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Get ready for a detour. Beginning tomorrow at 6 a.m., the Tranquille Road overpass at the north end of Overlanders Bridge will close for up to four weeks. Public works director Jen Fretz said the closure is necessary for resurfacing and repair work. Motorists who want to reach the southernmost blocks of Tranquille Road will have to use Leigh Road, where a left-turn signal is in place and will be adjusted to deal with the increase in traffic. “It’s basically like a mini-bridge project,” Fretz said. “Remove the asphalt, repair any concrete that’s not structurally sound, put a membrane on if they need to and then put it all back together.” While the city is expecting the project to take four weeks, Fretz said the closure may be shorter if the contractor determines a new membrane isn’t needed. As has been the case since the start of the six-month Overlanders Bridge project, Fretz said motorists can continue to expect delays crossing the South Thompson River.

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Care home accused of coverup TIM PETRUK

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The family of a disabled Kamloops man is suing the retirement home in which he lives, claiming staff did nothing to stop a sexual assault at the hands of another resident then conspired to keep the incident under wraps. According to a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the alleged victim has been $ 10 a resident at Kamloops Seniors Village since last spring after suffering a serious heart condition that left him incapable of caring for himself. The 75-year-old pays nearly $3,000 a month to reside at the Aberdeen facility. On April 13, the document claims, a care-home employee arranged a visit between the alleged victim and the alleged assailant, leaving the two men alone. The document claims the alleged assailant assaulted the alleged

CITY COUNCIL VENTS ON 1 NEW AFTON AIR EMISSIONS ANDREA KLASSEN

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As Kamloops city council debated whether to lend its support to a new air-discharge permit at the New Afton mine just west of the city, one councillor got in some venting of his own. “I fear that we are creating a society that’s afraid of our environment,” Coun. Ken Christian said during debate on Tuesday. “We talk so much about the contaminants in food we’re afraid to go to the grocery store.

“The reality is we live in a very healthy community, and part of the health of this community is the fact that companies come here, they provide jobs so that people have money,” he said. “And it’s clearly a social determinant of health that wealth makes you healthier. “So, this notion that we should lock ourselves away and pretend that we can’t go out of our bubble because of a fear about something that’s really quite irrational, makes absolutely no sense and, in fact, does a disservice to the health of

the citizens of Kamloops.” New Gold has applied to the province for a permit to discharge about nine times more air from the underground portion of its mine — 35,000 metres-cubed rather than the 4,170 permitted now — and the City of Kamloops is among those asked to weigh in on the move. In the end, city council agreed by a vote of 6-3 to support New Gold’s permit application, provided it is also supported by the Interior Health Authority.

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victim by touching his penis and scratching and bruising his thighs. “The employee returned to the plaintiff’s room and observed the sexual assault and battery of the plaintiff by the defendant . . . as it was in progress,” the document claims. “The employee did not take steps to remove the defendant . . . from the plaintiff’s room.” The notice of claim states Kamloops Seniors Village (KSVH Ltd.) employees then conspired to keep silent about the incident. “The defendant, KSVH Ltd., its employees or agents, conspired to conceal the sexual assault and battery from the plaintiff’s spouse, the plaintiff’s doctor and others by prohibiting the employee who had witnessed the sexual assault and battery, and any other employee, from disclosing the incident,” the document claims. See ALLEGED, A6

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Details of Pinantan ﬁre-service vote set ADAM WILLIAMS STAFF REPORTER adam@kamloopsthisweek.com

A proposed fire protection service for Pinantan is now in the hands of property owners. At a public information meeting on Tuesday night, Pinantan residents were given details of the fire service, which would cover an area of about eight kilometres in road distance from the fire hall. Ron Storie, director of community services for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, told KTW the intent of the fire department would be to provide public safety to the community — not, at this point, to provide insurance relief to homeowners. “My take on the meeting was they would rather have fire protection of any sort, rather than none at all,” Storie said. The service, which would be provided by the Pinantan/East Paul Lake Fire Department Association, would respond to structural and vehicle fires only. Petitions were also distributed as part of Tuesday’s meeting, with the implementation of fire service, as well as the borrowing of the $470,000 in capital needed to get the department off the ground, requiring approval through a public-assent process. The petition process will be successful if at least half of property owners whose combined assessed property value is at least half of the total assessment in the proposed

In April of last year, a fire destroyed the Pinantan General Store, the rebuilding of which is nearing completion. The fire resurrected talk of fire coverage and the issue will be decided by ballot.

fire-service area sign in favour. The TNRD needs to receive at least 218 petitions from owners with a combined property value of at least $45,623,568. The deadline for the petition process is June 30 at noon. “Anything we do, really, we have to go to the people,” Storie said. “That’s the whole point — we have to ask them if they’re willing to provide taxes in order to create this service.” The land for firehall has already been acquired and construction plans are in place. The loan would be repaid at $45,000 per year over 20 years, at an interest rate of six per cent. The annual operating cost of the service would be $50,000, bringing the total annual

budget of fire service in Pinantan to $95,000. The proposed service would come at a cost to taxpayers of $1.04 per $1,000 of property value. As the average home assessment was $208,693 in 2015, the average property owner in Pinantan could expect an increase of $216.35 in annual property taxes beginning in 2016. However, for 186 properties in the service area, the service would be free. Residential taxpayers with a property assessed at less than $171,000 likely would not see an increase in annual taxes based on the homeowner grant. Should the petition succeed, the TNRD will conduct three readings of the proposed bylaws before sending them to the province on July 16 for approval.

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Van Dongen buys Uplands apartment building CAM FORTEMS

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A major Kamloops developer has purchased the Uplands Apartments building on Columbia Street, the largest lowincome building on the South Shore not operated by a social agency. Casey Van Dongen confirmed he purchased the 11-unit rental building. Land title records show he paid $600,000. Van Dongen is the

developer of Library Square in North Kamloops and recently proposed constructing the first residential building on Victoria Street in more than a decade, in the 100-block. Van Dongen told KTW he hasn’t decided what do with his purchase, but added it won’t be redeveloped. “We have to spend some time checking it out,” he said. “It needs a little TLC.” In 2006, the building

was listed, but did not sell. It was owned by Robert Wing, a former railroader. Bob Hughes, executive director of the ASK Wellness Centre, said the group “breathed a sigh of relief” when it learned Van Dongen was the purchaser. “The outcome could have been totally different if someone outside purchased it and immediately started to displace an eclectic group of people that live at 110 Columbia

now,” Hughes said. A firm owned by Van Dongen purchased a rooming house downtown several years ago and improved it. Hughes hopes the same will occur with Van Dongen’s new building at Columbia Street and First Avenue. “I hope he invests in some of the units,” Hughes said. Not all are the same. Some are appalling — it’s hard to fathom, really.” Van Dongen said he is

Kamloops developer Casey Van Dongen has paid $600,000 for the downtown building. He told KTW he has no plans to redevelop the site. KTW FILE PHOTO

still assessing its future. “I think the building is pretty solid. It’s a matter of how much

clean-up a guy will do. If you spend a bunch of money, you have to get that back.”

Regional chief run means no re-election bid for Gottfriedson CHRISTOPHER FOULDS

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for the office of Assembly of First Nations regional chief of B.C. and, regardless of the outcome of that vote on June 25, he will not seek re-election

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community. I think’s it’s time I let someone else lead our community.” Gottfriedson did muse about running for national chief last year after the sudden resignation of Shawn Atleo, but decided against a campaign. “I think I can make a greater impact at the provincial level,” Gottfriedson said. “My work in the community speaks for itself. I’ve got a proven track record.” Gottfriedson ran for regional chief in 2009 and came within nine votes of sitting in that office. “This time, I’m taking a different perspective into this campaign,” he said, noting the next six weeks will see him visit as many of the 203 First Nations communities in B.C. as possible. To that end, the bud-

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peoples’ land rights,” Gottfriedson said it is time for a unified approach to aboriginal title rights and treaty. “Canada and B.C. have learned we can be their greatest ally or their darkest nightmare,” he said. “The choice is obvious.” As for issues like the controversial proposal Ajax mine in Kamloops, Gottfriedson pointed to the twice-denied Prosperity mine project in the Chilcotin as proof industry needs to start working with the communities. “I think we’ve worked hard at the idea of building relationships,” he said. “We have a proven record with New Gold.” While Gottfriedson is the first declared candidate, possible challengers include former Adams Lake Indian Band chief Nelson Leon and Bob Chamberlain, vicepresident of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. According to WilsonRaybould, her salary as regional chief of B.C. was $107,645.92.

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get between his 2009 campaign and the current one is dramatically different. “Money is slowly coming in and we’ve set some targets,” Keith Matthew, Gottfriedson’s campaign manager, told KTW, noting the TIB chief spent $2,500 in his 2009 regional-chief campaign. “This time out, we’ve set a campaign target of $35,000 that will allow us to visit as many communities as possible,” Matthew said. In his speech to TIB community members, Gottfriedson said there has been a lack of leadership in B.C. in the past six years. “Land claims scare the hell out of investors,” he said. “If you treat me and my people fairly, there is nothing to be afraid of. We will not back down, but the door is always open to a fair deal.” Arguing Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has continued a policy of “extinguishing native

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Surprise in B.C. greets NDP victory in Alberta CAM FORTEMS

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While their analysis differed, political observers of Alberta’s election were united in their surprise at the death of the oneparty state. “I think, like many people, I’m surprised at the end of the dynasty,” said Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake, who was a radio reporter in Alberta when Grant Notley, the father of premierelect Rachel Notley, led the Alberta NDP. “There were signs,” Lake said. “This time, many pollsters got it right.” Lake said he will work co-operatively with his eventual counterpart at the head of Alberta’s Ministry of Health. As for analysis on what the New Democrat victory means outside the province’s boundaries, Lake said, “I’ll leave that to the pundits.” Lake’s counterpart on the other side of the river, KamloopsSouth Thompson MLA Todd Stone said the credit goes less to the NDP and more to leader Notley.

“The Progressive Conservatives were in power for 43 years,” Stone said. “I really view it by putting a lot of credit in Rachel Notley. She appears to be charismatic and energized.” Both B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers said the result also shows the importance of elections. “Campaigning is important and you can’t take the public for granted,” Lake said. Thompson Rivers University political scientist Derek Cook said the NDP victory and the end of the Progressive Conservative reign forms part of the history of Alberta’s politics. Before the Conservatives was Social Credit and before the Socreds was United Farmers of Alberta. While crediting Notley’s campaign and noting her deep Alberta political roots, Cook said the New Democrat victory was driven by populism — a desire on the part of voters to get rid of the incumbent elite by sending a message of change. Cook noted Notley’s brand of

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socialism veers to the centre. “The NDP under Rachel Notley is not the NDP under Grant Notley,” he said. “They’re sending a message of co-operation with business; they’re not for nationalizing oil resources,” Cook said. “There’s a different outlook on economic policy, regulation and attitude to corpora-

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Alleged victim in care home seeking damages, restraining order From A1

“A meeting of employees was held and this course of action was agreed upon.” The notice of claim states the alleged victim’s wife noticed scratches on his thighs and was told by a care-home employee that he must have injured himself. A few days later, on April 22, it claims, the alleged victim was in “significant distress” when placed at a dinner table with the alleged assailant and his wife. The document claims the alleged victim had two instances of unstable angina in the days that followed. “The plaintiff remains apprehensive, stressed and paranoid of male visitors,” it states. “He asks to have his door locked and is reluctant to leave his room.” The notice of claim states the

alleged victim now suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleeplessness, incidents of unstable angina and aggravation of his existing heart condition. The alleged victim is seeking unspecified damages, health-care costs, moving costs and a restraining order, among other judgments. A spokeswoman at Retirement Concepts, the company that operates Kamloops Seniors Village, told KTW she could not comment on an ongoing legal proceeding, but confirmed an internal investigation has been launched. In addition to Kamloops Seniors Village, the alleged assailant and a John Doe care-home employee are listed as defendants on the notice of claim. They have three weeks to file a response. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

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A plan to beautify Tranquille Road’s Brocklehurst arm won’t be “Cadillac fancy,” but the chairman of the city’s airport beautification committee believes an $8-million plan will get the job done. At a meeting Monday night, the city’s Tranquille Beautification, Enhancement and Gateway Task Force signed off on a draft plan for the roadway that could be before council as early as next week. Chairman Steven Puhallo, who also serves as executive director of the North Shore Business Improvement Association, said the 10-year plan is likely to be much more palatable to city council than a $24-million option for sprucing up the airport area floated by city hall staff in 2013. “We wanted to be frugal, but not cheap, so we’re looking at enhanced corridor beautification that includes not

just pretty plants, but better sidewalks, better traffic flow,” Puhallo said. What the plan doesn’t include is buried BC Hydro lines along Tranquille, which would have added between $11 million and $12 million to the cost of the project. “One of the problems with that area is when it was developed, it didn’t have the same standards as you do now, and to go back and bury those lines along a two-kilometre stretch and spend $11 million on that didn’t really seem feasible,” Puhallo said. The project includes five phases and would take about a decade to complete. The timing of the work would hinge on other projects — the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for the phases nearest the airport and sewer-line upgrades in the area between Crestline Street and Airport Road. Puhallo said the first phase

at Fulton Field would include a roundabout at the airport entrance, new and improved signage to better announce visitors’ arrival in the city and trees lining the roadway. “We want to have something nice so when people come to Kamloops, they think, this is a city that takes pride in itself,” he said. “We have that everywhere else, but we don’t have that at the airport corridor. So, after Kinder Morgan comes through and they put the dirt back on top, we have a plan to enhance that area.” Later phases would include a sidewalk and multi-use path, which would extend to the Brock Shopping Centre at Tranquille Road and Desmond Street. While council rejected the earlier $24-million proposal, Puhallo believes the current plan is more palatable. “We think it’s going to work for everyone and we look forward to talking to council about it,” he said.

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Kamloops doctors’ group calls for more technical data in report From A1

Council’s support is also contingent upon the city being given annual air-monitoring data. Councillors Donovan Cavers, Denis Walsh and Tina Lange were opposed. Public works director Jen Fretz said the mine’s old permit covered air vented during construction, while the proposed permit covers the amount of air discharged now that the mine is fully operational, as it has been for several years. Fretz said her department doesn’t believe the extra air being released will affect the health of the region because the air being vented is deemed suitable for workers in the mine pit to breathe. “To be honest, the safety and health of those people has far more strict conditions than any environmental permit would have,” she told council. While environmental permitting allows for 50 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic metre of oxygen, data from the mine shows total particulate matter in the air is less than four micrograms, with PM 2.5 — a size of particulate linked to respiratory issues — at just under 1.5 micrograms. Fretz said it’s not clear if the health authority will look at the report soon enough for its findings to come to council, which is why she recommended council make its support conditional on the health authority having no concerns about the permit change. The city has 60 days to look over the proposal, 47 of which had been used up as of today. Christian said that while New Gold admits the air from the mine contains some particulate matter, as well as arsenic and mercury, he noted it’s “a very minuscule level of something that occurs naturally in the environment.” Kamloops Physicians for a Healthy Environment and Kamloops Moms for Clean Air also weighed in on the debate. KPHE spokeswoman Dr. Jill Calder told council in a letter she does not see enough technical data in the report

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ollowing Tuesday’s improbable NDP majority victory in Alberta — Alberta! — a scan of the political landscape across Canada can only give the governing federal Conservatives nightmares. Counting 10 provinces and three territories, there is but one namesake government, Premier Paul Davis’ Progressive Conservatives in Newfoundland and Labrador — and his party is miles behind the Liberals in the latest poll as the October election looms. (One could point to Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal government and note is more conservative than liberal, but the fact remains there is a Conservative party in Lotusland that remains in the political hinterlands.) In Canada, there are six Liberal governments, two NDP governments, a Yukon Party government, a Saskatchewan Party administration, two consensus governments — and that lone Progressive Conservative outpost on The Rock. There are political pundits aplenty who have weighed in with reasons for the NDP’s rise and the PC’s disastrous showing in Alberta. However, one doesn’t need a political-science degree to figure out the basics: an economy in turmoil due to plummeting oil prices nobody predicted; a provincial government that naturally became stagnant and arrogant after more than four decades in power; and an electorate with roots far removed from the Alberta soil, thanks to the oilpatch economy. Can the Alberta result be used as a hint of what may come in October, when voters across Canada cast ballots? Perhaps. But, remember, though the New Democrats cruised to victory in Alberta this week, the right-of-centre ballot still dominated — with the Progressive Conservative and Wild Rose parties combining for 52 per cent of the popular vote.

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lberta, you sly dog. Not only do you take a leap from the right to the left, you also accomplish something other recent elections failed to do and prove the pollsters right. You just love to be the odd duck in this little family we call Canada, don’t you? Colleague Cam Fortems, himself a veteran of plenty of elections as reporter and voter, says it’s one of the strangest days-after he’s ever seen, with people talking about Rachel Notley’s NDP victory with the same kind of fervour and opinions usually found in post-game discussion of the last FlamesCanucks game. Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone said the orange wave on the other side of the Rockies is all about NDP leader Notley. He’s partly right. She is a charismatic leader pretty much born into the party, but Stone’s observation is just part of the explanation. They all lie at the feet of outgoing premier and erstwhile Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice, a man who had the hubris to plan a big-buck dinner meet-and-greet for next Thursday, with tickets going for $500 each or $5,000 for a table. I guess he never dreamed the plan of giving up his cushy federal gig, biding his time in

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LEVEL private business before moving on to rule Alberta, might implode. Which was worse? Was it the badly orchestrated gutting of the Wild Rose party when six of its MLAs crossed the floor to join Prentice and his minions? It might have been and it’s surprising to see Albertans forgive the party by giving it the job of Official Opposition. Maybe it was the planned austerity budget that didn’t do much more than take from the poor to sustain the rich. For my money, it was when Prentice uttered three little words to Notley — “math is hard” — and revealed himself to be the kind of Neanderthal who sees nothing wrong with demeaning women. Prentice must have known he was speaking to a woman who is also a lawyer and an expert in workers’ compensation and workplace health and safety issues.

Odds are Notley can do the math — and also listen to what is being said, given Prentice’s lecture to her during the election debates was based on his own mathematical mistake. Having awoke on Oct. 1, 1990, to the election of Bob Rae as premier in Ontario, however, it will be interesting to see what this NDP premier will do given she’s got oil in her back pocket. With Rae, the what-didyou-say moment came in 1993, when he introduced what he called the Social Contract, but what everyone else called Rae Days, a reaction to the recession raging at the time and the reality Ontario had a $12-billion deficit with which to contend. Maybe it made some economic sense to do what he did, but a lot of people in the public sector were angry at the 12 mandatory unpaid days off they were required to take. I wonder what Notley will do as she faces the economic reality her province’s ever-growing bubble has had a huge blowup in recent months. It’s going to be fun to watch.

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LEAVE DARK AGE IN LIBRARY, NOT AT MUSEUM Editor: This comment is late, but I believe the issue is ongoing. So, Coun. Tina Lange feels museum attendance numbers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;justify money spent on the spaceâ&#x20AC;? (March 4). I appreciate the added details and research from KTW reporter Jessica Wallace (April 10) and, especially letter writer Trish Keegan pointing out that, if anything, the museum needs more support (April 14). Legendary urban-systems thinker Jane Jacobs cites â&#x20AC;&#x153;cultural amnesiaâ&#x20AC;? as a major trend that will be our undoing in her short, but punchy, book, Dark Age Ahead. As in the early Middle Ages, Jacobs argues, we are in a time now where a kind of cultural amnesia is causing people to not see our situation clearly â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and we are failing to anticipate and act properly toward our lives and our collective future.

Then, as now, according to a Wikipedia main building. entry, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;dominant ideology prevents and I can imagine kids dragging their parents discourages people from finding rational and into a mall for just a few minutes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a few scientifically-verifiable explanations and soluminutes that become 20. tions.â&#x20AC;? Imagine an engaging window through Does this sound familiar? time set up in a space recently vacated. Like our current social ills Such an interactive display, of course, Surely a and seemingly overwhelmwould take more resources, not fewer. ing problems? Better to watch History already has to compete with beefed-up boxing matches, a.k.a. modern the big STEM (science, technology, museum bread and circuses? engineering and mathematics) push at Surely a beefed-up museupper levels. will stand um will stand us in good But, high-powered, futurist thinkers us in good stead. When I taught full-time, know the humanities will be our foundathe museum trip was fun and tion as time goes by. stead. also easy to integrate into To Lange â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our library has Dark Age a number of curricular goals. Ahead. For the future, though, to Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way more of a fun read than it boost attendance, an added feature would be sounds! the â&#x20AC;&#x153;roving displaysâ&#x20AC;? Lange suggests. These Linda Rightmire could be used to promote attendance at the Chase

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Editor: We are told the proposed Ajax mine is good business. Does KGHM Ajax factor in the cost of ensuring full compensation and remediation in the case of an accident or failure? By cost, I mean paying the necessary premiums for comprehensive insurance or guaranteed bonds that do not depend on the existence of a viable operating company. Too often, government, which is the taxpayer, has to cover the costs of recovery when those responsible declare bankruptcy or simply do not have the funding available to put things right. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see that guarantee stated â&#x20AC;&#x153;in plain language.â&#x20AC;? Trevor Jackson Kamloops

Editor: I would like to extend a huge thank you to the residents of Abbeyglen Way, Regent Crescent, Bramble Lane, Bramble Place, Whitburn Crescent and Canongate Place for their donations to the Canadian Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign during April. Thanks also to those who donate online through monthly giving and at their place of business, and to the entire staff of St. Annâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy for their generous donations. Lawrence Beaton Kamloops

Editor: I was a driver who felt it was hypocritical to drive in the empty lane and merge closer to the lane closure. If everyone took their turn waiting in line, it would be just as quick and we would not have anxiety over people butting in and pushing the line back. Everyone needs to be on the same page. We need courtesy to keep the line going without crawling at a stop-and-go pace or we need to use the zipper method. Kamloops desperately needs a decision and signs for Overlanders Bridge. Mary-Ann Davy Kamloops

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An alleged Kamloops gangster whose alibi of hot wings, ribs and a screening of the 2004 Ryan Gosling film The Notebook failed to convince a jury he didn’t shoot a drug-dealing “cannabis advocate” in the knee has had his sentencing delayed. Adam Colligan was found guilty in March of six charges — including aggravated assault and extortion with a firearm — after just one day of jury deliberation.

The 28-year-old was charged after Al Powell, an admitted marijuana dealer and advocate for the legalization of cannabis, was shot in the bathroom of his North Shore home in 2013. Prior to the shooting, Colligan had attempted to strongarm Powell into buying his marijuana supply directly from him and his associates who, court heard, were affiliated with the Independent Soldiers gang. On May 11, 2013, Colligan and another

man approached Powell outside his home and asked about the potential partnership. Powell turned them down and Colligan vowed to return. Colligan and his associate, who was not charged, returned later that day and met with Powell in his bathroom, where Powell was pistol-whipped and shown Independent Soldiers paraphernalia. Powell attempted to wrestle the gun away from his attackers and a shot was fired, striking

Powell in the knee. Taking the stand in his own defence, Colligan claimed to have spent May 11, 2013, with his girlfriend, eating appetizers and watching The Notebook and other romantic movies. Colligan’s sentencing was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, but his lawyer asked for an adjournment to allow him further preparation. Colligan remains free on bail. He is slated to be sentenced on July 3.

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FED TO BE SHRED Volunteer Jessie Marshall collects the papers to be shredded during the weekend’s Free Shred Day at Interior Vault. The public was invited to bring in documents to be shredded in exchange for a donation to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.

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Real-estate sales rise in April as trend continues

The city’s real-estate market recorded an improvement in sales and values in April, continuing a trend seen early in 2015. The Kamloops & District Real Estate Association reports 229 residential units were sold last month, up by about 12 per cent over the same month last year.

The dollar value of those sales also grew by about eight per cent. The number of listings climbed slightly, to 2,042. The real-estate board reports about $226 million worth of residential units changed hands in the first four months of the year.

That is a 19 per cent increase over the $183-million figure for the first four months of 2014. The increases come at the same time the Bank of Canada warned about excessive values in some markets, including in Regina and Winnipeg.

In Vancouver, the real-estate board warned on Monday about a lack of new listings, which can drive prices higher. The median price for a single-family house in Kamloops is $371,000, still below the pre-recession value of $375,000 set in August 2008.

Venture Kamloops takes home award for Advisors program The city’s economic-development arm has been recognized with an award at the B.C. Economic Development Association’s annual meeting for its program to encourage start-ups. Venture Kamloops picked up the win for its VK Venture

Advisors program. The program is aimed at providing advice to new and emerging entrepreneurs to start businesses. Under the program, each month an entrepreneur or business is chosen to pitch their idea to the VK Venture

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Berwick on the Park residents and staff celebrate the addition of a new Berwick About Town Car with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new car service will allow individual rides around town. Cutting the ribbon are general manager Bev Graham, communityrelations manager Erin Currie and recreation manager Michelle Robertson.

Thompson Rivers University is getting ready to see how well it can react to a major emergency. The campus next week will see 400 police officers, firefighters, paramedics and school officials converge to take part in a full-scale emergency exercise. RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said the exercise, funded by TRU, will mimic a criminal event on campus, centred in the Clocktower Building, but also involving the main library, Culinary Arts Building, Old Main Building and the Campus commons. During the exercise, access to TRU’s campus will be limited to entrances at Dalhousie Drive and Hillside Drive. Many parts of campus will not be accessible during the scenario. Barricade tapes will go up by 7 a.m. Staff parking lots A, L, R and S, student lots E, L and part of A and visitor lot I will be closed. Pedestrian access to campus will also be closed at the southeast corner, near McGill Road and Summit Drive. Students and staff have been made aware of the operation, slated to run from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. Bush said it’s important for emergency crews to train together and prepare for worse-case scenarios. “The best way to be prepared is to do some actual training,” she said. “We are doing everything we can to be prepared.” The plan brings together campus volunteers, RCMP from Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton and Vancouver, Kamloops Fire Rescue, the City of Kamloops, Royal Inland Hospital, BC Ambulance service and observers from Emergency Management B.C. Representatives of other post-secondary institutions will also be observing for input on creating their own emergency programs.

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t might be billed as the most advanced board of its kind, but electric longboards won’t be treated any differently than conventional models by Kamloops’ bylaw officers. An anonymous reader wrote to KTW to complain he had been told his Boosted Board — a motorized, electric-powered longboard produced in California — couldn’t be used under city bylaws. According to the company’s website, the board can travel up to 13 kilometres on a single charge and can be used for commuting, along with public transit. In the letter to KTW, the board owner complained the city’s bylaws may be hurting the efforts of residents who want to give up cars and find alternate methods of transportation. “I believe over-concern of potential liabilities to be a hindrance to progress and development,” the boarder wrote. “I, for one, am willing to take respon-

sibility for my actions and, if I am injured, I understand that this is a consequence of my choices. “Are green initiatives and public transport truly goals of our city? In the meantime, catch me if you can!” John Ramsey, the city’s bylaw services supervisor, said Kamloops doesn’t have a complete ban on electric boards, but noted they are banned from the same parts of the city as electric scooters and conventional skateboards. “Generally, on an arterial road, you can’t do it, you can’t do it downtown in Kamloops or along the North Shore in Tranquille and you can’t go under steep grades that are identified in the bylaw as well,” Ramsey said, referring to the city’s skates, skateboards and scooters bylaw. A map on the city’s website of restricted areas offers no obvious route for leaving or entering the city’s core on a board, for instance, nor for crossing from the North to South Shore. Ramsey said the city’s goal is public

safety, either from cars or steep hills common in Kamloops. “You can have excessive traffic, you can have excessive speeds depending on the grade, which can lead to collisions, loss of control, falls,” he said. “My understanding is even for experienced users, I’ve seen on the news where people on longboards have been hit by cars and been killed.” The restrictions in the Tranquille Market and downtown areas also have a safety component, Ramsey said, since skateboarders could collide with pedestrians coming out of shops. The Boosted Board makers themselves caution users to take care on hills. “Hills and high speeds can be very dangerous because crashes can cause really serious injuries, or worse,” the Boosted website notes. “Be extra careful when pushing the limits of the board, even if you’re an experienced skater.” Ramsey said boarders and scooter users are encouraged to stick to side streets, though they are allowed in some parks — as long as they aren’t considered to be interfering with pedestrians and cyclists. The penalty for violating the bylaw is a $100 ticket.

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The first thing Michael Schratter did after riding into Rogers Arena was hug his mom. He knew how hard it had been for her during the 14 months Schratter was on his bike, most of the time pedalling on his own as he clicked off 48,000 kilometres going around the world. While Schratter’s motivation was personal — he wanted to create a positive image of a person living with a mental illness — his mom’s concern was also deeply personal, having lost her husband and Michael’s dad in a bicycle accident in 1993. “She was on pins and needles,” Shratter said. “But, she was also very proud. She knew I needed to do it for myself.” Schratter’s ride was supported by the Canadian Mental Health Association and led to the creation of its Ride Don’t

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Vancouver teacher Michael Schratter rode his bike around the world to promote mental-health awareness, leading to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s fundraiser Ride Don’t Hide. Shratter was in Kamloops recently to promote the local event, which will be held on June 21.

Hide fundraiser. At first, the ride was limited to a few communities in B.C. Four years later, it has expanded into four provinces and 30 communities,

including Kamloops. Schratter went through six continents and 32 countries on his campaign, writing mental-health columns for a Vancouver newspaper every

couple of weeks. He said one of the biggest lessons he learned from the ride was that sometimes, “the thing you fear the most is what you also miss the most.” For him, that thing was the idea of being alone in the saddle riding unfamiliar roadways. At first, he said, it was difficult stopping and talking to people about what he was doing and why. “I even told people I was doing it for my brother,” Schratter said. Soon, however, he was sharing his story, one of depression, suicide attempts — “something that it’s good to fail at” — and recovery. He credited his success to his wife, Deborah. In 2010, they were dating and talking about marriage when she told him to either give up his dream to go around the world or commit to it and she would make sure it happened. Schratter said she made it happen.

Deborah also managed to meet up with him a couple of times during his trip, once for a few days and then later — after buying a bike and learning how to cycle long distances — for several weeks in Asia. Schratter said part of his inspiration for the ride came from a need to show that people with mental-health issues don’t need sympathy. “I’ve got something to contribute,” he said. “I didn’t like it when I’d hear it’s a fault or weakness. I needed to do it for myself.” Schratter pointed to the media and Hollywood as problems people with mental health must deal with due to the way it portrays those with mental-health issues, citing the movie Psycho and headlines linking the illness to crime without any proof of the linkage. “It’s always associated with violence,” he said. “I wanted to tell another story. Otherwise, it’s the family secret.”

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he suffered a horrific knee injury. She kept going. Concussions, leg fractures, bone bruises, slipped discs and torn ligaments might have slowed her, but Elli Terwiel kept going. There was Alpine Canada politics. There were failures. There was heartbreak. There were financial hardships. She kept going. The Sun Peaks slalom skier kept going until she reached the apex of her sport and represented Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all over. Terwiel, 26, announced her retirement from competitive skiing this week and spoke to KTW from the University of Vermont, where she will graduate next year with a degree in civil engineering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a natural time for me to retire,â&#x20AC;? said Terwiel, who has exhausted her years of NCAA skiing eligibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a lot of teammates who left the sport extremely bitter and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want that to be me. I wanted to go out on my own terms.â&#x20AC;? It was hard not to cringe when Terwiel straddled a gate and recorded a did-not-finish result in her first slalom run at the Olympics on Feb. 21, 2014. Nine-thousand kilometres away, the viewing party at Nancy Greeneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cahilty Lodge offered up a collective groan, watching on TV as their hero screamed in anguish and buried her head in her hands. It was like a bullet to the heart, Terwiel later explained on her blog. Local skiing fans who woke up at 4 a.m. to catch the action will remember that moment well, but it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t define the Brocklehurst secondary graduate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not by a long shot. On that day, she chose to ski

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with unbridled ambition in appalling conditions after watching half of the women racing in front of her crash out of the competition. Warm temperatues, rain and a salty surface had wreaked havoc on the slalom course at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could see it was really hard conditions, but I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;There is no way I can go easy because this is the Olympics,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Terwiel, one of more than 30 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slalom skiers who failed to finish their runs that day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went really hard out of the gate. I had the 17th-fastest split time, but I was literally a centimetre too close to the gate and that was the end of the road.â&#x20AC;? It was the same determined mindset that enabled her to recover from a crash that tore apart her left knee on Pitztal Glacier in Austria in 2008. Damage to the anterior cruciate ligament and the meniscus, along with a bone bruise that

resulted in a small fracture at the bottom of her femur, might have ended her career before it started. But, she was back on the slopes racing competitively 11 months after surgery. It was the same single-mindedness that kept her from waving goodbye to the sport when she was left off the national team in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was the political game, having results and not making the team a couple times, and then making it other years,â&#x20AC;? Terwiel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of girls who are still racing really well, but had a rough season because of injury or other circumstances, and they just arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t given a second chance or treated quite poorly by the system, like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, well, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done now.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would have been much easier to hang up my hat. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the team wanted me to do.â&#x20AC;? Skiing independently without the financial aid of Alpine Canada

made it even more difficult for Terwiel to chase her Olympic dream. She was left to cover the cost of flights, accommodation, coaching, gas, equipment and rehab. But, she kept going. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to say thank you to the Sun Peaks and Kamloops communities,â&#x20AC;? Terwiel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without all the fundraising that happened, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been even close to Sochi.â&#x20AC;? Terwiel found herself back on the national team in 2012-2013 and had a breakout season, with three top-30 finishes on the World Cup circuit. She was peaking at the right time in 2013 and placed 11th â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her best-ever result â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at a World Cup event in Levi, Finland, in November, one month before suffering a concussion on a training run in Courchevel, France, on Dec. 17. Terwiel managed to qualify for the Games, but the effects of that

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Edward (Fast Eddy) Dostaler has had to overcome plenty of adversity in his more than two months on the road. Since he left Victoria on March 1, beginning his trek across Canada and back in support of breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease awareness, Dostaler has passed plenty of tests. Aside from the physical and mental strain that has come with the more than 2,800 kilometres he has thus far covered, there have been the circumstances beyond his control. Near Valemount, his iPod, his only source of music and entertainment, was run over. Passing through Peachland, he was run off the road by a vehicle floating a little too far over the line. In Calgary, only two people showed up to his 24-hour run fundraiser. But, no matter the hurdles thus far, Dostaler has just kept running. He’s heartened by the progress he has made, close to halfway through his third province. “Realistically, of what other people would do, add on another 800 kilometres and I’m halfway through

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what an average run across Canada is,” Dostaler told KTW on Tuesday, just 50 kilometres outside of Moose Jaw, Sask. He was just 15 minutes removed from another near-miss on the highway, this one with an RV. Because Dostaler’s route takes him through most of the major centres in Canada, as well as through large parts of Ontario, Newfoundland, PEI and Nova Scotia, his trip is longer than the 8,000-kilometre averages of crossCanada runs done by the likes of Steve Fonyo or, more recently, Brit Jamie McDonald. Dostaler will be covering 10,000 kilometres on the shorter of his two trips. “I’m very happy with my progress and what I’ve made so far,” he continued. “I still know I have a long ways to go, but regardless of whatever is put in front of me, whether it’s thou-

east I have ever been.” sands of mosquitos or a brutal, bru- turns off the software — it’s his way of disconnecting from the world Dostaler is hoping to be through tal heat, with no shade whatsoever while he makes up ground, he said. the rest of Saskatchewan and or a tree in sight, or what’s going to But, before long, he’s back online Manitoba by the end of the month. end up happening in winter, I’ll still with another destination on the He has a 24-hour run in Regina push forward — either an inch at a horizon. on Saturday and will hold a similar time, a foot or a mile.” “I know a lot of people will end event when he arrives in Winnipeg Though Dostaler has come a up sitting there and being like, in a few weeks. long way on the run, donation col‘He could have gotten into a car,’” And, no matter the speed bump lection is another story. Dostaler said. “I’m looking behind he hits next, Dostaler will just keep Nearly halfway through me. I don’t have a support vehicle. I running. Saskatchewan, the Kamloops run“I’m really looking forward ner has managed to raise just $3,000 don’t know anyone here. “Besides two trips, one when to busting out some kilometres from 30 individuals. I was seven years old and one and, hopefully, showing people in He’s hoping as the progress when I flew to Moncton, New Kamloops this wasn’t a joke,” he continues, the funds supporting Brunswick, this is the furthest said. Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer awareness will funnel in at a better pace. Now that he’s on the Prairies, Dostaler said the mental fatigue of the run has become more noticeable. It’s difficult to feel like he’s making progress when he can still see the point where he started 15 kilometres behind him. We provide our customers with a service they don’t want to do themselves or It has prompted him to do can get elsewhere. We also provide these important beneﬁts: a lot of his running at night, • Removal of Harmful Carcinogens that can be passed onto food while cooking. when, visually, the terrain isn’t • Prolonged grill life as a result of professional cleaning. quite as difficult. • Prevent future corrosion of grill. Followers can track • Reduced risk of a grease ﬁre due to removal of grease. Dostaler’s journey on his • Special polish that will make your grill shine. website, fasteddycanada.com, where software gives real-time Not only will we clean and shine information on his journey. Every once in a while, he your BBQ, we can also repair your BBQ.

Champions crowned at Bartram tourney The Kamloops Youth Soccer Association Mike Bartram Youth Soccer Tournament, held on Saturday and Sunday in the Tournament Capital, produced nine winners. Victorious on the girls’ side: In the under13 division, Team Orange; under-14, the Stingers; under-15, the Blitz; under-16, Young Money; and under17/18, United. Winning on the boys’ side: In the under-13 division, Blue Man Crew; under-14, Team 3; under-15, Doms; and under 16/18, Team 5.

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BRIEFS under-16 Kamloops Blaze A girls blanked the under-18 Kamloops Blaze girls 6-0 in Thompson Okanagan Youth Soccer League play on Sunday on McArthur Island. Also scoring for the U-16 team were Shae Fuoco, Emily Mann, Laura Shouldice and Katie Merritt. Goalkeepers Alyson Taylor and Kayla Pehl shared the clean sheet.

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Twice on top The under-18 Kamloops Blaze boys posted a pair of wins on the weekend. Kamloops topped the under-17 Kamloops Blaze 6-2 on Saturday before thumping hometown Vernon United 5-0 on Sunday. Tallying goals on the weekend for the Blaze were Tomas Goddard (3), Geoffrey Hanks (2), Zahkary Barone (2), Tukker Tomlin (2), Stefan Nesci and Joe Falsetta. Mathew Mackenzie

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The Thompson Blazers are already taking form. Head coach Don Schulz and his staff committed to seven players following the club’s spring identification camp at Brock Arena on the weekend, locking up six forwards and a defenceman for the upcoming B.C. Major Midget League season. Forwards Ryan Chyzowski, Austen McKean, Bennett Hunter, Matthew Facchinelli, Michael Fidanza and Brendan Mongey and defender Garrett Ewert all received verbal commitments from the Blazers. Chyzowski is expected to be a top selection at the 2015 Western Hockey League bantam draft this morning. Ewert is a prospect of the Regina Pats. “Their overall level of play was excellent through the spring camp,” Schulz said of the seven players. “It’s fair to say that each of them are certainly candidates for being a top-6 forward on our team, in terms of the forwards, and Garrett was pretty steady on D.” Schulz said the club only committed to one defenceman based on the number of potential candidates who were unable to make the spring camp. The same goes for the situation in goal. The Blazers had the option of committing to up to 12 players. Looking at filling out the roster,

this morning will be of particular importance. “We’re going to be watching the draft fairly closely,” Schulz said of this morning’s WHL Bantam Draft. “We have some WHL connections that, depending on who they get drafted by, we would encourage that team to steer them our way.” It seems Chyzowski was the standout player at Brock Arena on the weekend. Recovering from a knee injury which required surgery and put the young forward on the shelf for the first half of his 15-year-old season, the Kamloops native had an excellent camp, Schulz said. “He certainly made a statement and worked extremely hard,” the head coach said. “He looked good in all of the practices and the games. He was arguably one of the best forwards that was there and really showed why he’s going to be a highly-sought-after young fella at the bantam draft.” Next up for the Blazers will be their main camp in August, when the rest of the roster will be cemented. Though the team had 52 players at its spring camp, Schulz is hoping to have an additional 20 or 30 to stiffen the competition at main camp. “We have some really difficult decisions ahead of us and I’m really encouraged by that,” he said. “It’s going to be most encouraging by the time we get to main camp.”

WHL BANTAM DRAFT UPDATES The WHL Bantam Draft is being held today at the Deerfoot Inn in Calgary. KTW will be following along and posting updates online at kamloopsthisweek. com and on twitter at @ KTWonBlazers. Read tomorrow’s edition of KTW for a recap of today’s events. The Blazers can pick as many as 12 times in this year’s draft — twice in rounds two and four, once in the fifth round and one time each in rounds seven through 13.

Kamloops, which shipped its first-rounder in the 2015 draft to Moose Jaw in a trade that brought Joel Edmundson to town in January 2013, will pick 22nd and 25th overall today. The draft gets underway at 7:30 a.m.

School smarts

The Kamloops Blazers were named the WHL Scholastic Team of the Year at the WHL Awards Luncheon yesterday in Calgary. The award recognizes the team that

achieves the highest overall academic performance throughout the regular season. Kamloops had one of the youngest teams in the WHL this season, with 12 roster players completing high school at Valleyview secondary. The Blazers’ education advisor, Vic Bifano, was in Cowtown to accept the award on behalf of the organization. “We are proud of our players for working as hard as they have over this past season,” Bifano said.

The peewee A Kamloops Rattlers earned silver at the Alan Price Memorial Lacrosse Tournament on the weekend at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Juan De Fuca stole gold in the dying seconds of the championship game, posting a 5-4 victory over the hometown Rattlers. The peewee Kamloops team will begin preparation for the Captain Cook Tournament, which runs from May 22 to May 24 in Victoria, where they will seek revenge on Juan De Fuca. Ridge Meadows claimed gold in the bantam division at the tourney on the weekend, edging Delta in the final. The bantam

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WolfPack chasing championship in Lethbridge TRU finished the season 18-10, after going 2-2 in its final weekend of the season. The team enters the Canadian College Baseball Conference Championship in Lethbridge as the league’s No. 2 seed and will play tomorrow afternoon against the Okanagan College Coyotes of Kelowna. TRU will then play the University of Calgary and the Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners on Friday and the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs on Saturday. Elimination games will begin on Sunday.

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The tyke 2 Kamloops Rattlers split a pair of lacrosse games in Merritt on the weekend. In Game 1, the Rattlers blanked Nicola Valley 4-0. North Okanagan doubled Kamloops 4-2 in the second game. Tallying points on the weekend for Kamloops were Dane Kinney (4G, 1A), Brock Felker (1G, 1A), Spencer Brown (1G), Tayo Jackson (1A), Sterling Francis (1A) and Seth Holte (1A). Liam Connolly posted a shutout between the pipes against Nicola Valley and Felker played well against North Okanagan. The Rattlers will play this weekend in the annual May Day Lacrosse Jamboree tournament in Port Coquitlam.

The Kamloops Heat opened their Pacific Coast Soccer League schedule with a draw and a loss on the weekend on Vancouver Island. Kamloops tied Victoria 2-2 on Saturday and fell 2-1 to Mid Isle on Sunday in men’s Premier Division action. Scoring on the weekend for the Heat were Justin Wallace, Keenan Wallace and Peter Loncar. Kamloops is next in action on May 23, when it squares off with Khalsa on the Lower Mainland.

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Calgary Flames centre Mikael Backlund felt paralyzed by indecision after his overtime winner beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday. He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how to celebrate a goal that pulled his team back into their second-round playoff series with the Ducks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought for a second about doing a Theo Fleury,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Backland said, in reference to the former Flameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jubilant pinballing the length of the ice back in 1991. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a legend and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really quite there. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The sellout crowd at Scotiabank Saddledome celebrated for the 26-year-old Swede as the Flames extended their winning streak at home in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoffs to 4-0. But, Calgary still trails Anaheim two games to one in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal.

Game 4 tomorrow at the Saddledome will be followed by Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game 5 in Anaheim, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came here to at least steal one and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a big task ahead of us in Game 4,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ducksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forward Ryan Getzlaf said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we played our best game. We made some errors that are uncharacteristic, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bound to happen. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the playoffs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen throughout the run.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; After sweeping the Winnipeg Jets four straight in the conference quarter-final, the Ducks outscored the Flames a combined 9-1 to take the first two games of series at home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still fighting an uphill battle,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Flamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forward Joe Colborne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing at home, the way we have the support of our fans right now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling confident we can take care of business here and go try and figure things out in Anaheim.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; On a delayed Anaheim penalty and with Flames goalie Karri Ramo on the bench for an extra attacker, Backlund threaded a shot from the blue-line between jerseys to beat Frederik Andersen at 4:24 of overtime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was tough to pick up with all the bodies in front,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Andersen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went in on my right side. It was a good shot through traffic.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Ducks led 2-1 and 3-2 at period breaks, but Johnny Gaudreau pulled the hosts even with 19 seconds remaining in regulation. Captain Getzlaf contributed a pair of assists and Andersen stopped 17 shots in the loss. Controversy brewed

in the third period when officials denied Sam Bennett an equalizer for Calgary. The rookieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot from close range at 13:38 appeared from certain angles to slide under Andersenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right pad and behind the goal-line. The NHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s situation room ruled â&#x20AC;&#x153;no conclusive evidenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; of a goal, much to the Saddledomeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indignation when the decision was announced. But, Gaudreau deflected attention away from the fuss by scoring the tying goal and his first of the series. With Ducks defenceman Sami Vatanen serving a delay-of-game penalty and Ramo on the bench again for a two-man advantage, the Calder Trophy finalistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sharp-angled wrist shot beat Andersen short side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an all-world shot,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Colborne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was probably three or four inches there and Johnny just picked it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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from. Two centuries ago, birth rates and death rates were high everywhere and population growth was very slow. Clean water, good food and antibiotics radically cut the death rate — and the human population of this planet increased 300 per cent in the past 90 years. Eventually, as people moved into the cities and big families were no longer an advantage, the birth rate dropped. The world’s population is still growing, but it will increase by only 50 per cent in the next 90 years. So far, so obvious. But, what is happening to the human lifespan is equally dramatic. Here’s the key statistic: The average human lifespan in a developed country has been increasing at three months per year since 1840. Everybody assumes that lifespan grew much faster in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is growing much slower now. Not so. It has plodded along at the same rate, adding about three months to people’s lifespans every year for the past 175 years. And, yes, that does mean that a baby born four years from now can expect to live, on average, a whole year longer than a baby born this year. There have always

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WATCH been some people who lived to 70 or 80, but the average age at death in 1840 was only 40. By 2000, it was 80. That’s 40 more years of life per person in 160 years. And, lifespan is still increasing at the same rate. In Britain, for example, the average lifespan has increased by 11 more years in the past 44 years — three months per year, just like in the 19th century. This is why actuaries predict babies born in 2000 will have an average lifespan of 100 years. Give those babies the 80 years of life people who died in 2000 enjoyed, then give them an extra three months for every one of those 80 years — and they will have 20 years more years to live. That is, an average of a hundred years. This sounds so outlandish that you instinctively feel there must be something wrong with it — and maybe there is. The fact it has gone on like this for 175 years doesn’t necessarily mean it will go on forever. But, it’s

not stopping or even slowing, so the smart money says it will continue for quite a while. What about the developing world? Most of it has been playing catch-up and, by now, the gap isn’t very large. In China, the average lifespan was only 42 years as recently as 1950, but it then began increasing by six months per year. Today, the average Chinese citizen can expect to live to 75. Once you hit an average lifespan of 75 years, however, the pace slows down to three months per year, the same as in the developed countries. India is a little behind China. The average lifespan was 42 years in 1960 and is now 68 years, so it’s still going up at a rate of six months per year. But, we may expect to see it fall to the normal three months per years by 2030, after the average Indian lifespan reaches 75. All the developing countries of Asia, Latin America and the Middle East are in the same zone. The sole exception is Africa, where 35 countries have average lifespans of 63 years or lower. However, even most African countries are seeing a slow growth in average lifespan. So, do we end up with a huge population of people so old they can barely hold their heads up, let alone eat solid food? Probably not.

Three-hundred years ago, Jonathan Swift wrote about people like that in his satire, Gulliver’s Travels. Struldbrugs, he called them: people who could not die, but went on aging until they were so decrepit and disabled that death would have been a mercy. They were declared legally dead when they reached 80; otherwise, their longevity would mean they ended up owning everything. But, they weren’t really dead. Now it was the public that had to support them for the rest of their interminable lives. In real life, crippling diseases and disabilities are still mainly a phenomenon of the last decade of life and, as lifespan lengthens, that final decade also moves. Demographers now talk about the “young old” who are in their 70s and 80s and still in reasonably good shape. They also talk about the “old old” in their 90s and 100s, who are mostly frail and in need of care. So, the time is probably coming when people must work into their 80s because the over-65s will amount to one-third of the population. No society can afford to support so many. But, by then, people won’t be decrepit in their 80s — and the only alternative is dying younger. gwynnedyer.com

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Federal Conservatives weigh political mortality NDPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALBERTA VICTORY SHAKES UP NATIONAL SCENE IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER ELECTION STEPHANIE LEVITZ

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OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Conservative caucus room was described as a morgue yesterday as federal MPs grappled with political mortality after the New Democrats effectively killed the conservative movementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourdecade grip on Alberta politics. While they sought to downplay the notion the NDPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upset in Alberta is an omen for this fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s federal election, many also acknowledged the playing field for that campaign has changed. So-called safe seats just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be considered safe anymore, said Deepak Obhrai, who has sat in the House of Commons as a Calgary Conservative since 1997 and was re-elected in 2011 with 67 per cent of the vote. In the last six elections, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t face a serious challenge from the NDP but, with all four provincial seats within his riding now held by New Democrats, he expects the fed-

eral campaign will be different. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More, stronger candidates will look at the results, so we expect stronger [NDP] candidates with stronger credentials coming after us,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The NDP have become a player, indeed.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Conservatives hold 26 of the 28 federal seats in Alberta, though redistribution means there will be 34 up for grabs this fall. The Conservative party said it has candidates nominated in all but one riding. Polling has suggested the New Democrats and Liberals are nearly tied for second place in Alberta, with support for the federal Conservatives at 41 per cent. Many MPs pointed out the provincial election results indicate the conservative base is secure â&#x20AC;&#x201D; taken together, the Progressive Conservatives and Wild Rose Alliance secured 52 per cent of the popular vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always worked hard with constituents and what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hearing with constituents

is that the federal party still has a lot of support in Alberta,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Edmonton MP Tim Uppal. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just Alberta conservatives pondering their political future and the shifting landscape in Alberta. Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s David Tilson compared it to the 1990 provincial election in his province in which David Peterson and the Liberals were ousted by the NDP under Bob Rae. Tilson attributed that result to anger against then-prime minister Brian Mulroney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that the same feeling against the Conservatives in Ottawa is the same as the feeling against Mr Mulroney in 1990,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not even close.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent his â&#x20AC;&#x153;sincerest congratulationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to premierdesignate Rachel Notley, saying he looks forward to working with â&#x20AC;&#x153;future premier Notley on issues of importance for Albertans and all Canadians,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; such as jobs and economic growth.

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunning election by Rachel Notley and her Alberta New Democrats have the national Conservatives rethinking strategy as the October federal election nears. The NDP has formed a majority government in Alberta, where the Progressive Conservatives ruled for 44 years.

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Y Obituaries & In Memoriam Z JAMES PHILLIPS (PHIL) HALLINAN September 7, 1940 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 28, 2015

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It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden and tragic passing of William Peter Edward (Bill) Dixon on Friday, May 1, 2015 at the age of 33. Left behind to cherish his memory is his wife Tami (nee Kendall) and their two-year-old son Frazier. Bill is survived by his mother Edith Gazzola, stepfather Clark Carter, brother Jeremy Dixon (Raquel), stepbrother Timothy Carter, father-in-law Alan Kendall (Cathy), brother-in-law Sid Kendall (Jodi), aunt Judy MacNeill (Rodger), uncle Michael Gazzola (Pam), aunt Patricia Zimmer (Robert), aunt Mary Ellen Beamin (Charlie), aunt Lea Ann Russell, aunt Debra Dunsmore (Mic). He will also be missed by nieces, nephews, cousins and numerous lifelong friends. Bill was predeceased by his father Michael Dixon, grandparents Edward Dixon (Dorothy), Ruth Dixon, Peter and Mary Gazzola, uncle Peter Gazzola and mother-in-law Noreen Kendall. Bill was born in Hope, BC on May 18, 1981, and growing up he spent time in Hope, Vancouver and Yale. He graduated from Hope Senior Secondary in 2000, and lived in Lone Butte before moving to Kamloops, where he enrolled in welding at Thompson Rivers University. While in Kamloops, Bill met his wife Tami and they began their life together; they married on a sun swept Mexican beach in January 2012, surrounded by their closest friends and family members. Bill took great pride in his family, although he spent years working in camps in Alberta, when he was hired by Highland Valley Copper in February he was so excited to ďŹ nally be back home full-time. His passing was shocking and terribly unfair, we take solace in knowing he was with friends and doing something he loved. Bill is loved so deeply by everyone he knew, he will be greatly missed. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, May 16th, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the Schoening Funeral Chapel with Pastor Don Maione ofďŹ ciating. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, a family trust account has been set up at TD Canada Trust in support of Tami and Frazier. Donations can be made at any branch quoting Transit #91460 and Account #6316630.

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Phil passed peacefully away at hospice after a lengthy illness at the age of 74 years. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 53 years Rita, son David (Phyllis), daughter Vera, grandchildren Grant (Teresa), Kristen (Ryan), Georgia, David, James and great-grandson Zackery. Phil is also fondly remembered by his sister Sheilagh (Irv), brother Bruce, stepsister Diana, stepbrother Harry (Brenda), sister-in-law Vera, brother-in-law Edward (Deb), his nieces and nephews Catherine, Ken (Deanna), Kathy (Gordon), Amy, Cyd, Jennifer, Robin, Tyler and Erin. Phil is also lovingly remembered by his aunt Betty Fribance. Phil was predeceased by his father George, mother Kathleen, and stepmother Patricia. Phil was born in Princeton, but raised on Copper Mountain where he lived until his teenage years. There he developed a love and appreciation for nature and in particular, he enjoyed hunting and ďŹ&#x201A;y-ďŹ shing. His love of the outdoors was evident throughout his life. Phil was a creative thinker who had the gift of being able to re-invent himself. After working for Evans Products for 28 years, a job that returned him to the interior, Phil then worked in a variety of jobs involving the outdoors, retiring at 69 from Fraser Basin Council, Shuswap Region. Phil was also an avid volunteer in many outdoor organizations at the local, provincial and national levels. He discovered a new passion for supporting the outdoors by writing and eventually becoming the editor for the BCWF publication, The Outdoor Edge. He was a true steward of the earth and he imparted this knowledge, respect and love of the outdoors to his family. Happy times with the family included hunting with his Labrador Retrievers, ďŹ&#x201A;y-ďŹ shing, camping and driving in the bush spotting wildlife. Special thanks and appreciation to Marianne Arduini and to the Home First Programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedicated team and to all the doctors and nurses who cared for Phil. Thank you to the staff of the Ponderosa Adult Day Program who brought joy to Phil. Thank you to our extended family and friends for your love and support. Your kindness will be remembered always. A funeral mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 11:00 am Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, 635 Tranquille, Kamloops and will be celebrated by Father Martin.

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Y Obituaries & In Memoriam Z VERNA LEIGH (NEE PRETULA)

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Verna Leigh (nee Pretula) our beloved Mom, Granny and Nana. She passed away peacefully in her home on April 29, 2015 in her 96th year. Verna was predeceased by her parents Walter and Alice Pretula, husband Arthur, son Garry, brother Milton, and sisters Stella, Jeanne and Elsie. Verna is survived by her daughter Faye (Mac) McIlveen of Vernon, son Brant Leigh of Kamloops, daughter-in-law Cherril Leigh of Edmonton, grandson Michael (Jayne) Latta of Kamloops, grandchildren Nicole Leigh, Kevin (Laura) Leigh, Rochelle (Moses) Leigh-Modi all of Edmonton, greatgrandchildren Shawntae, Isaac, Hannah, Zechariah, Noah, sister Victoria Matlashewski of Winnipeg, and many nieces and nephews. Mom had great passion for gardening and enjoyed eating the fresh vegetables, berries and fruits that were produced in her yard. Mom loved God and held an unconditional love for her family. Her greatest joys occurred during the visits of her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, sisters, nieces and nephews. She always prepared a special desert for the meals whether it was Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving or visits from out - of - town relatives. Mom will be truly missed by her family and relatives. The family wishes to thank Dr. Kip and the Kamloops Interior Health caregivers and nurses. A private family graveside service will be held at Hillside Cemetery. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations can be made to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Nick Hajdukovich at Royal Inland Hospital after a brief illness with his loving family by his side. Nick is survived by his sister Vera (Al) Thompson, nephew Dave (Danette) and their children Kendra and Josh, and niece Linda (Steve) and their children Calvin and Alex. He was predeceased by his brother Borko (Bob) and his parents. Nick was born in Kamloops on November 22, 1939 and resided here his entire life. He was raised on a farm in Brocklehurst and continued working there for many years before and after his retirement. After high school he worked at the Land Registry Office until his retirement in 1994. He later moved to another area in Brocklehurst in 2006 and continued his hobby farm of beautiful flowers, vegetables and many fruit trees. He was a man of integrity, reliable, kind, friendly and thoughtful who really loved and cared for his family and friends. A memorial service will be held at the Kamloops Funeral Home on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Pastor Brian Delamont will conduct the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the RIH Foundation or the charity of your choice.

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First Memorial Funeral Service 250-554-2429 ELLA VIOLA YARON (NEE MAGEE) August 20, 1933 – May 1, 2015 Ella Viola Yaron of Kamloops passed away peacefully on May 1, 2015 at hospice after a short illness at the age of 81 years. She is survived and will be missed by her loving family, Glenn (Beccy), Stephen (Karen), grandchildren Jessica, Gillian, Jacki, Devan, Chantel and their families. She also leaves to cherish her memory sisters Irene, Phyllis (Arthur), sisters-in-law Rose (Lyle) and May as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Predeceased by her parents Harris and Lottie, son Gary (1972) and husband Stephen (2004), sisters Helen, Stella, Jean and brothers Robert, Orval and Morris. Ella was born in Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, August 20, 1933. Ella met Steve and was married on September 6, 1952. Steve and Ella resided on Vancouver Island, North Vancouver and then settled in Kamloops in 1971, where Ella drove the Handi Dart for a number of years before retiring in 1998. Ella enjoyed bowling, ﬁshing and camping and spent many wonderful times with her family and friends. We extend a special thank you to the committed and caring staff at The Shores Retirement Home, Ponderosa Adult Day Program and The Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home. There will be no service by request Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

The family of Gordon Woldum is sad to announce Gordon’s passing after a brief battle with cancer. He is lovingly remembered by his three children Doug, Rick (Cheryl), Debbie (John), and his five grandchildren (Nathan, JJ, Dylan, Amanda and Nicole). Also left to cherish his memory are his brother Nelson Woldum and sister Doreen Hamling. Gordon was pre-deceased by his wife, Jean, and his parents (Nathan and Alice). Gordon was born July 11th, 1937 in Strathmore, Alberta and moved to Ocean Falls in 1942 where he lived for 7 years. In 1949 he moved to Nakusp where he completed his schooling, graduating in 1955. He then attended Calgary Technical School from 1956-1958 and 1959-1963 where he obtained his Automotive Journeyman Certificate and also completed his electrical apprenticeship. He married Jean MacDonald in 1960 and in 1963 they moved to Prince Rupert, BC where Gordon worked at the pulp mill. After two years in Prince Rupert, Gordon obtained employment at the new pulp mill in Kamloops, BC where he worked for 9 years as a maintenance electrician. Gordon left the pulp mill in 1972 for the University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University) where he taught electrical apprentices for 26 years until his retirement. In 1984, the Canadian government seconded Gordon from UCC for two years to teach at the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology in Kisumu, Kenya. While there he established an electrical course for the Kenyan students. Gordon and Jean embraced this adventure by immersing themselves in the culture and travelling around the country. Gordon was a member of the Kamloops Vintage car club for many years and enjoyed the time he spent rebuilding his 1941 Chev and 1952 Buick. He will be remembered for his love to talk and for his sense of humour (took pleasure in playing tricks on his workmates, friends and family over the years) . The family would like to thank Dr. Anders for all his compassionate care over the years and to the amazing staff at the Kamloops Hospice who made it possible for Gordon to spend his final days in comfort and dignity. Thanks also goes to his good friend, Ron Buck, for keeping him company since Jean passed away last year. A service will be held to remember Gordon on Saturday, May 9th at 1:00 pm at Schoening Funeral Chapel, 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops. If friends so desire, donations may be made in Gordon’s name to the Kamloops Hospice Association. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

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Save 5% on Pre-Arranged Funeral Services until May 16, 2015 at Schoening and First Memorial Funeral Services ETTORE OLIVIERO POTESTIO It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loving father and grandfather Ettore Oliviero Potestio who passed away peacefully on May 3, 2015 surrounded by family. He is predeceased by his loving wife Erminia, his parents Antonio and Emilia Potestio, his brother Francesco Potestio and his grandson, Anthony Ritacco. Ettore is known to his family and friends as Oliviero and was born in Grimaldi, Cosenza, Italy on October 30, 1925. He is the second of two sons. As a young man growing up in Italy he trained as a blacksmith. He served in the Italian Army during WWII and was a prisoner of war. Shortly upon his return, he married the love of his life and childhood sweetheart Erminia on December 20,1947. They had four children: Tony (Mary-Lee), Emily (Aldo), Frank, and Lee (Angie) and were blessed with eight grandchildren: Marni and Melissa (Ahmed); Enza, Anthony and Kayla; and Oliver, Michael and Justin all whom he loved very much. He also had an extended family consisting of numerous brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces. Upon immigrating to Canada in 1951, Oliviero worked on the railroad and construction crews and later had a long-lasting career with the BC Building Corporation. He retired from BCBC in 1985. He and Erminia enjoyed camping and would head out with their family to enjoy the outdoors regularly. He is noted as a favourite uncle as he would always include his nieces or nephews on these excursions. Oliviero’s home was always welcoming to his many friends and family and they were always treated to many homemade delicious meals, a glass of wine and great company. In addition to his work, he had a back-yard shop with an array of welding and woodworking tools. He was very generous to his friends and family as well as the neighbourhood he lived in, and would often fix the neighbourhood children’s bikes. He also enjoyed woodworking and made many wonderful pieces. Oliviero also enjoyed gardening, making wine, and other old-world traditions. At get-togethers he was the life of the party always cracking jokes and making others laugh. Oliviero was very family orientated and took great pride in his children and their families. We are left with only our memories of our father and grandfather and he will be greatly missed, but take comfort that he is now rejoined with his loving wife. A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church followed by Entombment at Hillside Cemetery. The family would like to thank the Renaissance Retirement Home for their kindness extended to our father during the last several years. We would also like to thank the nurses and doctors at RIH who cared for him during his last few weeks. Your kindness and thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association or a charity of your choice in Oliviero’s name would be appreciated.

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DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you wake in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling ﬂight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die!

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A Second World War CONTROVERSIAL TERROR BILL burial, 70 years late PASSES HOUSE OF COMMONS MARK CARLSON

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BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, Netherlands â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canadian Pte. Albert Laubenstein found his final resting place on Wednesday, 70 years after he was killed during the Allied advance through the Netherlands in the closing months of Second World War. His remains â&#x20AC;&#x201D; identified through a combination of dental records, historical context and artifacts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were found only last year and his burial was one of the highlights of a week of remembrances and celebrations to mark Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part in the liberation of the Netherlands. Laubenstein was buried with military honours on Wednesday at the Canadian War Cemetery, about 70 kilometres from where he fought and died. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Private Albert Laubenstein, at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we shall remember you,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said military chaplain Murray Bateman during a ceremony attended by hundreds of onlookers in both brilliant sunshine and high winds and driving rain. Laubenstein appeared all but lost for decades. He was killed in action during the Battle of Kapelsche Veer in the winter of 1945 and was given a battlefield grave that was soon forgotten in the chaos of war. It took a hobbyist with a metal detector scanning the southern banks of the Maas River last June to pick up a suspicious signal of old cartridges and a silver ring among human remains. A check of dental records, historical documents and artifacts led to the identification of Laubenstein. That discovery brought memories of the soldier back to life for his family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of all this, we have learned so much. So many things about his personality and his life and his service,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said grandniece Sarah Penton, a 39-year-old from Winnipeg. ``He went from being this close to being forgotten, a whole 30 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of a life a distant mem-

ory for my dad and hardly known for my brother and I.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The current commander of the Canadian Army paid tribute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today Pte Laubenstein is laid to rest with his comrades, with the dignity and respect he so greatly deserves,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse said in a statement. ``In remembering his courage, we recall and honour the sacrifices made by the brave men and women who have served their country.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Laubenstein, who was born in Saskatoon, died at age 30. He was serving in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment and was one of 50 fatalities suffered by the regiment during the battle of Kapelsche Veer. The offensive by the Canadians took place along a barren stretch of low, flat ground where the Maas River branched into two channels, creating an island. Some of the attacking troops paddled canoes along the dikes and in a stream, but had to haul them over ice to reach the island near their objective. The Germans spotted them and one assault force of 60 men was quickly reduced to 15. Laubenstein joined the Canadian Army in 1940 and had also served with the 102nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Artillery, the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. His burial was one of the highlights of a week of remembrance and celebrations to mark Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part in the liberation of the Netherlands. Some 7,600 Canadians died in Holland while helping to free the country from Nazi oppression. From the autumn of 1944 right through the next spring, the First Canadian Army played a major role in the fighting in the Netherlands. The last German soldiers in the country surrendered on May 5, 1945. During the war, some members of the Dutch royal family fled to safety in Canada and many bonds between the two countries remain strong to this day. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;with files from Canadian Press

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T DONNA’S DIABLO Kamloops This Week is amping up its inner foodie in 2015. The biweekly Cuisine page looks a bit different this year. Each month, we will highlight recipes as they correspond to various cultural holidays. Those recipes will come from foodies in the community — from restaurant chefs and owners to home cooks — along with a brief explanation of the dish and holiday. This series will be paired with KTW reporter Andrea Klassen’s beer column on the Cuisine page every second Thursday. Bon apetit! This month, KTW is featuring Mexican food in honour of Cinco de Mayo. The day, held on May 5, is celebrated in Canada, U.S. and Mexico, commemorating the Mexican Army’s

victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Traditions include parades, mariachi performances and street festivals. Donna Stewart from Fiesta Mexicana

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Courtesy Donna Stewart, of Fiesta Mexicana Restaurante and Cantina 1 cup corn 1/2 cup chopped red onion 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and finely chopped 1 cup of fresh cilantro leaves finely chopped 1 lime squeezed 2 tbsp. sour cream 2 tbsp. cayenne pepper 1 tbsp. ground black pepper 2 tbsp. salt 6 four-ounce tilapia or basa fillets 2 tbsp. olive oil 12 white corn tortillas, warmed

Preheat grill on high heat. In a medium bowl, mix together corn, red onion, red bell peppers, jalapenos and cilantro. Stir in lime juice. In a small bowl, combine cayenne pepper, black pepper and salt. Brush each fillet with olive oil and sprinkle with spices. Arrange fillets on grill and cook three minutes each side. Take corn tortillas and top with fish, sour cream and corn salsa.

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able saisons (aka grisettes) are popping up consistently this spring. Parallel 49’s excellent Brews Brothers 12 pack offered not one but two takes on the style, and now here’s another Victoria brewery with an offering. From what I understand, a table saison is meant to fill a place similar to that of a session ale — light, eminently quaffable and made to be put away in large volumes. With a little more flavour than their session counterparts, I’m all for a table saison craze. Please, brewers of B.C., I will take as many of these as you throw my way. (Of course, only in the craft brewing industry would a beer with this much alcohol be considered a “table” style, which Google informs me ought to clock in at less than two per cent ABV. Then again, would you put down your hard-earned dollars on classy near beer? Yeah, me either.) Lighthouse’s offering is the second rhubarbbased beer I’ve tried from the company and, compared to last year’s Rhubie Rhubarb Ale, a big step up. Where Rhubie required a certain

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Mother’s Day brunch and craft/ artisan/small business fair at the Heffley Creek Hall on Sunday, May 10. Come for a home-cooked meal and browse the wide variety of booths for shopping. Located at 6995 Old Highway 5, Heffley Creek. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information or to book a table, call 250-578-7525.

On May 10, bring the whole family out to enjoy a fun-filled day with mom. Uncle Chris the Clown will be at the B.C. Wildlife Park, in addition to Fun Factor bouncy inflatables — $2 per ticket or $5 for three tickets. The Wildlife Express minia-

Mother’s Day brunch at Hoodoos Join Hoodoos for a special Mother’s Day brunch featuring omelette stations, taco bar, carved roast beef, traditional breakfast favourites, assorted platters, salads and delectable desserts. Reservations recommended. 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. seatings available. For reservations, call 250-828-9404.

Second annual Mother’s Day Brunch at Hotel 540 Bring mom to enjoy the terrace at Hotel 540 for Kamloops’ newest Mother’s Day tradition. Beautiful scenery, a delicious buffet prepared by executive chef Mitch Shafer and mimosa’s in the sunshine. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. seat-

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW Colleague and friend Blake Buemann (left) has local author Dennis Staginnus sign a copy of his recently published work, Eye of Odin, during a book launch on April 28 hosted by parents and students of Beattie Elementary School of the Arts. The Beattie school teacher-librarian, Staginnus wrote his first fantasy fiction book geared for young readers.

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sually, the librarian is telling students to keep their voices down. Maybe he’s also reminding them no food or drinks are allowed. And he’s definitely going to be telling them to sit down to read. Not when the librarian is Dennis Staginnus and the place he spends his working hours is now the venue to launch his book, Eye of Odin. Instead, half an hour before the event is set to start, there’s a lineup of kids and their parents waiting to have their copies signed — a reality that continues for the next two hours as people bought copies of the book, the first in what he sees as a series, nibbled on cookies, sipped juice and waited for their turn at the signing table. Staginnus said he was stunned at the response to the event, a gathering organized by

the parent-advisory committee at Beattie School of the Arts. As a teacher-librarian, he splits his time between that school and McGowan Park elementary. He’s already sold out once and is waiting for another shipment before his meet-andgreet at Chapters bookstore on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The inspiration for Staginnus’s books — they focus on a witch and her friend, a thief, both of them 15 years old — came from a moment from his own younger years, Staginnus said. An Indiana Jones fan, he had seen the first three movies and, after watching the fourth — Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — a film considered to be the weakest of the series, had a thought. “I walked out and thought ‘I could do better than that,’” he said. Before starting on the story of Sarah and her friend Grayle in any depth. Staginnus wrote a couple of prequels, Double Cross and Fated. While they’re not required reading before diving

into The Ege of Odin, they do set the stage of mythology, outlanders, Hel-hounds, frost giants and Sarah’s role keeping the peace between the Folklores. A teacher for 16 years, Staginnus said the first draft of his book topped out at about 85,000 words. He cut about 25,000 and, because he didn’t like the ending he had written, realized what he really had in his mind would be a series of books following the pair. He calls the series The Raiders of Folklore. Staginnus speculated his book is popular with students not only because a lot of them see him almost every day but because the genre offers an escape from the real world. “It explores issues and questions without having to be in their face but with a bit of a fantasy slant,” he said. The book is available at Chapters, at Amazon.ca and at his own website, dennisstaginnus.com. It’s available as an e-book as well as in paperback.

im Fu’s 2014 novel, For Today I Am a Boy, is the story of Audrey, who for most of the novel is known to her family and acquaintances as “Peter,” the name she was given when born as a baby boy. Since a crucial issue to most transgender individuals is respect for the name and pronouns they choose for themselves, I will use “Audrey” and “she” in talking about the protagonist. Audrey is the third child born to a Chinese-Canadian family in small-town Ontario. Her other siblings are all biologically female, and there is never a time when she doesn’t want to be and indeed feel herself to be “one of the girls.” However, their tyrannical, appearance-obsessed father is determined to suppress his son’s gender non-conformity and makes every effort to steer Audrey towards being a “proper boy,” including a lesson in shaving when she is six. Audrey, wanting approval as all children do, tries to oblige. This comes at a cost to her sense of self, which is mitigated only somewhat by her favourite sister’s acceptance of who she really

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is. It is Adele who reassures her, “You can be pretty” when Audrey is upset after being told by another sister, “You are a boy.” As she grows up, Audrey finds a few allies, but none to whom she can express her deepest secrets. Much of her experience is common to that of other transgender people, such as a dislike for mirrors which reflect back an image which fails to correspond with their gender identity. She reveals, “My real body was somewhere else, waiting for me. It looked like my sisters’ bodies.” But the novel also shows that while many experiences can be similar among transgender people, they can also be as individual as each person going through them. After completing high school, Audrey moves to Montreal in the hope of having a “bigger” life. She has, by this time, gained

some restaurant experience and has no trouble landing two jobs. Although her outer circumstances fall into place smoothly, A Audrey’s sense of isolation deepens, as there seems little opportunity for a resolution of her inner conflicts. The novel clearly implies that happiness is impossible for Audrey until she can achieve some degree of gender affirmation. Again, this is very typical of trans experience, particularly when transitioning is delayed until after puberty. We now know, however, that until some move towards gender affirmation occurs, deep distress will likely prevail. This explains why 41 per cent of trans or gender-non-conforming people in the U.S. have attempted suicide compared to 4.6 per cent in the general population, and why people like Bruce Jenner can still, at 65, experience a deep inner need to affirm their gender identity. As with us all, Audrey’s development occurs through relationships with others, among them Margie, who accepts Audrey’s proclivities but manipulates them to suit her own ends; and Claire, a “recovering lesbian” who urges Audrey to try to “cure” herself through religion. See NOVEL, page B4

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Spring showers? Try loom flowers

ith spring in the air, it’s great to feel some of the flower power that is popping up around us. Normally this time of the year I plant and paint flowers in my yard. This year, I decided to try knitting a few instead. This is an easy way to make some attractive flowers you can pin anywhere, in your hair on your clothes, in a bag or even sewn into a blanket. Here is one type of flower that is easy to make and is done with a knitting loom. You will need: • A spool knitter. This loom has one end with five pegs used to knit tubes and a larger end with eight pegs that can make multi-petal flowers. • Assorted yarns in colour and texture combinations desired. • A loom hook • A yarn needle • Scissors

• To create the small flower we use the eight-peg piece of the loom. Wrap yarn directly across the loom in a clockwise direction two or three times, until it feels full. • Thread a different coloured yarn onto the needle and sew into the middle of the flower until you have a centre to the flower. • Unhook the loops off of the loom with your loom hook and sew the small flower into the centre of the larger knit tube. • Tie and cut any straggling ends and, voila, you have a flower.

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• Start by casting on to the five peg and wrap the yarn around the first peg in a clockwise direction. This is known as the E-wrap caston, which forms a series of loops on the spool that enables you to begin knitting. Do two rows. • Using the loom hook, lift the bottom row of loops over the top loops to knit off the pegs. • Gently tug the yarn tail every few rows to secure the stitches. Repeat the E-wrapping and lifting loops until the tube looks long enough to make four petals.

KARLA PEARCE PHOTO Loom flowers are a fun and creative art project that create colourful blossoms of yarn.

• Once you have enough length and only have one loop on each peg, cut the working yarn, leaving about a 24-inch tail. Thread the yarn onto the needle. Insert

the needle below the loop of the closet peg and pull the yarn through. Repeat with all pegs around the spool; when you get back to the first peg, insert the yarn

into the first loop again, completing the circle. • Tie the tube into a circle, then sew the centre into four equal parts. This is the bottom part of the flower.

If you would like to watch a live demonstration of yarn flower making you can watch us making flowers on the Midday show with Susan Edgell: youtube.com/ watch?v=XpgzOjudr0I. Also, you can watch Creating with Karla Pearce on CFJC-TV weekends at 3 p.m. and on Shaw TV every day at 7 a.m. and weekends at 4:00. E-mail your story ideas to art@ karlapearce.com.

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‘Childhood stories are important’ ized the images could work with her story so I wrote to her pictures.” It’s the story of a child who wishes he had “bright shiny gumboots . . . I wouldn’t have to shove torn newspaper in these old sneakers. I would be just like all the other kids. I would be just like all the other kids,” reads the opening page. The child continues to talk about wishes he has for things no longer there, of wanting to have a friend, to stay in the woods forever and of finally getting those gumboots and wishing they were a different colour. Thanks to local teacher Lucie Tremblay, the book has been translated into French. Weddell said the opportunity to write the book came about by chance. He was thinking about leaving education after all those years “and being an artist, being a Bohemian.” His daughter sent him a text advising him her landlord in Victoria needed a house sitter and she thought dad would be perfect for the job. Once ensconced in the job, he found a small studio — “my tall friend

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Mike Weddell had an idea for a story. Harmoney Raine had an idea to illustrate it. When the two ideas came together, however, Weddell said it was obvious to him Raine’s illustrations were being inspired by her own story, one he decided was much more compelling to write than his creation. The result was Gumboots, a book created for children, but with some messages adults will also recognize. At the time, Weddell was a vice-principal at Parkcrest elementary. He had spent more than three decades in education, much of it at rural schools, and had been thinking about taking his ideas to reality. “Childhood stories are important,” Weddell said. “I told Harmoney my childhood story and listened to hers. “She offered to illustrate my story, but told me her illustrations wouldn’t be what I expected. “They weren’t and when I saw them, I real-

could touch both walls if he held his arms out” — and started to write. Because both author and illustrator came from the education setting, they wanted to give back so $5 of the $20 cover price has been designated for literacy projects in Victoria and Kamloops. Weddell also used some of the book-sale proceeds to give the parent-advisory committee at Parkcrest money to add to the shelves of the school library. He said his childhood story is yet to be written but is the tale of a boy late for school for the 13th time who is sent home but doesn’t go there, heading off on an adventure — and there will be empty pages at the back of the book for children to create their own stories. It’s for sale at The Art We Are in Kamloops or by contacting Weddell at mweddell@shaw.ca. There’s another book in process, one they’re calling Nana’s Socks — and, just as before, it’s Raine’s illustrations driving the narrative. “Her images transformed the [first] story, and she’s bringing this one to life, too,” he said.

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The Kamloops Film Society presents Preggoland tonight at the Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St., at 7 p.m. The movie stars Sonja Bennett, James Caan and Danny Trejo and takes a sometimes serious and at other times comical look at society’s obsession with pregnancy and babies as high school friends, all pregnant, unfriend another person because she isn’t. The group accepts her back when it mistakenly thinks she is now pregnant. Her father is thrilled at the idea of grandkids and her new boyfriend is looking forward to raising her child. Tickets are available online at kamloopsfilmsociety. ca/tickets or at the door. A $2 society membership is required.

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Music meets circus when the KSO next performs — but, the partnership defies the traditional three-ring stereotype. Cirque de la Symphonie joins the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra for a night that will see classical music performed by the travelling circus, which will choreograph its own artistry to music, including Bizet’s Carmen, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake and more contemporary music from the movies Hook and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and strongman will perform in what is billed as “an evening that should appeal to everyone — young and old, fans of classical music and otherwise.” The production will be at Sagebrush Theatre on May 8 and May 9. Tickets are available online at kamloopslive. ca.

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Claire and Audrey attempt an ill-fated heterosexual relationship that largely involves cultivating self-hatred. Finally, Audrey meets John, a young transgender man who transitioned before puberty. Part of Audrey’s problem is that she has never met anyone like her, so she has no one to help her navigate her complex journey. John and his girlfriend Eileen attempt to take Audrey under their wing, encouraging her to affirm her gender more publicly. Ironically, this is a source of further conflict for Audrey, who has focussed her whole life on fitting in and has kept her female gender expression — wearing a dress and high heels, putting on makeup — to the confines of her apartment. John and Eileen also encourage Audrey to accept her membership in a larger community whose rights need to be fought for. Ultimately, though, the most significant support Audrey needs comes from her sisters; only it will finally enable her to take the first steps towards a more whole, integrated life. Fu’s beautifully written novel, while clearly attempting to elicit compassion for transgender people and the issues they face, is anything but simplistic and didactic. It is a satisfying, readable novel which takes us closer to understanding the experience of some of the most misunderstood and denigrated members of our society, perhaps one of the most valuable effects literature can have.

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TORONTO — Sales of new cars and trucks climbed 5.7 per cent last month from a year ago, making it the best April on record for Canadian automakers, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Canadians snatched up 189,072 vehicles last month, despite economic

concerns in Western Canada stemming from low oil prices. “The economic challenges facing Alberta and Saskatchewan have not seemed to impact national sales,’’ the automotive consulting firm said in a report issued last week. Year to date, sales are

up 3.7 per cent to 557,645 vehicles. General Motors led the pack, with its sales growing 14.5 per cent compared with April 2014 to 29,127 vehicles. “Customer demand for our Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac cars and trucks continues to grow in

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Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, to meet customers’ varied needs, has driven GM Canada to be the pickup sales leader for the month of April.’’ Fiat Chrysler claimed second spot, with April sales inching one per cent higher to 27,473. Ford Canada came in third place as sales dipped 0.1 per cent to 27,307 vehicles.

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OTTAWA — Canada’s trade deficit grew to a record $3 billion for March as the drop in oil prices weighed on exports, Statistics Canada said this week, but economists suggested things may pick up — thanks in part to double-digit growth in vehicle exports. “Canada’s trade deficit widened to a record in the first quarter, as the weaker Canadian dollar doesn’t appear to have had a meaningful positive impact yet and the U.S. economy struggled in the period,’’ Bank of Montreal senior Benjamin Reitzes wrote in a note. “However, with our neighbour to the south expected to bounce back in the second quarter, the loonie staying relatively weak [even if it rebounded in recent weeks], and oil prices staging a modest comeback, Canada’s trade profile is expected to improve in the months ahead.’’ The deficit was far bigger than the $850 million that economists had expected, according to Thomson Reuters, as imports rose faster than exports. Statistics Canada said the March deficit

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FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Never lacking daring ideas, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is determined to jolt the electricity market. The CEO of electric-car maker Tesla Motors hopes to park hundreds of millions of large, solar panelconnected batteries in homes and businesses so the world can dis-

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Lyndon and Peter Rive. Musk is SolarCity’s chairman and largest shareholder. As with Tesla’s electric cars, which start around $70,000, the battery might be too expensive for most consumers. The system will carry a suggested price of $3,000 to $3,500, depending on the desired capacity. Installation will be extra. That could discourage widespread adoption, especially for a product that may only have limited use. “I don’t believe this product in its first incarnation will be interesting to the average person,’’ conceded Peter Rive, SolarCity’s chief technology officer. Rive, though, still expects there to be enough demand to substantially increase the number of batteries in homes. Musk is so encouraged by the initial demand that he believes Tesla and other future entrants in the market will be able to sell two-billion battery packs around the world — roughly the same number of vehicles already on roads. Although that may sound like a “super crazy’’ goal, Musk insisted it “is within the power of humanity to do.’’ It will take a long time to get there. Tesla hopes to begin shipping a limited number of Powerwall batteries this summer in the U.S. before expanding internationally next year. The long-term goal is to reduce the world’s reliance on energy generated from fossil fuels while creating regional networks of home batteries that could be controlled as if they were a power plant. That would give utilities another way to ensure they can provide power at times of peak demand. For now, the battery primarily serves as an expensive backup system during blackouts for customers like David Cunningham, an aerospace engineer from Foster City, Calif.

He installed a Tesla battery late last year to pair with his solar panels as part of a pilot program run by the California Public Utilities Commission to test home-battery performance. Although Cunningham’s home has not endured a blackout in the six months he has had the battery, it’s capable of running critical home appliances like lights and refrigeration and can be recharged by solar panels during the day. “As long as a person has solar panels, it’s just a natural fit for the two to go together,’’ Cunningham, 77, said. “I consider it to be a whole power system right here in my home.’’ Cunningham took advantage of state incentives that sharply reduced the battery’s $18,300 sticker price under the pilot program. He still paid $7,500. “The value proposition now is around reliability and backup power more than it is around savings but, over time that may change,’’ said Shayle Kann, an analyst at GTM Research. The batteries are likely to become more useful if, as expected, more utilities and regulators allow power prices to change throughout the day based on market conditions. That way, the software that controls the solar and battery system will allow customers to use their home-generated power — and not expensive grid power — when grid prices spike. Many commercial customers already buy power this way and Tesla also announced battery systems designed for them, along with bigger battery packs that utilities can use to manage their grids. Analysts say these utility and commercial markets will probably be more promising for Tesla during the next few years than residential customers.

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RV Salesperson required South Thompson RV requires an experienced RV Salesperson. Recreational vehicle sales background preferred, but we will also look at applicants with an automotive sales background. Experience a friendly work environment and great earnings potential. Call today (250) 374-4949 or drop by with your application. Ask for Len Bourgeault

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WE are looking for a f/t Red Seal automotive technician. $29/hr. Beneﬁt package and signing bonus for right candidate. Located in Clearwater BC (1hr & 25min from Kamloops). If you love the outdoors lifestyle, this could be the place for you & your family. Email resume to aspen10@telus.net, or fax 1-250-674-4087

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Personals Looking for a young single healthy GWM who enjoys fun times. Please call anytime. 250-376-8578.

Looking For Love? Try your luck with 1x1 boxed ad $35 plus tax for 2 weeks. Price includes box number. Call 250-371-4949 to place your ad and for more details.

Lost: Keys on Pratt & Whithey Medallion key chain. 778-4712468. Lost: set of Dodge pick-up truck keys on Todd Rd or Highridge Dr. 250-573-2060. Lost: Walking cane has two grey ﬁllers on handle. 778471-2468.

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

FOODSAFE COURSES In Westsyde

May 23rd 9:00-4:45 June 6th 9:00-4:45

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HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. Next C.O.R.E. June 13th & 14th. Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. May 9th Saturday. Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

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Help Wanted Bottle Depot Looking for workers. Must be hard-working and reliable. Pls fax resume to 250-372-3738.

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Live-in mature Caretaker Couple required to manage a 37 unit apartment building on the North Shore. Experience as resident caretakers is essential, ability to communicate with a wide range of applicants, strong work ethic and basic handyman/woman skills would be considered assets. Must be bondable. Please reply in conﬁdence with cover letter and resume to: suzanj@columbiaproperty.ca Part Time to Full Time barber required drop off resumes to Mount Paul Barber Shop, 704 Mount Paul Way, Kamloops.

Hospitality EARN EXTRA $$$

HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS Van Kam’s Group of Companies req. Highway linehaul Owner Operators based in our Kamloops terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/ training. We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneﬁts package. To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract & details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com Call 604-968-5488 Fax: 604-587-9889 Only those of interest will be contacted. Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualiﬁed drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Paciﬁc Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Education/Trade Schools FOODSAFE COURSE by Certiﬁed Instructor May 14th 8:30am-4:30pm $75 Pre-register by phoning 250-554-9762 PAL & CORE Courses week days and/or weekends. www.pal-core-ed.com or Call George 852-0595 / 778-4703030 Visa or debit accepted

RV Service Writer /Advisor wanted South Thompson RV requires a full-time RV Service Advisor. Minimum of two years of RV service and warranty administration is required, but we will also look at applicants with an automotive service background. Wages are negotiable based on experience. Applicants must have good customer relation skills and work well with others, as we pride ourselves on having a friendly work environment Call today (250) 374-4949 or drop by with your application. Ask for Len Bourgeault

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city. Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

EI CLAIM denied? Need help? 22yrs exp as EI officer. Will prepare, present, reconsiderations & appeals. Call me before requesting reconsideration. Bernie Hughes 1-877581-1122. IMMEDIATE Hire FARMHAND Beaverdell, B.C. Pay $2000/month plus 2BR House to live in. Contact GORD (250)484-5470 I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679 Office Administrator must be fluent in systems and Simply ing, CAD experience call (250) 574-2399

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Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries. Call 250-374-0462 for more information. RECEPTIONIST WANTED Full time position responsible for general reception duties, including greeting and directing visitors, answering multi line switchboard, processing mail and courier packages, and other duties as necessary. Strong computer skills are required. Must know Word and Excel. Grammar and written skills an asset. Excellent customer service a must. Please bring resume including a handwritten cover letter to 970 Laval Crescent, addressed to Box 100.

Part time book keeper with Simply Accounting for a Seniors Residence on the North Shore 3-4 hours per week property management skills an asset. Call 250-376-9378.

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Chef - Kitchen Manager. Fulltime. Min. of 2 years experience cooking Authentic, Mexican, Central American Cuisine. Must know how to make Pupusas and Tortillas. Spanish and English are a requirement. Wages negotiable. Send resume to: quilaskamloops@ gmail.com

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ABC and BC-rated fire extinguishers manufactured between July 23, 2013 and October 15, 2014 could be affected. If you believe you may have one of these fire extinguishers please contact Kidde Canada at 1-844833-6394 (8am - 5pm) Mon-Fri or visit www.kiddecanada.com and click “Safety Notice.”

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ASSISTANT MANAGER Positions available in the Kamloops store. Must have good management skills, knowledge of sewing and be highly motivated. Must be able to work full retail hours. We offer benefits, discounts and a fun working environment. Drop resume off at 1B-2121 E.T.C. Highway, Kamloops or fax resume to 250-769-3373 or email yvonnej@fabricland.ca

Truck Driver Training CERTIFIED ICBC AIR BRAKE COURSE

May 8-10 • May 22-24 TRAINING TRUCK DRIVERS FOR 27 YEARS!

16 Hour Course 20 Hour Course

PRODUCT RECALL Kidde Canada in conjunction withh Health Canada has announced a voluntary recall to replace certain Kidde black plastic valve disposable fire extinguishers.

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Professional Truck Driver Program - Funding available for those who qualify!

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DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS The Director, working with the Wellness Team, contributes to the overall health of the community. The successful incumbent demonstrates knowledge and skills to address healthcare issues and possesses understanding of the determinants of health, prevention and community development strategies and community health promotion. Knowledge of Federal, Provincial, and First Nation Health Authority health legislation and policies. This position focuses on quality client centered services and programming. Qualiﬁcation & Job description available upon request. Salary Range: $47,320.00 - $59,780.00 per annum plus beneﬁts. Please submit: Cover Letter and Resume to Neskonlith Indian Band by Monday, May 18, 2015, 4:30 pm.

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Lawn cutting and spring rototilling call Tom for free estimate (250) 376-6093

Plumbing 6941586 HOT WATER

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ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Legal Assistant Instructor Our Kamloops campus is currently recruiting an instructor to lead our Legal Assistant Diploma program. The ideal candidate will have a certiﬁcate or diploma as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal and have a minimum of 2 years’ fulltime occupational experience. Teaching experience is also considered an asset. 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Send applications to: bruce.wilbee@sprottshaw.com

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774. Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Ofﬁce Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate. Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills. Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match. Gene Wirchenko 250-8281474. genew@telus.net Need a hand? Will do house cleaning cooking, shopping, transport to appointments cutting small lawns. Give me a call (250) 579-5658

Services Mind Body Spirit Relax and unwind with a full body massage for appointment couples welcome (250) 682-1802

Financial Services GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Fitness/Exercise WE will pay you to exercise! Deliver Kamloops This Week Only 3 issues a week!

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Carpentry/ Woodwork JOURNEYMAN Carpenter All Renovations Call for quote. No job too small. (250) 571-6997

Garden & Lawn Garden preps and rototilling, tractor mounted tiller. (250) 376-4163.

Handypersons RICKS’S SMALL HAUL For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

250-377-3457

Landscaping

Aerate t Power Rake Yard/Lot/Garden Clean Up Prune t Mow t Weed Whack Weed t Hedge Trim t Plant Gravel/Rock/Mulch t Turf Garden Walls t Paving Stones Irrigation: Start up & Repairs

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

PETS For Sale? TRI-CITY SPECIAL! for only $46.81/week, we will place your classiﬁed ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949 classiﬁeds@kamloopsthisweek.com *some restrictions apply.

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Painting & Decorating BUDGET PAINTING. Interior, Exterior, Residential, Commercial, 25% Off, 15 Years Experience, Quality and Service Comes First, Fully Insured, Excellent References, Senior Discounts, Free Estimates, JERRY (250)571-6852 WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

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Plumbing 6941636 WE DO ALL TYPES OF

PLUMBING J.WALSH & SONS 250.372.5115 Stucco/Siding

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Computer Equipment

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions

Absolutely Stunning engagement ring. Main diamond is .94 carat with another .5 carat in smaller diamonds. Size 7. Recently appraised at $5500 asking $5000 obo. Call to view 250578-7202 after 5pm

Medical Supplies

WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-3711333

Respiratory CPAP ResMed S9 Machine used 3months $1500 554-2528/ 572-6430

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Misc. for Sale

Firearms Tikka T3 laminated stainless .243 riﬂe exc cond $895obo. 778-257-9560 Logan lake

Free Items Free: Color TV 40” works good. You pick-up. (250) 3743962. Free Queen size bed with bedding u pick up (250) 3743987

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ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, ﬁr & pine. Stock up now. Campﬁre wood. (250)377-3457.

WEST END CEDARS. Cedar hedge maintenance, trimming, topping & removal and gutter cleaning too. Lorne 574-5816

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Pets $1,000 Reward for Missing Dog!!! Lost on April 13th, 2015. She is a small black miniature pincher. 11 lbs, black and tan color with a bit of grey due to age. When she went missing she was wearing a beige jacket with brown teddy bear patterns on her coat. The coat has a blue trim. She was last seen near old Sicamouse road in Grindrod. Please call me if you have any information at 778-883-7219 or donnadinh2@gmail.com. Thank you and please help me, she is my family.

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Oak China Cabinet. $500/obo. Armoire. $500/obo. Good cond. 250-672-9408 (McLure). Solid wood bdrm suite $700, Corner display unit curved glss sides $400 250-372-5062

Heavy Duty Machinery

BC LIVESTOCK KAMLOOPS IS HOLDING A FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 9TH @ 10 AM MACHINERY, IRRIGATION, CATTLE HANDLING EQUIP. TOOLS AND LOTS MORE 10145 DALLAS DRIVE KAMLOOPS PHONE FOR INFO 250-573-3939 www.bclivestock.bc.ca

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

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ADVERTISING CONSULTANT Award winning Kamloops This Week has an opening for an Advertising Consultant. The position requires a highly organized individual with the ability to multitask in a fun, fast-paced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, and able to provide a high level of service to excisting customers while growing sales, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to: Attention: Sales Manager 1365 B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC V2C 5P6 Fax: 250-374-1033 Email: sales@kamloopsthisweek.com Kamloops This Week is part of the Aberdeen Publishing Group

1-85 gal bladder pressure tank c/w 1hp jacuzzi motor. $150/both. 250-579-2200. 2 identical fabric love seats cream w/pale ﬂoral accents $400 (204) 295-0673 Black and Decker Toaster oven never used $25 (250) 554-3866 Chair Lift in excellent shape only used 2 months $750 (250) 372-3959 Electric Wheelchair Jazzy 1121. New batteries. $2000/obo. 250-376-9384. Lawn Set 6ft swing, table, umbrella 2 chairs $75 (250) 3721018 afternoons MISC4Sale: Camperette $300, Oak Table Chairs-$400, 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg. Mobile bookcase w/8shelves 31 1/2” x 66”high light maple still in pkg $65 (250) 374-9488 Scare Crow Automatic outdoor animal deterrent Like new $20 (250) 377-3604 Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477 Subaru Generator gas, on wheels 110/220 volts, 20 hrs $375 obo (778) 472-1547

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

Treadmill Free Spirit $300 Lrg Oak table w/6chairs 2 lvs like new $1200 (250) 579-9483

Misc. Wanted Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antique Native Art, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

Plants /Nursery Fruit trees. Lrg 1-lapin, 2-apple spartan/mac. $35/ea. Roma, beefstake tomatoes, zuchinni. 250-376-3480.

* Some conditions may apply

Livestock

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

REIMER’S FARM SERVICES

250-260-0110

NORTH SHORE Moving Sale. Sat, May 9th 8:30am-3pm 519 Royal Ave Household and yard items, lawn mower, spreader, canoe, medical equip and lots of books. NORTH SHORE Sat & Sun, May 9/10th. 8am2pm. 253 Vernon Avenue. Stove, single bed, TV, Hshld.

BARNHARTVALE Moving Sale: Coleman sleeping bags, elliptical, Alan blocks, Genome Serger, garden bench, 50inch TV and stand, book cases, brass wood bin, (2014 Torro lawn mower avail end of May) and much more call to view (250) 573-7644

MONTE CREEK Saint Peters Church. Sat, May 9th 9am-1pm, Multi Family, household items & plants. NORTH KAMLOOPS 526 Fortune Drive Corner of Walnut. Sat, May 9th 9-2pm Downsizing Household + misc NORTH KAMLOOPS Cult-de-sac, “ Ottawa Place yards of sales”. Home of the Ladybug. Shaklee. Free product catalogs. Catering equipment, sewing machines, plants, antiques, household items. May 9 & 10, 9-5pm

CLASSIFIEDS

PURCHASING scrap gold & old Canadian & American coin collections. 250-548-3670

ABERDEEN Multi-Family. Saturday, May 9th. 9am-1pm. 1725 Paciﬁc Way. Park on the street & enter by the side gate.

Everything Organized Hosted Estate Sale. Fri & Sat, May 8 & 9 (9-3) 190 Station Rd. (Hefﬂey Creek) Building Supplies, Gardening Supplies, Tools, Antiques, Camper and much more! Please be environmentally friendly and bring your own box/bag. No early birds please!

Business for Sale COIN-OP BUSINESS FOR SALE. Pool tables, juke boxes, digital music systems, & various games. All coin operated All on Locations Revenue producing Okanagan & Area. Serious Inquires only waitingtretire@gmail.com Asking $55,000.00

SAHALI Sat, May 9th. 9am-1pm. 421 Greenstone Dr. Furniture, kids stuff, antiques +more. WESTSYDE Saturday, May 9th. 8:30am2pm. 728 McCurrach Rd. Multi-Family and Estate Sale.

IT’S GARAGE SALE TIME Call and ask us about our GARAGE SALE SPECIAL

ONLY $11.50 FOR 3 LINES (Plus Tax) ($1 per additional line)

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classiﬁeds@kamloopsthisweek.com Garage Sale deadline is Wednesday 2pm for Friday Call Tuesday before 2pm for our 2 day special for $15.50 for Thursday and Friday Garage Sale Packages must be picked up Prior to the Garage Sale.

WESTSYDE Saturday, May 9th. 8am-2pm. 3550 Westsyde Rd. WCDS Huge Charity Rummage Sale, Flea Market, Carnival, Vendor Market and BBQ. FMI Diane 250-579-7605. WESTSYDE Saturday, May 9th. 9am-1pm. 809 Orcrest Dr. Tools, sporting goods, quads, motorcycles, mowers, jewelry, hshld, etc. Westyde Multi Family Garage Sale. Thurs/Fri May 7&8 2-5pm. Sat May 9, 9-5pm. 2504 Tuppela Dr. Zodiac, bikes, tools, and many exc misc items priced to sell quickly!

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THOMPSON VILLA APARTMENTS

1 Bedroom Apartments $785 - 910 t 4FOJPST 0SJFOUBUFE t $MPTF UP UIF )PTQJUBM t 2VJFU -JWJOH 4QBDF t 6OEFSHSPVOE 1BSLJOH t /FXMZ 3FOPWBUFE 4VJUFT 520 Battle Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2M2 250-372-0510 1BDRM a/c, patio, n/p ref required heat and hot water incl (250) 376-1485. 1bdrm clean and bright $750 a mnt + util. Avail May 1st n/s, a/c, laundry, free parking, close to bus route & shopping (250) 377-8304 1brm apt. in Library Square. In-suite lndry, ug prking. $1000/mo. 12th/mo. free on 1yr lease. 778-257-0429. #216 Alder Apartments. Logan Lake. 1bdrm $575/mo neg Avail May 1st 250-3204870 250-376-2439 Desert Gardens 55+ 1bdrm, 5appl, gf, n/p, n/s, lrg balcony, $950 (778) 471-1040

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Homes for Rent

Townhouses

3bdrm main ﬂoor 4 appl, n/s, n/p, North Shore $1000 250852-0909/250-376-5913 3bdrm older home down town near RIH $1250 per month 778-220-3982

3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Avail Immed. 250-374-5586 / 250-371-0206 3bdrm North Shore 4appl, $1100 no pets, 250-554-6877 or 250- 377-1020

Looking for a Rental in Kamloops or Logan Lake?

TOWNHOUSES

Acacia Tower

343 Nicola Street 1bdrm and bachelor suites starting @$645 per month includes utilities laundry facilities adult building no pets no smoking 1 year lease reference and credit check required

250-374-7455

CARMEL PLACE 55+ Quality Living in new medical building. Studio suites with affordable rates, FOB entry, elevator, scooter stations and Telus Optik Package! Call Columbia Property Management to book your appointment: 250-851-9310

2&3 Bedroom Condos Juniper, 1-2 bathrooms Hot Water Heat Included. $1,000- $1,250 + Hydro Sunden Management Ltd (250) 376-0062

Mobile Homes & Parks

Rentals

2Bdrm clean quiet Adult Building, Northshore apt $900mo, heat incl ns/p Avail May 15th 250-554-0175

Juniper Village

FOR SALE OR TRADE for residential property in Kamloops. This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White offers your very own hot tub on the patio, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced ﬁreplace. Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge. Ideal for family or as a revenue generator throughout the ski season. Strata fees only $155.00 per month. Call Don at 250682-3984 for more information. Asking $189,000.00

Rentals

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Large 1bdrm apt in Logan Lake n/p, $600 hot water/hydro/tv incl Minimum 6 month lease (250) 523-6933 Lower Sahali spacious 1 bdrm view-u/g parking for 2 all appl avail June 1st $1000 a month. n/s, n/p contact 250 320 1537. Nicola Place Apartments. 1 bdrm. Avail May 1st. Clean, bright & secure building. Onsite parking. A/C Newly upgraded. On-site manager. Walking distance to downtown & bus stops. Suitable for retirees or seniors. NS, NP. Refs Req’d. 250-372-9944.

Northland Apartments Student/Bachelor Suites Furnished/Utilities Incl’d Starting @ $850 per month 1 & 2 Bedroom Suites Adult Oriented No Pets / No Smoking Elevators / Dishwashers Common Laundry Starting @ $825 per month Downtown 250-314-1135 North Shore 250-376-1427

NORTH SHORE 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Clean quiet buildings. Reasonable Rental Rates Utilities not included

CALL 250-682-2293 250-682-0312

RIVIERA VILLA 1&2/BDRM Suites

1/bdrm starting at $675/mth 2/bdrm starting at $800/mth Incl/heat, hot water. N/P. Senior oriented.

250-554-7888

The Sands, Lower Sahali. Centrally located, renovated 1&2 Bdrms, starting at $850. On-site Management. 8281711.

Bed & Breakfast BC Best Buy Classiﬁed’s Place your classiﬁed ad in over 71 Papers across BC. Call 250-371-4949 for more information

Commercial/ Industrial Warehouse space for lease aprox 2700sq ft North Shore location available immediately (250) 376-3733 or (250) 3147654 Mon - Sat

Duplex / 4 Plex Bright new private legal 2 bdrm, steam w/d, self clean oven, fridge, microwave, $1000mo n/s/p Brock, avail ﬂexible 250-318-8462

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Call 250-376-0062 North Shore 3bdrms. Pets neg. Avail Immed. $1,250/mo. 250-374-5586, 250-371-0206.

Recreation ✰SHUSWAP LAKE!✰ VACATION RENTAL 5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek B.C. 1-bdrm 1-bath Park Model. Tastefully decorated guest cabin. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Provincial Park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor Store and Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot-tubs, Adult and Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. Asking $1500/week. 4 day, 1-week, 2-week & monthly rentals available. BOOK NOW! FMI CALL 1-250-371-1333

Rooms for Rent Furn room N/Shore, on TRU Express, util incl, kitchen use $450. May 1st. 250-554-2296

Shared Accommodation IN private home, pleasant surroundings fully furnished working male pref. near amenities behind sahali mall 10 min walk to TRU 374-0949 or 372-3339 Near TRU Room $335-per month util included. No Pets. 250-554-6877, 250-377-1020. North Shore $400 per/mo incl util & basic cable, np/ns 250-554-6877 / 250-377-1020 Roommate to share house, country living, pets okay. $800/mo. 250-377-3457.

Suites, Lower 1bdrm bsmt suite. N/Shore. W/D. $675/mo. util included. May 15th. 250-376-3102. 1bdrm Juniper prvt ent, prk, w/d util incl n/s, n/p $900 250299-4005 / 250-459-2258 1BDRM level entry in Brock $800/mo incl util Avail immed. N/P. 250-318-3546 1BDRM Sep. Entr. Shared Lndry. N/S N/P $800/mo+DD+ ref’s, util. incl. Brock 554-2228 2BDRM NShore daylight, ns/np util incl. ref $850 250819-6158 / 778-470-0057 Aberdeen 1bdrm daylight util and int incl n/s, n/p $800. Avail Now (250) 851-9950 Available 2bdrm lrg master, nice yard w/patio ref $850 monthly, shrd util 376-0633 Batchelor Heights 1Bdrm priv ent. New appl $800/mo, util incl n/s/p May 1 250-376-0094 Brock 1bdrm furnished on river. N/S/N/P. Close to bus. $800 util incld. Avail May 1st 250-376-6914. Large 2bdrm Basement Suite Westsyde. f/s w/d n/p n/s + 1/2 util $1100 Call 250-319-7421 New 2bdrm Brock daylight private ent n/s n/p $900 per month avail now 250-5543882 North Shore 1bdrm daylight Near schools. $750/mo. incld internet. 250-320-3437. N/Shore 2bdrm full daylight bsmnt suite. Newly reno’d. N/S, N/P. $950 incl 2 loads of laundry per wk Lvg Msg. 250376-3854. Sahali 2bdrm daylight basement suite. Full kitchen, bath & laundry. N/S, N/P. Fully furnished. Available June 1st. On bus route. 250-851-1304. Welcoming Cumfy 1bedroom. Close to University, Hospital. Student or quiet person. Excellent Location. $495or$725 ns/np. Call (250) 299-6477

Suites, Upper Valleyview 2bdrm, 4appl sep ent, cls to bus util incl Avail June 1st $1100 250-377-8163

Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE

Transportation

1996 Yamaha Royal Star with sidecar, airbrushed. $29,000. Over $80,000 invested. 250-573-7610.

Sport Utility Vehicle

*Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

Like new 16ft 1652 Yamaha G3 w/older 30hp 2 stroke motor, oil injected runs like new, on trailer $10,700 (250) 851-0209 or 250-3742497

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

318-4321 NO PETS

Transportation

Antiques / Classics 1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $6000 obo (250) 376-5722

Auto Accessories/Parts

2007 Honda Gold Wing Trike 94,000km GPS, passenger arm rests, matching chrome wheels $30,900 250-573-7610

Recreational/Sale

Cars - Domestic

05 Hybrid Ford Escape, no accidents non smoker, 160,000K winter and summer tires on rims $10775 (250) 319-5760

1989 Fleetwood AClass 120,000km slps 6, well kept, $12,000obo (250) 579-9691 1991 27ft. 5th-Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $5,000 250-579-9029.

4 Blizzak Winters 205/70 R15 70% tread $250 (778) 4715630 Set of Goodyear Ultra Winters. P205/55-R16 on 5 stud rim will ﬁt Mazda 3. $500. 851-0504.

1972 AMC Javelin SST. Second owner. Exec mech cond. $3000obo. 250-372-2096. 1990 Olds Sierra. Auto, V-6, 4dr. 90,000kms. Good shape. $750/obo. 778-220-4737. 2000 Camray CE Great condition 95,000 km good summer and winter tires on rims $5900 (250) 828-0789 2004 Chrysler Intrepid 3.5L, full load, new brakes, tires, battery. $3850/obo. 376-4163

Boats 1996 Seadoo, 5-seater jet boat & trailer. New motor & impellars, many extras. Excellent shape. $6,900. 250-672-9887. 2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg

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1991 Pathﬁnder 30ft in good shape, 454 ENS, 5500 generator, good tires, all wood interior $8,500 obo (250) 374-1062

2003 Toyota Matrix XR AWD $8,700obo 129000 kms, metallic blue, blk cloth interior. One owner. Easy on fuel. Fully loaded 4 Blizzack snow tires on rims, alarm/remote car starter. 250-314-9885 Jeep YJ 4x4 1987 restored, 6cyl 5sp, lifted, 33”tires on Eagle Rims, 10,000 lb Winch, over $15,000 invested asking $12000 (250) 828-0931

Trucks & Vans

1994 Coleman Sedona tent trailer exc cond, newly serviced slps 6 $4200 374-2192

1989 Chevy S10 4x4. Great running gear. A-1 mechanical. $1000/ﬁrm. 250-554-0580.

1995 Jayco Trailer 30ft. No slide-outs. Good shape. $6000/obo. 250-851-0264.

2003 Ford XLT F350 Diesel crewcab. 1997 30’ Okanagan Trailer w/super-slide $25,000/Both. 250-376-6817

Legal

Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of Glenn Elmer Charlton, also known as Elmer Glenn Charlton, deceased, formerly of 223920 Desmond Street, Kamloops, B.C. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Glenn Elmer Charlton, also known as Elmer Glenn Charlton deceased, are hereby notiﬁed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor at Morelli Chertkow LLP, 300 - 180 Seymour Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 2E3, on or before June 10, 2015, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice. Signed: Lee Anthony Charlton Executor of the Estate of Elmer Glenn Charlton Solicitor: MORELLI CHERTKOW LLP

2006 Pontiac Grand Prix GT All popular GM options, including Leather seats, sunroof Low KM asking $7900 call 250-371-7909 2006 Toyota Corolla CE. Auto, Good shape. 140,000kms. $6,000. 250-372-8806. 2007 Corolla CE 153,000kms. 1.8L, 4-cyl, 5-spd, loaded. AC. $7,800. 250-374-1531.

2007 Spec-V Nissan Sentra loaded. exc cond summer/winter tires/rims Navi, blue tooth, command start pwr sunroof 120,000k $7900obo (250) 572-3205

1999 Citation Camper 10.5ft. Mounted on 18ft. Tandem Trailer custom built steel storage container & ATV compartment. $10,800. 250376-5373. 2000 Senator by Triple E C class 24xl, new tires 47,000km $26,000 clean (250) 374-4826 2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully loaded, $16,900. 250-376-1655.

2005 Rockwood 28ft. 5th Wheel. 11ft. slide-out. Sat radio & TV. Very clean. $12,900. 250-372-8754.

2009 550 Arctic Cat ATV. Fuel injected, c/winch, windshield, gunboot, tote boxes, good cond. $5200. 250-573-3226. 26’ Champion motorhome, 440 motor. reno’d ($3000/receipts) $2675/obo. 778-4721547 9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom. Good shape. $3,400/obo. 250-376-1841.

RUN UNTIL SOLD ONLY $35.00(plus Tax) (250)371-4949

Run until sold

*some restrictions apply call for details

New Price $56.00+tax

Motorcycles 1980 Honda CX500 Deluxe. New Electrical, new brakes and tires. 38000km $1500.00, obo. 1-250-376-5985 2009 Harley Nighttrain 96cuin 6spd 11,300km many extras $15,000obo (250) 318-5861 2011 Harley Davidson Super glide. 8000kms. $12,800. 780720-8824.

2006 GMC W3500. 5.3L, Isuzu diesel. Med duty tilt cab wit air dam. 16ft. alum box with roll-up back door. Auto, PW, PL, exhaust brake. 375,000kms. 1-owner. $9,000/obo. 250-828-0599. Contractors Tundra HD Econo Custom. Hwy, hauler $35,000 Concrete work as possible part of the payment. 250-377-8436.

2007 Citation Camper 10ft. Fully equipped. Slide, awning, A/C. $20,000/obo. 573-5254

2008 Ford Focus low mlg, tilt, AC, heated leather seats, sun roof, entertainment system, bluetooth and 4 ex tires. $7500 (250) 554-1390

2006 Dodge Grand Caravan, 3.3 engine, auto, Sto & go seats, loaded with options, very clean only 83,330 klm. $7900 (250) 679-8110

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

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RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT Notice is hereby given to Majedo Kabli that in accordance with the provisions set out in the Residential Tenancy act, the vehicle and personal belongings that were left behind at 975 Hector Drive including a 2008 Dodge Nitro, Vin# 1D8GU58618W126371 will be sold to recover outstanding debt in the amount of $10,500 unless arrangements are made to pay by May 29, 2015. Date of sale will be June 1, 2015 at 9:00am at 975 Hector Drive Kamloops BC. Contact Kevin Herndier, 975 Hector Dr, Kamloops, BC V1S 1E2 (250) 851-2771

Run Till Rented “Read All About It” Kamloops This Week Run Till Rented gives you endless possibilities... $5300 + tax Max 3 Lines Max 12 Weeks Must be pre-paid (no refunds) Scheduled for 4 weeks at a time (Must phone to reschedule)

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OFFERS END JUNE 1ST

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Call Zimmer Wheaton Buick GMC at 250-374-1135, or visit us at 685 West Notre Dame Drive, Kamloops. [License #11184]