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NOW? We continue our annual Where Are They Now? series, in which we catch up with newsmakers of the past. Today, we touch base with former Thompson Rivers University president Roger Barnsley. More Where Are They Now? profiles can be found inside today’s paper and in tomorrow’s edition of KTW.
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After retiring from Thompson Rivers University — for the second time — Roger Barnsley made an unexpected discovery. He really likes to be working, but without the 12-hour days. Retirement in Parksville has given Barnsley and wife Paula that new reality. They are both busy on boards and with organizations, but they don’t have to deal with the daily grind of heading to the office. In fact, Barnsley said, he joined a golf club this
year and has found himself out on the links a lot. The best part? His golf buddies don’t keep score. While Kamloops was home for the Barnsleys for several years as he headed up University College of the Cariboo as its president and saw it through the transition to TRU, Barnsley said he’s not in the River City
much these days. Instead, he and Paula are more likely to be somewhere down in the Amazon, on the Galapagos Islands, touring through Machu Picchu — or in Toronto visiting grandchildren. Barnsley said Parksville is a great new home for him and his wife because he has three other grandchildren
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nearby and his dad lived there for years, making it a “comfortable fit.” He keeps busy as cochair of the B.C. Council on Admissions and Transfers, of which he’s been a member for six years. The council handles all post-secondary articulations in the province and is recognized worldwide for the quality
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of work it does, Barnsley said. He also joined the Vancouver Island Health Authority board this year and is a member of its health-quality committee and is finishing his fifth year on the board of the B.C. Automobile Association. “It’s a balanced life and we’re really enjoying it,” Barnsley said.
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One person is dead and another is in police custody after an altercation in a North Kamloops apartment. RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said police received a report of a murder just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30. “A deceased female was located inside an apartment on Cherry Avenue,” Bush said. “A 41-year-old male has been arrested for murder and is known to police.” Bush said investigators believe the victim and the suspect were associated to one another. Because the Kamloops Law Courts are closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, it is not known when the accused will appear in court. Bush said no additional details are being released at the time being. “It’s in its very early stages and we’re not releasing every detail,” she said. The Kamloops RCMP’s Serious Crimes Unit has taken over the investigation.
Ebola test in Kelowna A nurse practitioner who recently returned from West Africa is in isolation at Kelowna General Hospital after showing Ebola-like symptoms — but preliminary tests indicate she most likely has the flu. Although Interior Health Authority officials did not iden-
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