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Dental Office Dr. Keith Stewart is pleased to welcome Dr. Bryce Koronko to his practice. Dr. Koronko was born and raised in Kamloops and is excited to return with his young family. Dr. Koronko will be providing all dental services.
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Regretfully, Dr. Sher Muhammad will be closing his Medical Practice on October 28th, 2016. Dr Muhammad feels privileged to have served the community of Kamloops with the best of his ability and would like to thank everyone for their support and cooperation. All Patients may obtain a copy of their medical records from the office:
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One time, Michael Zaitlin piled his university textbooks together and put his television on top of them. “There, I’ve got a $2,000 TV stand,” the Thompson Rivers University student said as he discussed the students’ union’s open-textbook campaign. Zaitlin, a history, economics and political-science student, is also the union’s student caucus chair and official spokesman of the campaign that began on Aug. 30. The goal is to see more faculty using textbooks licensed under an open copyright, which would let users share them and adapt their content. The books are all peer- and faculty-reviewed.
The provincial government created the open textbook program in 2012, describing its goal as making higher education more accessible by reducing the cost of textbooks students had to buy. The project was tasked with creating a collection of open textbooks linked to the 40 highestenrolled subject areas in the province. In 2014, the province added another 20 textbooks that supported trades, technology and skills training; the total available is now more than 150. The program is managed by BCcampus, a provincial agency. Zaitlin said 25 TRU classes use open textbooks, which means more than 900 students are saving a total books cost of more than $108,000. The push now is to find faculty champions who will help pro-
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A textbook example of trying to save money for students mote the concept. TRU’s website recommends students be prepared to spend from $500 to $1,000 per year on for textbooks. The student union said textbook prices have risen 82 per cent between 2003 and 2013 and represent nearly one-third of education costs for domestic students. The students’ union will also be promoting creation of a TRU Open Textbook Fellowship to support faculty who create new or adapted open textbooks. “We are calling on individual professors to leverage their textbook choice to provide students much needed savings and to tailor materials to the curriculum,” Zaitlin said. “And we are also looking to the university to take a leadership role that reflects our unique mandate for open education.”
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The Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union’s open-textbook campaign aims to see more faculty using textbooks licensed under an open copyright, which would let users share them and adapt their content.
A man who asked Kamloops Mounties to shoot him while swinging a wooden staff at them during a confrontation on a downtown street is out of jail. Travis Bespoyasny pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court to one count each of causing a disturbance and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Court heard a police officer leaving the Kamloops RCMP’s Battle Street detachment on June 10 heard a commotion coming from the corner of Sixth Avenue and Seymour Street. When he took a look, he saw a man swinging a wooden staff and yelling religious phrases. The Mountie called for backup and more officers arrived at the scene. That’s when the man, later identified as Bespoyasny, turned his attention toward police. “He began telling the officers to shoot him,”
Crown prosecutor Oliver Potestio said. “He continued swinging the staff in the direction of the officers.” Bespoyasny was Tasered and arrested. He has been in custody since the incident. The 46-year-old told court he wants to move back to the Lower Mainland, where he has better supports in place to deal with his mental-health and substance-abuse issues. “It seems when I don’t take care of myself, then my mental-health issues become a factor in my being arrested,” Bespoyasny said. “Now I’ve had time to rest, take my meds.” Kamloops provincial court Judge Chris Cleaveley gave Bespoyasny credit for the time spent in jail since his arrest and released him on time served. “It’s a bit of a shame,” the judge said. “You’ve missed most of the summer. But, now that you’ve had a chance to think about it, make sure when you get back to Surrey you stay on an even keel.”