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MAYOR: REPORT NOT WORTH DEBATING Kamloops This Week. Kamloops’ assistant director of finance Doug Stewart said he hasn’t examined the report in enough detail Debate over a report advising the to determine if the 38 per cent figure provincial government to reign in municipal wages is wasting time that would be accurate, but said the city’s wage policies mean its pay rates could be focused on more important are growing on pace with other B.C. issues, says Kamloops mayor Peter communities. Milobar. “We try to stay with the market,” According to a report prepared said Stewart, noting the city uses by Ernst and Young on behalf of a P-50 policy, setting wages in the the province, wages for unionized middle of the pack. municipal workers rose by 38 per “We would be the median rate of cent between 2001 and 2012, while our peers,” Stewart said. “That was wages for provincial employees rose the mandate council gave us and by 19 per cent. that’s where our rates have been set.” That finding is being challenged Between by may2001 and ors, 2012, the including I agreed to the wage city’s total Milobar, settlements we’ve signed over payroll who note grew from Ernst and the last 12 years, so I don’t $29.6 milYoung know how it would be a lion to catego$52.7 milrized BC surprise that I’m comfortable lion. Ferries with what we’re paying people. In that and same TransLink Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar period, the employnumber of ees as city staff municipal grew by 34 per cent, from 533 to 714. workers in their calculations. “We’ve had a lot of increases in But, Milobar said, whether the services since 2001,” Stewart said. report is accurate or not, it’s not “We’ve built the water-treatment worth debating. plant, the Tournament Capital “I’d rather just receive the report Centre, Tournament Capital Ranch, and move on and get back to trying wastewater-treatment plant, Fire Hall to deal with real issues like mental No. 7 — and all of those have added health, addictions issues, things like on a few staff.” that, that us and the province need See MILOBAR, page A4 to be working on together,” he told ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
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After months at a standstill, a 15-unit affordable-housing project on Columbia Street is moving forward — but unforeseen difficulties with the site will make it less affordable than originally planned. The John Howard Society officially broke ground on its townhome project at 275 Columbia St. more than a year ago, but soon discovered the site was a hub for the city’s aging utility infrastructure. “There’s a 50-year-old water line and sewer line,” John Howard CEO Dawn Hrycun said. “All of the utilities are extremely old and they all have to be updated and they all have to be moved. So, it’s taken lots of discussions with the city and lots of consultants and engineers to figure out how we’re going to do that.” It’s the latest in a list of difficul-
ties the society has encountered as it attempts to bring the project to completion. In 2008, the proposal was first pitched as an affordable-housing project with 44 one-bedroom units, which would be run with support from BC Housing. The design secured council approval, but faced fierce opposition from neighbours, who said they were concerned about the building’s impact on traffic. From there, the Columbia Street lot sat vacant for several years, until the John Howard Society brought forward a new design in 2013. Once complete, the 15 townhomes on the property will have two to three bedrooms each and two-car garages. Unlike its previous design, costs for this project are borne entirely by the society, with no financial support from BC Housing. Though the society had hoped to rent the homes for about $1,100 per month, Hrycun said it now looks as
though it will have to increase that price to cover the additional $350,000 in costs that will come with moving the utilities. “It starts to really impact the people who can rent there, who we want to have rent there from us, but there’s nothing much I can do about that,” she said. “It’s a cost. It’s a hard cost to be incurred.” Hrycun is hoping the city may be willing to take on some of the society’s costs since the infrastructure is aged, but negotiations have yet to begin. Despite the setbacks, Hrycun is happy to finally see the project taking shape. “It’s been a dead piece of property for me,” she said. “I keep driving past thinking we’re so close and still so far.” Excavation work at the property is already underway. The project should take about a year to wrap up and Hrycun said the society plans to begin advertising soon for tenants.
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The man accused of killing a teenaged girl in Kamloops and leaving her lifeless body in Guerin Creek has been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court. Damien Taylor was committed to trial following a four-day preliminary inquiry last week in Kamloops provincial court. The 22-year-old was arrested in January after police spent more than a year investigating the death of 16-year-old CJ Fowler. Fowler’s body was discovered in Guerin Creek, near downtown Kamloops, on Dec. 5, 2012. The Crown called 16 witnesses at Taylor’s preliminary inquiry — a pre-trial hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to go to trial. All evidence heard at a preliminary inquiry is subject to an automatic publication ban. At the time of her death, police said Fowler, who was from the Terrace area, had been visiting friends in Kamloops. Investigators believe Fowler and Taylor, who were involved in a romantic relationship at the time, travelled to Kamloops together. Fowler had apparently been planning to return home to Terrace before she was killed. Taylor has been in custody since his arrest. He’s due back in court on Oct. 6.
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Getting Grouchy with police TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
If you’re going to swear at police and call an officer a “pig,� your last name might as well be Grouchy. Dewayne Joseph Grouchy pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court yesterday (Sept. 29) to one count of theft and two counts of breach of probation stemming from incidents this past summer. He was sentenced to 60 days in custody. Court heard the 40-year-old
was placed on a one-year probation term in February, with a specific clause banning him from entering any liquor store. On July 14, Grouchy went into McCracken Station liquor store in Valleyview and tucked a bottle of Fireball whisky down his pants before leaving the store. The clerk called police, who found Grouchy outside a halfway house across the street. He told police he had sold the booze. Grouchy was arrested and read his rights, to which he replied, “F---you,� court heard — the same response he offered
after being asked if he wanted to speak to a lawyer. When the arresting officer asked Grouchy if he understood what was being told to him, he called the Mountie a “pig.� Grouchy’s guilty plea was delayed after the Crown changed its position during the hearing. Crown article student Oliver Potestio agreed to a timeserved 30-day plea bargain, then changed his mind to 30 new days during the hearing after Kamloops provincial court Judge Stella Frame questioned the length of the sentence given Grouchy’s criminal record.
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The city also contracts out less of its work than it has in the past, claiming it is often cheaper to do the work in-house. Milobar said wage increases are often offset through other cost-saving measures in the city’s operation, something the report doesn’t take into account. He said the city has treated its employees fairly when it comes to wages. “I agreed to the wage settlements we’ve signed over the last 12 years, so I don’t know how it would be a surprise that I’m comfortable with what we’re paying people,� he said.
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The proposed Ajax copper and gold mine south of the city will lower property values in Aberdeen and Sahali, bring higher rates of pollution-causing disease and decrease tourism and tournament activity in Kamloops, according to a report released on Friday, Sept. 26. Ken Blawatt, a retired Thompson Rivers University business professor, and Dennis Karpiak, a retired respirologist, co-authored the 35-page report, which was completed over a one-year period. The two men told reporters they consulted journals and experts where possible and used conservative figures in their findings. “It doesn’t represent what Ken and I have to say, but what 100 or more scientists have to say,” Karpiak said at a press conference at Hotel 540 used to release the findings. Last week, a summary made available in advance of the release totalled economic losses created by the mine at $6.2 billion, compared to its economic benefits, primarily in
jobs and taxes, at $2.2 billion. Most of those losses are due to its location within kilometres of existing city residences, Blawatt said. “If they can move the mine 10 or 15 kilometres away, then the problem virtually goes away.” Robin Bartlett, a spokeswoman with KGHM-Ajax, said the corporation will look more closely at the report this week. “At first glance, we still believe it’s written by opponents with a very biased view of the project,” Bartlett said. “We’re still in the middle of our environmental assessment and waiting for studies to be completed.” In all cases, Blawatt said, the report used conservative figures to estimate environmental or health damages, for example. That also includes the report’s estimate that property values in Aberdeen, Sahali and Dufferin will fall by five per cent. That equates to a $155-million decline in property values. Blawatt said some estimates have placed real-estate losses in comparable communities at 30 to 40 per cent, but noted he and
Karpiak chose a lesser figure. “In other jurisdictions where mining moved in, the resulting losses were much higher,” the report states. Among the highest costs from the mine cited in the report are from health care. It cites a Swedish study that found more than 100 studies have found adverse health effects from higher levels of PM 2.5, or tiny dust particles. “That will cause increase in respiratory symptoms, worsening of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), airway infections including pneumonias as well as worsening of cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and strokes,” the report states. Karpiak said that is likely to deter sport tourism — another factor added up among the costs of the mine. He acknowledged, however, the study lacks data expected to come from Ajax consultants who will project how much dust will be created at the site and how much of that material will make its way into the city’s airshed. “We don’t know until the mine is built — then we’ll know,”
Karpiak said. While Blawatt and Karpiak said the report, titled Economic, Health and Environmental Evaluation at Full Cost for the Proposed Ajax Mine, is based on facts, studies and expert opinion, they acknowledged lack of funding meant they couldn’t do surveys, for example. In that absence, the study predicts, for example, a five per cent drop in international students at Thompson Rivers University — citing a cost of $17 million a year and $342 million over the life of the mine — a percentage figure Blawatt said he arrived at after speaking with former colleagues. Neither the report nor its two authors shied away from highly charged language. During a questionand-answer session with reporters, Karpiak gave the example of a young soccer player who comes here for a tournament and “wakes up gasping with newly diagnosed asthma. “I and every respirologist I know will provide evidence in a courtroom . . . You won’t see an Ajax operation in conjunction with the Tournament Capital [program].” Much of the more than $6 billion in costs
COLUMN: Report says what “may” happen, not what “will” happen page A8 cited in the report comes from remediation the authors predict will be eventually paid for by taxpayers, decades or a century into the future when KGHM, the Polish mining company behind the project, may not event exist. To come up with that conclusion, the report uses
Yellowknife’s Giant mine, among Canada’s most toxic sites, as well as other mining environmental disasters. Other issues of concern in the report include the loss of B.C. Lions training camp, a five-point reduction in IQs of children, an increase in suicide, the loss of vacationers who will avoid the
city, pollution of the water table and Jacko Lake, contamination of Peterson Creek, potential loss of the Adams Lake salmon run, collapse of the hospitality industry and daily blasting damage. Blawatt also said some of Ajax’s projected economic-benefit numbers come from reallocation of jobs — from Northern Alberta and Highland Valley Copper, for example — from where many experienced workers will come.
Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament Invites Veterans of the Second World War to Receive a Commemorative Tribute To mark the 75th Anniversary of Canada’s engagement in the Second World War, the Government of Canada has prepared a national tribute to honour all living Veterans. I would like to invite all constituents who served with the Canadian Forces, or with any other Allied force, including the Canadian and British Merchant Navy, during the Second World War to contact my office for a commemorative lapel pin and certificate. Please call toll free at 1-877-619-3332 or the Kamloops office at 250-851-4991 by October 7, 2014.
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Kamloops Rotary Day is next month
Bocce, barbecue and a walk to raise funds to eliminate polio are all on the agenda for Kamloops’ Rotary Day. At their meeting tomorrow (Sept. 30), Kamloops city council will proclaim Saturday, Oct. 4 as Rotary Day, a day to highlight the efforts of Rotary groups in the fight against polio. Rotary clubs have already helped eliminate the disease in most of the world through oral immunization programs, but it
continues to affect people in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. While polio infections are often symptomless, in about one per cent of cases the virus enters the central nervous system, leading to paralysis. To highlight Rotary’s campaign to completely eliminate the disease, the Kamloops North Rotary club is organizing a march from the North Hills shopping centre to McDonald Park. The walk begins at 12 p.m. Once Rotarians are assembled in the park, there will be presentations on polio. On the other side of the river, members of the Kamloops Fusion Rotaract Club are hosting a bocce tournament featuring beer and barbecue. The event is $40 per team and takes place at Hal Rogers Hall in Albert McGowan Park. Registration is at 1:30 p.m.
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The Interior Health Authority doesn’t take issue with a recent study from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) on its hospitals — but it has some questions about the findings. Dr. Andy Hamilton, the IHA’s medical director for surgical services, said the CIHI study provides “valuable oversight” and noted the report states the information shouldn’t be used to compare hospitals, although he acknowledged that’s what many in the public will do. Information used to compile the report on access, quality of care, patient safety and emerging health trends across the country comes from the hospitals themselves, Hamilton said, with 37 indicators included in the online report. Royal Inland Hospital came out as average in terms of access (85.7 per cent), slightly better than the national (82.5 per cent) and B.C. (81.8 per cent) averages. The data used to generate the figure was hip-fracture surgery wait times. In terms of safety, RIH was also ranked as average in terms of in-hospital sepsis incidents, at 3.6 per 1,000 patients. The provincial statistic was 4.7. The national statistic was 4.4 RIH ranked below average in a second data area of obstetric trauma with instrument, at 28.9 per cent. The provincial rate was 16 per cent and national was 18.9 per cent.
Hamilton said the rating was a concern and he’ll be working with IHA obstetricians to gain more information on this — if the trauma is the result of vaginal tears, for example. RIH ranked below average in several categories of appropriateness and effectiveness of care, including percentage of patients re-admitted to hospital under various conditions — from medical to surgical and obstetric patients — but the B.C. rates were also below average. For example, 9.5 per cent of all patients were re-admitted to hospital within a 30-day period, while the percentage was 9.4 for B.C. Nationally, it was 8.8 per cent. The lowest percentage, while still below average, was 2.5 per cent of obstetric patients, while the highest was 14.6 for medical patients. Those rates were within 0.1 of a percentage of the provincial figures. Hamilton said more information is needed on this part of the report. “It’s puzzling,” he said, “so we’ve asked for the raw data to look into it further. It could be someone with a new illness that is unrelated, for example, but it is still classified as a 30-day return.” RIH ranked effective in terms of patients 19 and younger being readmitted, with 3.6 per cent. Provincially, the rate was 5.8 per cent. Nationally, it was 6.5 per cent. RIH alas ranked favourably in hospital deaths per 100 following major surgery, at 1.4 deaths. The provincial statistic was 1.7 and the national was 1.8.
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A woman who defrauded the provincial welfare system pleaded guilty yesterday (Sept. 29) to an offence that will not leave her with a criminal record. However, Holly Sargent, 30, must pay back the Ministry of Social Development almost $20,000 she wrongfully collected. The former Kamloops resident now living in Lillooet was originally charged with fraud over $5,000, but pleaded guilty in return for the lesser charge of providing false and misleading information under the Employment and Assistance Act. Crown prosecutor Chris Balison said
while Sargent was living apart from her boyfriend, “bank statements revealed she continued to be in a dependency relationship.” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop accepted a joint submission for a restitution order equal to the $19,600 the mother of five wrongfully collected starting in early 2010 for nearly a twoyear period. Defence lawyer Michelle Stanford said Sargent is now separated from her former boyfriend, who also has custody of her children, ages three to 13. Sargent does not know their whereabouts, Stanford said. “She found herself, in her words, in a desperate situation,” Stanford said.
“It [the relationship] was dysfunctional with physical and psychological abuse,” Stanford said. “She was trying to have some kind of financial independence.” Sargent has a Grade 11 education and has worked only at minimum-wage jobs. Stanford said now that Sargent has pleaded guilty under the act, she cannot apply for assistance, unless under a hardship application, for the next year. The Crown asked for a $500 to $1,000 fine in addition to the restitution order, but Hyslop opted to make it $1. “I have difficulty understanding how she will ever pay this [restitution order] back,” Hyslop said.
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DAVE EAGLES/KTW Retired engineer Ken Blawatt (left) and retired doctor Dennis Karpiak put together a report that argues the cost of the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine will be three times the economic benefit.
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t the very least, Dennis Karpiak and Ken Blawatt can be commended for taking their passionate stance against KGHM’s proposed Ajax copper and gold mine to the next level. But, the duo’s 35-page report on the possible perils the mine may bring to Kamloops needs to be read with a decided emphasis on “possible.” As Blawatt conceded during a press conference on Friday, Sept. 26, at Hotel 540, the dire situations outlined in the report — affecting the economy and environment — are not facts, but possibilities based on estimates. That much should be obvious based on some of the concerns summarized near the back of the report: A five per cent decline in the IQ of our kids, an increase in suicide rates, an increase in juvenile violence, the loss of B.C. Lions’ training camp and the very existence of Knutsford. Again, these are listed as issues of concern about what may occur should Ajax receive approval and begin mining operations just south of Aberdeen. However, there is an argument that a fully operational Ajax, over the 23-year life of the mine, will result in an economic benefit of $2.195 billion, which the authors claim will be overshadowed by a cost of $6.147 billion via subsidized electricity, clean-up and site-mediation costs, lost realestate values and lost propertytax revenues. Among the assumptions that led to the authors arriving at those numbers was a reference to international-student attendance at Thompson Rivers University. Today, more than 2,000 international students attend TRU. The report states approval of Ajax
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MUSINGS will see those numbers drop. “A mining town is not usually looked on as an attractive place to attend a university or college,” the authors write in the report. “It is suggested there would be at least a five percent decline as a desirable place to attend university or $ 17.2 annually and $342 million over the life of the mine.” When asked who “suggested” there would be a five per cent decline, Blawatt said the figure was arrived at by discussions with various people — but not with Thompson Rivers University itself. Sitting in on the press conference was Kamloops Coun. Nelly Dever, who asked if the authors had spoken to the university, Venture Kamloops, Kamloops Chamber of Commerce while compiling information for the report. Blawatt said they had not. When Dever asked why not, Blawatt replied: “They have no information that is worthwhile to us.” It was a strange, strange statement to make considering the authors arrived at a specific percentage decrease in international students without speaking to the one institution — TRU — that would, presumably, have the
most expertise on the subject. Similarly, Venture Kamloops released a much-discussed report earlier this year that looked at the effect of industry on Kamloops under various scenarios, including what might happen if Ajax is approved. It would seem to only make sense to at least consult with those groups to help make the report that much more substantial. Another part of the report needs clarification — and, to his credit, Blawatt conceded the error. In discussing corporate governance, the report stated: “The Environmental Investment Organization rates KMGH as the ‘absolute worst’ polluter in Europe out of 300 companies cited in the report.” That is not true. The Environmental Investment Organization looked at the 300 largest companies in Europe and ranked them based on their publicly reported levels of greenhouse-gas emissions relative to their revenue. KGHM was not found to be the ‘absolute worst polluter’ in Europe; the company was placed at the bottom of the list because it did not publicly disclose its emissions levels. However, as Blawatt repeated at the press conference, the information he and Karpiak were seeking was information to support their belief Ajax will be bad for Kamloops. “We were looking for the kinds of adverse effects mining does present,” he said. “Our numbers are debatable. The information is based on estimates.” Again, the report is not a prediction of what will occur, but a look at what may occur — and it is never a bad idea to give thought to the future. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com
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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NO ALARMS TO BE SOUNDED AS A RESULT OF REPORT Editor: Re: (‘Report says Ajax will drive down property values, increase disease rates’): Respectfully put, there is nothing in concrete that anyone should be sounding the alarms over because the first sentence of this report prepared by retired physician Dennis Karpiak and retired professor Ken Blawatt sets the tone for what follows. It states: “The report is the result of careful deliberation by qualified professionals who have spent considerable time studying the potential effects of an open pit mine next to Kamloops.” Most people understand that using words
like “potential effects” is not a definitive statement that’s being made. Not at all. The very first sentence of this report sets the tone for everything that follows. Respectfully, it was a nice try by Karpiak and retired Blawatt, both of whom are obvious opponents. That’s 100 per cent OK but, when words like “potential effects” are used to set the tone and very embodiment of this report, there’s nothing left to offer the burden of proof. Who can say the report’s described perils will happen to Kamloops with certainty?
I wouldn’t sound the alarms. This is simply a report offering the opinions, conjecture and the potential effects given by 100 or so colleagues consulted by Karpiak and Blawatt. Well done but, I’ll surmise that opponents like Karpiak and Blawatt do not speak for the 90,000-plus citizens of Kamloops — or do they? What about other highly trained doctors who may not be in agreement? I’ll bet there’s a great many who remain sitting on the fence. Les Evens Kamloops
IN CANADA, WE HAVE BECOME COMPLAINING EXPERTS Editor: I would like to respond to the vitriolic nonsense posted online by PeterS in response to a letter regarding accessing assistance from MPs (‘Asking for help is pointless’). Complain and ask for more. Why do we seem to be so good at that? We live in the best country on the globe, but are never satisfied. We think we are entitled to still more — and we are raising the current younger generation to think so, too. Does any governing party get it all right all the time? Of course not. But, the silly nit-picking, not to mention the constant attempts to discredit our prime minister, is offensive. I consider myself a Conservative, not simply because I believe Prime Minister Stephen Harper to be an exemplary statesman, but because I espouse conservative principles. I believe government can best serve the people by being less intrusive, governing less, taxing less and paying the bills as they accumulate.
“More freedom through less government” is the slogan of the National Citizens’ Coalition. Certainly others are entitled to different political persuasions. There are those who think government need not be concerned about debt, that money borrowed to indulge our desires (especially if they are worthy ones) will never need to be repaid. I do not trust an ideology that promises to hand out favours to the select, proposing to steal from so-called rich people who pay taxes. This may sound simplistic, but over-taxing the worker and spending more money that we do not have is not the solution to our country’s problems. The result of that philosophy is only to increase inflation and make everyone poorer. Harper’s leadership — with the backing of a caucus that agrees with him — placed Canada among, if not at the top of the list, of the world’s most respected nations. Middle-income family income has
increased faster in Canada than anywhere else in the developed world. Canadian families have seen the federal tax burden reduced to its lowest level in 50 years. According to data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canadians are among the most educated citizenry on the globe. According to the three main credit rating agencies — Moody’s, Fitch and Standard & Poors — Australia and Canada still rate Triple A. According to the evaluation of Gary Scott, Canada rates first among the world’s countries having the soundest banking systems. But, Canada still has a huge federal debt that needs to be continually addressed and this government continues to do so. Our deficit-reduction surplus won’t stay a surplus if it gets spent on wishes and wants before necessities. Budgets do not balance themselves. Colleen Carbol Kamloops
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Phippen wants to fight for outlying areas ANDREA KLASSEN
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Cheryl Phippen has battled the region’s bloodsuckers as mosquito-control consultant for the Thompson-Nicola Regional district. Now, she’s looking to move from bugs to budgets by running for a seat on Kamloops city
council in the Nov. 15 municipal election. Phippen, who lives in Barnhartvale, said she wants to advance concerns of the city’s outlying neighbourhoods, which she believes haven’t had the same attention as those at the core. “One of the things we’re looking for in
Barnhartvale is some sidewalks, some safe places for us to walk, for our children to walk — and that’s been a long time coming,” she said. “And that’s not
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just Barnhartvale. I see the same thing in some areas of Dallas and Valleyview and Westsyde,” Phippen said. “There’s a lot of walking issues, in my opinion.” Phippen said she also wants to see the city make changes that would attract more tourism dollars to Kamloops and also make Kamloops more attractive to young families and to young professionals graduating from Thompson Rivers University. “We bring people into the city for these amazing tournaments. They stay in hotels, they have pizza and they go home,” she said. “We’re not extending their vacations in Kamloops. So, what else can we bring to Kamloops that is going to keep families here an extra couple of days?” Phippen said the city should find more ways to promote the Thompson rivers to out-of-town visitors and look at developing its waterfront in the Valleyview area. She also wants to see better connectivity between the outlying neighbourhoods and the city’s waterfront parts, suggesting opening more
KTW FILE PHOTO Cheryl Phippen, whose company BWP Consulting does mosquito control for the ThompsonNicola Regional District, examines a dipper for mosquito larva. Phippen has decided to seek a seat on Kamloops council in the Nov. 15 election.
of the city’s parks to leashed dogs. Phippen said the latter would allow more people to attend events in Riverside Park or feel safe running after dark on McArthur Island. On the Ajax mine
front, Phippen said she’s “concerned” about the prominence of the proposed copper and gold mine in the election, noting she does not want to see the city spend money on a referendum, as another candidate has proposed. “The cost of a referendum is substantial to get the opinion of Kamloopsians on something that is not decided
by Kamloopsians,” Phippen said. “It’s decided at the provincial and federal level.” Phippen believes Ajax has the potential to benefit the city through job creation. The nomination period opened today (Sept. 30) and candidates have until Oct. 10 to submit their nomination papers.
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‘Children should matter . . . ‘ ADAM JENSEN IS SEEKING A SEAT ON THE SD73 BOARD OF EDUCATION DALE BASS
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Adam Jensen has an immediate source of advice as he prepares to run for a schoolboard trustee’s seat in the Nov. 15 election — his mother, Kim, who was on the board from 1996 to 1999. The city worker who runs his own digitalarts and design company said the reality of politics has been with him not only through his mother’s involvement, but also as an active union member since he graduated from Thompson Rivers University. Jensen attended Parkrest elementary and Brocklehurst secondary, but said many Kamloopsians might know him better from the 11 years he spent as a lifeguard with
the Kamloops YMCAYWCA, Camp Grafton and the city. The board of education attracted him, he said, because it involves an area of community life about which he is passionate and because he sees potential for his skills in bringing partners together to work collaboratively. “Children should matter to everyone and it shouldn’t matter if they have or don’t have kids themselves,” Jensen said. “This is because I know that children will be the people to take care of us in the future and giving them the best possible opportunities now will pay off dividends in the years to come.” The 29-year-old — he will be 30 before the Nov. 15 election
— added that, as a believer in creating a succession plan and seeing many trustees who have been on the board for years, he feels it’s a good time for a younger person to step up and learn before incumbents decide to step down. “I believe in mentorship and people like [board chairwoman] Denise Harper would be excellent role models for me to learn from,” he said. Jensen has received the backing of the Kamloops and District Labour Council — and his mom has signed on as his campaign manager.
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The first time Tom Dickinson walked up some land on Corral Road near Wells Gray Park, he encountered some black-bear dens in the ground and, a bit farther along, a pioneer-era cabin and corral. Subsequent walks through the area revealed a wetland habitat the dean of science at Thompson Rivers University had not seen anywhere else in the 5,250square-kilometre pro-
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vincial park. “I knew it was an important place,” he said. What he’s learned since, Dickinson said, is that 160-acre parcel of land its owners Anne and Roland Neave just donated to the university is so unique and important that two international researchers have already told Dickinson “they’d be here in a heartbeat” to continue their own research at the site.
For the university, the donation will enhance its existing Wells Gray Wilderness Centre and give TRU the opportunity to add some permanent buildings and increase the long-term research and educational opportunities the terrain provides. It’s not just a reality that appeals to Dickinson’s faculty and students, he said; with the presence of old artifacts, “there’s a lot of geography and stories to be had up there and it will be beneficial to the geographers here, too.” About one-third of the land is a wetland
and home to many animal and bird species. Dickinson said a recent visit to the site also showed him the extent of the botanical inhabitants of the area. It’s also an important black-bear habitat and is one of the spots Dickinson has taken others to see grizzlies. A researcher from Finland who toured the site with Dickinson said he’s not seen anything comparable anywhere in North America in terms of the habitat, flora, fauna and other aspects that, combined, create a virtual classroom teeming with learning opportunities.
Dickinson, who recently returned from a UNESCO meeting, is hoping the donation will also enhance a bid to see the park given a UNESCO World Heritage designation. “It has huge ecological value,” Dickinson said. The Neaves are longtime supporters of the university and, with this donation, bring their total gifts to TRU in the past two decades to almost $600,000 in value. The owners of Wells Gray Tours, they also established the first endowment for scholarships for geography students at TRU.
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DRIVING HOME A DONATION: The Masonic Okanagan Cancer Car Project received a cheque for $10,189.50 from members of the Breath Integration Counselling and Training Centre, who raised the funds. The Masonic Okanagan Cancer Car Project has a van stationed in Kamloops that is used to transport cancer patients to and from the Kelowna clinic for their treatments. The van runs five days per week and is operated by volunteers as a free service for cancer patients. In the photo, left to right: Jeanne and Bob Chambers accept the donation on behalf of Masonic Okanagan Cancer Car Project from Andrea Mortimer, Greg Stewart, Jamie Drummond, Karen Kilba, Amanda Somerville, Sebastian Gardner and Arnica Crawshay.
A GREAT FISH TALE: The Kamloops Fish and Game Club hosted a fishing experience and barbecue for the Kamloops White Cane Club at Lac Le Jeune on Sept. 7. Sixteen visually impaired guests caught 23 fish, with Shirley Mathews and guide Jim Woodward and Judy Nielsen and guide Bob Goldy catching five fish each to win the award for most fish caught.
DONATION WORTH A GAMBLE: Lake City Casino general manager Toni Corrigan presents a cheque for $2,126.36 to Nicola Hum of the Kamloops Food Bank The casino will be doing its annual collection for the food bank from Nov. 11 to Dec. 18. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Kamloops Arts Council board member Lucy Gearey (left) presented the Volunteer of the Year award to Anne Zhang during the council’s recent annual general meeting and volunteer appreciation night. The award was given based on a volunteer’s reliability, accountability, flexibility, resourcefullness and more.
HARVESTING HARD WORK: Lansdowne Village manager Ken Neufeld, plants his Miracle-Gro Best Garden Selection sign in his awardwinning landscaping. The program was conducted in 20 communities across Canada, in conjunction with Scotts Canada and Communities in Bloom. Twelve winners were selected in each location.
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They traveled by train and boat. “It was before the days of air travel,” Gurney said. They visited Scotland and France while playing impromptu concerts along the way. When they arrived in Holland, the students were billeted in a town that happened to have been liberated by the Canadians in the Second World War. “It was like the Canadian heroes returning,” Gurney said with a laugh. They ended up with two golds — one in the concertband category, the other for marching — and performed for as many as 30,000 people. It was the first time a school band from Kamloops had per-
formed on an international stage and it was quite an experience for small-town kids, Gurney said. “In those days, you didn’t travel around much.” It was a memorable year for Gurney, who also graduated that year, part of a class of about 120 students, the largest class to date at the time. Today, the school is overdue for a facelift but, for the class of 1954, it was shiny and new. Theirs was just the second class to graduate on Munro Street after the school moved in 1952 from Battle Street — where the Kamloops RCMP detachment now stands — due to overcrowding. The 1954 graduation ceremony was the first event to
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Reuniting classmates Neither Austin nor Macdonald actually graduated. “I knew I wasn’t going to make it,” Austin said with a laugh. “That was the best thing for me to do. I ended up working in the bank.” Macdonald ended up in the shoe business and has helped develop local golf courses, including Rivershore Golf Links and the new Sagebrush Golf Club near Merritt. It wasn’t uncommon at the time, they said, to leave high school early. It’s the reason why the 60th reunion of the Kam High Class of 1954 includes people who started with the group in 1948, but didn’t necessarily finish. “A lot of us didn’t graduate,” Austin said. “That’s who we invited. The only problem is that many of those who didn’t graduate have fallen off the radar of reunion organizers. We’ve lost a lot of people through the years.” Anyone who went to school with the class and would like to attend the reunion on Friday can call 250-372-8672. — Jessica Wallace
Above: The Kam High graduating class of 1954. The pictures are hanging on the walls at South Kamloops secondary.
be held in the school’s new auditorium, now known as Sagebrush Theatre. Gurney’s friends and former classmates, Bob Macdonald, 78, and Gail Austin (nee Anderson) 79, also remember those days. Kamloops was a fraction of today’s size — home to about
13,000 people. It was a time before televisions, when the Second World War still cast a shadow and when saddle shoes, brush cuts and zoot suits were commonplace around campus. “The knees were 12 inches and the ankles were six,” Austin said of the zoot suits.
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There was also the Capital Theatre on Seymour Street. “We all went to the theatre on Saturday morning and it cost 12 cents,” Austin said. “We went next door and got 10 cents worth of candies.
“A chocolate bar was five cents.” “That was our real entertainment, the movies. There was no TV, of course,” Gurney said. You didn’t dare miss a matinee because you’d miss part of an
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A lack of ticket sales has prompted the local chapter of the MS Society to cancel an upcoming fundraiser event. The society is cancelling its High Country Hoedown fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4 but hopes to revisit a fundraiser event in 2015. Anyone who purchased tickets or would like more information can call 250-314-0773.
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Kamloops. The City of Kamloops is hosting a seniors’ social on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tournament Capital Centre, to celebrate the national day. Free refreshments and snacks will be available, with opportunities to try tai chi, pickle ball and table tennis. Several information booths will be on site, including Interior
Health, the United Way, the Seniors’ Advisory Committee, Keep on Moving, the Centre for Seniors Information, Oncore Services, Community Safety and Interior Community Services. The event is free.
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A B.C. writer will discuss stories of gambling at the Kamloops Library tomorrow night (Oct. 1). Bob Bossin will read
from his non-fiction book Davy the Punk, which focuses on his father’s life in the gambling business. Bossin is a musician and writer and has had essays and journalism in newspapers and magazines throughout the country. In 2003. he was nominated for a National Magazine Award. The event is free, but space is limited. Reserve a spot by calling the library at 250-372-5145. It begins at 7 p.m. at the library, 465 Victoria St.
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here is no love lost between the Kamloops Broncos and Vancouver Island Raiders — and the latest chapter of their B.C. Football Conference rivalry has added fervour to the hostility. The visitors from Nanaimo defeated Kamloops 45-15 at Hillside Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 27, in a game the officials called with 2:46 left to play in the fourth quarter following a melee near the Broncos’ sideline. “I’ve never been part of a game like that before. The refs had no control over what was going on,” Broncos’ head coach Duncan Olthuis said. “From the beginning of the game, we could tell this was going to end ugly and it did.” Coaches from each team broke up the brouhaha before pushing and shoving turned into anything more malicious. “The fact that it happened at all is kind of a black mark on the whole game and the trip, but . . . we’re happy with the guys, with the way they handled themselves,” Raiders’ coach Brian Ridegway told the Nanaimo News Bulletin, noting none of his players left their bench to take part in the scuffle. Broncos’ tempers began to flare in the second quarter when starting punter Aaron Smit and his backup, Jonaus Levac, were injured on back-to-back plays. “It all started with that punt, where both of our punters go down because of late hits,” Olthuis said. “The first one wasn’t called and we questioned the refs a ton, but they wouldn’t give us an answer.
The next play, our backup punter goes down with a roughing-thekicker penalty.” Smit returned to the game, but Levac was carried off the field with a knee injury and did not come back. The night’s scariest and most controversial moment came midway through the third quarter, when a collision left Kamloops receiver Jordan Angove lying in a heap on the turf. “It was head-to-head,” Broncos’ GM Jan Antons told KTW. “The other player went head first into his [Angove’s] head. He went down on his knee and, when I got to the field, he was complaining about numbness in his legs.” After a lengthy delay, Angove was taken to hospital in an ambulance. He was later diagnosed with a severe concussion. While he was being tended to on the field, the Raiders stayed warm by running drills, which seemed to anger Broncos players and coaches alike. The home team retreated to its goal line and refused to return to the field after Angove’s injury until coaches had a chance to speak with officials. “At that point, we were worried about the safety of our players and that should never be a concern,” Antons said. “We’re asking the league to review the game. If it comes down to the referees being spoken to, that’s all we want. “There were calls on both sides . . . we just want our players to be safe.” Angove was released from hospital early Sunday morning and will be re-evaluated on a daily basis. The Raiders racked up 541 yards of net offence, shredding the Broncos’ defence through the air and on the ground. Kamloops was able to move the ball, amassing 388 yards of total
Allen Douglas/KTW Kamloops Broncos’ running back Jacob Palmarin tries to shed a tackle against the Vancouver Island Raiders at Hillside Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 27. For more photos, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.
offence, but costly turnovers — including three interceptions and one lost fumble — kept the home team from gaining momentum. Broncos’ quarterback Stephen Schuweiler completed 23 of 35 passes for 338 yards, throwing two touchdowns and three interceptions. Receiver Devin Csincsa was easily Kamloops’ most dangerous threat, catching eight passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns. Jacob Palmarin led a rushing attack that needed to be better, according to Olthuis. He had 46 yards on seven carries. Raiders’ pivot Liam O’Brien was effective, completing 12 of 20 passes for 239 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception. Vancouver Island won the battle
in the trenches, the offensive line opening up gaping holes for running back Michael Ritchott, who had 113 yards on 12 carries. Dexter Shea had two interceptions and two sacks for the visitors, while Smit had one interception for the home team. There were about 500 fans in attendance on Saturday. EXTRA POINT — The Broncos wrap up the regular season against the Okanagan Sun in Kelowna on Sunday, Oct. 5. Regardless of the outcome, Kamloops will play the defending champion Langley Rams and Okanagan will face Vancouver Island in the first round of the playoffs. A post-season game at Hillside is likely not in the cards. Kamloops would have to beat first-place
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Okanagan (8-1) on Sunday and have the last-place Valley Huskers (1-8) upset the visiting Rams (6-3) on Saturday, Oct. 4. It seems a victory at the Apple Bowl would be a minor miracle. “We’re very banged up right now,” Olthuis said. “The Sun’s running attack is amazing and our defence hasn’t been able to slow down the run yet.” . . . Kamloops hosted Okanagan on Aug. 23, dropping a 54-16 decision. The Broncos played Langley on Aug. 31, with the hometown Rams cruising to a 70-24 victory . . . The two BCFC teams which will not make the playoffs are the Valley Huskers and Westshore Rebels. Kamloops is 6-3, with all six wins coming against Valley and Westshore.
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Bolton Pouliot made 27 saves and the Kamloops Blazers cruised to an 8-2 victory over the hometown Victoria Royals on Friday, Sept. 26. The Royals earned a 4-3 victory in overtime in the rematch on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Taking three of four points from a pair of games against the hometown Victoria Royals on the weekend has the Kamloops Blazers riding high. “After the game in Kelowna [a 6-1 loss on Sept. 20], we needed a big rebound weekend,” Blazers’ captain Matt Needham said. “It was confidenceboosting, for sure, and something we can build off this week and take to Alberta.” Kamloops ruined Victoria’s home opener on Friday, Sept. 26, registering an 8-2 win over the Royals. The visitors were 42 seconds away from back-to-back victories in the rematch on Saturday, Sept. 27, but the Royals scored to force overtime and earned a 4-3 win when Kamloops product Joe Hicketts tallied in
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the extra frame. Kamloops netminder Bolton Pouliot stopped 27 shots in the victory on Friday and Cole Kehler made 27 saves between the pipes in the loss on Saturday. After four games, Cole Ully leads the Blue and Orange with seven points, three of them goals. Matt Revel is second with two goals and six points and Needham is third with one goal and five points. Four Blazers — Deven Sideroff, Josh Connolly, Mike Winther and Jake Kryski — are tied for fourth
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with four points. The Swift Current Broncos will be in the Tournament Capital tomorrow (Oct. 1) for a showdown with the Blazers. Game time at Interior Savings Centre is 7 p.m. The Blazers will be without defenceman Patrik Maier. He was suspended for three games for a checking-to-the-head major penalty, which resulted in a game misconduct against the Royals on Friday. Mike Needham will be behind the Blazers’ bench tomorrow for the first time since being named assistant coach last week. The Blazers rounded out their coaching staff on Monday, naming Terry Bangen and Chris Murray part-time assistant coaches. Kamloops will head to Alberta for three games after tomorrow’s matchup.
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Recreational soccer results City fields were busy on the weekend with Kamloops Recreational Soccer League action. NRI Distribution cruised to a 5-2 win over BC Rivers in the 45-and-over division A final. Chris Tynan (2), Terry Lake (2) and Jason Hill scored for the winning squad, with Zoran Boskovic and Marco Rueda replying for BC Rivers. Kamcon topped Frick and Frack 3-1 in the B final and Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
beat RCC FC 5-1 in the C final. In the C final, Rob Bison scored a hat trick for the winning team, with Rob Purdy and Kelly McGonigal adding singles. Dale Sankey was in net for Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Al Mostyk scored for RCC FC. Kamcom won the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup and finished atop league standings. Tony
Carlucci of NRI was the playoff MVP. Todd Wiseman of Kamcon won the golden boot and Steve Johnston of Kamcon won the golden glove. The 30-and-over playoffs will be held this weekend, with the A final set for 2 p.m. at the Singh Bowl on Sunday, Oct. 5. The B final gets underway at 1 p.m. at Singh Bowl on Sunday.
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Mitch Friesen is back with the Kamloops Storm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though neither he nor the Storm expect it to be an extended visit. Friesen was released by the Kamloops Blazers last week and is playing with the Storm while he decides what the future holds for him. He posted the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only goal in a 3-1 loss to the Revelstoke Grizzlies on Friday (Sept. 26) and was held pointless the following night in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Osoyoos Coyotes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing all right, just looking for a place to play,â&#x20AC;? Friesen told KTW prior to the Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against the Grizzlies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to spend the whole year
here. Looking to play junior A and go from there.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here until he can find a place to go,â&#x20AC;? Storm general manager Barry Dewar echoed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a couple junior A teams that are looking at him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to sort out what he wants to do with his life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love for him to be here, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect him to be.â&#x20AC;? The 18-year-old forward was never able to find his groove with the Blazers. He drew into one regular season game under new head coach Don Hay, a loss to the Kelowna Rockets, and was pointless, with a minus-1 rating. He played 46 games for the club in 20122013, but registered just one assist. In 21 games last season, he had one
goal and two assists. Friesen is no stranger to the Storm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the 6-foot-4 180-pound Surrey native played 27 regular season games with the junior B club last season, totalling nine goals and 12 assists. He added another 21 points, eight goals and 13 assists, in 20 playoff games. He feels he will benefit from a change of scenery now that he has been released by the Blazers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just sort of said things werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clicking and I agree,â&#x20AC;? Friesen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing a whole lot up there, so they let me go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like I kind of got pushed into a hole a little bit with the Blazers. It will be nice to get out of that and just show a different side of me than what everyone
else is used to.â&#x20AC;? Friesen already has an idea of where he will be going, but chose not to divulge that information as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not yet official. He did indicate he would like to stay close to Kamloops, however, meaning Merritt, Salmon Arm, West Kelowna and Vernon could all be possibilities. The Vernon Vipers are especially interesting as Mark Ferner, who was an associate coach with the Blazers throughout much of Friesenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stay with the WHL club, is now back as their head coach and general manager. Wherever he ends up, Friesen is looking forward to a new beginning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for a fresh start. I mean, I sort of need one here,â&#x20AC;? Friesen said.
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PRO MMA EVENTS BANNED IN VERNON; NO PLAN TO FOLLOW SUIT IN KAMLOOPS MARTY HASTINGS
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There doesn’t seem to be any impetus in Kamloops to follow Vernon’s lead and ban professional mixed-martial-arts competitions in the Tournament Capital. Vernon started the process to kibosh pro MMA events because
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the RCMP had indicated they can involve organized crime. On Sept. 8, the North Okanagan city adopted a bylaw banning such pro events. “There’s been some concern from the RCMP about some of the people who organize or are involved,” Vernon Coun. Juliette Cunningham said. “Those events aren’t good for the community,” added Coun. Brian Quiring. Jeff Putnam, Kamloops’ sportsdevelopment and business-operations manager, said there has been no discussion among city staff about the decision in Vernon. The Tournament Capital Centre was the location for a professional MMA event — Unified Combat League 20 Ascension — on Feb. 22, the first of its kind in the city since the adoption of
Bill S-209 in the House of Commons in 2013. That bill allowed the provinces to create athletic commissions that can regulate and sanction professional MMA bouts. The Unified Combat League event in February was sanctioned through the athletic commissioner at the B.C. Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development — and that was good enough for Kamloops council. The card seemed to go off without a hitch. “The feedback that I got, because it was a first-time event and fairly new, was fine,” Putnam said. “There were no issues at all from the facility-management side. From the organized-crime connection side, that’s the first I’ve heard of it, so I can’t really comment on it.” City staff in Vernon
had originally recommended banning all MMA activities, but council decided to allow amateur events, particularly for youth, to continue. Only one person offered feedback on the decision in Vernon at a public-input session. “On a local level in the competition you get in a small town, there is no money at that level,” said selfdescribed MMA fan William Mastop of the suggested links to crime. “The purses on the line, even at the upper level, are so small they are laughable.” Mastop said Vernon is banning something many people enjoy. “This is an active sport, not some underground thing,” he said. “It’s a recognized sport and it’s growing.” — with files from the Vernon Morning Star
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SEMINAR PRESENTERS UNDERSTANDING YOUR ASSETS Jeff Glaicar, Vice President, Investment Advisor, Associate Portfolio Manager Glaicar Sanford Wealth Partners of RBC Dominion Securities Jeff has worked in the financial industry since 1984 garnering extensive experience working with business owners and professionals. His presentation will highlight steps to achieve financial independence and options to enjoy your legacy now, including defining how much is enough.
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LEAVING YOUR LEGACY – TAX BENEFITS Leni Reichor, CPA, CA KPMG LLP Senior Manager, Taxation Services Leni specializes in personal and corporate tax matters for the owner-managed business, which includes estate and succession planning for her clients and their families. Her presentation will provide an overview of the various ways of making a gift that will match the donor’s wishes and is tax effective at the same time. The presentation will include among other things information on wills and bequests, and endowment funds.
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Cancer survivors set sights on Florida festival ADAM WILLIAMS
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When Sandy Cooper crosses the finish line at the breast cancer dragon boat festival, it will be a moment representative of her journey to good health. Cooper, a breast cancer survivor, is one of 22 women from Kamloops — they make up the Spirit Warriors Dragonboat Team — who will be paddling in the International Breast Cancer Paddler’s Commission Participatory Dragon Boat Festival in Sarasota, Fla., on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24. Cooper joined the team about four years ago, after moving to Kamloops from Ontario. Now seven years removed from her breast cancer diagnosis, the Spirit Warriors have been an integral part of her recovery. “I met these ladies and because we have that [breast cancer] in common, it’s just an amazing group of women,” she said. “If something happens to somebody, the rest of us are there to
support and help out.” All the women in Kamloops’ boat, as well as in the 100 other crafts that will be in Florida for the race, are breast cancer survivors. The 2014 festival will be the fourth — the event runs every four years and has previously been held in Peterborough (2010), Australia (2006) and Vancouver (2002). Though Cooper enjoys the fitness aspect of dragon boating, it’s the camaraderie that is first and foremost for the Spirit Warriors. For example, one of the team members recently went in for a follow-up mammogram and something was found on her scan. She’ll be getting a biopsy and will anxiously wait to find out if her cancer has returned. It will be a difficult experience, but she’ll have the Spirit Warriors to lean on. “That’s when it kind of hits you — it’s not about racing. It’s not about winning. It’s about being there to help one another,” Cooper said. During the festival,
all 100 teams will line up along the water with pink carnations, placing the flowers in the water they will later race on. Cooper said she is going to Florida for that part of the experience as much as anything. “I think we’re all going because of that,” she said. “It’s just that experience of celebrating the lives of those who made it and remembering the ones who didn’t.” While Cooper and her teammates would enjoy finishing the race in the top 20, it wouldn’t matter if they were the last group to cross the finish line. In the end, they’re happy, healthy and have the opportunity to support other breast cancer survivors. “There’s always that fine line of, ‘Do I want to dwell on the fact that I’ve had breast cancer or do I want to move on with my life?’” Cooper said. “For me, it’s become, this is a part of my life and this group of ladies is a part of my life. “I want to be able to help other people.”
Christie takes men’s title at Kamloops tennis tournament The Kamloops Tennis Centre held its annual club tournament on the weekend. Brandon Christie was victorious in the men’s singles division, knocking off Randy Heslop in the final. In the women’s doubles division, Jennifer Eastwood and Danielle Wilson won gold with a win over Darlene Dagan and Jan Newlove in the final.
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Bart Swartz and Doug Goldade took the men’s doubles crown, beating Arjun Chauhan and Shawn Harnett in the gold-medal matchup. In mixed doubles, Swartz
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Tori and Josie Spence of the Kamloops River City Racers have been named to the 2014-2015 Speed Skating Canada long track women’s development team.
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This program will introduce participants to the basic movements of the art of belly dance. Workshop includes warmup, isolations, technique, combinations, and cool-down. Workshop is geared to beginners, but is open to all levels. Beattie School of the Arts Oct 8-Nov 26 6:00-7:00 PM Wed #228035 NEW! Art from the Trenches - Museum Presentation
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The Museum will provide the craft supplies, you bring the creativity! Stop by at drop-in craft time and create a masterpiece based on our permanent and temporary exhibits. After, explore the Children’s Museum and discover something new! Kamloops Museum & Archives Oct 3 2:30-3:30 PM Fri #231245 National Seniors’ Day Celebration
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Kamloops is proud to pay tribute to the seniors who have helped make our city shine and continue to make valuable contributions to their communities, workplaces and society. National Seniors Day is a chance for everyone to appreciate and celebrate seniors. Free light snacks and refreshments. Pickleball, table tennis and Tai Chi! Tournament Capital Centre October 1 9:00 AM-NOON Wed To register call 250-828-3500 or visit www.kamloops.ca/ezreg
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ia is introducing something new in the affordable allelectric car segment — style. With the possible exception of the Ford Focus, all the under $50,000 pure-electric cars in Canada are purposely styled to look nerdy as if making the statement, “look at me, I’m saving the planet.” The Kia Soul EV (electric vehicle) is based on the highly successful Soul fivedoor. Penned by worldrenown designer Peter Schreyer, the Soul was made to look cool, not the box on wheels it really is, which is why most of Soul’s cubecar competitors have ceased production. But, the advantage of a box on wheels is packaging because you have so much interior space to work with. Soul and Soul EV dimensions are identical, except for the rear-seat floor, which is three inches higher to accommodate the under-floor battery pack. More to the point, the cargo area behind the second row seats is 532 litres, the same as the standard Soul. At the press launch in California, Kia had three versions, one of which was piano black with Ferrari red roof and trim, all looking fantastic. The price starts at $34,995 for the base model and $37,995 for the luxury trim. Offsetting that in Ontario is an $8,500 incentive plus up to $1,000 for a 240-volt charging station and 50 per cent off the installation fee.
The Kia Soul EV will make all-electric skeptics a believer.
At the launch, Kia Canada announced it would offer the 240-volt charger free, meaning the Ontario charger incentive could probably be used to further reduce the asking price. Range with an allelectric is always an issue. If you run out of juice, you’re dead. Knowing your limits and keeping an eye on the battery charge level actually becomes second nature with experience. The Kia system, instead of a metal enclosure loaded with lithium-ion cells, uses a polymer lithium-ion battery which can be shaped and formed and it’s a big one at 27 kWh. Combined with an 81.4 kW electric motor and one-speed transaxle it produces 109 hp and a 210
healthy lb/ft of torque. You can put it in D for drive or B for braking, the latter enabling full regenerative braking to harvest kinetic power and feed it back into the battery. Earlier this year, I drove a test mule starting out with a range of 70 km (it had just been driven before I got to it). Using B on a short loop on city streets only, I came back with 73 km remaining, meaning I returned with more range than I left with. Just lift your foot and regeneration slows the EV dramatically, saving the brakes as well. Fast forward to the press ride-and-drive south of LA with a mixture of freeway, twolane highway through the coast mountains and city core traffic.
With a range of 97 miles (U.S. spec cars) showing, we covered about 55 miles mostly in B and returned with 39 miles still in reserve. Official Canadian tested range is 149 km. It’s a bit like comparing apples to oranges, but if this was a fuel-powered vehicle it would be 2.0/2.6/2.2L/100 km city/highway/combined. And it’s fast, too. With 59 lb/ft more torque than the normal 2.0-litre gasoline Soul, it has a zero to 100 km/h sprint time of 11.4 seconds, reaching a top speed of 145 km/h (90 mph). Where the Soul EV comes into its own is in daily driving. Canada has an estimated 12-million commuters with 89.5 per cent
travelling less than 60 km a day, making a two-way trek possible on one charge. And the new Soul EV is one of, if not the, greenest cars you can buy in Canada and it is the first, so far only, car to earn an Underwriters’ Laboratory awarding for the high percentage of bio-based material used in the cabin, something Kia is proud of. Bio-based plastics using cellulose and sugar cane are used throughout on such components as seat trim, headliner, door panels, roof pillars and carpeting. In all, 23 different interior parts are made with eco-friendly materials. The Soul EV is the first Kia to use Organic Light Emitting Diode
(OLED) technology for the instrument cluster that is brighter, but consumes less energy. The heating and airconditioning system can be programmed for “driver only” operation that stops all air flow to the passenger side and rear of the car, thus cutting down dramatically on energy draw from the battery. This is Canada and we all know how much energy electric heat uses. On the Soul EV, it can be set to draw residual heat from inside, such as the battery which can run hot. To this end, the Soul EV has a battery heating system designed to insulate and warm up the battery in order to minimize the adverse effects of sub-zero temperatures on battery charge.
The Soul EV has two charging ports (120 and 240 volt) that are housed behind a panel at the nose and opened by a lever on the lower instrument panel. Charging times vary but 4.5 hours is the norm for a 240-volt, but it can take up to 24 hours to fully charge a depleted battery using a 120-volt outlet. To ensure crash safety, the battery features a ceramic-coated separator within the cell itself to protect the unit, as well as provide overcharge protection, which monitors electrical current and battery temperature. It’s well known I am skeptical of all-electric cars but with its hip looks and a certified range of almost 150 km, the 2015 Soul EV is starting to make me a believer.
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ò Obituaries & In Memoriam ô WINNIFRED ANNE ELIZABETH
DOUGLAS BARRY ROSSEAU
BAKER-HAUGEN
1935 – 2014
Winnifred (Wyn) Anne Elizabeth Baker-Haugen (nee Veach), 82, of Kamloops, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at Kamloops Seniors Village. Wyn was born on March 7, 1932 in Kamloops, BC to Hugh Dearen and Margaret Anne Veach, and was sister to her younger brother, Robert Hugh. She graduated from Kamloops Secondary School in 1949 after skipping two grades. Wyn earned a Certificate of Business Administration from the University College of the Cariboo when she was 59, in her lifelong quest for learning. In 1954 Wyn married Howard Baker with whom she had four children in Kamloops. In 1986 she married her partner for the rest of her life, Leslie Nelson Haugen. Wyn was a caring and compassionate daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, home-maker, and a lover of animals, art, literature and music. In the tradition of her grandmother, she loved to sew, knit, crochet, embroider and weave. In the tradition of her mother, she loved cooking, baking, and water-color painting. She was very pleased to show her paintings in gallery settings. Wyn is remembered for her tender demeanor and for providing a wonderful, loving and safe environment for her children, grandchildren, and their friends to flourish within. She lived for her family, and right until the very end continued to both recognize accomplishments and soothe their hardships. She took great joy in every family gathering and great pride in her family’s every accomplishment. She had a beautiful smile and loved to laugh. Her breads, pies, cookies, butter tarts, banana bread, canning, fruit jams and spaghetti sauce (amongst many other culinary specialties) were legendary. Wyn worked in the Admissions Department and the Vocational wing of Cariboo College where she loved to help, guide and orient students from around the world to their educational experience. Wyn was predeceased by her first son, ”Randy” Baker, of Victoria, BC, and her parents. She is survived by: her devoted husband Leslie Haugen of Kamloops; brother “Bobby” Veach (Doreen) and family; son Lyle Baker (Isabella) of Salmon Arm, BC; son Brett Baker (Georgia) of Bozeman, MT; and son Barry Baker (Christine) of Kamloops, BC; grandchildren Dustin Baker (Ashley), Blake Baker (Taniss), Brittany Alexander, Nina Baker, Chad Baker, Hailey Baker, and Shae Baker. Wyn’s niece Heather Phelps will deliver the eulogy. A Celebration of Life will be held at Kamloops Funeral Home at 11:00 am on Sunday, October 5, 2014. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada or the Shriners.
March 7, 1963 - September 23, 2014 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we say “until we meet again”! Jamie-Lynn Every (nee Norbury) passed away peacefully with her family and friends by her side at Kelowna General Hospital at the age of 51 years after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Jamie is predeceased by her mother Peggy, father Jim and brother Allen Norbury. Left to remember her beautiful spirit, her beloved spouse Bruce Colbon; her children: Ashley, Aaron (Taryn) and Amanda, sisters: Kim Norbury (Kevin), Tamara (Earl) Erickson, her brothers: Jim Norbury (Tammy), Kevin (Nancy) Norbury, Paul Bergeron, her stepmother Claudette, grandchildren: Chance, Kazden, Daigen, Ethan and Owen, as well as her lifelong friend Karen (Don) Mordus and many other family and friends, too numerous to mention. Her four legged companions Koda and Bandit are still waiting for her to come home. Jamie took great pride in her family and children, she was a devoted mother and grandmother. Always the straight shooter and never afraid to speak her mind. She was a hard worker and always went the extra mile for those she loved. If there was something that needed to be done she was the one to do it, always giving of herself to others. She was the most generous of souls. She had a great sense of humour and her quick wit will be sorely missed at family gatherings but we know she will always be there in our hearts. A celebration of Jamie’s life will be held at her sister’s house at 1886 Cathedral Court in Kamloops, on Saturday October 4, 2014, at 12:58 pm, precisely.
Until we meet again.
It is with great sadness that we
We are sad to announce the passing of Douglas Barry Rosseau on September 18, 2014 in his 80th year.
announce that Dawn passed away Wednesday, September 24,2014 at the young age of 47. She is sadly missed by her partner Shawn, her two children Ashley and Nathan, parents Rick and Marion Naylor, her sister Julia (Mike) and brother Mark (Angie), aunts and uncles, (UK and USA) cousins, nieces and nephews and a very large extended family.
Born in Kamloops, he grew up on the family ranch at Copper Creek, later moving to Savona & then to the Aldergrove/ Abbotsford area in 1970, where he spent the remainder of his life. He is survived by his daughter, TaraLee Murphy of Abbotsford, son Patrick Rosseau of Mission (Lori Doxey of Abbotsford) & his granddaughter Page Rosseau. He will also be missed by his sisters Marian (Tom) Pitt of 16 Mile, Florence (Roger) Tellier of Kamloops, nephews Ralph Thomas of 16 Mile, Ivan Thomas of Savona, Kevin (Lori) Thomas of Savona, Dan Tellier of Kelowna & Dave Tellier of Banff, AB., as well as many other friends & relatives. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 43 years, Marion; his parents Billie & Earle Rosseau, & brother Gordon. A service will be held on October 4, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Schoening Funeral Service, 513 Seymour Street in Kamloops, with Pastor Don Maione officiating. Should friends desire, donations may be made to The Alzheimer’s Society. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454
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DAWN ANNETTE DAYKIN September 29, 1966 – September 24, 2014
Dawn came to Canada as an infant from the UK with her parents. Settling first in Alberta, then BC, then Saskatoon only to eventually settle in and grow up in Maple Ridge. Her first love as a child was her horse Shasta whom she spent many happy days with. Dawn always had a zest for life and was very proud of her two children and their accomplishments. She also had an insatiable love of many sports and the players. In recent years she developed a yearning to create wonderful memories of her life and children by scrapbooking, where once again strong friendships were made. Dawn fought a long, hard and courageous battle with cancer and after a wonderful stay at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home, she passed peacefully in the company of Shawn and the wonderful Hospice people. We wish to thank all the staff, RN’s, HCA’s, MD’s and the many volunteers. There will be a Celebration of Life at Dallas Barnhartvale Baptist Church, 495 Todd Road on Saturday, October 4th at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, should friends desire, donations in Dawn’s name would be appreciated by the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home or the RIH Cancer Foundation.
KRETSCHMER
IN MEMORY OF
John Kretschmer passed away on or about September 21, 2014 at the age of 52 in Kamloops, BC.
SALVATORE (SAM) BRUNO
John was born on December 19, 1961 in a small hospital in Channel/Port aux Basque, Newfoundland. At an early age John moved with his family from Newfoundland, first to Toronto and soon after to Kamloops, BC.
With profound sadness and an acute sense of loss, we sadly announce that at one minute past 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 24th of September, 2014, with a quiet, serene dignity and incredible bravery, SAM BRUNO, age 57, slipped peacefully away from this life, in the place he wished to be, at home, while sleeping, and gently holding the hand of his wife, best friend, and soulmate, Coral.
January 14, 1957 - September 24, 2014
John was mentally challenged due to being born with insufficient oxygen. He bravely overcame many of the challenges in his physical and educational development. He spent four years at a boarding school in Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island in a school for special needs boys, and later also enrolled in the Overlander Secondary School for special needs students, in Kamloops.
On the 14th of January 1957, Salvatore (Sam) Bruno was born to his loving and devoted parents, Alfredo and Teresa, in the village of Grimaldi, Italy. When Sam was age 4, his parents and he left their small village in Italy to emigrate to Canada. Guided by their deep faith, an unyielding optimism, intense determination, and unfailing work ethic, together they began to build and share a life filled with many bounties, which would eventually also include a brother and sister for Sam.
John mastered swimming and was a natural. He learned to waterski out on Shuswap Lake and also loved to drive a very small motor boat with a noisy 4 HP motor in circles in front of the family cabin, to the chagrin of the neighbours.
Sadly, Sam was predeceased by his mother, Teresa, in December 2013, his mother-in-law Veronica Miner, in January 1998, and father-in-law Fred Miner, in January 2006. He is survived by his devoted wife, Coral and (step) son Steven Mitchell, as well as his father, Alfredo, his brother Mario (& wife Catia, as well as their children Kaitlin and Justin), his sister Tina (Don Hamlin) and Coral’s brother Jody (& wife Suzanne, as well as their children Natasha, Blake, Kyle, and Kayden).
John took part in Special Olympics with a vengeance and received some nice citations and medals. He even took a special course in mechanics at the University - slated for his needs. John worked 2 days a week at Richmond Steel Recycling Ltd. (formerly Kamloops Scrap & Metal) for many years. He also worked at the local brewery with Smart Options Inc. We will miss John and he will be in our hearts forever. Grieving him are his mother, Ruth Husson, his father, Alfred Kretschmer (Marie), his siblings Lynn (Will) Lombard-Zachary and Kimberly, Jeff (Michele) Scott-Jackson and Sidney, and his step-sisters Lynn, Joni, Terri and families. A Memorial service will be held on Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 pm. at Schoenings Funeral Chapel.Refreshments to follow. In lieu of flowers, you may make donations to the charity of your choice. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
Sam was widely known throughout the community of Kamloops, both for his work as an insurance broker and for his passion for photography. He was a long-time member of the local Colombo Lodge Society, as well as a member of the KTSA. Sam was a man of unyielding personal integrity, as well as unfailing honesty and a strong personal work ethic. His clients knew that they could always count on Sam to explain the obscure and make sense of the complicated. He made friends easily and his workmates looked to him as a mentor, knew him as a jokester, and relied on him to ‘always do the right thing.’ Sam loved to take pictures, most especially of wildlife, in the hills around Knutsford, Barnhartvale, Tranquille, and Pritchard. He won a number of photography contests, and had his pictures accepted for use in a BC calendar numerous times as well. He carried a camera with him everywhere he went, and he was often asked -- by clients, friends, family, co-workers and sometimes even strangers -- to take pictures of their children at play or participating in sporting events, or of themselves, sometimes in costume, other times in formal wear. Sam seldom refused a request to take a photo. Prayers will be held Friday evening, the 3rd of October, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m. and funeral services, presided over by Father Paul Simms, will follow the next day, Saturday, the 4th of October, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 255 Nicola Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2P3. Cremation will follow. Coral wishes to acknowledge and express her immense gratitude for the friendship of and medical care and attention given to Sam, by Dr. Harold Stefanyk and, most especially, by pharmacist Sheena Motokado. Thank you also to Father Paul Simms, for his prayers with and for Sam. In lieu of flowers, donations to the BC Cancer Agency, specifying the assignment of your donation to further research in ‘ocular melanoma,’ in memory of Sam, will be very much appreciated.
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WEEKLY CROSSWORD
CLUES ACROSS 1 Cape near Lisbon 5 Chew the fat 9 Time of the 90th meridian 12 1982 planned city in Israel 13 Vehicle carrying passengers 14 Expression of surprise 15 Long range nuclear weapon 16 2nd largest Muslim denomination 17 Mad Men’s Draper 18 Spanish artist Salvador 19 SF murdered mayo 20 Baby talk fathers
22 Religious discourse 24 Poet Dickinson 25 Emblem stamps 26 Competes 27 40th state 28 Expects 31 In an ageless way 33 A person in religious orders 34 Pa’s partner 35 Two considered as a unit 36 NE 68770 39 Duple time dance 40 Greek myth’s 1st woman 42 Word element meaning right 43 Point that is one point
HOROSCOPES ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
An issue at work requires your immediate attention, Aries.This situation must be approached delicately, but don’t be afraid to speak your mind and accept the results.
E of SE 44 Common teen skin disease 46 4th Caliph of Islam 47 Oblong cream puff 49 Phoned 50 Very low frequency 51 Guild Wars creatures 52 Cozy 53 Hooray! 54 Work units 55 Soft-finned fishes CLUES DOWN 1 Foray 2 Killer whales 3 Television systems 4 Marvel at
5 Connected spirals 6 Moroccan outer garment 7 Play a role 8 ____ Daniel Webster 9 Golf attendants 10 Large school of fish 11 Tanacetum vulgare 13 Lower jaw fronts 16 Burn without a flame 21 Cordiality 23 PBS drama theater 28 Mandela’s party 29 42nd state 30 One who distributes alms 31 20th C playwright TS 32 Smallest state 33 Turn into lime 35 Spanish seafood dish 36 Language synonym Bura 37 Large-grained or rough to the touch 38 Understood by only a few 39 Thickened meat juices 40 Anjou and bartlett 41 Declare invalid 43 Molten metals surface scum 45 Bird reproductive bodies 48 Chronicles (abbr)
Don’t be surprised if your schedule gets turned upside down this week, Libra. It’s important to roll with the punches so others can see how flexible you can be.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Virgo, you cannot control the behavior of others, but you can change your own direction to counteract some unexpected developments. Keep an open mind.
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BY BILL SCHORR
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
Leo, give plans time to develop, but don’t feel the need to hide your enthusiasm about the prospects.Trust your instincts as to when is a good time to get moving.
BY ART & CHIP SAMSOM
Sept 30 - Oct 06, 2014
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Cancer, it’s hard to know when to be assertive at work.You want to appear competent and in control, but you also want to build a good rapport with coworkers. Experiment a little.
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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Gemini, your positive attitude is why people have grown to rely on you in tight spots. Plant a smile on your face and others will benefit from your positive influence.
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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, a busy week awaits but just take things one project at a time. Keep to yourself for a little bit in an attempt to stay focused on the numerous tasks at hand.
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Scorpio, an unconventional approach is your key to success this week.While others are following Plan A, go with Plan B and you may meet with great results.
Fantasy can overtake reality if you let it, Sagittarius.You may need to rein in your hopes and dreams for a bit and focus on some more practical matters.
Friends may distract you from work this week, Capricorn. Although it’s not wise to let responsibilities slide completely, you can probably get away with a day of slacking off.
Aquarius, the physical rewards for all your hard work will become apparent soon.You’ll find that all of your efforts thus far have been well worth the sacrifices.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Pisces, although you may dream of escaping the daily grind, you may need to persevere for just a little while longer.Your respite is coming.
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NATIONAL NEWS
Woman who died Magnotta murder trial underway Accused in 2012 death of Jun Lin in custody had been kicked out TAMSYN BURGMANN
THE CANADIAN PRESS
BURNABY — A Mexican woman who hanged herself inside the Vancouver airport jail while awaiting deportation had been ejected from Canada once before, a coroner’s jury heard at the inquest into her death. Several significant details about Lucia Vega Jimenez popped up in the Canada Border Services Agency database when border agent Josie Perri looked her up before attending a call from transit police. Jimenez had been stopped for fare evasion at a downtown Vancouver SkyTrain station on Dec. 1, 2013. The inquest heard that suspicions were raised when the 42-year-old woman, who spoke with a noticeable accent, provided two different names to police. “I discovered that
she was in our system,’’ Perri said. “She had been in Canada previously, three years prior, and had made a refugee claim which was denied and she was subsequently deported at that time.’’ The encounter with police, as Jimenez headed home about 10 a.m. from cleaning work at a Vancouver hotel, led to her arrest and detention for transfer back to Mexico. Three weeks later, she attempted to kill herself and was found hanging in a shower at the holding cells in the airport. She died in hospital on Dec. 28. While in jail, Jimenez had been under watch by a security company subcontracted by the border agency, the inquest heard. Her death only became public after members of the Mexican community went to media.
A coroner’s inquest was called two months later. The jury is tasked with making recommendations to prevent similar deaths, but may not place any blame. Perri told the inquest that even before arresting Jimenez, she knew the woman had tried to rectify her failed refugee claim by applying for a visa at the Canadian consulate in Mexico City. She was denied, in part, because Jimenez had not disclosed that she previously worked in Canada and also provided misinformation about being employed in Mexico. Jimenez returned to Canada in April 2013, even though she knew she hadn’t obtained the necessary authorization, said Perri. “I asked her how and where she came to Canada. She said she came through the bushes in Surrey somewhere. She wasn’t exactly sure,’’ Perri said.
White House supports Hong Kong democracy protestors WASHINGTON — Foreign governments expressed support Monday for historic protests in Hong Kong despite a pointed warning from the Chinese government to butt out. The United States and Canada offered words of encouragement to the tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters whom police tried to disperse with blasts of tear gas. The street clashes in the global
financial capital came up at Monday’s White House press briefing, where a spokesman for President Barack Obama said the U.S. was watching the situation closely. “The United States supports universal suffrage in Hong Kong in accordance with the Basic Law [of 1990], and we support the aspirations of the Hong Kong people,’’ said White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
MONTREAL — Luka Rocco Magnotta is schizophrenic and was not criminally responsible when he killed Chinese student Jun Lin in 2012, his lawyer told jurors on Monday, Sept. 29. Magnotta has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and there is a history of schizophrenia in his family, Luc Leclair said on the first day of the highly publicized firstdegree murder trial. “I intend to show to you that at the time of the events, he was not criminally responsible,’’
Leclair told the eight women and six men who will hear the evidence. His comments capped a stunning morning in the courtroom that began with Magnotta, 32, entering fresh not-guilty pleas to five charges, including murder. Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer then advised the jurors that Magnotta had admitted to committing the
ALBERT MADRYGA October 6, 1925 – September 21, 2014
crimes and that their task over the next six to eight weeks would be to determine his state of mind at the time. Magnotta is also charged with committing an indignity to a body; publishing obscene material; criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; and mailing obscene and indecent material. — The Canadian Press
ROBERT E. HAUGHTON 1945-2014
Albert was born in Edmonton and moved at age two to Vancouver with his parents Mary and John and his six siblings Jack, Lillian, Nell, Bill, Marie and Mike. His sisters always fondly looked after their “baby brother” and remained a very important part of his life. He attended Beaconsfield Elementary School and graduated from Vancouver Technical School, Class of 1943. He was trained in the Provincial Normal School and later graduated from the Faculty of Education at U.B.C. After service in the Canadian Armed Forces in World War 2, Albert began his 39 year teaching career. He taught in Cloverdale, Quadra Island, Britannia Beach, Midway, Tahsis, Forest Grove, Monte Lake and several schools in Kamloops where he was both a Teacher and Principal from 1957 to 1985. He is remembered as a dynamic instructor and a firm disciplinarian who had high expectations and tireless encouragement for his students. He enthusiastically directed and participated in musical performances especially at Christmas. Over the years Albert enjoyed hearing from former students, reconnecting with teaching colleagues and visiting with friends from his childhood. The family wishes to thank the staff at the Kidney Care Centre, the Jim Pattison Pavilion at VGH, and Peace Arch Hospital for their thoughtful care. All family and friends are cordially invited to a Remembrance Tea on Sunday, October 5 at 1 pm at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre, 14831 28th Avenue in South Surrey. Flowers are respectfully declined.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Albert Madryga on Sept. 21, after a short battle with cancer. Albert will be greatly missed by Marcia, his loving wife of 58 years, his children Mark, Roxanne (David), Rod (Sue), grandchildren Rodney, Rebecca, Matthew and Tessa, great-grandson Carson and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife Effie and his stepson Barry Henshall.
VICTORIA ANNE
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother — Robert (Bob) Ernest Haughton. Bob passed with his family by his side on Monday, September 22, 2014. He was predeceased by his parents Ernest and Lillian Haughton, his brother Ken, and his first wife Marie. He is survived by his wife and soulmate Tracy; his children Rob (Amanda) and Carolyn (Sha); his grandchildren Shalyn, Marshall, Toni, and Michael; his brothers Jim and Doug (Laurie), his sister-in-law Janis, and their families; his sister-in-law Chris (Ken); as well as his four-legged family members. The family would like to thank the R.I.H. ICU staff for their kindness and compassion. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 at Grandview Lodge, 3499 Long Lake Rd., Knutsford. No flowers by request. Donations gratefully accepted to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation in memory of Bob. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Vicky passed away Monday, September 15, 2014 at RIH with her family by her side. She was pre-deceased by her parents Mary and Stanley Howard. She is survived by her loving husband of 47 years Ken, her children Mary (Mike), Gordon (Dawn), Tina, Ken, Karen (Darryl), and her siblings; Roy, Jean, Rosetta (Floyd), Stanley (Maureen), Violet and James. Vicky enjoyed spending time with her 23 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and many, many friends. Vicky especially loved her dog Pepper and her Karaoke friends. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, October 3, 2014 from 4-7pm at the Anavets on the River, friends and family are encouraged to come by and share their fondest memories; also Karaoke will follow.
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This notice is to inform you that the Annual General Meeting of the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society That was to take take place on October 1st, 2014. HAS BEEN POSTPONED Please watch this paper for further details.
Business Opportunities 6663378
FOUND - Dark brown couch cushion. Parkcresk Area. Call 250.376.4399 to claim. FOUND: One large silver hoop earring downtown. Please call to identify. (250) 819-2636 Lost: Brown case with prescription glasses with hunting & fishing license last weekend at Johnson Lake. 250-3723437.
SHOP LOCALLY Travel
Housesitting Reliable, quiet non-smoking couple available to house sit for snowbirds between November and April. Will treat you and your house with care and respect. Call Russ 250319-8995.
Business Opportunities
Lawyers Required for cost sharing office
Full or partial practice preferred. All furnishings and equipment provided. Shared receptionist, Shared Accountant. Some client referrals. Phase in period for sharing of costs. Reply in confidence to Roger Webber:
Tel: (250) 851-0100 Fax: (250) 851-0104 285 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2E7 E-mail: roger@webberweiser.com
Childcare Wanted Hiring for Private Household a Live-in Caregiver for 3 children in Kamloops. Perm & F/T, $11.00/hr. Req: Secondary School or equivalent; At least 6 months of F/T training OR Min 1 yr exp in the past 3 yrs as Caregiver or related occupation; Fluent in English. Duties: Supervise, care, prepare meals for children; take children to & from school; light housekeeping; discipline children as per parents’ methods; create positive child care; maintain safe environment for children. Private room with lock provided. C$325 charges for Room & Board. Email resume: tranpreet1@gmail.com
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GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected Territories. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629. Website www.tcvend.com
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Truck Driver Training
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CERTIFIED ICBC AIR BRAKE COURSE
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Arctic Glacier is a leader in the Packaged Ice industry and the largest manufacturer and distributor of premium quality packaged ice products in Canada. We continue to build and expand our newly developed market in the Kamloops, BC area.
ADVERTISING CONSULTANT
Arctic Glacier is looking for experienced, hardworking and dedicated individuals to join our team as we grow our business.
Award winning Kamloops This Week has an opening for an Advertising Consultant. The position requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fast-paced team environment.
We are currently seeking Route Driver/Sales employees. The ideal candidate will have experience in the Packaged Ice, Food Service or Beverage industries and have the want to work for a fast paced, growing company committed to safely providing industry leading products and customer service.
Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to: Attention: Advertising Manager 1365 B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC V2C 5P6 Fax: 250-374-1033 Email: sales@kamloopsthisweek.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.
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Wage: Up to $24/hr. with attractive benefit package, pending experience level. If you are interested in applying for these exciting opportunities, please forward your resume to: Fax : (204) 783-9857 Email : careers@ArcticGlacier.com We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those considered for an interview will be contacted.
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Practical Nursing Access LPN Program Class starts this October! Designed just for RCAs and HCAs 250.372.5429
Kamloops@310jobs.ca
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HELP WANTED: F FULL-TIME SALES ASSOCIATE. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY; ENTHUSIASM FOR SPORTS AN ASSET.
Submit resume to Ted at: 789 Notre Dame Dr., Kamloops B.C.
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Employment Career Opportunities
MANAGERIAL POSITIONS We’re growing on Vancouver Island! If you have multiple years’ experience in a managerial role in the grocery business and want to join an innovative & creative group then we would love to hear from you. We offer exceptional benefits, Group RSP and many other incentives. Please send your resume to: Lyall Woznesensky Lyall@Qualityfoods.com QF Director Professional Development.
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We are responsible for a full complement of child protection services and are seeking fully qualified and dynamic individuals that will bring with them a diversified background in the various aspects of social development. The Case Workers primary responsibilities are in the investigation of children in need of protection services, and to ensure the delivery of family support services to the families and children who require them, guardianship services and the development and maintenance of caregiver homes (resource worker). The following are available at this time:
Caseworker (1) Qualifications: • Bachelor of Social Work Degree, plus two years related experience. • Must have extensive experience in working with youth, children and families. Requirements: • We are looking for individuals who are delegated or are eligible to be delegated under the current Provincial (British Columbia) Child Protection Legislation. • Experience in the delivery of Child Protection services. • Must be able to understand and apply child protection legislation and other related policies. • Have a valid drivers licence and reliable transportation. • Must successfully pass a Criminal Records Check. Qualified individuals interested should apply in writing with a copy of their resumes and three references to: Zena Quock-Executive Director Secwepemc Child & Family Services Agency 300 Chilcotin Road, Kamloops, BC V2H 1G3 Deadline for Applications: October 6th, 2014 at 4:00pm Preference will be given to persons of Aboriginal ancestry as per section 16(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Employment
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Previous experience in the grocery industry with a specialty in seafood and seafood operations is required. The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent operational knowledge, communication, team building and leadership skills. We offer Excellent Benefit & Incentive Programs
EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 Drivers, F/T, P/T for California & Arizona produce hauling, excellent pay and benefits, safety bonus and home time. Call Jerry or Bill 1-877-539-1750.
For further details visit: www.QualityFoods.com Apply to Lyall Woznesensky : Quality@ QualityFoods.com
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)
COMPUTER TECHNICIAN II Applications are invited for the position of Computer Technician II with School District No. 58, (Nicola-Similkameen) in Merritt. This is a 12-month per year, 7.5 hours per day position. Salary and benets will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. For a complete listing of the job description and qualications please visit the district’s website at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Jobs/Support Positions and search under ‘Current Job Opportunities’ and follow the prompts (Job Code 711490). Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until October 10, 2014.
6663275 Secwepemc Child & Family Services Agency is a child protection agency serving the urban Aboriginal community of Kamloops and seven Secwepemc band(s) in the Interior of British Columbia.
Employment
Seafood Retail Program Merchandiser Full time coordinator for a seafood merchandising program including ad program management & department manager training in our main office in Errington, BC.
DRIVERS WANTED
AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake • Guaranteed 40hr. Work Week & Overtime • Paid Travel & Lodging • Meal Allowance • 4 Weeks Vacation • Excellent Benefits Package
Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience. Apply at:www.sperryrail.com, careers & then choose the FastTRACK Application.
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BCDaily Trades, Technical 6661355
We require qualified US capable Class 1 drivers immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Education/Trade Schools APARTMENT/CONDO MANAGER TRAINING • Certified Home Study Course • Jobs Registered Across Canada • Gov. Certified 35 Years of Success! www.RMTI.ca
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS needed! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from Home! www.canscribe.com info@canscribe.com 1.800.466.1535
Trades, Technical
Duties will include operating & maintaining an Alpha Liner Collating Machine. Experience or good mechanical knowledge an assett. The successful candidate will be responsible for the supervision of all Bindery Staff. Wage negotiable depending on experience. Minimum 3 to 4 days a week. Approx. 30 hours per week, plus benefits. Safe working conditions. Interested applicants may drop off resumes to: Kelowna Capital News c/o Glenn Beaudry 2495 Enterprise Way Kelowna, BC V1X 7K2 or Email: gbeaudry@kelownacapnews.com No phone calls please.
CAPITAL news www.blackpress.ca
FOODSAFE COURSE by Certified Instructor September 23rd October 4th, 11th & 27th Logan Lake October 25th 8:30am-3:00pm $70 Pre-register by phoning 250-554-9762
HUNTER & FIREARMS
Courses. Next C.O.R.E. October 4th & 5th. Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. October 18th, Saturday. Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:
Bill
250-376-7970
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!
Help Wanted An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.
FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR
sought by Kwakiutl Band Council in Port Hardy. Send cover letter andresume by Oct 1. Competitive wage DOE. Enquire and apply to manager@kwakiutl.bc.ca Front Desk Clerk and Chambermaid. Will train. Call 250852-1956. Fax 250-374-7264.
Pasquale Mancuso Construction (50 YEARS OF SERVICE)
Seeks individuals for civil concrete work in the construction of oil and gas facilities.
Alpha Liner Operator/ Supervisor
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Ticketed & Non-Ticketed Carpenters and Superintendents & Foreman Excellent rate of pay based on the oil and gas plant sectors. Benefit package, room & board and transportation provided. Please fax resume to (403) 342-1549 or email to oepp@pmcl1964.ca
Full Time Translator Position. Must be able to translate Mandarin or Cantonese fluently. Must have working knowledge of Cabinet Making Business. The successful candidate will be required to act as a translator between owners of the company and staff. Please email resume to: insitecabinets@telus.net General Labour Position. Sample Preparation-crushing/grinding rocks, sieving soils samples, lifting up to 50 pounds, reliable, attention detail. Benefits. Send resume. Drop off address 9989 Dallas Drive or e-mail: hrkamloops@actlabs.com I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679
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Employment Help Wanted
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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LOGAN LAKE
Kamloops This Week is looking for door-to-door carriers in your area. 3 days per week Tuesday, Thursday& Friday. Please call 250-374-0462 for more info. Non-resident caretaker needed for multiple residential properties on the North Shore. Must be bondable, have own transportation and be willing to work flexible hours. Previous experience an asset. Please apply with resume to: info@columbiaproperty.ca
Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries. Call 250-374-0462 for more information. Red Seal Chef for camp/resort at Mica Creek, BC. Permanent position with benefits package for successful applicant. Email resume to: sgspooner@hotmail.com
Legal BUSY LAW FIRM in Penticton seeks full time conveyancing assistant. Email resume in confidence to Jodie@pearcetaylor.com
Medical/Dental MEDICAL Transcriptionists needed! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from Home! Website: www.canscribe.com. Send email to: info@canscribe.com. Or call 1.800.466.1535.
Professional/ Management Optometrist’s office requires experienced Optician. Email resume to: opticianposition@shaw.ca
Sales ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.
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SYLVAN LEARNING Centre (Kamloops tel: 250-851-3829) seeking Instructors to teach students grade 4 - 8 * Excellent communication skills / positive team player / computer skills. Email: mikemcrae@telus.net fax 250-851-3819.
GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com
PETER’S YARD SERVICE
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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.
PRODUCTION & QUALITY CONTROL COORDINATOR Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. a family owned and operated speciality cedar lumber sawmill located in Barriere B.C., is seeking a hands-on, highly competent & safety conscious professional for the position of Production & Quality Control Coordinator. This position is a key role within the management team reporting directly to Sr Management with opportunity for the successful candidate to grow into a position of increased responsibility within the company. The successful candidate will be an experienced self starting individual with excellent knowledge of quality control processes and high analytical skills who can effectively communicate results. Duties will include recovery improvement, product outturn analysis,
production and supervision assistance, by-product monitoring and special projects. Competency in Microsoft Excel
and Word and familiarity with process control systems is a must. A grading ticket and experience with cedar lumber manufacturing would be assets. Barriere B.C. offers affordable housing, a large variety of recreational activities and is
in close proximity to Kamloops & Sun Peaks. A competitive compensation package will be offered. Interested applicants please submit your resume to;
Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. PO Box 689 Barriere, B.C. V0E 1E0 or fax 250-672-5644 or email GSFP@gsfpcedar.com Sheet metal person required for new house construction. Benefit Package and vehicle provided call (250) 378-5104 or copervalley@uniserve.com
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Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.
TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
Fitness/Exercise WE will pay you to exercise! Deliver Kamloops This Week Only 3 issues a week!
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Fencing
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FIREPLACE
SALE NOW ON! J.WALSH & SONS 2321 E. Trans-Canada Hwy. Kamloops 250.372.5115
SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS
FURNACE DUCT CLEANING
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Home Improvements
J.WALSH & SONS 2321 E. Trans-Canada Hwy. Kamloops 250.372.5115
FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928
*some restrictions apply
Computer Equipment WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-3711333
Fruit & Vegetables #1Concord White & black grapes. Italian plums, #1-Mac & Spartan apples. Call all summer. 250-376-3480. McIntosh & Spartan Apples .60/lb. Windfalls .30/lb. Pears .75/lb. 250-579-9238.
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Firewood/Fuel ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine. Stock up now. Campfire wood. (250)377-3457. Fir firewood ready to burn, supplies limited. Guaranteed loads (250) 377-1884
1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $600. Call 250-851-1304.
Thompson/Okanagan. Fawndale
Farms Ltd. 250-679-2813
J.WALSH & SONS 2321 E. Trans-Canada Hwy. Kamloops 250.372.5115
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Misc. for Sale
FARM & Residential FENCING 30 Years exp. Serving the
SALES & SERVICE
Call our Classified Department for details!
Dining room table & hutch/6chairs. $600. Sofa set & Lazy Boy. $350. 250-3195258. Oak China Cabinet. $500/obo. Armoire. $500/obo. Good cond. 250-672-9408 (McLure). Walnut Dining Room Suite Table 6 Chairs, China Cabinet, Buffet $1500 (250) 573-5445
sundanceelectric.ca
Handypersons
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ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC call for availability 250-374-7467
Misc. Wanted Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 778-281-0030. Local. PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670
Real Estate Acreage for Sale 100 Mile House 2.2 acres 1 mile from town fenced & treed secluded next to crown land great recreational property $68,500 obo 1-250-554-8031
Apt/Condos for Sale
Pets & Livestock
Livestock Tom’s Custom Cutting Beef, Lamb, Bison, Goat, Game Meat. 4-H Lamb for sale get it while it lasts. Chicken Backs, Dog Bones, Pet Food.
250-682-5024
Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.
PETS For Sale? TRI-CITY SPECIAL! for only $46.81/week, we will place your classified ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949
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Merchandise for Sale
Building Supplies STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal Buildings 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.
21 Speed Bicycle like new. $100. 250-579-9642. 2-215/60R16 Snow tires, $200 2-245/50VR16 Eagle Snow $200, 4-275/45R20 Eagle M&S $400, 2-225/60R16 M&S $200, 2-275/40ZR17 M&S $300 call 250-319-8784 4-205/50R17 Nokian low profile winter tires $250 (250) 573-2153 A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. SPECIAL Trades are welcome. 40’Containers under $2500! DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders. Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator. Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com Electric Wheelchair Quantum 600S. $2,500. 250-376-9977. Excersize bike asking $50 obo (250) 372-8345 call after 3pm Hillside Burial Plot for sale. City price $1249. Current price. $750. 250-573-5129. HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? MISC4Sale: Camperette $300, Oak Table Chairs-$400, 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg. Skeeter-Vac covers 1-acre. $50. 4-Chev Firestone Truck Tires. 8-hole, LT245/75 R16 108/104R on Eagle alloy rims. $300. 250-376-7583. STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca. Two end tables asking $10 (250) 376-6027
#2 Brock Estates, 2B/R, den, 1 bath, 5-appl, large yard, addition, covered deck, shed. $59,900/obo. 250-828-8698.
Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1&2bdrm Spacious Newly renovated Apartments $750$850 a mnt + util. Avail Now n/p, a/c, laundry free parking, close to bus route & shopping (250) 377-8304 1BDRM a/c, patio, n/p ref required heat and hot water incl (250) 376-1485. 1bdrm apt in Logan Lake Avail now. $600 util incld. N/P 250-376-2439 /250-320-4870
Acacia Tower
343 Nicola Street 1bdrm and bachelor suites starting @$645 per month includes utilities laundry facilities adult building no pets no smoking 1 year lease reference and credit check required
250-374-7455
Furniture
Call Gerry 250-574-4602
FURNACE
250-260-0110
HOT WATER TANKS REPLACEMENT
“A” Licensed and Bonded Serving Kamloops Small Jobs & Silver Label on older Mobile Homes
Heat, Air, Refrig.
REIMER’S FARM SERVICES
Plumbing
SUNDANCE ELECTRIC
250-377-3457
BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR
Steve’s Handyman Services. Painting, building decks, fences, repairs. 250-578-8719.
Electrical
For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!
Livestock
Painting & Decorating
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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 $189,000.00
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Townhouses Commercial/ Industrial For Lease 2400 sq ft shop 12ft high overhead front door 13ft ceiling, office, avail Oct 1st $1500 +gst and util 250-6820005 Office Space for lease. Free parking. Fantastic view. South Sahali. 250-372-7212
Duplex / 4 Plex Brock 3 bdrm 2bath large S/F W/D hookup A/C fenced N/P N/S $1225 +util. 250-578-7529 Valleyview 2Bdrm 5 appl. n/s n/p single garage $1350/mth refs Nov1st 250-374-8526
Homes for Rent 3 Bdrm Northshore top flr, new reno’d, $1200mo incl util avail immd 250-852-0638 EXECUTIVE HOME – BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED Batchelor Heights, 4bdrms, 3 bathrooms, 5 appl., gas f/p, c/a, garage, private fenced yard. $1,800.00/mo., min. 1 year lease. Available Immediately. No Smoking. Gateway 250-372-1231.
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RV Pads RV site, winterized, in town. North Shore, fully serviced, incl cable, util, tel hookup, coin lndy, starting @ $525/mo 250376-1421
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3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Oct. 1st. 250374-5586 / 250-371-0206 JUNIPER TERRACE 3bdrm townhouse, 1.5 bathrooms, 5 appliances, garage, patio,$1,250.00/mo. min. 1 year lease. Available immediately. Gateway 250-372-1231 Sahali 2bdrms +den. Immaculate clean. Close to TRU. N/S, N/P. Nov. 1st. $1250/mo. $600/DD. 250-318-1182.
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NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms *Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop
1998 24ft. Citation Class C Motorhome. 163,000kms. Well maintained with records. Ind. solar panel. $16,000. 250-523-6446.
1992 Mazda B-2600 5 speed 2wdr 14” tires 2 buddy rear seats white canopy box liner rear air shocks + reg body Very good cond Blue in color, $3800 250-374-4713 fmi
97 Camaro Z28 350 6spd 120,000km black loaded $9,000obo (250) 319-7058 97 Ford Escort. 4dr, std, new alt., timing belt. A/C. Good running cond. $1050. 250-5541023.
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1995 Ford F150 Full size box 319,000 kms Auto Transmission Dual tanks, Good condition Dark green colour White canopy Well maintained.
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2006 Forest River Georgetown XL. Loaded, 19,560miles. 3-slides. Gen, winter pkg. Awnings. New Mich tires. $68,000. 3728820/574-0090.
2005 Dodge 1500 Truck. 5.7L Hemi, canopy, new winters, good summers only 115,000 kms. $8,700. 250-828-6746.
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Antiques / Classics 1979 Z28 Camaro convertible w/new rebuilt motor in gd shape $7000 (250) 579-7678
Auto Accessories/Parts 4 Bridgestone Winters on BMW Rims 185/70R14 used one season. $600. 374-5251. 4 Nokian WR215/70/R16 winters on 5-bolt Toyota rims. $300. 250-554-1023/Text 250571-2563. Convertible top for 04-06 Jeep Wrangler TJ incl windows never used or installed $2100 new $600 579-9600
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2005 FORD E-350 12 passenger Mini Bus. 218,000kms. Ideal shuttle bus (ski, airport?). Very clean. $11,000. 250-3782337.
SHOP LOCALLY Motorcycles 1995 H.D. Ultra Classic 30th Anniv. #1405 out of 2000 made. 83,000kms. Loaded. $9,000. 250-672-9887.
2007 Jayco Baha Trailer Rare off road edition. Front deck for ATV/Dirt Bikes Furnace, fridge, in/out stove, bbq, extra water tank Large Mud Tires for clearance, Heavy duty steel frame $7900 250-682-3511 2008 28ft. Lightweight Trail Cruiser. 1-owner, 5-seat lvngroom. $15,000. 299-3019. 9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom. Good shape. $4,900/obo. 250-376-1841.
1996 Yamaha Royal Star with sidecar, airbrushed. $30,900. Over $80,000 invested. 250-573-7610.
RV and Boat Storage. $35/mo. 250-578-7532.
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‘05, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully loaded, $23,900. 250-376-1655 1976 Prowler 18ft trailer well maintained incl dishes etc. perfect for hunting asking $1250 (250) 573-4242 1990 8’10” Slumber Queen Camper. Exec. cond. $5,000/firm. 250-374-9671. 1991 27ft. 5th Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $8,000. 250-579-9029.
1986 BMW Coupe 325i. 6cyl. 5spd. Looks good, runs good. Extras. $5,400. 250374-5251. 1992 Buick Roadmaster. 5.7L, 53,000kms. Exc Hwy car, new tires. $4,300. 250-319-4104. 2000 Intrepid. Exc. cond. Motor exc. Power-roof/seat/trunk. Winters. $2,800. 554-3371. 2005 Volvo XC90 AWD. 2.5T. 5passenger, fully loaded. Low mileage. New all-seasons. $11,000. 250-374-6151. 2007 Buick. 61,000kms. New winters/battery. Premuim. $10,000. 778-471-8556. 2011 Mercedes CLS 550. 4dr. coupe, fully equipped. AMG sport pkg, V-8, 40,000kms. New $97,000, Now $49,800. 250-319-8784.
2006 F350 Lariat Super Duty Diesel. Auto, 4x4, full-size box. $20,500. 250-299-8497. 2006 GMC W3500. 5.3L, Isuzu diesel. Med duty tilt cab wit air dam. 16ft. alum box with roll-up back door. Auto, PW, PL, exhaust brake. 375,000kms. 1-owner. $9,000/obo. 250-828-0599. NEW LEER Truck Canopy. 82”x70”. White. $500, Call: 1(250) 314-0072.
1993 31ft. Bounder. Exc. cond. Must See. 87,000miles. Generator. Exec tires. Awning/screens. Repainted, satellite, sleeps/6. 454 eng. Hitch/tow pkg. New MW/fridge. $19,500. 250-376-8471. 1994 Travelaire 19ft. 5th Wheel. Canopy, hitch. Exc Cond. $3,800. 250-554-0333. 1995 Jayco Trailer 30ft. No slide-outs. Good shape. $9,000/obo. 250-851-0264. 2001 35ft. Commander Motorhome. 2-slides, solar panels, tow pkg, 184,000kms. $28,990. 851-9210, 571-3455.
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12FT. Harbourcraft 6hp Johnson motor on trailer with lots of extras. $1500. 250-682-8965. 1974 21ft Reinelle 6cyl chev gas merc. stern dr. gps sys c/ w trailer $6000. 250-554-2631 1996 Seadoo, 5-seater jet boat & trailer. New motor & impellars, many extras. Excellent shape. $7,500. 250-672-9887.
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2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg
Trucks & Vans 1992 Ford F150 6cyl, 5spd. Well kept. 280,000kms. $2,850. 250-828-0824. 1995 3/4 Ton GMC 4/4 $3500.00 obo Vic 250-3711323 or 250-573-0067 1997 GMC 4X4. Canopy, auto boat-loader, 5.7L, A/C. 1-owner. 177,846kms. $6,800/obo. 250-374-5520. 2006 4x4 Ford F150 109,000km 4.6L includes Canopy $12,900 376-6538.
REPAIRERS LIEN ACT By virtue of the Repairers Lien Act, RJames Management Group Ltd, will sell the abandoned 2006 Volvo VVN Tractor Truck VIN 4V4NC9TJX6N410634 to recover the repair costs of $9,852.64 plus recover the storage cost of $6,150.00 for a total of $16,002.64. Last known registered owner is 1793710 Ontario Inc. dba Canada Road Carrier of 136 East Drive, Brampton, ON L6T 1C1. This truck will be sold after October 31, 2014. RJames Management Group Ltd, 2072 Falcon Road, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 4J3. PH: 250-374-1431
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2006 Dodge Grand Caravan 7 passenger, a/c and pwr pkg, Great family vehicle. Good cond 185,000km $5400obo (250) 574-0698
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2009 Vulcan LT Kawasaki. Blue, 43,050kms. 1-owner. Excellent Condition. $5,000. 250372-7116. 2013 Victory Cross Country. 1731cc. 1145kms. Transferable warranty. $19,000. 250-372-0250.
Male seeking roommate Westsyde Furn. Close to bus $550/mo util incl. Call 250579-2480. Quiet non smoking male to share North Kamloops home with mature male. $400 mo for details call 778-470-0370
1bdrm on river. Sep ent., partly furn, 40+, 20kms. N/S. $750 includes util. 250-573-5498 1BDRM Sep. Entr. Shared Lndry. N/S N/P $800/mo+DD+ ref’s, util. incl. Brock 554-2228 2 Bdrm main flr near school, bus/shopping, n/p, n/s, Northshore $900/mo 250-376-8465 2bdrm NShore sep ent, util incl w/d, n/s, sm pet neg $1000 availnow 250-376-8241 3bdrms furn. suite. N/Shore. Close to shopping. N/S,N/P. $1,100. 250-376-3801. ABERDEEN 2Bdrm daylight f/s w/d ns/np $1000/mo util incl Avail Immed. 250-372-2482 Available nice 2Bdrm 4 working person or couple. C/A. Nice yard. $900/mo. Ref, DD. 250-376-0633. Batchelor Heights 1Bdrm priv ent. New appl $800/mo+ DD util incl N/S N/P 250-376-0094 Cumfy 1bdrm. Close to University, Hospital. Perfect for student or quiet person. Excellent Location. ns/np. Call now $495-$725 (250) 299-6477 Rayleigh 1Bdrm grnd level on ranch, F/S share lndy, N/S No dogs $700 util incl 578-0050
2009 Toyota Yaris, 2-door hatchback. Great condition. 98,500 km, aftermarket stereo w/ bluetooth. $7900.00 (250) 571-4727
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of Shirley Mae Hill, deceased, formerly of Box 463, 508 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, B.C. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Shirley Mae Hill, deceased, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executors at Morelli Chertkow LLP, 300 - 180 Seymour Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 2E3, on or before November 6, 2014, after which date the Executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then have notice.
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