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NEWSPAPER An effort is afoot by some former Kamloops This Week employees to potentially revive a newspaper in Kamloops. We have a plan, but we need seed funding to get us off the ground. We are asking the residents, philanthropists, businesses and community-driven individuals of Kamloops if they would like to support us through financial donations and in-kind business advice.

We know there are jobs available today and we can pack up and do something new. However, these employees still feel KTW provides an invaluable community service — through its investigative reporting, opinion pages, sports stories, community events coverage and more — so we wanted to gauge community interest before walking away for good. We have the right people in the right places and have a retooled business model, which we believe is worth a shot. We are going to raise the funds.

If you are interested in supporting this potential venture, please email kamloopsnewspaper@gmail.com. If it doesn’t get off the ground, monies will be returned.

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FROM THE EATON 400 TO A NEWSPAPER’S END

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heck out that pristine classic to the right.

Ain’t she a beauty?

That’s the fabled Eaton 400, a typewriter my mom bought for me when I was 11 years old and obsessed with newspapers.

I had craved a typewriter since I discovered newsprint at nine years of age, waking up and running downstairs to grab The Province (then a wide broadsheet) when I heard the hefty morning paper land on our steps in Abbotsford at dawn each morning. I’d devour as much of it as possible (always starting with the sports section) before getting ready for school.

After school, my heart would always race just a bit when I saw that the afternoon Vancouver Sun had beat me home. It was usually delivered to our steps at about four o’clock. Again, I’d read the pages to see what had changed in the world since I woke up with The Province.

That typewriter, which remains with me today, helped hone my craft as I furiously typed out a game summary of the Saturday Hockey Night in Canada game and endured a restless sleep, waiting to hear The Sunday Province hit the doorstep at dawn.

I would rush downstairs, typewritten sports story in hand, and flip to the sports section to compare my game summary with those written by the pros.

Needless to say, this weekly exercise helped me learn the

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THOUGHTS newspaper style of writing — and showed me I was very much a work in progress.

That typewriter also helped me create my first newspaper, a four-page (8X10) newsletter called the Bevan Gardens Gazette, which I would deliver to the 32 mailboxes in the Bevan Gardens townhouse complex in Abbotsford. And, if you think technology such as AI is fascinating, imagine how I felt when I first opened that Eaton 400 and saw it had two ribbons — one for black ink and one for red ink. Red ink! The headlines in the Gazette would pop.

All of this is to say working in journalism is more than a job.

It is something I have done for three decades and all I have ever wanted to do.

After 35 years of reporting on all things Kamloops and region, Kamloops This Week is closing.

You are reading the final edition.

The reasons why are simple to explain: it costs more to report the news, print that news and

deliver that news to about 30,000 homes and paper boxes than the revenue we realize by doing so.

If the expenditures and revenues cannot be reconciled, decisions have to be made.

In our case, we are closing the newspaper and the website.

Keeping the website operating would allow us to have but a skeleton staff and we would not be able to do the journalism for which we are known for — the deeper stories, the features, the landmark investigations that, frankly, few other news outlets do, likely mainly due to resources.

We were fortunate to have a relatively robust newsroom for a weekly newspaper and website: myself and five reporters.

That allowed us to report daily on the news and, usually off the sides of our desks after hours, tackle those investigative pieces, some of which became national news and led to a Michener

Award nomination (the highest journalism honour in Canada), five Webster Awards (the highest journalism award in B.C.), numerous Webster finalist stories and dozens of provincial and national awards, including KTW being named best community newspaper in Canada in 2014 and best community newspaper in B.C. in 2014 and 2015.

The death of a newspaper is shared in the community, as we have experienced in the past week via countless phone calls, texts and emails from readers who mourn along with us.

The print model is broken, perhaps irreparably so, and what is lost is immeasurable.

Kamloops lost so much in January 2014 when the great Kamloops Daily News closed.

More is being lost with the shuttering of Kamloops This Week.

Will other news outlets highlight the rich stories that can be found in unlikely places, such as

at a minor league hockey game in a cold arena?

Will other news outlets partner up with local archaeologists to create a column devoted to the Indigenous history of the area?

Will other news outlets spend countless nights and weekends (without pay) for 11 months to produce the most significant investigative story ever published in Kamloops?

I hope so. I hope other news outlets consider that even stories that don’t attract the clicks and views and likes matter to a community.

If journalism was only about Google rankings and page views, our website could have long ago published nothing but cat videos and porn. At least we’d have happy (and horny) readers.

But journalism is about ledes, hooks, carefully crafted sentences, clear explanations, crisp quotes, probing questions, dogged research and much, much more. Journalism is also about being a community service, a fact I fear is lost on some.

When reporter Jessica Wallace and I were in Ottawa this past June for the Micheners, I was never more proud of the newsroom and I suppose if one has to take a final bow in journalism, it makes sense to do so while still dizzy from that industry high.

My thanks to the readers, advertisers and fellow staffers. I appreciate all of you more than you know.

In the future, I can be reached by email at cjfoulds@gmail.com.

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Sometimes things end before we want them to go

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e sat at a picnic table outside of Sa-Hali secondary during early, uneasy COVID times on the most magnificent spring day in 2020.

The sound of a chainsaw shredded through the tranquility, but Brad and Debbie’s words were infinitely more cutting.

They spoke about the death of their 25-year-old son, Brady Dalke.

On another day, Tom Adkin wailed in a small boardroom.

Paul, his son, was gone.

On yet another day, Rob and Cyndi appeared numb with grief.

Their daughter, Juli, was not coming back.

Those moments are indelible snapshots of bereaved loved ones speaking through unimaginable grief to impart potentially lifesaving knowledge and advice amid the everlasting opioid crisis.

They are unforgettable parts of my KTW experience in which community members trusted a stranger with the most personal subject matter.

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THOUGHTS You give everything you have to those stories.

That part of my KTW history contrasts so much with what transpired last November on a frigid day at jam-packed Hillside Stadium, where this bundled-up scribe rushed the field with a hoard of lubed-up Kamloopsians to capture the mayhem — a mad mob toasting the TRU WolfPack’s first U Sports title.

Domenico Comita, the local hero who scored the winning penalty, cried and swore during an interview and then apologized for swearing while crying. I swear I wasn’t crying, too.

Domenico and Alesandro’s

mom was, though. Both of her boys — sons of Kamloops — bulged the old onion bag in the never-to-be-replicated match that capped an unrepeatable run of three straight penalty shootout victories in the tournament to win the national title on home turf.

She kissed Alesandro and pressed her cheek so firmly into his that the word “pride” could have been tattooed on the WolfPack midfielder’s sweaty, tear-soaked face.

That is not just sports, folks.

That is a once-in-a-lifetime, mother-and-son bliss — and that is the type of stuff that leaves you typing and wondering how the hell it’s 3 a.m.

You pour yourself into those articles, trusted to document history and convey a feeling that, if bottled, would be worth Gaglardi’s fortune.

You probably can’t live up to the subject matter — head coach Del Komarniski speechless while his South Kamloops Titans’ girls celebrate B.C. hoops glory (twice); Westsyde alumni Sean Garvey and Ryan Porter locked in do-si-do basketball bliss, dancing while Whundas pour onto the

court to celebrate a provincial title; the Sandman Centre roof in full flight to Knutsford after Kobe Mohr sparks WHL play-in pandemonium (the Blazers harpooned the Ogopogo, defeated the Evil Kelowna Empire); Evan Mutrie, perseverance personified; courageous Kirk Guenther; Brown rink gold — but you damn well better try.

And, by God, I tried.

There were mistakes and a years-long learning period, heated disputes and yelling matches and a pandemic that did a number on sports, along with personal life strife over the last few years that both hurt and spurred my professional output.

Thanks for your patience — and for giving me the honour of telling your stories.

I hope there are newspaper clippings pinned to fridges or framed or gathering dust in cardboard boxes, little pieces of your life waiting to be rediscovered, perhaps during a time of reflection.

They’re pieces of me. They’re gifts to you.

I could go on forever, but editor Christopher Foulds is

cutting me off at 500 words.

I’m already at 544.

The rest are dedicated to him.

Prior to my mother’s death in 2008, I told everyone in her palliative care room to leave so I could talk to her alone.

Sharon looked at me and told me — in her thick Scottish accent — I’m going to make a wide-ranging impact in this world.

She knew I had my dad, Ross, to help with that vision, but she didn’t know a second father figure would come along in 2009.

If I’ve made an impact in Kamloops, it’s because of Foulds. You will read more about his leadership and profound influence in these pages.

It’s all true.

Sharon and Foulds would have gotten along like gangbusters. She would have crushed his scrawny ass with Scottish bear hugs.

I wish they could have met.

But sometimes things end unexpectedly, before we want them to go.

Going forward, I can be reached at this email address: mhastings@tru.ca.

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KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK: FROM 1988 TO 2023 The first issue of Kamloops This Week rolled off the presses on Aug. 28, 1988 — the result of the venerable Kamloops Sentinel shutting down its presses in 1987 after dominating the Interior’s journalism landscape for 107 years.

That first edition of KTW can be seen to the right.

Following the end of that paper, original KTW owner Clarence Wiseman opted to commence a publication called the Kamloops Super Shopper, which was renamed Kamloops This Week when it teamed up with Black Press.

The newspaper was owned by Black Press until 2010, when it was purchased by Robert Doull and his Aberdeen Publishing group.

For most of its existence, KTW published three times per week, but also published two times per week for stretches and produced one paper a week since the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure of the Kamloops Daily News in 2014 saw KTW move from publishing twice weekly to three times a week, before contracting in the late 2010s.

During its 35-year run, KTW has been the recipient of numerous awards, including being named a finalist of the 2021 Michener Award, Canada’s highest journalism honour. KTW has also won five Webster Awards (B.C.’s highest journalism honour) and has been a Webster finalist

numerous times. In addition, KTW has taken home dozens of BC/Yukon Community Newsmedia (known as the Ma Murrays) and Canadian Community Newspaper Association awards.

In 2014, KTW was named best community newspaper in Canada and in 2014 and 2015, KTW was named best community newspaper in B.C./Yukon.

Kamloops This Week’s award-winning journalism included an expose on a spending scandal at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District — the story behind the Michener finalist nod — as well as Webster Awards for community reporting for articles such as the tragic death of a Kamloops resident from a fentanyl overdose and the presence of sexual predators on social media.

KTW has also been at the forefront of other notable stories in Kamloops throughout the years, such as the tragic 1989 truck crash that left five people dead on Columbia Street to the Kamloops Blazers remarkable runs to three Memorial Cups in the early 1990s.

There was the exclusive interview in 2001 with the Bushman of the Shuswap and the time Donald Trump — yes, the future U.S. president — called this newspaper to talk about a donation he made to a homeless Kamloops resident who was photographed by KTW’s Dave Eagles reading Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal.

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With heavy hearts, we mark the end of an era that has been integral to our lives and our business. As you close this chapter, please accept our profound gratitude for 35 years of dedicated service to our community - your legacy and your impact will live on in our memories.

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From the owner: Recounting a magical journey

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ewspapers are magic.

When I was a kid, I would lay the sections of the weekend Vancouver Sun across my parents’ living room floor. There, I was transported into other worlds — the Suez Crisis and the mysterious Convention of Constantinople, Paul St. Pierre in the Chilcotin, the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile and Simma Holt with the Sons of Freedom marches in the Kootenays.

There was a nationally syndicated full colour glossy production called the Weekend Picture Magazine, which later became the Weekend, Canada’s version of Life Magazine and a vehicle for the great journalist and humourist, Greg Clark. Best of all, there were 16 pages of colour comics.

Of course. I had to work in newspapers. I did every job I could beg or cajole my way into. I hawked newspapers on the street. I wrote record reviews. I got a full-time position as a proofreader and I had to learn proof-reader’s marks (similar to Mayan hieroglyphics) so I could communicate with the typographers.

We weren’t allowed to speak to them directly. Their supervisor would stand in the entrance to the department, slowing hitting his hand with a metal agate ruler and creating the general impression that he could wield it as a sword and stab you with it if you tried to get past him.

Robert Doull is owner and publisher of Kamloops This Week. Through his Aberdeen Publications company, Doull purchased KTW from Black Press in 2010.

I bought a suit, one suit, at TipTop Tailors and sold ads. I learned to make half tones, retouch photos with fluoro and do paste-up, occasionally running the exacto knife through my finger and bleeding all over the type. I worked in the press room — not as a pressman, but as a helper. I drove the delivery truck.

Eventually, I was made a manager, not because I was any good at being a manager, but because I was the only person who knew how to do everything.

In the mid-1980s, I saw a classified ad in the Globe and Mail: “Newspaper for sale in Whistler BC.” I sold my house, cashed in my pension plan and bought a paper.

I did not know how to ski, but it didn’t matter because all we did Robert W. Doull President/Publisher President Aberdeen Publishing Inc.

EDITORIAL Editor & Associate Publisher: Christopher Foulds Newsroom staff: Dave Eagles Marty Hastings Jessica Wallace Sean Brady Michael Potestio Special Projects Manager: Ray Jolicoeur

ADVERTISING Manager: Liz Spivey Jodi Lawrence Paul De Luca Rylan Willoughby Jack Bell CIRCULATION Manager: Serena Platzer

PRODUCTION Manager: Lee Malbeuf Production staff: Fernanda Fisher Dayana Rescigno Moneca Jantzen Kaitlin Vander Wal FRONT OFFICE Front office staff: Lorraine Dickinson Angela Wilson Marilyn Emery Rosalynn Bartella

was work. We had 194 subscribers spread around the world ,so we called ourselves “The Little Paper that Spans the Globe.” One paper led to another and, at different times, I owned 40, some large some small, all in B.C. and Alberta.

These are my qualifications to make the following assertion: Kamloops This Week is a great newspaper. Everyone who works here is an exceptional talent and they are fully devoted to serving their community to the best of their abilities.

We have the strongest news team and the best editor in the Interior of B.C. It would not be a stretch to say they are the strongest news team and the best editor in the province. We have great designers, motivated sales reps and terrific front office staff.

Our drivers and carriers get the paper to you in every kind of weather. Yes, there are occasional mechanical breakdowns and late deliveries, but we work really hard to overcome adversity. Everyone here loves their job and constantly strives to do better.

So, why are we closing? It’s pretty simple. We are no longer the preferred media of choice, especially for younger people. and we can’t generate enough revenue to cover our costs. Fortunately, Kamloops will not be a news desert. The community is well served by CBC Radio and Castanet provides breaking news in real time. Marty Hastings will continue with his Kamloops Last Week project, co-hosted by the

inestimable Christopher Foulds.

If you haven’t subscribed, you can find it on YouTube. And it’s free.

It is hard to write an appreciation of the paper without singling anyone out for their exceptional contributions. Impossible in our case because of the nomination of Jessica Wallace and the paper for a Michener Award earlier this year.

This is the equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize in the U.S. and it’s really unusual for a small news organization to be nominated.

It is a testament to the quality of work our people do. Jessica is presently away on maternity leave and, in naming her, I don’t want to overlook anyone else.

Every member of our team plays an essential role, so my thanks go to each one of you.

You are the best.

• Associate publisher and editor: Christopher Foulds • Newsroom staff: Dave Eagles Marty Hastings Jessica Wallace Sean Brady Michael Potestio

Tammy Woods Russ Burant Bruce Campbell Ashley Mendonca Damian Osborne Deborah Tilley Grant Forgie Herbert Yego Knud (Tom) Christensen Rick Osborne Spencer Nelson Suramjeet (Sam) Sumal Advertising staff: Liz Spivey (manager) Jodi Lawrence Paul De Luca Rylan Willoughby Jack Bell Production: Lee Malbeuf (manager) Fernanda Fisher Moneca Jantzen Dayana Rescigno Kaitlin Vander Wal Special projects: Linda Bolton On leave: Lorraine Dickinson Ray Jolicoeur Jessica Wallace

• Front office: Lorraine Dickinson Rosalynn Bartella Marilyn Emery Debbie Folk Angela Wilson Circulation: Serena Platzer (manager)

And thank you to our army of carriers.

The folks who deliver the paper to our loyal readers every week.

You are the sharp end of our stick.

Without you, all the rest of our work is for nothing.

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What Kamloops This Week did mattered

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t has been a roller coaster of emotion since we learned Kamloops This Week is closing.

I’m temporarily back from maternity leave to be with my KTW family and help with this final edition.

It is difficult to reconcile this news when, just this past June, KTW editor Christopher Foulds and I were honoured by Canada’s Governor General, Mary Simon, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa as KTW was a finalist for the 2021 Michener Award (likened to Canada’s Pulitzer Prize).

The dichotomy was enough to make me question on Marty Hastings’ KTW spinoff show, Kamloops Last Week, whether our work meant anything — and the foolishness of the grief-stricken query has been rattling around in my brain ever since.

Of course it mattered. It mattered to our readers. When something makes its way into print, it is important to people, no matter how big or small the reason.

A column by Mike Cornell was published in the April 10, 2003, edition of the Kamloops Daily News. The column was about my parents, Kevin and Teresa Wallace.

My dad found Cornell’s wallet while golfing at men’s night at the old Aberdeen Hills Golf Links and returned it, including $700 in cash.

Cornell turned around and wrote about my dad being an honest mechanic. The column, now 20 years old, remains a source of pride in our family.

From right: KTW reporter Jessica Wallace, Governor General Mary Simon, husband Whit Fraser and KTW editor Christopher Foulds with the newspaper’s 2021 Michener Award finalist certificate at Rideau Hall in Ottawa in June of 2023. Due to Wallace’s year-long investigation into exorbitant spending at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, KTW was up against the CBC, the Globe and Mail and Global for the highest journalism honour in Canada.

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THOUGHTS At KTW, I remember the response after we published settlement details, discovered via freedom of information requests, between the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and former CAO Sukh Gill.

Whistleblowers were ticked off that Gill received a taxpayerfunded severance for what they felt was wrongdoing. One person told me they had been following our stories, which began in February 2020, thinking we were “so close.”

They were worried the COVID19 pandemic would upend coverage. A reader fundraising campaign helped us through and we continued chasing the story.

Also in 2020, KTW photographer Dave Eagles and I met Victoria Street West business owners who were fed up with property crime. One of them was Tru Auto Market owner Reid HamerJackson, who successfully ran for mayor in 2022.

He spurred conversation about street issues happening all over the

country and it started in our paper.

A 2018 story on Brocklehurst senior Lori Wilcox-Hendry detailed how she needed a new oven so she could continue baking muffins for the city’s homeless population.

Gord’s Maytag donated WilcoxHendry a new oven and Home Depot threw in a new refrigerator.

She also received baking supplies.

How sweet is that?

In 2018, I got to know Madeleine Hutchison, who was dying of cancer at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home. She was brave, wise and generous with her time.

Her son reached out to thank me on the first anniversary of her death. He said the story meant a lot to their family.

Then there was the family of Norman Kopec, a local knowledge-keeper of sorts, who used to call about what

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He died during the pandemic and had asked his family to reach out to me to tell his story. When I went to meet his wife, Diana, she quipped: “So this is Norm’s girlfriend.”

I shed tears when an angry family came into the office to discuss the death of their son by fentanyl overdose. The tragedy was compounded by the apparent horror that someone had robbed him as he lay deceased on McArthur Island. The gut-wrenching story was to be published on the front page. Police couldn’t officially comment, but I got word the man’s missing belongings were with the coroner.

It was a critical detail that changed the entire context of the story. We swapped the front page before deadline and called to notify the family.

The story would have only added more hurt and suffering, had it been published incorrectly. We later ran a memorial piece, which was picked up by the Vancouver Sun. I shared my own pain through columns on fertility issues, something that provided insight into what it’s like to be on the other side of the story. It was terrifying, but I’m glad I did it because I’ve since heard from many couples facing challenges and I hope I have been able to help. One couple recently advised they are pregnant.

Talk about human impact.

Margo Goodhand, president of the Michener Award Foundation, has publicly decried the loss of our newsroom. The work mattered. It also mattered to me. Thank you for reading.

• A special thank you to editor Christopher Foulds, the man behind the curtain. Although us reporters receive recognition for our work, it is under his leadership that Kamloops This Week has been the recipient of countless awards and accolades.

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KTW’S TROPHY CASE • 2021: Jessica Wallace won the Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Community Reporting for her Spending at the TNRD investigation.

• 2020: Marty Hastings won the Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Community Reporting for his story, Dalkes lose son, brother to fentanyl.

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Kamloops This Week often punched above its weight in journalism, amassing an array of awards, including being named a finalist for the 2021 Michener Award, Canada’s highest journalism honour.

That year, KTW was up against the CBC, the Globe and Mail and Global News.

KTW was named a finalist for its investigation into spending at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a newspaper probe that led to massive changes in policy at the regional district, a criminal investigation by the RCMP and the implementation of a forensic audit that cost $500,000, with the audit echoing KTW’s findings.

KTW has also won five Webster Awards (B.C.’s highest journalism honour) and has been a Webster finalist numerous times.

In addition, KTW has taken home dozens of BC/Yukon Community Newsmedia Association awards (known as the Ma Murrays) and Canadian Community Newspaper Association awards.

In 2014, KTW was named Best Community Newspaper in Canada. In 2014 and 2015, KTW was named Best Community Newspaper in B.C./Yukon.

The newspaper also took home myriad awards — locally and provincially — relating to community service projects initiated by the KTW sales team.

• 2016: Jessica Klymchuk won the Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Community Reporting for her feature series, Transcendent: When Darrin became Deanna.

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KTW was the spirit of community

I

am grateful to have worked alongside so many talented and hard-working journalists during my 25-plus years as photographer at Kamloops This Week.

I was part of the late 1990sera staffers like reporter Angela MacIssac and Dale Steeves and photographers Jason Payne and Brendan Halper.

Those early days saw a steady rotation of film being bulkrolled, shot and developed in our darkroom. Black and white prints were hung to dry before being trimmed to size for pasteup under the capable hands of Darla Gray and her team.

We packaged up the flats, bundled securely in wooden boxes in a rush to meet the Greyhound bus departure deadline, sending them to the press in Vernon.

When digital photography emerged, it quickly shuttered the

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THOUGHTS days of film cameras, which sped up the process of creating images for newsprint.

The new technology of the internet saw newspapers sending their page layouts to press centres electronically as digitized files.

Through the myriad changes in the newspaper industry, the staff at Kamloops This Week maintained their cohesive spirit of community. Company barbe-

cues and office fundraisers led

by Linda Bolton, Cindi Hamoline and Sherrie Manholt always created a fun team environment.

I have worked under some incredible publishers and editors who allowed staff to truly use their talents in ways that suited them best.

I am so proud to have worked with our current cohort of editorial staff of Marty Hastings, Jessica Wallace, Sean Brady, Michael Potestio and also former staff, including writer Dale Bass and publisher Kelly Hall.

Under the dedicated leadership of editor Christopher Foulds, our newsroom punched above its weight class, producing award-winning stories that impacted the community and brought about policy change and greater awareness to many issues.

I will continue to call them friends and, perhaps one day again, colleagues.

Grateful for my time at KTW

I

want to take the opportunity to thank Kamloops This Week for allowing me to photograph events and news for more than a decade. It has opened many photography doors for me, from professional sports to highranking politicians.

But it also allowed me to have the privilege of documenting families and their private moments. In the last few months, several people have taken carefully folded newspaper photos from their purses or wallets to show me a photo I took of their child or parent many years ago, but which they still carry with them and refer to as their favourite picture of that person. What an honour that is for me.

When you have work that touches other people in a positive way, it is a humbling experience.

And when it is suddenly over in the way KTW is ending, the choice is to be upset it is over or be grate-

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THOUGHTS ful that it happened at all. I choose the latter.

I will end with expressing gratitude to editor Christopher Foulds, and all the writers and staff at KTW who enabled me to feel I was contributing to a news organization of the highest calibre. And my sincere thanks is also extended to all those who graciously, over the years, allowed me to photograph them.

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YOU ARE INVITED TO KTW’S OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY

FINAL EDITION As Kamloops This Week ends its 35-year run of reporting on events and issues of all kinds in the city with this final edition, we invite members of the community to visit us one last time.

Kamloops This Week is hosting an open house for all on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at our office, which

is located at 1365B Dalhousie Dr. in Southgate (just south of the Notre Dame Drive and Dalhousie Drive intersection, across from the Canada Post outlet).

We are inviting our carriers, our former staff, our current and past advertisers, politicians, athletes and anyone else to drop by, have a coffee and snack and

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say hi (and bye).

There may even be a collector’s item Kamloops This Week classic red T-shirt that some visitors can take home as a keepsake.

We hope to you see you here so we can once again connect with the community of Kamloops.

Toiling away at KTW never felt like work

I

t was the first time I wore a dress shirt to a job.

In the summer of 2012, I secured an internship at Kamloops This Week as I neared graduation from journalism school at Thompson Rivers University.

This would be my first real taste of how a print newsroom operated and was destined to decide my future career path.

I was nervous as I made my way to the editorial bullpen. En route to my desk, I saw our editor, Christopher Foulds, walk out of his office.

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THOUGHTS As I approached, having never worked in an office before, I

greeted him as I thought I should.

“Good morning, Mr. Foulds,” I said.

He stopped in his tracks and set the record straight.

“Don’t call me Mr. Foulds. It’s just Chris,” he said.

It was a benign interaction and it somehow cut out all the tension I was feeling that morning and underscored the kind of workplace I had walked into.

This was a place free of office politics. It was a place of likeminded people doing a job with long hours and little pay because they cared about the community.

They cared just as much as I cared about Kamloops and there was no time for anything but authenticity in the workplace.

I learned as much when I met the rest of the incredible editorial team at KTW and, that summer, I realized I was working with people who were more like family than co-workers.

Working alongside Dale Bass, Dave Eagles, Andrea Klassen, Marty Hastings, Tim Petruk and, of course, Mr. Foulds did more for my journalism education than any years of post-secondary schooling.

In 2018, I was lucky enough to return to my hometown and

became a permanent member of the award-winning KTW. This time around, I was able to work with my friends and former TRU alumni Jessica Wallace and Sean Brady, who are also incredible journalists.

Journalism is a special kind of job. It can be the most rewarding line of work, but also daunting and thankless at times.

The professionalism and passion of all the people I was able to work with in the KTW newsroom made me love the job — even through the tough times — and it has never, for a single day, felt like work.

A front row seat to witness change

I

joined Kamloops This Week in 2017, on the precipice of what was quickly becoming B.C.’s worst-ever wildfire season.

That work continued in 2018, 2021 and 2023 — all years that consecutively earned that terrible title.

My first assignments were covering all that was burning, taking note of the losses and, more importantly, the efforts to restore what had been razed.

Those efforts were repeated when the pandemic struck.

But what I will try to remember and keep in my head from all of those hard years is each time this community stepped up to help those affected — to right a wrong or to alleviate the suffering of others.

I had a front-row seat to see,

very clearly, the product of media — which is not the words and images on any kind of page, but the actions, changed attitudes and new ideas that follow.

KTW has afforded me countless opportunities to elevate voices of gratitude, of suffering and of kindness.

With the advent of crowdsourced fundraising, it is easy to see the power of publishing and of a communitybased media platform. Tens of thousands of dollars can be directed to the right people at the right time, simply through storytelling.

The experience of interviewing those in the throes of grief and trauma is not a comfortable one, but the community response to the stories those interviews produce can make it all worthwhile.

To be able to take a story to the community and see community action in return has been an enormous privilege and professionally fulfilling in a way that will be difficult for me to duplicate.

With many newspapers facing existential crises and an increasingly concentrated ownership of Canada’s media, it is difficult to feel particularly hopeful about the future of localized community discourse.

While the internet has provided us all with new places to meet, discuss and learn virtually, it has also invited the ugliness of the world to our doorstep and it is difficult to tell what has been lost through the infiltration of bad actors, harmful ideas, hate and propaganda from afar.

I feel grateful to those who were always keen to contribute

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THOUGHTS their voices to the community paper.

For me, that includes those at the City of Kamloops, Thompson Rivers University, School District 73, several community arts institutions, including Western Canada Theatre and the

Kamloops Symphony, as well as the event promoters, musicians, artists, writers and more with whom I’ve corresponded over the years.

Most of all, I would like to thank my editor, Christopher Foulds, who has afforded me endless opportunities at the paper.

My first appearance in KTW came in 2013, years prior to me joining the paper as a reporter.

A photograph I had taken at the Pritchard Rodeo found its way above the fold on the front page thanks to Christopher, and I still remember my excitement in seeking out a copy.

It was an early boost of confidence that provided me with a goal — to one day work for my community newspaper — and I am still grateful for the chance to do so.

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Kamloops This Week for 35 years of reporting and keeping the Kamloops and area communities up to date!

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KTW employees Lorraine Dickinson (left) and Fernanda Fisher helped greet wildfire evacuees who came to Kamloops in the summer of 2017.

DEAR KTW: I have been with KTW for 28.5 years and this is truly a sad day.

I immigrated from South Africa and, being new to the country, everything seemed so uncertain. It took some time to adjust to a new culture, new people and the weather.

I also had to get used to repeatedly being asked to repeat myself due to my accent. I quickly learned the Canadian way and was helped by wonderful KTW staff members who showed me the ropes.

The Santa Claus parades in which KTW took part were especially special to my family. Our office Halloween dress-up events were among my favourite office holiday celebrations. We also had winter soup and pumpkin-carving competitions and the best Christmas-decorated pod. There were so many fun times.

Some day, you wanted to throw a chair at deadlines or pull a tantrum, but most days it was laughter and a fun place to work, where

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the camaraderie was great, Working at KTW is something I will cherish forever as some of my co-workers have become great friends.

When the pandemic hit, working from home was difficult in the beginning, but soon became a reality due to restrictions — and that’s when signs of the times started changing.

I will forever be grateful for having the opportunity to have worked at Kamloops This Week with great management and coworkers right from the beginning until the end. They will always be in my heart.

My mother, being one of our avid readers, will surely miss our newspaper. When, on a Wednesday afternoon, the paper hadn’t arrived, I always got a call from her and her neighbours in her building, wondering when their beloved KTW would arrive.

DEAR KTW: As I prepare to say goodbye to this chapter of my life, I wanted to take a moment to express my deep gratitude for the time I’ve spent at Kamloops This Week.

This newspaper has not only been a workplace for me; it’s been a place where memories were made, stories were told and where I found not only a career, but also lifelong connections.

I want to thank KTW for the stories it has shared with the community and the opportunity it gave me to be a part of that storytelling journey.

Each article, each photograph and each layout was a brush stroke in the canvas of our vibrant community and I’m grateful to have contributed to it.

I also want to express my appreciation for the unexpected moments that made my time here truly special.

There was always that colleague who would playfully toss a small crumpled piece of paper, making me smile as it hit my face or landed on my desk from above the computer monitor.

But my gratitude doesn’t end with the work.

It extends to the wonderful people with whom I’ve had the pleasure of working.

The friendships I’ve made at Kamloops This Week will stay with me for a lifetime and I cherish the camaraderie we shared.

Lastly, KTW played a pivotal role in my life in more ways than one. It was within these walls that I met my husband, a memo-

DEAR KTW: After finishing university, I came to Kamloops in September 1990 to visit my parents for a couple of weeks.

Somewhere along the way, I ended up collating newspapers and flyers for Sylvia in the mailroom at Kamloops This Week. I then got on in the production department with Cheri, doing paste-up and layout alongside Tom and otherwise trying to learn how to build ads using Pagemaker on a desktop computer that wouldn’t stop crashing. Early days!

Thus commenced my 33-year newspaFernanda Fisher is an advertising per career, during which I believe I have design consultant at KTW. worked at every newspaper in town aside

Kaitlin Vander Wal is an advertising design consultant at KTW.

from the Sentinel (which was before my time).

Kamloops This Week has bracketed my career with the first two years and the last six years.

I have worked with so many wonderful and talented colleagues (and a couple of not-so-great coworkers). There have been so many funny stories and a cast of characters along the way.

I can’t even begin to explain how much I will miss it all and everyone now that it’s over.

Thank you Kamloops This Week for all the wonderful years.

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I learned that he used to bake scones and bring them to the office to impress me, and I couldn’t help but smile when I discovered the daily coffee spill on the floor was his doing.

In closing, I want to thank Kamloops This Week for the wonderful journey, for the stories, for the friendships and for the love it brought into my life.

It’s not just a newspaper; it’s a part of my history and I’ll always carry the memories and lessons from this place with me.

Thank you to everyone who fought hard to try to keep this paper going.

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City of Kamloops

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 1:30 pm

Have Your Say

Where?

Council Chambers, City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West

Why?

Kamloops City Council will consider adopting Council Procedure Bylaw No. 59, 2023, a bylaw to regulate the general procedures of Council and Council Committees in conducting their business.

This bylaw will repeal and replace Council Procedure Bylaw No. 1-56, 2021, and all amendments thereto.

Email legislate@kamloops.ca Mail 7 Victoria Street West Kamloops BC V2C 1A2

Purpose

Bylaw No. 59 for adoption is available for viewing on the City’s website at this link: https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/172416 (Attachment “A”) Bylaw No. 1-56 to be repealed is available for viewing on the City’s website at this link: https://kamloops.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/139324 They key updates that differentiate Council Procedure Bylaw No. 59 from No. 1-56 include, but are not limited to: • updates to section 4.4, Order of Council Proceedings and Business, with respect to both Regular Council and Committee of the Whole meetings • update to section 4.7, Delegations, to specify that delegation requests relating to staffing or labour relations matters will not be approved • addition of section 4.11, Public Inquiries, Public Submissions, and Public Hearings, to include time limits on speaking opportunities • addition of Part 5 - Committees and Committee Proceedings, to include information regarding Committee Establishment, Appointments, and Terms of Reference; Committee Meeting Schedules; and Committee Terms of Reference • revisions such as numbering, punctuation, and updating Definitions and use of defined terms

Questions?

For relevant background material contact the Legislative Services Division at 250-828-3483 or legislate@kamloops.ca.

Join via Zoom Visit Kamloops.ca/Participate on November 7, 2023, at 1:30 pm.

In Person Speak in person at the meeting

Written submissions must include your name and address and be received no later than 12:00 pm on November 3, 2023.

Written submissions, including your name and address, are included in the Council Agenda and will be posted on the City’s website and form part of the permanent public record. Please note that the City considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information in accordance with Sections 26 and 33.1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (BC).

The proposed bylaw can be viewed at Kamloops.ca/CouncilAgenda.

City Hall and Sandman Centre are accessible from the following transit routes:

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DEAR KTW: When the Kamloops Daily News ceased operations in January of 2014, my husband still opened the door each morning to look in the mailbox, just in case it was all a mistake.

I still miss Susan Duncan’s On the Run column. We are newspaper people and we are both devastated to learn that this is the last edition of Kamloops This Week.

I love community newspapers.

I was lucky enough to work at KTW from 2015 to 2020. I met the best people in the world, many of whom have become lifelong friends. I also wrote a biweekly dating column that spurred me to open a matchmaking company and it is not lost on me that I never would have had that opportunity if it weren’t for KTW. I like holding the paper. I read it cover to cover, back to front. I am sad to think of all those families who can no longer display the obituaries of their loved ones for everyone to read. No one will ever take the time to go online to different funeral home websites to find out who has passed away. Seeing all of them laid out in newsprint was a convenient way to honour those lives and now even the obituaries have died.

We have all been hearing a lot this week about the fact none of us would have known about the TNRD spending scandal if it were not for the tireless work of reporter Jessica Wallace.

She has been deservedly

bestowed many awards for this indepth look at what went on with our tax dollars.

For me, the stories that Jessica told that matter the most related to the struggle she and husband, Jeremy, had, in conceiving a child.

The December 2020 column, Sad Souls that roam Nicola Street, was about the many gruelling miscarriages she and Jeremy were dealing with while trying to have a baby. This opened up a much needed conversation for so many young women who were suffering in silence on this issue.

Three years later, Jessica wrote a column, It really does take a village, which was the most beautiful gesture of joy and gratitude as they finally had their amazing baby boy, Joseph.

Another story that remains strong in my memory bank came from former KTWer Dale Bass, who is now serving her second term on city council. The column came about when a private investigator showed up at KTW to interview me about a friend of mine he was surveilling. I don’t think he realized at the time that he picked the wrong place to come and do an investigation.

When I was done talking to him, I strolled back to Dale’s desk in the newsroom to tell her what had happened. She looked at me quite seriously and told me to leave this information with her and not tell anyone. I had no idea how much work Dale was doing on this matter until I saw the cover

of the paper on July 15, 2016. The article is titled Every move she makes, they are watching her. I encourage you to read it because after this immense work on this story, the case was settled quietly, all because of Dale and how much she cared.

Marty Hastings is the sports guy. Most sports reporters cover the Blazers, the Storm, TRU and whatever they have time to fit in.

Not Marty. Marty has covered kids in gymnastics, skating, volleyball and so much more.

He is an award-winning writer and has tackled some really tough topics. One of his most profound pieces was his interview with the parents of a 25-year-old man who died of an accidental drug overdose. Marty’s column was informative and thoughtful.

Another story of Marty’s that stood out to me was from February 2016, titled Jammed by the Jawline. It was about how he made the mistake of attending a speed dating event with a very handsome buddy with the perfect jawline. Try to read that column without laughing.

Lastly, there’s Christopher Foulds, the editor of KTW. This guy lives and breathes journalism.

He has worked tirelessly and has pretty much been administering CPR to keep this newspaper alive as long as it has been publishing.

I appreciate his efforts a ton.

He is as genuine as they come and sometimes brutally honest. He can make me laugh and cry at the

same time. His column that did just that was from August 2019, titled My brothers, my Mom and the King and I. He tells of a very hot dry August day in his hometown of Abbotsford when he was a young boy. He and the kids were out on Aug. 16, 1977 (delivering papers, of course) when a lady on the route informed them that Elvis Presley had just died.

Christopher writes about how he and his brothers were racing home as fast as they could to be the ones to tell his mom, who was a huge fan of the King, that her idol had died.

When his brother revealed the news, his mom wound up and gave him a huge smack upside the head. I was roaring with laughter, loving this lady imagining her response to this tragic news.

My laughter turned to tears as Christopher explained in the column that he had written that column after his mom had died .

I found myself grieving for him, for her and for Elvis — all at the same time.

I will be placing this final edition of KTW alongside the January 2014 final edition of the Kamloops Daily News. The headline on the Daily News’ final paper was Happy Trails, but without any papers in the city, I now feel like the headline should be Highway to Hell.

Thank you, Kamloops This Week, for everything.

Tara Holmes

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A20 WEDNESDAY, October 25, 2023 DEAR KTW: Count me among the many in the Tournament Capital and beyond who owe a great deal to Kamloops This Week.

Without the newspaper, I would not have my family, many of my friends or my job. Because of that, it was difficult to learn last week that the formidable award-winning KTDubs, as many of us called it, was actually closing.

I was hired fresh out of Thompson Rivers University’s journalism school

by Christopher Foulds and Kelly Hall.

My first day was Cinco de Mayo in 2008. It was fitting because we had a lot of fun working there and we drank a lot of cerveza. Some of us even enjoyed the odd siesta.

I met my partner, Jessica Klymchuk, in that wonderful and lively KTW newsroom — a converted warehouse on Dalhousie Drive where my young son, Jamie, was our de facto mascot. One could argue he spent more time in the office than did photographer Dave Eagles.

When we welcomed our daughter, Sibree, last year, I texted Foulds a couple of pictures from the hospital and let him know there was a new KTW baby in the world. He was psyched.

I left the newspaper in 2020 after the company offered buyouts. It was a hard decision and many tears were shed — on my end, anyway. But I kept in touch with my friends and followed their work closely.

I was 24 when I started at KTW and 38 when I left. I feel like I grew up there more than anywhere else and I learned so much about

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TIM PETRUK the job, the city and myself.

It’s been said much better in recent days by smarter people, but KTW was a special thing. It was not your typical community newspaper and the accolades show that. It was edgy and it had heart and it was willing to do things most other community papers simply wouldn’t or couldn’t.

That’s why KTW engenders such loyalty in the people who spent time there. We knew we were part of something different, even if we didn’t know how to put our finger on it.

I have never heard Foulds say no to a good idea, no matter how daunting or scary or weird, and he deserves all the credit in the world for that.

Beyond the newspaper itself, KTW was an amazing environment in which to grow up and learn how to do journalism. I don’t think I could have been more lucky to have landed where I did and I believe a lot of my former colleagues probably feel the same.

It sounds cliché, but the newsroom was close, like a family. We all knew

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everything that was happening in each other’s lives.

Sometimes we loved each other and sometimes we didn’t. We joked and bickered and partied and still managed to show up for work the next day — most of the time.

There will still be local news and reporters will still cover it, but it will not be the same in this city without KTW. More tears are being shed as I write this. It’s terrible to think of the newspaper’s talented journalists going through this traumatic, drawn-out collapse, not to mention all the dedicated non-editorial staff who worked very hard on the paper.

I so hope everyone lands on their feet. It is equally terrible to think of everything the community will miss out on without KTW doing what it did best.

Congratulations, Foulds and company, on an unbelievable run — and what a shame to see it end. Thanks for everything you gave to me personally and to the community.

I am so proud to have been a part of Kamloops This Week and I will cherish my memories from that place forever.

This sad chapter has nothing to do with the brilliant work KTW produced and everything to do with the unrelenting, unforgiving pace of change these days in the news business.

Tim Petruk was a reporter at KTW from 2009 to 2020.

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DEAR KTW: The news of our beloved Kamloops This Week closing came as a shock.

It is going to be very hard saying goodbye to what was my home away from home for the past 35-plus years.

I was born and raised in Kamloops and have worked with KTW from the beginning. I started from the bottom as a newspaper carrier, worked at collating (stuffing) flyers into papers and, as a driver, dropped bundles off for our carriers. I was also part of the phone crew, which audited deliveries. Then, as circulation clerk and circulation manager, I looked after hiring carriers and drivers and dealing with subscriptions and deliveries.

I have had the opportunity to see the newspaper grow, from paper and paste-up to the computer age. KTW started in August of 1988 with an office under The Continental Barber Shop, downtown at 319 Victoria St. The paper then had to be type-

set and sent to press on the bus.

Years later, after growing out of that location, we moved up to Dalhousie Drive in Southgate, where the paper was starting to be done on computers, with no more glue. Everything could be added and edited on the page and sent to press electronically.

This transition was amazing.

Things have changed so much over the decades and those memories will stay with me.

One of the things I loved so much was working with everyone who passed through our doors.

And I also enjoyed being able to get out and meet people on the streets, especially residents who loved our paper not only for the flyers, but for the local news and events that KTW helped keep them up to date on.

Kamloops This Week has been a part of my family and the memories we all created. It is a sad day to see that go.

Serena Platzer is circulation manager at KTW.

The Biggest Thank You!

DEAR KTW: I started my career in the newspaper industry 15 years ago after graduating from TRU’s digital art and design program.

For 11 of those 15 years, I have been lucky enough to be a part of Kamloops This Week, sending out a terrific paper to my home community every week.

As production manager at KTW, I have felt like the wizard in the Emerald City — the man behind the curtain working his strange fantastical machines.

Silently working behind the scenes, I was responsible for gathering the stories from our fantastic reporters and the ads from our talented sales reps and designers.

If you want to imagine what it was like trying to get content from a dozen people all at once, try babysitting an entire daycare all on your own. Of course, I say that out of love and admiration for my co-workers, who have done one hell of a job. I only hope they can forgive me for yell-

ing louder as the deadline crept ever closer.

Once I had everything, I would slap it together onto the pages, often only minutes before our press deadline. With one final look over the pages, the files would be whisked away to the press. And, barring a few hiccups once in a while, the press would deliver a brand new paper first thing in the morning for readers to enjoy.

I would like to say something to everyone reading this: You make this community great.

Don’t take for granted the things you think will be around forever.

Behind every Kamloops experience, story and event, there is a talented team of people who care.

Go out and support our community.

As I write this, I am off to go attempt to herd the cats — I mean, coworkers — one last time.

Lee Malbeuf is production manager at KTW.

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Happy Birthday Anne Krehel

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Best wishes on your 85th birthday.

You will never outgrow your special place in our hearts.

Happy birthday with love.

From your children, your family, your friends and your neighbours.

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Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Scott Wilson “arrests” then-KTW reporter and associate editor Dale Bass in 2011 as part of the detachment’s Jail and Bail fundraiser for the Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo United Way.

DEAR KTW: I remember the look on editor Christopher Foulds’ face. I saw it several times during my 18 years with the newspaper.

I would go in to update him on a story he had assigned and have to tell him it had turned into a multi-part series.

That was the beauty of working at a newspaper and, in particular, at Kamloops This Week.

Reporters could take the time to dive deep into a story, maybe fall down a rabbit hole and come back up with more information than they first anticipated.

Hence one story becoming two — or three, or four — more stories than Christopher expected.

Long-form journalism continues to become a thing of the past in many

newsrooms, victim to fewer staff, more pressure to get things online fast and an obsession with how many clicks each story gets.

That is one of the great losses that came when the last copy of this paper came off the press.

Broadcast reporters simply do not have the time or the resources to do these in-depth stories. They too are caught up in the not enough staff and too much to get done.

It has been said often recently that the TNRD spending nightmare would never have seen the light of day had reporter Jessica Wallace not been given the time to follow every thread and untangle it.

The police might never have arrested John Bjornstrom, the Bushman of the Shuswap, had reporter

DEAR KTW: It is very sad to see Kamloops This Week close.

Working there in the early 2000s, shortly after a move from Kelowna, reporting allowed me to get to know this community.

At the time, we published three times a week. I will miss my once-a-week print

Dale Steeves not been given the time to connect with the man robbing cabins and evading the RCMP — a process that led to Steeves eventually spending hours out in the Shuswap with the Bushman and coming back with an amazing story.

Of course, police caught Bjornstrom by duplicating Steeves’ work and pretending to be reporters interested in the story.

There are so many more examples I could include here, but in hopes of not telling Christopher I have again written a series, let me end with this: Kamloops has lost a key, vital part of its heart. There are so many stories that will never be told. It is heartbreaking.

Dale Bass was a reporter and associate editor at KTW from 2000 to 2018.

read as well as the daily KTW highlights in my email inbox as part of the newspaper’s newsletter.

Wishing all the staff the best.

Darshan Lindsay was a reporter at KTW in the early 2000s.

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All persons who wish to register an opinion on the proposed closure may do so by: • appearing before City Council on November 7, 2023, at 1:30 pm, at City Hall (7 Victoria Street West); or • written submission: - emailed to legislate@kamloops.ca - mailed or hand-delivered to Legislative Services, 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2 Please note that written submissions must be received by the Legislative Services Division no later than November 3, 2023, at 12:00 pm. Written submissions, including your name and address, are included in the Council Agenda, and will be posted on the City’s website as part of the permanent public record. Please note that the City considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information in accordance with Sections 26 and 33.1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (BC).

Gord Kurenoff was editor of Kamloops This Week in the early 2000s. Among his varied work was his first-person coverage of taking part in the legendary Cattle Drive from Merritt to Kamloops.

The journey was probably easier for Kurenoff than it was for most, considering he was no stranger to the cowboy way of life while growing up in Yorkton, Sask.

DEAR KTW: Having had the great pleasure of working at the Kamloops Daily News and Kamloops This Week, news that the Tournament Capital of Canada won’t have a newspaper is shocking and sad.

When a city loses its newspaper it also loses its voice, its record keeper, its prime storyteller, the real social media — and all the jobs attached to it, directly or indirectly.

While bashing journalists and the media has become trendy, especially by those who would rather not have their laundry shared publicly, we’d be

a dumber, less informed society if we had to rely on Uncle Bob’s gossip from the local pub (or Uncle Donald if you live south of the 49th).

Not once was I told how to write a story, but many a time I was told to recheck facts, sources and context.

We were always one mistake away from a chat with our legal team, so the motivation was to never be wrong.

Compare that to today’s faceless keyboard warrior or bot and, well, there’s no comparison.

I am very sad for the staff of KTW, many who adopted me as a friend,

colleague and resident when I worked and played there.

I am also sad for the sports teams and arts and community groups that loved seeing their projects and events featured.

With all the great minds involved, I hope another news publication arises, even if it’s online only.

RIP, KTW. It’s a sad ending to a wonderful story.

Gord Kurenoff KTW editor in the early 2000s

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DEAR KTW: As the first editor of Kamloops This Week, I was saddened to hear of the paper’s closing. I worry constantly about where people will get real, unbiased reporting on the events and issues in their everyday lives with journalism in complete disarray.

One simply can’t rely on the internet.

Kamloops This Week was near and dear to me. It started in a basement below a barber shop on Victoria Street. It was a motley crew: myself, cub reporter Sandy Wisemen and daughter Kelly manning the front desk, hilarious photographer Rob Lentz, followed by the additions of Dave Lennam and Rob Demone. The sales team of Donnie Moores and Sharon Cooper were excellent.

Every Friday, once the paper was “put to bed,” we would convene at Sgt. O’Flaherty’s to celebrate and get geared up for another issue of Kamloops This Week.

It was a great time and I say cheers to all the hard-working people who kept it alive for 35 years. It was never easy.

Dale Olsen DEAR KTW: One could argue the mid-1990s/

FINAL EDITION early 2000s were the heyday of media in Kamloops.

At the time, Kamloops This Week published three days a week and had a newsroom of 10: Jason Payne, Brendan Halper, Bart Cummins, Angela MacIssac, Jeannine Soudine, Elsbeth Meyer, Ed Meyer, Al Wishart, Ken Alexander (editor) and myself.

The newsroom was huge for a tri-weekly at the time and unheard of in today’s era, even for some dailies.

At KTW, our mission was clear — break news, go deep into stories and record the community’s history. In the early days, we were the new kids on the block trying to break the tag name of Kamloops “Last” Week.

We eventually did, after many learnings, long nights and journalism awards that solidified credibility.

We had a healthy rivalry with the Kamloops Daily News, not to mention with CHNL and CJFC, which had equally healthy resourcing, plus wire services. It fuelled a competitive nature with stories that consistently caught the attention of national and provincial media, which would pick up our stories.

Collectively, those four strong media

outlets informed public opinion and, in turn, influenced key decision-makers.

Along the way, they ensured the community and so many of its great citizens and organizations were part of the Canadian story.

Just as it was when the longstanding Kamloops Daily News collapsed in 2014, it’s a sad day to lose yet another newspaper. In the big picture, we’ve lost another key to democracy.

Kudos to all staff past and present who worked at Kamloops This Week. You recorded history.

Dale Steeves was a reporter at KTW from 1996 to 2001.

DEAR KTW: I’m so tremendously sorry to hear that Kamloops This Week is closing.

What an incredible loss for Kamloops.

KTW remains the best place I have ever worked in terms of my colleagues’ talent level, the incredible freedom to pursue what I considered important and the amount of ridiculous fun we could have in between everything else.

Andrea Klassen was a reporter at KTW from 2012 to 2018.

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DEAR KTW: By the time I started working at Kamloops This Week in 2018, I had already been in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years.

While I had written for newspapers in the past, I had never been a full-time journalist until then.

The irony is that it was my desire to be a writer that drove me to newspaper in the first place and resulted in a career spent mostly on work like advertising design and page layout.

KTW editor Christopher Foulds was the first person who really gave me the opportunity to pursue that specific dream and, though it took more than 20 years to get there, I finally made it.

Thanks, also, to the rest of the crew at KTW who took in this untrained weirdo and trusted that even without a journalism degree, I could at least string a few words together in a meaningful way.

I have many fond memories of my time there and I think the loss to this community when KTW shuts its doors will be tremendous. Here’s to 35 great years that have been, sadly, cut short.

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A28 WEDNESDAY, October 25, 2023 DEAR KTW: Longtime reader, first-time emailer.

I am disappointed and upset at the news of KTW’s closure.

I went to journalism school at TRU and wanted to be a sportswriter for Kamloops This Week when I graduated. I was a finalist for an internship position back in 2012. Would that internship 11 years ago have saved the paper?

Possibly, but we will never know. I’m joking. You’ve had a very talented team for a long time.

Working for several years in newspapers after college, it became very obvious to me the direction the industry was going. I tried my best to ignore it. I always believed that towns the size of Kamloops and smaller needed a newspaper. I still feel that way.

I sold out a few years back and switched over to communications. I quite enjoy my job now, but it’s not the same as heading down to the rink for work. I still scratch my itch for sportswrit-

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Ever since arriving in Kamloops, I have been consuming KTW. The Kamloops Last Week webcast/podcast with Marty Hastings and Christopher Foulds has become a must-watch over the last two years.

KTW opened the rest of us up to a lot of important information going on in our community.

I thought it was cool that I went to school with a few people who worked in your newsroom.

I’ve been a dedicated reader of Marty’s, Michael’s and Jessica’s for many years. They’re some of my favourite reporters in the country. Those three are such badasses.

My first job out of college was with the Vernon Morning Star.

Five of the seven others in that newsroom had sat in those chairs longer than I had been alive. I loved that job and that team.

Thanks for KTW lasting as long as it did. I hoped this day would never come. Give my best

to everyone involved and good luck with whatever comes next.

I hope you all find some time eventually to look back at how important you all were and the great work everyone did. Thank you for the stories and the memories.

Tyler Lowey DEAR KTW: I am extremely saddened by this announcement.

A newspaper is an invaluable presentation of a diverse number of topics, all in one compact, readable form that can be opened and closed, pages marked and taken along anywhere.

It brings together diverse topics such as broadcasting of events via advertising, recognition given to individuals and teams in sports, updates on events and accomplishments by lovingly written obituaries and other stories that connect our community.

I will not go online and look up Kamloops obituaries, nor will I take the time to

look up all sports results.

Finding meaningful information that is professionally composed and truthfully sourced is a very tedious task to find on our own by going online.

It is essentially a complete waste of time, as I do not like being glued to my phone more than absolutely necessary.

I am ever so saddened for my teenaged kids, who, even if they don’t read the newspaper themselves, always enjoyed it when I shared photos, articles, the comics page or puzzles with them.

KTW’s closure is a devastating loss of print media and the loss of a reputable, dependable window to our local life, businesses, concerns and achievements.

All the best to you all and a huge thank you for all you have achieved over the years.

Tanja Hasler, reader and advertiser (Tanja’s Pet Grooming) in KTW DEAR KTW: Kamloops This Week was an

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Newspapers have always made legitimate and tangible people’s experiences, perspectives and opinions. To see an underserved community and its stories shared so publicly and proudly across the pages of the paper felt more momentous than I could have expected.

Thank you for the many opportunities to share my own voice and perspective in the pages of Kamloops This Week over the years.

It was a fun surprise to see my entire family on the cover of the Community section in 2019.

Your impact will be missed.

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DEAR KTW: I was so very saddened to hear the news that Kamloops This Week will be ending operations.

Your newspaper has been a lifeline to the community. It provided everything we, as a community, needed about local news (both good and bad), current events, national news, informative stories of accomplishments, travel information, urgent messages to consumers, notices of loss of loved ones, advertisements, comics, horoscopes, classified ads, opinions, photos, contests, notifications of upcoming events — everything.

What a huge loss this will be to the community and to the people who worked at KTW. I wish the community had been able to come together to help brainstorm some possible options for KTW before it came to this point, rather than facing the loss of a valuable resource in our community, our main news source and the jobs that will go with it.

Please know that your staff, your hard efforts, your involvement in the community, your great stories and your awesome newspaper have been abundantly appreciated by a lot of

FINAL EDITION people in this community for many years.

Thank you all so much for your service to the community.

Jackie Wray DEAR KTW: I have countless memories of working with you guys over the years. Andrea, Jess and Tim were reporters I looked up to when I came to Kamloops in 2016 and I feel so lucky I got to see them at city hall, the courthouse or at events in the city.

The investigative work KTW has done over the years cannot be overstated. You all should be proud of how you served the community. Kamloops is a better place because of the work KTW has done.

Having a strong competitor to battle with made me a better journalist and, for that, I thank all of you.

Ashley Legassic was a reporter at CFJC-TV from 2016 to 2020 DEAR KTW: I recently moved to Kamloops from the Lower Mainland and thoroughly enjoyed receiving the weekly editions of KTW and reading the various articles on current and upcoming events and a lot of historical memories of the area.

This was a way for me to learn more about the community I am calling home.

I will miss receiving the weekly issue and just sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the calmness involved in reading something that you physically hold in your hand and allows you, for a few moments, to get away from the fast-paced electronic life that envelops us these days.

It is so sad that KTW is closing. Once again, rising costs have plunged 35 years into the vault. Wishing the best to all employees and delivery personnel.

Barb Poitras DEAR KTW: I am very sorry to hear that Kamloops This Week is shutting down as many people still rely on printed newspapers to stay informed.

I certainly understand the financial aspect that is responsible for the closure and wish all your employees the best.

Barb Tames DEAR KTW: My grandpa, Robert Querns, worked for the Kamloops Sentinel way back in the day, when my sister and I delivered newspapers.

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I look at your hardworking people and feel that the valuable ones in life get totally ignored. I wish I had some way of saving your paper, but this is, unfortunately, the reality.

With the paper closing, I feel another part of our world has gone array. We need more humanity in our lives. With KTW closing, a little shred of it disappears again.

Elaine Moon DEAR KTW: I loved reading our Kamloops This Week newspaper.

We were truly blessed by having our newspaper faithfully delivered to our homes each week. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the articles of local news and interests.

I’m very sorry to see it go.

Janice Stefanovic DEAR KTW: Our sincere condolences on the closing of the newspaper.

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DEAR KTW: Wow, it is hard to believe there will be no more Kamloops This Week in this community.

I was lucky enough to have been with KTW for more than 26 years and I am going to miss it.

My career in newspapers dates back to 1975 (earlier if you count the years as a carrier).

From the Windsor Star to the Edmonton Journal, as founder of Edge Publishing (Echo newspapers) and with stops at a couple of press centres in between, newspapers have pretty much been my life.

It wasn’t until 2002, when I started my own publication, that I saw the readers’ enjoyment with newspapers. I always thought it was primarily an advertising vehicle However, this situation gave me a clearer understanding about the role of the editor/writers and their functions.

(I am neither, by the way.)

This was a turning point for me in my career. This newfound passion made it easy to promote KTW as the vehicle of choice for marketing. The pressure cooker of being on the sales side to help ensure our clients got what they needed, that bills were paid and that pages were available for our editorial team to provide our readers with first-class journalism is something I’ll never forget.

There were many late nights and/or weekends at different events. There was sacrificing

time with family and friends to be sure we were not only read, but seen and heard. I wouldn’t change a thing.

Staff I’ve had the pleasure of working with have made life-altering changes in my world. The lifelong friends are something for which I am truly grateful.

I had the chance to work with the business and non-profit community and would like to thank them for some very exciting times promoting products, service or events to help them succeed. This was where some of the magic really happened for me. From ideas to execution, it was an amazing journey.

Capturing a vision, then designing and publishing, is a feeling that’s hard to explain.

While we sometimes never knew what to expect, I’d like to say most of what we did together was on point and met all goals and objectives. I am going to miss this rush the most.

I am feeling very sad at times, thinking that all the hard work and sacrifices have been in vain, but I remind myself of things I used to say quite often at KTW — that change Is good. I’s just not sure about this one.

Thank you everyone for being a change in my life.

Ray Jolicoeur worked with KTW from 1992 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2023. He served as sales rep, sales manager, general manager and special projects manager.

DEAR KTW: This is terrible news. We are losing our news. I am so sorry for you and all your staff.

The quality of the reporting

by KTW has been exceptional over the years. It’s a huge loss for Kamloops.

I wish all of you the best of everything wherever you end up.

Sally Cornies DEAR KTW: We have always depended on our weekly newspaper and flyers to keep us informed of what events are happening locally, along with world news, sports news, news about upcoming events and the list goes on.

The newspaper is so important for seniors and others who do not have access to the internet to know what is going on in their community and stay in touch with the world.

It is a very sad day when a city the size of Kamloops has no newspaper.

Susan Petrovcic DEAR KTW: I had the paper delivered to my door. I’m sad to see it go.

Shelley Brunbaugh DEAR KTW: I am so sorry for all the staff at KTW that the paper is ending. Thank you very much for the great service you have provided us with over the years.

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It will be missed by many people including myself. Even that I have a computer I still enjoyed reading the paper and the flyers.

Lola MacCulloch DEAR KTW: My family worked for KTW back in the 90s through to the 2000. My husband Dan became a driver with KTW, doing the Aberdeen run, and then the Valleyview-Juniper run.

I joined the drivers as the Barnhartvale driver back in 1995. We used to take the flats to Vernon for both KTW and the Interior Buy & Sell, as well as our regular routes.

My sons got a paper route up in Barnhartvale and later, my daughters got a paper route.

I worked for KTW doing the Sun Peaks run from 1999 until 2018.

One of my memories was delivering papers on the New Year’s Eve ice storm in Kamloops, and my kids having to crawl up and down driveways because it was so slippery.

The job was a good one for this stay-at-home mom returning to work, as my kids could come on the routes with me.

It will be sad to no longer have a newspaper come to our door, as this was a very big part of my family’s life for many years.

Lorna Mufford

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FINAL EDITION DEAR KTW: People allow a business to succeed. Leadership provides the necessary guidance for employees to reach for the moon.

But it’s the talents, skills and attitudes of the staff that will bring that business success.

Kamloops This Week was the fabric of this community.

The employees are the stories behind all of the newspaper’s success.

Editorial staff over the years comprised some of the best journalists in Canada, journalists working on hyper-local community news and keeping you informed about key issues that affect your daily lives. KTW had quality writing that made our community newspaper a must-read, led by the editorial guidance of Olsen, Demone, Laverty, Alexander, Kurenoff and Foulds.

Editorial leadership was — and remains — exceptional.

Not only are editors managing the newsroom and overseeing production of all news stories, they are mentoring and building a team that will challenge itself to write to an award-winning standard.

KTW’s editorial team was

gifted in highlighting and chronicling weekly activities.

You should be able to pick up a community newspaper and feel the community through the stories printed weekly.

Our editorial teams over the years mastered the ability to tell our community stories.

Looking back, I marvel at the talented provincial and national award-winning journalists KTW employed.

Kamloops This Week’s community content was always provoking thought, encouraging readers to think about issues affecting their lives, their city, their country and the world around them.

Over the years, KTW challenged our community weekly to have and share your opinion. Encouraging community debate and discussion is very healthy for a community.

KTW had local news that pulled you into the pages, hard news to keep you informed, community news that held local leaders and politicians to account and entertainment and sports highlighting community sports, arts and culture.

This paper offered you, the reader, an opportunity to learn, engage and become active in Kamloops by simply

reading and turning the pages weekly.

A successful community paper has a business side that runs parallel to the journalistic side and KTW had that in spades. Within the industry, it is often said the two working sides of a newspaper are like church and state — always independent of each other.

That was true with KTW. It employed a team of sales professionals I would put up against any team, a group working with all businesses in Kamloops, helping them grow and strengthen their positions in the marketplace.

Collectively, we all worked to build relationships within our community, building trust with utmost integrity while representing all employees at KTW. We often discussed the value of excellence in journalism on the business side of the newspaper. We talked about filling the paper with advertising to help grow the economic engine of our community’s local businesses.

But without awardwinning journalism that brings eyes to the pages, we would have limited results.

Our community will mourn the loss of KTW. We will reflect on the community strengths and resolve the newspaper brought to our doorsteps these past 35 years.

We’re losing a great resource for residents who want to be active in the community.

Lost is a child’s first job as a carrier. Lost is the fridge art for parents, pictures of their kids’ accomplishments highlighted in the pages of KTW. Lost are the final records of one’s life’s accomplishments, found in the obituaries. Who will be left to chronicle the history of this great community we call home?

In an era where misinformation runs rampant and news is stifled, access to information is more important than ever, yet we continue to see community newspapers shuttering.

Without any political affiliation, the awardwinning Kamloops This Week, which employed so many hardworking, conscientious and enthusiastic employees, has ceased publishing.

It is hard to believe.

Kelly Hall was with KTW from 1993 to 2018, serving as a sales rep, sales manager and publisher.

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DEAR KTW: I am going to miss our one and only local paper.

As a senior, I will miss reading and writing letters to the editor, the local stories and weekly updates of our city council doings.

But, more so, I will miss the obituaries. As we grow older, we lose contact with friends and relatives. And when I check the obituaries, it’s there that I regain memories of times past and friends now gone.

I find it hard to believe a city of 100,000 cannot support a local paper, even if only once a week.

Yet down the road in Ashcroft, their local weekly paper survives.

Why? Rick Bennett DEAR KTW: Our three children were carriers for KTW and we have always enjoyed the paper, with the award-winning reporting, fundraising for the community and community event notices.

Well done to the past and present staff.

You shall be missed.

The Durant family DEAR KTW: My wife, Velvet, and I have been newspaper carriers for the last three or four years for this great newspaper.

We will miss working for KTW. To to all the clients we deliver to, let us just say you will be missed as we have become friends with quite a few of you.

Thanks for all the great times.

Flynt Platz DEAR KTW: It is very sad to learn there will be no more newspaper to read.

I remember delivering KTW with my son. It was a great opportunity for us to do something together while he made a few dollars.

I’ll miss reading the paper and viewing the store flyers.

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Thank you KTW for your excellent efforts keeping an eye on our community, ensuring we are informed and up to date on matters. I personally enjoyed every aspect of the paper, from news, to sports to the obituaries, which presented warm stories of fellow community members who sadly passed. No online offering or search will ever match what a newspaper in hand bundles together in an easy to carry along way.

Please support another newspaper via a paid subscription. If they all go, the community loss will be unfathomable.

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www.kamloopsthisweek.com DEAR KTW: I are so sorry to see you go, as I know times are tough for everyone and can only imagine how hard you have worked to stay open.

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FINAL EDITION DEAR KTW: Like many, I am shocked and saddened that our Kamloops This Week is printing its last edition this week.

I moved to Kamloops from Vancouver six years ago and the paper has, really, fostered a sense of community.

I read about upcoming events and local politics and read obituaries, columns and letters. Where will we find out about local events? I’m guessing the internet?

Facebook/Meta perhaps, the very platform that has contributed to the problem with limiting viewership by blocking news links due to the Online News Act? Wishing everyone at KTW the best and a heartfelt thank you for all your work over the years.

Hopefully, we’ll see you again in some capacity.

Shauna Clarke DEAR KTW: With the closures of so many newspapers across the country, we are seeing a change in how we have compromised over to digital rather than uphold the value on the written word in hand, of the daily/weekly press to be read throughout our communities.

Over its 35 years of publications, KTW has seen a change of 10 mayors in Kamloops, the first International Space Station, the Civil Marriage Act in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mint striking the last Canadian penny, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reign of Canada’s monarch,

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From the onset of our children, to being empty nesters, to being grandparents, Kamloops This Week has been a part of my family and kept us in touch with the community and beyond.

You allowed latitude with editorial submissions by readers, argued for what you supported with your own editorials endorsed a great many events in and around Kamloops yearly and gave Christmas its true meaning with stories from and for your readers.

“But at the laste, as every thing hath ende.” — Geoffrey Chaucer.

And so we say goodbye. Thanks for the memories. You will be missed.

Sharlene Klein DEAR KTW: I worked at KTW from 1993 to 2003 in the production department, when we just started transitioning from old school cut and paste to going to digital design.

We had to rely on that 5:20 p.m.

Greyhound bus to get the paper to press in Vernon or get a driver for $50 if we did not make the deadline.

By the time I left in 2003, we were sending the paper to the press digitally and zapping it down there with a blink of an eye.

I guess, sadly, it was the beginning of the end for print newspapers.

Kamloops This Week had a real community sense. With Don Moores and Linda

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We certainly had our ups and downs, but in a way, I look back and realize we were like family around there.

And let’s not forget about all the holiday potluck lunches we had at the office, always a hit with everyone taking part and creating some wonderful dishes.

Oh, and Jacquie States Schneider always rocked it at Halloween, coming up with the most creative costume she could master.

I’d love to list everyone there who touched my heart, but that would take up way too much space.

Over the years, some very special people worked at Kamloops This Week, people who have become great friends even today ,and I’m glad I got to be part of the newspaper for those 10 years.

Kamloops This Week will be missed in this community. It is sad to hear this is the end.

Mardell Lang DEAR KTW: Thanks for being “the” Kamloops newspaper for all these years.

I will miss my daily visit to your website.

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FINAL EDITION DEAR KTW: Years ago, Kamloops This Week editor Christopher Foulds phoned me.

I had submitted a letter to the editor and Foulds had noticed it was similar to a handful of other letters he’d received.

It’s not uncommon for political party leadership to let its supporters know what the message is and what they should say to get a letter published.

Political parties are also good at providing lists of editors so you can hit every paper in the province at once.

The BC Liberals did it and I’m sure the BC NDP does it.

Foulds asked me if it was part of a letter writing campaign for the BC Liberals.

It was.

To my shame, I said it wasn’t.

This has weighed on me for years. I later resigned from that party and politics in general, but Foulds was the only person to have ever directly accused me of such a thing.

And, to his credit, he was right.

I’m sad to hear of Kamloops This Week’s closure and I wish its staff and Foulds all the best for the future.

James Plett

DEAR KTW: I am so sorry to hear that your newspaper will no longer be published. I looked forward to sitting down with my cup of coffee and the paper every Wednesday.

I have heard you are having a multitude of problems, with advertising being down and publishing in Vancouver not working out. I cannot believe a city the size of Kamloops won’t have a paper and that the city cannot come up with some kind of help for you.

Williams Lake has a paper. Clinton has a paper. 100 Mile House has a paper.

How will we receive a report on our dysfunctional mayor? How will we know the events that are happening locally? How will we know who has died? How will we now what products are on sale, be it food, clothing or automotive goods?

I will sadly say goodbye to your paper and to all your very helpful staff.

I hope you all have good jobs to go to, where your talents will be as appreciated as they were here.

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To Everyone at Kamloops This Week: Thank you for your dedication, relentless work, and thoughtful commentary over these many years.

You were a light in the community.

We will miss you and wish you well.

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A44 WEDNESDAY, October 25, 2023 DEAR KTW: Since May 2017, Kamloops This Week has been home to Dig It, our regular column on archaeology in the Kamloops area and beyond.

In that time, we’ve used this valuable space to share our knowledge about the incredible wealth of Indigenous heritage that surrounds us here in Secwepemcúl’ecw and across B.C. We are so grateful to KTW for providing this forum for us to engage with residents and readers and for supporting, enlightening and empowering conversations across the region.

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KTW has played a huge role as a hub for news, views and dialogue in our community and we are saddened to see it come to an end.

We wish all the best to the KTW staff whose dedication to the paper and our city shone in every issue.

With respect and gratitude.

The Dig It team: Matt Begg Kim Christenson Clinton Coates Ryan Dickie Alysha Edwards Nadine Gray

Joanne Hammond Buffy Johnson Simon Kaltenrieder Nola Markey Ramsay McKee Heleana Moore Phoebe Murphy Todd Paquin Katie Sperry Abby Wilson DEAR KTW: This closure of KTW seems to be an example of rising headwinds against anything old and established.

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Radio, newspapers, paper billing, cash purchases, appliance instructions on paper — you name it and it will be gone soon. Shame on us for allowing it to happen.

Clint Price DEAR KTW: I am sad to hear of the permanent closure of KTW. Our three children (who are now in their 20s) all began their working lives at the age of 10 delivering your paper.

I cherish those memories of being outside and walking with

them before school, and of seeing the look on their faces when they received their first Christmas tip from your satisfied customers.

Forty-five years ago, I delivered the Vancouver Sun as my first job.

The “slow news” era is officially over, but my great memories of spending time with my kids will always be present.

Best wishes to all.

Jeff Putnam DEAR KTW: I’m just sad.

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FINAL EDITION DEAR KTW: I’ve been delivering newspapers for Kamloops This Week in Brocklehurst since 2018.

I started when I was nine years old.

Delivering papers is fun and enjoyable because it’s nice to get out for a walk and say hi to our neighbours.

Mason Pelton (left) and grandparents Malcom and Alice Horie loved delivering copies of KTW.

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My grandparents, Alice and Malcolm Horie, also enjoyed helping me deliver the papers. It’s nice spending time with them.

They say delivering newspapers gives him something to look forward to every week.

My grandma will especially miss reading the

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obituaries. My grandpa is an old grocer, so he will miss the grocery flyers.

As for me, I will miss reading the sports section and hardware flyers.

I’m very sorry to hear that KTW will be closing.

Thanks very much.

Mason Pelton

A46 WEDNESDAY, October 25, 2023 DEAR KTW: The loss of our last printed newspaper is very sad for Kamloops residents and businesses.

We seniors in Kamloops will very much miss KTW as we always look forward to reading about the events, local news and obits.

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Kamloops This Week’s circulation crew, including drivers and carriers, help celebrate the newspaper’s 30th anniversary in July 2018 with some cake on a picture-perfect summer day in the Tournament Capital.

Many of us seniors who do not have today’s high-tech skills for communicating always looked forward to this news medium.

We personally thank you and all your staff for the many years of dedication.

Hazel and Dave Smith

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DEAR KTW: I am so saddened for my community that we can’t depend on a weekly newspaper reported by top-notch dependable professionals who also live in this community and are passionate about keeping us informed about local politics, sports, the arts, obituaries or whatever is happening in the world here and around us.

I will definitely miss it. Thank you all for the great reporting and all the love and hard work that you put into turning it out every week.

It was always entertaining and informative.

Hopefully, we will see something in the future that will fill this space on a printed age.

I remain a loyal fan.

Zena Menard DEAR KTW: I’ve been honoured to have “Special to KTW” alongside my name for the past four years as I submitted concert reviews.

It’s been an enriching experience. As I see it, community newspapers should be designated as cultural institutions — as important as festivals, art galleries, museums and recreation centres for a municipality’s identity.

news on “myReading tablet will never compare to turning the pages of a newspaper with morning coffee.

”

— PAT KAATZ

Maybe one day the powers-thatbe will see that.

Leslie Hall DEAR KTW: I am disheartened to learn of the end of KTW publishing.

I am sorry for those losing their jobs and sorry to lose your output and perspective.

You have done fine work in the past and should be proud of your accomplishments.

The regional district now has no one to keep it accountable.

Thank you for all you have done and best of luck in your future.

Sheryl Wagner DEAR KTW: A special thank you to this newspaper, which has been enjoyed by so many people over the years. You will be greatly missed, along with all the news and sports stories of interest and the many services provided for us.

Good luck to all the newspaper staff forced to move on.

Jenny John DEAR KTW: Thank you to Vincent, our paper delivery person in Westsyde.

His hard work and reliability through rain, snow and hot summer days were so appreciated. We will miss getting the paper a lot.

L. Higgins DEAR KTW: I am so very sorry to learn of KTW’s closure. Is this the end of investigative journalism for Kamloops? Reading news on my tablet will never compare to turning the pages of a newspaper with morning coffee.

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To the entire team at Kamloops This Week For the decades of community stories and memories, we would like to bid a fond farewell to the newspaper that has been an integral part of our lives.

Your dedication to capturing the essence of Kamloops and its people has left an indelible mark on our community.

We are delighted to carry on their torch of service to our community. In this spirit, we are committed to upholding the legacy of the Christmas Cheer Fund, ensuring the ongoing support of charities that serve our community.

Together, we can make a difference.

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DEAR KTW: A quick note, on behalf of myself and Thompson Rivers University, to say thank you to Kamloops This Week and its staff for the publication’s service to our community for more than 35 years.

It’s sad to see another community newspaper close its doors at a time when more than ever we need diverse local voices to explore issues that matter and offer insights and opinions into how we might better govern ourselves.

In reading Kamloops This Week in the five years I have been in the city, I have found your newspaper to be fair, objective, committed to quality journalism and eager to serve the community.

In particular, I want to express gratitude for the editorial space KTW offered TRU every month. Writing View from TRU for the last two years has allowed me to tell your readers about many important and

worthwhile initiatives related to the university.

Losing this opportunity means losing a valuable channel to connect with our community.

My parents were both journalists and I have witnessed during my lifetime the societal and technological pressures that have undermined journalism.

I can only hope that in the new world of digital and social media, there will be journalists who devote themselves to background research, to understanding complex issues and diverse points of view and to providing fair and balanced coverage as Kamloops This Week has strived to do over the years.

In closing, I say again, thank you. October 25 will mark a sad day for journalism and for Kamloops.

Brett Fairbairn president and vice-chancellor Thompson Rivers University

Thank you for being a staple in our local media diet for the last 35 years.

KTW’s long-term dedication to this community has been outstanding.

Best wishes to the staff.

We will miss the paper.

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HERE IS HOW YOU CAN DONATE TO THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER GO ONLINE TO BCICF.CA/ KAMLOOPS-THIS-WEEKCHRISTMAS-CHEER-FUND

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Christmas Cheer Fund will continue to help non-profits The KTW Christmas Cheer Fund will continue, despite the closure of Kamloops This Week.

The BC Interior Community Foundation, which has helped KTW collect and organize donations, will continue to accept donations online at bcicf.ca/kamloopsthis-week-christmas-cheerfund.

Through the end of October, donations can also be made on the KTW website, at kamloopsthisweek.com, by clicking on the Christmas Cheer logo.

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Here is a synopsis of each non-profit: • Royal Canadian Legion Kamloops: Like many nonprofit organizations, since re-opening after COVID, the Legion has struggled to bring people back into its downtown premises. The Legion would like to expand its reach in the community by offering new programs, especially for vulnerable seniors and veterans in the area.

•BGCK Journey Fund: The agency manages a nonprofit initiative created by Thrive Clinical Counselling and Consulting, CorDiscovery and Lighthouse Therapies.

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healing from trauma not be a luxury for those who can afford it. Once a parent is approved, they are able to pick any qualified therapist in Kamloops who is a good fit for them.

• Auxiliary to Overlander Residential Care: The purpose of the auxiliary is to support the Overlander Residential Care Hospital by providing supplementary patient services, equipment and financial support as requested by the manager and which has not been provided for by Interior Health.

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A50 WEDNESDAY, October 25, 2023 DEAR KTW: The gradual loss of newspapers being delivered to our homes has now, regretfully, come full circle. KTW will be missed.

After retirement, reading the newspaper, with coffee in hand, and looking out at my wonderful view was the highlight of my day. Life evolves and when once a week delivery started, it was indeed shocking.

By that time, I was living in a retirement home and a neighbour who got up much earlier than me kindly delivered the paper to my door, so the tradition lived on once a week.

My association with the press is limited, but a copy of your paper I will treasure is one in which my picture is on the front page regarding a story on the naming of Overlanders Bridge. I have very efficiently cut the publication date off of it, but believe it was summer of 2015. I can still remember the shock of opening my paper and seeing my picture on the front page. It was very unexpected.

Your paper will be missed by many where I live and one of the questions that frequently comes up in conversation is: how will we know who has died without the obituary pages?

Technology will continue to evolve, but we should be vigilant about protecting how it can affect our lives in many unexpected ways.

My thoughts are with you and all your staff as you adjust to a new future. May it go well.

Joan Lyons

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FINAL EDITION

Once again, thank you, Christopher Foulds and the entire Kamloops This Week team for all that you have done.

Your contributions have made a significant impact on our industry and our community and your legacy will be remembered fondly.

Rose Choy, executive officer, Canadian Home Builders’ Association-Central Interior

The Kamloops This Week staff gather for a photo in 2011.

ages in Kamloops and surrounding communities.

You raised our profile in the community and, through the incredibly successful Raise-a-Reader campaign, enabled us to expand our programs and initiate new ones. Your support has contributed to the success of literacy programs like Parent Child Mother Goose, Come Read with Me, Bright Red Book Bus and Unplug and Play, to name but a few.

Kamloops This Week has been an important source of information about what’s happening in Kamloops and a gauge for understanding what the real issues are that people care about.

You will be missed on so many levels.

It has been a pleasure working with such professional, caring, generous and dedicated staff. We are so sad to see you go and wish you the very best as you walk into a new future.

Fiona Clare, literacy outreach coordinator, Literacy in Kamloops and Raise-a-Reader committee 2023

DEAR KTW: On behalf of Literacy in Kamloops and the Raise-a-Reader committee, I want to thank you for your generous support over the past nine years.

We started our Raise-a-Reader campaign in 2008 with the Kamloops Daily News and, when its doors closed in January 2014, KTW graciously stepped in so we could continue our campaign. You have helped us raise more than $1.3 million over DEAR KTW: It’s very heavy on my heart that the years to support literacy programs for all

Kamloops This Week will no longer be available. I needed a few days before reaching out to you.

As one of those who still reads the physical paper and keeps up with online news, I can’t help but feel a profound sense of loss. Over the past 16 years that I have been with the Central Interior chapter of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, your support for the home builders and our various events has meant a lot to us. I want to say a big thank you and goodbye as the community paper closes.

Your dedication to the Kamloops community has been remarkable. Whether it was Dave Eagles, Jessica Wallace, Kelly Hall, Ray Jolicoeur (I still remember the first time I met him) or, later on, Mike Potestio, your team has always been accommodating to us and we are very grateful for your support.

As everyone start new journeys, I want to wish you all the best. I am confident that your passion for community and journalism will continue to shine in whatever path you choose to follow. Kamloops This Week has been an integral part of our community, and it will be greatly missed.

DEAR KTW: I was saddened to hear KTW will be printing its last issue this week.

I have so many great memories of working closely with reporters to cover stories on healthy eating and food security.

As a registered dietitian with Interior Health and founder of the Kamloops Food Policy Council, I appreciate that our work was highlighted and shared to the community by the wonderful coverage provided

by KTW. I have clippings of more than 25 years of community work shared and, of course, my weekly Healthy Eating column.

Thank you for partnering with me over the years to share the healthy eating and food resiliency message. KTW has left a legacy in Kamloops!

Laura Kalina DEAR KTW: Hearing that Kamloops This Week is shutting down is grievous news.

Many, or most, of us saw the Helvetica black writing on the wall, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact economically.

But the KTW soldiers continued creating community content for years, even when it was apparent the newspaper industry in this city was doomed.

Thanks to Christopher Foulds and the news staff, Serena and the circulation crew and the ad sales reps and front office staff who kept the whole torpedoed boat afloat as long as possible.

May you all prosper in your next adventure.

Stewart Duncan

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WEEKLY HOROSCOPES

OCTOBER 25, 2023 - OCTOBER 31, 2023

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, your desires are limitless and you want things to go exactly how you envision them. However, sometimes you have to make compromises or concessions, like this week.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

You might be caught in a daydream this week, Scorpio, which typically is not your modus operandi. It’s alright to let the brain wander a bit as long as you come back down from the clouds.

Aquarius, shift your focus from what you lost or missed out on to all of the things you have and enjoy. A simple change of perception can do a world of good.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 It’s possible you may find refuge in relationships this week, Virgo. Surround yourself with the people closest to you who are pillars of support when you need them.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Sagittarius, are you able to work from home this week or take some PTO? You likely can use the opportunity to avoid crowds for a while until your energy stores build up.

Things could be so much easier if you go with the flow instead of swimming upstream like salmon, Pisces. This is not a battle you want to pick this week.

Pull together your dream team, Aries, because you are going to need all the help you can get at this point. The week is jam-packed with many different events.

Taurus, now is not the time to employ tough love if a friend or family member comes to you looking for help. You have to keep an open mind and a willingness to assist.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Your clever brain has a lot of creative ideas running through it, Gemini. It’s just a matter of zeroing in on one and then putting a plan into effect. Recruit some friends.

If you believe and have faith, you will receive what you need this week, Cancer.

Your patience finally may pay off in the form of just rewards. Keep your eyes open.

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ACROSS 1. Writer who created Oz 5. “Obviously,” in slang 10. First word of“A Visit From St. Nicholas” 14. “.?.?. with possibly direr consequences” 17. ____ Berliner, pioneer in phonograph records 18. Lex Luthor, to Superman 22. Raised 23. Bit of asparagus 24. Alternately 25. Lines up 26. Agitated 29. Pricey 30. M.L.B. team with a big“W”in its logo 31. Rx order 32. “Revolution,” to“Hey Jude” 34. Space-scanning org.

35. It may be bitter 36. Like bees 37. Not ____ (mediocre) 39. Clear weeds, in a way 40. Part“missing”from p.s.i.

41. Mystery writer Deighton 42. Words cried after“Go” 46. Abbr. after a price in a Craigslist ad 47. Lt.’s inferior 48. Decidedly 51. Québec’s ____ St.-Jean 52. Soft drink since 1905 54. Young hombre 56. Biblical verb ending 57. Instruments for Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole 60. German auto since 1899 61. “That’ll teach you!”

62. Pigeon English?

63. Basketball champions’ “trophy” 64. Gillette brand 65. Leader of the house?

67. “Love is love,” e.g.

70. Pallid 71. Outlets, e.g.

73. Something that might lengthen a sentence?

74. Moneybags 75. High school hurdle whose first two letters, phonetically, sound like one of its former components 76. Like all the answers with pairs of circled letters, punnily 81. Programming pioneer Lovelace 82. Seasons in Québec 84. 15th birthday celebration

BY STEPHEN MCCARTHY 85. Tomtit is another name for it 86. Talks up 88. Classical Icelandic literary work 89. Title letters chanted in a 2011 Katy Perry hit 90. Oldsmobile Cutlass model 91. Financial org. once deemed“too big to fail” 93. Newfoundland, e.g.: Abbr.

94. Serpentine swimmer 95. Root-beer brand 96. Veterans 100. Range within which you can answer the question“Can you hear me now?”

104. Six-time winner of the N.H.L.’s Art Ross Trophy, born in Saskatchewan 108. “24”and“Suits”actress, born in Halifax 111. Princess who says “Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffylooking nerf herder!”

112. Dish served on a skewer 113. Congresswoman Omar 114. Actress Lena 115. Suppliers of the milk for Roquefort cheese 116. Singer Mary J. ____ 117. Moves quickly and lightly 118. Not only that 119. Rehearsal, e.g., in slang 120. Approvals 121. You can believe it 122. “Likewise”

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15. Battle ____ 16. Seasonal destination near Quebec City 19. Program introduced by the Trudeau government in 1984, colloquially 20. Approximate weight of the Liberty Bell 21. Spots 27. Advocacy grp. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021 28. Words at an unveiling?

31. Cry after an award is announced 33. Woman’s short hairstyle 36. Portrayer of Senator Vinick on“The West Wing” 38. Level or bevel 43. Like some outlets 44. Desert planet of “Star Wars” 45. Be batty, in a way?

49. Canuck, e.g., for short 50. Capital of Qatar 52. Like bells in carillons 53. Part of L.C.D. 54. Some salon supplies 55. Like Rochester and Syracuse, but not New York City 58. Novel convenience?

59. Band whose 1999 hit“Smooth”spent 12 weeks at No. 1 66. Sleep stage 68. Overturns 69. “Very high,” on a fire-danger scale 70. Iowa Cubs baseball classification

72. Et ____ (footnote abbr.)

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77. Rose or lilac 78. “Where ____ go wrong?”

79. Novelist Gaiman 80. Pound sound 83. Thrown together 85. They might help with changing your locks 87. One with a phony personality?

90. Snake oil, purportedly 92. Passes 95. Central route thru town 96. Leers at 97. Frederick who composed“Camelot” 98. Helps a dishwasher, say 99. One source of oil 100. Cheer 101. Shout, informally 102. ____ Wars, conflicts of 1839-42 and 1856-60 103. It may be perfect or simple, but not both 105. Big elevator maker 106. $15/hour, e.g.

107. What most spiders have eight of 108. Hitchhiker’s need 109. International fashion magazine 110. Climb, as a rope

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

1. Pears with a sweetspiced flavor 2. Part of B.A. 3. Deploy 4. Alberta city named for an eagle-feather headdress 5. Like some birds or dolls 6. Excite 7. Rank 8. Stops talking, with“up” 9. Mettle that may merit a medal 10. Two-player game invented in Toronto 11. Sardonic 12. ____ of Parliament 13. Stops talking, with“up”

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(3 months max) • 2 large Garage Sale Signs New 10gal compressor Advertisements should be Magnificent creation by Furniture Moving 778- cond. $3500. 250-579for classified word ads Add colour . . . Sunday, . . . 25 Oct 29th. 11amPets/Farm. . . . .. .. .. .450-499 . 450-499 backs mounted. $100.

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Merchandise, vehicles, trailers, Houses, condos, duplexes, suites, extra etc .

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GMC Van. 10 Yamaha Star. Exec 2012 Happened Yet. After the Tax2006 Taxincluded. not included restrictions apply Some restrictions not included included Tax not included refunds on classified ads.

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$1,500/obo 250-376-6607.

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 90,000 for $4,500/obo 250-376-6607.

Trek Madone 5, Project Series 1, fully carbon, 56cm. custom frame, like new. Numerous accessories. $2000/firm.

For additional information call 250-372-2080. anitamattdenys@ gmail.com

For Sale - Misc Effective Sept 27th, 2023 Kamloops This Week has moved to a new press centre for printing our paper.

Private obits are noon Monday's. Classified deadline has now changed to 3:00 on Monday for the Wednesday paper.

Education HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses.

A Great Gift. C.O.R.E 1 Weekend a month P.A.L - 1 day a month.

Professional outdoorsman and Master Instructor: Bill 250-376-7970.

Antiques BUYING & SELLING: Vintage & mid-century metal, teak, wood furniture; original signed paintings, prints; antique paper items, local history ephemera; BC pottery, ceramics.

4th Meridian Art & Vintage, 104 1475 Fairview, Penticton.

Leanne@4thmeridian.ca Wrought iron beds $300./each. High Chair $30. Cedar Hope chest $400 Rocking chair $150.

Oak dresser w/mirror $475 250-372-8177

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1000's of Vintage Cards from Greeting England for giving or art all cellophane wrapped your choice. $25 a box, approx 300. Will be on going throughout the years ahead. Inquiries call Laura 250-376-6607.

28 Vintage sugar shakers - $300/obo. Tel pioneer collector plates. $100/obo.

250-523-9495.

2-Matching Rocker Recliner new in January 2023, taupe in colour, asking $850 obo. 250376-2320

400 Card set of 1991 Pro set NFL Football cards. $200. 250-318-0170

90 pcs of Royal Memorabilia. Plates, cups etc. $850/obo. 250-5795437.

About 80 Elvis Record Albums - Good variety. $850/all. 250-318-0170 BBQ w/side burner. $75.

Patio Table 4/chairs $75.

Sofa-bed $100. Make offer. 250-554-1599.

Bobby Orr's (4444) Collectors Lithograph.

(40"x32") $350. 1-250545-2755 (Vernon).

Distress sale of 1700 different books on hockey. Both juvenile and adult categories, some fiction, most non-fiction. Published between 1919 - 2012.

Comes with bibliographies. $5,000.

250-374-2211.

Evolution Walker Model Piper Tail 275lbs $125 obo 250-318-5905

Moving Sale - Everything Must Go - Hshld items, misc furniture, 6pc Bedroom set like new. $500. Small radial alarm saw $50. 250-3748285.

New Electric Lawn Mower with bag $80 obo 250376-6607 Powered wheelchair (Shopride, SpyderXL). 2 yrs old. Like new. $1,500.

250-573-4579.

Satellite phone Model Iridium 9505A handset w/attachments. $1300. 250374-0650.

Furniture Antique Duncan Phyfe table, extra leaf, buffet, hutch and 4 chairs. Exec cond. $600.

778-2577155.

Ottawa Place Yards of Sales. 2024 and into infinity.It will be the last weekend of the month of each month throught April to September. Look for the yellow/blue signs to bring you here. Inquiries call Laura 250-376-6607.

Wanted Used fishing gear plus rods and reels, reasonably priced. 250554-1675

this will happen.

Paired Recliners dark brown in colour $500 like new. 250-828-0782

$10,500. 250-376-4163

Prime Location 730 Nicola Street Large Lot 50x120 Serious Inquiries Only.

Phone 250-374-1804

Houses For Rent Furnished 5 bdrm $4700.

Quiet No S/P. West End RIH 250-214-0909.

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

Gardener 30 years experience.

Garden clean-ups and pruning.

250-312-3986.

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2014 Victory Jackpot (Red) Mint Condition with 14,600KM Leather Saddlebags, Removable Windshield & Back Bar w/luggage shelf All maintenance work up-to-date. $9,800.

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1990 Chrysler LeBaron GT Convertible. Mint condition. $6,000. 250573-3955.

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2007 Bayliner. 185 3litre Merc engine Alpha 2 leg. Great on fuel.

Excellent condition.

Great family boat. Swim platform.

Convertible Top. Rod holders. jackets, skis and safety gear.$18,500/OBO. 250-682-7933.

Starcraft 17ft skiboat with evinrude 110hp V-4 motor. $4800. 250-374-9677

1998 24ft GM Motorhome.

177,000kms. $17,500.00.

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2018 GMC Z71 SLT Crewcab 4X4 fully equipped. Excellent condition. Black with black leather.

140,000 kms $37,300 250-319-8784

Collectibles & Classic Cars

1985 Buick 6 dr limo.

Looks and runs great. $4000/obo 250 572 3483 eve or txt day

Diningroom table w/8chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $800.

250-374-8933.

Exec desk dark finish $200. Teak corner cabinet $100, Custom oak cabinet $200. 250-851-7687.

851-1115.

2018 Ford Focus Titanium comes with all equipment to be towed behind a motorhome, 6 yr. / 100,000. km extended warranty, has SELF PARKING, 42,000 km, like new condition $21,900.

778-808-9453

1998/99 VW Rialta. 22ft dash-cabin air. 140,000mi. $25,000. 778-220-7383.

1999 28.5ft Citation Supreme, Good shape. $15,000. 778-257-0061.

2004 Triple E 28ft 5th Wheel. Serviced and winterized. $12,000. 250579-8864.

Sports Utilities & 4x4’s 2008 Chevy Trailblazer 4wd. Exec cond. $7,000.

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2007 Max Lite travel trailer with bunks and fully equipped. $17,000.

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ON-SITE • MOVING SALE • SORRENTO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28th - 9 am (starts closing)

ONLINE TIMED AUCTION - ** REGISTER/BID NOW ** MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS • RECORDING STUDIO EQUIPMENT TRACTOR • SIDE X SIDE • TOOLS & MORE!!

Large Selection of Musical Equipment incl. Drums, Guitars, Amps, Speakers, Mixers, Stands, Cables, Lights, Signs, Beer Fridge, Gaming Chair, Plus More!!

Vintage McCormick Farmall Tractor, Hay Wagon, Rhino Side x Side ATV, Riding Mower, Yamaha Wave Runner, Cement Mixer, 4 Post Hoist, Golf Cart, Unsinkable Boat, Canoe & Kayaks, Vintage Marine Collectables, LED Grow Lights, Anvil, Vintage Coke Machine, Hand Tools, Shelving, Air Compressor, Rolling Toolboxes, Plus Much More!!

Viewing - On-Site - 877 Armentieres Rd, Sorrento (turn on Buckley Rd off Highway)

Thu/Fri (Oct 26/27) - 9 am - 4 pm Bid Online or Absentee Bids Accepted 3311 - 28 Avenue, Vernon • Subject to additions & deletions

www.doddsauction.com Photos & link to sales @ doddsauction.com CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION

DODDS AUCTION 250-545-3259

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Legal / Public Notices

BigSteelBox Corp at 1284 Salish Road, Kamloops, BC, claims a PPSA Lien Against Tinney, Curt, Paul of Kamloops, BC, for arrears of container rent amounting to $1,403.36 plus any additional costs of storage that accrue. If not paid in full, the contents of the storage container filled with: furniture, speakers, a children’s toy car, and other miscellaneous items, will be sold online auction via Ibid4Storage.com on September 29, 2023.

NOTICE OF SALE WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT By virtue of the Wareshouse’s Lien Act, we will sell the stored goods belonging to Bob Eistetter, address unknown, for $1650.00 to recover cost for unpaid storage. These personal effects will be sold on or after November 1, 2023.

Buller Trailer Sales 231 Andover Crescent Kamloops BC. 250-573-3222

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Cates Ford Soll & Epp is a very busy full-service law firm in downtown Kamloops. We are seeking an experienced candidate to work as a full-time legal assistant in our collegial office.

The duties for this position include, but are not limited to: • Dealing with initial queries from client and third parties • Processing client intake forms • Conducting conflict searches • Conducting BC Online searches • Preparing correspondence • Drafting, formatting, filing and coordinating service of court documents • Setting trials, discoveries and other court dates and preparing and filing the necessary documents • Preparing lists of documents • Maintaining a bring forward system to ensure follow up and the receipt of requested materials and documents • General administrative duties such as daily filing, file organization, opening files, closing files and preparation of accounts Qualifications: • Completion of a legal assistant program • At least one year experience working in a law firm • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook and Canlii • Excellent organizational skills • Excellent multi-tasking skills • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Detail oriented • Ability to prioritize and work with minimal supervision • Experience with BC Online is an asset, but not required • Experience with EsiLaw is an asset, but not required • Experience in family law is an asset, but not required

Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Please email a copy of your résumé, cover letter and references to hmccarthy@cfselaw.ca

DRIVERS NEEDED Class 1, 2, 4 restricted or 4 unrestricted drivers licence required. Full-time on call and parttime seasonal employment - you decide how much you want to work. You are providing passenger transportation throughout the entire Kamloops region. Multiple positions to be filled. Hourly rate is $25.50.

Contact TasteFull Excursions Inc (Gordon) at 778.586.0586 or gordon@tastefullexcursions.ca

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Her Journey’s Just Begun

Don’t think of her as gone away, Her journey’s just begun.

Life holds so many facets, This 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.

by E. Brenneman

In Memoriams

In Memoriams

In Memoriams

In loving memory of our Mother and Grandmother

Elsa Paluck October 27, 1993

Mother, As we walk through the journey of life, We remember.

We remember how you helped us grow with love, truth and honesty.

We remember how you helped us to choose the right path with values, morals and self-worth.

We remember how you gave us dreams with hope and confidence.

As we remember, We pray to give guidance like you, To shape our children into strong adults, full of hopes and dreams.

You made us who we are today, and we will always remember you in life’s passings.

For no one could touch our lives as you have.

Although 30 years have passed, We see your smile, feel your hugs and hear your laughter like it was yesterday.

Forever loved. Forever missed.

Love Terry, Garrett, Krysten, Mitch, Lori, Rob, Samantha, Madyson, Brent, Tara, Asia, Jay.

Ask DRAKE Drake Smith, MSW Funeral Director Every Wednesday in KTW! Q. Can I make Mom’s ashes into something like a diamond ring?

A. A few people ask about this but drop the subject when they hear about the cost (thousands of dollars). Every member of a family seems to have their own needs.

Sometimes it’s hard to meet everyone’s needs. Respectful discussion helps.

Drake Cremation & Funeral Services

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Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes

WEDNESDAY, October 25, 2023

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In Memoriams

In Loving Memory of David “Mo” Aboussafy April 6, 1940 - October 25, 2006

We were blessed to have had you to love and cherish for so many years dear Mo. Praying on the 7th Anniversary of your passing, That you are basking in God’s light.

We love and miss you.

You loving family David, Melanie, Em, Abigail, Darren, Bridget, Davin and Joy

In Memoriams

In Memoriams

In Loving Memory of

Norene “Nini” Hamonic 1943 – 2021

We miss you so much Husband - Jerry Children - Wynn, Shawn, Remi and Tawd Grandchildren - Aliyah, Graeden and Peter Foster son - Ron and Wife Penny

In Memoriams

In Memoriams

In Loving Memory of Daniel Finnigan (Danny)

June 1962 – October 2013

You will remain Forever in our hearts.

In Memoriams

In Memoriams

In Loving Memory of

In Loving Memory of

1972 - 2009

Alina was born in Poland, February 2, 1948 and passed away peacefully on October 27, 2021

Rusty Thompson

10 years have come and gone Time is fast paced But our dearest memories Will never be forgotten or erased.

Your life was a blessing Your memory is a treasure.

Alina Wojdanski

You left without warning. Gone so fast still making me laugh because your stories live on.

It has been two years since we lost an amazing soul, my mom, Alina Wojdanski.

Miss You Rusty

She was the best mother and babcia one could ever want. We still miss her daily phone calls and homemade soups.

Love Rob

Love from all your family

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In Memoriams In Memoriam

Remembering

Saba S. Dhaliwal

October 10, 2003

Loved and Missed very much by your family and friends.

Never to be forgotten

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Shirley was born in Edmonton to Ray and Annie Sansom.

July 10, 1929 - August 30, 2018 Loved Flowers?...Roses always reminded her of her beloved mother.

A great gardener?...Definitely, weeds were her specialty.

Loved the water?...Couldn’t swim a stroke but loved to watch the river in all its moods and seasons.

Loved poetry?...She could still recite poems she learned in school many years later.

A great cook?...Um, next question.

Patient with her rambunctious children?...Certainly, until her last nerve snapped.

Hated her nose?...All her life. She often said she wanted to “hack it off” except it held up her glasses. She laughed when she was warmly welcomed in Nova Scotia and immediately identified as family by that very appendage.

Loved reading?...Who doesn’t pick up an encyclopedia or atlas for a little light reading before going to bed?

Intensely curious?...About so many topics but especially history and later in life geneaology.

Put aside her wants for her family?...All her life in so many ways, more than we will ever know. She could have done so many things but chose to be our mother.

Had a hard life?...Only as is common to Depression Era kids. She was knocked down and got back up again time after time until finally she could do it no more. The final raising up she left in faith to the One who loves her beyond measure and will surely say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Loved and missed?...Yes, yes, and yes again. So much. Anyone who didn’t know her missed someone very special.

It’s been 5 years and we miss you in ways we never expected: your stories, your concern, your willingness to listen to the minutia of our everyday lives.

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.

Predeceased by her parents, her brother Ray, and her son Patrick (Ricky). She is survived by her daughter's Wendy, Susan (Rob), son's Joe (Debbie), and Russell. Also missing her, are grandchildren Brian and Kyle (Kaitlynn) Tennant, Lindsay (Joel) and Bradley Gleason and great-grandchildren Zoe and Ellis White, and Dallas Tennant.

Mom was raised in McBride and moved to Jasper with her parents and brother to finish her schooling. She married in Jasper, followed by moves to Edmonton, Smithers, and finally to Kamloops.

She was a lifelong knitter, loved to bake; especially cinnamon buns, doughnuts, and peanut butter cookies. Her greatest joy in life was music. She played piano, taught herself the organ, and the accordion. She also sang in church choirs, and in the Happy Choristers. She had a love of dancing, most especially tap dancing for which she won an award in her teens.

Mom was a shy, kind, and very forgiving, generous person.

Through all her difficulties in life Mom always would say, "There's hope, there's always hope".

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May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of despair Obituaries

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May 19, 1928 - January 16, 2023

Rosa Eleanor Marion Langston Clowater

Love,Corrine, Rod, Vicky, et al

By Helen Steiner Rice

Obituaries

Shirley Elizabeth Tennant (Sansom)

In Loving Memory of

Until we meet again...

GIVE LAVISHLY LIVE ABUNDANTLY

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Al Priebe Al Priebe of Kamloops, BC, passed away on October 11th, 2023 at 83 years of age.

He is survived by his wife Lois, his children, Karen, Rick, Kelly, and Deb; grandchildren Andrew, Chantal, Matt, Marianne, Justin, Courtney, Skye, Tom, and Ali; great-grandchildren Jackson, Hadley, Jace, Addi, and Thomas.

Al married his soulmate, Lois, in 1962, and they shared 61 wonderful years together. He enjoyed camping and fishing, cruising, dancing, watching Hockey, playing cards, and most of all, spending time with his family.

A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, November 3rd, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at the Kamloops Alliance Church.

In lieu of flowers, we would love to support the Afternoon Auxiliary, to the Royal Inland Hospital through CanadaHelps.org.

Dennis George Seevers Dennis George Seevers, 80, of Kamloops, BC, passed away suddenly on October 11th, 2023.

Dennis was born on April 20th, 1943 to August and Hulda in Daysland, AB. He met and fell in love with the love of his life, Evelyn, in Kamloops, BC and they married in February 1962. The two were a match made in heaven, going on to have three children: Dennis Jr., Donna, and Kevin. Being a father was one of the most important parts of Dennis’ life, a role that gave him much pride and joy. He was an excellent father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather. He was kind, hilarious, and witty and we will all miss him dearly.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, their three children, his loving sisters, Shirley and Lillian, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, please consider enjoying your favourite beverage in the sunshine, one of his favorite ways to spend an afternoon, and raise your glass for him. There are no events planned, as he did not wish to have services.

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Dorothy ‘June’ Robinson June 5, 1931 - October 15, 2023

Our beautiful Mom, Nana, Great Nana and dear friend to many, passed away peacefully in the early hours of October 15th, at the age of 92, with her three children at her side.

She is survived by her children, Loreen (Ivor), Steve (Gail) and Lisa (Bruce), all of Kamloops and their father, Del Robinson of Chase; grandchildren, Chris (Erin), Matt (Michelle), Alana (Tyrone), & Griffin and great-grandchildren Elliot, Joey & Raelynn, and the newest member, baby Owen. Predeceased by grandson Jeff.

Dorothy ‘June’ Arthur was born to Eleanor and Gordon Arthur in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, but shortly after her parents divorced and June was raised by her mother only until the age of nine, when her mother married Ab Thiessen. The family moved to Chilliwack, BC when June was a teen. While she attended Chilliwack High School, and shortly after, she made many lifetime friends, including Joan, Ruth and Audrey.

June married Del Robinson in 1951 and they later settled at Cultus Lake, near Chilliwack, where Loreen, Steve & Lisa were all born. During the 1964 building boom the family relocated to Kamloops, along with many others. A tight-knit community developed with the Dabners, Colletts, Johnsons, Kennys, Burns, Alberts, Belyks and Beamishes with many rollicking get-togethers over the years, kids and adults alike.

As children we used to gamble on making her laugh when she was annoyed with us. It was a risk as to whether she’d laugh and it’d all blow over or she’d be twice as mad and we’d regret it! She was a generous and gentle Mom and Matriarch, always welcoming everyone. She cooked hundreds of amazing holiday dinners and was a baker extaordinaire with her apple and lemon pies!

As we grew older Mom worked first at the Kamloops Sentinel and then for many years at the Kamloops Daily News, starting as a casual, stuffing flyers into the paper and ending as the Manager of the Classified Department.

She and Dad retired to a lot in Chase where they built their home of many years along the golf course. Golfing had become a passion for both of them in later years, lasting into their 80’s. Mom thoroughly enjoyed a good book and played many hours of Bridge, always laying out her best when it was her turn to host.

In 2011, Mom moved independently to Kamloops, living for several years at the Acacia Tower on Nicola Street until, sadly, vascular dementia took her first to Overlander for 6 months and then to Pine Grove Care Centre. Mom received the very best of care, love and attention at both facilities. For the last several years her ‘family’ at Pine Grove has been home and haven for “June Bug”.

Much love to you all! Also warm thanks to Dr. Barbara Prystawa and Dr. Andrew Wynne for their kind and gentle care.

The family will gather for a dinner to reminisce with love about a great lady.

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Kenneth Brian Goodman 1946 - 2023

Ken Goodman, nick name “Red” passed on October 8, 2023, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 77 years old.

Ken was born and raised in Kamloops, BC. He was a husband and best friend for 54 years to Diane, and a father of three: Troy (Dee-Ana), Trisha (Sheldon) and Lia (Tom). He enjoyed his grandchildren very much. He had an awesome sense of humour and enjoyed a cup of coffee with a friend. Golf was his sport of choice and he looked forward to his annual hunting trip to Saskatchewan.

His career started as a heavy-duty mechanic, which then progressed to a fireman and fire chief, as well as a B.C. Building Corporation Supervisor and 15 years after retirement, he decided to work for Handy Dart, which he really enjoyed.

The family would like to give a special thanks to the staff of the Cancer Clinic at Royal Inland Hospital for their kindness and care. As well, a special thank you to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice staff who cared for Ken with love.

At Ken’s request, there will be no service.

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Alfred Henry Ward Levy 1925 - 2023

Alfred Henry Ward Levy passed away peacefully on October 14, 2023 at the spry age of 98.

Alfred was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth Mary Levy.

Alfred will be missed by three children. Son Dave (Laura) and daughters Katherine (Kelly Wourms) and Mary (Robin Muglich). Seven adoring grandchildren Mark (Sabrina), Heather (Mark), Thomas, Jennifer (Corey), Stephanie (Stephen), Megan (Mike), and Travis. Plus eight adorable great-grandchildren.

Alfred was born in Vancouver on August 31, 1925 and moved to Kamloops in 1947.

Alfred worked at the Tranquille power house as an engineer and was the acting chief at its closing. Alfred pursued many hobbies with focused commitment. Alfred obtained his pilot’s licence and loved to fly his glider. Alfred received volunteer of the year awards from cable 10 for his faithful camera work. To keep himself active after retirement Alfred was instrumental in the rebuilding of the 2141 Steam train. Alfred was the only man at the retirement home needing a bag lunch packed. “And away we go”, his favourite saying. Thank you to the staff at Chartwell Renaissance for accommodating him.

We thank the nurses at home health in helping us navigate Alfred’s journey. We also thank the entire palliative team of Marjorie Willoughby hospice. You will always be in our hearts.

Notice of a memorial service is planned for a future date.

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Paige Lynn Bailey

January 25, 2010 - October 7, 2023 It is with unparalleled sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Paige, who left us unexpectedly in her sleep while camping at the family RV on October 7, 2023 in Malakwa, BC. Paige had a love and passion for camping, an activity she would often request.

Paige was a remarkable young lady, full of love and life, despite the challenges she faced over her life. Paige was born with Down Syndrome and had heart surgery at just 6 months old.

Paige was an inspiration, embracing her unique journey and achievements, big or small. She had an insatiable love for icy cold beverages (including going to "bucks' for a strawberry frapp) Chinese food, chicken wings and fishy crackers.

Paige's hilarious humor earned her an award at school, and her presence taught us love, acceptance, and the joy of sharing a meal.Her determination and pride in herself served as a lesson to us all, reminding us to embrace life with unwavering courage.

She is survived by her loving mother, Christina Keogh, and chosen father, Jon Mackintosh both of whom cherished her every day. Adoring grandparents Teresa and Jerry Keogh of Calgary, Alberta, Edith and Dave Mackintosh of Nakusp, BC, Auntie Connie Keogh from Calgary, AB, Uncle Eric (Darcie) from Nanaimo, BC, Auntie Fawn from Nakusp, BC, cousin Hayden and many other aunties, uncles, cousins and family that loved her dearly. She had a special place for her beloved cats Elsa and Catalina.

Flowers gratefully declined as Christina and Jon kindly request donations towards the purchase of a park bench in Paige’s name. That girl loved to take a break.

Share your condolences and memories at www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com as we remember and honor Paige.

Christina and Jon would like to invite you to Paige’s Life Party held at 4:00 pm on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at St. Andrew's on the Square, 159 Seymour Street.

Mismatched socks are encouraged.

Paigester, you were loved. You will be loved. Forever. Forever and ever.

We will love you forever.

In her memory, we invite you to take a moment to color, reflecting her love for this activity.

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Deveen Martin 1934 - 2023

Deveen Ann Martin, age 89, passed away on September 21, 2023, in Kamloops, BC at Royal Inland Hospital.

She was born on July 19, 1934, in Saskatoon. Deveen, a strong and passionate woman, succumbed to heart disease.

Deveen loved her community of Kamloops and was actively involved with the church. She had a kind heart and dedicated herself to helping the city's homeless in any way she could.

Additionally, Deveen had a deep love for her rescue dogs, who held a special place in her heart.

She is survived by her granddaughter Amy, adopted daughters Karen and Jennifer Martin, and five grandchildren.

Deveen was predeceased by her parents, Minnie and Hoarce Martin.

A celebration of life for Deveen will be announced in the new year. Details regarding the services will be shared with family, friends, and community members who wish to pay their respects and honour her memory.

In remembrance of Deveen Ann Martin, may her legacy of compassion and dedication to helping others continue to inspire us all.

Condolences can be sent to www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Arrangements entrusted to Schoening Funeral Service.

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.

The More You

Celebration of Life for Joan Ruth Mason

GIVE

by Teresa Piercey-Gates

March 8, 1928 - August 27, 2023

The Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, October 28th at 11:00 am, in the Kamloops Funeral Home at 285 Fortune Drive.

The more you give, the more you get,

In lieu of flowers the family would suggest donations to a charity of your choice.

The more you live abundantly.

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THE TIME IS NOW

The more you do unselfishly

The more of everything you share, The more you laugh, the less you fret.

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,

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

Enriches us from day to day.

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In Loving Memory of Larry Russell Pearson Larry Russell Pearson, at 75 years old, passed away October 17th, 2023, leaving a legacy of laughter, love, and countless heartwarming memories. With hearts heavy yet grateful, Larry was surrounded by his family, who cherished his presence and were deeply saddened by his departure.

Born on February 14, 1948, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, he entered the world with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Larry lived a life filled with love, joy, and meaningful connections. An electrical engineer by trade, he moved west to Kamloops in 1974 and started his own engineering firm in 1976. Through his leadership and perseverance, LR Pearson & Associates developed into a respected and in demand firm completing projects throughout BC, Alberta, and Ontario.

Larry had a passion for fishing, which flourished as retirement approached. He generously shared this passion with family and friends, whether a quick trip to Community Lake in the evening or a weeklong adventure in the Delica in search of the best lake. He was known for his wry sense of humour which was either ridiculous or hilarious depending on your personal point of view. He had the ability to make just about anything work, whether it required a small modification with duct tape or a much larger overhaul. Larry was a person of underrated kindness, always willing to lend a helping hand and offering support until the job was done. Everyone who knew him could tell a tale of “that time when Larry helped me with a problem until it was solved.”

In arguably the best decision of his life, Larry married Alice in 1970, and fifty-three years later, their love is a living testament that grew deeper with each passing day, and an unbreakable bond that stands Larry discovered not just a partner, but a confidant, an adventurer, and an everlasting source of strength and support built from a relationship of understanding and trust. Whether it be a DIY home renovation or a trip to one of their favourite places in the world like Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, their intertwined life-experiences made Alice and Larry a model partnership for how sharing the difficulties and successes of life made being together better.

As a father, Larry instilled the values of compassion, hard work, and authenticity in his children. He was a source of wisdom, guidance, and boundless laughter and jokes. His children remember him as a constant source of encouragement and support, always there to celebrate their successes and help with the next idea when something did not come off as planned.

The joy Larry found in his children extended to an even deeper level when he was introduced to his grandchildren. He cherished every moment spent with them, sharing stories, imparting wisdom, laughing at terrible jokes, and creating lasting memories. Larry had a unique way of relating to and understanding his grandchildren that made them feel like the most important people in the world.

He is survived by his wife Alice, children Brad (Karen) Pearson and Kenda (Joel) Brown, and grandchildren Kyle, Eric and Serena who will forever treasure the memories they shared together. Larry’s legacy lives on in the hearts and minds of all his loved ones, as well as anyone who was privileged enough to cross paths with him.

A service to celebrate Larry's life will be held on Saturday, October 28th from 1:004:00pm in the Vista Room at the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre.

Friends and family are welcome to come, pay their respects and share their memories of Larry.

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Edward Dyck It is with a heavy heart we say goodbye to a loving and kind hearted Father, Brother, Opa, Uncle and Friend, Edward Paul Dyck on October 6,2023.

Ed was born April 22, 1954 in the small town of Winkler, Manitoba to Aaron and Anne Dyck. He spent most of his young life in Manitoba. Playing with his brothers and his bikes on the family farm.

After graduation, he moved to Winnipeg where he met Pearl and they started a family in Benito. A few years later, they moved back to Winnipeg, as Ed became a partner at a Dairy Equipment company. Ed was a man of many talents and a hard worker. He had various jobs over the years including heavy equipment operator, plumber, taxi driver, real estate and diamond drilling.

After Pearl and Ed split up he met Debbie Enns. They started a life together before moving to BC in the early 90.Life was always fun and exciting in Kamloops raising four teenagers Nola, Justin, Shaun and Ellery. The house was always busy. They then moved to Black pines where he enjoy having get togethers with both his and his children’s friends. Unfortunately, after his loss of Justin in 2012, his heart was heavy but he found peace on his Harley. Open road and wind in his hair, his rides with his buddies are something he always cherished.

In 2002, he became a grandpa. He was the proudest and would take every second to talk about his boys and grandkids. He loved the Mondays he spent with Thomas and eventually Derian. babysitting and adventures. He enjoyed his visits with Shaun and watching all his four grandsons grow. Always telling them how great and special they were. Whether it was sitting and listening to them as they tried to teach Opa how to play a video game, or watching their sports. His favourite was watching them on the football field. He would always be their number one fan, reminding them how they were fast little tackling machines.

Unfortunately, in 2022 Ed was diagnosed with cancer. He always remained optimistic and looked at the positives, even though the road ahead would prove hard.

Thank you to Doctors and the nurses staff at both the RIH Cancer clinic as well as the KGH Cancer Clinic.

Ed was Predeceased by both his parents, his son Justin Dyck and father in law Michael Postnikoff, He leaves behind beloved son Shaun (Melisa) of Kamloops. His grandsons Thomas, Derian, Elias and Felix. Brothers Robert, Marvin, David and Kelvin of Winnipeg, Sherry Anderson of Kamloops as well as many cherished niece’s, nephew’s, in-laws and friends.

A Memorial service for Ed will take place on November 19, 2023 at 12 (noon) at the Desert Gardens Senior Community Centre In lieu of flower please make donation in Ed’s name to the Kamloops Cancer Society.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to be made to the BC Lung Foundation, a cause dear to Larry's heart.

As you share the stories and the memories of how they lived their lives and how very much they meant, may you find comfort...

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Rita Joan Dozlaw 1940 - 2023

When Rita Joan Dozlaw went to sleep on Friday, October 20, 2023 she went to be with her Lord. While we are profoundly saddened to see her go, we who are left behind can draw encouragement and comfort from the hope and the faith that she carried into her final moments. Having lived a rich, creative and inspiring life, she was eager to behold the very face of God, the divine author of all of all things.

Rita- or Joan as she was known to her immediate family growing up- was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 23, 1940, the first of three daughters for her parents, John and Reta McLane.

In December of 1957, she met the love of her life, Jack Dozlaw in Cornwall, ON, where they were married on May 2nd, 1959. They remained forever young and in love, even as a new son would show up in each new town to which the young family moved.. Darryl (’64- Edmonton, AB), Bryan (’68- Prince George, BC) and Leslie (’70- Kamloops, BC). It shouldn’t be that surprising, then, that they chose to just stay put in Kamloops from 1969 til the present.

Prior to having children, Rita had done secretarial work. In Kamloops, She began a small independent daycare which she ran out of the family home for a number of years before deciding to retool her secretarial skills at Caribou College in 1977. Her course had barely begun when an opportunity to do a practice job interview came up. She was hired at this interview to be an executive secretary with the Personnel Department of Afton Mines, where she was employed from 1977 until 1992 when she left to work with the 1993 Canada Games in Kamloops. Following this project, she and Jack moved to Indonesia to work for three years as Canadian expatriates until 1997. Following this, she and Jack participated in a number of missionary projects abroad. She and Jack deeply enjoyed coordinating travel and work.

Rita had many interests. She swam daily, played tennis, skied, and hiked. Over the years she was actively involved in her local faith-community- Free Methodist Centennial Chapel in Kamloops- attended theatre and concert performances, and even took on various challenges and projects. Having a fabulous ear for music, she decided to relearn piano. As an octogenarian, she also engaged with a writers’ guild, and even raised a spirited new puppy.

Although Rita tended to be the person that others were drawn to in a crowd, she was also a very private person. Her gregarious personality in public was balanced and recharged by time spent alone in quiet contemplation. In these recharging times, she was either swimming or writing. Rita wrote poetry, articles, memoirs and fiction. In addition to self-publishing many personal collections of her writings for that classic ‘friends and family’ audience, she also wrote for numerous papers, publications and anthologies. As a woman of deep faith, she wrote stories that tended to be inspirational, endeavouring to keep her ‘voice in unison with the music at the altar of [her] mental spirituality’. The written words were always decorative and well-chosen, leaving readers feeling warm and hopeful. This body of work is a rich creative legacy, left behind and affording rich comfort to those who love her and miss her now.

It seemed that she was eager to write down everyone’s story but wasn’t that interested in telling her own.

Hopefully this quick and clearly insufficient summary serves as a reminder of the things we have all loved about Rita. She is deeply missed.

Rita Joan Dozlaw passed away in her sleep on October 20, 2023. She was predeceased by her parents, John and Reta McLane, her sister Bonnie Acciaio, and her step-brother Charles McLane. She is survived by her sister Judy Goegan. Rita’s loving husband Jack Dozlaw; her sons Darryl (Vonda), Bryan (Amanda Heff) and Les (Dayna Davoren); and her grandchildren Devon (Catarina Canales), Mark (Jasmine), Brandin, and Georgia Leonard; as well as her great-granddaughter Aubrey all survive her.

The family wishes to offer deep thanks to the staff of Trinity/Overlander Residential Care for the heartfelt hospice care provided. In accordance with Rita’s wishes, there will be no public funeral service held. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation in Rita’s name to the Trinity Hospice at Overlander Extended Care.

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Rosena Marie Gunn Rosena Marie Gunn of Kamloops, BC passed away on October 16th, 2023, at the age of 50.

Rosena was born on April 7th, 1973, to Archie and Evelyn Dallow in Saskatoon, SK. She met and fell in love with the love of her life, Morrey Gunn, in Kamloops, BC. They were married on July 30th, 1994. They were a match made in heaven, sharing a true love that few in the world get to experience. They went on to have two beautiful children, Kyle and Tatianna.

Rosena was an avid traveller who was always up for an adventure. She had a smile that could light up the whole room. Rosena’s family and friends were the center of her world, she loved organizing and hosting various parties, events, and holiday gatherings. She enjoyed nothing more than being surrounded by her friends and family. The role that brought her the most pride and joy, however, was being a mother. Between Kyle and Tatianna, she was intimately involved with their sports, dance, and collective activities. She was an amazing mother, wife, daughter, and friend. She was kind, funny, and never failed to put a smile on the face of everyone she met.

Rosena is survived by her husband Morrey, her two children, Kyle (Sammi) and Tatianna (Kellington), her sister Rhonda (Tracy), her mother, Evelyn, and many other extended family members and friends.

A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 28th, 2023 at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre in her honour.

Alice Nellie Bagg (Baker) It is with deep sadness that we announce that Alice Nellie Bagg (Baker) passed away peacefully with family at her side on October 13, 2023 in Kamloops, BC 11 days after celebrating her 95th birthday.

She will be lovingly remembered by her sons Edwin (Kim), Bob (Lila), grandchildren Tanya (Edy), Wade, Cory (Tanelle), Kris (Jenny), Alisha (Tyson) and greatgrandchildren Cassidy, Austin, Mitchell, Brett and Ethan.

Along with many friends and friends who were like family to her.

A celebration of her life will be held at Schoening Funeral Home located at 512 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC on November 3, 2023 at 11:00 am with light lunch to follow at the Desert Gardens banquet room located across the street at 540 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

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In loving memory of Phyllis Marie Dircks On October 19th, 2023, Phyllis Marie Dircks (nee Pitka) passed away peacefully after 88 wonderful years with her family by her side.

Phyllis was born on the family homestead located in Englefeld, Saskatchewan on January 7th, 1935. She was raised on the homestead until the age of 17 when she moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to enter nursing school at St. Paul’s Hospital.

Phyllis spent 40 years as a pediatric nurse in Humboldt, Saskatoon and Kamloops. She was very proud of her nursing accomplishments during her career which included not only caregiving, but teaching, mentoring and leadership. Her entire career was devoted to taking care of children and young adults; caring for the youth gave her great satisfaction. Although Phyllis retired in 1995, after 23 years at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, she continued with volunteer work in various Public Health Clinics until 2005. Phyllis was also a very active volunteer at St. John Vianney Parish and in the Catholic Women’s League. She loved being involved in the community, made dear friends and enjoyed everyone she interacted with and the memories she made.

When she finally “slowed” down she enjoyed a bit of travelling but mostly playing cards with her gang of close friends, also affectionally known as the “Wild Women of Kamloops”.

Phyllis met George Victor Dircks after taking her first job in Humboldt, Saskatchewan at the hospital in 1957 and they married on September 2nd, 1958. By the time they had married, they were both living in Saskatoon and subsequently started a family. In 1972 they moved to Kamloops, BC with their 3 children.

Phyllis will be remembered as a committed wife, mother, grandmother; great-grandmother and friend by all those whose lives she touched. Like George, she strived to provide her children with a set of values that have helped shape their lives.

She will be lovingly remembered by her siblings; Donna and Dennis, her children; Herman (Tracy), Anita and James (Vanessa), her grandchildren; Zach, Seth, Levi, Caleb, Colby and Hayden, and her great-grandchildren; Trace, Huntley, Rowan, Maximus, Issac, and Wyatt as well as extended family and friends. She will be missed by all for her generosity, kindness, and unwavering friendship.

Phyllis was predeceased by her husband George, parents Frank and Helen, and brother Harold.

The family wish to thank Dr. Trepess and all the staff in the Brio Unit at Berwick on the Lake in Nanaimo, BC where she spent the last 3 years of her life, for the care, kindness, and gentleness they showed her. She loved the view of the lake and her tablemates.

Phyllis will be cremated in Nanaimo and the family will take her ashes back to Kamloops to be beside George with interment at Hillside Cemetery this coming Spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC.

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Verna L. Cheramy (née Engel) Passed away peacefully at Hospice on October 21, 2023 at the age of 79 years after a 4 year battle with cancer. She was the loving wife of Robert (Bob), Mother of Michelle (Nathan), Paula (Todd), and Jennifer (Ian); Grandmother of Ronan, Aline, Murray, and Nyla; Sister of Geri (Pat), Aunt to Lisa, Great-Aunt to Brooke and Justin; and friend to a large circle of people.

She is remembered as a loving wife, mother, friend and woman of faith. Verna’s main focus in life was her family and ensuring everyone was happy and healthy.

On a professional basis she worked for many years with the local library system where she achieved great satisfaction in her work and made many great relationships.

Her faith was grounded in deep spirituality. Inspired by the charism of St. Margeurite Bourgeoise Verna was, for many years, a lay associate of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, a relationship that was of great importance to her.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, the cancer clinic at Royal Inland Hospital, as well as Nurse Practitioner Natalie Manhard.

A funeral mass will be held on Monday, October 30, 2023 at 10:30 am at Holy Family Parish, Kamloops BC. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Kamloops Hospice Association or the BC Cancer Foundation.

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Mrs. Laurayne Hopkins (née Prost) Mrs. Laurayne Hopkins (née Prost) passed away peacefully in her own bed in Kamloops on October 2nd, 2023 after a long battle with Chronic Kidney Disease.

She was born in Winnipeg, MB on June 26, 1947. Pre-deceased by her husband Barry Latham Hopkins in 2004. Survived by her children, Candace and Craig and her loving brother Barry Prost.

Fondly remembered by her many nieces and nephews as ”Aunty Boots”.

Laurayne lived on or travelled to all six major continents including Australia on her last trip. She was fortunate to have lived in many African countries, China and South America as well as Canada and the USA. She made many friends in these places and was always happy to reminisce when the opportunity arose. We will miss her stories.

Until health issues prevented it, she could be found at Desert Gardens with her latest group of new friends.

Laurayne will be remembered far and wide for her quick wit, and for her support and compassion for those struggling with addiction.

The family is very grateful to Dr. Alina Cribb (Laurayne's GP) for the exceptional care she provided for our loved one.

Celebration of life to be announced at a future date. Donations can be made to the Kidney Foundation in Laurayne's memory.

May she rest in peace.

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They married in June 1966, honeymooned across Canada and back, said their goodbyes and hopped on a ship bound for New Zealand where they hoped to settle and be near Ian’s family. By 1973 being apart from family and the space Canada had to offer, Evelyn longed for home. They packed up and with two children in tow and another on the way, they boarded another ship and headed for Canada. On arrival in June 1973 they headed to Saskatchewan where they stayed with family and welcomed a new addition to the family. By end of summer they again packed up, settling for a short stay in Edmonton though quickly realized city life was not for them. Late summer 1974 found them at Douglas Lake Ranch where they remained until 1987 before relocating to Rayleigh just outside of Kamloops, BC.

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Evelyn Emma Clough

October 17, 1937 - October 18, 2023 Born in the family home at St. James, a rural farming community near Naicam, Saskatchewan, Evelyn was fourth in a family of ten. On graduation she left home to pursue a career in nursing, training first at Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford where she graduated in 1960 as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse. Later that year she pursued further training at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton and became a Registered Nurse. After graduating in 1963, Evelyn enjoyed a brief stint in Calgary at Holy Cross Hospital though soon moved back to Edmonton. Here she met her prince charming and future husband, Ian, and he quickly whisked her off her feet.

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László Tibor Tóth (Les/Leslie) died peacefully in his hometown hospital of Clearwater, BC, on September 18, 2023, at the age of 85.

Les was born in Hungary on Feb 23, 1938, to János Tóth and Margit (now Poszovecz).

A survivor, he immigrated from war-torn Hungary in 1956 on his own, evading Soviet border checkpoints, living in a refugee camp, before making his way to refugee-friendly Canada, carrying only a prized rosary from his homeland. To put that in perspective, Les was only 18 at the time when he arrived in Montreal, Canada. He did not speak French or English, and as you can imagine, this early life was full of uncertainty and struggle.

Les was trained as a machinist prior to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, but language barriers kept him from obtaining that qualification in Canada, so he worked as skilled labour (forklift operator) until he retired. From Montréal, where immigrants first landed in Canada, Les moved west for work and eventually met Anne Lamour, a good Catholic French Canadian farm girl from Saskatchewan and they had five children together - Suszanne Toth, Kathleen Stang, Laszlo Toth, Colleen Whyte, Kimberly Toth-Bartko.

In 1985 Evelyn went back to school to update her nurses training before working at Overlander Hospital in Kamloops until New Years Eve 1999. On retirement they remained in Kamloops where she lead a full life spending time with her family and friends, working in the garden, touring around the country and took several extended trips back to New Zealand.

In the second chapter of Les’ life, he moved to Clearwater, working at the Vavenby Division of Weyerhaeuser sawmill, and it’s here where he met Carol Menard.

Together they had one child – Mona Toth. We lost Carol after an illness in December 2013, which impacted Les profoundly, as Les and Carol were inseparable soulmates.

While a private person, Evelyn was regarded as a kind and caring person to all who knew her and was someone who always had time for you. She was an amazing cook and the best wife, mother, sister, aunty, grandmother, great grandmother and friend any one could ask for.

In addition to having an outstanding work ethic, Les was a complex, unique and artistic European who was also a passionate and gifted wood carver. He created exquisite high-relief wood carvings and full figurines. At the peak of his prolific carving career, there were few households in the Clearwater area that didn’t have a piece of Les’ artwork displayed somewhere in their home. In his retired years, Les was known in the Clearwater community as the elderly gent in a toque who always had a friendly wave for everyone he passed while out for his daily walks around town.

Evelyn is preceded by her husband Ian, her sisters Betty Lou, Bertha and Margaret, and her grandson Jesse. She leaves behind her three children - Cheryl (Jeff) Wiley, Dwayne (Michelle) Clough and Matt (Tara) Clough; four grandchildren - Shelby (Myles), Sydney (Dustin), Scott (Jenessa) and Dylan; two great grandchildren, her remaining brothers and sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Evelyn passed away on her own terms in the care of the staff at Royal Inland Hospital. Even at the end, she knew exactly what was going on and had compassion for those around her making her a favourite among staff. The nurses and support staff looked forward to seeing her on their shifts and treated her with nothing but compassion and kindness.

At her wishes there will not be a service at this time.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Royal Inland Hospital Foundation at rihfoundation.ca.

Les lived through tumultuous times and overcame intimidating challenges throughout his life but left the world in a peaceful way among family on a beautiful fall morning. We miss him and the many ways he touched our lives and helped shape who we've become.

Les leaves a legacy of his six children, his sister Mária Tóth back in Hungary and her children, Tünde, Kalman, and Melinda, as well as his late sister Katilin’s son Gusztáv.

Rest in peace, Dad. Note that there will be no service as per Les’ wishes

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Nancy Plato Nan was a loving and devoted wife for over 68 years.

She loved to travel and had many wonderful trips over the years. She always kept a travel bag packed “just in case.”

She loved curling, golfing, motorhome trips, and parties (especially her annual ‘birthday month’). She was a member of the downtown YMCA for many years. She loved her long-time dancercise friends and volunteering there.

Most of all, Nan loved her family. She created a warm, safe, and loving home for her four children. She was an amazing homemaker: sewing, canning, making jam, and baking. Her homemade bread was a special treat every Monday (and her delicious ‘doughgods’ when home for lunch).

Nan was ‘Nan” to so, so many of her children’s friends and later to her grandchildren’s friends. Everyone was always welcome in her home or at the lake. Some breakfasts out there would be a couple of dozen kids loving Nan’s pancakes or waffles.

Her sister Jean and mom shared a duplex cabin at Shuswap Lake for over 20 years. Many, many sunny days were spent ‘at the lake’ with family and friends, including special neighbours “The Taylor’s.”

After raising her own four kids, she stepped easily into the “Nanny Role” and adopted a whole new crew of kids with her grandkids and their friends.

She will be so missed by so many. Missing their mom are: two sons, Leslie Plato and Kevin Plato (Marian), two daughters Debra Rose (Jim) and Kelly Hamill (John). Nan also leaves her grandchildren: Kristy Gauthier (Brad), Jamie Rose (Kady), Nicky Plato (Richard), Greg Goodwin, Candace Plato (Carlos), Jacob Plato, Jordan Rose, Ty Hamill (Sol), Kirsten Hamill. Also Jenny and Nicky.

Nan also leaves seven great-grandchildren: Irelynd and Kingstyn Gauthier, Arlo and Remy Rose, Hudson and Hendrix Eberle, Zae Pereira.

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Mary Kathleen Wiltse 1955 - 2023

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Kathleen Wiltse (née Ingram) of Kamloops, BC, on October 2nd, 2023, at 68 years of age.

Mary is survived by her loving husband, Roy B. Wiltse, as well as her children Benjamin Wiltse of Kamloops, BC, and Jacob Wiltse of Kamloops, BC, her grandchildren Dakota & Rosemary, as well as a number of nieces and nephews. Also left to cherish Mary’s memory are siblings Grace Ingram of Windsor, ON, Bill (Veronica) Ingram of Peterborough, ON, and Jim (Gail) Ingram of Ollon, Switzerland, as well as Barb (Bob) Saul of Windsor, ON. Mary was predeceased by her father Bert Ingram, mother Grace Ingram (née Hill), and sister Judy Snyder.

Mary was born on May 15th, 1955, in Windsor, ON. She was the youngest child of Bert & Grace Ingram. She attended Centennial Secondary, and her favourite subjects were art, PE, and being in the jazz dance club. After grad, she worked at resorts and restaurants in Alberta and BC, and took courses in early childhood education, writing and bookkeeping. Mary married Roy Wiltse in April 1979. She worked at Woodwards in the restaurant for several years before getting pregnant with their first son. Along with raising the family, Mary was the bookkeeper for R&M Interior Stair, the family business.

Also her daughter-in-law for many years Gaudenza Ramunno and her dear, dear friend of many years Flo Case. Special thanks to her wonderful special friends Tara Bauer, Vicky Gardham and Arlene. You made our lives so much easier, and added so much joy to Nan’s last years

A Memorial Service for Mary will take place on at 1:30pm on Sunday, November 12th, 2023, at Kamloops Seventh Day Adventist Church, 364 Fortune Drive, Kamloops, BC, with Pastor Tim Nagy officiating.

Nan was the 2nd oldest of seven siblings. She was born and raised in Kamloops. It truly was her home.

She is survived by siblings Sheila (Leo), Jean, Donna, Colleen (Jim), Russ (Tracey) and Tom.

The family wishes to extend a special thank you to Overlander Extended Care for their care of Mary.

She is also survived by three sisters-in-law Charlene, Patty and Lorraine and two brothers-in-law John and Len. Nan also had many, many nieces and nephews who she truly loved through the years.

Donations in her memory may be made to Royal Inland Hospital Foundation c/o Overlander Extended Care.

A special thank you to Dr. Mavis Holman, a true angel, for all of the years or care, love and compassion.

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

Also a special thank you to the amazing crew at Ridgeview Lodge. We were truly blessed to have so many ‘angels’ taking care of “our sweet Nan.” In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer’s Society or the Kamloops YMCA would be appreciated Sleep tight Mom, we loved you so much. See you on the other side.

A Celebration of Nan’s wonderful life will be held November 22, 2023 at 1:30 PM at the MacArthur Island Sports Lounge.

Condolences may be expressed at FirstMemorialKamloops.com

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Linda Shirley Hannah

August 7, 1954 - October 10, 2023 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Linda Shirley Hannah (69) of Savona, BC. Linda passed away in Kamloops, BC on October 10, 2023, with loved ones at her side. Linda’s greatest love was her family and friends.

Grieving her loss is her lovingly devoted husband Earl Young; mother and friend Shirley Hannah; children - Sara Hannah (Evan Zielke), Loren Young and Carly Nichol (Brad); grandchildren – Isabelle and Reed Zielke and William and Zachary Nichol; siblings Scott Hannah (Lin), Tom Hannah (Bania), and Dianne Kehler; uncle Bill Craddock (Cheryl); cousins, nieces; nephews; extended family; and many life-long friends whom Linda considered family.

Linda was born August 7, 1954, in Squamish, BC to Norman and Shirly. Moving to Regina a short time later, Linda was generously loved by her grandparents, uncles, and aunts and close family friends. After the passing of her father in 1964, Linda’s mother moved her family of five children back to BC. Linda remained dedicated to home in beautiful BC. She was particularly fond of the Deadman Valley, where she held many treasured memories. Linda completed high school in Lillooet, BC, where she gained many life-long friends. After high school Linda lived and worked in the Lower Mainland, Savona, the Cariboo, and Goldbridge. While living and working in the Goldbridge area, Linda became a mother to her adoring daughter Sara; Sara’s arrival as Lillooet’s 1986 ‘New Year’s’ baby gave Linda great joy.

With baby Sara, Linda moved back to Savona and began a career that spanned over 3 decades at Ainsworth Lumber. During that time, Linda completed post secondary education, working hard as a single mother, to build career she was proud of. It was at this workplace that Linda met many more of her dear friends, including Earl, who she would eventually fall in love with and marry.

Linda and Earl thoroughly enjoyed spending as much time as they could in beautiful Tulameen, BC, building a lovely cabin on the west side of the river. Linda and Earl were married in Tulameen and shared many precious memories with their grandchildren, friends, and family. At the cabin everyone was welcome, the wood stove was on, and the kitchen was always open. Linda was blessed to spend her last days at the cabin with her family and close friends.

Linda was kind, generous, and loyal. She was fiercely independent and so very determined. Her sense of humour was legendary, and she never missed an opportunity for witty banter and a cold beer.

A service was held celebrating Linda’s life October 21, 2023 at 2:00 at the Savona Community Hall, Savona, BC. Condolences may be sent to the family through the following website: www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Nadene Fraser 1950 - 2023

It is with profound sadness that we are saying goodbye to our sister and friend Nadene Fraser. Her untimely death happened on October 12, 2023 at the age of 73 in Kamloops, BC. Nadene will be greatly missed by her mother Norma Fraser and by her brothers Darcy [Mai] and Joe [Katherine], and by her two step-sons Regan and Darren [Jennifer].

Nadene was born on August 31,1950 in Penticton, BC. As the oldest daughter in a young family, she moved a number of times in her life. Whether it was Williams Lake, Port Hardy, Prince George, or Kamloops; Nadene always enjoyed each school and learning about each new place.

This love of knowledge and seeing new things stayed with her all of her life.

Nadene did her last few years of schooling in Kamloops going to NorKam Senior Secondary. Shortly after graduation she got a job with the Federal Government.

Nadene ended up working for the Unemployment Insurance Commission for over 30 years in both Kamloops and Campbell River, with the last 15 years of her career spent at the Regional Office in the Lower Mainland.

When Nadene retired in Kamloops in 2005, she volunteered her time with the National Association of Federal Retirees. Nadene split her time with her volunteer friends and travelling.

She found it all fun, whether it was driving down a backroad in BC to see what was around the next bend of the road or getting on a plane to fly somewhere to take a cruise or a tour of a different country. Over the years she got to see Belgium, France, England, Australia, India and Thailand, just recently coming back from a trip to Scotland.

Nadene showed her Mom the fun of cruises by doing both the Panama Canal and around the southern tip of South America with her.

I will always see her in her favourite chair, in the winter months reading one of her books she enjoyed so much, then planning in her head the next trip to learn something new about a place she wanted to see.

Now when I look over to her chair and she is not there, I think she is only on another trip in her life, and that she is.

A Memorial service will take place at 1:00 pm on Monday, October 30th, 2023, at Kamloops Alliance Church, 200 Leigh Rd, Kamloops.

In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to: Doctors Without Borders, 551 Adelaide St West, Toronto, ON M5V 0N8.

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It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our girl Jenn, who lost her four year struggle with cancer on October 11, 2023 in Kamloops, B.C. Jenn will be remembered for her big heart, toughness, thought for the ignored and a passion for causes she believed in.

There’s an angel on your shoulder She watches over you day and night And keeps you in her care.

There’s an angel on your shoulder Watching you learn and grow Keeping you safe from danger And nurturing your soul.

She’ll be there through your triumphs She’ll dance on clouds with pride, She’ll hold your hand through disappointments and fears, Standing faithfully by your side.

In her lifetime this angel was strong and true, And stood up for what was right.

In your life you’ll be faced with decisions and trials And she’ll shine down her guiding light.

Life holds so much in store for you, So remember as you grow older, There are no heights you cannot reach ‘Cause there’s an angel on your shoulder.

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Jenn had struggled most of her life beginning with encephalitis at the age of three, which left her with challenges in school and in relationships. Still Jenn had success in life and her love for animals. During her time in New Zealand she achieved her certificate in Animal Management. Additionally Jenn volunteered for the S.P.C.A., focusing on animal welfare investigations which brought offenders to justice.

Special thanks to the sensitive nurses of Marjorie Willoughby Hospice for their loving care and support at such a difficult time. Also, thanks to the Palliative Care Unit for their guidance.

Jenn will be greatly missed by her family and friends: LaVerne (mom), Allan (pops) Danielson, Bruce (dad), Bev (second mom) Wiest, Gene (husband) Carter, and special friend Gabby.

Jenn you fought so bravely, and now you can be at peace with the son you did not have, your beloved dog Chevy.

In lieu of flowers, the families would appreciate donations to the Marjorie Willoughby Hospice, the S.P.C.A.- Kamloops and Animal Rescue Services.

A celebration of Jenn's life will take place in the spring of 2024.

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Robert George Hopson April 26, 1938 - October 8, 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Robert George Hopson, who peacefully departed this life at Royal Inland Hospital on October 8, 2023, surrounded by his children.

Robert, the youngest of ten children, was born to Harry and Edith Hopson. He grew up on a farm in Farmborough, Quebec alongside his predeceased siblings: Leonard, Jim, Dick, Harry, Frank, Paula, Shirley, and Babs. Robert is survived by his brother Cecil Hopson and sister-in-law Isabelle.

Robert married his childhood sweetheart, Carla Hanscomb, who sadly passed away on July 6, 2021. Together, they built their home and raised five children, along with one granddaughter: Dennis Hopson, Larry Hopson (Joanne), Molly Lacoursiere (Ross), Harry Hopson, Ruth Hopson (Ken, deceased), and Roberta Hopson-Green (Jeremy).

Throughout most of his career, Robert worked as a miner in various towns, including Elliott Lake, Ontario, Timmins, Ontario, Kimberley, BC, and Yellowknife, NWT. He retired in April 1999 and relocated to the beautiful city of Kamloops, where he spent the remainder of his days.

Robert had a deep appreciation for the outdoors, gardening, and cherished moments with his family, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He found solace in hiking, leisurely walks by the river, fishing, and exploring nature. Puzzles became a beloved pastime during long winter nights. Robert was a man of action, who couldn't remain still, even under doctor's orders, as he always had more, he wished to accomplish. His devotion to his family was a reflection of his deep faith and love for God, as he selflessly served them, ensuring their happiness.

Robert is survived by ten grandchildren and fifteen greatgrandchildren: Michael (Rita) Hopson, Brandon Hopson, Jonathan (Diane) Lacoursiere, Joshua Lacoursiere (Lindsey), Joel Lacoursiere (Miranda), Daniel Hopson (Maria), Mitchell Hopson (Alina), Daniel Caldwell (Melanie), Casandra Quaedvlieg (Kenny), and Roberta Hopson-Green (Jeremy).

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A celebration of Robert's life will be held on Friday, October 27th, at 11:00 am at Kamloops Funeral Home, with Pastor Cliff Siebert officiating. Following the service, there will be a tea, and interment will take place at Hillside Cemetery, Kamloops, BC. Condolences and messages of support may be sent to the family through the following website: www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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