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PROTESTERS BLOCK RAIL LINE NEAR CHASE MICHAEL POTESTIO

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A rail blockade on train tracks east of Kamloops, near the Neskonlith Hall, was established on Thursday by a group of protesters standing in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northwest B.C. A Facebook post from Anushka Azadi reads: “Sacred Fire CALL OUT: We are standing on the tracks across the highway from Neskonlith Hall.

Come one come ALL!” Neskonlith Indian Band Chief Judy Wilson was reached by KTW and, while declining to comment, did say she was working to help mediate the situation.

“I’m not making any statements right now. I’m just dealing with the issues,” Wilson said. “I’ve been dealing with multiple levels, so there’s no statement right now.”

CP Rail said it was monitoring the situation.

The action is the latest in a series of nationwide protests that have blocked rail lines, roads, bridges, ports and the doors to the B.C. legislature.

ANUSHKA AZADI/FACEBOOK Protesters gathered near Chase on Thursday, where they blockaded the CP Rail line. Those protesting carried signs declaring “Secwépemc Sacred Fire in Solidarity” as they joined others in Canada in creating bariers as part of their support for the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ in northwest B.C., who oppose Coastal GasLink’s natural gas pipeline cutting through their traditional territory.

Protests began after the RCMP began enforcing a court injunction against protesters blocking access to Coastal GasLink’s work site on Wet’suwet’en land.

The B.C. RCMP has offered to move officers away from their position on Wet’suwet’en territory to the nearby town of Houston.

On Thursday, federal Public

Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters he is hopeful that move will satisfy the concerns that were raised and believes the time has come for the barricades to be dismantled.

Skeetchestn stands with Wet’suwet’en MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

The Skeetchestn Indian Band is calling on the federal and provincial government to withdraw police from the Unist’ot’en camp in northwest B.C., camps set up in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

The Skeetchestn band has issued a letter stating it “stands in support and solidarity” with the camp and hereditary chiefs “as they act peacefully to protect their unceded territories from unwanted exploitation and militarized intervention.”

At issue is the 670-kilometre Coastal GasLink pipeline that will deliver natural gas from the Dawson Creek area to the LNG Canada facility near Kitimat.

The Unist’ot’en camp is a checkpoint set up on a forest service road at the Morice River Bridge to prevent the pipeline from passing through Indigenous lands, which has lead to a

standoff between protesters and RCMP tasked with enforcing a court order to remove the blockade.

For Skeetchestn Chief Ron Ignace, the letter is more about principle than project.

“It’s not about the pipeline,” he said. “Our whole homelands have been expropriated from us … and they think nothing of coming in and saying we’re going to use this land for this without any thought that people may have their own rights, their own laws that they live by for thousands of years on how they utilize and govern that land.”

The chief of the Savona-area band said Skeetchestn issued the letter to show support. As for any further action from the band, Ignace said it is looking at supporting any legal defence should the situation arise, but hopes the situation is resolved without that coming to pass.

As for the Coastal GasLink pipeline itself, Ignace said he is opposed to fracking — the process by which natural gas is extracted from

the ground to be transported by via pipeline.

“Fracking will pollute the groundwater up there for eternity,” Ignace said. “Where’s the concern for the environment?”

The Skeetchestn letter states the heart of the conflict is an unjustified infringement of Wet’suwet’en rights and title by government and Coastal GasLink. It adds that the band unequivocally supports Wet’suwet’en title holders’ right to withhold consent for the pipeline in the interest of protecting their lands for future generations.

The pipeline project, however, has the support of all 20 First Nations along the route, the elected councils of which have signed benefit agreements with Coastal GasLink. The project is opposed by some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs.

Commenting on the difference of opinion between the chiefs, Ignace said that is an internal matter between the nations to resolve.

“That’s not for me to tell them what to do,” Ignace said.

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EV & E-BIKE STRATEGY

February 24, 2020 2:00 pm - Community Relations Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West

The City is developing an Electric Vehicle (EV) & Electric Bike (E-bike) Strategy to support the Province’s commitment to implementing electric vehicles. This strategy will serve as a road map to transition our community to electricity-powered transportation.

February 25, 2020 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing (cancelled) Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street

EVs and E-bikes will play an important role in contributing to a cleaner, healthier, lower-carbon future. The EV & E-Bike Strategy will guide how the City supports the adoption of EVs and E-bikes in Kamloops. The strategy will include targets, policies, and actions related to ways the City can influence EV and E-bike use.

March 2, 2020 1:30 pm - Civic Operations Committee Kenna Cartwright Boardroom 955 Concordia Way

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU • Survey - share your feedback by completing a five-minute online survey by February 28 • Engagement session - learn more and share your feedback in person on Wednesday, February 26, 5:00–8:00 pm, Valley First Lounge, Sandman Centre To learn more about the EV & E-Bike Strategy and how to get involved, visit:

March 10, 2020 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street March 11, 2020 2:00 pm - Finance Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street

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KAMLOOPS HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT To better understand current housing gaps and barriers and identify future housing needs, the City is preparing a Housing Needs Assessment. This assessment will provide important information and data to be able to better address and prioritize future housing needs for all residents.

In March 2020, residents will have opportunities to provide feedback to help identify housing challenges and potential future opportunities.

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EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Kamloops City Council is inviting nominations for the City’s Exemplary Service Awards. The awards formally acknowledge individuals who have dedicated their time and service to the city.

Selected citizens will receive an Exemplary Service Award as formal recognition of their contributions to the community.

The two nomination categories are: • young adult - 29 and under • adult - over 30 Nominees will have demonstrated commitment to various endeavours or services to the community over a period of time. Nominees' services should be considered a voluntary contribution to the growth and development of the community and the well-being of its citizens.

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Brooke Roberts and her husband, Kyle, thought they were out of the woods.

Early in 2019, Brooke was in the early stages of pregnancy.

Four months earlier, the couple lost a baby, Carter, at 36 weeks following an umbilical cord accident.

“We weren’t really expecting any hiccups with the second pregnancy,” Brooke told KTW. “With everything we’d been through, we thought the odds were in our favour.”

Not so fast.

At 20 weeks, Brooke’s ultrasound showed a small, but healthy baby boy. Doctors sent the family to B.C. Women’s Hospital in Vancouver just to be safe, given what they’d been through the previous year.

Brooke said the 26-week appointment showed a few signs for concern, so she was admitted to B.C. Women’s.

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ANNOUNCEMENT Declan, a baby so tiny that he has Brooke wondering if he might be the smallest ever born to a Kamloops family.

Declan was born on July 25, 2019, weighing about as much as a can of soup — one pound, three ounces, or 539 grams.

“I wasn’t even able to hold him until he was a week old,” Brooke said. “I stayed down in Vancouver for six months with him. My husband came back and forth every week.”

The Roberts family left the hospital on Jan. 31 and returned to their Barnhartvale home, mom and dad sufficiently trained on the equipment that helps keep Declan healthy.

“It was surreal to leave,” Brooke said. “It didn’t feel real. It was nerve-wracking and it was very exciting. It was awesome.”

The family — Declan, Brooke, Kyle and 15-year-old Kaden — found its groove after about a week.

“The first week was challenging trying to get enough sleep and figuring out where everything goes and what Declan’s day should look like,” Brooke said.

“It can be exhausting. We have respite nursing that comes in a couple of times a week. But we have a good routine now. The only struggle I foresee is getting him out of the house.”

That’s only had to happen once so far, for a doctor’s appointment at Royal Inland Hospital. Brooke said she expects trips to get easier with time, like everything else for Declan.

“He’s 13 pounds now and he’s seven months old,” she said. “He’s about the size of a small fourmonth-old.”

Doctors have told the Roberts that Declan should catch up in size by the time he turns five and have a very normal life — something for which they are grateful.

Declan’s lungs remain fragile, but they should normalize in childhood, Brooke said, and he is on a feeding tube and uses a respirator for the time being.

“The only real long-term deficits we’ll see at this point is he’ll have to wear glasses,” she said.

“Every little thing that could have gone wrong, it sorted itself out.”

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Kamloops Mounties are hoping tips from the public will help them track down a man missing for more than three days.

Roger Johnny was last seen on Family Day — Monday, Feb. 17 — in downtown Kamloops. Police say the 28-year-old has not been in contact with friends or family since.

Johnny is described as a First Nations man standing six feet tall and weighing 150 pounds, with short black hair.

He was last seen wearing a grey, DC-brand hoodie with a red hood and sleeves, as well as black shoes.

Anyone with information about Johnny’s whereabouts is asked to call police at 250-828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Kamloops RCMP released these two images of Roger Johnny in the hopes somebody will recognize him and call 250-828-3000 with information on his whereabouts.

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Notice of Application for Scrutineers Kamloops Centre for the Arts Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 14-1-178, 2020 Assent Voting (Referendum) On Saturday, April 4, 2020, qualified electors within the City of Kamloops will be voting on the following question: “Are you in favour of the City of Kamloops borrowing up to $45 million to construct a Kamloops Centre for the Arts?”

Scrutineers for and against the question must be appointed if applications are received from persons who wish to volunteer for the positions. Only persons entitled to vote as electors on the question shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. If sufficient applications are received, one scrutineer for and one scrutineer against the question will be appointed for each voting place. One scrutineer for the question and one scrutineer against the question will also be appointed to be present at the determination of the official results and, if necessary, at a judicial recount.

Applications to act as a scrutineer will be received by the Chief Election Officer at the office of the: City of Kamloops Legislative Services Division 7 Victoria Street West Kamloops BC V2C 1A2 Email: legislate@kamloops.ca Fax: 250-828-3578 during the period of:

9:00 am, March 20, 2020, to 4:00 pm, March 30, 2020.

Applications will only be received during regular office days and hours during this period. Application forms are available at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, or at www.kamloops.ca.

Interested persons can obtain information on the requirements and procedures for making an application by contacting the following persons at the City of Kamloops: Deanna Campbell, Chief Election Officer, 250-828-3405, dcampbell@kamloops.ca Alisha Statsmann, Deputy Chief Election Officer, 250-828-3718, astatsmann@kamloops.ca Deanna Campbell Chief Election Officer /Users/salesmanager/Downloads/Notice of Application for Scrutineers_NOT.docx

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City unlikely to buy Westsyde church for community use JESSICA WALLACE

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The Westsyde Community Development Society wants help securing new space after it and other groups were displaced with the re-opening last September of Westsyde elementary.

Westsyde Community Development Society president Diane Kuchma said the society previously utilized the school at 3550 Westsyde Rd. and has since been renting space at Westsyde Fellowship Church.

However, she said rental prices are steep and uncertainty remains about long-term availability.

When the society noticed the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses church, at 779 Franklin Rd. in Westsyde, was for sale, it thought the building could be utilized by community groups in Westsyde, North Kamloops and Brocklehurst.

KTW attempted to contact the church, but its phone mailbox was full. However, according to BC Assessment, the property in 2020 was assessed at $682,000.

Coldwell Banker is the listing real estate agent and the asking price for the property is $845,000.

The 28,000-square-foot parcel is the equivalent of more than a halfacre and, according to the listing agent, the city will consider rezoning the land for residential use.

As of now, the property is zoned P-2, which allows churches, daycare operations and schools. The 5,400-square-foot building includes an entry-level, 3,700-squarefoot hall and a second-level, 1,700-square-foot suite with multiple bedrooms.

“We saw it for sale, we looked at the property and we said, ‘Wouldn’t that be perfect?’” Kuchma said.

Kuchma said she emailed city council, asking the city to purchase the building and operate it similar to other facilities, wherein the city rents out space. She said the society could not purchase the building on its own as it does not have the manpower to run the facility, which she said would benefit more than the Westsyde Community Development Society.

“There was a lot of us that got displaced when they took the school [Westsyde elementary]

back,” Kuchma said.

“It was so great having a community centre. The cadets got displaced, they’re way out in Heffley.

They’ve lost half their membership because of the fact they’re so far out. They’re struggling.”

But the city does not appear receptive to the real estate idea.

Coun. Bill Sarai said that upon receiving the community request, the mayor replied that the city is not currently in the business of buying real estate to accommodate user groups.

“I can’t see us buying a building to house a group,” Sarai said. “It’s just not financially beneficial to the taxpayers.”

Coun. Arjun Singh noted issues that have arisen recently with respect to the use of the former Stuart Wood school downtown.

A day care had asked to use the vacant space, but its bid was rejected by council due to the future of the Crown property being a joint city-Tk’emlups te Secwépemc venture.

“I think we have to be careful as to what we’re doing around buying buildings for one group and not buying them for another,” Singh said.

Last of the poutine served on Feb. 27 Poutine shop Frenchies Poutinerie has announced it will close its doors at the end of the month.

In a post to Facebook on Wednesday night, owner Élie Hana announced the restaurant will serve its final French-Canadian concoction in Kamloops on Feb. 27 — at least for now.

Hana said the restaurant will re-open in Victoria sometime in the next few months.

“This community is so wonderful and we are lucky to have called this place our home,” the post reads.

“Because of this community, we have learned how to become a better business for our customers. We will continue to always lend a hand when it’s needed

and we will always be grateful for the love we have received.”

Hana said he is planning to franchise the restaurant, which could indicate a future return to Kamloops.

Frenchies made the news in July 2019 when its trailer, which Hana said had an estimated six-figure value, was stolen from South Kamloops. It was recovered near Barriere in August.

The business, located in 340 Victoria St., was put up for sale in January with a list price of $59,900.

The listing remains on the Facebook Marketplace, noting that the business name would not be included in that sale.

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or Tomi Abriel, and many others, it is about recovery, not recrimination.

Abriel is a Nova Scotia resident who has gone through that province’s mental-health court and told the Canadian Press in November, the court’s 10th anniversary, that the support he received from the court and the therapies accessed in the community turned his life around.

Chances are a person like Abriel, with mental-health issues, would not be in a better place today had he travelled through the regular criminaljustice system, one not tailored to those with specific needs.

The success of the Nova Scotia mental-heath court (now called “wellness court” in a bid to destigmatize the issue) and others in North America has advocates in Kamloops working to establish a similar system in Kamloops.

Among those behind the idea locally are defence lawyer Michelle Stanford and TRU law professor Ruby Dhand, who want to close the revolving door that sees those with mental-health issues and addictions criminalized.

If the bottom line for the powers-that-be and the skeptics in public is the bottom line, consider that money spent now on establishing a specialized mental-health court will save much more in the months and years ahead.

As Stanford noted in speaking to KTW, too many people with mentalhealth issues are being charged, pleading guilty, serving a sentence, being released without treatment and getting stuck in the same vicious cycle again and again. The specialized courts are not meant for those charged with serious crimes, but for those charged with the crimes that affect the majority of residents — theft, vandalism, and burglaries, for example — and which carry a massive price tag for the innocent victims.

The goals of mental-health courts are laudable: improve public safety, reduce justice system backlogs and, most importantly, improve the lives of those afflicted with mental-health issues.

These courts exists all across North America and have been in operation for decades. It is time for B.C. to enter the 21st century on this issue.

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ou’ve heard the myth of how to boil a frog, I’m sure.

Supposedly, if you drop a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will instantly jump out, but if you place the frog in cool water and gradually raise the temperature, the frog will stay put and eventually let itself be cooked.

According to biologists, it’s actually false; if you get the pot hot enough, no matter how gradually, a frog will jump out.

But when it comes to B.C. taxpayers, maybe the myth does hold.

How else would you explain the increased tax burden we’ve faced since the NDP came to power in 2017? The total tax burden borne by B.C. residents and businesses is set to climb from $28.2 billion in 2017-2018 to a proposed $36.9 billion in 2021-22, according to the government’s own budget documents released Tuesday.

That’s an increase of $8.7 billion, or 31 per cent in five years.

Now some of that is understandable — as the economy grows, so does income, and the government gets its share of that.

But 30 per cent in five years is a lot more than simply organic growth, isn’t it? In case you’re curious, that’s a cumulative impact along with organic growth of more than $26 billion through 2022 — and, according to the B.C. Liberals, it comes from a total of 23 new taxes or increases to existing taxes.

That’s everything from little drops in the bucket like a provincial gas tax in Victoria ($28 million over four years) and the BC Hydro Crisis Fund ($16 million over three years) up to billion-dollar hikes to

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income taxes, corporate taxes and the carbon tax. And it’s not counting the new taxes announced in yesterday’s budget – the “Netflix tax” on software (estimated by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation to be $16 million a year) and the expansion of the PST to include sugary drinks, whose impacts are not yet known.

In the case of income tax, the five-year increase in personal income taxes totals just under $11 billion, not counting the impact of the new surtax on high-income earners over $200,000 announced in the budget.

Corporate taxes? There’s an approximate hike of $3.1 billion over five years — perhaps not as much from increased corporate profits as from the 20 per cent hike in corporate tax rates.

The hike to the carbon tax of $5 per tonne brings in another $2.2 billion for the government over five years. That might be understandable, if the increase was revenue-neutral and designed to actually reduce emissions as the original carbon tax was designed to do.

This increase, alas, just goes into the gaping maw of general

revenue and, unlike most taxes, is one you can watch ticking by right before your eyes every time you’re gassing up.

But the real prize pig? That’s the government’s new Employer Health Tax. The government has traded its Medical Services Plan premiums — paid for by both employers and employees in most workplaces — for a new, employer-only payroll tax which affects every business in B.C. with a payroll over $500,000 a year. The total hit over five years: a little over $6 billion.

Yes, that one comes with a concurrent reduction in MSP premiums, but don’t kid yourself about that change. If you’re not paying MSP premiums on your paycheque, you’re paying for them in price hikes on every good and service you consume. And, if your employer can’t afford the hit to their bottom line, you might just pay for it with your job.

Even if you take the health tax out of the equation, the government’s tax revenue is still set to climb $6.7 billion, or just shy of $20 billion over five years.

Had the government walked into office back in 2017 and dropped a 30 per cent tax hike across the board, there would have been an instant revolt.

But nearly two-dozen tax hikes, spread gently and nearly invisibly across the landscape, from the gas pumps to your BC Hydro statement to your restaurant tab to your grocery bill, will have the same effect on your wallet.

Is it me, or is this water actually boiling?

Tim Shoults is operations manager of Aberdeen Publishing.

He can be contacted by email at tim@aberdeenpublishing.com.

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TEENS SHOULD READ THIS BOOK

ICBC NEEDS TO COMPETE WITH OTHER COMPANIES Editor: Re: Kamloops This Week’s front page story of Feb. 7 (‘ICBC: changes will reduce premiums’): Why is it that we remain the last province in Canada to get on board and offer the freedom of choice between competing auto insurance companies?

It’s too little too late on this ICBC initiative that may or may not work, depending on if it is challenged by lawyers whose injured clients may be negatively impacted by the cap payout restrictions.

If ICBC thinks it offers the best rates to consumers, then the Crown corporation should take down the walls and open up our B.C. border to some outside Canadian competition.

Les Evens Kamloops

Editor: Recently, a parent of a Valleyview student posted on the Valleyview Community Facebook page.

She shared her disgust that Grade 10 English students at the school were being exposed to reading Diary of a Part-Time Indian. She went so far as to obtain permission for her daughter to not read the book as part of the class novel study.

I am 15 years old and in Grade 10 at South Kamloops secondary. I read this book when I was 11 and I believe it is important for all teenagers to read it.

Diary of a Part-Time Indian covers teenagers persevering through bullying and coping with it in healthy ways, such as humour (“If these dang Indians had been this organized when I went to school here, maybe I would have had more reasons to stay.”).

The book deals with chasing your hopes and aspirations and, in fact, encourages it.

The character Junior desired more of an education, so he decided to switch schools to better himself, regardless of what others thought.

The book brings to light the fact that wealth inequality exists. Junior’s friends

prove to be more than understanding that he can’t afford things, even willing to pay for what he needs or give him rides to school because his parents can’t afford to do so.

The book brings up racism. Junior raises the point that racism has “bro-

ken down their self-worth” to the point where they believe they deserve to be treated how they are being treated.

Any teenager can understand this is horrible.

Diary of a Part-Time Indian deals with so many more issues, including support of family, alcoholism, loss and grief.

The inclusion of some profanity here and there doesn’t detract from the overall value of the book. It was written to be thought-provoking and a conversationstarter.

Diary of a Part-Time Indian isn’t simply about a bunch of high school kids running around cussing each other out and making sexual references.

It teaches kids morals and lessons.

As Junior says in its pages: “‘I used to think that the world was broken down by tribes,’ I said. ‘By black and white. By Indian and white. But I know that isn’t true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not.’”

Reading this book won’t change which of these two tribes someone belongs.

Rhiannon Conde Kamloops

FEELING UNSAFE WHILE USING THE BANK’S ATM Editor: The lobby containing the ATMs in the Royal Bank on the North Shore has become a weekend shelter for the homeless.

As an older man, I don’t feel very secure when I go to make a withdrawal and there are people sleeping there.

I am pretty sure others must feel this way, too.

I have expressed my concern and the Royal Bank seems unwilling to do anything about the situation.

They have a lot of resources and smart people working

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LET’S NOT FORGET THE REAL REASON BEHIND THE PROTESTS Editor: The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs claim the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline crosses their traditional lands and they are refusing permission for this to occur.

They have a case.

When B.C. joined Canada as a province in 1870, the federal government began negotiating land surrender treaties for all Canadian bands, mostly from Western Canada.

The British Columbia government under Joseph Trutch as chief commissioner of lands and works refused to allow more than four acres of land per native family as a land settlement.

The treaties signed on the Prairies gave 160 acres per family for their reserves.

Frustrated by lack of support from the provincial government, the federal government gave up on attempting to get land settlement in B.C. Since 1870, British Columbia is the only province that does not have land surrender treaties with its First Nations bands.

After 1870, the federal Department of Indian Affairs gave each B.C. band a small reserve that, in most cases, provided Indigenous people room for a house, but not enough to make a living.

Consequently, B.C. bands were in a much poorer situation in relation to all other bands in Canada that had negotiated land of at least 160 acres per family.

For more than a century, bands in B.C. have pleaded and protested this deprivation that has been continued by subsequent provincial governments.

After years of protest and numerous court cases outlining this injustice, the B.C. NDP government, in the 1990s, finally got negotiations started for land surrender treaties.

The provincial government agreed to pay 50 per cent of the cost of settlement (in land).

The provincial and federal governments pledged to give each band full title to their traditional territories.

CHAD HIPOLITO/CANADIAN PRESS FILE Wet’suwet’en protesters camp out in front of legislature in Victoria before the speech from the throne on Feb. 12.

Negotiations spanning more than 20 years have, so far, done very little in getting treaties signed. The main obstacle has been the bands’ claim for nearly all land in B.C. as their traditional lands.

Although British Common law states that original residents have ownership, to claim most of the province seems to be unrealistic to non-Indigenous negotiators.

This delay prompted the Wet’suwet’en band to take its land claim to court.

The resulting Delgamuukw decision in the Supreme Court of Canada stated the band’s claim was valid. At about the same time, the elected Wet’suwet’en band council gave approval for the gas pipeline to go through its territory.

The separate hereditary chiefs’ decision and the separate approval of the pipeline by the band council is the issue at stake in recent protests. These events have occurred separately from the ongoing B.C. treaty negotiations.

The Wet’suwet’en band had convinced the court that its claim was valid, but the

court was not the government agency to determine validity as that was to be done in treaty negotiations.

Thus the hereditary chiefs’ position was not the officially legal position.

Traditional land claims are the exclusive responsibility of ongoing treaty negotiations, not the court . The hereditary chiefs ignore this and offer the Delgamuuku decision as the basis of their right to reject the pipeline.

The painfully slow progress of treaty negotiations in British Columbia is the cause of the protests.

John Hart Kamloops Editor’s note: The letter writer has a Ph.D. in Canadian History from the University of Guelph in 1979 and a master’s degree in Canadian and American History from the University of Oregon in 1974. In addition, he was executive director of the Secwépemc Cultural and Education Society in Kamloops from 1992 to 1994.

TOLERANCE TRUMPS SAFETY IN CANADA Editor: Canada is more concerned about political correct tolerance than with saving the lives of its own people during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Canada has refused to ban flights from China, as the United States has done.

This is foolish liberal symbolism being more important than saving Canadian lives.

Dan Smith Kamloops

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On Jan. 13, Barry Shantz was shot and killed by police during an altercation at a Lytton-area home, two hours southwest of Kamloops.

The following is a profile of the Barry Shantz people in Abbotsford knew, before he and his wife moved to the Fraser Canyon.

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sk any two people in Abbotsford about Barry Shantz and you’ll likely get vastly different answers.

Even those closest to him acknowledge he was a complicated figure.

By all accounts, Shantz was a confrontational man with a temper, severe PTSD and methods for fighting for the rights of the city’s homeless that could be called into question. At the same time, no one questioned his passion for that fight.

“People who were homeless in Abbotsford felt like they had a lightning rod who was going to take the hits for them,” said Brian Gross, a friend of Shantz and the executive director of the MatsquiAbbotsford Impact Society.

“People felt safe because Barry was willing to put himself out there and say the difficult things for them and it wouldn’t fall back on them.

“And it did fall a great deal on him. It did take a toll.”

Shantz was killed by Lytton RCMP officers after they were called to his home on Jan. 13. The call was placed by his wife, Janet, who reportedly said he might have been suicidal and had a gun.

Janet and her 19-year-old daughter were able to leave the property before a six-hour standoff with an RCMP emergency response team ensued. Shantz reportedly told a 911 operator he was going to walk out of his property and toward police with a shotgun. He asked to be shot.

The standoff ended at 2 p.m. with Shantz being shot six times on his front porch.

Shantz co-founded the advocacy group Drug War Survivors.

He and his group were instrumental in getting the City of Abbotsford to change its bylaws prohibiting the homeless from camping overnight in public parks.

A court battle — with Shantz and the Drug War Survivors on one side and the city on the other — resulted in a 2015 B.C. Supreme Court ruling that set precedents for the rights of the homeless.

FROM CONVICT TO ACTIVIST Shantz’s journey as an advocate for the marginalized began shortly after his release from prison.

He had been sentenced in 1994 to 15 years in prison after being convicted of money laundering and possessing hashish with the intent to distribute.

Several others were also charged and American police at the time said it was the biggest hash bust — 60,000 kilograms were seized — in U.S. history.

People who knew Shantz said his time in prison left him traumatized.

At one point, he spent six months in solitary confinement for organizing a work strike among prisoners. At another point, he watched a fellow inmate try to hang himself in his cell.

Gross said Shantz began reading every law book he could find “just to keep himself sane.”

He helped other prisoners access medication, gave legal advice and helped file lawsuits, grievances and freedom of information requests.

During his time behind bars, Shantz met his lawyer, Abbotsford’s John Conroy. His close association with Conroy eventually put him on his activist path.

Conroy had lobbied throughout his career for Canadian prisoners in the U.S. to be transferred back to their home country, where he believes rehabilitation is more successful.

Over a 10-year period, Shantz helped write a report on the international treaty transfer program while Conroy chaired a Canadian Bar Association committee on imprisonment and release.

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Although he never obtained his sought-after transfer, Shantz was eventually deported back to Canada in November 2004. He had spent 13 years, two months and 11 days in almost a dozen U.S. prisons.

Conroy said he promptly hired Shantz upon his release to do maintenance jobs around his law office when “he didn’t have two nickels to rub together.”

The office was located near Jubilee Park in downtown Abbotsford, an area surrounded by homelessness and drug addiction — issues that would come to define the final chapter of Shantz’s life.

“Meeting those people, talking to them, interacting with the various groups trying to help people and hearing their stories, I think that, in particular, really moved him,” Conroy said. “He was often the guy who was prepared to take the people to the hospital.”

Shantz used empathy over confrontation when dealing with people on the streets. For public officials, it was a different story.

A CONFRONTATIONAL MAN The unyielding manner in which Shantz lobbied for policy change often alienated other people.

“He pushed himself right down their throats. He made them [people] hate him so they would notice what was going on,” said Gordon Wallace Harrod, a friend and member of the Drug War Survivors’ peer network. “It spurred a lot of people into action.”

One example of Shantz’s tactics could be seen in the fight against a city bylaws restricting harm-reductions services. The bylaw prevented the Fraser Health Authority from opening safe-injection sites, needle exchanges and methadone clinics in Abbotsford.

Shantz and a group of members of the Drug War Survivors walked into city hall holding makeshift containers with thousands of used needles they had collected from the streets.

The group marched to the

bylaw enforcement office — followed by police officers — and placed the collection on a clerk’s desk before rhetorically asking where they should go.

That type of confrontational action was typical for Shantz. He had a reputation for yelling at officials, sending accusatory emails en masse and disrupting public meetings.

Gross said he first met Shantz in 2009 because Shantz would attend every public meeting on social development, mental health, substance abuse and homelessness.

“He had a problem with the criminalizing of substance abuse, taking people who have already been ground down and grinding them up some more,” Gross said.

“Some people would become frustrated with him because he was always talking about the root causes.”

Shantz thought political incrementalism was killing the people who could least afford to wait, according to Gross.

“He was impatient because his friends were dying … He was trying to be a witness, in most cases, for inaction or ineffective action,” Gross said. “So many of the people that were around when I first met Barry are dead now.”

Shantz led a month-long protest over the city’s attempt to dismantle a homeless camp in Jubilee Park in 2013. Wegenast said Shantz’s tendency for confrontation could escalate already-tense situations.

“There were some pretty intense standoffs around some of the protest camps. Some people were put in really risky situations

by Barry’s initiatives,” Wegenast said. “With Barry, everything was turned up to an 11. Everything.

That’s part of his legacy as well.”

Shantz and the Drug War Survivors eventually found themselves in an alliance with Archway Community Services, Positive Living, 5 and 2 Ministries, Welfare for Women’s Resource Society and Pivot Legal Society. In B.C. Supreme Court, they success-

fully challenged, on human-rights grounds, Abbotsford’s bylaws that restricted people from camping overnight in parks. Shantz and the Drug War Survivors were the lead plaintiffs.

The case is still cited in a range of legal matters, from the rights of homeless people to the rights of the imprisoned.

REACTIONS TO HIS DEATH Those who knew Shantz expressed heartbreak over his death and called for a proper inquiry into the circumstances around the RCMP’s lethal use of force.

“Shocking is the wrong word.

It was deeply, deeply saddening,” Wegenast said. “I can’t pretend to have insight into what happened in the moment, but the bar is pretty high for officers to use lethal force.”

Shantz was open about his struggles with mental health and PTSD, according to Conroy. He said Shantz had sought medical help, but was struggling to find a personal doctor.

“It’s a very sad and unfortunate thing for things to end like this. I’m wondering what he did when he was on the porch,” Conroy said.

“What caused the officers to shoot? It seems obvious that they knew he had mental-health issues.”

The Lytton RCMP’s actions in using deadly force are being investigated by the province’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office.

Shantz had moved from Abbotsford to Lytton shortly after the victory in B.C. Supreme Court.

Gross said hearing about the manner of Shantz’s death hit him like “a sucker punch,” adding he could see how something like that could happen.

“If I were to think of everyone that I know that would most likely die from being shot by the RCMP, he would be higher on that list than most people,” Gross said.

“But I also don’t want him to be remembered for that. Barry was really pushing for the people that he knew, cared about, loved, and that gave him a purpose in life.”

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Minor injuries, major damage in crash Two people were not seriously injured after their vehicle collided with the back of a semi-truck on the highway in Dufferin early Wednesday morning.

Kamloops Mounties responded to the 2 a.m. crash along Highway 1 near exit 366 to Copperhead Drive,

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The law society said McKinley later tried to mislead the Law Society auditors by providing them with false information, including a heavily redacted client account ledger.

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Put it to the people Just over a month out from a city-wide vote to decide fate of proposed arts centre, KTW looks back at referenda past JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

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ry to imagine Kamloops without McArthur Island, Riverside Park, Sandman Centre or the Tournament Capital Centre — facilities all built via referendums.

Kamloops voters will head to the polls on April 4 to decide if they will approve the city borrowing up to $45 million to build the proposed Kamloops Centre for the Arts, a 120,000-square-foot performing-arts space pitched downtown, at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Seymour Street.

In advance of the referendum, Kamloops This Week dug into the archives and reached out to past and present city officials and politicians for insight into referendums past that spawned today’s civic facilities.

Voters will head to the polls on April 4 to decide whether the city will borrow money to fund construction of a downtown performing arts centre.

DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE In 1980, Kamloops residents were asked whether they approved the city borrowing $1.7 million to build what would become Riverside Park.

Forty years ago, city’s residents decided to build Riverside Park Space was made available after Shuswap Lumber mill burned; city purchased land

DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE City voters approved the construction of Riverside Coliseum — later Sport Mart Place, then Interior Savings Centre and now Sandman Centre — in the early 1990s, after rejecting a more elaborate proposal on a first referendum.

Sandman Centre failed on first ballot, later passed Those cheering on the Kamloops Blazers at Sandman Centre may be surprised to learn the arena project initially failed via referendum before it was approved.

City of Kamloops civic facilities manager Jeff Putnam said the rejected $50-million proposal in the late 1980s included a conference centre, hotel, arena, art museum and performing-arts space.

The city needed to borrow $10 million for the project, Putnam said, but it failed, with the “No” side garnering 50.6 per cent of the vote.

Putnam said a revised proposal a short time later included only the arena, and it passed.

If the city were to build Sandman Centre today, Putnam said, it would cost $100 million.

“History tells me, the sooner you can build

something the better because your costs never go down,” he said.

A story in the Oct. 11, 1991, edition of Kamloops This Week detailed a 14 per cent provisional tax hike proposed for Kamloops residents in 1992, five per cent of which would go toward building what would initially be called Riverside Coliseum.

The article stated that while the city approved the project at $18.6 million, an extra $1.5 million was needed for additional work, such as landscaping.

KTW reported at the time: “The city had hoped to get funding from the federal and provincial governments for that, but it was turned down, Alderman [Russ] Gerard said.”

Riverside Park’s path to what it is today stretches back to the turn of the 20th century, when the Shuswap Lumber mill burned and the city began purchasing land for a city park.

According to the city, the riverbank had been used unofficially for swimming and picnicking and development began with land acquisition.

According to an April 18,1980, article in the Kamloops News, council gave itself authority to acquire property as part of long-term plans for a waterfront park stretching along Lorne Street.

A story months later, in the Oct. 10, 1980, edition of the Kamloops News, detailed an impending referendum, in which the city would ask residents to borrow $1.7 million for development of a riverfront park from the Overlanders Bridge to the Yellowhead Bridge, as part of recommendations from the city’s 1974 parks and recreation plan.

Conceptual drawings show Riverside, Pioneer and Exhibition parks, including roads, parking, landscaping, lighting, a fitness circuit, adventure playground, tennis courts, terraced display beds, rock outcroppings, fencing and walls, a lookout and river walkway from the display area to the Red Bridge, a playing

field, a twin softball facility and field house.

“It would include restoration of the waterfront for a wide range of active and passive recreational uses in the context of unique environmental opportunities,” the Kamloops News reported.

The Devonian Foundation had pledged $400,000 toward the project and the Kamloops Rotary Club offered $10,000.

“City officials say they believe the proposal has a good chance of passing, considering the positive response of the voters to the $1,358,000 McArthur Island Park proposal in 1978,” the Kamloops News reported.

The referendum was held on Nov. 15, 1980, in conjunction with the civic election, and it passed. At the time, a city administrator told the Kamloops News he was “particularly pleased” with the result, calling it an “indication of the maturity of the community.”

Today, Riverside Park plays host to Music in the Park, Canada Day celebrations, tennis and pickleball games, beachgoers, waterpark splishsplashers, runners, walkers, dragon boaters, families and a scenic view of the confluence of the North and South Thompson rivers.

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Voters approved $38M in borrowing for TCC project Another referendum was held in 2003, this time asking the electorate to borrow $37.6 million to improve Tournament Capital facilities.

Terry Lake was a city councillor at the time and said it was unusual for a referendum to pass the first time, noting Riverside Coliseum had taken successful referendums to become a reality and water-meter installation was rejected by voters (the city ultimately ended up installing water meters without going to referendum and the infrastructure has proven to reduce water usage in recent years, saving the city from building costly infrastructure to increase capacity).

Lake said the Tournament Capital facilities referendum succeeded because council was “solidly” behind the project. He said lessons can be taken from how information was disseminated during that era.

“We did a good information campaign by city council to explain what it would mean for people’s taxes,” Lake said.

Former Kamloops Daily News editor Susan Duncan penned a column in September of 2003 on the subject of misinformation.

“People have a right to vote yes or no. They have a right to express their opinions any way they like, including through letters to the editor. Both sides will be printed,” Duncan wrote.

“However, it would be a refreshing change if people would stick to the facts. Many of the people blasting off about the folly of the sports facility project were also opposed to building Sport Mart Place [now Sandman Centre] many years ago …

There is some truth that you have to spend money to make money. There is also truth to the saying, it’s easier to tear something down than to build it up. We have a lot of people in town who enjoy wallowing in negativity. They accuse everyone with a different viewpoint from theirs of having a hidden agenda. Yet, they refuse to research their arguments. It’s so much easier to reach a conclusion without the facts.”

Significant media coverage can be found on the Tournament Capital facilities referendum and a “Yes” campaign appeared to be in full force. Thenmayor Mel Rothenburger penned a column in the Jan. 20, 2003, edition of the Kamloops Daily News about plans for new Tournament Capital facilities, while full-page newspaper ads were taken out by a Yes Committee and newspaper letters sections were inundated with opinions on the proposal.

An Oct. 23, 2003, letter to the editor from Kamloops Youth Soccer Association chair Eric Putoto stated: “I would like to encourage all 8,000-

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE The Tournament Capital Centre was put to Kamloops voters in 2003 in the form of a referendum asking whether the city could borrow more than $37 million to fund the project.

plus soccer moms, dads and players of voting age to come out on Nov. 1 and show your support by voting yes.”

Those in opposition of the project, meanwhile, suggested a tax reduction after paying off the arena and other priorities. In one letter to the editor, a resident wrote: “It is as absurd to declare Kamloops the Tournament Capital of Canada and request another $37.6 million for facilities as it would be for Sudbury, Ont., to declare itself the Opera Capital of Canada and request a like amount for related facilities.”

Also of note, the Tournament Capital facilities proposal included facility upgrades for both the North and South shores.

Peter Mutrie, then-general manager of the North Shore Business Improvement Association, told this newspaper in 2003 he was voting “yes” to what he called a “catalyst project” to build business on the North Shore, as KTW labelled the project “the first major investment on the North Shore in recent memory.

Referendum transformed McArthur Island from wasteland to sports mecca Once a barren sand dune home to sewage lagoons and a landfill, McArthur Island has been transformed over the years into a recreation mecca in the Tournament Capital of Canada.

The city’s busiest year-round park hosts many activities for residents and visitors, including baseball, soccer, curling, hockey, speed skating, figure skating, rollerblading, jogging, walking, boating, biking, skateboarding and lawn bowling.

Before all that arrived, however, residents were asked to approve spending to develop the island.

In 1978, the electorate gave the nod to $1.4 mil-

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lion in funding that paved way for the activities enjoyed today.

In the Dec. 5, 1979, edition of the Kamloops News, then-mayor Mike Latta listed the “major expansion” of McArthur Island, approved by referendum, among city accomplishments in a speech he gave at a mid-term inaugural meeting. Latta said McArthur Island would become a “major parks and recreational facility in our community.”

“When completed in 1980, we will have one of the finest facilities anywhere in the interior of B.C.,” Latta said.

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Volunteers needed for homeless count The City of Kamloops is looking for volunteers to participate in its latest point-in-time homeless count.

The count, which will take place on March 23 and March 24, serves to both tally the number of people experiencing homelessness in

Kamloops over a specified period of time and to gather information on the demographics and service needs of the local homeless population.

Successive counts serve to provide a measure of progress, according to the city.

On the evening of March 23,

volunteers will survey people staying in emergency shelters. The following day, a street count will be conducted.

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and participate in the survey.

No experience is required to volunteer, but those who help out must attend a training session and work in teams led by an experienced team leader to ensure participants’ and volunteers’ safety and comfort.

Volunteer training will take place during the week of March 9.

The city conducted its first National Point-in-Time Homeless Count during a 24-hour period on March 27 and March 28, 2018, which revealed there were at least 190 homeless people in Kamloops.

But, teacher — the dog read my homework!

The dog days of the school year are coming to Marion Schilling elementary.

Each week for the rest of the school year, canine companions are joining students of the Valleyview school to help them with their reading skills.

The Paws 4 Reading Program is being held at the school as part of St. John Ambulance’s therapy dog program, which involves having a child-certified dog visit a school to sit with students as they read.

“It is a wonderful way to motivate students,” said Trudie BonBernard, therapy dog co-ordinator with St. John Ambulance.

BonBernard is now bringing a therapy dog to Marion Schilling one day per week to work with students in grades 4 to 7, in collaboration with the school and its parent advisory council.

“Research shows that when children interact with a dog, their stress and anxiety is reduced and their feelings of wellness and

their feelings of positivity towards school is increased,” BonBernard said.

“That carries over to their reading.”

BonBernard’s dog, a 12-year old Australian labradoodle named Skye, has been a therapy dog for eight years, having worked in hospitals and wellness events. Skye is also a family court canine and a former TRU therapy dog.

BonBernard said she hopes to hear from other schools that might be interested in hosting the Paws 4 Reading Program.

St. John Ambulance has 70 therapy dogs in the Kamloops area — 24 of them being child-certified, which means they can work in schools in the district.

“They range in size from tiny, about four pounds, to 150 pounds,” BonBernard said.

“There are the kinds of dogs you would expect, like Labradors who are certainly great for the job, but we also have blue heelers, Aussie shepherds, purebred dogs and rescue dogs.”

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A casting call for extras from the Merritt area briefly appeared on a casting website earlier this month. The film stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isabella Sermon and Laura Dern, with Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum reprising their roles from Jurassic Park.

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The first of five B.C. patients with coronavirus has recovered, the Ministry of Health and B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, announced Wednesday.

The patient no longer has symptoms of the virus, following by two successive negative test results 24 hours apart.

Henry also referred to the negative test of province’s first coronavirus patient during last week’s coronavirus press conference update.

The four remaining B.C. patients with coronavirus are recovering in isolation at home, with monitoring from public-health teams.

The province’s fifth pre-

sumptive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) — a woman in her 30s who lives in the Interior Health region — has now been confirmed by the National Microbiology Laboratory.

Over the next few days, Health Canada will begin releasing repatriated Canadians from 14 days of quarantine in Trenton, Ont. and they will no longer be required to self-isolate or take any additional precautionary measures. Those residents returned to Canada from China.

Fourteen days is believed to be the longest incubation period for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, healthy Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will short-

ly be heading home, according to Canada’s foreign affairs minister, after weeks under quarantine.

The ship, docked in Yokohama, Japan, has seen the largest outbreak of the virus outside China, with 634 passengers having tested positive at last count.

Among the infected are 47 Canadians who will have to remain in Japan for treatment.

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that passengers would be screened Thursday evening, Japan time — mid-day in North America.

The passengers will each be issued a face mask and coloured wrist band before they are ushered off the ship to the Haneda Airport, accord-

ing to a letter from government officials to the evacuees on board the ship.

Those who are cleared to travel will be taken to Canadian Forces Base Trenton for further screening before they are placed under another two-week quarantine at the Nav Centre in Cornwall, Ont. Health Minister Patty Hajdu said there was a chance that those who tested negative for the virus and show no signs of symptoms may be released from quarantine early under the discretion of Canada’s top public-health doctor.

The evacuation comes just after Japanese officials broke the news that two passengers from the ship died after contracting the virus.

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Nominations for Directors for this election shall be submitted to Jarnail Singh Gill (President) March 8 between 9 am - 11 am, March 9 between 9:30 am - 11:30 pm, March 15 between 9 am - 11 am, March 16 between 9:30 am - 11:30 pm, March 21 between 10 am - 12 pm, March 22 9 am - 11 am at the main office of the Sikh Cultural Society, 700 Cambridge Crescent, Kamloops, BC. The election will be held on April 4, 2020 at 700 Cambridge Crescent, Kamloops BC between 10 am - 8 pm with the sole or single purpose of the election being to elect eleven members to the Board of Directors of the Sikh Cultural Society for the 2020-2022 term.

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK SHOTS Mall miscreant moved merchandise On Monday, Feb. 3, a man stole items from a store in Aberdeen Mall.

He is Indigenous, in his 50s and has shaggy grey and black hair. He was wearing blackframed glasses, a black hoodie and grey pants.

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

Knowing wrong from right is as simple as black and white On Saturday, Feb. 15, two men broke into an underground parkade in Kamloops and stole items from a car.

The first suspect is white and was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, a red ball cap and one black and one white runner.

The second suspect was wearing a black jacket, black jeans, black sneakers, a black hoodie with the hood and a black and white skull face mask.

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

Help catch downtown shoplifter On Family Day — Monday, Feb. 17 — a man stole items from a downtown business.

He is white and has short, brown hair. He was wearing an orange/red/burgundy jacket and was carrying a backpack.

If you can identify him, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).

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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.

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The society that operates a large Sikh private school and that has acquitted Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik as its school board chairman has been ordered to pay more than $75,000 in a wrongful dismissal case.

Surinder Virk, who was employed by the Satnam Educational Society of B.C. from September 1998 to June 2010, filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful dismissal and other employment breaches after being terminated from his job as a vice-principal at the Khalsa Primary School following the 2009-2010 school year.

At trial, Virk, 50, claimed that he was an indefinite-term employee and that the society “unilaterally” put him on probation and withheld a raise before dismissing him without cause and without reasonable notice.

The society responded by arguing that he was a fixed-term employee and that his performance was not satisfactory and he was put on probation. It also alleged he did not meet the conditions of a wage increase and his fixed-term contract was not renewed after it expired.

Virk, Jasbir Singh Bhatia, a principal at one of the four campuses of the school, and Malik were the three main witnesses at the trial.

Malik, who was acquitted in 2005 in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that claimed the lives of 331 people, was unhappy with Virk’s performance as a vice-principal.

He claimed that Virk was “noncaring,” accused him of being “in a clique” and urged him to take more “pride” and “ownership” in his job, the trial heard.

Bhatia, however, testified that he was satisfied with Virk’s job performance. Virk denied the allegations levelled by Malik.

In her ruling on the case, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Norell said that she was impressed with Bhatia as a witness, noting that he was no longer employed by Satnam and had no personal interest in the litigation.

She found that where there was a conflict in the evidence between Bhatia’s assessment of Virk’s performance and Malik’s assessment, she accepted Bhatia’s account.

“It was clear Mr. Bhatia was caught in the middle between Mr. Malik and Mr. Virk,” said the judge.

“In my view, as a senior experienced teaching professional and the person who observed Mr. Virk the most and on a daily basis, Mr. Bhatia was the person best able to assess Mr. Virk’s performance.”

Malik became increasingly dissatisfied with Virk for reasons that coloured his perceptions of him, including that Virk was friendly with a former Satnam employee who had filed a lawsuit against the society, said the judge.

“I find that Mr. Virk was discouraged by the situation and felt that he was in a no-win situation,” said the judge. “This may have appeared to Mr. Malik to be non-caring. However, Mr. Virk described his very busy job and the more than full-time hours he was working, and I accept he was working hard in favour of the school.”

The judge concluded that Virk was an indefinite-term employee, was entitled to a pay raise and a 12-month notice period and awarded him more than $75,000 in damages.

Freeland agrees to NDP trade pitch in return for new NAFTA support: letter CANADIAN PRESS

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Freeland offered that view in a Wednesday letter to the New Democrats, a promise that secured the party’s support for a speedier ratification of the new North American trade deal, which is still before Parliament.

In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Canadian Press, Freeland made clear she is agreeing to the NDP proposals to get support for ratifying the new continental trade agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Freeland maintained that the 13 months of acrimonious negotiation among the three countries was open and transparent because the government consulted widely with stakeholders.

NDP trade critic Daniel Blaikie disagreed, saying the actual negotiations were held in secret.

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Study links home cleaning products to childhood asthma CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI

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VANCOUVER — New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child’s risk of developing asthma.

The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living in homes where cleaning products were used frequently were more likely to develop childhood wheeze and asthma by age three.

Lead author Jaclyn Parks, a health sciences graduate student at Simon Fraser University, said

the first few months of life are critical to the development of a baby’s immune and respiratory systems.

“The risks of recurrent wheeze and asthma were notably higher in homes with frequent use of certain products, such as liquid or solid air fresheners, plug-in deodorizers, dusting sprays, antimicrobial hand sanitizers and oven cleaners,’’ Parks said in a release.

“It may be important for people to consider removing scented spray cleaning products from their cleaning routine. We believe that the smell of a healthy home

is no smell at all.’’

The study was published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

The study used data from 2,022 children enrolled in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development cohort study and examined their daily, weekly and monthly exposure to 26 types of household cleaners — including dishwashing and laundry detergents, cleaners, disinfectants, polishes, and air fresheners.

By the age of three, 7.9 per cent of those living in homes where cleaning products were used

frequently had asthma. That’s compared to nearly five per cent diagnosed from homes that used low amounts of products.

Data were collected between 2008 and 2015.

Researchers also found the relationship between product exposure and respiratory problems was much stronger in girls than boys.

Lead researcher Tim Takaro of Simon Fraser University noted infants typically spend most of their time indoors and come in regular contact with household surfaces, making them especially

vulnerable to chemical exposure.

The findings suggest that small, preventive changes could help families with children at risk of asthma. That could include choosing cleaning products that are not sprayed or contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are gases emitted from solids or liquids that can be found in aerosol sprays, paints, glue, cleansers and disinfectants.

Health Canada recommends reducing VOC exposure, noting health effects may include breathing problems, irritation of eyes, nose and throat, and headaches.

U.S. border agents find human brain in mail package CANADIAN PRESS

PORT HURON, Mich. — Unusual packages turn up at border crossings every now and then, a U.S. border official said Thursday, but it was still strange for officers to find a human brain in a shipment from Toronto last week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found the brain packed in a glass mason jar in a Canada Post shipment during a random inspection on Valentine’s Day, CBP spokesman Kris Grogan said.

The brain was packaged with bubble wrap and what appeared to be paper towel, Grogan said, but without any supporting documentation.

The only description along with the package — which originated in Toronto and was headed for Kenosha, Wis. — was that it contained an “antique teaching specimen.’’

“It is a very unique case to open up a package with absolutely no documentation or anything and to find out that it’s a brain,’’ Grogan said in an interview.

“But I will say, nothing surprises us anymore on some of the things that we do find.’’

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Dr. Tom Warshawski said studies show sugary drinks contribute to obesity, a leading cause of Type 2 diabetes, and health outcomes have improved in jurisdictions where sugar taxes are levied.

He said he’s been lobbying the B.C. government for the last five years to tax sugary soda drinks to improve children’s health.

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Celebrate Black History Month with these events Every February, Canadians are invited

to participate in Black History Month festivities

and events that honour the legacy of Black

Canadians, past and present.

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guided by the past,� inspired by the theme of the United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 to 2024).

In Kamloops, the following events will take place to the end of February: • Just Mercy film screening, Friday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, downtown at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue.

Join the Kamloops Caribbean Cultural Society, the AfricanCanadian Heritage Association of Kamloops and the Kamloops Film Society for a special showing of the true story of the case of the wrongfully convicted Walter McMillian.

The Sankofa Bird is the emblem for this year’s Black History Month in Canada.

There will also be a fundraising bake sale of African and Caribbean snacks in the lobby. • Black History Month Thompson Rivers University Celebration, Friday, Feb. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. at the TRU Campus Activity Centre.

The TRUSU Caribbean Student Club will present an afternoon of music, food, games, free hair braiding and a photo exhibition.

Everyone is welcome. • Black History Month Community Celebration, Saturday, Feb. 29, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Plaza Hotel, downtown at Victoria Street and Fourth Avenue.

The Kamloops Caribbean Cultural Society and the AfricanCanadian Heritage Association of Kamloops have teamed up to present a pan-African dinner celebration featuring live performances from local talents — including TRU students and alumni — to celebrate the rich history of African and Caribbean countries.

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Ukes en route to Parkcrest students Kamloops Ukulele Orchestra raised $2,000 SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

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lthough a new Parkcrest school is still years out, some of what was lost is now being restored — in the form of ukuleles.

The Parkcrest elementary music room was stocked with 15 ukuleles — not quite enough for a full class, meaning students had to share.

After the school burned, that figure dropped to zero, and that’s something the Ukulele Orchestra of Kamloops set out to remedy.

On Monday, Feb. 24, orchestra members will present 30 ukuleles to a music class at George Hilliard elementary, where Parkcrest students now attend.

“We recognized that if you’re trying to learn an instrument, it’d be really nice if you had one in your own hands,” said orchestra member and fundraising organizer Jeanette Scott.

Scott said the group saw a unique opportunity to not only help out a group in need, but to donate something tangible, rather than cash.

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Celtic Illusion principal dancers Anthony Street and Georgia May on stage. The show will play in Kamloops at Sandman Centre on Feb. 27.

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rish dance and illusion will combine in a show on its way to Sandman Centre.

Celtic Illusion is the work of Anthony Street and his team of dancers and production staff.

He created the show following his success on stage in runs of Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, in which he was a principal

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dancer and filling some big shoes.

“I never would have thought after seven years in the industry I’d be performing the role Michael Flatley played himself,” he told KTW. That role lasted four-and-ahalf years for Street. Upon the completion of that run, he saw it fit to fulfill another dream of his — his own production.

Coupling his love of dance with his love of magic, Street

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created Celtic Illusion, in which he serves as both dancer and illusionist.

“All the magic is performed by myself and the lead female dancer. Dancers are involved in a couple of things,” he said.

Street, lead female dancer Georgia May and a host of others will take the Sandman Centre stage on Thursday, Feb. 27, as part of a jam-packed Canadian tour ending in Thunder Bay, Ont.

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SERVING ELIZABETH Until Feb. 29, Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave.

A play with dual settings of Kenya in 1952, just before Elizabeth takes the crown, and in 2015, when politics flare and Brexit begins. Serving Elizabeth is a Western Canada Theatre coproduction with Thousand Islands Playhouse of Ganonoque, Ont. Tickets are available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 and online at kamloopslive.ca.

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Community theatre group Kamloops Players Society will present The Love List, the story of an ill-fated pursuit of a perfect woman. Tickets are $25, or $20 for seniors and students ages 17 and younger, available online at kamloopslive.ca.

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THE LOVE LIST Until Feb. 23 (various dates), 7 p.m., The Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Rd.

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A number of events remain to mark Black History Month. On Friday, Feb. 21, catch a special screening of Just Mercy, a true-story legal drama starring Michael B. Jordan, at the Paramount Theatre at 7:15 p.m. Celebrate Black History Month at TRU on Feb. 28 in the Campus Activity Centre, where Caribbean student club members will present an afternoon of music, food, games and hair braiding from noon to 3 p.m.

On Feb. 29, the Kamloops Caribbean Cultural Society and the African-Canadian Heritage Association of Kamloops will team up for a pan-African dinner featuring live performances from local talents. For tickets, search Black History Month Dinner Celebration online at eventbrite.ca.

The next Barnhartvale Coffee House will feature the sounds of Walter Quinlan, who has performed at folk festivals and coffee houses and shared the stage with acts like Amos Garrett, Valdy, Bill Bourne and Chicago bluesman Keith Scott. The evening will also feature an open mic for local musicians and small groups. Admission is $5. Up next at the coffee house event is Huckleberry Jam, a group from the North Thompson and Kamloops, on March 21, and an all-open-mic fundraiser for RL Clemitson elementary on April 18.

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Country music and hockey will mix at the upcoming Rednek Music Fest, featuring Juno Award winner Jess Moskaluke and Canadian Country Music Award winner Gord Bamford. A host of other artists will also join the two, including JoJo Mason, Eric Ethridge, Andrew Hyatt, Cory Marks, Duane Steele and GhostBoy. Tickets are $44.50, available at Ticketmaster.

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Campus/community radio station CFBX 92.5 FM will host a fundraising dinner at Duffy’s. It will include door prizes and a silent auction with items including passes to the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival and to Calgary Bluesfest. Tickets are $20 each, available in advance by emailing radio@tru.ca or by calling 250-377-3988.

SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT Feb. 24, 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., The Vic Downtown Coffee Bistro, 377 Victoria St.

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Registration will take place at 6 p.m. The group will also run a silent auction and prizes will go to first- and second-place finishers. For more information, find the event online at eventbrite.ca.

TRU PLAY Feb. 26 to Feb. 29 and March 4 to March 7, Thompson Rivers University, Black Box Theatre, 805 TRU Way

Thompson Rivers University’s Actors Workshop Theatre production class will present Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by theatre arts faculty member Catriona Leger. For ticket information, go online to tru.ca/awt.

CELTIC ILLUSION Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m., Sandman Centre, 300 Lorne St.

Irish dance and magic show Celtic Illusion will come to Sandman Centre. The show includes performers from hit shows Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. Tickets start at $60, available at Ticketmaster.

HOUSE CONCERT Feb. 27, 7 p.m., home of Mike and Mary Baker, 256 Chancellor Dr.

Singer-songwriter Brent Mason of New Brunswick will play a house concert in Kamloops as part of the Home Routes concert series. Admission is $20 and space can be reserved by emailing Mike and Mary Baker at mmbaker5@telus.net.

SWEATER KITTENS Feb. 28, 7 p.m., Blackwell Hall at The Plaza Hotel, 405 Victoria St.

After their Jan. 12 show was cancelled due to nasty weather, Sweater Kittens have vowed to return alongside their previously scheduled show partners The Houses (Where We Grew Up) and Ila Charlotte and Guillaume Scott. Tickets from the Jan. 12 show will be honoured (or refunded) and new tickets can be had by messaging Sweater Kittens on Facebook at fb.me/sweaterkittensband.

HEFFLEY COFFEEHOUSE Feb. 29, 5 p.m., Heffley Creek Hall, 6995 Old Highway 5

An evening of local and live entertainment. Showtime is 6:30 p.m., with concession featuring fresh-made food open beforehand. Admission is $3 and children and entertainers get in for free.

REUBEN IN THE DARK March 2, 8 p.m., Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St.

Calgary-based indie folk band Reuben and the Dark will perform introspective and anthemic tunes in a cabaret-style show. Tickets are $30, available online at kamloopslive.ca.

HEROIC ORCHESTRATION March 7, 7:30 p.m., Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave.

The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra will showcase its assistant concertmaster and principal horn player in a program filled with heroic melodies and a newly commissioned work.

Guest artists include Elyse Jacobson on violin and Breanne Jamieson on French horn. Tickets are $45, available at the Kamloops Live Box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 and online at kamloopslive.ca.

FIDDLE CONCERT March 10, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Dr.

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new Netflix series features a Kamloops born-and-raised actor.

It was on a stage at John Peterson secondary that Genevieve Kang learned she wanted to become an actor.

“I was 14 and it was my first high school production — The Wizard of Oz — and that’s when I really fell in love with being on stage and performing,” Kang told KTW from her Vancouver home.

Kang’s most recently released work has a little more production value behind it. She plays Jackie

Veda in nine episodes of the 10-episode Netflix series Locke & Key, which premiered on the streaming service on Feb. 7.

The series is an adaptation of an American comic book series by Joe Hill. The story follows three siblings who move to their ancestral estate after their father is murdered, finding magical keys and encountering what they unlock.

For Kang, the role is a big deal.

“This is probably my most prominent role to date, both in terms of my involvement or presence in the story, but also in terms of the production itself,” she said.

While her character also appears in the comics, Kang said the two

aren’t much alike and she’s decided to stick to the adapted script version of her character.

“I didn’t see reading the comic books as necessary to prep for Jackie — not to say I won’t read them, because it’s such a good story and they’re beautifully illustrated,” she said.

Kang’s career kicked off in Kamloops. Not wanting to go alone, a swim team friend asked Kang to come with her to a talent scout event in the city.

“I’m still very awkward, but I was ultra awkward as a kid and a teenager. I wasn’t one of those young girls who wore makeup or did my hair, even. I think I showed up in

soccer shorts, running shoes and a T-shirt,” she said.

So imagine her surprise when she got the nod from talent scouts, especially with just one play under her belt. After connecting with an agent in Vancouver, she eventually landed a role on the ABC series Beautiful People, which ran from 2005 to 2006.

“I was in Grade 11 at that point [during filming] and I had to leave the school year early, missing important year end exams and stuff. My teachers were incredible and so understanding,” she said.

Kang relocated to Toronto to study theatre after high school, where she lived until this year. She’s

now located in Vancouver, where she said she can more easily visit with family — her parents still live in Kamloops.

Another notable role coming up for Kang is her spot in Run This Town, the story of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford starring Ben Platt, Mena Massoud and Damian Lewis.

The name of Kang’s role in that film is a mysterious one. She’s billed as The Squirrel.

“I auditioned for a different character and felt so great about it. I thought I nailed it. I didn’t get it, but [writer/director] Ricky [Tollman] came back and said he wanted to include me in the project regardless,” Kang said.

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big-lineup country concert is on its way to Sandman Centre — the first stop on a 22-city tour across Canada.

The acts of the Rednek Music Fest include Gord Bamford, Jess Moskaluke, Jojo Mason, Eric Ethridge, Andrew Hyatt, Cory Marks, Duane Steele and Ghost Boy. Each of those performers will hit the Sandman Centre stage on Friday as part of a weekend of festivities celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Kamloops Blazers’ third and last Memorial Cup win.

The doors will open at 7 p.m.

An “up-close and personal” pre-show with former Blazers Rob Brown and Shane Doan and former coach Ken Hitchcock will take place at 7:45 p.m., with the music following.

Among the musicians hitting the stage will be Jess Moskaluke, who spoke to KTW about the tour ahead of Friday’s show.

Moskaluke and the tour’s headliner, Bamford, both occupy the same small industry world, as she put it, and have shared the stage before. But although they’ve known each other for years, the two didn’t have the opportunity to work together until Bamford invited

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While the long-term goal is a residency show in Las Vegas, Street has been trying to expand to the U.S. and Canada for years — now successful with a partnership with Annerin Productions’ Jeff Parry, who Street said took a chance with the show.

“I guess it was a risk worth taking — we’ve had to add more shows now and we’re looking at coming back next year,” Street said.

“This is the furthest we’ve come with the show, so it’s a big achievement for us to be performing in Canada for the first time.”

Performers in the show come

primarily from Australia, veterans who have been performing it for years, while others come from the U.S. and Canada.

“We put briefs out to all the Irish dance schools and took everyone’s CV and chose from those would suit best,” he said, noting that the show’s challenges require performers to have a certain amount of experience under their belts.

“It really pushes dancers to the limit of what they’re comfortable with,” he said.

Remaining tickets start at $73 and are available online at ticketmaster.ca.

Showtime is 7:30 p.m.

Moskaluke to sing a duet.

That duet became the single To Get To You, released last year in November.

“Nothing but fantastic things to say about the process — collaborative even up until now,” she said, speaking with KTW as tour planning was underway.

Although the tour’s kickoff is on Feb. 21 in Kamloops, its main leg doesn’t begin until March 12 in Brandon. It then works its way back, playing through Saskatchewan and Alberta before returning to B.C., hitting locales as far north and south as Terrace and Trail, all before meandering back out east, ending in Thunder Bay on July 26.

Moskaluke hasn’t shared a tour bus with anyone else on the tour, but she has shared the stage with them before — and with even bigger names, like Canadian country legend Shania Twain, with whom she performed at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in 2018.

The Juno Award winner and multi-nominee from Langenburg, Sask., said she doesn’t know how she came to sing country music — she just always did.

“There was never anything else for me. It’s what my parents listened to, it was the only radio station that we got,” she said.

Moskaluke said the country genre has grown to include other kinds of music. When she started, her style leaned toward pop, but with her own growth has come versatility that allows her to delight in anything from pop to traditional to countrywestern.

“If I want to venture out and play in the pop world, I can do that, and the country genre will always be my home,” she said.

Tickets for Friday’s Rednek Music Fest start at $44 and are available online at ticketmaster.ca.

Those hoping for more Blazers nostalgia can catch events the following day as part of the anniversary weekend.

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At its Christmas fundraiser dinner, the group put out the call for donations and brought in $1,250.

Another $500 followed in the weeks afterward. Orchestra members themselves topped up the amount to $2,087 — the price of 30 brand new ukuleles.

The four-string instruments were purchased from Vancouver’s Empire Music, which Scott said supplies instruments to schools across the country.

“I wish we had these in school, rather than a recorder. Kids can learn this and go on to guitar quite easily,” Scott said.

“Once you know three chords, you can play a lot of songs. It’s a good instrument to learn on.”

Scott said the group took up the cause because of how notable the loss of a school was, and saw the opportunity as a good fit, especially to bring members of the 78-strong group into the community.

After the class receives the uku-

leles on Monday, members will demonstrate their talents, playing Wild Thing. A lesson will follow, with kids learning how to play The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and perhaps Yellow Submarine, if time allows.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Kamloops meets several times each week in different groups, depending on interest, level or simply day of the week.

For more information on the group, including lessons and classes, go online to ukuleleorchestraofkamloops.com.

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he voice of Canadian literature is coming to Kamloops.

Eleanor Wachtel, best known for her work as host of CBC Radio program Writers & Company, will hold a presentation at Thompson Rivers University on April 3.

The event is being presented by Kamloops Symphony Orchestra in conjunction with its annual fundraiser, Barb’s Used Book and Music Sale.

The renowned interviewer has hosted Writers & Company for 30 years. In that time, she has authored three books of her own: Writers & Company, More Writers & Company and Original Minds, featuring interviews with authors like

Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky, Arthur C. Clarke, Jared Diamond and Desmond Tutu.

She has also been a columnist, contributing to publications like Saturday Night, Maclean’s and the Globe and Mail.

The event will be held in the British Columbia Centre (formerly known as the Irving K. Barber Centre) on the TRU campus at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 3. Tickets are $33, available online at eventbrite. ca/e/93136747519.

A moderated Q&A session will follow Wachtel's presentation.

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A cappella quartet Slow No Tempo brought in $1,189 in its annual Singing Valentines fundraiser, serenading Kamloops’ valentines earlier this month, all to benefit the Kamloops Hospice Association. The quartet formed in 2018, featuring Alexander Bell, Graham Specht, Simon Walter and Ryan Noakes (fourth from right).

Video rental gem led to a favourite comic

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first discovered Appleseed back in the days of VHS (kids, ask your parents) when Japanese-made cartoons (anime) were pretty impossible to find — often hidden in video rental stores at the back in a bottom corner somewhere, where unknowing parents may have wondered why these seemingly innocent cartoons weren’t in the kids section.

It turns out this Appleseed movie was adapted from a Japanese comic book series, which quickly ended up becoming one of my favourite comics. It’s yet another reason why I miss video rental stores.

But I digress.

As it so happens, in Appleseed, life in the future sucks. I mean it’s really awful:

there’s war all the time, everyone’s a soldier and the only place that seems like a sanctuary from this world of suck may be the very downfall of human civilization as we know it.

Isn’t that just great? Like I said, everything sucks all the time.

Enter Duenan and her half-human, half-robot partner and lover Briareos.

Soldiers from the outside world brought into the sanctuary of Olympus as special forces police.

Olympus is a new beginning, an advanced utopian city where bio-engineered clones are programmed to stabilize and ease regular human life.

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toic Erin Pincott is a rock.

TSN cameras show the Team Brown third to be a calming influence at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, whether through textbook delivery form or in conversation with skip Corryn Brown.

“I would say that’s definitely my role,” Pincott said. “I’m for sure a calming influence on Corryn. I don’t know, I just feel comfortable out here.

“I’m just really enjoying the moment and embracing

this underdog role.”

Team Brown’s dream season continued on Thursday morning, when the skip made one Nova Scotia rock fly away in the 10th end to secure a 5-4 victory in a tense tiebreaker contest.

The underdogs, who include Brown, Pincott, lead Ashley Klymchuk, second Dezaray Hawes and fifth Dailene Pewarchuk, along with coach Allison MacInnes, began Championship

Pool play about two hours later, a match that ended in an 8-4 loss to Manitoba.

The Kamloops Curling Club rink wrapped a busy Thursday with a tilt against Northern Ontario that ended after KTW’s press deadline.

Brown will finish Championship Pool action on Friday, with matches against Team Canada, a 10:30 a.m. start, and Saskatchewan, a 4:30 p.m. start.

The skip was critical of her own play after curling at 65 per cent in a loss to Nova Scotia on Wednesday afternoon, when a victory would have catapulted her team into the Championship Pool.

Matt Dunstone, Pincott’s boy-

friend, has his Team Brown foam finger on this week in Moose Jaw, but the Saskatchewan men’s champion also provides analysis.

He said Brown recovered from a shaky start in the rematch on Thursday against Mary-Anne Arsenault, a five-time Canadian champion.

“She cleaned ‘er up and had a great back half of the game and made some big shots,” said Dunstone, whose Regina-based rink will compete at the Tim Hortons Brier, which gets underway on Feb. 29 in Kingston.

“That last one, she looked pretty calm, but, obviously, in the back of your mind, you’ve got the Championship Pool and qualify-

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Team Brown was 4-4 as of press deadline and entering must-win territory, with another defeat likely meaning the end of playoff aspirations.

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Kendra Finch is the only graduating TRU WolfPack women’s volleyball player and she had the floor last Saturday at the TCC. WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm took the mic in front of about 250 fans, many of whom were of the Finch clan, and raved about the North Vancouver product’s contribution to the program.

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.

Grimm had recently assumed head coaching duties. Together, they helped change the culture.

“I feel so honoured that so many people were able to come out tonight,” said Finch, a dedicated community volunteer and academic all-Canadian. “I have family from across the country here. I feel so supported.

“It’s definitely been a ride, so it’s a little emotional. I’m so grateful for my experience here and I wouldn’t have changed it for anything in the world.”

Finch’s parents, Michael and Kathy, listened to the speech, which was delivered after the Trinity Western Spartans of Langley knocked off the WolfPack 3-1. Every player from both teams watched the brief ceremony.

“I’m just proud,” said Kathy, fighting back tears. “Now I’m kind of emotional. She came in as the only girl recruit, the baby of the team. To finish here,

I’m just really proud of what she’s done.”

Added Michael: “She’ll chew her own arm off to win at anything. Those qualities help to elevate everybody’s game.”

The Spartans (22-2) earned two victories over the WolfPack (168) last weekend, erasing TRU’s aspirations of hosting a playoff series.

No. 4 Grant MacEwan of Edmonton is playing host to No. 5 TRU in a best-of-three Canada West quarterfinal series.

Match 1 was played on Thursday after KTW’s press deadline.

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TRU and MacEwan split a two-match set earlier this month in Edmonton in the teams’ only meetings of the campaign.

Charlie Bringloe of Waterloo, Josh Mullaney of Calgary, Sam Taylor Parks of Kelowna and Kyle Behiels of Edmonton represent one of the strongest recruiting classes in WolfPack men’s volleyball history.

They capped their careers in style, each playing wonderfully in a match that felt fairly meaningful for a meaningless game.

The WolfPack’s season went south early and the club was not able to recover in time to reach the playoffs, so the quartet’s swan song came Saturday on home court in a 3-0 victory over the powerhouse Spartans (20-2).

“I’m not really sure if it’s hit me yet,” said Mullaney, whose Pack finished 8-14.

“It was just fun to go out there and be free

with my best friends that I’ve spent the past five years with and developed some really unbreakable bonds.

“Being able to step on the court and live that out one more time was really special to me.”

Bringloe did not have to wait long for the finality to sink in.

He was in tears while speaking to KTW. “Our volleyball careers are over, but we’re going to be best friends for life,” he said. “We’re all brothers.”

Added Behiels: “It hit me about 45 seconds ago. I kind of lost control emotionally.

This is my family. It’s not going to be the same without them.”

Taylor Parks finishes his U Sports career fifth all-time in blocks in Canada West history.

“Just knowing I’m not going to be here every day with the guys, it’s tough,” Taylor Parks said. “But we went out in a way where it makes it perfect. I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anybody else.”

Head coach Pat Hennelly will soon wield the scalpel for an autopsy of a season gone awry, but Saturday was about recognizing four players who dedicated five years to his program.

“College sports — you know it’s coming to an end, you think you know what it’s going to be like, but it’s pretty emotional,” Hennelly said.

“It’s just four character guys. They all had choices and could have gone to other schools.

I just appreciate their time. Class guys.”

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Caleigh Silversides, Halle Smith and Esita Qiodravu toiled for under18 B.C., which blanked Rugby

Canada Development Academy 22-0 in the gold-medal game.

The BC Rugby Elite Youth Sevens teams will be in action at the Vancouver Sevens Invitational, which will run on March 5 and March 6 at UBC.

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President Zach Moffat is pushing the Kamloops Ball Hockey League into a new era.

“It’s almost had an underground feel to it,” Moffat said. “This year, we’re looking to get more casual participation in a rec league and we’re doing some youth stuff, as well.”

Spring youth ses-

sions, for children ages eight to 12, will be held twice weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays, from April to July at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

Parents can sign kids up for one or both nights, the cost $90 for one or $130 for both.

“It benefits a lot of minor hockey players, in terms of skill development and cardio,” Moffat said. “Its great

and much more affordable than ice hockey.”

The co-ed rec league, which costs $165 per person to enter, will this coming season augment the KBHL’s men’s divisions.

“I think it has a ton of potential, whether it’s people who used to play ice hockey, or people that now play ice hockey and even people who can’t afford it or can’t skate and are now adults, it gives

everyone an opportunity to play,” Moffat said.

Four teams have registered for the adult co-ed division. Players have to be 18 or older to sign up, but younger teenagers can join with parental permission.

“We have high schoolers and people into their 50s,” Moffat said, noting co-ed league action will take place on Tuesdays on Mac Isle.

Co-ed division teams will play twice in a week during playoffs in July.

There were about 160 players in the men’s division last season.

Moffat projected growing total registration to about 750, including men’s, co-ed and youth programming.

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Adam Foote got the boot on Wednesday.

Kelowna Rockets’ owner and general manager Bruce Hamilton fired Foote and promoted assistant coach Kris Mallette to interim head coach.

“The team has struggled since the Christmas break,” Hamilton said in a Rockets’ press release.

“With 14 games remaining in the regular season, I felt a change was necessary at this time.”

The Rockets, 2020 Memorial Cup hosts, are 24-26-2-2 and fourth in the B.C. Division, behind the Kamloops Blazers (35-16-3-1), Victoria Royals (29-20-5-2) and Vancouver Giants (2920-3-2).

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adversity real well,” Hamilton told Rockets’ play-by-play man Regan Bartel.

“That’s from playing scared to win or scared not to lose, probably, is the better line. That’s what’s set in here a little bit.

“Hopefully, a new voice will change that.”

Foote’s departure came two days after hometown Kelowna coughed up a 5-1 lead and fell 6-5 in overtime to the Calgary Hitmen (32-18-4-1) on B.C. Family Day in front of a crowd of 5,528

at Prospera Place.

Hamilton was critical of team discipline during an interview with KTW in January, when the Rockets were averaging 15 penalty minutes per game to lead the league in the category.

“It’s a big issue and it’s been made very clear to our coaching staff that it’s time to get started on this,” Hamilton said. “We’ve waited way too long to get a hold of this.

That’s on myself and right on down the line.

That has to get dealt with.”

The Rockets were second in the league in penalty minutes, averaging 14 per game, when Foote was punted on Wednesday.

Indiscipline was among reasons cited

by Hamilton when he jettisoned Jason Smith and replaced him with Foote in October of 2018.

Smith was hired by the Rockets in the

summer of 2016 and completed two full seasons as head coach, leading the club to records of 45-22-5-0 in 2016-2017 and 43-225-2 in 2017-2018.

The Rockets were 4-10 and leading the league in penalty minutes in 2018-2019 when Hamilton sacked Smith.

“We are not a tough team,” Hamilton told reporters at press conference in October of 2018. “We’re just taking a lot of foolish lazy penalties.”

Foote — whose son, Nolan, is a star forward for the Rockets and a Round 1 NHL Draft pick — led Kelowna to a 24-23-6-2 mark under his guidance last season.

Mallette is in his fifth season coaching the Rockets, first hired as an assistant coach in the summer of 2014.

The Royals will play host to the Rockets twice this weekend on Vancouver Island.

Davis gets all-star nod Joe Davis was named a 20192020 Canada West second-team all star on Thursday.

He finished 13th in the conference in field-goal percentage, 15th in points per game and 18th in rebounds.

Davis started all 20 of the WolfPack’s regular-season games, averaging 30.7 minutes per contest.

The 6-foot-6 forward from Kamloops has exhausted his U Sports eligibility, his final game a 71-58 loss to the hometown Saskatchewan Huskies last Friday in playoff action in Saskatoon.

“I know Joe would give up any individual accolades to have a little more team success, but being recognized by the other coaches in your conference as a fifth-year player for all the hard work you had done, it has to feel good for you,” WolfPack head coach Scott Clark said.

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The Brown rink’s lead is not doing her low profile any favours this week at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, though, curling at about 90 per cent to lead the team.

“This week has been crazy, but it’s been fun,” said Klymchuk, who grew up at the Kamloops Curling Club, for which her father, Rob, is general manager.

“This is exactly what I wanted to do with my curling career.”

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Klymchuk and current teammates were opponents for much of their curling youths, but Sam Fisher’s departure from Team Brown following the 2017-2018 campaign presented an opportunity to join forces in the women’s ranks.

“I never really put my name out there,” said Klymchuk, a Grade 5 teacher at Logan Lake elementary who formerly curled for the Amanda Russett team, which was at one time composed of four Nordin sisters.

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“A few days later, they asked if I’d like to join the team and I gladly accepted.”

Klymchuk played third in juniors for Brandi Tinkler of Victoria and second or third for Russett, but has found a home at lead with Brown.

“That’s the really good position for me,” Klymchuk said. “I’ve always been stronger with my draws, they’ve just always been my forte, a little bit more of those finesse shots.”

She joined Brown knowing the team was an up-and-comer, but could not have predicted its abrupt ascension.

Klymchuk was part of silver- and gold-medal winning Brown teams at the 2019 and 2020 provincial championships, respectively, along with Brown, Pincott and second Dezaray Hawes.

The province’s top team is ranked eighth in Canada and 22nd in the world, with this week’s results at the Scotties likely to push it further up both ladders.

Even the humble lead is being forced into limelight.

“I’m pretty happy with being behind the scenes, not having many responsibilities,” Klymchuk said with a laugh. “I just focus on what I need to focus on.”

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rom Kastro’s Restaurant and Bar, you can see the windmills.

There, in the area called Little Venice, is where you’ll find the best Strawberry Daiquiri in all of Greece — if not the entire Western world.

Other nearby watering holes, my wife and I discovered, offer similar views to the iconic symbol of Mykonos — windmills, seven of which are in town and another nine scattered around the island.

Of the 39 wind-swept islands that make up the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea, this is the central playpen of fun for the rich, the curious and the adventurous, each finding their comfort zones on the beaches and in town.

In the Aegean, colours dominate.

In Mykonos they overwhelm.

The brown, aged soil seems to grow directly out of the sapphireblue waters.

Freshly painted fishing vessels of blues, reds, yellows and turquoise bob on the gentle harbour swells. The town is a rich kaleidoscope of blue and red windows, doors and terraces against gleaming white houses.

Getting around the island is easy if somewhat crowded in summer.

There are 60 buses, 800-plus hotels, resorts and home stays.

Thirty taxis handle the onslaught of laughing, jubilant tourists who arrive by private yachts, ferries, and air to the 91-square kilometre island. Motor vehicles are banned.

The permanent population of the island is 15,194, swelling to 50,000 and more from May to September.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The iconic Mykonos windmills are the symbol of the island and town. Fishing boats dot the waters across the harbour. Brightly coloured bouganinvillaea climb across the many island structures.

go to be noticed. Outlandish is the norm. So is chic.

The shops are filled with designer and local jewelry and the labels of international fashion houses. Narrow streets are crammed with small boutiques and countless pastry shops, restaurants and art galleries.

On the streets after dark, the smells of Greek food, of ocean breeze and expensive perfumes mingle with the sound of Greek music, conversation, laughter, boats, water and summer winds.

The endless feast that masks as Mykonos has servings of restaurants for every taste and budget. Some are more fashionable than others.

The latest top place to party until sunrise is Cavo Paradiso, a 2,000-person open-air club on a

cliff overlooking the Aegean.

Boisterous hugs and greetings fill the air as customers try to out-entrance one another.

Greek food is mama’s cooking.

It’s tasty, stick-to-the ribs cuisine that consists mainly of lamb, fresh seafood, moussaka, Greek salad laden with goat cheese, olives and olive oil and a variety of Greek wines and beer.

Retsina, of course, is that wellknown resin-tasting wine that some compare to gasoline, which is served with lunch. There’s also a wide variety of Greek wines — each island seems to have its own — that are pleasant to the palate.

The best places to peoplewatch are from the cafes that ring the main harbour, especially after 10 p.m., which — as in the rest of Greece — is the hour when

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it seems the entire population takes to the streets and restaurants.

Gays, straights, wealthy Greek shipping magnates, beachsleeping university students, exquisitely dressed women, peacock-like men and local fishermen parade in an ongoing wave that doesn’t cease until sunrise.

And that silky sunrise seems to focus on the nearby island of Delos, a tribute to what was once Greece’s glory, now appears to sit in lone judgment of tourists arriving from Mykonos by boat.

They come to indulge in a three-hour taste of its former greatness.

It was where Apollo was born, say the legends. Once so revered no one could be born or die on it.

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The aged, the ill and expectant women were taken across a narrow channel to a small adjacent island, Rehenea.

At its zenith, Delos was the crossroads of the Aegean, the core of all commerce and religion with the Dorians moving southward and the Ionians moving northward.

Now, long-silenced streets lead only to ruins, marbled walls and towering columns bleached by the summer sun.

Yet, in springtime, temples and foundations are surrounded by a carpet of wildflowers — blood-red anemones in lush, green grass.

Look around and feel the wind that parches lips and grass alike, whipping past ancient sculpted lions that have remained intact since the days of Aristotle.

Everything here is oddly current.

The rubble gives evidence of our own lives, with cisterns that once held water for its 20,000 citizens; tiny courtyards surrounded by small, now crumbled houses and in places, artwork still holding their colours.

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One day, there’ll be no more tears

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here is a southern gospel song that these lyrics: “I read the back of the book and we win.”

The song refers to the last book of the Bible. Revelation 21:4, says, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

No matter one’s position in this life, there is one thing common to all of humanity — we all experience sorrows and difficulties. Some, it seems, have a larger share, through no fault of their own.

Trials and suffering come to some of the nicest of people.

Suffering is hard to understand or deal with, especially when it is our own experience or that of a close loved one. Life seems to stand still and offers no answer to the difficulties.

For the believer in Christ, there is an understanding the scriptures give regarding suffering and even death.

We read that from the start, when Adam disobeyed God, he

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became subject to suffering and death. As a consequence, the entire human race has shared in Adam’s fall.

We read in Hebrews 9:27 that “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”

The human race has experienced much suffering as the result of sin. We at times will shift our responsibility for it.

However, there is one who has suffered like no other person ever has — though he had never sinned.

I Peter 3:18 states: “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just [holy] for the unjust [unholy], that he might bring us

to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened [made alive] through the Holy Spirit.”

The sufferings of Jesus on the cross were on account of our need as sinners. The only way God can reconcile us to Himself, is for us to deal with our sin. He did just that when He gave His only Son to suffer on the cross for us. God laid our sin’s punishment on His only Son during the three hours of darkness on Calvary.

Now God says that whoever trusts His Son as their own personal Saviour has their sins washed away and Heaven as their home.

God’s promise of wiping away the tears of those who are His is a reality that awaits them.

There will be relief for those who have suffered, when they enter into the Lord’s presence.

Rev. 21:5 says: “And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”

There’ll be no more tears.

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BROCK Lots of books of Art and Jewelry, magazines, craft supplies and scrapbooking sale at Brock Seniors Hall, Sat, Feb 22nd. 10am-2pm.

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Auctions

For Sale - Misc 1948 Ferguson rebuilt motor & extra parts has a util. snow blade & chains mostly original $2,500. 250-374-8285.

5th wheel hitch $200. 250374-8285.

U-Haul Moving & Storage of Kamloops North Shore claims a Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at 690 Kingston Ave., BC Tel: 250-376-0962.

Auction is subject to cancellation at anytime without notice.

1156 Amy Begon 185 Royal Avenue, Kamloops, BC A sale will take place on ibid4storage.com. until Friday March 6th, 2020.

Auction will end at 11:00 AM, unless bidding battle begins. Room contents are personal/household goods unless noted otherwise.

Bids will be for entire contents of each locker or U-box unit. kamloopsthisweek.com

Personals

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

Baby Trend removable rear facing baby car seat for 5-32lbs. $70. 250-554-1023.

Butcher-Boy commercial meat grinder 3-hp. 220 volt. c/w attachments. $1300. 250318-2030.

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

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

Call our Classified Department for details!

250-371-4949

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.

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.

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

PERFECT Part-Time Opportunity

2 Days Per Week Call 250-374-0462

Commercial

Tax not included

Renos & Home Improvement

COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR LEASE Prime downtown commercial space for lease on the second floor of the 418 St. Paul Street Professional Building. We have approximately 1025 square feet available with common use of an outdoor atrium. Option to customize the space according to the needs and requirements of your business. Ideal space for: • dentist • chiropractor • physiotherapist • massage therapist Send enquiries to lmartin@martinlawyers.ca or contact Lesra at 250-828-6175

CHOOSE LOCAL

Landscaping

“Our Family Protecting Your Family”

PETER’S YARD SERVICE

PRESTIGE LOCAL ALARM MONITORING STATION

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

Classes & Courses 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

Wanted

Houses For Rent

Handyman for Hire. One call does all your Handyman needs. Free estimates. Blaine 250-851-6055.

17’ Aerolite Trailer like new, slide out, stabilizer bars. $9,900 (250) 372-5033

Cash for gold and silver! Also buying coin collections, old money old jewelry Contact Todd 1-250-864-3521.

Downtown 2bdrms, bsmnt, Appl’s. N/S, sm pet neg. Asking $1600. 250-572-7279.

Misc Home Service

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

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

Health

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Basement Suites

LIVE ANSWER | EFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVE | LOCAL COMPANY

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.

Rooms for Rent

2004 Cougar 5th wheel. 12ft slide.

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

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

Rooms for Rent

LAMPLIGHTER MOTEL

1901 East Trans-Canada Highway, Kamloops Phone: 250.372.3386 • Fax: 250.372.8740

Scrap Car Removal

Security

CHOOSE LOCAL “Our Family Protecting Your Family”

N/Kam sep entr, 2bdrms, C/A, patio, Shared hydro, ref’s. $950/mo. 250-376-0633.

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250-374-0916

2017 Yamaha R3 320CC, Liquid Cooled, ABS Brakes. Low Kms. $4,600.

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. $15,500/obo. 250-3764163.

$250 per week single occupancy. $350 per week for single occupancy with kitchenette.

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

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops, BC call for availability 250-374-7467

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

Motorcycles

AAA - Pal & Core

RVs/Campers/Trailers

Front Header Panel, Grill & Headlight Buckets. For 19901994 Lincoln Town car. 250457-1565.

FREE ESTIMATES FOR SYSTEM UPGRADES OR SWITCH-OVERS

4 - 6 bolt studded tires on rims. P265-R17. 50% tread. $250/obo. 250-376-2403.

Set of 4 Alloy GM rims bolt pattern 5-100 fits Cavalier & other Chevy’s $100 Firm. Don 250-312-1777.

Handyperson

Wanted to Buy

Automotive Tires

4 - Chamiro M&S, Snowflake.

215/50R17.

70% tread. $200/obo. 250-376-6607.

10-989 McGill Pl. Kamloops

Arc Solomon snowboard w/bindings $325.

250-5787776.

KAMLOOPS ONLY ULC CERTIFIED MONITORING STATION

Time to Prune your fruit trees.

Tree trimming, Yard clean-up, Landscaping

Tax not included

4-Blizzaks M&S 245/45 R20 $600. 2-Laufenn 235/75 R15 winters on GM rims. $200.

376-6482.

Licensed & Certified 250-572-0753

Sports Equipment

Only 2 issues a week!

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

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

Scheduled for one month at a time.

Customer must call to reschedule.

Tax not included. Some restrictions apply

• 2 large Garage Sale Signs • Instructions • FREE 6” Sub compliments of

HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. March 21st and 22nd. Saturday and Sunday.

P.A.L. March 8th, Sunday.

Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor: Bill 250376-7970

Deliver Kamloops this Week

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

Looking For Love?

Indian Rosewood table with 8 chairs.

Exec. condition. $250/obo. 250-374-4700.

WE will pay you to exercise!

EARN EXTRA $$$

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

207,000kms. $3,900/obo.

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

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

Must see to appreciate. $12,000. 250-374-1541.

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Sports Utilities & 4X4s

Business Opportunities

2002 Ford Escape, auto. Exec body. Mechanic special. $700.

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

~ 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.

Trucks & Vans 1996 GMC Suburban 4x4 good shape runs great $2750obo Call (250) 571-2107

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

142,000kms. $28,823.

250-319-8784

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

Rims

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

Utility Trailers

Kamloops # recruitment agency

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250-374-3853 General Employment Full-time homecare worker required to assist disabled lady in her home. Medical experience an asset, but not essential. Call/text 778-586-4452 or email: nora.slamp@gmail.com

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

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2004 FLATDECK GVW#3500-1 AXLE Payload #2400lbs. 3/4 Plywood Deck 10’ L X 6’3” W, electric brakes. spare tire , docking winch, 2 storage boxes, removable walls, ATV ramp.

Canopy lid not included.

Pulls straight. Very good cond. $2,600. 250-851-0052

Legal/Public Notices BigSteelBox Corp at 1284 Salish Road, Kamloops, BC, Canada claims a PPSA Lien Against

DALE DYCK

of Kamloops, BC for arrears of container rent amounting to $2,027.36 plus any additional costs of storage that accrue.

If not paid in full, the contents of furniture and miscellaneous items will be sold online auction via Ibid4Storage.com on February 24, 2020.

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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Employment

Employment

WEBBER LAW

You Want It We’ve Got It

Lawfirm requires

Conveyancing Legal Assistant

Amazing Educators Needed Children’s Circle Daycare Society is looking for an amazing Early Childhood Educator to join our team.

This will be a permanent fulltime position working 8.5 hours a day. We have two locations, 622 St Paul Street and 904 3rd Avenue. Using your ECE skills you will plan and implement an engaging program for children along with your team members. While we welcome many different languages, English is the prominent language written and spoken in our centres. Because we value your experience and schooling the starting wage for our ECE’s is $19.08/ hr + 1.00/hr wage top up and another $1.00/hr in April 2020.* We do provide an extensive extended medical package after 3 months of fulltime work, as well as sick days and holiday days.

Will have Private Office Experience Required. Excellent Salary & Benefits for qualified applicants.

For more information and a full job description, visit our website at ccdaycare.ca. Please email your cover letter and resume to stpauls@ccdaycare.ca.

This position is open to both male and female applicants.

mary macgregor law corporation Seeking two legal assistants/paralegals to work with us, one at a junior level to assist with conveyancing, corporate, and office administration tasks and the other at a senior staff level for corporate, general commercial work, or commercial land and development matters. We offer competitive salaries in the Kamloops market, commensurate with candidates’ skills and experience.

Email cover letter (preferably handwritten), resume, any post-secondary education transcript, and one reference letter to Mary MacGregor at mary.macgregor@mmlc.ca.

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COURT BAILIFF SALE

NORTH CENTRAL BAILIFFS LTD. www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca Pursuant to a Writ of Possession, No. VER-S-S-55925 issued from the British Columbia Supreme Court, Vernon Registry, the Court Bailiff offers FOR SALE BY TENDER, the interest of Andrew John Rook, Sharon Marguerite Jean Haynes in the following goods: 1995 Moduline Industries Model # 28742 Serial # 0316787AB To obtain further information contact North Central Bailiffs Ltd at (250) 377-4148. Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. Sealed bids will be accepted on the unit until February 28th, 2020. Goods are sold on an “as is where is” basis with no warranty given or implied. The highest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted. The Court Bailiff may cancel or adjourn the sale without notice. Bidder takes responsibility to ensure they are satisfied with the description of unit/goods being sold. As vehicles have not

been inspected, we are declaring that they may not be suitable for transportation and may not be compliant with the motor vehicle act. Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. North Central Bailiffs Ltd. is not responsible for determining the correct model

year or description. Terms of sale: Immediate full payment upon successful bid, plus applicable taxes. HYPERLINK "http://www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca" www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca

Find Whatever You’re Looking for in the Classifieds.

Send Resume to: Roger Webber #209 – 1211 Summit Drive Kamloops, BC V2C 5R9 roger@webberlaw.ca tel: (250) 851-0100 fax: (250) 851-0104

ACCOUNTANT

STRAUSS NATURALS LTD., KAMLOOPS, BC

EXPERIENCED. FULL-TIME. SALARY + BENEFITS Cover letter with resume to:

paola@straussnaturals.com

All applicants will need to have a current Early Childhood Education Certificate as well as a first aid certificate.

*Wage top up = BC Government wage enhancement Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries.

Call 250-374-0462 for more information

Employment

CLOSING DATE FEBRUARY 26TH

PAPER ROUTES AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN Rte 325 - 764-825 9th Ave, 805-979 Columbia St, 804-987 Dominion St, 805-986 Pine St. - 64 p.

Rte 327 - 1103-1459 Columbia St, 1203-1296 Dominion St. - 38 p.

Rte 334 - 975 13th St, 1104-1276 Pine St, 12011274 Pleasant St. – 42 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 381 - 20-128 Centre Ave, Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St.-42 p.

Rte 384 - 407-775 W. Battle St, 260-284 Centre Ave. – 42 p.

Rte 385 - 350-390 W. Battle St, Strathcona Terr. - 27 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 - 56-203 Arrowstone Dr, Silverthrone Cres. – 47 p.

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

NORTH KAMLOOPS Rte 121 - Dot St, 501-556 MacKenzie Ave, 290-381 Maple St, 102-196 Yew St. - 60 p.

Rte 131 – 321-601, 631 Fortune Dr. - 31 p.

Rte 154 – Belmont Cres, Cumberland Ave, Patricia Ave, Qualicom Pl. - 70 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 512 – Ainslie Pl, Balfour Crt, Braemar Dr, MacIntyre Pl. – 69 p.

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

RTE 534 - Nairn Pl. & Turnberry Pl. – 47 p.

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

PINEVIEW VALLEY/ MT. DUFFERIN Rte 562 - Englemann Crt. & 1802-1890 Lodgepole Dr. – 66 p.

Rte 564 - 2000-2099 Hugh Allan Dr. & Pinegrass Crt. & St. – 78 p.

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, 16801754 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.

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

Rte 184 - 2077-2097 Saddleback Dr, 2001-2071 Stagecoach Dr. – 31 p.

LOGAN LAKE Rte 911 - 242-278 Alder Dr, Aspen Cres, Birch Cres, Ponderosa Ave. - 54 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 - 1770-1919 Glenwood Dr, Knollwood Dr, Vicars Rd. – 61 p.

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

Rte 607 - Cardinal Dr, 19092003 Valleyview Dr. – 33 p.

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

Rte 617 - 24012515 Valleyview Dr, Valleyview Pl. – 50 p.

Rte 618 – Big Nickel Pl, Chapman Pl, Marsh Rd, Paul Rd, Peter Rd, 2440-2605 Thompson Dr. – 58 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 752 - 5600-5998 Dallas Dr. & Harper Pl. & Rd. – 61 p.

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

Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 67247250 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, 46544802 Spurraway Rd. – 24 p.

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

Rte 21 - 2300-2397 Fleetwood Ave, Fleetwood Crt & Pl, 1003-1033 Schriener St, 10201050 Westgate St. - 52 p.

Rte 29 – Caroline St, Evergreen Pl, Lolo St. & 1946-2099 Tranquille Rd.-64 p.

WESTMOUNT/ WESTSYDE Rte 255 – 2478-2681 Parkview Dr. - 29 p.

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

Rte 258 - 806-879 McQueen Dr, Perryville Pl. – 36 p.

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Carl Andrew David Alliott

Marilyn Anne Auld

Carl Andrew David Alliott of Kamloops, BC passed away suddenly on Thursday, January 6, 2020 at 69 years of age. He is survived by his life companion, best friend and partner Robin Holgate, sister Dorothy Alliott, and was a mentor to Jeff Frye. Carl was predeceased by his parents Walter Austin Alliott (1982) and Margaret Pearl Stevenson (1994), and his brother Walter Robert Scott Alliott (2014).

Lyn Auld died peacefully on February 15, 2020 at the age of 76 of complications from pneumonia. She had been in hospital for some months and had lost her mobility and strength. Her family wants to thank Dr. Kraig Montalbetti for his kindness and care, along with the staff on 4-North and in the ICU. Lyn had been fortunate to have spent time at Active Seniors Care with their wonderful team.

Carl was born in Vancouver, BC on September 14, 1950. In August of 1975, Carl moved to New York and joined a Franciscan Friary for three years before returning to BC in 1978. In 1987 he moved to Kamloops. Carl touched the life of every person he came into contact with.

He was well respected and loved by so many people. Carl’s primary position was as a building manager for Kelson Group, and just prior to that , he drove city bus in Kamloops. He was a sub deacon with the Orthodox faith at the Ukrainian church in Kamloops. He worked with Bob Hughes and the Ask Wellness as a cluster housing manager and volunteered with ESS (Emergency Social Services) of BC. Carl had too many friends to mention but I would like to thank a few who over the years became fixtures in our lives, the Fawcett family, where we enjoyed many Christmas Parties and summer barbeques throughout the years, to the Kelson Group and Katy Smith.

Prayers will be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints, 1044-8th Street. The Funeral Service will take place at 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in the Church, followed by burial at Hillside Cemetery. Father Chad Pawlyshyn officiating.

Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Lyn moved to Kamloops 12 years ago and almost immediately channelled her love of history into a membership in the Society for Creative Anachronism. She delighted in researching authentic costume details, then making her own cotton or wool clothes and weaving decorative edging. Her talents in leather work showed in her purses, belts, and cases of all kinds. This creativity led to a series of teddy bears all decked out in medieval garb, to be given away at an SCA event. Her great niece was the recipient of a couple of her hand made dolls.

In her search for family history, Lyn made connections with previously unknown relatives in England and Scotland. She was the one who knew names, dates and fascinating stories about both the Aulds and the Bonds.

Although she showed them to no one, Lyn had written dozens of strong poems and short stories. She had a talent as a writer. We wished she had shared them.

Lyn is survived by her sister Cathie Peters and husband Brian, her brother Gord Auld and wife Sharon, she also leaves four nephews and their spouses, two grand-nephews and two grandnieces Arrangements entrusted to Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services 250-554-2324 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

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Mary Theresa Demers

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In Memory of John Charles Fossett

July 31, 1933 - February 16, 2020 We are sad to say that Mary, our Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Aunt, Cousin, and Friend, left us behind on her journey through life. She is now at peace; God knocked on her door and called her home.

Mary leaves behind a family of five children Lucille (Gary) Brigden, Ray (Annie) Demers, Colette (Tyler Murphy) Demers, Hubert (Marcella) Demers, Leonard Demers (Jessica), daughter-in-law Tracey Demers; twelve grandchildren Leanna, Allen, Charlene, Stacey, Joel, Nicole, Damien, Katelyn, Gabrielle, Dominique, Aidan and Nathan and thirteen great-grandchildren Derek, Connor, Mason, Claire, Amelie, Joren, Harald, Madeleine, Parker, Charlotte, Catherine, Lydia and baby due the day Mom passed. We will all, along with her nieces and friends, miss her dearly. She touched our lives in many special ways.

Mom was predeceased by her husband Raymond Joseph and her son Marc Edward.

To Mom, her faith, sacraments, and prayers, especially the rosary, were very important. Most important though, was her family. We each carry her in our hearts and each have an abundance of memories to cherish. Mom was an avid quilter and made sure we all have a special, hand-made, sewn-with-love, quilt to remember her by.

Please join us to celebrate Mom at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 635 Tranquille Road, Kamloops. Prayers will be recited at 7:00 pm on Friday, February 21, 2020. The Funeral Mass will take place at 10:30 am on Saturday, February 22, 2020, with interment to follow at Hillside Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mary’s name to the B.C. Lung Association.

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Mabel Amanda Lalonde (Knutson) February 4, 1938 - February 17, 2020

It is with heavy hearts that her family announce the sudden passing of beloved, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend Mabel Lalonde of Kamloops, BC. Mabel passed away with her family by her side.

John was born on July 26, 1927 in Kamloops, BC, and raised in a CP Rail section house at Pritchard, BC. As a young man, when WWII in Europe was ending in 1945, John volunteered for the Pacific Force.

His postings included Internment camp #132 Medicine Hat, AB; Field Experimental Station Suffield, AB; Currie Barracks, Calgary, AB where he was posted to the PPCLI; Rivers MB. where he was awarded his paratrooper wings; The Royal Canadian school of Infantry at Camp Borden, ON. where he was an instructor (and where he met his wife Connie), and Germany where he served as a peace keeper. John was released as a sergeant in 1954, returning to Kamloops he was employed by the Navy Ammunition Dump, and later BC Corrections, in Kamloops from 1964 to 1988, receiving the Corrections exemplary medal from the Governor General of Canada upon retirement John was strong in character and conviction, and he served and honoured his country.

John enjoyed his home, garden, family and friends. To his family he was gracious and respectful, to his friends he was loyal.

He was predeceased by his parents John and Dorothy Fossett, his sister Dorothy Gulliford (and later her husband Percy), his sister Edith Cavazzi, his brother-in-law Alder Comazzetto, his wife Connie, nephew Mark Gulliford and his brother Hugh Fossett.

John is survived, and lovingly remembered by his daughter Tamme’ and son-in-law Tim Barzaghi, sister Jenny Comazzetto and family, sister-in-law Gwen Fossett and family, brotherin-law Mario Cavazzi and family, and niece Maureen Braun and family.

He passed in comfort, with dignity and in peace.

The date was February 11th, the time was 11:11pm. He was 92 years old.

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Mabel was born in a farmhouse near Mildred, Saskatchewan. She spent her youth on the farm, growing up with her brothers and attending school. She married her first husband Don Kenny and gave birth to her four children in Saskatchewan.

She found home in Kamloops where she moved with her children in 1967. It was here, a few years later she met the love of her life Bob, whom she married in 1975. Together they blended a family of 9 children and provided them a loving and unique home.

Mabel’s career was as a nursing aid, first at Tranquille, then at Overlander Extended. She loved her work and she continued providing care for the elderly and disabled until she retired in 2003.

She was always full of energy and enjoyed spending her time socially camping, dancing with friends and celebrating her heritage with the Sons of Norway. Mabel loved music (especially the Old Time Fiddlers), cooking, baking, canning and pickling for her family.

Mabel loved each of her children and grandchildren uniquely and unconditionally. She was fiercely committed to her family, and for her, every birthday, holiday or life event was cause for special celebration.

Mabel was predeceased by her parents, five brothers and a sister. She is survived by her husband Bob, her sons David (Patsy), Douglas and Kevin (Sue), her daughter Karen (Danny), her five step-children, Linda (Ron), Marie (Phil), Bill (Sandy), Lionel (Sharon) and Leona (Cody), many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her brother Arnold (Dorothy) and numerous nieces and nephews.

Her family would like to thank the staff of 7-North and 5-South at the Royal Inland Hospital for the kind and gracious care they provided Mabel.

Memorial tributes may be made directly to the Royal Inland Hospital.

She will be dearly missed by her family and friends but will remain in our hearts forever.

A Celebration of Mabel’s life will be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm in the Schoening Funeral Chapel with her brother Arnold Knutson officiating. At a later date, Mabel’s cremated remains will be interred in Mildred, SK in the family plot with her parents and siblings.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

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Anne Obertowich

April 3, 1923 - February 17, 2020 It is with great sadness to announce the passing of our loving mother Anne Obertowich of Kamloops, BC. Born in Poland in April 1923 mom passed away at the Overlander Care Home on Monday, February 17, 2020 at 96 years of age and the last surviving of her siblings.

Mom is survived by her daughter Karen Obertowich (fiance Jacques), son Ken Obertowich (grandson Jesse), granddaughter Mindy Bryan (husband Chris) and greatgrandson Daegen.

She was raised in Boyle, Alberta and moved to Kamloops where she raised her children. She was owner operator of the Kamloops Inn in the late 1950s with her husband Joe and then bought the Lariette Motel in Valleyview in the early 1960s. After retiring she lived in her home on Valleyview Drive for the last 45 years.

Mom was always admired for her many flower beds, gardens and fruit trees and would always take time to talk to neighbours and anyone walking by her home. To her family she was famous for her pyrogies, jams and fresh canned fruits and her great sense of humour. A hardworking lady right until her last breathe. She fought dementia for the last five years and is now pain free and without doubt growing flowers and gardens in heaven.

Her family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Blueberry Lane for their love and compassion and a special thank you to Dr. Loland for his many house visits, care and attentiveness right to the end.

There will be a celebration of life for our loving Momma Bear in the spring when the flowers begin to grow.

Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

Joey Lee Ressler It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joey Lee Ressler of Clearwater, BC, on February 5, 2020, at 39 years of age.

Joey is survived by his mother April Mitchell (Rodd) of Edson, AB, father Mark Ressler (Char) of Manning, AB, children Joey Taylor Ressler of Clearwater, BC, Justice Lee Ressler of Clearwater, BC, and Alix Emily Edith Ressler of Clearwater, BC. Also left to cherish Joey’s memory are his sisters Dawn Ressler of Edson, AB, and Jeri Mitchell (Keith) of Edson, AB, niece Haley Mitchell, nephew Connor Mitchell, as well as numerous cousins, relatives and friends.

Joey is predeceased by his grandparents Adam Ressler (May 25, 2011) and Emily Ressler (March 28, 2014) and Victor Houle (May 2, 2013).

A Celebration of Life for Joey will be held on Sunday, February 23, 2020 from 1:00 pm 3:00 pm in the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 259, 257 Glen Road, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N2.

Donations in Joey’s memory may be made at any CIBC to the Trust Fund of the children of Joey Ressler.

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Russell Roberts Russell Roberts passed away suddenly on February 11, 2020 at his Barriere home at the age of 64.

Russell was born on January 4, 1956, in Pouce Coupe, BC, to Brenda and Jim Roberts.

He became a very accomplished welder and spent his working life travelling throughout B.C. and points beyond to practice his trade.

Russell will be remembered and missed by his friends and family for his generosity and wonderful sense of humour. He was lucky to be able to spend a lot of his time outdoors, where he would pursue his passion of fishing in his beautiful hand-made river boat. He was lover of music and was a talented singer - often crooning out the likes of Doc Watson, Van Morrison and Bob Dillon.

He is survived by his daughter Krystyna Spanell (Derrick Benard), his granddaughter Khoen Spanell, his sister Jane Fyfe, and his stepmother Jean Roberts. He will also be especially missed by his dear friends Trudy Vermeiren and Cal Setter. He is predeceased by his brothers David and Dean Roberts, his mother Brenda Toomey, his step-father Graham Toomey, and his father Jim Roberts.

No service will be held, at his request.

Daniel W. Sullivan 1948 - 2020

With deep sadness and regret, I am announcing the passing of my beloved husband of nearly thirty years Daniel W. Sullivan on Tuesday, January 28, 2020.

Daniel was born in Sidney, Nova Scotia, and was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts, where his family settled. As soon as he was old enough, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp., serving three tours of duty with distinction. He rose to the rank of Master Sergeant. Upon his return from Viet Nam he received the Purple Heart for exemplary Valor.

In life he was a friend to everyone, caring for the down and out and the needy. More than once, he gave away his coat to total strangers, his generosity knowing no bounds or limits.

Daniel earned his living in the building trade and there wasn’t much he couldn’t fix. He was crazy about nature and animals, especially dogs and wolves.

He continuously supported the Canadian Wildfire Fund and the Hospital for Sick Children of BC. Daniel will be remembered as larger than life, much respected by the ones that knew him. He was also known for his legendary sense of humour.

He loved displaying his love for his flags on his truck and was equally proud to fly the “Maple Leaf” and “Old Glory”. This magnificent human being is going to be missed by all that knew him. Now Daniel has joined his Heavenly Father after suffering a major stroke in Royal Inland Hospital.

God Bless you my Marine and be at peace Semper Fi In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the Canadian Wildlife Fund, in Daniel’s memory.

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Davinder Kaur Thind It is with great sadness that the family of Davinder Kaur Thind announces her peaceful passing on Monday, February 10, 2020 at the age of 87 years.

Davinder is survived by her loving husband of 73 years Anstar Singh Thind; her sister Surinder Kaur Sidhu; her children Manpreet (Harbans) Thind, Harmesh (Ranbir) Dhaliwal, Kulvir (Sukhwinder) Thind, Ravi (Harpinder) Atwal and Parm Thind; her grandchildren Guri, Gini, Jagdeep, Indervir, Jassi, Hardeep, Rajpaul, Inderpaul, Kamal, Avneet, Sukhraj, Mandeep, Josh and Jeeva; and many many great-grandchildren.

She is predeceased by her son Sukhpal Singh Thind and daughter-in-law Kamaljit Kaur Thind.

Davinder was born on October 8, 1932 in Ghudani Kalan District Ludhiana, India. She moved to Canada with her family in 1987, where Kamloops became her first home. She was a remarkable cook and enjoyed preparing meals for her family and friends, most especially over the holidays and family gatherings. She was truly unique and one of a kind, and she will be greatly missed by all that knew her and loved her.

The family would like to offer a special thank you to the paramedics, firefighters, and the RCMP for their strong efforts, care and professionalism. As well, a sincere thank you to the Kamloops Funeral Home for treating our family with such respect and compassion during this difficult time.

Each Loss Each loss is very different, The pain is so severe.

Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear?

Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared.

I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow.

So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

Now my life is all confused Since you went away.

You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time.

Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.

Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

A service in memory of Davinder Kaur Thind will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm at the Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Drive. Following the funeral service, there will be prayers at the Kamloops Sikh Temple (Gurudwara), 700 Cambridge Crescent, Kamloops, B.C. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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GIVE The more you give, The more you get,

Wesley “Steven” Wiebe It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Steven on January 24, 2020 in Calgary.

He is survived by his pride and joy, his everything in life his 6 year old son Arden (mother Karyn Draper), parents Wes and Doretta (Dee), brother and sister-inlaw Cory and Deneen, nephew Logan, grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins, numerous friends and his other “Mom” Diane Picton.

Steven was born and raised in Kamloops, he attended Parkcrest Elementary and Brock Secondary. After graduation he moved to Calgary - starting in the tire industry and ending operating heavy equipment.

His celebration of life will be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm at the Free Methodist Church, 975 Windbreak Street, Kamloops.

Steven will be greatly missed.

Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home

The more you laugh, The less you fret.

The more you do unselfishly.

The more you live abundantly.

The more of everything you share, The more you’ll always have to spare.

The more you love, the more you’ll find, That life is good and friends are kind.

For only what we give away, Enriches us from day to day.

Teresa Piercey-Gates

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