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As parking problems continue to plague Royal Inland Hospital, a TNRD director said more should be done to prevent people who are not attending the hospital from utilizing its new parkade. Ronaye Elliott, director of Area A/Copper Desert Country (Cherry Creek and Savona) said there are many people parking their vehicles in the parkade in the Clinical Services Building and, instead of entering the hospital, heading down or across Columbia Street on their way to work. “I actually watched a group of professionals park, pay for the day and they left, went down the street,” Elliott said. She implored the hospital district to find a solution to the problem. Despite the addition of the parkade, which was built as part of the recently constructed clinical services building, patients, visitors and staff continue to
DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE The new parkade at Royal Inland Hospital exits onto Columbia Street, as do many drivers who park their vehicles inside and walk to work in the area.
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But hospital users are probably more likely to see pay parking updated for the 21st century, rather than being abolished altogether. Health Minister Adrian Dix said he hears more complaints about hospital parking than any other issue. He added he sympathizes with such people and has personally experienced the stress paying for parking can cause. “I’m living it right now at another hospital in Burnaby,” Dix said. “I go there regularly, and I go there, and I type in my licence number and they say one hour, two hours, three hours. I’m thinking to myself, ‘Well, how long am I going to be here?’ “I’m sitting there with the person I’m visiting and suddenly I’m, ‘Oh, it’s 15 minutes.’ But either I gotta go or I gotta go get the parking and come back. We want people to visit their family members and their friends in hospital. It helps them get better when they have that support.: Dix said there are a variety of reasons parking isn’t free, from the need to convince more people to leave their cars at home to paying for the capital and operating costs of maintaining large parking lots. But, he noted, parking a vehicle at a hospital doesn’t have to be as stressful as it currently is. “There are some things in our system that I don’t think work very well for people, that really frustrate them,” he said. “I think it’s challenging because it’s very important that parking be available for people when they go to hospital. “So they’re real challenges. It’s not just about the money. We’re looking at it and there’s lots of possible options.” Royal Inland Hospital accounted for the most parking tickets issued (40 per cent) among all health-care facilities in the Interior Health region, followed by Kelowna General Hospital, with its 7,234 tickets making up 37 per cent of all tickets issues in the health region. In the entire Interior Health region in 2018-2019, there were 19,401 tickets were issued at eight facilities, with 8,068 (46 per cent) being paid, 5,667 tickets outstanding and 5,665 tickets cancelled. — with files from Black Press
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Liam Obester conjures up great concentration as he tosses a hoop in an activity at the recent Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism Fun Fair. Many attended and enjoyed the games and food at the fundraiser for the centre at 1111 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops.
ICBC surplus transfers to be prohibited KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
The provincial government is introducing legislation this week that will end the practice of governments transferring surplus funds from ICBC into general revenue to prop up B.C.’s bottom line. The legislation will make it illegal for surpluses from the Crown corporation to be transferred to general revenue without a majority vote of the legislature. According to Attorney General David Eby, previous B.C. Liberal governments moved surplus ICBC funds of almost $1.2 billion to general revenue between 2009 and 2016: • $576 million: 2009-2010
• $101 million: 2010-2011 • $237 million: 2013-2014 • $139 million: 2014-2015 • $138 million: 2015-2016 The B.C. Liberals did the transfers under what they called shareholder dividends. “For many years, the old government treated ICBC like an ATM,” Eby said. “It raided ICBC’s profits to the tune of $1.2 billion, seriously eroding ICBC’s financial stability and leading to higher premiums. With these proposed changes, in those years when ICBC does make a profit, those funds will now stay within ICBC so they can be used to make auto insurance rates more affordable, and for other ICBC
programs and services that benefit drivers.” This proposed legislation will be introduced this week. Upcoming legislation will also address the previously announced enhanced-care coverage, set to begin in May 2021, under a form of no-fault insurance that is intended to save B.C. drivers an average of $400 per year. Such insurance systems place strict limitations on when a person can sue following a crash. ICBC expects that to result in 20 per cent savings, which they say will be reflected in lower premiums. Under the enhanced-care coverage, injured parties could sue only when the at-fault driver is convicted
of a criminal driving offence stemming from the crash or in the case of a third party — such as an automaker or repair shop — that demonstrates negligence resulting in injuries. In taking legal action off the table, ICBC sets dollar-figure amounts for compensation for when B.C. residents are injured in a crash, figures that had previously been settled by lawyers or calculated by a judge following a trial. Legislation will increase maximum care and treatment benefits for people injured in a crash to $7.5 million — or more in some cases for catastrophic injuries that require long-term care. The current cap is about $300,000.
Public invited to food tasting events at TCC CITY OF KAMLOOPS IS ROLLING OUT HEALTHIER VENDING MACHINE OPTIONS JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
Imagine a protein drink in place of a sugary soda on your next trip to the vending machine. Imagine baked chips and granola bars in place of Doritos and Smarties. As schools shift away from offering kids french fries for lunch and society puts more emphasis on healthy living, the City of Kamloops is rolling out new vending machine options at the Tournament Capital Centre
that will support — not counteract — all of the hard work being done on the court, in the pool and on the treadmill. “As a signature recreation facility here at the TCC, we know that our patrons here are utilizing our facility, they’re health-conscious,” city health and wellness co-ordinator Jill Koot said. “We know that they take care of themselves. We want to help.” Koot said the city received a $1,100 grant from the BC Parks and Recreation Association
to implement healthier vending choices at the city’s recreation facility. The grant will cover costs of advertising, changing over of vending machine items and a tasting event, which will be held later this week at the facility to engage the public. The initiative will act as a pilot project for other facilities in Kamloops. The public can sample the new vending machine items at the Tournament Capital Centre on Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE The Old Men’s Provincial Cemetery, just south of Columbia Street and Sixth Avenue, has more than 1,000 graves below the manicured lawns and trees on the property. The City of Kamloops is considering using the site as an arboretum to educate the public about trees and how they benefit the environment.
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Plans for a tree museum continue to unfold in the Sagebrush Neighbourhood as city staff work to identify unmarked graves buried beneath the green space. According to the city, the Old Men’s Provincial Cemetery, which is located on Sixth Avenue, south of Columbia Street and next to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, was used to intern early settlers and immigrants who came to the region to work in the mining and railway industry, often without family. Since that time, the area has transformed into a 1.6-hectare green space overlooking the city. The Old Men’s Provincial Cemetery is currently a large grassy field with mature trees and home to more than 1,000
unmarked graves, which date back to the Gold Rush and the city’s incorporation in 1893. City civic operations director Jen Fretz said the area is under-utilized, noting the city wants to add an arboretum, essentially a tree museum, in order to transform the space into more of a park. The plan is to plant trees native to the area and add identifiers in order to educate the public, as well as include pathways and, possibly, benches and a gazebo. “A place for people to walk and enjoy,” Fretz explained. “No major structures, but maybe some park benches.” Before any of that can happen, however, city staff need to identify where people are buried, in order to avoid disturbing gravesites. Fretz said the city’s goal is to be respectful of the dead, noting the process will be slow as staff determine the best
design for the space based on what is discovered. No digging will be undertaken to identify grave locations. Instead, Fretz said, groundpenetrating radar will be utilized. “Essentially, you can locate things under the ground,” she said. The city plans on completing the groundpenetrating radar this year. Once it has the data for the burial locations, staff can develop the plan for pathways, new trees and amenities. As part of the arboretum project, the city would also give the settlers recognition in the area through informational signs and placing of actual grave locations on a map. Another idea being considered is matching groves of trees to the home country from where the settlers originated. But nothing can be confirmed until city staff take a look underground.
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make a determination.” Tate said Baker is in a tough spot. Baker paid Campbell a significant amount of money prior to his death and is now facing the prospect of having to fund a second trial. Calling it a “difficult situation,” Crown prosecutor Camille Cook opposed Tate’s mistrial application. She said it would be unfair to make the complainant testify again and noted the delay for Baker should also be considered. Kamloops provincial court Judge Stella Frame said she needs some time to think about her decision — but she said she hopes to rule soon. “Delay is a factor that impacts both parties in this trial, so I will try to get it done as quickly as possible,” she said. Baker, known in MMA circles by his “Riotmaker” nickname, stands six-foot-one and fights at a weight of 185 pounds, according to MMA website sherdog.com. He has a record of 14 wins and 10 losses. His last action was a loss in April 2018 on a Brave Combat Federation card in Brazil. Lawyers will meet this week to set a date for Frame’s decision.
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Five-year-old Maverick Currie (left) almost forgot about his delicious piece of cake, mesmerized as he was by the bulls on display at Saturday’s sale at the BC Livestock yards in Dallas. The livestock auctions are always entertaining. They also require brave souls to enter the show ring — and Don Hay (below) was up to the task as this beauty of a bull was bid on by the ranchers in attendance. Another regular bull sale on March 10 will be followed by the Angus Advantage sale on March 21. All the information is online at bclivestock.bc.ca. ALLEN DOUGLAS PHOTOS/KTW
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Homeless people with mental-health issues are falling through the cracks in Kamloops and other B.C. communities, according to Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian. “There’s an awful lot of focus on the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, as there should be, but this is a problem that is not unique to that area,” Christian said. “ This is a problem that is very evident in smaller sized cities and it’s something that we feel should be looked at.” Kamloops council has agreed to send a resolution to the Southern Interior Local Government Association, requesting it lobby Interior Health to re-evaluate its outpatient model of mental-health care.
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Christian said the push comes in conjunction with other communities in B.C. to raise the profile of the issue with the province. Christian said people with episodic mental-health issues should not be handled by Royal Inland Hospital’s emergency department, nor be in city jail cells. “Where do they go? Right now, they’re on our streets,” he said. “The opportunity to have a discussion
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ery few people cheer when their neighbour’s house catches fire, yet that is what seems to be increasingly happening in the ongoing debate surrounding oil and pipelines. As protests continue, the rhetoric is being dialled to 11, with less and less sympathy for others. When Teck pulled its proposal to build a new mine in Alberta, environmental organizations were quick to claim victory. When the Court of Appeal of Alberta ruled the federal carbon tax was unconstitutional, it wasn’t hard to find similar responses from the other side of the aisle. As a country, neither the cancellation nor approval of a project is a win. In fact, there is no winning at all. If a pipeline gets cancelled, it may be good from a number of perspectives, which can include environmental and reconciliation. However, it generally also means fewer jobs and less money coming in. Any of these projects are too complicated, with too many positives and negatives, to be presented as black and white and winning and losing. Consequently, when environmentalists cheered Teck’s decision on its proposed Frontier mine, it sent a message to Alberta workers that they’re not important. And when proponents cheer when a pipeline is approved, it sends a message to pipeline opponents that proponents don’t care about B.C. coasts, the environment or reconciliation. When we teach kids how to play sports, we teach them to shake hands afterwards. In particularly sportsmanlike moments, we will see players from the winning team consoling upset opponents. In the fight over energy projects, there are no hands being clasped. Rather, when one “team” wins, we’ll often see them kick the other team while they’re down or twist the knife around for good measure. Maybe next time before we post something or say something, we should ask ourselves if we would accept our sons or daughters saying it to the other team during their minor hockey games. — 100 Mile House Free Press
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ritish Columbia has a great education system, and school districts throughout the province strive to maintain B.C.’s position as a global leader in education by pioneering systemic changes that prepare students for a rapidly changing world. It’s why the curriculum has modernized and the graduation numeracy assessment has become a key part of the assessment framework and a graduation requirement for all students. But the graduation numeracy assessment is not tied to a specific math course. Rather, it evaluates a student’s numeracy skills developed over the course of their education. Students are assessed for the province in Grade 10. Math is to numeracy what grammar is to literacy. It’s a key piece of the foundational skill, but not the only component. Numeracy is the application of math and our ability to connect it to the world and communicate it. It’s understanding what you’ll earn after three hours of babysitting, considering the cost of the transit ticket you need to buy to get there and the craft supplies you bought to entertain the children. It’s understanding how much time you’ll need to get to your next class if you stop for a snack and need to factor in the length of the lineup as well as the time to get across the campus. It’s understanding how many Euros you’ll need for your field trip in Belgium if you want to pay for snacks, souvenirs and a rail pass. Numerate students are confi-
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dent in their ability to persevere and use mathematics in everyday life. They recognize there are multiple ways to solve a problem. They choose and use the right strategies and tools and pursue accuracy as they solve the problem. It’s an attribute universities, colleges and employers are looking for in a new type of graduate — one with strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Beyond the graduation numeracy assessment, SD73 has made improving numeracy a priority in ensuring every student acquires strong skills and core competencies. A locally-developed assessment was piloted in several SD73 schools this year, where students in grades 3 to 7 from 19 elementary schools took part. Assessments for grades 8 and 9 students have also been developed and have been piloted in three secondary schools. The SD73 Numeracy Action Plan is well underway, helping teachers and students develop their numeracy skills because, starting in September, district
numeracy assessments will be mandatory for all students in grades 3 and 6. A district numeracy team is facilitating learning sessions to support teachers to create learning environments in which students can develop a positive numeracy mindset and are encouraged to think, understand and solve problems. They are supporting about 60 teachers from 32 elementary schools through six half-day sessions of learning and collaboration. These teachers are in turn taking what they have learned back to their schools, to their colleagues. As students can also develop a deep understanding of mathematical ideas through real-life, parents will be supported throughout the district to aid with the real-life contexts of numeracy. Last year, 428 families in 16 schools participated in the kindergarten program You Can Count on Me. It has been incorporated into the Strong, Prepared and Ready for Kindergarten (SPARK) program, created to help introduce families and young learners to kindergarten. This year, a program called Math Path for Grade 3 students is being piloted in district schools. It’s a conversation starter for families to encourage children to persevere through math and problem-solving by having conversations with them at home. Kathleen Karpuk is chair of the Kamloops-Thompson board of education. Her email address is kkarpuk@sd73.bc.ca. SD73 columns appear monthly in KTW and at kamloopsthisweek.com.
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ARENA NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOME SHOWS Editor: I recently attended two events at Sandman Centre: We Will Rock You and Celtic Illusion. Both were great events. However, at the former, we sat in the first level in very uncomfortable chairs. Without my thick coat to act as a cushion, I doubt I would have lasted the full event, even with the intermission. The seats on the floor looked more comfortable, so for the second event, we bought seats on the floor to the left of centre stage. Due to the position of the side curtains, I could not see anything at all on the left side of the stage. I was disappointed and annoyed. We paid the same price as others in the venue — and more than some others — and yet we were unable to see the whole stage. During intermission, we moved to a different area where there were spare seats and we had a better view. But every time the actors left or waited to enter the stage, we could see them and they distracted from the performance. I heard several people around us say how distracting it was. Do we need an arts centre? Do we need a venue with decent seats and decent sight lines? Indeed we do. I live in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and I enjoy the various acts that come to town, but I am unable to vote in the April 4 Kamloops Centre for the Arts referendum. We all deserve a better venue for certain productions than what Sandman Centre offers. I am encouraging residents to vote “yes” — my heart and rear end will thank them.
PM DID NOT KILL FRONTIER MINE
Editor: Re: Jay Barlow’s letter of Feb. 26 (‘Fingering the Trudeaus for our troubles’): Once again, we see Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being blamed for something with which he had nothing to do. Barlow states that more than 10,000 jobs “have been lost” in the oil and gas industry because Teck Resources suddenly abandoned its proposed Frontier oil sands mine project on Feb. 23, and that Trudeau is responsible for this. First, Teck pulled the plug on this project for its own reasons, several days before Ottawa was to issue a ruling to grant or deny approval to proceed. Second, there were no jobs lost as a result of this decision. The 7,000-or-so construction workers
who were to build the project are not now unemployed. They will simply be working elsewhere. And the 2,500 operating jobs that were to come into existence once the project was built will now simply continue to not exist. Total number of jobs “lost” is zero. Third, Teck resources’ decision to not proceed was a purely financial one based on low oil prices and a capital market that is increasingly unwilling to support dirty oilsands developments. In a letter to federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Teck president and chief officer Don Lindsay stated that investors and consumers want jurisdictions to have a framework in place that reconciles resource development and
KUDOS TO COUNCIL’S COMMITTEE DECISION Editor: The Valleyview Community Association’s Owl Road landfill subcommittee was pleased to learn, in a recent KTW article, that Kamloops council “ ... is looking to add public input during committee meetings” and directing staff “to create a formal process for public delegations to address council committees in those groups’
terms of reference.” In our experience, we have found that, as residents, we are in a reactive, rather than proactive, mode. It seems the city is telling us about what’s happening at the landfill after the fact, rather than allowing for residents’ input at the front end of the decision-making process. It is indeed a progressive
step for council to amend the committees’ terms of reference to include a procedure that promotes an opportunity for public/community engagement, input and influence prior to decisions being made. Coun. Dale Bass certainly got it right when she said, “We represent the people. We should hear from the people too.”
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climate change in order to produce the cleanest products. “This does not yet exist here [in Alberta] today and … it is evident that there is no constructive path forward for the project,” Lindsay said in his letter. The success of the Teck Frontier project was never certain. According to analysts, there are already about 20 other oilsands projects that have received the green light from government, yet remain undeveloped for economic reasons. The Frontier project may or may not have been a non-starter from the outset, but one thing is clear — its ultimate failure was not caused by Trudeau. Alan Budreau Kamloops
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KTW up for five newsmedia awards Kamloops This Week is a finalist in five writing categories in this year’s Ma Murray Awards. The annual awards, organized by the The BC and Yukon Community NewsMedia Association, invite submissions from newspapers and their digital websites in B.C. and the Yukon. Those submissions are judged by journalism peers elsewhere in Canada, with each category coming down to three finalists. KTW’s newsroom staff are finalists in the following categories: • Christopher Foulds for Best Columnist for columns on the Justin Trudeau blackface controversy and the new impaired-
This photo of the Parkcrest elementary fire, shot by KTW’s Michael Potestio, is a finalist in the Spot News Photo category in the 2020 Ma Murray Awards.
driving law that allows police to test people for alcohol hours after they arrive home.
Foulds is also a finalist in the Sports Writing category for this his story on the
mental-health struggles of former NHL goaltender Clint Malarchuk. • Jessica Wallace
and Sean Brady in the Environmental Initiative category for their story and graphics
on water conservation in Kamloops. • Tim Petruk in the Investigative Journalism category for his story detailing the players involved in the battle for the drug trade in the city. • Michael Potestio in the Spot News Photo category for his photograph of a firefighter battling the blaze that destroyed Parkcrest elementary last September. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to find links to the stories and photo that have been chosen as finalists in the 2020 Ma
Murray Community Newspaper Awards. Winners will be announced at the annual gala, to be held on April 25 at the River Rock Casino and Resort in Richmond. Last year, KTW was a finalist for newspaper of the year in the largest circulation category, while marketing coordinator Tara Holmes won the Community Service Award for her work on the Timeraiser project and photographer Allen Douglas was a finalist in the Sports Photo category. Kamloops This Week was named community newspaper of the year in British Columbia and the Yukon in 2014 and 2015 and was named community newspaper of the year in Canada in 2014.
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ROAD CLOSURE AND REMOVAL OF DEDICATION AS A HIGHWAY BYLAW NO.18-387
(Adjacent to 750 Mission Flats Road) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 10, 2020, Kamloops City Council intends to adopt Bylaw No. 18-387, a bylaw to authorize the closure of road and removal of dedication as a highway shown as being a part of road dedicated on Plan 4901, K.D.Y.D., as shown below:
TRU PHOTO Douglas Booth (left), dean of adventure studies, culinary arts and tourism management at TRU, with Mike Wiegele.
Wiegele donates $50,000 to Thompson Rivers University KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing founder Mike Wiegele, has funded several new awards at Thompson Rivers University for students from the North Thompson and the Simpcw First Nation. Wiegele has donated $50,000 to fund 14 awards for students in the faculty of adventure, culinary arts and tourism. The donation contributes to TRU’s Limitless Campaign to raise $50 million, coinciding with TRU’s 50th anniversary this year. “I believe the future of the North Thompson Valley is tourism,” Wiegele said. “Tourism needs more financial support and better access to professional development. It’s important to develop and create a source of employment for young people, to be structured in hospitality, business and economics, and to aid young people in the North Thompson to achieve a high level of service and international standards.” Like TRU, Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing is also celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020.
Wiegele established the premier heli-ski resort in Blue River in 1970 and is marking five decades of operations with the community that made it possible. This year, two $8,000 scholarships for students from the Simpcw First Nation and four entrance awards and four scholarships of $2,000 for students from the North Thompson will be awarded. “We employ up to 240 people at the highest level of tourism with good-paying jobs. We would not be here today without the backing of the local community and we want to continue to give back to and support its residents,” Wiegele said. “We greatly value our friendship with the Simpcw First Nation, with whom we share not only the mountains in which we work and play, but also the vision of sustainable and environmentally responsible economic development.” The donation also funds two adventure studies scholarships and two adventure studies leadership awards and provides additional funding for the program to purchase avalanche training
equipment. Faculty of adventure, culinary arts and tourism dean Douglas Booth said the donation will have an enormous impact on the lives of those students who receive scholarships. “In addition to the financial support, the scholarships will also give students an introduction, and point of connection, to the Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing resort, a world-leading tourism operation in British Columbia,” Booth said. “Through connections like this, TRU helps students find their way in the world while also assisting local tourism operators.” Call Me Crazy, a film chronicling Wiegele’s legendary life, will be screened at the Kamloops Film Festival, this Friday at the Paramount Theatre, downtown at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue. To date, TRU’s Limitless Campaign has raised $43 million for student support, research, capital projects and equipment, and community initiatives. For more information, go online to tru.ca/limitless.
TRU gets funding for trades training Thompson Rivers University is on the receiving end of new funding it will use to offer more trades training to Indigenous students. The university was granted about $2 million of the $7.5 million allocated from the Canada-BC Workforce Development Agreement for trades programs for Indigenous students. TRU’s funding is going toward two programs: careers in construction, which receives about $1.5 million, and the transition and heavy mechanic founda-
tion program in Williams Lake, which will get $478,000. The careers in construction trades program funding is being doled out over two years, giving 100 Indigenous students in Kamloops, Lillooet and Chase the opportunity to become construction craft workers or heavy equipment operators, or try out a trades sampler program. The $7.5 million is being given to six programs over the next two years administered via the Industrial Training Authority.
The bylaw may be inspected at the Legislative Services Division, City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, during regular office hours from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, or inquiries may be directed to 250-828-3483. All persons who wish to register an opinion on the proposed closure may do so by: • •
appearing before City Council on March 10, 2020, at 1:30 pm, in Council Chambers, City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West written submission - please note that written submissions must be received by the Legislative Services Division no later than March 9, 2020, at 4:00 pm
Written submissions may be hand delivered or sent by regular mail to Legislative Services, 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2; faxed to 250-828-3578; or emailed to legislate@kamloops.ca.
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Medical bus service to end in May TIM PETRUK
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Low ridership has led to the decision by Interior Health and BC Transit to scrap medical bus service between Logan Lake and Kamloops in favour of a route to Merritt with optional connections to Kelowna and the Tournament Capital. The new Health Connections routes are slated to begin service on May 4. “We’re not suspending it, we’re re-routing,” Interior Health’s rural acute and community programs executive director Lisa ZetesZanatta told KTW, noting there were an average of two patients on
each of the twice-weekly bus trips. “When we looked at ridership, it was quite low. In looking at it, it was really felt that the corridor to Merritt would be much more needed.” Zetes-Zanatta said Merritt is capable of handling many of the Logan Lake patients who would have otherwise travelled to Kamloops, noting the transfers to Kelowna and Kamloops will be available for anyone needing more specialized care. According to Zetes-Zanatta, Logan Lake will become home to a full-time physician in March, which should alleviate a lot of the requirement to travel outside the community for care. “We haven’t had a physician
there for some time and we will, of course, keep our nurse practitioner,” she said. One-way fares on Health Connections buses are $5. Other routes in the region link Kamloops to Chase, Revelstoke, Lytton and Williams Lake. Funding is shared between Interior Health, BC Transit, City of Kamloops and District of Logan Lake. Other Health Connections routes still in operation include Kamloops/Chase, Kamloops/ Revelstoke, Kamloops/Lillooet, Kamloops/Lytton and Kamloops/ Williams Lake. Route details are available at bctransit.com/kamloops/ schedules-and-maps/healthconnections.
Average home price: $530K SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com
Nine more homes were sold in Kamloops in February than the in the first month of 2020, but the real upswing is in the number of homes hitting the market — up 30 per cent from January’s figures. A total of 336 homes hit the market last month, bringing to 936 the number of listed homes for sale. A total of 189 homes were sold. “Real estate in Kamloops is showing signs of a healthy spring market. Sales are up modestly and inventory is on a positive trajectory to help ease some pressure,” said Wendy Runge of the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association. That modest sales increase amounts to six more
homes sold compared to the same period last year and about 35 more homes sold than in the previous month. Most sales (of all types) were in the $400,000 to $500,000 range, with 45, but the $300,000 to $400,000 range also proved popular, with 35 sales. February’s single-family home sales averaged out to $530,303, compared to $460,268 over the same period last year. Driving this average up were two $1-millionplus sales and 20 sales in the $600,000 and $700,000 range. The median price, however, fell from $513,000 in January to $495,000 last month. As for the neighbourhoods where people are buying, South Kamloops led the pack with 22 while Pineview Valley was second with 18 sales. North Kamloops was third with 17 sales.
GREYHOUND ARRIVAL
The Northwest Canadian Greyhound League held its monthly gathering recently at PetSmart in Aberdeen Village, where seven-year-old Cole Zurowski made friends with Maggie. For more information on the Northwest Canadian Greyhound League, go online to ncgl.ca.
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The Royal Inland Hospital Foundation has been chosen as the community charity partner of this year’s CP Women’s Open golf tourney, which will take place this summer at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver. The 2020 CP Women’s Open will mark the sixth time B.C. has hosted Canada’s women’s open golf championship, with the last time being 2015 at The Vancouver Golf Club, where Lydia Ko won her third CP Women’s Open title. By being chosen as the tournament’s community charity partner, the RIH Foundation stands to receive up to $250,000 from Canadian Pacific, with $50,000 of that being part of a matching donation program. All money will be designated toward cardiac care at the hospital. While CP will donate $200,000 to the RIH Foundation, it will also match online donations — specifically geared toward cardiac care — made between Feb. 21 and March 20, to a maximum of $50,000. The public can donate online at www.rihfoundation.ca/cp-matching. “Being chosen as a partner by CP is amazing for us,” RIH Foundation CEO Heidi Coleman said. “CP is an
important part of the Kamloops community and their employees use the services here at the hospital. Giving back in this way shows that CP has a big heart and we are very thankful.” James Clements, CP’s senior vicepresident of strategic planning and technology transformation, noted Kamloops has been part of the railway’s network for 130 years. “It is exciting to see the ways that we can help improve heart health in communities we operate in and through,” he said. The CP Women’s Open will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 and will feature many of the world’s top golfers vying for a prize purse of US$2.25 million (CDN$3 million), which is among the largest purses on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. Viewers and on-course visitors should be able to see signage promoting the RIH Foundation. Last year’s CP Women’s Open was held at the Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ont., and was won by Jin Young Ko of South Korea. In 2018, the tournament was held at the Wascana Country Club in Regina, where Brooke Henderson became the first Canadian golfer to win the national championship since Jocelyne Bourassa in 1973.
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Hit/run trial to begin in June JOSHUA POOLI IS CHARGED WITH STRIKING A JOGGER WITH A VEHICLE IN 2016, THEN DRIVING AWAY TIM PETRUK
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A former Kamloops man who was charged last year in connection with a 2016 hit and run that left a jogger seriously injured will stand trial in June. Joshua Joseph Pooli, 30, was arrested after investigators tested DNA found in the vehicle alleged to have been involved in the hit and run crash. On Aug. 28, 2016, a female jogger was hit by a vehicle
on West Athabasca Street on the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc reserve. The driver of the vehicle that hit the runner is alleged to have sped away from the scene. The jogger sustained serious injuries. Police said a stolen vehicle believed to have been involved in the incident was found abandoned near the Halston Bridge a short time later. According to Mounties, Pooli’s DNA was found inside the vehicle. Pooli was arrested in March
2019 — two-and-a-half years after the hit and run incident — in Prince George. He is charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and possession of stolen property under $5,000. Following a preliminary inquiry in January, Pooli was ordered to stand trial. His four-day trial in front of a B.C. Supreme Court Judge is slated to take place during the week of June 22. Pooli is not in custody.
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Kamloops Mounties say they busted a commercial bike theft in progress early Sunday morning. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said an officer making patrols at about 2 a.m. spotted a car leaving a commercial parking lot at a high rate of speed. “A traffic stop was initiated and, when officers approached the vehicle, they noted what appeared to be a brand new bike on a rack attached to the car,” she said. “The bike had a sticker on it from a store located
where the vehicle was seen speeding away from.” Another Mountie visited the store, Shelkie said, and found evidence of a break-in. The driver of the car was arrested and the bike was returned to the store. “Luckily, our frontline officers make regular patrols of commercial and residential areas in Kamloops,” Shelkie said. “This was a quick and successful outcome to a break and enter.” Charges are pending.
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Kamloops may be out of the woods, at least as far as significant snowfall is concerned. That’s the cautious word from Environment Canada meteorologist Jonathan Bau, who said an average February has made way for what is expected to be an average March. “In terms of temperature, February was right about normal,” Bau told KTW. “The mean temperature was -0.2 C and the normal is 0.1 C.” The warmest day was Feb. 28, at 13.4 C, with the coldest day
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McLeod backs O’Toole in Conservative race KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
KamloopsThompson-Cariboo MLA Cathy McLeod has chosen the Conservative leadership candidate she will back — and it is the same person she
supported in the 2017 leadership race. McLeod will again back Ontario MP Erin O’Toole. O’Toole and former Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay are the most well-known
among those running to replace outgoing leader Andrew Scheer. Six other candidates — Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu, Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis, Alberta businessman Rick Peterson, Ontario MP Derek Sloan, Quebec
party organizer Rudy Husny and Ontario party organizer Jim Karahalios — have met the conditions of the first step, which had a deadline of end of the day on Feb. 27: submit a $25,000 registration fee and produce at
least 1,000 signatures from party members who live in 30 ridings in seven provinces and territories. Candidates will then be expected to pay another $275,000 fee and deliver another 2,000 party member signatures by March 25. Every riding in Canada, of which there are 338, is worth 100 points, with candidates receiving points equal to their share of the vote in each riding. The party will elect a new leader on June 27 in Toronto. McLeod chose to support O’Toole after her first choice — former Conservative MP Rona Ambrose of
Alberta — declined to enter the party’s leadership race. In the 2017 Conservative leadership race, O’Toole, who collected the most MP endorsements (31) before finishing third in the crowded field. MacKay has picked up support from a number of MPs (including some, like Abbotsford’s Ed Fast, who in 2017 backed O’Toole). In declaring she is behind O’Toole, McLeod cited on Twitter his support of Canada’s resource sector and believes he will be a greater presence on the international stage than is Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau. In early February, McLeod said he decision to support a leadership candidate would also include her assessment of which candidate has the best chance to defeat Trudeau and the Liberals in the next election. The party will host two official leadership debates — one English debate in Toronto — and one French debate in Montreal. The Toronto debate will take place on April 17 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, while the Montreal debate will be held on April 23 at the l’Amphithéâtre du Gesù.
Interest in park business The City of Kamloops’ parks engagement group recently advised against allowing for-profit business to set up shop in Riverside and Pioneer parks. Civic operations director Jen Fretz said the city has received “casual” interest from two parties interested in operating tourism-related businesses in the areas. No details about the businesses were released. Other communities, like Kelowna, are known for having restaurants, hotels and/or recreational rental opportunities for activities like kayaking, standup paddleboarding or biking along the waterfront.
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In Kamloops, political decisions have prevented waterfront development. In the past, controversy has swirled around development in or near Riverside Park. A group was formed under the moniker Friends of Riverside Park to protect the park from commercialization. In 2011, the city’s plan to build a parkade in the Lorne Street parking lot fronting the park was killed via a voter counter-petition. More recently, a public market proposal for the same parking lot has also received criticism, due to its proximity to Riverside Park.
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Cuts in B.C. budget overshadowed by protests 2020 BUDGET IS FULL A QUIET HACKS AND SLASHES, UNUSUAL UNDER AN NDP GOVERNMENT
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he ongoing Coastal GasLink pipeline protests have put Premier John Horgan’s government in crisis mode for the past month. But there is one silver lining for the Horgan administration: — the blockades have completely overshadowed analysis of the new provincial budget. That’s a good thing for the NDP because the more you read Finance Minister Carole James’s latest fiscal plan, the more you realize what an uncomfortable document it is for New Democrats to support. It’s essentially an austerity budget, full of quiet hacks and slashes to programs and services you would never have imagined facing the sword under an NDP government. James has cut funding for public transit, civilian-led police investigations, food inspection, environmental protection, parks, conservation officers, forestry enforcement, First Nations initiatives, international trade, small business, mental health policy and research, road safety, tourism, anti-racism and hate speech prevention programs, multiculturalism and sports. The figures are buried deep within the line estimates of the budget itself and, conveniently, never mentioned in the many pages of semifactual government communications material. “Budgets are about choices,” James told reporters at the Feb. 18 budget lockup. “It’s about taking a look at the resources we have, and the priorities that we have as a government. I think if you had taken a look at the past governments what often would happen at this time, when you saw moderation in the economy, is that you would see programs
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VICTORIA and services cut,” James said. “You would see programs eliminated. You would see services and supports for families eliminated. We’re not doing that.” James is on the second year of mandatory cuts across all ministries, in a bid to achieve $300 million in annual “discretionary” spending. What’s been trimmed so far? James and her ministry won’t produce a list, insisting it’s hard to track because the money goes back into services (despite the fact each ministry is required to submit to her a clearly itemized list of potential cuts and consequences). Still, you can spot cracks in the facade. B.C. Transit has warned about a stall to ridership growth after government shrunk its operating grant. James told transit to draw from its operating surplus to make up for the changes. By next year, what was once a $42-million financial cushion against any unexpected changes to bus service levels will be gone as B.C. Transit empties its piggy bank to help the NDP balance its budget. What are the other implications of the budget? Safety inspections for meat, seafood and agri-food products cut by almost 12 per cent. RoadSafetyBC, which runs traffic safety programs and monitors unfit drives, cut three per cent cut. The civilianled Independent Investigations Office
The figures are buried deep within the line estimates of the budget itself and, conveniently, never mentioned in the many pages of semifactual government communications material.
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that oversees death and serious injury cases against police cut three per cent. Environmental protection, air and water quality monitoring, managing pesticides and responding to high-risk environmental emergencies cut three per cent. BC Parks maintenance cut two per cent, and conservation officers patrolling those parts cut two per cent. Forestry enforcement cut six per cent. International trade cut seven per cent (but, presumably, not overseas trade junkets by cabinet ministers). Small business, immigration and refugee worker programs cut 2.4 per cent. Tourism, arts and culture cut 1.5 per cent. Anti-racism and hate speech prevention programs, along with creative economy funding, multiculturalism and sport cut two per cent. Some of the reductions are particularly jarring, given James’s own budget speech. “We know that delivering on these priorities means strong climate action, meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion,” she said. What, then, to make of a 13 per cent cut to B.C.’s climate action program that “provides support for the activities required to meet the province’s climate action target”? Those targets are supposed to be met by the government’s new CleanBC plan, which is a centrepiece of the
NDP-Green powersharing deal. If that worried the Greens and independent MLA Andrew Weaver, they didn’t show it — all three voted in favour of the budget. Then there is the ongoing reconciliation crisis with First Nations, sparked by the pipeline protests. For some reason, the government chose this year to cut the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation by almost 10 per cent. Horgan admitted to reporters that his government has more to do to improve mental health and addictions. But his government shaved almost five per cent off the division in charge of researching and growing new mental-health and addictions services. It’s true the budget does offer small inflationary increases to cover caseloads in social services, disability, child welfare, education and elsewhere. Health care, as usual, got the biggest lift. And there’s just enough cash for affordable housing and $10a-day child care plans to keep them on their 10-year-long implementation schedules. The money wasn’t enough to avoid criticism from community groups that the province continues to underfund victims of crime and sexual assault survivors. Longtime NDP supporters who wanted to see an increase to social assistance, disability and shelter rates were also left disappointed. Overall, it was the kind of budget that
could have been written by the previous B.C. Liberal government during its heyday of prudence, caution and austerity. James did have a choice. With the economy softening and international uncertainty rising, she could have dipped the budget into deficit to continue funding the NDP’s ambitious election promises and social programs. Despite encouragement from some left-
leaning economists, James chose not to go that route. The result is a budget full of cuts that would be toxic for the NDP to take to voters in an election campaign. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the whole exercise is that Horgan must be extremely confident he’s not going to the polls this year. Luckily for James, she’s got one more budget before the next election in the fall of 2021. Expect that one to
miraculously open the floodgates of spending in all areas, washing away the bitter taste of this year’s cuts and clawbacks to government services. Then, the NDP will put this Liberal-lite austerity budget on the shelf, and never, ever, speak of it again. Rob Shaw is a legislative reporter and columnist with the Vancouver Sun. rshaw@postmedia.com Twitter: @robshaw _vansun
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NETWORKNG FOR A CRUCIAL CAUSE: The Kamloops Networking Association celebrated its latest donation — a $2,000 gift to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation/ICCHA Wish Foundation, for use in cardiac care needs at the hospital.
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Boogie The Bridge training will begin in advance of the 22nd edition of one of Kamloops’ largest community fundraising events. The actual walk/run will take place on April 26, but training will begin at the Signature Sandman Hotel, downtown at 361 Lorne St., on Sunday, March 6 (8 a.m.) and Tuesday, March 8 (6 p.m.) and every Sunday and Tuesday thereafter. Participants can choose to join one or both training days, with all information online at boogiethebridge.com. When Boogie was first held, 62 people laced up their runners. Last year, 2,900 people gathered in McDonald Park on the North Shore to walk and run the one-, five, 10- and 21-kilometre routes. Since its inception in 1998, Boogie has raised more than $1 million for Kamloops charities. This year’s funds will go to First Nations Youth Theatre Outreach under the umbrella of Western Canada Theatre.
CHBA CELEBRATES THREEDECADE PARTNERSHIP: The Central Interior branch of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association recently celebrated its 30-year partnership with Thompson Rivers University with a $30,000 donation to be shared by the university’s trades and technology program and the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA. The three groups get together annually to construct the Training House, which then becomes the main prize in the Y Dream Home Lottery. In the photo from left: Kelly Reid (CHBACentral Interior president), Cheryl Breitkreutz (YMCAYWCA director), Baldev Pooni (dean of TRU Trades and Technology) and Mario Piroddi ( CHBA-Central Interior treasurer).
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TRU to host Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest this weekend KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK
RED NOSE LEAVES A MARK
On New Year’s Eve, Cheryl Moes was volunteering for Operation Red Nose when the escort car she was driving was hit by a suspected drunk driver, sending Moes and the Ford Focus she was piloting into a ditch on Highway 1 in Valleyview. The speeding pickup truck hit Moes’ Ford and the vehicle she was following — a Subaru Forester carrying a Red Nose driver and navigator and the people they were driving home from a night on the town. While there were no serious injuries reported in the crash, Moes does not want to forget the harrowing experience and decided to get a tattoo to remember the ironic collision. “I wanted the tattoo to commemorate the accident and to remind people why we are out there volunteering our time to try to prevent what happened that night,” she said. “When people see it and ask why, I can tell them the story. When I do, most people can’t believe it happened. Drinking and driving should never be a thing. There is always an alternative. The message needs to he heard.” Operation Red Nose is a by-donation service that runs during the Christmas season. It sees volunteers drive people home in their own vehicles in a bid to cut down on crashes due to impaired driving, fatigue and weather conditions. Donations go to PacificSport to help amateur athletes.
Kamloops Y looking for 1,000 $100 donors The Kamloops YMCA-YWCA is launching its Strong Kids 2020 campaign by seeking 1,000 people each willing to make a donation of $100. The annual Strong Kids campaign raises money to fund Y programs for children and youth, including giving teens access to the Y facility through the free, twomonth Teen Summer Membership program, teaching children to swim, funding registration so
youth can attend the annual Power of Being a Girl and Strength in Being a Boy conferences, providing vulnerable families an all-inclusive membership to the Y, offering children a place to go on adventures during summer day camp and giving young families access to programs and services that support raising a family. For more information or to make a donation, go online to kamloopsy.ca.
Can you build the strongest bridge using only white wood working glue and no more than 100 standard Popsicle sticks? You can find out this weekend at the 17th annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest at Thompson Rivers University. Entries must bridge a 50-centimetre span as described in the contest rules, which can be found online at tru.ca/__shared/assets/ Agenda__entry_from_and_specifications48850.pdf. Bridges are normally built days or weeks in advance to allow glue to cure then tested to the point of failure on the day of the contest. The following categories are available to enter: • elementary school (grades 7 and under); • secondary school (grades 8 to 12); • open (general public, mixedcategory teams, university students); • Corporate Cup (open to engineering professionals only).
KTW FILE PHOTO The 17th annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest takes place Saturday in the Old Main building at Thompson Rivers University. The contest requires participants to build a structure spanning 50 centimetres.
Bridges may be registered on site the day of the competition. The event will take place this Saturday in room 2621 of the Old Main building. Sign-up is at 9:30 a.m., with the bridges being put to
the test until about 2:30 p.m. The annual contest is being organized by TRU and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
Aquatic youth ambassador sought The province’s lakes and rivers are at risk from the threat of invasive species and the Invasive Species Council of BC is looking for a voice from youth to help raise awareness. The council’s first aquatic youth ambassador will star in a video to air on television and social media later this year. To raise awareness among youth and help protect B.C.’s lakes and rivers from harmful invaders, the Invasive Species Council of BC is working with Mastermind Studios of Kamloops to create a series of short videos involving youth. Filming will take place in Kamloops in April.
Throughout March, the council will be reaching out to communities and school districts across the province to find the first aquatic youth ambassador. “We want youth to get excited and speak out about their favourite bodies of water to help protect them from aquatic invasive species and preserve them for years to come,” said Gail Wallin, the council’s executive director. “Harmful invaders range from microscopic organisms to escaped aquarium plants. Our youth can easily play a part to help prevent their spread and maintain B.C.’s beautiful lakes and rivers well into the future.” Youth ages seven to 14 can
submit a short video with their answers to the following questions: • Who are you and where are you from (also provide your contact details)? • What are your favourite lakes, rivers and other bodies of water in B.C.? • What are your favourite things to do while visiting them? • Why are they important? • What do you do to make sure they stay clean and healthy? All submissions must be sent by email to peter@mastermindstudios.ca before the end of the day on March 26, with “ISCBC video submission” in the subject line.
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Tranquille Road Sanitary Upgrade Project PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION The public is invited to meet with City staff, the designing consultants and leading contracting contender to learn more about a large sanitary upgrade project on Tranquille Road from Southill Street to 12th Street. This deep utility work is required to replace the existing gravity main. The project will also include pedestrian paths, landscaping, and intersection and boulevard improvements.
Thursday, March 5, 2020 | 5:30–7:00 pm (drop-in) McArthur Island Sports Centre Lounge The City is committed to ongoing communication with residents and stakeholders on a regular basis throughout this project, through the City's Let’s Talk website, email updates, and social media. Can't make it? Visit LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca to view the project details. Stay Connected
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MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW David and Rachael Roberts of Sun Peaks won a new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Custom Trail Boss truck — the grand prize in the 2019 Kohler Canada’s Win Rinse Repeat promotion — and were presented with the keys to their new ride at the Smith Chevrolet Cadillac dealership on Notre Dame Drive. The couple is expecting their first baby.
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The timing in winning a new vehicle couldn’t have been better for a local couple expecting their first child. David and Rachael Roberts of Sun Peaks won a new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Custom Trail Boss truck — the grand prize in the 2019 Kohler Canada’s Win Rinse Repeat promotion — and were presented with the keys to their new ride at the Smith Chevrolet Cadillac dealership on Notre Dame Drive. David and Rachel, who own Altitude Plumbing and Heating in the resort community, said they were taken aback when they received an email notifying
them they had won the grand prize draw. “We were pretty surprised,” David said. “I thought it was a hoax at first, but it became apparent that it was real.” The Roberts, who started their business about two years ago, had been looking for a new family vehicle in December, when the draw was held. “I still can’t believe it,” Rachel said. The contest rewarded company owners who purchased Kohler plumbing fixtures and faucets a chance to redeem points in exchange for Manchester United-themed prizes. Kohler is a sponsor of the English Premier League soccer team.
In addition purchasing Kohler products gave company owners entries into a draw for the truck, valued at nearly $50,000. The promotion ran nationally from June to December 2019, with the potential to reach more than 150,000 Canadian plumbers. Plumbers who purchased Kohler products at EMCO counters across the country earned a point for each dollar they spent. The points were redeemed for various trade- and soccerthemed prizes, such as toolboxes, soccer balls and soccer scarves. Every 1,000 points earned equalled an entry ballot to win the grand prize Silverado.
Help Y create Strong Kids The Kamloops YMCA-YWCA is launching its Strong Kids 2020 campaign by seeking 1,000 people each willing to make a donation of $100. The annual Strong Kids campaign raises money to fund Y programs for children and youth, including giving teens
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World Day of Prayer 2020 services will be held in Kamloops on Friday, March 6. There will be two services: an afternoon service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 1136 Sixth Ave. in South Kamloops (Sagebrush) at 1 p.m. and an evening service at Our
all-inclusive membership to the Y, offering children a place to go on adventures during summer day camp and giving young families access to programs and services that support raising a family. To donate, and to learn more, go online to kamloopsy.ca.
Lady of Perpetual Help parish, 635 Tranquille Road in North Kamloops at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Zimbabwe, one of the more southern countries in Africa, has prepared the service this year. The theme is “Rise! Take your mat and walk.”
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ew taxes, housing and protests against the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project were front and centre during a Kamloops Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Friday. Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar and Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone gave the keynote speech to a full house of chamber members at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Convention Centre, providing an overview on the 2020 B.C. budget and discussing the pipeline protests that have hindered the Canadian economy in recent weeks. Queries posed to the MLAs included how the government will handle Coastal GasLink protests moving forward, what type of homes make up the majority of housing start drops, when the provincial budget will start to rely on new LNG infrastructure tax revenue and whether skyrocketing ICBC insurance premiums will level off or drop. The chamber meeting was held just days before the federal and provincial governments and the hereditary chiefs of Wet’suwet’en reached a tentative agreement on the land title issue, with debate remaining on the pipeline. Milobar said he felt the provincial government isn’t showing leadership in ending protests against the natural gas pipeline, which the NDP supports, and questioned how the government will handle any protests against the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, which the NDP opposes. “That’s going to be a problem because the Trans Mountain route is on a lot more urbanized areas than Coastal Gaslink,” Milobar said.
DAVE EAGLES/KTW Speaking about the provincial budget to members of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce were Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone (left) and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar. The event took place at the Coast Kamloops Hotel.
Stone told the crowd Canada cannot allow its rail lines and ports to be “held hostage” by protesters engaging in illegal activity as it will have a more damning impact on the economy than anything else. With respect to housing, Stone said the decline is more pronounced with market rentals than single-family dwellings and felt more in the Lower Mainland than in other parts of the province. “We need more — a lot more — housing of all types, from the most supportive housing to single-family with a huge swath of market rental in the middle,”
Stone said, calling for lower taxes for companies that build housing. He also slammed the government for lagging behind its election promise to build 114,000 affordable-housing units over 10 years, noting 2,400 units have been completed to date. Stone warned of the projected decreases in housing starts over the next three years in the 2020 budget, at a time when demand is high. As for the LNG tax revenue, Milobar said it will be a few years before that happens, given certain tax breaks, while Stone said the B.C. Liberals want to see pri-
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vate insurers allowed to enter the auto insurance market in a bid for lower rates. Kamloops Chamber of Commerce executive director Acacia Pangilinan said she has heard from members that they would like to see more leadership in addressing the protests as the acts have created economic uncertainty. To date, the chamber has not heard of any members having specific issues come about as a result of the protests, she told KTW. The chamber hosts the budget review with Kamloops’ MLAs annually, the main difference
from last year being crowd size, Pangilinan said. “This was a larger crowd than we’ve had over the last few years,” she said, chalking the increase up to concerns such as the ongoing forestry crisis, which has seen multiple mills close or curtail operations. “That directly impacts a lot of our companies here in Kamloops. Without seeing any sort of investment [from government] to try and figure out that crisis, there is uncertainty whether or not the provincial government sees it as a priority,” Pangilinan said. In their presentation, Milobar and Stone noted new taxes to the 2020 budget, a lack of new funding pegged to combat the forestry crisis and budget freezes or cuts to 13 of 20 ministries. Pangilinan said she was alarmed to hear no additional dollars are being put toward the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions to continue to combat the opioid crisis. Social issues, she said, have impacts on local businesses. Pangilinan also noted increased taxation is a major concern among chamber membership, particularity the new employers health tax — the threshold for which the Kamloops chamber would like to see increased to become more manageable for businesses. As it stands now, businesses with an annual payroll above $500,000 pay the tax. New taxes in 2020 include PST on carbonated drinks, charging those earning more than $220,000 a year four per cent more in tax, a 13 per cent bump in PST on e-cigarettes and applying PST to foreign sellers of telecommunication and digital media services, such as Netflix. “We hear a lot about taxation from the business community, so any time it’s brought up, we’re always listening to hear what new taxes are coming” Pangilinan said.
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at UBC and SFU. Over the next 30 years, the university campus is expected to be home to 7,500 people. Creston House, a 56-unit condo ownership building, is open and Legacy Square becomes the second building to welcome residents in The Reach development. Kelson Group paid a $1.8-million long-term land lease, with the money earmarked for student bursaries, scholarships and research activities. Legacy Square is a 77-suite,
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Interfor Corporation has received the green light from the provincial government to receive the transfer of Canfor’s Vavenby forestry tenures. As a result of the transfer, Canfor committed to creating a $200,000 legacy fund with the District of Clearwater to be used at the town’s discretion and will also provide $150,000 over five years to the United Way, as well as give $500,000 in funding to the Wells Gray Community Forest. “Under the previous government, companies could trade tenure like they were hockey cards, and the people impacted were often the last to find out — even when it resulted in the loss of hundreds of jobs,” Forests Minister Doug Donaldson said in a release.
“Our government brought in changes so that the needs of Indigenous nations, workers and communities would have to be considered before a transfer would be approved.” Specifically, the approval is for the transfer of Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 18 and replaceable forest licence A18688, located in the Kamloops Timber Supply Area near Vavenby, from Canfor to Interfor. The two licences have a combined allowable annual cut (AAC) of approximately 349,000 cubic metres per year. This includes an AAC of approximately 164,500 cubic metres per year from TFL 18 and approximately 184,500 cubic metres per year from A18688. The transfer is a result of Canfor closing its mill in Vavenby, near Clearwater, in July of 2019, leaving about
175 people unemployed. “Throughout this process, we have appreciated the opportunity to work in partnership with the Simpcw First Nation, the local communities and the United Steelworkers,” Canfor president and CEO Don Kayne said. “We are working to sell the Vavenby mill site, which will provide the best opportunity for future economic activities and employment in the local communities.” Further requirements of the deal include the need for Interfor to continue discussions with local secondary and value-added manufacturers in the North and South Thompson on log purchasing and wood-fibre supply agreements. Interfor must also work with displaced woodlands employees on further opportunities for employment.
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ric Valdal is boasting an extra 15 pounds. Squash starvation weighs heavy in Kamloops. “When you eat the same amount, drink the same amount of beer and you don’t exercise anymore, it adds up quick,” said Valdal, a Kamloops Squash Association (KSA) board member and past-president. The KSA is playing host to a fundraising dinner on Sunday, with sittings scheduled for 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Frick and Frack Taphouse, downtown at Victoria and Sixth. Tickets are $20 and include a starter salad, burger (veggie, beef or chicken) and fries. Valdal and fellow KSA board member Kirsten Humphrey said the event is more about raising awareness than money (although potential donors and generous philanthropists are welcome). The plan is to remind residents and City of Kamloops brass of the game’s plight in this town: “With our tag name being the Tournament Capital of Canada, it’s just shocking that we don’t have squash courts,” Humphrey said. No Limits Fitness dismantled the city’s two remaining courts last summer, with ownership deciding to use the space differently. “I travel a lot for work and interact with recreational facilities across B.C.,” said Valdal, part of a nomadic Kamloops squash group that travels to play in events across the Interior and on the Coast. “When I talk about the state of the game in Kamloops, almost every single time, they say, ‘Isn’t Kamloops the Tournament Capital?’ And I just shrug my shoulders.” Longtime members of the squash community have been brainstorming, drumming up
ideas for short- and long-term solutions. Short-term ideas include continuing to press Thompson Rivers University to reopen two courts in its gymnasium, which have been used for other purposes, including storage, since 2012. “The space is currently occupied for higher priority uses and I don’t see that changing any time soon,” TRU athletics and recreation director Curtis Atkinson said of the courts on campus. Longer-term ideas include finding other spaces to build some sort of facility, either in concert with the city or through private enterprise. KSA president Dave Clutton said the Kamloops Tennis Association board of directors has shown interest in a partnership with squash, but it is too early in the process of exploration to discussing building a squash facility at the tennis club’s downtown site, at 758 Front St. “The Kamloops Tennis Centre believes any venue going forward would have to be a multiplex sports facility,” KTA president Dixie Duncan told KTW. “The tennis club would support investigating options of pairing with squash.” Valdal and Humphrey share similar views on a permanent solution, both suggesting the city must be involved and that TRU is likely the best place to build a multi-use racquet centre. “The partnership really needs to be with the city, so it’s politically stable,” Valdal said. “We’ve already demonstrated we’ve got hundreds of players that will play. If you’re up at the university, your membership instantly doubles.” Valdal said the city has shown support for the pursuit of a racquet centre, some sort of multiplex facility that could include tennis, squash, pickeball, table tennis and badminton. See IT DOESN’T, A26
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Orrin Centazzo showed flashes of potential last season, but production was spotty and the Kamloops Blazers’ forward knew inconsistency had to be addressed. “For sure,” said Centazzo, the 19-yearold left shot from Marwayne, Alta., a village of 600 people near Lloydminster and about 20 kilometres east of the AlbertaSaskatchewan border. “Coming into the summer, that was the biggest thing I wanted to work on, my consistency, the 200-footgame, defence and offensively, and I think it’s helped me a lot.” He has 76 points in 58 games this season and is second in the WHL in goal scoring, Centazzo’s 42 goals two fewer than Adam Beckman, the 18-yearold Spokane Chiefs’ sniper. Centazzo and 19-year-old defenceman Montana Onyebuchi were acquired by then-Kamloops general manager Stu MacGregor in a 2018 deadline-deal blockbuster, with overagers Garrett Pilon and Ondrej Vala going to the all-in Everett Silvertips. Onyebuchi is a key cog on the Blazers’ blue line and Centazzo is a fixture on the team’s top line, along with overage captain Zane Franklin (Centazzo’s cousin, also from Marwayne) and NHL Draft prospect Connor Zary. “I credit my linemates because it’s true,” said Centazzo, who leads the league with 17 power-play markers. “I couldn’t do it without them. We just play really well together and find each other out there.”
Franklin (84 points), Zary (77 points) and Centazzo are fourth, tied for sixth and eighth, respectively, in the WHL scoring race. Centazzo racked up 18 goals and 51 points in 67 games last season, but pass-first propensity and that tendency to disappear for stretches of the season were addressed in exit meetings. Rededicating himself to hard work paid off — and he made a simple decision that is also producing results. “I’m shooting more,” said Centazzo, who directed 157 shots on goal in 67 games last season. “Last year, I passed a lot more. This year, if the shot’s there, I’m going to take it.” The diminutive forward — 5-foot-8, 162 pounds — has registered 199 shots on goal in 58 games this season. Seven of them turned into gamewinning goals, leaving him tied for third in the league in the category, which is led by overage Everett forward Bryce Kindopp, who has 11 game-winners. “I don’t really think about it,” Centazzo said. “Killer instinct, maybe. End of the game. Just put them away.” Centazzo and rookie teammate Logan Stankoven are tied for third in the league in insurance goals, both with five, two fewer than league-leader Zary. The Blazers’ top line promises to receive special attention in the post-season and Centazzo is bracing for the challenge. “I like the animosity,” he said. “You’ve got to play on the edge. It’s not just going to be a walk in the park. Guys are going to be on you and it’s going to be fun.”
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Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone has been making incredible shots all season. Jim Cotter and Team B.C. got a first-hand look at one of them on Monday at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston. TSN cameras shifted to the B.C.-Saskatchewan match in time to show Dunstone, a 24-year-old Kamloops resident, make a runback triple for four in the 10th end to win 9-8. Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun asked Dunstone if he thought it would be possible to score four in the 10th end of a game at the Brier. “Not at the Brier. Not anywhere, really,” Dunstone said. “You rarely have a chance for three in that situation. The curling gods definitely wanted us to win today.” Banshee screams and fist pumps followed, with skip Dunstone, third Braeden Moskowy, second Catlin Schneider and lead Dustin Kidby doing the celebrating, while Cotter and company rued mistakes. Cotter, the 45-year-old Kamloops product who throws fourth for B.C., opened the door for Dunstone with two loose shots in the 10th.
B.C.’s slide at the Brier continued into Tuesday, with the team falling 6-3 to New Brunswick in its only game of the day. Saskatchewan vanquished Ontario 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon. Pool A standings as of Tuesday afternoon: Canada (4-1), Wild Card (4-1), Saskatchewan (4-1), New Brunswick (3-2), Ontario (3-2), B.C. (1-4), Northwest Territories (1-4) and Yukon (0-5). The top four teams will advance to the Championship Pool. Cotter’s group will finish Pool A play on Wednesday with matches against Yukon and Canada, 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. starts, respectively. Saskatchewan was in action versus Canada after press deadline on Tuesday, looking for its fifth consecutive win. The Dunstone rink and Yukon are slated to clash at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Saskatchewan’s Pool A finale. KTW spoke to Dunstone and Cotter on Sunday night. “I know Jim pretty well,”
Dunstone, a Winnipeger, said of Cotter, the nine-time B.C. champion. “He’s bar none one of, if not the, greatest, most-gentle, kindest guys I’ve ever met in this game, just a true pro — and I look forward to another battle with him.” Cotter raved about the upand-coming shotmaker. “Right back at him. I think the world of Matt,” Cotter said. “Him and I have got to be better buddies over the years. I have a ton of respect for him on and off the ice.” Steve Laycock plays third and calls the game for B.C., but he skipped a Saskatchewanchampion Saskatoon rink that included Dunstone in 2017-2018. With Dunstone as its fourth, Laycock posted a 6-5 record in pool play at the 2018 Brier in Regina to fall just shy of the playoffs. Dunstone formed his own team in 2018-2019 for the 2022 Winter Olympics cycle. “Kingston’s a great little city,” Dunstone said. “Overall, the experience has been awesome.” Erin Pincott, who plays third for the B.C. champion Corryn Brown rink of Kamloops, is dating Dunstone. Team Brown placed sixth last month at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw.
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“We need two courts to replace what we recently lost, four courts to allow the sport to grow and five courts are required to host provincial tournaments,” Clutton said, noting courts cost about $50,000 each and a shell is required to house them. Clutton said a possible model for a shell is the indoor baseball facility built on McArthur Island, a building with a price tag of about $300,000. “We have a business plan that shows the sport can be self-sustaining, to pay the bills and have a small amount of surplus annually,” Clutton wrote in an email to KTW. “Like many (most?) sports, the business side is about offering an opportunity to play.
You can pay the bills while running a sport facility, but you are unlikely to become rich.” Humphrey stayed on the board specifically to represent a dwindling number of female squash players in the city. “We’re a dying breed,” she said. “We don’t actually have any courts in town. Do the citizens of Kamloops know that? “That’s why, for me, the university is so key. Most women are introduced maybe once in high school and, if you’re in a town or going to a university that has courts, that’s when you pick it up.” Discussion on facility ideas, finding money and securing city backing will be likely heard during the fundraising dinner on Sunday. The 4:30 p.m. sitting was
nearly sold out as of Tuesday afternoon. “City council meetings didn’t get us anywhere,” Humphrey said. “Now, we didn’t storm them, like the pickleballers did. We were told not to and we respected that. “I now wonder if that was maybe a mistake.” Valdal’s quips about his widening waistline were sandwiched with serious meat, more sombre morsels of discontent. “There is a deep passion in players, where it’s mentally stimulating, as well,” Valdal said. “That part has been really tough to deal with for myself. “It’s been tough physically and mentally. I don’t know if they realize it, but it doesn’t look good for the city.”
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The Kamloops Storm needed a win after KTW’s press deadline on Tuesday to keep their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season alive. The Revelstoke Grizzlies were up 3-0 on Kamloops and aiming to finish off the best-of-seven Round 1 playoff series at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Find the result online at kamloops thisweek.com. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW
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bronze in solo and placed fourth in figures and Liebe was fifth in solo and eighth in figures. Kiera Fawcett placed fourth and fifth in junior free solo and technical solo, respectively. Curtis, Liebe and Fawcett have qualified to compete at the Canadian champion-
ships trials, which will run from March 23 to March 29 in Markham, Ont. The three swimmers, along with Sunrays’ head coach Tina Naveri, have been selected to join the Team B.C. Ignite Gold Program, with B.C. Artistic Swimming. Naveri will be an assistant coach for
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Dig It: finding the individual in archeology LITTLE ITEMS, LIKE A BEAD, CAN TELL US MUCH ABOUT A UNIQUE PART OF THE PAST NADINE GRAY republicofarchaeology.ca
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s an archeologist who has worked both internationally and locally for many years, a question commonly asked is, “What is the most interesting thing you have ever found?” The answer usually surprises people because it is not the ceramic vessel decorated with hieroglyphs or the 6,000-year-old projectile point. It is a single stone bead. Not that interesting, you might think. However, if we change our focus from talking about material culture (i.e. the “stuff”) and start thinking about individual people who made and used these items, the bead can tell us about a unique part of the past. This single bead could have been one part of a necklace or a bracelet, or sewn onto clothing, footwear or a bag. We may not be able to determine exactly how it was used, but the bead, like other small objects from archeology sites, can provide information about the past in a different way because it is a personal object. More utilitarian and commonly found items, like ceramic vessels and projectile points, were also made and used by individuals, but objects like shell or stone beads and bone hair combs are everyday items that could have been used for many years by a single person — and likely held a more personal meaning. Considering the extensive lands that people travelled within British Columbia for access to seasonal resources, small objects were significant because they were lightweight and portable and individuals carried these objects with them on their travels. These objects would be worn or carried long distances, but they were not a part of a hunting, gathering or fishing tool kit. Rather, they were personal items. In this way, they tell archeologists something about the past that a stone tool does not.
Late Period artifacts from the Interior, dating to the last 4.500 years. In the centre row, on the far left, is an example of a geometrically decorated digging stick handle. At the far right is a geometrically decorated antler pendant and a carved antler with a face image. A beaver tooth, on the bottom row in the centre, was used for carving wood, bone and antler. FROM KNUT FLADMARK’S 1986 BOOK BRITISH COLUMBIA PREHISTORY
They tell us about the individual and the personal style and likes of a person in the same way jewelry and other adornments are used and displayed today Shell and stone beads have been found throughout British Columbia from archeology excavations of living floors — from winter homes in the Plateau area, for example. Other personal objects, such as bone hair combs, decorated digging stick handles (for digging roots) and incised bone and antler tools also offer insight for archeologists. That is because the decoration had little to do with the function of the object; the decoration was created by individuals as a personal choice. Incised lines, geometric shapes and human and animal motifs have been identified on bone, antler and wooden objects from a number of
archeology sites dating to different time periods. Since not all bone, antler and wood objects are preserved in archeology sites due to the organic nature of these items, the objects that do last only represent a small sample of what individuals may have used in the past — and are especially exciting for us to find. Nadine Gray is a Kamloops-based archeologist and instructor at TRU. Interested in more? Go online to republicofarchaeology.ca. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the Kamloops region. A group of nine archeologists working in the area contribute columns to KTW’s print edition and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.
This image from James Teit’s Memoir of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume II, Part VII, The Shuswap shows combs made from birch and juniper wood.
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Travellers from Iran, China asked to self-isolate as new B.C. COVID-19 case confirmed CANADIAN PRESS
VICTORIA — British Columbia is asking travellers from China and Iran to isolate themselves for 14 days when they return home to Canada after confirming a ninth case of COVID-19. The request is part of a list of recommendations and advice released Tuesday by the B.C. government to help prevent transmission of the novel coronavirus. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said the latest case involves a man in his 50s who began to feel ill after he returned home from Iran last week to the Fraser Health region, which is near Vancouver. He is in isolation at home and Henry said his family and close contacts are being monitored. In a joint statement, Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said employers should increase the availability of supplies used for cleaning and hand hygiene and think about how they would manage absenteeism by allowing employees to work remotely or attend virtual meetings. “Schools should be increasing cleaning and hand hygiene, educating students on respiratory etiquette, in addition to putting mechanisms in place to support students who may be away for extended periods,” the statement said. It also said event organizers should ask anyone who is sick, returning from an affected area or has underlying health conditions that may be affected by respiratory illness to stay away. “Gathering large numbers of people together can increase the risk of transmission,” the statement said. “Organizers should also complete a risk assessment considering what is happening in the local community and who may attend the event. Local public health teams can assist with this assessment.” The statement said the risk of the spread of COVID-19 remains low in B.C. The self-isolation request for those returning from China and Iran is among the steps being suggested to reduce the possibility of transmission.
MORE VIRUS DEATHS IN WASHINGTON SEATTLE — Washington state reported three additional coronavirus deaths Tuesday, bringing the total to nine. All of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far have been in the Seattle area. On its website, the state Department of Health reported nine deaths, eight in King County and one in Snohomish County. The state is now reporting 27 confirmed cases. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington on Sunday said they had evidence the COVID19 virus may have been circulating in the state for up to six weeks undetected. If true, that could mean that there are hundreds of undiagnosed cases in the area.
“All other travellers who are returning to, or visiting, B.C. from outside Canada should monitor themselves and their children closely for symptoms and if any arise, limit their contact with others,” the statement said, adding they should also call the province’s 811 health help line. It said those who have travel plans should monitor the federal government’s travel advisories. “Travellers should understand that as global efforts to contain COVID-19 continue, the availability of health care services in some areas may be limited and travel restrictions may be put in place suddenly.” Henry said the province is actively testing those at risk and more than 1,000 tests have been done. All cases in B.C. have been successfully managed at home and no one has been severely ill, she added. Ontario reported two more cases of the novel coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Canada to 30.
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BREATH OF FRESH AIR
There was a long line of people looking for employment during a FreshCo grocery store job fair last week at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre. Last November, parent company closed its Safeway outlet in Sahali Mall and has since been renovating the space. This spring, Sobeys will re-open the store under the company’s FreshCo brand, as it has done in numerous other markets in B.C. The discount store promotes lower prices, but will be without the butcher, bakery and deli that were found in the previous Safeway outlet.
Former PM Chretien scoffs at idea Canada’s unity is under threat JOAN BRYDEN
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OTTAWA — Jean Chretien scoffs at the notion that Indigenous protests and western alienation are a threat to Canada’s national unity. The former Liberal prime minister said Tuesday that Canada has suffered worse threats in the past and has always managed to survive. He recalled the 1960s and 1970s, when radical separatists with the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) were setting off bombs, kidnapped the British trade commissioner and killed a Quebec cabinet minister. “That is a few years ago and we’re still together, more united than ever,” Chretien told report-
ers after reminiscing about his 40-year career in federal politics at an Ottawa conference focused on his decade as prime minister. Some politicians and pundits have lately been arguing that Canada is broken, unable to reconcile the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and the need to fight climate change with the economic benefits of developing natural resources. Those competing demands have collided over the past few weeks as blockades popped up across the country in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs fighting a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. The barricades, one of which remains south of Montreal, paralyzed train traffic and damaged
the country’s economy. But Chretien, who served as Indian Affairs minister for more than six years under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, said there have been periodic protests by Indigenous Peoples for decades and they’ve all been resolved one way or another. “Do you think that this problem will break the nation?” Chretien asked and then answered. “No. Because Canada is stronger than that. We always face a problem and resolve them ... Don’t have an inferiority complex.” He urged a questioner to “relax” and put the recent protests in perspective. “You’re young, you will see a lot of problems until you get my age,” the 86-year-old said.
Trudeau urges patience as title deal considered by Wet’suwet’n CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are impatient for a resolution to tensions involving a disputed natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, but added time is needed to respect the traditions of the Wet’suwet’en people. Speaking to reporters in Halifax Tuesday, Trudeau acknowl-
edged the opposition of some Wet’suwet’en leaders to the Coastal GasLink pipeline has led to difficult times for many Canadians over the past few weeks. He said his government has been focused on trying to find a solution, but added current tensions stem from Canada’s dark history of mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. “We know that centuries of
marginalization, of oppressive, broken government policies have created a situation that is untenable,” Trudeau said. “It is not an easy process. It is a process we are all impatient with that needs to move forward, but we need to remain positive because the only path forward for our country is for all of us to work together and that is what we’re going to stay focused on doing.”
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WEEKLY CROSSWORDS
CLUES ACROSS 1. A team’s best pitcher 4. Designer Jacobs 8. Hip joint 10. A dialect of English 11. Portrays 12. Panic 13. The head of a team 15. High priest 16. League of Legends locale 17. Protective folds 18. Treats allergies 21. Voodoo spirits 22. Single unit 23. Unit of measurement 24. Brew 25. Burundian franc 26. Self 27. Bengals great
34. Making letters overlap 35. Piece of pizza 36. Illegal drug 37. Card game 38. The highest point in the development 39. Oh, God! 40. Wives (law) 41. Monetary unit of Samoa 42. Supplements with difficulty 43. Valentine’s Day color
CLUES DOWN 1. Warm climate tree or shrub 2. Silky case spun by larvae 3. Still in existence 4. Light, twostranded rope 5. Wear away 6. Beginnings 7. Essence 9. American Standard Code for Information Interchange 10. Path 12. Repeated tones 14. Expresses surprise 15. Monetary unit of Burma 17. When you hope to get there
19. Brighten 20. Fifth note of a major scale 23. Dark brown timbers of tropical trees 24. We all do it 25. Scrounges 26. Unit of energy 27. Begin to be 28. Midway between northeast and east 29. Distinctive practice 30. Succulent plants 31. Performer 32. Gas station term 33. Required 34. Soviet monetary unit 36. Eating house
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SUDOKU FUN BY THE NUMBERS
Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER
Beth is 80 years old and her daughter Jackie is 54, how many years ago was Beth three times Jackie’s age?
ANSWERS
Answer to last week’s WHAT NUMBER AM I? The number is 141
WEEKLY HOROSCOPES
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
Hobbies can be a great distraction from your responsibilities, Aries. But this week you need to get back to business, or you may fall behind.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, change is in the air and you are excited about all the new prospects that lie ahead. The most difficult decisions will be centered on what you’re going to do.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Nurturing is a part of your nature, Gemini. This week you may discover you are spending a lot of time lavishing attention on others at your expense. Find a healthy balance.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Cancer, your social and business calendar is full for the next several weeks. Even though you enjoy being busy, you may need a break to avoid burnout.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 It will be another fortuitous week for your finances, Leo. All of your financial ducks are in a row, and you can take some time off from micromanaging your accounts.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may want to show others a new side of you over the course of the next few days. You’re often conservative, but you might want to let loose a little bit and be adventurous.
MARCH 4 - MARCH 10, 2020 LIBRA
- Sept 23/Oct 23 You may receive a few offers this week that seem too good to be true, Libra. Trust your instincts as you navigate through all of these opportunities to find the best options.
SCORPIO
- Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, over the course of the next few days you’ll get an idea of how many people rely on you. When you are out of commission, things may come to a halt.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 People are drawn to your warmth and good nature, Sagittarius. That is why you are never short on friends or left with nothing to do. This week is no different.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20 Changes that you have been hoping will occur will finally see the light of day, Capricorn. The effects will be subtle at first and then build as they go.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, now is your opportunity to take care of yourself. You have been freed of some responsibilities and are able to focus on small changes that can add up to something big.
PISCES
- Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, when things get a tad stressful this week, remember that physical activity can calm you down. Take a walk or hit the gym.
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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
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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.
LOWER SAHALI/SAHALI Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, Bestwick Crt E & W, 98-279 Bestwick Dr, Morrisey Pl. – 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. 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.
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Thomas Abbadie 1930 - 2020
People ask who my hero was. My answer is my dad, but sadly I announce the passing of my father at 89 years of age. Thomas was survived by me, his only child Michael. He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years Marianne as well as brothers and sister in the basque region of France-Spain. Thomas was the nicest - kindest person that there ever was. He was born in the Basque City of Beijrie, France in 1930, growing up on the farm. In the early 1950s, dad packed up along with a few dozen other basques and started a new life in Canada as a sheep herder. Working in the Adams Lake Plateau, he killed 18 bears and 4 cougars while protecting the sheep. As there was not much money in that field, he got a job at Buff Lumber and later Weyerhaeuser. In the mid 60s, my dad went back to the Basque country and married his sweetheart Marianne. They knew each other as children. Going back and forth from Canada to France, they settled in Canada due to political reasons. French-Spanish security forces continue even in 2020 to abuse and at times torture the Basque minorities. All these crimes are ignored by mainstream media and western government. Dad’s love for FrenchSpanish people continues, but his dislike for the security forces will live on. After retiring, mom and dad went to the Basque country seven times and loved every minute of it; beauty, culture and weather. Dad was a great person with a big heart who helped anyone in need and never wanted anything in return, except maybe a glass or two of good wine. Dad was a great family man and made sure, along with Marianne, that we were always in good shape financially: work, save and invest. I know he was reunited with my mom in heaven and at the right time I will see them again. I would like to thank Les, Valerie, Carol and Brian and a thank-you to Maria Salviati. Thanks to his remaining longtime friends Dominic Mihura who also came from the basque country, and to Gerhard Hartwig and Donald Dupius. Special thanks to the staff at Ponderosa Lodge where dad spent his final few months. The nurses and care aids do a tremendous job. I would also like to thank a gentleman named “Les” who was a resident at Ponderosa. He was very kind to my father. “See you in the next world Mom and Dad” The Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Cathedral on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 9:00 am. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
IF TOMORROW NEVERby Norma COMES Cornett Marek If I knew it would be the last time That I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly And pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss And call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day. If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute To stop and say “I love you,” Instead of assuming you would KNOW I do. If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, Well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away. For surely there’s always tomorrow To make up for an oversight, And we always get a second chance To make everything just right. There will always be another day To say “I love you,”
And certainly there’s another chance To say our “Anything I can do?” But just in case I might be wrong, And today is all I get, I’d like to say how much I love you And I hope we never forget. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, Young or old alike, And today may be the last chance You get to hold your loved one tight. So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, Why not do it today? For if tomorrow never comes, You’ll surely regret the day, That you didn’t take that extra time For a smile, a hug, or a kiss And you were too busy to grant someone, What turned out to be their one last wish. So hold your loved ones close today, And whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them And that you’ll always hold them dear Take time to say “I’m sorry,” “Please forgive me,” “Thank you,” or “It’s okay.” And if tomorrow never comes, You’ll have no regrets about today.
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Brady David Dalke It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Brady David Dalke of Kamloops, BC, on February 15, 2020, at 25 years of age. Brady is survived by his loving mother and father Debbie and Brad Dalke, sister Megan Dalke, grandma McBurnie, aunts, uncles and cousins; Carrie (Dave) Smeaton (Sarra, Katee, Jordan), Bob (Tara) McBurnie (Jade and Eddy), Wendy McBurnie (Tylar), Amma & PG Papa, Shelley Dalke (Phil Kolobara), Gordon (Charlene) Dalke, Scott (Crystal) Dalke and Don Horning. Brady was an avid sports fan. Brady had just received his CPGA (Golf Pro) Certification and was working in his dream job as a CPGA Associate Golf Professional at the Dunes Golf Course in Kamloops. Brady took great pleasure in making others laugh, bringing joy everyday through his infectious smile and his ability to bring playfulness into people’s lives. Words cannot describe all the ways Brady was a gift to our lives. Our hearts are broken. Sweet Brady, our love for you is unconditional and never ending. A Celebration of Brady’s Life will take place at 1:00 pm on the Sunday, March 15, 2020 at The Dunes at Kamloops, with Pastor Larry officiating. Donations in Brady’s memory may be made to Kamloops Kid Sport at: kidsportkamloops@gmail.com May we grow in strength in our time of distress and grow braver through our reflections, and memories, of Brady. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca
Gary Dumma It is with great sadness and heartache that we inform you that Gary Dumma has passed away and gone on to the next big adventure on February 1, 2020. Gary was born in Vancouver on April 11, 1959. (10 minutes after his twin brother Larry). He moved around BC. to Kitimat, Vanderhoof, Terrace, Prince George and finally to Kamloops. Along the way he made lifelong friends everywhere he went. Gary was the first one to lend a helping hand when needed, whether you asked for it or not. He worked in Savona for over thirty years at the plywood plant, then at Highland Valley Copper for the last nine years before retiring in March 2019. One of his favourite things was preparing and organizing and winning sometimes our camp olympics. He loved camping, kayaking, going for walks and floating in his pool in his beautiful backyard. Gary’s greatest pride and joy (besides me) was his two beautiful daughters Nicole and Andrea. They allowed him to be the biggest kid of all. He is survived by his loving wife and friend Resa, his daughters Nicole and Andrea (Brian). His mom Cleo Dumma, his siblings Vicki (Jim), Rick, twin brother Larry (Barb) and Colleen (Perry) and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, please give the one you love a hug a day. I always got one and I miss it terribly. His party will be on May 23, 2020, at 2:00 pm. until 10:00 pm, at 843 Sumac Place, Kamloops. Good stories and jokes welcomed. Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes on
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Hildegard Anna Mathilde Hauschildt (née Strache)
October 3, 1928 - February 12, 2020
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Mother, Hildegard in the early hours of the morning on February 12, 2020 at the age of 91. She left us peacefully to be with the angels. Hildegard was predeceased by her husband Christian in 2007, grandson Quinton Hauschildt in 1998 and her great-grandson James Landrie in 1992. She will be sadly missed by her four children Roswitha (James) Munson of Kamloops, Ursula (Arthur) Hawes of Winnipeg, Gisela (Joe) Hauschildt/Macquire of Burnaby and son Helmut (Rosalie) Hauschildt of Toronto, six grandchildren Catherine (Markus) Platzer, Cory (Selena) Munson, Brandy (Kelly) Hawes and Jennifer (Sandra) Hawes/Dobbs, five greatgrandchildren Cole Landrie, Magnus and Anneka Hawes, Olivia and Emeli Munson, two great-great-grandchildren Salina and Jordyn Landrie. Hildegard was born in Mainz, Germany where she grew up and met her husband Christian. They married in 1949 and had four children. In 1966 Hildegard and Christian immigrated to Canada with their young family and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they had a long career at Winnipeg Photo until retirement. They chose to continue their retirement in Kamloops, BC in 1996, where Hildegard has been for the last 23 years enjoying the beautiful mountains and sceneries. Hildegard will be fondly remembered for her great love and talent of writing many beautiful stories and poems that she shared. These stories she passed on to us children and family to enjoy for many years. Our family would like to sincerely thank the staff at Royal Inland Hospital and The Hamlets care home in Kamloops for the exceptional care and sensitivity provided to Hildegard. Our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Paul Farrell. His kindness and compassion that he has shown over the years in his care of Hildegard has been greatly appreciated. Cremation has taken place. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca
She Walks in Beauty LORD BYRON
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
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Donald (Don) Irving Stewart
1932 - 2020
October 18, 1946 - February 26 2020
With deep sorrow we announce the passing of Joe on February 26, 2020 at 88 years of age, leaving behind his devoted wife Silvana of 58 years, two daughters Laurie (Jaxon, Kyle) and Anna (Ted Desireau).
Joe had a lengthy stay at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice and the family would like to thank all the amazing people who opened their hearts and took wonderful care of him. He was comfortable, at peace and considered you all as “his friends�, GOD BLESS YOU, our family is forever grateful. A funeral mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Church, 635 Tranquille Road, Kamloops on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 12:00 Noon, in his honour. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice, 72 Whiteshield Crescent S. Kamloops, BC. V2E 2S9.
With broken hearts we wish to inform you of the sudden passing of Donald Irving Stewart in the early morning hours Wednesday, February 26, 2020. He was known as Don and Papa to all who knew and loved him and he will be greatly missed. Don was born October 18, 1946 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and heard the call to come west young man in the early 60s. Ocean to ocean he left the Atlantic to settle on Vancouver Island on the Pacific. Soon Port Alberni became home where he met and married his wife Beverley. He worked at the Somas Mill then the APD for many years as a boom man. In the late 80s they moved to Kamloops, BC where he worked as a transport driver for Northern Trailer for over 23 years. Driving transport rigs was his dream come true. His hobby was restoring Corvettes and several other vehicles cars and trucks along with motor cycles, building a u-built Harley as one of his final projects. One of his other joys was to walk his two beloved dogs twice daily in the pine tree forest trails near his home and going on long driving adventures with his wife.
Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com
He leaves behind his beloved wife of 55 years Beverley (nĂŠe Beauregard), his son Brian Stewart, wife Allison, young grandsons William (10) and Jaxson (4) of Kelowna, his daughter Aimee and “first bornâ€? grandchild Ryan (26), currently of Kelowna and granddaughter Jessica (24) of Kamloops. He also had a place in his heart for his “neighbour grandkidsâ€? Teagan and Stephie Mosley.
George Edward McIntyre
Don is predeceased by his Father Donald Sr. his Mother Betty (Zwicker) both of Nova Scotia, two brothers Frank and Brian and two sisters Patricia and Darlene.
Arrangements entrusted to Drake Cremation and Funeral Services.
April 5, 1937 - February 24, 2020 It is with heavy hearts must say goodbye beloved husband, grandfather, and grandfather George McIntyre.
that we to our father, greatEdward
Born in Trail BC, he was the youngest of 10 siblings. George passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack.
And give a hug to your loved ones because we never know when we will be called. In lieu of flowers, please donate to any cancer agency or charity as cancer has taken so many of our loved ones. A Celebration of Don’s life will be held in the Schoening Funeral Chapel on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 1:00 pm. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
He was a longtime employee for the City of Kamloops with parks and recreation, retiring in April, 1997. George loved his sports. He was a longtime member of Fraternal Order of Eagles and Loyal Order of Moose. George is survived by his loving wife and best friend Molly McIntyre, three children Susan, Peter and Donny, two step-children Cindy and Wendy and nine grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren with another one on the way. A celebration of George’s life will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 3:00 pm in the Dogwood Room at Loyal Order of Moose, 730 Cottonwood Ave, Kamloops. All are welcome to come, remember the happy times and share love and memories. In lieu of flowers, please take a few moments to remember times you spent with George. Condolences may be expressed at DrakeCremation.com
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Giuseppe (Joe) Innocenti
Joe was a strong, resilient man who was always active and kept himself in great shape. He enjoyed making his wine, working outside in the yard, biking, singing, socializing with friends and spending time with his family. All who knew him have memories to cherish and will be in our hearts forever.
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There’s an angel on your shoulder Though you may not know she’s there, She watches over you day and night And keeps you in her care. There’s an angel on your shoulder Watching you learn and grow Keeping you safe from danger And nurturing your soul. She’ll be there through your triumphs She’ll dance on clouds with pride, She’ll hold your hand through disappointments and fears, Standing faithfully by your side. And stood up for what was right. In your life you’ll be faced with decisions and trials And she’ll shine down her guiding light. Life holds so much in store for you, So remember as you grow older, There are no heights you cannot reach ‘Cause there’s an angel on your shoulder. Bereavement Publishing Inc. 5125 N. Union Blvd, Suite 4 Colorado Springs, CO 80918
OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE Others who have gone before Hold up my trembling hand. They comfort me in the blind despair I cannot understand. They suffer with me when I hurt, Weep with me in my pain, Remind me that we are not lost ... Though I must now remain. Those who’ve gone before me, Hear me when I cry. Sing softly with me soothing chords Of unsung lullabies. Mourn anniversaries never marked, A future I cannot keep. They gently kiss the pain away, And love my heart to sleep. The ones who’ve gone before me Hold me in my dreams. They gently stroke my furrowed brow, And calm my silent screams. They love me in my heartache, Wait quietly nearby., Hold patiently, one to another Till I join them by and by. By Joanetta Hendel, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Max Patel What Piece of Art did you Buy? Recycled Mount by Jesse Cameron
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people home which kept streets safe and families together whereas on the other days I would be a part of a drag show to raise funds for people that were in the transition period of their life. The joy of helping others because of the amazing organization that exists in our community was the What do you like best about your artwork? best part of it as well. Before Timeraiser, I had never been into an art gallery/show ever in my life. So I didn’t know what to expect but when I got my eyes on the Recycled What do you like best about the Mount it just an amazing piece of art or you can Timeraisers event? say the best piece of art for me. The reason I say The idea of raising time for an organization so is that I’ve been vegetation all my life and that helps our community is the best thing have never hunted or killed anything to eat or for about Timeraiser. There are a lot of people like pleasure. Seeing the art which was made without me who don’t have the means to support such killing the animal was just amazing in itself. Also, organizations financially or buy the amazing art the skull was replaced by layers of wood glued on piece from our local artists but volunteering for top of each other which was just like an icing on organizations that pays the artist for their art is the cake for the art. That being said, I don’t think just an amazing idea. any other artwork would have introduced me to the art world better than the Recycled Mount.
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