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s we get closer to the season of giving, one dealership in Kamloops has been consistently in the good books with the big man up north, Dearborn Ford. Through multiple efforts, they have gone over and above in giving back to their community. When asked why the company consistently supports the community and gives back, general manager Justin Grover had a very simple answer: “Because our community supports us.” Among other initiatives, Dearborn Ford is currently giving a vehicle away to a lucky Kamloopsian through their latest promotion. A 2022 Ford EcoSport will be given away on Dec. 31 to cap off the season of giving and put one lucky winner in one of the most sought after compact SUVs on the market.
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Dearborn has deep roots in community CONTINUED FROM F1 Grover said community involvement is not the only key to the company’s success and touted expertise of Dearborn staff.
“That’s another reason we give what we can to the community because we know the only way through these tough times is by sticking together,” he said.
“We have recruited and trained the top people in our industry from service and reconditioning to a top-notch sales team supported by the best management team in the business,” Grover said.
Some other contributions of note include: donations to the Mustard Seed, Kamloops Search and Rescue and Operation Red Nose. Dearborn Ford has also sponsored a new sports franchise with Dearborn Stadium.
Grover said the key to finding great team members is building an inclusive and vibrant culture that has the same values as the organization.
While recounting the more notable organizations Dearborn has donated to, Grover
was quick to point out the contributions he was most proud of, in support of Kamloops youth from baseball and soccer to dance organizations. Grover finished by saying “Supporting our youth is something our whole team is extremely passionate about.” It is safe to say that, when the big man up North checks his list twice, there will probably be more reasons added that will make sure Dearborn stays at the top of the “Nice List.”
“One of our leaders (Sam Thacker) has followed suit and has donated personal money to multiple different community initiatives as well, and we couldn’t be prouder to see our team members take note and step up for their community as well,” Grover said. Dearborn has managed to avoid inventory challenges by continuing to bring in new vehicles as well as keeping their preowned department stocked through one of the toughest times the sector has seen in Canada. “We feel for many of the local dealerships that have had a tough time these past years,” Grover said. Grover alluded to the fact that, without proper inventory, it makes it tough for many others in the industry to make a living regardless of what company they work for and that’s not good for Kamloops.
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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TIPS
The public, media, delegations, and staff are encouraged to participate in meetings virtually through Zoom or to observe through the City YouTube channel.
Almost half of all crashes with pedestrians happen between October and January. Even when drivers proceed with caution, pedestrians are hard to see when visibility is poor. Tips for Drivers • Focus on the road—always leave your phone alone while driving. • Yield to pedestrians. • If a vehicle yields in the lane next to you, use caution—they may be yielding for a pedestrian.
November 15, 2022 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting November 21, 2022 (cancelled) 2:00 pm - Community Relations and Administration Committee November 22, 2022 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole
Tips for Residents • At intersections, watch for drivers turning left or right through the crosswalk, make eye contact with drivers before crossing, and never assume that a driver has seen you. • Don’t jaywalk—always use crosswalks and follow the pedestrian signs and traffic signals. • Remove your headphones and take a break from your phone while crossing the road. • Be as reflective as possible to make it easier for drivers to see you in wet weather, at dusk, and at night.
November 29, 2022 1:30 pm - Regular Council November 29, 2022 (cancelled) 7:00 pm - Public Hearing The complete 2022 Council Calendar is available online at: Kamloops.ca/CouncilCalendar
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Notice to Motorists Please use caution when driving in the vicinity and obey all traffic control personnel, signs, and devices in the following areas: • Lorne Street Mt. Paul Way to River Street • Highland Road Highway 1 to Valleyview Drive • 12th Street Tranquille Road to Kenora Road • 6th Avenue Columbia Street to Battle Street • St. Paul Street 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue • Columbia Street West Frontage Road Greenstone Drive to Pemberton Terrace To stay up to date on road work projects, visit: Kamloops.ca/Kammute
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We’re looking for volunteers to spread some cheer and see the city’s best lights on the 46th Annual Seniors' Lights Tour. After a two-year hiatus, the event is back and invites seniors aged 55+ on a free tour to see the best Christmas lights in the city. After the tour, hot beverages and holiday goodies will be served during a singalong at the Sandman Centre. Volunteers are needed to help make this event a success. A volunteer orientation session will be held at the Tournament Capital Centre at 6:00 pm on December 5. Volunteer registration is required. Light Up The Route
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Congratulations to the 2023 City Calendar photo contest winners! The calendar will be available for pickup on December 1. Get a free copy at a convenient location while supplies last. The calendar includes the current garbage and recycling guides, zone maps, and collection schedule as well as important municipal dates. It features beautiful photography from our local photo competition finalists. There are more pickup locations this year: • City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West • Tournament Capital Centre, 910 McGill Road • Westsyde Pool & Fitness Centre, 859 Bebek Road • Civic Operations Centre, 955 Concordia Way • North Shore Community Policing Office, 915 7th Street • North Shore Business Improvement Association, 115 Tranquille Road Please note: The garbage and recycling information in the 2023 calendar, including the collection schedule, is subject to change in fall 2023 with the anticipated rollout of communitywide curbside organic waste collection. Watch for updated information later in 2023. For more information, visit: Kamloops.ca/Calendar
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The Kamloops Brain Injury Association (KBIA) is looking forward to the freedom that comes with the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund as 2022 marks the fifth consecutive year the group has been one of five recipients. “This is particularly flexible money that really allows local people to respond to local needs without a lot of red tape or bureaucracy,” KBIA executive director David Johnson said. “This is why this fund is such a good place to put your money to support local agencies.” Johnson said often when nonprofit’s receive grants they will come with spending stipulations, which isn’t the case with KTW’s Cheer Fund. “Having that flexibility of the community saying ‘We trust you, we trust Kamloops This Week, we know you’re going to use this money in the right way’, allows us to fill the gaps that are a challenge to fill otherwise,” he said. Johnson said the funds are directed as needs change year-toyear, noting during the COVID-19 pandemic the KBIA focused more on the expenses of virtual services for their clients. For 2022, now that in-person meetings are permitted as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, Johnson said funds will be directed more to the non-profit’s face-toface programs, such as their stain glass arts class. “Sometimes we just need to buy new stain glass or a new kiln and we’re able to get some assistance from the Cheer Fund there,” he said, noting the program helps develop
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new skills for survivors and instills confidence them. The Kamloops Brain Injury Association advocates for and provides specialized programs to survivors of acquired brain injuries and facilitates education and awareness in the community. “Brian injury is an invisible illness,” Johnson said. “A lot of people have brain injuries and no one realizes that because they look fine, but they need some help. Your brain controls everything. It controls your emotions, it controls your intellect, the movement of your body and if you have a brain injury, you can have all sorts of challenges that you need extra help with.” The KBIA assists people living on their own and has a team of life skills workers who help clients relearn skills and solve day-to-day problems.
“Sometimes we’ll go to the doctor with them because maybe you’ve got memory issues,” Johnson said. “What we do is really dependent on each individual. Common issues KBIA assist their clients with are paperwork, helping them avoid scammers, shopping and finding housing — which is especially challenging in Kamloops at the moment, Johnson said. Johnson said the KBIA also has a “fun side” with activities such as its karaoke group, Music for the Mind, its annual Christmas Dinner in conjunction with the Kamloops Rotary Club and a summer bus trip and barbecue at Paul Lake. “We’re a great place for survivors to talk to other survivors,” Johnson said. For more information on the Kamloops Brain Injury Association, call 250-372-1799 or email kbia@kbia.ca.
Charities being supported this year: Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association, Kamloops Brain Injury Association, Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism and Kamloops branch of the BC SPCA. To donate, go online to URL goes here. Donations are accepted online thanks to a pertnership with the BC Interior Foundation. Donations can also be dropped off at the KTW office,
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Police, coroner investigate death on streets in North Kamloops A woman in her 40s died Sunday outside on a street in North Kamloops, but investigators are not yet able to say if her death was caused by the elements. Mounties were called at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday to the 100-block of Palm Street to assist paramedics with an unresponsive female, who had been located outside. The 100-block of Palm Street spans from Royal Avenue
to Briar Street and intersects with Tranquille Road. Overnight temperatures in Kamloops ranged about -5 C with the wind chill, according to Environment Canada. The cause of the woman’s death is still under investigation, RCMP Cpl. Crystal Evelyn told KTW, but criminality is not suspected in the death. The BC Coroner’s Service also attended the scene and has launched a concurrent investigation, Evelyn said. She said her next
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of kin have been notified. BC Coroners spokesperson Ryan Panton told KTW the coroner is still investigating and it is too early to say if it was due to cold weather. “We don’t speculate on cause or manner of death,” he said. “We wouldn’t be able to say anything definitively one way or the other until the coroner has had a chance to complete their investigation.” He said the woman’s time of death has not been established yet, either.
The woman died in the same block as another person days earlier on Oct. 29, when firefighters discovered a body in the rubble of a burned shed behind the close Dynasty Garden restaurant at about 7:30 a.m. It is not clear yet how that fire started or how that person died. Evelyn said the identity of the person found and the cause of their death has yet to be determined. Police have yet to say whether criminality is suspected in that death.
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Glenn Hilke travelled around town on Sunday night looking for people on the streets, as a blizzard descended upon the city. “It was horrific,” Hilke, coorganizer of The Loop drop-in centre, said. “[I was] finding people in wheelchairs that were at risk of dying, people laying on the ground not able to move anymore.” BC Housing winter shelters planned for the former Stuart Wood and yacht club downtown were empty through the weekend. The local chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association was expected to operate two sites beginning Nov. 1, but pulled out in midOctober. Overnight temperatures dipped to -10 C this week. Hilke said The Loop, which is run by community volunteers, sheltered 47 people on Sunday and transported another 11 to the emergency room at Royal Inland Hospital. He said Mustard Seed and CMHA shelters were full. The Loop opened overnight beginning last week, with the
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Climate, Cairo and the Amazon at COP27
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his year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) opened in Cairo on Sunday and continues for two weeks, but all that hot air is less important than the single fact that “Lula” da Silva narrowly won the Brazilian presidency. He may be able to save the Amazon; they can’t move fast enough to do that. I’m not denigrating these massive conferences, because that’s the only way to bring all the world’s governments together and put them under intense pressure to up their game on global heating. In fact, it’s the only place that big commitments on cutting global greenhouse gas emissions ever get made. So last year they doubled down on the summits. They went from big conferences every five years — but only “expert” meetings in between — to big summits where the political decisionmakers are present every year. Physically
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WATCH present, not just following the talks sporadically on websites, because human beings are animals, and only physical presence creates real social pressure. If all the presidents and prime ministers have to show up every year and demonstrate to their fellow leaders that they are pulling their weight, the thinking goes, then that should ratchet up the commitments they make at these now annual meetings. This new system may really produce better results in the end, but the shortterm effect was bound to make this year’s summit feel like a disappointment. Last year’s conference could showcase all the new commit-
ments that had been extracted from governments over the previous five years. This year’s conference has only the result of one year’s efforts to show. But the pundits who will use the probably unimpressive results of the Cairo summit as evidence that the new system has failed are passing judgement too soon. Over the long run, the new approach is likely to produce better results. On the other hand, these massive global meetings, with well over a hundred governments in attendance together with many NGOs, fossil fuel lobbyists in thin disguise, and various odds and sods, move very slowly and require huge compromises. The final statement of last year’s COP26 in Glasgow, for example, was the first ever to mention the word ‘coal’ in the final statement. Coal is the biggest single human source of carbon dioxide emissions by far, but various
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lobbyists and coalrich countries had managed to exclude even the word from the previous 25 final communiqués. So we are a very long way from the Promised Land, and the best news this year has to offer on the climate front is that the Amazon, which may have been on the brink of irreversible collapse, has got a reprieve. The past four years, with Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil, have seen unprecedented levels of illegal mining operations and of land being cleared for cattle-raising by burning the rainforest. The rate of deforestation fell from a peak of 28,000 sq. km. a year (about the size of Belgium) when Lula took office in 2003 to only one-fifth as much by 2014. However, it was already rising again when Bolsonaro came to power in 2019 and is now at a record high. There is reason to fear that the Amazon might actually flip from rainforest to savannah.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 Brazilian general election.
That wouldn’t just harm people in the Amazon; it’s a global concern. The Amazon is one of the key ecosystems that regulate the global climate, and changing it drastically could weaken the West African monsoon, strengthen hurricanes, even accelerate the melting of the world’s ice. The knee-bone is
indeed connected to the thighbone. There has long been a scientific debate about whether the Amazon is doomed anyway, no matter what people do or don’t do. A decade or so ago most scientists believed that just the general heating of the planet, with or without illegal logging,
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mining and landclearance, would dry the region out and change it to a savannah by the 2040s. However, further research has reversed that conclusion. The latest Earth system models show little sign of dieback except where there is direct human deforestation. Elsewhere, the phenomenon of CO2 fertilization provides a positive impulse to tree growth that outweighs the negative effect of higher temperature. In other words, the Amazon can survive unless human intervention overwhelms it. Four more years of Bolsonaro could have been enough to tip the scales irrevocably, but Lula has pledged to stop the destruction of the Amazon. His past record in office suggests that he can and will do it. By a margin of less than two per cent of the vote, Brazilians have voted to save the Amazon. Another close call, another calamity postponed (but not yet cancelled).
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CRICKETS AFTER SPEED COMPLAINT Editor: John Moss' letter (‘Police need to focus on speeders,’ Nov. 2) regarding speeding is bang on. I live in a 30 kilometre per hour zone next to a playground and regularly see the same vehicles driving through at speeds of 60 kilometres per hour. A few have even been in the range of 80 kilometres per
hour. I filed a complaint with Kamloops RCMP this past spring. I was given a file number and told by two separate constables that someone from the traffic division would be in touch. So far, all I have heard is crickets. In nearly four years of living here, I have never seen any sign of traffic enforcement in
the area. There is relatively little transient traffic in our neighbourhood. The offending drivers are almost always residents of the area. I suspect it wouldn't take long for the word to get out if the RCMP showed up once a month and started handing out tickets. Kelvin Ward Kamloops
Lawlessness has to stop Editor: Free merchandise for everyone! At least that is what is happening in some stores. You can steal items in broad daylight, walk out with those items in a buggy and no one will stop you. A family member witnessed this exact incident at a local craft store. Another family member witnessed a person in a liquor store put a bottle of alcohol in their jacket and walk out. No one
stopped them. On multiple occasions my children have witnessed multiple people walk onto a city bus and not pay or show a bus card and still be let on, getting a free ride and potentially making the bus an unsafe place for my children to be. There is nothing correct about any of this. The normal law-abiding tax payer is once again paying for other people's lawlessness and
somehow we are all still supposed to feel sorry for them, and keep giving handouts, with no expectation of a certain standard of behaviour in return? This has to stop. We teach our kids to be honest and live within their means, yet for too many others life is a free ride with zero consequences. Shame on our politicians at every level for not protecting us. Tanja Hasler Kamloops
ASK WHAT IS NEEDED Editor: I’m no bleeding heart, but I did not hear during the election campaign one council or mayoral candidate make the suggestion that they plan to reach out to our homeless, downtrodden and drug addicted population as a group and ask them what we can do as a city or as a province to help them want to turn their lives around. We could even ask those repeat criminals what we could do to stop them from stealing and breaking into homes of ordinary people, residents, and business owners. If they need money to fuel a drug addiction, then let's give them drugs. If they just want to
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TNRD: Audit recommendations near complete JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
The Thompson Nicola Regional District says it has completed more than 90 per cent of forensic audit recommendations and the remainder are expected by year’s end. “I feel like we’re in a really good place,” TNRD CAO Scott Hildebrand told KTW. “I feel like we’ve made some significant improvements and changes over the last twoand-a-half years.” A $500,000 forensic audit was conducted by BDO Canada after reporting by this newspaper into questionable spending under the regional district’s longtime former CAO, Sukh Gill. Gill departed the regional district suddenly in early 2020 with a severance package worth $520,000. His departure has never been explained publicly but he had a clause in his settlement agreement to call his departure a “retirement.” The audit identified control weaknesses and outlined dozens of recommendations. Hildebrand said the most significant change at the regional district since the audit is culture. The audit report described a culture of inappropriate spending. Hildebrand said he is “positive” that culture is gone to the point he forgot his corporate credit card pin number on one occasion. He said the regional district has retained and recruited “excellent staff.” Two senior managers are no longer with the regional district: Debbie Sell, who long headed human resources, and Doug Rae, who was chief financial officer.
Hildebrand said Sell retired and would not comment on Rae’s departure. Rae headed the finance department for years under Gill and the regional district recently announced his departure. The audit included multiple references to need for a “zero tolerance” tone at the top. Hildebrand said his involvement in shifting culture includes leading by example and bringing forward changes, even when some board directors may not support them. Hildebrand said he “absolutely” received support from the board in making changes recommended by BDO Canada. He said changes went through a board policy review committee for feedback before final board approval. “Most times, it would be supported nearly 100 per cent but there’s been the odd time where, as you would know, you’re going to get a few [TNRD directors] push back in conversations where I cringe a little bit about that but, in the end, it works out,” he said. “You’re never going to get all 26 [TNRD directors] on board all the time because they have different perspectives.” KTW has written about various policy changes since the audit and some disagreement, including over meal rules. A new board will be sworn in on Nov. 17. The board will expand by one director to 27, with the addition of a seventh Kamloops director on account of population growth, and include 18 new faces, including former board chair and Cache Creek mayor John Ranta. Ranta was chair during Gill’s tenure but was absent during his departure, payout and spending revelations. He told KTW he is not sure
whether he will run for TNRD board chair. Asked how a new board will impact changes made in the wake of the audit, Hildebrand said what is being done now is best practice, so he does not anticipate bumps in the road with a new board. He said board orientation will be more extensive, focussed and ongoing than in the past, including budgeting training. Additional changes included: new finance and policy review committees, a new expense policy outlining meal per diems and reimbursements, a new procurement policy that distributes spending authority to a wider range of staff and increases board oversight; an updated code of conduct and training and declarations made on an annual basis; declaration of conflicts of interest; a formal CAO performance review; whistleblower process; broader participation in the Emergency Operations Centre; rotation of auditors and more. Credit card and purchase order policies remain outstanding and Hildebrand said they are expected to be completed soon. One audit recommendation requiring itemized receipts will not be realized, as the new meal policy does not require itemized receipts to claim flat-rate per diems up to $100 per day. Former TNRD CFO Rae previously said it was decided because it was less administrative work and common practice. The TNRD is also posting expense totals of directors online — but it is not showing what those expenses were for. The TNRD posts progress of the audit recommendations on its website.
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Ranta returns to mayor’s chair, TNRD board dramatically and closed the pool, which costs money to operate,” Ranta said. “And the community was just not pleased with the actions of council and chose to reelect me, I guess, to try and get things to the way they were.” Ranta said he has committed to do whatever he can to get the pool up and running again. He also wants to address unsightly properties. In addition to being the longtime mayor of Cache Creek, Ranta was also chair of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board under former regional district CAO Sukh Gill. Gill left the TNRD suddenly in Feburary 2020. A KTW investigation revealed he received a severance package valued at $520,000 and signed a legal agreement with the regional district that his departure be deemed a “retirement.” That KTW investigation also uncovered profligate spending by the TNRD under Gill’s tenure . The KTW probe led to numerous changes in spending policy, a forensic audit by BDO Canada that cost $500,000 and a
criminal investigation by the RCMP that did not result in charges. While Ranta was chair of the TNRD board during the time of the spending, he was not on the board when Gill suddenly departed. Ranta said he is looking forward to hearing about what happened and how it happened. “I’m not that familiar with the series of events that resulted in the audit,” he said. “My understanding is the audit didn’t find any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Gill, but I could be mistaken. I don’t know many of the details surrounding that.” KTW informed Ranta that the audit pointed to a culture of inappropriate spending under Gill, which Ranta called “completely unacceptable.” Meanwhile, fingers were in fact pointed at Ranta when KTW spoke to sources for that investigation. Ranta said he was not involved in any expenditures at the regional district that he felt were inappropriate. The final audit report, which includes some redactions, makes reference to a “former board chair.” It does not specify a name.
Nonetheless, Ranta was asked about the following passages in the report: “Policies relating to food and beverage were not updated by either the Board or [Gill] to clarify ambiguous areas such as dollar limits, numbers of meals allowed and how payment should be made. [Gill] would often take Board members out for meals and purchase gifts for them. An employee, at interview commented that [Gill] and the Board were close, and that seemed to be especially close to the former Board chair.” “Well, that points to a good working relationship, I think,” Ranta said. Asked if there was any inappropriate spending under his watch, Ranta replied: “Not that I’m aware of.” He said he doesn’t know which board members received gifts, but noted he “certainly didn’t receive any.” “You know, it was regular practice, especially during board meeting days, that if you go out for lunch for any reason, that Mr. Gill would pick up the tab for that, but that just means that you didn’t put in on your expense claim
a claim for lunch,” Ranta said. Asked if there were rules about how much could be spent at lunch or whether alcohol was included, he said: “Generally speaking, just a regular lunch meal.
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Longtime Cache Creek mayor John Ranta returns to civic and regional politics following victory in the civic election. Ranta was mayor of the community about 45 minutes west of Kamloops for 28 years before he was defeated in 2018 by Santo Talarico. Ranta ran again this year and defeated Talarico (184 votes to 113 votes). Ranta also bested Wendy Coomber and Annette Pittman, Cache Creek councillors who ran for mayor. Ranta said he decided to run again for mayor because he was asked by members of the community. He said the community was “not very pleased” with the previous mayor and council, due to depletion of $3.2-million in savings, which he said was intended to prevent tax increases. He also criticized the outgoing mayor and council for double-digit property tax hikes. “Everybody has suffered through that for the last four years and, as well as that, they raised the utility rates quite
Heather Grieve will continue her role as board chair of the School District 73 board of education, following her election during the inaugural meeting held Monday, Nov. 6. Fellow board member Rhonda Kershaw was
elected vice chair. Kershaw previously served as chair in 2020 and 2021, and as vice chair from 2018 to 2020. Grieve, John O’Fee, Kathleen Karpuk, Cole Hickson and Jo Kang were elected in the civic elections, while Kershaw, Diane
Jules, Shelley Sim and Cara McKelvey were acclaimed. The nine trustees were inaugurated on at the Nov. 6 board of education meeting. Two of the nine trustees are new to the board, including Jo Kang and Cole Hickson.
Whatever it may be. Fish and chips or something like that. That was basically it.” Another passage in the audit report stated: “Another employee claims that [Gill] was able to influence the
Board to agree with proposals such as paying out vacation and pay raises, and would also influence who would be board chair. Anyone who talked to the board or voiced complaints was challenged by [Gill]
and fired in some instances.” Ranta said he has never heard of anything like that. “It’s never been relayed to me that there was ever anything inappropriate along those lines,” he said.
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The city’s new mayor and council were officially sworn into office, during a ceremonial event on Nov. 8 at Thompson Rivers University. Mayor Reid HamerJackson and councillors Dale Bass, Nancy Bepple, Kelly Hall, Stephen Karpuk, Margot Middleton, Katie Neustaeter, Mike O’Reilly and Bill Sarai read oaths of office, administered by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves. The new council swore to comply with the Local Government Act, respect conflict of interest rules, to be accountable and respect others. Hamer-Jackson said during his inaugural address he hopes to establish a recovery centre in Kamloops within his four-year mandate.
MICHAEL POTESTIO PHOTOS ABOVE: Reid Hamer-Jackson was sworn in as the 42nd mayor of Kamloops during a Nov. 8 ceremony at Thompson Rivers University. RIGHT: Joining Hamer-Jackson (middle, top) around the horseshoe include councillors Stephen Karpuk (from left, clockwise), Mike O’Reilly, Margot Middleton, Dale Bass, Nancy Bepple, Bill Sarai, Katie Neustaeter and Kelly Hall.
He also noted a number of task forces he intends to create, including related to drug addiction, mental health, street crime, emergency shelters, outreach and recovery centres and more. Hamer-Jackson said a task force on housing would look to replace old apartment buildings. “I think we could double or triple our housing stock
in that area,” he said. Hamer-Jackson reminisced on some interactions with street-entrenched individuals who have since passed away. Glenn Hilke, organizer of The Loop drop-in centre for the homeless in North Kamloops, attended the event and made an impromptu address, expressing disappoint-
ment in the fact the Nov. 1 ceremony also marked the expected start date of cold weather shelters to begin operating for the city’s homeless. BC Housing continues to look for alternative shelter operators after the Kamloops chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association opted not to operate them this year. Hamer-Jackson said he
hopes shelters will be one of council’s No. 1 priorities, noting they were able to move some homeless people camped outside City Hall to the Emerald House shelter down the street. Hamer-Jackson told KTW he is excited to work with his council colleagues. “The majority of the council, they’re awesome. I think we’ve got a really good
team,” he said. “Not everybody is going to get along all the time … It’s my job to be the team leader and try to get everybody working together.” Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kúkpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir also addressed the new council, noting the good relationship that has existed between past leaderships, which she said she looks forward to building upon. Hamer-Jackson noted how he has known Casimir for 20 years, dating back to when she used to memorize his order at a pita wrap restaurant she owned. Justice Groves acknowledged those who ran for office and lost — many of whom were in attendance — as well as the work of the past council and responsibilities that lie ahead for the newly elected officials. Council’s next meeting will take place on Nov. 14.
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RCMP, rail police investigate pedestrian struck by train A SIMILAR INCIDENT ALSO OCCURRED LAST MONTH A second person in the month of October was struck by a train on the Canadian Pacific Railway downtown. At 1:37 a.m. on Oct. 30, an adult man was struck by a train on the rail tracks crossing Third Avenue in the area around the Sandman Centre, according to an RCMP press release. The pedestrian was transported to hospital in critical, but stable condition. An investigation into the collision is ongoing between Kamloops RCMP and the Canadian Pacific Railway Police, according to RCMP Cpl. Crystal Evelyn.
Asked the manner in which the man was on or crossing the tracks, she indicated investigators are still determining and confirming the circumstances that lead to the collision. Anyone with information or video related to this incident is asked to please contact Kamloops RCMP at 250-8283000 and reference file 2022-39010. This is the second known incident of a train striking a pedestrian on the line in October. Back on Oct. 2, a Kamloops man in his 30s, was hit and killed by a train travelling alongside Victoria Street West between
Mounties probe theft, assault in Sagebrush area Mounties are investigating an alleged theft and assault in the Sagebrush neighbourhood on Monday morning. A press release issued by Kamloops RCMP states police attended the 1300 block of Pine Crescent on Nov. 7 at 5:45 a.m. after fresh footprints lead to a home under construction. “The property owner followed the footsteps and located a man inside the residential property,” said Corporal
Crystal Evelyn, Kamloops RCMP spokesperson. “According to the report, a struggle occurred, followed by a brief chase, during which the suspect allegedly struck the victim in the head with a blunt tool.” Tools were also reportedly stolen. Anyone with information, including video, is asked to contact Kamloops RCMP by calling 250-8283000 and referencing file 2022-40098.
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Coroner’s Service and the Canadian Pacific Railway Police are also investigating. Anyone with information regarding the Oct. 2 collision can contact police and reference file 202235340.
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A) I hear this often from folks wanting to make a move. There are several other factors to weigh-in with a winter vs spring move. For some, winter is the best time to make the move as the cold, dark days can be lonely and feel long. Remind your mom that she does not have to tackle the move on her own. There are companies that will help her downsize, move her and set her up in her new home. Also, moving companies are not as busy in the winter so getting her desired date might be easier. Another perk of a winter move is availability at a retirement community. Due to other folks waiting until spring perhaps her desired suite will be available during the winter months. A spring move is a good option but is always busier with more people ready to make the move. When your mom can see winter wrapping up and she has made it through another long cold lonely season, she will be ready to make the move! Any season is a good season to make a move to a retirement community but perhaps there is a little ‘snowy’ lining on moving in the winter.
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Kamloops records four illicit drug deaths in September, bringing total through nine months to 66
Kamloops surpassed Kelowna, Prince George, Nanaimo and Penticton in overdose deaths this year.
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Kamloops lost four more people to illicit drugs in September. The total number of such deaths in Kamloops through September is 66. Last year, there were 78 overdose deaths in Kamloops, the highest number ever recorded. On Monday, the BC Coroners Service released statistics that showed 171 people in the province died by toxic drugs in September. It compares to August, when 169 people British Columbians died. The province has lost 1,644 people this year to illicit drugs. Last year, the
deadliest on record, saw 2,269 people die from overdoses. Illicit drug toxicity is the leading cause of unnatural death in British Columbia and is second only to cancers in terms of years of life lost. At least 10,505 British Columbians have died from toxic drugs since the provincial government declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Vancouver has recorded the highest number of illicit drug deaths this year, at 401. Kamloops has surpassed Kelowna (64), Prince George (56), Nanaimo (51), Vernon
(30) and Penticton (24). B.C.’s chief coroner, Lisa Lapointe, said six people per day suffer tragic effects of a volatile drug supply. “Both those who use drugs occasionally and those who are substancedependent are at risk of sudden death from the unpredictable illicit market,” Lapointe said in a press release. “Individuals who have been abstinent for a period of time or those who normally use stimulants are at increased risk. Their opioid tolerance is low and the prevalence of fentanyl in the illicit supply is high.”
IH alert due to drug poisonings in area Interior Health recently issued a public health alert for Kamloops and the surrounding area, following multiple fatal and non-fatal drug poisonings. The alert was issued on Nov. 3. Drug users are advised to: check
their drugs, be aware of increased risk in mixing drugs and alcohol, use with others around and carry a naloxone kit. Sixty-six people died in Kamloops from using toxic drugs through the first nine months of this
year. Last year, 78 people died by overdose death in Kamloops, the highest number ever recorded. At least 10,505 Columbians have died from toxic drugs since declared a public health emergency was declared in April 2016.
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people and their vehicles and drive them both home safely from engagements such as holiday partiers. The service is done entirely with volunteers and is by donation. So far this year, operation Red Nose has about 50 volunteers, and they need more. “We’re encouraging everyone to sign up,” Poppleton said. In 2021, Operation Red Nose provided just 339 rides in the city, with pandemic protocols in place, returning after being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19. In 2019, the service provided more than 1,200 rides. It’s best year on record was 1,386 rides in 2017. A person does not have to be impaired to use Operation Red Nose, and all proceeds go towards PacificSport Interior BC in developing programs for amateur sports in the Kamloops region. Last year the service raised fewer dollars than previous campaigns with just $12,000 raised — some-
thing Poppleton attributed to COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of holiday parties in 2021. “We certainly hope to surpass that this year,” she said, noting in the past Operation Red Nose has raised about $35,000 for PacificSport. PacificSport is a not-forprofit society and a legacy of the 1993 Canada Summer Games that were hosted in Kamloops. This year, Operation Red Nose is available Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays on Nov. 25, 26 and Dec. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 29, 30 and 31 between the hours of 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. For a ride, call the Operation Red Nose service line at 250-372-5110. To volunteer, visit the PacificSport Interior BC website or attend the Tournament Capital Centre, Kamloops Sports Council or Volunteer Kamloops to fill out a form. For more information, call 250-320-0650 or email kamloops@operationrednose. com.
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A colourized version of this photo, titled Kamloops Boys, appears in Jack Gin’s documentary film Finding Private Freddie Lee. The photo, provided by the Canada War Museum, features the 172nd Rocky Mountain Rangers battalion and was taken in 1916 at a Vernon military camp.
Search continues for Kamloops soldier fallen 105 years ago SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com
The search continues for the final resting place of Frederick Lee, a Kamloops soldier who died in the Battle of Hill 70 of the First World War. Lee died on Aug. 17, 1917, during the battle, which was an important strategic diversion that took the pressure off of Canadians fighting in the Passchendaele campaign. Canada suffered 9,000 casualties and lost 1,877 men, including Lee. The Germans suffered an estimate 25,000 casualties. Jack Gin of the Hill 70 project has been working to find Lee’s final resting place since 2012. That search continues to this day, and Lee’s remains have not been found. But that’s not to say progress has not been made. In October 2019, the Hill 70 project unveiled a monument and memorial park just outside
the northern France town of Lens, near where the battle took place. Part of that monument is the Frederick Lee memorial walkway. Gin was in attendance when the walkway was revealed, along with “a full bus load” of Rocky Mountain Rangers and alumni, who travelled to France to honour their fallen comrade. Lee was part of the 172nd Rocky Mountain Rangers battalion, which was split up in Europe, making some of its members difficult to track. “So it’s been a couple years’ hiatus just trying to complete the story, to get more information. But we used the time to hone the story and learn more about the Rangers and what happened in this community when these 1,000 men from the area around Kamloops went off in late 1916,” Gin said. Much of Lee’s story has now been told in a documentary film by Gin. Finding Private Freddie
Lee had its first private screening in Kamloops on Oct. 21, with Rocky Mountain Rangers in attendance. “There were a lot of tears. I got emotional because I felt like I’d brought Fred home. But really, Fred brought the Rangers home,” Gin said. On Remembrance Day, Gin will present the film in Vancouver. Lee’s niece will be in attendance, Gin said, as well as her teenage sons, in order to learn about the uncle they never knew. One of the final images in the film is a photograph titled Kamloops Boys. The photo, taken in Vernon in 1916, shows 116 men of the 172nd Rocky Mountain Rangers battalion. Gin said he hopes to learn all of their names. “We need to remember these soldiers. But so many are lost,” he said. Looking into the lives of those
Private Freddie Lee has been the subject of Jack Gin’s searching since 2012, as part of the Hill 70 project. The fallen Kamloops soldier died in battle in France in 1917.
he has been able to identify, Gin said what he’s learned shows the cost of Kamloops’ contributions to the war effort. “What did Kamloops lose? They lost a lot of momentum,” Gin said. Although they were soldiers overseas, those who left had
promising futures ahead of them. “Fred Lee, he made honour roll. He was a bright kid. He worked in the family business because he couldn’t work anywhere else, because of his ethnicity,” he said. There is some hope yet that Lee’s remains will be found. On Oct. 28, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) confirmed that remains recovered during a munitions clearing process in Vendin-le-Vieil, France, not far from Hill 70, belonged to Private Harry Atherton. Atherton was born in England but moved to Canada in 1913 and settled in McBride before enlisting in 1916 and heading back to Europe to fight. His remains were identified through historical, genealogical, anthropological, archeological and DNA analysis, according to the CAF. Gin said he hopes one day the same will happen for Lee. “I’m still looking,” Gin said.
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Thompson Valley Potters’ Guild member Donna Bowie has been busy creating her unique style of outdoor firing in preparation for Christmas at the Courthouse craft sale on Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20 . DONNA BOWIE PHOTOS
— shoppers will find a variety of locally made gift ideas. Potter Donna Bowie said members of the potters’ guild always enjoy being part of Christmas at the Courthouse — a twoday event, on Friday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20. “It’s really great pottery,” potter Donna
UPCOMING CRAFT FAIRS: • Nov. 12, Arthur Stevenson Christmas Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Arthur Stevenson Elementary, 2890 Bank Rd.; • Nov. 12, Kamloops School of the Arts Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., KSA, 1390 9th Ave.; • Nov. 12, Huge Westsyde Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Westsyde Fellowship, 2833 Westsyde Rd.; • Nov. 13, Kweseltken Artisan Market, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way; • Nov. 19, Rayleigh Elementary Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rayleigh Elementary, 306 Puett Ranch Rd.; • Nov. 19, Winter Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sahali Mall, 945 Columbia St. W; • Nov. 19, Winter Wonderland Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Marion Schilling Elementary, 2200 Park Dr.; • Nov. 19, 20, Christmas at the Courthouse, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 Seymour St. W.; • Nov. 20, Bert Edwards Christmas Craft Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bert Edwards Science & Tech, 711 Windsor Ave.; • Nov. 26, Kay Bingham Christmas Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kay Bingham Elementary, 950 Southill St.; • Nov. 26, Christmas Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sorrento Memorial Hall, 1150 Passchendaele Rd., Sorrento; • Nov. 26, Kamloops Arts & Crafts Club Xmas Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Heritage House, 100 Lorne St.;
Bowie said. “It’s functional and decorative pottery and potters are preparing just Christmas items as well. Last year I deliberately made about 20 red and white mugs and they all went.” Bowie said there is lots of parking on site for the Christmas at the
Courthouse event adding, British Columbia Lottery Corporation has allowed parking in their lot on both days. If you’re searching for a special gift that is unique and is handcrafted, heading to your local arts and crafts market should be at the top of your to-do list.
• Nov. 27, BC SPCA Kamloops and District Christmas Craft Fair, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thompson Rivers University, 805 TRU Way; • Nov. 27, Pinantan Craft Fair & Bake Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 2540 Hines Rd., Pinantan; • Dec. 2, 3, Barriere Christmas Artisan Market, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., North Thompson Agriplex, 4856 Dunn Lake Rd., Barriere; • Dec. 3, 4, Christmas Market, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Dunes At Kamloops, 652 Dunes Dr.; • Dec. 3, Heffley Creek Christmas Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Heffley Creek Hall, 6995 Old Highway 5; • Dec. 3, Cache Creek Christmas Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cache Creek Community Hall, 1270 Stage Rd., Cache Creek; • Dec. 3, Christmas Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sahali Mall, 945 Columbia St. W; • Dec. 3, Barnhartvale Christmas Craft Fair, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Barnhartvale Hall, 7390 Barnhartvale Rd., cash only; • Dec. 3, Kamloops United Church Craft Market, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.; • Dec. 10, 11, Artisan Holiday Market, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monte Creek Winery, 2420 Miner’s Bluff Rd., Monte Creek; • Dec. 10, 11, Christmas Craft Fair & Artisan Market, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sun Peaks Centre, 3200 Village Way, Sun Peaks; • Dec. 10, Christmas Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sahali Mall, 945 Columbia St. W.
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Local photographer Kent Wong has been bestowed the Honour of Associateship by the Professional Photographers of Canada - B.C. Region (PPOCBC) — an honour infrequently bestowed upon a member. The prestigious award is the highest awarded by the PPOCBC and is extraordinary, with only five other photographers receiving the distinction during its 77-year history. The Honour of Associateship is granted to a member of the Association by their peers in recognition of exemplary service to the organization over many years of dedication to the profession of photography in B.C. To qualify, the member must have served in an executive capacity, shown talent in
Kent Wong (second from right) receives the Professional Photographers of Canada - B.C Region, Honour of Associateship from Larry Scherban, chair of the PPOC-BC (left) with Wong’’s life partner Arlene Omatsu and Jayme Dunn, whose mother and grandmother were influential in encouraging Wong’s photographic career. BRIAN K SMITH PHOTO
leadership and have lectured extensively both regionally and nationally. Wong recently received the award at the association’s awards gala in Parksville. “Most people don’t even work toward it because it’s so
hard to get,” Wong said. “It kind of naturally fell into place for me as I did all sorts of volunteer time for our B.C. association.” Wong said, “I can never truly thank those who have helped me get to where I am today,
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nspired by significant places, South Kamloops Secondary School grades 10 to 12 students are sharing aspects of the concept of place as a way to connect to their community. The theme focuses on artistic impressions and personal experiences of many of the amazing places in and around Kamloops. The collection of artwork will be on display in an exhibition entitled, Places and Spaces in the Sagebrush Theatre Lobby Gallery on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is open to the public. The event was postponed in previous years due to the pandemic, but is back this year with much anticipation from students. The collection of original artworks has been made into a calendar, which is for sale for $15, along with postcard sets for $10. SKSS art teacher Lisa Yamaoka said it is the 17th year of the annual fundraising project with 50 paintings on display. The proceeds go toward developing the
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school art program. “This is our first opening after COVID where we can just invite everyone to celebrate our art,”Yamaoka said. Students looked at a specific place and its emotional connection for them when choosing a
theme for their artwork. “They connected to a memory, a moment, a place they returned back to as a meaningful place,” Yamaoka said. “They’ve really shown lots of talent this year.” Gabrielle LaFontaine, a Grade 12 student, created
the painting of a winter ski hill scene. “Sun Peaks is a super significant place in my life,” LaFontaine said. Entitled, Sundowner after one of the runs, LaFontaine said she skis a lot. “It’s like a family thing we do every year.” Other art pieces reflect a more common sense of place, like Grade 11 student Leo Hill’s painting, Across This Road. Every day on his way to school, Hill walks past the scene he chose to paint — a downtown intersection of two streets. “I originally had a completely different painting,” Hill said. “I was working on it for like two weeks, but then I hated it and restarted it at the last moment.” Hill said their new effort moved one block up from the first attempt. “It wasn’t that much of a difference. I was trying to like, do a different art style with the other one. So when I did this one it was a lot easier because this is what I am used to with painting.” Calendars and art cards can be purchased at the exhibition, at SKSS main office, Kamloops Art Gallery store, at The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. and at an upcoming Dec. 2 Kamloops Blazers game.
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uch is being reported about veterans suffering from PTSD. Wounded soldiers are being treated to reintroduce them to life and health. Word is out of a home treatment developed by Axis Lab in Canada. But what about the relation of the returning service man to the Church? Will he be friendly toward it? Will he despise it? Or, will he tolerate it, much as you and I tolerate ideas and institutions in which we are no longer interested? Before trying to answer such questions, let us understand the nature of the veteran. When he was enlisted, perhaps he was an ordinary youth. He may have been affluent or destitute. Then the military service went to work on him with a will to make a fighting man. Overnight, he became one unit in a very large organization and his individuality was obliterated. In due time, the man became an expert killer. His indoctrination
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You Gotta Have FAITH served him well and his instructors looked on him as an efficient fighting unit. Then, perhaps, he went overseas. From then on, it was his life or that of the enemy. In hours of inaction, there may have been moments to think about friends killed or fleeting glances at more pleasant scenes. Loneliness can be a horrible thing, even with thousands of men around. The man may have been too ashamed to mention it to his
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friends, but he felt it, nonetheless. Did God’s own son not feel this on the cross? Yes, our young man felt it, but he was too proud to give way to it, except to his chaplain. In such moments, the insights spoken of come but they are brief. So how and for how long do we get our disenchanted veteran to overcome jarring memories? He was a civilian and they made him an efficient fighting man. It will take time to make him a civilian again. In the interim, the Church must exercise patience, understanding and love. Sincere love is the best antidote to human poisons. We have Christ’s own example for that. The relation of the returning veteran to the Church is only one phase of a veteran’s deeper problem. Thousands of men who return to civilian life have a loud voice in the destiny of their country. What kind of spiritual leadership can the Church provide? How alive are our ecclesiastical leaders to the explosive nature of the situation we face? Of course, the usual commissions have been established by
some denominations to study this problem. But I strongly doubt if any appreciable number of our church leaders of any importance are aware of what the future holds. The Church is face to face with a new veteran mentality that will dominate the national scene. It’s a mentality that labours under no illusions and has known that the only reality was a miserable death, or, at best, a consuming loneliness in foreign land. The men who return have not been to Sunday School or Bible study groups, and it is going to be a significant task to convince them Christian teachings are relevant in their lives. The fundamental task of the Church today is no different from what it has always been: To convict man of his desperate need of God and to lead him to repentance. This is the crux of the matter, the point of success or failure of the Church in the future. How ancient and yet modern. It is so modern and so recent that innumerable servicemen never heard about it until some
chaplain spoke of it in a brief moment before an action. If the returning veteran has only contempt for the Church, let us put the blame where it belongs — on the Church. How can the Church salvage the future and convince the veteran Christianity does have a relevancy? Only by mercilessly exposing and attacking the philosophy of life now widespread in the West; only by first cleansing itself of its pride and prejudice can the Church hope to re-attract followers. The heart and mind must conspire to give a new direction and meaning to a life now unfit for a child of God. And the only source from which this leadership can come is the Church of God. Narayan Mitra is a volunteer Chaplain at Thompson Rivers University. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@kamloops thisweek.com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.
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A NorKam student has raised more than a thousand dollars for flood relief efforts ongoing in Pakistan, following devastating effects from this year’s monsoon season. Grade 12 student Gurvir Khunkhun hasn’t done a fundraiser before, but his first efforts have proven successful, selling meals of butter chicken and rice prepared by his two aunts, mother and grandmother, and sold by about a dozen of his fellow students. Khunkhun managed to pre-sell about $500 worth of the meals and added another $520 on Friday, Nov. 4, selling the meals at school. According to aid organization UNICEF, 33 million people, including 16 million children, have been affected by this year’s heavy monsoon season, with flooding
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Just how much of a damper the quarter-final loss puts on the campaign will be determined on the proving ground of frigid Hillside Stadium, where redemption is up for grabs. “We know we have a good squad,” Antulov said. “But, at the end of the day, you’ve got to go out and prove it.” THE DETAILS Seedings and the tournament bracket for the U Sports Men’s Soccer Championship presented by RBC were revealed on Sunday. The teams, in order of seeding: No. 1 Cape Breton Capers, Atlantic University Sport champions (10-0-2 regular season, 2-0 playoffs); No. 2 Montréal Carabins, Quebec Student Sports Federation champions (9-1-2, 2-0); No. 3
UBC Thunderbirds, Canada West champions (9-3-3, 2-0-1); No. 4 McMaster Marauders of Hamilton, Ontario University Athletics champions (8-3-1, 3-0); No. 5 TRU WolfPack, hosts (7-3-5, 0-1); No. 6 Toronto Metropolitans, OUA finalists (9-3-0, 2-1); No. 7 St. Francis Xavier X-Men of Antigonish, N.S., AUS finalists; and No. 8 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes, RSEQ finalists (7-3-2, 1-1). Four quarter-final tilts are slated for Thursday — St. Francis vs. Montréal, 11 a.m.; Toronto vs. UBC, 1:30 p.m.; TRU vs. McMaster, 5 p.m.; and UQTR vs. Cape Breton, 7:30 p.m. Environment Canada is forecasting mostly clear and sunny skies from Thursday to Sunday in Kamloops. Temperatures are expected to range from -7 C to -11 C on Thursday, but are likely to warm during
the weekend, with mercury expected to hover around 0 C on Sunday for the medal games. On Friday, consolation contests will get underway at 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with semifinals to follow at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The fifth-place game will get underway at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and a regional high school showcase tilt will take place at 4 p.m. Bronze- and gold-medal matches are slated for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively, on Sunday. “If you look at the results year after year from the top eight at the men’s soccer championship, there is so much parity,” WolfPack athletics director Curtis Atkinson said. “Anyone can legitimately beat anyone on any given day. “We’re really confident going in. The other seven schools are probably just as
confident, though.” Tickets are on sale at gowolfpack.ca. All of the matches will be streamed on CBC Gem (English) and USPORTS.ca (French). The WolfPack’s opener on Thursday will be preceded by a tailgate party in the parking lot outside of Hillside Stadium, with the first 500 in attendance to receive a free hamburger and drink. A beer garden will operate inside the stadium. Atkinson said 300 soccer balls will be given away at the event, which is sponsored by KIA Kamloops. “We really hope people take this opportunity to come out,” Atkinson said. “You never know when you’ll get a chance again to host a championship like this. We’ve been a little bit spoiled. It might be 10 or 15 years before we host the best in the country again.”
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this season and represents a measuring-stick opponent for Kamloops, the host team for the 2023 Memorial Cup that has Ed Chynoweth Cup aspirations of its own. “Yeah, for sure,” said Clouston. “They’re one of the top teams in the league. They’ve got playoff experience. It’ll be a real test for us.” Davidson, who is tied for second in T-Birds’ scoring with 19 points in 10 games, is suffering from an upperbody injury and has missed Seattle’s last two games. Nashville Predators’ prospect Luke Prokop, the rights to whom Seattle acquired via a trade with the Edmonton Oil Kings on Oct. 25, was on Tuesday added to the T-Birds’ active roster. Their status for the game on Wednesday was unclear as of KTW press time on Tuesday. Kamloops will be more concerned with the status of its own club, which fell 3-1 to the Rockets on Saturday in Kelowna and has dipped into a tie for fifth in Western
Conference standings with the Prince George Cougars (9-7). Clouston said he was pleased with his club’s effort against the Rockets after finding penalty trouble in the first period. Kamloops registered 45 shots, but Talyn Boyko stopped 44 of them. “Players need to have the confidence to beat goalies and we need a little more traffic at the net, at times,” Clouston said. Blazers’ captain Logan Stankoven has 20 points, including 10 goals, in nine games since returning from his pre-season stint with the Dallas Stars. Stankoven racked up 17 goals and 31 points in 17 post-season contests in the spring, but stood sullen and defeated after Game 7, disappointed with his own contribution in the series. A measure of redemption is up for grabs on Wednesday. “I think they’re motivated to find a way to get a win,” Clouston said.
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In this four-week program, you will learn skill progressions and use lowcompression balls and appropriately sized racquets and nets. You will start using a smaller court and work your way to the baseline for full-court play. You will experience immediate success by building your skills as you learn to play. This program is in partnership with the Kamloops Tennis Centre. Parkview Activity Centre Mon Nov 14 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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Learn the techniques behind making beautiful handmade cards with simple step by step instructions. Sign up with a friend enjoy learning and creating cards in a relaxing atmosphere. All supplies provided to make various cards. Kamloops Tennis Centre Mon Nov 21 - Dec 5 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM $45 Sat Nov 26 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Ages 9-12) $30
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Games between the Canadian and U.S. national women’s hockey teams on November 17th at the Sandman Centre. The contests will mark Canada’s first action on home ice since winning gold at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing and 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship. Grassroots hockey initiatives will take place throughout the week to ensure ample opportunities to engage local communities with the Rivalry Series and Canada’s National Women’s Team. Tickets are only $35 https://bit.ly/3Ferc9A
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South Kamloops Titans’ head coach Brad Yamaoka is glad to report his senior football team will indeed host a B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association post-season matchup on Saturday at Hillside Stadium. South Kamloops will play host to the Clarence Fulton Maroons of Vernon, with the game — a Round 1 showdown in the provincial playoffs — expected to begin at 7 p.m., once football goal posts are erected. The U Sports Men’s Soccer Championship is taking place from Thursday to Sunday at Hillside Stadium, but a break in action on Saturday night will allow city staff to install goal posts in time for the football game. “I don’t know exactly how it happened, but I know we were expecting to travel,” Yamaoka said. “I guess something happened over the weekend. I found out this morning [Monday, Nov. 7]. I’m glad it happened. The last couple years, this group has just been thrown around. Our senior night game a couple weekends ago, we were supposed to have on the Friday, but the city double-booked us
for the field with TRU’s playoff game. That threw a wrench in all of that. I’m glad we get another home game.” Yamaoka thanked the city and TRU WolfPack athletics and recreation director Curtis Atkinson for accommodating the Titans. The Titans placed second in the AA Varsity Interior Division to set up the Round 1 provincial playoff game against the Maroons, who placed third in the division. South Kam and Clarence Fulton were slated to square off last week in regular-season play. “They forfeited the game because they didn’t have enough players, but the league decided to call it a noncontest, which means they’re still eligible for playoffs,” Yamaoka said. “The rule is if you forfeit a game, you’re not eligible for playoffs. They
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called it a non-contest. That way Fulton can play us this week in a playoff game. It is what it is and I’m not going to worry about it. The bureaucracy and the decisions that were made …” Yamaoka has not been shy in expressing discontent over this past year with BC School Sports and B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association organizers. Scheduling decisions and league transparency during the playoffs last season and the postseason format for 2022 have been talking points for the former CFLer. Yamaoka sees more turbulence in the forecast if snow falls next week in Vernon. The Vernon Panthers are the No. 1 seed in the Interior Division and are scheduled to play host to the winner of the Maroons-Titans clash in a provincial quarter-final tilt, a game that is slated
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to take place on either Nov. 18 or Nov. 19. “Vernon’s field, because they don’t clear their field, if this weather holds and they don’t get a melt on that field, then their city won’t allow us to play on it,” Yamaoka said. “That game against Vernon next week, providing we beat Fulton, could be here. It could be here regardless. Fulton and Vernon could come here to play. “Again, it’s B.C. High School Football. They don’t understand what the weather is like up here. They think we can play all the way to the end of November.” A victory in the quarter-final round will grant passage to a Subway Bowl provincial championship semifinal matchup at BC Place Stadium. “B.C. High School Football has problems and they need to figure out how to fix it,” Yamaoka said. “We
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BLUE WAVE TOPPLE TITANS IN JV ACTION Logan Rubel and Colton Gowans had touchdowns for the Westsyde Blue Wave in a 14-7 victory over the South Kamloops Titans in junior varsity B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association action on Thursday at Hillside Stadium. Westsyde scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter and staved off the South Kamloops comeback effort led by quarterback Kelton Blower, who scrambled for a first down on 4th-and-40, threw three Hail Mary attempts that landed incomplete and had a 50-yard TD run called back due to an illegal block. Westsyde and South Kam finished with matching 4-3 records, but the Blue Wave placed above the Titans in AAA/AA Interior Hybrid Division standings. The Vernon Panthers (6-1) will play host to the Titans and Robert Bateman (5-0) will host the Blue Wave this week in Abbotsford in Round 1 of the post-season. BigSteelBox Corp at 5495 Hartway Drive, Prince George, BC. claims a PPSA Lien Against Tyler, Serena of Prince George, BC, for arrears of container rent amounting to $1,825.60 plus any additional costs of storage that accrue. If not paid in full, the contents of the storage container filled with: furniture, boxes, and other miscellaneous items, will be sold online auction via Ibid4Storage.com on November 14, 2022.
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Fantastic Sahali Location. Close to downtown, shopping, walking distance to TRU and the hospital and many other amenities. This Emerald Estates unit is in wonderful condition, offering a large master bedroom,4 pc ensuite with a large walk- in shower. The large living room offers an additional dining space and has a panoramic view of the valley. The cute, functional kitchen has an eating area that opens to a private patio. A large basement storage area has the potential for many other uses. The 2 garage also offers additional storage and a tap for washing your vehicle. No Rentals, Pets allowed with restrictions.
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Westsyde 71-2400 OAKDALE WAY $199,900 • MLS®170232 • Immaculate 2 bedroom 1 bathroom manufactured home in Oakdale Trailer Park • 55+ section of the park • 1 small pet allowed with park approval, no rentals allowed
Brock 19-2401 ORD ROAD $249,900• MLS®169473 • Clean 3 bedroom 1 bathroom manufactured home in Brock Estates • Double wide with approximately 1,367 square feet of living space • 1 pet (dog or cat) allowed with park approval. No rentals allowed
South Kamloops 208-360 BATTLE STREET $299,900 • MLS®169846 • Centrally located apartment in The Manor House with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom • 55+ building with no pets allowed • Quick possession possible
D L O S Westmount 14-700 COLLINGWOOD DRIVE $374,900 • MLS®169556 • Nice townhouse in “Westport Townhomes” with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms • Many updates done throughout • 1 dog or cat allowed with strata permission. No rental restrictions
Valleyview 184 VICARS ROAD $599,900 • MLS®170269 • Immaculate and well maintained 3+2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms home • Full basement with separate basement access • Updated roof, furnace, hot water tank, and windows
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WEEKLYHOROSCOPES ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
NOVEMBER9-NOVEMBER15,2022
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
Try to focus on all of the things that are going right in your life right now, Aries. Avoid focusing on those things that have gone wrong. A new perspective is all you need.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Cancer, even if you are in control of a situation, delegate some of your tasks to others and lighten your load. It’s good to build a team of people you can trust and rely upon.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
This week you need to slow down and smell the proverbial roses, Taurus. You’ve likely been moving at breakneck speed and you can’t maintain this momentum. Take a break.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Libra, you’ve already taken an important step, now you just have to fine tune and finesse a situation. Figure out what works for you and then make your move.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Leo, if there is not much excitement happening around you right now, drum up some of your own. Try to schedule a social gathering before people get busy with the holidays.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Gemini, when someone presents an idea to you, use your intuition to determine if you should get involved. You can trust your gut on this decision.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
It’s not time to throw in the towel just yet, Scorpio. Keep working every angle and exhaust all avenues. You may find a way to make things work to your advantage.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Virgo, if you can’t change your current situation, learn to live with things until you can see new horizons. You may need to grin and bear it for a bit.
You may need to take a few steps in one direction before you figure out that the other path is the way to go, Capricorn. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Aquarius, just when you’re ready to move out the door, someone is trying to pull you back inside. Be firm with your resolutions. If it’s time to move on, then do so.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
There’s a strong crowd of people rallying around you lately, Sagittarius. Harness their collective energy to pull yourself through a challenging situation.
Pisces, you won’t make any strides if you are not willing to take a few risks. Explore some new possibilities in the days to come.
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n 1986, Life magazine described a 462-kilometre stretch of Nevada’s Highway 50, which traverses forbidding desert terrain, as the “Loneliest Road in America,” warning that drivers better be equipped with survival skills. But surely, I thought, Canada has an equally forbidding and lonely road. I set out in search. Like Nevada’s Highway 50, the Canadian road has to be less travelled but still a reasonably important artery. Crucially, it needs to traverse lonely, even hostile, terrain. Choices are numerous, but I choose the 533-kilometre Klondike Highway joining Whitehorse and Dawson City in the Yukon Territory. Interesting comparison. The American road is in simmering sagebrush-covered desert; the Canadian road runs through boreal forest close to the Arctic Circle. My next challenge is to drive both highways and survive. I start in the heat of Nevada with many jugs of water in the car. At Great Basin National Park, I enjoy the coolness of the renowned Lehman Caves, then I start, heading west along Highway 50 through desiccated brown land dotted with sagebrush and cacti. The air-conditioner hums constantly. I stop in Ely, a little town of 4,260 and once the centre for copper mining. How different from
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straight-lace, rural Canada. Hotel Nevada, where I stay, was built in 1928, has neon lights out front, and about a hundred slot machines in the lobby. Beer and gambling flow 24/7. Nearby is the Stardust Ranch Saloon and brothel. Continuing west, the road shimmers with heat and not a car or human structure is in sight. Suddenly, five pronghorn antelope bounce across the road. Later, a herd of wild mustangs is silhouetted on the horizon. At Eureka (population 600), once a silver mining centre with 9,000 inhabitants, I admire the Opera House and learn about the warren of tunnels that once connected the brewery and hotels. With ghosts accompanying
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me, I stroll past red cliffs inscribed with ancient marks at the Hickison Summit Petroglyph Area. From a nearby rocky outlook, I see lonely Highway 50 transecting a vast desert landscape, following the route taken in 1845 by explorer John Fremont and later the pony express. Fallon flies past and then urbanization approaches. In Reno, malls, high-rise casinos, and traffic lights greet me. I yearn to be back on Highway 50 with views stretching forever. A few weeks later, I disembark at Whitehorse Airport, clamber into an enormous red pickup truck and start north along the Klondike Highway No.2 toward Dawson City, the epicentre of the 1898 Klondike gold rush.
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Soon civilization peters out and I’m alone driving through a forest of spruce and white-trunked aspen, past marshes and lakes. The road, unlike the well-kept one in Nevada, is often potholed and dusty, thanks to heaving permafrost. A bear ambles across the road. Signs warn of caribou herds. And lurking around every corner is the icy threat of winter. The highway parallels the Yukon River and loosely follows the original winter route to the goldfields. I stop at the decaying log Montague Roadhouse, built in the early 1900s when transport was by stage coaches with roadhouses every 40 kilometres. I occasionally catch views of the river. The ditches are spotted with the purples of fireweed. The miles
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roll by. At Braeburn Lodge, I buy a cinnamon bun the size of my head. This is a checkpoint on the 1,610-kilometre annual International Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race. I shiver thinking of the dark days, hardship and cold. I stretch my legs at Carmacks (population 500). The buildings are one-storey, log structures; every one has a stack of firewood nearby. I wander through the Tagé Cho Hudän Interpretive Centre and learn of the culture of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nations. I make sure to gas up. At Five Finger Rapids viewpoint, I gaze at five rock islands, an ominous obstacle to the thousands of wannabe goldminers in their homemade boats. Many lives were lost here. I fill the tank again at Pelly Crossing, a community of 300 souls. The cultural centre of the Selkirk First Nation is a replica of Big Jonathan House of the nearby historic Fort Selkirk Finally, extensive piles of rounded cobbles left by gold dredges announce Dawson City. Soon, I am reflecting on my quest in Diamond Tooth Gertie’s Gambling Hall. The two roads I’ve driven are totally different in so many ways, yet they are amazingly similar with their vast empty landscapes and mining histories. I can’t decide which is the lonelier, but I’m glad I survived. Travel Writers’ Tales is an independent newspaper column. For more, go online to travelwriterstales.com.
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play in an exhibition entitled, Places and Spaces in the Sagebrush Theatre Lobby Gallery on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is open to the public. The collection of SKSS students’ original artwork has been made into a fundraising calendar, which is for sale for $15, along with postcard sets for $10. The proceeds go toward developing the school art program. Selin Jafari, South Kamloops Secondary student.
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NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given to GRUSZIE MARIO ANDREW, please be advised that your 2002 Dodge Ram VIN 1D7HU18N12S656153 located at 1350 Kootenay Way, Kamloops, BC will be sold to cover debt of $3276 on November 23, 2022, at 9:00 am. Kamloops Auto Recycling Ltd
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1:30 PM Tuesday November 15, 2022 Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Council gives notice that it will hold a virtual Public Hearing via Zoom and live streaming on the Municipal Facebook page to consider proposed Temporary Use Permits No. 002, 003 and 005. Please contact the Municipality in advance if you wish to attend to receive the Zoom password. What is Temporary Use Permit TUP-2022-002? TUP-2022-002, if approved, will permit short-term nightly tourist accommodation in 1326 Burfield Drive (legally described as Strata Lot A DL 5957 and undivided share in Lot 51 DL6282 KDYD Plan EPS4902) in the legal one-bedroom auxiliary suite.
What is Temporary Use Permit TUP-2022-003? TUP-2022-003, if approved, will temporarily permit the owners of 2577 Mountain View Drive (legally described as Lot 4, DL6457, KDYD, Plan KAP78767) to place and live in a recreational vehicle onsite during home construction. What is Temporary Use Permit TUP-2022-005? TUP-2022-005, if approved, will permit short-term nightly tourist accommodation in 2508 Mountain View Drive (legally described as Lot 31, DL6449, KDYD, KAP76953) in three bedrooms of the principal dwelling. All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed TUPs shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. Additionally, they may make written submissions on the matter of these TUPs (via any of the below options) which must be received at our office prior to 4:00 p.m. on the 10th day of November, 2022. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record on this matter.
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Life is a series of choices, Drew filled his 49 years with family, chosen family, work, sports and entertainment. Thank you Lord for the time we had with him, thank you to all for your overwhelming support, our loss is your loss, however, we are left with many wonderful memories. Please pass on the kindness.
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Bill Duffus 1939 - 2022
It is with sadness that we announced the passing of William Harvey Duffus. He passed away peacefully with his family by his side. He was pre deceased by his brother Earl Williams and his son Allen Duffus. He is survived by his wife Carol, son Bill (Christina), niece Esther Winder and nephew Mark Williams. Bill apprenticed to get his machinist ticket with CN rail in Winnipeg then went on to get his Millwright ticket. He liked to try new things so worked in many places. He came to Kamloops in 1981 where he and Carol owned and operated three Sandwich Tree Restaurants; they then owned and operated seven locations of First Choice Haircutters while Bill worked at Bauer Irrigation as sales and service manager for all of North America. Bauer had its head office in Austria so Bill travelled to many places. After retiring in 2002 Bill and Carol travelled across Canada, the US and Mexico for many years. Bill loved fishing, camping, skidooing, skiing, and just being out in the boat. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, November 12 from 2-4 pm at The Residence, 3300 Valleyview Drive, Kamloops, BC V2C 0G9. Condolence messages may be left at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
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Love lives on forever in our hearts Loved with a love beyond all telling Missed with a grief beyond all tears To the world they were one To us they were the entire world.
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Betty-Jean Penman 1943 - 2022
It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Betty-Jean Penman of Kamloops, BC, on October 29th, 2022, at 79 years of age. Betty is survived by her children Barb (Sandy) Davidson of Cache Creek, Bev (Mike) Nameth of West Vancouver, stepchild Elizabeth (Jack) Gatenby of Nova Scotia, and grandchildren Levi (Adrienne) Davidson of Castlegar, Kendra (Kiel) Kuzyk of Kamloops, Sean, Byron & Elliot, and great-grandchildren Quinten, Nakotah, Freddie, Jordyn, and Madilyn, as well as siblings Bobby Burns of Creston, Marvin (Sandra) Burns of Creston and Yvonne (Daryl) Arnott of Alberta. Betty was predeceased by her first husband George Nameth (2016), second husband Thomas Penman (2019), brothers Keith Burns (1945), Tommy Burns (2011), stepchild Thomas Penman, and her parents Edwin Burns (1975) and Ella Burns (2005). Betty spent 39 years in North Vancouver and was very lucky to have met “the ladies”. Everything from lunches, dinners, holidays, shopping, and cocktails kept this group close. Betty, Ann, Marjorie, Shaw, and Jackie, Mom loved you all. In the few short years that we had Mom in Kamloops with us it didn’t take her long to make new, and dear to her, friends The Kamloops Lions Group who meet in Brock she so enjoyed the monthly luncheon. Betty was the collector of the lunch monies and we always had to go to the bank to get $5 bills…because EVERYONE paid with twenty-dollar bills, haha. Special thanks to Ken & Randeen Desjardine and Ron & Lynn Davidson for taking her under your wing with the coffee and dinner dates, transportation no matter where, pop-ins and friendship in general. She spoke highly of you! Tara you weren't only an upstairs neighbour but a wonderful friend who had a spot in Betty’s heart. She really enjoyed sharing a glass of wine with you. And the Ladies at Red Robins for not only remembering her but also her “usual”. You made her day! Betty tried to find the good in everyone and always to help out if she could. In her retirement years she used her love of knitting to make hundreds of toques for the homeless in Vancouver, Kamloops, and Cache Creek area. Pretty sure the cost of that wool blew her budget out the window! And if you knew my Mom, she loved staying on budget! To each and every one of her family always remember Grannie was sooo very proud and loved each and every one of you. Some of you got to love her for longer than others but she will always be in your hearts (young or old). As a very wise Quinten told me today…Now that Grannie is in heaven, she will be able to visit each and every one of us as we need her.
To have you as my loving wife Was cause enough for pride No one could be your equal No matter how they tried My wife, our Mom, one in a million We loved you to the end We lost three precious things that day My wife, our Mom, our friend.
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Agnes (Nancy) Macniven Rigby of Kamloops B.C.
With deep sadness we announce that Agnes (Nancy) Macniven Rigby passed away peacefully October 29, 2022 in Kamloops at 93 years of age. Nancy was recently predeceased by her loving husband of 64 years, Carl. She leaves her son Mike (Cathy), daughter Laura (Rob), daughter-in-law Shannon, and sister-in-law Irene. She is also survived by 8 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and numerous loving family and friends. She was predeceased by her son Keith, sister Anne (Cliff) and brother Jimmy. Nancy was born in Symington, Scotland on July 6, 1929, and grew up on the family tomato farm. She did her teacher training in Scotland, "walking through the snow uphill both ways to do her exams". In her early twenties she immigrated to Canada with her sister Anne and worked as a home economics teacher in Montreal and Surrey, BC. It was while living in New Westminster, Nancy met Carl, whom she wed in Scotland in 1957 and settled in Port Moody, BC. In 1969, Carl accepted a transfer and the family of 5 relocated to Kamloops. In 1977 Nancy returned to teaching in Kamloops and finished her career at Overlander Secondary School in 1986. Nancy and Carl were very active members of St. Georges Anglican church for close to 50 years and spent many hours volunteering with various organizations in the community. Mom was particularly active with the Marion Hilliard house and organ transplant campaigns. Nancy had a love for sewing and cooking. Every year the grandchildren wore Halloween costumes she made, and no sewing project was too much to tackle. Her meals were enjoyed by all, the welcoming, open door meant there were many parties and gatherings hosted. Her sense of perfection translated to the meals she served and how they were served. If you were travelling through there was always a bed and a meal available at any time. All done happily with a smile. Mom and Dad travelled often. These travels included journeys through Canada, the US and Mexico in their camperized van, and further afield to countries throughout the world. There were regular trips home to Scotland. If they weren't already travelling with family or friends, they were making them along the way. A warm thank you to the staff of Pinegrove Care Centre, who went above and beyond caring for mom. We would also like to thank friends and family for all of the love, care, and support they have given Mom and Dad. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca
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I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is on object of beauty & strength & I stand & watch her, until at length, she is only a speck of white cloud just wheret he seas & sky meet and mingle with each other. Then someone at my side exclaims, “There, she’s gone!”
And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone, there are other eyes watching for her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout “There she comes!”. by Henry Van Dyke
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Elbert (El) Warren Smith On Sunday, October 30th, 2022, age 83, of Kamloops, BC passed away at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice, with his eldest daughter by his side.
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Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large as she was when she left my side & just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of her destination. Her diminished size is in me, not her.
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Born October 23, 1939, El was recently predeceased by his loving wife, Joey, and will be missed and lovingly remembered by his children Joanne (Chris), Shelley (Kevin), and Ryan (Tyna); his grandchildren Drew (Janelle), Alyssa (Matt), Nathan (Tori), and Zachery; his great-grandchildren, whom he adored, Curtis, Jude, Harper and Kenzie; his special dogs Fonzie and Sophie, his sister Shirley, his brother Howard (Gaylene), his brother-in-law Al along with his neighbours, his guardian angels, Naomi, Kerry and family.
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Edward Dawson Gould August 21, 1928 ~ September 29, 2022
65 years of marriage, 3 children, 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchildren Margaret grew up on a farm in Golden BC with her 7 siblings. Ed grew up in Saskatchewan and was the oldest of 5 siblings. Margaret and Ed met at a dance in Golden. Ed loved to cut a rug and he swept Margaret off her feet. They married in 1957 and after moving around the province they settled in Kamloops, a place they loved. Ed was an avid fisherman but Margaret often came home with the catch. Ed enjoyed tying his own flies and giving them to friends. He was a pilot and liked to scout out different lakes. Margaret liked to sew and knit clothes for her loved ones. She was an avid curler skipping for many years. RIP Mom and Dad Sadly missed, love always, Mark, Lee and Alan
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Our dad, a longtime resident of Kamloops, is most likely remembered as a business man, beginning with a small cafe in Brocklehurst, then Kamloops Drapery Center and finally Brock Bingo Hall. Upon retirement, dad became even more active and skilled at his woodworking hobby. He took great pride and joy in his work, and built countless projects for our mom, his children, grandchildren, friends and neighbours. Every item bore his signature loving craftsmanship and they are treasured greatly. His intellect and sharp mind were sought out for advice and continued despite his declining health. His greatest love was our mom, who was by his side throughout all his endeavours in business and in life. Married 58 years, they set an example of love and respect for one another for all of us, and the loss of our mom in January was just too much for our dad to recover from. He loved family, and tried his best for us after moms passing; for that we are grateful. Dad is now at peace, and reunited with our mom. We love you, our dad, our grandpa. A celebration of life will be determined at a later date.
Winnifred May McKinney It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Winnifred May McKinney on October 21, 2022 with her loving family by her side. Winnie was born on December 28, 1939 to Ben and Winnie Nikkels of Duncan, BC. Her family moved to Happy Valley in 1946 where Winnie graduated from Belmont Secondary in 1957. She met her loving husband, Don McKinney, at a barn dance at Luxton Hall in 1958 and they married on December 5, 1959. Winnie is survived by her devoted husband of 63 years, Don, her three children, Rick (Norma Jean), Lynn (Ron), and Chuck (Tracey), five grandchildren, Kaetlynn, Courtney (Eric), Joshua (Jen), Hillary, and Cameron, and one great-grandchild, Lane. Winnie is survived by two sisters, Trudy and Brenda, and predeceased by Lena, Bernie, Chuck, and Dwayne. Winnie was a strong and independent woman who loved spending her time entertaining and cooking for her family, friends, and neighbours. She was known for her dinner buns and lemon meringue pies. Great memories were made at the family home on Walfred Road in Victoria, BC., where Christmas dinner would be shared with over sixty people enjoying the festivities and time together. Winnie and Don loved to camp with family and friends, sharing many laughs around the campfire with several hands of Canasta being played. Winnie and Don built their forever home across from the Shuswap Lake in 1994 where their little dog, Tickles, enjoyed the sunshine on the deck. Winnie loved her life there- whether she was working in her garden or preparing meals in her kitchen to share with her family and friends. She always had a box of fruit loops in her pantry for when her grandchildren would visit. Winnie’s grandchildren were her pride and joy and she cherished every moment she shared with them. Winnie will be greatly missed by all who knew her. A Celebration of Winnie’s life will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm in the Schoening Funeral Chapel, 513 Seymour Street with Pastor Don Maione officiating. Those who wish may view the ceremony live or on replay for 30 days at: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/63036. Password: 341801005100 Should friends desire, donations to a charity of one's choice in memory of Winnie, would be appreciated. Condolences may be expressed at: www. Schoeningfuneralservice.com
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February 5, 1963 - October 18, 2022
August 27, 1933 - November 2, 2022 On November 2, 2022 Harvard Leslie Boswell, age 89, passed away peacefully at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC, with his wife Phyllis at his side. Harvey was born in Canora, Saskatchewan on August 27, 1933 - the son of William and Pearl (Skillman) Boswell. The family lived in Buchanan, SK, where his dad managed the curling rink and Harv learned to love the game. The family moved to Regina where Harv attended high school and Balfour Technical College. He joined the RCMP first as a civilian member and swimming instructor in Regina. He then went to Ottawa to complete Member training in 1960 and served for 27 years. During his first station in Penticton, BC, he married Phyllis Anne MacLeod from PEI. He was then transferred to Ottawa to the RCMP Identification Section and served the balance of his service in Prince Albert, SK, Truro, NS, Grand Falls, NFLD, and retired as a Staff Sergeant in Kamloops, BC. Harv lived for the outdoors and fishing was his passion. He loved jigging for cod in Botwood Bay, salmon fishing on the Grey River in NFLD and fly fishing the many lakes around Kamloops. After retirement, he owned and operated the Spruce Grove Wilderness Resort on Bonaparte Lake, served a term as the president for High Country Tourism Association and helped host the world champion fly fishing tournament in 1993. Harv liked all sports, he coached football and played golf and enjoyed watching hockey, baseball and the CFL. He was a master of sports statistics much to the amusement of family and friends. Harv was a very patient man with a gentle nature who was proud of his family. He will be missed dearly. Left to cherish his memory are Phyllis Boswell, his wife of sixty-two years, daughter, Lori Ann Louise Boswell of Kamloops, son, Scott Boswell and Marie-France Menard and granddaughters, Dominique and Juliette Boswell of Kelowna, son, Gordon and Maria Catalfamo of Kamloops, sisters Muriel (Cookie) and Wayne King of Surrey, BC, and Mae Wilson of Courtney, BC, sister-in-law, Ruby MacLeod of Kamloops, brothers-in-law, Ray and Joyce MacLeod, of Stratford, PEI and Vernon MacLeod of Charlottetown, PEI. And seventeen nieces and nephews in Canada and US. Predeceased by his parents William and Pearl (Skillman) Boswell, his brother, Neil (Dot) Boswell, sisters, Margaret (Jim) Campbell, Irene (Ramsay) Anderson, Velma (George Crawford) (Earl Natrass) and brothers-in-law, Wes Wilson and Douglas MacLeod. Memorial Service to be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 11:00 am at the Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul Street, Kamloops, BC. Thank you to wonderful friends and neighbours for all the support you gave Harv and to our family.
It is with great sadness in our hearts to announce the passing of our son and brother, Rick who passed of a heart attack on October 18th, 2022. Rick was born in the Royal Inland Hospital and lived in Kamloops until he graduated from K.S.S, once he graduated, he was off to the “big city” Vancouver! It was there he excelled at the Pierre Dubrulle Culinary School and soon the food industry became his passion, earning his Red Seal Chef Certification was proof that the culinary arts was meant to be his passion. Unfortunately, at 33 years of age Rick was diagnosed with testicular cancer. After his chemotherapy treatment, Rick decided to create his own brand of meat rubs and was very proud of “Rick’s Rub”! After and during several years of up’s and down’s with his health, Rick began working on his dream of writing a cookbook “How to Cook a Camel” and “101 Delicious Recipes” and was incredibly proud to have it published and sold on Amazon in 2020. During these years he also was doing a private catering service, TV commercials, acting on stage productions, and demonstrating olive oils & vinegars from all around the world. Through all the years, he met people from all walks of life and many of those people became life-long friends. He also loved his times as Rick AKA Nina in “big drag” meeting more life-long friends in the LGBT community. 2 years ago he decided to take a social work course, this proved to be another thing he was very passionate about. Unfortunately, this course was interrupted by a vascular surgery, vein transplant. Through many surgeries and insurmountable pain, he completed the course and began his practicum with the autistic society. He was so anxious to get home and get well so he could his practicum. Rick is survived by his Mom Diane, Father Dick, and sister Tania. His Aunt Thera and Uncle Bob Edwards, cousins Elin & Angela EdJnes, Dennis and Ana Edwards, His Aunt Laureen and Uncle David Woodruff and his cousin Burke, as well as his nieces and nephews. Our family would like to say thank you to Dr. Davidson, the kindest doctor we have ever met. Thank you to Dr. Montaner and all of the staff in the John Rudy Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital, the staff of 10B and to everyone at the Holy Family Hospital who made these last 3 months so worth while for Rick. Your kindness and encouragement was so appreciated. “It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no time of knowing when our time is up, we will begin to live the day, as if it was the only one we had”.
Sincere thanks to all the doctors, nurses and support staff at R.I.H.’s ER and Six North. Your compassion and care was appreciated. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops or a charity of choice. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
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Brian John Groves
Brian enjoyed spending time with his family, “watching the wind”, listening to good music and observing the world around him. He was a wealth of information and shared it with those around him. He was the most loving, caring husband and father. Brian will be missed by his wife of 39 years, Biruta; his sons Nicholas (Kate) and Evan, his Aussie family -brother Bruce (Karen) and many aunts, uncles, nephew and cousins and his brother-in -law Alex and mother-in-law Waltraute. A special thank you goes out to Lesley, Brian’s palliative care nurse; Dr. Kip; Pastor Jane Gingrich and all our friends who have been so supportive throughout Brian’s illness. We would like to express our gratitude to the amazing staff at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice. You made Brian’s transition to heaven a peaceful and comforting one. You are amazing. Brian was never one to like a fuss. His wish therefore was for a small private dinner with family and a few friends only. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice (Kamloops). Condolences may be sent to DrakeCremation.com
Ronald "Wayne" Sjodin
September 14, 1956 - October 9, 2022 The family of Wayne Sjodin is saddened to announce his sudden passing on October 9, 2022. Wayne is survived by his loving mom, Theresa “Tracy” Sjodin, and predeceased by his dad, Ron Sjodin and his brother Billy. He was predeceased by loved cousins & family members on both sides of his family tree. In addition to his mom, he leaves to mourn other cousins, aunts, uncles, and long-time buddy Jim Armstrong from Ottawa, whom Wayne thought of as a “brother from another mother.” Wayne was born on September 14, 1956, in Kamloops at the Royal Inland Hospital and grew up in the Brocklehurst area. After graduating from NorKam High School, Wayne made the military his career choice. His Armed Forces training occurred in Nova Scotia and his first posting was in Canada, however from there he was stationed in various countries overseas as a loadmaster. His nickname was “Jodi the Loadie”, bestowed upon him by his army buddies who couldn’t settle on how to pronounce Sjodin. He retired from the army and eventually returned to Canada, living in Ottawa where for many years he enjoyed driving school bus. His path eventually brought him back to his roots in Kamloops where he resided, also driving bus on and off until he passed.
Fay was born in Elk Lake, Ontario, growing up until age 6 on her Grandparents Violet Southcott Bickell and Richard Reynolds Bickell's farm those happiest of childhood days playing in the sunny fields. She was an only child for her mother Dorothy June Bickell French and father Gordon Nelson French. She graduated high school and married first husband Hernan Santamaria of Colombia and they had one child Sherry. Later with second husband Gunnar Pearson the family moved to BC in 1958 where two more children, boys Karl and Todd were born. Fay was an amazing mom, a kid at heart herself she loved magic stories told in picnic tents made of sheets, treats and burger runs. tumbles of pets were everywhere always as we brought home everything! She worked at many jobs, a grocery in Ontario, on our families leaky fishboat on the Fraser River with dad, at the Surrey School Board office for years. She grew giant dahlias and gardened. In 1980 she relocated with family to Kamloops and finally to our Knutsford family ranch for the last 25 years of her life. Our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother Fay passed away softly and gently October 29, 2022 after only 6 hours in hospice. We achieved our goal of keeping her in our home surrounded with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and beloved pets 'The Little People' until the last 6 hours of her life. Lifelong friends came and went recalling her kindness and old stories from her farm days. Her Dream Team of caregivers came to kiss her one last time. Fay had a very hard life with many disappointments and suffered severe illness. She was lioness with a heart of kindness always fighting for her family, friends and anyone in need, she would literally give you the shirt off her back. Fay was devoted and passionate about animals, always surrounded with a herd of dogs and cats, horses, cows, chickens, peacocks, crippled birds and mice, even a coyote pup one time. Having suffered abuse herself she despised cruelty of any kind and would spend her last dollar on vet care for any suffering thing found on the road or in a kill shelter. She was brave, bright, beautiful, talented, well read, sharply witty and unassuming....She was loved deeply and will be missed. A celebration of her life will be held in Spring when the world turns green again and she will be released with the ashes of all her darling pets together again and free on her ranch home. Fay is survived by her children Sherry (Jim) Carroll, Karl (Barb) Pearson, Todd Pearson. Her grandchildren Shane Carroll, Sara Carlyle (Tom), Kirk Pearson, Kristina Pearson, Kyle Pearson, Kelsey Pearson. Her great-grandchildren Leandro Pearson, James Pearson, Alexzander Carroll, Piper Carroll Schaub. and her special granddaughters Teresa Meyer and Stephanie Schaub.
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Wayne enjoyed golf and more golf, hockey, long distance travelling and short road trips and any and all time spent with family. One golf game at McArthur Island (with family witnesses), had Wayne show up late to the course without clubs, buy a set in the fly pro-shop, a hat with the tag still attached, taking his first shot and wouldn’t you know it, a hole-in-one! He had a big heart, loved animals, most recently his adorable cat Bella. He will be missed. At Wayne’s request, no service will take place. Interment will be held in Ottawa beside his brother Billy. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca
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Brian passed away peacefully with his family by his side, after a 3-year battle with melanoma. The world will never be the same without his kindness, caring, knowledge and humour.
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November 8, 1954 - October 24, 2022
Brian was born in Australia, graduated from the University of Sydney and began his career in exploration as a geophysicist in Australia before moving to Canada in 1981 to continue his mining career. He moved from exploration into management and throughout his over 40 years he believed in the commitment to fairness and was respected by those that
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Nicholas Kentaro Shao-Quan Zhou Beloved son of Rie Takahashi and James Zhou “Baba” and younger brother of Michael, passed away suddenly on November 2, 2022. He was born on September 22, 2003 in Kamloops, B.C. Nicholas was a smart, loving young man. He loved hugs, and enjoyed interacting with his small group of close friends, some of whom are in other parts of Canada, so they played games, chatted and watched anime together via the internet. He particularly enjoyed manga, constructing Lego, jigsaw puzzles, and playing the piano. His physical pursuits included running, rock climbing and walking his fur buddy, Ruckus. He was an ‘old soul’. Compassionate and thoughtful. He had a thirst for knowledge, and watched educational videos on YouTube, and via TED Talks. He liked to help cook and bake, to read, and to watch short movies. He enjoyed taking trips and he particularly enjoyed his RV trip to Whitehorse & Alaska, with his Baba. He had recently started to learn to speak Japanese in anticipation of a visit to his family in Japan. And to explore the possibility of getting his driver’s licence. Nicholas - Mama, Baba, Michael, family and friends near and far will cherish the joy you've brought into our lives and will miss you and love you forever. A viewing will be held at 10:00am on Saturday, November 12, 2022 in the Rosewood room at Kamloops Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life for Nicholas will follow at 11:00am in the Kamloops Funeral Home Chapel at 285 Fortune Drive. Officiating is Sensei Naoki Hirano. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com 250-554-2577
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September 4, 1928 - October 27, 2022 It is with heartfelt sorrow we announce the loss of our beautiful and beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Bruna Mirella Zanni. Bruna passed away peacefully with family by her side on October 27, 2022, at the age of 94. She was predeceased by her husband Dino Zanni. Matriarch of our family, Bruna’s unconditional love, strong will, and passionate character will be forever cherished. Bruna was born on September 4, 1928, in the small Italian mountain village of Trefiumi. She grew up on a farm with her parents, Giaconda and Giuseppe Mavilla, and siblings Elario, Mina and Tina. When the struggles of WWII made life difficult, she relocated to Parma, and later Milan, to work. In 1956 she met Dino Zanni, the love of her life, and they wed in 1957 in Piandelagotti, Italy. Later that year she immigrated to Canada to join Dino in building their new life together. They settled in Rayleigh, a small community north of Kamloops, British Columbia, where they built a new home and eagerly expanded their family. Bruna confronted the challenges of her new life with courage and determination. Expressing her love through food, she nurtured a garden, and canned, cooked, and preserved its bounty. Time spent with the large Italian community in Kamloops enriched their lives, and many lifelong friendships were built. When Dino passed unexpectedly in 1973, Bruna bravely raised their 5 children, ages 4 to 15, with support and encouragement from her friends and family. She was a true caregiver and exemplary mother that provided a consistent, nurturing, and safe family environment where her children thrived. As her children grew and began lives of their own, Bruna made the decision to move to Kamloops. There she created a home where she felt happy, and she made it a little piece of heaven for her family to visit. Many delicious, homemade Italian meals were enjoyed by all of her family and friends. She loved and took great care of her yard, including her flower gardens. She spent time meeting friends for lunch, attending church, and learning. Independent, strong, and determined not to be a burden to anyone, she lived in her home until the age of 93. Bruna also enjoyed traveling and had many memorable trips including Italy, Mexico, Hawaii, New York, and Las Vegas. She also loved visiting her children in Vancouver, Kelowna, Canmore, Calgary and in the Shuswap. Although Bruna didn’t drive or speak English fluently, it didn’t stop her from buying a motorhome and a property at the Shuswap, that she co-owned with the Melzers. There, she created many great memories and loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and their families. We are grateful for our time with Bruna and will cherish those memories forever. In difficult times, Bruna never gave up. She fought right to the end and lived life on her terms. Leaving behind 5 children, 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, Bruna now joins her beloved husband Dino. We know she is in loving hands. Bruna will always be with us in spirit. She is deeply loved and will be missed. Bruna Mirella Zanni is survived by: Daughter Marcia (John) Scott, son Chris (Kerri) Scott & daughter Madisyn Scott, son Kevin (Veronica) Scott & sons Brody and Levi Scott. Daughter Mary (Roland) Melzer & their children Roman, Nicole & Landon Melzer. Son Larry (Jennifer) Zanni. Son Paul Zanni & Jamie MacMillan. Son Dino (Darlene) Zanni & son Jerry Zanni.
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightening they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. by Dylan Thomas
We extend our gratitude to Dr. Dupreez, Dr. Howie, the caregivers at Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops Hospice, Gemstone Care Centre, and the lovely team at Drake Cremation and Funeral Home. Service will be held at a later date.
Mitchell Platka It is with profound sadness that the family announces the sudden passing of Mitchell Platka on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at the age of 83 years. Mitch was predeceased by his parents Mike and Dorothy, his brothers Walter, Alf, Laurence, and sister Kathy. He leaves to mourn his step sons Neil and Derek Dixon, daughters-in-law Caroline and Leanne Dixon, granddaughter Abby Dixon, his sister Ruth (Gordon) as well as numerous other family and friends. An informal gathering of friends and family will take place at the Mt. Paul Golf Club in Kamloops, BC on Saturday, December 10, 2022 between the hours of 2:00-4:00pm.
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ne of my fondest childhood memories has me in the shadows of the backseat of the car as dusk descends. Mom started to sing her favourite song, Whispering Hope. From that, we would move on to others, including my dad’s favourite, In the Garden. Dad was part of a barbershop singing group and music was part of our family, inside and outside of the car. Even while walking in the park with dad, he would sing to me, much to my delight. I have always loved singing, but I never really thought about where my dad’s love of music came from — until recently. My sister-in-law showed me an envelope of photos she and my brother had received from Aunt Audrey, my father’s sister. Among those black and white photos was one that captured my imagination. It’s a photo
Lt. Arthur H. Cooke, as seen in the photograph on page A1. Cooke is the grandfather of Barbara Fuller, who discovered the origin of her father’s love of music.
from the First World War, with five army officers gathered around a piano. Each of them is in full uniform — brass buttons, leather belts and shoulder straps across their chests — with their peaked caps set smartly above their smiling faces. The officer at the piano is
looking up and his cap is pushed back a bit from his mustached face. He is sitting on an old white wicker-style chair, with his left hand on the keyboard and his right hand raised, index finger loosely pointed up. Was he talking and making a point or was he counting them into the start of a song? “One and two and three…” Before him is a sheaf of somewhat tattered music pages. Was this a quartet practising for a concert? I can imagine their voices — lead, bass, tenor, baritone, tuning up and then breaking into a catchy First World War song: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary or Over There or For Me and My Gal. The officer on the far left, leaning on a cane in his right hand, is my grandfather, Lt. Arthur H. Cooke of the 19th Canadian Battalion. Grandpa was British, but he had immigrated to Canada before the war and then signed up with the Canadian Army. In the photo, he is wearing a glove on his left
hand and holding a cigarette. In fact, it appears they are all holding cigarettes — yes, even the pianist. One hand of the youngestlooking man on the far right is not visible in the photo, but in his left hand, he, too, is gripping a cane. I don’t know what his injury was, but I know my grandpa had a bullet through his upper leg. That’s the sum total of what I know about his experience in the Great War. But this picture reveals more to me than the meagre facts I have collected. While there are vestiges of suffering in the canes, I also begin to see how these young men coped with the horror and trauma of war. Cigarettes were precious commodities in wartime, in both world wars. While their long-term effects impacted generations beyond their own with habits and health issues, no doubt at that time they were a great form of stress relief. I love this photo, almost Rockwellian in nature, and in it I
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see two other precious commodities: camaraderie and music. The smiles on the soldiers’ faces indicate the pleasure they are finding in friendship and songs. In the envelope along with the photo was a photocopied list of songs — some of them First World War tunes — that grandpa kept in a small notebook for singing at home. It occurs to me that part of the heritage of this grandfather I knew so little about is the music that has resounded from one generation to the next. As grandpa must have sung to and with his family, so I remember my father singing to me as a child and our family singing together. They were songs of love, faith, reassurance, joy and fun that helped to lift the spirit in the face of whatever ills and sorrows life may bring. This photo of grandpa and his pals singing in the darkness of war reminds me that we can all carry on as we embrace those things that help us get through — like friendship and music.
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ed Maskell joined the air force at age 16. His parents had just split up and he was feeling lost. What he found was a military career that took him all over the world — including Kamloops. Today, at age 95, the veteran considers himself very fortunate. Maskell was born in Ocean Falls, a remote and now all-butabandoned central coast company town. But his military career didn't start in Canada. He was living in Wales when he decided to join the Royal Air Force (RAF). "They couldn't care less who you were, where you were, as long as you could stand up, that was it," Maskell told KTW. Maskell spent much of the Second World War training at RAF Halton, becoming a flight engineer. He said he recalls seeing aircraft come back "all shot to hell." "It made me realize what it was all about then," he said.
BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHIVES PHOTO An Avro Lancaster Mk. 10 taking off at RCAF Station Comox, just one of many locations where Kamloops veteran Ted Maskell served after joining the Royal Air Force at age 16. The now-95-year-old veteran flight engineer often found himself in planes such as the Lancaster and Sunderland Flying Boat.
His time in London was an even more stark reminder of the dangers of war time, when he had an encounter with a "buzz bomb,"
otherwise known as a German V-1 rocket. "I was going through London at one time, and kids were play-
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After the war, Maskell said the RAF didn't quite know what to do with him. In 1947, he was off to Palestine, then to Khartoum in Sudan. In 1948, he was part of the Berlin airlift, carrying supplies, including food and
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coal, to West Berlin after Soviet Union forces blockaded the divided city and post-war state. Throughout his early military career, Maskell served as a flight engineer on renowned aircraft such as the Lancaster heavy bomber and Sunderland Flying Boat. "None of this is mentioned much these days," he said. He left the Royal Air Force in 1956, returning to Canada in 1958 and joining the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). "They sent me to basic training, which was a real gas after 10 years in the RAF," Maskell said. But, as it so happened, Maskell made the best of his time back in basic and, at its conclusion, became an instructor himself. He later found himself at RCAF Station Comox on Vancouver Island where he retrained to become a refrigeration technician. That change in career is what brought Maskell to Kamloops or, more specifically, to the Mount Lolo Radar Station, just north of the city. A medical issue eventually led to
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Maskell's discharge from the service, with him taking up work at Royal Inland Hospital in the 1960s. That's when things changed again for him — and his good fortune continued. "I met the perfect wife and that was it," Maskell said. He's been in Kamloops ever since, enjoying 50 years of marriage before his wife passed. Looking back, it's not only his wife he remembers fondly. "All my crew members and people I know have passed on now. I'm waiting to go soon. I can say, I've really enjoyed my life."
Maskell was the recipient of the Legion’s first veteran’s poppy in October (above). The 95-year-old veteran served as a flight engineer on a variety of aircraft, including the Lancaster bomber and the Sunderland Flying Boat (top).
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