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environmentally unfriendly paints once used to mark roads. Farrow said the city’s regular paint has improved in the past few years, but it’s still looking for options that will require it to re-paint less often. At the Ord Road intersection, Farrow said, re-painting markings once a year requires significant and costly traffic control and creates a greater risk for staff because of high traffic volumes. The city won’t decide if the product is successful for some time. Farrow said it will examine the markings this fall and again in the spring to determine how they have held up to regular traffic and snow, sand and plows.

The hairdressing program at NorKam secondary has been saved — at least temporarily — but the school’s cooking class still faces cancellation for the 2016-2017 year. School District 73 Supt. Karl deBruijn said administration will use money it receives from the province’s IN AND OUT: CommunityLINK Fifteen full-time teaching (Learning Includes positions face the axe at Nutrition and Knowledge) Fund to end of school year. keep the hairdressing CUTTING TO program running in THE BONE: hopes more students Board of education sign up in coming sends letter to Victoria, months. expressing frustration. He is also hoping to see more students Pages A10-A11 enrol in the cooking program before September. However, interest is so low that the program could be eliminated. Kamloops-Thompson board of education chairwoman Denise Harper said she is heartbroken over the possible loss of the cooking course, but noted with funding based on students alone, it can’t continue.

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Lane markings on Kamloops streets often disappear as winter gives way to spring, as is evident on Columbia Street in Sahali. The city is testing a a product called polyurea at the intersection of Eighth Street, Batchelor Drive and Ord Road. Polyurea is said to last five times longer than road pain now used on streets. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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t’s been used successfully on roads from Texas to Alaska. Now, a new product that promises to last up to five times as long as regular road paint is making its Canadian debut in Kamloops. Streets and environmental services manager Glen Farrow said the City of Kamloops has agreed to test a product called polyurea at the intersection of Eighth Street, Batchelor Heights Drive and Ord Road. “We were approached by a company to give it a shot, a supplier down in the Lower Mainland who wants to start

selling this stuff, and they want to be able to drive their customers to a location where it’s proving out,” said Farrow. In return for hosting the test, Farrow said the city had the markings put down free of charge by Magnolia Advanced Materials, a company based in Atlanta. “It’s a very high-wear area,” Farrow said of the testing site. “There’s a lot of buses going into Ord Road, a lot of logging trucks coming from Westsyde, people changing lanes. There’s a lot of traffic, so the lines there tend to wear out much quicker than our other spots.” The city has been on the hunt for better paints for some time, since regulations changed to prohibit the long-wearing but

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International retailer JYSK Bed-Bath-Home celebrates 20 years in Canada by Re-Opening its Kamloops JYSK store this Saturday at Summit Shopping Centre. “The store has undergone a complete renovation and looks amazing. Renovations were a long time coming. I have been very excited about them since they were announced“ said store Manager Don MacArthur. “We look forward to showing Kamloops how wonderful the store can and will be. We have totally redone the whole layout and the store has been re-organized for ease of shopping with displays going from floor to ceiling. Now there is more product than ever before in the 20,000 sq ft store.“ On Saturday, May 14th JYSK Kamloops invites all their customers to come see the new look and the great Grand Opening deals. The first 100 customers get a Free $25 JYSK Gift Card, Plus for the weekend we are having NO TAX on all regular priced products and cake and coffee too. Customers are sure to find great bargains this weekend on furniture, mattresses, bath and bedding products, outdoor living items and home décor. At JYSK, you don’t have to sacrifice comfort and style for affordability,” says Lynne Williams, the company’s director of advertising. “Because we buy very large volumes around the world, we can offer our customers the lowest prices possible.”

Founded in 1979 by Lars Larsen, JYSK got its start as a bedding retailer when it opened the doors of its flagship store in Aarhus, Denmark. Over the years, the company steadily expanded its product line and its presence internationally to become one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world with more than 2,300 stores in 41 countries.

which is a nice alternative to the big-box experience,” says Williams. Customers can also shop online, then pick up their selections at their local store. “We aim to make the shopping experience as hassle-free as possible, so we try to provide a number of purchasing options for our customers.”

Twenty years ago, the company expanded to Canada, opening its first store in Coquitlam, BC in 1996, and today there are 53 stores across the country. “We are excited to be celebrating 20 years in Canada and bringing our Scandinavian influence to the Canadian marketplace,” says Williams, noting that JYSK plans to add another 10 stores in the next two years.

While bedding continues to be a mainstay at JYSK, the retailer wants to be known as the experts in sleeping and living. Offering a broad spectrum of furnishing options for all rooms of the home — living room, kitchen, bedroom, dining, home office, bath and increasingly popular, the outdoors.

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“In Canada, for example, we try to target customers who have mid range budgets. They are looking for alternatives to the more pricey options out there, and we feel we provide that through reliable quality, an easy shopping experience and competent sales staff.”

“Outdoor furniture is a big category for us,” says Williams. JYSK patio furniture makes it easy to extend your space into the outdoors with grey and charcoal ensembles accentuated with pops of colour, such as bright yellow, citrus green and cyan.

JYSK’s buying team travel the world to acquire the best deals, and the company’s reputation continues to grow as they pass on the savings to customers. As well, JYSK customizes its products to the unique needs in each country and market.

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A Kamloops city councillor says a special enclosure to house hens whose owners have run afoul of city bylaws won’t be needed if Kamloops agrees to allow urban chickens. Coun. Donovan Cavers is skeptical of the $10,000 city bylaw staff say it would cost to prepare for new rules allowing two to five chickens on lots as small as 370 square metres. “I think asking to add a $10,000 item to their budget is insinuating they are going to be problems, which I don’t think there will,” Cavers said. At its meeting on Tuesday, council agreed to hold a public hearing on June 14 to hear residents’ views on urban hens, but disagreed over what regulations and financial backing should be on the table during the debate. Cavers said he also dislikes a proposed registration system, which would include the name and address of hen owners, the maximum number of chickens kept on the property and, if required, proof of permission from the property owner.

Registration would be online and free. “For me, I would just like to have as few barriers as possible,” Cavers said. “And if it’s something people are going to have to do on their own, it’s probably only going to attract the most responsible people. The people who might cause a problem, which I don’t think will ever happen, won’t use it.” Community safety manager Jon Wilson said both the money and registration are meant to make it easier for bylaw officers to deal with the birds. While Coun. Tina Lange suggested bylaw officers who come across rogue hens adopt a “too bad, so sad” approach and take them to the B.C. Wildlife Park for animal feed, Wilson said they are considered evidence of a bylaw infraction and must be housed humanely. “I cannot put chickens in the same facility we keep dogs in. I think the SPCA would consider that inhumane,” he said. The $10,000 would also be used to develop education for hen owners, train bylaw officers and purchase specialized chicken-catching equipment. Mayor Peter Milobar said if the city does

allow chickens, it needs to prepare for issues. “In this day of cellphones and everything else, do you not think there would be a backlash across social media if a bylaw officer was seen to be mishandling a chicken?” he asked. Only Cavers and Coun. Denis Walsh voted to remove the registration and financial requirements from the proposed rules. A final vote to send the rules to public hearing — including registration and the $10,000 cost — passed 6-3, with Milobar and councillors Ken Christian, Pat Wallace opposed. Wallace said there are already chicken issues in the city, particularly in Sahali, where a band of free-ranging hens are the subject of a number of neighbourhood complaints. If the chickens are approved, residents will be able to keep between two and five hens at a time. Roosters will not be allowed. While staff had originally suggested coops be electrically fenced, that recommendation has been dropped after some councillors argued it was too onerous. Instead, the city would require chickens to be kept in a fully enclosed coop in a fully fenced yard.

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A former Salmon Arm couple who were convicted of assaulting their 14-year-old daughter by spanking her with a skipping rope and mini hockey stick in 2015 have received a conditional discharge in Salmon Arm provincial court. The couple will serve 12 months of probation and, if they adhere to all provisions of the probation, will have no criminal record after three years. The parents cannot be identified in order to protect their daughter’s identity. In addition, both parents are prohibited from applying corporal punishment to anyone under the age of 18 in their care and will be required to provide a DNA sample. The couple had been found guilty of assault following a February 2015 incident in which the father found nude photos his daughter sent to her boyfriend via the mobile app Snapchat. As punishment, the daughter chose spanking rather than losing her phone for an extended period of time. During Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, Crown prosecutor Mariane Armstrong called the parents’ actions a breach of trust with a minor and asked the judge for a three-month conditional sentence to be served in the community, probation and a fine of $50 each.

Armstrong acknowledged the parents had shown remorse, but particularly in the case of the mother, believed it stemmed from the resulting publicity rather than her actions. Defence lawyer Ian McTavish asked for an unconditional discharge, saying the family had paid dearly for the parents’ mistake by having to move away from Salmon Arm and giving up their many volunteer activities, their church and their children’s schools. McTavish said his clients acted out of loving and moral concern for their child and wanted to provide a strong message about the dangers of sexting. He also pointed out it was the daughter’s friends who told school authorities about the bruising that resulted from the spanking. “The daughter is not who complained; no one listened to her, the principal didn’t talk to her,” said McTavish, who read a few sentences of a three-page letter the daughter wrote in her parents’ defence. “The spanking was a choice. That’s what I picked. I don’t feel like I have a voice,” she wrote. “I don’t want my parents to have a criminal record. “I want them to be able to help out in the school and community.” In handing down his decision, Judge Edmond de Walle said he referred to positive

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A New Zealander facing a second murder trial on allegations he drowned his wife on Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke six years ago is making an application to move the proceedings out of Kamloops. Peter Beckett, 59, is charged with murdering his wife, Laura Letts-Beckett in August 2010. Last month, after a trial spanning three months and deliberations over seven days, the jury could not come to

a unanimous verdict. Supreme Court Justice Ian Meiklem determined the jury was hung and declared a mistrial. Beckett will undergo a second trial. At a pre-trial conference yesterday in Kamloops, Beckett and his lawyer Donna Turko indicated they will apply to move the next trial to another city due to publicity surrounding the case. The Crown’s case against Beckett, a former New Zealand town councillor who moved to Alberta to marry Laura Letts, is a circumstantial one. Prosecutors allege he killed his

wife out of greed, hoping to cash in on life-insurance and accidental-death benefits, as well as her teachers’ pension. Beckett, meanwhile, maintained Lett-Beckett’s death was either suicide or an accident. Letts-Beckett admitted to having suicidal thoughts in a 2007 diary entry. Court heard Letts-Beckett went into the water while she and Beckett were on an evening boat ride near Shelter Bay Provincial Park campground. She was not wearing a lifejacket and was not a strong swimmer.

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mine at day 107 until Ajax’s responses are deemed complete by the BCEAO. Coun. Arjun Singh said he wants some idea of how long those responses will take so council can plan its

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But it could be a few years before Kamloops commits to using polyurea, if it works. In the meantime, the city plans to increase the amount of thermoplastic marking used on crosswalks, stop bars and other road markings. Council has agreed to spend $20,000 in gaming funds this year to purchase a machine to apply the product, which also lasts longer than typical paint. Farrow said the applicator will arrive in time to begin work in either

fall or spring, depending on the weather. “One of the challenges with that product is it has to be applied during warmer ambient temperatures, like 5 C,” he said. It’s another reason polyurea — which can be applied at temperatures as low as -10 C — could be advantageous for the city. “We’ve seen some of the thermo up on Hugh Allan Drive fading quicker than expected because of how late in the year it was applied,” Farrow said.

Correction A story on new fines for distracted drivers in the May 10 edition of KTW carried an incorrect byline. The story was written and filed by Tom Fletcher of Black Press. A May 10 KTW story on The Noble Pig and its owners recreating the Kamloops pub’s feel in the Lower Mainland misidentified the nickname of a writer of the book, Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries. Joe Wiebe is in fact known as the Thirsty Writer.

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he wildfires in Fort McMurray and northern B.C. have illustrated with ferocious intensity that fire season is here. British Columbia is well ahead of last year in terms of the number of forest fires and hectares burned and, if the summer is another sizzler, 2016 could very well become a landmark year for fires. There is precious little that can be done about thunderstorms and lightning strikes, but too many fires each year are caused by humans who toss a cigarette out the car window, leave a campfire smoldering or, as is the case right now up north, deliberately set a blaze. Mother Nature aside, there is plenty Kamloopsians can do to guard against wildfires and the City of Kamloops and its Kamloops Fire Rescue service are constantly working to reduce the threat. This past winter, crews were in Kenna Cartwright Park and other areas of the city, removing dead pine beetle trees, hacking off dead lower limbs from live trees and thinning some of the thicker stands. The material was then burned to reduce fuel for fires. The city has its Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which is updated as needed. Its main goal is “to identify and reduce the risk of life, property and environmental losses due directly or indirectly to wildfire within, or threatening city boundaries through effective pre-planning and preparation.” And preparation is needed as approximately 150 to 170 small wildfires occur within city boundaries each year. Three in recent days took place at Cooney Bay, in Westsyde and in the Lac Le Jeune area — and all were likely human-caused. If you want to know how to best protect your home, go online to kamloops.ca/firerescue and spend some time navigating the various tabs. There is a wealth of information that may just one day help you save your home from hungry flames.

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isagreements persist on the extent of humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate and our ability to influence it, as many readers have told me in the past week. But almost everyone seems to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvesting and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging. The B.C. government is finally spending some money on community fuel load removal projects this year after an initial flurry following the fires in Kelowna and McLure/Barriere of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of decades of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again. There is some positive news. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerating more quickly than expected. Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation and the fertilizer effect of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are factors. “By 2020, the enhanced growth due to climate change and increased CO2 more than compensates for the carbon loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Centre for Modelling and Analysis. This recovery even overcomes the projected increase in forest-

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VICTORIA fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods. The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse-gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year, but the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal. I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s 30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge. That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be 13 per cent of the Canadian government’s emission target. One of the main strategies is salvage harvesting and developing more products that use wood. “It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity. Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that

out and turn it into something.” That “something” might be a console in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre or an 18-storey wood student residence building planned for the University of B.C. The other is improving forest growth. Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut — not just in B.C., but across Canada. Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency and wood mass. A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea logging should be stopped to maximize storage. “Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says. “If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhousegas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.” If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area on which to focus. At 348-million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Editor: I would like to complain about the low wages paid to our children and grandchildren. I do support capitalism as I have made a lot of money on mutual funds and via buying and selling rental property. I do not, however, support big profits at the expense of slave labour and exploitation of the poor. I know several single mothers who have a good education and years of work experience and cannot find jobs paying more than $11 or $12 an hour. These moms and their children go without much we take for granted. When their children are old enough to work, they quit school and go to work for minimum wage — and the cycle of poverty continues. Their fathers are either alcoholics, drug addicts or irresponsible individuals who do not care about their children. We should not punish innocent kids for this. Could the government not subsidize these families to keep them above the poverty line? Canadian children deserve better. Irene Tates Kamloops

BE VIGILANT DURING FIRE SEASON Editor: We must be alert to situations. Years ago, while driving north of Seattle, someone in the car ahead threw a lighted cigarette out his window. The terrain being dry, the fire

took off up the slope. We stopped, grabbed some tools from the trunk and doused the fire. We were helped by people in a car following us. The fire was caused by the carelessness of a smoker.

As there were houses nearby, the fire was a concern. We must all be vigilant. Val Everett Kamloops

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Dawson the grizzly lets out a bear of a yawn while watching visitors at the B.C. Wildlife Park on Mother’s Day. The park in east Kamloops will again be busy on the Victoria Day long weekend (May 20 to May 22) with a variety of activities too exciting to elicit a yawn. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW

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“The last two roundabouts were on truck routes, which subsequently (after the fact) had to be changed because they found out the hard way trucks could no longer make the turn. “The garbage heap they call art at the arena means you can’t see other traffic or pedestrians when you enter it. “None of the roundabouts in the city have traffic that warrant it. All the existing roundabouts have tire marks all over the centre and sidewalks because the intersection isn’t big enough to let moving vans or buses use them without driving on them. “And the final, but biggest pain in the neck, is that 90 per cent of the population hasn’t got a clue how to drive in one!” — posted by JP Winston

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The 2016-2017 Kamloops-Thompson school district budget has been approved — and it will result in 15 teaching positions being axed at the end of the school year. And, while funds from the Learning Improvement Fund (LIF) will likely be used in the fall to save those jobs, neither the board of education chairwoman, nor the president of the local teachers’ union, believe money from the fund is intended for that use. David Komljenovic, president of the

Kamloops-Thompson Teachers’ Association (KTTA), said in practical terms, the 15 full-time-equivalent teaching positions on the chopping block would involve up to 10 teachers. Both sides are working to reduce that number, said board of education chairwoman Denise Harper, and both anticipate using LIF money to return teachers to classrooms in the fall, when classroom composition dictates more staff are required. Because class composition changes annually, using LIF

money would create temporary jobs for those laid off. When it was announced, the Learning Improvement Fund was identified as money districts could use to hire additional teachers and specialeducation assistants, provide additional teaching time and support professional development and training to help teachers meet complex needs in their classroom. Komljenovic wants to see the district use some of its professional-development fund — about $200,000 of it has not

been used — to help retain teaching positions. He said discussions with administration showed money is earmarked for the coming year, but specifics were not provided on how it would be used. Supt. Karl deBruijn, however, disputed the claim, saying the KTTA knows the money is required to pay for teachers on call to come in so other teachers can attend workshops and training. He said it is also used to provide inservice training, upgrading and certifications for other school district staff.

The KTTA also suggested the board consider an early retirement incentive plan that might lead to more long-term teachers opting to leave the profession. In a response letter to the union, board finance and planning committee chairwoman Kathleen Karpuk noted when they have offered such plans in the past, it did not increase the number of retires. Instead, she wrote, it “only paid additional money to teachers already committed to retire and the district does not see this as a good use of scarce resources.”

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Harper said before the 2003-2004 school year, the provincial government funding equation was based partially on student bodies and partially on the square footage of classrooms. Now, when a student doesn’t register for a program, the $7,000 that comes with their participation is eliminated, making it challenging for the district to continue offering programs. “Why aren’t they applying?” Harper asked in relation to the

two programs. “It’s just golden because you can graduate from high school with a career.” DeBruijn said it’s important to the district to save both courses, noting both involve the community: the hairdressing program offers a salon service so students can learn with real clients and the cooking program hosts events like the monthly Rotary family dinners. Harper said part of the problem could be that some parents are not as engaged in their children’s education when they enter the

secondary level. “We have surprised parents who are wondering why their child did not take the appropriate math course,” she said as an example. “Well, we can’t make them take something they don’t want to take. We can’t make them sit down in that classroom.” Harper said she’s hoping students who have an interest in either career path will soon speak with the trades and transition teachers at their schools to help the district save the programs.

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The KamloopsThompson school board has not minced words with its frustration at being asked again by Victoria to cut administrative costs for the 2016-2017 school year. The Ministry of Education has ordered all school districts to cut expenses by specific amounts. Last year, it was about $786,000 in Kamloops-Thompson. This year, a similar amount had to be removed. Last month, after outgoing Supt. Karl deBruijn said School District 73 “is getting punished” because other districts have not made the type of cuts it has, board of education chairwoman Denise Harper sent letters to the provincial government expressing concern. Harper noted in her letter several decisions SD73 has made in the past 15 years to reduce the cost of providing an education in the region: • Since 2001-2002, strategy to target cost-effective energy upgrades has resulted in the district now avoiding $1.3 million in utility costs annually; • Closure of 13 under-utilized schools resulting in the greater efficiency and the ability to direct funds back into the classroom in the form of additional staff and specialist teachers; • School-based budgeting that encourages efficiency and longterm planning at the school level; • Closure of a 14th school scheduled for September; • Further utility savings; • Savings from new disability and attendance-management position; Harper asked the ministry to consult with district staff before introducing measures such as administration cuts. A reply from deputy ministry Dave Byng acknowledged the steps taken by SD73 to cut

costs, but he pointed to the cost of providing education and a belief “the savings expectations are reasonable, realistic and similar to what the province has seen in the health and post-

secondary sectors.” Harper sent a similar letter to KamloopsSouth Thompson MLA Todd Stone. “It is only a matter of time before we lose more staff to other sectors that pay

a more competitive wage than K-12 or we may lose them due to stress, illness or frustration,” Harper wrote. “As this is a province-wide issue, every other district in the province will be fac-

ing the same staffing challenges. Attracting qualified replacements of the same calibre as our current senior staff will be very challenging.” Stone’s reply acknowledged the

“leadership you and your colleagues have demonstrated through the innovative, creative and, at times, difficult decisions you have made” and thanked them for their work. He added he will

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Council Chambers, Hall,a7Public Victoria Street Kamloops City Council City will hold Hearing toWest consider the following proposed Kamloops Cityto Council hold a Public Hearing toNo. consider a Phased Development amendment(s) City ofwill Kamloops Zoning Bylaw 5-1-2001. Agreement between the City of Kamloops and Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for a ten-year term, and the following proposed amendments to KAMPLAN: City of Kamloops Property Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 5-1-2146 and City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw Location: No. 5-1-2001. 213, 223, and 227 Battle Street Property Location: Purpose: 900 McGill Road

To rezone the subject properties from RM-1 Purpose: (Multiple Family - Low To amend KAMPLAN and create Density) to RM-2A the Thompson Rivers University (Downtown Multiple (TRU) Comprehensive Family - Medium Density) Development Zone Eleven on a site-specific basis to (CD-11) to align regulations, permit a 21-unit Development Permit Guidelines, multiple-family building and policies identified in the with a floor areaMaster ratio of TRU Campus Plan. 1.67. Further, to rezone the subject properties from P-8 (Post Secondary Education), P-4 (Public and Quasi-Public Use), A-1 (Agricultural), and RE (Resource Extraction) to CD-11 (TRU Comprehensive Development Zone-Eleven) and Questions? Contact the Planning and Development Division at 250-828-3561 or access relevant P-1 (Parks and Recreation). background material at www.kamloops.ca/councilagenda. Notice for Public Hearing Property Location:

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This roundabout is at Highland Road and Qu’Appelle Boulevard in Juniper. A similar such traffic pattern will be installed at Fifth Avenue and Nicola Street to help drivers leaving the soon-to-be-opened parkade at Royal Inland Hospital to eventually travel west on Columbia Street.

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Another roundabout is coming to Kamloops’ streets this June. Kris Kristjanson, health-service directors at Royal Inland Hospital, said work will begin on a miniroundabout at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Nicola Street early in the month. Originally slated for completion last year, the traffic circle is one of the final pieces of work left to be completed before the hospital’s new parkade and clinicalservices building opens in the summer. Because the parkade will only allow exiting cars to turn right (east) onto Columbia Street, Kristjanson said the circle will offer drivers who need to go west a u-turn route. “This will give an option for people to turn off of Columbia,

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go down a block on Fifth and come back up and turn west onto Columbia Street,” he said. Liam Baker, assistant transportation engineer with the City of Kamloops, said staff chose not to let cars exit both ways onto Columbia Street because the road is already congested near the hospital. “Having people exit left or putting a new full move-in access on Columbia would just exacerbate the problem with congestion,” he said. Because of the size of the traffic circle, Baker said eight to 12 existing parking spaces will be lost to the project, spread equally between the intersection’s four corners. Baker admitted parking downtown is already a concern, but said the city has “very little alternative” to deal with traffic coming out of the RIH parkade. “Unfortunately, it’s required as part of the project,” he said.

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The project is being managed and funded by the Interior Health Authority, not the city. Kristjansen said the 350-stall parkade will open in July, slightly ahead of the accompanying clinical-services building, which will open to patients in August. The $80-million building, which will house outpatient services, pre-surgical screening, the UBC medical school and other services, has been under construction since 2014. The roundabout at Fifth and Nicola will be the eighth in the city. Existing roundabouts are at Dallas Drive and Todd Road in Dallas, Highland Road and Qu’Appelle Boulevard in Juniper, Nicola Street and 12th Avenue downtown, Lorne Street and Third Avenue downtown, Pacific Way and Aberdeen Drive in Aberdeen, Hugh Allan and Versatile drives next to the Cascades Casino and at Kamloops Airport.

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upport resources for trans people in Kamloops are few and far between. One advocate for the community said there is a complacency to address the experiences of oppression trans people face. Some people, such as Deanna Packard, have managed to navigate their transition without peer support — but not for lack of trying. Packard has found little to no support in the community and said what does exist is not helpful. Jaye Simpson said there is an extreme lack of social services in Kamloops for transgen-

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der individuals. Simpson spent the last year as the pride advocacy rep for the Thompson Rivers University Students Union and sits on the board for Kamloops Pride. “For those who do identify as trans or gender variant, there isn’t much out there,” they said (Simpson uses a gender-neutral pronoun). “Myself and other friends have been sexually assaulted and harassed and getting support is quite hard. “Because Kamloops is still conservative in politics, being yourself is dangerous.” Safe Spaces offers support for LGBTQ youth, but Corey Keith said a gap exists between services for gender-questioning youth and adults. Keith runs the only trans, gender queer

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social support group for adults in the city. “For a lot of people, they are terrified of coming out,” per said (Keith uses the genderneutral pronoun per, short for person). “Sometimes when people come out, they are attacked or abused. “They have a fear of losing their family, fear of losing their jobs and, because this is still a very small-town community — we’re growing fast and we’re learning to include diversity — it still has that old-school redneck mentality.” In the two years Keith has been facilitating the support group, about 10 people regularly attend and

another dozen are on the periphery. Agencies in town are slowly learning about the group and Keith is seeing referrals, but Keith said many people don’t know where to turn. Simpson would ultimately like to see a pride centre established in Kamloops that would run several support groups and offer people a safe place to go for support at any time. Keith would also like to see an LGBTQ agency in the city, but said developments would require a strong core group of advocates who are willing to step up and do the work. Taking on an advo-

cacy role is not a commitment all LGBTQ individuals want to make, Simpson said. “Is Kamloops ready for that?” Simpson said. “Not everyone wants to be an advocate. Some people want to just be.” Simpson said the community could benefit from a trans seminar, where those who identify share their stories with an audience of medical-service providers, social agencies and the public. “It’s in my hopes in a few years Kamloops has a huge discussion and a huge forum and it’s being talked about, not behind closed doors, not in the shadows and those who want to be open can be open,” Simpson said. Through the minimal outreach Simpson and other advocates have managed to do, they’ve garnered interest from Interior

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Community Services, Secwepemc Child and Family Services and ASK Wellness. The problem organizations face is a lack of substantial funding to properly establish programs. Keith also provides training to businesses on how to be more inclusive, but they face the same problem. Chronic lack of funds for education poses an issue because outside the LGBTQ community, there is limited knowledge on trans issues. “We’ve kind of been living a lie because we’ve been shoving everyone to the poles — this is what it means to be masculine and male and this is what it means to be female,” Keith said. “A portion of the community, I think they don’t want to know because it challenges their paradigm of what their reality is.

“Sometimes, it is just that people don’t know, don’t understand and I think that’s the most part. They don’t mean any harm. They just don’t know.” Local non-profit Kamloops Pride, formerly the Gay and Lesbian Association, has historically focused on social events, Simpson and Keith agreed. However, Simpson said, the board is taking a new approach and moving toward initiatives that address the more serious issues the community faces. On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on May 17, Kamloops Pride is holding a reading and vigil. Real stories of “hate and hurt” will be shared at The Art We Are starting at 7 p.m., followed by a candlelit vigil march to city hall at 8:30 p.m.

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knew she should have been born female. In her 53 years, she’s battled addiction and survived HIV. Today, she lives as her true self and encourages others to do the same.

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ccording to Interior Health (IH), access to trans health care is spread unevenly across the Interior. Though standards of care are developing, many physicians are behind. Prior to 2000, Dr. Trevor Corneil said, studies showed the prevalence of gender variance to be between one in 10,000 and one in 30,000. Today, it could be anywhere between one in 100 and one in 250. Corneil estimates one in 500 people will come forward to access care to address the anxiety they feel because their brain doesn’t match their body. According to IH, there are three physicians, two nurse practitioners and one psychologist who provide full gender consultation in the Interior. In Kamloops, a nurse practitioner has offered trans care for about a year, along with one psychiatrist. “Is it enough? No,” Corneil said. “Is there a system in place to actually build that capacity? There hasn’t been, despite my efforts, in the last five years.” Corneil is vice-president of population health and chief medical health officer with IH and a transgender care specialist in Kelowna. He spent 15 years working in transgender health in Vancouver before coming to IH six years ago. When he arrived, the Interior was several years

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behind Vancouver in establishing trans care, he said. In areas like Kamloops, where trans care has been slow to develop, the barriers to accessing it were so high and the negative stigma associated with being transgender so big, people didn’t bother trying to access care at all, he said. In the early 2000s, the approach to care had a gatekeeper mentality, Corneil said. One small team of doctors at a gender clinic in Vancouver diagnosed individuals with gender-identity disorder — now referred to as gender dysphoria or gender variance. “There is a big shift in thinking around that time, which is, in fact, psychology comes first,” Corneil said. “The psychology is the source of truth, not the biology.” Corneil said a core group of health-care providers on the Coast developed a communitybased approach to trans care that included clinicians of any kind — family doctors, counsellors, social workers — which encouraged a broader group of providers to be educated on the subject. The approach was even-

tually adopted by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. In the early 2000s, there were fewer than five people in B.C. who pursued genital surgery in a given year. Corneil said that number is now upwards of 200. “It proved to be really successful,” he said. “When I came to the Interior in 2010, I certainly found it felt very much like Vancouver did in 2005, when I was trying to build a group of skilled practitioners.” B.C.’s Provincial Health Service Authority introduced a provincial system for transgender health care in fall of 2015 following input from trans communities and experts around the province. Trans Care BC is still in development, but it’s the first provincial system of its kind in Canada. Funding through the program will, in part, go toward educating health-care providers about LGBTQ sensitivity and awareness to increase the number of skilled professionals and increase access for transgender people. “Physicians do really need to catch up and I think, to some extent, that’s the fault of it being concentrated in one clinic for a long time,” Corneil said. Funding through Trans Care BC will flow to IH to implement the program locally. Corneil said it will start a process of educating IH staff and general practitioners about proper care. “People see it as this very complex, complicated thing that needs a very specialized specialist — no, it is actually

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Picking up the pieces ASK Wellness isn’t waiting for Interior Health funding to help transgender individuals — it already sees the need. Kira Haug is the chronic health navigator and community health educator at ASK Wellness, but she wears many hats. Though there is no formal program and it’s not advertised, she assists trans people every day. “Right now we are just doing it off the side of our desk,” she said. “We’re meeting people where they’re at, wherever we possibly can. “If people come in and they have a need that we can help them facilitate, then we’re going to do that.” Because ASK’s work requires what Haug called a non-discriminatory environment, trans individuals often end up at her door. The people she helps are living in poverty. So much of what Haug does is filling in the gaps — helping people get to appointments, funding travel to see clinicians, finding child care, enabling video conferences with doctors, finding proper aftercare materials for post-surgery, securing medical stipends or even watching YouTube videos of procedures with clients. She welcomes funding from Interior Health through Trans Care BC and, with it, envisions building ASK’s capacity to continue one-on-one assistance. “We haven’t had an official conversation about the release of funds. I look forward to it, I’ve let them know — yeah, can’t wait,” Haug said. “I’m sure we will start seeing that unfold in the next year.”

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Macy Munson doesn’t blog as much anymore but, when she first came out as a trans woman last year, it was a source of therapy. She chronicled her transition, using writing as a release and to introduce herself to the world. “Although the support is there, I feel that a lot of people don’t fully know what it is that they are supporting because a lot of people, including myself not long ago, really don’t know what being trans is,” she wrote in her first post in October. Though Munson said she blogs to help work through her own thoughts, she’s had parents of trans youth reach out to tell her the blog has helped them understand what their children are going through. “Being in a small town, it’s really helpful because people can just learn about it without seeing me face to face, so when I do come across someone I know, which is every day, they kind of are prepared to interact with me,” she said. When Munson first came out, she feared the worst: losing her friends, her co-workers, being alienated, labelled a freak and being unable to support her family. But, in the past eight months, she’s found most of those fears to be unfounded. “I definitely felt very alone and helpless,”

Munson said. “Now, I’m in a place where I’ve sort of overcome caring what other people think. I’m actually really confident and happy, for the most part. “People I do business with and my friends, everybody knows me now, so it has become normal.” The first few months were difficult for Munson because she found Kamloops had little to offer in terms of trans care. She paid out-ofpocket to see a psychiatrist in Vancouver to get assessed and begin hormone therapy. She said her transition has been very expensive because of her desire to move forward quickly. Over time, Munson has managed to become a regular patient with the local nurse practitioner with the transcare program through Interior Health and accessed psychiatric services covered by MSP. She’s also found allies through the local trans support group, though she feels she’s outgrown that avenue. Munson describes Kamloops as “tolerant” of trans individuals, but because the trans community is small, she feels lonely and isolated. So, she travels to Kelowna, Calgary and Vancouver regularly. “Kamloops is a very safe place. I haven’t had any problems,” she said. “But the worst thing about Kamloops is there’s no one here. “You’re just alone.”

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rista Gallant said the number of trans youth in the city is surprising to many. Safe Spaces, a program run by Interior Community Services (ICS), provides two weekly youth peer support groups — one for LGBTQ youth one for transgender and gender-queer youth. It’s funded to support anyone between the ages of 12 and 26. Gallant, who is the Safe Spaces co-ordinator, also provides one-on-one help, working with youth to address struggles they face, supporting them in coming out, helping them access trans-friendly doctors or referring them to counsellors via ICS. Safe Spaces recently began operating in Merritt and Gallant works with several youth in outlying areas. “The sad part is people are saying, ‘It’s not like there are that many youth,’” she said. “You might want to ask me

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that question because I can tell you there are.” Safe Spaces is the only program of its kind in Kamloops and operates parttime. Gallant said there is enough demand to add many more hours to the program. She sees the benefits of the work it does do. The network helps youth realize they aren’t alone. “I’ve had some youth who come in and they’re just almost a completely different person because it’s like they have this sense of self,” Gallant said. “You just see them break out of their shell. “To see them actually talking to other people and to realize that there is nothing wrong with them and they are finally realizing that . . . that is what is so important.” Through her one-on-one support, Gallant said the

biggest challenge is finding doctors to which she can refer youth. She’s attempting to build a list of transfriendly doctors who can help patients start hormonereplacement therapy. Though a nurse practitioner in town was welcoming youth, Gallant said her caseload is full. “With doctors, there just aren’t any,” she said. “That is honestly a huge challenge right now. If the doctors could learn more about it and not have to do all the referrals, that would make this so much easier.” “Watching the youth go through the gender dysphoria is a killer. “They’re struggling with their bodies — they are in the wrong body — it can put them into a depression. They just want to get started.” In dealing with trans

youth, Gallant often helps them come out to their parents. Combatting anger and misunderstanding is a common obstacle, but she acknowledged it stems from a lack of education. She also recognized many parents are very accepting. Schools have also played a significant role in creating safe places for LGBTQ teens. “A lot of homophobia and transphobia comes from a lack of education so, if we can educate people, that can break down so many of those barriers,” she said. Based on stories she’s heard from people who come to Safe Spaces, Gallant can’t say Kamloops is yet an inclusive community. There’s discrimination and bullying, she said. There’s a need for gender-neutral washrooms. “I’ve heard too many stories from the youth of hardships they are going through that I’m not ready to say Kamloops is inclusive,” Gallant said.“I’ll just say it’s getting better. That’s a positive thing — that we are working towards it.”

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o one would have blamed Tyler Hodder if it had fallen apart. As he stood on the pitcher’s mound in Kelowna’s Elks Stadium, the events of the last week begged him to lose his focus, to throw the ball away, to hit a batter, to lose the first game of his Thompson Rivers WolfPack season. The painful

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thoughts were there — his childhood home in Fort McMurray burning to the foundations, his mother mourning the baby pictures, ashes in all but memory, the deserted vehicles lining the highway out of what friends described as a flaming apocalypse. He compartmentalized and pushed it all to the back burner — until he threw that last pitch. “As soon as that game was over, it

just all rushed back in my head,” Hodder said, fidgeting as he talked about what he described as the longest week of his life. “I thought about it all.” Baseball had been an escape for the righthander, who threw a three-hitter for the Wolves on Sunday, leading his club to a victory against the Okanagan College Coyotes just days after the Fort McMurray inferno had begun to

devour his hometown. Hodder’s week had been pocked by moments of uncertainty, those giving way to the devastating realization he would never again set eyes on his Abasand-area home. Though he was hundreds of kilometres away in Kamloops, Hodder, like so many with roots in the northern Alberta city, had been through the hell of the blaze. But he, too, had survived. Homes and

possessions could be replaced, he said. What mattered was his family was safe. In a way only Hodder and the WolfPack’s three other Fort McMurray natives could truly understand, he took Sunday’s game personally — he wasn’t about to let the wildfire win. The 3-2 win, the WolfPack’s lone victory of the weekend, was Hodder’s seventh of his freshman year, a feat

no other pitcher has come close to in the 2016 Canadian College Baseball Conference season. He remains undefeated heading into the CCBC Championship today, which begins on that very same diamond in Kelowna. “It meant a lot,” Hodder said of his seventh win. “I didn’t want to let anyone down. I wanted to get that 7-0. “When I got it, just a sigh of relief and the

happiness just came.” That Hodder was on the mound for the Sunday game might be the most unlikely part of his story. An 18-year-old freshman who missed most of the Pack’s fall exhibition season due to injury, it was far from a given the hurler would be a part of the WolfPack’s starting rotation.

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“We went into the season with him being a first baseman, DH [designated hitter], arm out of the bullpen when we needed it and, with all of the injuries and his success, he ends up being our ace at this point, right now, leading the league in wins and ERA,” Wolfpack head coach Ray Chadwick said.

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will gain exemptions into the 2016 Canadian Junior championships. Golf Canada and Special Olympics Canada will hold a regional competition in promotion of Special Olympics golf on Wednesday. A field of 24 local athletes will compete over nine holes. Spectators are welcome on the fairways at The Dunes. Play gets underway at 7 a.m. each day. The course will be

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Lightning golden at Mike Bartram Memorial tourney The Kamloops Lightning went undefeated at the Mike Bartram Memorial Youth Soccer Tournament on the weekend, capturing gold in the annual Kamloops Youth Soccer Association Event. The Lightning, playing in the under-14 girls’ division, won 2-0 and 4-1 in round-robin play and defeated the Strikers 2-1 in the championship game. Jayme Fennell (4G), Camryn Filimek (1G), Cassidy Stasiuk (1G), Jadyn McHallam (1G) and Ireland Miller (1G), hit the scoresheet for the victors. Amanda Thomas and Tenille Teufele split goalkeeping duties. Other champions at the tournament included the Strikers (U13 boys’), the Whiteout (U14 boys’), Team 4 (U15 boys’), the Blue Crew (U13 girls’), the Red (U15 girls’), the Blitz (U16 girls’) and the Cool Mints (U17/18 girls’). The

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U16/18 championship between Global Gym and the Crocs ended in a 1-1 draw. Fifty boys’ and girls’ clubs took part in the event.

Burning even

The Kamloops Blaze played to a 0-0 draw in U14 girls’ action against Kelowna on the weekend. The ThompsonOkanagan Youth Soccer League action was a regular-season game between the clubs. The Blaze will be on the road this weekend, taking on Salmon Arm.

Blaze on fire

The Kamloops Blaze U18 girls booked a pair of blowout victories in on the weekend, defeating Penticton’s U17 team 10-0 and the

Shuswap’s U18 club 8-1. Nevada Woods led the Blaze with four goals in a single match. Sasha Sirianni had three, while Emily Mann, Emersen Hansen, Hannah Marra and Hannah McDonald had two apiece. Hayley Guizzo, Brooke Bazian and Elisa Goodard also scored. Brenna Worsfold backstopped both matches for Kamloops.

Weekend split

Kamloops’ U16/17 Blaze picked up a win and a loss in boys’ action on the weekend, taking on a pair of Kelowna teams. Against Kelowna’s U18 team, the Blaze lost 5-1. Jared Keim scored the lone goal for Kamloops, which had a tandem of Alex Bepple and Matt Bellmond

between the pipes. The next day against Kelowna United’s U17 club, the Blaze won 4-0. Keim, Nik Mondor, Masen Fernandes and Tyson Gayfer hit the scoresheet, while Matt Bellmond was in goal for the duration. The 8-7 Blaze will be in action against Shuswap this weekend.

Road shutout

The Kamloops Blaze U13 girls dominated hometown Vernon in action on the weekend, winning 2-0. Laura Nixon and Maiya Zimmerman had the goals for Kamloops, while Kelly Kosolfoski was solid between the pipes.

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Yvonne Manwaring scored three goals in the first half to lead TOFC’s 2001 girls to a 3-1 victory over Coastal FC on the weekend. Molly McLeod assisted on the third of Manwaring’s goals.

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Winless bantams

The Kamloops Riverdogs lost four straight in bantam AAA action on the weekend, falling twice to both Nanaimo and White Rock. The Dogs opened the weekend with a 12-6 loss to Nanaimo, sunk, in part, by surrendering a seven-run second inning. Kamloops lost a close rematch, 10-9, to Nanaimo, before surrendering 10-3 and 5-1 victories to White Rock. Alex Wright was solid for the Riverdogs, going 3-3 with two home runs in the second game against Nanaimo and throwing five-and-one-third innings in the weekend finale versus White Rock.

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The Kamloops Riverdogs went 1-2 in tournament action on the Lower Mainland, led in the victory by

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Kamloops runs

Yvonne Timewell finished first in her age division at the Blossom Ten Miler in Penticton on the weekend, one of a handful of Kamloops racers to hit the podium in the fourth race of the Canadian Tire Road Race Series. Timewell crossed the line in 1:09:00. She was also the second female in the overall results. Finishing second in their respective age divisions were Galen Barnhardt, Jordan Sim and Bruce Butcher. Third-place finishes went to Johannes Raath, Robbie King, Amelia Lyne, Dina McLeod, Fraser Stewart and Linda Woodbury.

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The Kamloops Marathon is getting a boost. Beginning with the 2016 event on July 24, the annual summer race will be known as the Sport Chek Kamloops Marathon, thanks to a three-year, $25,000 title sponsorship deal with the sporting goods retailer. The agreement will see Sport Chek provide in-kind sponsorship to help support the event, which is a fundraiser for TRU WolfPack student athletes and the university’s crosscountry running team.

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The Kamloops RiverDogs picked up their first regularseason victory on the weekend, downing the Vancouver Mounties 8-0 in the Tournament Capital on Saturday to open a four-game weekend series. But the rest of the weekend didn’t go as well for the midget AAA club. The Dogs lost 8-7 in their second game against the Mounties and dropped a pair of contests to the Chilliwack Cougars on Sunday, 4-3 and 12-1. The RiverDogs are 1-9 on the season. Dylan Kooistra was solid at the plate for Kamloops throughout the weekend, notching three singles, three doubles, a triple, three RBIs and two stolen bases. On the mound, Hayden Bennett pitched the RiverDogs’ lone victory, going all seven innings in a shutout performance.

Westsyde secondary runner Matthew Campmans (centre) takes first place in the junior boys’ 200-metre race on Tuesday at Hillside Stadium. The race was a part of the North/West Zone High School Track and Field Meet, hosted by the Kamloops Track and Field Club. The top three athletes from each event go on to the Okanagan Tack and Field Meet in Kamloops on May 18. Athletes from Merritt, Revelstoke, Lillooet, Vernon, Salmon Arm, Enderby, Armstrong and Kamloops attended.

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“He’s always looking ahead to see where he needs to go, where he needs to be to be ahead of everybody around him,’’ said Neil Lane, Chayka’s long-time business partner and CEO of St Catharines-based analytics company Stathletes. A high-scoring winger and OHL draft pick whose career ended because of a back injury, Chayka started digging into hockey analytics well before it boomed into the movement of today. He was just 19 or so, working at a hockey school and hoping to help students with numbers that could better inform their performance. He watched video of their games, logged the numbers by hand and passed on what he found. Lane, a friend with a business, science and math background, transformed the process into something more

efficient. He built software around Chayka’s ideas and the combination became Stathletes, an analytics company which aimed to make numbers more accessible for everyday hockey types. As players absorbed the data Chayka presented, numbers that demonstrated what they were and weren’t doing on the ice, the young cofounders felt they were onto something. Chayka sought out NHL super agent Pat Brisson, travelling to Los Angeles to bounce his ideas and questions off the representative of stars like Sidney Crosby and Patrick Kane. Impressed by what he heard, Brisson helped introduce Chayka to various NHL teams at a point when analytics weren’t yet in vogue. General managers were (and some continue to be) very skeptical of how numbers could help their decision-

making process. Stathletes sought to change that. It was a hard sell. Where’s the stat that tells you whether a defenceman had slow feet? Stathletes could find it, GMs were told, by closely watching and tracking the game. It was the creation of new data in a sport that had, for decades, tracked only the most basic numbers. “It was trying to inform them that they actually see the game in an analytic way,’’ said Lane. “And so it was teaching them that the things that they were seeing were actually very analytical and they were some of the deepest analytical thinkers in the game, they had just never thought to put numbers behind how they were looking at things.’’ Chayka won’t be driven only by numbers as Arizona’s GM. Instead, he’ll use it as a large tool

in the decision-making process, a resource in dealing with players, coaches, agents and opposing GMs. The Coyotes have created a unique look around him with minority owner Gary Drummond, of no hockey experience, serving as president of hockey operations, and head coach Dave Tippett also serving as executive vice-president of hockey operations. Age shouldn’t preclude Chayka from finding success, given the experienced types around him as well as his willingness to embrace different ideas. He echoed that in his opening remarks by suggesting that the “best idea wins.” Running an entire team, though, is different from anything Chayka has tackled. It’s a big task for someone who earned his degree from Western two years ago.

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Rte 517 – 2267 - 2299 Garymede Dr, Greennock Crt & Pl. – 47 papers Rte 587 – Sunshine Crt, Sunshine Pl. – 46p.

Rte 876 – Irongate Pl, Ironwood Cres, Crt, Dr, Lane, Pl, St, Terr. – 56 papers Rte 877 – The Pointe – 13 papers Rte 880 – Belmonte Ave, Crt, Dr, Lane, St, Terr & Way, Sillaro Dr, 2000-2028 Sun Rivers Dr, Visao Crt & Terr. – 30 papers

DALLAS/BARNHARTVALE

Rte 781 – Duncan Rd, Durango Dr, Sonora Rd, Wittner Rd. – 60p.

DOWNTOWN

VALLEYVIEW/JUNIPER

Rte 318 – 463 6th Ave, 446-490 7th Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Ave, 409-585 8th Ave, 604-794 Battle Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 55p St. 36p. Rte 330 – 1062-1125 7th Ave, 10661140 8th Ave, 601-783 Douglas St. – 44p. Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, Bestwick Dr & Crts, Mahood Pl, Morrisey Pl. – 86p. Rte 406 – 108-492 McGill Rd. – 63p.

SAHALI Rte 461 – Glen Gary Dr & Pl, Glencoe Pl, 700-799 Garymede Dr. 61p.

INTERESTED IN A ROUTE? FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 250-374-0462

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Employment

Help Wanted

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Education/Trade Schools

Help Wanted

EARN EXTRA $$$

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries. Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

LOWER NICOLA INDIAN BAND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITY - Electoral Ofcer 2016 Election of Chief & Councillors In accordance with its Custom Election Rules, the Lower Nicola Indian Band, in Merritt, BC, is scheduled to hold elections for Chief and Councillors in early October 2016. To hold such event LNIB is looking for an independent Electoral Ofcer with experience in First Nations elections to oversee the nomination and electoral process, which is estimated to start in early June 2016 and conclude with the post-election tasks to be completed before December 31st, 2016. Main Responsibility To conduct the election of one (1) position of Chief, and seven (7) positions of Councillors of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, for the three-year term commencing on October 2nd, 2016, in accordance with the Lower Nicola Indian Band Custom Election Rules. Specic Responsibilities a. Prepares the election plan, identifying all relevant tasks, activities and milestones, timeline (start date, duration, and ending date), staff (Deputy Electoral Ofcers, and LNIB staff), budget, and facilities; b. Enforces the LNIB Custom Election Rules, and other applicable legislation; c. Work with the LNIB Membership Clerk to prepare the voters list with last known addresses of all eligible voters residing on- and off-reserve; d. Appoints, trains and supervises the Deputy Electoral Ofcers; e. Prepares all necessary forms and documents for the Nomination meeting, the Advance Poll, and the Election; f. Ensures that all documents, steps, and tasks are prepared, led, and mailed in accordance with the LNIB Custom Election Rules; g. Supervises the preparation and posting of all notices within all prescribed locations, and within the deadlines set in the Custom Election Rules; h. Instructs and supervises the ordering and mail out of all documents and ballots, as required by the Custom Election Rules; i. Picks-up all mail at the Electoral Ofcer’s mailbox; j. Answers any enquiries from LNIB Members; k. Organizes, sets the date, time and location, and chairs the nominees’ information session; l. Issues the call for nominations; m. Reviews nominations to ensure the eligibility of all candidates; n. Organizes and chairs the nomination meeting; o. Instructs candidates on the election process; p. Organizes and chairs an all-candidates meeting; q. Arranges for the production of a collective candidates list; r. Supervises the election campaign and ensures that it complies with the LNIB Custom Election Rules; s. Promotes the election; t. Arranges for the production of ballots; u. Establishes the number, location, times, and stafng for each polling station; v. Ensures the vote proceeds in a safe and secure manner w. x. Attends and supervises the vote proceedings; y. Oversees the voting during the election; z. Conducts the ofcial ballot counts; aa. Releases and announces the election results, and post them in two conspicuous locations, including the LNIB website, and publishes them in the LNIB monthly Newsletter ; bb. Addresses and responds to any appeal or contestation of election set forth by the Custom Election Rules of LNIB; cc. Once all voting is completed, conrms and certies that the election was duly taken place in accordance with the LNIB Custom Election Rules dd. Noties the BC Regional Ofce of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada of the ofcial results of the election, indicating the date and result of the counting of votes for each candidate elected by vote or by acclamation. ee. Performs other nomination and election tasks and duties as required. Form of Engagement: The engagement, work and performance of the Electoral Ofcer will be governed by a service contract in form prescribed by LNIB. The work will likely require between 5 to 25 hours per week, depending on the phase of the election. Term of the Contract: The engagement of the Electoral Ofcer commences on June 1st, 2016 and ends on January 5th, 2017. Remuneration: The Electoral Ofcer will be paid a fee based on a set amount for the full election campaign, and reimbursed for approved travel, meals, accommodation, and certain out-of-pocket expenses. The fee will be paid into two (2) installments; the rst at time of signing of engagement, and the second at the end of the contract. How to Apply: Please send a response to this posting in the form of a sealed letter, marked condential, including your personal resume, indicating evidence of your experience, qualications, contacts for three (3) personal references, your fee for the full campaign, and your time availability to: Lower Nicola Indian Band, Electoral Ofcer Contract 181 Nawishaskin Lane, Merritt, BC, V1K 0A7 ATTN: Helder Ponte, Executive Director Email: helder@lnib.net Responses will be accepted via regular mail post-marked prior to, or received by email no later than 4:30 PM of Friday, May 20th, 2016. Thank you for your interest in this opportunity with the Lower Nicola Indian Band. We reserve the right to select a bid which may not necessarily be the lowest.

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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Education/Trade Schools

HUNTER & FIREARMS

Courses. Next C.O.R.E. June 18th & 19th, Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. June 4th, Saturday. Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

Bill

250-376-7970

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training! Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO? Get certiﬁcation proof. Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to: iheschool.com

PAL (Firearms) & CORE (Hunter Ed.) Courses every week, plus Challenges. We have Gift Certicates. Phone George or Dianne 778-470-3030 www.PAL-CORE-ED.com

FOODSAFE COURSES

Help Wanted

May 11th, 14th, 16th & 28th June 8th & 16th 9am-5pm $80

Busy automotive repair facility is seeking a automotive technician. Must have own tools and be a team player. Drop off at 1128 Tranquille Road or email resume to: ian@brockautocentre.com

by Certied Instructor

Pre-register at 250-819-9920 or kathy-russell@telus.net

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city. Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 Housekeeper required cleaning, errands, meal prep, 15 hours a week. Send resume to Box 100, 970 Laval Cres., Kamloops, BC V2C 5P5 I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries. Vehicle is required. For more information please call the Circulation Department at

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Businesses & Services Financial Services

$750 Loans & More NO CREDIT CHECKS

Open 7 days/wk. 8am - 8pm

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Apply at:www.credit700.ca GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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

call 250-374-0462 for a route near you!

Landscaping

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

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Misc Services Coolman repairs, installs home and automobile Air Con-

ditioners. Call Coolman 250852-3569.

Garden & Lawn

Rototilling & dirt moving Tractor 50” bucket/ 54” rototiller. Call for quote 250-851-6988

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

250-377-3457

Moving & Storage STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS

FOR SALE OR RENT

jentonstorage@gmail.com

604-534-2775

Contact Kristine at (1)250-554-7900 for more detail.

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

Work Wanted

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Pets & Livestock

Pets

Stucco/Siding

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

PETS For Sale?

Only $150/month

Call 250-371-4949

is seeking caregivers for 24 hr. support within the home of the caregiver for individuals with mental / physical / developmental disabilities Basement suites and / or accessible housing an asset.

Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Ofﬁce Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate. Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills. Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match. Gene Wirchenko 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

25% Seniors Discount Fully insured Call Dennis 250-936-8842 250-571-6852 100% Customer Satisfaction

YOUR BUSINESS HERE Run your 1x1 semi display classiﬁed in every issue of Kamloops This Week

Dengarry Professional Services Ltd.

Residential, Commercial, Interior/Exterior

EDGING EMERALD CEDARS

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

CAREGIVERS

HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

direct from Okanagan grower, acclimatized for this area. SPECIAL - 5ft tall, 10 for $200. Delivery and planting available. Budget Nurseries (George) at 250-498-2189 georgedemelo@mail.com

Garden rototilled, tractor mounted tiller. Seniors discount. Bernie 250-376-4163.

Handypersons

Painting & Decorating

Home Care/Support

TRI-CITY SPECIAL! #1 in Hardi-plank installation. Honesty, Integrity, & Quality Call today for a free estimate. Call 250-682-8249.

for only $46.81/week, we will place your classified ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949

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Merchandise for Sale

Antiques / Vintage

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Rentals

For Sale By Owner

Mobile Homes & Parks

Apt/Condo for Rent

$500 & Under

Firewood/Fuel

Misc. for Sale

Collection of Pin Wheel Crystal. $500. Must be Seen. 250376-9572.

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

2011 50cc Scooter rode 1 year $700obo 250-376-3061

Appliances

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

your item in our classifieds for

Used Frigidaire chest freezer 9 cubic ft. Works great. $100. 250-579-2526.

Did you know that you can place one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details!

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Auctions BC LIVESTOCK IN KAMLOOPS IS HOSTING A FARM & RANCH EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY MAY 14, 2016 10:30 A.M. Tractors, Backhoe, Haying Equipment Cattle handling equipment LOTS of Antiques FMI call 250-573-3939 www.bclivestock.bc.ca

*some restrictions apply

Computer Equipment WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-3711333

Furniture

7.5 Honda O/B 4 stroke $750 40-2”x12”x16’ Fir $1000, 9 sheets 4x8x1” fir plywood $350 (250) 372-2380

Country blue/maple dining set. 6-chairs, 2-stools, buffet. Like new. $1500. 374-1919.

8 in 1 wheelbarrow/dolly + more like new $95 (250) 3149915

$55.00 Special!

Redwood dining room set, 8chairs, buffet & hutch. $3000/obo. 250-828-1983.

All Season Tires 70/266 R17 Michelin $1500 on 8bolt rims Elec Stove $125 554-4154

Call or email for more info:

Heavy Duty Machinery

Maytag Gas Wall Oven. 16000 BTU. 7 yrs old. 24”Wx25”Dx44”H. Can be converted for use with propane. Good shape. $200. 250318-0339.

Wanted:Will pay cash for construction equipment, backhoes, excavators, dozers, (farm tractors w/loaders)1985 or newer. Skid steers, wheel loaders, screeners, low beds, any condition running or not. 250-260-0217.

Firearms

Jewels, Furs

BBQ Broil King Large SS, natural gas, 4 yrs old excellent condition $225 250-377-7449

Sako 22mag w/3-9 scope synthetic stock $1000 new, Seko/Browning .243 w/3-7 Leupold scope $1000 like new (250) 372-8633

Livestock

White Gold engagement ring. Main diamond is .94 carat with another .5 carat in smaller diamonds. Size 7. Recently appraised at $5500 asking $4000 Call to view 250-578-7202 after 5pm

$300 & Under

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS

Medical Supplies

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive Stainless steel toolbox for pick up $375., 250-374-0339

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

Buy and Sell a New Home

250-260-0110

999 COINS & BARS. 250-864-3521, I want to buy the coin collection also buying everything gold or silver. Todd’s Coins 250-864-3521

Sporting Goods 30-06 Seiko rifle w/5 power Weaver Scope ideal cond asking $575 (250) 314-1080

ABERDEEN MEGA complex sale, Sat, May 14th, 8am-noon. 2022 Pacific Way. Art, vintage items, antiques, n scale & collectibles. Plenty of great bargains. ABERDEEN Moving Sale Sat May 14th 8-2pm 916 Glasgow Place. Household, furniture, teak, dvd’s and art work. ABERDEEN Sat May 14th 9am-3pm. 1074 Laurel Place. Household items and more! BARNHARTVALE Moving & Downsizing Sat & Sun 9am-3pm 1250 Eliza Rd DOWN TOWN Glenfair Drive Community Yard Sale May 14th 9-2pm Lrg table $8.00 Sm table $5 Phone Jean @778-471-1343 DOWNTOWN Huge Garage Sale. Park Place. 950 Lorne St. Sunday, May 15th. 9am-1pm. Incredible finds and amazing treasures. DUFFERIN Sat May 14th 9-1pm 1855 Hillside Drive (Hillside Park) Multi Family yard sale.

Tools

Everything Organized Hosted Estate Sale. Rivershore - 744 Navatanee Drive. Friday, May 13th (9-1), Saturday, May 14th (8-2). Furniture, outdoor, tools, party supplies and much more. Please be environmentally friendly and bring your own boxes/bags. Cash and Carry only. No early birds please. Please park in designated area.

Holzer saw $1500, Safety Harness $500, Myte Extractor $2500. 250-377-8436.

Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale

NORTH SHORE Annual Blossom Park Community Garage Sale Saturday May 14th, 9-2pm 1285 14th Street

IT’S GARAGE SALE TIME

NORTH SHORE Sat and Sun 8-3pm 741 Berkley Place. Garage and Bake Sale.

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

RIVERSHORE ESTATES Multi-Family. Saturday, May 14th. 8am-1pm. 3572 Navatanee Dr. Barbeque with proceeds going to the Red Cross. SAHALI Saturday, May 14th. 8am2pm. 432 Sedona Drive. Moving/Downsizing. UPPER SAHALI Multi Family Downsizing Yard Sale. Sat May 14th 9-2pm 317 Tuxford Dr. No Early Birds

SHOP LOCALLY

Call and ask us about our GARAGE SALE SPECIAL

BEST PRICING FOR NEW HOMES IN KAMLOOPS BI-WEEKLY PAYMENTS FROM

49100

NO PAD RENT

Chase BC 3bdrm, 2bth, Beautiful corner lot. Upgrades to roof, windows and heating. Fenced yard and RV pad $295,000 with option to buy installed hot tub. Property Guys #64272 Call (250) 679-4469 to view.

Houses For Sale

(250) 573-2278 eaglehomes.ca

Buying, Renting, Selling?

250.374.7467

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

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FULLY FURNISHED TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White ski resort offers your very own hot tub, 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. $210,000 (May consider a trade for an apartment in Kamloops. Call Don at 250682-3984 for more information.

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THOMPSON VILLA APARTMENTS 1 Bedroom Apartments $880 - $910

• Seniors Orientated • Close to the Hospital • Quiet Living Space • Underground Parking • Newly Renovated Suites • No Smoking

520 Battle Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2M2 250-372-0510 1BDRM. quiet, clean, S. Shore apts $700mo. incl. heat, free ldry covered prking. NS, NP 573-2625 /778-220-4142. 2bdrm apartment Down Town Covered prk Private ent common laundry, n/p n/s $850 376-8131 /250-371-1623 Available spacious 1bdrm apts. Starting at $850/mo. The Sands Apartment. Centrally located. On-site Management. 250-828-1711. Brock, 2bdrm apt. $850/mo. +util. N/S, N/P. Fully renovated. May 1st. 250-318-4756.

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Nicola Place Apartments. 2 bdrm. Avail Immed. Clean, bright & secure building. Onsite parking. A/C Newly upgraded. On-site manager. Walking distance to downtown & bus stops. Suitable for retirees or seniors. NS, NP. Ref’s Req’d. 250-372-9944.

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Sahali 2bdrm apt. June 30th. Quiet, well maintained bldg. $950 +util. 250-554-2664.

Free Items

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NORTH SHORE 137 Sea Cadets are holding a fundraising yard sale. Sat May 14th 9-3pm 169 Briar Ave BBQ and Canteen available.

Kokanee Court

7510 Dallas Drive, Kamloops BC

RENTED

KNUTSFORD COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE Saturday, May 14th, 10-2pm Knutsford Hall (Corner of Hwy 5A & Long Lake Rd)

Utilities not included

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Misc. Wanted

Genuine Coin Collector Looking to Buy Collections, Gold & Silver Coins, Bills etc. Chad 1-778-281-0030 Local

ABERDEEN Community Garage Sale. Saturday, May 14th. 9am-2pm. Aberdeen Estates.1055 Aberdeen Drive. 20+ families. To comply with fire regulations, please park on Aberdeen Drive or Pacific Way and walk into complex.

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MISC4Sale: Oak Table Chairs-$400, 1-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg.

BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

REIMER’S FARM SERVICES

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

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

Commercial/ Industrial N/Shore 1100sq/ft, 2-baths Multi-use. Phone to view 250-579-0004, 250-371-1014. Ofﬁce space 774 Victoria. 500 or 250 ft2. Call Karl 250-8516287.

Duplex / 4 Plex 2bdrm 2bth upper duplex Lafarge $750, ac, n/p, n/s mature couple pref 1-250-803-4177 EXCELLENT South Shore reno’d 2bdrm in mature complex ns/np $1000 250-828-1514.

Homes for Rent 3bdrms main floor. $1,100/mo. Shared lndry. N/S, N/P. 852-0909, 376-5913. 3+den 2 1/2 baths main laundry/workshop rec rm n/p n/s $1,650/mo. 250-828-0740 930 Pleasant St. 2bdrms. W/D, A/C. Pets neg. $1,400. +util, ref’s. 250-374-4183. Wanted Looking for a long term rental for Full house beginning August/September. 4 bdrms, 2bth, backyard and garage or shed. Willing to pay up to $2000. $2500 if it includes basement suite for the in-laws. Please call (250) 3198292 or (250) 899-1801

Recreation **Booking for 2016** CALL NOW FOR BEST DATES Shuswap Lake! 5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek BC. Newer 1bdrm 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 & Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. $1500 week. 4 day, 1 week, 2 week & monthly rentals available. BOOK NOW! Call for more information. 1-250-371-1333.

Shared Accommodation

Suites, Lower

TIME TO DECLUTTER? Wednesday 2pm for Friday

CALL 250-682-0312

ROOMMATE: Working or student to share N/Shore home $500 /mo 250-376-0953

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NORTH SHORE

1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Clean quiet buildings. Reasonable Rental Rates

BY OWNER

Kamloops BC call for availability 250-374-7467

Venus Mobility 4 wheel Scooter, brand new batteries installed,Has front basket & rain/sun cover incl charger and manual $1400 (250) 579-5983

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Packages start at $35 Non-business ads only • Some restrictions apply

1365 DALHOUSIE DRIVE

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1bdrm clean, perfect for student/working person,n/s n/party,n/p util incl $800/mo. 250851-2025 1bdrm Hospital, TRU area Student or quiet person $495/ $725 n/s, n/p (250) 299-6477 1bdrm Juniper Daylight newly renovated suite $850 util incl n/p, n/s Avail Jun 1st damage deposit (250) 371-1619 2BD/1BTH N.Shore parking laundry near shops/bus, May 1 $1150 inclds util 778-220-8118

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Rentals

Transportation

Suites, Lower

Cars - Domestic

Commercial Vehicles

Recreational/Sale

Sport Utility Vehicle

Boats

2bdrm for quiet working person/couple. Sep entr, n/s/n/p. $950 +shrd util. 250-376-0633.

1972 AMC Javelin SST. Second owner. Exec mech cond. $2,200/obo. 250-372-2096.

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

Sahali 1bdrm suite, fully furn. brand new. N/S, N/P. $1000/mo. 250-374-7096.

Ford E350 Heavy Duty Cube Van, dually. V-8. Good cond. $13,000/obo. 778-586-3474.

Townhouses 3 Bdrm, Nshore, avail May 1st $1150/mo 250-554-6877 or 250-377-1020

TOWNHOUSES Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms *Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

1987 Mercury Cougar Coupe. Summer driven. 118,000kms. Moving Must Sell. $3500/obo. 236-425-4404. 1991 Chev Caprice Classic must be seen 327,000 kms $900 obo 250-214-8971 1999 Chev Malibu. 4dr, V-6 auto, with 4 extra alloy rims. $1,000. 250-573-3106.

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

2001 Sebring Con. V-6, auto full load. 73,000kms. Exec cond, never winter driven. $5,500. 250-376-4163.

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2005 Pontiac G6. 151,000kms. 1-owner. Good cond. $4000. 236-421-4100.

318-4321 NO PETS

CLASSIFIEDS

2006 Toyota Avalon XLS. Loaded, navigation, very good cond. $8800. 778-472-4446. 2008 Toyota Corolla CE 4dr sedan. Auto, 135,000kms. $5,800/obo. 250-679-2253. 2009 Honda Accord EX. Exec cond. 2.4L, 190hp. 5spd, 4dr., sedan. $13,500. 250-318-7793

2012 Kia Soul like new low kms. has Bluetooth, heated seats, power mirrors, cruise control, pilot controls, sport rack and 4 winter tires used for one winter. Have maintenance history. $12,000 obo 778-257-2914.

Motorcycles 2007 Vectrix Electric Motorcycle, does over 100kmh has 6000km $3000 778-470-1041

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Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts 1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $400. Call 250-851-1304.

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

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Run until sold

New Price $56.00+tax

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)

Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply. Private party only (no businesses).

RUN UNTIL SOLD

RUN TILL

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

RENTED

(250)371-4949 *some restrictions apply call for details

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Doris Brown Doris Brown, resident of Beaverlodge, AB, passed away peacefully with family at home on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at the age of 92 years. Although our hearts are heavy at the thought of her not being here with us, we take comfort in knowing she was welcomed into her eternal home by the many family, friends, angels and saints that have gone before her. Doris is remembered with love by her remaining siblings Ray (Martha), Dennis (Sharon) and Bob (Elizabeth) Courchene and Denise Yeager, sister-in-law Eileen Courchene and brother-in-law Glenn Ecklin. Doris leaves behind seven children Ken (Hetti), Dennis (Sophie), Jim (Sue), Sandra (Joe), Don (Darlene), Karen (Mike), Michael (Michele), sixteen grandchildren, eighteen greatgrandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Doris was a lady that loved colour, from the fresh green of new leaves in the spring to the vibrant reds of her precious cactus flowers. She was never a fan of dressing in black for a funeral when celebrating life. We encourage everyone that is able to come to her Celebration of Life to wear colour in honour of her being home with her family and her God. A Prayer Service will be held on Friday, May 13, 2016 at 7:00 pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Beaverlodge, AB (1107 1st Ave.). A Celebration of Doris’ Life will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 11:00 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Beaverlodge, AB. Memorial donations may be made to Development and Peace (1425 René-Lévesque Blvd West, 3rd Floor, Montreal, QC, H3G 1T7).

Donna Gail McIntosh

January 16, 1929 – May 3, 2016

Gail McIntosh passed away at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House in Kamloops, BC on May 3, 2016. She was 56 years of age.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our amazing father. He left surrounded by his four children. Our father lived his life as a humble, kind and loving man. He was an inspiration to us all with his creative mind.

Gail is survived by her husband of 35 years Tom, her daughters Tamara Lynn McIntosh and Nicole Marie McIntosh, both of Kamloops, her grandchildren Jayden Neal McIntosh and Ace William Paul McIntosh, her sisters Anne Duffy, Nadia James and Katrina James and her brothers Lance James and Barry James. Gail was predeceased by her mother Amelia James. Donna Gail James was born in Lytton, BC on October 4, 1959. She married Tom Neal McIntosh on April 25, 1981 and they raised two daughters Tamara and Nicole. A Service to Celebrate Gail’s Life will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle, 1550 Tranquille Road with Darrel Hellquist officiating. The family wishes to extend its thanks to KFGT. Donations would be appreciated in memory of Donna Gail McIntosh to the Imani Orphan Care Foundation, 3308 Blossom Court, Abbotsford, BC V3G 2Y5. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com.

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“Nothing is impossible it just might take a little longer” was a motto he often said. He was predeceased by his parents John and Ada Anderson, his wife Betty Anderson in 1997 and his long-time friend Rose (2016) whom he shared his love for dancing. He will be greatly missed by his family, children Ruth, Trish (John), John Jr. (Evie) and Merry, grandchildren Jamie (Brad), Mitchell, Trevor and Courtney (Aaron), great-grandchildren Zach, Matthew, Shyanne and James, as well his nieces, nephews brother and sister-in-law and all the people’s lives he touched. The world has lost a great man. Rest in peace Dad.

There will be a Memorial Golf Game and Celebration of Life for Darrell a.k.a. Brooksy on Sunday, May 22, 2016. Golf will start at 1:00 pm and will be a best ball format.

A Celebration of Life Service was held at Cedar Heights Community Hall on May 7th, 2016.

Celebration of Life will start at approximately 4:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of John may be sent to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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We regret to announce the passing of our beloved mother Frances Donalda Bailey.

Mrs. Marjorie Falk passed away peacefully at Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2016 at the age of 78.

She is survived by her four children, daughter Beverley of Kamsack, SK, and sons Donald of Surrey, Cameron (Ramona) and Raymond of Victoria, granddaughter Danu of Surrey and grandsons Matthew of Wainwright, AB and Matthew of Gagetown, NB, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Mom always had amazing timing and in typical fashion, she passed on Mother’s Day. She went peacefully with her daughter Jacki holding her hand, after a courageous battle with Cancer. We think she choose this day as Dad passed away on Father’s Day 27 years ago. You only get one chance to make the grand exit and I think she will be forever pleased to have made this day.

She was predeceased by her parents, pioneers of Blucher Hall, Cap (Donald) and Hettie Fraser, brothers Bert and George Ash during WWII and sisters Anne Louvros, Margaret Heron and Helen Woodward.

Marjorie will be greatly missed by her closest girlfriends Jean Ann Brown and Doris Vandergucht and all the many other great friends she made over the years. She was predeceased by her loving husband Herman, her two brothers Albert and Harold Skafel and her parents Louis and Jeannette Skafel.

Frances was educated in Blucher Hall, Squam Bay, Kamloops and Langley. She joined the RCAF during the Korean War and was stationed in Eastern Canada, Whitehorse and Sea Island where she married in 1954. The family moved to Trenton, Ontario in 1962.

She is lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her two daughters Jeannine (Rob) Patora of Kelowna and Jacki (Grant) Andersen of Kamloops and her grandchildren Tim (Mary Mould) Andersen of Terrace, BC, Amanda Andersen of Kamloops, BC, Jon-Erik Schilling of Kelowna, BC, Courtney (Reece Emde) Schilling of Kelowna, BC, Michael Patora of Kelowna, BC and her great-grandchildren Daizy Andersen, Alice Schilling, Zoey, Caius and Lennex Emde.

Returning to Kamloops in 1969 with her four children, they settled in Brocklehurst. While employed full-time in various positions as a bookkeeper and office manager, she was also a very active volunteer with softball, Cubs, Air Cadets, Fifth Wheelers, Salvation Army, Red Nose and ESS. She loved dancing but her greatest passion was her gardens. Even in her final spring, she planted veggies and flowers in her beds at Glenfair. We would like to thank the staff of RIH for their outstanding professionalism in the last year. To her vast circle of friends and relations, adequate words cannot be expressed for the love and support you gave her over the years. You enriched her life and she was a better person for knowing you. No service by request, however, if friends desire, donations can be made to Big Brothers & Big Sisters in her honour. Arrangements entrusted to Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services 250-554-2324 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, May 16 at 11:00 am in the Schoening Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery. A family gathering to share stories and celebrate Marjorie’s life will commence at 2:00 pm at the home of Grant and Jacki, 899 Ida Lane, where all friends and family are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cancer Car Project, sponsored by the Free Masons of BC, would be greatly appreciated. We as her family wish to thank the Kamloops Cancer Clinic, the Kelowna Cancer Clinic and the Freemason Cancer Car Project for their service between Kamloops and Kelowna. We would like to extend an enormous thank you to all the amazing staff at the Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops for their heartwarming support and love they showed our mother during her final months and the support they gave us after her passing. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

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If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please tell me now. If you wait until I am sleeping, Never to awaken, There will be death between us, And I won’t hear you then. So, if you love me, even a little bit, Let me know it while I am living So I can treasure it.

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Experts question possible discovery of Mayan city NATHALIE LAFLAMME

THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — An assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University is cautioning the work of a Quebec teenager who has possibly discovered a “lost’’ Mayan city has not been peer-reviewed. William Gadoury, 15, shot to fame this week with reports he had stumbled on what he believes could be a Mayan settlement in an uninhabited part of Mexico. The Grade 10 student from Saint-Jean-De-Matha, northeast of Montreal, has been studying the correlation between Mayan sites and constellations for a few years. Using a map, Gadoury was

reportedly able to match 117 known Mayan cities with 22 constellations. But he found a bright star in a 23rd constellation was missing a city. Thanks to satellite images from the Canadian Space Agency and help from Armand LaRocque, a research associate at the University of New Brunswick’s sensing laboratory, Gadoury identified what he, the space agency and LaRocque believe could possibly be a Mayan city near the border with Honduras. “We saw elements that weren’t natural, the potential bases of pyramids,’’ said Daniel De Lisle, a project officer with the space agency. While some experts have expressed skepticism online about Gadoury’s theory and his findings,

Lisa Overholtzer, a McGill University assistant professor in anthropology, believes it is important he be encouraged for his “creative thinking, his focus, for his drive.’’ But, she added, the main issue is his work has not yet been peerreviewed. “I think we can fault sensationalist journalists who, I think in this case, jumped the gun, so to speak,’’ Overholtzer said. “What he presented was an idea. It was a hypothesis. It hadn’t yet gone through peer review.’’ As for Gadoury’s theory, she said there are undoubtedly many reasons for why the cities were where they were and she doesn’t believe one single reason, like astronomy,

can explain it. According to the University of New Brunswick’s LaRocque, much more research is needed to confirm whether the area is, in fact, a lost Mayan city. He said an expedition with archeologists could be planned down the line, if more concrete proof is found. As for the image that’s been making the rounds online and which shows the possible pyramid base, Overholtzer said although it appears human-made, it looks more like a plot of land that was cleared and later overgrown than it does a pyramid. And she said she does not know if that image is the same one Gadoury used to state his case.

Martin to bump Chrétien OTTAWA — For years, Paul Martin was a fixture in the halls of Parliament as finance minister in Jean Chrétien’s Liberal government and then as prime minister himself. Now, a portrait of Martin has been unveiled that will — just as Martin did in real life — displace his former boss. The new painting means Chrétien’s picture will be bumped down the corridor leading to the House of Commons because the PMs are displayed in order of their time in office. The portrait by renowned artist Paul Wyse depicts Martin standing ready for a debate in the House of Commons. It’s actually the second Wyse portrait of Martin. The artist said the first one sits in his private collection because it didn’t properly convey the image of Martin he was trying to capture. — Canadian Press

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She said one issue with Gadoury’s work is that he doesn’t appear to have consulted archaeologists, who could have made recommendations. Gadoury’s reported findings have also come in for criticism online. David Stuart, an anthropologist with the Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas, wrote on Facebook “the whole thing is a mess’’ and that “the ancient Maya didn’t plot their ancient cities according to constellations.’’ Ivan Sprajc, an archeologist and Mayan expert based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, said the rectangle seen on the image is “but an old milpa or cultivation plot, abandoned years ago, but definitely not centuries ago.’’

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NDP race could impact finances KRISTY KIRKUP

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Central players in the NDP say the party’s upcoming leadership race may have a significant impact on its ability to raise cash for its empty coffers. A letter from the party’s president, vice-presidents and treasurer, obtained by The Canadian Press, says the party’s federal council should consider the competition’s financial impact, given party campaign debts pegged around $5 million after last year’s marathon election campaign. The concern is that leadership candidates will siphon away donations that would otherwise go to the party. Recent figures released by Elections Canada paint a bleak picture of the party’s fundraising efforts in its first quarter, when it collected just $1.3 million. These factors are all likely to be discussed when the council — the party’s governing body between conventions — meets Sunday to consider the rules for the upcoming race.

The meeting should set a timeline for the campaign, the letter said, noting the 2003 and 2012 leadership races both lasted eight months. At the NDP convention in Edmonton last month, which voted for a leadership race, officials said the campaign could last for up to two years. The party is also hearing from provincial wings about the need to ensure the timing of the race does not conflict with other elections. The B.C. NDP has already said it wants to ensure the federal leadership race does not distract from its leadup to the May 2017 election, the letter said. It adds that Yukon’s election might come in the fall of 2016, Nova Scotia’s could happen any time between late 2016 and late 2018 and Ontario’s provincial election is scheduled for June 2018. “Other leadership races also need to be taken into consideration,’’ the letter saus. “The Saskatchewan NDP and the Manitoba NDP are both looking for a new leader. The Conservative Party of

Canada will elect a leader on May 27, 2017. The Bloc Quebecois will also elect a leader in 2017.’’ The party has and will continue to consult all provincial sections to avoid conflicts, the note says, adding the parliamentary calendar should also be taken into account, with the next federal election slated for October 2019. In an interview yesterday with CTV, Tom Mulcair said he does not plan to weigh in on the terms of the competition to replace him. Federal council — about 100 people from across the country representing both regions and different socioeconomic interests — they’re going to make that decision and I am going to respect that decision,” he said. There are only three rules set in stone in the NDP’s constitution on the selection of a new leader : • He or she will be elected on a secret ballot; • Every member may cast a ballot; • Candidates with the fewest number of votes drop off the ballot for subsequent voting rounds until one person receives more than 50 per cent support.

Jian’s apology TORONTO — Fallen CBC radio star Jian Ghomeshi apologized publicly yesterday to a former colleague who had accused him of sexually assaulting her at work, but the woman savaged what he did to her and the broadcaster for enabling his lewd and offensive behaviour. “I’ve had to come to terms with my own deep regret and embarrassment,’’ Ghomeshi, 48, said in his two-minute statement to the court. “I regret my behaviour at work with all of my heart and I hope that I can find forgiveness from those for whom my actions took such a toll.’’ The former host of the CBC show Q described his behaviour toward the complainant, Kathryn Borel, as thoughtless, sexually inappropriate, demeaning and an abuse of his power as a star. After Ghomeshi signed a year-long peace bond, the prosecutor withdrew a charge of sexual assault for which he had been due to stand trial next month. Outside court, Borel, 36, who asked the court to lift a publication ban on her identity, pulled no punches in her assessment of Ghomeshi or the public broadcaster. “Every day, over a three-year period, Mr. Ghomeshi made it clear to me that he could do what he wanted to me and my body,’’ Borel said. “He made it clear that he could humiliate me repeatedly and walk away with impunity.’’

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Geldof: Do more MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no excuse for failing to live up to Canada’s promise to spend 0.7 per cent of its gross national income on foreign aid, according to musician and international antipoverty activist Bob Geldof. For a country that largely escaped the economic meltdown in 2008, Canada can do “much, much, much, much more’’ to help developing nations — notably in Africa — “without an effort,’’ he said. Geldof, who helped create the Live Aid concert in 1985 for Ethiopian famine relief and the 2005 Live 8 concerts to raise money for anti-poverty programs in Africa, was in Montreal yesterday to give a speech on the benefits of investing on the African continent. He reacted to Trudeau’s remark earlier in the week that the goal of 0.7 per cent for rich countries to spend on foreign aid is not realistic for this year or the next.

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$5 million from Ottawa for global Zika fight OTTAWA — The federal government is contributing almost $5 million to the global fight against the Zika virus. Health Minister Jane Philpott has announced an investment of $4.95 million for research into the mosquito-borne virus and for humanitarian aid to countries hardest hit by the epidemic. Zika has been shown to cause a neurological birth defect called microcephaly in babies born to women infected during pregnancy. The virus has also been linked to cases of a sometimes paralyzing neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome in some infected children and adults. Zika has become rampant in South and Central America, parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. More than 60 countries worldwide have been affected by the virus.

To date, 68 Canadians have tested positive for the virus, most of them travellers to countries where Zika has reached epidemic levels. Scientists say some cases have been transmitted sexually from an infected partner. Canada is investing $3 million to fund Canadian and Latin American and Caribbean researchers. The teams will collaborate to better understand the link between Zika, microcephaly and GuillainBarre syndrome; develop improved diagnostic tests; study how the virus is transmitted; and better prevent its transmission through more effective mosquito-control measures. The Public Health Agency of Canada is contributing a further $950,000 to support the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) in its response to the epidemic in the most affected countries. Global

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available on which to set up a tent, as well as some bear-proof disposal bins and a unique outdoor toilet. Behind the tenting area is a tree stump bunny carved by an artist. Unfortunately, there is no trail circling the lake. If you do want to enjoy a loop, however, you can follow the road past the toilet, which will bring you back to the parking lot. HOW TO GET THERE — The turn-off to the parking area is located about 50 kilometres east of Hope on the Coquihalla Highway. Take exit 22 (Falls Lake) and drive under the tunnel, then follow a short paved road to the parking area and you will see the trailhead beside the creek.

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Grade 12 South Kamloops Secondary student Marc Thibault (left) and Emily Rogan add butter to a hot cast iron skillet to make a Dutch Baby dish during cooking class on Thursday, May 5. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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ric Wichmann loves to cook. He loves it so much he’s entered three ways in the seventh annual Hands-on Cook-off food-video contest — once on his own, once in the multi-generational category with an older friend and once through his cooking class at South Kamloops secondary. Teacher Carmen Babin said it’s the first time she has entered her class in a cooking video competition. She’s participated in one before that required making a powerpoint presentation. Babin said she sees competi-

tions like these as ways to provide new opportunities for students, help promote the importance of eating nutritious foods together and inspire people to enjoy cooking foods rather than resorting to pre-packaged meals. The competition has been held in B.C. in past years, a partnership between the Ministry of Health and the B.C. Dairy Association. This year, Manitoba has joined and is offering its own set of prizes for winners to be chosen by Manitoba-based experts. It’s a simple competition. Anyone can record themselves showing how to prepare a recipe. Videos can be only three minutes long and have to be uploaded at bettertogetherbc.ca/contest.

There must be at least two people in the team presenting the video. Youth is 18 and younger; multigenerational must include a youth and an adult. Babin said she’s paired up her students so there will be several youth entries from the cooking class. Young people are losing touch with cooking from scratch, making their own pasta, canning fruits and vegetables, Babin said, and she teaches her classes to compare the nutritional and financial value of the two ways of eating. She also wants them to learn to enjoy the cooking process and often has students who have a favourite recipe take over the teaching role for the class and

share their own knowledge. Hailey Chretien also likes cooking and enjoys experimenting with different recipes and ingredients. She doesn’t even mind the clean-up jobs, she said as she hand-washed dishes on the day KTW visited. Kieran Giles is another cooking enthusiast and also likes experimenting with dishes and ingredients. His family benefits from this, he said with a laugh, since, when he’s angry, he bakes. “And my parents say that’s good because they get cookies.” The competition closes on May 20. There’s an option for the public to choose the People’s Choice award in the multi-generational category, which brings

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Meet those who provide emergency services For the first time ever, emergency services in Kamloops are joining forces to present Emergency Services Day on Saturday, May 14. This free event combines Emergency Preparedness Week with National Police Week to offer residents a chance to meet those

who work in the community’s emergency services. The event will take place in the north parking lot of Aberdeen Mall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature various emergency services personnel, including Kamloops Fire Rescue, Kamloops RCMP and the B.C.

City of Kamloops Activity Programs For registration please call (250) 828-3500 and please quote program number provided. For online registration please visit https://ezregsvr.kamloops.ca/ezreg Programs are cancelled if the minimum numbers are not met.

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Ambulance Service. More than two -dozen partners will be on site, including CN and CP police, B.C. Conservation Service, Air 4 RCMP Helicopter, the BCSPCA, and Emergency Management BC. The annual Bike Rodeo will take place alongside the Emergency Services Day event and kids are urged to bring their

Kamloops Fire and Rescue will be among personnel on hand for Emergency Services Day. KTW FILE PHOTO

rides. Although the Bike Rodeo is free, registration is mandatory. To register, call

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application for bikes. RCMP auxiliary officers will be on hand to help with registry, but those who download the app and preregister their bike can receive an anti-theft decal, normally purchased for $13. For more information on the 529 Garage Project, or to download the app, go online to www.project529.com/ garage.

Physical activity key to long, happy and healthy life By Dr. Azim Jamal For the first time in our nation’s history we have more people over 65 than under 15. With an increasing aging population, it’s more important than ever of seniors to consider the key elements of a long, healthy and happy life – one of these being physical activity. Physical activity is important at any age; however, as we get older it becomes increasingly important for health durability, mental health and overall quality of life. Research shows that people who are active have a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression and even dementia. Regular exercise in old age has as powerful effect on life expectancy, and an increase in physical activity is directly associated with better health and a longer life. Through the aging process, it’s important to listen to your body and exercise at a rate that challenges you, but doesn’t exert you. Physical activity is classified as anything that gets your body moving. This can range from walking and gardening, to an exercise class, to basic arm exercises while seated in a chair. Ideally, research suggests that seniors you should try to do something physical every single day, even just for ten minutes. Remember, certain activities should be practiced under the supervision of a health care professional to ensure safety.

treatment for chronic conditions. For example, elders who struggle with arthritis, high blood pressure and carpal tunnel will reap benefits – including delaying symptom onset, through methods of appropriate exercise. Physical activity has also been shown to manage stress and improve your mood – this can be very important when transitioning into a retirement community, and being faced with new situations. When you exercise, endorphins are produced and released, resulting in good feelings and a positive mindset. This frame of mind can also help to manage ongoing symptoms of illness or pain.

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Care communities have dramatically evolved over the last decade, some of these significant changes surround the integration of time allotted for physical activity. These adjustments have been made based on science, research and of course, the ever-growing demand from seniors who are looking to remain active to maintain their lifestyle. Often times,

shows that physical exercise can assist in warding off disease, and also act as a tool for prevention. In fact, for some cases, exercise is used as an effective form of

seniors opting to live at home do not receive the same level of support for physical activities as they would in a care home, where professional health care

providers administer and oversee the various exercises. At Retirement Concepts, we understand and value the importance of physical activity, that’s why we have exercise opportunities ranging from chair yoga to cycling to weight classes at all of our communities. We also have Rehab Aides who assist client in walking long distances, leg and arm exercises and other therapies. Our residents are also assessed to be appropriately healthy by professional therapy staff. Regardless of your level of physical activity, there is truly something for everyone – resulting in our residents experiencing the priceless benefits of exercise and maintaining their health throughout the aging process. Dr. Azim Jamal is a doctor and President and CEO of Retirement Concepts.

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yland Fortie was not expecting recognition. The 24-year-old Kamloops artist, who recently graduated from Thompson Rivers University, had been assisting a professor with a research project when he was asked to help tell its story. The result was a three-minute video called The Camera Obscura Project Optics, Learning and

$ Play in Canada’s Wilderness, which has been recognized by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Canada (SSHRC) as among the top 25 in the country. “I wasn’t really expecting that at all,” Fortie told KTW. The Storyteller’s Challenge is a contest for post-secondary students to demonstrate the impacts of SSHRCfunded research. Fortie’s video focuses on the Camera Obscura Project, which is led by TRU visual arts professor Donald Lawrence. The camera obscura

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Groups against for-profit blood system Representatives of three health-related organizations are touring B.C. this month to talk about their concerns on paying donors for blood and plasma. The B.C. Health Coalition, B.C. Hemophilia Society and BloodWatch.org want the province to ban companies from creating a private forprofit blood-collection system. The concern comes after Canadian

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After spending a few days visiting friends and seeing the sights around Beverly Hills, we headed down the coast to the Newport Beach area to join many other families invited to see what all the fuss is about surrounding this new van. That’s right — van. The old Pacifica crossover was retired several years ago and Chrysler believes this new Town and Country replacement is so fresh it deserves a new name. Pacifica next to the Pacific Ocean — hey, that’s how we roll. Chrysler spent a lot of

time showing us the sweeping curves and flowing elements of its latest creation. At the end of the day, it’s still a van, but truth be told, a good-looking one. There really is only so much that can be done to a van. One area in which Chrysler excels and where many companies struggle (the Honda Odyssey comes to mind) is hiding the rail for the sliding rear doors. They are almost impossible to detect, giving this Pacifica a clean, modern look. What can’t be detected is the use of aluminum on

the doors, hood and rear tailgate. In fact, magnesium is used under the rear tailgate skin to help shave 113 kilograms from this people mover. In addition, the structure under the van has been strengthened to improve rigidity, providing a solid platform to bolt all the suspension bits to. We had it for two days to drive around Southern California and see the sights from the San Diego Zoo to shopping excursions, wonderful weather and a requisite stop at In-N-Out burger for some of the best fast

grub around. As we twisted along the coastal highway or cruised the interstate freeways, the improvements to the new Pacifica became apparent. The lighter and stronger platform helped the new suspension do its work absorbing the concrete highway joists and giving vastly improved handling. This was a target, along with improved quietness inside the cabin. This, too, has been improved with the use of active noise cancelling technology. See IMAGE, B6

Bad Driver Award #177: Future Hood Ornament Tuned-out pedestrians like Hugo bring us careful drivers like you. So watch out for guys like him (and never be one yourself)! And when you need collision repair, remember BC’s favourite bodyshop, Craftsman Collision. ®™ Trademark of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under licence by LoyaltyOne, Inc. and Craftsman Collision Ltd.

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Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited-time offer, which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. †† Offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank® GM Visa® Card (GM Card) or current Scotiabank GM Visa Cardholders. Credit valid toward the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2016 model-year GMC delivered in Canada between May 3 and May 31, 2016. Credit is a manufacturer-to-consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on: GMC Terrain, Acadia Canyon (except 2SA), Yukon and Yukon XL. $1,000 credit available on: GMC Sierra LD, Sierra HD. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Company (GM Canada) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GM Canada dealer for details. GM Canada reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. † 0% purchase financing offered by GM Canada for 84 months on all 2016 GMC Terrain and all 2016 Acadia models. O.A.C by RBC Royal Bank/TD Auto Finance Services/Scotiabank. Rates from other lenders will vary. Example: $10,000 at 0% APR, monthly payment is $119.05 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $10,000. Down payment and/or trade may be required. Monthly/Bi-weekly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. 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From B5

After a day enjoying the sights, the new vacuum, mounted just inside the rear sliding door, was helpful cleaning up spilled popcorn. The problem the entire minivan segment faces is its image. Often families like mine will choose a van begrudgingly to drive kids to school

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rear legroom, huge windows, power sliding doors and comfy standard leather seats that had them won over. I liked the 287 horsepower from an upgraded 3.6L V6 engine and the introduction of a new nine-speed automatic transmission. This transmission has been used in other Chrysler prod-

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