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The City of Vancouver Vanco is blazing a trail with new regulations on the sale of medical medica marijuana from storefronts, but it hasn’t yet sparked a similar conversation in the Tournament Capital. regulations, approved last week by council Vancouver’s regul after four nights of public hearings, will restrict where stores p selling medical marij marijuana are allowed to locate and charge pot retailers $30,000 for a business licence. Non-profit compassion clubs that offer other patient services are charged a much lower $1,000 fee. storefront shops in Vancouver has been on The number of st the th rise, and hovers aaround 100 as the new rules go into place. But, noted when contacted by KTW, B Bu ut, t, Coun. Coun. Ken Christian C businesses are rarely seen in Kamloops. similar b bu usi sinesses ar doesn’t seem to be as big an issue for us as it “Right now, it doe is in the City of Vanc Vancouver,” he said. famous dispensary was a Tranquille Road The city’s most fa Carl Anderson. The Canadian Safe Cannabis storefront run by Car by the RCMP in 2011 and its storefront was hit Society was raided b with a no-occupancy order shortly after. planning and development manager Randy Kamloops planni Lambright said the ccity isn’t aware of any other dispensaries time, though it has been approached for licencoperating at this tim es in the past. city doesn’t issue business licences to dispenAt present, the cit saries, Lambright sai said, since they are still illegal in the eyes of the federal government — which has spoken out against Vancouver’s regulation plans. Canada’s medical marijuana rules, those using Under Health Can purchase it from a licensed commercial producer, the drug must purch the product to the user. who will then mail th “We can’t issue a business licence simply because one of our referral partners, the RCMP, can’t sign off on that business-license

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application,” Lambright said. Coun. Denis Walsh believes the lack of active businesses in the city might make it the right time for council to start thinking about the issue, possibly at a workshop rather than with binding motions at a regular meeting. Walsh said such stores might need to be subject to rules similar to those used to keep pawn shops and adult video stores from moving into a neighbourhood en mass. It’s a conversation Walsh was already looking to have — but in regards to cheque-cashing businesses, which he said seem to be proliferating on the North Shore. “We should get prepared for it,” he said. Coun. Tina Lange expects the city will play host to marijuanaproduction facilities — which are already regulated through zoning in Kamloops — but believes many residents would prefer to go through the more discreet, and legal, online ordering process the federal government prefers. But, Lange added, she could see the city looking at how dispensaries fit into its zoning structure “if someone came forward with a good business case and could say there was a demand.”

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PROHIBITION TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN 2014 Bad news for campers — campfires in the Kamloops Fire Centre will be banned as of noon tomorrow. The campfire ban this summer comes two weeks earlier than last’s year’s prohibition, which went into effect on July 16. The B.C. Wildfire Service announced the ban on Tuesday, a day after two thunderstorms rolled through Kamloops, electrifying a 50-kilometre radius with at least 600 lightning strikes. Those storms also dumped 21 millimetres of rain on the Kamloops area, but conditions remain extremely dry due to a record-breaking heat wave that saw the mercury climb to 39 C on Sunday. The prohibition of campfires — and all open fires — will remain in effect until further notice. According to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the fire-danger rating is currently “high” throughout the Kamloops

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Fire Centre, with some areas rated “extreme”. In addition to all open fires, the prohibition applies to fireworks, tiki torches, sky lanterns and burning barrels. The ban does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes, or to portable campfire pits that use briquettes or propane, as long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimetres. Those found in contravention of an open-burning ban may be issued a ticket for $345, may be fined $10,000 or, if convicted in court, may be fined up to $100,000 and/or sentenced to one year in jail. If a fire started during a ban causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs. To report a wildfire or an open burning violation, call 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on a cellphone. For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, go online to bcwildfire.ca. Go online to kamloopsthisweek. com to view a map of area covering the Kamloops Fire Centre.

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Four years after they were first tapped for affordable housing, three City of Kamloops properties are today closer to hosting lowincome residents. The city and provincial government announced on Tuesday they have reached an agreement to put up to 98 units of affordable housing at 1685 and 1940 Pacific Way in Aberdeen and 1050 McMurdo Drive in South Kamloops. The province will provide financing and some construction funding, Kamloops-South Thompson MLA and Minister of Transportation Todd Stone told media and non-profit directors. The two levels of government are now looking to the city’s social agencies to put forward projects they’d like to design, build and operate

on the lands. A request for proposals will go out at the end of July. Stone said the demand for affordable housing in Kamloops is high, noting the new units will offer some relief, though not completely solve the issue. “These housing units are going to change people’s lives,” he said. Mayor Peter Milobar said while the city hasn’t singled out groups to develop the trio of sites, it will look to organizations such as the John Howard Society, ASK Wellness Society and the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society — who already provide social housing and can bring funding of their own to the projects. The city, for its part, will offer non-profits its land for $1 for 60 years. All three sites were initially zoned for parks and open space, Milobar said, but considered surplus land by the city. “We were looking at, where are there small

pieces of land within our operations that we have absolutely no use for?” he said. But, setting aside the properties for affordable housing was a contentious issue, leading to demonstrations from some neighbours and a public hearing that stretched over two nights in 2011. Milobar said council of the day placed parameters on what kind of social housing can be built on each site to prepare residents and any new buyers in the neighbourhood for what was to come. All three sites now up for development are targeted at seniors or families. A fourth site at 975 Singh St. on the North Shore was zoned for First Nations housing, but isn’t part of Tuesday’s agreement. Milobar said the city is working on a broader plan for the street as part of its Official Community Plan update, but is still open to developing the lot. “That site’s still sitting there and zoned and, if the right project came along, it’s there,” he said.

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Fined, but he keeps horses BARRIERE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO A CHARGE UNDER THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT CAM FORTEMS

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A provincial court judge has allowed a Barriere resident to keep three horses after being convicted of causing an animal to be in distress. Jody Huffman pleaded guilty to the charge under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. A veterinarian ordered two of his sick Peruvian Paso horses to be immediately shot because their condition was so dire and they couldn’t be handled. Judge Stella Frame agreed on Tuesday with a submission by Crown prosecutor Alex Janse for a $1,500 fine and ban on owning animals outside the three replacement horses Huffman now has in his possession. Quoting from a veterinarian’s report, Janse said the two mares’ hooves were without proper care, infected and the horses were tangled with a weed “to such a degree I have never seen before.” There was also suggestion the

animals were underfed. Defence lawyer John Hogg argued his client was in the midst of deep withdrawals from a decade-long addiction to prescribed opiate painkillers stemming from an accident in 2003. The SPCA began investigation late in 2013 and obtained a search warrant to enter Huffman’s property and inspect the animals. The attending veterinarian ordered Huffman to shoot the two animals. They could not be given lethal injection because they were never saddle-broken and could not be handled. Both suffered from infections and problems from inadequate hoof care that causes extreme pain. The veterinarian acting for the SPCA gave the lone stallion treatment and Huffman cut the weed, burdock, from its main and tail. It was put down the next year, however, due to its advanced age. Frame did question whether Huffman should be allowed to keep the horses.

“The amount of burdock is so thick it looks like they have a hive of bees on them,” she said. But, the sentencing judge said she would agree with Huffman keeping the three new horses — but no other animals for the next five years — based on a care plan. It will allow inspection at any time by SPCA staff and Huffman must have veterinary and farrier records available. Hogg said the three horses were dropped on Huffman in 2000 by a friend. The trainer who specializes in the breeds kept them, but never worked with them. Hogg entered extensive medical-file information showing Huffman’s battle with opiate addiction. When the SPCA swooped in, Huffman was in the midst of kicking the habit and was in deep withdrawal, suffering the worst symptoms. “He was feeding them, but not looking after them . . .” Hogg said. “He was a mess.”

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No fire protection for Pinantan Lake Push to establish fire service in rural area fails to garner community support ADAM WILLIAMS

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Pinantan Lake residents have spoken and the rural community about 40 minutes northeast of Kamloops will not be getting fire-protection service. The service, which was put to area residents for approval via a publicassessment process, did not receive the required number of petitions by the June 30 deadline. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District needed to receive at least 218 petitions from owners with a combined property value of at least $45,623,568. According to Carolyn Black, director of legislative services for the TNRD, the district received 142 of 440 distributed petitions. “It’s dead right now,” Black told KTW on Tuesday, minutes after the publicassent process ended. “We will meet with the

70 Mile House approves fire-protection service Residents of 70 Mile House have voted in favour of establishing a fire-protection service in Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau) of the TNRD. Thirty-eight voters responded yes in the refer-

executive of the fire department, debrief and go from there.” KTW reached out to members of the Pinantan/ East Paul Lake Fire Department Association, but did not receive comment by press deadline. For Mel Rothenburger, TNRD director for Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), the final tally wasn’t a complete surprise. “It did seem that it was moving quite slowly, that the petitions were not coming in at a fast enough

endum, while 24 cast their ballots for no. The service will annually collect $30,000 from the community as a whole, or $1.95 per $1,000 of individual property value, whichever is greater.

pace to be approved,” Rothenburger told KTW. “So, I guess in the end, it isn’t a surprise and there was certainly a difference of opinion as to whether or not fire protection was needed.” Rothenburger couldn’t say whether approval would again be sought for fire-protection service in Pinantan and noted it is up to the community to determine how the issue proceeds. “There was certainly lots of interest,” he said, adding the community-information

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This was the scene after fire destroyed the Pinantan General Store in April 2014, a blaze that sparked the idea of establishing a fire-protection service in the community.

meetings the TNRD hosted were well attended. “The concerns seemed to be around, primarily, increased taxation — which I suppose is natural — versus the benefits of having fire protection,” Rothenburger said. The average homeowner stood to face an annual property tax increase of about $216.35 had the ser-

vice been approved. The fire-protection service would have covered an area of about eight kilometres in road distance from the proposed location of the firehall. It would have responded to vehicle and structure fires only and would not have provided homeowners with insurance relief. The land for the firehall

had already been acquired and construction plans were already in place. A $470,000 loan was needed to get the department off the ground. Fire protection in Pinantan came to the fore in April 2014 after the Pinantan General Store burned to the ground. The store has since been rebuilt.

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THE REAL MR. BIG

Shelter Bay on Upper Arrow Lake, where Laura Letts drowned on Aug. 18, 2010. BLACK PRESS PHOTO

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ive years ago, Peter Beckett and his wife, Laura Letts, left Westlock, Alta., on a B.C. camping trip in their 42-foot motorhome. Located in Arrow Lakes Provincial Park, Shelter Bay is a 40-minute drive south of Revelstoke on Highway 23. The remote getaway is where Beckett and Letts decided to go for what proved to be their last vacation together. On Aug. 18, 2010, Letts drowned in Upper Arrow Lake. Her death was initially ruled accidental, prompting a press release from Revelstoke RCMP urging boaters to wear life jackets. Letts’ body was cremated. Beckett returned to Alberta with his wife’s ashes. “He came back in the motorhome and he told me she sat in the passenger seat — her ashes did,” said John Latimer, next-door neighbour to Beckett and Letts in Westlock. “The community was

upset. It was very sad.” Latimer said Beckett told him the circumstances of Letts’ drowning. “He told us what happened,” the retired Edmonton police officer said. “He was feeling bad about it. He told us what happened and I took him at his word.” According to Latimer, Beckett said he and Letts had been out on an inflatable fishing boat. “It was a hot day and they were sitting in the Zodiac. She was complain-

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ing about the heat and reading the Bible. “He said, ‘Take your life preserver off.’ He said she was sitting there reading, then he turned around and she was gone. “That’s what he told me. “I have no reason to disbelieve him.” Beckett’s basic version of the events is this: While he fished at one end of the Zodiac, Letts was reading in the other, with an umbrella to provide shade. At some point, presumably when she stood up, a gust of wind caught Letts’ umbrella and caused her to fall overboard. Beckett said he tried to dive to her rescue but, due to his weight, was not able

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to submerge more than a few feet into the lake. He said he retrieved a rock from shore, returned to the area where Letts had gone under and dove down again, retrieving her nearlifeless body. According to Beckett, he then unsuccessfully attempted to perform CPR. In the days after Letts drowned, Beckett said, one of her friends went to police with a juicy lead. Beckett said the friend told investigators Beckett had previously threatened Letts’ life and suggested she would drown. “Laura and I used to boat every weekend,” he said. “Laura loved boating.”

In this case, they tried to invent a crime that didn’t exist. The RCMP want to get their man, even though there was no crime in the first place.

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Beckett said he fell out of favour with Letts’ religious family in 2007, when they found out about his previous marriage. He claims Letts’ family members pinned her death on him by convincing others to give statements making him look like a killer. In August 2011, Beckett was arrested and charged with Letts’ murder. He was booked into a Lower Mainland jail and housed with a cellmate working as an RCMP agent. (The agent cannot be identified.)

“This guy started asking me questions,” Beckett said. “He starts trying to sell me on the idea that he’s this big wig. “Within half an hour I knew something was crooked, so I just played along. “I told him exactly what I told everyone else about my understanding of my case. I was always brought up that the truth is never wrong. If you’ve got nothing to hide, why not communicate with people? “I distanced myself from [the agent] but, in September, he started to get

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THE REAL MR. BIG

From kiwi orchard to Kamloops jail cell TIM PETRUK

Napier, New Zealand, is where Peter Beckett served as a city councillor between 1998 and 2001.

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Peter Beckett is a gigantic human being. Standing six-foot-eight and tipping the scales at 400 pounds, it’s hard to argue with him when he calls himself “The Real Mr. Big.” He’s also loud. His voice, covered in a thick New Zealand accent, booms. Beckett is charismatic and verbose. It’s not hard to see how he was elected to city council in his hometown of Napier, New Zealand. He’s also accused of committing the most serious offence in Canada’s Criminal Code, firstdegree murder, and five additional counts of conspiracy to kill Crown witnesses. Beckett, 59, was born in Hastings, New Zealand, a suburb of Napier, to a middle-class family. By the time he was in his early-20s, both of Beckett’s parents were dead. Working as a customs officer in Wellington, the country’s capital, he decided to join the New Zealand Army. After a few years as a military signalman, Beckett left service and went into business. He worked for insurance companies until Black Tuesday hit in 1987 and the markets crashed. Out of a job, he bought a kiwi-fruit orchard and became a farmer. In 1993, he moved back to Napier and started Unimog Adventure Tours — a business that saw him shuttle tourists to and from vantage points on really pushy with me.” Beckett said he was offered the use of a private investigator on the outside. “So, [the agent] was to be released in, I think, October, so he was pushing to help me by having his private investigator help to offset the deviousness of the RCMP by working for me as a private investigator, by going to these people who were in the chronology and investigating,” he said. According to Beckett, he and the agent worked

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Hawke’s Bay in surplus military vehicles. In 1998, Beckett ran successfully for a spot on Napier’s city council — despite being a relative unknown, according to one of his former colleagues at city hall. “He really did come from nowhere,” Barb Arnott, who served alongside Beckett as a councillor before spending 12 years as Napier’s mayor, told KTW. “He got elected. He had a wife. He had four kids. That’s all we knew about him.” Arnott said Beckett ran an unorthodox campaign — skipping each and every election debate. “Normally, when you’re going around your campaign trail, you would go to five or six public meetings,” she said. “He never came to those meetings, but he did a very

out code names for each of the five people he is now alleged to have conspired to have killed — both of Letts’ parents, the friend who went to police with the story about Beckett’s alleged drowning threat, the lead RCMP investigator and a Westlock lawyer. Beckett said he only asked for investigative help, never murder. He said the agent lied in telling police he wanted the witnesses killed. “Why would I want any

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— BARB ARNOTT

good media campaign.” According to Arnott, Beckett’s performance as a councillor was less than perfect. “He was a dreadful councillor,” she said. “He saw conspiracies everywhere. He added nothing to council. His behaviour was inappropriate. “He had an arrogance about him that flowed over into his social life, and nobody ever knew what he was doing.” Beckett did not seek re-election when his three-year term expired in 2001. “In politics, I was totally naive,” he said. “They are super-egos competing to write huge cheques that

of these five people murdered?” Beckett said. “I needed them. I still need them. I need them as defence witnesses. They’re vital to my defence.” Beckett said he’s not opposed to police in general, but he believes he’s being wrongfully imprisoned. “The RCMP are financially given incentive to solve crimes,” he said. “In this case, they tried to invent a crime that didn’t exist. The RCMP want to

the taxpayers can ill afford to honour.” The year after Beckett’s term ended, he moved to Canada and into Laura Letts’ Westlock home. “He was certainly personable,” said Wendy Scinski, Letts’ coworker and close friend. “I wouldn’t say he wasn’t likeable. Aside from his physical presence, you knew he was in the room when he was in the room. He would strike up a conversation with anybody.” Beckett was arrested in August 2011, six days before the one-year anniversary of Letts’ drowning death. Living in special handling at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, Beckett spends 23 hours a day locked in a jail cell. He said he’s doing his best to deal with the situation. “There’s a real sense of camaraderie in here,” he said. “It’s just hard to find IQs.”

get their man, even though there was no crime in the first place. “I’ve always been an avid supporter of the police. I trusted the police. It’s only in the last four or five years I’ve realized how sinister they can be. “I’m not anti-RCMP, anti-police, anti-the justice system. But, my God, when a person loses everything in his life tragically like I did, you fast learn to watch what’s going on and take notice.”

PART 2: July 2 edition of KTW and online at kamloopsthisweek.com If you believe Peter Beckett, he’s an innocent man who’s been locked up for four years for no good reason. According to Beckett, he’s nothing more than a grieving widower. In a series of jailhouse interviews over the last three months, Beckett opened up to KTW to offer his side of the story. PART 3: July 3 edition of KTW and online at kamloopsthisweek.com The police case against Peter Beckett was ready to be featured in Part 3. But, the Crown applied successfully Tuesday for an injunction barring KTW from publishing certain information. Based on other documents and pre-trial hearing submissions, a pared-down examination of the case has been put together for readers.

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Peter Beckett was a married father of four; Laura Letts was a single, childless schoolteacher from smalltown Alberta. But, when they met in New Zealand in 1995, sparks flew. Within seven years, Beckett would move to Canada to be closer to Letts. And, a year after that, the two were married. Happily ever after?

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hen I was in Paris visiting a friend last month, we had an

ongoing joke. “It’s the people,” I’d say. “They’re the best kept secret of this city. ‘The delightful people of Paris’ should be the new tourism slogan, in case the old capital of gastronomy/city-oflights-thing wears thin.” She’d groan and ominously warn that I’d soon see. My awestruck-anglophonein-Paris persona, she said, was shielding me from the true nature of Parisians. She knows a lot more about the topic than I do, given the city has been her home for the better part of a decade and she lives with two Parisian men — one of whom she gave birth to, so it’s not nearly as exciting as it sounds. The mythical, monstrous Parisian, however, never revealed itself to me. Off the top of my head, I can think of nearly a dozen times when people went out of their way to be friendly and accommodating. There were smiles and eyecontact galore and people even laughed at my jokes. Not polite laughter, either. That’s not in their nature. My favourite moment of all, however, was when my friend discovered a grey hair while we were waiting for the Metro and started fretting. A woman, rounder and less finely dressed than the Parisian

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SHOT stereotype would have previously led me to believe existed, leaned in and said, “I’m 70, have many grey hairs and I hope I get many more.” A smile warmed her entire face. Chic personified, non? Maybe I’m still high on crepes, croissants and culture, but no matter how hard I try to be critical, all I can say is Paris is perfection. So much so that I think there are a few things the people of Kelowna and the surrounding region could learn. We can’t have the history, the architecture or delicious unpasteurized butter, but we can borrow from the culture. My first France-inspired recommendation is that we convert every third business to a bakery. That alone would cure a few community ills. If we were all eating more really phenomenal baked goods, there would be less incentive to walk around city

streets in little more than a bikini. Now I know near-nudity is Kelowna’s cachet, but I dream of a day when being clothed becomes the norm. Next, I’d like to suggest all restaurants with patios dispense with the formality of facing chairs at each other. Paris cafes have all their chairs facing toward the street, dispensing with the illusion that people sit on patios to do anything other than people watch. It’s gloriously honest. Lastly, those people. Notoriously one of the most brusque cultures in the world, it showed more warmth in one week than I’ve seen in months in Kelowna. It’s tourist season and I know that wears thin. As residents of a tourist town, we want people to drive better, walk in a straight line and generally get out of the way. But, frankly, there’s something wonderful about others learning to love what we already understand to be so great. That, I think, is the allowance the Parisians I met gave me and I will forever be a fan because of it.

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UP IN SMOKE FOREST POLICY HAS TO STOP Editor: If people are wondering why their BC Hydro bills will continue to rise, one of the chief culprits is the belowcost power rates the mining industry expects to pay for new mines. In November 2014, the provincial government announced its domestic long-term sales contracts regulation will require new liquefied naturalgas (LNG) plants to pay an average of 8.3 cents per kilowatt hour over the next nine years for power supplied by BC Hydro. That price is still below the cost of power that will be generated from Site C, but at least it covers most of the cost of new power in B.C. The same pricing policy evidently does not apply to proposed mines in B.C., if the feasibility studies done for four proposed mines in B.C. (Prosperity, KSM, Harper Creek and Ajax) are to be believed.

In those studies, the rate these mines expect to pay ranges from 4.3 to 5.8 cents per kilowatt hour. Of course, other new, nonLNG industrial developments will also be paying less than what it costs to generate new

Why is the B.C. “Liberal government not assessing the economic impact of this subsidy when it reviews new mine proposals?

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bulk power in B.C. But, mines in particular use huge amounts of power, mostly to crush and grind the ore to powder size. The four mines referenced above would use about threebillion kilowatt hours a year — which equals the power

needs of approximately 267,000 households. If these mines pay an average rate of five cents per kilowatt hour, while the LNG industry pays a more realistic rate of 8.3 cents, the dollar advantage is 3.3 cents per kilowatt hour multiplied by three-billion kilowatt hours, which equates to $99 million annually. Given an average mine life of 25 years, the total price break for these mines alone would be nearly $2.5 billion, based on the present pricing structure. However, this is only the tip of the subsidy iceberg. According to the provincial government’s major project inventory, there are 42 new mine proposals under review. Not all of these mines will be developed and some are rock quarries. But, if most of these mines are developed, and if the price the mines will pay for electricity does not equal the price of

new power in B.C., the cost to other power users (you and I) for making up the difference in the revenue shortfall will be in the countless billions of dollars. This subsidy should be labeled for what it is — a taxpayer subsidy to mostly foreign-controlled mining corporations that totally violates the principles of free enterprise by unfairly favouring one economic sector over another. The B.C. Liberal government needs to account for a policy that allows the province’s mining industry to pay 40 per cent less than what the LNG industry will be paying for power. Why is the B.C. Liberal government not assessing the economic impact of this subsidy when it reviews new mine proposals?

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“I realize the recycling outfit is not part of the city, but the city has the responsibility to deal with this situation. “Although garage collection is separate from taxes, just the same, my net property taxes went from $3,800 to $4,200 for 2015. “So, I agree with anyone who says 64 cents makes a difference in the big picture. “Although I am on a fixed income, we are not the recipient of two big government sponsored pensions like some individuals are.” — posted by Fairminded

WITH SPEED FIASCO, MINISTER STONE NEEDS TO GO Editor: Todd Stone needs to step down as a politician. He changed the speed limit on our highways without any feedback from the public, ignoring warnings from the RCMP and other professionals that speed kills.

Stone doesn’t understand what governance means. He likes driving fast and passed off getting a speeding ticket as if it was nothing. We need people in government who hear what the public has to say on issues. It has been said most of the accidents on

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Public demands higher distracted-driving fines ONLINE CONSULTATIONS CONTINUE UNTIL JULY 16 Ontario’s lead and hike the fine to $1,000 for repeat offenders, but said an increase will be coming within a year. Comments on the website gov. bc.ca/distracteddriving continue to debate the merits of seizing cellphones from drivers, but Anton reiterated that option is not being considered. Suspending licences or impounding vehicles of repeat offenders is on the table, however. Saskatchewan impounds the vehicle for a week if the driver gets two distracted-driving tickets less than a year apart. The consultation continues until July 16. Participants are asked to reply to nine questions. The crowd-sourcing exercise has its weaknesses. Only five per cent of respondents have come from the B.C. Interior and Anton said younger people are also under-represented. The province attributed 88 deaths to distracted-driving last year, second to speeding and ahead of impaired driving.

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SMOKIN’ CHICKEN 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 Canadian cuisine in honour of Canada Day. While the country has a diverse range of cultures offering plenty of variety when it comes to food, we will

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ollectors of KTW newsroom trivia may have already noticed that this paper’s editorial department isn’t exactly awash in hopheads — and courts and politics reporter Cam Fortems is no exception. If you’re ever looking for a 12 per cent Belgian-style beer that wears its booziness with pride and knocks the ill-prepared over after a glass, Fortems is your man. But those rich, highalcohol brews aren’t known for their hoppiness. So, imagine my surprise when the Fortems-declared best beer of the summer turned out to be a truly hoppy offering, with the bitter backbone to back it up. While I’ve dragged Dead Frog pretty hard in this space over one of its previous limited releases, Big Stump holds up to the coworker hype. The combo of spruce tips (from which the beer draws its name) and hops gives the ale a pleasant, surprisingly mellow pineapple start which gains in dryness and bitterness as you go along, ending up with just enough to make

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Under the Visible Life ‘impossible to stop turning the pages’ From A13

Lest we should be inclined to think Canadian women have been free from such restriction, the novel depicts a similar situation that Katherine’s mother,

The captivating plot, characters “and themes are enhanced by Echlin’s use of cameo appearances. . .”

— ANITA SWING

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the novel, Katherine’s mother becomes pregnant by a Chinese man whom she loves and becomes a victim of this act. She fights with only her own ingenuity and determination to keep her baby. Owing

to her mother’s legacy, Katherine herself becomes a strong woman, necessary when the man she loves and who fathers her three children essentially abandons them. Despite much hardship, both Mahsa and Katherine find ways to nurture their creative spirits, using their experiences of parental loss, motherhood and disappointment in love as inspiration to write and perform their music. The two women bravely assert themselves into the mainly male-dominated jazz scene in Montreal and New York and, most powerfully, their friendship allows them to do this collaboratively. Indeed, their friendship to a large degree saves their lives. The captivating plot, characters and themes are enhanced by Echlin’s use of cameo appearances to help convey setting; Elizabeth Bagshaw, the Hamilton doctor who supplied women with birth control when it was still illegal (until 1960) and writer Hugh MacLennan are both featured in interactions with the protagonists. Under the Visible Life is a wonderful novel on all levels; it is impossible to stop turning the pages even when other tasks beckon.

As the Page Turns is a book column that runs monthly in the Entertainment section of Kamloops This Week. Anita Swing is a lecturer in the English department at Thompson Rivers University.

Correction A story printed in the June 25, 2015 edition of Kamloops This Week inaccurately stated a book signing with Chris and Josh Hergesheimer was on July 27. It was, in fact, on June 27.

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Pride of Canada KGTC GYMNASTS TAKE ACT TO FINLAND

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Due to her diminutive frame, 11-year-old Brooke Topolovec often features prominently in acrobatic action during the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre’s four-seasons routine, which they will perform this month at the 15th World Gymnaestrada in Helsinki, Finland. Topolovec is balancing on Arnica Palechuk.

ith 11 days until showtime, they were putting the finishing touches on their routine, the four-seasons-of-Canada epic they’ve worked tirelessly on for more than a year. The Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre (KGTC) girls want to do their country proud at the 15th World Gymnaestrada, which runs from July 12 to July 18 in in Helsinki. “If we go out on stage and we completely flunk it, then I feel like all the hard work, all the correcting and everything that we’ve put into it won’t be worth it because nobody knows the work we’ve put in,” said Amé Van Zyl, a 15-yearold who attends Beattie School of the Arts. “The only way they’ll ever know is if we do it right when we’re on stage.” Gymnaestrada is a noncompetitive form of group gymnastics featuring choreographed routines, a disciplined practised at the KGTC since 2010. Bre Erickson has been coaching since Day 1 and watching her pupils progress to where they are now, ready to peak at an event that will bring more than 24,000 athletes from 54 countries to the Finnish capital. “It’s been fun learning and growing with them,” Erickson said. “Some of these athletes I’ve been coaching for the past five years, building their

creativity and their confidence and learning how to put a routine together.” The KGTC routine — set to instrumental music that fits each segment — will take the audience through four Canadian seasons. “We start out in summer and we’ve got a big splash of colour, of red and yellow,” Erickson said. “From summer, we move into fall, represented by a salmon run going upstream. “At the end of the salmon run, we transition into an acrobatic scene, with leaves around the forest floor. From there, we go into winter and we’ve got snowman-building and skiers and skating and then we go onto spring with renewed energy.” The KGTC gymnasts will have three chances to perform in front of large crowds, but the routines will not be judged. “We’re there to celebrate gymnasts of all ages,” said Erickson, noting there will be groups performing featuring 80- and 90-year-old gymnasts. “The whole reason we’re going is to have fun and for the experience. We want to be the best we can be.” There are 11 KGTC gymnasts travelling to Finland, along with coaches Erickson, Andre Org and Tove Dall. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at Olympic Stadium, the 40,000seat venue located in the heart of Helsinki. Brooke Topolovec, 11, smiled and giggled when she realized the plane to Finland will be airborne on July 9, the beginning of a 10-day journey

that will include a sightseeing trip to Estonia. “I think it will be a really good experience and I’m interested to learn about their culture,” said Topolovec, who attends Rayleigh elementary. “I want it to look good and show Canada works hard.” Last July in Calgary, the KGTC qualified for the 2015 World Gymnaestrada with a strong performance of its four-seasons routine at the Canadian Gymnaestrada. Erickson and the coaching team have implemented choreography changes since then, in order to make the routine more appealing to audiences. The team braved nervous jitters and worked out kinks at Shoot for the Stars, a developmental-and-performance event held at the Tournament Capital Centre on June 20. Now, it’s time to bring the act to the big stage. “The excitement’s building and every day that we get closer, it keeps building,” said Van Zyl, smiling ear to ear. “We have been working non-stop trying to get the routine to the point where we feel we’re proud to represent our country and that has been exhausting, but it’s going to be worth it. “We’re ready to go now.”

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The coaching staff, Van Zyl and Topolovec will be joined in Finland by KGTC athletes Nikki GardnerSchlegel, Katie Anderson, Emma Maddison, Maia Manshadi, Arnica Palechuk, Ellie Parker, Chelsee Reed, Naomi Silverberg and Sophie Von Dehn.

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Hay, Hitchcock top roster at KHMA Coaches Conference Kamloops Blazers head coach Don Hay and St. Louis Blues head coach Ken

Hitchcock will headline the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association’s annual Coaches

Conference in 2015. The three-day event runs from July 10 to July 12 at Interior

Savings Centre. The ninth-annual event will also include Darryl Sydor, assistant

coach of the Minnesota Wild, and Ray Bennet, assistant coach for the Blues.

Terry Bangen and Dan De Palma of the Kamloops Blazers, Tyler Kuntz of the UBC

Thunderbirds and Serge Lajoie of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Ooks, along with strength and conditioning specialist Greg Kozoris, will also present. This year’s conference is being held in conjunction with BC Hockey’s HP 1 certificate clinic. The cost of the event is $295, but will only be $100 for Kamloops coaches. The fee includes all presentations, a conference gift, Friday night social and continental breakfast, lunch and dinner. For more information contact George Cochrane, conference chair and KMHA Head Coach, at kmha.headcoach@gmail.com or 250-574-3846. Register online at kamloopsminorhockey. com.

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The Kamloops AAA Riverdogs opened their mosquito all-star season by taking both ends of a double-header against the Vernon AAA Canadians on the weekend. Kamloops won 14-0 and 16-0. In Game 1, Rollin Sanderson, Jaden Huffman and Brendan Underhill split time on the mound, while Dayton McKelvey, Dreydan Bhe and Manny Recchi all tripled to lead the offence. In the second matchup, it was Gabe Wingerak and Recchi who took the hill in the win. Underhill hit a triple and Issa Diaou and Hayden Dolley also chipped in as the Riverdogs’ bats excelled in the mercyrule shortened game. Meanwhile, the peewee A Riverdogs went 1-2 at the Cook Tournament in Newton, B.C., on the weekend. The club lost 11-9 to the Campbell River Tyees and the Newton Dodgers, but defeated Tsawassen 7-2. Matthiew Coxon went five innings in the victory, striking out seven, while Lochlan Schofield picked up the save. Rylan Trent led the offence with a triple and two RBI.

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Dogs set for tough road at Canada Day Classic Ben MacDonald punched a shot down the right-field line for a double in action against the Chilliwack Cougars on the weekend. MacDonald and the Kamloops RiverDogs are set to start the Daley and Company Canada Day Classic tonight at Norbrock Stadium. The RiverDogs will face the Nanaimo Buccaneers at 7 p.m.

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Sean Wandler expects the midget AAA Kamloops Players Bench RiverDogs will have their work cut out for them at the Daley and Company Canada Day Classic. “We expect to be up for a challenge,” the longtime RiverDogs manager said. But, it’s a challenge for which he feels his roster is excited. “Besides provincials, this is probably the other big event that kids look forward to.” The 10-team tournament begins this morning at Norbrock Stadium. The RiverDogs play their first game tonight at 7 p.m. against the Nanaimo Buccaneers. Kamloops is 1-1 in two games against Nanaimo this season. Kamloops enters the event with a 28-18 record, 25-13 in league play, and sits third in B.C. Baseball’s 18U midget AAA league. “The last few weeks, I think some things have been coming together,” Wandler told KTW. His team was 11-6 in the month of June, heading into the event.

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“Hopefully we can continue in that same vein, move forward and continue in that way.” Kamloops last won the Classic in its inaugural year and have been held out of the winner’s circle for the last 13 years. In 2014, the RiverDogs finished fifth in their pool after losing a tie-breaking coin toss to the Edmonton Cardinals. They played for the championship in 2013, but lost 8-0 to the Langley Junior Blaze. “We’re playing real good ball right now, so it’s a good time to

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come into a tournament like this,” said third-year pitcher and shortstop Bryant Jameus. “We made it to the final in my first year and we couldn’t quite bring it home. It would be nice to go out with a win.” For the RiverDogs to find success at this year’s Canada Day Classic, a full team effort will be needed. While veterans like infielder Riley Jepson and Connor McKenzie have been solid at the plate this season, and Jameus has had a good year defensively and on

the mound, it will take more than a few good performances for the club to capture the tournament championship. “I think the other part of it is to just have guys step up,” Wandler said. “Hopefully, guys rise to the challenge.” Following the opener against the Buccaneers, Kamloops has two games tomorrow — against the Sherwood Park Athletics at 3 p.m. and against the White Rock Tritons at 8:30 p.m. On Saturday, the club will close out round-robin play

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Fast Eddy thinking of Fox ADAM WILLIAMS

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Making his way through the heart of Ontario, Edward (Fast Eddy) Dostaler couldn’t help but think of Canada’s most iconic runner. “My respect for Terry Fox just goes through the roof now because that section on the way back is going to be quite difficult,” Dostaler told KTW, after arriving in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The Kamloops runner’s arrival in Sault Ste. Marie brought to an end what he described as the most difficult part of his cross-country run thus far. The 700 kilometres from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie was the most isolated of the

run so far, he said, with daunting terrain he’s not looking forward to facing on the “back” section of his There and Back run. Passing cities like Thunder Bay and knowing what he now knows about traversing Western Canada, Dostaler said he found himself thinking of Fox often, wishing the Port Coquitlam humanitarian had made it just a little farther during his 1980 Marathon of Hope. Fox started his journey in St. John’s and was forced end his run just outside of Thunder Bay. “My hat is completely off to him,” Dostaler said. “I’m really disheartened and sad he didn’t

make it a little bit further because he would have realized it gets so much easier. “I am completely humbled he ran as far as he did.” Having arrived in Sault. Ste. Marie, Dostaler said he was just past the 30-percent mark of his run, having covered more than 5,000 kilometres since he left Victoria on March 1. He had just recently eclipsed the halfway mark of the Trans Canada Highway and was more than 1,000 kilometres into Ontario, working on his fifth pair of runners. The next major milestone on the horizon is Toronto, where he hopes to arrive in less than a month’s time, no

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later than July 20. Soon, fans will again be able to follow along with Dostaler. In the coming weeks, he will again post a link on his website, fasteddycanada.com, which will allow followers to get real-time information on his location across the country. For now, he recommends following along on Facebook. Dostaler is hoping donations for breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease research will start to pick up soon, too. Thus far, he has raised a little more than $5,000, though he expects Eastern Canada will show plenty of support. He’s also hoping donations will increase in the rest of the country as he begins to make his way back to the West on the back half of his journey. He is planning to reach his easternmost point, St. John’s, by no later than his 27th birthday on Sept. 20. Though he was looking to the future as he spoke to KTW, Dostaler still took a moment to enjoy his accomplishments in the Heartland Province. “It was a big milestone to get here,” he said.

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Edward (Fast Eddy) Dostaler is expecting to reach Toronto no later than July 20, continuing on his across-Canada-and-back run for charity.

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Chris Rushworth of the Kamloops Heat celebrates his goal in a 2-1 victory over Vancouver United in Pacific Coast Soccer League action in the Tournament Capital on Saturday. For more photos, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com. The Heat are hosting FC Tigers Vancouver on Saturday, with game time set for 5 p.m. at Hillside Stadium.

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Blazers draft import With Michael Fora of Switzerland not expected to return for the 2015-2016 WHL campaign, the Kamloops Blazers filled a hole on the blueline at the CHL Import Draft on Tuesday, Kamloops selected 17-year-old defenceman Ondrej Vala of the Czech Republic with the 11th overall pick in the draft. Vala, who is sixfoot-three and weighs 198 pounds, played last season with under20 HC Pardubice, recording nine goals and 11 points in 29 games. This is the first time the Blazers have selected a player from the Czech Republic since nabbing Petr Novak in the 1995 import draft. The last Czech Republic player on the Blazers’ roster was defenceman Marek Hrbas, who was with the team from 2011 to 2013. Vala will join 19-year-old defenceman Patrik Maier of Slovakia as the second import on the Kamloops roster.

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Rattlers shaken

The hometown Kelowna Raiders downed the Kamloops Rattlers 15-7 in Thompson Okanagan Senior Lacrosse League play on the weekend. Scoring in a losing effort for the Rattlers were A.J. Lockwood (2), Mark Jurista, Dustin Walsh, JJ Woldum, Kyle Walker and Brett Baker. Mike Smith was between the pipes for Kamloops. The Rattlers are hosting the Armstrong Shamrocks tomorrow, with game time scheduled for 8 p.m. at Memorial Arena.

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NATIONAL SPORTS

PGA rivalry takes shape as Tiger Woods vanishes DOUG FERGUSON

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The No. 1 player in golf already has three wins in 2015, including a World Golf Championship, and he has finished in the top 10 at both majors. Halfway through the year, however, Rory McIlroy is playing second fiddle. Remember the hype over McIlroy going for the career Grand Slam at the Masters? That was three months ago and it seems like a lot longer. The attention has shifted to Jordan Spieth and his bid for an unprecedented sweep of the four majors in the same year. The real Grand Slam. Arnold Palmer created it. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods pursued it. And now it falls to a 21-year-old Texan who just three years ago wasn’t even a full PGA Tour member. “We watch the elite athlete. We watch the mental focus and the preparation and the drive to become the best,” Bubba Watson said. “That’s where he’s heading. Who knows if he’ll ever become No. 1 in the world, but he’s trending in that direction pretty quickly.” For a sport that gets criticized for its pace of play, the turnover is at warp speed. Tiger Woods ended last

year at No. 32 in the world, and he was excited about the direction he was going. He had a new swing consultant and a clean bill of health. He was 15 months removed from a five-win season in which he was voted PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time. And now, it’s a wonder anyone recognizes him. Woods reached the halfway point of the year at No. 220 in the world. He has more rounds in the 80s (three) than the 60s (two). He has fallen so low in the world ranking that for the first time since he was a 20-year-old rookie in 1996, his appearance at The Greenbrier Classic contributes no points toward the strength of field. Here are some of the highs and lows heading into the second half of the year:

Best player

It’s hard to argue against the Masters and U.S. Open champion. Spieth went wire-to-wire at Augusta National and tied the 72-hole scoring record set by Woods in 1997. He went birdie-double bogey-birdie at Chambers Bay and won only after Dustin Johnson three-putted from 12 feet. Only five other players dating to 1934 have won the first two majors of the year. Overlooked is his

victory in the Valspar Championship. Spieth got up-and-down for par from a nasty lie on the side of the hill at the 17th and he got up-and-down from 35 yards on the 18th hole just to get into a playoff. He won on the third extra hole with a 30-foot birdie putt. Does he have a chance at the Grand Slam? History says no. That short game says maybe.

On the rise

Dustin Johnson has won every season since he joined the PGA Tour, so he never really fell very far. Even so, coming off that mysterious six-month break, golf’s most athletic figure seems determined to reach his full potential. He won at Doral on perhaps the toughest course this year that had grass on the greens. He lost in a playoff at Riviera and was a fourfoot birdie putt away from a playoff against Spieth at Chambers Bay. If he can put the U.S. Open behind him — Johnson has a short memory — he could be a major threat the rest of the year.

Sliding

At the peak of his game, there were two tours — the Tiger Tour and the PGA Tour. The same applies now.

JIM EPLER

Do you recognize this man? At the midway point of the PGA season, Tiger Woods is ranked No. 220 in the world and is no longer in the conversation of the world’s best golfers.

In the non-Tiger division, this might be a tossup between Ryder Cup partners Graeme McDowell and Victor Dubuisson. McDowell spoke of his lack of motivation as he adjusts to life with a new daughter. He hasn’t finished in the top 25 since January. In his

last 10 starts, Dubuisson has missed half his cuts and has not finished better than 20th. For the second half of the season, keep an eye on Martin Kaymer. He is winless since his U.S. Open title last year and has missed the cut six times in

Bouchard bounced in first round at Wimbledon STEPHEN WILSON

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Not even a return to Wimbledon could pull Eugenie Bouchard out of her tailspin. Bouchard, who was runner-up at Wimbledon last year, fell in the opening round, losing 7-6 (3), 6-4 to Duan YingYing — a 117th-ranked Chinese qualifier who was playing at Wimbledon for the first time and had never before won a Grand Slam match. Bouchard seemed to be the new star of women’s tennis last year when she reached at least the semifinals at the first three Grand Slam tournaments. She made a stirring run to the Wimbledon final, where she lost to Petra Kvitova. This year, the 21-year-old Canadian has lost 12 of 14 matches and also went out in the first round at the French Open. Bouchard, who served 10 doublefaults on Tuesday, said she was still hampered by the abdominal injury that forced her to retire from last week’s grass-court tournament in Eastbourne. She said she had been advised not to play at Wimbledon, but decided she couldn’t pass up the chance. “I felt very unprepared for this match,”

Bouchard said. “I hadn’t practised that much. My timing was off. . . . It’s not an excuse because I chose to play.” Fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil fared better then Bouchard. Vancouver’s Pospisil beat France’s Vincent Millot 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3. A few minutes after Bouchard’s defeat, the player she beat in last year’s semifinals also was eliminated. No. 3 Simona Halep became the highest seeded player eliminated so far, tumbling 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to 106th-ranked Jana Cepelova of Slovakia. The Romanian, who also reached the French Open final last year, was treated for blisters on her left foot at the end of the first set. Halep, who is not considered a grass-court specialist, hurt her chances with seven double-faults and 34 unforced errors. Earlier, defending women’s champion Petra Kvitova and former men’s winners Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all won their first-round matches at Wimbledon in straight sets and in rapid-fire fashion. Of the three, only Nadal lost serve and the big names imposed themselves with ease on Day 2 of the grass-court Grand Slam as London basked in warm, sunny conditions. In keeping with Wimbledon tradition, Kvitova had the honour of playing

the first match on Centre Court on the second day as the reigning women’s champion. The second-seeded Czech wasted no time in reasserting her dominance on her favourite court, overpowering Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-0 in just 35 minutes. Kvitova won 28 of 29 points on serve, with the only blemish coming when she double-faulted on the first point of the final game, hitting a 93 mph (150 km/h) second serve just wide. She won the next four points, finishing — appropriately — with a service winner. While Kvitova was happy to sail through so quickly, she felt bad for her parents, who were guests in the Royal Box and got to see their daughter play for barely more than half an hour. “I have to say sorry to them,” she said, smiling. “I think they are happy anyway.” Federer, the seven-time men’s champion, followed Kvitova on Centre Court and also made quick work of his opponent. The second-seeded Swiss needed just 68 minutes to dispatch 88th-ranked Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Federer, bidding to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon titles, broke five times and never faced a break point.

his last nine events.

Class of ‘11 on rise

That would be the high school graduating class of Spieth, Justin Thomas, Daniel Berger, Patrick Rodgers and Ollie Schniederjans. Look out, world.

Vancouver Canucks Bieksa dealt to Anaheim Ducks VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks finally found a taker for Kevin Bieksa. Vancouver traded the veteran defenceman to the Anaheim Ducks for a 2016 second-round pick. The Canucks had been looking to deal Bieksa at the draft and came close to sending him to the San Jose Sharks. Bieksa has one year left on his contract at a salary-cap hit of US$4.6 million. The 34-year-old Grimsby, Ont., native has 241 points in 597 NHL games. The Canucks released a statement thanking Bieksa and KEVIN BIEKSA: wife Katie for their Traded to the Anaheim “incredible commitDucks on Tuesday. ment to this team and community.” Acquiring Bieksa on the eve of free agency makes it far more likely veteran defenceman Francois Beauchemin leaves the Ducks in free agency. — The Canadian Press

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 Obituaries & In Memoriam  CECELIA MARGARET EVYLIN HALBAUER (NEE MCDERMOTT) August 5, 1940 to June 19th, 2015 On the afternoon of June 19th, 2015, Cecelia quietly passed away after a brief battle with cancer in the Blueberry Wing of the Overlander Residential Care Hospital, Kamloops, B.C. with her beloved husband Adolph by her side. Cecelia, who was mostly known as Cec, was born at home in the small farming community of Notikewin, Alberta on August 5, 1940. She was the seventh of eight children, four of them girls, four of them boys, born to Henry and Annie McDermott. Cecelia’s early years were largely spent helping her Mother and siblings run the farm. She attended Rosary Catholic School in Manning, Alberta, graduating grade twelve as the class Valedictorian. After graduation, Cec for a brief period of time lived with her sister Pat and worked as a waitress in Peace River, moving to Dawson Creek in 1960 when she found a job with the Bank of Montreal. At the age of sixteen, Cec’s brother Floyd introduced her to a young man by the name of Blair Simcoe with whom she eventually married. They were married in North Star, Alberta, November 25, 1961, making their home in Dawson Creek, B.C. Her first son Alan was born on May 5th, 1968, her second son Dennis born August 14, 1972. Cecelia was a busy mother, juggling motherhood responsibilities with full time work, having employment at various banks, the business of Wilson and Patterson, B.C. Tel and Wrights Cold Storage. During this time she also took various courses at Northern Lights College, spending her leisure time with her family camping and snowmobiling and at their lake lot on Swan Lake. She and Blair, divorced in 1984. Cecelia became an active member of the Legion and the Ladies auxiliary. She was a determined lady and realized a dream for herself and her sons, taking them on a bus trip to California and Disneyland. In the summer of 1986, Cecelia met a wonderful man, Adolph Halbauer while he was working in Dawson Creek. After a three year courtship she married Adolph in an intimate setting at her sister Theresa Amundsen’s home in Chetwynd, B.C., October 7, 1989. The two moved to Chilliwack, B.C. living there until 1991. In 1992 with a desire for sunshine, and a slower pace of life, Cec and Adolph moved to Savona, B.C. where she lived until her death. Cecelia had an incredible thirst for knowledge. Throughout her life she continually challenged herself, taking courses in the fields of gas and welding, automotive parts, and bookkeeping.

She was not intimidated by the electronic world purchasing most of what Apple or Microsoft introduced to the marketplace. Alan recalls being one of the first owners of a Commodore 64 computer. She sewed and knitted, crocheted and quilted. She canned Adolph’s garden bounty, baked and crafted. While living in Savona she thoroughly enjoyed working with the Thompson North Regional District in the Library system, was very active with the seniors group, was a member of the Players Guild, attending fitness classes and enjoyed carpet bowling. She loved to accompany Adolph on his many fishing trips, hunting and berry picking adventures. Alan and Dennis, were her biggest joy. She was incredibly proud of them. Her love and happiness grew even more when her sons married, finding her two wonderful daughters-inlaw, Sandy and Nicole, and giving her five beautiful grandchildren, Lucas, Jonathan, Benjamin, Brooke and Jordan. Adolph said one of the happiest days of her life was when she found out she would be a Grandma. She and Adolph logged many miles travelling between their home and the homes of Alan and Dennis in Alberta, making sure to try to attend as many birthday celebrations, Thanksgivings and Christmases as possible. Grandma Cec was lovingly referred to as Grandma Gadget, or Grandma Fix It. If anything needed repair Grandma would fix it and would always have that unusual Gadget, usually in her purse. Above all, Grandma Cec adored her grandchildren and would do anything she could to spend time with them. Cecelia had a very kind and generous heart. She had a genuine interest in the lives of people she cared for and would often go out of her way to selflessly help. Her presence in a room didn’t go unnoticed and her laughter was contagious. She will be greatly missed by all of the lives she touched. Cecelia was preceded in death by her brothers, Dale McDermott, Edward McDermott and Mervin McDermott, brothers-in-law Albert Halbauer, Bob Halbauer, Matthew Halbauer, sisterin-law Alvina (Gerhart) Hubeck and her parents, Henry McDermott and Annie McDermott. Cecelia is survived by her husband Adolph Halbauer, her brother Floyd McDermott, sisters Patricia Glasser, Mary McKay, Theresa Amundsen (Gary Amundsen), brothers-in-law, Alvin Halbauer (Beverley), Lorne Halbauer (Sylvia), deceased brother-in-law Albert’s wife Denise Halbauer and deceased brother-in–law Matthew’s wife June Halbauer. Children and grandchildren Alan and (Sandy) Simcoe and their children Lucas, Jonathan and Benjamin; Dennis and (Nicole) Simcoe and their children Brooke and Jordan. Step-children Noreen Sexton (Tony), David and (Georgia) Halbauer, Bob Halbauer and Keith Halbauer. Stepgrandchildren Andrew, Shelley and Eileen Sexton. Niece Rhonda (Brad) Farnsworth and many other Nieces and Nephews and Friends. A Remembrance and Celebration of Cecelia’s life will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, July 11, 2015 at the Savona Seniors Hall, 6605 Buie Road/Savona Access Road, Savona, B.C. Interment of her ashes will follow at the Savona Gravesite. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Cecelia’s name to the Canadian Cancer Society. A special thank you to the staff and caregivers of the Overlander Residential Care Hospital, Blueberry Wing, Kamloops, B.C.

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Each loss is very different, The pain is so severe. Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear? Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared. I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow. So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow. Now my life is all confused Since you went away. You took a part of me And for help I daily pray. But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time. Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears. Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

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RUBY CECILIA SALMON December 12th, 1930 – June 8th, 2015

Marvin passed away suddenly, at his home in Barriere, BC, on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 in his 77th year. Marvin was the beloved father of Don (Patty), and Cathy (Nick) . He was also the proud grandfather of fifteen grandchildren: Jeremy (Genna), Caleb, Kenneth, Matthew, Natika, Rachel, Andrew, Tiara, Rebecca, Matthias, Nathan, Jonathan, Hope, Joy and Ariana. He was the older brother to Ron (Bev) and Lorraine Meller. Marv was born in 1937 to Clarence and Dagney Meller in Drumheller, AB. He had fond memories of growing up on the Prairies, both in Alberta and Montana as the oldest of the preacher’s kids. After attending Bible school, Marv turned his love of music into a lifelong vocation of piano tuning and piano restoration. He passed on his love of music to his grandchildren and taught many of them on the piano. Marv loved the Lord and served Him in many churches over the years. He was a charter member of Westsyde Baptist in Kamloops and a deacon and member for many years at Bethany Baptist in Barriere. Please join us in remembering Marv on Friday, July 3rd, 2015. His interment will be at 10:00 am at the Barriere Cemetery, with a service in honor of his life and faith at 2:00 pm in Kamloops at The First Baptist Church, 454 Columbia Street, Kamloops.

Each Loss ...

Ruby Cecilia Salmon was born December 12th, 1930 and passed away peacefully after a long battle with illness on June 8th, 2015 at Ponderosa Lodge. Ruby will be remembered by her brother Vince (Helen) Tasa, her daughters Rhona (Neil) Maki, Raelene Hanson and Gail (Dave) Salmon-Sootheran, grandchildren Dennis and Karryann Maki, Adam and Mark Hanson, Jay (Curtis Davis) and Leah Sootheran, along with great-grandchildren Taylor King, Ariel Maki, Tony, Alyssa, Adrianne, Isabella Maki, Aiden, Alijah and Ava Hanson and Avery Davis great, great-grandchild Auria Smith, numerous nieces, nephews, as well as many friends and relatives. She was predeceased by her husband Ron Salmon, her parents Ellen and John Tasa, her sister Ruth Doney and her grandson Terry Maki. Ruby was raised in Lake Cowichan and moved to Port Alberni after she married Ron. They raised their three daughters there until 1967 when they moved to Kamloops where they spent the remaining years with their family. Ruby was a stay at home Mom and was involved in many family gatherings. They had many friends who were always welcomed into their home. Ruby was a loving, soft spoken lady, her beautiful smile shone through with everyone she came in contact with. She was always willing to help out and especially loved her grandchildren whom she looked after in their younger years. She loved doing crafts and did many beautiful cross stitch pictures, paintings, knitting and crocheting. In her later years she continued crocheting dish cloths which she gave away to everyone special that she loved. Scooter her dog spent many hours with her, especially after Ron’s passing. Mom will be greatly missed by all her family and friends who were blessed with having her in their lives. Thanks to her neighbours Irene Maeda, Kathy Moore and Neil and Laurie Harasemchuk who were so thoughtful and caring in her last years that she was in her home. We would like to thank the staff at Chartwell Renaissance and Ponderosa Lodge for their loving care of Mom in her last year. A Celebration of Ruby’s life will be held on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 1:00 pm at Kamloops United Church, 421 St Paul St. Donations may be made to the BC Lung association in Ruby’s Name. Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Services, Kamloops BC (250) 554 2429 Condolences may be left at www.firstmemorialkamloops.com

Love Always Remembers May tender memories soften your grief, May fond recollection bring you relief, And may you find comfort and peace in the thought Of the joy that knowing your loved one brought For time and space can never divide Or keep your loved one from your side When memory paints In colors true The happy hours that Belonged to you. Helen Steiner Rice

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MORELLI Chertkow Lawyers is seeking to hire a Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant. The successful candidate will have completed a Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate program (or equivalent). If you are interested in joining our legal services team please submit an application to bclayt o n @ m o r e l l i c h e r t kow. c o m . Serving the BC Interior since 1911 1.888.374.3350 www.morellichertkow.com

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.

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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.

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities Urban Systems has an immediate opening for a

CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST Our Kamloops branch is looking to hire an experienced Civil Engineering Technologist to join our team. Our preferred candidate will be a graduate of an accredited Civil Engineering Technology program or equivalent with a minimum of ﬁve (5) years of relevant experience in land development, transportation, and/or municipal infrastructure detailed design and production. If this describes your background, your skills and your natural talents, please visit our website for more information.

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Secwepemc Child and Family Services Agency 300 Chilcotin Road, Kamloops BC V2H 1G3 Telephone: (250) 314-9669 2-726A Sydney Avenue, Kamloops BC V2B 1M9 Telephone: (250) 461-7237

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agency serving the urban Aboriginal community of Kamloops and seven Secwepemc band(s) in the Interior of British Columbia. We are responsible for a full complement of child protection services and are seeking fully qualiﬁed and dynamic individuals that will bring with them a diversiﬁed background in the various aspects of social development. The Case Workers primary responsibilities are in the investigation of children in need of protection services, and to ensure the delivery of family support services to the families and children who require them, guardianship services and the development and maintenance of caregiver homes (resource worker). The following are available at this time:

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Mobile Homes & Parks

Corner display unit curved glass sides $400 250-3725062 Gibbard 4poster qu bed $850obo Drk Grn dbl hideabed $250 (778) 471-8627

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Medical Supplies 13 stair Bruno Chair lift complete w/rails and brackets $1500obo (250) 372-8939 Respiratory CPAP ResMed S9 Machine used 3months $1200 554-2528/ 572-6430

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Musical Instruments Yamaha Clavinova CLP-240 Digital Piano. Exec cond. C/W bench, lamp and manual. $800. 250-434-4134.

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Kokanee Court Best pricing for New Homes in Kamloops Nicola Towers 2bdrms facing north west beautiful downtown, mountains, river & valley, concrete building completely renovated all appl incld $229,500. Call Rob 371-0188

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Outdoor patio table and 6 chairs $65 (250) 579-5915

Tools

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APARTMENTS

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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

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Homes for Rent

Suites, Lower

1bdrm Gordonhorn Gardens Sahali. N/P, N/S $750/mo Avail July 15. 250-828-1204. 1bdrm renovated, N/P. Avail now, close to mall and bus. N/Shore. (250) 554-4996. 2bdrm apt fully contained Available July 1st or 15th Please call Pat 9am to 8pm 778-470-5882

2bdrm Down town fenced yrd 5 appl. N/P, N/S $1250 Suitable for 2 250-319-4062

Juniper Village

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

Older 3bdrm home Willow Ranch 20 mins south of Kamloops $1000mo 250-372-1794

Northland Apartments

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2bdrm 4 quiet working person or couple, c/a, nice yard, no pets, shr util, ref $850 vacant (250) 376-0633 2BDRM in Brock new reno’d w/d Private entr/parking. n/s/p, $1000/mo. 250-319-1911. 2Bdrm NShore, w/d n/p/s, util incld $1000/mth, 250- 5799225 Brock 1bdrm furnished on river. n/s/n/p. Close to bus. $800 util incld. for mature person Avail July 1st 250-376-6914. Brock, Bright Lrg-2bdrms furnished. W/D. July 1st. $1000/mo. incld util. 376-2684. Ground level 2bdrm Batchelor H, N/S, N/D, N/P, Avail July 1 $1200 util incl (250) 376-2379 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 $850 per month avail now 250-5543882 North Shore 1bdrm daylight Near schools. $750/mo. incld internet. 250-320-3437. North Shore 1bdrm. N/S, N/P. $625 includes util. DD, Ref’s. 250-554-6798. Sahali 2bdrm daylight basement suite. Full kitchen, bath & laundry. N/S, N/P. Fully furnished. 1-Person $900, 2-People. $1200. Available Aug. 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

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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

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

Waterfront Property with dock (rent or lease) east side Okanagan Lake close to golf course, 20 minutes to Vernon. Avail now 1-604-794-3318

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Shared Accommodation

RIVIERA VILLA 1&2/BDRM Suites

1/bdrm starting at $850/mth 2/bdrm starting at $1000/mth Incl/heat, hot water. N/S, N/P. Senior oriented.

Male seeking roommate Westsyde Furn. Close to bus $550/mo util incl. Avail July 1st. Call 250-579-2480.

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

Bed & Breakfast

Near TRU Room $325-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

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1BDRM level entry in Brock $800/mo incl util Avail immed. N/P. 250-318-3546 1Bdrm private garden apt furnished w/all util W/D $1000/mo N/S N/P Mature long term tenant 372-5922

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1BDRM Sep. Entr. Shared Lndry. N/S N/P $800/mo+DD+ ref’s, util. incl. Brock 554-2228

Commercial/ Industrial

1bdrm suite in North Klps. $600. Strictly N/S and N/P. Internet included. No laundry. Looking for mature person. References (250) 376-4794

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

1brm self contained suite. Fully furnished, bedding, flat TV, Wifi, kitchen plates etc. Sahali. N/S, N/P. $1,000/mo. 250851-1193.

Suites, Upper Convenient Sahali location, bright 2/bdrm newly reno’d n/s $1045 util incl call or text 1604-616-6200.

Townhouses 3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Avail Immed. 250-374-5586 / 250-371-0206 3 Bdrms Brock, W/D, close to schools & shopping, $1250/mo, 250-372-5365

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Antiques / Classics

Cars - Domestic

Motorcycles

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

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

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1996 Yamaha Royal Star with sidecar, airbrushed. $21,900. Over $80,000 invested. 250-573-7610.

Cars - Sports & Imports

2003 Buick Century. 4dr, auto. 247,000kms. Very good shape. $1800/obo. 376-2337.

2006 Ford Taurus. 4dr, auto. Green. 177,000kms. Good shape. $5,500. 250-851-0264. 2006 Toyota Corolla CE. Auto, Good shape. 142,000kms. $4700 obo. 250-372-8806.

Absolute gorgeous 03 Cadillac Deville one owner low kms $6900.00 obo 250-554-0580

Scrap Car Removal

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully loaded, $14,900. 250-376-1655.

2007 Honda Gold Wing Trike 94,000km GPS, passenger arm rests, matching chrome wheels $25,900 250-573-7610

2001 BMW 540i “M” Sport 234,000 km, 2 owners, 4.4L, 6spd, 4dr. sedan,Gray/white, c/w full set spare rims, roof racks, other extras, service records avail. Exc cond $6300. Ph.250 374-0070

05 Hybrid Ford Escape, no accidents non smoker, 160,000K winter and summer tires on rims $10500 (250) 319-5760 1981 GMC Suburban 4X4. Re-built motor/trans. Good shape. $2,900. 250-828-1808.

New Price $56.00+tax

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

Contractors Tundra HD Econo Custom. Hwy, hauler $35,000 Concrete work as possible part of the payment. 250-377-8436.

Motorcycles 2001 Honda Shadow 600 Black like new 19,610 kms. $4200.00 obo (250) 318-4875 2009 Harley Nighttrain 96cuin 6spd 11,300km many extras $13,888obo (250) 318-5861

Electric Motorino Scooter 122km like new, new batteries, $2500obo 1-250-5236976

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2001 Pontiac Montana Minivan. 8-passenger, AWD, clean, good running cond. $1800. 250-573-5659.

Recreational/Sale

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)

1989 Fleetwood AClass 120,000km slps 6, well kept, $8500obo (250) 579-9691 1991 27ft. 5th-Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $5,000 250-579-9029.

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Trucks & Vans

Boats

2006 Ford F250 Lariat Crewcab loaded. 5th wheel hitch. Self loading boatrack. Airflow tailgate. New 20” tires & windshield 125,000miles. 6liter diesel. Tow/haul transmission. Asking $18,900 (250) 3723682 or (250) 819-4768

17ft. Grumman Aluminum Canoe. 3 paddles & accessories. $1000/obo. 250-377-3686. 1996 Seadoo, 5-seater jet boat & trailer. New motor & impellars, many extras. Excellent shape. $6,800. 250-672-9887. 2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg

2008 Denali Crew Cab AWD. Sunroof, DVD, NAV. Fully loaded. 22” chrome wheels, leather. 141,000kms. $29,800. 250319-8784.

Montana 5th wheel 4 slides hardwood flrs incl Ford F350 diesel new tires must be seen $35,000obo 1-(575) 740-1511

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Sport Utility Vehicle

2012 Puma 23FBQ by Forest River. Sleeps-6, loaded, all acc. Driver restriction (medical forces sale). Used 3X. 3000kms. As New. $16,500. 250-371-1087. 9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom. Good shape. $3,200/obo. 250-376-1841.

Commercial Vehicles

2008 Cadillac CTS Premium. 130,000kms. AWD, Great in the winter, BLK w/leather interior, CD, power windows, seats, mirrors, locks, heating/cooling seats. $16,800. 250-320-6900.

Recreational/Sale

1997 Vanguard 24 ft. Fifth Wheel trailer, new tires, brakes and wheel bearings. $3950.00 OBO 250-376-2570

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Cars - Domestic

2004 Chrysler Intrepid 3.5L, full load, new brakes, tires, battery. $3850/obo. 376-4163

Transportation

1994 Coleman Sedona tent trailer exc cond, newly serviced slps 6 $4000 374-2192

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1961 Vauxhall Victor Sedan $3000 (250) 372-2787

Transportation

Utility Trailers Trailer for snowmobile/ATV 10ft long aluminum, tilt deck, $1800 (250) 320-9068

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

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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.

2006 F150 XLT SUPERCREW 4X4

Full load, 5.4L engine, well maintained, new tires & rims, new windshield, 148,000 hwy kms. Comes with winter tires on rims. Only 57,000 km’s in 4 years. $ 15,000. Call & leave message 250-573-2203.

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Survey finds some newer cars burn excessive oil THE CANADIAN PRESS

DETROIT — Newer cars aren’t supposed to need more oil between oil changes, but Consumer Reports found that some engines — mainly from Audi, BMW and Subaru — require an extra quart as often as once a month. In an annual survey of car owners, significant numbers reported what the magazine considered to be excessive oil consumption. Consumer Reports focused on 2010 to 2014 models and called on automakers to make repairs under the powertrain warranty or to extend warranties. “The companies should be willing to step up and take responsibility for their products,’’ said Mark Rechtin, the magazine’s cars content team leader. Owners of newer cars, he said, shouldn’t have to carry oil around and worry about adding it. Most cars, he said, have dashboard lights warning drivers if their oil gets too low. But failing to pay attention to that light eventually can cause engine damage. The magazine’s survey didn’t find any link between oil consumption and

other engine problems, but it found that cars that burn oil early consume more as they age. It’s normal for cars to burn a little oil as they age toward 100,000 miles, the magazine said in its August issue. But, for a late-model car to burn a quart or more between changes is not acceptable, Rechtin said. The magazine focused on survey data from 498,000 owners of 2010 to 2014 models, finding that 98 per cent did not have to add oil between changes. But even if the problem happens to only two per cent of owners, that equals 1.5 million cars from the five model years, Rechtin said. Several engines from three manufacturers were the main offenders, according to the magazine. Those include Audi’s 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder and 3.0-litre V6; BMW’s 4.8 litre V8 and 4.4 litre twin-turbo V8; and Subaru’s 3.6 litre six-cylinder and 2.0- and 2.5-litre four-cylinder engines. The Subarus burned less oil than the others. Affected models include Audi’s A3, A4, A5, A6 and Q5; BMW’s 5, 6, and 7 Series

and X5; and the Subaru Outback, Legacy, Forester and Impreza. The magazine says that standards for certain Audi and BMW cars say that it’s reasonable to burn a quart of oil every 600 to 700 miles. Subaru considers one quart burned for every 1,000 to 1,200 miles to be acceptable, Consumer Reports said. Audi spokesman Bradley Stertz said a class-action lawsuit against Audi over oil consumption by the 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engines is close to being settled without the company admitting liability or wrongdoing. The settlement affects 2009 A4, 2010 A4 and A5, and 2011 A4, A5 and Q5 models. With the other models, Audi hasn’t been able to identify an abnormal number of oil consumption complaints, he said. Subaru spokesman Michael McHale said oil consumption can vary depending on how a vehicle is used. The vast majority of Subarus, he said, performed within specifications, and the company’s vehicles have improved from 2010 through the current models. Messages were left for a BMW spokesman.

TORONTO — Element Financial Corp says it has reached an agreement to buy GE Capital’s remaining vehicle fleet management operations in the U.S., Mexico, Australia and New Zealand for $8.6 billion in cash. GE Capital Fleet Services provides commercial car and truck financing and fleet-management services. Element Financial, based in Toronto, said the acquisition includes staff, offices, agreements, intellectual property and other assets required to operate the businesses in each jurisdiction. Element had already bought the Canadian operations of GE Capital’s North American fleet management business in June 2013. In a related transaction, GE has also signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its European fleet operations to Paris-based Arval, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas and Element’s founding partner in the Element-Arval Global Alliance. BNP Paribas, through Arval, specializes in vehicle leasing. “Adding these very high quality businesses to our existing fleet operations firmly establishes Element as a leader in the North American fleet management industry,’’ said Element CEO Steven Hudson. GE recently announced it would sell most of GE Capital over the next two years for about $26.5 billion. GE Capital Chairman and CEO Keith Sherin said in a written statement that the company is on track to sell off businesses worth about $100 billion by the end of the year and expects to be finished with the sales by the end of 2016. The U.S. and Mexico deal is expected to close in the third quarter, while the Australia and New Zealand transaction is targeted to close in the fourth quarter. — with files from The Associated Press

VENTURE AIMS TO BOOST BIOFUEL DEMAND IN CANADA CALGARY — It hasn’t been an easy road for biofuels in Canada, but green energy producer Bullfrog Power is hoping to get some mileage out of a new program. Bullfrog is offering to arrange for used cooking oil to be converted into biodiesel for companies that want to offset their carbon emissions, and later extend the program to retail customers. A key issue is that the company is promoting the use of advanced biofuels fashioned from waste materials rather than food crops, one of the ongoing criticisms of the biofuel industry. Company CEO Ron Seftel said that he’s pushing for more uptake of advanced biodiesel because it’s less controversial, and it can reduce vehicle emissions by 90 per cent compared with conventional diesel. — The Canadian Press

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Skeletons hauled out of NDP leader’s closet JENNIFER DITCHBURN

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OTTAWA — It might be old news that Tom Mulcair once talked to Stephen Harper’s Conservatives about becoming an adviser, but the reasons behind why the story has resurfaced could be the most interesting part. Stories have sprung up every few years about Mulcair having entertained the idea in 2007 of becoming an environmental adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This week, Maclean’s magazine wrote its own version of the story, saying talks collapsed because Mulcair wanted a $300,000 salary. A previous account had the amount pegged at $150,000.

Then, as now, Mulcair has said the reason he walked away was because of the Conservative position on the Kyoto climate-change accord. He said he was invited to consider the proposal by his “old friend’’ Lawrence Cannon, a Quebec Liberal (like Mulcair) who was in the Harper cabinet. In 2008, Mulcair ran successfully for the NDP in a federal byelection in the Montreal riding of Outremont. Mulcair also said he’s never met the source quoted in the Maclean’s story, former Conservative aide Dimitri Soudas, who is helping his fiancée, Eve Adams, with her a Liberal riding nomination. “In 2007, I spoke very publicly about this issue. And, in 2011, I

spoke about it,’’ Mulcair said. “It’s been in the media for years. “There are some who are trying to put that back out into the media. I’ll let you ask them about it.’’ Now, as was the case three years ago, the story of Mulcair’s flirtation with the Conservatives seems to come up just as he’s beginning to pose a political threat. In 2012, Mulcair was running for the leadership of the NDP when a batch of articles came out. At the same time, a group of “progressive’’ New Democrats created a website called “Know Mulcair.’’ “We are worried that many New Democrats are considering supporting Thomas Mulcair without knowledge of the political positions he’s taken in the past,’’

read the website. Fast forward to 2015 and Mulcair is leader of a party that is rising in the polls. For the first time, there is discussion about the potential for the party to form government. For the Conservatives and, more importantly, for the Liberals, hauling any and all of Mulcair’s skeletons out of the closet could be a priority — especially the kind of skeletons that call his level of conviction into question. “I’m going to let Mr. Mulcair explain his own decisions and processes,’’ Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday when asked about the story. “Back in 2007, there were no illusions about Mr. Harper’s views on the environment, or on a wide

range of issues, and I can certainly assure everyone that I would not have considered joining the Prime Minister’s Office at that time or at any time.’’ Ian Capstick, a former aide to Mulcair’s predecessor, Jack Layton, said with the election approaching, each of the parties will be digging up dirt and dusting off older controversies to lay in front of the public. “It’s classic war-room politics — it’s kind of how these political operatives thrive,’’ said Capstick, managing partner of the Ottawa firm MediaStyle. “They take a little bit of something and make something out of it, and that noise and distraction pushes the opponent off their message of the day.’’

Cirque du Soleil sale approved by Ottawa OTTAWA — The federal government has approved the sale of Cirque du Soleil to a group headed by a U.S. private equity firm and its Chinese partners. Industry Minister James Moore said the application from TPG VII CDS Holdings to acquire the 31-year-old famed circus was deemed an overall economic benefit for Canada. The buyers have committed to maintain the Cirque’s strategic decision-making and creative and artistic development at its Montreal headquarters and ensure at least 70 per cent of Cirque’s senior management in Canada is Canadian. TPG will also provide annual progress reports to the federal government.

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Cirque founder Guy Laliberte announced in April he was selling a majority stake in the company he founded in 1984 for an undisclosed price. The transaction, reportedly valued at around $1.5 billion, will also see partner Dubai World sell its 10 per cent stake. TPG is acquiring a 60 per cent stake, Chinese investment firm Fosun will have a 20 per cent portion and Quebec pension fund manager the Caisse de depot will own 10 per cent. Laliberte will maintain a 10 per cent stake in the company through his family trust and will also continue to provide strategic and creative input. The sale is expected to close in the third quarter.

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