Kamloops This Week September 28, 2022

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MAYORAL HOPEFULS GET TOURISM TEST

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Mayoral candidates put forward their pitches to pro mote the city during a Tourism Kamloops-hosted civic election forum on Monday .

The forum was broadcast online from the Underbelly res taurant downtown and featured all five candidates who are run ning for mayor: Ray Dhaliwal, Dieter Dudy, Reid HamerJackson, Sadie Hunter and Arjun Singh.

Mayor Ken Christian is not seeking re-election. The civic election is on Oct. 15.

The event was moderated by Trish Morelli, who is vice-chair of the Tourism Kamloops board, and Angela Tasker, who chairs the Kamloops Accommodation Association.

“As you know, tourism rep resents a key economic driv ing force here for the City of Kamloops,” Tourism Kamloops CEO Monica Dickinson said. “And, really, our quality of life is positively affected by nonresident dollars coming to the city through our industry.”

When asked of top pri orities for the city and Tourism Kamloops to work on in the next four-year term, Dhaliwal sug

IN TODAY’S PAPER

We have eight pages of campaign coverage, including the final instalment of councillor candidate Q&As. Turn to pages A12 to A19.

ONLINE

Our website, kamloops thisweek.com, has a Civic Election 2022 tab that contains every electionrelated story we have published this year.

gested increasing frequency of events like Canada Day and the Tapestry Festival to twice per month during the summer and bringing back Spoolmak Days. Hunter recommended high lighting cultural history with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc and creating an app for visitors to access during events like the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Memorial Cup.

CANDIDATES,

BILL SARAI FOR CITY COUNCIL

by David Deol

Tara Pryce has suffered a heart attack, been in two diabetic comas and requires dialysis at least three times a week. For Pryce, the scooter has been her only way to get around the city. Pryce said her current health conditions will not permit her to walk the several blocks required to access the nearest bus stop. “The crime has gotten so bad here, it’s insane,” she said. TURN TO PAGE A20 to read the full story.

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Kamloops Can’t

AFFORD ANOTHER FOUR YEARS of the Status Quo

Kamloops resident Darpan Sharma is seeking a seat on City Council.

I came to Canada in 2003 to do my master’s in business administration. I am living a dream life with all the freedoms an immigrant can ask for.

It made me fall in love with Canada, and it proves that the Canadian dream does come true with hard work and perseverance.

I have 2 boys aged 7 & 10 and a beautiful wife, my mom also lives with us. I work in real estate and finance, and I know the value of taxpayers’ dollars as I am a self made man who started from scratch just like every other immigrant.

It’s bad kar ma to keep on taking from Canada, it’s time to give back, and what better way to serve Canada than to make my community safer, promote recovery as opposed to addiction, and fight for families and our seniors.

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Tara

so bad here, it’s insane,” she said. TURN TO PAGE A20 to read the full story.

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MAYORAL HOPEFULS GET TOURISM TEST

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Mayoral candidates put forward their pitches to pro mote the city during a Tourism Kamloops-hosted civic election forum on Monday .

The forum was broadcast online from the Underbelly res taurant downtown and featured all five candidates who are run ning for mayor: Ray Dhaliwal, Dieter Dudy, Reid HamerJackson, Sadie Hunter and Arjun Singh.

Mayor Ken Christian is not seeking re-election. The civic election is on Oct. 15.

The event was moderated by Trish Morelli, who is vice-chair of the Tourism Kamloops board, and Angela Tasker, who chairs the Kamloops Accommodation Association.

“As you know, tourism rep resents a key economic driv ing force here for the City of Kamloops,” Tourism Kamloops CEO Monica Dickinson said. “And, really, our quality of life is positively affected by nonresident dollars coming to the city through our industry.”

When asked of top pri orities for the city and Tourism Kamloops to work on in the next four-year term, Dhaliwal sug

IN TODAY’S PAPER

We have eight pages of campaign coverage, including the final instalment of councillor candidate Q&As. Turn to pages A12 to A19.

ONLINE

Our website, kamloops thisweek.com, has a Civic Election 2022 tab that contains every electionrelated story we have published this year.

gested increasing frequency of events like Canada Day and the Tapestry Festival to twice per month during the summer and bringing back Spoolmak Days. Hunter recommended high lighting cultural history with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc and creating an app for visitors to access during events like the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Memorial Cup.

• Municipal leaders must begin to apply real pressure to higher levels of gover nment through enforcement of bylaws at social agencies that are or should be deemed nuisance properties. • We must use the tools available at the civic level, such as zoning, per mitting, and lease renewals; all legal options should be on the table. • The city bylaw department, which management and council dismantled during the height of the pandemic, should be brought back to previous levels in addition to a higher level of CSO (community safety officers), currently not trained to the standards of other communities such as Kelowna.

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Darpan has been active in the community for several years, working to disclose unethical spending habits at city hall following the reports on the local TNRD spending scandal. His work highlighted the parallels between agencies that, for too long, have fostered a culture of unethical spending at political levels.

Darpan, if elected, is committed to real change at the civic level, from accountability to ethics and integrity, fiscal responsibility and transparency. These points and the need for a heavier hand on local crime solutions have brought Darpan forward in this election. We can not afford another four years of inaction or leaders continuing to perpetuate the status quo.

WITHIN 10 DAYS:

Ban Catered Meals at city hall for council and management. Council spent 677k on catered meals over 4 years; 177k at a single top tier restaurant.

Initiate a review of the use of ‘Closed Door’ Meetings. What are the legal requirements for keeping the community in the dark on core community issues?

WITHIN 60 DAYS:

Introduce free transit for seniors similar to other Canadian communities Explore feasibility study for a full-service seniors centre

WITHIN 100 DAYS:

Ethics and Integrity. To go above and beyond the bare minimum directed by the province and to use a similar Ethics & Integrity service as other municipalities and large corporations, IE...Presidents Choice, Canada Post, City of Edmonton Core Perfor mance Reviews of all departments and upper management

Authorized by financial Agent Darpan Shar ma Email: civicelectionskamloops@gmail.com

DARPAN SHARMA FOR KAMLOOPS COUNCIL OCT 15TH

VOTE

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Notice Of Elec tion By Voting

An election by voting is to be held to elect a Mayor, eight Councillors, and five School District No 73 (K amloops/Thompson) Area 1 Trustees, and that the following persons are candidates for each office:

MAYOR One (1) to be elected

VOT I N G DAT E S A N D LO C AT I O N S

GENERAL VOTING DAY will be: Saturday, October 15, 2022, between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the following locations:

Voting Place Address

Neighbourhood

Aberdeen Elementar y School 2191 Van Horne Drive Aberdeen

Ar thur Hatton Elementar y School 315 Chestnut Avenue Nor th Shore

Ar thur Stevenson Elementar y School 2890 Bank Road Westsyde

Beattie Elementar y School 492 McGill Road Sahali

Brock lehurst Middle School 985 Windbreak Street Brock lehurst

Dallas Elementar y School 296 Harper Road Dallas

E L E C TO R R E G I S T R AT I O N

Registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day

• Canadian citizen

• resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration

• one of the following: resident of the City of K amloops

Jurisdiction

Name of Residence

Ray DHALIWAL K amloops

Dieter DUDY K amloops

Reid HAMER-JACKSON K amloops

Sadie HUNTER K amloops

Arjun H. SINGH K amloops

COUNCILLOR Eight (8) to be elected

Jurisdiction

Name of Residence

Jamie ALLEN K amloops

Dale BASS K amloops

Nanc y BEPPLE K amloops

Bonnie CLELAND K amloops

George DERSCH K amloops

Dennis GIESBRECHT K amloops

Mac GORDON K amloops

Kelly HALL K amloops

Stephen KARPUK K amloops

Caroline F KING K amloops

Francois LAMBERT K amloops

Darrell LARIVIERE K amloops

Margot MIDDLETON K amloops

Daphane NELSON K amloops

K atie NEUSTAETER K amloops

Mike O’REILLY K amloops

Jordan PROC TOR K amloops

Reo K amloops

Jesse RITCEY K amloops

Taj SANDUR K amloops

Bill SARAI K amloops

Darpan SHARMA K amloops

Randy SUNDERMAN K amloops

SCHOOL TRUSTEE Five (5) to be elected

Jurisdiction

Name of Residence

Marian ANDERBERG K amloops

Shahriar BEHMANESH K amloops

Heather GRIEVE K amloops

Cole HICKSON K amloops

Jimmy JOHAL K amloops

Jo KANG K amloops

K athleen M. KARPUK K amloops

John O’FEE K amloops

K arla PEARCE K amloops

Jennifer ROWSE Area “J” Thompson-Nicola

Regional District

Dufferin Elementar y School 1880 Hillside Drive Dufferin

Heritage House (Riverside Park) 100 Lorne Street Downtown

Juniper Ridge Elementar y School 2540 Qu’Appelle Boulevard Juniper Ridge

Lloyd George Elementar y School 830 Pine Street Downtown

NorK am Secondar y School 730 12th Street Nor th Shore

R.L. Clemitson Elementar y School 5990 Todd Road Barnhar tvale

Rayleigh Elementar y School 306 Puett Ranch Road Rayleigh

South Sahali Elementar y School 1585 Summit Drive Sahali

Valleyview Secondar y School 1950 Valleyview Drive Valleyview

Westmount Elementar y School 745 Walkem Road Westsyde

ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be:

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Saturday, October 8, 2022 Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the following locations:

Voting Place Address

Heritage House (Riverside Park) 100 Lorne Street

McAr thur Island Spor ts Centre Lounge 2nd Floor, 1665 Island Parkway

SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be held as follows:

Voting Place Address Date Time(s)

The Hamlets at Westsyde 3255 Overlander Drive Thursday, October 6 8:00 am–10:00 am

Riverbend Senior ’s Community

760 Mayfair Street Thursday, October 6 11:00 am–12:30 pm

Ridgeview Lodge 920 Desmond Street Thursday, October 6 2:00 pm–4:00 pm

Royal Inland Hospital 311 Columbia Street Gaglardi Tower, 1st Floor Friday, October 7 9:00 am–4:00 pm

The Shores Retirement Residence 870 Westminster Avenue Tuesday, October 11 9:00 am–10:30 am

Char twell K amloops Retirement Residence 628 Tranquille Road Tuesday, October 11 11:00 am–12:30 pm

Pine Grove Seniors Community 313 McGowan Avenue Tuesday, October 11 2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Ber wick on the Park 60 Whiteshield Crescent South Tuesday, October 11 4:00 pm–6:00 pm

Thompson Rivers University Campus Activity Centre TRUSU Lecture Hall 805 TRU Way Wednesday, October 12 10:00 am–2:00 pm

Char twell Ridgepoint Retirement Residence 1789 Primrose Cour t Wednesday, October 12 3:30 pm–5:00 pm

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• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or other wise disqualified by law

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• via download or web form at w w w.kamloops.ca/election,

• pickup a paper copy at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West,

• email election@kamloops.ca to request a copy be sent to you via email

• send a letter by mail to 7 Victoria Street West, K amloops BC, V2C 1S2, requesting an application form be sent to you and your preferred method of receiving the form (email or mail)

• by phoning 250-828-3483 to request an application form

Note that requests for mail ballots received after October 2, 2022, ballots will not be mailed out, but will be held at City Hall for pickup only To be counted, your mail ballot must be received at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, by the Chief Election

Amanda Passmore

Chief Election O fficer

P: 250-828-3718

Natalie Garbay Deputy Chief Election O fficer

P: 250-828-3483

Cour tney Ranger Deputy Chief Election O fficer

P: 250-828-3875

E: election@k amloops.ca

K amloops Seniors Village 1220 Hugh Allan Drive Thursday, October 13 9:00 am–12:00 pm

Overlander Residential Care 953 Southill Street Thursday, October 13 1:30 pm–4:00 pm

Special Voting Oppor tunities are open only to eligible electors who are residents, inpatients, students (in the case of Thompson Rivers University), or employees on duty at each location.

O fficer no later than 8:00 pm on Saturday, October 15, 2022, of General Voting Day Postmarked ballots will not be counted and ballots will not be received at voting locations

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September 29, 2022

10:00 am Finance Committee (cancelled)

October 3, 2022

2:30 pm Community Relations and Administration Committee

October 4, 2022

2:00 pm Development and Sustainability Committee

October 18, 2022

1:30 pm Regular Council Meeting

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Council Meeting Recap

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• Bebek Road

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• Flamingo Road

Highland Road to Glenwood Drive

• 12th Street

Tranquille Road to Kenora Road

• Victoria Street West Sunlife Building to Overlanders Bridge

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• eligible appliances include electric inser ts or heat pumps and EPA cer tified wood or pellet appliances

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• $200 rebate to homeowners who remove an uncer tified wood-burning stove (without replacing it)

• pre -registration is required to determine program eligibility

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Kamloops.ca/WoodStove

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A L M O S T H E R E !

Don’t wait until the last minute to get engaged and decide who you will support for Mayor, Council and School Board Trustee Check with your local news outlets for information about the candidates and upcoming forums

General voting day is Saturday, October 15, 2022, and there will be 16 voting locations across our community Skip the lineups on October 15 and opt to vote early! Find an advance voting location near you

Advance Voting Dates:

• October 5, 8, and 12

Advance Voting Locations:

• Heritage House 100 Lorne Street

• McAr thur Island Spor t and Event Centre 1665 Island Parkway

Advance voting opportunities have also been scheduled at 10 care home facilities, Royal Inland Hospital, and Thompson Rivers University

For more information on the election, visit LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/Vote

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The City of Kamloops' annual photo competition closes at the end of September Don't miss out on submitting your digital photos for a chance to be featured in the 2023 City Calendar and to win a one month Family Pass to the Tournament Capital Centre We encourage submissions that highlight our City's diverse population, urban landmarks, breathtaking environment, and variety of leisure activities

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• You must be the photographer of all photos you submit and have the rights to publish them.

• Photos must be submitted in digital format (3 Mb minimum, 20 Mb maximum file size).

• By submitting your photos, you are granting the City of K amloops full reproduction rights and permissions

• All photos selected for the City Calendar will be horizontally oriented

The City uses submitted photos for a number of promotional and informational purposes beyond the City Calendar. We do our best to credit photographers when we can.

Submission deadline is 4:30 pm on September 29, 2022. For more information and to submit photos, visit: Kamloops.ca/Photos2022

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ON THE ICE AND ON THE PITCH

Dudy cites his measured approach

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER

Dieter

Dudy said he would bring a measured approach to the mayor’s office, trust city staff and prioritize long-term needs of a growing community.

Dudy, whose Thistle Farms kiosk at the Kamloops Regional Farmers’ Market has been busy with election conversations this year, said he is running for mayor because he wants to put his mark on the city.

“I think that we need to get back to having a vision for the city,” Dudy told KTW. “Which means, where do we want to be 10, 20, 30, 50 years from now? And, so, what do we do now to make sure those things are going to be in place?”

Dudy said Kamloops has new problems and demands as it grows, including a lack of professionals, such as doctors. He said amenities — a performing-arts centre, a cul tural centre and a public market — are needed to attract professionals and also benefit residents. He said such amenities are catalysts for development, densification, busi nesses and vibrancy.

Dudy said a performing-arts centre is at the top of the city’s list, but also cited the need for more ice sheets. He said it cannot all be done at once, but also noted the cost of building increases with time. While Kamloops residents received a five per cent property tax increase this year, Dudy said taxation is not the only source of capital funding as he pointed to debt off the city’s books.

As for why someone should

vote for him, Dudy said he is the well-rounded choice for mayor and provides a “measured” approach. Dudy is not someone who gets fired up often around the council horseshoe. He said he sees no point in speaking on issues already spoken to and does not speak for the cameras. He said his passion is “effective and seam less governance,” adding council should address community needs without compromising staff.

“So I’m outcome driven,” he said. “And I don’t care how they [staff] go about doing it. You come back to us after we’ve said, ‘This is the direction we want you to go, this is the final outcome that we want to see.’ You come back, tell us how you plan on doing that, what it’s going to cost us and the amount of time it’s going to take to get there. If we’re unhappy with that, we’ll come back to you and say, ‘Nah, it’s not going to cut it.’”

Dudy has the backing of Henry Pejril, who has worked on

campaigns for Terry Lake, Ken Christian and Peter Milobar.

Dudy is a self-described centrist and told KTW he has his eyes set on two terms as mayor, if success ful, before retiring from politics at age 75. He said he does not intend to run for MLA or MP.

Dudy said he looks up to for mer German chancellor Angela Merkel for standing firm when making unpopular decisions in the interest of the country.

He said Ken Christian has been a good administrative mayor, describing him as someone who coloured inside the lines and kept the city safe.

“But I also love a person that’s got a lot of vision, and things like that, and sees beyond what we have today and what’s coming tomorrow,” Dudy said.

“I guess a mix of the two. If I could find someone like that, was able to convey both accountability and dreams — that would be a wonderful leader.”

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SHOWING OFF THEIR CHOPS

From left: Sara Logan, Kennedy Hallstrom, Isabelle Tiel and Anna Mckay from the Lower North Thompson 4-H Club with sheep at the weekend’s Provincial Winter Fair, which took place amid summer-like conditons at the Circle Creek Ranch in Upper Sahali. More photos can be seen online at kamloops thisweek.com.

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Candidates have diverse views on tourism

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Singh touted the city’s out doors, cited the need for a performing-arts centre and sug gested the city become home to the Western Hockey League Hall of Fame.

Hamer-Jackson said the city needs get back motels used by social agencies and BC Housing. He said the visitor centre in Aberdeen needs to reopen and expressed concern about losing Rocky Mountaineer business.

Candidates were quizzed on their tourism knowledge, asked to provide answers written on a whiteboard about the number of

pre-COVID-19 visitors and eco nomic value generated.

Singh quashed the others with his local tourism knowledge.

Singh was the lone mayoral candidate to correctly identify the number of visitors in 2019 — about two million — and cor rectly identified economic spinoff, about $500 million overall.

Candidates were also asked how they would show a tourist around Kamloops.

Hunter said she would visit city and Tk’emlúps museums, hike in Kenna Cartwright Park and pick rocks in Tranquille Creek.

Singh said he would take a visitor to breweries and wineries,

for lunch at an ethnic locale and discuss reconciliation efforts at the Tk’emlúps arbour.

Dhaliwal said he would show off Kamloops Lake from the Tranquille lookout, visit the Tk’emlúps museum and attend a community celebration.

Dudy suggested a Kamloops Blazers game, the Adams River salmon run, downtown, the Kamloops Art Gallery, brewer ies, wineries and distilleries, Barnhartvale trails and local golf courses.

Hamer-Jackson cited mountain biking and river boating.

In a rapid-fire segment, candi dates were asked to choose winery

or brewery, ski or snowshoe, golf or paddleboard, symphony or the atre and back alley art gallery or hiking, in order to let people get to know them better.

Candidates responded as fol lows:

• Dhaliwal: brewery, ski, golf, symphony, hiking;

• Dudy: winery, snowshoe, paddleboard, symphony, hiking;

• Hamer-Jackson: replied “both” to all questions;

• Hunter: winery, snowshoe, paddleboard, theatre, back alley art gallery;

• Singh: brewery, replied “hot tub” to next two questions, theatre, hiking.

Will BC United be new name for BC Liberal Party?

well as highlighting British Columbia front and centre in the name choice.

The proposed new name of the BC Liberal Party sounds a lot like that of a soccer team.

In fact, the proposed monicker — BC United — is just one letter removed from DC United, the nick name of Major League Soccer’s team in the U.S. national capital.

Whether party mem bers embrace the BC United name with a cry of goooooooal! or reject it with a red card won’t be known until a vote is held before the end of the year.

In a release the party said BC United was name that will go forward to party members for a vote following a provincewide consultation with its mem bership, noting BC United represents the party’s long standing commitment to unity across a broad coali tion of party members, as

The BC Liberal Party is a coalition of federal Liberals and Conservatives united in opposition of the BC NDP. Previously, the BC Social Credit Party filled that role.

Bringing the question of a name change was a com mitment made by Kevin Falcon when he was elected to lead the party. That pro cess began at the party’s June convention, where two-thirds of delegates voted in favour of consider ing a new name. Through an online portal, sugges tion boxes, text messages, QR codes and discussions as part of Falcon’s summer tour, more than 2,000 sug gestions were submitted over a three-month period.

Every BC Liberal mem ber will have the opportu nity before the end of the year to vote in favour of changing the name to BC United or keep the existing

BC Liberal Party name. In the meantime, BC United has been registered with Elections BC as an alternate name for the BC Liberal Party.

“I’m really excited with the name,” Kamloops-South Thompson (BC Liberal) MLA Todd Stone told KTW.

“I think it’s fresh. It represents this longstand ing commitment that our party has always had, of being a big tent. You know, it’s a name that’s absent of any implied or unimplied federal partisanship and I think it will serve the party really well.”

Stone noted BC United was the name mentioned most frequently, as tabu lated by the party’s naming committee.

He said the No. 2 choice, BC Party, was unavailable due to Elections BC rules surrounding party names and whether they have been unregistered for a certain number of years.

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KAMLOOPS

Campaign temperature is rising OPINION

We are 17 days from the civic election and the city hall campaign has heated up — online and on the phone, the campaign is getting more intense as voting day nears.

Perhaps it is indicative of a gen eral belief that the election among mayoral and councillor candidates is too close to call. Maybe it is a sign that some candidates view others as greater threats.

Last week, I wrote a story about BC NDP leadership candidate David Eby’s visit to Kamloops. At the end of that article, I noted civic election candidates who were there to hear Eby speak, including Kamloops Coun. and mayoral can didate Sadie Hunter.

Not long after, former mayor and former BC Liberal MLA Terry Lake responded on Twitter: “Umm, the same city councillor that missed the council meeting due to illness?”

Lake, of course, is part of a group backing mayoral candidate Dieter Dudy, a councillor colleague of Hunter’s. Another Dudy support er sent me a message: “So, Sadie couldn’t attend council yesterday, citing strep throat, but managed to get to this event.”

The implication being, of course, that Hunter is more inter ested in the BC NDP world than that of city council, since she took leave from her first term in council to run (and come within a whisker of winning) as the NDP candidate in Kamloops-North Thompson in the 2020 provincial election.

Even Dudy himself referenced Hunter’s political past and putative

political progress in a Facebook message to the masses:

“I have been asked on numer ous occasions what my aspirations are beyond the Mayor’s office. I will state unequivocally that there are none. Unlike some, my goal is to be Mayor, pure and simple. I have no interest in running provincially or federally … I have no party affilia tions and as such am not beholden to any political bent. … My prom ise? Once elected my role will be for the full term.”

Hunter was quick to reply to Lake on Twitter: “I did not miss the meeting but opted to attend the afternoon meeting virtually and the public hearing in person.”

Coun. Dale Bass, who is seeking re-election, also came to Hunter’s defence online, inviting any doubt ers to watch video of that day’s council meeting, Bass, of course, is in Hunter’s corner, having stood with her during Hunter’s mayoral announcement.

At the councillor level, I had one candidate tell me another candi date called to inform him his signs

in a specific part of town were ille gally placed. The candidate told me he thanked his rival, then moved the signs.

What did he make of the call? He thinks his rival is rattled.

And there have been some lesser intrigue that has come my way, which is encouraging in that there is a bit of an edge to the pro ceedings.

This campaign is rare in that a new mayor will be crowned, while council will have at least five new councillors and, possibly, an entire room full of new faces. That could make for the widest-open race this century as not one mayoral can didate nor any singular councillor aspirant has been tabbed as sure bets.

My view of the mayoral battle has candidates Ray Dahliwal and Reid Hamer-Jackson chasing simi lar voters, with Hunter and Arjun Singh — and, to a lesser extent, Dieter Dudy — likely to appeal to another pool of voters.

As of today, I wouldn’t wager on this race as it appears to me to be anyone’s to win. Then again, myself and many others felt likewise in the run-up to the 2005 mayoral election, which saw Lake win by an unexpected landslide.

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I have spoken to a few small business owners who have pledged their votes to Hamer-Jackson, citing his desire to focus on street-related issues with his push for the city to explore recovery centre options.

I have had managers of build ings and employees of downtown businesses tell me they back Dhaliwal because they have had enough of the status quo, desire a crackdown on crime and want victims to get as much attention as perpetrators with addiction and mental-health problems.

I ran into a politically pluggedin Kamloopsian at last weekend’s Tapestry Festival in McDonald Park who mused about the eclec tic councillor field and suggested Singh’s experience as a facilitator may be just what is needed if the eight elected councillors are as diverse in beliefs as he suspects they will be.

A few other acquaintances said they are leaning toward Hunter or Dudy because they like the council experience and believe those two would have the steadiest hand, be decisive enough and be less inclined to sit on the fence as they work to get things done.

We should remind voters at this point that a mayor wields no

more significant power than does a councillor when it comes to passing local bylaws and pushing Kamloops in a particular direction.

A mayor has one of nine votes, with no one vote more powerful than another (though it helps to have like-minded councillors).

A mayoral candidate can make all sorts of promises, but the real ity is a mayor is the CEO, or the ambassador, of the city, the person who represents Kamloops when speaking with other mayors and provincial and federal politicians.

Aside from being one of nine votes on council, a mayor has a few individual powers: a mayor can create committees and appoint councillors to those committees. A mayor can also order that a mat ter be brought back to council for consideration, but that matter would still be subject to the vote of all council. A mayor also has the power to declare a state of local emergency, declare a riot and tem porarily suspend city employees, but the fate of those employees still rests with a council decision as a whole.

So, while having an effective mayor to steer the Good Ship Kamloops is important, voters need to realize that if their mayoral can didate of choice wins on Oct. 15, there isn’t that much they can do to significantly change the landscape of the city.

Perhaps those running for office also need this reality reminder as they continue campaigning on the hustings.

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Editor:

I offer my congratulations on the wonderfully sardonic and satirical article about the Jennifer Rowse — surreal, fictional, though photo graphed — who is campaigning for election as school trustee who wants to ban books (‘Trustee candidate wants book ban,” Sept. 21).

fully disclose the surely thousands of examples of Lucifer’s devilish control of our classrooms and his fiendish minions masquerading as teachers.

TIME FOR SWEEPING CHANGE IN THE CITY

Editor:

The change from a quiet, family-oriented subdivision has not been easy for us.

For how many I speak, I don’t know, but as far as the Westmount subdivision goes, photographs sum up our apprehensions that have come to life.

At the north end of the vehicle pedestrian bridge spanning the CN tracks and joining Eighth Street to Westsyde Road, major damage has been done to chain link fencing.

Below, a debris field is visible from the bridge as pedestrians

cross over on the east side.

In the above photo, the west edge of the condos at 700 Collingwood Dr. are at the top right, just out of view.

How many items were stolen? For how long has this been hap pening with no response from our community services staff? Could the Mayor’s Chain of Office be somewhere in the debris field?

It is time for some changes on city council and within city admin istration.

John Noakes Kamloops

It is a pity that she declined to be interviewed and spell out and

The only improvement I could add to your exposure of such idiocy in the guise of democracy would be an increase in the number of public floggings and perhaps even behead ings of nonconformists, teachers and

the occasional professor or scientist. We can’t be too complacent.

I am reminded of the French Revolutionary sage who reminded us that democracy gives us the gov ernment we deserve. No wonder people, even atheists, say, “God help us.”

Pierce Graham Kamloops

BACKING ROWSE’S VIEWS ON EDUCATION

Editor :

Thank you for reporter Sean Brady’s most interesting and eyeopening article on school trustee candidate Jennifer Rowse.

I am hoping there are many others in School District 73 who read it as well and can appreciate  Rowse’s views.

It is time for parents to open their eyes to what is really going on in our school sys tem in Kamloops-Thompson

and across our country.

School boards need a shakeup and must stop following the media’s biased opinions they pres ent as truth.

Our children need the real truth and not the chronic lies and manipulation — especially regard ing sex education — being sold to them in the classrooms.

Rowse has my vote.

Debra Noel  Kamloops

GREAT ARTICLE

Editor:

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the story on trustee candidate Jennifer Rowse.

People need to know who they’re voting for and you’re part of that very critical process.

Live long and prosper.

Christian Stout Kamloops

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if all the boxes have been checked, why are we delaying much needed housing?

Editor:

The City of Kamloops has announced it is intentionally creating inequities in municipal services for certain residents, based on where they live.

The neighbourhoods that were forced into the city’s organics pilot program over the last year will now only be able to put out one bin of solid waste per household every two weeks, while the remainder of

ENOUGH WITH FEES

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the city will still have weekly garbage col lection.

This will begin November and the ineq uity in municipal services is expected to last one year, during which both groups will pay the same for solid waste collection, despite one group getting double the service.

The City of Kamloops apparently feels it has the right to pick and choose who gets what benefits, without any concern for

Another increase in utility rates is arriving in 2023. Following that, I fear how much  property tax increases will follow suit.

It seems our city fathers and mothers

equal treatment of all residents.

Residents are left at the whim of the city’s frivolous initiatives of the day.

What will city hall do next? Will it choose only certain streets to plow? Will water bills in some areas of the city be dou ble others? Do any city councillors live in the areas with reduced services or do they pawn reduction of municipal services off to other residents?

are bent on driving the seniors and pen sioners from their hard-earned homes to cheap social housing.

Why doesn’t the city take some dras tic measures to contain these increases, such as privatizing city-owned insti

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By DANIELA VLASKALIC

The city should not have full discretion to inequitably distribute municipal ser vices.

It is a gross abuse of its power and should be a concern to every resident. The city should be working to ensure fair and equitable resources for all, not intentionally creating disparities.

Raimey Olthuis Kamloops

tutions like the museum, pools and theatres? When is the city going to stop printing and distributing fancy calen dars, put a cap on councillors’ wages and limit large groups of councillors attend ing fancy conferences?

There are numerous ways to curb expenditures and redistribute the sav ings.

I will prepare to vote responsibly next month for my fellow seniors.

Ryan Mitra, Kamloops

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No charges are being recom mended against Mounties who Tasered a man in Sahali last winter, which led to him falling and hitting his head on the roadway, causing permanent brain damage.

An investigation into the inci dent by B.C.’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIOBC), deemed the RCMP officers’ use of force was reason able in subduing the man, who was experiencing a psychotic episode.

The IIOBC, however, is refer ring the matter to the RCMP for a professional standards review after numerous officers gave inaccurate accounts of the incident.

On Feb. 5, 2021, at about 11 p.m., Kamloops Mounties responded to a report of a man, who hadn’t slept in three days, walking around the streets shouting at people about Satan. He was said to have thrown a rock at a passing vehicle and a snowball at an ambulance.

Six officers responded to the scene and the incident was caught on police dash-cam video.

According to the report, the

recording shows the man was in the middle of the street walking slowly backwards from a pair of officers — one of whom was the subject of the investigation and refused to provide an account of the incident for IIOBC investigators.

Police yelled at the man to get on the ground, but he instead took large steps toward the subject offi cer. Another officer then deployed his Taser at the man.

After being struck, the man then began walking backwards quickly, shouting and seemingly pulling at the Taser wires attached to his shirt, according to the report.

The subject officer then deployed a second Taser shot, which caused the man to go rigid, fall and hit his head. An officer also sprayed the man with pepper spray as he lay on the pavement, gasping.

Paramedics arrived to find the man in handcuffs and in a state of cardiac arrest. He wasn’t breathing and had no pulse, which returned after about 30 minutes of CPR. He was taken to nearby Royal Inland Hospital and now has permanent brain damage, which causes trem ors in both of his hands.

While his injuries were unfor tunate, they were not reasonably

foreseeable when to the officer who deployed the second Taser shot, according to the IIOBC report.

“Whether or not AP’s [affected person’s] apprehension was han dled in the best possible way, it can not be said that SO’s [subject offi cer’s] use of force was excessive or unreasonable, given the totality of he circumstances,” the report states.

According to the report, it is con cerning the other responding police officers who were interviewed inac curately recounted the incident, noting they seemed unwilling to acknowledge the discrepancies and to revise their accounts when re-interviewed and shown video footage.

Four of the five officers described the man as lunging at the subject officer after being hit with the initial Taser shot, while the video showed he was backing away, leading to the recommendation to the RCMP for a professional stan dards review.

The report, however, did not consider this to rise to the level of obstruction by wilfully providing inaccurate evidence, noting it’s not unusual for eyewitness accounts of dynamic events to differ from objec tive evidence such as video footage.

Drug-poisoning alert issued for Interior

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Interior Health has issued a drug-poisoning alert for the entire Interior Health region.

The alert is based on a cluster of drug toxicity deaths in Central Okanagan, as well as concerning drug-check ing findings such as consistent benzodiazepine presen tations, higher then average concentration of Fentanyl and multiple findings of Xylazine in Cranbrook.

Interior Health said many of the recent drug toxicity deaths/overdoses have involved inhalation or smoking of substances.

Interior Health offers the following tips to drug users:

• Check your drugs before using.

• Crush your drugs into fine powder: Doing so reduces the chance of hot spots, which are spikes of

concentrated fentanyl in the dope.

• Be a buddy: Help a friend by being around while they are using. Stagger use if you are using together.

• Smoking is not safer than injecting: Be cautious when smoking your drugs.

• Know the risks when mixing drugs.

• When using your substance, start with a small amount, then go slow.

• Know the signs of an overdose and be prepared with naloxone.

• If you must use while alone, consider using the Lifeguard app which can connect you with 911 emergency responders if you overdose.

• Use with others or at an overdose prevention or supervised drug-use site, if one is near you.

• Know how to respond to an overdose: Call 911, give rescue breaths and naloxone.

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Dance teacher/sports coach

Q1: Kamloops is a diverse community. I think the issue that is having the biggest impact on our citizens is the rising cost of housing and the surrounding issues that come from housing insecurity. Crime and community safety are intertwined with hous ing stability and so it is difficult to address one without impacting the other.

There are many factors influ encing the rising cost of housing and we will need multiple strate gies to address them.

As councillor, I will look throughout B.C., Canada and the greater global community for what is working and repli cate those strategies here. For example, one of the factors is the increased cost of materi als impacting the construction industry. Let’s look to other build ing methods for sustainable and cost-effective structures (rammed earth, 3D printing, earthships,

munity.

The zoning, red tape, build code requirements and regula tions involved in building safe structures are cumbersome, difficult to navigate for new structures and cause us to do the same old, same old. With families today being more diverse than the nuclear family, we need more diverse housing options so every one can have safe shelter that is within their budget.

Another example I will investigate expanding is housing co-ops, which allow for families to come together and share

resources and live well within the community. Current waitlists are more than two years for this type of housing. Housing co-ops can be designed for multigeneration al living, where neighbours are encouraged to live closer togeth er and build up the connection that has been lost in the past two years. Safe shelter is the first step to building safe communities and I believe that is the most pressing issue in Kamloops today.

Q2: I am at my best when I am part of a team with a strong vision I believe in. We are lucky in Kamloops to have five candidates share their vision with us that we can get behind and support.

Whether it is pushing for affordable housing and a safe community, creating equal opportunities through innova tion, continuing to lead the prov ince with climate action, develop ing amenities as a strategy to recruit professionals, or support ing addiction and mental health, there is a mayoral candidate I can get behind.

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Jordan Proctor Age: 41 Roofing foreman Website: jordanproctor forcouncil.com

Q1: Property crime, home lessness, mental health and the opioid crisis. These issues are interconnected and, com bined are the biggest challeng es we face in the near future as a community.

I would definitely like to see more accountability placed on the organizations that man age the services for homeless ness through more stringent application and enforcement of civic bylaws.

In the interests of better serving the marginalized indi viduals who use these services, it would seem prudent that we start working with the province toward a supervised safe sup ply system to help curtail the opioid crisis and reduce the strain on our fire department, ambulance service and hospi tal staff that have to care for those who overdose on unsafe drugs.

The tertiary effects of a sys tem like this would be a reduc tion in property crime and less opportunity for the people who sell illicit substances to do so.

Better inter-organizational communication and manage ment of information between all parties involved regarding homelessness, mental health and harm reduction would be very beneficial to both clients and service providers.

This would include ASK Wellness Society, BC Housing, Canadian Mental Health Association, Mustard Seed, A Way Home, Interior Health and the City of Kamloops itself.

In recent months, there

George Dersch Age: 73 Retired

Q1: There are more than just one issue to deal with.

First and foremost, what’s needed is leadership, followed by honesty and integrity, coupled with a professional approach to what is going on.

There are too many things that need to be done within the Kamloops area to say there’s just one thing that needs to be done.

But if I had to nail it down to one thing, I would say security and safety of businesses on the North Shore Tranquille corridor and along Victoria Street West downtown.

Would you allow your wife or kids to walk down those areas at night by themselves?

The answer is no, of course, so I think we have to look at that issue and the account ability of organizations that are housing the transient people

within the Kamloops area.

Restoring pride and instill ing integrity within city council are a couple of things that need to be looked after, as well as bringing back a parade of some sort connected with Hot Nite in the City and Ribfest to allow people to show some pride in their city.

We must also be able to hold city council accountable for its actions or inactions and have a council meeting that is open to the public in a pub lic forum on a Saturday or a Sunday, when people can ask questions.

Do I have all the answers to the questions? No, but as a member of a team working as a team, I believe council can deal with the security issues.

I think I have the ability, as a leader with professionalism, integrity, pride and honesty, to get those jobs done.

Q2: My vote for mayor is Ray Dhaliwal. I have known Ray for 20-plus years and he has proven himself as a leader and a person of great regard.

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Mac Gordon Teacher and small business owner

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Q1: I’m tired of being ignored by the carpetbaggers who have been privileged in running our city.

Obviously, the homeless/ opioid and related crime crisis is the most pressing issue, but to thoroughly deal with it, we must first rein in our spending policies. The era of doing less with more needs to end. We are spending $10 million more on city salaries than other medium-sized cities per capita, including Kelowna, Nanaimo and Chilliwack.

There have been many fail ures, including not completing a form properly, resulting in a $1 million loss of a homeless grant that other cities were able to properly complete; the failure in recognizing the trouble the CN Rail coal contract would cre ate, with a $2-million fix at the

city’s expense; the demolition of McDonald Pool (why not just close the pool and allow it to sit empty whilst seeking a means to keep it operational?); the demoli tion of the Boys and Girls Club building on McArthur Island, followed by spending $3 million for an expansion of Parkcrest elementary for a newer, smaller community centre; the careless firing of no fewer than three city CUPE employees, only to have all three rehired upon appeal and the fiasco of the bylaws depart ment changes, which resulted in

have been vigilante groups forming in Penticton and Kelowna in response to the dramatic increase in property crime experienced over the past few years.

Clearly there is an appetite for the public to participate in coming together as a com munity to help mitigate the rampant property crime in their neighbourhoods. I would like to see a revitalization of the Community on Patrol program that was formerly run in part nership with the RCMP and the City of Kamloops.

Restarting this program, or beginning something similar, would empower people to contribute to the safety of their community within safe and acceptable parameters as pre scribed by the RCMP.

Q2: Which mayoral candi date do you support?

I am choosing to not endorse any candidate in the mayoral race as I intend to have a positive working relationship with whoever wins.

the dismissal of 19 city employ ees, all of whom have called Kamloops their home since child hood. The pending arbitration decision will likely end up costing the city millions of dollars.

The mayor said Kamloops has a management group second to none, yet all evidence points to the contrary. Elected council is an oversight committee for city managers.

Whether it’s disloyalty to city employees, pothole-riddled roads, crime or the ever-growing transient homeless situation, Kamloops needs new ideas, solu tions, leadership and, most of all, accountability.

The time of platitudes and word salad answers are over. We need serious people for the seri ous job ahead.

Q2: As for mayor, what a dog’s breakfast. Why can’t we attract smart people to lead our city? Where’s the A Team?

Bonnie Cleland Age: 35

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Caroline King

Age: 53

Small business owner

Email: Caroline4Kam@gmail.com

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Q1: The most pressing issue is the current state of our streets, with drug addiction and mental-health issues fuelling the homeless crisis and the recent crime wave.

City leaders must stop perpetuating the status quo and refocus their efforts on recovery, accountability and transparency.

Council does need to work with other levels of government on these areas; however, that work must be on an equal footing, not as back benchers who refuse to involve citizens as equal stakeholders.

It is appalling, quite frankly, for council to turn down a feasibility study for a recovery

Taj Sandur Age: 33

Realtor

Email: info@tajforkamloops.com

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Q1: The obvious answer is the societal issues regarding homelessness, drug addiction and crime. Almost every candidate’s first prior ity is proving to be crime/safety and solving the issue, so I’d like to make sure our second major problem is getting some light — housing.

The strain on the local housing market is extremely evident and, unlike the homeless ness and the issues that accompany it, solutions for the housing problem in Kamloops can be addressed quickly and easily at the municipal level.

Through extensive first-hand experience, I’ve come to understand that we need to update the 2018 OCP to reflect the changes in our city. We’ve seen home prices increase rapidly since the 2018 OCP, which also predicted population growth at 1.25 per cent per year, forecasting a population of 120,000 people by 2039.

It’s 2022 and the average home price is up around the $700,000 range and our popula tion is already near the 110,000 mark. I have pinpointed the weaknesses within our city and I’ve compiled a short list of tasks we need to complete:

• Investing in human capital in the city’s development services and engineering depart ment. We’re severely understaffed and we need to make sure there are enough workers to sim ply meet current demands.

• We need to better utilize our land through increasing density within our city, whether this includes allowing more secondary suites, four plex development, small apartment buildings or smaller minimum lot requirements in our zoning bylaws.

center due to “scope of reach” and then vote 9-0 to lobby the feds for an increase in international students’ work hours. The city needs to be consistent with its efforts

Q2: Which mayoral candidate do you sup port?

I will support whichever candidate is elected on Oc. 15.

• We need to update the outdated permitting and approval process. The current system is anti quated and we’re quickly falling behind other major cities in this regard. We need to expedite the timeline and the process for applications and approvals as this is crucial for new construction and promot ing growth in our city.

Q2: This is a tough question to answer and I find myself debating this every day. In my mind, there is no clear frontrunner in the mayoral race and certain candidates bring a specific skill set that could be beneficial, but they each have their drawbacks.

I’m in the process of speaking with each candidate about their goals and intentions. I’m trying to decide who will be the best fit to move our city forward as I’m a results- and solutionsoriented individual and I’m looking for a leader who exhibits the same qualities.

I want someone who is willing to learn and adapt as new information is available to us, but who is also rational and searching to provide solutions for the problems we will be facing not only in the next four years, but in the next several decades as I plan on living here for as long as I can.

If I’m able to come to an answer as to which mayoral candidate I will be supporting, I will share it with the public via social media, but at this time I am uncertain.

More polling stations in Oct. 15 civic election

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There will be more voting stations and mail-in ballots will be available in next month’s civic election as the City of Kamloops is aiming to create the most accessible election ever.

Kamloopsians head to the polls on Saturday, Oct. 15, to elect their next mayor, eight councillors and five school trustees.

This year, they will only have to be resi dents of Kamloops for a single day in order to vote as provincial legislation has been updated, removing the 30-day residency requirement.

Electors, however, must still have been residents of B.C. for at least six months to vote, while a 30-day timeline still applies for non-resident property electors.

Also new in the legislation is that it per mits all eligible voters to choose mail-in bal lot voting. In past years, mail-in ballot eligi bility was limited to people who were unable to attend a voting place in-person.

Registration for mail-in ballots began on Sept. 6. After Oct. 2, any requests for mail-in ballots will only be available at city hall due to time restraints.

As for this year’s polling stations, two new locations have been added.

The city usually only operates one advance polling station for three days: Heritage House, downtown in Riverside Park. Another one has been added for

this election, on the North Shore at the McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

Advance voting days are on Oct. 5, Oct. 8 and Oct. 12.

McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre was selected as a polling place as it is located along a bus route and is accessible to anyone with mobility issues.

As for the general voting day, the city typ ically has 16 stations, but has added a 17th, at Juniper Ridge elementary.

On general voting day, Oct. 15, all in-per son polling places will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and transit will be free on that day.

A special voting opportunity will be avail able at Thompson Rivers University on Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for students or employees on duty.

Special voting opportunities for residents, patients and staff at Royal Inland Hospital and care homes will also be available:

• Oct. 6: Hamlets at Westsyde (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.), Riverbend (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), Ridgeview Lodge (2 p.m. to 4 p.m.);

• Oct. 7: Royal Inland Hospital (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.);

• Oct. 11: The Shores (9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.), Chartwell in North Kamloops (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), Pine Grove (2 p.m. to 3 p.m.), Berwick on the Park (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.)

• Oct. 12: Chartwell in Pineview Valley (3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.);

Oct. 13: Kamloops Seniors Village (9 a.m. to noon), Overlander (1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.).

Welcome to councillor candidate snapshot profiles, which will run in successive editions of KTW. Q1: What is the No. 1 issue facing Kamloops? Q2: Which mayoral candidate do you support?

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Council candidates on climate change

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STAFF

During the civic election cam paign, KTW has identified four issues and is asking groups of councillor candidates about them. This is the third of a four-part series, with the remaining issue to be addressed by other, randomly chosen groups of councillor candidates.

Climate change has been called the climate crisis, with plenty of examples evident locally and beyond. Should council be working to mitigate (reducing emissions) or adapt (adapting to climate change that is already here)?

• Nancy Bepple: “We have to do both. If we do nothing, then the increase in the temperature will be that much worse. We have to work actively to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions so the effect of climate change is lessened. But we know that, even now, we are feeling the effects of climate change and we need to have strategies to ensure the safety of people and the infrastruc ture, that it’s not destroyed, as well.”

In the last budget period, Bepple said, funding for the Community Climate Action Plan initiatives was provided as a supplementary budget item and was not supported by all of council.

“Every budget period, there’s going to be debate around the coun cil table as to whether we should be funding actions to reduce green house gas emissions and to mitigate against the threats of climate change. Every single budget there will be that same debate and I will be supporting spending to ensure Kamloops has a future.”

• Dennis Giesbrecht: “A threepronged approach would probably work best. Fire protection is a big one. We need to look at what Logan Lake has done, setting ourselves up to be as resilient as we can to any for

est or grass fires.

“Flooding is also a big issue in Kamloops and we need to do what we can to prepare for those highwater events. And I think another issue would be densification.

“When we get to put fourplexes in downtown lots, that would give us the ability to use fewer resources, smaller carbon footprint and reduce overall emissions.”

Giesbrecht said he is not in favour of a tax increase to fund climate action initiatives.

• Daphane Nelson: “I was really excited to hear about the compost ing pickup curbside, but was really sad to learn that it’s being trucked to Princeton to be processed. To me, it’s like we’re keeping stuff out of the landfill, but now we’re adding to greenhouse gas emissions by having it trucked … It’s sort of like, where is the actual benefit?”

Nelson said the city could sup port a local business to keep the end product in town or it could possibly go to Cinnamon Ridge.

Nelson also questioned whether there is a policy in place for city staff to ensure that, if they are going to the same location, they take one vehicle.

She questioned whether city equipment, like weed-whackers, are gas-powered or electric, argu ing small initiatives can make a difference. Nelson said Kamloops has urban sprawl and it is difficult for outlying areas to consider using transit and cycling paths when infra structure is lacking.

“There’s some room for improve ment there, for sure.”

Nelson said residents should con sider reducing consumption and uti

lize existing businesses that allow for refillable products, without excessive packaging, and shifting toward fixing broken items, rather than throwing them away and buying new ones.

• Katie Neustaeter: Neustaeter said the city should look to experts, including environmental scientists and municipalities that are seeing results in emissions reductions.

“That being said, I’m nervous about the long-term efficacy of elec tric as a solution. I feel we’ve put a lot of emphasis there. We need to do more discovery around clean hydro gen, a seemingly more viable prod uct for future sustainability, and then incentivizing and promoting the implementation of common-sense methods, like solar panels or solar lights, and continuing to encourage pollinator-friendly plants and trees.”

Neustaeter said improving transit and downtown cycling infrastructure would also reduce emissions. She noted the city’s recycling program is confusing and has concerns about the recently approved composting program.

“I don’t know whether that’s going to be popular or not, but I prefer to empower citizens to independently create change. I have hesitations around emissions when exporting our, quote unquote,

problems instead of creating local solutions.

This illustration in the Canada’s Changing Climate Report shows observed changes (degrees C) in annual temperature across Canada between 1948 and 2016, based on linear trends.

“Are we outsourcing those to other communities? Could we incen tivize composting at home instead?”

Neustaeter said the city added a blanket tax for a service that doesn’t fit everyone’s needs. She believes funding could be re-allocated, rather than taxed, for the city’s Community Climate Action Plan.

“Having managed a significant budget in my executive director role, I know that there are dollars to be found that are often missing.”

Neustaeter said the city needs to proactively build partnerships to miti gate trauma and meet basic needs for people navigating difficult situations caused by environmental crises.

• Jesse Ritcey: “We have adopted our Community Climate Action Plan, which sets a target of 80 per cent emissions reductions by 2050. We have partially funded that through a taxation strategy and I’m a big sup porter of the plan. I helped develop and give feedback to the plan.”

Ritcey said he is in favour of den sification and improving transit and active transportation. He noted 600plus deaths in British Columbia dur ing last year’s heat dome, in addition to wildfires and flooding. He said cli mate is a “huge part” of community

safety. Ritcey said council approved a 0.35 per cent annual tax increase to fund the plan, but noted if council were to fully fund the plan, it needs to be 0.5 per cent. He said the con versation needs to be reframed.

“These are investments in our future.”

• Taj Sandur: “We have to do both. It’s not going to be one or the other. We have to adapt as we grow. There’s a lot of things that we have to do in terms of now. Everybody’s issue is housing, but if we’re going to continue to grow with housing, then we need to increase transit and ser vices like that.”

Sandur said transit needs to increase to account for densification and reduced parking requirements for housing. He said it needs to improve so people use it.

Sandur said the city cannot keep the same systems in place when the future is going to be very different.

“We have to adapt for those changes, but then the changes that have already occurred, we have to mitigate those.”

Sandur said the city should be as green as it can with new projects, including solar panel lamp posts. He said he is “possibly” in favour of a tax increase to fund climate action initiatives.

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Mayoral candidates on climate change

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During the civic election cam paign, KTW has identified four issues and is asking mayoral candi dates about them. This is the third of a four-part series, with the remaining issues to be addressed by candidates in next week’s paper and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

Climate change has been called the climate crisis, with plenty of examples evident locally and beyond. Should council be work ing to mitigate (reducing emis sions) or adapt (adapting to cli mate change that is already here)?

• Ray Dhaliwal: “We need to work on climate change, but we still have to live our lives so we’re living them for now. It’s not going to happen overnight.

“We need to do more with our vehicles — city vehicles all need to go electric, the ones that are used in town.

“As far as greenhouse gases, the city has so much wind that blows through the city. I know sometimes air quality is bad, but that’s not coming from Kamloops, it’s coming from other areas. We do get a lot of wind that comes through town and then clears the valleys out, but that’s about all for climate change.

“I’m not really too concerned about that at this time. We have so many issues to deal with that cli mate change is on my list, but it’s not a priority at this time.”

• Dieter Dudy: “We have an incredible Community Climate Action Plan in place already, which I’m very supportive of, but I’m also

understanding that we can’t do it all at one time.

“So, you obviously go after the low-hanging fruit first, get that out of the way, and then start to chip away at the other things.

“We have candidates out there who feel we should be doing that much more, but you can only go to the trough so often before the pub lic says, ‘Excuse me, I don’t have that much money in my pockets.’”

Dudy said electrification, the BC Energy Step Code, city incen tives and public transit make a difference.

“Every little bit contributes.”

• Sadie Hunter: Hunter said city council unanimously support ed the Community Climate Action Plan and she said she is in favour of implementing parts of it that do not increase costs and taxes for people, calling it the “responsible thing to do.”

“I really encourage those that are in a position to do so look at what they can do and, by that, I mean, say, owners of multi-family buildings. If they can retrofit to reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses their buildings are emitting, that would go a lot way to reduce our greenhouse gas emission reductions.”

• Arjun Singh: “Climate action has been a real interest of mine for many years. I’m super proud of this council. We really have now cemented into our opera tions through that budget line item ongoing work. And that’s the key thing.

“We could declare a climate emergency, all this stuff, symbolic. We said no, we’re going to have a plan that’s going to meet the Paris

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goals. Obviously, I proposed that. Council supported that. I’m so thankful for that.”

Singh said having money in the budget will ensure the work happens faster, which he said is positive.

He said Kamloops is stuck with extreme weather. He pointed to fires and floods happening more frequently because of climate change and said people are more open to the conversation because they see it around them.

Singh said he is also involved in climate change discussions at the provincial and federal levels and he works to help Kamloops through those channels. He noted funding help for the Canada Games Aquatic Centre and bike lanes. Now that the goals and funding are in place, he wants to see the city measure greenhouse gas emissions and engage the community.

Singh said he wants to see the city support people to get on a bicycle or take the bus.

“I will be a mayor who bikes,” he said. “I will be a mayor who walks, takes transit. It’s really important that we understand that these are options.”

Note: Reid Hamer-Jackson was the lone mayoral candidate who was not available to be interviewed by KTW for this series.

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Allen says city growth should lure businesses

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Jamie Allen said he has known for 35 years he would one day run for council.

A self-proclaimed “newsaholic,” Allen — who works for Ray’s Lock and Key, which is owned by mayoral candidate Ray Dhaliwal — said he follows politics closely and has in the past watched council meetings.

He said he is not part of a slate with Dhaliwal.

Allen, 59, said residents should vote for him because he puts 100 per cent into anything to which he puts his mind.

“I always work super hard and I’m tenacious,” he said. “If I want to reach a certain goal, I’ll figure out somehow some way to get there.”

Allen has worked for Dhaliwal for the past two years and previously worked for 37 years at Rivershore Chrysler.

Allen is also a metal sculpture artist and photographer. Through his photography, he was a board

member for the Kamloops Photo Arts Club and has shot curling at the Kamloops Curling Club. He also vol unteered selling 50-50 tickets at the Kamloops Blazers.

Allen said the top issues are social problems, housing affordability and

commercial land availability. Allen said the city now has a population of 100,000 and, with that, certain busi nesses want to come to town.

He said businesses that previous ly served Kamloops out of Kelowna want to establish a presence here.

“And if we don’t have places to go relocate those businesses, then they won’t come here,” he said.

It is the first time Allen has run for public office.

Twenty-three people are running for city council. The election is on Oct. 15.

Reo wants to make Kamloops roads great again

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Reo Rocheleau is running for council to ensure taxpayer money is spent properly. R ocheleau said city projects cost too much, noting he sees inefficiencies at city hall.

He wants to see property taxes lowered by between five and 10 per cent..

“My motto is a penny saved is a penny earned,” he said.

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My priorities:

1. Kamloops must have a common vision by the mayor, council and citizens to promote the city as the ‘HUB’ of the province.

A strong leadership position is required for all working together to capitalize on the unique location of Kamloops in the ‘centre of the province’ with the highway system and train lines meeting in our ‘hub’ city KAMLOOPS AS AN INLAND PORT-CROSS CANADA AND COAST FRIEGHT SHIPPED TO KAMLOOPS BY TRUCKS AND RAIL AND REDISTRIBUTED TO ALL POINTS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST

Consistency of drivers and routes-fewer accidents on the Coquihalla

2. All levels of government must be unified-MLA’s MP’s Councillors and Mayor must come together to resolve common issues faced by all communities.

3. Job creation and visionary incentives to encourage growth and development

4. Town Hall Forums for community participation spotlighting specific areas of the city and interest groups i.e. seniors, youth and First Nations

5. Tax incentives for new businesses reestablishing in Kamloops

6. The province & MLA’s work with TRU to develop skills and trade programs for the disadvantaged.

7. The City of Kamloops establish a system of community for the disadvantaged (as in Japan) and involve them in Town Hall Forums to be part of the solution process

City work in concert with:

Federal level, Military Service option

Provincial level- Skill Training at Thompson Rivers

Local level-Clean up Community programs as a consequence

8. Address high fuel prices (higher than Okanagan)

9. Address affordable housing issue

10. Firm Consequences: Property damage, graffiti.

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slogan at the time was “Make Kamloops Great Again,” modelled after former U.S. president Donald Trump’s well-known slogan.

In 2014, Rocheleau ran for council and finished last in a 28-candidate field. He said he has learned from his past experience.

Rocheleau believes he has a shot at one of eight council seats. Twenty-three people are running for council in the Oct. 15 election.

Rocheleau said the top issue is potholes. He drives a scooter and sees road conditions

up-close. He said he wants to improve roads for vehicles, scooters and parents walking with baby carriages.

He previously had a video rental store in Nelson, came to Kamloops 15 years ago and lives downtown.

At 90, Rocheleau is the eldest candidate running for office. Asked if that would impact him on council, he replied: “Why should it? I use my brains. The other guys, I don’t know what they use.”

“For the past four years, we have been working non stop to explore possible solutions to build a safer and healthier communit y for the citizens of K amloops The single biggest impediment has been the ineffective approach of the majorit y of our current cit y council It is time for a change. There are no limits to the goals that we, as a communit y, can pursue and achieve. Attainable housing for all, better shelter systems, better suppor tive housing, and dedicated addiction and mental health recover y facilities, are all achievable Better and safer public transit systems, assistance for our seniors, better schools, recreational facilities and infrastructure are all wor thwhile goals that we can pursue K amloops Cit y Council needs to improve and widen its lane, in order to have any positive influence over other levels of government in addressing these challenges Let ’s get pro-active and vote for change, for a safer and more prosperous K amloops ”

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Dersch targets safety and security

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

George Dersch hopes to bring his running mate — a PTSD service dog named Sgt. Pip — to council chambers.

Dersch, who is a veteran, is running in the civic elec tion because he sees a need for leadership and integrity and due to issues of safety and security.

He said Kamloops residents are unlikely to walk in various areas of the city, due to safety concerns.

“Those are walking trails that a lot of people, for fitness, exercise, want to take, but they can’t,” Dersch said of routes along the Tranquille Corridor and Schubert Drive.

“They just don’t feel safe. They don’t know what’s lurking under the bridge.”

Dersch spent 32 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and

was stationed as chief clerk with the Rocky Mountain Rangers before retiring in the city.

He praised Kamloops for its winter sports, fishing and hunting, noting it is a hub in the Southern Interior of British Columbia.

“All roads lead through Kamloops,” he said. “So let’s capitalize on that aspect, as well.”

Dersch said he hopes to lead for all of Kamloops.

He said his approach to

being a city councillor would involve giving everyone an equal voice, adding he will voice concerns of residents to city council.

Dersch criticized the city’s council meeting structure for only allowing residents to speak about items on the agenda. He noted Robert’s Rules of Order allow for new business.

One of his ideas includes holding council meetings at Sandman Centre on Saturdays or Sundays at least twice per

If he is successful in his bid for a council seat, George Dersch would like to introduce his PTSD service dog, Sgt. Pip, to council chambers in Kamloops City Hall.

year in order to make council more accessible, allow residents to ask questions and hold coun cil to account.

“People have got to remem ber above else that city coun cil works for the citizens of Kamloops — not the other way around,” he said.

Dersch also wants a twoterm limit on city councillors and mayors. He said some people treat city council as a job, but maintained it should be “civic duty.”

Lambert says inland port should be pursued

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Councillor candidate Francois Lambert wants to see an inland port in Kamloops. He said it would would create jobs and fit with the city’s high way and railway transportation network.

Lambert, 85, said coun cil could assist in facilitating an inland port by offering tax breaks. He said council could also explore feasibility and gauge interest.

“I think it would be a nobrainer to have something like that at least looked at in Kamloops,” he said.

Lambert has lived in Kamloops since the 1960s and owns Headhunters hair salons downtown, in Sahali and in North Kamloops.

He is a downtown resi dent who said his age is just a number.

“It’s not something that you can’t do or can do,” he said. “It’s a matter of opinion. It’s what you want to do, right?” he said.

Lambert said he previously owned the Kelowna Rockets major junior hockey club and helped pave way for the Kamloops Blazers to relocate here from New Westminster in the early 1980s.

In 2016, he received an Exemplary Service Award from the city.

“I opened up a lot of busi nesses here in town over that time,” Lambert said of his award. He hopes to earn votes through his various accomplish ments.

Lambert, who said he has run in the past for mayor, but lost, suggested city hall hold townhall meetings to discuss issues on the streets.

Twenty-three people have put their names forward to run for city council, in addition to five people who are running for mayor. The civic election is on Oct. 15.

Pearce seeking a seat on SD73 board

SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

Karla Pearce is hoping to put her decades of experience as an art teacher to work as a school trustee in Kamloops.

Pearce, 55, spent 23 years work ing as an art teacher, supporting her family and working with children along the way. She retired in 2018.

“I have the time, I have the energy, I have my health. This is why I feel like I can be of service to the community,” Pearce told KTW

Pearce said she is a visual artist, not a politician.

“I want to help the students. I want to help the teachers. I’m not

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interested in anything else other than that,” she said.

Pearce believes SD73 schools already have good and robust art programs, but noted support for those programs is lacking.

“Art is a healing thing. Anything where children get to express them selves and take whatever is going on in the inside and put it on the outside. That’s what art therapy is all about,” she said.

Pearce said she is “absolutely”

There are a number of all-candidates forums set in advance of the Oct. 15 civic election.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, NOON

A seniors-focused forum for mayoral and councillor candidates will be held at the Desert Gardens Seniors Community Centre, downtown at 540 Seymour St.

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passionate about her art. This past March, Pearce burned her paint ings on a Thompson River beach to draw attention to issues with income

Masks must be worn in common areas of the building.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 6:30 P.M.

The School District 73 District Parent Advisory Committee is hosting an allcandidates meeting for city trustee can didates.

It will take place at the Henry Grube

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assistance for those living along the poverty line.

As a school trustee, Pearce said the first thing she would do is pitch a study to look at the fallout from home-schooling, outside learning, isolation and depression related to the pandemic.

“Once we have that information, then, with the facts, we can see what needs to be done and do stuff,” she said.

Pearce also wants to focus her efforts on avoiding a teachers’ strike, vowing to fight “tooth and nail” to do so and ensure teachers are happy.

“Sometimes a voice can help. Maybe I can’t stop it, but I can cer tainly try, and that’s all that we can do,” she said.

Education Centre, at the north end of Overlanders Bridge in North Kamloops.

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Kamloops This Week, CBC Radio and Radio NL are staging an allcandidates forum in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University for coun cillor and mayoral candidates.

Pearce is also looking to provide support when it comes to preventing bullying. She said she was a student with disabilities, undiagnosed with dyslexia, and was belittled in grade school. She said there’s no room for that kind of behaviour and will work to support and integrate students with disabilities.

Pearce said she welcomes visitors to her table at the Kamloops Regional Farmers’ Market, where she sells her art. She can be found there on Saturdays in the 200-block of St. Paul St. and on Wednesdays in the 400-block of Victoria St.

Pearce is one of 10 people run ning for the position of school trustee in Kamloops. In the Oct. 15 election, five will be chosen to serve.

The forum will follow the format of the 2018 civic election forum and will feature a mayoral session, followed by groups of councillor candidates taking to the stage in 25-minute increments to answer questions from the public.

You can attend in person or you can catch the forum online via KTW’s Facebook page.

Brendan Shaw Real Estate and City Gardens by Kelson Group present The Upside of Downsizing Seminar Learn from local experts on how to make downsizing so much simpler and more enjoyable. Light refreshments will be served and there will be several exciting door prizes to be won.

Admission: Free to attend and limited to 100 attendees

Behmanesh wants kids to succeed

SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

Kamloops dentist Shahriar Behmanesh is running for school trust ee, intent on pushing kids harder toward academic success.

Behmanesh came to Canada at age nine, moving with his family to Vancouver. He said it was a good age to make such a big change.

“For me, it was a very good age to come. I grew up here, but I still remem ber some of my childhood and parts of my heritage, which I loved and keep with me,” he said.

Behmanesh’s first encounter with Canadian education was when he took a placement test, recalling how initially, his English was very poor, but he excelled in math far beyond the level expected for his age. He also caught up with English quickly, with extra support to learn the second lan guage.

That experience as a

young student is inform ing his run as trustee, pledging to bring extra academic support to SD73 students and pushing them harder to achieve their goals.

“I’m not some genius, I promise you. It makes a huge difference, especial ly in primary education, in the determination of kids’ lives,” he said.

Behmanesh, 31, works as a dentist at Thompson Valley Dental. He spent 10 years at the University of British Columbia studying biochemistry, interna tional relations, conduct

ing research and studying dentistry. He moved to Kamloops three-and -a-half years ago.

“I love learning, very simply put. I read a lot and, in some ways, I’m sort of the typical nerd. But I’m also very passion ate about society and civil service,” he said.

Behmanesh’s cam paign thus far has con sisted of door-knocking to speak with parents. He said he has received plenty of support for his idea to push kids harder in school.

“Some of it has to do with students having more support where they need it, some of it is sim ply about pushing them harder, especially in pri mary education, in terms of learning,” he said.

“Especially core learning, languages and math. I think it makes a

huge difference.”

Behmanesh said life after school isn’t getting any less expensive for students and the oppor tunities they have are going to be increasingly limited.

He took issue with kids no longer receiv ing letter grades on their report cards.

“I don’t think it’s a good thing. We need objective parameters — not to make kids feel bad or anything, but so kids have an understanding of where they are and where they can approve,” he said.

“I’m not a negative person and I hate to be negative, but I think there’s been a watering down of the quality of education we’ve had. I don’t think that’s a good thing at all. I think it’s a disservice to kids gradu ating,” he said.

Behmanesh is one of 10 people running for school trustee in Kamloops.

Five will be elected in the Oct. 15 civic election.

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Stolen scooters strand Kamloops woman with serious medical issues

though, as she is recovering from a recent heart attack.

A Kamloops woman with multiple medical issues has been the latest victim of motorized scooter theft in Kamloops after reporting the theft of two scooters to police on Tuesday (Sept. 20).

The scooters were taken from her car port, where they were locked and stored.

One is her own scooter, still under war ranty, and the other scooter belongs to a friend who is fighting terminal cancer.

Tara Pryce said she and her landlord each heard commotion outside her Lorne Street residence on Monday night, but noted that gatherings in adjacent Pioneer Park are nothing new.

“The crime has gotten so bad here, it’s insane,” Pryce said.

“The cops — he was very nice — but he said probably the only way they’d find them is if they did a bust on a house or a raid on a house because they can’t just stop people that look sketchy on the street and say, ‘I want to check all your serial numbers.’”

Pryce said she could confirm the serial number on her new scooter because she acquired it six months ago.

She hasn’t been able to use it much,

For Pryce, the scooter has been her only way to get around the city.

“It gave me so much freedom,” she said. “I could grocery shop, I could take care of errands.”

Pryce said she lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic because her kidneys were failing. She now receives disability assistance.

Pryce said her current health conditions will not permit her to walk the several blocks required to access the nearest bus stop.

In the past 18 months, Pryce said she has fought through many medical battles — two diabetic comas, broken bones and surgeries on her legs.

Pryce said she needs dialysis at least three times a week to keep her alive.

A friend has started a GoFundMe page to help raise money to get Pryce another scooter. She said she hopes someone will do the right thing and make an anonymous call to police to enable its recovery, but admits it is a long shot.

To donate to the GoFundMe account, “Help Tara get a new scooter!”, go online to https://bit.ly/3BCjaDX.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Tuesday, October 12, 2022

2:00 PM

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 1:00 PM

Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipal Council gives notice that it will hold a virtual Public Hearing via Zoom and live streamed on the municipal Facebook page to review and provide an opportunity for feedback on the Official Community Plan Refresh.

Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipal Council gives notice that it will hold a virtual Public Hearing via Zoom and live streamed on the municipal Facebook page to review and provide an opportunity for feedback on the Official Community Plan Refresh

Questions, comments and feedback can be forwarded to Nicky Jonsson at admin@sunpeaksmunicipality

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Tara Pryce had two mobility scooters stolen from her carport on Sept. 19, 2022. With her current health issues and loss of mobility, Pryce said she is unable to access her regular kidney dialysis treatments.

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Genesis Place opens in former Fortune Motel

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The former Fortune Motel in North Kamloops has opened as housing for the homeless or those at risk of being homeless.

The provincial government purchased the motel in June 2021 for $3.6 million and had originally planned to open in the fall of 2021 with 40 living units in the two buildings on the property.

However, delays — including water damage from burst pipes last winter — led to the opening being postponed until this week.

The originally planned 40 units have been reduced to 28 in the larger building on the lot.

BC Housing said it will redevelop the smaller build ing, though a long-term use for the building has not yet been determined.

The Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will operate the building, which is now

called Genesis Place.

“Our renewed mandate and commitment promote natural and culturally holistic wellness-focused services that encourage social and emotional growth,” said Alfred Achoba, executive director of the local chapter of the CMHA.

Residents will have access to around-the-clock support services, including daily meals and life-skills training, while the CMHA will connect residents to Interior Health for any related services they may require.

BC Housing said residents were selected through the supportive housing registry and all residents must sign a program agreement (similar to a tenancy agreement) and pay rent.

There is no prohibition on alcohol or drug use at the former motel.

BC Housing said residents are permitted to make their own choices regarding lifestyle, including

the decision to abstain or use drugs and alcohol in the privacy of their homes.

BC Housing said a harmreduction approach will have CMHA staff working with residents to ensure they use alcohol and drugs safely.

The provincial agency said the former motel was chosen as the site for Genesis Place because of the increasing demand for homes with supports, their availability, costs and proximity to transit and other services.

Regarding the facility’s close proximity to Arthur Hatton elementary, BC Housing said many supportive housing sites in B.C. have been operating near schools for more than a decade “with no issues and with support from the community.”

BC Housing said there are more than 210 provin cially funded supportive housing sites across the province that are within 500 metres of a school.

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Newly released prolific offenders report gets only passing grades from Mayor Christian

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Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian is giving the newly released report into prolific offenders passing grades, but only time and money will tell if the document graduates to tangible actions.

“For the speed in which they got the report out, I’m giving them a B+. For the content of the report I’m giving them a C+ — I think they got some good ideas

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in there and the proof will be in how much funding they provide to make these things actually a reality,” Christian said.

The report was commissioned this past spring by the provincial government to investigate prolific offenders and random violent attacks and suggest actions to address the problem in response to complaints and data from the BC Urban Mayors’ Caucus — of which Christian is a member.

It made 28 recommendations, but didn’t include mandatory drug treatment — one of the key measures was examined.

Mandatory drug treatment for drug and alcohol addictions is an option Christian was in support of, telling KTW back in May when the probe was launched it could benefit Kamloops, whose list of prolific offenders likely contained people with complex mentalhealth and addiction issues they are feeding through criminal activity.

“To suggest these people could drop in for treatment is a bit naive,” Christian

said in the spring.

Asked if he’s disappointed the report didn’t recommend mandated treatment for prolific offenders, Christian told KTW he feels the current NDP government’s attitude toward that option is already changing in its favour.

“Certainly I’m hearing those signals from [NDP leadership hopeful] David Eby … and some of the other members of caucus that this volunteer system is just not working,” Christian said.

The report didn’t recommend mandatory treatment due to a lack of evidence it leads to positive outcomes. The document did suggest, however, the province create low-security units where people with complex mental-health and substance-use issues who present a high risk of harm to others, can be treated in a secure setting. The facilities would be for people whose needs are not appropriate for forensic care, but exceed being placed an open in-patient hospital.

Christian told Kamloops This Week he thinks this is “a start” toward compulsory

treatment, and the government will even tually get to that point.

He said he is intrigued by that recommendation as well as therapeutic bail, the appointment of mental health workers in the court system and the re-establishment of B.C.’s cancelled prolific offender management pilot program, because he thinks they can be effective if implemented quickly and properly funded.

He said one thing he didn’t approve of in the report was how much focus there was on not using the term “prolific offenders.”

“I don’t think they even care what they’re called. I think society just needs a label for the problem,” Christian said.

Problematic with the government’s response, Christian noted, is the province is treating the prolific offender issue as a mental health issue at a time when mental health workers are scarce.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS TERM

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Giving the public a greater voice through establishment of a safety and security group for neighbourhood associations;

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Promoting creation of a bylaw restricting single-use plastic;

• Creating day lodges for people living with social issues;

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Advocating to the province for a second mental-health RCMP Car 40;

• Advocating for a sobering centre and more complex-care beds;

Addressing the lack of childcare centres;

Advocating for better conditions in longter m care housing, public health and RIH.

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Finding ways to encourage more affordable housing to be built, especially for seniors, those living with disabilities or with low incomes;

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Continuing to advocate for a better health care system that isn’t filled with long waits, bur nout, lack of doctors;

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Maintaining a safe city for everyone;

• Improving transit options for seniors and those living with disabilities;

Continuing to give the public a louder voice at City Hall;

Standing up for financial responsibility and accountability

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In April, the Urban Mayors’ Caucus sent detailed information to the provincial government, indicat ing that despite overall decreases in provincial and community crime rates, shifting crime patterns during the pandemic were particularly hurt

ing downtown retail areas.

On May 2, the caucus said there is a need to shift policing services from the current “police-respondfirst approach” for citizens with complex mental-health issues to a health-centred approach by improving co-ordination and integration of police, health, mental-

health and social services.

Christian said the government report is a response to the data provided by the mayor’s caucus, noting that in 2021, Kamloops had 15 prolific offenders responsible for 471 crime files (more than 30 crimes each), as per data collected from the Kamloops RCMP, which was includ

ed in information the mayor’s caucus submitted to Eby.

“If we could control these 15 indi viduals, there would be a noticeable calming on the streets,” Christian told KTW back when the prolific offender report was commissioned. “They were apprehended by police — they did their job — and then the charges

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Those numbers, however, seem like a drop in the bucket when com pared to numbers from Statistics Canada, which show property crime alone in Kamloops was at a five-year high, with 7,746 files in 2021.

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Plenty of play time on a Peruvian adventure

COLLEEN FRIESEN SPECIAL TO KTW travelwriterstales.com

Ourtaxi flew down the dark highway, a moon-lit Pacific pounded the beach on the right, steep cliffs on our left glowed in the lunar light.

We cut through a break in the cliff and drove up a steep hill to a hotel on a quiet street.

We were in Lima.

We were embarking on an 11-day adventure tour to explore Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, Iquitos and other cultural and archaeological sites with a final few days on the Amazon.

Eleven days doesn’t sound long. But when you pack each day with destinations, experiences, new foods, sights, a few pre-dawn regional flights, all while spending each day with a random bunch of people you’ve never met before, it starts to add up.

We’d arrived a couple days before we were to meet the rest of our group. Just like everyone had warned us, Lima was loud, tied up with traffic and polluted.

But there were parades around every corner; splendid pageantries of indigenous costumes and music. We ate tasty ceviches, roamed among the catacombs under the ancient San Francisco church, discovered the joy of hot cinna mon-dusted churros and, just like Hemingway, drank legendary Pisco Sours in the faded elegance of the Gran Hotel Bolivar.

We felt safe wherever we wan

dered. We were smitten.

A few days later, we met the rest of our fellow-travellers.

We were a United Nations assemblage of 10; four from the U.S., ourselves and one other from Canada, two from Latvia and our indispensable Peruvian guide who could, we would discover, magically make tickets appear, co-ordinate cabs and provide the cultural context to everything we saw.

We left the next morning for Cusco. At 3,400 metres, Cusco, a UNESCO world heritage site, is Peru’s most-visited city. The next two days were packed with sites and excursions. Our group bonded, one meal and one shared experi ence at a time.

We boarded the Peru Rail

train in the ancient village of Ollantaytambo, taking the oneand-a-half hour morning train ride instead of sweating through a fourday hike to Machu Picchu.

The train pulled into the centre of Machu Picchu Pueblo. Sitting in a deep gorge, with no roads in, the town is virtually an island. It is the closest access point to the historical site of Machu Picchu.

The next morning, we would join a long line of travellers to board perfectly co-ordinated bus ses for a dizzying switchback ride up, up, and up to the actual site.

Arriving at that mountaintop kingdom is nothing short of breath taking. It is inconceivable that someone could dream up such a place, and then somehow, impos sibly, bring it into existence.

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Each new bit of information regarding the placement of tem ples, the alignment of stars and the exact marking of the solstice, only served to deepen the wonder.

No photos could begin to con tain the scene falling away from our feet.

I watched our group. Whatever our nationality, reasons or ages, we were all as awestruck and wideeyed as children.

Our next adventure took us inland to Iquitos, a bustling humid city of half-a-million citizens. Iquitos can only be reached by plane or via the world’s biggest river, the Amazon.

We left at dawn, landing two hours later into a city buzzing with auto rickshaws. A short bus ride through a tropical deluge delivered

us to our home for the next two nights, the 38-metre long Amatista Riverboat.

Lined with caramel-varnished woods, our cool cabin felt like we’d walked into our very own jewelry box. The window-walls of the din ing room sparkled with glasses on linen-topped tables.

But better than all the beauty of the boat was one fact; we were on the Amazon. We watched, mes merized, as pods porpoised beside our boat. Howler monkeys, egrets, herons and other bird life filled our binoculars as naturalist guides zoomed us up rivers in Zodiacs.

We went on guided walks and saw dinosaur-sized house plants and lily pads with the same diam eter as a child’s wading pool.

That last night we sat on the upper deck of the Amatista. Our Pisco Sours glowed as the sun sank.

In only 11 days, we’d accumu lated a lifetime of memories, each story made richer because it was shared with our new friends.

Our collective dreams had become our shared adventures.

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PACK HAVE SOMETHING BREWING

MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

insley Grether was full of beans, perco lating while suggesting Starbucks superstition might have something to do with her TRU WolfPack’s unprec edented unbeaten streak.

The coffee-loving Kamloopsian Grether and caffeinated cap tain Camryn Curts of Courtenay are brewing tradition out of pregame java.

They routinely order the same drinks — one Matcha tea latte with oat milk (subbing clas sic syrup for brown sugar syrup) and one Americano, with brown sugar syrup and oat milk.

“It gets a bit pricey, but it’s worth it,” Curts said with a laugh.

The WolfPack soc cer women have gone six matches without tasting defeat, a splash of success that might seem underwhelming unless flavoured with a shot of history.

When head coach

Mark Pennington took the reins in 2019, TRU was 13-47-7 and had a goal differential of minus-122 since join ing U Sports in 2014.

AThe club managed only one victory in 2021 and was 3-16-7 under Pennington heading into the 2022 campaign, which opened with a pair of losses at Hillside Stadium — 5-0 to Calgary (5-2-1) on Sept. 3 and 1-0 to UNBC (2-5-1) of Prince George on Sept. 4.

“Yeah, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disap pointed after Week 1,” Pennington said.

Several key cogs were unavailable to the WolfPack on open ing weekend and their return has helped spark the turnaround, the unbeaten run that began with a 3-2 vic tory over Regina (0-45) on Sept. 9 and 2-2 tie with Saskatchewan (4-2-3) on Sept. 10. Both matches were played in Kamloops.

“This has been an unreal last three weeks,” said Grether, the third-year mid fielder who has two goals in eight games this season. “That’s been the biggest dif

ference. Everybody is just so keen, not just to show up and play, but to show up and actu ally win.”

TRU pushed the undefeated streak to four with a pair of vic tories in Alberta — 2-0 over the Mount Royal Cougars (4-2-1) on Sept. 17 in Calgary and 3-2 over the Lethbridge Pronghorns (0-6-2) on Sept. 18.

The Wild Rose Country sweep marks only the third time in program history the TRU women’s soccer team has won back-toback matches.

“When we won our six-point weekend, that was decided before we even got to Alberta,” Grether said. “We knew we were coming home with six points.”

Curts is willing to spend a few extra bucks on supersti

tious specialty coffees because she knows the value of success.

The graduating fifth-year midfielder has endured stale cups of mud, including the one-win 2021 cam paign that saw her rip 33 shots, but score no goals.

“Obviously, pretty frustrating for me and, obviously, from a team standpoint, it kind of sucked, not really getting the results we wanted or we thought we deserved,” said Curts, who leads the WolfPack women’s soc cer program in points, assists and shots on goal, and has twice bulged the old onion bag this season. “It’s nice to finally be out there getting the results we do deserve.”

Emily Clark of Kamloops bagged her team-leading third goal

of the season to cap a 2-1 victory over the Fraser Valley Cascades (0-3-5) of Abbotsford on Sept. 24 at Hillside Stadium, a comeback win spurred by Anika Black, the rookie Kamloopsian who opened her Canada West account in the 58th minute of the contest.

A scoreless draw against visiting Trinity Western (6-1-1) of Langley on Sept. 23 was perhaps the most impressive result of the weekend. The Spartans are the second-ranked women’s univer sity soccer team in the country.

“It’s what you aim for,” Pennington said. “These are our goals. I think we’ve surpassed where I thought we’d be, which is a good thing. It’s all credit to the players. They’ve

bought in to what we are trying to do. There is a real togetherness about them and a belief and confidence.”

The WolfPack men’s soccer team has stolen most of the headlines in 2022 as it will host the national champi onship tournament in November and leads the Pacific Division with a record of 6-2-1 heading into the home stretch of the regular season.

Meanwhile, the WolfPack women — ranked 11th in the conference in a preseason coaches’ poll — are fourth in Pacific Division standings with a record of 4-2-2 and slow-dripping their way toward snapping a dubious streak.

TRU has qualified for the Canada West post-season only once, in 2015, when the UBC

Thunderbirds thumped the Pack 6-1 in Round 1.

Another unbeaten weekend would help their push for the play offs, but the WolfPack will be in tough with road matches sched uled on Friday, Sept. 30, in Victoria and Saturday, Oct. 1, in Vancouver.

Perhaps only the superstitious would wager two cups of Joe on TRU roasting the hometown Vikes (3-42) and Thunderbirds (8-1, ranked No. 1 in the nation).

Starbucks is easy to find in both of those cities.

“Everything is dialled in to a tee right now with our supersti tions,” Grether said with a laugh.

“It’s been so fun. Everybody has such a good attitude.”

Emily Clark (from left), Camryn Curts and Ainsley Grether celebrate a goal earlier this season at Hillside Stadium.

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Brown rink wants to learn from painful losses

MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

Team Brown’s plans for the 2021-2022 curling season did not come to fruition.

Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Samantha Fisher endured painful letdowns, including a pair of defeats in games in which victory would have seen them through to the Tim Hortons Trials.

The Olympic dream was forced to wait and the Kamloops Curling Club quartet’s vision of representing B.C. for a third straight year at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts did not pan out, as Team Brown made an early playoff exit from the provin cial championships, which were held at their home club.

“It was a lot of really hard games, as far as finals that didn’t quite go our way,” Brown said. “They were really tough losses. By the time we got to provincials, we ran out of steam a little bit.

“It was just a lot of really big

games that ended up in a loss, so I guess it would kind of have a bit of a negative connotation to the season, but overall we did have a pretty good year. We put our selves in a lot of good positions at the big events, but just didn’t quite capitalize at the end.”

Allison MacInnes is no longer coaching the team, which has picked up 10-time Brier partici pant Jim Cotter to help coach the rink.

Brown plans to take the good — including victory and a cheque

for $10,000 at the SGI Canada Best of the West Championship in April in Saskatoon — and the bad from last season and use it to improve in 2022-2023.

“We’re definitely eager to try some new strategies and sweep ing techniques and things like that to get us to the next level,” Brown said. “We’re really open to changing things up.”

The season is off to a rocky start, with Team Brown failing to reach the playoffs in three consecutive events in Alberta,

Skip Corryn Brown is aiming to curl on home ice at the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kamloops.

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at the national Scotties, the nod a result of its victory at the 2020 provincial Scotties in Cranbrook, an 8-7 extra ends triumph over Sarah Wark of Abbotsford.

This season, Brown and co. have a chance to reach nationals the hard way and erase any sour taste from the setback at provin cials on home ice in 2022.

Kamloops is playing host to the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which will run from Feb. 17 to Feb. 26 at the Sandman Centre. Tickets are available online at curling.ca.

but the skip is looking forward to another opportunity this weekend in Vernon at the first B.C. Tour event of the campaign, the Prestige Hotels and Resort Curling Classic.

“We haven’t performed the way we like to, but we’ve had some really good things come out of them, as well,” Brown said “We’re working from that.”

When the B.C. championships were cancelled in 2021 amid the pandemic, the Brown rink was chosen to represent the province

There are a number of avenues to qualification for the women’s provincial champion ship in Chilliwack in January, including a win at the Kamloops Crown of Curling, which is slated to run from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30 at the Kamloops Curling Club.

“We are looking forward to kind of going against our norm and maybe changing things up strategy-wise,” Brown said. “We recognize that doing the same thing over and over isn’t neces sarily going to create any change.”

Undermanned Blazers blanked in home opener

MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

In-the-know fans of the Kamloops Blazers entered Sandman Centre on Friday with tem pered expectations.

The Portland Winterhawks made sure those specta tors did not leave pleasantly surprised and celebrating vic tory to jumpstart Memorial Cuphosting season.

Dante Giannuzzi recorded a 24-save shutout for the Winterhawks in a 3-0 win over the Blazers, whose opening-night performance was dulled by the absence of six NHL camp attend ees — forwards Logan Stankoven, Caedan Bankier,

Matthew Seminoff, Fraser Minten and Daylan Kuefler and defenceman Kyle Masters.

“I thought the third period was pretty good,” Blazers’ head coach Shaun Clouston said. “We finally

kind of simpli fied things, got on the same page as a group and got the game going a little bit in the right direction.

“We weren’t where we needed to be in the first two periods.”

Eight players in the Blazers’ lineup entered the contest with seven or fewer games of WHL experience, including debutants Conner Radke, Aapo Sarell, Rylan Pearce and Nathan Behm.

Radke said it took a few shifts to settle in, harness adrenaline, brush aside the thrill of skating in front of a major junior crowd and focus in on playing his game.

“It’s unreal,” Radke said of making his debut in front of an announced crowd of 4,485. “The adrenaline was rushing. All the fans in the building are awesome. Tough outcome, but fun to get the first one

over with. It took a couple shifts and then I was feeling good, starting to play my game a little more.”

Portland took a 1-0 lead one minute and 34 seconds into the opening frame, with Gabe Klassen tallying on the power play, capi talizing on a deft cross-ice feed from Jack O’Brien.

Dylan Ernst, who had no chance on the opening goal, was a bright spot for Kamloops and turned aside 35 shots in a losing effort.

“That was a

positive, some real good goaltending tonight that gave us a chance to hang around,” Clouston said.

Marcus Ngyuen used a screen to solve Ernst in the second period and Klassen pounced on a juicy rebound at 17:14 of the third period to ice the game for Portland, which was without NHL camp attend ees Ryan McCleary, James Stefan and Marek Alscher.

“You have to believe that if you play the right way and play a team game, you can have

success,” Clouston said. “Maybe some of the younger guys and maybe the older guys, too, it took them a bit to get to that point where they really went after it as a group.”

Kamloops, which was 0-for5 on the power play, will play next against the home town Spokane Chiefs on Saturday.

“We’ll watch the game and evalu ate and identify some areas we just have to get better,” Clouston said. “It’s not easy, right? This is the first game for

a lot of guys.”

The Blazers’ lineup will look drastically differ ent during their next home contest, which is slated for Friday, Oct. 7, when the Victoria Royals come to town.

Seminoff, Bankier and Masters have returned to Kamloops and will be in the lineup this weekend in Spokane.

Minten, Stankoven and Kuefler remained at their respective NHL camps as of KTW’s press dead line on Tuesday.

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ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW 895, 2022

The intent of this bylaw is to amend Zoning Bylaw 675, 2010 for the following property shown below: Plan EPP115365, Lot 5, DL 2217 & 6485 KDYD, PID: 031 616 241 (510 Poplar Drive) from R1 Single Family Residential to R1S Single Family Residential with Secondary Suite

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Blazers’ goaltender Dylan Ernst stopped 35 shots in a losing effort on Friday at Sandman Centre.

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Storm primed for home opener

The Kamloops Storm will play host to their home opener on Friday at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre, a 7 p.m. start against the Revelstoke Grizzlies.

Kamloops began the 2022-2023 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League cam paign on Saturday, Sept. 24, with a 4-1 vic tory over the hometown Chase Heat.

Cole Senum, Ty Horner, Jameson Rende and Ryan Larsen had goals for the Storm, whose netminder Cody Creasy stopped 27 shots to pick up the victory.

Jalen Davidson scored for the Heat in support of goaltender Roderic May, who made 25 saves in a losing effort.

Jan Ludvig is the Storm’s head coach.

Kelly Olynyk no longer belongs to the Detroit Pistons. Olynyk, who is earning more than U.S. $12 million per season, was traded last week to the Utah Jazz. He is pictured running a drill at his summer camp in Kamloops, the Olynyk Klynyk.

Olynyk traded to Jazz

Kelly Olynyk is on the move again.

The 7-foot forward from Kamloops was traded last week to the Utah Jazz from the Detroit Pistons.

Olynyk and guard Saban Lee were dealt to the Jazz in

exchange for forward Bojan Bogdanovic.

The 31-year-old South Kamloops secondary gradu ate Olynyk is joining his fifth team, after stints with Boston, Miami, Houston and Detroit.

Olynyk, who was picked 13th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2013 NBA Draft and immediately traded to the Celtics, played in 40 games for Detroit last season, averaging 9.1 points.

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HOOPS NETS FOR KIDS

Hoops in the Loops is scoring for KidSport Kamloops.

The three-onthree basketball tournament held in June was a fund raiser for the organi zation, which helps support underprivi leged children who want to be involved in organized sports.

A special presen tation of the $6,000 raised will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday at

McDonald Park. This week is KidSport BC Week.

“We were thrilled to have Hoops in the Loops as our first significant post-pandemic event downtown,”

Howie Reimer, executive director of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association, said in a press release. “To see KidSport as the beneficiary makes

it extra special.”

Sean Garvey is among tournament organizers.

“We’re thank ful our sponsors and the agencies came together for such a fun event,” Garvey said in the press release. “As Hoops in the Loops gains traction as one of the desti nation events for Kamloops, the ben efit to the commu nity will also grow.”

HOMETOWN VIBE HUNT MOOSE

The Kamloops Vibe will return to South Coast Women’s Hockey League action this weekend on the Olympic ice in McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

Kamloops will play host to the Meadow Ridge Moose, with game times set for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and

9:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The Vibe are the only Interior-based club in the nineteam league and will play 14 of 28 regular-season games on the Coast.

Flooding and road closures in the province pre-empted the Kamloops club’s season in 2021-2022.

Broncos bracing for Sun

Cohen Freeze con nected on four field goals and the Kamloops Broncos’ defence held late in the game to secure a 14-9 victory over the Kodiaks in B.C. Football Conference action on Saturday in Prince George.

Prince George recov ered an onside kick and marched into Kamloops territory with time wind ing down in the fourth quarter, but the Kodiaks could not find the end zone and turned the ball over on downs.

Maurice Onyemaenu was a beast, racking up two quarterback sacks, eight tackles and one assisted tackle to lead the Broncos’ defence.

Defensive back Keagan Curtis snared his leagueleading eighth intercep tion in eight games this season.

Prince George dropped to 1-7 ahead of a

tilt against the Rams (4-5) on Saturday in Langley.

Kamloops (4-4) and Langley are tied in fourth place in BCFC stand ings. The top four teams will qualify for the postseason.

The Broncos will play host to the league-leading Okanagan Sun (8-0) on Sunday, a noon start at Hillside Stadium.

Okanagan has a plus249 point differential this season.

Kamloops will finish the regular-season slate against the Valley Huskers on Oct. 8 in Chilliwack.

Valley (5-3) is third in BCFC standings and will this weekend play host to the Westshore Rebels (6-2) of Langford.

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A L L C A N D I DAT E S F O R U M

You are invited to the 2022 Kamloops Civic Election Forum

Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University

The forum co-hosted by KTW, CBC Radio Kamloops and Radio NL will follow the format of the highly successful 2018 civic election forum and will feature a mayoral session, followed by groups of councillor candidates taking to the stage in 20-minute increments to answer questions from the public You can attend in person and ask a question of the candidates or you can catch the forum online via KTW’s Facebook page.

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Kamloops Broncos’ offensive lineman Alexander Schofield hoists quarterback Reid Vankoughnett earlier this month at Hillside Stadium.

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Dig It: Big Bar Slide external analysis preview

CLINTON COATES SPECIAL TO KTW republicofarchaeology.ca

The spotlight in archaeology naturally tends to shine on the field archaeologists.

However, archaeologists often lean heavily on other specialists to both provide analysis and interpret their research and help us tell the story of the sites we work on.

The preliminary findings we have received to date for the Big Bar proj ect have been quite interesting. They mostly seem to support the general story of use in the Big Bar area that has been unfolding as we work through the project.

There are some surprises though. What follows touches very briefly on some of these research efforts. Though historical research is not technically “analysis,” it helps set the stage for what we are seeing during fieldwork. We engaged a researcher who has delved into the BC Archives, searching for old maps, surveyor’s notes, historical photos and historical accounts.

She has uncovered a trove of information from the settler era at Big Bar reaching back to the 1850s. There were several findings that we will be following up in more detail in our final report that paint a rich picture of activity in the area into modern times.

A trading post on the west side

of the Fraser River north of Big Bar Ferry was established in the 1850s near the location of the home of a current landowner.

A severe smallpox outbreak in the First Nations community at Big Bar was also recorded at this time, describing burials north of Big Bar, in locations that were also reported to the field crew.

Two trails on the north and south sides of French Bar Creek, north of Big Bar, were shown on maps extending west into the mountains, then connecting north to Taseko Lakes in the Chilcotin and south to Bridge River. Portions of these trails are still visible today.

The majority of the animal remains analyzed by the faunal experts in Victoria came from the excavations at the “fin” overlooking Big Bar slide.

The analyst uses a comparative collection of known bones and shell fish to help determine which species are present at a site. Deer, mountain goat and salmon were the most abundant types encountered, with very little in the way of small mam mals or birds.

The type of salmon bones recov ered were skewed to the skull and abdomen, with almost no tail bones present. This is consistent with the salmon being processed at this loca tion but being eaten elsewhere.

Interestingly, marine shellfish fragments including horse clam, California mussel and possibly dentalium, were observed, implying

trade with the coast. Tools were also examined for animal protein and plant residue. Unfortunately, not much was recovered, though there were “hits” on grouse, deer and sheep (mountain goat).

Four artifacts had conifer wood fragments, along with microscopic use wear consistent with cutting, scraping and wedging. A selection of flakes and debris debitage resulting from the manufacture of stone tools was examined by a local specialist.

Interestingly, almost a quarter of the fragments observed resulted from bipolar percussion, a technique where the rock is placed on an anvil and then struck with a hammer. This technique is often used to break up challenging rocks like rounded river cobbles and smaller pieces such as pebbles or old worn tools.

The examination of the assem blage also suggests that the artifacts made here tended to be more general use expedient tools suitable for fishing and food processing, as opposed to more specialized tools.

What is left to do?

We have not yet received results back from the X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis that is used to help determine the sources of raw mate rial from stone tools.

The results of the debitage analy sis suggested that locally sourced river cobbles were being used to make expedient tools, as well as modify worn out specialized tools brought in from other locations; we are hoping that the XRF work will help with this interpretation.

Sediment samples are also being examined to look for plant remains

such as pollen to help discern what times of the year the area was occu pied. Reaching out to other special ists helps extend our abilities to tell the story of an archaeological site. Often this work tends to support and amplify what we have already learned through our fieldwork.

Sometime, when we are very lucky, this analysis brings up unexpected results that challenge our thinking and extend our understanding of how people used to live in the past.

Clinton Coates is an archaeologist in the Kamloops area. Interested in more? Go online to republicofarchaeology.ca. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the Kamloops region, written by a group of archaeologists.

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ABOVE: A historical map fragment. TOP RIGHT: Red arrows showing slight domes linear usewear, indicating use on wood. BOTTOM RIGHT: A conifer wood fragment from a tool edge.

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POSITION: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

The Social Development Coordinator is responsible for planning, budgeting, funding, developing, deliver y, community communication and the administration of the Coldwater Indian Band Social Development programs and ser vices.

Area of Responsibilities

• Develops, coordinates and administers, in consultation with the Band Administrator and Community Members, a Social Development Plan for the Community ;

• Consults with the Band Administration staff, Band Administrator, Chief & Council and Community Members to identify and analyze social and health concerns and needs, and jointly plan and implement inter vention strategies;

• Coordinates and facilitates group and individual meetings with Coldwater Indian Band Members to understand their need for Social Development Programs and Ser vices;

• Super vises, coaches and evaluates the performance of the employees in the Social Development department;

• Develops in consultation with the Finance Coordinator & Band Administrator the annual operating budget;

• Develops, secures and administers all financial and program funds and records;

• Prepares and submits required reporting to INAC and other funding agencies and organizations;

• Liaises with Community Health resources in support of the Coldwater Indian Band Membership, including Scw’exm Community Ser vices Society and Scw’emx Child & Family Ser vices and monitors the ser vices to provide to community members.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or equivalent

• Minimum of 3 -5 years ’ experience, with post secondar y courses and/or formal Training in Substance Abuse/ Alcohol Counselling, Drug Counselling, Community Health, Family Violence, Human Resources, Critical Incident management and Conflict resolution, a definite asset

• 1-3 years demonstrated super visor y and program management experience

• Experience in the development of funding proposals

• Demonstrated experience in fiscal management

• Experience within a First Nations environment preferred

• Strong Analytical and decision-making skills, tact, discretion and inter viewing and counselling skills

• Work under high-pressure conditions, independently and collaboratively within a First Nations, non-profit community setting

• Cultural Sensitivity and understanding

• Knowledge and understanding of government policy and regulations governing Social Ser vices

• Good communication, organization and problem-solving skills

• Ability to maintain an elevated level of confidentiality and ethics at all times

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• Successful criminal records check and bondable

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In the short 26 years of your life on Earth your life was full of love, you were fortunate that hockey brought you so many places on this planet and we have a million wonderful memories of you that we cherish. You have been gone fifteen years but in our hearts you live on forever

Miss you, Love Mom & Family

In Loving Memory of Edmond Paul Adkin

08 July 1989 28

2016

The more you give, The more you get, The more you laugh, The less you fret, The more you do unselfishly, The more you live abundantly, The more of everything you share, The more you’ll always have to spare, The more you love, The more you’ll find, That life is good, And friends are kind, For only what we give away, Enriches us from day to day.

We little knew that morning God was to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same

It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone For part of us went with you The day God called you home You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side Our family chain is broken And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again

Love Mom, Dad, Nana, Matt, Shay, Mason, Talyn and all your family and friends

In Loving Memory of Rosemarie Caroline Turner

September 28, 2020

Rosetta Passerin

On Friday, September 23, 2022 Mrs. Rosetta Passerin passed away peacefully at the Kamloops Seniors Village at the age of 77 years. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Survived by her two daughters Olivia (Niv), Sandra and two sons Orlando, and Steven (Ramona) and eight grandchildren Ian, Sierra, Dominic, Ariana, Khalessi, Juliana, Christian and Ashton and five brothers Tony, John (Antonetta), Mario (Vilma), Frank (Nina) and Jack (Debbie) and sister Catherine (Peter). Predeceased by her loving husband Angelo, her sister Congetta (Rocco) and her sisterin-law Anna.

It’s been two years since you’ve left and we miss you everyday.

Peace & Love Your Family

Rosetta was born on January 24, 1945 in Italy She came to Canada at the age of 19 with her father Umile and brother Frank. In Kamloops, she met her husband and raised a family Rosetta was a compassionate spirit whose passion was caring for others. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother She touched the lives of everyone who knew her and she will be forever loved and remembered.

Prayers will be recited at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2022 with Father Derek Cameron officiating. Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Cathedral on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. with Father Udoka Christopher Nwosu officiating. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery

Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Penelope "Penny" Marguerite Corbin (nee Parkinson)

October 15, 1951 - September 12, 2022

It is with much sadness to announce Penny's passing at age 70 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Penny was preceded in death by her parents Charlie and Lillian Parkinson, brothers Terry and Lyle Talbot, Bryan Parkinson and her former husband and dear friend Jim Corbin.

Penny is survived by her loving son Greg, grandchildren Elyssa & Alex, brothers Brent (Bonnie), Ty (Linda), sisters-inlaw Mary-Anne, Patricia, numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and her beloved fur babies Bella and Bear

In addition to immediate family Penny leaves a lifetime of special friendships & memories for all that knew & loved her Penny was also well known as a "proxy" Mom, Grandma & Auntie to many, whom she held near & dear to her heart.

A very special thank-you to Tracy, Kelvin, Linda and Ethan for your unwavering love, support & commitment to Penny, especially over the past few months in ensuring all of her needs were met. A big thank-you to Shirley for a near 60-year friendship with Penny and for being able to be there for her during her last days.

Red was Penny's favourite color, roses were her favourite flower and "Somewhere over the Rainbow" was one of her favourite songs. Penny bravely rode the storm and is now riding the rainbow A single red rose and the lighting of a red candle will be one of my ways in honouring her memory I hope others will join in the same and find some comfort when needed the most.

In loving memory of KILMARTIN, Rita

Rita passed away peacefull ith family by her side on Septem 7, 2022 at Kelowna Gene Hospital in Kelowna, BC Rita was predeceased by her husband Rober t (Bob) in 2010; her parents Henr y and Caroline Janzen and brother Norman Janzen (all of Youbou, BC); daughter in law Sharon Kilmar tin; and her son in law Murray Roed She is sur vived by her children Brenda Fras (Rob), Debra Roed, Kathe Kilmar tin (JD), Stephen Kilmar tin (Lorraine), Kerr y Kilmar tin, Jeffrey Kilmar tin (Sonya), and Glenn Kilmar tin; and by her many grandchildren and great grandchildren Her children were impor tant to her, her grandchildren as well. Her great grandchildren were of special impor tance and always put a smile on her face, par ticularly as her health declined. Rita is also sur vived by her sister Carol Peterson (Jim); brothers Gerr y and Richard Janzen and sister in law Barbara Janzen (all of Lake Cowichan); as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and other family members Rita was born in Huallen, Alber ta on Januar y 16, 1932 The Janzen family relocated to Shawnigan Lake, BC and in 1934 settled in Youbou, BC where she spent her school years Rita was active in spor ts with a competitiveness that remained with her; par ticularly in latter life as she took par t in two of her passions, golf and bridge Rita married Bob on October 9, 1953 in New Westminster, BC Bob worked for many years

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A Celebration of Life will be held at the Oak Room at the Northshore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood, Ave, Kamloops, BC From 1:00pm-4:00pm on Sunday, October 2, 2022.

i th f rest industr y and this took and the family to many ations in BC including New Westminster, Youbou, Gold River, Tahsis (3 times), Squamish, Williams Lake, Burnaby, Kamloops, and Vancouver Rita and Bob retired to Rivershore Golf Course in Kamloops in 1989 They were both ver y active within the Rivershore Community Here she was able to spend me on another passion, her en. In 2007 they relocated to Missionwood Retirement Resor t in Kelowna where Rita lived until 2020 She then moved in with her daughter Debra and son in law Murray where she resided until May of this year The children of Rita want to thank their sister Debra for the care she and Murray provided They would like to thank her former long time physician, Dr. Michael Appleby, the doctors and staff of Kelowna General Hospital, and staffs of Cottonwoods Care Center, Interior Health, and Mountainview Village, all in Kelowna

A small family gathering will be held in the near future in Kamloops where Rita will reside next to Bob In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice Condolences, photos, or memories may be sent to the family by visiting www springfieldfuneralhome com

Friend

Around the corner I have a friend In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year has gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men, Tired of playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name.

“Tomorrow, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I am thinking of him.” But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows, Around the corner, yet miles away “Here’s a telegram, sir,” “Jim died today!” And that’s what we get, and deserve in the end, Around the corner a vanished friend!

by Anders Lim

Until we meet again my friend, Forever your loving memory and spirit will be with all of us.

Patrick Mulloy

September 12, 1930 - July 26, 2022

Patrick (Pat) Mulloy was born September 12, 1930 in the small village of Straide, in Co. Mayo on the west of Ireland to Pat and Annie Molloy, he was the third of four sons.

At 24 Pat travelled to Canada, landing in Toronto, ON, when he arrived in Canada the immigration filled out his papers misspelling his last name so it was at that time changed from Molloy to Mulloy

When Pat arrived in Toronto he had been in contact with the Stumborg Brothers in Edmonton, AB and he went to work for them in Drayton Valley, AB, and while working with them he soon became a partner In the early spring of 1955 they moved their equipment to BC to Highland Valley and it was the start of the mining exploration which run through 1959 During this time Pat had bought them out and went on his own. Later in 1959 Pat purchased the Esso station in Cache Creek and ran it for 10 years. In 1970 Pat then went into partnership with Ken Owens and they were in partnership until 1995 working clearing the power lines for BC Hydro. Ken and Pat remained friends until his passing.

Pat met Wayne and Valene Everett in Cache Creek while they lived on the Perry Ranch and they became lifelong friends. All of the Everett children and grandchildren have always called him Uncle Pat. Later when the Everett’s lived at the Rio Vista Ranch in Monte Creek, Pat & Ken Owens built a shop on the ranch in 1974 and in the winter months they did all of their repair work there.

In 1983 Pat went to work for Review Construction and worked for them for about three years. After his retirement Pat spent his time between fishing, his favourite pastime and helping John Cottrell and family at Surplus Herby’s.

Pat loved to joke and everyone who knew him enjoyed his great sense of humour He loved to go on camping and fishing trips along with road trips with anyone that would accompany him. Pat also enjoyed the visits he received from his nieces and nephews from Ireland and their families.

Pat was preceded by his parents Pat and Annie Molloy and his three brothers, Michael, Jim and Tom.

Left to mourn Pat’s passing in Ireland are his nephew Patrick, his son Colm and daughter Ava, niece Julia, nephew Brendan, his wife Geraldine and their daughter Danielle, niece Anne, her husband Brian and their son Oisin and daughter Moya, along with all of Pat’s many close friends around the Kamloops area.

His friends and family would like to thank Dr Cribb and her assistant Diane for all their kindness and help over the years.

A celebration of Patrick’s life will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Salon at the Kamloops Coast Hotel, 1250 Rogers Way in Kamloops, BC.

Frederick “Fred” Charles Gilliland

October 31, 1932 - September 16, 2022

Frederick ”Fred” Charles Gilliland of Kamloops, BC passed away peacefully in Hospice on Friday, September 16, 2022. He was born in Bowden, Alberta on October 31, 1932. Fred was never afraid to try new surroundings and relocated multiple times in his 89-year journey Including along the way France, California, and various Alberta and BC locations.

Fred (aka Fredly, Dad, Grandpa Fred, Uncle Fred, Corn Flakes) will always be remembered for his loyalty, intense drive, his unforgettable wit (bad jokes), love of song and singing and his sheer presence. His family and friend connections were of the utmost importance to him.

Fred was also a man of many vocations – while his eventual trade of choice was that of a steamfitter, he was also for a time a delivery man, flipped burgers, was a bank teller, served in the U.S Armed Forces, was a lineman, sold real-estate, graded grain, acted in film, greeted at Walmart, and the list of jobs goes on.

Fred was predeceased by his beautiful wife Maxine (nee Dundas), his mother Hazel, mother-in-law Ada, father Albert, brothers Bob and Jim and sister Shelagh Harris. He was also predeceased by his amazing little four paw pal Auggie Dog.

Fred is survived by his two sons Blaine and James and daughter Beth (Lizabeth), also their spouses Melinda, Leesa, and Robert Hanham and his five grandchildren: Tait, Jack, Connor, Errol Hanham and Alec Hanham. His brothers-in-law Jack and Ron, nieces, nephews, cousins, grand doggies and cat were also very dear to him.

The family wishes to thank his wonderful attending physician and friend, Dr Mavis Hollman, the caring staff at Ridgepointe Retirement Residence and the Royal Inland Hospital and the amazing care team at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Home for their tender loving care and support.

For those who wish, donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, The SPCA or the BC Cancer Society

Fred’s Memorial will occur in 2023. Details to follow

Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com 250-554-2577

The Little Unicorn

by Peggy Kociscin, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Drake Smith, MSW Funeral Director

Wednesday in KTW!

Q How can I be sure they’re his (or her) ashes?

A You put a lot of trust in your funeral director, and the crematorium There’s an excellent system of checks and balances Give me a call and I’ll explain it to you.

Love’s greatest gift is remembrance.

There lived a little unicorn (From when the earth was new), His coat so white it glistened, His eyes a sparkling blue.

In innocence and beauty, He danced through woods and streams. The animals danced with him, His heart aglow with dreams.

He laughed and played with rainbows, So happy all day through, He loved to kiss the flowers

As their petals shone with dew. He wandered through the meadows In the moon’s soft, silver light. He loved to gaze at all the stars That lightened up the night.

He listened to the music

Of the birds that graced the trees. He frolicked with the butterflies And raced the gentle breeze.

But, as he grew and learned of life, The sparkle in his eye Grew misty as he realized Just what it means to cry.

He learned that there are shadows In spite of shining sun.

The more he grew, he found that life Was never always fun.

For now he’d learn of feelings That come from deep within; No longer in the “dream world” Where (for so long) he’d been.

His gentle heart desired But to know the pleasure of To give and to receive The very precious gift of love.

To love meant to be happy, And yet it also brought him pain; For those he loved could hurt him Again.. and yet again.

His mother held him lovingly And tried to ease his fears

About the sadness life could bring... The lonely, bitter tears.

She said, “Life is like a mountain, (And surely this is true) That we must climb as best we can. There’s no ‘around or ‘through.’”

The unicorn tried tirelessly, And gave the climb his best; But he felt it was not good enough, He felt he’d failed the test.

He could not understand it When he felt himself rejected –When all his gentle being asked Was but to be accepted.

All this was just too much for him, He knew not what to do. That he was special as himself, Somehow, he never knew.

His spirit crushed, he felt defeated, And lonely tears would start. Not understanding how to love, It simply broke his heart.

But now he’s in a loving place Where all his pain has ceased, Where all accepted him and his love, Where all he knows is peace.

A loving Being tells him, “You’re delightful as you are.” His spirit free, his brilliance now Outshines the brightest star!

Beverley (Bev) Blanche Cooper

10 July 1939 - 30 August 2022

Bev passed away at home surrounded by so much love on August 30, 2022. Born on July 10, 1939, in Deloraine, MB, Bev was predeceased by John, her dear husband of more than 56 years. Bev is lovingly remembered by her daughters Cathy Elliot and P.J. Kenzie, their husbands Alistair and Aaron as well as her grandchildren Jim Elliot, Margaret Elliot, Cooper Kenzie and Thomas Kenzie. She is dearly missed by all, especially Gucci her furry, purry companion.

Bev was raised in Edmonton. As a determined and independent young woman, she entered nursing school right from high school. Bev trained at the Edmonton General Hospital and was a proud graduate of the class of 60B. Her nursing career took her to Penticton, BC where she met John and many lifelong friends. Bev worked as a nurse in the Penticton hospital and Community Health in Oliver before moving to Prince George after marrying John. It was in Prince George where their friends became the couples’ family In the early 1970s, Bev and her family moved to Kamloops where she enjoyed growing a large garden alongside the South Thompson River She loved being in the kitchen. There was often company who enjoyed Bev’s fantastic meals. The canned fruits and vegetables she made each summer grew famous among family and friends. Bev and John had an active social life entertaining, playing bridge, curling and golfing.

Bev returned to work at Royal Inland Hospital and was a nurse at Ponderosa Lodge for over 20 years. Retirement allowed her to spend more time playing bridge where she enjoyed meeting a variety of people and built long standing friendships. A lifelong sports fan, Bev enjoyed watching all sports, especially her beloved Blue Jays. Bev also enjoyed exercise classes at the pool and walking the river Bev looked forward to weekly visits with Gia and valued her friendship.

Bev loved and appreciated her two daughters. As the family grew, she enjoyed time with her sons in laws and grandsons watching various sports and swapping sports statistics. None of the boys could equal the card shark status she shared with her granddaughter Bev was always so proud of her grandchildren. After John passed away, Bev moved in with P.J.’s family and once again had a hungry family to feed. Bev made amazing soup (clam chowder), homemade buns, the world’s best apple pie and yummy squares. Sadly, no one in the family has successfully mastered the soup or the apple pie.

Bev lived her life with courage and strength. Bev’s family always felt her love and support even when she didn’t say it aloud. She knew what was needed, often before they did, and made it happen before they could lift a finger

Bev’s family is grateful for the support of friends as well as caregivers. The family offers special thanks to Comfort Keepers, Dr Jason O’Connell and many caregivers who made a difference: Mary, Sharyse, Jaylyn, Tori and 1st floor Ponderosa team.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. There will be no service at Bev’s request.

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Laura Rizzetto

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Laura Rizzetto, during the early morning hours of September 24, 2022.

Laura is survived by her children Luca, Christina, Claudia and her grandchildren Nathan and Martina.

Prayers will be recited on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at Holy Family Parish.

Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family Parish, 2797 Sunset Drive, Kamloops.

Beverly Ella Roberts

Beverly Ella Roberts entered into rest peacefully at Empress Gardens Peterborough on August 23, 2022. Bev was the cherished mother of Kristine Roberts of Peterborough and David Roberts (Kelly Allison) of Vancouver Twin sister to Barry Cowling of Peterborough. Loving grandmother to Lara and Sam McElrea and Finley and Bennett Roberts. Predeceased by her husband Sydney Roberts and her parents Percy Cowling, Betty Sargent and Agnes Carruthers.

Bev will be remembered by her many friends and former students in Kamloops - especially her dearest friends the “breakfast group”. Although she grew up and began her teaching career in Ontario Bev’s legacy in education and coaching is in Kamloops. She was known to be determined, outspoken and feisty however was simultaneously extremely kind and generous. Bev encouraged independence, integrity and kindness and was a living example of these even as her dementia became apparent. Eight years ago Bev returned to Ontario and during her time at Empress became known (again) as feisty and funny Her passing was peaceful and expected however she will be dearly missed.

The family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the wonderful staff at Empress Gardens and to the “breakfast group” for their love and support over the years.

A gathering to remember Bev will take place in Kamloops on Saturday October 8 , 2022, 12:30pm - 2:30 pm at Frick and Frack Tap House. 577 Victoria St. Friends are invited to visit with the family and enjoy light refreshments. A toast to Bev and words of remembrance will be shared at 1:30 pm.

If desired, donations in Bev’s memory to the Humane Society (Bev was a devout pet owner) or Alzheimer ’s Society would be appreciated by the family

Mary-Ellen Charron

On Wednesday, September 14th, Mary-Ellen Charron, a beloved mother, daughter and friend passed away at the age of 60.

She was born on March 31st, 1962 in Kamloops, BC.

Mary-Ellen was a remarkable and fierce mother, dedicating much of her time to raising her three children. An active member of PAC, and the epitome of the soccer mom, MaryEllen was a master of the bake sale and made a valiant effort to be at every sporting event, talent show, and awards ceremony

Mary-Ellen was a valued and involved member of her community, a frequent visitor of the Logan Lake stitching club and a long time employee of the Logan Lake Dental Clinic.

Mary-Ellen will be remembered as a kind and generous woman. She was stubborn, strong and never had any input on what to watch on Netflix. Mary-Ellen will be remembered for her dark sense of humour, her quick wit and her always immaculate hair

Mary-Ellen is survived by her parents Sharon and Gene Charron, her brother Trevor (Sandy) and her three children Robert (Tasia), Rebecca (George) and Sarah. She was predeceased by her eldest brother Rick.

Mary-Ellen was deeply loved and that was evident by all the visitors and help she had in her final months. The family would like to express deep gratitude for the love and support she received. A special thanks to Dr Serwa, Dr Desrosiers, Jennifer K, The BC Cancer Agency, Robin her favourite nurse and the Prince George Hospice Society

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Remembering Ishbel Elliot

Our dearest Mom, Ishbel, recently passed away Mom was born on December 16th, 1931, in Fort Augustus, Scotland and immigrated to Canada on June 8th, 1935, aboard the Andania with her parents, Margaret and Philip MacNaughton. Mom died surrounded by love and music on Aug 10th listening to the Beautiful Blue Danube played by Andre Rieu, tapping her foot to her last breath, while holding her daughter ’s hand. Predeceased by her dad in 1956, her mom in 1992, and her son-in-law in 2017, Mom is survived by her loving family, her son Alistair, daughter-in-law Cathy, her grandchildren Jim and Margaret, and her daughter Katrina. Loved by her grand-pups Ryder, Chilco and Dulce, family in the four corners of the globe and dear friends, near and far

Upon arriving in Canada at the age of 3, Mom lived with her parents in the remote mining town of Bourlamaque, Quebec until the age of 15. This northern Quebec town contributed to Mom’s love of astronomy, geology, curling, nature, mining head shafts, and family She cultivated her lifelong trait of self-sufficiency early on. As an only child in a male dominated town with few children, Mom used her incredible imagination and invented her imaginary friends, Minnie -all and Binnie -all; Mom often joked that they were much better friends than Alexa and Siri. When she was 15 years old, Mom moved to Stanstead on the Quebec-Vermont border in the eastern townships to complete her high school education. She lived there until she moved to Winnipeg to complete her nursing degree (class of 54B) and where she made lifelong friends. Mom’s nursing career spanned more than 35 years including as a matron of a northern Ontario hospital at 25, working in a women’s hospital in London, England and as a public health nurse in Manitoba and BC, and finally finishing her career in community and long term care in Kamloops, BC.

Mom met her husband, George, at a televised Boston Red Socks vs Yankees game in Winnipeg in 1961. Dad was on leave from a 7 year stint building the DEW line – a strategic defense system set up to protect Canada. A nearly 50 year loving, respectful and adventure filled marriage endured all of life’s ups and downs until Dad’s death in 2012.Mom and Dad were married in Cochenour, Ontario and their married life took them to Winnipeg, Langenburg,

Saskatoon, Grande Cache and Kamloops. Mom and Dad decided to establish roots in Kamloops where they raised my brother Alistair and myself, Katrina. Mom and Dad had many adventures including when a bridge had to be built to move to our new home in Grande Cache, driving from Saskatoon to Mazatlan, Mexico in the middle of winter for a four month holiday with us when we were 4 and 2, many trips to Scotland to visit family and a trip to South Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Together, Mom and Dad loved to fish, rock hound, camp, explore backroads, participate in Caledonian Society events, dance and garden.

As the granddaughter of a baker, Mom made one-ofa-kind shortbread. In addition to baking, Mom’s other passions included music, curling, learning, reading, history, nature, loons, dogs, PBS, travelling, world news, Saskatchewan Roughriders, desserts and social justice. Mom loved to travel. On March 17, 2020, Mom moved from Kamloops to live with me in the Lower Mainland to keep her as safe as possible and her world as large as possible. The last 2 and a half years of Mom’s life were full of music, gardening and gardens, digital learning courses/concerts, road trips near and far including a weekly trip to her beloved White Rock, Saturday morning farmers market and bakery visits, picnics, laughter, baking, reading, love, learning Spanish, recounting family history, loving Chilco and Dulce, enjoying our small bubble’s valued companionship and keeping in touch with Alistair, other family and friends. Mom’s faith, her joy and her love of living were bedrocks in her life as well as her resiliency as she faced her own health challenges and supported Dad for 14 years after he became a paraplegic at the age of 70. Mom’s wonderment of life, love of learning and her family shimmered like a beacon that we are now left to continue. Mom, you are dearly missed and your legacy lives through each of us that loved your kind, generous, joyful and intelligent soul.

You are welcome to attend Mom’s Celebration of Life at the Kamloops United Church at 421 St Paul Street on October 1, 2022, at 3 pm .While the service won’t be recorded for public access, you are invited to watch the service “live” through YouTube. Link to full obituary https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/langley bc/ishbel-elliot-10887398

Ron Boyd

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Ron Boyd on September 10, 2022, at 68 years of age.

Ron is survived by his loving children Nikolas (Jenna) Boyd of Fort McMurray, Alberta and Kaitlin (Mark) Boyd of Calgary, Alberta. He will also be dearly missed by his new baby granddaughter, Maia.

Born August 4, 1954, in Kamloops, BC, Ron was an entrepreneur at heart. While many will know him as an independent courier conducting business in Kamloops and area, he had a varied career path which began with gumball machine sales at just 14 years old and continued on to include warehouse management, accounting, and real estate. Dad was an extremely hard worker who diligently managed his businesses while treating all he met with kindness and respect. He dedicated himself to anything he took on. We were always so proud to see him succeed in his ventures, including graduating top of class in his Accounting Diploma Program at Thompson Rivers University

Along with his business acumen, Ron was a loving father who always encouraged us to aim high in life. He had many hobbies and interests that he happily passed down to his children, including his love of gardening, reading, music, crossword puzzles, and comedy He had a quick wit, loved a good debate or intellectual discussion, and always looked for ways to enrich his kids' lives. Dad's positive influence, courage, and quiet confidence shaped who we are today, and for that, we are eternally grateful. Please reach out to those you love and tell them how much they mean to you.

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Eleanore Bolton

October 17, 1930 - January 2, 2021

Join us in Celebrating the Life of Eleanore Bolton on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 2:00pm. St. George Anglican Church Hall, 602 Knight Avenue, Enderby, BC

AIN’T NOTHING BUT A ROCKHOUND

DAVE EAGLES STAFF REPORTER dave_eagles@kamloopsthisweek.com

Fora classroom of intermediate stu dents at Westsyde elementary, a recent science lesson with local geologist Don Bouffard will likely see the kids’ dinner table con versation skip past learned equations, compound words and “guess what hap pened in gym class?”

Instead, true-life tales of “dinosaur turds” will be the hot topic in the weekend family forums. After all, when does someone get a chance to see a fossilized rock showing a pair of prehistoric poop specimens?

Bouffard, a geologist for 50 years, visited a packed

classroom of grades 4, 5 and 6 students — bringing the young learners’ imaginations alive with talk of asteroids from outer space, dinosaur eggs, fossils, crystals and gems fashioned into jewelry. And, yes, dinosaur poop — from a Hypselosaurus, to be exact.

One by one, students heed ed the words of caution from Bouffard on how to handle the rare specimen — each taking 15 seconds to use their finger nail to stroke the inside of the egg shell fragment.

“You can now say you’ve actually touched the inside of a dinosaur egg, where an actual dinosaur once hatched from,” Bouffard said as he beamed.

Earlier, before the class returned from playing outside, Bouffard placed a ferrierite crystal onto each students’

desk, saying it was a gift to each of them at the request of a fel low geologist who had passed them on to Bouffard before dying last year.

So, in honour of David Zirul, each child was given a rare crystal, discovered on the north bank of Kamloops Lake, to take home.

After the brief rockhound ing lesson, Bouffard likes to think there may be just a few more young minds awakening to the joy and mystery of the world of geology, like himself and his late colleague and friend, Zirul.

The Thompson Valley Rock Club, of which Bouffard is a member, meets on the first Monday of each month at North Kamloops’ Parkview Community Centre. Learn more online at tvrc.ca

Hosted by Marty Hastings

Local geologist Don Bouffard (above) shows his enthusiasm about the dinosaur egg shell fragments he had enlarged and displayed onto the whiteboard for intermediate students at Westsyde elementary on Sept. 23.

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Grade 4 Westsyde elementary student Paxton West (right) examines an actual dinosaur egg shell, which actually hatched a Hypselosaurus dinosaur way back when. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

New World Festival kicks off KSO season

THREE CONCERTS WILL BE AUGMENTED BY UNIQUE POP-UP PERFORMANCES

The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 20222023 season with the multi-event New World Festival, showcasing the works of Antonin Dvorák, with some modern twists.

Cellist Stéphane Tétreault and Cree hip-hop artist K.A.S.P. will help elevate the festival, while a one-of-a-kind jam session invites amateur musicians to join forces with the orchestra.

The three main concerts are:

• Dvorák and Jam on Friday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Sagebrush Theatre;

• New World/New Beats on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at Sagebrush Theatre;

• Dvorák Delights on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 2:30 p.m. at The Nexus at First in Salmon Arm.

In addition to the concerts, the KSO is presenting several free pop-up events throughout the city from Wednesday, Sept. 28,

through Sunday, Oct. 2.

These will include special musical presentations by KSO principal bass player Maggie Hasspacher introducing children to her instrument, Alphorn dem onstrations by KSO principal horn player Sam McNally and perfor mances by Mariachi Los Dorados.

All times and locations are subject to change and new per formances may be added, so the public is urged to go online to kamloopssymphony.com for updates.

The pop-up events schedule:

MARIACHI LOS DORADOS

Members of Canada’s premier mariachi ensemble, led by Alex Alegria, will get you moving with traditional Mexican sounds in unconventional places around town:

• Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2:30 p.m., on the Thompson Rivers University campus;

• Wednesday, Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m., at Aberdeen Mall;

• Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m., at Casa Azul Mexican restau rant, downtown at 330 Victoria St.

• Thursday, Sept. 29, noon, in downtown Kamloops, starting in front of Red Wing Shoes (237 Victoria St.) and heading to the Kamloops Library (465 Victoria St.).

MAGGIE AND HER BASS

Maggie Hasspacher, principal bass of the Kamloops Symphony, will give younger audience mem bers a treat by showcasing her instrument through a variety of musical styles and interactive activities.

From Bach to jazz to some of her original music, young audi ences will be mesmerized. This presentation is designed for chil dren ages six months to six years (and their families):

• Thursday, Sept. 29, 10:15 a.m.,

North Kamloops Library, 693 Tranquille Rd.;

• Saturday, Oct. 1, 11:15 a.m., Kamloops Library, 465 Victoria St.

ALPHORN DEMONSTRATION

Sam McNally, principal French horn of the Kamloops Symphony, will give you an up-close dem onstration of this incredibly long instrument:

• Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m., St. Andrews on the Square, down town at 159 Seymour St.;

• Sunday, Oct. 2, 9:30 a.m., Riverside Park pier.

CHORUS OPEN REHEARSAL

Have you ever wondered how the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra chorus prepares for a concert?

Are you interested in singing with them yourself?

This is an excellent opportunity to peek behind the curtains at the inner working of the chorus rehearsals with chorusmaster Tomas Bijok and pianist Daniela O’Fee:

• Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m., St. Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour St.

COMMUNITY

A paddling trip with TRIPS

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

The Thompson River Interior Paddle Sports Club (TRIPS) is partnering with the McDonald Park Neighbourhood Association (MPNA) to offer guided day trips of the McDonald Park neighbourhood on the Thompson River in Voyageur canoes.

The event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 2. Proceeds of the out ing will go to the MPNA and TRIPS to promote future community ini tiatives. The recommended dona tion is $10 for children under 12, $15 for youth ages 12 to 17 and $20 for adults.

There will be two outings from Pioneer Park on Sunday: one from 10 a.m. to noon and another from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Participants will paddle downstream from Pioneer Park and visit the confluence of the North and South Thompson riv ers, Overlanders Bridge and the McDonald Park neighborhood

shoreline along Royal Avenue. The trip will include educational infor mation on the geography, ecology and history of Kamloops including Secwépemc connections.

The club will also be celebrat ing the donation of a new 29-foot Langley Voyageur canoe to the TRIPS Club by the New Gold New Afton Mine and will be naming the canoe on its first time out on the water.

No previous experience is neces sary, but the club recommends all participants be at least eight years of age, noting that anyone attend ing should be able to swim. All participants will be required to sign a waiver for themselves and any minors they are accompanying.

Each large voyageur canoe car ries 10 or more people and will be steered and guided by a certified leader from the TRIPS Club. Life jackets, paddles and all other safety equipment required will be provid ed, but if anyone attending has one, they are asked to bring it.

Any children under the age of 12 should have their own life jacket from home as the club does not have child-size life jackets available to lend. Participants should bring shoes that can get wet; otherwise, sports or outdoor clothing is recom mended, appropriate for the weather that day.

TRIPS is a canoe club based in Kamloops that offers recreational canoeing and marathon canoe rac ing programs that are open to par ticipants from around the Kamloops area.

“Our goal is to give people the opportunity to paddle and to gain skills.” TRIPS president Keiran Rankin said.

For more information and to pre-register for the event, visit the Thompson Rivers Paddlers Facebook Page and look for the event.

For additional information and to see a copy of the RCABC waiver, visit the Thompson Rivers Interior Paddle Sports Club website at thompsonriv erpaddlers.net.

BYLAW OFFICER/FIRE

We are currently hiring a full time Bylaw Officer/Fire Inspector Hours of work will include nights shifts

Applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be able to deal tactfully and effectively with the public and be impartial and firm with difficult enforcement matters Applicants must also understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions

Applicants must be willing to get Bylaw Compliance, Enforcement, and Investigative Skills Level 1 (or equivalent) and Fire Inspector Level 1 (or equivalent) within their first year of employment and must have a valid BC Driver's License (Class 5 minimum) with clean drivers abstract. A full job description is available on our website at www sunpeakmunicipality ca

Please forward resume and cover letter to Dean Schiavon at chief@sunpeaksfirerescue com with the subject line ‘BYLAW FIRE INSPECTOR RESUME’ by October 10, 2022.

We would like to thank all those interested but only those selected for an interview will be contacted

PepsiCo has a current opening for a Licensed Class 1 Driver for Short Haul driving in the Kamloops, BC area.

Qualifications/RequirementsWho’s a good fit for the team:

• An AZ license/Class 1 (no exceptions), clean abstract and current medical are pre requisites for these positions, and the successful applicants must be willing to work on any shift

• Able to work independently and in a team environment

• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills

• Results oriented

• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and meet deadlines

• Able to lift 50 lbs

• Proficiency with computers

• Flexible to scheduling and willing to meet demands of business

SCAN TO APPLY!

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Members of the Thompson River Interior Paddle Sports Club paddle a Voyageur canoe in the South Thompson River.

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Witnessing to open Oct. 1 at art gallery

The Kamloops Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Alicia Henry: Witnessing, will run from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, with an exhibition tour (at 5:30 p.m.) and open ing reception (6:30 p.m.) on Saturday, Oct. 1.

For the last two decades, Henry has been exploring unconventional approaches to portraiture, using the face to rep resent something that is hidden, revealed and performed.

Henry creates two-dimen sional figures and group com positions. Selecting her media carefully, she works with felt, canvas and other textiles, as well as leather and paperboard, all of which absorb drawn and stitched gestures that register a spec trum of contexts and emotions.

Notions of gender and family are significant in her works, as are

physical layers that suggest mul tiple and unfixed identities.

Alicia Henry: Witnessing is initiated, organized, and cir culated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, in collaboration with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax and the Kamloops Art Gallery.

The exhibition is guest curat ed by Daina Augaitis.

Originally from Illinois, Henry lives in Nashville.

Several dozen volunteers took part in Saturday’s Rotary Fall Food Drive, which saw 42,000 pounds of food collected and delivered to the Kamloops Food Bank in the familiar yellow bags that were delivered with last week’s edition of KTW Rotary organizes food drives in the spring and fall each year, but the need is there year-round. The Kamloops Food Bank always welcomes donations of food and cash. To learn more, go online to kamloopsfoodbank.org.

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KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

Corner Gas and the need to belong

One of my favourite TV shows is Corner Gas, that much beloved Canadian sitcom that entertained us for six seasons with the ordinary, yet hilarious, lives of the residents of Dog River, Sask.

No matter how many times I watch the episodes (I have lost count by now), I am always delighted by the show’s witty dialogue, uproarious situations and eccentric characters.

There is something comfort ing about Corner Gas, like going back to your parent’s home after years of being away and finding that your old room is just as you left it.

Perhaps because theology is my stock in trade, I am always looking for a spiritual source for my joy and satisfaction in the details of earthly life. My pleasure in Corner Gas is no different.

What is it about the lives of these normal people in a small Saskatchewan town that I find so beautiful? What makes that ordinariness so wonderful?

A piece of dialogue from the first season of the show offers some insight. In the introductory scene, one of the main characters, Wanda Dollard, is sitting at the counter of the gas station where she works. Because this is a small town in the middle of nowhere, she doesn’t have much to do, so she is reading, not a magazine, but a textbook.

A customer enters and the following dialogue takes place:

RICHARD RENE You Gotta Have FAITH

Customer: “What’s that, quantum physics?”

Wanda: “Yeah, I’ve always been fascinated that light could be a particle and a wave. I was gonna study it in college, but then I got interested in biochemistry. And then, on a whim, settled on linguistics, with a minor in comparative religion.”

Customer: “Wow, how’d you end up in a place like this?”

Wanda Dollard: “The last girl quit. Can you believe it?”

While some of the humour of this exchange is lost without the nuance good actors can deliver, the inner irony of the joke is evident in the writing.

Of all the career heights Wanda could scale, the work she most wants to be doing is to be an attendant at a rather dull and dingy gas station in a town of a 100-odd people in the middle of the Prairies.

Dog River is a place in which nothing happens. It’s boring and dull. No one in the outside world knows or cares all that much about it. It is not the cen tre of anything.

And yet, for all that, the people of Dog River are not only content to live there, they wouldn’t live anywhere else.

What makes the show truly funny with repeated viewings is in the characters’ irrepressible conviction that this nothing little town is really the best of all possible worlds — not because it is so great in and of itself, but because this is where they really belong.

Someone once said the human need to belong is great er than the need to be loved. It’s a bold claim, but one that bears itself out in observation.

Consider how many abused and battered spouses endure their marriages simply because they cannot imagine belonging anywhere else.

Consider how many young people join gangs or popular groups, not because they are well treated, but because they feel at home in those groups.

In fact, the need to belong is ultimately spiritual in nature.

Our inner drive to find our own versions of Dog River — places, relationships, communi ties in which we can find total unconditional acceptance and peace — derives from a deeper desire to find our hearts’ true home in God himself.

As St. Augustine famously said in his Confessions, “Almighty God, you have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in You.”

When this yearning for our home in God is not met, we seek all kinds of substitutes. We may endure violence and gravi tate towards dangerous cults

and sects. We may find solace in virtual pseudo-communities like Facebook.

Or we may strive through social and political action to realize the Dog River ideal of belonging in our own commu nities. But unless we find the real source of our yearning for home in our creator, our funda mental loneliness and restless ness will continue to drive and consume us.

The Christian Gospel offers us the way back to true belong ing. More than just dying for us, Jesus died with us, that is, in solidarity with our experience, so that we could be restored to where we truly belong — in God’s presence, his kingdom is within us (Luke 17:21).

As such, the Gospel challenges us to give up our restless search for belonging in the many substitutes that cannot and do not satisfy and to realize that in Jesus Christ, God loves, accepts, embraces us without reservation. We are at home, once and for all.

Our task — the task for the rest of our lifetimes — is to accept the fact and live accordingly.

V. Rev. Richard René is the priest-in-charge of St. Nicholas Orthodox Mission (orthodoxkamloops.ca), an English-language Eastern Orthodox Church for the Kamloops community. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com.

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AC T I V I T Y P RO G R A M S

Programs are cancelled if the minimum numbers are not met

Sports on Mats $60

This program is designed for children to learn to move their bodies, including tumbling, falling, rolling, and lateral movements using mats and play These skills will develop movement patterns to prepare for many activities and sports

Valleyview Community Hall

Sat Oct 22 Dec 10

6:30 PM 8:30 PM

KMA Sketch Club $125

Learn the basic techniques of sketching with a local artist, Yvonne Reddick A different gallery will be the focus each week, inspired by the KMA collection All supplies provided

Wed Oct 19 Dec 7

3:15 PM 4:15 PM

Improve your Photography $130

Enter a whole new world of photography by becoming more creative with your camera and moving beyond the manufacturer’s settings In this five part series, you will learn composition, such as background is purposely blurred and the subject is sharp, where motion is accentuated or frozen and to capture images when flash is impractical or not allowed

Tues Oct 18 Nov 15

7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Beginner Swing $50.00

Join Lindy in the Loops for a 4 week beginner swing dance lesson series! These lessons are perfect for complete beginners who have no experience and maybe feel like they have two left feet Here you will learn fundamental partner dancing skills and fun swing dance moves Come for a fun, welcoming and inclusive experience No experience necessary

Heritage House

Sun Oct 16 Nov 6

2:00 PM 3:00 PM

Watercolour with Susan Knox $150 Parkview Activity Centre

Fri Oct 14 Dec 2

Watercolour Beyond Basics

9:30 am 11:30 am

Watercolour for the Beginners

1:00 pm 3:00 pm

COMICS

BABY BLUES by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott

HOROSCOPES

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Don’t push yourself too far this week, Aries That is a surefire way to be overcome by stress and deplete your energy, which you need to get things done Pace yourself

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Hold your tongue and tr y not to get into any heated arguments with people either at work or in your social circles, Taurus Avoid controversial subjects

GEMINI May 22/Jun

There’s a strong pull toward wanting to play as well as getting work done, Gemini Is there a way to delegate some work so you can focus on recreation? Figure things out

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, you may have some exciting plans brewing but you might not know how to put them in motion A friend may offer to help get the ball rolling

LEO - Jul 23/Aug

The planets are tr ying to tell you to slow down and take a day off, Leo You just have to listen more closely or you could run the risk of burnout in the days to come

VIRGO Aug 24/Sept

Virgo, this week things may get a bit more intense than you anticipated Intensity doesn’t necessarily mean you will have a bad time Ever ything will be exciting and fast paced

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct

Libra, focus on your personal relationships this week, as you may need to modify a few things and do some housekeeping in your social relationships

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Focus on the finer details of life this week, Scorpio If you have been waiting to have a gourmet dinner or to take a luxurious trip, now is the time to do so

Nov 23/Dec

There’s conflicting energy in the cosmos this week, Sagittarius All of what you think was right may be turned on its head Some new decisions may need to be made

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20

It may be challenging to figure out where you stand with someone this week, Capricorn You thought you had it all figured out, but the tides have changed dramatically

- Jan 21/Feb 18

You’ll continue to face the difficult decision of whether to tend to your own needs or help someone close to you, Aquarius It’s a fine line to walk with no easy answer

Feb 19/Mar

There’s a positive drive guiding you along, Pisces If you’ve been putting off your to-do list, now you will have the energy to get things done

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie Macnelly

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

PARDON MY PLANET by Vic ALee

RCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

By Derrick Niederman

54. Job with numerous applications?

55. Her name is Greek for all- gifted 56. One always having a place to hide 57. Mounds of activity 61. The standard 62. Pro Bowl side, for shor t 63. I tem with straps 65. Master s Voice 68. ‘I’m in trouble!’’

Approach gradually 70. One who gave us all a lift?

Development in cr yptography 77. A few weeks ago probably 79. Worker with a comb 81. Mountebank 82. ‘Listen!’ 85. Some hangouts for remote workers 86. I t has its ratios for shor t 87. Popular beer brand, casually 89. Meeting with a dead line? 91. One side of the coin 92. Baited online 93. What all companies tr y to make 94. Ser vice charge 95. Scoring figs 97. Lifts up 99. Literar y utopia 100 Projecting edge 101 Deck out with spangles 102 The other side 103 Crackerjack 105 Longtime spor ts journalist Jim 108 See 11 Across 109 Still competing 111 Sold out 114 Tour de France distance units: Abbr 115 ‘‘____, humbug!’ 116 Added paper to, as a printer

SUDOKU

CROSSWORD ANSWERS FOUND ON B5

FUN BY THE NUMBERS

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes The more numbers you name, the