-11-18 Height: 160 cm / 5’03” Weight: 54 kg / 119 lbs Race: Indigenous Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Wanted for: Assault Peace Officer, Fail to Comply

SUITOR, Kenneth

DOB: 1963-01-15 Height: 188 cm / 6’02” Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs Race: Caucasian Hair: Gray | Eyes: Brown Wanted for: Uttering Threats Mischief Under $5000 x 2, Breach Undertaking

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The annual emissions report by the United Nations is out and greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, a full 30 years after we first realized there was a problem with the climate.

In fact, emissions have gone up 15 per cent in the past 10 years.

So much for the promises of early and deep cuts in emissions to avoid catastrophic heating.

Governments have been making these promises since the early 1990s and they are never kept because the political pressures are far stronger from those who profit in the present — the fossil fuel, automobile, shipping and aviation industries – than from those who are merely frightened for their children’s’ future.

The industries are well organized, have

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WATCH lots of money to spend and focus tightly on stopping changes that threaten their business model. Private citizens are less organized, have far fewer resources and have many competing demands on their attention.

Inevitably, the industries succeed in sabotaging most attempts to cut emissions.

For a long time, the main strategy of the industries was denial.

At first, they denied outright that carbon dioxide and other

greenhouse gas emissions were changing the climate. Never mind the science, just listen to this other guy in a white coat who says it isn’t happening.

That worked for a while and the initial rapid response to the climate change threat lost speed through the late 1990s.

Flat denial became increasingly untenable in the early 21st century, however, and the emphasis of the deniers shifted to spreading doubt: the climate is always changing, lots of scientists don’t believe the warming is caused by human activities, the jury is still out.

Those lies worked for another 15 years, but gradually the real scientists realized they, too, had to organize.

There is now no government in the world (except the United States) that still goes along with the denialism.

Every major international body has accepted evidence that climate change is actually happening and that we are the cause.

So, it is time for another change of strategy by the fossil fuel industries and their allies.

If they can no longer hope to discredit the science or confuse the public about the evidence, maybe they can at least deflect and divert the pressure for effective action on climate change to targets that do not directly threaten sales of their products.

That’s where we are now and it was Dr. Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University and director of the Earth System Science Center, who first spotted the new strategy of the fossil fuel industry’s shills.

“There is an attempt

being made by them to deflect attention away from finding policy solutions for global warming towards promoting individual behaviour changes that affect people’s diets, travel choices and other personal behaviour,” he told The Observer newspaper in Britain recently.

“This is a deflection campaign and a lot of well-meaning people have been taken in by it.”

What gives the deflectors credibility is that they seem to be on the side of the angels.

They are not denying that climate change is real; they just want you to use your bike more, eat less meat and recycle your waste.

What could be wrong with that?

Nothing, of course.

You should be doing all of those things as they are a necessary part of the solution.

But they want you to do that instead of

campaigning (or at least voting) for action that directly targets fossilfuel use. If you feel you are already doing your bit in the climate emergency by changing your personal behaviour, then the pressure is off them.

They also encourage “doomism,” the notion that it’s too late in the game to do anything useful about climate change.

“This leads people down a path of despair and hopelessness and, finally, inaction, which actually leads us to the same place as outright climate-change denialism,” Mann said.

It really is quite late in the game.

We would have to cut global emissions by seven per cent a year (instead of increasing them by 1.5 per cent annually) to avoid breaching the neverexceed limit of 2 C higher average global temperature. That’s far

beyond what we have ever done before, so there is considerable justification for pessimism.

However, pessimism is a luxury we cannot afford. We have to keep working away at the task because every cut we make in emissions, however inadequate, gives us a little more time to deal with the rest of the problem.

The deflect, divert and distract campaign is often hard to distinguish from genuine attempts to change people’s lifestyles in positive ways — and, frankly, there’s no point in trying.

Just do what they’re advocating (bikes, meat, recycling, etc.) and remember to also do the hard political and legal work of eliminating fossil fuel use.

It is simple to say, but hard to do.

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bout 113 years ago, an eccentric Englishman, who was befuddled by the vast Canadian wilderness, came across a prospector named George Edwards and two of his pals, all heavily armed and concealing weapons.

Neither party was who they seemed to be, but only one was the wiser.

The man was not George Edwards. He was the infamous train robber Billy Miner.

And the Englishman? Not eccentric and not befuddled.

He was expert tracker and B.C. Provincial Police officer William Fernie, who recognized an outlaw when he saw one.

Fernie had been tasked with finding the bandit Miner, who was said to have committed B.C.’s first train robbery — and only the second in Canada — on a Canadian Pacific Railway train in Silverdale, outside Vancouver. He was also the suspect in a train robbery on another CPR train between Kamloops and Monte Creek.

After the chance encounter with the man he’d been tracking, Fernie, who was armed only with his pistol, alerted the Northwest Mounted Police, who pursued and arrested Miner.

Fernie, who often employed and relied on local Indigenous trackers, including from Tk’emlups, also

had a hand in catching the Haney brothers, who robbed a train near Pritchard, and tracking a pair of murderers near Clinton.

But there’s more to the man than his penchant for pursuit, and details of the Fernie’s life have come to light in a new book by Kamloops author Ron Hatch.

Perseverance: The Life of William Fernie, the Man Who Caught Billy Miner was published in November, and soon Hatch will hold a book signing in Kamloops this weekend to mark the occasion.

“I don’t know why we’re attracted to the less desirable elements of our community, but Fernie was the provincial police officer who tracked and caught Billy Miner and nobody knows about it,” Hatch told KTW. His new book is the second in recent years. The other is Kamloops: Trading Post to Tournament Capital, which he coauthored with former Kamloops Museum supervisor Elisabeth Duckworth.

In that book, Hatch said the names of all the outlaws were omitted — Miner’s reference in that book was something along the lines of “that train robber guy.”

“That, I guess, was the seed that was planted in my mind,” he said.

The book explores the life of Fernie and the various effects he had on Kamloops and the province as a whole. Hatch called him a Renaissance man.

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Fernie was also a horse breeder, producing trusty steeds for local militia groups like the Rocky Mountain Rangers and B.C. Horse regiment, using land that bordered the city’s Chinese cemetery and stretched into the West End. “And that’s where the only memory Kamloops has given him is, Fernie Road,” Hatch said.

Fernie was also an early conservationist, an intelligence officer in the First World War and a sketch artist — whose work ranges from local wildlife and an early rendering of the newly constructed Halston rail bridge to Belgian cityscapes.

He was also an avid sportsman, playing on city soccer and polo teams.

Hatch said Fernie’s relationship with local First Nations was also notable.

“This was very unusual for a man who was raised, until he was 19, in Victorian England, with the whole British Empire mentality.

He learned the Chilcotin trade language and picked up quite a bit of Secwepemctsin. He always acknowledged his debt to these people,” Hatch said.

The author has a number of events around town, including his book signing at Kamloops Chapters on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

He will also deliver free lectures on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. at Cottonwood Manor and on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 3 p.m. at Kamloops Seniors Village.

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Royal Tusk marks return Royal Tusk will return to Kamloops A&E with a show on Feb. 16 at The Blue Grotto.

It’s the fourth stop on the band’s 19-city tour across Canada.

The four-piece Edmonton band, which bills itself as a group of bluecollar troubadors, is undertaking the venture alongside Brkn Love, Sights and Sounds and Ready The Prince.

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Meanwhile, the Project X is teasing a Wizard of Oz-type of production for next year’s X Fest, which usually begins in July.

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Project X hires puppeteer as artistic producer Randi Edmundson has been named the artistic producer at Project X Theatre.

Edmundson is an actor and award-winning puppeteer who has performed on Kamloops stages for years. She got her first professional theatre acting gig with the local troupe in 2010 and her first profes-

Chamber music will play

The latest concert from Chamber Musicians of Kamloops will be presented on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St. The concert will feature a trio of local musicians playing love songs and duets from the likes of Mozart, Paganini, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Holst, Edith Piaf and others.

The roster includes soprano Rachel Casponi, violinist Cvetozar Vutev and pianist Naomi Cloutier.

Tickets are $25, available online at cmk.eventbrite.ca or at the door.

DAVE EAGLES/KTW Ray Nyuli (left) has handed over the reins of his entertainment booking company to Glen Morris.

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fter 10 years of helping bring musical acts and other types of entertainment to Kamloops, Raymond Nyuli is stepping away from his business Entertainment Management Associates — but not without first making sure it is in capable hands.

Glen Morris, owner and operator of Tailgate Tours in Kamloops, took over Entertainment Management Associates at the beginning of November.

It’s a new industry for Morris, but he isn’t about to let that hold him back.

“I’m still trying to figure out a lot of things,” he said. “I’m still working out my plan, but what I want to do is find acts, almost any type of genre, that are coming through the community.

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these things, so I just want to be Entertainment Management another source for these acts that Association. are coming through, as well as “Touring is an entertainbuild on the idea of managing ment business of a sort,” he said. and promoting local events and “You’re entertaining and educathelping them be as successful as ing people that come from other possible.” places. I guess we both saw the Nyuli said that he will miss the synergy of it.” work and the people he has dealt Morris is hoping he can find with in the promotion game, but other opportunities for synergy noted it was time to step away. between his businesses, such “It’s just time to move on to a as helping entertainers travel different stage of my life,” he said. through the province with his “That’s what it is.” tour business, while also finding Nyuli said that while he and venues where they can perform.

Morris come from different backBut if there’s one goal grounds, the new owner’s experiMorris has for Entertainment ence should be beneficial in its Management Associates, it’s to own way. honour the company’s history.

“My background is event-ori“The number one thing I want ented and running tournaments, to do is kind of maintain the sports leagues, that kind of stuff,” great legacy or reputation that he said. “I’ve done that all at one Ray’s put out there,” he said. “He’s time or another in my life. Glen brought some fantastic entertaincomes from more of a tourism ment to the city and looked after ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW kind of background, tour operaa lot of great events — and that’s OFFSPRING ON BEAT tor, marketing, promotional kind number one, to maintain that.”

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Five acts have been revealed for the 2020 Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, which will be held in the Shuswap community from Aug. 13 to Aug. 16.

Corb Lund, the alt-country singer and songwriter from Alberta, will make his first appearance at the festival since

2007. Since releasing his breakthrough album Five Dollar Bill in 2002, Lund has released a string of critically acclaimed records, including Lately Losin’ Gambler and 2015’s Things That Can’t Be Undone.

Lund was in the studio recently with producer Harry Stinson of Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives and a new batch of song will be

released in 2020.

Lúnasa, Ireland’s pre-eminent instrumental band, will also be performing.

The all-star quintet has become one of the most popular bands on the international Celtic music scene, selling more than a quarter-million albums. Lúnasa is comprised of Seán Smyth (fiddle and low whistles), Kevin

Crawford (flute, low whistles and tin whistles), Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes and low whistles), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass) and the group’s newest member, Ed Boyd (guitar).

Also taking the stage will be B.C. World Music Collective, which includes a number of musicians who are no strangers to the festival over the past few years.

Ostwelve and Tonye Aganaba were at the 2019 festival and will be joined by Tom Landa and his fiddle-

playing wife Kalissa from the Paperboys and Locarno. Also part of the Collective are Adonis Puentes (Cuba), Celso Machado (Brazil), Kurai Blessing (Africa) and Pedro Mota (Mexico).

Blue Moon Marquee will be making its first appearance at the festival. Blue Moon Marquee is a Gypsy blues band comprised of A.W. Cardinal (vocals/ guitar) and Jasmine Colette, also known as Badlands Jass (vocals/ bass/drums).

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and performs original compositions influenced by anything that swings, jumps or grooves.

Artists such as Lonnie Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Blind Willie Jonson, Charley Patton, Howlin’ Wolf, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, Memphis Minnie and Django Reinhardt are deeply infused in the soul of their music.

From Nashville, Sam Lewis has collaborated with everyone from Leon Russell to The Wood Brothers, while Chris Stapleton dubbed him

“a modern Townes Van Zandt.”

Lewis’ latest album, Loversity, is a powerful return from his threeyear studio hiatus. The album landed Lewis a spot on Rolling Stone’s 10 New Artists to Watch list, with writer Marissa Moss describing the album as “... seventies psychedelic soul, with a storyteller’s eye, a swampy Southern groove and an emotional, political punch.”

More acts will be announced in the new year. For ticket information, go online to rootsandblues.ca.

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he wind blew in gusts, snow swirling across the ice like a thick fog, tumbling over the frozen lake’s rippled

surface.

We marched through the driving blizzard toward the eastern shore of Long Pond Lake, one snowshoe in front of the other.

If we had wondered about the spruce boughs sticking out of the snow to mark the trail on our outbound journey, we now knew they were necessary, as earlier tracks had long since disappeared in the fresh powder.

It was the third day of our lodge to lodge ski through the Maine woods and, with two nights at Gorman Chairback Lodge, my wife and I had decided to store the skis, opting instead for a day’s outing on snowshoes.

We had headed across the lake in sunshine, but after lunch a fierce storm hit.

We headed home, breaking trail into the fading light until our destination’s soft outline materialized in the driving snow.

Not that we were worried, it is hard to get lost on a lake.

Still, we are happy when we see the unique, eight-sided cabin that serves as the camp’s heritage centre-piece on the lake’s edge.

We know comfort and the warmth of the lodge’s sauna will soon be at hand.

William Dean, a one-armed Civil War vet, came to the shores of Long Pond Lake in 1867 and began work on a fishing camp.

Dean cut trees in four-foot lengths, which was the maxi-

In the northern state of Maine, the Appalachian Mountain Club maintains a network of more than 125 kilometres of groomed ski trails. At the trailhead cross-country skiers deposit duffle bags at the kiosk labelled Little Lyford.

mum he could handle, given his disability, building this octagonal cabin.

We arrived in Greenville, Maine, three days earlier, driving through a blizzard, which ravaged the eastern U.S. and slammed Maine with two feet of snow.

At the trailhead we deposited our duffle bags at the kiosk labeled Little Lyford, to be shuttled ahead on snowmobile.

The storm had passed and we set out under blue skies, looping our way down a long rolling slope, while dodging

groomers working feverishly to tame the new snow.

The skiing is beautiful but challenging, the new powder is heavy and choppy, but the beautiful Maine woods glisten as the sun reflects off trees laden with snow.

In the late afternoon we descend to Little Lyford, a camp built in 1874 to house lumbermen who worked the west branch of Maine’s Pleasant River.

You can almost imagine the scene 145 years earlier, though the camp has been updated in a

delightful way with many modern conveniences.

We slip out of our skis and haul our gear to our cabin, which has its own porch, wood stove and gas lamps.

A central bathhouse has composting toilets, showers and a wood-heated sauna.

Home-cooked meals are served in the main lodge and we meet some guests from coastal Maine who have been coming here for 25 years, presumably decked out in the same traditional gear — wool pants, gators, flannel checkered

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After breakfast the following morning, we pack a box lunch for the trail and set off once again.

The Appalachian Mountain Club maintains a network of more than 125 kilometres of groomed ski trails serving their backcountry lodges, a stacked loop system that gives each skier the flexibility as far as length and difficulty.

We spend the morning on a steady climb into the highlands, and then, after lunch, enjoy a steady run down to Long Pond Lake.

Gorman Chairback Lodge offers a spectacular shoreline location, enchantingly off the grid. It opened as an AMC lodge in 2011 and it would be hard to mistake it for a 19th century logging camp now.

It features a central “green” lodge, 12 cabins and a bunkhouse. The club renovated the lakefront cabins, which were built during the 1920s.

Later on, more cabins on the shoreline were re-built in the ‘50s, used as templates for four new deluxe cabins with electricity and private bathrooms.

As at Lyford, the meals are excellent and here, you can buy beer and wine, which we take full advantage of.

The sun is back out as we take our leave on the final day, say our goodbyes to fellow guests and start off early.

It is a beautiful ski, high above the north shore of the lake and then a steady climb back to the trailhead.

Our drive home is easy and clear and we are rested, thoroughly charmed and utterly rejuvenated by our four-day lodge-to-lodge ski in the Maine woods.

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ylan Garand was basking in his table tennis victory over previously undefeated Kamloops Blazers’ teammate Ryan Hughes.

“Hughesy was 11-0,” said Garand, the Blazers’ 17-year-old starting netminder. “I played him today for the first time and beat him pretty good.

“I definitely am competitive in everything. I don’t want to lose. I hate it.”

Drive and disdain for defeat, along with inquisitiveness and dedication to his craft, are among qualities that define Garand, one of six WHL backstops on the NHL Central Scouting Players to Watch List for the 2020 draft.

“He’s really competitive, he’s real focused and he’s really driven, probably more so than a lot of guys, let alone guys his age,” Blazers’ goaltending coach Dan De Palma said.

“I don’t know that you ever really want him to take the foot off the gas too much, but you try to manage it. You don’t want him boiling over on Monday morning.

You want to start to simmer and then get to the boil at the right time.”

Garand found the perfect temperature at the ideal moment last season, filling in wonderfully for injured, NHL-drafted, overage goalie Dylan Ferguson during an improbable run that saw the Blazers earn 11 of a possible 12 points in the final six games of the regular season and knock off Kelowna in a play-in game to reach the playoffs.

In those seven games, Garand was 6-0-1-0 and boasted a save percentage of .943, numbers that proved he was ready to be relied on at 16 and next in line to start between the pipes this season.

He was ready because preparations began when he first laced up skates, before he was even eligible

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Dylan Garand and the B.C. Division-leading Kamloops Blazers begin a six-game tour of the East Divisin on Friday against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

to play in the five- and six-yearold initiation division in Victoria.

Loren and Gina, Dylan’s parents, knew quickly their son was a natural athlete. He was moved up age divisions in baseball, excelled at roller hockey and had a knack for throwing a football.

“We never pushed him to do any sports,” Loren said. “You could just tell.”

Jordan, 19, is Dylan’s older brother, so some tug-of-war was inevitable growing up, but the younger sibling does not credit that rivalry for his competitive nature.

“I usually beat him most of the time,” Dylan said.

He was just born with it.

“My attention to detail is important in every day life and in practice,” said Garand, often found watching NHL games and

WHL highlights when not on the ice.

“I’ve always been a competitive guy. I think when I put my mind to something, I carry out with it.

That’s all I’m focused on and I’ll do whatever I can to have it.”

Hockey is his first love and there isn’t much room for hobbies.

“It’s pretty much all hockey. My fun is playing hockey,” Dylan said.

“I don’t really do anything else, but in the summer I like to play golf and ping-pong.”

Loren knew there was no stopping his son, who pushed to move away from home at 14 to play for Delta Hockey Academy Bantam Prep.

“It was tough to let him go, especially so young and being a single father, the main provider for him, taking him here, there and everywhere,” Loren said.

“But Dylan said, ‘No, I want to go this year coming up.’”

Garand was nabbed by Kamloops in Round 3 of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft, reward for a 2016-2017 campaign with Delta that saw him post a 13-0 record, 1.15 goals-against average and .959 save percentage “Minor hockey, OK yeah, he’s good, whatever, one of the top players,” Loren said. “You know the numbers of how many actually make it. All of a sudden, in the last couple of years, things have just skyrocketed.”

The Blazers found themselves in a bind in November of 2017, when Ferguson left Kamloops to join the goaltender-depleted Vegas Golden Knights.

Garand, then 15, was ready.

He stopped 32 shots in his first WHL start, a 3-2 victory over the

Red Deer Rebels.

“He’s beyond his years,” De Palma said. “It’s funny with him.

To me, it’s never been about age.

Sometimes, I forget, and we forget … even last year, about decisions to play. I just look at what he does and how he does it.

“He’s going to do the right thing from Monday morning to Sunday night to get where he wants to be.”

Garand earned the call to don the Maple Leaf at the 2018 Under17 World Hockey Challenge and 2019 Under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Bumps along the way are to be expected.

The Hlinka tournament ended in a 3-2 loss to Russia, a goldmedal game in which Garand allowed three goals on 13 shots.

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et’s pound this like Olga Savenchuk obliterates volleyballs, with great vigour and little wasted energy.

The following is my take on the TRU WolfPack’s six Canada West team sports through the first half of the campaign.

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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL They are the most captivating story of the TRU season to date and readers who scan these pages regularly are not surprised.

(Cue the Barry Horowitz moment).

I told you on Feb. 2, after last season ended, and again on Oct. 8, before head coach Chad Grimm’s reapers had even played a regular-season contest, that this team is primed for its best campaign in program history, since Canada West inception in 2005-2006.

Admittedly, it was kind of like predicting fear in any young child who peeps a glance at Movember moustached Scott Clark on Nov. 30, when the WolfPack men’s basketball coach is at his terrifying scariest.

The prognostication was pretty much a slam dunk.

TRU unexpectedly lost two of its best players after the 2017-2018 season and limped out of the gate in 20182019, posting a 1-5 record.

The Pack last season finished 13-11, won their first playoff match in program history and fell one victory shy of culling the hometown Alberta Pandas in Edmonton in that bestof-three Round 1 series.

Grimm, who became interim head coach on Jan. 14, 2014, and full-time bench boss on March 19, 2014, recruited Savenchuk in time for 2018-2019.

The 6-foot-3 Ukrainian was named a first-team conference all-star in her rookie season and her addition is interlaced with the team’s success, but improvement has been close to ubiquitous up and down the roster.

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or left unexpectedly last off-season and the team added yet another 6-foot-3 Ukrainian standout, middle Kseniya Kocyigit, so simple logic suggested the team stood to improve on its bestever season.

The former pro Kocyigit has lived up to expectations, but a Canadian is leading the Pack this season.

Kendra Finch, a fifth-year outside hitter from North Vancouver, has 186 points, nearly 40 more than Kocyigit, who is second in the category.

She committed to TRU in November of 2014, a decision that took some gumption considering the Pack were one month removed from snapping a 47-match losing streak that stretched from Feb. 11, 2012, to Oct. 17, 2014.

Finch must have known something.

TRU is 9-3 at the holiday break, third in Canada West standings and ranked seventh in the nation. The Pack had never breached U Sports top 10 rankings prior to 2019-2020.

Jam-packed bleachers for home postseason matches at the TCC would be a hell of a time.

Don’t be surprised if the Den is full come the playoffs in February.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Head coach Pat Hennelly’s charges are 2-8 and must be considered the most disappointing of TRU’s teams at the Christmas break.

The WolfPack lost several important pieces after last season’s defeat in the Canada West semifinal round, none more important than graduated German thunder-spiker Tim Dobbert.

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Kendra Finch is leading the WolfPack women’s volleyball team in scoring after the first half of the Canada West season.

But the squad entered 2019-2020 touting a strong core, the return of injured outside hitter Josh Mullaney and arrival of stud Dutchman Nimo Benne, among other recruits.

Word from their camp prior to Match 1 was a top-four finish in the conference is the goal.

Maybe they are something like the Cleveland Browns at this point — a boatload of individual talent, but not yet a team.

There seems to be something missing, a chemistry imbalance, perhaps.

The good thing is the whole equation is not lost.

TRU, despite its abysmal record, is four points out of a playoff spot.

Hennelly is a proven coach and if there is anyone who can right the ship, it’s him.

His task is tall, though, like rendering Thompson-River worthy the Wanda Sue. Repairs must be swift and sound if the Pack are to avoid the paddlewheeler’s fate.

WOMEN’S SOCCER Mark Pennington took head coaching reins in February, inheriting a team that was 7-30-4 in the three

seasons prior to his arrival and 13-47-7 since joining U Sports in 2014, a span during which it compiled a minus-122 goal differential.

The players he worked with in 2019 were almost entirely recruited by previous coaches.

Expectations this season centred around growth, not wins, and Pennington earned a passing grade.

The club, which finished with a record of 2-8-4, improved as the season went on, was 2-4-3 in its final nine games and was in the playoff race until the final weekend of the season.

WolfPack athletics and recreation director Curtis Atkinson hired Pennington in large part because of his recruiting connections, which makes this offseason important.

The recruiting class of 2020 is on Pennington and will be added to a nucleus of returnees who showed last season they can play.

Expectations will again be about growth next season, but another passing grade does not seem likely without a bump in the win column.

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WOLFPACK MEN’S SOCCER TEAM MUST AIM FOR BETTER Emmanuel Aniogbe and the TRU WolfPack men’s soccer team are likely heading for big things, but 2019 was not a year to remember.

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MEN’S SOCCER Moral victories aren’t good enough for this team any more.

I know they faced adversity with injuries and sickness. I know they worked another minor sports miracle to scratch and claw into the playoffs. I know they introduced more than 10 new faces in 2019.

And I also know something else — they are judged on a standard they set for themselves by winning backto-back Canada West bronze medals and this year they fell short of the mark.

Praises were sung of many of those 10 new faces prior to Kickoff 2019 and the WolfPack returned a solid core of veterans, including Josh Banton, Justin Donaldson, Jan Pirretas Glasmacher, Dylan Hooper and James Fraser (a rare infection scuttled his season after a wonderful start).

For the second straight year, the team started poorly and was forced to play catch-up. Mount Royal edged TRU 2-1 in a quarter-final matchup in October in Calgary.

The Pack were ranked fourth in Canada West in a pre-season coaches’ poll.

Head coach John Antulov has turned the WolfPack into a consistent Canada West contender, capable of jostling with the likes of powerhouse UBC. TRU is becoming a preferred destination for rock-solid recruits and the drafting of Glasmacher into the Canadian Premier League (a program first) is another feather in Antulov’s cap, one that should help his cause in wooing talent to the WolfPack.

The next step is gold or silver. Finishing off of the podium this year was not progress.

MEN’S BASKETBALL A look back at last year’s version of this column shows my crystal ball erred in looking ahead at this team’s future.

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said it wouldn’t surprise him if Clark and the WolfPack, who were 4-6 at the break, rebounded to reach the post-season and escape Round 1 of the playoffs.

Their tough schedule, which in my defence I did note, proved too much. TRU lost its final six games and missed the playoffs.

I’m doubling down on these guys, baby.

Key players are one year older, BigShot Bilous is money, hometown hero Joe Davis is making his fifth year count, Rojhae Colbert is an impressive addition, Michael Rouault is TRU’S Big Fundamental, Tyus De Vries is making strides and he even seems like a really nice chap.

Clark’s charges are 7-3 and finished the first half with their most notable victory of the season, a 92-85 win over Saskatchewan (6-2).

The WolfPack’s second-half opponents have a combined record of 16-28.

TRU will host a home quarter-final series and advance to the conference semifinal round.

The Great Seer has no clear vision beyond that, but cannot rule out further advancement.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Back-to-back astronomical keisterwhoopings last weekend — 90-58 and 90-38 at the hands of the visiting Saskatchewan Huskies (8-0) — brought TRU’s basketball women back to earth.

But the cataclysmic defeats don’t matter in the grander galaxy of the team’s evolution.

This season is already a success.

I’m guessing that is the last thing they will hear from the mouth of rookie head coach Goran Nogic, who does not seem likely to utter

Haggerty, the fiery Serbian employing inyour-face methods to inspire his group.

TRU is 5-5 and has in 10 games eclipsed its win total from 20182019, when the club

words that could lead to resting on laurels.

Nogic has brought fire to a team led by Kamloopsian Emma Piggin, fifth-year-guard Leilani Carney and third-year guard Jordon

posted a 4-16 mark to miss the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

The Pack are going back to the post-season in 2020, getting over the hump by taking

advantage of renewed belief and a secondhalf schedule featuring opponents with a combined record of 19-25.

Fans who want a look at the team should circle Jan. 31 and Feb. 1

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Former South Kamloops Titans’ standout Maddy Gobeil and the Fraser Valley Cascades (5-3) of Abbotsford are coming to town.

Gobeil, a rookie starter, is third in team scoring, averaging 9.1 points per game.

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There have been rough nights this season. He was on the hook for five goals on 20 shots in a 5-4 loss to hometown Prince George on Nov. 23.

But sustained down cycles have been non-existent.

Maybe he hates losing so much he just forgets about it.

Garand followed the setback in Prince George with tri-

umph over Edmonton and two outstanding outings last weekend against the Winterhawks, allowing two goals on 65 shots.

He has the league’s fifthbest goals-against average (2.26), boasts a .924 save percentage, ranks tied for second in wins (15) and is second in minutes played (1,378) among goaltenders.

The numbers are nice, but his focus, not surprisingly, lies

elsewhere — on winning.

“I think the ceiling is a Memorial Cup for this team,” Garand said. “Guys are starting to realize the potential that we have. It’s kind of our window, we feel like.”

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he Gospel of Matthew is the only one of the four Gospels that records the coming of the wise men from the east to Jerusalem.

We assume there were three wise men because of the three gifts they brought.

It is possible there were more than three visitors.

Another point about the wise men is that they are assumed to have come to the place where animals were kept. In Luke’s gospel, the Lord was laid in a manger but Matthew 2:11 reads that when the wise men came to the house, they saw the young child.

So, by time the wise men came to Bethlehem, the little family was living in a house.

It is written that the wise men came from the east. The place from where they actually came is not stated in the record. They were wise men who

JOHN EGGERS You Gotta Have FAITH had trusted the living God and were acting on guidance they were given by God through this sign of the star that was guiding them.

It would appear the supernatural sign would have been visible to any who looked for it, but only these wise men were acting on God’s guidance.

The sign seems to have guided the wise men at first to Jerusalem.

Then the wise men inquired in Jerusalem as to where the one who is born the King of the Jews would be.

The wise men obvi-

ously felt others would be stirred up about this event, but they were the only ones looking for this king.

In Luke 2:8-20, we read of the shepherds who were frightened by the glory of the Lord shining around them and the message from the angel concerning the birth of the Saviour which is Christ the Lord.

Then a multitude of the heavenly host appeared, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest and, on Earth, peace, goodwill toward men.”

The shepherds then quickly went to the town of Bethlehem to see the child and found Him in the place of His birth, lying in a manger.

After the shepherds saw the Lord, they made known abroad what they had heard and seen. It is then written that “all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.”

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the wise men and the news they brought to Jerusalem, we are introduced to Herod the king and his feigned interest in the newborn king.

Herod gathered together the Jewish high priests and scribes and demanded they tell him where Christ should be born.

They said in Bethlehem of Judea, quoting Micah 5:2.

Herod then inquired of the wise men privately when the guiding star had appeared to them. He told them to go look for the child and come back and let him know where he was so he could also worship the king.

But Herod had evil intentions of destroying the child.

Then we read of the star coming right over the place where the Lord was. The wise men rejoiced when they saw the young child with Mary — and they worshipped Him. They then presented their gifts of

in Jerusalem and all of Israel at the time of the coming of the wise men, but it is so sad that so few were interested in the son of God who had come into the world.

It was their day of opportunity to seek the Lord, but they were occupied with all sorts of other things on which they placed priority.

Some were just not interested, while others wanted to kill Him. Jesus was eventually rejected by the people and they called out for His death. They crucified Him, but it was all part of God’s great plan of salvation.

The Lord Jesus came

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That makes salvation a top priority.

Acts 16:31 states: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved”.

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

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• Tuesday, Dec. 10: Christopher Seguin Rotary Family Dinner, NorKam senior secondary, 730 12th St. in North Kamloops. Children and families only, 5 p.m.

• Wednesday, Dec. 11: Salvation Army Christmas Dinner, 344 Poplar St. in North Kamloops. Tickets required. Doors open at 4:45 p.m. and dinner is at 5:10 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 15: PIT Stop regular dinner at Kamloops United Church, downtown at St. Paul Street and Fourth Avenue, 3:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, Dec. 17: We’re Here To Help Dinner, Infinite Expansion and PIT Stop.

Christmas ham and trimmings. Kamloops United Church, downtown at St. Paul Street and Fourth Avenue, 5 p.m.

• Wednesday, Dec. 18: Interior Community Services Christmas Dinner. For youth up to 24 years old. 404 Seymour St. downtown. From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 20: Mustard Seed Christmas Dinner. Turkey and trimmings at Mustard Seed outreach centre, downtown at 181 West Victoria St., 1 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 20: Youth Rotary Christmas

gold, frankincense and myrrh. Their journey was successful and they would have been thrilled about what had happened.

We then read of God warning the wise men in a dream not to return to Herod, so they went back to their own country another way.

God also warned Mary’s husband, Joseph, to flee to Egypt with Mary and the child for a season because Herod would seek to kill the young child.

In Matthew 7:13-14, we read of many who go down the way that leads to destruction, but that few find the way that leads to life.

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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 Advertisements should be read on the first publication day.

We are not responsible for errors appearing beyond the first insertion.

It is agreed by any Display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event that errors occur in the publishing of any advertising shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for the portionoftheadvertisingspace occupied by the incorrect item only and there will be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement.

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

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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

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.

For Sale - Misc

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.

If you have an upcoming event for our

1,000 Hockey cards 19942018. $450. 250-318-0170.

Sports Equipment

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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

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

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

5th wheel hitch $250. 250374-8285.

Pets

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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.

Lost: Apple i-pad has wrong phone number on the back.

778-471-8608.

Personals

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.

Apartments/Condos for Rent

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.

250-374-0916 House-sitting

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

250-374-6007.

Warehouse

NORTHLAND APARTMENTS 2-bedroom, 1 bathroom suite.

Basement Suites 2-Bdrms, level entry, shrd laundry. N/S, Sm pet. $1200 util incld. 250-376-1136.

N/Shore near Dairy Queen 2bdrms, shrd lndry, priv entr. $1,000. Quiet, N/S, N/P. 250852-0909 or 250-376-5913.

Farm Services

Farm Services

BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE

250-838-0111 Landscaping

Snow Removal

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Misc Home Service JA ENTERPRISES Furniture Moving and Rubbish Removal jaenterpriseskam@gmail.com 778-257-4943

Scrap Car Removal

HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. A Great Christmas Gift. Next C.O.R.E. January 4th and 5th, Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. December 8th, Sunday.

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

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.

Renos & Home Improvement

Run until sold New Price $56.00+tax Do you have a vehicle, boat, rv, motorcycle, ATV or trailer to sell? With our Run til sold specials you pay one flat rate and we will run your ad until your vehicle sells.* $56.00 (boxed ad with photo) $35.00 (regular 3 line ad)

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4 - 6 bolt studded tires on rims. P265-R17. 50% tread. $250/obo. 250-374-2403.

Security

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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

Automotive Tires

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

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For Sale by Owner $55.00 Special

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1972 Triple E motor home 25’ 77,000miles 402 Chev lots of extras $7,000 250-523-9495

Snow Removal Tree Pruning or Removal Yard clean-up, Landscaping

Handyperson

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RVs/Campers/Trailers

PETER’S YARD SERVICE

Handyman, Carpentry, Drywall, Painting, Basement finishing. 250-851-6055.

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Vacant NKam, 2bdrms, c/a, patio, nice yard. $950/mo plus shared hydro. Ref, req. 250376-0633.

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

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

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Health

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

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

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

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

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N/S warehouse/shop for lease approx. 2500sq ft. w/radiant heat, 3 phase power, office, mezzanines, 4 large overhead doors. Front/side/rear access w/lots of parking space. Avail. immediately. Leave message 250 819-5509.

Craftsman LT11 Riding Mower. Chains and garden trailer.

Deck needs minor work. $500.

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

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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 Toyo winters 95T215-60R16 like new. $400/obo. 1-250672-9679.

ATVs / Dirt Bikes Yamaha Grizzly ATV. KMS 011031 $3,800. 250-579-3252

Motorcycles 2010 Harley Davidson Softail.

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

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1995 Plymouth Voyager.

Great van needs to be seen. $1500/obo. No Text 250-3197053.

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FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Brand New Yamaha R3 Motorcycle with only 6kms. 320CC, liquid cooled, ABS brakes. Still has 1 year Factory Warranty. $4,700. 250-578-7274.

Collectibles & Classic Cars

1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop.

55,000 miles. 390-330HP. $4,000. 250-574-3794

Domestic Cars 1997 Ford Probe. Red, 4cyl, std, A/C, 1-owner.

114,428kms. $3500 .250-3767964.

2000 Jaguar XK8 Convertible 4L, V-8, fully loaded. Exec shape. $16,500/obo. 250-3764163.

2006 Buick Allure CXS. 1owner. Fully loaded. Excellent condition.

207,000kms. $4,900/obo.

250-701-1557, 778-471-7694.

2006 Toyota Corolla. Pristine only 87,218kms. 4-winters on rims. $5,375. 250-554-0201.

2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms.

Must see to appreciate. $14,900. 250-374-1541.

2014 Lincoln MKS, AWD, 4dr Sedan. 3.5 Ecoboost twin turbo like new, black in & out. 80,000kms, $22,300.00. 250-319-8784.

4 - BMW X5, X3 wheels like new. $700 Call 250-319-8784.

Business Opportunities ~ Caution ~ While we try to ensure all advertisements appearing in Kamloops This Week are placed by reputable businesses with legitimate offers, we do caution our readers to undertake due diligence when answering any advertisement, particularly when the advertiser is asking for monies up front.

Career Opportunities

Kamloops # recruitment agency

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250-374-3853 General Employment I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679.

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at 250-374-0462

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries.

Call 250-374-0462 for more information

ONLY $35.00 (plus Tax) (250) 371-4949 *some restrictions apply call for details

2002 Ford Escape, auto. Exec body. Mechanic special. $900.

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

Trucks & Vans 1977 Ford Custom, auto, body needs some panel repair. $700. 250-819-9712, 250-6729712.

1996 GMC Suburban 4x4 good shape runs great $2750obo Call (250) 571-2107 2003 Ford Windstar Van. 138,000kms. Good condition.

Must See! $3500/obo. 250828-0680.

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

142,000kms. $31,300.

250-319-8784

Trucks/Heavy, Commercial Cummings Gen Set Ford 6cyl 300 cu/in single and 3 phase pwr $5000 (250) 376-6607

School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) requires Casual Clerical Secretaries to work oncall in All Areas.

Location: Meadow Lake, SK Posting End Date: December 13, 2019 Employment Contract: Permanent-Full Time We are NorSask Forest Products LP – the largest independent wholly-owned First Nations sawmill in Canada. NorSask has been producing high-quality lumber for over 40 years with operational capacity in excess of 100 million board feet of lumber per year on a two-shift basis. Our products are shipped across North America.

Your primary responsibility is that of a Production Line Industrial Mechanic, troubleshooting and repairing equipment breakdowns and equipment that is operating out of specifications in a timely manner during the production shifts. You will perform preventative maintenance tours and make recommendations for repairs and replacements as observed. There will also be significant project work and equipment installations required.

Qualifications: • • • • •

A valid Saskatchewan or interprovincial Journeyperson ticket as an Industrial Mechanic Preferably five years of industrial experience as a journeyperson Strong team player with excellent communication skills Proven track record of promoting and practicing a safe work environment Maintenance experience in a sawmill environment is an asset

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: 1. Completion of Grade 12 including specialized training courses in business education.

2. Six (6) months recent experience in a clerical position.

3. Demonstrated ability to type 60 w.p.m. and perform clerical duties eďŹƒciently.

4. Demonstrated proďŹ ciency in business English, including spelling and business math.

For further information and on how to apply, please visit Make a Future at www.makeafuture.ca by FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

NorSask Forest Products LP offers an industry-standard compensation package accompanied by a top-tier health (Vision/Dental/Medical) and pension benefits package.

Grow your career with us! To apply for this position, please email your resume to Joleen Gibb, Human Resources Advisor, at apply@norsask.ca

RUN UNTIL SOLD

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Journeyperson Industrial Mechanic

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Office Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate.

Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills.

Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match.

Gene Wirchenko at 250-8281474. gene@shaw.ca

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We thank all candidates for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Senior Accounting Technician The TNRD is seeking a knowledgeable, experienced and motivated individual to ďŹ ll the position of Senior Accounting Technician.

Mobile Drug & Alcohol Testing Technician We are a drug and alcohol testing company located in Kamloops. We are looking for someone to train as a mobile drug and alcohol testing technician. No experience necessary as we provide certiďŹ cation training to our technicians. The successful candidate must have a car and must be willing to do testing in both Kamloops and Chase.

The successful candidate must be willing to be on call 24/7 for half of every month. Technicians are paid a monthly on call fee of $500, as well as testing fees, travel fees for tests outside Kamloops, mileage reimbursement, and for additional work in our local oďŹƒce. This is an ideal position for someone with a exible schedule, who does not wish to work outside the home on a full time basis.

Please email your resume with cover letter to Traci Weaver, National Drug and Alcohol Program Manager, at tweaver@denninghealth.ca

REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST

Busy cosmetic dental practice is looking for a experienced Registered Dental Hygienist for a part time position, Monday/Tuesday possibly some Wednesdays starting immediately.

Please fax your resume to 250-374-4622 or email manager@artdentistry.com

Follow us 205-1315 Summit Dr, Kamloops, 250-374-0886 www.artdentistry.com

To view the Job Posting visit: tnrd.ca/employment

DENTAL RECEPTIONIST REQUIRED River City Dental is looking for an outstanding Dental Receptionist to fill a 3 or 4 day/week position commencing January 27, 2020 or sooner.

The successful candidate must be professional, friendly and knowledgable regarding dental terminology and procedures. A working knowledge of Dental Insurance is necessary.

Knowledge of relevant software is valuable. If you are a personable, organized professional who is a great communicator and team player, we would love to meet you. No evenings or weekends.

Competitive remuneration. Administration is managed by two Receptionists. All resumes will be held in the utmost confidence.

Please bring your resume, including cover letter, to River City Dental in Aberdeen Court.

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Please email your application to humanresources@tnrd.ca by December 13, 2019 quoting Competition #2019-052

250-374-7467

Out of town applicants may email resumes to RCDrecruitment@outlook.com.

Closing date: December 20, 2019.

Website: rivercitydental.ca

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Looking for Carriers KIDS & ADULTS NEEDED!

DOWNTOWN Rte 308 - 355 9th Ave. & 703-979 Columbia St. – 34 p.

Rte 324 - 606-795 Pine St. – 30 p.

Rte 325 - 764-825 9th Ave, 805-979 Columbia St, 804-987 Dominion St,. & 805986 Pine St.-64 p.

Rte 327 - 1103 Columbia St. & 12031296 Dominion St.-38 p.

Rte 372 - 22-255 W. Battle St, 660 Lee Rd, 11-179 W. Nicola St. – 50 p.

Rte 380 - Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 71 p.

Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 24 p.

Rte 390 – Fernie Crt, 158-400 Fernie Pl, Guerin Creek Way. – 46 p.

LOWER SAHALI/ SAHALI Rte 402 – 14-94 Bestwick Dr, Mahood Pl. – 28 p.

Rte 403 - 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. – 27 p.

Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, Bestwick Crt E & W, 98-279 Bestwick Dr, Morrisey Pl. – 47 p.

Rte 410 - 56203 Arrowstone Dr, Silverthrone Cres. – 47 p.

Rte 449 - Assiniboine Rd, Azure Pl, Chino Pl, Sedona Dr. – 90 p.

Rte 457 - 990 Gleneagles Dr, Monarch Dr, 1810-1896 Springhill Dr, Tolima Crt. - 50 p.

Rte 458 - 803-980 Gleneagles Dr, Glen Nevis Pl, Glenesk Pl, Glenshee Pl. – 88 p.

Rte 459 - Monarch Crt & Pl. – 38 p.

Rte 461 - Glen Gary Dr, Glen Gary Pl, Glencoe Pl. & 700-799 Gleneagles Dr. – 48 p.

Rte 474 - Coppertree Crt, Trophy Crt. – 22 p.

Rte 475 - Castle Towers, Sedgewick Crt & Dr. – 44 p.

Rte 476 - Tantalus Crt, Tinniswood Crt, 2018-2095 Tremerton Dr. – 53 p.

Rte 478 - 191-299 Chancellor Dr, Sentry Pl, Sovereign Crt, The Pinnacles. – 42 p.

Rte 479 – Tomlinson Crt, Tuxford Dr. – 55 p.

Rte 483 - Breakenridge Crt, Cathedral Crt, Grenville Pl, 409-594 Robson Dr. - 59 p.

Rte 485 – 690 Robson Dr, 2020 & 2084 Robson Pl. – 50 p.

Rte 487 - 201-475, 485-495 Hollyburn Dr, Panorama Crt. – 75 p.

ABERDEEN Rte 503 - Fleming Circ, Hampshire Dr & Pl, Hector Dr. – 48 p.

Rte 509 - 459-551 Laurier Dr, 2101-2197 Shaunessy Hill – 47 p.

Rte 522 - 604747 Dunrobin Dr, Dunrobin Pl. - 66 p.

Rte 523 - 2300-2399 Abbeyglen Way, 750-794 Dunrobin Dr. – 72 p.

Rte 544 - Holyrood Circ, Holyrood Pl. & 2070-2130 Vanhorne Dr.-24 p.

PINEVIEW VALLEY/ MT. DUFFERIN Rte 581 - Cannel Dr, Cascade St, 1508-1539 Hillside Dr, Mellors Pl. - 47 p.

Rte 584 - 1752–1855 Hillside Dr. – 26 p.

Rte 586 - 1505-1584 Mt Dufferin Cres, 1575 Park Way, 1537-1569 Plateau Pl. - 27 p.

Rte 588 - Davies Pl, 1680-1754 Hillside Dr, Monterey Pl, Scott Pl. – 46 p.

Rte 589 - 1200–1385 Copperhead Dr. – 52 p.

Rte 590 - 1397 Copperhead Dr, Saskatoon Pl. – 36 p.

VALLEYVIEW Rte 602 - Apple Lane, Knollwood Cres, Parkhill Dr, 1783 Valleyview Dr. - 47 p.

Rte 603 - Chickadee Rd, Comazzetto Rd, Strom Rd, 16251648, 1652-1764 Valleyview Dr. - 40 p.

Rte 605 - 17701919 Glenwood Dr, Knollwood Dr, Vicars Rd. – 61 p.

Rte 606 - Orchard Dr, Russet Wynd, 1815–1899 Valleyview Dr. – 39 p.

Rte 607 - Cardinal Dr, 1909-2003 Valleyview Dr. – 33 p.

Rte 608 - Curlew Pl & Rd, 1925-1980 Glenwood Dr. – 70 p.

Rte 618 – Big Nickel Pl, Chapman Pl, Marsh Rd, Paul Rd, Peter Rd, 2440-2605 Thompson Dr. – 58 p.

JUNIPER Rte 667 – Birkenhead Dr & Pl, 1674-1791 Cheakamus Dr, Similkameen Pl. – 64 p.

BROCKLEHURST Rte 4 - 727-795 Crestline St, 2412–2741 Tranquille Rd. - 70 p.

Rte 14 - 2399-2305 Briarwood Ave, McInnes Pl, Richards Pl, Wallace Pl. – 37 p.

Rte 19 – Downie Pl & St, Moody Ave & Pl, 2307-2391 Tranquille Rd. – 49 p.Rte 21 2300-2397 Fleetwood Ave, Fleetwood Crt & Pl, 1003-1033 Schriener St, 1020-1050 Westgate St.-52 p.

Rte 20 - Barbara Ave, Pala Mesa Pl, Strauss St, Townsend Pl. & 2105-2288 Tranquille Rd.-45 p.

Rte 21 - 2300-2397 Fleetwood Ave, Fleetwood Crt & Pl, 1003-1033 Schriener St, 1020-1050 Westgate St.-52 p.

Rte 31 - 1008-1095 Desmond St, Inglewood Dr, 1010-1088 Newton St, Oxford St. - 55p.

Rte 37 - 1710-1797 Fleetwood Ave, 913981 Newton St. & 9991085 Stardust St. – 39 p.

Rte 41 – Alexis Ave, 520-796 Singh St, Slater Ave. – 59 p.

BATCHELOR Rte 175 – Norfolk Crt, Norview Pl, 821-991 Norview Rd. – 38 p.

Rte 184 - 20772097 Saddleback Dr, 2001-2071 Stagecoach Dr. – 31 p.

Rte 186 - 1002-1098 Saddleback Crt. - 27 p.

WESTMOUNT/ WESTSYDE Rte 255 - 2478-2681 Parkview Dr. – 28 p.

Rte 257 - Alpine Terr, Community Pl, 2192-2207 Grasslands Blvd, Grasslands Pl, 881-936 McQueen Dr, Woodhaven Dr. – 53 p.

Rte 258 - 806879 McQueen Dr, Perryville Pl. – 36 p.

Rte 260 - 2040–2185 Westsyde Rd. – 24 p DALLAS/ BARNHARTVALE Rte 701 - Freda Ave, Klahanie Dr, Morris Pl, Shelly Dr, 901-935 Todd Rd. – 92 p.

Rte 710 - 1350-1399 Crestwood Dr, Ronde Lane, 1300-1399 Todd Rd. - 43 p, Rte 750 - 5101-5299 Dallas Dr, Mary Pl, Nina Pl, Rachel Pl. – 31 p.

Rte 751 - 5310 Barnhartvale Rd, Bogetti Pl, 5300-5599 Dallas Dr, 5485-5497 ETC Hwy, Viking Dr, Wade Pl. – 64 p.

Rte 754 - Hillview Dr, Mountview Dr. – 40 p.

Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 6724-7250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd, Stockton Rd. – 40 p.

Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 57 p.

RAYLEIGH Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 55 p.

Rte 831 - 4904-5037 Cammeray Dr, Mason Pl, Pinantan Pl, Reighmount Dr & Pl. – 61 p.

Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 44 p.

Rte 836 - Cahilty Cres, Hyas Pl, 4551-4648 Spurraway Rd. – 36 p.

Rte 837 - Helmcken Dr, 4654-4802 Spurraway Rd. – 24 p.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Vernetta Ella Povoas (née Magoon) Magoon) (née

April 29, 29, 1926 1926 -- November November 25, 25, 2019 2019 April It is with overwhelming sadness we announce the passing of the amazing amazing woman woman who who started started our our family. family. Mom, Mom, Grandma, Grandma, the Mam, Mam, Great-Grandma, Great-Grandma, Great-Great-Grandma.

Great-Great-Grandma.

Vernetta was predeceased by her husband Jim Povoas (1999), beloved beloved son son Denis Denis Henningsmoen Henningsmoen (1998) (1998) and and son-in-law son-in-law David Barclay (2015).

David Barclay (2015).

She is is survived survived by by her her daughters daughters Carrol Carrol Barclay-Harvyl Barclay-Harvyl (Ritch), (Ritch), She Elinor Elinor Braden Braden (Michael) (Michael) and and Gail Gail Brettell Brettell (Robert) (Robert) and and their their families. families.

Grandchildren: Grandchildren: Doug Doug Barclay Barclay (Angela), (Angela), Lori Lori Putoto Putoto (Eric), (Eric), Karen Karen Smith (Michael Stokker) and Steven Barclay (Ami), Marla Pochay Smith (Michael Stokker) and Steven Barclay (Ami), Marla Pochay (Adam) and Amy Braden and Victoria Brettell.

(Adam) and Amy Braden and Victoria Brettell.

Great-grandchildren: Great-grandchildren: Madison Madison and and Dylan Dylan Barclay, Barclay, Kelsey Kelsey Putoto Putoto (Clayton Mackenzie) and Gabrielle Putoto (Geoffrey Tompkins), (Clayton Mackenzie) and Gabrielle Putoto (Geoffrey Tompkins), Andrea Kjelgren (Jason), Sara Smith (Andrew Ferri) and Jacob Andrea Saraand Smith (Andrew Ferri) and Jacob Stokker, Kjelgren Jake and(Jason), Ella Barclay Clark and Harris Pochay.

Stokker, Jake and Ella Barclay and Clark and Harris Pochay.

Great-great-grandchildren: Charlotte and Maya Kjelgren and Great-great-grandchildren: Charlotte and Maya Kjelgren and Ashton and Lincoln Mackenzie.

Ashton and Lincoln Mackenzie.

We were lucky to have five generations in our family for eleven We were fiveespecially generations in our familywanting for 11 years.

She lucky lovedto herhave family, babies.

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She loved her family, especially babies.

Always wanting to snuggle the new ones, but they never wore enough clothing to the new ones, but they never wore enough clothing forsnuggle her liking! for her liking!

Vernetta was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. She was Vernetta wasborn born Rocky Mountain was the second ofin seven children andHouse, the lastAlberta. survivingShe sibling. the second born of seven children and the last surviving sibling.

Vernetta moved to Kamloops in 1949 and worked in the Plaza Vernetta moved to Kamloops in 1949 andher worked in the Plazaa Hotel and various jobs before starting own business, sewingand shop above Fabric House.

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She drove an ice cream 40s at Grandview Acres, with stories of ending up undertruck the for a short while, muchHer to the excitement grandchildren! deck not able to stop. dream of goingof toher Hawaii was finally fulfilled at age a cruise her daughters.

She learned to 80, ski on in her 40s atwith Grandview Acres, She withcruised stories to ending Alaska at 85!the Orange her favourite colour.

Mom of upage under deck was not able to stop. Her dream of was a magpie, loving everything sparkly, shiny and twinkling going to Hawaii was finally fulfilled at age 80, on a cruise withespecially brooches. her daughters. She cruised to Alaska at age 85! Orange was her favourite She colour. was a deeply. magpie,Sending loving everything willMom be missed love up sparkly, shiny andto twinkling - especially the party in heaven,brooches. where we know she is dancing in her blue sparkly outfit.

She will be missed deeply. Sending love up to the in heaven, where know shesupported In kindness, we party extend our hearts to allwe those that her, includingisPhaedra, Cribb and the special dancingDr. in her blue sparkly outfit. caregivers at The Hamlets.

In kindness, we extend our hearts to all those that supported In lieu of flowers, pleaseDr.make a donation to Diabetes Canada. her, including Phaedra, Cribb and the special caregivers at The Hamlets.

A service will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 2:30 pm at In flowers, please make The lieu ofHamlets in the a Grand Hall.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Bruce Douglas MacDonald

In Loving Memory of

Forty-three years ago, Bruce and Vivian said their vows and promised to love, support and cherish each other until death do us part. Sadly, that time has come. Left to mourn his loss and cherish his memory are his wife Vivian, his niece Megan MacDonald, her adult daughters Cheyenne Lovejoy (Jordan Winkel) and baby Jack Henry and Sydnay Lovejoy, his nephew Michael MacDonald (Anne) and their children Lukas and Mathea, his nephew Mathew MacDonald (Andrea) and their children Maitland and Ryan, his sister-in-law Barbara Blewett, his brother-in-law Gilbert Gardner (Gwen) and their daughters Jennifer Woodard (Ian) and their daughters Jordanna and Kaitlynn and Sarah Fawbert and her sons Nolan and Ryan. He is also survived by his brother Grant MacDonald.

July 11, 1947 - December 1, 2017

Bruce was born and raised in Mission, BC. He was predeceased by his parents Maitland MacDonald (1976) and Pat MacDonald (2006). Bruce worked for BC Tel/Telus in Prince George and Kamloops and retired in 2002 after a 36-year career.

My Darling Ron

October 28, 1946 - December 2, 2019

Over his life, Bruce enjoyed many things including hunting, fishing, boating, racing cars, renovating, woodworking, the NFL (go Steelers) and hoisting a few beers with family and friends. His lifelong passion was cooking, and nothing inspired and pleased him more than creating and serving food to everyone gathered around his table. All the family and many friends have a Bruce original recipe tucked away.

Vivian and her family thank everyone who supported her and Bruce throughout this very difficult time. A special thanks to Susan and Sharky Shaw and Bruce’s good buddy Walter Jedyk. As well we very much appreciate everyone involved in Bruce’s last days especially Dr. Broadbent, his receptionist Darlene and all the staff and volunteers at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

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March 12, 1932 – December 8, 2013

We are sad to announce the passing of Susan (Sue) Kathleen Rehaume (née Graham). She was born in Spirit River, Alberta on April 21, 1956, she passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 in Kamloops, BC at the age of 63. Sue loved nature, animals, travelling, hiking, golfing, baking, doing jigsaw puzzles and walking in the hills surrounding her home.

August 16, 1956 ~ December 5, 2017

Teresa Bruno

(née Graham)

She was fiercely loyal, uncompromising in her views, resolute and often kind to a fault. She truly was unique. Throughout her career as a Pharmacist in various locations in Alberta and BC, Sue was able to connect with and help many people from all walks of life. Her most effusive laugh could ‘lighten up’ a workspace or any room!

Left to cherish and treasure her memories are her family: June (Ron) Routledge, Allen (Shannon) Graham, Iris (Greg) Martin, her special friend Al Rehaume, her nieces and nephews and several grandnieces and nephews.

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Sue was predeceased by her parents Bill and Marjorie Graham and her brother David Graham.

The family wishes to convey special thanks to her Oncologist, Dr. Proctor and the Royal Inland Hospital 5-South nurses and doctors for their compassionate care. As well, we would like to thank Sue’s extended Sahali Save-On-Foods ‘Pharmacy family’ for their many visits and support during this difficult time.

At Sue’s request there will be no service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the University of Alberta, the Salvation Army or the SPCA.

Tuula Irene Helin

“Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me.

Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere.”

Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water

It has been two years since we last said goodnight, thank you for watching over me and giving me the courage to go on. I know there is a place where our energy goes, when my time comes we shall be together again.

I shall carry you in my heart always

Love Always Chris & Furli

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Mary Yadwiga Ripple April 6, 1936 - November 22, 2019

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, Mary Ripple passed away peacefully in her sleep at Overlander Extended Care on November 22, 2019 at the age of 83.

Her children Janice Cochran (Jim) and Patricia Bugera are profoundly sad and will miss her, along with her four grandchildren Jessica, Ryland, Vladimyr and Oksana, brother Danny Yarmush (Diane), sister-in-law Margarete Niessen (George), brother-in-law Andrew, nephews Dirk, Joseph, Michael, Kurtis and niece Kristyna.

She is predeceased by her parents Helena and Joseph Yarmush, husband Ronald Ripple and infant son Michael.

Mary was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1936.

She grew up in Verdun and helped in the family restaurant, where she eventually met the “love of her life” Ron, who often frequented the diner for their smoked meat sandwiches and fresh orange juice. After Mary and Ron were married in 1960, Janice was born in 1961, then Ron was transferred with the railway and they moved their young family to Minneapolis, Minnesota, then to Chicago, Illinois where Patricia was born in 1966. Seattle, Washington was their next home, then finally Kamloops.

Mary’s profession and creative outlet was hair dressing. She worked at the Westsyde Beauty Salon and made many friends at work and in the neighbourhood.

She was also an amazing seamstress, beautiful singer in the church choir and a fabulous cook.

If you were lucky to be invited to Mary’s for dinner, you never went hungry! Her Easter and Christmas feasts were most memorable.

The family would like to thank the compassionate staff at Overlander Extended Care and to Dr. Howie who looked after Mary for so many years.

There will be no service at this time.

A celebration of life will be held in the spring.

Should friends desire, in lieu of flowers, a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC would be greatly appreciated.

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Ronald Wilgosh Ronald Wilgosh passed away peacefully in Kamloops, British Columbia on December 3, 2019 at the age of 76 years.

He is lovingly remembered by his wife Marguerite, his daughter Christine, his son Daniel, his grandsons Grant and Derek and a large extended family in Winnipeg.

Ron is predeceased by his parents Joseph and Mary Wilgosh and his brother Robert.

Ron grew up in Transcona, Manitoba and moved with Marguerite to Vancouver in 1965 where Christine was born. In 1968, he moved his young family to Kamloops where Daniel was born. He worked as a sales representative for Lance Bissett Limited for 30 years until he retired in 1998. Through his work, he was instrumental in much of the residential construction in Kamloops during that time. He loved Kamloops and the easy going nature of the city and the people he chatted up wherever he went.

His greatest joy was his family and he proudly celebrated each of their achievements. He enjoyed taking them on vacations and made each one a fun adventure no matter the destination. Ron loved a great conversation and enjoyed sharing stories with his many friends over a cup of coffee. He was known for his quick wit, his infectious laughter and his kind and generous spirit.

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 1:00 pm at Schoening Funeral Chapel, 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC. Should friends desire, donations may be made to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home in Kamloops.

Ron’s family expresses their deep gratitude to Doctors Bantock and Steyn and the physicians and staff at the Heart Clinic, ICU and CCU at Royal Inland Hospital.

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Iva Adams

April 26, 1935 – November 26, 2019

October 10, 1932 - December 2, 2019

Berthe left us quietly during Monday’s snow with her family at her side. Born in St. Norbert, Manitoba to Maurice and Dianne, Berthe remained in Manitoba where she completed high school, earned her radiologist certificate, and met Stan, a tall Air Force pilot from the west. This last event led to a 38-year marriage that included a number of moves and the births of Sandra, Mike, Bill, Rob, Roxanne and Kevin.

Berthe and Stan settled in Kamloops and built the family home in Brock in 1969. Berthe, Stan and a varying number of their and other people’s children stayed in the Hall House until Stan’s passing in 1993. Berthe lived alone for many years until another tall man won her heart. Berthe and Jack shared 10 years of marriage before Jack’s passing.

Berthe’s accomplishments and roles were many: wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, union president, health board chair, president of ASK Wellness, aspiring politician, YMCA Woman of the Year, Kamloops Woman of Distinction, and more. Much of Berthe’s good work was done out of the public eye while in the kitchen, the sewing room, or around the kitchen table acting as an informal Ombudsman for those in need. Berthe’s faith was a major component of her life and she was as active in the church as in the home or community. Travel became a major factor for Berthe later in life and she enjoyed many winters in Mexico where she became a friend and benefactor to many.

The family would like to thank the RIH staff in Emergency and 6-North, the staff and volunteers at Kamloops Hospice and all those that shared a word or prayer during Berthe’s final days.

Prayers will be recited for Berthe on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 7:00 pm, The Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, December 13, 2019 at 11:00 am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 635 Tranquille Road, reception to follow.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in Berthe’s name to the Kamloops Hospice Association or the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of Iva Adams. She is survived by her son Keith and other family members. She will be dearly missed by all the people she was close to.

We would like to thank Dr. Bantock for his amazing care of Iva and a special thank you to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice home, you are truly loving people. Thank you for all that you do!!!

In memory of Iva, please make a donation to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home, 72 Whiteshield Crescent South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9 or by calling (250) 372-1336.

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Did you know you were brave, Did you know you were strong, Did you know there was one leaning hard, Did you know that I listened and waited and prayed And was cheered by your simplest word?

Did you know that I longed for that smile on your face, For the sound of your voice ringing true, Did you know I grew stronger and better because I had merely touched shoulders with you?

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