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Maya Olynyk of the South Kamloops Titans (right) is jubilant as she hugs teammate Emma Wolfram following their team’s 59-49 victory in the B.C. senior girls’ AAA high school basketball championship game at the Langley Events Centre on the weekend. The seniors led the Titans to their second consecutive provincial title. Gary Ahuja/Black Press

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Environment Minster Lake defends change of heart on pesticide ban By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

Environment Minister Terry Lake has “failed Kamloops” by not urging his government to enact a provincial cosmeticpesticide ban, the B.C. NDP environment critic told media during a Friday, March 8, visit to Kamloops. Rob Fleming, MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake, blasted the KamloopsNorth Thompson MLA and the B.C. Liberal government for offering voters “disingenuous” legislation around pesticides, rather than an outright ban. The Liberals have proposed legislation that would require a licensed sprayer to apply pesticides to most landscaped areas. New Democrats have introduced legislation banning the products entirely. Fleming said the

Liberal approach goes against earlier campaign promises by Premier Christy Clark to enact a ban. Lake also advocated for a provincial ban as mayor of Kamloops. Fleming said it’s “disappointing” to see Lake’s position on pesticides change. “I don’t know whether he’s silenced his voice in cabinet or whether he has put politics ahead of an issue he once cared about but, for whatever reason, he’s failed Kamloops,” Fleming said. Lake said his change of heart came after reading the findings of a bipartisan committee that studied the issue last year. That committee recommended against a ban and called for more restrictions and education instead. “We have to remember that all of these chemicals are approved

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overrode concerns from NDP members and noted the committee chair, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett, had been critical of cosmetic-pesticide laws in past. “I don’t think she [Clark] chose someone who had an open mind going into that process and the results were quite predictable,” Fleming said. The New Democrats’ ban plan is drawing praise from Judy Wigmore, head of

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away on.” Peter Sharp, Kamloops-South Thompson’s B.C. Conservative candidate, said his party doesn’t have a pesticide policy, but he doesn’t think a ban makes sense. “If you ban it, you can go online and learn how to make your own cosmetic thing.” He added residents can visit the U.S. or Alberta to get their pesticide fix.

Pesticide Free B.C. A Kamloops resident, Wigmore said she became a pesticide-ban advocate after she discovered her daughter has chemical sensitivities and allergies that are likely due to exposure to the chemicals as a toddler. “The premier and Minister Lake have not put families and the environment first,” she said. “I’ve never been political, but this is something the Liberals have backed

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Logan Lake Grade 7 student Christian Holmstrup (right) learns to weld a piece of aluminum with the help of Thompson Rivers University level C welder Jessica Austin on Friday, March 8, during Try-A-Trade at TRU’s School of Trades and Technology. The event gave area youth a chance to practise some hands-on skills used on a daily basis by automotive technicians, cabinet makers, carpenters, electricians and welders. These events, for students from Grades 6 to 9, are held in conjunction with the Cariboo Regional Skills and Cariboo Junior Skills Competitions at TRU. Dave Eagles/KTW

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It was meant to keep library patrons who borrow ebooks from experiencing services interruptions. Instead, a new online reminder service from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library system sent card information, and the full names and email addresses of some of its patrons, to the wrong people on Friday, March 8. KTW received several of the emails, which were meant to be sent only to individual library users. Instead, about 30 people were given each user’s full library-card barcode, which is used to sign into the TNRD’s online library services. The email addresses of the other recipients are also visible on each email. Mark Saunders, TNRD’s director of libraries, said 173 email addresses were sent card information mistakenly because of a system error. Saunders said the renewal-notice emails are new to the TNRD — so new that Friday was the service’s first day of live testing, though previous offline tests had gone off without a hitch. The idea was to target library users who primarily download ebooks and audiobooks, Saunders said. “Often they don’t come into the library and they don’t know that their library card is expired,” he said. “It’s just that, all of a sudden, they can’t get access to any ebooks.” The service is back offline for the moment. “We’re going to do more extensive testing on it before we run it again, but it’s not something we expect is going to reoccur,” Saunders said. “It’s one of those things that happens. It’s unfortunate.” The library service has flagged all the barcodes that were sent out inadvertently and patrons will have their codes replaced when they renew their cards. “We’re taking it quite seriously,” Saunders said. “We know people, when it comes to email, don’t like to see organizations distributing their email to other people. “That’s certainly something we take very seriously at the library.”

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For the officers involved, it was just another job that needed to be done. That’s why a rescue performed by members of the Kamloops Rural RCMP detachment didn’t have a spotlight shone on it on until Staff Sgt. Grant Learned happened upon the report five days later. The incident began benignly with a 46-year-old woman hiking on Mount Paul

on Saturday, March 2. Just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 3, the detachment was called to a home in the 500-block of Cree Road after people saw a faint light on the mountain and could hear someone yelling. Const. Robert Shanks, police-dog service handler Const. Dave Lewis and Zak the dog went into the area, saw a faint light on the west slope of the mountain and heard a faint female voice calling for help. The officers were

aware a cougar had been spotted in the area earlier in the week, adding to the urgency they felt. The two headed up and along the ridge but, due to the terrain, lost sight of the light. Shanks stayed in one position, where he could see the illumination and, using radio communications, directed Lewis and Zak up the ridge and across to the stranded hiker. Shanks then headed up to help Lewis with the woman, who had

Council back to business of deciding on property-tax hike By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

Kamloops city councillors will turn their eyes back to the balance sheet today (March 12) as they look back at three nights’ worth of public input and get ready to set the tax rate for 2013. Going into today’s meeting, taxpayers are facing a hike of 3.85 per cent, or about $65 for an average home with an assessed value of $344,000. Add in user fees for water, sewer and garbage service, which were set at the end of 2012, and this year’s bill would be about $2,700. That doesn’t take into account a list of supplementary items that would push the tax rate to upwards of seven per cent. Among the items are a $340,000 fix to a smelly sewer lift station on River Street, $109,568 to add two RCMP officers to the Kamloops detachment and a $340,000 roof

replacement for the Canada Games Pool. The list will be pared down by council during the final stage of the budget process. The going rate also doesn’t take into account the city’s surplus from 2012, which director of finance Sally Edwards has said will come in at about $1 million. Council can choose to use that money to reduce the tax hike or set it aside in reserves for later use. It takes just under $860,000 to bring the tax increase down one per cent. Councillors have indicated they want to see the tax hike increase by less than three per cent, as is the norm in recent years. The city last increased property taxes by more than three per cent in 2004, when it hiked the bill by 3.39 per cent. Council will wrap up deliberations with a second special budget meeting on April 9 and must set the tax rate by May 15.

Small ﬁre doused at Ajax site Fire crews helped mop up a two-hectare blaze yesterday (March 11) on property south of Aberdeen owned by KGHM-Ajax, the company hoping to get approval to build a copper and gold mine on the land. The fire broke out before noon, but was quickly contained by company staff as Kamloops firefighters made their way to the site. There were no injuries. Yves Lacasse, KGHM’s external-affairs manager, told KTW at 3 p.m. yesterday that KGHM staff at the company’s Seymour Street office had not yet been informed of the fire’s cause. Lacasse did say work was being done at the site. “We always have something going on up there,” Lacasse said. “I don’t have any answers as to what was the cause. “They’re still trying to get us the answers.” Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for updates to this story.

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Medical-device reprocessing (MDR) techs Chelsea McMuldroch (left) and Pat Hunter are among top staff who work in the new state-of-the-art MDR facility at Royal Inland Hospital. Dave Eagles/KTW

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HERE ARE plenty of smiling faces in the basement of Royal Inland Hospital these days — something that wasn’t too common about two years ago. That was when the hospital was mired in a controversy about unsterile equipment making its way into operating rooms, with surgeons refusing to proceed. Letters were sent to 9,000 patients who had endoscopies, advising them they may have been exposed to lessthan-sterile equipment. Hospital administrator Marg Brown said those days were stressful for everyone because the staff was doing the best job it could with equipment that was likely state-of-the-art when the hospital was built, but had become inadequate for the demands of the 21st century.

Fast forward through the months — and through the $10.7 million spent on a new medical-device reprocessing (MDR) unit — and there is more equipment doing a better job in an area redesigned to accommodate the workflow. And, Brown added, employees are not tripping over each other as they do their jobs. MDR lead technician Gail Melnyk agrees. From the new wireless-communications system they use to stay in touch with each other to the doubling of key sterilizing units to simply having better lighting to do their work, the new MDR, she said, “is fabulous.” It’s a daunting job handling every tool a doctor may need for an operation, Melynk said. Some surgeries can require up to 200 tools and each must be sterilized, checked, packaged and ready to be sent up for use. It’s a time-consum-

ing, but essential job, she said, noting there is a logic in how the process is set up. There’s the “dirty” side, which is completely separate from the “clean” side. Washers between the two areas are used to sterilize carts, trays and other equipment. Even medical supplies that are sent in a sterile package — with some unique tools, hospitals share their resources — must be sterilized again. With each step, documentation must be recorded. The journey a simple brush takes from arriving in the MDR to being packaged for use in an operation could lead to several notations of the process required to ensure its sterility exists and has been verified visually and through the bar-code system used. “Every piece of equipment and machine has documentation that is kept on it, too,”

Brown said. “And the staff signs for everything used.” The hospital is one of the first to use new autoclaves — sterilizers that work with pressurized steam — that are designed for smaller spaces, Brown said. There is also one small autoclave designed for the truly specialized instruments that are not needed in bulk. Using it avoids tying up a larger unit that could be busy sterilizing other tools. “Our equipment in this hospital runs,” Melnyk said of the MDR. “It runs and runs and runs.” While the action happens in the basement, what happens upstairs in the former intensive-care and stepdown units is also key. That’s where equipment that will be needed is stored, waiting for the night staff to fill the various orders and get them ready for steriliza-

tion and to be used the next day, MDR supervisor Paulette Meier said. It’s also where the calls go when something is needed, but not included in the kits sent to the ER and operating rooms for procedures. “All we need to know is who the doctor is asking for it and we know what to get,” Meier said, noting most specialists have their own preferred methods of doing procedures. They also need to know if the procedure is being done on an adult or child because size matters. Brown said the new equipment and renovations not only provide a work environment she calls incredible, but it all helps restore public faith that was shaken when news of the sterilization issues became public. “Technology is a lot of money,” she said, “but the investment was well worth it because it’s our guarantee for the public.”

Moving Royal Inland into the future While she’s delighted with the new medical-device reprocessing unit, Marg Brown has another reason to be happy. In the past 18 months, about 30 doctors have joined Royal Inland Hospital staff, including five family practitioners and plenty of specialists. It hasn’t necessarily boosted the staff by that number, though; there have been some leave but, even in those situations, things have been good, the hospital administrator said. She noted, for example, a neurosurgeon retired and was replaced by two in that specialty. It wasn’t always so, with RIH putting a concerted effort into doctor recruitment for years. “We haven’t seen any lack of interest when we’re looking for physicians,” Brown said. “We get a fair amount of interest.” Brown said the process has also changed for the better in the way potential doctors are screened and interviewed. One change at RIH that has helped, she said, is appointing a chief of staff, something the hospital has not had for years. Dr. David Sanden has taken on that job and has helped hospital administration identify areas where the need is greatest. Sanden is also involved in recruitment and said one priority is to hire with an eye for sustainability as the hospital moves forward. That future includes plenty more construction as the hospital prepares to build a new parkade and clinical space for outpatient programs, Brown said. The structure will add 350 parking spaces to the hospital and two levels for outpatient services — “nothing where you need a recovery room,” Brown said —with a walkway connecting it to the second floor. There’s also potential for retail space on the first floor and the fifth floor will hold rooms used by the University of British Columbia medical-school program at RIH. It’s all part of moving RIH into the future, she said — and she’s delighted with how the work is proceeding. “We do lots of good in this hospital.”

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Rick Turner has his own ideas on how to help solve the healthcare crisis B.C. doctors are again talking about publicly — and it has nothing to do with hospitals themselves. The co-chair of the Kamloops Health Coalition and its provincial counterpart said one of the first things the provincial government should do is put more resources into community and homecare supports. “One out of every nine beds is occupied by someone who should be somewhere other than the hospital,” Turner said — and the Canadian Institute for Health Information agrees. In a 2012 report, the institute said up to five per cent of acute-care hospital beds are occupied by people waiting for other non-hospital services. Eighty-five per cent of that group is made up of seniors, the report stated. Referring to them as “alternate-level care patients,” the report said of that number, almost half, when discharged, went into long-term care. Of that number, about 20 per cent wait up to a month for a transfer to a long-term care facility. Turner said an over-dependence on emergency rooms, exacerbated by a lack of family physicians, fuels the problem. “What we do in B.C. is, when something

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goes wrong and you don’t have a doctor to see, we send them to the hospital,” Turner said, noting walk-in clinics in Kamloops don’t alleviate the problem to any significant degree. “If you aren’t there early in the morning, you won’t get an appointment, so where do you go? The ER,” Turner said. Managing the entire system so it has more home and community supports would mean “far less pressure on the ER,” he said. Emergency-room doctors throughout the province are speaking out on the situations they face on a regular basis. The website bcemergencycare.com contains videos by doctors talking about the overcrowding they deal with, including two from Kamloops — Alan Vukusic and Anders Ganstal. Vukusic talks of coming off a night shift where 13 of the 16 main ER beds were filled with patients who had been admitted and were still waiting for transfers to wards,

while Ganstal discusses a waiting room that started with 40 people and, at the end of his shift, was just as full. Dr. David Haughton, head of the B.C. Medical Association’s section of emergency medicine, has been an ER doctor since 1985. He said the problem is “very complex on several different layers,” but includes more people using the system and not enough doctors to treat them. Kamloops is one of 19 sites that has insufficient doctors, Haughton said. When adding population growth that for all 19 sites has been an estimated 40,000 people in the last year or so, Haughton said, “you’re going to have a problem unless you increase the number of doctors.” He told of a recent phone call made to a new ER in Nanaimo, one the province spent about $30 million to build. “Where anyone who is really sick needs to be [on the acute side], every stretcher had someone waiting to go to the ward,” Haughton said.

A man who came in with chest pains had been sent to the other side — “the walking-wounded side,” Haughton said — and it was only through an alert doctor who saw him in the waiting room and realized he was in distress that the man was quickly seen, diagnosed with a bleeding thoracic aneurysm and sent by air ambulance to another hospital for treatment. Haughton said the ER doctors’ website contains a five-point plan to ease the crisis, a program drawn from a 30-page plan the BCMA and the government developed between 2006 and 2009. The points include: • Increase physician staffing in ERs to reflect increased ER patient visits; • Make annual adjustments to ER phy-

sician staffing to ensure safe patient care; • Set and enforce standards regarding how long sick ER patients wait for an inpatient bed; • Continue and expand initiatives that will reduce the number of ER visits that could otherwise be served by other practitioners; • Hold administrators in Ministry of Health and health authorities accountable for meeting the standards set. Haughton noted Premier Christy Clark, in speaking out about the federal government’s closure of the coast guard in Kitsilano, said money matters, “but not when lives are at stake.” “Well, you can see from Nanaimo that lives are at stake,” he said. “And we are tired of every two years fighting this battle.”

The World Kidney Day celebration will take place at Sahali Centre Mall on Thursday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mayor Peter Milobar will cut the ribbon at noon and the event will feature free cholesterol, glucose and blood-pressure tests and interactive displays of dialysis equipment. There will also be information

from numerous groups, including the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, CNIB, Canadian Diabetes Association, Canadian Celiac Association, Patient Voices Network, TRU student nursing, Extra Foods pharmacist and a Royal Inland Hospital dietician. There will also be a representative from BC Transplant to discuss the agency’s initiatives.

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More day-care space coming to schools? Denise Harper believes schools should be “centres of neighbourhoods,” so she welcomes a proposed provincial legislative change requiring school boards make space available for licensed day cares. Harper, chairwoman of the KamloopsThompson board of

education, said the institutions “should be so familiar to the little ones who arrive for kindergarten that it’s a seamless transition for them.”

The change, part of the Miscellaneous Statues Amendment Act, was tabled by the provincial Liberal government last month and was to be discussed at

a meeting of the school board on Monday, March 11. If passed, it would require school boards promote the use of their properties for

day-care services on weekdays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The legislation would allow boards to pass on the costs to do this, but not

make a profit. Noting the school district already leases parts of school properties, Harper said she encourages any licensed day-care pro-

viders to contact the board. “I am totally in support of this,” she said, “and hope day-care providers take advantage of this opportunity.”

Roots gets $15,000 The KamloopsThompson school district will receive $15,000 for its Roots of Empathy anti-bulling program in schools. The money is part of $1 million collected through civil forfeiture — a process that allows the provincial government to seize and sell property proven to have been a tool in a criminal activity — and being allocated to 81 projects in B.C. Roots of Empathy is used for children in attending school from kindergarten to Garde 8.

From Nepal to Canada Suresh Shrestha, executive director of Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti (TSS) and World Neighbours Canada partner NGO in Nepal, will speak in Kamloops on Thursday, March 14. Shrestha will be the keynote speaker at the third Global Speakers Series event, hosted by the Kamloops Global Awareness Network and held at 7 p.m. at Desert Gardens Community Centre, 540 Seymour St. Mr. Shrestha will be speaking mainly on the 20-year-old World Neighbours Canada/ Tamakoshi Sewa Samiti partnership project to develop water systems for small villages in the province of Ramechhap, Nepal. This is a free community event.

KGHM INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON CURRENT SURVEY WORK BEING DONE ON ITS AJAX PROJECT In late 2012 we advised the community we were planning to conduct an Induced Polarization (IP) ground survey throughout the Ajax area in order to gain a deeper understanding of the geology in the area and plan for the eventual placement of our infrastructure should we receive the permits we require to build the mine. An IP survey involves introducing a small current into the ground from a transmitter and measuring the response via receivers. Stakes are placed approximately 15 cm into the ground to identify the locations for the readings. Some community members have noted that survey stakes have been placed behind Pacific Way Elementary school as well as in other places within a few kilometers of the project area. We want to assure the community that it is not our intent to extend the development of our project to the location of the stakes. We need to obtain deep readings close to the Ajax pits, and to do so, we must extend our survey lines beyond our area of interest. These longer lines allow us to read deeper within the centre of the survey area, which is closer to the proposed pit. Prior to the survey, we conducted an assessment to identify any potential negative impacts to humans, the environment and the wildlife in the area of the survey. While we have identified no negative impacts, we are taking the following measures to minimize disturbance to the environment: x Monitoring injection points at all times; x Using an automatic system shut-down should a line break; x Using existing roadways and avoid grasslands whenever possible; x Posting signage and ensuring the insulated copper wire between the galvanic electrodes is clear of wildlife before current discharges; x Cleaning all equipment before and after entering sites to prevent the spread of invasive flora; and, x Driving carefully on muddy or wet roadways to prevent erosion and damage to range roads. We expect to be completed no later than March 20, 2013. The pickets and all other equipment related to the survey will be removed upon completion. Anyone who wants more information about our survey is welcome to visit our community relations centre at 330 Seymour Street, call us at 250.374.5446, or email us info@ajaxmine.ca.

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What ‘value’ did drivers get from new meters in 2011?

NLY A PERPETUAL issue like that of parking in downtown Kamloops could generate comments arguing a 100 per cent increase in fees equates good value to those paying — simply because of how they are paying. Last week, city council did the expected and decided to double parkingrates downtown, to $1 an hour from 50 cents per hour. Council also decided to replace the 850 parking meters in the downtown area with 90 digital pay stations, despite the fact a five-year, $1.7-million loan for the stations will see the city pay $60,000 in interest. The digital pay stations will be tied to a vehicle’s licence-plate number, not to a specific parking spot, and have technology that will allow drivers to pay by cellphone and credit card, while also taking payment by coin. The city will call for tenders, though it is virtually certain a company called Precise ParkLink will be the supplier. Precise got the nod to replace pay stations in city-owned lots, flying city staff to Ontario to view the machines. Precise staff were also at a recent parking public-information session at the Tournament Capital Centre. By a 7-2 majority (councillors Donovan Cavers and Marg Spina were opposed), council decided to proceed with the plan and, once the contract is awarded, the new pay stations and the new parking fee should be in effect by the fall. The idea is to create more parking spots by eliminating designated marked stalls and to use some of the revenue to start a fund to be used for a future parkade. Now, doubling parking rates to a buck an hour is not a big deal; in fact, most who attended recent meetings on

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MUSINGS the subject had no problem with the new rate, which remains dirt cheap compared to Lower Mainland fees. However, by justifying the new rate by pointing to the new pay stations as drivers getting value for their money is ridiculous. In opposing a suggestion to raise meter rates now and pay for the new pay stations once the $1.7 million is raised — rather than take out a loan and pay $60,000 in interest — Coun. Coun. Tina Lange cited value to drivers at last week’s council meeting. “People need to get some value out of that increase in rates,” she said, arguing the new stations offer that value. A similar sentiment was echoed at a Feb. 26 public-information meeting, when Gay Pooler, general manger of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) said introducing a rate hike without replacing the old parking meters could create a backlash downtown. “If you just raise the rates on the meters that we have there, then it’s a cash grab,” she said at the time. “It’s not solving anything. “If you raise the cost of something and give value for that money, people accept that.” It remains to be seen whether customers downtown view doubling of

parking fees as “value” simply because they can pay by credit card or by phone. In either case, more money is being taken out of their wallets for a service (a parking spot) that has not changed. However, if city council and the KCBIA are so staunchly opposed to simply raising parking rates for the sake of raising parking rates, it must be a relatively new stance. Remember back in February 2011? That would have been when city council, of which Lange was a member, approved the installation of 43 parking meters in the 500-block of Third and Fourth avenues and Nicola and Battle streets, where there had previously been no meters. The area had been subject to a twohour parking maximum, but council cited congestion and the need for faster turnover of parking spots as the reason for installing the meters. Rather than offer anything of “value” to drivers, council simply added meters to collect money where money was not collected before. Back then, of course, there were no concerns of the meters being a “cash grab” uttered by city councillors or members of the KCBIA. The meters were installed, adding about $30,000 to city coffers, despite the fact the city’s bylaws officers could have easily achieved the objective by simply doing the basic job of walking up and down the block with a chalk stick and enforcing the existing twohour parking limit. Then again, maybe this is all about money — parking-meter revenue in 2012 was $577,150, a $26,000 drop from revenue in 2011. With the fee hike and new machines, watch those numbers rise. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com twitter.com/ChrisJFoulds

There are two tales in today’s edition of KTW detailing shortcomings in the health-care system. In this day and age, it might be appropriate to re-define health-care news as that concerning stories when the system is running smoothly. On page A6 is a story detailing a website campaign created by ER doctors from across B.C. The website features videos of doctors talking about their latest shift — one dominated by hours-long waits by patients. The website also has some patient stories and some suggestions as to how the provincial government can take steps to improve the system. Whether more money is the answer is debatable; long ER waits have been a fact of life in B.C. since the 1990s and untold amounts of money seems to have failed to fix the problem. But, perhaps the website will result in somebody coming forward with some innovative ideas. On page A10 is a story updating the status of Dr. Christopher Sladden, the Kamloops dermatologist who left town last year because he said it did not make business sense to continue to practise in Kamloops, based on the fee schedule in B.C. While saying his situation is not about the money, Sladden did note he made more money during 20 weeks’ work in Newfoundland than he did in two years in Kamloops. How much is enough? For a dermatologist in Kamloops compared to Newfoundland? For emergency rooms in Kamloops, Cranbrook and Surrey? Is there enough? Will there ever be enough? Billions have been poured into health care across Canada, with provincial budgets devoting more to that sector each year. And, yet, we continue to wait in ER rooms from coast to coast to coast — and doctors continue to move east and west to get paid what they believe they deserve. There is an election on May 14. What better time to offer up new ideas on a topic that will only continue to spur complaints?

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Re: Story: Floridly psychotic attacker gets parole: “I am scared for the people who know him as he did make threats. “Why are they letting him out? “Who is going to be responsible for what he does when he is released?” — posted by Sheila Irwin “What is wrong with these people? “Are they doing some government experiment to see if he will kill this time? “So, so wrong.” — posted by Rocko Martin “You have to be kidding. “The lunatics are truly running the asylum. “This guy needs to stay locked up.” — posted by Andrew Harrison

Re: Story: City doubles parking rates downtown: “Have you ever seen more time and energy put into parking cars before? “In a way, it’s kind of a relief that there’s nothing more important and serious than where to park and for how much.” — posted by Brian Husband

A not-so-good Shepard busy attacking NDP Editor: Todd Stone, B.C. Liberal candidate for Kamloops-South Thompson, attacked NDP Leader Adrian Dix’s ad, labelling it an “attack ad.” When one compares Dix’s ad to the Concerned Citizens of B.C. (CCBC) ad, anyone with any sense can clearly see the mean-spirited Liberal attempt to hold onto political power. Stone compares his run for political office to a job interview. I suggest he get in the unemployment line with the rest of his Liberal buddies. Jim Shepard is fronting the shadowy CCBC group that is running attack ads worth $1 million, all targetting Dix.

Transparency is the furthest thing from the CCBC, which uses an iStock image of happy people to identify itself on its website. Shepard’s new group even borrowed the name of Kevin Falcon’s old group from the 1990s — Concerned Citizens of B.C. Shepard, who ran Canfor using political manipulation to pressure the Liberal government to change laws on tenure and allowable cut, is now a concerned citizen? Shepard, longtime business leader — first with Finning, then Canfor — has been a staunch federal Conservative and moved Finning’s head

JIM SHEPARD: Leading the CCBC in ads attacking Adrian Dix.

office to Edmonton from Vancouver in the 1990s, claiming the New Democrats were socialists. He adopted a lower profile once the Liberals were in power, returning to the forefront only last year when he accepted a $1-a-year posting as economic adviser to Premier Christy Clark.

It seems Shepard may have skeletons in his own closet as he was a director of BC Rail from 2001 to 2003. Voters will remember the BC Rail scandal, the HST fiasco and various other boondoggles by the Liberals. With the Liberals’ credibility already at an all-time low because of the HST double-cross and now promising to make a $1.5-billion deficit disappear, it seems “Dancing with Bollywood Stars,” which will cost B.C. taxpayers $11 million, isn’t enough to convince voters to believe in the BC Liberals. According to Ipsos Reid, some 72 per cent of B.C. voters do not

believe the budget is balanced. The BC Liberal Party has run its course and has deceived the people of B.C. long enough. On Nov. 3, 2010, Gordon Campbell, on the day he resigned as premier, said, “Politics can be a nasty business.” To prove that point, Campbell, perhaps the most despised politician in the history of B.C., assumed his responsibilities as Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom. He was appointed on Sept. 15, 2011, by the federal Conservatives for his role in the HST money grab. Lennox Rawn Kamloops

No non-local commercial trucks on ‘Nicola Lake Road’ Editor: I support Kamloops-South Thompson Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger’s bid to restrict truck traffic on Highway 5A to only local traffic. As a frequent user of this highway over the last number of years, I have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of large commercial trucks, many of which come from out of province.

Most of the trucks are speeding and only slow when they are warned of police patrols. I have also witnessed a number of trucks not slowing on curves and being forced to cross the centre line. The few truckers who obey the speed limit end up slowing the faster trucks and end up in a convoy of trucks. I travelled this section of highway this past weekend and

was amazed at how different this section of road is when no trucks are barrelling along it. This narrow, winding section of highway with few passing lanes and tight, blind curves has become increasingly dangerous. I don’t believe lowering the speed limit will stop truckers from using this route as they already ignore the speed limits. As Krueger has stated, there are two quality highways

between Kamloops and the Lower Mainland for truckers to use. These new, faster and heavier trucks do not need to be on a road that was never designed to be a “highway.” Let’s change the designation from Highway 5A to Nicola Lake Road and restrict traffic on it. James Hendry Kamloops

Ajax may scare away businesses from Kamloops Editor: The other day on CFJC-TV news, Venture Kamloops executive director Jim Anderson said, “When a business is looking to relocate, one of the first questions they ask is, ‘What is the access to health care like in your community?’ And, if you’re not able to say that you have enough doctors, then you take yourself out of the running.” We all know Kamloops has a severe

shortage of doctors already as 10,000 people here do not have a family physician. How can we expect that number to improve if we also already know that KGHM Ajax will scare more doctors away? A survey conducted by a group of physicians in November 2012 concluded that, if the Ajax mine is approved, Kamloops could have a hard time attracting and keeping physicians. The result is we will also have a diffi-

cult time attracting new business. That doesn’t sound like it would be very good for our economy. When all Ajax has to offer is a temporary boost to our economy, shouldn’t we be concerned with all the other businesses that won’t come here because of the shortage of doctors, which will be made worse if Ajax is approved? Jordan Lawrence Kamloops

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The Rock not a hard place Former Kamloops doctor liking his work on East Coast By Dale Bass STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com

When he quit practising in Kamloops last year, dermatologist Dr. Christopher Sladden said the reasons were very simple — it made no business sense to continue and he was not getting a positive reception to the idea of creating a clinic at Royal Inland Hospital. Less than a year since he sent his letter to then-provincial health minister Michael de Jong, explaining his plans and reasons, Sladden has found what he was looking for on the other side of the country. Working in Cornerbrook, N.L., Sladden spends two weeks every month or so on the East Coast in a clinic attached to a hospital doing what he said he chose medicine to do — “see tough patients that need to be seen and get to be paid appropriately.” Sladden said he is near the emergency room for calls and, in that hospital, it’s not as difficult to locate a patient in the ward or find a nurse for help. “It’s a shame, really, because that’s the way to do it.” However, Dr. David Sanden, chief of staff at Royal Inland Hospital, said he doesn’t see the need for such a clinic at RIH, “because they tend to do a more efficient job in their office.” There is a low volume of hospital need for a dermatologist immediately, he added, and, although RIH is not doing it now, some hospitals are opting for technological assistance, using cameras to take photos of rashes that are then sent to the specialists, along with a medical history and symptoms, for a diagnosis. “You’ve either seen it or you haven’t,” Sanden said of the rashes that might be the subject of the examination.

“And it would be neat to have that here.” At the time of his resignation, Sladden said he was encouraged by some to do more cosmetic dermatology, something he said he isn’t interested in doing. He loves the clinical side of it, the diagnoses of the thousands of skin-related ailments that exist and being able to give patients proper care. “I see challenging cases, which is what I want to see,” he said. And, while he said he made as much in 20 weeks’ of work in Newfoundland as he did in two years in Kamloops, Sladden said it’s not about the money. A specialized practice is expensive and, to continue in the River City, he said he was likely going to have to remortgage his house. Among costs dermatologists can face in just setting up a business are required specialized lights that cost up to $30,000, the $200,000plus it would cost to install a surgical suite, wages and benefits required for the staff to

assist, office overhead and myriad other business costs. Sladden said he made his case to several politicians, singling out Kamloops-South Thompson Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger as one who listened to him, but predicting de Jong won’t be in government after the May 14 provincial election. He also met with officials at Royal Inland Hospital. Sladden questioned the thoroughness of education doctors receive who are opting to do dermatology courses by distance learning, noting to specialize in the field requires many years of study, “a gruelling exam” and many more years of training. “You can’t do that with distance classes.” Sladden said he has spoken with colleagues in Kamloops who are unhappy and other doctors have contacted him, asking about coming to Kamloops — something he does not recommend. However, while agreeing the fee guide for some specialists is an issue compared to that in other provinces,

Sanden hasn’t found any reluctance by doctors to relocate to Kamloops. “B.C. is still an attractive place to come,” Sanden said, noting about 30 doctors have moved to the city in the past year or so, while another five are being contacted.

Sanden said when he heard of Sladden’s discontent last year, he contacted him and they talked three times, but were unable to find a time that worked for them to both to meet. “But, I’d still be happy to meet with him and talk about this,” Sanden said.

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The lawsuit seeks general and special damages, interest, costs and any other relief the court wants to make. The 13 people filing the suit are Jon Demarcos, Kristin Danglemaier, Raymond Daneluk, Brian Bray, Estelle Berube, Paul Barker, Brent Zahnd, Zane Turiff, Arthur Thomson, La-Hung Sun, Lloyd Speer, Dennis Seib and Gregory Seebach. The suits were filed on Monday, March 4, and Weyerhaeuser has three weeks from that date to file a response.

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‘Floridly psychotic’ attacker Semchuk gets paroled By Tim Petruk STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

A Kamloops man described by doctors as “floridly psychotic” has been granted parole. In a decision dated Feb. 16, but released by the Parole Board of Canada on Thursday, March 7, officials gave Robert Semchuk the right to reside outside of a jail cell — or psychiatric hospital — for the first time since 2006. In 2009, the Crown applied to have the

49-year-old labelled a dangerous offender — a tag that would have seen him jailed indefinitely. Instead, a B.C. Supreme Court judge named Semchuk a longterm offender and sentenced him to nine years in a federal prison. That sentence was shortened to six years after Semchuk was given credit for time served before trial. In 2006, Semchuk attacked and stabbed a 60-year-old woman at random outside Royal

Inland Hospital before fleeing with her purse in a stolen car. He was arrested after a police pursuit stretching from Kamloops to Merritt to Peachland. Less than a year after his arrest, Semchuk was charged with assault causing bodily harm for attacking a corrections officer at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre. Semchuk was in segregation at the time and the officer was transporting the handcuffed prisoner to another area

in the jail. After head-butting the guard, Semchuk was tackled by four other officers. He was handed an additional 18 months in jail for the attack and ordered to spend another 30 days in segregation at KRCC. Semchuk’s federal sentence expires in May 2015. At its conclusion, he will be bound by a long-term supervision order for 10 years. He will be released on statutory parole on May 19, 2013, and

Kamloops man charged after Vernon crash spree A 24-year-old Kamloops man without a valid B.C. driver’s licence is facing alcohol-related driving offences, along with a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident, after a car was driven into a number of parked vehicles in Vernon on Saturday afternoon (March 9). Vernon RCMP were called to the area of 32nd Avenue and

34th Street in the downtown core shortly after 12:30 p.m. for a report of a vehicle that hit four parked motor vehicles and a lamp standard, then drove away, according to Vernon RCMP Cpl. Gerry Kovacs. The suspect behind the wheel of the 2003 white Chev Impala made his way to the 3600-block of 24th Avenue, striking another

parked van and pickup. The man was pulled over and taken into custody. “There were lots of witnesses,” Kovac said. “It was broad daylight. People were following him. Apparently, a pedestrian was almost struck in the middle of this somewhere. We’re still taking statements and trying to piece this thing together.”

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Titans repeat By Marty Hastings STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

HE SOUTH KAMLOOPS TITANS are again provincial champions. Graduating seniors Emma Wolfram and Maya Olynyk led South Kam to a 59-49 victory over the Brookswood Bobcats in the championship final of the senior girls B.C. AAA basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday, March 9. “That was our goal — to end our highschool careers on a win,” Wolfram said.

“Knowing that it was a provincial championship made it even better.” The twin towers might have paced South Kam, but they had plenty of help from their teammates. “It was a great team effort,” Titans’ head coach Sean Lamoureux said. “Emma and Maya led us, but we had everyone contribute for us. “When Brookswood cut the lead to six in the fourth quarter, Ashley Lamoureux nailed a three-pointer to push the lead back to nine points. “We had so many kids make big plays in

the final.” Wolfram’s stat line — 16 points, 18 rebounds and eight blocked shots — was impressive. Olynyk, with 15 points and 12 rebounds, also recorded a doubledouble. With 34 blocks in total at the tournament, Wolfram — a 6-foot-4 centre who will play next season for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the NCAA Division One ranks — set a new championship record. The Saskatchewan Huskies of the Canadian Interuniversity Sports ranks will welcome

Olynyk to the fold this fall. Wolfram won most valuable player honours and was named defensive player of the tournament, while Olynyk was named a first-team all star. Anna Frenkel contributed 13 rebounds and seven points for South Kam, with Emma Piggin adding 13 points and seven rebounds. The win marked the second consecutive provincial title for the Titans. Wolfram told KTW the reception back at school on Monday,

Kamloops bids adieu to AA championship For the 15th and final time, Kamloops hosted the provincial AA high school basketball championships. Winning on the boys’ side were the Kelowna Christian Knights, who knocked off Brentwood College of Mill Bay 58-47 in the championship final at the Tournament Capital Centre on Saturday, March 9. The Holy Cross Crusaders of Surrey won gold on the girls’ side, beating the Vernon Panthers 69-37 in the championship game. The host Sa-Hali Sabres placed seventh on the girls’ side and 14th on the boys’ side. Next year’s AA championships will likely be played on the Coast.

St. Ann’s sixth Michael Mayhew scored 31 points and led the St. Ann’s Crusaders to a 72-69 win over the

Bulkley Valley Christian Royals at the senior boys B.C. A provincial championship in Abbotsford on Saturday, March 9. The Crusaders, who entered the tournament ranked ninth, finished in sixth place. Jeremy Laquindanum was named player of the game. St. Ann’s found itself down 30-29 at halftime, but a strong third quarter left the Crusaders with a nine-point lead heading into the final frame. Immaculata of Kelowna beat St. Patrick’s of Vancouver 67-51 to win gold. Marilyn Bowden (centre) of the Sa-Hali Sabres finds room to shoot between Windsor Dukes’ defenders Mikaela Carr (left), Sherrie Errico and Brooklyn Legault at the AA provincial high school basketball championships on Wednesday, March 6, at the Tournament Capital Centre. Dave Eagles/KTW

March 11, was a warm one. She also said it’s hard to believe her highschool career has come to an end. “We’ve spent so many hours with the team in the gym. To know that I’m done with that now is kind of weird.”

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vincial champion South Kamloops Titans: Ashley Lamoureux, Daylynne Agar, Kanesha Reeves, Becca Peters, Emma Piggin, Maya Olynyk, Elizabeth Anderson, Christine Clyde, Anna Frenkel, Mieke Dumont, Emily Vilac and Emma Wolfram. The Titans’ coaches are Jane Wolfram, Corey Yamaoka, Sean Lamoureux and Ken Olynyk.

ABOVE: The South Kamloops Titans bench senses victory with time running down in the gold-medal game at the senior girls B.C. AAA basketball championship, which wrapped up at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday, March 9. BELOW: Emma Wolfram (left) of the Titans blocks Tayla Jackson of the Brookswood Bobcats in the final, which South Kam won 59-49. Wolfram recorded 34 blocks in four games, a tournament record. Gary Ahuja/Black Press

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Olympic bronze for Armstrong? Kamloops shot putter Dylan Armstrong might be on the cusp of an Olympic bronze medal — from 2008. Armstrong missed out on bronze at the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China, by a mere centimetre, having been edged out by Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus. However, the Associated Press reported on Friday, March 8, that Mikhnevich was one of six athletes using banned substances in the 2005

World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The doping came to light during re-tests of the athletes’ samples from the 2005 championships in Helsinki. What brings about the possibility of Armstrong being elevated to the bronze-medal position from fourth in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games is the fact Mikhnevich, in 2001, served a two-year suspension for a doping offence, therefore, a positive test from 2005

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should lead to a retroactive lifetime ban that would include the 2008 Olympics. The International Association of Athletics Federations, the global governing body for track and field, has begun disciplinary procedures against the six athletes. Armstrong finished fifth in the men’s shot put at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, while Mikhnevich did not compete.

Provincials bounce into Kamloops Two-hundred of B.C.’s best trampoline gymnasts are set to compete at the 2013 Trampoline Gymnastics BC Championships in Kamloops. Hosted by Gymnastics BC and the Kamloops Gymnastics Trampoline Centre (KGTC), the championships will run from Friday, March 15, to Sunday, March 17, at the Tournament Capital Centre. The gymnasts will be competing for numerous B.C. titles in trampoline, double-mini trampoline and tumbling and synchronized trampoline. Among the competitors are 18 local gymnasts: Genn Bruno, Kristina Dodd, Benjamin Jacoby, Cole Lewis, Sam Kjeldsen-Trotter, Mario Bruno, Jordan Ferguson, Emily Schmidt, Aurora Lewis, Chloe Macus, Jaxson Coull, Jaeden Gorman, Hannah Walker, Meghan Allen, Gavin Dodd, Madeline Hart, Jean-Luc Larouche and Grace Dickinson.

The opening ceremony runs on Friday from 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Competition gets underway at 2:20 p.m. and runs through the weekend until Sunday afternoon. KGTC is simultaneously hosting the annual Wild West Fest invitational competition, featuring 225 gymnasts from across the province in the artistic disciplines. That starts Saturday morning and wraps up Sunday afternoon. The Wild West Fest Invitational is also the Zone 2 trials for the provincial Level 2 category of women’s gymnastics. Those athletes are vying for a spot to represent Zone 2 at the 2013 Artistic Gymnastics BC Championships in Prince George in April. Scott Nabata, KGTC’s senior competitor, will be competing in Calgary at the Kyle Shewfelt Invitational on Friday.

The Brocklehurst Broncs defeated Lloyd George to win the Grade 7 city elementary basketball championship on Thursday, March 7. Back Row, from left, are Chris Penner, Sam Summers, Kayden Boisclair, Zach Dyer and Coach Wes Mueller. Front row, from left, are Jared Johnston, Noah LaMarsh, Wyatt Berger, Nick Sarai, Levi Charlton, Sukhi Kang and Ryan Firman. Sarai hit a three-point shot to turn the tide in the Broncs’ favour. He also made a key free throw down the stretch. Allen Douglas/KTW

Long Blades back from Mission abroad Five members of the Kamloops Long Blades were in action at the B.C. Short Track Speedskating Championships in Mission. Martina Antifay won gold in the L2T nine- and 10-year-old girls’ division. Holly Antifay took silver in the T2T 12-year-old girls’ category. Yolaine Kampman had several unfortunate falls and finished sixth overall in the T2T 13-year-old girls’ division. Kris Pynten skated to a fifth-place finish in the open men’s category. Sylvie Lloyd was second in open ladies after three distances, but had to forfeit her overall placing after leaving the competition early. Points from the event are tallied with results from the B.C. Cup, held earlier this season, to determine the team for the Western Canadian Short Track T2T Championship. Westerns will be held in Canmore on March 23 and March 24.

TRU WolfPack beaten by Clan in BCIHL semiﬁnal The Simon Fraser University Clan knocked the TRU WolfPack out of the playoffs, sweeping a first-round best-of-three B.C.

Intercollegiate Hockey League series. SFU ousted TRU with a 5-2 win at Memorial Arena on Saturday, March 9, a night after earning a

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Rockets claim B.C. crown The B.C. Division crown will make its way to Kelowna when the WHL’s regular season wraps up later this month. Kelowna nipped in the bud the Kamloops Blazers’ hopes of repeating as division champions on the weekend, downing the Blue and Orange twice — 2-1 in the Little Apple on Saturday, March 9, and 3-2 in the River City on Friday, March 8. Kamloops will wind

up third in the Western Conference, setting up a first-round playoff series with the Victoria Royals, a rematch of last season’s openinground matchup, which the Blazers swept in four games. The Blazers wrap the regular season with a pair of games against the Prince George Cougars. Kamloops is hosting Prince George on Friday, March 15. Game time at Interior Savings Centre

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Brendan Ranford of the Kamloops Blazers beat Jordon Cooke of the Kelowna Rockets with this snap shot at Interior Savings Centre on Friday, March 8. It was Ranford’s 350th WHL point. Kelowna beat Kamloops 3-2. Allen Douglas/KTW

is 7 p.m. The Cougars are hosting the rematch on Saturday, March 16. Blazer forward Matt

Needham, who’s been out with an upper-body injury since Feb. 15, has been skating with the team for about

two weeks. He is expected to return to action in Game 1 of the BlazersRoyals series.

Classics place 10th at provincial swimming championships The Kamloops Classic Swimming club placed 10th overall at the B.C. AAA Championships, which wrapped up in Victoria earlier this month. Kamloops earned 27 medals. Colin Gilbert, swimming in the 14-year-old boys’ division, set two new meet records and five new club records, winning gold in the 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle events, silver in the 200m and 400m individual medley (IM) races and the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 200m butterfly. Megan Dalke, competing in the 14-year-old girls’ division, set six new club records, claiming gold medals in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyles races, silver in the 200m butterfly and 200m IM and bronze in the 100m butterfly and 400m IM. Ethan Phillips won bronze in the 1,500m freestyle in the 14-year-old boys’ category. Gabrielle Dagasso, racing in the 14-year-old girls’ division, won bronze medals in the 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle. Marina Ackermann won the 200m freestyle in the 12-year-old girls’ cat-

egory, while also qualifying for age group nationals in Montreal in the 200m and 400m freestyle events. Austin Phillips, swimming in the 12-year-old boys’ category, won gold in the 200m butterfly, silver in the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 400m freestyle. Carel Ackermann won bronze medals in the 100m and 200m breaststroke races in the 15-yearold boys’ category. Ethan Jensen, swimming in the 13-year-old boys’ division, won bronze in the 200m butterfly. The Kamloops 14-and-under girls’ 4X50 medley relay team — Makena Sutherland, Dalke, Dagasso and Taryn MacLeod — won gold and set a new club record. That team won silver medals in the 4X100 and 4X50 freestyle relay races. The following swimmers qualified for the 2014 Western Canadian Swimming Championships next year in

New Westminster: Sutherland, Meaghan Frenks and Ethan Phillips. New national age group qualifiers include Ben Branchflower and Frenks.

Recchi, Smith heading to ‘Loops HOF Three-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Recchi and wheelchair athlete Kelly Smith will be inducted to the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame on April 13. They will join longtime coach, teacher and sports administrator Brian Peters and the 1955-1956 Kamloops Mohawks in the class of 2013. Former Canadian Olympian Gary Reed will be the guest

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Shingi Matthews soaks up the sun. The Sun Peaks Adaptive Sports Winter Festival was held under sunny skies on Sunday, March 10. There were more than 60 participants with a wide range of disabilities in action, with 45 on-hill instructors lending a hand. The nonprofit program is in its fifth year of operation and has about 30 registered students. For more information, log on to adaptivesportsatsunpeaks.org or email adaptivesportsatsunpeaks@gmail.com. KTW photographer George Wycherley attended the event. These are a few of his photos. There are more online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

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Robert Reid is involved in numerous sports, but curling is something he has participated in all his life. “I lived in a small town where there was little opportunity to progress in hockey,” Reid said. His brother was involved in curling, going to the National Schoolboys Championship; therefore, Reid got involved. “I wanted to one up him” Reid said with a smile. However, Reid no longer plays competitively: “Now it’s the camaraderie and the sociability.” Instead, Reid plays in a social mixed league during the curling season, which extends from September to April or May. Reid encourages those who are interested in participating in curling to get involved and, if they are interested in getting involved in the BC Senior Games, to get involved early. “There can be zone playoffs that can occur to decide who will represent zone eight,” said Reid. “So we have to get people interested in going to the games early in order to have the playoffs.” Each of the 12 zones in B.C. sends one team per event, allowing for a total of four teams to be sent. The events include women’s 55+, men’s 55+, mixed 55-64 and mixed 65+. These teams compete in a round-

Kamloops will host the 2013 BC Seniors Games from Aug. 20 to Aug. 24, 2013.The city is expecting more than 3,500 athletes, ages 55 and up, to attend the Games, which will feature 25 events, ranging from cribbage to ice hockey. The BC Seniors Games Society is a volunteer non-profit society funded by the provincial government and in co-operation with the BC Games Society, which event manages the Games. Kamloops can expect an economic impact from the Games of more than $2 million. KTW continues its biweekly feature page, with each page focusing on one of the Games’ events.

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CURSED! The TRU Actors Workshop Theatre’s production of Curse of the Starving Class wrapped up on campus over the weekend, and this is what it looked like . . . TOP: Wesley (Justin Hall) takes a look at the damage his father, Weston, made of the door the night before during an alcohol-fuelled rage; RIGHT: A beaten and bloodied Wesley (Hall) after trying to pay off his father’s debts; BELOW: A cleanedup Weston (Michael Hogg) enjoys some breakfast while Ella (Alley Barton) takes a rest on the kitchen table; LEFT: Emma (Allison Clow) during an argument with her mother, Ella. Kelsey Gilker photos/TRU Actors Workshop Theatre

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Sentier and Gatin taking to Art We Are stage The Art We Are has a busy performance schedule this month, beginning with a local folk band on Thursday, March 14. Kamloops duo Sentier will play with Ingrid Gatin, an indieroots-soul artist from Winnipeg, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. On Saturday, March 16, folk musicians Lesley Pelletier and Chloe Albert will take to the stage. Pelletier is promoting her debut album, which was released on March 1, while Albert has a record due for release this spring. Edmonton-based indie band Scenic Route to Alaska will play The Art We Are on Saturday, March 30. Also taking the stage that night will be local folk artist Garret Dhaliwal. The Art We Are is located at 246 Victoria St. For more information, call 250-828-7998.

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AFRICAN BEATS AT TRU Ezra Kwizera brought his combination of traditional, reggae, soca and African dance hall music to the Alumni Theatre inside the Clocktower Building on the campus of Thompson Rivers University on Feb. 28. Dave Eagles/KTW

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SD73 arts festival The KamloopsThompson school district is slated to once again celebrate the artistic creativity of its

Public Information Session Tranquille Road Upgrades Thursday, March 14, 2013 from 4 – 7 pm Wilson House - 115 Tranquille Road Please join us to learn more about phase one of the Tranquille Market Corridor streetscape plan and the construction of a multi-use pathway on Tranquille Road between Royal Avenue and Leigh Road, to take place in 2013. The multi-use pathway will be a key connection of the Rivers Trail and will improve conditions for cyclists, pedestrians and other users. The construction of the multi-use pathway, as well as the rejuvenation of the sidewalk and landscape areas on the north side of Tranquille Road, will take place at the same time as the lighting and signalization upgrading of Tranquille Road is carried out. For more information, please email transportation@kamloops.ca or call 250-828-3702.

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Calling all Korean War veterans Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod has launched a drive to recognize Korean War veterans in the riding. “Our government is honoured to mark 2013 as the Year of the Korean War veteran,” McLeod said. “It is our duty to pay tribute to more than 26,000 Canadian men and women in uniform who came to the aid of the South Koreans during the Korean War and, in particular, the 516 Canadians who gave their lives in service to defend the values of peace and freedom on the Korean Peninsula.” In July, Canada will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that led to the end of the war. “Canada’s military contributions

to this war are remarkable and should never be forgotten,” McLeod said. “Canadian veterans who served in this horrible conflict should be remembered for their remarkable military contribution. “We would like to celebrate this important milestone in Canadian history by recognizing our local Korean War veterans.” McLeod is asking for the public to submit their stories or identify members who fought in the Korean War so they can be recognized. Nominations can be received at McLeod’s Kamloops office, 979 Victoria St., Kamloops, B.C., V2C 2C1, by phone at 250-851-4991 or by email at cathy.mcleod.c1@parl.gc.ca. Postage is free if mailed to Mcleod.

Airport passenger count keeps rising Kamloops Airport continues to see more and more people pass through its terminal. In the second month of 2013, the airport counted 25,951 travellers, a 0.6 per cent increase from the 24,739 passengers who flew through Fulton Field in February 2012. “Growth in the numbers of travellers using

the airport has continued at the same pace set in 2012,” said Fred Legace, the airport’s managing director. Through the first two months of the year, Kamloops Airport has seen 50,621 people pass through, which is a 2.7 per cent increase from the 49,253 people who landed and departed through February

of last year. “With the additional leap day in February last year, growth for this past month was expected to be less by comparison. “When that is factored in, though, growth continues at the pace set in the past eight months. “Among the groups contributing to this growth are skiers and commuting workers.”

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In this workshop, you will be encouraged to get in touch with your inner gorilla - to paint as if you have no cares about what other people think. We will use acrylic paints, modeling paste, brushes, and palette knives. Some emphasis will be on technique, but most of the focus will be on expressing yourself with acrylics. This is a workshop for adults and can be beneficial to novices as well as experienced painters. Materials will be provided. Parkview Activity Centre Apr 6 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Sat 205885

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VALLEY FIRST COMES TO BROCK: Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar helped with the grand-opening celebration of Valley First Credit Union’s RiverBend branch in Brocklehurst on Thursday, March 13. Milobar aided branch manager Paulette Rennie (centre) and Valley First president Donna Erickson in cutting the ribbon. The location is also home to the recently rebranded Valley First Insurance office on Thursday, March 7. The addition of the Valley First RiverBend and Valley First Insurance Kamloops office (formerly Simmons Black & Emsland Insurance) triples Valley First’s presence in the Kamloops community. Beyond its branches, Valley First is a strong community supporter. This year, the credit union became the lead sponsor of the Valley First Crown of Curling and jumped to the assistance of the food bank after its devastating fire. In addition, since its launch in March 2010, Valley First has raised 1,500 pounds of food and more than $11,000 for the Kamloops Food Bank and Outreach Society through its Feed the Valley program.

FORWARD-THINKING LEGAL FIRM: Partner Ryan Scorgie cuts the cake at Forward Law’s grand opening, held on March 5 at the law firm’s offices at 203-1211 Summit Dr. in Sahali. Scorgie, Alana Hughes and David Hughes are partners, while Jeff Frame is associate counsel. FUNDING AN ADVENTURE: Telus representative Rudy Morelli presented a cheque for $4,800 to the First Couteau Venturer Company, which will use the funds to attend the 2013 Canadian Jamboree at Sylvan Lake, Alta., in July. Left to right: Dan Wallace, Venturer advisor; Al Green, Venturer advisor; Khyler Scott, company secretary; Owen Paetkau, company president; John Gray, company treasurer; Rudy Morelli.

SNOW JOKE — SPRING IS COMING: Yes, there remains plenty of snow in the hills surrounding Kamloops, though this bighorn sheep probably wishes spring would arrive sooner than later. On that note, spring will begin on Wednesday, March 20, at 4:02 a.m. George Wycherley/KTW

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The interior of the 2013 MINI Paceman, or any other MINI for that matter, is unlike anything on the road, with great stylistic licence used to recapture some design cues for the original Mini.

model in the lineup. I don’t really know how to take the Paceman. It is a threedoor version of the Countryman five-door but, believe it or not, it somehow looks different. It could be the squashed-down roofline a la Range Rover Evoque or the truly huge rear taillights that are a complete styling departure from all the MINIS that have gone before. But, I think it is the absence of the rear two doors and high shoulder line that does it.

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Look! Out on the street. It’s a coupe. It’s a hatchback. It’s Paceman and, according to MINI, the “world’s first Sports Activity Coupe in the premium small and compact segment.” Well, that may be what they call it, but I call it the world’s best example of thinking inside the box, which is what the MINI is — a box. That is how the Mini (as it was spelled before BWM bought the company) was conceived and why the MINI (BMW spells it all in upper case today) continues to be one of the world’s most recognized shapes. But, as Porsche has found with the 911, you don’t mess with an icon. You’ve got to hand it to the people at MINI. They have created niches within a niche and all of them are popular. Today, the MINI is offered as the original three-door hatch, followed by the Coupe, Convertible, Clubman (wagon), Roadster, Countryman (minivan/ CUV) and now the Paceman for the seventh

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Fiat thinking big with little car The widely acclaimed Fiat 500 family has expanded dramatically with the launch of the all-new 500L. Designed for customers who want a car that combines the 500’s unique personality, style and image with added practicality, capability and size, the five-door 500L goes on sale in Europe at the end of the first quarter of 2013. The Fiat 500L mixes userfriendly technology with ecofriendliness and plenty of space, all wrapped up in a package full of character.

This combination of Italian style, together with Fiat’s unique ability to conceive and design cars that are innovative in substance and form, makes it much more than just a typical mini-MPV. Although it will be classified as a mini-MPV, the Fiat 500L has the 500’s fun, cool and cheeky attitude to ensure it appeals to owners who want more than just a functional family car. As well as being the most space-efficient passenger car in relation to its size, it has the widest range of colours in its segment.

Nissan research goes underwater Seven small robots could help forever change the fundamental way we get around. These little chick-like creatures made by Nissan Motor Company are called EPOROs — or zeroemission robot car concepts. They run on electricity and use algorithms to move in harmony and in solitude. This was the first time the EPOROs visited the United States, making their debut at the newly minted Nissan Research Center-Silicon Valley (NRC-SV). Engineer Susumu Fujita created the robots in 2009. He says the robots behaviour is inspired by the way fish swim. They move in schools, in streams, and avoid obstacles. While Nissan’s ongoing research aims at creating collision-free vehicles based on its safety concept Safety Shield — new technologies used in EPORO also aim to improve migration efficiency of a group of vehicles and contribute to an environmentally friendly and traffic-jam free driving environment. The technology in these robots already helped inspire innovation now seen in the company’s cars. Technologies like intelligent brake assist and forward collision warning are features somewhat similar to what is seen in the robots. These EPOROs are pushing ideas of what’s possible onto a new fast track of the future.

Toyota’s Priusbadged vehicles have no shortage of hybrid fans here in Canada, but they actually proved to be the most popular new vehicles with California drivers during the 2012 calendar year. According to R.L Polk, the Prius family of cars — Liftback, Prius v, Prius Plug-in and Prius c — accounted for 61,893 vehicles registered in California, making Prius the No. 1 vehicle badge sold in

the state. This continues the trend shown by the state’s consumers who are adopting gasolineelectric hybrid technology and putting more of these vehicles on the road. “Consumers are drawn to the Prius vehicles because of the brand’s focus on efficiency,” said Bill Fay, group vice-president and general manager of Toyota Motor Sales, Inc.

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Based loosely on the primitive controls in the first Mini (got to keep that DNA, don’t ya know), the dashboard is dominated by a centre instrument the size of a dinner plate that is a combination of analog speedo, digital-segmented gas gauge and the audio system that is part digital, but with manual knobs for tuning and selection. Mounted directly on top of the steeringwheel shaft is a another round combo gauge about the size of a saucer, with analog pointer for engine revs and digital for driver information, such as the odometer. One throwback to the first Mini is toggle switches found below the centre gauge and another set at the top of the windshield. Back when the Mini was introduced in 1959, Morris/Austin wanted to keep costs down. When it came to switchgear, there were all kinds of toggle switches left over from Spitfires and Lancasters laying around, so they were snapped up as surplus and found their way into the Mini. There are two full adult seats in the back but, frankly, they are only for occasional use. There is one engine, a 1.6-litre four-cylinder offered in three states of tune all running on premium. On the base MINI Cooper Paceman, it produces 121 hp and 114 lb/ft of torque. The Cooper S Paceman ALL4 tested here and the topline John Cooper Works Paceman ALL4 are both equipped with all-

wheel-drive, thus the ALL4 designation. The Cooper S (as tested) and John Cooper Works both have twinturbo versions of 1.6litre with 181 hp with 177 lb/ft of torque and 208 hp and 192 lb/ft of torque respectively. Everyone talks about the go kart-like handling of the MINI and it is quite true of the nonAWD versions. Paceman still handles but you have to remember the overall weight (3,260 lb) and added AWD complexities are there for another purpose and that is grip in the kinds of weather conditions we Canadians get. And that sure proved out during my week with the Paceman. I remember last year driving to Niagara Falls in a John Cooper Works with summer tires during a late dump of snow in April. It was white knuckles all the way. Not so this time. I woke up one day this year to 10 centimetres of wet snow on the ground and five more on the way.

The permanent AWD system in the Paceman can route up to 50 per cent of grip to the rear on adverse conditions. Backing out of the driveway with snow up to my ankles was shutting off the traction control (so it won’t kick in if wheel spin was detected). All I had to do was reverse onto the street and then motor off in second through the deeply rutted tracks in the snow. Prior to the storm, I went to lunch with two great friends I worked with some 30 years ago. On the highway, I had a far better chance to see what the Paceman could do besides cleave its way through snow. The turbo versions are available with the $990 Sport Package, which includes the sport suspension and the Sport Button. The button is actually a toggle. Flip it and the engine mapping is changed, the suspension tightens up and the steering becomes tauter.

I could feel the change in the engine immediately by the sound and the steering wheel became firmer. At a steady 100 km/h toggling from Sport to normal saw a 400 rpm drop in engine speed and the steering wheel loosened up slightly. When you consider the $2,500 Sport Chrono Package on a Porsche 911 does essentially the same thing, $990 is a bargain. But, the MINI Cooper S Paceman is not all that cheap. Starting at $31,200, the Paceman tested here with a boatload of options checked in at $38,185, not counting the $1,655 shipping fee. I don’t know how many Pacemen you’re going to see on the road but, when you do, it will definitely stand out in the crowd. Paceman not only defines the owner, but it celebrates being a little different and in a cheeky package. Yes, there is something to thinking inside the box.

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In politics, ethnic strategy is nothing new

HE B.C. legislature session ends this week. It can’t come quickly enough for Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals. This is also the week we see the rest of the fallout from the ethnic quick-wins controversy. A disgruntled former B.C. Liberal caucus staffer handed the NDP opposition an internal memo setting out a strategy for ethnic outreach that strayed into forbidden territory, suggesting that ethnic-friendly government events could be staged and participants’ names collected and turned over to the party. “This secret plan clearly demonstrates the Liberals are deliberately folding

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VICTORIA government resources and staff into their party’s campaign machinery, despite rules that forbid this,” thundered NDP house leader John Horgan. “We’ve seen this before, with the Liberals’ efforts to run a secret committee to subvert the public process around Burnaby Hospital, and in the attack website created by caucus staff and launched by the Liberal party.” Casual observers might see this as a

DIANA LENA MCDELL April 1, 1950 – March 2, 2013 Diana passed away on March 2 after a brief, courageous battle with cancer. Diana was born in Eindhoven, Netherlands and emigrated to Canada in 1957 with her family. The family settled in Sarnia, Ontario where Diana was schooled and lived until marrying in 1970 when she moved to British Columbia. During her youth In Sarnia, she enjoyed a variety of sports, but excelled in particular, in longdistance swimming. She is survived by her husband Byron, son Cary (Kristy), daughter Deena (Jannik), and the new joy in her life, their grandchild Elena. Also, mourning the loss are her mother Mary, brother Ed, sister Mary Anne (Jim), as well as nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives in Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. Diana was predeceased by her father Ted. Diana spent most of her working life with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation in Kamloops and concluded her career as the manager of the Customer Support Centre. As a manager and leader, Diana was passionate about her work. She valued and respected her colleagues and worked to build relationships and trust. She embraced change and focused on teamwork and cooperative effort.

disturbing new development in misuse of public resources. It’s disturbing, all right, but it’s hardly new. The “attack website” Horgan refers to is a case in point. While a website targeting NDP Leader Adrian Dix was being cooked up in the B.C. Liberal bunker, a similar effort was being developed in NDP research down the hall. This partisan message detailed all the worthwhile things that could be done with the government’s $15-million advertising budget singing the praises of the government’s “jobs plan.” But, this one carried the logo of the NDP caucus, so it was within the rules. The average

person, seeing two groups of staff on the public payroll, each slagging the other, might not detect much of a difference. The biggest headline from the leaked memo was its reference to generating “quick wins” for the election campaign by staging apologies for historic racial injustices. It mentioned how former premier Gordon Campbell delivered a solemn apology in 2008 for the decision to turn away a ship carrying Sikh refugees from Vancouver harbour — shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. What does a modern provincial premier accomplish by apologizing for a federal immigration decision

made in 1915? Why would another premier now feel the need to apologize for a federal “head tax” imposed on Chinese immigrants from 1885 to 1923? The answer is obvious. Again, don’t expect much to change with an NDP government. Asked last week if he would stage an apology for the head tax, Dix delivered a well-rehearsed history lesson that made it clear he is anxious to do so. Welcome to politics in an urbanized, globalized media culture. It’s more important to put on a show than to do the right thing. Hospitals are announced three times before they’re built, then announced

WESLEY “IVAN” BLACKSTOCK Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, great great grandfather Wesley “Ivan” Blackstock passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 in Kamloops BC. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 71 years Magdalene “Lena”, daughter Valerie (Murray) McDougall, granddaughters Brenda Plested, Laura Walls, and Tammy (Tom) McGlynn, grandson Matthew (Lisa) Neilson, great grandchildren Reanna (Justin) Flundra, Josh Plested, Whitney Plested, Sarah Neilson and Christopher Neilson, and Adam Walls, great great grandchildren Corbin and Kaydin Flundra, many nieces and nephews, and so many wonderful friends. Ivan was predeceased by his parents Wesley and Ethel Blackstock, son Garry Blackstock and sisters’ Joyce Cummins and Isabel Bartrop.

again when they are staffed. Politics is a lucrative career. Former B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt is one of the additional “outreach” staff handpicked by Clark. The B.C. Liberals retort that the NDP caucus has a similar staffer named Gabriel Yiu, who has taken three leaves of absence to run for MLA and is in practical terms a professional NDP candidate. Yiu is running for a fourth time in VancouverFraserview, having been defeated in 2009 by former West Vancouver police chief Kash Heed. That campaign was notorious for anonymous Chineselanguage pamphlets

claiming the NDP favours legalizing drugs and imposing a death tax on inheritance. This latest scandal might produce meaningful reform. But, the misuse of public money to further the interests of political parties is deeply entrenched.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher @blackpress.ca

VIC BRADFORD Jan. 31, 1935 – March 7, 2013 Vic Bradford, 78, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side. He is survived and sadly missed by his loving wife Marion of 57 years. He leaves to cherish his memory, 4 daughters: Darlene (Brian) Mikalishen, Gwen (Ralph) Sloan, Sandy (David) Mikalishen, and Brenda Bradford, along with many grandchildren (Shaun/ Karli, Cary, Kyle/Julie, Josh, Kristyne/Chris, Katelyn, Chelsea/Caleb, and Levi/Rob), great-grandchildren (Preston, Dallas, Cale, Charli, and Taya), nieces, and nephews; his sister Lil (Hector) Ethier, and brother Stan (Marg) Bradford.

But, her most important role in life was to be a mother and wife. She raised her children with devoted love, wise advice, continual support, and massive generosity. She lived life with a positive attitude and character qualities that made it very easy for you to be her friend or colleague and for her husband to be her partner.

Ivan was born on September 23, 1921 in Unity, Saskatchewan. Lena and Ivan were married in 1941 and in 1947 moved to BC. They lived in Saskatchewan, Port Alberni, Clinton, and then Kamloops since 1961. Dad worked in logging for many years and then Weyerhaeuser for 20 years, retiring 27 years ago. He was known for his passion for the outdoors, hunting, fishing, horses and especially loved hunting stories. Ivan was a life-time member of Fish & Game and did volunteer work for several organizations. They moved to Cottonwood Manor in 1995, where he really enjoyed his morning coffee get-togethers. He enjoyed each person he met. Family were the love of Ivan’s life.

Diana’s primary hobbies throughout her life were sewing, a variety of exercise classes, reading, and her favourite, gardening. She was a life-long learner and pursued more knowledge with a passion.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Rod McLaren, Dr. Jonet, Dr. Hopp, Dr. Ackerman and the staff and volunteers, “Special Angels”, at Hospice, for the care they gave Dad. We are so grateful.

Predeceased by his parents Anna and William Bradford; 2 sisters Jessie and Mary; brothers Bob, Albert, Jim and Harold Bradford; sisters-in-law Fanny and Irene; brothers-in-law Allan Fraser and Bill Mattenley.

The family extends thanks to the many friends and colleagues who expressed their love and respect for her and support for the family during her last painful journey. You are greatly appreciated.

If friends so desire, please donate to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home.

Vic was born in Williams Lake and was raised in the Bridge Lake and Barriere area.

A Celebration of Ivan’s life will take place at 1:30 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Drive, with Pastor Dawne Taylor officiating.

He drove low-bed, hauling: heavy equipment, lumber and logs. He eventually owned his own gravel truck which he enjoyed working until his retirement.

A celebration of life will occur on Saturday, March 16 at 11:00am in the Schoening Funeral Chapel. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Should friends desire, donations made in Diana’s memory to Kamloops Hospice would be appreciated.

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

A celebration of Vic’s life will be held on Friday March 15, 2013 at 11:00 am in the Kamloops Funeral Home.

B16 ❖ TUESDAY, March 12, 2013

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KAMLOOPS Infant Development Society In-Home Respite Worker. Provides support and direct care to children on KIDS caseload, including special needs infants/toddlers, to stimulate and develop their intellectual, physical and emotional growth. This is a parttime position, 22.5 hours/week with a starting wage of $15.54/hour. Applicants MUST have a certiﬁcate in Early Childhood Education plus Special Needs or Infant Toddler/Under Three Certiﬁcation. For more information or to submit a resume please email Diane Henry at

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The ASK Wellness Centre (ASK) is a community-based organization in Kamloops that is dedicated to providing resources and support to the Kamloops Community. We are looking for someone to work in close collaboration with the AASH/MASH and CLBC Workers. Provide administrative support to the team to ensure efficient and effective operation of the programs which may include: scheduling, monitoring/ordering office supplies, maintaining of files/ filing, assisting with preparation of reports and notes to file. Qualifications: Strong organizational/time management skills, knowledge of community resources, administrative / computer and communication skills. Must pass criminal record check and reference screening and have access to vehicle in good working condition and possess valid driver’s license with relevant insurance. Send resumes to Cheryl Doolan, Director of Human Resources, cheryl@askwellness.ca. Posting Closes: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 4:30pm. www.askwellness.ca

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Thompson Creek Metals, a growing diversified metals company, is building the Mount Milligan copper gold mine in north central BC. This new mine is scheduled to come into production in the second half of 2013 and the project team has recently surpassed 3.8 million hours without a lost time incident. If you are interested in joining a safety-first culture, we are currently looking for talented people to join our team in the following areas: Finance and Administration Manager - responsible for the accounting functions for the operation and have a month end reporting responsibility to the Denver head office. Must have their accounting designation and should have 5-10 years accounting experience at a high level and preferably mining or related heavy industry experience The position is an onsite position, 5X2 schedule 8 hours per day. (2) Senior Accountants - responsible for accounts payable, monthly reporting systems, preparation of monthly financial statements and coordination and preparation of year end audit files. Must have a minimum of (3) years and have or working towards their professional designations. Mill Maintenance General Foreman – In this position you will supervise a multishift operations department and partner with the metallurgy and operations departments to safely achieve ore throughput and metal extraction goals. Mill Operations Supervisor - responsible for the supervision of Mill Operations Technicians in a positive and productive manner. Health and Safety Superintendent - to proactively manage the operational requirements in the development, implementation and review of strategy, policy, procedures, standards and practices to achieve best practices for a secure, safe and healthy work environment. HR Generalist - reporting to the HR manager, you will be primarily responsible for providing expertise across employee relations, and remuneration and benefits, as well as supporting efforts to earn Mount Milligan a reputation as an employer of choice. Detailed job descriptions and qualifications can be found at www.mtmilligan.com All positions offer a competitive salary plus benefits package in line with qualifications and experience. To be considered for our team, please send a cover letter and your resume to: MtMilligan-Resumes@tcrk.com We thank all interested candidates; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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TUESDAY, March 12, 2013 ❖ B17

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Employment Business Opportunities TRAIN TO be an Apartment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of graduates working. 32 years of success! Government certiﬁed. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-6658339, 604-681-5456.

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking Class 1 Drivers to haul dry vans Western Canada & US. Only drivers with 2 years exp. & US border crossing capability. Dedicated tractors, paid drops, direct deposit. No phone calls Fax 250-546-0600

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WE are looking for a young, motivated individual to join our farm team. We run a modern 400 cow dairy in the beautiful Shuswap. General farm duties, milking, tractor work. Wages depend on experience, willing to train. Please send resume to villageranch@live.com or fax to 250-835-2166. Phone Todd @ 250-253-2300

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for TJ Heavy Duty Mechanics

and a Mechanical Manager/Supervisor in Dease Lake, BC You will be part of a team of mechanics maintaining a medium sized ﬂeet of trucks and road maintenance equipment. A valid CVI ticket or ability and qualiﬁcations to receive one preferred.

Apply with resume and references in person at the Burns Lake or Dease Lake Ofﬁces, or to careers@ldmltd.ca or fax to 250-692-3930 For more details on this posting and more, please visit: www.ldmltd.ca/careers Required Immediately: Experienced Class 1 Drivers with at least 3 years veriﬁable experience for the following positions: Part Time Canada/ US capable; Full Time Drivers for future scheduled runs. Please indicate on your resume position applying for. Please fax resume to 250-5460600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com No phone calls please.

Education/Trade Schools FOODSAFE COURSE by certiﬁed Instructor Saturday March 16th 8:30am-4:00pm $65 Preregister by phoning 250-554-9762

HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. Next C.O.R.E. March 30th & 31st Saturday & Sunday. P.A.L. Saturday April 6th. Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

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Company Town Driver / Warehouse Worker (p/t) We are currently looking for a P/T Company Town Driver / Warehouse Worker. This position requires a Class 1 license. Steady work avail. with variable shifts and start times. We are a growing, progressive and well respected carrier specializing in the transportation of perishable and dry freight, since 1957. We are currently looking for an individual to support our Founding Values for future success at our Kamloops Terminal. Please drop off resume, cover letter and abstract to:940 Camosun Crescent, Kamloops, BC V2C 6G2 or Fax 250-372-3301 Attn: Don Stuart GUARANTEED JOB Placement: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas Industry. Call 24hr Free Recorded Message. For Information 1-800-972-0209. I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries. Vehicle is required. For more information please call the Circulation Department at

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RN for P/T work on clinical research studies. For details visit: www.healthresearch.ca or call 250-460-0984

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GORD’S MAYTAG IS ONE OF WESTERN CANADA’S LARGEST SUPPLIERS OF MAYTAG, AMANA, WHIRLPOOL, KITCHEN AID AND JENNAIR APPLIANCES.

APPLY WITH RESUME TO ATTN: DEVON O’TOOLE, SALES MANAGER GORD’S MAYTAG 948 TRANQUILLE ROAD

Ramada Inn- 555 Columbia St. W, Kamloops. BC

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Gord’s MAYTAG & More Join our rapidly growing team and start a career in the appliance industry. To represent Gord’s Maytag as a front line sales associate selling all major appliances and bedding including over count parts and service to the standards of Gord’s Maytag. We are currently looking to ﬁll vacancies in our Sales Department. Minimum requirements of 2 years experience in a related ﬁeld, computer skills. We provide a fun atmosphere with the opportunity for advancement.

MARCH 23 & 24 10AM-7PM

Positions available: SHIFT LEADERS, CREW TRAINERS, CREW, COOKS

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Full time position available for an apprentice service advisor/parts person. Must possess good people skills, ability to multi-task, good computer skills and a valid driver’s license. Wage based on experience. Please send resumes to: akaluzny@kamloopshyundai.com

LUBE TECHNICIAN PRE-APPRENTICE Full time position available for a lube technician/pre-apprentice. Must have minimum pre-apprentice training and a valid driver’s license and a desire to become a fully licensed technician. Wage based on experience. Please send resumes to: akaluzny@kamloopshyundai.com

Kamloops Hyundai

948 Notre Dame Dr.

Mon to Sat 8 am to 6 pm

ADVERTISING SALES The Osoyoos Times, Osoyoos’ best read newspaper, is looking for a dynamic Sales Executive capable of selling print and online advertising concepts. You will service existing clients and build new business. You are enthusiastic and well organized. You are great on the phone and confident face to face and able to communicate well in English, written and oral. You are also comfortable working with Microsoft Office, the internet and understand the importance of meeting deadlines. Advertising sales experience is not necessary but personality is a must. If you believe you are creative, adaptable, detail oriented and … have a sense of humour, submit your resume and cover letter in confidence to:

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B18 ❖ TUESDAY, March 12, 2013 Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

Professional/ Management

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries. Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

COMMUNICATIONS Supervisor - this position is responsible for the overall management and coordination of the internal and external communications program. The Communications Supervisor provides expert advice and direction to the management team and elected ofﬁcials on communication policies and strategies. See our website for full job description www.quesnel.ca City of Quesnel.

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for a Houseman, Housekeeping Supervisor and Maintenance Helper for Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Lodge at Sun Peaks Resort. All positions full time and available immediately. Must be available to work weekends. Shared accommodation may be possible. Contact susan@cahiltylodge.com

Help Wanted

Trades, Technical CONSTRUCTION LABOURERS needed for concrete forming in Kamloops. Good wages. Send resume to: majka99@telus.net or fax to 604-864-2796.

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Pharmacy Technician This position offers competitive industry rates and benefits upon qualification.

Please bring resume in person to the store pharmacy #100-1210 Summit Drive Kamloops

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NOW HIRING SHIFT LEADERS Job Fair to be held on MARCH 16 & 17 • 10AM-7PM

Ramada Inn- 555 Colombia St. W, Kamloops. BC Please email your resumes ahead of time to

kamloopsjobs@cheviot.ca Employment Type: Full-Time/Regular Education: High School/GED Experience: Must have 1 - 2 years entry level management experience Must be willing to work ﬂexible hours including opening and closing shifts. Description: Pride in our Work – Served Fresh Daily Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? Come on in. It's non-stop. Do we work hard? Sure, because everyone here wants to make it. Are you always looking for something new to learn? If yes, you'll ﬁt right in. Good verbal and Written communication skills; capable of communicating effectively with customers and co-workers. Our employees take pride in doing their jobs well and in exceeding our customers' expectations. Plus, there's something really cool about the buzz that our advertising creates and knowing you're a part of the company who makes them. Shift Leaders ensure all Crew Persons are performing their job responsibilities and meeting expectations in all areas. They are also responsible for all restaurant activity while on duty in the absence of the manager. Our shift leader training program will prepare you to lead a team, manage restaurant operations and provide quality guest service. If you have restaurant experience, and customer service skills its time to join the team and get discovered by Carl’s Jr!

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CIRCULATION

Services Relax and unwind with a full body massage for appointment (250) 682-1802

ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, ﬁr & pine. Stock up now. Campﬁre wood. (250)377-3457.

16 Years Experience Personal Care, Light Housekeeping, Shopping, Meal Preparation, Appointments, Respite. Beverley Turner 250-573-4917

QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS & BOXSPRING

New, still in plastic. Worth $899. Must Sell $299. Can Deliver. 250-434-2337 or 250-314-7022

5 PIECE DINING ROOM SET

Tree Services Cleaning Services ELITE CLEANING SERVICES has a few more openings refs avail pls leave msg 1-250-5773521/250-682-0535

Handypersons RICK’S SMALL HAUL For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

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Home Improvements

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Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act. Bichon-Shih-tzu pups 2males 1st shots, dewormed, litter trained. Available immediately. 1-250-832-3337 CKC RGST. Great Pyrenees Pups 9 wks. old 1st. shots, Hlth guar. $1200, free delivery. Vet chk. www.kindercubkennel.com 250998-4697

HAVANESE / BICHON frise puppies, vet checked & shots, del avail. $650. (250)804-6848

PETS For Sale? TRI-CITY SPECIAL! for only $46.78/week, we will place your classiﬁed ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949 classiﬁeds@kamloopsthisweek.com

Brand new. Still in boxes. Worth $600. Must Sell $249. Can Deliver. 250-434-2337 or 250-314-7022

BRAND NEW 4 PC BEDROOM SET

Queen Size Sleigh Style Bed Set Bed, Dresser, Mirror and a nightstand. Still in boxes. Worth $1799. Must sell. $699! 250-434-2337 or 250-314-7022

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For Sale By Owner $39.95 Special!

The special includes a 1x1.5 ad (including photo) that will run for one week (two editions)in Kamloops This Week. Our award winning paper is delivered to over 30,000 homes in Kamloops every Tuesday & Thursday.

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Houses For Sale FOR SALE OR TRADE for residential property in Kamloops. This very bright, fully furnished,three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White offers your very own hot tub on the patio, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced ﬁreplace. Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge. Ideal for family or as a revenue generator throughout the ski season. Strata fees only $155.00 per month. Call Don at 250-682-3984 for more information. Asking $199,900.00 plus HST.

Recreational RV Lot on Adams lake for sale. Full hook up. Lot includes 1/12th ownership in Quiet Cove Resort. (Freehold property). Resort is lakeside. Boat launch, marina, and marina slip included. Can be sold with 30 foot Keystone Laredo bunk model trailer as add on. Contact: wallisg@telus.net or 604-312-3988. $115,000 lot only

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 2 bdrm Apartment N/Shore Close to shop &bus New W/D N/P $800/mo+ util 554-8202

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Misc. Wanted PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

Real Estate Business for Sale BE YOUR OWN BOSS Sandwich Counter in Northhills Mall for sale $19,500 obo call (250) 554-3014

Duplex / 4 Plex Lakeview 3bdrm duplex, furnished near Clinton $325 per/mth (250) 459-2387aft 5

Homes for Rent 2 Bdrm n/p/s RV parking, newly reno’d $1000mo+ dd unfin basement 250-828-0740 2BDRM NShore, deck & lrg yrd, f/s/dw np/ns, refs req. $1100 250-573-5877after 6pm MAIN floor of a beautiful new house in Valleyview awaits a mature renter. Included in the rent is a private 2 car garage, 9 foot ceilings with vaulted area, private back yard, private deck, 5 appliances including washer and dryer. This home is located on a very quiet cul-de-sac. Rent is $1,800 per month. No pets. Call 250-372-3132 or email cfaint@live.ca to view. Westsyde 3bdrm top floor new reno, f/s, w/d, n/s, n/p, mature cpl pref $1450 incl util avail April 1st (250) 819-1161

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26’ pull type 1999 Mallard trailer slps 6, lrg awning, a/c , solar panel + extras $9,000 (250) 376-6918

01 Ford F250xlt 7.3Lt 4X4 ext/cab FIPK, bull bar, air susp $20000obo 250-457-1867

5 Star Caravans West Resort in Scotch Creek B.C. Lakeside lot, end unit. Plenty of extra space. Steps to beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Newer 2006 1bedroom, 1bath, park model trailer, plus a tastefully decorated guest cabin. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. $1500/week 250-371-1333

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Suites, Lower 1Bdrm N/Shore $450/mo incl util. for 1 working person 778-470-0057 / 250-819-6158 1Bdrm N.Shore daylight, level entry ns/np $625 incl.util. Avail now 376-4983 or 376-7291 2BDRM N. Shore quiet clean bright ns/np shr W/D $900/ mo cble util incl 250-376-1421 Brock 1bdrm util & cable incld N/S N/P close to school & bus avail Immd $750 376-4307 Riverfront 1bdrm daylight NP internet level entry ample prking util incl $550 579-9609

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