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HIGH demand, LOWsupply 2016 REAL ESTATE SALES BREAKING RECORDS

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he first new townhouse development in over eight years will add selection to the evergrowing demand of prospective homebuyers in Sun Peaks.

A&T Ventures of Kamloops has acquired the site next to the Kookaburra Lodge to build a 26-unit townhouse complex, which will mark the first townhouse development since Bridge Gate, which began selling in 2007 but did not sell out until 2012.

“What’s happened at Sun Peaks is there was a lot of inventory in both condominium and townhouse, and that inventory, particularly in the townhouses, dried up,” said developer Frank Quinn.

“Because there’s no inventory and because there’s

demand, primarily coming from our dollar being low, is driving the U.S. market to us and also Vancouver because people have so much equity in their homes, they’re beginning to look at Sun Peaks as a place to live.”

Quinn said this complex will feature townhouses approximately 2,000 square feet in size, similar to the McGillivray Creek townhomes. The complex will be built directly off Sun Peaks Road between the Kookaburra Lodge, the access road to the former rink site and the valley trail at the back.

“We’re fast tracking it,” said Quinn, who has been developing properties in Sun Peaks since 1994.

“The development of any parcel usually takes a couple years before you get a shovel in the ground, but

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we are pretty confident we’re going to be able to get a shovel in the ground on this site maybe as early as this fall but more likely in the early spring as soon as the snow’s off the ground.”

Real estate sales are soaring in Sun Peaks in 2016. As of June 27, there were 80 total sales, which is double the total at that point last year and nearly matches the total amount of sales for the entirety of 2015.

“It’s amazing how quickly it’s turned around. Nobody wanted to buy anything for years and now everybody wants to buy,” said Liz Forster, managing broker of Sotheby’s International in Sun Peaks.

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local New airline comes to Kamloops DIRECT FLIGHTS TO VICTORIA AND EDMONTON

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new ultra-low cost airline is expanding service to Kamloops.

NewLeaf Travel Company announced the Kamloops Airport as one of 12 Canadian airports where flights operated by

Flair Airlines will be offered.

Flights will operate from Kamloops twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with one flight to Edmonton and another to Victoria each day, according to airport manager Fred Legace.

“I think we’re always happy to supply more services,” Legace said. “I think it’s good for

folks here to be able to get to a number of locations across the country.”

There were no direct flights from Kamloops to Victoria, nor to Edmonton since WestJet discontinued that route on March 5.

“The whole business arrangement with an ultra-low cost carrier is high quantity in return for a low fare. There are 156 seats on these aircraft and they need to fill them,” Legace said. “Admittedly a lot of seats will be through flights between Edmonton and Victoria so that’s not going to be a huge strain on the Kamloops market. Still, we

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gap of development seen in Sun Peaks since Nippon Cables purchased the resort in 1992.

“We need product.

We need building in Sun Peaks there’s no doubt,” Forster said.

“The one thing we’ve been really good at is we’ve always had some sort of a major development going up, until 2008, pretty much going every year,” said Peter Nixon, real estate manager for Sun Peaks Resort LLP. “Depending on what the year was we always had something that was happening, but when 2008 came it really put a pinch on everybody for sure.”

Forster said the townhouses have been the hottest commodity on the market with properties selling at the asking price within a month of being listed, a far cry from the houses that recently sat on the market for up to four years.

One townhouse in Woodhaven recently sold the same day it was put on the market.

“That same unit was on the market for about four years without selling,” Forster said.

“They decided to take it off the market for about a year and the day they put it back on it sold. That’s how dramatically things have changed.”

One emerging demographic in particular is responsible for the soaring the housing market. More people

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are taking advantage of the high housing prices in Vancouver and moving to more affordable locations, such as Sun Peaks.

Thirty-seven per cent of buyers in 2016 have been from the Lower Mainland, according to the MLS listings. Comparatively, 13 per cent are from Kamloops, eight per cent from the rest of B.C. and seven per cent from each Ontario and the United States.

“The school is attracting a lot of young people. They look at this as being a lifestyle change. With the prices the way they are in the city, they can sell and buy something here and get out from under a big mortgage,” she said.

Townhouses are driving the soaring real estate market, but are far from the only area seeing a drastic improvement.

Vacant lots and one-bedroom or studio suites that have been on the market for years have sold, and four homes in the $1 million range have sold within the past six months after no sales in the price range for over three years.

“There are no more old listings on a lot of these, they’ve all sold,” Forster said. “The hockey rink and health centre under construction, the new homes being built, all of a sudden it seems like everybody’s heard of Sun Peaks.

It’s exciting.”

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need to see aircraft that are going out of here full and with the fare levels they are going to offer at, I think there’s a market for that.”

Flights booked through NewLeaf, the Winnipeg-based reseller, will cost as low as $79.

Kelowna-based Flair Airlines will operate the flights with Boeing 737-400 planes. Flights can be booked online at gonewleaf. ca starting July 25, with the first Kamloops flights beginning July 30.

“We are excited to resume operations as people plan their summer vacations,” said Jim Young, president and CEO of

NewLeaf Travel Company, in a press release. “We know Canadians have been waiting for this service and are delighted to increase their travel options by offering more flights to more destinations, with fares as low as $79.”

The Kamloops Airport also received $2.6 million from the provincial B.C. Air Access Program for upgrades to the apron, the area where aircraft park to load, unload and refuel. The airport will be responsible for the remaining costs of the estimated $3.2 million upgrades, for which construction will start in August.

Pool repairs underway >>Working to finalize transfer of facility to Municipality The pool received a face lift earlier this month to get ready for the hot summer days ahead. | PHOTO FACEBOOK.COM/SUNPEAKSAQUATICS

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he Sun Peaks Sports Centre pool underwent renovations ahead of summer operation.

Repairs to the roof, interior and exterior of the building cost $14,000, and painting and retiling of the pool in an effort to stop a slow leak cost $3,500.

Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality (SPMRM) and Sun Peaks Resort LLP (SPR) are sharing the cost of the repairs.

An agreement in principle was announced in February to see the facility transfer from SPR to SPMRM. The two sides continue to work on finalizing a transfer agreement and SPR will operate the pool this summer, according to SPMRM chief administrative officer Rob Bremner.

The work being done this summer is part of funding SPMRM received through the Canada 150 Fund grant program. Bremner said installation of solar heating for the pool is also part of the grant funding received, but a timeline for that work hasn’t yet been decided.

“We hopefully will start to move forward on solar heating for the water because that’s part of the grant program, so we’ll probably look at getting that installed as soon as we possibly can,” Bremner said.

“As we try to grow to a four season resort, that’s is one of your key family items I think is needed in the summer.”

The Sports Centre facility will also be used as the changing rooms and washroom facility for the new NHL-sized rink next winter. Bremner said the building has matted floors already in place, and the use of the building for both the pool and the rink will be part of a

proposed business plan, for which a grant application has been submitted to the BC Rural Dividend fund.

The plan is to have SPMRM take over operation of the pool next summer and look at potentially having the pool open in the winter months as well.

Mayor Al Raine said council will look more closely at the challenges with operating the pool once other projects, such as the rink and health centre construction, are complete.

“We’re a mountain resort, but we also want to be a strong summer resort and water, swimming, that’s all part of summer for most Canadians. A pool is an essential part of the community. I think there’s no question that for the summer months the pool will be there,” Raine said. “The question mark area is can we come up with a plan that would allow us to operate the pool in the wintertime going forward?”

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un Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality’s (SPMRM) rezoning process has sped up with the adoption of an Official Community Plan.

Chief administrative officer Rob Bremner said rezoning applications for single-family homes to legally allow short-term tourist accommodation are still trickling in, but they no longer require provincial approval.

With the adoption of the com-

munity plan on March 24, SPMRM can now adopt the rezoning bylaws itself at the municipal council meetings.

“The province was taking three, four or five months with them,” Bremner said. “We can do it a meeting later. It’ll help the process for sure.”

Bremner said they have received just shy of 40 applications. Most have been processed, but it will be an ongoing task as properties change ownership or people decide they want to accommodate shortterm tourist rentals.

“I’d say at least 75 per cent,

maybe 80 per cent, are well into the process and moving forward,” he said.

“The process has been very seamless. Now we’ve done so many of them we kind of know what to expect and we haven’t had a lot of hiccups.”

The municipality is also continuing to work on fixing building code issues in relation to the zoning on Burfield Drive to permit legal tourist accommodations. Bremner said he expects a draft to be presented to council in early July.

“When we sent it away it’s the idea that we’re not putting anybody in danger. I think that’s council’s sole goal. We don’t want to take away accommodation, but we also want to make sure the accommodation is safe and falls within the codes,” Bremner said.

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Two committees formed for health centre planning WATER SERVICES INSTALLED ON SITE

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wo committees have been formed in anticipation of the construction of the new health centre.

Councillor Mario Pozza, a representative from Sun Peaks Resort LLP, a representative from the Sun Peaks Health Association, and chief administrative officer Rob Bremner or finance officer Nicky Braithwaite will sit on the construction committee and also a standing committee for the health centre.

The construction committee will oversee decisions around the building of the facility until its opening. The standing committee will make recommendations on how the clinic should be managed, daily operations, capital projects, securing equipment and conducting a doctor search once the facility opens. Should a doctor move to Sun Peaks, they will also be appointed to the committee.

“Council’s overseeing administration and rules and regulations within the municipality, but we’re not experts on the operation of a medical facility so we need a committee that

will get the people who are actively involved and really represent the professional side of medical services to give us recommendations,” said Mayor Al Raine.

The municipality is continuing to work on securing a contractor to build the facility, but preliminary work has begun on the site. Excavation to install the water and wastewater services began on June 29, with expected service disruptions to The Peaks, Sun Mountain Villas, Alpine Greens and Sunburst Estates. The tie in to the existing water main is expected the week of July 18, however

NEW LEISURE SPACE IN UPPER VILLAGE

A new leisure space is open to the public at the top of the village stroll outside the Tourism Sun Peaks office.

The space includes picnic tables, a ping pong table, a large-scale chess and checkers board and a bean bag toss game.

The games are free for the public to use with rackets, balls and game pieces available on site. The ping pong equipment, and large chess and checkers pieces will be available during the day and put away at night to avoid theft or vandalism, according to chief administrative officer Rob Bremner.

“The residents had some concerns about people mingling later at night so the idea is our student (interns) will come in at night and take the chess and checker pieces in,” Bremner said.

the final date is yet to be confirmed. The actual interruption of water service could be as long as six to eight hours, according to Sun Peaks Utilities.

The goal is still to have the new health centre open in December. Once construction is complete, equipping the facility and working to attract a fulltime doctor will become the top priorities.

“I still think the success and speed of services, the community’s ability to get this health centre up and functioning well will be directly related to how much money we can put into equipment,” Raine said. “If we can get x-ray and ultrasound and things like that happening there, then first of all the level of services goes up, secondly I think it’s going to be more attractive in terms of bringing a doctor in.”

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opinion PAGE Name your price? The overlooked costs of growth BRANDI SCHIER PUBLISHER’S NOTE brandi@sunpeaksnews.com

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oming home after a weekend away to a note taped to your door isn’t really a good feeling. As we pulled up, I wondered what we could have possibility done to cheese off our neighbours to the point that they needed to officially reprimand us.

But to my surprise, the note wasn’t from a neighbour. It was someone who wanted our neighbours as their own: “If you’re interested in selling, we are a family eager to buy. Please contact us. Name your price!”

After a brief and slightly entertaining phone conversation, I gleaned we both had very different interpretations of the phrase, “name your price”.

Nonetheless, the efforts from the family clearly illustrated

something I’d been hearing for a while. The market has rapidly changed in Sun Peaks and people are getting desperate to find a place to live, either to buy or to rent. While this is great news for current property owners, it can also be a red flag for future social issues.

“If you’re interested in selling, we are a family eager to buy.

Please contact us.

Name your price!”

This year, it seems we have less SPIN classifieds for available long term rental units (even over the summer when renters could generally take their pick) and more for people looking for

upcoming winter accommodation before the snow had even melted off Mt. Tod’s peak.

As recently brought up at the Tourism Industry Association of BC AGM in Sun Peaks, the popularity of short term rental services like Airbnb and VRBO are further encroaching on potential staff housing around the province.

If we can’t offer people suitable places to live, how can we expect them to take jobs in Sun Peaks?

Affordable housing and rental availability can be huge problems. One only has to look to the recent events in Vancouver and the taxation steps their municipality is looking at. Or Google housing issues in Aspen, Vail, or Jackson Hole and you can get a sense of where Sun Peaks could one day be headed.

Look to our friends in Whistler and you’ll see efforts spurred by their housing crisis, namely

Challenges lie ahead in doctor search JAMIE SHINKEWSKI jamie@sunpeaksnews.com

Born and raised in Kamloops, Jamie grew up skiing Sun Peaks before heading east to earn his Bacherlors of Journalism from Carleton University.

Before joining the SPIN team, he was a reporter for the Ottawa Sportspage and KamloopsBCNow.

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he search for a doctor has not yet begun, but it very well may be a tough task for the leaders of the Sun Peaks community to attract a physician to the new health centre.

Sun Peaks is far from the only community trying to attract a doctor. In 2014, approximately 4.5 million Canadians were without a regular doctor and B.C. was around the national average of 14.9 per cent of the population without a physician, according to Statistics Canada.

There are currently over 600 doctor positions available in B.C. and over 120 in the Interior, according to Health Match

BC’s website. The task at hand, once the new health centre facility is built and equipped, will be to make Sun Peaks stand out compared to all the other jobs available.

There will be a number of challenges to overcome, but one highlighted by Mayor Al Raine in his conversations with medical professionals is what doctors in today’s day and age are looking for in a workplace.

In my conversations with other medical professionals, specifically dentists and optometrists, the issue is not limited to GPs: young professionals don’t want to run their own practice.

Instead, they want to work for a private company where they can work 9-to-5, earn their salary and not worry about the other responsibilities that come with being a business owner.

Raine admitted they would be fortunate to attract a doctor by the upcoming winter when the health centre is slated to open, and once the search goes into

full swing an open-minded approach will be needed.

The one glaring advantage Sun Peaks has to offer is lifestyle. In addition, a brand new facility could very well serve as a second great attractant for a prospective physician.

“The ideal situation would be a couple who are both doctors and love to ski,” Raine said.

One thought that has been floated around is someone closer to the end of their career than the beginning and looking for a fresh start. Another option to explore is the Practice Ready Assessment – Physicians for BC program, which currently has 25 physicians working full time throughout the province.

Ashcroft, Lillooet and Logan Lake are nearby communities that have attracted doctors through this program.

Whatever the outcome, it’s sure to be a made-in-SunPeaks solution that will surely take some creativity to surpass the challenges yet to arise.

the Whistler Housing Authority, which first focused on increasing rental availability and then on affordable housing through restriction covenants.

There are so many positives happening in our community right now — a new townhome development, a record-breaking occupancy year, nearing bro-

ken ground on the much-needed health centre and a school bursting with kids when others are being closed. It’s easy to get swept up and not realize the negative side effects to growth until they’re already upon us.

Let’s learn from those who have already navigated through it and avoid the headaches.

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Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Council gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing in Council Chambers at 106-3270 Village Way, Sun Peaks, BC, to consider proposed Bylaws 0061, 0068, 0069, and 0070.

What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0061, 2015?

It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 to rezone lands at 5321 Lookout Ridge Drive (legally described as Lot 6, District Lot 6466, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan KAP80085), from RS-1: Residential Single Family One to RS-1A: Residential Single Family One – Tourist Accommodation Zone to permit tourist accommodation (nightly/short-term rental).

What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0068, 2016?

It is a site specific change to the TP-1 (Tourist Pension One) Zone of Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 at 2232 Sunburst Drive (legally described as Block A of District Lots 6259 and 6337, KDYD, except Plan KAP53479), to allow a restaurant as an auxiliary use to a pension.

What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0069, 2016?

It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 to rezone lands at 2201 Sunburst Drive (legally described as Lot 38, District Lot 6337, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan KAP53479), from RS- 1: Residential Single Family One to RS1A: Residential Single Family One – Tourist Accommodation Zone to permit tourist accommodation (nightly/short-term rental).

What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0070, 2016?

It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 to rezone lands at 2422 Fairways Drive (legally described as Lot 3, District Lot 6394, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan KAP65774), from RS- 1: Residential Single Family One to RS1A: Residential Single Family One – Tourist Accommodation Zone to permit tourist accommodation (nightly/short-term rental).

All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. Additionally, they may make written submissions on the matter of these Bylaws (via any of the below options) which must be received at our office prior to 4:00 p.m. on the 15th day of July 2016. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter.

How do I get more information?

A copy of the proposed Bylaws and all supporting information can be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday (except statutory holidays) at our office from June 15, 2016 until 4:00 p.m. the day of the Hearing; or please contact us via any of the below options.

No representations will be received by Council after the Public Hearing has been concluded.

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tourism NEWS Busiest spring on recent record FOAM FEST LEADS INCREASED VISITATION

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he momentum of a record-setting ski season continued past the closure of the chairlift as Sun Peaks experienced the busiest spring in recent memory.

As of June 17, ahead of the biggest event of the shoulder season, occupancy for May and June was pacing 15 per cent ahead of last year and well above any spring this decade.

“We’re trying to establish

ourselves as a premiere four season resort so it’s nice to have a stronger spring season,” said Kyle Taylor, media relations specialist for Tourism Sun Peaks (TSP).

The busy spring was led largely in part by approximately 4,500 participants in 5K Foam Fest on June 18, the first of three years Sun Peaks is slated to host the fun run.

“We’re really excited about it strictly from an exposure standpoint because it brings the size and scope of that event and the market appeal that it has,” said

Aidan Kelly, marketing and sales manager for Sun Peaks Resort LLP. “It brings thousands of people to Sun Peaks that otherwise wouldn’t have come to Sun Peaks, and that’s good news for us in the long term to be able to get them to come back.”

Expanded escorted tours, Skate Sun Peaks, Con Brio music festival and the continuously growing number of activities available also helped bring people to Sun Peaks throughout the spring.

“There’s no magic one big reason, there’s a lot of different

small contributors that all add up which is a good safe place to be in from a growing destination,” said Colin Brost, director of market development for TSP. “From Foam Fest to, if you look back into April, the mountain was open until April 10 this year. The mountain was open a little bit longer which gave us an extra eight or nine days in the beginning of April that helped. We hosted the Con Brio and the student music concert weekends in April and that’s significant growth. We’ve also seen a strong resurgence of the

escorted tour market and we’re definitely capitalizing on that,” he said.

With the busy spring following a record ski season and a record-setting summer 2015, Brost said there is still a lot of room for improvement.

“As successful as it’s been over the last couple of years, and in particular this year, numbers are still low,” Brost said.

“There’s tremendous room to grow and TSP and the other members are going to continue to foster that. We need to be busier.”

B.C. spring tourism numbers break records

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nternational tourist visits to the province were up 18 per cent from January to April

over the same time period last year. The Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training released the numbers on June 22 and attributed the growth to increased air access from certain markets, the low

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Canadian dollar and growth in Aboriginal tourism.

“2016 is shaping up to be an amazing year for tourism in British Columbia. Even before we hit peak summer season, we see strong hotel occupancy rates and room revenues, fueled by a huge rise in overnight visitors from Mexico, the U.S. and other key markets.

We are inspiring both international travellers and Canadian residents to really explore our super, natural province this summer,” said Marsha Walden, CEO Destination British Columbia in a press release.

British Columbia experienced growth in international overnight entries from some of its key markets in April over the same month in 2015, including: - Germany up 33.4 per cent - China up 32.9 per cent - South Korea up 31.9 per cent

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- Mexico up 28 per cent - Australia up 26.4 per cent - United States up 22.1 per cent

- Japan up 9.3 per cent - India up 6.8 per cent - United Kingdom up 0.7 per cent

NEWS Establishing Emergency Social Services SPFR OVERSEES TWO NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVES

by JAMIE SHINKEWSKI

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un Peaks Fire Rescue (SPFR) is developing two new community safety programs, Emergency Social Services (ESS) and emergency preparedness, over the summer.

Volunteer lieutenant Ash Bruce has been appointed as co-ordinator for both programs and will be setting up the framework throughout the next few months.

The ESS program is a common program for communities and comes into effect when residents are displaced from their homes due to an emergency. A reception centre is set up where displaced people can check in and receive help for the first 72 hours following the emergency, which Bruce said is the critical period.

“If anybody does become displaced it’s just a matter of finding out where that reception centre is and there will be contact information set up, there’s a whole broadcast that

will go out,” Bruce said. “The key thing is tracking everybody in an emergency because you want to make sure you don’t lose anybody.”

The ESS program partners municipalities with the provincial government and assists displaced people depending on the nature of the emergency with short-term food, lodging and clothes.

“It’s becoming more and more important especially in the smaller communities.”

Bruce said the focus this summer will be on recruiting volunteers, setting up a communication network using Sun Peaks’ various broadcast channels and partnering with local businesses to help should the need arise.

“It’s becoming more and more important especially in the smaller communities. The big cities tend to have people in place to do this, but here it’s a

volunteer group and volunteer position that’s being built to handle this,” Bruce said.

He is also working to create an information package to help people prepare in case of an emergency. Bruce said the emergency preparedness resources will be available through the SPFR and Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality websites.

“If something does happen in the house and you do have to leave in an emergency, do you have an escape plan?

Have you set up an area where the kids can go meet up with everybody? Do you have a backpack that’s got things like vital medication, clothing and a couple days’ worth of water?”

Bruce said.

Bruce said there were examples this past winter where they had to evacuate residents on Douglas Court and Burfield Drive for short periods of time due to water and gas main breaks, which highlighted the importance of a formalized program.

“We’re reaching an age as a resort or size as a community that having these things in place is becoming more important,” Bruce said. “We get pretty constant reminders that we have to deal with these two things when it comes to smallscale evacuations or people that are displaced.”

LOCATION NEEDED FOR CAR CHARGING STATIONS

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The Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality is looking to install charging stations for electric cars.

The municipality acquired three stations from Tesla Motors, free of charge, and the remaining hurdle is to find a suitable installation location.

Mayor Al Raine said SPMRM is in discussions with Sun Peaks Resort LLP to locate the charging stations in one central location, close to services.

“That was a no-brainer at the council meeting. Let’s accept the offer and find a location,” Raine said. “I think the priority is to get them in a prominent position where it would be easy for the public to access them and use them.”

TSP reports on ‘tremendous year’ at AGM >> Outstanding membership receivables over $119,000

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ith record resort visitation in both summer and winter, Tourism Sun Peaks (TSP) presented to a small but pleased crowd at their Annual General Meeting on June 25.

“Generally non-profits struggle with attendance, but really it’s a sign that things are going well,” said acting Sun Peaks Resort director Aidan Kelly. “If there was a contentious issue or things were bad

it would be packed. Yes, it would be nice to have more engagement however, things are all moving in a positive direction and generally people are happy.”

Summer 2015 numbers exceeded 43,000 room nights which is a 20 per cent increase over the previous year. Winter occupancy exceeded 75,000 room nights, which is a 14 per cent increase over the previous year and a new resort record.

Guest spendature and length of stay were also up, which are important economic indicators for the restaurant and retail sector.

“This really speaks to the diversity of our destination,” said Kelly. “People are looking at us as more than just a weekend away. You can spend one or two weeks here easily.”

The board also presented on outstanding membership fees.

Six properties owe amounts over $5,000 each, totalling over $119,000, ranging from two to 10 years overdue.

“The success of Sun Peaks is that we’re really the sum of our parts. It’s set up so that not just one developer profits. It’s a collective of like-minded companies growing and developing together. In order for it to work

The stations will require space to park a vehicle and access to power. Installation of the three stations will also be free of charge, according to Raine.

Tesla’s Destination Charging program is rapidly expanding their network with a focus on hotels, restaurants, shopping centres and resorts.

“I see the need for charging stations everywhere I drive,” said Tesla owner Brock Nanson, who owns properties in Sun Peaks and Kamloops. “Something that’s lacking pretty much everywhere you go is charging infrastructure.”

Nanson said Tesla owners use interactive maps to see where charging stations are located before planning their trip. A quick check shows stations in Kamloops, Salmon Arm and Whistler, but not yet in Sun Peaks.

“I see Sun Peaks becoming a popular destination for Tesla owners if there’s charging facilities,” Nanson said.

everyone has to participate.

It’s not fair to profit off the work of others. We wanted to draw the membership’s attention to this and show that as an organization we’re doing our due diligence and creating a level playing field,” said Kelly.

TSP has placed levies on the delinquent properties and is looking at a cost benefit analysis of taking the remaining owners with smaller outstanding amounts to small claims court.

TSP collects mandatory membership fees from all property owners, both residential and commercial, in Sun Peaks.

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GET out there Jog with a dog CANICROSS COMES TO SUN PEAKS

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n an effort to expand services to summertime, Mountain Man Dog Sled Adventures has brought a new style of running to Sun Peaks.

Co-owner Taryn Schwanke is taking small groups out on the trails three times a week with canicross, the sport of cross country running with dogs.

The dog is attached to the person with a harness and runs ahead, easing the impact and making running easier.

“If you’re able to time it right and feel the motion of it, the dog pulls you so you can make your stride longer by making them do the work,” Schwanke said. “It’s less impact than normal running and the motivation is easier because the dogs

want to go.”

The sport is popular in Quebec and Europe, particularly the U.K., and Schwanke said she has been looking for new ways to keep the dogs in shape during the summer months.

“We do a lot of fall training come October once the lifts close and it cools down, but that’s starting fresh every fall.

If we can keep them more active, then our fall training becomes that much easier too,” Schwanke said.

Schwanke can take up to five people per session and is going for runs on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. She said they go about four kilometres in an hour with lots of stops at creeks and in shaded areas so the dogs don’t overheat. Anyone over the age of 12 can join and it costs $10 for a drop in session.

“We’ve been sticking mostly

to the cross country trails and staying on flatter things so you’re not doing too much incline. That makes it easier for people who are just starting or not all that in shape. It’s a good workout but it’s not too hard impact.”

Before the run, people put the harness on the dogs and Schwanke leads them through an introduction with some basic yet important commands the sled dogs use.

“The dogs do know their lefts and rights and they do have some commands that most pet dogs don’t learn but that are quite important for my sled dogs,” she said.

Mountain Man is also looking to include scooter and quad summer tours, although Schwanke said those likely won’t be available until next year as the dogs will require more training. The scooters, similar to the running, will be a one-on-one experience with the sled dogs and Schwanke said the plan is to have a tour set up on a specific trail.

“They’re specifically de-

Cross country running with a sled dog, or canicross, is being offered in Sun Peaks for the first time. | PHOTO JAMIE SHINKEWSKI

signed for sled dogs to pull.

They’ve got big bike tires, disc brakes and front suspension. They’ll be good once we get them, but the dogs are sometimes a little bit nervous because it’s a different feel.

They’re going to need some specialized training for them.”

They are also looking to offer tours with their four-passenger quad, which is what they use for fall training. The experience would be the most similar to the winter tours with six to 10 dogs, but Schwanke said there are still logistics to work out before the tour can be offered.

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arts ENTERTAINMENT A love for the mountains MISSION TO SEE ENTIRE NATION BRINGS SAM ROBERTS BAND TO SUN PEAKS

is also going to try and plan a future winter visit to Sun Peaks.

He and his kids are often found on the slopes of Morin Heights in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains, which Roberts said “takes about 17 seconds to get from the top to the bottom.”

“That’s what I’m trying to do during the day when I’m in Sun Peaks is try and plan a vacation for my family so we can get out there,” Roberts said. “I’m going to check out the hotels, check out the ski resort and get a trail map. My kids have never skied out west before so hopefully

that happens someday soon.”

Roberts said the band is in the process of finishing a new album, and although he isn’t sure if the new tunes will make it to the stage in Sun Peaks, the show will feature long-time favourites such as Bridge to Nowhere as well as songs from their 2015 album Counting the Days.

“Hopefully we will have a beautiful day there,” Roberts said. “If we get there early enough maybe go for a hike and I’ve got to find the coffee shop too.”

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There’s a certain quality to the mountain atmosphere that makes it an appealing concert setting for musicians, according to the opening headliner of Sun Peaks’ 2016 Summer Concert Series.

“Maybe it’s the mountain air, it gives us a little boost,” said guitarist and vocalist Sam Roberts. “A lot of people go out of their way to create and have huge elaborate stages, lighting shows and this and that. Sometimes all you need to do is be surrounded by a beautiful natural landscape and it does far more than any of that.”

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The Sam Roberts Band will add Sun Peaks (their only B.C. stop this summer) to their ever-growing list of Canadian communities where they have played a show once they take to the outdoor stage on July 8.

“That’s our mission, to play in as many places in Canada that we can. That’s why I’m looking forward to coming to Sun Peaks. I’ve never been there before and I want to see it with my own eyes,” Roberts said. “I think that’s been a driving force for our band over the years. How much of the country can we see as a rock and roll band?”

The six-time Juno Award winners have played in all 10 provinces, and Roberts said Nun-

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“I’ve never been there before and I want to see it with my own eyes.”

avut is the lone territory where they need to perform before they can say they’ve stepped foot all across Canada. No matter where he’s visiting, Roberts makes an effort to explore the community.

“My mission every day is to find the coffee shop. In my search to find the coffee shop, I usually see quite a bit of the town,” the 41-year-old said.

An avid skier, Roberts said he

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JULY 8 & 9

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

The Sam Roberts Band headlines two days of live music with performances by The Burn Ins, Kelly Spencer, Shattered Blue, Jeremy Kneeshaw and more. www.sunpeaksresort.com

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JULY 8 – AUGUST 28

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he Green Art Festival Association (GAFA) is back with expanded programming this summer.

In addition to the return of Midnight Sun, which will run from Aug. 5 to 8, GAFA launched an outdoor series screening eight films on Friday nights between June 24 and Sept. 2.

“The films that I chose are all about outdoors, about our connection to nature, water, snow and different interactions with it either artistic or adventure,” said GAFA president Dasha Novak.

The free films will be screening near the clock tower beginning at 8:30 p.m. on most Fridays throughout the summer.

A full schedule is available at greenartfestival.org.

“Those films belong outside. I think for anybody who comes up here it’s something they can resonate with,” Novak said. “There’s something about nature that we’re drawn to so I’m tapping into this passion, our natural human need to be outdoors and showing these films outdoors about our relationship with the outdoors, with the natural elements.”

Midnight Sun is also expanding this year with a three day art exhibit, two days of art workshops for kids, live music and a film shown each of the three nights. Big Steel Box returns as a sponsor to provide a storage container that will house the art exhibit at the base of the Sundance chairlift.

“This year I’ve been targeting young, emerging artists so we’re going to have some graduates from (Thompson Rivers University),” Novak said. “We’ll be showing their work, we’ll be featuring them because green means, not just in terms of environment, but also young per-

KNIGHTS OF THE SUN: MEDIEVAL TOURNAMENT THEATRE

Kamloops’ Chimera Theatre presents a thrilling adventure into a rich medieval world.

Performances take place at the Sun Peaks soccer field Fridays and Saturdays 6-8 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. www.chimeratheatre.com

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JULY 9 & 10

SHRED HARD SICK WEEKEND CAMP The first installment of the new mountain bike camp with local pro Dylan Sherrard. The camp will help young riders age 10 to 17 tackle trickier obstacles in the Sun Peaks Bike Park.

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JULY 9 & 10

WOMEN’S FREERIDE CAMP

The camp is hosted by experienced, local female coaches with a focus on improving riding skills and confidence in the Bike Park. Designed for low intermediate level riders ages 13 and up. www.sunpeaksresort.com

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JULY 10 – SEPT. 4

FARMERS’ MARKET

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DROP IN BALL HOCKEY

The Sun Peaks Hockey League provides the equipment for a game of ball hockey every week throughout the summer. Bring your running shoes and meet at the P6 cul-de-sac Sundays at 6:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ sunpeakshockeyleague

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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 7 p.m. at the Sun Peaks Municipal office located in the Kookaburra Lodge. sunpeaksmunicipality.ca

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FAMILY WEEKS

The new Family Weeks provide free events and entertainment on weekdays for people of all ages. Activities include yoga, zumba, interactive theatre, art classes, golfing and more. www.sunpeaksresort.com

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JULY 11 – 15 SHRED HARD SUMMER CAMP

Join local pro Dylan Sherrard to learn bike set-up, maintenance and learn skills to have fun on the trails to take single track, berms, jumps, steeps and whatever else the mountain might throw your way. www.sunpeaksresort.com

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JULY 15 – 17 FLASHBACK WEEKEND

Get out your best throwback attire and your dancing shoes with the best of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Live outdoor music, classic karaoke, vintage video games will celebrate the second annual Flashback Weekend.

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JULY 23 & 24 2016 CANADIAN DH MTB CHAMPIONSHIP

Sun Peaks has a new top to bottom, completely single track, technically challenging course for the third straight year hosting the event. The race will have citizen classes so everyone can ride the same course as the pros. www.cyclingcanada.ca

THURSDAY

JULY 28

TNRD BOOKMOBILE

The TNRD Bookmobile visits the Bentos Day Lodge parking lot every third Thursday from 3 to 4:15 p.m. bookmobile@tnrd.ca

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GREEN ART FESTIVAL FILMS

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Free outdoor films are shown on Fridays throughout the summer near the clocktower starting at 8:30 p.m.

July 15 - Walking the Camino July 22 - UnReal July 29 - Out There

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The alpine wildflowers are at the height of their bloom. Take a guided tour of Tod Mountain’s wildflower meadows or visit the village full of live music and family friendly activities. www.sunpeaksresort.com

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sunpeaksnews.com/events spectives, young minds and young points of view, and we’ll bring them together with older seasoned artists as mentors.”

The free summer films will be a combination of movies previously shown and brought back with high demand and ones that are new for the festival. Two locally made short films, Interior Soil by Keegan Kovacs and Frames

by Eddie Foster featuring Kieran Nikula will be featured during the summer programming, with the dates still to be determined.

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youthful CONNECTIONS McGauchie first Sun Peaks student rep at provincial level HAUNTED HOTEL PROJECT EARNS TRIP TO HERITAGE FAIR

by JAMIE SHINKEWSKI

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ill McGauchie, a grade six student at Sun Peaks Elementary, and his project featuring Winnipeg’s haunted Fort Garry Hotel attended the provincial heritage fair at the University of British Columbia from July 4 to 8.

It began as a class project for social studies. He was one of a handful of students from his class who advanced to the regional heritage fair at the Henry Grube Education Centre in Kamloops in May, where judges selected McGauchie as one of two students to represent the district in Vancouver.

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“I was just surfing the internet (for) cool ideas and I thought haunted things could be interesting to do. So I searched up haunted places in Canada and in the top five was this Fort Garry Hotel and some of the rooms were super haunted so I thought that was cool,” the 12-year-old said.

One of the first students to attend Sun Peaks Elementary, McGauchie became the first student to represent the school at the provincial heritage fair.

“I was super excited. I was running and jumping around,” he said of when he learned he was selected to go to provincials. “It’s really cool for me because I’ve never done anything like it before.”

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“(Social studies) is one of my favourite subjects. I also love big projects like this, it really interests me.”

As part of his project, he researched the history and facts of the hotel, wrote a journal

and created two models, one of the hotel and one of a carriage related to the hotel’s infamous haunted room.

“There was a newlywed couple who stayed there and she got a headache so the hus-

band went across the street to get medicine, and he got ran over by a horse and cart. They say she’s haunting the room 202,” McGauchie said.

According to folklore she then hung herself in the room’s closet after hearing news of her husband’s death, where her spirit remains.

“There’s also been reports from maids of blood dripping from the walls, bloody footprints on the beds and shattering windows,” McGauchie said.

During his presentation, McGauchie portrayed Charles Melville Hays, the president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, who commissioned the Fort Garry Hotel and the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. He died aboard the Titanic before either hotel opened and his spirit is said to haunt them both.

“When I present I dress up as him. I was looking up some facts and he was in a lot of them so I thought I could be him,” McGauchie said.

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Elli Terwiel graduated from University of Vermont and could be the first univeristy grad hailing from Sun Peaks?

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Around 4,500 people took part in the 5K Foam Fest in June.

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Congratulations to Cahilty Creek Bar & Grill, winners of the 9th Annual Chili Cook-0ff!

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SPRTA members braved the rain on the weekly Tuesday night community bike ride.

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The Sun Peaks Grand helped to raise over $25,000 for BC Adaptive Sports at their annual golf tournament.

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Sun Peaks celebrated summer Opening Day on June 24.

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Meranti Construction rolled in town with beautiful cedar picnic tables for the village.

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Country Fest took over the resort from July 1 to 3.

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opinion The fight to fund rural fire protection MEL ROTHENBURGER TNRD REPORT director.mrothenburger@tnrd.ca

Mel Rothenburger is the TNRD Director for Electoral Area P, including Whitecroft and Heffley Creek. He was the mayor of Kamloops from 1999-2005 and a former newspaper editor.

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or all the benefits of living in a rural area, there are some obvious compromises that have to be made. One of them is fire service.

Some rural communities have excellent fire protection, some have a little, and others have none.

Communities in Electoral Area P have a range of experiences with their fire protection service, or with their efforts to get it.

Whitecroft, for example, is fortunate to be close enough to Sun Peaks that an arrangement to receive protection

from Sun Peaks Fire Rescue made sense.

Earlier efforts to create a new service that included Heffley Lake homes were unsuccessful, and those homes remain without fire protection.

So does Evergreen just north of Heffley Creek. Several overtures have been made to the City of Kamloops to provide protection, and I recently discussed it again with the City and with Kamloops Fire Rescue without success — the City simply doesn’t feel it’s in a position to put an extra load on its fire department.

My “home” community of Black Pines is another one with no protection, and we feel it in our insurance premiums.

The McLure Fire Department, famed for its outstanding work in the 2003 wildfires, had to boost its tax requisition this year because of rising costs for equipment

and training.

Paul Lake residents, who approved construction of a fire hall and establishment of a fire department a couple of years ago, have stepped back after reviewing costs.

And Pinantan, which decided against getting its own fire service funded by taxation through the TNRD, has established a community brigade.

Pritchard’s volunteer fire department will be in need of a newer truck in the not-too-distant future.

Cost is always an issue. For communities needing help getting off the ground with fire protection, or facing major new expenditures, federal Gas Tax Fund seems tailor made. But under current criteria it’s not available.

Gas taxes can’t be put toward fire halls or fire equipment. That’s frustrating for communities that see gas tax

funding going for recreation and other projects while they can’t access it for something as important as fire protection.

Regional districts feel their pain. The Southern Interior Local Government Association approved a resolution from the TNRD this spring that calls for the provincial government to “lobby the federal government to amend the Federal Gas Tax Agreement by adding fire protection to the list of eligible project categories that will allow fire protection service areas to access and utilize gas tax funding to construct fire halls and purchase firefighting equipment for the protection of their communities.”

Unfortunately, the criteria for gas tax funding are only reviewed every few years but surely fire protection needs to be high on the priority list the next time changes are made.

Cash is king GERALD ALLGAIER POLITICAL Point of View gerald@sunpeaksnews.com

“Money talks, but it don’t sing or dance.”

— Neil Diamond.

Most of the hysteria regarding the historic vote by the U.K. to leave the European Union concerns the lost business opportunities, the threat of tariffs and the reduced ability of people to live and work unencumbered by border issues. The Leave camp has been accused of being petty, provincial and narrow-minded in voting to free

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themselves from thousands of inane diktats from an unelected and expensive autocracy ruling over the worst performing economic zone on earth. As of this writing the stock markets have rebounded, the Pound is gaining strength and the sky is not falling. Calls for a revote have been squashed and apparently, according to the media (social and otherwise), money is everything.

Ten trillion dollars is the global amount of bonds bearing a zero or negative interest rate.

The latest 10 year German bonds pay no interest as do the new Swiss ones. In plain

English, a person buys bonds and instead of making interest on it, pays the issuer to hold the paper! This is a total reversal of common sense. You have to pay people to borrow something from you? It’s no wonder consumer, corporate and government debt levels are unprecedented. There’s no point in saving money if there is no return on it.

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ing industry itself: to reduce and possibly remove cash from the financial system. They claim it would improve efficiency and be better for everyone because we could simply pay by tapping our phones. Think of the happy world that would be! No more lugging around cumbersome five, 10 and 20 dollar bills; no more holes in pants pockets from the weight of all those loonies, toonies, quarters, dimes and nickels!

Everything you buy, rent or use would be carefully tracked and logged by the responsible and wise Big Government, Big Banks and Big Data. There would be no more tax

dodgers, under-the-table-work or shadow economy. All transactions would be open and transparent. It’ll be a brave new world!

“Everything you buy, rent or use would be carefully tracked and logged by the responsible and wise Big Government, Big Banks and Big Data”

I hate to be the fly in the ointment but to have a cabal of Big Brothers immediately informed of my every expenditure would be a total invasion of privacy, not to mention a big

loss of freedom. With cash in my pocket, I can spend it on any kind of good or service and the resultant deal is an agreement between the two parties and no one else. I call this actual privacy.

We have a privacy commissioner in Ottawa who sucks up a half billion dollars annually. They don’t see a problem with the Feds snooping through every deal every person makes and for good reason. They don’t care about our privacy — only theirs.

Cash is king because it means freedom, anonymity and also liquidity. Your phone may be down, your credit card may be compromised but that roll of paper with prime ministers’ pictures on it seems to have everyone’s genuine attention.

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it was at this point that jim deeply regretted his decision to order his new bike from the back of a box of corn flakes®

>> sports MCC track a welcome challenge for longboarders

It’s paved with the hill so the port riders back up, but particbanking is very unique. It’s ipants were able to watch their awesome to be able to come friends on the trip to the top.

“The super up here, skate surprising bena track like this efit to the lift is and be able to “IT’S AWESOME TO you get to watch take a lift to the BE ABLE TO COME on the way up. top every run.

UP HERE, SKATE A It doesn’t get It’s not only a lift, it’s a spectator’s better,” Jackart TRACK LIKE THIS position,” Catsaid.

AND BE ABLE TO ion said. “We’re on racing and being the fastest posed a challenge for the riders.

The use of TAKE A LIFT TO THE not used to this person down the hill.

Used to riding on roads built for the magic carTOP EVERY RUN. IT at all, we nev“It’s almost like a family cars with banked corners, the pet, a conveyDOESN’T er get to watch when you show up to these naturally-sloped MCC course or-belt-like ski GET BETTER.” our friends take events. You know everybody, proved difficult, especially with lift, also gave various coryou’re all friends,” said partici- the ever-changing weather. the event an inners. We got pant Laine Jackart, who came “It’s not like any paved road creased social from Vancouver. we would normally skate. It’s aspect. Not only did it prevent a moving ride up so we The nature of the track also not paved like a normal road. closures of the track to trans- could heckle and cheer on our friends, so that was a huge positive.”

The weekend wrapped up with time trials to see who was fastest down the track. Event partner MedTech EMS donated $200 which was split between the top three times. Lethbridge’s Sean Young had the fastest time of 57.3 seconds, Calgary’s Alex Hannigan was second with a time of 57.9 seconds and Vancouver’s Brian Choi claimed third place with a time of 59.0 seconds.

“They liked the time trial because you didn’t have to do it if you didn’t want. Some people got serious about it, some people didn’t at all. That was kind of a fun way to end on to see Around 70 longboarders came from around Canada and the United States for the inaugural Skate Sun Peaks in who’s the fastest down the hill,” early June. | PHOTO JAMIE SHINKEWSKI Cation said.

FIRST SKATE SUN PEAKS A SUCCESS

by JAMIE SHINKEWSKI

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he mountain cross cart track played host to a unique longboard event with an emphasis on fun instead of competition and the use of a ski lift to haul riders up the slope.

The inaugural Skate Sun Peaks, presented by Landyachtz Longboards, welcomed around 70 riders on June 11 and 12 for a weekend of skateboarding down a tough track through varying conditions in what event producer Lee Cation called a success.

“I think it was successful. It was as good as we could’ve expected it to be,” Cation said.

“June is a bit challenging for weather there, but we rode in the rain, we rode in the patchy conditions and we rode in the dry.”

Boasted as the first event of its kind in Western Canada, the atmosphere was casual and fun as opposed to other longboard events where the emphasis is

BC WINTER GAMES NAMES PRESIDENT

Kamloops local Niki Remesz has recently been appointed as president of the 2018 BC Winter Games. From Feb. 22 to 25, 2018, Kamloops will welcome over 2,000 athletes, coaches and officials from communities across B.C. with Sun Peaks hosting the

alpine events.

Remesz is the owner of Uniquely Inspired Marketing and has been involved in many large sporting events and community organizations, including the 2013 BC Seniors Games, Kamloops Arts Commission, TRU Alumni and

Friends Association, 2011 Western Canada Summer Games, 2006 BC Summer Games, the 1996 BC Games for People with Disabilities.

“Kamloops hosted the first BC Winter Games in 1979. I look forward to connecting with all Games Alumni including

athletes, volunteers, officials, and coaches,” said Remesz.

“I look forward to being a part of celebrating the BC Games’ 40 years. We can all expect something really special at the 2018 BC Winter Games.”

Kamloops could expect an estimated $1.6 million

economic impact from hosting, according to the BC Games Society. This will be the third time that Kamloops has hosted the BC Games, the first being the inaugural BC Winter Games in 1979, as well as the 2006 BC Summer Games.

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>> sports Sun Peaks’ first black belt breaks the mold

by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

“So, are you excited?”

“I’m very excited.”

“Nervous?” She took a breath.

“Yes. I’m a little bit nervous, because it’s all culminating on this one day.”

I’m sitting beside Lori McLean in the Alpine Room of the Sun Peaks Grand surrounded by all the Northern Taekwondo Academy students in their white GI’s. At the moment McLean’s belt is red, but not for long.

Ryan Overman, the local instructor and third level black belt, sits at a folding table at the head of the room. Michael Barker, the seventh level instructor and a visitor from Vancouver, sits to his right. Before us the yellow belts are receiving their examinations. Barker is watching them closely, and calling them on any mistake, teaching them as much as he is examining them. Overman tells me around a dozen students

are being tested today, most of them somewhere in the yellow belt category, some red belt.

There’s anticipation in room and the younger students are running around reacting to it.

The parents and older students in attendance are all waiting for the main event.

“How long have you been doing this?” I asked the middle age mother of two, who is getting a bit of a reputation for winning every tournament she enters, like the Western Canadian Championship last month.

“Three and a half years. I didn’t have any experience in taekwondo before, but when Overman started the club here my daughter joined first. Then the next year I thought I would try it out, stuck with it, and enjoyed it!”

“So it’s fun, you enjoy it?”

“I love it, yes! And I love that our whole family can do it. And we’ve become a part of a really great community of people that do taekwondo in B.C.” McLean is not what you would picture when you think of

Lori McLean demonstrates her axe kick for Master Michael Barker. | PHOTO DARCY FRANKLIN

a taekwondo student, but then almost nobody in the room is.

There doesn’t seem to be an “average student” here. The women outnumber the men and while at the moment most of the students are younger, McLean tells me it’s about a 5050 split. This is not the Cobra Kia, it’s much closer to Miyagi’s back yard.

As we talk a few more of the adult students come into the

room. I thought they were latecomers but McLean needed a few more of the bigger students to hold all of the boards she would be breaking in a few minutes.

Overman described what was to follow in her examination as, in one word, thorough.

As a black belt she must know everything she ever learned — every pattern, every move and every meaning behind those

moves. For instance her examination pattern is based on the very history of the art form.

Her pattern was the origin story of the man who created it and why.

I later asked Overman if he had any doubts about her earning her belt.

“None,” he said “Lori is focused, very determined, strong willed but not unapproachable in any aspect. She’s very teachable. This is why she’s progressed so fast, I don’t have to babysit her. I don’t have to tell her when to train, she knows. If she needs to train, she trains.”

All the training paid off. After about an hour long examination that left spectators out of breath, the destruction of many a piece of fine board and an explanation of the very meaning of the art form, McLean was granted her black belt. It’s the first black belt solely trained for at the Sun Peaks Northern Taekwondo Academy, but judging by the room and the enthusiasm of the students, not at all the last.

CRASH CUTS WHITE’S RETURN TO THE RACETRACK SHORT

Jason White made his 2016 racing debut at Sunset Speedway in Innisfil, Ont. on June 18. | PHOTO ERIC UPRICHARD IMAGE FACTOR MEDIA

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Jason White’s 2016 racing debut ended after 66 laps at the NASCAR Pinty’s Series Leland Industries 300 at Sunset Speedway in Innifsil, Ont. on June 18.

It wasn’t the result the longtime Sun Peaks resident was looking for, but he said he was really encouraged by his performance before being knocked into the wall to finish 18th out of 19 racers.

“It definitely wasn’t the end we wanted, but man, we sure were fast,” White said. “We

were in the outside group just flying. It was good to be that fast, just not a great result that’s for sure.”

White missed qualifying due to a mechanical issue and started the race at the back of the field as a result. He was jockeying for a top 10 position when the crash occurred.

“When something like that happens you go from the adrenaline of being competitive and wanting to pass that car in front of you to anger immediately. The anger,

you could see my little temper tantrum I had on TSN, but it really makes you almost feel sick,” White said.

He looks to return to the track for the Honda Indy Toronto on July 16 and will then compete against his dad, uncle and brother the following week at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval in Washington.

“It’ll be my dad and his brother, and me and my brother going down so we’ll see if we can get a four car battle going with the family,” White said.

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