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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 | Volume 27 No. 113
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THE ACCUSED: Damien Taylor is charged with second-degree murder.
THE VICTIM: Teenager CJ Fowler was killed in December 2012.
PRELIM INTO MURDER OF TEEN BEGINS A preliminary hearing has begun for the man accused of killing 16-year-old CJ Fowler. Damien Taylor is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Fowler, whose body was found in Guerin Creek near downtown Kamloops on Dec. 5, 2012. Taylor’s preliminary hearing, which began yesterday (Sept. 22), is scheduled for four days and will hear testimony from 16 witnesses. Police have said Fowler and Taylor had been involved in a dating relationship at the time and had travelled together from Terrace, where they lived, to Kamloops. The two had been in Kamloops visiting friends and police believe Fowler was planning to return to Terrace prior to her death. Taylor, 22, was arrested after an RCMP investigation that lasted more than a year. On Jan. 10 of this year, Mounties took him into custody in Kelowna, where he had been living. A preliminary hearing is a pre-trial matter held to determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial. All evidence and testimony presented is subject to a publication ban.
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SLURPING FOR THE FOOD BANK
Three-year-old Dominic Marchi gets some sips in before having to share his cream soda and 7-Up Slurpee with mom Kim on Friday, Sept. 19, at the Sa-Hali 7-Eleven store. Friday was the day 7-Eleven customers could name their price for a Slurpee, with all proceeds going to Food Banks Canada.
FIREPLACE
School halls in Kamloops were filled yesterday (Sept. 22) with a sound that’s been missing for some time — children’s voices. However, with a contract in place and the school year beginning again this week, there remain some issues to be resolved beyond decorating the walls and getting final class lists confirmed. David Komljenovic, president of the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers Association (KTTA), said the Kamloops-Thompson school district 73 opted for a two-day phase-in for kindergarten students, while other districts in the province are allowing four days. “We would have preferred a gradual entry so the kids can take the time to get used to their new surroundings,” he said. School-district Supt. Karl deBruijn said with the number of lost school days and
the fact parents have been inconvenienced by the teachers’ strike, his administration decided on the twoday plan, with kindergarten in full session on Thursday, Sept. 25. The goal is to minimize the number of instructional hours that need to be made up somehow through this school year, he said. Otherwise, deBruijn said, the first day of school went well. He expects to have a better idea of total enrolment later this week. There are other details to be worked out — class-preparation times have changed in the new contract and a planned professionaldevelopment inservice day on Friday, Sept. 26, has been moved to November. Before classes started at mid-morning yesterday, some teachers were asking each other how to handle angry parents they might encounter. See SAVINGS, page A12
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