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Alleged driver faces four other charges By Dale Bass STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
The man being investigated as being the driver who hit and killed Valerie Brook in a downtown crosswalk in November was in court on Monday, Feb. 25, facing four driving-related charges not connected to the fatal accident. Donald Isadore told court he has yet to hire a lawyer and his case was adjourned to Monday, March 11. Isadore faces two charges each of driving while prohibited and operating a motor vehicle while disqualified. The charges stem from incidents in January — on Friday, Jan. 4, at 540 Victoria St. and on Wednesday, Jan. 9, on a unidentified Kamloops road. Brook was in a Victoria Street crosswalk when she was hit on Nov. 21 by a Ford F-150 truck turning left from Sixth Avenue onto Victoria Street — right next to 540 Victoria St., home to Hotel 540 and Lake City Casino. The 66-year-old woman was rushed to Royal Inland Hospital, but died on the way. Less than three weeks before Brook was hit, Isadore had been given a 30-day jail sentence and a two-year driving ban from other charges dealt with in provincial court. In April 2011, he was handed a 14-day jail sentence and a one-year driving prohibition. The Jan. 4 charges came after police received a tip a man prohibited from driving was at the Lake City Casino and had a vehicle in the parking lot. Mounties staked out the area and later arrested a man as he drove away. At that time, the RCMP said the driver was the same man involved in the Brook fatality. The investigation into the Brook fatality is continuing and RCMP are awaiting reports before recommending criminal charges to Crown. Staff Sgt. Grant Learned said the report should be finalized in about three weeks. RCMP have already recommended charges under the Motor Vehicle Act of driving while prohibited and failing to yield for a pedestrian.
By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
A new museum, access to shopping, an auditorium with decent acoustics, a good bar. These are a few of the features Kamloopsians want to see in a new performing-arts centre, accord-
ing to the approximately 200 participants who turned out to the city’s first public input session on the weekend. The mixed-age crowd spent three hours at the Tournament Capital Centre on Saturday, Feb. 23, talking everything from
design priorities to possible partnerships the city could pursue if it eventually commits to the as-yet-unfunded project. Jessie Paynter, an
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assistant technical director for Western Canada Theatre, said Sagebrush Theatre, where she works, doesn’t work well for choral groups or all kinds of productions. X See O’FEE A12
Comments were plentiful — and colourful — as Kamloops residents weighed in on what they think a new performing-arts centre should entail if it one day becomes a reality. About 200 people attended the first public-information session on the project, held on the weekend at the Tournament Capital Centre. George Wycherley photos/ KTW
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