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Sex offender to plead guilty to new charges By Dale Bass STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
Brett Anthony Nelson will be in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on Monday, Feb. 25, to fix a date for a guilty plea in connection to the most recent charges against the former teacher. Nelson’s lawyer, Rob Bruneau, has asked for a hearing with a judge alone and waived a preliminary inquiry. Nelson, who was fired from his job in 2004 for engaging in sexual contact with a Grade 11 student, faces charges of sexual interference of a minor, breach of probation and failure to comply with a probation order. Last year, he was sentenced to nine months in jail after pleading guilty to luring charges in connection with another incident. When he was released, Nelson was banned from going near parks, playgrounds, swimming pools or other places where children might be present. He was also ordered to not communicate with children through a computer and to submit a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database. He has been out of custody on $10,000 bail.
Like the rays of sunshine seeping through the windows, Missagh Manshadi’s health-focused development is brightening up a section of North Kamloops that continues to undergo a remarkable transformation. Dave Eagles/KTW
Dream rises in North Kamloops By Dale Bass STAFF REPORTER
Brett Anthony Nelson has been charged with sexual interference of a minor, breach of probation and failure to comply with a probation order. This is the third time in a decade Nelson has been charged with a sex-related crime against underage girls. KTW file photo
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or more than six years, the land lay vacant at the northeast corner of Tranquille Road and Wood Street in North Kamloops . Then, in late 2011, Missagh Manshadi saw the land he had owned all those years broken as construction began on his vision — a structure that would house a pharmacy, a medical clinic and seniors’ housing, and have space for other commercial ventures, ideally all focused on health. Later this month, Manshadi Pharmacy will open in the almost 34,000-squarefoot, $8-million structure, which will house his second drug store in the city. There are already some seniors living upstairs in the housing he included in the project.
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“I’m thrilled that he put that building up in that neighbourhood,” said Dawn Hrycun, head of the Door to Roof Society that has been involved in renovating housing in the area to add to the affordablehousing stock in Kamloops. “It was really needed and it has changed what that street looks like. “And, as new construction, it has long sustainability. You renovate something that’s already there and it’s really just a renovated building. But, this is a good vision for the North Shore.” Manshadi hopes the city agrees with
viewpoints like that of Hrycun and puts more attention on the North Shore. Allocating money to install street lights, for example, should not be a news item in his mind, but something that is simply done — yet Manshadi said he was called to comment for a story about the project that will see lights installed on Tranquille from Leigh Road to Sydney Avenue. The pharmacist sees the North Shore in a positive cycle now, with construction of the new library branch and Library Square. “I want to make sure the city and council are with us,” he said. “We want the city to do their job and we, business, will do our job.” Manshadi sees part of his job as involving the creation of an integrated medical centre. X See BEAUTY A12
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