Kamloops This Week May 24, 2023

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WILL HOCKEY HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?

Twenty-eight years ago, the Kamloops Blazers won their third Memorial Cup in four years with an 8-2 title tilt victory over the Detroit Junior Red Wings on home ice. The 2023 Memorial Cup begins on Friday, May 26, with the Blazers seeking their fourth Cup as they battle Seattle, Peterborough and Quebec at Sandman Centre.

READ THE SPECIAL MEMORIAL CUP SECTION INSIDE TODAY’S EDITION OF KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Kamloops Opens Largest

Water-Related Retail Space

Southern Irrigation is excited to announce their old, small Kamloops store (previously Highlands Irrigation) has been redeveloped to a new, larger building, located at Dallas Drive.

For 34 years, Southern Irrigation has prided itself on supplying and installing quality products that are designed for high performance, year after year They carry only superior grade components from reputable manufacturers so your system is more reliable and will have less downtime

This new, ground-up, 10,000 sq ft build has more retail space to showcase the broad range of water solutions that Southern Irrigation carries and a warehouse fully stocked with products for the following water-related applications:

• Irrigation

• Dust control

• Fire Suppression

• Pump Systems

• Water Treatment

• Filtration Systems

• Septic and Drainage

• Waterworks

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C I T Y PAG E

May

CO U N C I L C A L E N DA R

The public, media, delegations, and staff are encouraged to par ticipate in meetings vir tually through Zoom or to obser ve through the City YouTube channel.

May 30, 2023

1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting

May 30, 2023

7:00 pm - Public Hearing

June 1, 2023 (Cancelled)

10:00 am - Community and Protective Ser vices Committee

June 2, 2023

9:00 am - Reconciliation Select Committee

June 6, 2023

10:00 am - Committee of the Whole

June 13, 2023

1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting

June 20, 2023 (Cancelled)

1:30 pm - Development and Sustainability Committee

The complete 2023 Council Calendars is available online at:

Kamloops.ca/CouncilPor tal

CO U N C I L M E E T I N G R E C A P

Sign up for the Council Highlights e -newsletter at:

Kamloops.ca/Subscribe

N OT I C E TO M OTO R I S T S

Please use caution when driving in the vicinity and obey all traffic control personnel, signs, and devices in the following areas:

• For tune Drive

Oak Road to Overlanders Bridge

• Lorne Street

Mount Paul Way to 10th Avenue

• Westsyde Road Multi-Use Pathway

Westsyde Road to Alview Crescent

• 6th Avenue

Columbia Street to Lansdowne Street

• Highland Road

South of the Valleyview Arena to Valleyview Drive

• Tranquille Road

Ord Road to just south of

K amloops BC SPCA

To stay up to date on road work projects, visit:

Kamloops.ca/Kammute

P R O P E R T Y TA X N O T I C E S

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Check your mail! K amloops homeowners will star t receiving their 2023 proper ty tax notices this week Those who have opted to receive e -bills should have received those emails last week. Proper ty taxes and Home Owner Grant applications are due on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, and a 10% penalty for late payments or late grant applications will apply as of July 5.

City Hall is now open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, and the Tournament Capital Centre is also receiving in-person tax payments from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Residents can also pay by mail, online, through their bank, or by depositing a cheque at any of the following four dropbox locations:

• City Hall

7 Victoria Street West

• Tournament Capital Centre

910 McGill Road

• North Shore Community Policing Office

915 7th Street

• Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre

859 Bebek Road

For full details and payment options, visit Kamloops.ca/Proper tyTax

Repor t an issue: 250-828-3461

For after-hours emergencies, press 1.

C I T Y AU C T I O N S TA R T S T O M O R R O W !

In-person viewing has already begun for the second annual City Auction. Online bidding star ts tomorrow Find hundreds of surplus assets and unclaimed lost or stolen items up for bid, including electronics, tools, equipment, vehicles, tires, bikes, and more

Bidding opens Thursday at 9:00 am and star ts closing at 9:00 am on Sunday All bids will take place online, and registration is required to par ticipate. In-person viewing is located at Valleyview Arena, 353 Highland Road, from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, ever y day ending Saturday. A food truck will be on site. Residents seek ing lost or stolen items are encouraged to attend the open house and search the Team Auctions webpage More information about claiming an item is available online

PA R K Y O U R C A R A N D G O B Y B I K E

G O BYB I K E W E E K

M AY 28– J U N E 4

This annual event encourages ridership for work, school, and daily errands and promotes a way to get active, stay healthy, lower stress, and improve mental health. GoByBike Week also encourages residents to choose their bic ycles for transpor tation rather than a motor vehicle conver ting stationar y time behind the steering wheel into time pedalling their bike for environmentally friendly, active transpor tation.

By tak ing par t in GoByBike Week, par ticipants across BC will have the chance to win a trip for two to Croatia, sponsored by Exodus Travels Riders can register at GoByBikeBC.ca

There are seven celebration stations throughout the City where residents can enter to win one of three daily prize packs or pick up a golden ticket for an oppor tunity to win a Marin Commuter Bike or a plug-in e -bike

Thank you to Interior Savings, Dearborn Ford, Cycle Logic, and the Thompson Rivers University Sustainability O ffice for the sponsorship of this event

F I R E AWA R E N E S S

Residents are asked to be vigilant and aware of the dr y conditions in our city and to be active in their effor ts to mitigate the risk of an inter face fire

K amloops Fire Rescue is reminding residents that backyard fires are banned throughout the city, as are beach fires and any open flame in public spaces. Those caught with illegal open fires can face tickets and fines of up to $500 under Fire Prevention Bylaw No 10-37.

If you see a fire within city limits, dial 911 and repor t it Outside of city limits, call 911 or *5555 from a cell phone When repor ting, the following information is key to first responders:

• exact location and size (the size of a campfire, a car, a house, a football field, etc.)

• colour, density, and volume of smoke (white, gray, brown, black, etc.)

• wind speed and direction (which way the smoke blowing)

• type of vegetation and spacing (in trees, grass, etc.)

• terrain (steep, flat, etc.)

• valuables at risk (near homes, structures, etc.)

• access (near a main road or on a trail, street names, etc.)

• resources currently in use (someone already fighting the fire and with what)

BOARD GIVES YOU FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The Kamloops Food Policy Council is looking for new members to join its board.

The volunteer role is an opportunity for people to contribute to building a sustainable local food system and to support the work of the Kamloops Food Policy Council.

Prior experience on a board is not necessary.

TODAY’S FLYERS

YIG*, Walmart*, The Brick*, Shoppers*, Safeway*, Sun Peaks Independent News*, Rexall*, Peavey Mart*, NSBIA Directory*, Memorial Cup*, M&M Meats*, London Drugs* ICCHA Wish Book*, Home Hardware*, Freshco*, Bianca Amor*, Andre’s Electronic* * Selected distribution

WEATHER FORECAST

May 24: Mainly cloudy 23/10 (hi/low)

May 25: Sunny 27/12 (hi/low)

May 26: Sunny 27/14 (hi/low)

May 27: Showers 26/15 (hi/low)

May 28: Sun/clouds 27/14 (hi/low)

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Those interested should have a passion for food and experience in any of the following areas: food insecurity, loss of cultural connection to food, food production, advocacy, social justice, finance, business, human resources or non-profit governance.

Expect to spend about eight hours a month

on board-related duties, including meeting once a month on Wednesday nights.

To apply, go online to kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com.

For more information, contact Jess by phone at 250-540-0888 or by email at jess@kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com.

Suspected firebug arrested, charged

Charges have been laid in connection with a spree of arson fires in downtown Kamloops last week.

William Aaron Lamb, 22, of Kamloops, was arrested on May 17 and is charged with four counts of arson. He remained in custody and will next appear in court on Monday, June 5. The charges are in connection with a series of fires that were set in various dumpsters in alleys in the downtown core on the night of Monday, May 15.

At 10:45 p.m., firefighters and Mounties responded to a dumpster fire in an alley behind the 400-block of Lansdowne Street. An hour later, more dumpsters were set on fire in alleys behind nearby Victoria Street, one of which came close to spreading to the Frick and Frack restaurant at Victoria Street and Sixth Avenue.

Kamloops has been hit with more than 20 suspicious fires in the past two months and Lamb is the second person to be charged.

Owen Lee Coty, 26, was arrested earlier this month in connection with two arson fires that were set in North Kamloops on April 30. He remains in custody as he awaits a bail hearing set for Friday, May 26.

Investigations into other fires are ongoing.

The fires:

• On May 15, a series of dumpsters were set ablaze in downtown Kamloops, from 10:45 p.m. onward. Two days later, William Aaron Lamb, 22, was arrested and charged.

• On May 6, A fence and some vegetation went up in flames in the 100-block of West Seymour Street, near Victoria Street West, at about 10:30 p.m.

• On April 30, firefighters responded to a pair of fires in North Kamloops alleyways — one between Lethbridge Avenue and Sherbrooke Avenue and the other between 10th and 11th streets. A fence and garbage container were damaged

before those fires were extinguished. Owen Lee Coty, 26, was arrested in connection with those arsons.

• On April 29, firefighters on the North Shore snuffed out a dumpster blaze at Selkirk Avenue and 13th Street and a small fire in the alley behind the 1100-block of Selkirk Avenue.

• On April 27, a human-caused fire gutted a home in the 300-block of Gleneagles Drive in Upper Sahali. The fire started along a walking path outside the home. Investigators are not sure if the fire was deliberately or accidentally set.

• On April 23, firefighters extinguished a blaze that damaged the rear door of a business in the 900-block of Eighth Street in North Kamloops.

• On April 19, firefighters knocked down a large grassfire on the hillside in the area of Powers Road and Strathcona Terrace. The fire was started by a campfire created by a homeless person(s) and has been labelled criminal in nature by police.

• On April 16, a fire erupted in shrubs off the Eighth Street overpass at Halston Avenue in North Kamloops, near where another campfire site was found.

• On April 12, Kamloops Fire Rescue responded to a suspicious grass fire at the north end of Overlanders Bridge, near Fortune Drive. Thirty minutes later, another fire was found in a fenced compound in the 500-block of Tranquille Road in North Kamloops.

• On April 10, there was a vehicle fire on McGill Road in Sahali.

• On April 7, a rear deck at a downtown business in the 400-block of Victoria Street caught fire. There was also a shopping cart fire in the 1300-block of Columbia Street West downtown.

• On April 6, firefighters doused a brush fire that broke out next to a staircase, downtown at the corner of St. Paul Street and Second Avenue.

• On April 2, former city councillor Denis Walsh said he had to extinguish a planter fire on the deck of his downtown home.

The map above shows where a series of suspicious fires have been ignited in Kamloops since April 2. The blazes have set in dumpsters, in shrubs, on hillsides and in alleyways. In once instance, flames destroyed a home. While two men have been charged in connection with two separate sets of fires, police say it is not yet known if there is a connection with the other blazes and whether the rest of the fires are connected in any way. Those with information related to the investigations are asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.

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Overdose death rate continues at record pace

HEALTH CRISIS REMAINS DESPITE DECRIMINALIZATION, WITH 814 DEATHS IN B.C. THIS YEAR

The overdose death crisis continues unabated, with another 206 people succumbing to illicit drugs in April, bringing the total number of deaths in B.C. to 814 through the first four months of the year.

That puts the province on pace this year to exceed last year’s record 2,340 overdose deaths.

April was the 31st consecutive month in which at least 150 people in B.C. died as a result of a drug overdose and the 13th month in which more than 200 deaths were reported. The total number of deaths in April equates to about 6.9 lives lost every day. The provincewide rate of death through the end of April is 45.2 per 100,000 residents.

In Kamloops, there were 13 deaths in April. Through the first third of the year, the city has registered 31 overdose deaths. In 2022, Kamloops had a record number of such deaths, at 92.

Despite the move by the pro-

vincial and federal governments to decriminalize possession of 2.5 grams of hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, the death count continues to rise every month. The 206 people who died in B.C. in April represent a four per cent increase in the number of deaths recorded a month before, in March, and a 17 per cent rise over the number of deaths recorded in April 2022.

Preliminary data from the BC Coroners Service shows fentanyl is present in about eight of every 10 deaths, almost always in combination with other drugs.

Lisa Lapointe, the province’s chief coroners, said fentanyl has been detected in 86 per cent of deaths in 2022 and 79 per cent of deaths this year.

“Cocaine, methamphetamines and/or benzodiazapines are also often present,” Lapointe said in a release accompanying the latest overdose death data. “This drug poisoning crisis is the direct result of an unregulated drug market.

Members of our communities are dying because non-prescribed, nonpharmaceutical fentanyl is poisoning them on an unprecedented scale.”

Meanwhile, despite concern raised by the BC United Party and others that safe supply drugs are being sold by users on the street, the province’s representative for children and youth, Jennifer Charlesworth, said there is no evidence that diverted safe supply drugs have been a factor in drug-related injuries and deaths of youth reported to her office.

“The injuries and deaths reported to us are as a result of youth accessing the illicit supply and they are typically using an array of substances,” Charlesworth said. “Through our advocacy work and in-depth reviews, young people are advising us that they are accessing an illicit supply in order to cope with the trauma that they are dealing with in their lives.”

Lapointe said the root of the overdose death crisis was the arrival of illicit fentanyl in B.C. in 2013.

“Safer-supply prescribing and the decriminalization of small amounts of some drugs for personal use are recent health-centred approaches to a complex health challenge,” she said.

“Anonymous allegations and second-hand anecdotes suggesting that these new initiatives are somehow responsible for the crisis our province has been experiencing since early 2016 are not only harmful, they are simply wrong.”

At least 12,046 British Columbians have died as a result of toxic drug overdoses since the thenBC Liberal government declared a public health emergency in April 2016.

MORE DATA

• Vancouver has recorded the highest number of deaths this year, with 228. Other cities with significant overdose death numbers include Surrey (71), Greater Victoria (49), Nanaimo (45), Kamloops (31) and Kelowna (30).

• This year, 70 per cent of deaths involved those ages 30 to 59, with 77 per cent being male.

• By health authority, Vancouver Coastal recorded the most deaths (257), followed by Fraser (221), Island (153), Interior (120) and Northern (63).

• The majority (389, or 48 per cent) of all deaths occurred in private homes, while 252, or 31 per cent, occurred in other residences, which include hotels/motels, homeless shelters and rooming houses. Elsewhere, 129 deaths occurred outside, 31 deaths took place in public buildings (12 in washrooms), three deaths occurred in medical facilities and one death each was recorded in a prison/police cell and at a job site. There are eight deaths for which a place is not available.

• One death occurred at an overdose prevention site. Previous reporting indicated that two such deaths had occurred, but after further investigation, one death has now been excluded.

Applications will be accepted from Non-Profit organizations and Places of Worship for permissive proper ty tax exemption for 2024–2026. Organizations and churches that own and occupy their proper ty and meet the requirements stated in the Community Char ter and Council Policy may qualify for a tax exemption.

Application pack ages are available at the Revenue Division at City Hall 7 Victoria Street West and on the City ’s website Kamloops.ca/Exemption

Completed applications for exemption must be received in the Revenue Division no later than June 30, 2023

Applications may be submitted by:

• EMAIL Go paperless! Use our fillable PDF forms and submit your application to: PTE@k amloops.ca

• MAIL Must be received by the due date The postmark is not accepted as the date of receipt

• DROP BOX Available 24 hours a day at City Hall and during facility hours at the Tournament Capital Centre, Westsyde Pool, and Nor th Shore Community Policing O ffice

All organizations currently receiving a permissive proper ty tax exemption are required to submit an annual declaration by June 30, 2023.

For fur ther information, contac t Marleah Plesko, Repor ting and Analysis Super visor, at 250-828-3459 or email PTE@kamloops.ca.

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

Shooting leaves woman on life support

A woman was fighting for her life as of Tuesday afternoon after being shot on the weekend.

Kamloops Mounties and BC Ambulance paramedics were called to a townhouse unit at 800 Valhalla Dr. in Brocklehurst at just after 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 21.

Cpl. Crystal Evelyn said a woman in

her 30s had been shot and was last reported to be on life support in hospital.

A police presence remains on Valhalla Drive while investigators canvass the neighbourhood for witnesses and security footage. Police are also working to execute a search warrant on a residence.

“At this time, the incident is believed to be isolated and the parties involved, known to each other,” said Sgt. Nestor Baird of the serious crime unit.

“Police have been in contact with the victim’s family and are requesting their privacy be respected.”

Police are asking residents in the area to check their security and dash cameras to see if they captured anything that might help investigators.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 and reference file 2023-17869.

Six-month prison sentence for repeat abuser

banging on their door, asking for help.

A Kamloops man with multiple convictions will spend six-months behind bars for beating his girlfriend.

Wade Zachariah Young, 50, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm.

He appeared in Kamloops provincial court on May 18 via videolink from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, where he is serving a sentence on an unrelated matter.

Court heard that just after midnight on Jan. 10, a neighbour found Young’s naked girlfriend

Crown prosecutor Evan Goulet said Young had been drinking, became angry with his girlfriend and punched and kicked her. She tried to leave and Young hit her in the face and kneed her in the ribs, telling her he would kill her if she left. She managed to escape the house, but Young followed her to the yard, ripped off her house coat and dragged her back, naked, toward their house before she got free again.

Young’s girlfriend was in court for the hearing. Goulet said she was intent on supporting Young in his recovery. Young also assaulted his girlfriend in August 2022,

punching her face and damaging her phone to stop her from calling for help, which Goulet described as “important background.”

Goulet said Young has 27 prior convictions, which include six assaults — three of which were on an intimate partner.

Addressing the court, Young, who has a history of drug and alcohol addictions, said he regretted not taking treatment more seriously years ago and apologized for his actions.

“I know I need help,” Young said.

Judge Marianne Armstrong told Young that intimate partner violence is a concern for the court and that his

history was “deeply troubling.”

“Every year, many, many women die at the hands of their partners. Many more women are injured and traumatized at the hands of their partners,” Armstrong said.

The judge accepted a joint submission from Crown and defence counsel that Young serve six months in jail, followed by 18 months of probation, which includes having no contact with his girlfriend except for via telephone, attending drug treatment and not possessing weapons.

The Crown stayed charges of assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats in connection with the Jan. 10 incident.

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Things the unelected me didn’t know OPINION

Ihad thought this column should be headlined, “The things I didn’t know before I got elected, the things I can’t share with you now that I have been and the things I wish I could”.”

Way too long for a title, so I shortened it. But I would still like to cover these topics in my deputy mayor piece this month, so here are a few highlights of each.

I didn’t know I would be deputy mayor for a month or that I would have the privilege of writing this piece for KTW

I didn’t know I would get to sign city bylaws. Recently, I had the honour of signing our very important tax bylaw before it was shipped to Victoria for approval. I also signed our important code of conduct bylaw.

I didn’t know I would learn as much about the Community Charter, but at the repeated urging of our mayor to read it, I have perused it many, many, many

times. More on that later.

I didn’t know I would go to “councillor school” or that I would be part of our junior city councillors meetings. They are great young leaders in their own right.

I didn’t know just how incredibly talented and passionate our City of Kamloops staff are. They have they won a lot of awards. We are so lucky to have them working for all of us.

I certainly didn’t know how diverse, deeply talented and bold my peers on council were going to be. It is truly an honour to serve with them. And I didn’t know I would have to go into as many closed meetings as often as I/we have.

What I/we can’t share with you? Let’s starts with some background.

Remember I mentioned the Community Charter I have read over and over? Well, Section 90 outlines the public reasons that we “may or must go into closed meetings” — and there are a lot of them.

Closed meetings might have some public members present, like lawyers and government officials, but these people are there for the reason stated in calling the closed meeting.

I didn’t know that section 117 of the Community Charter on confidentiality essentially states that “what goes on in closed stays in

closed.” I now know that “closed topic(s)” and the information and people related to it, are to be kept confidential, sometimes forever.

I also didn’t know how someone can be disqualified from office as an elected official, but I know now that sections 110 and 111 outline the reasons and process.

I/we can’t share with you the reasons why we decide to proceed with projects, especially if they are done in partnership with other organizations or levels of government. I, along with council and our staff, can’t share with you lots of things, because of timing, confidentiality and other reasons.

We don’t do it to hide our reasons or hold secrets. We have our reasons. They are important, always legal and valid.

So, what do we wish we could share with you? Our bold strategic plan. We spent time earlier this year discussing, planning and strategizing that plan.

We wish we could tell you

about the changes coming to our city in our holistic Build Kamloops initiative. We want you to know about some bold, forward-thinking developments and changes on which we are working.

These topics and so many more we wish we could share with you, but we can’t — yet. There are reasons for the wait. We know it will be worth it. Trust us. Oh, and wait for it, we will be sharing soon.

Lastly, I would like to close by saying I am truly grateful for the honour and privilege of serving you as one of your Kamloops city councillors. I hope I can continue to earn your trust and respect over time through service to you, the citizens of our great city of Kamloops. Thank you, Kamloops.

Stephen Karpuk is a Kamloops councillor. His email address is skarpuk@kamloops.ca. Council columns appear monthly in KTW and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

Keep federal advertising dollars in Canada

The Canadian government has supported journalism for generations. Since the founding of Canada’s first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, which dates to 1752, government advertising has been an important source of revenue for newspapers.

Even prior to Confederation, direct supports, like the former Publications Assistance Program, which subsidized the postal delivery of non-daily newspapers, ensured that Canadians have access to high-quality Canadian news.

KTW

Special Projects Manager:

Ray Jolicoeur

EDITORIAL

Editor & Associate Publisher:

Christopher Foulds

Newsroom staff:

Dave Eagles

Marty Hastings

Jessica Wallace

Sean Brady

Michael Potestio

CIRCULATION

Manager:

Serena Platzer

ADVERTISING Manager:

Liz Spivey

Linda Skelly

Jodi Lawrence

Paul De Luca

Rylan Willoughby

Jack Bell

DIGITAL SALES: Manager:

Chris Wilson

PRODUCTION Manager:

Lee Malbeuf

Twenty years ago, the federal government spent $110 million on advertising, which was managed by 30 advertising agencies. Print newspapers and magazines accounted for about one-third of federal advertising spending, while internet advertising accounted for less than one per cent of the spend.

Last year, the federal government spent a

Production staff:

Fernanda Fisher

Dayana Rescigno

Moneca Jantzen

Kaitlin Vander Wal

FRONT OFFICE

Front office staff:

Lorraine Dickinson

Angela Wilson

Marilyn Emery

Rosalynn Bartella

total of $140 million on advertising, involving one Agency of Record for media planning and placement. While the one Agency of Record model is efficient, we are concerned with where scarce ad dollars are being spent.

Last year, just $6 million, or five per cent, of federal advertising dollars went toward print publications. That is a far cry from the roughly one-third of 20 years ago.

For comparison, government spending on Facebook/Instagram ads alone accounted for almost double what is spent on all print adver-

tising combined. And the spending on Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok combined was greater than all print expenditures.

Today, digital advertising accounts for more than 50 per cent of all federal ad spending.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, which is suing Google, the company “pockets on average more than 30 per cent of the advertising dollars that flow through its digital advertising technology products.”

STEPHEN KARPUK View From CITY HALL

OPINION

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

MORE VIEWS ON SUMMIT OVERPASS

Editor:

The city should not spend $5 million on a proposed $10-million overpass across Summit Drive to Thompson Rivers University.

The people who will use this bridge are mostly capable young students who can walk an extra 100 metres or so with very little effort.

This money was given to the city by the provincial government for the betterment of the citizens of Kamloops.  A few million dollars could be used by filling all the potholes, as the City of Port Coquitlam did.

Should Kamloops council proceed with its plan to spent the $5 million on the overpass, I suspect it will directly affect the outcome of a future referendum on a per-

forming-arts centre and any other projects the city asks the people of Kamloops to approve.

Don Porter Kamloops

Editor:

I concur with some KTW letter writers who say millions to be spent on an overpass to Thompson Rivers University is a waste of public money, regardless of the funding source.

The few hundred yards it takes to cross at the traffic light at Summit Drive and McGill Road is good for the health of the students. It also teaches them discipline by way of planning their timing wisely.

Ryan Mitra Kamloops

Editor:

The additional resources for residents to access the city’s community services department is appreciated.

On May 18, I arrived home to find someone had dumped a tattered recliner at the end of my street. I do not have a truck and was unable to dispose of it accordingly.

I thought I would ask the city for some ideas on how to manage the situation. I was surprised when I logged into my MyCity account and found services that I had never been aware of or are part of the overhaul and upgrades to community services.

I discovered a “report an issue” function. Once in there, I was directed

to a second option for reporting litter.

I went into that site. There, I entered my address, which identified the location of the item. I uploaded photos of the recliner, made a brief statement as to the nature of my concerns, then posted it.

Within seconds I received a confirmation email that my concerns had be received and would be addressed accordingly. I was satisfied with how things were progressing and left my home for errands.

I returned two hours later and the eyesore was gone. I was very happy with the prompt service.

Beyond that, though, I received a respectful and courteous follow-up

email from Dylan Waligorski, a community services officer, saying the issue was resolved and to contact him if I have any further concerns.

I am so happy with the variety and delivery of city services now available to me.

CITY SERVICES REALLY SHONE THROUGH KAMLOOPS MOUNTIE FOUND THE PHONE

Editor: I just wanted to thank Kamloops RCMP Const. Shepherd for helping me find my phone that was stolen recently while I was at the at the West Coast Amusements carnival at Aberdeen Mall.

I can’t believe the officer found it. Thank you so much.

I hope you have a very nice rest of your day.

Morgan Wells

Later that same evening, I received my tax notice from the city. I am pleased to have had a first-hand experience of my tax dollars at work for me as an individual, beyond that of the collective services I share with others, such as recycling and snow removal. Keep the good work, City of Kamloops.

Kamloops This Week is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please email  editor@kamloopsthisweek.com or call 250-374-7467

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Fight against mis/disinformation OPINION

From A8

Social media companies operating in Canada do not employ journalists. In America, they are shielded from liability by section 230 of title 47 of the United States Code.

They enjoy all the benefits of being a publisher without any of the obligations.

Digital search and social giants have contributed greatly to connecting people, businesses and communities. Yet, there have been unintended consequences.

While they provide the essential plumbing of our digital age, they have not figured out a way to separate the clean drinking water (e.g., fact-based news and information) from the

sewage (e.g., fake news).

Trusted news sources provide an important filter that helps Canadians make informed choices. Real journalism, which is based on editorial judgment and rigorous fact-checking, costs real money, which comes from advertising and/or subscription revenue.

Canadian news publishers employ real journalists, who adhere to strict editorial standards, and publishers can be held liable for their content. Yet federal advertising dollars that once helped fund our newsrooms have shifted largely to Big Tech companies that benefit from our content.

The federal government has recognized the business of journalism is in trouble. It has taken

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steps to fill news deserts and areas of news poverty through the Local Journalism Initiative.

It has also introduced Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which will allow publishers to come together to negotiate fair content licensing agreements with web giants and level the digital playing field.

One of the most powerful tools in any government’s policy toolkit is procurement.

Procurement can help governments advance socio-economic policy objectives, including job creation, and deliver better outcomes. Indeed, the federal government’s Policy on Social Procurement facilitates and supports the inclusion of socio-economic measures in procurement to support the goal of achieving

best value for the Crown and, in turn, for Canadians.

Isn’t it time for the federal government to align its advertising spending with its public policy goal of supporting accountable and trusted sources of information? Isn’t it time to support the home team and keep advertising dollars, which support fact-based, fact-checked civic journalism, in Canada?

The consequences of inaction are more misinformation and disinformation, a less informed and engaged citizenry, less robust public discourse and a loss of community.

Paul Deegan is president and chief executive officer of News Media Canada.

Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson cuts the ribbon on Saturday, May 20, to officially open the accessible spray park and inclusive playground in Riverside Park. It is the first fully accessible and inclusive playground in Kamloops. Several new inclusive structures, including a We-Go-Round, a We-Saw and a ZipKrooz, are featured in the playground, allowing children of all abilities to play. In addition, the entire playground surface has been upgraded to an accessible impact surface, while the upgraded spray park includes new accessible features in its design.

To see many more photos from the event, go online to kamoopsthisweek.com and click on the Community tab.

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Tentative deal between WestJet, flight crew

BIA to ask city for Cap Team funding

MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) will seek nearly $50,000 from the City of Kamloops in order to hire its summertime complement of Customer Care and Patrol (CAP) Team members.

The program involves people working as downtown ambassadors, directing and assisting tourists and helping the homeless. Four jobs are already funded by the city, while another six positions are usually funded for the busy summer months via the Canada Summer Jobs program (CSJ).

In March, KCBIA executive director Howie Reimer said those six summer positions were at risk of being axed for 2023 as the CSJ program was no longer recognizing the business improvement association as a non-profit. The

KCBIA applied for $60,000 to fund the six jobs, at $18 per hour over 12 weeks, but the CSJ program would only permit funding half of minimum wage ($7.50) over eight weeks.

Reimer said the BIA is now applying to city council’s newly established service renewal select committee for $46,000 to bridge the gap, a decision on which is expected next month.

Reimer said the KCBIA may be required to attend a closed committee meeting in early to midJune, noting he is now preparing an application to the committee for funding — not only the dollars needed for this summer, but the next three years to service both downtown and the North Shore with CAP Team members. A pay bump will also be sought.

He said the figure that will be pitched to the select committee for the next three years is yet to be determined.

Royal LePage has provided private funding to cover a CAP position.

As for the CSJ program, Reimer said it has since reversed its decision on the KCBIA’s status as a non-profit and may yet grant some of the requested funding, but there is no timeline on when that decision will be made.

“We’re proceeding with the city and the city knows that we’re going to still apply [to the CSJ],” Reimer said, noting they can always reallocate any funds that come from the federal program.

If the $46,000 comes through, Reimer said the CAP Team will split time between downtown and the North Shore. If no funding comes through, he said the team will service just the downtown with four members over the summer.

“It looks like it’ll be a much shorter program than we would have liked to have had, but whenever we get that funding, we’ll get the team together,” Reimer said.

The summer CAP Team usually operates over 16 weeks of the summer leading up to the Labour Day weekend.

A strike at WestJet has been averted for now.

The WestJet Group and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the union representing WestJet and Swoop pilots, reached a tentative agreement on a contract on May 18, just hours before pilots were legally permitted to go on strike.

Shortly after the union issued 72-hour strike notification on May 15, the airline responded by issuing a lockout notice. In the days leading to the legal time to strike, WestJet cancelled a number of flights as a proactive measure.

The tentative agreement will not be voted on by union members. The Air Line Pilots Association represents about 1,600 flight crew for WestJet and Swoop airlines.

At issue, according to the union, is job protection, pay and scheduling, with the union saying about 340 pilots have quit working for WestJet in the past 18 months, with most migrating to other airlines.

The WestJet Group said it has brought forward a contract proposal that would make first officers

and captains the highest-paid narrow-body pilots in Canada, “with a significant advantage over the next best-paying Canadian airline.” The company added that the proposed contract would also address concerns of WestJet and Swoop pilots surrounding job security and scope.

Neither side has detailed the specific numbers involved.

“The WestJet Group is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that is industry-leading within Canada and recognizes the important contributions of our valued pilots by providing meaningful improvements to job security and scope, working conditions and wages,” WestJet Group CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech said in a release. “We appreciate we were able to arrive at a deal; however, recognize the impact on our guests and we sincerely appreciate their patience during this time. We are pleased to now return our focus to providing friendly, reliable and affordable air service to Canadians for years to come.”

WestJet said it is ramping up its operations as quickly as possible, but noted full resumption of operations will take time.

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KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

EXPLORING WELLS GRAY PARK ONCE AGAIN

Wells Gray Tours

owner Roland Neave has published a seventh edition of Exploring Wells Gray Park

“It’s amazing how much has changed in Wells Gray Park in just seven years,” Neave said.

First published in 1974, the book is the complete roads and trails guide to Canada’s famed waterfalls park, which is also one of the largest provincial parks in B.C.

In the introduction to the first edition of the book in 1974, Neave pointed out that Helmcken Falls is the epitome of the park.

While that holds true today, Neave said in this latest edition, readers will find there are many more attractions and experiences in Wells Gray than only Helmcken Falls.

For example, hikers can enjoy a great view from the volcanic cone of Pyramid Mountain, the colourful flowers of the Trophy Mountain alpine meadows and the misty spray of water blowing off Dawson Falls.

Neave spent most of last summer and fall re-hiking most of the trails in the park.

The book has been completely revised and expanded, now with more than 400 pages of information and colour photos of roads and trails.

In the introduction to the book, Neave explains he first came to know the park as a boy:

“It was Helmcken Falls which first drew me to Wells Gray Park. I had read of the Park’s natural wonders even before my family moved from the prairies to Kamloops in late 1965. I soon persuaded my parents to take me there. It didn’t matter that it was January; I innocently assumed

that no snow in Kamloops meant no snow in Wells Gray. We reached frozen Dawson Falls after plodding for five kilometres through deep snow without the benefit of skis or snowshoes. I finally experienced the thrill of my first sight of Helmcken Falls in May 1966 and have returned countless times since. In 1987, I was drawn to this magnificent waterfall as a fitting spot to propose marriage to my wife, Anne.”

The Neaves’ commitment and passion for the park have been evident over the years. He said he felt compelled to preserve a piece of the vanishing wildness of the Clearwater Valley by purchasing 190 hectares (470 acres) between 1989 and 1995 — acquiring the historic Trophies Lodge and constructing two rental log cabins.

In 2014, the Neave family donated 65 hectares (160 acres) to Thompson Rivers University to become a living laboratory for future generations of students, now named the Neave Family Wetlands.

The university opened a new building in 2021 at its Wells Gray Education and Research Centre. Supported by many donors, the project was spearheaded by professor emeritus Tom Dickinson.

The centre offers courses with research conducted in the fields of biology, geology, geography, tourism, Indigenous food security and natural history interpretation.

Neave said he sees education of Wells Gray Provincial Park to be very important, noting it is chronically underfunded by the provincial government.

Since 2001, he said, the entire BC Parks system has suffered from staff cutbacks and far less money than needed for trail maintenance of signage.

Neave said all proceeds from the seventh edition of Exploring

Wells Gray Park are being donated back to the park for various projects, which include a new upper stairway to be installed at Moul Falls, providing funding for a naturalist program to provide afternoon walks on several trails and evening talks at the Clearwater Lake campground, five-days a week (Wednesdays to Sundays) from mid-June to late August and funding a trail crew to

clear fallen brush on park trails.

Neave said crews will start work on lower elevation trails before tackling higher elevation trails, such as the Trophy Mountain meadows.

“Many of them were in deplorable shape,” Neave said.

Exploring Wells Gray Park is available at Chapters bookstore, True Outdoors, London Drugs, Surplus Herbies and Save-On Foods.

Copies can also can be purchased at the Wells Gray Tours office in downtown Kamloops at 250 Lansdowne St.

In Clearwater, the book can be purchased at the Visitor Info Centre, Wells Gray Outfitters and Greffard’s & Greenscapes Ltd.

DAVE EAGLES STAFF REPORTER dave_eagles@kamloopsthisweek.com

Clockwise from above: Dawson Falls, the seventh edition of Exploring Wells Gray Park and Trophy Mountain.

ROLAND NEAVE PHOTOS

May 29 to June 4 is GoByBike Week

The City of Kamloops is encouraging residents to park their cars and grab their bikes during GoByBike Week, which will take place from May 29 to June 4.

The event encourages ridership for work, school and daily errands and promotes a way to get active, stay healthy, lower stress and improve mental health. GoByBike Week also encourages

residents to choose their bicycles, rather than their motor vehicles, for transportation — converting stationary time behind the steering wheel into time pedalling their bike for environmentally friendly, active transportation.

By taking part in GoByBike Week, participants across the province will have the chance to win a trip for two to Croatia, sponsored by Exodus Travels. Riders can register

online at GoByBikeBC.ca.

Kamloops will have seven Celebrations Stations throughout the city during the morning and afternoon commute:

• Kamloops Courthouse: downtown at 455 Columbia Street, 6:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.

• Thompson Rivers University: McGill Road and Summit Drive, 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

• Riverside Park: downtown at the west end of Uji Way, 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Top of Xge’tem’ Trail in Sahali: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Schubert Drive: In North Kamloops across from Arthur Hatton elementary, 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Valleyview Drive and Trans-Canada Highway East Frontage Road: 1626 Valleyview Dr., 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• North Shore Business Improvement Association: 115 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops, 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Celebration Stations are an opportunity for participants to enter to win daily prize draws.

Riders can enter at as many stations as they can make it to in the mornings and afternoons.

Golden tickets are also available at the stations for drop off at Cycle Logic (222 Victoria St. downtown) or Nature’s Fare (5-1350 Summit Dr. in Sahali) for a chance to win one of two grand prizes: a Marin commuter bike or a plugin e-bike.

The more tickets collected, the better the chances are to win.

Each Celebration Station will have snacks and refreshments and will be run by volunteers from various community groups and businesses.

GoByBike Week tips:

• Catch a ride with BC Transit: If you do not want to tackle the city’s rolling landscape, ride your bike one way and use transit to get up the big hills. BC Transit buses are equipped with easy-to-use bike racks to secure your ride. To qualify for free transit, customers taking part in GoByBike Week must use the bus bike racks or show their bike helmet when boarding a bus.

• Discover dedicated bike routes: Use the bike map online at tinyurl.com/3hjj7xnz to find routes and bike repair stations .

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COMMUNITY

Kamloops author urges us to reconnect with plants

SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

A Kamloops author, who calls her new book a botanical memoir, is calling on people to reconnect with plants for the good of the world.

Drawing Botany Home: A Rooted Life is the work of Lyn Baldwin, a plant conservation biologist at Thompson Rivers University. Baldwin said botanists have worried for decades about what they call plant blindness, despite how much we rely on plants in our everyday lives.

“The book is a collection of essays that argues restoring our relationship with plants is the first step in restoring the world,” Baldwin told KTW Baldwin said despite our constant use of plants, we lack stories that connect people and plants.

“I don’t think we can think our way back into those stories. I think we have to do. We have to have some practice that

cultivates intimacy between us and the plants we’re trying to know,” she said.

For Baldwin, that practice was not her career in science, but field journaling.

When Baldwin was 12, she was uprooted from Canada by her hippie mother, who unexpectedly married an American man before moving to Montana. If times got hard, Baldwin did what she learned to do earlier in life — go outside. She said she learned to draw as a way of learning plant names, but it evolved into something more.

“I ran outside with my field journal and drawing plants was comfort,” she said. “It made me feel like I could recognize the things around me, even when the country and people were nothing like I expected.”

Baldwin spent more than 25 years in Montana before returning to B.C., noting the job at TRU allowed her to move back to the Interior, the place she had “always imag-

ined as the heart of my home.”

Baldwin said local botany is often taken for granted and hopes to help change that with her book.

“It’s the juxtaposition of their unique and extraordinary lives that question all that we take for granted in ours,” Baldwin said.

She said her second goal with the book is to help people understand how we might survive in the next 50 to 100 years and to begin looking at plants differently.

“If we’re going to survive those challenges, we have to figure out a way to ally ourselves with plants. What we humans do with plants shapes the world,” she said, noting plants form 80 per cent of the world’s biomass.

A book launch will be held on Wednesday, May 24, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at TRU’s XChange Lab, at 286 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops.

Find the book online at rmbooks.com, as well as at major retailers.

Village of Chase

Request For Proposals #1-23

Art Holding Memorial Arena Facility Manager

The Village of Chase is seeking Requests for Proposals (RFP) from qualified proponents for the provision of Facility Manager for the Art Holding Memorial Arena for a contracted term of two years.

The Facility Manager is an integral part of the Arena operations, ensuring all components of the operations are maintained to ensure consistent delivery of services to the users of the facility The Facility Manager will report to the Board of the Chase and District Recreation Centre Society, who is currently under agreement with the Village of Chase to oversee the operations of the facility

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain exceptional facility cleanliness

• Develop and maintain operational procedures and policies and communicate those to all employees, user groups, and the Recreation Centre Society Board members

• Ensure all components of the facility including ice making equipment, Zamboni, utilities including water, sewer and electricity continue to be in good working condition

• Liaise with the Board of Directors and the Village of Chase regarding necessary repairs and/or upgrades to the building including roof, elevator, parking area and other components of the building envelope

• Ensure all revenue and expenses are accounted for and tracked using acceptable accounting software

• Ensure the maintenance of an active website/social media presence to market the facility to groups and individuals for various events and tournaments

• Interact regularly with all user groups of the Arena to ensure positive ongoing communications

A complete and comprehensive list of requirements for the position of Facility Manager is available by emailing Joni Heinrich, Chief Administrative Officer at cao@chasebc ca starting Tuesday, May 23, 2023 or a hard copy can be obtained from the Village office in Chase at 826 Okanagan Avenue after 9:00 a m Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

Completed proposals must be received in a sealed envelope and labelled:

Request for Proposals #1-23

Art Holding Memorial Arena, Facility Manager by 4:00 p m Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at:

Village of Chase 826 Okanagan Avenue, PO Box 440 Chase, BC V0E 1M0

Attention: Chief Administrative Officer

Any and all inquiries regarding this Request for Proposals must be submitted in writing by mail to the address above or by email for attention of:

Joni Heinrich, Chief Administrative Officer cao@chasebc.ca

The Village of Chase reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, modify the terms of the proposal at any time, to waive defects in any proposal document and to accept the proposal which it may consider to be in the best interests of the Village of Chase.

Walk for Alzheimer’s set for May 28

The Kamloops IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s will take place on Sunday, May 28, on the indoor track at the Tournament Capital Centre.

Registration is at 9 a.m., with the walk to begin at 10 a.m. Registration and donations can also be made online at alzbc.org/walk-bc.

The walk raises awareness about dementia, challenges the stigma associated with the disease and raises funds to support people with dementia. Funds raised support programs and services like the First Link Dementia Helpline, and fitness and social programs such as Minds in Motion.

This year’s walk is honouring Sandee Hall of Kamloops

“Getting the diagnosis is frightening and it hit me so hard at the beginning,” Hall said as she recounted the early days following her dementia diagnosis. “I said to myself, ‘I’m not certain if I can fight it, but I will embrace it.’”

Hall is focused on the positive and isn’t afraid to share her concerns

with her family and others.

When she started experiencing cognitive changes, she said she managed them with the an optimistic and open approach.

Hall used to work at a nursery and, for a short while, she could not recall the duties of her job. She knew then that something wasn’t right, but years went by with her thinking that was normal. When she told her family she was struggling, they didn’t suspect dementia at the time.

Hall’s symptoms were first attributed to medications she took for trigeminal neuralgia, a condition that causes nerve pain in the face.

When Hall was searching for volunteer work in Kamloops, she came across a KTW article about a memory test offered at a local clinic. The test showed memory loss and, shortly afterward, a PET scan confirmed her diagnosis of young onset dementia.

Hall is among 85,000 people living with dementia in B.C. If current trends continue, the province will see one of the most dramatic increases in the number of people facing the disease, with nearly 250,000 people diagnosed by 2050.

Hall is being honoured at the walk for her contribution to the community and her desire to help other people affected by dementia.

Hall now attends several programs through the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and considers her fellow participants an extension of her family.

“It’s like talking to my best friend,” Hall said of society support calls. “I can just let everything out.”

There are ups and downs in the dementia journey. When Hall tells the people around her she has dementia, she said they are often shocked and will say she looks and talks just fine.

“What am I supposed to look like?” Hall will ask, noting that kind of stigma drives her to educate her community about the disease and its impact.

Anyone with concerns or questions related to dementia can call the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s First Link Dementia Helpline, Mondays to Fridays:

• English: 1-800-936-6033 (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.)

•  Cantonese or Mandarin: 1-833674-5007 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

• Punjabi: 1-833-674-5003 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

Dig it: Narrative conflict in archaeology

Archaeologists love nothing more than a good story. After all, in the end, we are just storytellers trying to base our narratives on evidence.

The following are two competing tales about our ancestors:

• Once upon a time, ignorant primitive hunter-gatherers huddled in the shadows of the towering walls of ice covering the world. Unbeknownst to them, a technologically advanced civilization thrived to the south, a civilization with buildings, ships, writing and technological achievements surpassing what we have today. Approximately 12,000 years ago, a mighty catastrophe obliterated this civilization, leaving no trace. The few stunned survivors left their shattered homes and scattered to the four corners of the world. They brought the light of civilization to the primitive peoples they encountered, teaching them agriculture, writing, metallurgy and monumental architecture.

• Once upon a time, small-scale hunter-gatherer societies lived in groups across the world in a wide variety of environments. They were superbly adapted to their varied surroundings, each with unique languages, tools, clothing and cultural practices. Approximately 12,000 years ago, their world began to change as the climate warmed

and the ice retreated. Populations shifted and grew and new technologies and lifeways developed in response. Agriculture, metallurgy, writing and monumental architecture developed in different ways, at different times and in different places across the world as people continued to adapt to their changing circumstances.

One of these stories diminishes the intelligence and abilities of our ancestors through vague hunches, baseless assumptions, idle musings and selective cherry-picking of evidence. The other story is perhaps less glamorous, but references a staggeringly large body of evidence, including DNA, linguistics, geology, paleoenvironmental research, traditional knowledge and archaeology. All of these lines of evidence mutually support each other and help us create robust narratives of our collective prehistory.

The problem comes when we watch TV shows presenting these views. How do we sift through and judge their merits when we are not a specialist in the field?

Even without specialist knowledge, one can still make an educated guess about the quality of a TV show based on the presence of the following red flags.

I always become a bit suspicious when a show seems to be more about the journey of the narrator and less about digging into the details supporting their thesis. Unfortunately, some legitimate archeology shows fall into this trap,

as well. When I start seeing lots of footage of the narrator driving in exotic places in a 4x4 with a soaring soundtrack of stirring music, backed up with very little discussion about the details of how the evidence is gathered and analyzed, I start to wonder how much fluff is being used to pad out the show. Are the innovations and achievements of our ancestors diminished?

This is one of the most insidious mindsets and is one that was also widespread in past archaeological thinking, as well, until it began to conflict with the growing body of evidence.

For instance, it is natural for some to look at a big structure like a pyramid and wonder how our ancestors could have ever created it without modern technology. This unimaginative thinking starts with the premise that they were not sufficiently advanced to be able to innovate on their own and must

have learned anything of significance from another, more advanced source.

Does a presenter use small gaps in our current understanding as proof to support their competing theory?

There are many gaps in our theories of how our ancestors lived. Over time, research is conducted and those gaps tend to be filled in. Just because one narrative cannot explain absolutely everything does not automatically mean the competing argument is true, especially when that story selectively ignores the mass of collected evidence.

How does the presenter handle opposing ideas?

Are they linked to specific theories, researchers and articles, or are they characterized in vague ways?

Providing specific information makes it easier for a non-specialist to search for and find out things for themselves. Conversely, vague con-

spiratorial statements like “mainstream archaeologists don’t want you to know …” are much harder for a non-specialist to fact-check.

Where is the evidence?

Is the show attempting to present a narrative based on the sum of known evidence or is it ignoring the inconvenient data and selectively picking only the information that supports the story? Often the cited evidence is not carefully collected and does not stand up to even a brief examination.

As an archaeologist, I expect that if someone is pushing a narrative and citing archaeological data to support it, then that information will have been collected with the same care and standards to which I am required to adhere.

In the end, archaeologists love nothing more than a great story and I would be enthralled to find out that Atlantis was a real place where seafaring travellers came from, spreading the light of civilization across the globe.

Unfortunately, as an archaeologist, I am burdened with the inconvenient idea that our narratives must be linked to the sum of the evidence. Alas, no amount of wishing can make it otherwise.

Clinton Coates is a Kamloops archeologist. Interested in more? Go online to republicofarchaeology.ca. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the Kamloops region.

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Looking at a pyramid, it is natural to wonder how our ancestors could have ever created it without modern technology.

Tumbleweed Toys offers specialty items

DAVE EAGLES STAFF REPORTER dave_eagles@kamloopsthisweek.com

National AccessAbility Week takes place from May 28 to June 3.

Founded as National Access Awareness Week in 1988 and inspired by Rick Hansen’s Man In Motion World Tour, the week provides an opportunity to celebrate Canadians with disabilities and to raise awareness of the need for accessibility and inclusion for all.

A local business in Kamloops has been offering products in support of children living with challenges.

Tumbleweed Toys owner Vanessa Gammel stocks a variety of products to help children with sensory needs or hearing impairments learn and play successfully.

There is a section in the newly renovated Sahali store with items such as Braille board books for reading, alphabet toys for sign language and products for people with autism spectrum disorder — weighted plush stuffs, fidget toys, sensory balls and teaching cards.

“A lot of kids that have some sensory issues are picky eaters. So, we’ve got this line of fun dishes that are designed to help

get them playing a game while they’re eating, to make them interested,” Gammel said.

“You eat your way through and, then at the end, there’s a little treasure box. You get a little treat at the end.”

Weighted blankets are also popular as they are often used to help calm or comfort restless or stressed individuals.

Gammel said she goes to trade shows to find new products and brings in items customers have requested, such as the Time Timer (a 60-minute visual timer) to teach better management of time.

The store is located at Summit Drive and Columbia Street in Sahali, with accessible parking for those with wheelchairs or strollers and push-button door entry.

NATIONAL ACCESSABILITY WEEK:

• celebrates the valuable contributions and leadership of Canadians with disabilities;

• highlights the work of people, organizations and communities that are removing barriers;

• reflects on ongoing efforts to become a better, more accessible, more inclusive Canada.

For more information, go online to, https://shorturl.at/kmAF9.

Planting new beginnings

Kamloopsians are now digging in the soil, planting annuals and perennials, many of which were found at the annual Gardengate Plant Sale.

The Gardengate program is funded by Interior Health and is a partnership of the Open Door Group and the Kamloops Food Policy Council.

The horticulture program in Brocklehurst, next to Overlander Residential Care on Southill Street, helps those with addictions and/or mental-health issues.

Gardengate program coordinator Robert Wright said it is aimed at supporting adults living in the community with vocational rehab, life skills and pre-employment training.

“Predominantly, people are coming here to learn soft skills, like, how do we interact with each other as human beings?” Wright said. “Showing up on time and committing to a schedule. All of those things we do day-to-day, but for somebody maybe living with a mental illness, that’s not something as easy.”

Wright said they are able to provide opportunities to clients to develop their skills for their long-term goals of employment.

“Gardening is inherently therapeutic for countless reasons,” he said. “People are getting the physical aspect in terms of exercise, as well. They have access to the

product we grow, so we’re able to provide up to five pounds a shift for people. When you’re on a fixed income, getting anywhere from 10 to 15 pounds (4.5 to seven kilograms) of produce a week, if you need it, is definitely something that can help.”

Although Gardengate no longer has certified organic status, Wright said they still farm the same way — without the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides or modified seed.

Last year, Gardengate was able to re-start community events, with the Salsa Challenge in August and Pumpkins of Light in October.

“Both of those were back last year, quite popular, really well attended,” Wright said.

“We’re really glad to be able to open our space back up. We have people come in that have shopped with us or worked with us for years and they come in and see the new space — it’s a good scaling up for us. It’s a big piece of the puzzle,” Wright said.

Annually, Gardengate produces 18,000 pounds (8,100 kilograms) of food on 2.8 acres (1.1 hectares) of farm land.

Wright said the new facility has proven extremely functional — providing shared space for business use and for groups of people learning food prep skills for working in kitchens. It offers 2,300 square feet of open meeting flex space, a commercial kitchen, more accessible washrooms and office space.

For more information go to Facebook and search opendoorgroupgardengate or call 250-554-9453.

DAVE EAGLES STAFF REPORTER dave_eagles@kamloopsthisweek.com

Robert Wright is program coordinator at Gardengate, a program aimed at supporting adults with life skills, vocational rehab and pre-employment training.

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INSIDE: MEMORIAL CUP SECTION | B1

Tire-changing, Top Gun-loving Lions save day

Jess Bray drove a Jeep Wrangler and loved his mom only a smidgeon more than Tom Brady.

That’s no slight at Tana. Jess was obsessed with TB12.

Tana drives the Wrangler now.

Leukemia took 29-year-old Jess in 2021, but his presence — and sense of humour — was felt on May 16 near Thompson Rivers University, where his mom works and the B.C. Lions reside during training camp in Kamloops.

Top Gun-loving field goal kicker Sean Whyte and the Goose to his Maverick, punter sidekick Stefan Flintoft, spotted a Wrangler — licence plate JBRAY — and its driver stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire.

“I noticed a lady in a Jeep Wrangler,” said Whyte, the 37-year-old Lions’ kicker from White Rock who was donning a Top Gun T-shirt when the woman caught his eye. “Top was off — not hers, but the Jeep — and so she’s just sitting on the side of the road.”

Not usually known for their work ethic during training camp, the kickers did as one might expect kickers would do — they drove away.

“The next time we drove by her, 20 minutes later, she was still there,” Whyte said. “It was hot as hell. We thought we should probably help her. Maverick is my idol. That’s why I got into flying airplanes at one point. And Tom Cruise, I know he’s nuts, but I love him. Top Gun is my favourite movie of all time, so to swoop in there inverted like Tom Cruise would do, like Maverick would do, it felt pretty good to go in there and get the job done.”

Tana paints a slightly less heroic picture.

“Sean wasn’t exactly a pro at it, but he definitely gave 100 per cent effort and made sure he got the job done,” she said with a laugh. “In 34 degree weather … the guy was sweating. He worked hard to get that tire changed. I was like, ’I wish I had a beer or something to offer you guys.’”

Her son Jess discovered he had cancer in 2018, not long after graduating with a law degree from TRU.

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“He looked up to everything Tom Brady,” Tana said, noting TRU recently handed out a law scholarship in her son’s name. “I was a single mom. He was a huge role model. Jess had a wish granted in 2009, where we went to Boston and watched the Red Sox and Patriots and Jess got to go down on the field. Tom Brady actually sent us a video for his celebration of life. Jess was an incredible man. He touched a ton of people.”

It was about 4:30 p.m. on May

16 and Tana needed to get her daughter to baseball practice by 5:30 p.m.

The clock was ticking while Flintoft, the 27-year-old punter from Westchester, Calif., toiled under the tutelage of Whyte, changing a tire for the first time and, apparently, learning a few other tricks.

“Sean took the lead,” Tana said. “You’ve got this experienced kicker who’s kind of taking him under his wing. He had said something about, ‘Oh, that’s how you get a girl’s number,’ because I wanted a picture, so he kind of winked

at Stefan. Their sense of humour …. he was just so kind. They both were.”

The story deserved a Hollywood ending — Take My Breath Away blaring while the Lions’ top kicking guns pull away, buzzing the TRU Clock Tower.

“All of his friends, when they found out what happened, they’re like, you’ve got to be kidding,” Tana said. “It was amazing. Being that it was two days after Mother’s Day, it was really, really cool. The joke was Jess had something to do with it.”

Maybe he did because the ending, if not the GOAT, was pretty damn clutch, like Brady.

“Tana said, ’Hey, you and Stef should give your names to the front desk at your residence,’” Whyte said. “There were two 12 packs with our names on them. It was perfect timing. We had just got the day off and we didn’t have a practice until later today [May 17]. We could have a couple of ice cold ones and relax for the rest of our day.”

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Tana Bray wanted her picture taken with B.C. Lions’ punter Stefan Flintoft (left) and field goal kicker Sean Whyte on May 16 at Thompson Rivers University. The Lions stopped to change her tire and get her back on the road.

Jess Bray was a Tom Brady super fan.

Vikes claim Okanagan crown

The Valleyview Vikes are Okanagan champions.

Norah Bell notched the winning goal for Valleyview in a 1-0 win over the South Kamloops Titans in the senior girls AA Okanagan High School Soccer

Championship final last week in Vernon.

Vikes’ goalkeeper Katherine McCleary kept four consecutive clean sheets at the tournament.

Valleyview and South Kam will com-

pete in the female AA BC School Sports Soccer Championship from June 1 to June 3 in Victoria.

The Vikes claimed the city title with a 2-1 win over the Titans earlier this month.

Dixon twice golden for Classics

The Kamloops Classic Swimming club snared four medals at the Kelowna May Invitational Swim Meet.

Maci Dixon, swimming in the 11-andunder girls’ division, won gold in the 50-metre freestyle and 100m freestyle.

Parker Cameron, competing in the 16-and-over boys’ division, won silver in the 100m backstroke. Julian Cinel, swimming in the 14- to 15-year-old boys’ division, claimed bronze in the 50m breaststroke.

Ali Faddegon, Hannah Frier, Landon McEachern, Elanie Ruberg, Mason Vos, Seren Waters, Haolin Li, Graham Proctor, Sarah Tulloch, Maci Dixon, Josie Benoit,

Alexa Cinel and Kenna Frazer posted 100 per cent best times.

Swimmers qualifying for provincial meets with new divisional times include Hannah Frier in the 200m backstroke, 50m free and 100m backstroke, Luca McKay in the 200m backstroke and 200m breaststroke, Elanie Ruberg in the 50m breaststroke, Mia Wittal in the 50m backstroke and 200m breaststroke, Lola Cameron in the 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke and 50m fly and Gwenneth Baker in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle. New provincial time qualifiers include Haolin Li and Sarah Tulloch.

The Valleyview Vikes senior girls’ soccer team won the Okanagan title last week in Vernon.

Kuefler signs contract with Islanders

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Shane Doan saw something in Daylan Kuefler.

The New York Islanders see it, too.

Kuefler, selected by the Blazers (at the request of part-owner Doan) 212th overall in the 10th round of the 2017 WHL Prospects Draft, signed with the Islanders last week, a three-year entry level deal worth US $82,500 per season in the minors and US $840,000 in the NHL that includes US $195,000 in signing bonuses.

“He’s the type of kid that will go down the ice, slash you in the back of the legs, you turn around, punch him in the head and he falls down and draws a penalty,” Doan told KTW in August of 2019.

“The next time he comes down the ice, he slashes you in the back of the legs, you turn around and punch him in the head, he drops his gloves and beats you up. The next time he comes on the ice, he

completely ignores you and goes in and scores a goal.

“He literally does whatever it takes for his team to win. That’s his greatest quality.”

Kuefler, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound forward from Stettler, Alta., had a breakout season in 2021-2022, racking up 38 goals and 59 points

in 65 regular-season games for the Blazers. He added 10 goals and 17 points in 17 playoff contests.

The overage left shot who turned 21 in February tallied 61 points, including 31 goals, in 54 games this season and tacked on three goals and seven points in 13 post-season games.

“It’s been a fun journey,” Kuefler told KTW on May 20 after practise at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre, his team preparing for the Memorial Cup tournament. “Obviously, a lot of credit to the Blazers and everybody here. Billets, coaches, teammates, family — there is a million people I could thank who have helped along the way.”

Daylan’s father, Mike, and Shane Doan played for the Killam Wheat Kings during the 19911992 campaign. Killam is about 80 kilometres north of Doan’s hometown, Halkirk, Alta, and about 115 kilometres southwest of Stettler.

Kuefler was invited to Arizona to live with the Doans and play for the Junior Coyotes during

what turned out to be Doan’s final NHL campaign, the 20162017 season, which was also the 14-year-old forward’s bantam draft year.

Mike knew sending Daylan to Arizona might hurt his draft standing.

“That was the sacrifice he was willing to make to go and be with an NHL superstar,” Mike said. “How many kids can say they skated with NHL players? What a dream come true.

“The thing Shane said: ‘When he’s here, I will treat him like my own son.’ And you know what? He did. It’s pretty special.”

There are eight signed NHL prospects on the Blazers’ roster, including five who inked contracts this season, with Dallas Stars’ forward Matthew Seminoff among them.

“He deserves it so much,” Seminoff said of Kuefler. “He’s worked his ass off for so many years here and I’ve become really close with him, so it’s really cool to see it happen for

him. He earned it.”

The Blazers will open the Memorial Cup with a game against the Quebec Remparts, a 6 p.m. start on Friday at Sandman Centre.

“I’m proud to be a Blazer and to have this opportunity,” said Kuefler. “At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who we play. We’ve got to beat everybody.

“But we’re going to be looking at Seattle, for sure. It would feel good to beat them after they’ve beat us the last couple years. It’s a second chance.”

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Kuefler of the Islanders makes eight signed NHL prospects on the Kamloops roster.

The others are Seminoff (Dallas Stars), Ryan Hofer (Washington Capitals), Olen Zellweger (Anaheim Ducks), Fraser Minten (Toronto Maple Leafs), Logan Stankoven (Dallas), Caedan Bankier (Minnesota Wild) and Kyle Masters (Minnesota).

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DAYLAN KUEFLER

LIONS TALK SMOKE, CAMP

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The Tournament Capital, in all its glory, was glistening on May 14, when the B.C. Lions opened main camp at Hillside Stadium.

“It feels like you owe money just being here,” said veteran Lions’ defensive back T.J. Lee, with Mounts Peter and Paul shimmering in the distance amid sunny, clear sky. “It’s like a postcard, like hanging out in a postcard.”

Three days later, the postcard was an apocalyptic haze, a picture clouded in smoke.

“It just seems it’s getting earlier and earlier,” said Neil McEvoy, B.C. Lions’ co-general manager and director of football operations. “Two years ago, when we were here in July, you can understand it. I don’t remember the smoke being this crazy over the last 30 years. We’re in the middle of May here. This is something unprecedented basically for all of us.”

Smoke from wildfires raging in Northern B.C. and Alberta rolled into Kamloops in time to force the Lions inside on May 17, moving training camp operations into the Tournament Capital Centre from adjacent Hillside Stadium.

Practise on May 18 was moved indoors. The smoke cleared in time for the Leos to get outside on May 19 and they hosted FanFest successfully on May 20.

The CFL club is preparing for the 2023 campaign and there are obvious limitations

to working indoors, where walkthrough practices, while not without value, do not emulate the padded intensity required in an ideal training camp.

McEvoy said the club wishes not to practise outdoors when the air quality index reaches 8, with concerns for the health of players who breathe heavy during extensive drills and scrimmages.

“Our hope and what I’ve heard is that yesterday [last Wednesday] was the worst day, so things are starting to clear up and the restrictions won’t be as bad as maybe they could have been,” McEvoy said.

“The reality is that regardless of where you are, this is just something we as British Columbians and Canadians are going have to deal with. That’s just the reality.”

Kamloops is not alone in 2023. CFL camps in Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon moved inside last week.

The Lions — who often rave about the one-stop-shop offered at the TCC, Hillside Stadium and Thompson Rivers University dorms — brought training camp to Kamloops in 2010 and never left, despite interest from other cities across the province.

There is an estimated economic spinoff of $300,000 per year into the community, according to the city, and the deal includes extensive marketing of Kamloops and the Tournament Capital brand on the Coast.

In July of 2017, the Lions signed a three-year contract

extension with the city to continue holding camp at Hillside Stadium through 2020.

That deal — the city to pay the Leos $45,000 in 2018, $50,000 in 2019 and $55,000 in 2020 — did not account for COVID-19, which forced the cancellation of the entire CFL schedule in 2020.

The city and the Lions agreed to roll over the final year of the contract to 2021, when camp was pushed back to July from its usual May start due to the pandemic.

Wildfires burning across the province that summer smoked out the Lions, who cut camp short and headed for the Coast.

A labour dispute threatened camp last year and had an impact on FanFest.

Last spring, the Lions and the city inked a two-year deal, for 2022 and 2023 (the city to pay the Lions $55,000 each year), with an option for 2024 upon mutual agreement.

McEvoy was asked if the smoke this year will affect the Lions’ desire to sign on for 2024.

“I don’t know if it does to be quite honest,” McEvoy said. “I just talked to my family down on the Coast and they can see the smoke there, too.

“Kamloops is an amazing facility. They have all the things needed to run a professional training camp. That part of it is certainly very solid. We’re certainly very happy to continue to be here. It’s just like I said, hopefully, the weather makes it easier for all of us.”

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Fans young and old alike showed their Lions pride during the annual FanFest on the weekend at Hillside Stadium, celebrating with BC Lions players, trainers and coaches through a variety of fun activities

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: A young boy gets an up-close greeting from BC Lions on Saturday, May 20. Lions Emmanuel Rugamba (left) and David Mackie pose for a photo. A future Lions’ player makes the catch, showing wide receiver Alexander Hollins he has the right stuff. The UPROAR dance team performs for the fans. BC Lion Dominique Rhymes (left), Xavier Williams and Noah Zerr sign autographs for young fans. For more photos from KTW photographer Allen Douglas, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.

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You may struggle to get going this week, Aries But once you do, it will be full speed ahead In fact, you may need to slow things down to let others catch up

Taurus, if you are feeling a bit scattered as of late, take some time out of your schedule to meditate and reflect on what is most impor tant to you Then follow that path

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Eleanor Doreen Burnett

It is with sad hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Eleanor Doreen Burnett (Walker) on March 15, 2023, just 14 days after her 84rd birthday

Eleanor is survived by her daughters Carol Kennell (Cliff), Pauline Piller (Murray), grandchildren, Tyler (Amy) Piller, Kayla (Nathan) MacMaster, Jessica (Bryce) McMillan, Keenan Piller and Cory Kennell. Her Great Grandbabies, Matthew McMillan, Wyatt Piller and Banks MacMaster, and her younger sister Shirley (Bill) Lindsey She was predeceased by her husband Allan in April 2022, her parents Janet and Mike Walker and her eldest sister Margaret Dalziel.

Eleanor was born in Burnaby, she attended school and graduated from South Burnaby High School. Eleanor loved to tell stories of life in Burnaby when she was young, riding the bus to go downtown was always a treat, stories of the great adventures with her father on the railway

She met Allan early on, their families were acquaintances, they courted for a time and were married in September 1959. They resided in Surrey where both daughters were born. In 1966 the family moved and settled in Kamloops, where her parents retired to.

Eleanor worked at the Lamplighter Motel, the Drive-in theater in Valleyview and Kamloops Bottling works, before settling into longtime employment with BC Tel, where she worked until her retirement in 1995. Eleanor moved up the ladder from operator to OP Engineering. Here she looked after many of the daily tasks of the guys in the field. It is said she kept her team organized, and not surprising as Eleanor loved to organize the many get-togethers of co-workers, from Christmas parties to retirement and birthday parties.

Footprints

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two set of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. “Lord, you said that once I decided to followed you, you’d walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times of life, there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed you most, you would leave me.”

The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.”

Margaret Fishback Powers

Eleanor loved to cook and bake and always had a home cooked meal on the table for family and friends and was well known by her grandchildren for her fabulous desserts and her amazing talent at creating birthday cakes for all.

Her other interests included camping and fishing with Dad, family, and friends, taking the motorhome on endless journeys, reading, knitting & crocheting. She loved to spend time with her grandchildren and seeing 3 great-grandchildren enter the world was a great milestone in life.

We know her heart was hurting after the passing of dad, Allan of 62 years and now they walk together again, hand in hand, in peace and love.

Forever in our Hearts

Those we love don’ t go away

They walk beside us everyday Unseen, Unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear

A huge thank you to those that helped mom and the excellent staff at Royal Inland Hospital.

Please join us for Eleanor ’s celebration of life on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at the Kamloops Curling Club at 11:00am.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to RIH Ladies Auxiliary or BC Children's Hospital.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at kamloops@cypressfuneral.ca

Doreen Ada Endersby

We regret to announce the passing of Doreen Ada Endersby (Hutchinson) on Friday, May 12, 2023 at Ridgeview Lodge, with the family by her side. Born at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC on August 12, 1934, daughter of Charles and Ada (Final) Hutchinson and granddaughter of Fred and Lilly Hutchinson who homesteaded in 1910 at Beresford (12 miles south of Kamloops).

Doreen attended the Anderson Creek School and latterly Kamloops High School after moving from the farm into Kamloops. In grade 9, division 13 she met her future husband Frank Ernest Endersby and they married June 6th, 1959 (D-Day). She is survived by her loving husband Frank and daughters Susan and Patricia, Pat’s husband Randy Iley as well as many close friends and relatives in Canada, Britain and the U.S.A.

She took a great interest in cake decorating and crafted many beautiful cakes for birthdays and weddings etc., following in her grandmother ’s footsteps.

Doreen enjoyed many years at the family cabin at Lac Le Juene and being an ardent fisherman, you could see her on

the lake when it was too inclement for most people. She and Frank also spent close to 30 winters in Palm Springs, California.

No service by request. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the R.I.H. Foundation in memory of Doreen.

We would also like to thank the friendly staff at Kamloops Ridgeview Lodge for their help.

Her Journey’s Just Begun

By E. Brenneman

Don’ t think of her as gone away, Her journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets, The earth is only one. Just think of her as resting, From the sorrows and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort, Where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing, That we could know today, How nothing but our sadness, Can really pass away. And think of her as living, In the hearts of those she touched, For nothing loved is ever lost; And she was loved so much.

Sharon Adrienne Mulder

May 8, 1947 - May 4, 2023

Sharon passed away peacefully on May 4, 2023 at Overlander

Extended Care in Kamloops after a lengthy illness. She was born in Calgary and moved to BC with her parents when she was still a toddler Following the death of her father when Sharon was just 7 years old, her mother accepted a teaching position in Bella Coola and they spent several years there before moving to Prince George and then eventually Kamloops.

Sharon attended UBC where she received her teaching degree and met many friends with whom she kept in touch over the years. She taught in several BC communities and later joined the staff at the Kamloops Public Library where she remained until her retirement.

Over the years Sharon hosted a number of international students while they attended high school and TRU in Kamloops. She provided them with a loving home and always made sure they did their homework! Her deep friendships with these students led to years of overseas travel for her and she always welcomed them on their return visits to Canada. Sharon’s love of travel included many cruises and expeditions to interesting parts of the world.

Thank you to the staff at Overlander LTC and a very special thank you to Kathy Manning of ‘Help is Here’ for her kind and compassionate assistance for the past 5 ½ years.

Sharon will be interred alongside her late parents and grandparents in Pacific Heritage Cemetery in Burnaby, BC. A private family graveside service is planned.

In remembrance of Sharon, please consider a donation to your local Alzheimer ’s Association.

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

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Doris Opal Nelson (née Omoth)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beautiful, loving mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother on April 28, 2023, at 99 years young. She passed away peacefully in her sleep at Ridgeview Lodge, Kamloops.

Doris was born November 1, 1923, at home on the farm near Milestone, SK. She had seen many changes in her lifetime; from horse drawn plows to full electric cars and she took these changes in stride. She was quiet, generous, and kind. Having lived through it all she was a very progressive and resilient woman who persevered no matter what life threw her way Doris lived independently, moving to Kamloops after almost 50 years in Surrey at the age of 91, to be a resident at Chartwell Ridgepointe. Unfortunately, a fall in 2022 proved to be a life-changing event.

Survived by her daughters Brenda and Myrna, son-in-law Frank, brother Arnold, as well as grandchildren Vanessa (Michael), Jared, Ryan (Sarah), Cory (Gloria), Brent (Krista) and Will. She also had five great-grandchildren who she adored. Predeceased by her daughter Sonia (1995), husband Derek (1996), son-in-law Ross (2016), brother Marvin (2019), and sister Bernice (2021) as well as many other family and friends along the way

Special thanks to her caregiver and friend, Anne Also, to Dr A. Wynne, LPN Nicole, John, Kathy, Brad, Nadine and Sue. Your caring ways made her life easier during a very challenging year! Doris will be interred next to Derek in Surrey at a later date. She is now at peace, and watching over us with unconditional love, as always.

We love and miss you so much Mom ....

Until we meet again!

Condolences may be expressed to the family by emailing kamloops@cypressfuneral.ca

Marie Brenda Cadieux

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Brenda Marie “Brennies” Cadieux on May 12, 2023.

Brenda was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 2, 1942, to parents Maria Magdalenich Kraukamp and Aubrey Ashton Mansfield. She is predeceased by her brother Alphie, and is survived by her husband Andy Pap, daughter Sharon Cadieux (Walt), son Paul-Aubrey Cadieux (Mary), grandchildren Ryan, Kiel, Jenny, Stuart, Chloe, Anja, and sisters Dawn, Audrey and Sharron.

Brenda was a free spirit. At age 18 she left home, travelling to England, then Canada where she met and married Julien Cadieux. They travelled throughout Africa with their young children Sharon & Paul-Aubrey, eventually settling in South Africa where she opened an interior decorating business. In 1990 they moved back to Canada and got divorced shortly thereafter She then met Andy, her future husband. They enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping, and together started numerous businesses including a window blind business and an airline pet carrier business. Brenda loved the outdoors and developed a keen interest in wild mushrooms, spending much time in the woods picking mushrooms. She helped develop the Mycological Society in Kelowna and started Forest to Fork in Kamloops, selling wild mushrooms. She was fondly known as “The Mushroom Lady" in Kamloops.

She also wrote and published a book ‘Morels vs Morals” and in her later years, played pickleball and started quilting. Brenda was a loving mother, wife, and grandmother with a quirky personality and always ready for a good adventure. She will be greatly missed.

A Memorial Service celebrating her life will be held at First Baptist Church in Kamloops on June 9, 2023 at 2:00 pm. Following the service, family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of life – please contact Sharon at Sharon.cadieux@gmail.com for further details.

Our family wishes to express our gratitude to the staff at Ponderosa Care Facility for their kindness and care while Brenda was there.

Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

GIVE LAVISHLY LIVE ABUNDANTLY

By Helen Steiner Rice

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

Ben Douglas Gunnlaugson

December 18, 1947 - May 2, 2023

Ben Gunnlaugson, devoted family man, passed away with his daughters by his side on May 2, 2023. Ben was born in Holland, Manitoba, to parents Brynjolfur (Ben) and Margaretta (Rita) Gunnlaugson. He was the youngest of five siblings, Carrie, Loa, Rose-Reta, and James (Jim). They moved and lived in Virden. Ben’s parents owned a restaurant in Virden, Manitoba, where Ben worked after school. At the age of 16, Ben struck out on his own and began working at a mine in Thompson, Manitoba. From there, Ben went on to join the Navy and enjoyed the culture of training and service to others.

In 1967 Ben went on a blind date and met his future wife Donna. They married in October 1968 in Kenton; they enjoyed an adventurous honeymoon, travelling through the prairies and into the United States by horse. During this time, living in Brandon, Ben worked at a meat packing plant, as well as the Brandon Mental Health Hospital as an orderly Twin daughters, Jessica and Jill and then daughter Dyan were born, in 1971 and 1972 respectively Ben and Donna bought property outside of Rapid City, Manitoba and built a house and barn and began to farm with pigs, chickens, horses and lambs. In 1979, Ben decided to follow his sister RoseReta out to British Columbia and brought his young family to Kamloops, where they eventually settled in Westsyde. Ben started logging as a tree faller, and did that for the rest of his career, except for a time when he worked maintenance at Aberdeen Mall. However he loved working outside and went back to logging.

Ben was a dedicated family man. He was very hard-working and was constantly working in the yard, building furniture and even a log cabin, fixing things around the house and yard, or training the family dogs. He loved to cook and bake, and his family enjoyed the results. He enjoyed hiking, and would bring his kids and dog along. Peterson Creek and Deep Lake in Westsyde were two of his favourites. He believed in family time and healthy-living and could often be found outside throwing a baseball or frisbee with his daughters or running. Many weekends were spent as a family collecting firewood and beekeeping and processing honey as a hobby Ben decided to complete his high school education and took courses and got his diploma. Ben and Donna decided to divorce in 1993, but remained lifelong friends.

In 1997, Ben had a life-altering accident at work, which left him with serious nerve damage and an amputated leg. It didn’t take him long until he was using a prosthetic, walking again and went back to one of his true passions, horse-back riding. He amazingly continued to do major yardwork and building projects, and enjoyed travelling.

Sadly, Ben was taken from us before May 2023 due to dementia impacting his cognition and ability to live independently We were blessed with him retaining his kind, loving nature through to the end.

Ben was predeceased by parents Rita and Ben Gunnlaugson, brother Jim Gunnlaugson and brother-in-law Lewis Monteith.

He is survived by daughters Jessica (Brett), Jill (Tim), and Dyan; sisters Carrie, Loa, Rose-Reta; grandchildren Ben, Lexi, Quinn, Anika, Many much loved nephews and nieces including Bonnie, Cheri, Howard, Jacquie, Aolani, Aaron, Marnie, Angie, Brenton and Alexander family brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, and many Alexander nieces and nephews. The family wishes to thank the caring people of Ponderosa Lodge and Dr. Sigalet.

Celebration of Life for Joe Wallis

You are invited to a celebration of Joe’s life on Saturday, June 3rd 2023.

Please join us in sharing memories of Joe with all those whose life he impacted.

Where: The Coast Hotel and Conference Centre

When: Saturday, June 3rd 2023

Starts: 11:00 AM

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

William Eric Dalin

September 29, 1958 - May 15, 2023

It is with great sadness to announce the sudden passing of William Eric Dalin. He was taken far too soon and far too young at the age of 64. A loving son, husband, father, brother, uncle, brother-in-law, father-in-law and the best “grumpa” any grandchild could ask for He will be immensely missed by family, friends and the community of Chase.

Will was pre-deceased by his father Chris and brother Kim Dalin. He is survived by his mother Yvonne Dalin, wife Helen, son Aaron (Kristin), daughter Alia (Kevin), daughter Angie as well as his 4 grandchildren, Addison, Kylie, Maximus and Scarlett and many nieces and nephews

Will was born at RIH and raised in Celista, BC. He was the second child of 5 and grew up with his oldest sister Teresa and younger siblings, Sonja, Wayne and Kim. Here he grew to be a farm boy

In high-school he met the love of his life at 15, Helen Cairns. The token love story of a football player and cheerleader In Chase their love grew and he moved to Kamloops after graduation to complete his culinary red seal for cooking and worked in some restaurants. This skill came in handy when he loved to show off how fast he could chop a vegetable. They then decided to move back to Chase and he married Helen in 1980 where they started their family

Will loved any kind of competitive sport. He was an incredible natural athlete which was a trait he passed on to his children and grandchildren. He played many years of hardball, fastball and slow pitch as he got older He was fast for an old man but he could also crush a ball and hit home runs like no other He also joined Karate and became a black belt which he used as leverage against any boyfriends. Never afraid to show off his brick breaking skills. He attended as many grandchildren activities as he could as that was his pride and joy, baseball, football, bowling, gymnastics and dance recitals. He always had advice on how to be better and didn’t have much sympathy for injuries. He would always say to just “rub some dirt on it”. He was a pillar in the community and hardly ever missed the chance to be behind the net at a Chase Heat game and be a goal judge.

Will finished his career at Adam’s Lake Interfor He worked there for 38 years. He started just piling lumber and ended as a filer He just recently retired in 2019. He was a mentor and made friends with so many co-workers. He spent the remainder of his years in Chase golfing, fishing, skeet shooting, camping, volunteering his handy skills, boating in the Shuswap, travelling with Helen and of course grumpa sitting grandchildren which he always had a Grandpa treat on hand for them.

He was a man who had a mile long To Do List because he was a Jack-of-all-trades. You call him up and he always had the tool you needed and knew how to fix it. His work area was a mess but he knew where to find it. He even labelled it easier for Helen to find stuff, “things and more things”. If he didn’t know how to fix something he loved to watch YouTube and learn how to do it and if he figured it out he was so proud. He volunteered so much of his time to the Chase and District Fish and Games Club and Chase community, he coached and played baseball throughout his life and was a man that would stop anything to come help you if needed.

His love for his wife got him involved into a lot of things even if it wasn’t for him. He would do anything for her because it meant being with her This got him signed up for bowling and driving her everywhere.

He will be remembered for his butter tarts, love of sports, his kind heart, his dancing, sense of humour, banter, tinkering around the house, his sly smile and of course his bragging about his children and grandchildren accomplishments. He had the ability to make friends anywhere and would chat your ear off on any topic.

Service will be held June 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm at the Chase Community Hall.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Chase Fish and Games or the Heart and Stroke Society

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Celebration of Life

Lisa Graham-McGaffin

Jeanne Aten

Jeanne Aten (née LeTous) of Cobble Hill, BC passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at the age of 75. Jeanne was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2022 which she faced with strength and courage. She ended her life journey on her own terms with the dignity she deserved.

Jeanne was born in Kamloops to Harvey and Teresa (Connolly) LeTous and grew up on a farm in Pritchard. Jeanne married Bill Aten on December 23, 1967, they spent 49 wonderful years together until Bill passed away in 2017. She is lovingly remembered by her two children Ken (Andrea) and Caroline (Afshin); her precious grandchildren Evan, Maya (Nabeel), Talia and Lucia; her sisters Lorraine (John) VanderVeen and Barb (Les) Tames of Kamloops, friends, Doug and Ellen Harbicht of Victoria as well as many other wonderful friends too numerous to mention.

Jeanne attended high school in Chase and graduated from grade 13 in Salmon Arm, she continued her studies at UVIC to achieve a teaching degree. Although she was a great teacher her dream was to farm. In 1982 Bill and Jeanne started Silverside Farm in Cobble Hill, a work of love that lasted 27 years. In 2009 Bill and Jeanne retired from farming to continue their love of travelling. Jeanne continued her love of travelling until she was diagnosed and unable to continue.

Jeanne was a well known artist, she started her artist's journey at a young age by sending a picture she drew to a contest found on the back of a magazine. She was accepted into a correspondence art school due to her drawing, and so the lifelong journey began. She attended many art showings, received awards and in 1994 one of her paintings won her a spot on the Kamloops Cattle Drive, which she and her sisters managed to survive. Her amazing paintings will allow her to live on in the many homes where they are displayed. She was a multi-talented person who taught herself to skate, ski, play the accordion, the piano, the guitar and how to build things. She was so proud of herself when she figured out how things worked and was able to fix them.

A gathering of friends and family was held on April 18th to celebrate her life while she was still able to know and enjoy the love everyone had for her

See you on the other side!

Condolences can be left at: https://www.arbormemorial.ca/preview/sands-duncan/jeanne-aten/103675

David (Glen) Archer

March 5, 1953 - May 3, 2023

Robert Jack (Bob) Smith

1939 - 2023

The family of Robert Smith sadly announce his passing on May 9, 2023 with his family by his side.

He is survived by his best friend and wife, Muriel, of 61 years, son Kelvin Smith, daughter Cheryl (Dale) Boettger, grandchildren: Amanda, Stephen (Kacey), Shaun (Jo), Jenn (AJ), and 9 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by his grandson Kyle Smith, sisters Janet Piva and Joan Mobley, and parents Jack and Tina Smith.

A Celebration of Bob’s life will be held at the home of Kelvin Smith on Saturday, June 24 between 1:00-4:00 pm at 857 Lolo Street in Kamloops, BC.

Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

Q. You advised most people not to prepay Doesn’t prepaying give my family peace of mind?

A. For some people it’s terrific. But two things can go haywire. First, Mom tells the kids “It’s all paid for ” But some parts aren’t guaranteed! So the family’s mad. Second, when you prepay you lose control of that money What if you need it for something? Give us a call.

Born in Kamsack, SK to Ken and “Birdie” Archer - a 2nd son and 3rd child. He was a little brother to Don and Laurie and then a big brother to Cathy, Bonnie and Bruce. Glen’s childhood was spent in SK, MB and NW ON where he especially enjoyed the outdoors and getting into occasional mischief.

CN Telecommunications was his 1st employer as an adult and led to Glen’s relocation to BC and a year or so later employment with BC Tel/Telus in 1973. He happily took early retirement in 2008.

Glen had a love for life, family, friends, curling, golf, coaching soccer and building/fixing things. He brought warmth, humour and integrity to all his relationships and activities.

He will be greatly missed by his wife Heather and daughtersAlison (Glenn), Laura (Jordan) and Kristina (Jeremy), his six grandchildren, his siblings, nieces and nephews and many other extended family members in the Archer and Boyd clans as well as friends.

Share your favourite memories of Glen with us so we can know and remember him together at www.glenarcher.ca The site will be live shortly

If you wish to donate in Glen’s memory, please consider KidSport Kamloops and the Kamloops Hospice.

Detlef (Ted) Wessler

December 1943 - May 2023

Ted, at the age of 79, passed away in his home with the love of his life, Sandi and their two daughters, Christa and Iris by his side.

He was born in Germany and in 1951, the entire family immigrated to Vancouver to start their life, where he grew up.

Ted met his wife Sandi in Vancouver and they married in September of 1965. Ted and Sandi moved to Toronto shortly after Ted then moved his family to Kamloops in 1970 to start his career and tenure of 27 years with BC Tel where he took on the roles of Drafter and then Drafting Engineer He retired in 1999.

Ted’s love of good times and celebrations expanded with his interest in photography and editing, with Ted it was very much about the details. He had a love of music and travel. Many fond memories have been made throughout the years which will remain in the hearts of his family and friends forever

Ted is survived by his loving wife Sandi of 58 years, his daughters Christa Pinnell (Les), Iris Wessler (Don Beattie); grandchildren Kayla and Andy Clark, Cassi and Jesse Beattie.

Upon Ted’s passing, he was predeceased by his parents, Heinrich and Luise Wessler, his brother Gerhard, his sisters, Inge, Gisela, Hannelore (Loppu), and Heidi. He is survived by sister Marlene and two brothers Norbert and Joachim.

A small celebration of life will be shared at Ted’s church, Sahali Fellowship, located at 1565 Summit Dr, Kamloops, BC on Saturday May 27, at 2:00 pm. The family welcomes all that are able to attend to share so many wonderful memories of Ted.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Kidney Foundation of Canada in his memory

Condolences may be sent to Drakecremation.com

Oliver Forsythe

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our Father, Grandfather, Oliver “Ollie” Frederick Forsyth on November 29, 2022 at the age of 80.

Memorial Tea will be held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Schoening Reception Room, 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops.

Arthur (Art) Kehler

On Sunday, May 14th, 2023, Arthur Kehler, loving father of two children, passed away at the age of 83. Art dearly missed his predeceased wife Faith, and it seems appropriate that he joined her on Mother ’s Day

Art was born on the family homestead at Pleasant Lake, Alberta, May 1, 1940. He was the youngest of ten surviving children to Katharina and Jacob Kehler His parents and five older siblings had emigrated from Russia with the exodus of Mennonites in 1928. Life on the homestead was too difficult to survive so, they relocated to a farm outside of Blue Ridge. This presented the family with the new challenge of English speaking neighbours. Eventually Edson, Alberta became hometown.

Logging, construction and heavy equipment transportation were Art’s occupations. These required long stays in camp and many days on the road; however, when he was home he always managed to make up for the time away from his family Lots of friends, family and pets made for a great life in Heffley Creek, BC. and a wonderful retirement in North Kamloops.

Art is survived by his two children Lorrie (Chuck), Tim (Doris), sister Elizabeth and his brother-in-law Bill (Marion). As well, his grandchildren Ben (Ashley), Angie (Oscar), Chelsea (Brad), Katerina and his great-grandchildren Leo, Summer and Laney

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, June 3rd, 1:00-4:00 for both Art and Faith Kehler in the Amenities Room at 1195 14th Street, Kamloops. If interested in attending please RSVP via Art and Faith’s Facebook page.

THE TIME IS NOW

If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow.

Love me now

While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone.

If you have tender thoughts of me, Please tell me now.

If you wait until I am sleeping, Never to awaken, There will be death between us, And I won’t hear you then.

So, if you love me, even a little bit, Let me know it while I am living So I can treasure it.

Love’s greatest gift is remembrance.