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Eleven-year-old Sara Martin explores the world of science on opening day at the new location of the Big Little Science Centre. The beloved centre is now ready to amaze in the Twin Rivers Education Centre at 655 Holt St. on the North Shore. Dave Eagles/KTW
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They came from as far as Calgary to check out the new home of the Big Little Science Centre. The Kamloops science hub is now located in the Twin Rivers Education Centre, having moved to the 655 Holt St. location from its former home a few blocks away in the former George Hilliard elementary. Susan Hammond, assistant operator of the Big Little Science Centre, gave KTW a tour of the new space on opening day, Tuesday, July 9, which brought visitors from Kamloops and as far afield as Alberta.
The new location is similar in size to the centre’s previous home. It has four labs for demonstrations, a large hands-on space in the gym and ample storage space for the equipment. Hammond is hoping to gain feedback on the set-up at the new location. So far, Hammond likes the flow of the new building and enjoys seeing how people can interact across the large hands-on area. It may be small in size, she noted, but it is big in capacity and ideas. Hammond is thrilled that the KamloopsThompson school district was able to find space, again, for the centre. The science centre began in Westsyde,
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moved to Bert Edwards elementary, moved again to George Hilliard elementary and moved yet again to its current location. “It’s hard to find a home on a shoestring budget,” Hammond said. She is hoping to reach out to the local arts community to help decorate the new space, noting she would like to see large swaths of cloth draped across the gymnasium ceiling. Hammond is particularly excited about the upcoming science camps, but is hoping to see more registration.
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The family of a 20-year-old Kamloops woman who was one of two people killed in a 2010 crash in North Kamloops is worried the man allegedly behind the wheel at the time will not be punished. “We’re feeling he’s going to get off on a technicality — he’s going to get away with murder,” said Nancy Butler, aunt of Brittany Plotnikoff, 21, who was killed alongside 38-year-old Kenneth Craigdaillie in a single-vehicle accident on March 20, 2010. “We just feel like he’s going to get away with it.” Wayne Fedan is facing two counts each of impaired driving causing death, causing an accident resulting in death and dangerous driving causing death. Lawyers have spent the better part of a week arguing before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kloegman about Fedan’s Charter rights and how they were violated following the crash. Both sides agree he was not properly Chartered, and Crown prosecutor Bernie Caffaro went so far as to take Fedan’s blood-alcohol analysis results off the table. “The Crown will not seek an admission of the police-demanded blood samples,” he said in court. “It’s very important we be clear about that.” The biggest issue for defence lawyer Sheldon Tate is whether or not his client was detained in the moments after first responders arrived at the scene of the fatal crash. Court has heard Kamloops RCMP Const. Mike Penman failed to fully Charter Fedan, only partially making mention of the accused’s right to speak to a lawyer. Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, every person who is under arrest or detention has the right “to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right” — something Penman failed to provide Fedan. “He [Const. Penman] was clearly overwhelmed by his duties and performed in a fashion which violated my client’s rights,” Tate said. “The actions of Const. Penman would bring the administration of justice into disrepute.” X See CHARTER A5
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