Kamloops This Week November 2, 2022

WHEN BECOMESSHOPLIFTING VIOLENT

MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

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man who wielded a flashlight as a weapon after stealing from a Sahali business is now facing a rash of charges — one of many recent incidents of weapons being bran dished at employees.

On Oct. 7 at about 5 p.m., Kamloops Mounties responded to the area of McGill Road and Summit Drive for a report of a man who had stolen items from an area business, then pulled out what appeared to be a weapon when chased by an employee.

“With the assistance of the police dog service unit, officers located a suspect nearby and took him into custody without issue,” Cpl. Crystal Evelyn said in a release.

Justin Wade Worthington, 42, of Kamloops, has been charged with robbery, possession of a weapon — a flashlight — for a dangerous purpose and uttering threats in con

nection with the incident. He was held in custody following his Oct. 18 bail hearing and is expected to plead guilty to his charges on Nov. 3.

The incident is similar to a number of others recently.

On Oct. 20, employees from Interior Crafts and Hobbies at 333 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops were attacked with pepper spray after chasing a man who had shoplifted items from the store.

Interior Crafts and Hobbies owner Dean Hicks said he saw the man shoplift an Airsoft pistol magazine and leave the store. Hicks decided to pursue the thief and ask for the item back — an action he said he has taken previously with suc cess.

This time, however, the man turned and fired a shot of what appears to have been pepper spray at Hicks. The incident was caught on the store’s secu

rity cameras and video can be seen online at kamloopsthisweek.com. Hicks said he pursued the man because he didn’t want him to think he could shoplift without consequence, adding this was the first time he had ever been pepper sprayed when attempting to recov er stolen goods.

“It hurt like hell,” Hicks said, noting the burning sensation on his face and feeling of shock in the moment. “I wasn’t expect ing that.”

Hick’s brother then came out of the store and ran up to the thief, who can be seen turning around again and appear ing to spray him, as well. Hicks’ brother was a bit farther away, however, and didn’t get as direct a hit as Hicks did.

Despite being pep per sprayed, Hicks said he continued to pursue the man to a stairwell in the nearby Manshadi Pharmacy building before he lost him.

“I was on a mission. I wasn’t just going to let him walk away,” Hicks said.

Security camera footage shows a shoplifter (at left) threatening a Spirit Halloween employee with a can of pepper spray after being pursued outside the North Kamloops store on Sept. 15. As of this week, no arrests have yet been made.

Security camera footage shows Interior Crafts and Hobbies owner Dean Hicks being attacked with pepper spray after pursuing a man who had stole items from Hicks’ North Kamlops store on Oct. 20. The suspect in this case was arrest ed and is facing charges.

The 18th annual HUB International RCMP Seniors Christmas Dinner is BACK!

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Monday, December 5, 2022 at the Colombo Lodge. Doors open at 4:00pm.

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November 22, 2022

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The 2022 KTW Christmas Cheer Fund is back — this time with Kamloops This Week readers helping us help five local non-profits.

Money raised in the Cheer Fund will be dis tributed equally to the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association, Kamloops Brain Injury Association, Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism and the Kamloops branch of the BC SPCA.

Subsequent editions of KTW will highlight the work those non-profits do in the community. In today’s edition, we launch the Cheer Fund with a look at the BC Interior Community Foundation, the orga nization that is helping KTW collect and orga nize donations.

Wenda Noonan, executive director of the BCICF, said the Foundation helps fund local charities, communi ty projects and programs, along with scholarships and bursaries.

There are dozens of funds listed on the BCICF website (bcicf.ca), many of which are endow ments that help finance a cause in perpetuity. The KTW Christmas Cheer

Fund is a flow-through fund, which means all money raised this year is dispersed to the charities involved.

“We partner with a business, or it could be a charity like yourself, and accept the donations because we have all the processes and adminis tration in place to be able to properly receipt and help out our community,” Noonan said.

This is the second year that KTW has teamed up with the BCICF and last year’s inaugural linkage was a success.

“It was a really great partnership because for us, although we've been around for 38 years, we're still strug gling with awareness of our Foundation and the work that we do within our community,” Noonan said. “Obviously, it's a win-win. We're able to provide the service to Kamloops This Week and people come to our web site and are able to make a donation that benefits our community.”

Noonan said the Cheer Fund benefits from the exposure realized from the cross-promotion by KTW and the BCICF.

And helping KTW help its five Cheer Fund non-profits is only a small part of what the BCICF does.

AT: bcicf.ca/kamloops-thisweek-christmas-cheer-fund or kamloopsthisweek.com

“We have a lot of social agency charities. If you wanted to donate to the hospice, for instance, but you wanted your money to work forever, you can make a donation to the hospice fund that we hold,” Noonan said.

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Welcome to the 2022 KTW Christmas Cheer Fund

“So, your donation — say it's $1,000 — we’ll never spend that original dona tion, One hundred per cent of it goes into the fund and then we give the hospice the earnings every year from now to forever.”

For example, about 20 years ago, Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and Kamloops Art Gallery got together to form the Creating Tomorrow campaign, which ran for three years and which includes a matching government aspect.

That endowment has grow, Noonan said, not

ing she delivered $60,000 to the symphony this year on behalf of the BCICF. Investing is done by financial experts.

Last year, Noonan said, the BCICF earned 5.68 per cent on invest ments, of which one per cent went to the Foundation and 4.68 per cent went to the various charities in its fund list.

“So, we survive on one per cent,” she said.

The KTW Christmas Cheer Fund can be found on the front page of the BCICF website. The exact website address is https://www.bcicf.ca/ kamloops-this-weekchristmas-cheer-fund/.

BC Interior Community Foundation executive director Wenda Noonan (left) and Kamloops This Week general manager Ray Jolicoeur are thrilled to launch KTW Christmas Cheer Fund.

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Police: do not pursue thieves

ONE BUSINESS OWNER SAID HE FEELS COMPELLED TO TAKE ACTION

Hicks said he was on the phone with police as he chased the pepper-spraying shoplifter, adding Mounties responded within about 30 minutes and tracked the man to a property on nearby Yew Street.

He said a woman from an Interior Health building across the street from his business later helped him flush out his eyes of the pepper spray.

Hicks said he feels the trend of shoplifters brandishing weap ons is indicative of a feeling they won’t face consequences if caught.

He said he doesn’t want people entering his store, believ ing they can shoplift without repercussions. While it’s not something he expects from his employees, Hicks said that, as an owner, he feels compelled to take such action.

He said the store experiences about one shoplifting incident per month, noting the latest inci dent has made him more wary of confronting people.

Hicks said his business has been in the 300-block of Tranquille for more than 30 years. While he hasn’t noticed a spike in shoplifting, he has in the past few years had more issues with people doing drugs and loitering outside the store.

A suspect was later arrested nearby. Jeffrey Ernest William

Trump, 36, is charged with two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of theft under $5,000. He remains in custody and had a bail hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

On Oct. 13, two youths were arrested after a shopliftingturned-robbery incident at a liquor store in Valleyview. On that day, police were called to the store on Valleyview Drive, where two people had stolen some booze and ran away, using pepper spray when confronted by staff members.

On Sept. 15, two employees from the Spirit of Halloween store at Tranquille Road and Eighth Street in North Kamloops fol lowed a man who had shoplifted from the store — the second such incident that day.

Employee Jarilyn Miller told KTW that shortly after she arrived for her shift that day, a man left the store with a Friday the 13th jacket and other product without paying.

“I was like, no, not twice in one day,” Miller said, adding she felt compelled to follow the man, lest shoplifters continue to return if not met with a response.

She and another employee followed the man outside and asked him to return the items, but he fled.

She said she followed him in order to snap photographs to give to police. As the employees pur sued the man along Tranquille

Road, Miller said he brandished pepper spray and a large knife. No one was hurt in the incident and the man threw the knife aside as he continued to run.

Miller said she was on the phone with police and went back to the store to meet them, but police did not arrive until later that evening. She said police did not follow up to retrieve footage of the suspect and take a state ment for a week.

“I’m sure they’re busy, but it’s not just someone saying don’t fol low me or I’m going to hurt you — he actually pulled a weapon, so it’s a bit more of a frustrating situation,” Miller said.

Evelyn said it’s common for police to follow up on a call after the fact. She told KTW there was a delay in dispatching an avail

able officer that day as officers were tied up with a number of priority files at the time, including another theft involving pepper spray.

She noted in the case of the Spirit of Halloween incident, the caller confirmed no one was injured and that the employee had returned to the store.

The suspect was wearing an orange shirt and sported a blue mohawk.

As of Tuesday, it appears no charges have been sworn against anyone for the offence, according to court services online.

The incidents have hallmarks of a growing trend Kamloops Mounties have noticed.

In September, then-inspector Jeff Pelley — who is now Kamlops RCMP detachment superinten dent — told a city council com mittee that police are seeing an uptick in the number of shoplift ing files in which offenders have pulled out weapons when con fronted by store employees.

He said police have been calling for additional charges on those files when submitting cases for charge approval to Crown prosecutors.

Police advise people to not pursue shoplifters, given the danger that could arise. Instead, they should take thorough notes about an incident, take photos if possible and obtain any details that could help police with their investigation.

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Fire-related fatality probed

MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

A body was discovered on Saturday following an early morning structure fire behind the permanently closed Dynasty Garden res taurant at 227 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops.

The restaurant has been closed since June.

Police say an RCMP officer patrolling the area noticed smoke and fire behind the restaurant at about 7:30 a.m.

Kamloops Fire Rescue later arrived on scene and extinguished the blaze, which was mostly contained to a shed or outbuilding behind a restaurant. While combing through the col lapsed structure, police say a body was discovered.

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Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said police are working with the BC Coroners Service to determine the deceased per son’s identity and to deter mine the source of the fire.

It is not yet clear how the fire started or how the per son died.

KTW observed a handful of investigators at the scene on Sunday morning, exam ining and sifting through the charred rubble — some of which was taken away.

Speculation from people in the area is that the person who died may have been a homeless person. It’s not uncommon to find people huddled for warmth in sheds and outbuildings, particular ly on abandoned properties.

One man walking in the area of the fire on Sunday said he often sees people congregating in the alley by the former restaurant, but

was unaware of the fire.

The man told KTW he’s been homeless himself since getting evicted from the Northbridge Hotel after the city bought the property, noting he spent Saturday night huddling for warmth in an alcove.

Another man, who said he lives in the area, said peo ple sometimes congregate on the property, suggesting the deceased may have been there to escape the wind, or to do drugs, and may have had a heat source within.

The early-morning fire wasn’t the only one KFR responded to on Saturday.

Firefighters extinguished a small grassfire at Columbia Street and Pemberton Terrace in Lower Sahali at about 3 p.m. and were called at 11:30 p.m. to a small land scape fire off the south end of Overlanders Bridge.

Body found in Thompson River

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

Kamloops Mounties are investigating after the body of a man was found in the Thompson River at Riverside Park this past weekend.

At about 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, police were called to the area of the park near the pickleball courts, where a body was observed in the water about 30 to 40 feet from shore.

Cpl. Crystal Evelyn said the foren sic identification services unit used its drone to confirm the report and, with the help of Kamloops Fire Rescue,

brought the body to shore.

“Based on the initial investigation, the person appears to have been in the water for some time,” Evelyn said. “Police are working on confirming identification and contacting next of kin.”

The Kamloops RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are conducting a concur rent investigation, which includes deter mining a cause of death or if criminality is suspected.

In the meantime, anybody with infor mation is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 and reference file 202238930.

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Police investigate after a body was found on Saturday in a burned-out shed behind the closed Dynasty Gardens restaurant in North Kamloops.

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Celebrating Valleyview’s expansion OPINION

TheKamloopsThompson board of Education hosted the grand opening of the Valleyview secondary expansion project on Tuesday.

This $34.8-million addition has resulted in 20 new classroom spaces and expanded common areas that enable staff and stu dents to be more comfortable and connected.

In the decades since the last major capital project, the design for school learning spaces has changed. The east wing at Valleyview secondary has expan sive windows, common areas for students to gather casually between classes, natural wood accents and inclusive washrooms.

“There are now 525 more seats, which are much needed now that our school has over 1,000 stu dents,” principal Cory Carmichael said. “The students enjoy the flex ible seating throughout the school, the wide hallways and stairwells and outdoor gathering spaces.”

Added SD73 Supt. Rhonda Nixon: “Our students and parents are also looking forward to a new gymnasium, multipurpose spaces and innovative classrooms like film studios and a drafting room.”

On March 8, there was an informal gathering to walk through the new wing. The SD73 facilities department was cel ebrated by the board of educa tion for persisting through supply chain issues that arose, especially in the final stages of the project. At that time, the wing was under construction, so students and staff used parts of it for some classes.

For the celebration on Tuesday, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kúkpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir brought greetings on behalf of her band, Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian shared his excitement on behalf of city council, Shelly Frost spoke on behalf of Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and board of education vice-chair Meghan Wade read Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside’s statement and spoke on behalf of the board.

In addition, Nixon highlighted the work of staff, facilities direc tor Art McDonald shared the work of his staff on the expan sion, Valleyview secondary parent advisory council chair Tara Hess emphasized parental support for this expansion, teacher Roger Turner shared the positive impact of the extension on teaching and learning; and students Danna Campbell, Rachel Farrow and Levi Purves spoke to their current experiences learning in a reju venated space and one that has relieved pressure on what were

overcrowded hallways and class rooms.

“I believe that the expansion of Valleyview secondary will uplift students and their wellbeing in the new learning space provided,”Danna said.

Rachel added: “Students at Valleyview secondary are able to better their education in a new space where everybody feels welcome. We have seen improve

ments in the overall learning envi ronment, with benefits to students and teachers alike.”

Levi is thankful for the expan sion at the school.

“Valleyview secondary has become a place for resident stu dents and teachers to be proud of and I am grateful for a new chapter in our school’s history,” Levi said.

The expansion of Valleyview

secondary was a long time com ing, and we are proud that stu dents are finally experiencing the benefits of it in 2022.

Heather Grieve is a School District 72 trustee and chair of the board of education. She can be reached by email at hgrieve@sd73.bc.ca. SD73 columns appear monthly in KTW and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

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Students gather in the expanded space at Valleyview secondary earlier this year. The official opening of the project was held on Tuesday.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OPINION

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Editor:

We have owned recreational land outside Kamloops for many years, but moved to Kamloops this past spring.

There is a KTW box just around the corner and we pick up a news paper each week.

We love community papers and

POLICE NEED TO FOCUS ON SPEEDERS

Editor:

I know nothing about allo cating resources when it comes to local policing, but it seems to me that policing speed limits is no longer a priority for the Kamloops RCMP.

As someone who lives in Westsyde, I regularly see a black, lifted Dodge Ram truck and the like going 20 to 30 kilometres over the posted speed limit of 60 km/h and

doing so unpunished.

As someone who was hit by a large truck in 2020, I can attest to how devastating it is to be hit by such a vehicle.

The misery of physiother apy is equal to or less than the bureaucracy that comes with dealing with ICBC.

It is time to step things back up again.

John Moss Kamloops

found that we used your election information to guide us in our vot ing on Oct. 15. The post-election paper was also a great read.

We love the news, ads and flyers in the newspaper as they all help us get a sense of community.

They have definitely affected our purchasing (Lucky for Princess

Auto) decisions. Save-On-Foods made a grave error in ending the newspaper version of their flyer and the store is no longer in our shop ping window.

Anyway, thanks. We love what you do.

Ken and Deena Snowball Kamloops

ELECTION SHOWED A SOCIETAL SHIFT

Editor: KTW editor Christopher Foulds’ excellent summary of the Hamer-Jackson mayoral win may reflect a societal shift in general (‘Let’s talk about our next mayor,’ Oct. 19).

It appears that voters are turning away from polished politicians who become overly burdened by trying to appear “woke” at all costs and, therefore, are unable to act aggressively on issues such as the social disor

der in our streets.

As stated, the problem is becoming progressively worse, to the point where people are afraid in their own homes and cannot feel safe just walking to work.

I think it is a positive move to have a mayor who is not yet swamped in the political morass that seems to impede motion by our more pol ished leaders.

If change is what Kamloops wants, then hard decisions will be

required that individuals and activist groups are surely going to protest.

I hope the new mayor is able to negotiate those challenges in order to move quickly and deci sively to improve safety of our community.

We are in an upsidedown world and change is needed.

Perry Grunenberg

Kamloops

Editor: Thank you for KTW editor Christopher

Foulds’ exceptionally well-presented opinion of our new mayor, as out lined in Foulds’ column of Oct. 19.

To those Kamloopsians who were not motivated to vote, you don’t deserve an opinion.

The “used car sales man” cares and will cooperate.

I hope more of our fellow citizens open their minds and give the man a chance.

Bohdan Markowsky Kamloops

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RCMP cleared by B.C.’s police watchdog agency

A civilian witness and “medi cal information” led B.C.’s police watchdog to determine there was no wrongdoing by Kamloops RCMP while responding to a men tal-health call earlier this month in which a man was seriously injured.

On Oct. 24 at shortly before 4 p.m., Mounties went to a home in the 2000-block of Pacific Way in Aberdeen in response to a report that a man was behaving erratically and in possession of a weapon.

According to releases from the BC RCMP and the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIOBC), the man had been making threats of violence.

Mounties said when officers attended his residence, the man came outside, holding a weapon and yelled obscenities at police.

The nature of the weapon has not been disclosed.

Police attempted to negotiate with the man for several hours as

he continued to move in and out of the home. He was detained about 4.5 hours after police arrived, with officers using “less-lethal force options” to take the man into cus tody after getting him to leave the abode, according to the IIOBC.

“Shortly before being taken into custody, the man sustained a selfinflicted injury,” a release from the IIOBC stated. “Medical information and a civilian witness confirm that the only injury the man sustained that meets the threshold for serious harm as defined by the Police Act was self-inflicted.”

Following a review of the evi dence, IIOBC chief civilian director Ronald McDonald has determined officers are not responsible for the man’s injury, noting the agency’s investigation into the incident has now been closed.

The IIOBC is asking anyone with relevant information or video footage regarding the incident to contact its witness line toll-free at 1-855-446-8477.

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Phone Depot suffers fourth burglary this year

MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

A cache of stolen cellphones — some of which were tracked to a local homeless shelter — is the latest incident in a string of break-ins at the Phone Depot mobile repair store, leading its owners to speak out.

Just before 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 26, two burglars entered the Sahali store in the Columbia Place Shopping Centre off Summit Drive, where the glass front had been smashed open. The thieves made off with about 60 cellphones from the store, including about 20 customer phones.

Security footage shared with KTW by the Phone Depot showed the two suspects, their faces covered, ransacking the business. One person wearing a camouflage jacket can be seen walking around the counter carrying a duffel bag, while another person in a blue jacket stands behind a counter, filling a duffel bag with phones. Both then step through an opened metal gate across broken front glass doors.

Phone Depot co-owner Sheraz Hussain told KTW the store is out about $30,000, based on damages and pilfered phones.

This was the fourth overnight break-in at the store this year, Hussain said, noting it was also burgled in March, July and September. This latest theft, he said, has customers anxious, concerned over the loss of their personal information and data from their stolen phones.

Hussain told KTW he learned from some

customers that a number of their phones’ locations were tracked, via Apple IDs, to the nearby Merit Place homeless shelter, which is operated in the former Greyhound Depot on Notre Dame Drive by the Kamloops chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

“The RCMP is well aware of the allocated phones of the customers, but no initiative has been taken until now,” Hussain told KTW in

an email.

He criticized the RCMP for being slow in investigating this file and lacking follow up with his business regarding the status of the other break-ins.

Hussain said police responded to his store within about 10 minutes of reporting the Oct. 26 break-in, but noted the investigating offi cer did not follow up with him until Oct. 30, which he noted was following a local media report about the crime. He added that the officer told him police could not go into the shelter to where the phones were tracked.

Cpl. Crystal Evelyn said it is difficult to comment on the legalities surrounding entry without knowing the specifics of the building or the tracking co-ordinates that were obtained.

“In general, though, when it comes to legal authorities related to search and sei zure in a residence, there is a reasonable expectation of privacy granted under the law, which in some cases may require a warrant for entry,” Evelyn said. “For more specif ics on the reasoning related to this specific investigation, the property owner is welcome

to contact the lead investigator to discuss further.”

CMHA PREPARED TO HELP RETRIEVE PHONES

CMHA Kamloops executive director Alfred Achoba, however, told KTW police are welcome to search the shelter for the phones — something the CMHA has permitted in the past.

“We’re ready to work with the RCMP to help retrieve them,” Achoba said. “If those phones are still active and can still be pinged to that location, we would give them access to go through and find them. And, if we find them, we would hand them over to

RCMP for sure.”

Achoba said he was made aware of the stolen phones on Oct. 28, but as of Oct. 31, had not yet heard from police or Hussain.

He said he told staff to search the shelter for the stolen phones, but noted there was difficulty doing so.

“I knew they were iPhones, but it’s hard to tell if a phone is stolen unless you know what you’re looking for, so this is where RCMP needs to be involved. Have the owner provide a description and then we would work with them to retrieve them,” Achoba said.

Achoba said the CMHA has a zero tolerance policy for people having stolen property in shelters.

“We do bag checks, we do pocket search es, we do random searches across the shelter and, on top of that, we shut down the shelter every week to clean up, but also to see if we can retrieve stolen items,” he said.

Kamloops RCMP issued a press release on Monday, explaining information that some of the phones were traced to the shelter the day the break-in occurred “was not relayed properly to frontline officers on duty and the lead investigator did not get the message until they returned to work several days later.”

Kamloops RCMP release an image captured on video camera of one of the two burglar suspects.

Census shows 10% of Kamloops population comprised of immigrants

Immigrants comprise almost 25 per cent of all people in Canada, according to the 2021 federal census. Of the 38.3-million people in the country, about 23 per cent (8.3 million) identified in the census as being immigrants.

In Kamloops, immigrants comprise about 10 per cent (9,335) of the population of 94,560.

By 2041, immigrants are expected to account for one-third of all Canadians.

According to Statistics Canada, the percentage of immigrants in the country is the highest recorded since Confederation in 1867.

By immigrants, Statistics Canada is referring to people who were landed immigrants or who are now permanent residents.

Statistics Canada noted immigration is the main driver of population growth, in part because of the aging population and low fertility rates in Canada.

In Kamloops, in addition to the 9,335 immigrants cited in the census, there are 2,675 nonpermanent residents, which encompasses those from another country who have a work or study permit or who have claimed refugee status.

Of the 9,335 immigrants in Kamloops, 1,340 arrived between 2016 (the last census) and 2021. Age of arrival among the total

immigrant population locally has been mostly in the 25-to-45 age category (3,860), followed by ages 15-24 (2,020), 5-14 (1,725), under five years of age (1,180) and 45 and older (545).

Immigrants in Kamloops have arrived from across the globe, with most of the 9,335 coming from the United Kingdom (1,425), followed by India (1,240), United States (790), Philippines (750), Germany (555), Italy (535) South Africa (250) and China (320).

Other nations of origin include Guyana (10, Jamaica (15), Greece (20), Serbia (10), Morocco (10), Somalia (10), Lebanon (15) and Sri Lanka (10).

Among the more recent wave of immigrants — the 1,340 people

who have arrived in Kamloops between 2016 and 2021 — the breakdown in countries of origin includes India (300), Philippines (295), South Africa (70), United States (60), United Kingdom (60), Nigeria (50), China (50), Pakistan (40), Australia (35), Syria (30), South Korea (25), Ukraine (20) and Mexico (20).

(The number of Ukrainians arriving in Canada and Kamloops since the 2021 census has increased due to Russia’s invasion of the country in February 2022.)

While historically, the major ity of immigrants to Canada came from Europe, most immigrants are now arriving from Asia, including the Middle East.

One in five people coming

to Canada were born in India, the data shows, making it the top country of birth for recent arrivals both nationally and in Kamloops.

The last time such a huge proportion of people came from the same place was in the 1971 census, when more than 20 per cent of immigrants came from the United Kingdom.

The share of immigrants from Europe has dwindled since then, down to just 10.1 per cent in 2021 from 61.6 per cent in 1971.

All that immigration over recent years means almost onethird of children in Canada have at least one parents who was born abroad, which is up from 26.7 per cent in 2011 and 29.2 per cent in 2016.

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OF THE CITY’S 2021 CENSUS POPULATION OF 94,560, IMMIGRANTS NUMBER 9,335, WITH INDIA, PHILIPPINES AND SOUTH AFRICA THE MOST COMMON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN SINCE 2016

Province, teachers reach tentative deal

A tentative agreement has been reached between the provincial government and the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF).

The nearly 49,000 members of the BCTF will still have to ratify the deal through a vote, which will take place between Nov. 16 and Nov. 18.

The deal comes after 50 days of bargaining and is expected to include increased wages for B.C. teachers.

BCTF president Clint Johnston said it comes with significant salary and other gains for teachers.

“If ratified, this agree ment will take us from near the lowest-paid teachers in Canada into the top tier,” Johnston said in a state ment. “I am deeply grateful to the members of the team who worked so hard to get us to this point.”

Johnston said the annual pay for teachers at the top of the salary grid will be

$10,000 to $13,500 more per year than it is now by the third year.

By the end of the threeyear term, Johnston said, new members’ annual sal ary will be approximately $6,000 to $8,500 per year higher than it is now, depending on their grid placement and category. Other improvements in the deal include 10 addi tional minutes of prepara tion time for elementary teachers, improvements to heath and maternity benefits and a provincial minimum standard for professional development funding, the statement said.

Bargaining for a col

lective agreement began March 15.

In the KamloopsThompson School District as of July 2021, teacher salaries range from $55,574 to $95,681, depending on their category (four to six) and step (one to 10). A Category 5, Step 5 teacher earns $74,019 annually in the district.

The agreement is the first under Johnston, who was acclaimed as president in March. He previously served, for six years, in vari ous vice-president positions on the BCTF executive com mittee.

— with a file from the Vancouver Sun

B.C. announces long-awaited new payment model for family doctors

to spend whatever time is needed with patients.

B.C. announced a new payment system for family doctors on Monday (Oct. 31), which promises to com pensate physicians based on total time spent rather than by patient visit.

The much-awaited new model will offer an alterna tive to the fee-for-service system, which family doctors have long pegged as one of the primary causes of the province’s doctor shortage. Doctors argued the current system, which pays them the same rate regardless of the complexity or length of a visit, has left them underpaid and burned out.

The new model offers a significant increase in pay and better incentives

In the 2021/2022 fiscal year, the average full-time family physician made $250,000, an estimated $80,000 to $88,000 of which went to overhead costs.

Under the new payment system, a full-time physician will make $385,000 before overhead costs.

“We are excited about these two major develop ments that we believe will make a real difference in helping to improve health care in B.C.,” said Dr Ramneek Dosanjh, president of Doctors of BC.

“Over the last months, the provincial government has listened to the voices of physicians who passionately care about our patients. The

new physician master agree ment, which must be ratified by B.C.’s doctors, recognizes the value of the work doc tors do every day. The new payment model option for family doctors is unique in Canada, bringing together the best of a range of pay ment methods. The goal is to not only stabilize longi tudinal family practice, but to also make it sustainable and rewarding. Everyone deserves a family doctor and this new option is a major step toward making that goal a reality.”

The new system will come into effect on Feb. 1, 2023. It will be up to family physicians to decide if they want to apply for it or remain under the fee-for-service model.

Shelter operators sought

MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

BC Housing says it has no plans to announce winter shelter operators for Kamloops this week, pushing back the start date for those facilities at least six days.

“There is no plan to have any announcement regarding shelters this week,” BC Housing senior communications advisor Sophie Gary told KTW in an emailed message. The provincial organization said it will update the community regarding sheler operators once they ae determinded. With funding from BC Housing, the City of Kamloops pegged the former Stuart Wood elementary, downtown at St. Paul Street and Third Avenue, and the Yacht Club building, east of downtown at 1140 River St. as temporary winter shelters for the homeless, to operate from Nov. 1 to March 31.

It is a service BC Housing typically runs annually in the city, but this year the Kamloops chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association, which has operated the shelters since 2017, opted not to do so, leaving BC Housing and the city scrambling to find alternative operators.

According to CMHA Kamloops executive director, Alfred Achoba, there needs to be more permanent shelter and housing options in Kamloops. He said the organization felt it didn’t make sense to operate another temporary shelter this winter, spreading itself out thin, given a lack of supports and resources available.

“Some of those gaps have to be addressed first before we open any other additional shelter in our community,” Achoba told Kamloops This Week

He said wraparound supports

have dwindled from partner agencies in town, including Interior Health and the RCMP, noting a lack of enforcement from the police — with CMHA having to hire private security at its shelters — and a dearth of nursing and mental-health services from the health authority.

“We didn’t have that last year,” Achoba said, adding the level of support from Interior Health has been unacceptable, though he did not wish to get into specifics of the shortcomings from partner agencies.

“We’re still struggling with our own programs around all that,” he said.

Achoba described last winter as a difficult one, with some of the shelters CMHA operates being up to 70 per cent over capacity.

“And to go back into this win ter, knowing those challenges and we don’t have any support was just not right. I think for our collective and individual health, we had to say no,” Achoba said.

Asked about the people who need these shelters to escape the cold, Achoba said the impression that the CMHA is responsible for winter shelter is not accurate. He said shelter need is a community issue, not a CMHA issue.

“I think we’ve always known winter is coming, it’s not news to anyone,” Achoba said. “We’ve had winters several years, but does it make sense to plan for winter for five months, tear it [a shelter] down and then seven months later you’re planning for it? The answer is no, and I think there are conversations we need to have. Are we wasting resourc es? Are we burning out the field? And the answer is yes.”

Achoba said the City of Kamloops and province need to be adding more permanent housing to which to transfer people from shelters in town —

something in which he feels the municipality needs to take a leading role and develop a long-term strategic plan.

“Shelters are not permanent. They are part of the continuum of housing, but we need to be able to transition people from street to shelter, from shelter into housing and we view shelter as the last stop on that housing continuum,” Achoba said. “And I don’t think it’s right and this is an opportunity to address that concern.”

He said permanent shelters are needed in Valleyview and on the North Shore.

Achoba feels the animosity toward shelters from the public is not in response to the facilities themselves, but to the lack of resources.

“People are not pushing back against shel ters, they’re pushing back around the gaps and the behaviours they’re seeing and we’re not the ones equipped to deal with those behaviours. We provide very low threshold services for the most vulnerable, but there are other entities that need to step in and fill that gap.” he said.

The development means the city’s goal of having winter shelters in operation by Nov. 1 has failed to be met, despite the fact shelter spaces are ready to begin serving the homeless, according to the city’s social, hous ing and community development manager, Carmin Mazzotta.

Last year, the CMHA operated the winter shelter at Stuart Wood in conjunction with the Out of the Cold program.

Kamloops mayor-elect Reid HamerJackson noted the Out of The Cold program can help out this year as it did last year. He said city staff are working on a plan B.

“I think we need to have different service providers. We can’t have one shelter provider for the majority,” Hamer-Jackson said, noting if people get banned from a CMHA property, they may have nowhere to go.

Mazzotta told KTW that Out in the Cold is an agency the city is meeting with, but noted it has funding for only three days of the week through a federal grant. Asked if the city could simply request BC Housing fund Out of The Cold for 24/7 coverage, Mazzotta said part of the problem is that the program needs to add staff to do that — a process that will take time if Out of The Cold chooses to attempt it.

Calls to Renee Stine of Out of the Cold were not returned by KTW’s press deadline.

Mazzotta said the municipality doesn’t have the capabilities to operate the winter shelters itself and looks to qualified organizations to do so.

He said BC Housing identifies its winter shelter operators and the municipality helps co-ordinate those efforts by identifying sites and seeking council approvals.

“We’re hopeful that BC Housing can sup port a seven-day-a-week operation,” Mazzotta said. He said concerns with offering a threeday-a-week service include a cold night falling on one of the shelter’s off days and impacts of emptying people from a shelter.

Sun Peaks’ Olympic dream has died

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine said there were little signs the prov ince would not support the 2030 Olympic Winter Games bid in advance of the Oct. 27 announce ment by Tourism Minister Lisa Beare.

Raine noted Premier John Horgan previously said the prov ince would not financially back stop an Olympic bid.

An initial hosting concept report proposed the Games be held in Vancouver, Whistler and Sun Peaks and be Indigenous-led, with a focus on reconciliation. The plan needed provincial and federal government approvals before a bid could be completed in early 2023.

Beare said the provincial NDP government has the responsibil ity to weigh the benefits with the costs and possible risks of the project.

“There are billions of dollars in direct costs and potential guar antee and indemnity liability risks

on this project that could jeopar dize our government’s ability to address pressures facing British Columbians right now. Based on careful consideration, the province is declining to support a bid,” she said.

Raine said the decision took a long time to be released, noting provincial staff did not address the subject at September’s Union of BC Municipalities convention in Whistler.

Raine said Sun Peaks had begun discussing a location for an Olympic Village, but noted plans were still in the early stages and speculative.

Even had the province backed the bid, Raine said the proposal

still had a long road ahead of it before becoming a reality. He said he advised the community not to count on the Winter Olympics coming to Sun Peaks in 2030.

“We were fully enthusiastic about the opportunity, but we weren’t fully invested,” he said.

Raine said the 2030 Games would have helped the commu nity open up dialogue with neigh bouring First Nations to resolve longstanding impasses.

He said the Games would have also resulted in publicity for and more tourism to the resort municipality.

“I think that there’s no question that the 2010 Games have really helped put Whistler on the map,

so there are losses,” Raine said.

“But I think certainly every body on the Sun Peaks side knew that we were a long, long ways away from being assured that the Games would be coming to British Columbia in 2030.”

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said he was not sur prised by the announcement, not ing Vancouver had not yet decided whether it would be a host city and costs to taxpayers would have been “astronomical.”

In August, Kamloops council voted unanimously in favour of a feasibility study and continuation of discussions about a Games bid.

Christian reiterated that he wanted to see, as part of the bid, an event or venue in Kamloops. He earlier said the city could host curling or hockey. The bid pro posed freestyle skiing and snow boarding events at Sun Peaks, but no events were planned in the Tournament Capital.

“If the bid is not supported, we don’t have a lot invested in it, so it’s not going to be a loss,” Christian said.

Stocks Down, Bonds Down - What to Do?

Generally, the investment world can be split between Equities (stocks) & Fixed Income (bonds) Investors typically divide their portfolio between these two based on their goals and comfort Some of our clients are 100% in bonds while others are 100% in stocks; however, most investors fall somewhere in the middle which we refer to as a balanced investor

According to Reuters, to battle inflation in 2022, the Bank of Canada and US Federal Reserve have raised interest rates from 0 25% to 3 75% Additional rate increases are expected, with the projected terminal rate forecast to peak around 4 4% early 2023

This rate is considered the "risk free rate" and is the starting point for evaluating and comparing investment options As a general guide, bond investors typically demand an additional 1 0% over the risk free rate Equity investors between 5 0% 6 0% This would suggest bonds and stocks could return approximately 5 5% and 10% in the future Coincidentally, over the last 150 years the S&P 500 has averaged 9 05%, as of September 30, 2022 Adjusted for inflation, the real return was 6 8% It is our opinion that equity returns will revert to their long term averages

Because inflation has persisted and we have yet to hit peak rates, both stocks and bonds have been under significant pressure and both are in bear market territory Typically, owning bonds can help bolster a portfolio when stocks underperform, but this year has been a double whammy for investors with bonds facing their worst performance since 1926

Other notable times when balanced investors have been hit as hard include: the 2008 financial crisis, 2000 dot com bubble, hyper inflation of early 1970s and the Great Depression in the 1930s

When analyzing bonds, some of the key attributes to consider are credit ratings, duration, and yield to maturity In our client portfolios, we carry a shorter duration of 3 years and a net yield of approximately 6 0% with an above average credit rating

For investors who want total security without any volatility they can consider Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) which are paying between 4 9% 5 2% for 1 year to 5 year terms (as at Oct 31, 2022) GICs typically offer less return than bonds, as well as no liquidity (access) before maturity but they provide 100% certainty when fully CDIC insured For tax efficiency where appropriate, we tend to recommend investors allocate GICs within their tax sheltered accounts: RSP, RIFs or TFSAs

One of our favourite strategies is Dividend investing Some high yielding Canadian companies include:

Dividend investors get a major tax break by way of the Canadian dividend tax credit Looked at another way, an investor would have to earn about 1 3x more from a bond to end up with the same after tax result For example, the above companies provide average dividend flows of 6 4% which, after tax, would be equivalent to the interest payments of an 8 3% bond

Note that BC residents earning less than $50,197 a year actually get money back from dividends (negative tax bracket) and pay only 1 6% tax up to $86,141 income!

Despite the pain of 2022, the good news is bear markets take an average of 12 months to bottom and we are in month 11 After that, it can take on average two years to recover We expect investors to be rewarded for enduring

By Eric

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Anthony Varesi’s The Bob Dylan Albums covers the singer-songwriter’s entire career, from 1962’s Bob Dylan through to the 2021 release of The Bootleg Series: Springtime in New York

JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

AKamloops lawyer has released a new edition of his book, The Bob Dylan Albums, updated with 20 years’ worth of new releases and previously unheard material from the legendary singer-songwriter.

Anthony Varesi is a Crown prosecutor by day, but in his free time, he is a longtime follower of Bob Dylan.

He said he discovered the musician at age 12 and has been following the Voice of a Generation ever since.

Varesi said Dylan’s greatness as a song writer is what keeps him interested — and there’s a lot to be interested in, with Dylan having written nearly 600 songs and released 40 studio albums.

“The first edition came out 20 years ago, so it was time for an update. There’s been a lot of releases in the interim, a lot of archi val releases,” Varesi said.

He did the majority of the work on the first book in the late 1990s and early 2000s while studying law at the University of Saskatchewan.

Before arriving at the publishing stage, Varesi had to go through the time-consum ing process of getting approval from Dylan’s New York office to quote the lyrics for the

book, since they are protected by copyright.

The second edition of The Bob Dylan Albums has been almost entirely rewritten, Varesi said. It has also been expanded from about 65,000 words to 150,000 words.

Varesi said he approached the book and its comprehensive analysis of all of Dylan’s albums from an objective standpoint, noting he is critical of the artist in some instances.

Varesi includes analysis of some of the more controversial aspects of Dylan’s career, including his 2011 trip to China, use of his music in advertisements and songs he wrote about George Jackson, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Joey Gallo and Lenny Bruce.

The book covers Dylan’s entire career, from 1962’s Bob Dylan through to the 2021 release of The Bootleg Series: Springtime in New York

The author also covers Dylan’s appear ances in films, his soundtrack contributions and other writings.

“For one man to have done so much, it’s pretty remarkable,” Varesi said. “Certainly, his body of work is much greater than any of his contemporaries.”

Indeed, in 2016, Dylan became the first musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Bob Dylan Albums is available at major retailers and local book stores.

Anthony Varesi served as a federal prosecutor for 20 years and now works for the British Columbia Prosecution Service. He works as a Crown prosecutor and lives in Kamloops with his wife and their son. The second edition of The Bob Dylan Albums has been almost entirely rewritten, Varesi said. It has also been expanded from about 65,000 words to 150,000 words.

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And the winners are ...

THE 2022 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS

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And the winners are ...

2022 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS

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KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

The Noble Pig is Business of the Year and Joshua Knaak of Arpa Investments is Business Person of the Year in the 2022 Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce and MNP LLP Business Excellence Awards.

The Noble Pig is Business of the Year and Joshua Knaak of Arpa Investments is Business Person of the Year in the 2022 Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce and MNP LLP Business Excellence Awards.

Composites

• CAPP Excellence in Trades Award Winner: Weymac Electric

• Open Door Group Inclusive Leadership Award Winner: Far + Wide

• BCLC Innovation Award Winner: We Are One Composites

The awards were handed out at a gala held on Oct. 27 at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre in Aberdeen.

The awards were handed out at a gala held on Oct. 27 at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre in Aberdeen.

and MNP LLP Business Excellence Awards:

• FIT Financial Business of the Year Winner: The Noble Pig

• Abbott Wealth Management –Harbourfront Wealth Management Business Person of the Year Award Winner: Joshua Knaak, Arpa Investments

Business excellence awards were handed out 16 categories, with the Business of the Year Award going to one of the businesses nominated as finalists in the other 15 cat egories.

Business excellence awards were handed out in 16 categories, with the Business of the Year Award going to one of the businesses nominated as finalists in the other 15 cat egories.

The 2022 gala also marked the first year of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Indigenous Business Excellence Award, with Lash & Glow Bar Kamloops-Lashed by Natalie taking home the trophy.

The 2022 gala also marked the first year the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Indigenous Business Excellence Award, with Lash & Glow Bar Kamloops-Lashed by Natalie taking home the trophy.

While accepting her award, owner Natalie Wolfe spoke of the importance of representation.

and MNP LLP Business Excellence Awards:

• FIT Financial Business of the Year Winner: The Noble Pig

• Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Indigenous Business Excellence Award Winner: Lash & Glow Bar Kamloops-Lashed by Natalie

• Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Indigenous Business Excellence Award Winner: Lash & Glow Bar Kamloops-Lashed by Natalie

• Abbott Wealth Management –Harbourfront Wealth Management Business Person of the Year Award Winner: Joshua Knaak, Arpa Investments

• City of Kamloops Community Service Award Winner: Blackwell Dairy Farm Inc.

• Surerus Murphy Joint Venture Not-ForProfit of the Year Award Winner: United Way British Columbia

• Community Futures Thompson Country Emerging Business of the Year Award Winner: Friendly Composting Inc.

• City of Kamloops Community Service Award Winner: Blackwell Dairy Farm Inc.

• Andre’s Electronic Experts Retailer of the Year Award Winner: Tumbleweed Toys • People in Motion Service Provider 1-10 Staff Award Winner: Vertical Café

While accepting her award, owner Natalie Wolfe spoke of the importance of representation.

• Surerus Murphy Joint Venture Not-ForProfit of the Year Award Winner: United Way British Columbia

• Community Futures Thompson Country Emerging Business of the Year Award Winner: Friendly Composting Inc.

• CFDC of CIFN Employer of the Year Award Winner: Abbott Wealth ManagementHarbourfront Wealth Management

• Andre’s Electronic Experts Retailer of the Year Award Winner: Tumbleweed Toys

• People in Motion Service Provider 1-10 Staff Award Winner: Vertical Café

• CFDC of CIFN Employer of the Year Award Winner: Abbott Wealth ManagementHarbourfront Wealth Management

• Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner: Alexandra O’Daly, Aspect Film Works

Here is the complete list of winners at the 2022 Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce

• Kamloops This Week Service Provider 11+ Staff Award Winner: The Noble Pig Brewhouse

Here is the complete list of winners at the 2022 Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce

• Kamloops This Week Service Provider 11+ Staff Award Winner: The Noble Pig Brewhouse

• Rocky Mountaineer Environmental Leadership Award Winner: Kamloops

• Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner: Alexandra O’Daly, Aspect Film Works

• Venture Kamloops Small Business of the Year Award Winner: Maxwell Mechanical.

• Rocky Mountaineer Environmental Leadership Award Winner: Kamloops

• Venture Kamloops Small Business of the Year Award Winner: Maxwell Mechanical.

TRU to stage award-winning play

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

Thompson Rivers University acting students are set to hit the stage with the latest Actors Workshop Theatre production called Amigo’s Blue Guitar.

The play, directed by TRU instructor, actor and director Wesley Eccleston, will run from from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5, with shows starting at 7:30 p.m.

Student actors in the play range

from their first to fifth years. The theatre company has operated at the university since 1985.

Written by Joan McLeod, Amigo’s Blue Guitar is a tale of an unexpected visit by a Salvadoran refugee to a family’s Gulf Islands home. The play won a Governor General’s drama award in 1991.

Tickets for the show are $15. They can be found on the TRU website at tru.ca by searching for Amigo’s Blue Guitar.

Kamloops Players debut Gas Light

Community theatre group The Kamloops Players will debut their next stage play, a drama entitled Gas Light, next week.

The drama, set in 1938, tells the story of the Mannighams, a couple living in the Victorian tranquility of London

Mannigham is convinced by a visitor that her husband is, in fact, a murderer.

The play will be directed by Frank Kohlberger, who said he’s delighted to be working with a fantastic cast and crew.

Evening performances will take place at 7:30 p.m.

from Nov. 9 to Nov. 12, with a matinee at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 12, all at the Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St.

Tickets are $32 for adults and $26 for seniors and students and can be purchased at the Kamloops Live box office, online at kamloopslive.ca.

A Way Home Kamloops seeks campers

A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK) is gearing up for its sixth annual Campout To End Youth Homelessness campaign.

The 2022 event will take place in person Dec. 9 starting at 6 p.m. at McDonald Park in North Kamloops, as well as virtually via Zoom where campers from any location can join in showing their solidarity.

The annual fundraiser helps shine a light on youth homelessness in Kamloops as community members spend a night outside in cardboard boxes in honour of

youth who are without a home. Campers are encouraged to raise pledges and donations that fund crucial programs that support homeless youth.

This year’s campout fundraising goal is $150,000.

AWHK is currently looking for spon sors, campers and volunteers to help out with the he sixth annual Campout To End Youth Homelessness campaign

For more info about the event and to learn how you can help visit https:// www.awayhomekamloops.com/campout.

Faith: No place for ‘friends with benefits’

RICHARD RENE SPECIAL TO KTW

Friends

with benefits?

No, this is not a review of the romantic comedy starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. For those who do not already know, “friends with benefits” is a common euphe mism for a relationship in which two people engage regularly in sexual activity without making a long-term commitment to one another.

I was recently conversing with a young woman in my parish who had been asked what her stand was on this arrangement. She knew she was against it, of course, but could not quite articulate why, so I promised to offer a response that would provide a sound Christian basis for her instinc tive reaction. She would say no, not just because “friends with benefits” was vaguely “wrong,” but because it was not consonant with her faith.

Ironically, the movie mentioned above follows a standard plot formu la to arrive at the very conclusion I will propose — that a sexual relation

ship cannot help but be entangled in emotional, psychological and, ultimately, spiritual commitments.

One way or another, human experi ence shows that the disconnection of sexual intercourse from other forms of intimacy cannot take place with out significant violence being done to those involved.

Why is this so? For non-Chris tians, the issue is either one of gut reaction (which finds its expres sion in the plots of popular movies, for instance) or moral outrage (it’s wrong because it goes against a specific religious or ethical code).

For Christians, however, the failure of social arrangements like “friends with benefits” is rooted in an under standing of the human person, which is in turn shaped by the per son of Jesus Christ.

In the Christian understanding, Jesus Christ the son of God became Incarnate in order to reunite God with His creation.

As a man obedient to death on the cross, Jesus embodies the ideal and perfect human being. To become truly and fully human,

therefore, means attaining “the mea sure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:13). United to Christ in baptism, partaking regularly in His body and blood through the Eucharist, striving to imitate Him daily, we become more ourselves — the real human beings we were created to be.

This new identity in union with Jesus has certain implications, not just for whether we go to heaven or hell, but for our whole human existence, body and soul. Addressing immorality in the Corinthian Church, the Apostle Paul reminds his community that their physi cal bodies are members of Christ: “Shall I therefore take the members of Christ,” he asks, “and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ... Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:15, 19-20).

Salvation, then, is not just an intellectual matter, an abstract state of legal justification before God that

is otherwise disconnected from food and drink, sex and relationships and the rest of the “stuff” of the body and its physical life. If Jesus Christ took on a human body to exalt that body and make it His spotless bride, the temple in which God comes to dwell, then our bodies cannot be merely utility vehicles for the soul, to be dis carded at death. Rather, the Apostle Paul says, we glorify God in our bodies. What we do with our bod ies — how, specifically, we engage in sexual intercourse — itself speaks to the world of God’s glory in Christ.

In this understanding, “friends with benefits” can have no place. To deny the connection between the activities of the body and the life of the soul, and to use sexual inter course merely as a tool for physical pleasure, is to denigrate the worth of the human condition in which and for which Christ was born, lived, suf fered and died.

On the surface, social arrange ments like “friends with benefits” would seem to exalt sexuality by making it widely accessible. No longer restricted by commitment,

no longer strangled by the tedium of marriage, we can all now “celebrate our bodies” however we want (as long as we are consenting adults in the privacy of our homes).

In reality, the “friends with ben efits” culture degrades the body and its life. Casual sexuality (like exces sive drinking or eating, unneces sary sleeping or any other physical activity undertaken self-indulgently) devalues the humanity God paid the ultimate price to redeem.

The Incarnation reminds us that we were meant to be so much more and calls us to treat our bodies with the reverence of God’s own dwelling place.

V. Rev. Richard René is the priestin-charge of St. Nicholas Orthodox Mission (orthodoxkamloops.ca), an English-language Eastern Orthodox Church for the Kamloops community.

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KAMLOOPS PICKLEBALL CLUB SHOW THEY CAN CUT THE MUSTARD: Kamloops Pickleball Club has been busy over the summer holding a number of large provincial and national tournaments. Organizers of the tournaments wanted to give back to those in need within the community and also those in the Ukraine.

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Brown defends Crown

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favourite Team Brown perse vered through sticky situations to defend its title at the Kamloops Crown of Curling on Sunday (Oct. 30) at the Kamloops Curling Club.

Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Samantha Fisher held a 5-2 lead on Team Gushulak of Vernon in the gold-medal game, but surrendered three in the seventh to make for a nail-biting finish.

Brown scored two in the eighth end to secure a 7-5 victory.

“I think we just kind of stayed gritty,” said Brown, whose Kamloops Curling Club rink earned a cheque for $4,000.

“Obviously, it’s not ideal to give up three in seven and come home tied, but I think if you would have asked us before the game if we’d be happy tied coming home with hammer, we would be very happy. We handled it well.”

The event included a women’s bracket for the first time since 2019, when Brown blanked Siyu Han of China 6-0 to finish atop the podium.

Team Pierce of Kelowna, which includes second Jared Kolomaya of Kamloops, reached the final on the men’s side, but fell 6-5 to Team Sato of Sapporo, Japan. Sato

picked up a cheque for $5,000.

The 2020 Crown was wiped out by the pandemic and the 2021 tournament featured only a men’s division.

This year, 16 men’s teams and 11 women’s teams were in action, with plenty of Kamloops represen tation on both sides.

The Brown rink includes three Kamloopsians — Brown, Pincott and Fisher.

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LeAnne Andrews of Kamloops skipped a team on the women’s side. Team Hafeli of the Kamloops Curling Club includes Holly Hafeli, Jorja Kopytko, Hannah O’Neil, Natalie Hafeli and Eryn Czirfusz.

Cierra Fisher of Kamloops toils for the Victoria-based Taylor Reese-Hansen rink. River City residents Karla Thompson and Amanda Brennan belong to the Abbotsford-based

Sarah Wark team.

On the men’s side, Vernonbased Team Cotter includes skip Jim Cotter, who is from Kamloops but lives in Vernon, and Grant Olsen of Kamloops. Cotter coach es Team Brown.

The Kamloops Curling Clubbased Team Fadden includes three Kamloopsians — Calder Fadden, Coburn Fadden and Maguire Williams.

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Mitchell Kopytko of Kamloops plays for the New Westminsterbased Team Geall. Sato was the only international entry.

“I wouldn’t say it feels a ton different,” Brown said of making pressure shots in front of a home town crowd. “There’s familiarity in the building and tons of people came out to watch. It was cool to play the Hafelis, as well, in that seeding game in the B event. It was an all-Kamloops battle and it was really neat to have that.”

Brown topped Hafeli 7-4 in the B-qualifier Tournament Capital showdown.

Shawna Jensen of Vancouver gave the Brown quartet all it could handle in the semifinal round, scoring two in the eighth to force an extra end.

“My last rock actually picked in the eighth end,” Brown said. “I had an open hit and I threw peel weight, so it shouldn’t curl much. It curled about two feet. It grabbed something just out of my hand. That was another situation where we just had to bear down and focus on the task at hand.”

Brown scored one in the extra end to win 6-5 and advance to the gold-medal game.

The tournament, which has been around since 1974, had a new wrinkle in 2022, with the win ners on both sides earning a berth in the provincial curling champi onships, which will run from Jan. 10 to Jan. 15 in Chilliwack.

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Skip Corryn Brown and her Kamloops Curling Club rink earned their second win of the campaign on the weekend.

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DINOS STUN PACK AT HILLSIDE

Corner flags bent and touched turf, with winds howling up to nearly 70 kilometres per hour on Friday during a men’s soccer quarterfinal match at Hillside Stadium.

The flags contorted and the TRU WolfPack’s Canada West season snapped in the elements, broken by costly mistakes and the Calgary Dinos, who poached opportu nistically and defended furiously in a 2-1 victory.

“The wind and the weather was a bit of a leveller. It forced both teams to change their style of play and I think, in the end, we were a lit tle more resilient and saw it through to the end,” Dinos’ assistant coach Kevin Francis told TRU Sports Information.

Calgary played with the wind in the first half and pounced in

the 34th minute when miscommunication on a WolfPack pass to goal keeper Jackson Gardner left Decklin Mahmi of the Dinos with clear path toward an empty net.

He scored to give Calgary a 1-0 lead head ing into halftime.

“Two mistakes pretty much cost us the game.

The wind was impacting both teams,” Antulov told TRU Sports Information. “I thought, even in the first half, we were the better side and in the second half we had them pinned in for the whole

half, we just didn’t get those opportunities to finish and we gave them two.”

The WolfPack attacked for nearly all of the sec ond half, but could not find the net and conced ed a second goal in the 86th minute.

William Omoreniye tallied to give the Dinos a 2-0 lead and silence the crowd that braved frigid temperatures and extreme wind.

Ante Grgic scored in injury time to give the Pack life, but the Dinos held on to win and advance to the Canada West Final Four.

TRU failed in its bid to reach the U Sports Men’s Soccer Championship on its own merit, but will compete as a host team at the tournament, which is slated to run from Nov. 10 to Nov. 13 at Hillside Stadium.

Brown building for provincials

From A22

“We’re 100 per cent locked in now,” Brown said. “It’s nice to have that confirmation. Anything can happen at the end of the season.”

Sato is not eligible to curl at the B.C. Championships, so the automatic berth that was up for grabs on the men’s side at the Crown will be available at an open qualifying event in December in Delta.

Kamloops is playing host to the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts national women’s curl ing championship, which will run from Feb. 17 to Feb. 26 at the Sandman Centre.

Brown, which is aiming to represent B.C. for a third time at nationals, got off to a rocky start this season, failing to reach the playoffs in three consecutive events in Alberta.

The team got off the schneid at the Prestige Hotels and Resort Curling Classic on Oct. 2

in Vernon and picked up its sec ond win at the Crown, a victory that should vault the rink into the top 30 in world rankings and perhaps into the top 25.

Next up for the Brown rink is the Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic, which is slated to run in the central Alberta city from Nov. 18 to Nov. 21 and feature 24 teams vying for a $35,000 prize purse.

“We’re just building toward provincials,” Brown said. “We’re not quite there yet, but defi nitely building.”

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Ryan Lewis (right) and the TRU Wolfpack suffered a painful defeat on Friday at Hillside Stadium.

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Cinderella WolfPack advance to Final Four

MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

The cardiac WolfPack won’t say die. Allie Shiyuk was the fifth member of the TRU Wolfpack women’s soccer team to score in a penalty shootout against the Mount Royal Cougars on Saturday in Calgary, the goal sealing the second con secutive Canada West post-season come back victory for the Kamloops school that needed penalties to edge the Victoria Vikes 2-1 on Oct. 22 at Hillside Stadium.

TRU overcame a two-goal deficit on Saturday and scored in second-half injury time to tie the game at 3-3 and force two halves of extra-time, which did not produce a goal.

WolfPack goalkeeper Marissa Young, the Calgarian who stopped a penalty kick in regulation, made two saves — and scored — in the shootout to help her club secure a 4-3 victory and a berth in the Canada West Final Four.

“I think it’s been a program-defining season,” WolfPack head coach Mark Pennington told TRU Sports Information. “I think this season has been a tipping point and, you know, maybe people start tak ing our program seriously because of what we’ve shown.”

The victory over Victoria marked the women’s soccer program’s first post-season victory in its first home playoff game, a win that added shine to the team’s best cam paign since joining U Sports in 2014.

TRU, which was 6-6-2 in the regular season, was an underdog heading into the Saturday contest in Calgary, but a 2-0 vic tory over hometown Mount Royal on Sept. 17 was among reasons for confidence head ing into the quarter-final tilt.

Mount Royal, which posted a 10-31 regular-season record to finish atop the Prairie Division, jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Saturday, with goals from

Camryn Curts and Hawan Abdissa answered for the WolfPack in the second half to tie the game at 2-2.

The Cinderella story appeared to reach its conclusion when Catriona McFadden stunned the Pack by scoring in the 89th minute to give the Cougars a 3-2 lead.

But the WolfPack — who posted one win last season and began the 2022 campaign with a pair of losses on home turf — were not ready to call it a season.

Bella Geremia’s desperation ball into the Mount Royal 18-yard box was poked home by Alexis Virgo.

Abdissa, Young, Shyiuk, Madeline Trozzo and Caylah Lemon found the net in the penalty shootout to send the Pack to the Final Four, where one victory will grant passage to the conference final and secure a berth in the U Sports Championship.

The UBC Thunderbirds, who were 13-1 in the regular season and obliterated the visiting Regina Cougars 8-1 in post-season action on Friday in Vancouver, will play host to the Final Four tournament.

TRU and the Trinity Western Spartans (9-2-3 in the regular season) of Langley will square off in a conference semifinal show down on Friday in Vancouver.

UBC will host the Calgary Dinos in the other semifinal on Friday. Calgary edged the Alberta Pandas 3-2 on Saturday in quar ter-final action in Edmonton.

The conference gold- and bronzemedal games will take place on Saturday in Vancouver.

TRU was ranked 11th in a pre-season Canada West coaches’ poll.

“We talk all the time about our char acter and they’ve shown once again that they just don’t know when they’re beaten,” Pennington said. “They just dig deep and the belief in this group is outstanding, I couldn’t be more proud of them. They’ve been unbelievable all year.”

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The WolfPack have won backto-back Canada West post-season matches via the penalty shootout.

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Blazers get right against Chiefs

Daylan Kuefler and Logan Stankoven notched two goals apiece for the Kamloops Blazers in a 7-1 victory over the Chiefs on Saturday in Spokane.

Kyle Masters, Kaden Hamell and Fraser Minten also scored in support of goaltender Dylan Ernst, who stopped 25 shots to pick up the victory between the pipes.

Grady Lane ruined Ernst’s shutout bid at 8:59 of the third period.

Goaltender Mason Beaupit started for the Chiefs (3-8-0-0) and allowed six goals on 28 shots before he was pulled at 16:12 of the sec ond period.

Chiefs’ backup net minder Cooper Michaluk entered the game and stopped 12 of 13 shots that came his way.

Kamloops, which earned a 5-1 win over vis iting Spokane on Friday at Sandman Centre, will

be in action next against the Rockets (4-7-1-0) on Saturday, Nov. 5, in Kelowna.

The Blazers, who prior to the weekend tilts against the Chiefs had lost three consecutive games, were tied for third in Western Conference

standings with the Everett Silvertips (8-4-0-0) as of KTW’s press deadline on Tuesday.

Kamloops was one point behind the Portland Winterhawks (8-1-1-0) and two points in arrears of the Seattle Thunderbirds (9-1-0-0).

The Blazers had a fourpoint lead on the Prince George Cougars (6-6-0-0) atop the B.C. Division.

The Vancouver Giants (4-6-1-2), Kelowna and the Victoria Royals (3-102-0) are third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in B.C. Division standings.

PASSING FOR THE CURE

Girls’ high school volleyball teams in Kamloops rallied together last Thursday to raise money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer dur ing the annual Pass for the Cure event.

The South Kamloops Titans played host to a night of league matches, with the Titans, NorKam Saints and Westsyde Whundas in action and wearing pink while on the court.

A gift basket was raffled off and donations were accepted,

with proceeds going to the BC Cancer Foundation on behalf of South Kamloops secondary.

More than $900 was raised and Hansport and McDonald’s contributed with prize dona tions.

October is breast cancer awareness month.

Teacher and coach Annemarie Watts was honoured at the event for her contribu tions to high school volleyball. She is retiring at the end of the school year.

Kaden Hammell of the Kamloops Blazers protects the puck on Friday at Sandman Centre.

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The South Kamloops Titans’ junior girls’ volleyball team last Thursday played host to an event to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

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THE 2022 U SPORTS MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY RBC IS COMING TO KAMLOOPS

From November 10 13, 2022, the top eight teams from across the country will descend upon Hillside Stadium as the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack host the 2022 Men's Soccer Championship presented by RBC With over 200 student athletes vying for the title of national champion the action will be non stop and the atmosphere electric Tournament passes available https://gowolfpack ca/feature/ USPORTSMSOC

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Storm earn weekend sweep

MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

Harrison Ewert put the exclamation mark on a success ful weekend for the Kamloops Storm, scoring in overtime to lift his cub to a 2-1 win over the Osoyoos Coyotes in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

The Storm, who edged the Eagles 4-3 on Friday in Sicamous, posted back-to-back victories for the first time this season.

Weekend triumph was pre ceded by concern expressed by general manager Matt Kolle, who said last week his club has underperformed.

“Things aren’t going the way we’d like them to be going,” Kolle said. “At some levels, we feel like we could have a stronger team than what we had last year, but right now, when we play the games,

we’re not getting it done.”

Jake Phillips-Watts also scored for Kamloops on Saturday in support of goalten der Cody Creasy, who stopped 26 shots and was named a game star.

Ethan McKinley tallied for the Coyotes, whose goaltender, Rhett Harkot, made 33 saves in a losing effort.

Kamloops will play host to the Castlegar Rebels (5-8-0-1) on Friday, a 7 p.m. start on Mac Isle.

The Eagles will host the

Storm on Saturday in Sicamous. Kamloops (5-7-0-1) is tied with the Chase Heat (5-6-0-1) for third in Doug Birks Division standings.

The league-leading Revelstoke Grizzlies (9-1-1-1) are atop the division, seven points ahead of Sicamous (6-51-0) and nine points clear of Kamloops and Chase.

The 100 Mile House Wranglers (2-10-0-1) are in the division basement.

Kamloops posted a record of 28-10-3-1 last season under

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head coach Geoff Grimwood, good for second place in the division.

The Storm knocked off the Chase Heat in seven games in Round 1 of the post-season before falling in six games to the Revelstoke Grizzlies in Round 2.

Kolle was not expecting the departure of Grimwood, who left the team in August, a couple of weeks before training camp.

He was replaced by Jan Ludvig, who played 314 games in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils and became a professional hockey scout after hanging up his skates.

“Jan’s settling in,” Kolle said last week.

“He’s getting familiar. We know that Jan has the pedi gree to be a successful coach. It’s now just applying that to a young junior hockey team. I think he would admit he’s learning every day. The players are learning every day.

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Peyton Kelly of the Kamloops Storm carries the puck over the blue line on Saturday at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW

Pack to host volleyball matches

Thundersky Walkingbear led the TRU WolfPack with 13 kills in a 3-1 victory over the Manitoba Bisons in men’s Canada West volleyball action on Saturday in Winnipeg.

“We had an exception al performance tonight on the road,” WolfPack head coach Pat Hennelly told TRU Sports Information after the match. “Overall, our service was stable and consistent and that really helped our team block.”

The Bisons (1-3) bounced back with a straight-sets victory on

Sunday, sending TRU home with a weekend split and a record of 2-2, good for a tie for third in Canada West standings.

The WolfPack will play host to the Winnipeg Wesmen this weekend at the TCC, with match times slated for 5:30 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Winnipeg is 2-2 on the campaign.

WOMEN SWEPT

The TRU WolfPack women’s volleyball team suffered a pair of straight-sets defeats to

the Manitoba Bisons in Canada West action on the weekend in Winnipeg.

Ema Palkovicova and Brooklyn Olfert paced TRU (2-2) offensively on Sunday, finishing with 12 kills and 11 kills, respec tively, but the Bisons (2-2) bested the WolfPack 25-21, 25-21, 26-24 to earn the weekend sweep. Manitoba cruised to victory on Saturday — 25-14, 25-18, 25-11.

TRU will play host to the Winnipeg Wesmen this weekend at the Tournament Capital Centre, with match times

slated for 7:15 p.m. on Friday and 4:45 p.m. on Saturday.

Winnipeg is 3-1 on the season.

PANTHERS TOPPLE TITANS; CROSS-TOWN CLASH HAS PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS

The path to the Subway Bowl will run through Vernon for teams toiling in the AA Varsity B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association Interior Division.

Jesse Peters and Grayson Peters had touchdowns for the South Kamloops Titans in a 31-14 loss to the Vernon Panthers on Friday at Hillside Stadium.

Vernon improved to 2-0 in regular-season play and cannot be caught atop the Interior Division,

even in the case of an unlikely defeat to visit ing Salmon Arm (0-2) on Friday.

The Panthers, by virtue of claiming first place, will get a bye to a provincial quarter-final matchup, a game in Vernon against the winner of a Round 1 post-season tilt between the second- and thirdplace squads in the Interior Division.

The Clarence Fulton Maroons and South Kamloops, which have matching 1-1 records, will

square off in regular sea son action on Thursday in Vernon to decide second and third place in the division, with the winner playing host to a rematch in Round 1 of the playoffs.

A victory in the quar ter-final round against the host Panthers would grant passage to a Subway Bowl provincial semifi nal matchup at BC Place Stadium.

JUNIOR VARSITY

The Vernon Panthers edged the South

Kamloops Titans 38-35 in a thrilling junior varsity football tilt last Wednesday at Hillside Stadium.

Vernon improved to 5-1 on the campaign, while South Kam dropped to 4-2.

South Kam and the Westsyde Blue Wave (3-3) are slated to play on Thursday. The game, a 4 p.m. start at Hillside Stadium, is the regularseason finale for both teams and has playoff implications.

The South Kamloops Titans pushed, but the Vernon Panthers held on for a 31-14 win on Friday at Hillside Stadium.

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TOP LEFT: TRU WolfPack women’s volleyball head coach Behlul Yavasgel appears tense during a team timeout. ABOVE: Corbin Ockerman of the WolfPack men’s volleyball team brings the hammer down earlier this month at the TCC. The Winnipeg Wesmen will be in town this weekend for men’s and women’s Canada West volleyball matches at the TCC.

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Aquarius, when you put your hope in someone you can trust, the positive outcome shouldn’t be too surprising Close friends and family will help out

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In Loving Memory of Nonie Shea

Born: June 2,1922

Died: November 3, 2012

Thomas “Tom” Yow

- 2022

Thomas, age 73, passed away at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops on October 17, 2022. Tom was born and raised in Kamloops and graduated from Kamloops Senior Secondary School. Tom worked at several liquor stores around Kamloops and was happy assisting customers find that special bottle of wine for that special occasion.

Tom was a respected member of the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band.

The simplest things pleased Tom, he could be seen walking up to catch a photo of the morning sunrise, riding his bike around town from Tranquille, to out past Campbell Creek.

Tom could be found at his thoughtful spots reading and enjoying a beverage. Occasionally a shrill whistle from Tom would catch your ear, to have a quick chat to catch up with family and friends. There will be an open mic, come prepared to share your Tom stories.

Sundays were spent hiking the outdoors around Kamloops with friends and enjoying a nice picnic.

Tom is survived by sister Charlene and brothers Keith (Irene), Lee Roy, Ernest (Beverly), Tony (Kathy), nieces Robyn and Hannah (grand niece Mia) nephews Jordie and Kori. and predeceased by mother Patricia Elizabeth Yow (nee Andrew); father Mah Bing Yow; brother Richard and half brother Wally Williams. Life long loyal friends, Jim Fulton and Bob Cunningham.

Love your family In Memoriam

Come to Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Dr., at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 to reminisce and celebrate Tom’s life… share hiking, biking, foody stories or to chat. Following the Service, Tom will be taken to Tappen, BC to be laid to rest. All are welcome to join.

Donations to Kamloops Food Bank, Canadian Cancer Society, or Canadian Arthritis Society would be appreciated by the family

Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

Each

Each loss is very different,

Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared.

I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow. So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

Now my life is all confused Since you went away. You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always –Only borrowed for a time.

Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.

Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

Bud Tennant

It is with great sadness we announce the passing on October 26, 2022, of a loving husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, brother, and uncle. Maurice (Bud) was a fighter who held on beyond our expectations. He was born October 20,1930 in Dundurn, Saskatchewan to Lily and William Tennant. He was predeceased by his parents, sister Ida (Toots), and son-in-law (Mike).

Bud will be missed by his wife of 68 years (Alice) and loving children Marilyn, Emma (Ron), Louise (Brad), and Norrie (Lisa). He leaves behind thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews who were greatly loved by him.

Bud moved to Gilbert Plains, Manitoba with his parents at a young age. He grew up and received his education there. After graduation, he worked in the family business “Tennant’s Garage” for a number of years. It was there he met the love of his life, Alice Mack. They were married for 68 years.

He continued to work as a mechanic, spending fifteen years working for Steep Rock Iron Mines in Atikokan, Ontario and fourteen years at Alcan in Kitimat, B.C.

In 1996, he moved to Kamloops where he had a great retirement. Bud loved to travel, and road trips were his favourite. His time was spent curling, lawn bowling, and watching hockey. The Montreal Canadiens have lost a great fan.

Until we meet again dear husband, your memory and love will be with us all.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Oasis Church - 1205 Rogers Way, Kamloops, BC.

Flowers are gratefully declined; donations can be made to a charity of your choice.

The family would like to thank the Heart Foundation Clinic, Dr Montalbetti, and Jacey for the wonderful care.

Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

Thomas Gordon Franklin

On Saturday, October 22, 2022 Thomas Gordon Franklin, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully at home in Kamloops, BC, surrounded by his loving family Born to the late Mary and Lorne Franklin on September 26, 1950, in St. Catharines, Ontario, he was the middle child of three sons (the late Larry, Thomas, and Joseph).

Tom moved to British Columbia in 1974, where he started his career in government and met his wife, Shelley Tom and Shelley married in Vancouver, BC, on October 9, 1982, and shared over 40 happy years of marriage together He was a devoted father who was adored by his children and grandchildren.

Tom fiercely loved three things above all else, his family, his friends, and his motorcycles. He was known by many, was respected by all, and lived life to the beat of his own drum.

Tom is survived by his wife, Shelley; four daughters, Lhasaja (Blaine), Joselyn (Chris), Colleen (Glen), and Kelsey (Jordan); and three grandchildren, Kaiya, Summer, and Wells. Tom also leaves behind his beloved Newfoundland dog Otis who was with him until the very last day

A celebration of life will be determined at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada or the Canadian Cancer Society

Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

“Forever remembered and forever missed”

Anna Cavaliere

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Anna Dorinda Cavaliere on October 30, 2022 while surrounded by family. Anna was born November 30th, 1934 in Ateleta Italy

Anna is survived by her husband Federico of almost 63 years, three children Adriana (Roger), Vince (Katrina) & Renato (Crystal) as well she was Nonna to Eric (Heather), Cory (Marie), Sara (Christopher), Kayla (Justin), Madyson (Daniel), Maison (Riley), Cole, Kira and Biz-Nonna to Finnick, William, Alice, Nylee and Margaret. She also has a huge extended family with over 125 members.

Predeceased by her (Father) Vincenzo & (Mother) Teresa Marino. Mom was in her element, when she was pampering her family She was an amazing cook who excelled at big family dinners. There was always food in the fridge, or an “Dolce” on the counter

She loved her garden and flowers, winning multiple city awards including “Best Front Yard”. An accomplished seamstress, she would spend hours mending and sewing an aray of clothing and crafts. If she ever sat still, it was to watch her afternoon Soap’s or play with the grandkids.

Thank you to everyone who cared for our Mom at Royal Inland Hospital, Overlander Extended Care and Dr. Hollman.

Prayers will be recited on Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 6:00 pm in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, November 7, 2022 at 11:00 am in the church with the Reverend Father Rajesh Madtha OCD Celebrant. Entombment will follow at Evergreen Mausoleum.

Should friends desire donations to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated in memory of Anna.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Bonnie Hines (née Smith)

May 11, 1938 - October 25, 2022

Bonnie wondered, as she stood in her rubber boots in the pig pen, how she ended up on a ranch. The daughter of a father who was B.C. Police and then with the Game Dept., meant that she, her brother Dennis, and sister Sandy never stayed in any place for long. Yet this RIH nursing grad was now rooted: walking through manure, taking it all in, and loving her new life at Pinantan Lake. Her marriage to the lanky Garfield Hines would result in three boys (Brian, Dan and Darren) and an eventual move away from the ranch into Kamloops.

Her vocation and her nature were one. As a compassionate community nurse for many years, she was also a skilled mentor for younger nurses. Witty and warm, yet with a bright sadness and a persistent struggle with her hidden regrets, she dedicated her life to serving others. This continued into the years beyond her working life, as she volunteered at hospice and in pastoral care for her church.

Her favourite place was their simple cabin at Neskonlith Lake and enjoying time with her three grandchildren: Skye, Ali and Sarah. Bonnie’s faith was in the Spirit who guided her and her devotion was in studying the Bible for sustenance and grace. It gave her the quiet reassurance to gently release herself in the early morning hours into hands of mercy As her body began to break down, she was ready for this freedom.

We will gather to celebrate her life at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at the Centennial Chapel Free Methodist Church at 975 Windbreak Street in Kamloops, BC. A tea will follow the service.

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

Antonio (Tony) Cuzzetto

June 27, 1948 - October 26, 2022

It is with heavy hearts and sadness we announce the passing of our Husband, Father and Nonno. Antonio (Tony ) Cuzzetto passed away on October 26, 2022.

Tony is survived by his wife of 50 years, Elena. His three sons; Justin (Danielle), Anthony (Sarah) and James (Teil) as well as his four grandchildren: Cate, Beau, Chet and Bianca. By his sister Stella (Tony) Alpino and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Tony was predeceased by his parents, Giustino and Fortunata Cuzzetto, as well as his brother Egidio.

Tony was born in Grimaldi, Cosenza, Italy and came to Canada on February 2, 1962 with his mom and sister, to join his dad and brother

He worked at Balco and then Tolko from 1966 until his retirement in 2006. In his early years Tony was known to enjoy fast cars. He loved to hunt and fish, instilling this passion into his sons and grandsons. There was always talk of where the best hunting grounds were. He also found joy watching hockey games both those of the Boston Bruins and his boys. Tony spent many hours starting his tomatoes & peppers and tending to his garden. Later in life, one could find Tony enjoying classic Western movies, trying his luck at the casino or listening to old time Italian tunes on the computer

Our family would like to thank the Doctors and Nurses of 7 North at Royal Inland Hospital that cared for Tony in his final days.

Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, November 3, 2022 at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 11:00 AM: Entombment to follow at Evergreen Mausoleum.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Heart & Stroke Canada or Diabetes Canada.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Lindsay Elizabeth Durack

Lindsay Elizabeth Durack, age 28, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2022, at her home in Kamloops, BC. She was born July 24, 1994, in Quesnel, BC, to parents Lonnie Durack, and Debra Clearwater

She was a 2012 graduate of Sahali Secondary School in Kamloops, BC. Lindsay was a kind, sweet, caring, and generous person who loved God, and loved to help others. Lindsay had an incredible musical talent; she loved to play guitar, wrote many songs, and had a beautiful, angelic voice. She had an adventurous spirit, she loved to travel and valued new experiences; living for a time in Valemount, BC, for a chapter Jasper, AB, and even four years in Edmonton, AB where she worked as a heavy-duty equipment operator before returning home to Kamloops, BC following the death of her father Even in her darkest days, her heart guided her to be a very kind person, always helping others along the way

Lindsay will be remembered lovingly as someone who loved freely, forgave willingly, and who never cowered away from doing right. Lindsay leaves behind her beloved mother, Debra Clearwater, her sisters Shelby and Emma Durack, brother Jaren Durack, grandmother Dianne Clearwater, grandparents Wendy and Ernie Durack, and many other relatives. Lindsay was preceded in death by great grandparents Glenn and Elizabeth Clearwater, great grandmother Clancy Sundman, and father Lonnie Durack.

Services will be held on Saturday, November 5th, 2022 at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship at 702 Columbia St, Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4. Service will begin at 1:00 pm with a celebration of life to follow

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Don MacKenzie

December 11, 1946 - October 16, 2022

After his initial tour of the west, he returned to Nova Scotia, working at various places, when he was reunited with his high school sweetheart Brenda Conrad. They were married in 1968 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and in 1969 Don made his dream come true and moved to Kamloops BC to start his new life.

Don worked a few jobs in Kamloops through the earlier years finally finding his place in the construction trade. Don worked in construction as a labourer and site foreman until he decided to start his own construction contracting company in the mid 1980’s, which he worked at until he retired in 2019 at the age of 73.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Don MacKenzie on October 16th 2022 at the age of 75 with his family by his side.

Don is survived by his wife Leanne Chabot, daughter Tanya (Ross) Presta, son Donnie MacKenzie of Calgary, grandson Tristan MacKenzie of Calgary, siblings Ronnie (Sheila) MacKenzie of Nova Scotia, Linda Deale of Nova Scotia, Barbie MacKenzie of Nova Scotia, Eileen Myers of Nova Scotia, Donna (Paul) Elliott of Nova Scotia, Carol (Rob) Vatcher of New Brunswick, sister in-law Mary MacKenzie of Nova Scotia and many, many nieces and nephews.

Don was predeceased by his parents, Owen and Florence MacKenzie, three brothers, Ivan, Kenny and Ross MacKenzie and two granddaughters Baylie and Isabella Presta.

Don was born in Meaghers Grant County, Nova Scotia on December 11th 1946, he was the fifth out of ten children. Don had a dream to come west from Nova Scotia in his early teens which became a reality in his late teens. On his initial journey throughout BC he fell in love with Kamloops and decided that’s where he eventually wanted to throw down roots.

Throughout his life Don enjoyed many hobbies including: fishing, hunting, camping, quadding and gardening to name a few Don loved having his family around and loved to make everyone laugh with his unforgettable stories and his larger than life sense of humour, quick wit and constant comical tormenting of his family and friends.

Don was also very caring and kind and always made himself available to lend a helping hand or hand up to anyone who needed it.

Don will be loved and never forgotten by the people whose lives he was fortunate enough to touch. Memorial donation can be made in his name to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

If you knew Don and he touched your life in some way, please join us to remember him in the Kamloops Funeral Chapel, 285 Fortune Drive on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 11am with Pastor Don Maione Officiating.

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

Alice Shannon

January 2, 1940 - October 24, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Alice Elizabeth Shannon at the age of eightytwo, on October 24, 2022.

Alice was born on January 2, 1940 at her childhood home in Hamilton, Ontario, the second child to Arthur and Lena Bruton. Alice grew up in a quiet neighbourhood with her sister, her parents and was close to her many aunts, uncles and cousins.

After leaving high school, Alice travelled the world for several years, travelling to Europe, the Caribbean and the North of Africa. Alice settled in Australia and New Zealand for several years before returning to Canada.

Alice started her family in 1965 with her first husband Mel Gregory and then gave birth to her son Mark. Alice later met and married Sam, her husband for fifty-four years and had two more children, Michael and Peter Alice and Sam moved from Hamilton, Ontario to Calgary, Alberta and then settled in Kamloops, British Columbia where they bought their family home which they were both proud of. Along with raising a family Alice never stopped her love of travelling and continued to do so with Sam over the years, visiting Europe, South America, vacationing in South Carolina and returning to Australia as well as New Zealand.

Alice was predeceased by her mother, father, sister, and her husband of fifty-four years, Sam, who passed away earlier this year at the age of eighty-five. Alice is survived by her three sons Mark, Michael and Peter

Alice will be remembered as being a great mother, and the most dependable person you’ll ever meet. Alice was a true kind soul and loved her animal friends until the last days. A private service will be held by family for both Sam and Alice at their wishes.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).

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

In Loving Memory of Don MacKenzie

RYLAN

MAKAYLA PEVERILL

JACK BELL

ALEXA ISAAC

Eldon Leslie Hill 1937 - 2022

It is with great sadness and heartache that we announce the passing of Eldon on October 18th, 2022, at 85 years of age. Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather Eldon is survived by Gail, his loving wife and best friend of 35 years. He leaves to mourn his daughters Dori LeeAnne (Corey) of Chilliwack, and Lisa Diann (Lawrence) of Vancouver, as well as Gail’s daughters Lisa Marie (Lou) of Calgary, and Terry Ann (Russel) of Brooks, AB, grandchildren Kaylan, Shea, Amy, Becca and Danika, and great-grandchildren Tatum and Ryan. He was predeceased by his parents, Leslie and Borgene Hill, his sister Grace Lobe and brother, Maurice Hill.

Eldon was born at 1:00 pm on a cold wintery day in Cold Lake, AB. He was the second child of three, born to Leslie and Borgene Hill. He grew up in Cold Lake and while in high school worked at the family grocery store. After graduation, he bought a dump truck and went to work for his brother-in-law Ernie for a while. But in 1957 at the age of 20, he joined the RCMP and served for 23 ½ years at various postings. First in Cumberland, where he met his first wife, Diann. Then on to Nanaimo, Quesnel, Ashcroft, Abbotsford, and Burnaby, where he retired as Staff Sergeant in charge of the district of Burnaby

For a while after that, he went into a business partnership in Valley Aluminum, but after some time, he left that behind and took over managing the Abbotsford Curling Club. He then met his second wife, Gail; and together they raised her youngest daughter, Lisa Marie. He later started up his own home-based business, Hill’s Home Improvements, and was very successful with that. But after several years, the drier climate of Kamloops beckoned and they relocated there in 1995, taking over management of a large mobile home park.

Having previously purchased 1.3 acres by the Little Shuswap Lake, they enjoyed many happy times there with family and friends over the next 25 years. At home his favourite pastime were the hours spent in his shop creating beautiful designer birdhouses which won numerous awards. He always had a project on the go.

Eldon loved his family and was a wonderful father and grandfather He was a kind and gentle man of integrity, honour, and generosity, and he never spoke ill of anyone. He will be greatly missed by friends and family alike, but his ready smile will live on in our hearts.

As per Eldon’s wishes, there will not be a formal funeral, but rather a graveside service to be held on November 2nd, 2022, at 1:00 pm, at the Hillside Cemetery; followed by a tea social at the Berean Baptist Church at 453 Linden Avenue.

We also wish to express our sincerest gratitude and appreciation for the kindness and care that Eldon received in the emergency department and on 6 North of Royal Inland Hospital. Dr Conley, Dr Kelly and all of the nursing staff were compassionate and caring.

Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

Mark James Koopman

January 11, 1964 - September 29, 2022

After the most courageous battle, we’ve lost our Papa Bear He passed away peacefully, surrounded by love, in Ottawa, Ontario at the Ottawa General Hospital Campus.

A lion at heart, he never gave up.

He will be forever missed by his wife and cheerleader, Jen; his kids: Crystal, Shelby and Sie; his couch pal, Buddy; his grandchildren: Drew, Chloe & Conner; his siblings: Hans (Kris), Helene (Kevin), Katie, Royce & Debbie (Kelly); his father-inlaw: Keith (Pamela); his brothers-in-law: Kieran (Jen) and Rick; his sister-in-law: Stephanie (Jason); numerous nephews and nieces, cousins, special “borrowed” aunts and uncles, and so many dear friends.

He was predeceased by his parents: Gerrit & Mary Koopman; his mother-in-law, Diane Moore and his grandparents-in-law, Bob and Muriel Heller

Cremation has taken place. A gathering of family and friends will be planned for the summer of 2023 in the Rocky Mountains, following the scattering of his ashes in Tofino, BC on Father ’s Day 2023.

Mark’s immediate and extended family would like to express our immense gratitude for the support and guidance given to us and to Mark, from our families and friends, throughout this journey Our sincere, heartfelt thanks to the staff of Royal Inland Hospital and Cancer Clinic in Kamloops, BC; the staff at Kelowna General Hospital and BC Cancer Centre in Kelowna, BC; the staff of the BMT Program in Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, BC, the staff of the Car-T Cell Therapy Program at The Ottawa Hospital, the ER and ICU staff at Ottawa General Hospital and special thanks to Drake Smith for your comfort and assistance. We could not have navigated any of this—especially during the pandemic—without everyone’s compassion, guidance, expertise and never-ending support. We are so grateful for the care Mark received, and for the very special staff in the ICU who helped him reach the end of this journey with the care and compassion he deserved and the kindness and support we all needed. Rachel, Wanda, Kaila & Dr Microys: you will hold a special place in our hearts forever

If you wish to honour Mark’s memory in any way, please consider a donation to one of the following:

• Easter Seals BC/Yukon

• The Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program at The Ottawa Hospital

• Little Angels Blood Cancer Fund

Stanley Michael Paul Sr.

Stanley Michael Paul Sr., passed peacefully on October 20, 2022 at the age of 76. He is survived by his three children, (Pam, Stan Jr., and Cheryl), 27 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren, two sisters (Nancy and Lois), his brother, Arthur, and is predeceased by his two daughters, Patty and Christina.

Although born in Kamloops, BC, Stan spent his early life in the Washington area and most of his adult life in Vancouver, BC where he was fondly referred to as “Uncle Stan”. Known by his iconic eagle stick, easy smile, and thumbs up gesture, Stan will be fondly remembered by relatives and friends and as a father, brother, community leader and urban Elder in Vancouver ’s Downtown Eastside.

Funeral services will be held November 7, 2022 at 3:00 pm at Moccasin Square Gardens on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reservation located at 345 Chief Alex Thomas Way, Kamloops, BC, V2H 1H1. Phone: (250) 828-9700.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

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