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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 | Volume 27 No. 107
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KAMLOOPS OPS CYCLIST T IS WORLD CHAMP MP
Catharine Pendrel wins World Mountain Biking Championship nship
A challenger for mayor’s chair
Sunny and warm High 21 C Low 10 C
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Jordan Deacoff of New Denver hangs on during the bull-riding event at a B.C. High School Rodeo stop in Kamloops on the weekend. For more on the rodeo, turn to page A18 in KTW’s Sports section.
Police probe stabbing
A stabbing in the earlymorning hours yesterday (Sept. 8) sent one man to Royal Inland Hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said Mounties were called to the area of Nicolani Drive in Brocklehurst at about 2 a.m.
There, residents told police a man had been in the street, yelling that he had been stabbed. Bush said a 38-year-old man was taken to hospital to receive treatment. “Police have determined that this was not a random incident and may be related
to other events reported to police earlier in the evening,” Bush said, noting the stabbing victim is likely known to the assailant. Anybody with information on the attack is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 25-8283000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
The head of the Kamloops-Thompson board of education and the president of the district’s teachers’ union agree on a couple of issues — something has to happen soon to resolve the teachers’ strike/ lockout and the ball is back in the government’s court. Denise Harper, chairwoman of School District 73’s board, said the situation can’t continue as is, with students waiting for their school year to start and both sides in the dispute waging a media battle. “Something has to happen in the next two weeks,” she said. David Komljenovic, president of the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers’ Association (KTTA) agreed, noting education is an essential service under the province’s legislation. Teachers across
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the province will vote tomorrow (Sept. 10) on a proposal by their union, the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), to end their strike and go back to work if the government will agree to move outstanding issues that are not related to class size and composition to binding arbitration. “Binding arbitration is the quickest and most fair means of bringing an end to this long and difficult dispute,” BCTF president Jim Iker said. “Let’s agree now to take our dispute to an independent third party to resolve our differences. “And, in the meanwhile, teachers and students can get back to school.” Education Minister Peter Fassbender, however, rejected the idea and its preconditions for acceptance by the union.
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