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TARGET TO CLOSE ALL STORES IN CANADA U.S. RETAILER ARRIVED IN SAHALI MALL IN MAY 2013; WILL LIQUIDATE ALL GOODS

What killed Target?

CAM FORTEMS STAFF REPORTER cam@kamloopsthisweek.com

The withdrawal of Target Canada from the entire country will leave more than 100 people jobless in Kamloops and the city with a retail hole in one of its most popular shopping districts.

When the American-based retailer finally shuts its doors in an estimated 16 to 20 weeks, it will mark the swift end to one of Kamloops’ most-widely anticipated retailers — a store that promised basement prices with higher-end merchandise than primary competitor Wal-Mart.

“It’s a huge disappointment,” Sahali Centre Mall manager Tara Swain said.

The retail giant purchased some of its goods locally and brought a needed anchor to the mall with wind-down of the former Zellers store, whose locations were taken over Canadawide by Target Corp.’s big red retail machine in a $1.8-billion deal with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 2011.

Swain said mall promoters and anchors were as excited as the first customers who lined up to get a look at the new location when it opened on May 7, 2013.

Prior to Zellers, the space housed Walmart and Woolco stores.

“It’s a big space to fill,” she acknowledged.

Target said yesterday (Jan. 15) it would wind up all operations in Canada and enter protection of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, with no intention of salvaging any of its Canadian operations.

“After a thorough review of our Canadian performance and careful consideration of the implications of all options, we were unable to find a realistic scenario that would get Target Canada to profitability until at least 2021,’’ said Brian Cornell, who became the U.S. company’s chairman and chief executive last year.

Target will close all 133 of its locations, which employ almost 18,000 people.

Jim Anderson, executive director of Venture Kamloops, said the city’s economy will more easily absorb the job loss than with closure of a primary industry.

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Shoppers visit Target in Sahali Centre Mall yesterday (Jan. 15), just hours after the U.S. retail giant announced it has given up on its Canadian expansion plan and will close all stores across the country after losing billions in 20 months.

But, he added, it will remove second incomes from many families and hit particularly hard on those with one spouse working at Target while the other works is at a competing retailer.

“That can really hurt,” Anderson said.

Target said it could not detail the precise number of workers in Kamloops, but said its typical locations employ between 100 and 150 people.

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The company held a number of job fairs before its opening to recruit workers.

“It’s no surprise that the Target store in Kamloops was thin on staff and merchandise when they refused to hire Zellers retail workers — who had years of experience running a successful retail operation in Canada,” said Jason Mann, spokesperson for UFCW 1518, the union that represented Zellers employees.

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Was it expectations that killed Target Canada? Higher prices?

Shoppers too set in their ways to explore a new retailer?

No one shopping at the Kamloops store yesterday (Jan. 15) seemed to know what led to the end of the retailer’s brief stint in Canada this week.

But, they knew changes were on the horizon for shopping in the River City.

“It was good because I could stop in Tumbleweed Toys, the dollar store,” said Erin Farkas, who was one of few shoppers walking the aisles of the Sahali Centre Mall store yesterday.

“I’ll probably go to Superstore now.”

For Farkas, who does most of her spending at Target, the announcement of the store’s closure was disappointing.

She travels to Kamloops from Logan Lake to shop and appreciated the quality of merchandise — especially the children’s clothes — available at the retailer, even if the prices were a little higher.

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FRIDAY, January 16, 2015

CITYpage Council Calendar Tranquille Road Beautification/ Enhancement and Gateway Task Force Jan19 - 6 pm Corporate Boardroom, City Hall Arts Commission Jan 19 - 4:45 pm Second Floor Boardroom, City Hall Council Budget Meeting Jan 20 - 9 am Regular Council Meeting Jan 20 - 1:30 pm Coordinated Enforcement Task Force Jan 26 – 10 am Corporate Boardroom, City Hall Police Committee Jan 26 – 11:15 am Corporate Boardroom, City Hall Social Planning Council Jan 28 - 5 pm DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street Regular City Council meetings are broadcast on Shaw Cable as follows: Thurs and Sat at 11 am and Sun at 7 pm.

Council meetings can also be viewed online at: kamloops.ca/webcast.

Meeting schedule is available at kamloops.ca/council.

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During Interior Savings Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week January 24th to 31st, we encourage families to disconnect from their electronics and spend more time reading, playing, and interacting with each other.

The community partners of Literacy in Kamloops (LinK) plan an annual week-long community literacy celebration that encourages families to build literacy skills together and be more active together. Local organizations host free events and activities for families to enjoy.

In celebration of national Family Literacy Day on January 27th, this week raises awareness about the importance of family literacy and finding a healthy balance between sedentary screen time and active family time.

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2015 Commercial Vehicle Licence Plate Renewal

2015 Business Licence Renewals

Owners and operators of commercial vehicles are reminded that before a vehicle is used or operated on any highway within the municipality, the vehicle requires a Commercial Vehicle Licence Plate (decal) be displayed pursuant to City of Kamloops Licensing of Commercial Vehicles Bylaw No. 33-5. As of January 1, 2015, the 2015 plates (yellow-coloured decals) are required to be displayed. The 2015 plate is valid throughout all participating municipalities in British Columbia.

The City of Kamloops 2015 Business Licence renewals have been mailed. Payments were due

by Jan 1, 2015, and may be paid online using your MyCity account, by online banking services, mail, or in person at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2. Business Licence accounts outstanding after Jan 15, 2015, will have a $25 late payment charge added to the balance owing.

Commercial Vehicle Licence Plates range from $25 to $40 per vehicle annually and are based on vehicle weight. They can be purchased at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, and By-law Services Parking Control, 6 Seymour Street West, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, on presentation of a validated certificate of insurance. The decal must be displayed on the lower right-hand corner of the vehicle’s windshield. For additional information, phone 250-828-3481.

If you have not received your renewal notice or if there has been a change to your business, please contact the Business Licence office at 250-828-3481 prior to submitting the 2015 payment.

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Accused in shooting of Mountie back in court TIM PETRUK

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The man accused of shooting a Kamloops RCMP corporal during a traffic stop in Batchelor Heights last month made a brief court appearance by video yesterday (Jan. 15).

Ken Knutson, 36, is facing a raft of serious

charges — including attempted murder — stemming from an incident in the early-morning hours of Dec. 3.

RCMP Cpl. JeanRene Michaud had pulled over a vehicle on a residential street when he was shot.

Michaud underwent emergency surgery at Royal Inland Hospital following the shooting and was later airlifted

to a Vancouver-area facility — where he remains — after his condition worsened.

Knutson, a convicted killer with a lengthy

criminal history, was arrested following an intense manhunt that lasted more than 12 hours.

He has been in

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Ken Knutson (right) is charged with attempted murder and other offences in connection to the Dec. 3 shooting of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud (left).

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Bumpy tube ride leads to lawsuit TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

A Kamloops mother is suing Sun Peaks Resort Corporation after a bumpier-than-expected family tube ride two years ago left her with a broken leg.

According to documents filed this week in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops, Pamela Boileau visited the mountain resort with her husband and their two young children on Jan. 18, 2013.

Boileau claims there were no signs posted restricting the age of children who are allowed to use the Sun Peaks tube park that day, when she embarked on a tube ride with her husband

and their baby.

“The ride was very fast and bumpy and the tubes went high on the berm and then hit a big bump and the plaintiff’s [Boileau’s] infant daughter went flying out of her tube,” the documents read.

“The plaintiff tried to stop her tube to help her child and sustained serious injuries to her lower left leg, including fractures of her tibia plateau, tibia and fibula.”

Boileau claims Sun Peaks was negligent by allowing young children to use the tube park.

The documents also allege signs were posted the following day prohibiting children under

four from riding in a tube.

No dollar amount is set out, but Boileau states she is seeking general damages, special damages and interest, as well as money for past and future health-care costs.

In addition to Sun Peaks Resort Corporation, four people — two John Does and two Jane Does — are also named on Boileau’s notice of claim.

They are the employees who were working at the tube park the day of her injury.

Sun Peaks has three weeks to file a response once it has been served. None of the allegations in the notice of claim have been proven in court.

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Knutson is due back in court on Jan. 29 for a potential bail hearing.

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LOCAL NEWS

Investigating domestic violence Leaving DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com

TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com

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t’s been six months since full funding kicked in for the Kamloops RCMP’s domestic-violence unit — and the city’s top cop says the numbers show the program is working.

More than a year ago, RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller, in one of his first public meetings since taking over the Kamloops detachment, identified domestic violence as a top priority for local police.

“I think domestic violence is very important to the community and a very important aspect of policing,” Mueller told KTW. “It’s very much in focus and I think the mayor and council have recognized that by providing the funding.”

Domestic violence has been in the spotlight across Canada in recent months.

In late December, an Edmonton man killed eight people — seven of them his family members — before taking his own life during a standoff with police.

This week, a Penticton woman was charged with murder after the body of her greatgrandchild’s 26-year-old mother was discovered.

Kamloops, too, has seen its share of lives lost due to domestic violence, most recently the December 2012 death of Terrace teenager CJ Fowler. Her boyfriend is expected to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court later this year.

Angila Wilson, a Clearwater nurse, was killed last summer.

Police believe her murder was a case of deadly domestic violence.

RCMP Const. Laurie Hewitt is the one-person domestic-

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YEAR 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

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Figures supplied by Kamloops RCMP violence unit at the local detachment.

She works full-time to ensure domestic-violence files are investigated appropriately and complainants are out of harm’s way.

“One of the big priorities in my position is to review domestic-violence files and ensure the victims of domestic violence and their families are in a safe environment,” she said.

According to Mueller, the one-person domestic-violence unit has a price tag just under $150,000 annually. He said that includes the cost of a constable’s salary and benefits.

Hewitt, a 19-year RCMP veteran, said a big part of her job is touching base with other community groups and lawenforcement agencies to keep tabs on the highest-risk couples in Kamloops — those in which there’s “a probability of serious bodily harm or death,” she explained.

“I keep updated statistics on repeat, high-risk offenders,” she said.

“I support investigators — helping on files, statements, whatever the may require.”

Last year, she said, 14 files met the “highest-risk” standard.

Hewitt doesn’t respond to domestic-violence calls herself.

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Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller and Const. Laurie Hewitt (left) discuss domestic violence at the Battle Street detachment.

Rather, she is a point-person at the detachment, providing resources for investigating officers and reviewing files as they come in.

“Our general-duty members are out responding to domesticviolence calls,” Mueller said.

“They do up the investigation and the reports, they go through the supervisors and they’re channelled to Laurie. The biggest key is to identify the highet-risk files.”

Mueller said the recent death of Deanne Wheeler — the 26-year-old was killed on Dec. 30 and her ex-boyfriend is charged with second-degree murder — is not a case of domestic violence, but is a mental-health issue.

Hewitt said the regular stakeholder meetings go a long way in protecting Kamloops families.

“We meet, we discuss these files and we ensure that information is being spoken about,” she said.

“Each different agency may have a part of the puzzle of the couples we’re dealing with.”

Mueller called it an “integrated approach” — and one he doesn’t see growing any time soon.

“At this point in time, I don’t

Problems for immigrants For many immigrants, arriving in Kamloops means being surrounded by a new language, a strange culture, different laws and the simple stress of leaving their homeland for a new city.

Add in domestic violence and the challenges increase dramatically, said Paul Lagace, executive director of Kamloops Immigrant Services (KIS).

If children are involved, the Ministry of Children and Family Development also joins the conversation — one that is difficult because the ministry doesn’t put a priority on having interpreters to assist in any discussions.

KIS has four settlement workers who, between

them, speak six languages — French, Chinese, Taiwanese, East Indian, Urdu and Spanish — but language often remains a major issue, Lagace said.

So, too, are the customs many immigrants bring with them, deep-set beliefs that define the roles of a woman and a woman in a marriage and family.

Sometimes, Lagace said, immigrant women are reluctant to tell anyone about violence in their home because they know they’ll be shunned by their community.

“The challenge is to get them educated,” he said.

“Once they start to find out what they need to know, often they can change the

process and start moving forward.”

Lagace said he finds some of the staff his agency deals with at the ministry level still don’t seem to understand they need to work with KIS and the affected families, rather than approach both with a confrontational, rulesare-rules attitude.

“We had a situation here, for example, where the father was abusive, but the child was apprehended [by the ministry],” Lagace said.

“The mother couldn’t have the child because the father was abusive.

“Rather than work with her, they took her child. It’s like you report a problem and then you’re punished.”

think we have an identified need to upgrade the unit,” he said.

“It’s an important unit that I’m glad the city has decided to fund permanently.”

Domestic-violence cases have dropped substantially in the last year. Mueller said that’s a credit to the detachment’s programming.

Even a slight increase in the number of reported domesticviolence cases in 2011 and 2012, Mueller said, were the result of higher rates of reporting.

Last year, there were 937 reported instances of domestic violence in Kamloops, 281 of which resulted in charge recommendations to Crown counsel.

That number was down from 1,203 and 326, respectively, in 2013, and 1,308 and 455 in 2012.

“There’s a lot of variables involved in this that are beyond our control,” he said.

“But, if we go back to 2010, we see an increase in the number of cases reported. I think that goes back to the education and awareness.

“I think we’ll start to see some of the reported cases decrease.

“I’m certainly hoping we continue to see a downward trend.”

When a woman finally decides to leave a home filled with domestic violence, two distinct realities come into play.

Odds are she’s left with whatever money is in her wallet and with the clothes on her back. Maybe she’s hurriedly packed a few things into a suitcase, but the life she knew is left behind.

The man, even if police are called, gets to go home.

“Our system is set up holding her responsible for his violence,” said Michele Walker, director of the violence against women intervention and support services at the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA. “They have given up all they own.

“Sometimes they lose the support of family, of their friends, of their community — and that’s huge.”

Every women who comes through the door of the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter brings with her a unique story, her own story.

There’s the reality of domestic violence, but that’s where the commonality ends, said Edyn Rothenburger, staff resource coordinator at the shelter.

Some come with children; some don’t.

Some have family to support them; others have been rejected by their own communities.

Some will pursue charges, but the majority the shelter sees won’t go to the RCMP with their stories.

They might just want it all to go away, Walker said, or they may have been put off by their interaction with police.

That doesn’t mean the police dealt with the situation poorly; the other reality for the woman is officers often come into a situation where the woman is crying, hysterical and the man is cool and calm.

Questions need to be asked to determine the facts when the

Help offered to offenders Interior Community Services (ICS) is hoping to benefit from crime — and continue to fund a program that deals with another type of criminal behaviour.

The Kamloops agency has applied for a grant from the province’s civilforfeiture program to train more facilitators to offer is Caring Dads program for fathers who have been abusive in their families.

Val Janz, director of ICS’s early-childhood programs and Make Children First, said the 17-week program was introduced about 18 months ago. To date, three sessions have been held.

Janz said the program

was introduced because the agency saw a need for some support programs that aren’t connected with the justice system. They’re open to any male who has a paternal relationship with a child.

Men are referred through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, Janz said, but the hope is, if more money is received, the program can be expanded to partner with other Kamloops agencies.

It’s not for cases of sexual abuse, Janz said, and fathers must still have access to their children.

Two facilitators — a male and a female — lead

the sessions and take the men through to an understanding that violence is a choice they make. The goal is to help the men understand they own their actions and consequences flow from them.

“We want them to take responsibility for their actions,” Janz said. “Clearly, it’s a choice. Many of these people don’t do it in other places. It’s very purposeful when they are violent.”

The goal, obviously, is to change the behaviour and it’s too early to quantify how successful the programs have been.

“In the short term, we have seen some change,” Janz said.

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home — at last woman just wants the violence to end, Walker said.

Then there are the women who won’t go to the police for fear they will lose custody of their children.

When instances of violence in a home with children are reported to police or any social agency, the Ministry of Children and Family Development has to be notified, said Kelly Davidson, an outreach and transitions worker at the shelter.

And for most women, the reality they face if they file a complaint is not only that the man is likely back at home, but the best-case scenario is if the case is heard in the domestic-violence court in the city — and that’s about a three-month wait for a first hearing.

The women can choose how much support they’ll accept.

For some, said Davidson, it may be just a phone call to get information or have someone listen to them. Last year, 689 calls were made for support from women who did not live at the shelter.

For others, it may be moving into the shelter, where the stay is supposed to be 30 days — but that can be pushed sometimes, Walker said.

A variety of social agencies and organizations meet regularly to talk about the highest-risk cases in the city.

Sitting around the table when the interagency case-assessment team meets are the RCMP, the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre, Secwepemc Child and Family Services, mentalhealth workers, social workers with the Ministry of Children and Family Development and staff from the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation.

If the family is working with any other agency in Kamloops, it is also invited. The goal is to keep the woman and her children safe.

“That’s the first thing we want to know when she calls,”

Rothenburger said. “Is she safe.

From there, it’s a ripple effect” as the various agencies step up to provide whatever supports the woman will accept.

With 247 women and children using the shelter last year, another reality is there are times when there is no room for another woman.

When that happens, Rothenburger said, shelter staff will see if there is a friend or family who can take them in for a while. They’ll check shelters in neighbouring communities.

While it’s not ideal for a woman with children, they’ll also see if there is space at Emerald Centre, run by the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Walker said the overriding priority at every step along the journey from violence to safety is to provide a positive social response.

“It’s a response-based practice,” said Jacquie Brand, program coordinator at the shelter.

“Women in an abusive relationship are some of the strongest women we ever see.

“We talk about her resiliency, think of all the things you’ve done to keep yourself and your children safe.

“It is phenomenal what they do.”

Rothenburger added society needs to recognize the inherent strength of abused women.

“When we’re told something over and over, we start to believe it.

“She believes that if she leaves, she’ll lose her children, that nobody will believe here.

“It’s hard to comprehend but she believes these things and, when you realize that, it’s a lot easier to understand why she stays.

“But, every day, she’s doing what she has to do to be safe.

“It may look like she’s not getting anything done but, in her mind, she’s working hard to keep herself safe. Maybe one day it’s just getting out of bed and getting two things done — but, for her, that’s massive.”

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The words in a report by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond are harsh and damning.

“Too often, ministry social workers did not apply a domestic-violence lens in dealing with this family,” the province’s representative for children and youth said in the report, writing about the circumstances that led to the deaths of three children in Merritt in 2008.

“Workers repeatedly told RCY investigators that they had no training in working with families experiencing domestic violence and this is evidenced in the poor practice and approach they took with the children’s mother.”

From the report into the deaths of Kaitlynne, Max and Cordon Schoenborn came a renewed commitment by the government to improve on how domestic violence is dealt with — and the creation of a unit in the Ministry of Children and Family Development tasked with that job.

That was in March 2012.

Six months later, the ministry released a 40-page report on how it would take action.

Eight recommendations were made that focused on gaps in policies and practices; ensuring everyone working with a family experiencing violence is trained to recognize the risk factors; improving the judicial system to assist with prosecuting domestic-violence cases; and developing a plan “to improve the capacity of the income-assistance program to contribute to the protection of children

Turpel-Lafond’s 2012 report

who are living in circumstances of domestic violence.”

Clark Russell is the director of system and service co-ordination with the provincial office of domestic violence, which was created as a result of TurpelLafond’s report. He said the rollout of initiatives and training programs has been ongoing and successful, but added there are still some gaps being worked on.

One addresses supports for perpetrators who want to stop the cycle of abuse.

There are programs run through the Ministry of Justice for men who are taken to court but, given the majority of domestic-violence incidents aren’t reported, there is a need for other programming.

“It’s still a work in progress,” Russell said, with plans to introduce direct services that come into play before any involvement with the criminal-justice system.

Russell said programming like this will be accessed. He referenced an Australian help line created for domestic-violence perpetrators.

In about a year, it received m more than 6,000 calls, 2,500 of t callers identified themselves the a perpetrators and another as 1 1,300 accepted voluntary referr to other programs. rals A former RCMP officer with e extensive experience in policing d domestic violence, Russell said a major part of Turpel-Lafond’s r report was the need for better c communication at all steps in a domestic-violence crisis. He a acknowledged that isn’t always h happening.

“Say the police are called to an incident tonight and there are children in the home,” Russell said.

“They have to make a report to the Ministry of Children and Family Development, so there’s the communication, but they may never actually talk to the social worker, tell them what they saw, what they heard, what they felt.”

He said programs being delivered at the elementaryschool level on respectful relationships and erasing bullying could help spark “a generational shift.”

The one big challenge in terms of creating systems and programs involves parental mental illness and substance abuse, Russell said.

“That’s one we’re still rolling forward with. It has a lot of longterm consequences.

“Part of the struggle is trying to understand the dynamics of domestic violence,” he said.

“The more informed people can be, the more we can understand why do women recant, why do women stay, the complexity of these things.”

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Michele Walker would like to see a national conversation about domestic violence.

She’d like to see it backed up with legislation passed on the floor of the House of Commons that could lead to more processes put in place throughout the country to deal with a reality that Statistics Canada says sees a woman killed by her partner every six days in Canada.

It sees more than 3,300 Canadian women turn-

ing to emergency shelters like the one where Walker works in Kamloops — and most of them arrive with at least one child.

It leads to more than 40,000 arrests for domestic violence every year in the country, representing 12 per cent of all violent crime, according to statistics gathered by Statistics Canada’s Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.

That total is not a true reflection, however; the centre notes only about 22 per cent of all domesticviolence incidences are reported to police.

“We should be talking about it,” Walker said.

“We certainly feel like violence against women is a topic people don’t want to talk about.”

There is ongoing pressure on the federal government to start that conversation.

With 582 known cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women reported in Canada, Amnesty International, the United Nations and many other organizations have called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to hold a national inquiry, although he said police investigations, not a national inquiry, is his preference.

As recently as this

week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a 127-page report on missing and murdered indigenous women in B.C., including 14 recommendations, many targeted at the federal-government level.

The commission also called on the government to create “a national-level action plan or a nationwide inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.”

Walker said she’s hopeful that conversation begins because it could become a launching paid to the greater issue affect-

ing all women.

Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod said her government has “a huge concern” about domestic violence and pointed to its recent Victims Bill of Rights as evidence it is working to address the issue.

McLeod also praised Status of Women Canada (SWC) for the focus it puts on the issue.

For example, in November, it announced the White Ribbon campaign, a 36-month project with $300,000 in funding to create partnerships with nine organizations to share

best practices and lessons related to engaging men and boys in ending violence against women and children.

Earlier this week, SWC announced creation of an educator’s tool kit to be used in classrooms to help with discussions on the rights of girls.

McLeod said she would be interested in hearing of other ideas from the Kamloops community on what the federal government could do to address domestic violence.

“I would welcome it, have a conversation. If there are ideas out there, I will bring them forward.”

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U.S. RETAILER DID NOT HIT THE TARGET On May 7, 2013, only 20 months ago, the usually empty parking lot at Sahali Centre Mall was packed, almost every stall filled with a vehicle as shoppers checked out the latest retail excitement to create a buzz in Kamloops.

Target, that much-admired and much-desired U.S. retail giant, had finally come to Canada — and the 30,000 square feet of space in the mall, formerly home to Zellers, was among the locations chosen.

The familiar Target logo, those big, red, concrete balls at the front entrance and the striking red design lured many on that hot day in May. The business community said Target’s arrival was good for the Kamloops economy, good for consumers and good for Sahali Centre Mall.

Alas, less than two years later, Target has thrown in the towel and will close all 133 stores across Canada after accumulating billions in losses since expanding north of the 49th in the spring of 2013.

Most analysts point to pricing (too high) and inventory (too sparse) as the major reasons Target has crashed and burned in Canada while other U.S.-based retailers — most notably Walmart and Costco — continue to thrive.

Before Target came to Canada, it was known to many savvy Canadian shoppers as a great place to shop when in the United States due to its pricing and products, many of which could not be purchased north of the border.

Those shoppers, and others, were expecting the Canadian Target stores to emulate the experience found when shopping at Target outlets in America, but it did not happen.

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A cawstic debate takes flight

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ou can eat crow.

You can even crow about making someone eat crow.

However, you cannot, evidently, feed a crow — at least, not in Kamloops, though we will get a bird’s-eye legal view on that appetizing dilemma at the end of the month in bylaws court.

When KTW reporter Andrea Klassen interviewed Kamloops’ companion to the crow, Toby Jackson, something told me readers would flock to their computers and pens in a rush to weigh in on the matter.

And they did.

This is, after all, an animalobsessed town.

Talk about dogs in cars and dogs on leashes and cats in distress and chickens in backyards and the populace becomes a collective Dr. Dolittle.

Right after the crow story was published in print and online this week, we received a few letters to the editor and there are more than a dozen comments online, with the majority siding with Jackson.

Jackson, as KTW readers know, has a habit of going for walks in Valleyview with his dog, London, feeding peanuts to crows that follow him.

Jackson’s connection to the crows began a few years ago when he got interested in the intelligence of birds, and crows in particular.

Armed with this information, Jackson set out to determine if birds can indeed recognize and remember him.

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MUSINGS A few feedings later and, sure enough, Jackson had himself constant crow companions every time he left his home for a walk.

He also had himself two fines from the city and will fight $300 worth of tickets in bylaws court on Jan. 29.

At issue is whether Jackson’s penchant for feeding his feathered friends is leading to those friends dropping unwanted gifts on homes and vehicles in the neighbourhood.

Yes, crows are extremely intelligent creatures. There are countless articles and studies attesting to this fact.

The PBS series Nature occasionally airs a most fascinating hour-long documentary called A Murder of Crows, which details just how smart these black birds are, via experiments undertaken in Seattle

by University of Washington researchers.

The documentary is extraordinary and I have watched it a few times.

(I taped it recently and sort

of forced my 13-year-old son to watch it with me just last week; he did and was duly amazed at what he learned).

So, yes, we know crows are highly intelligent, but that does not necessarily mean they are not a nuisance. Cliff Clavin knew more than anyone else at the bar in Boston, but he was annoying as hell.

While I can understand the sentiments of those sympathizing with Jackson (the general argument in support notes he is communing with nature and we are visiting nature’s home, not vice-versa), I can also see the rationale in the city’s position.

John Ramsay, the city’s bylaw-services supervisor, told KTW feeding the birds isn’t necessarily the issue, but the routine nature of Jackson’s feedings does become a nuisance for the city if the birds are leaving droppings nearby as a result of those feedings.

Ramsay did offer a suggestion: Jackson could choose a more secluded spot to feed his bird buddies — away from homes.

Then again, there is no guarantee feeding the crows farther from homes will mean their daily constitutionals won’t be on other homes or vehicles.

And, knowing how crows remember friends and foes alike, perhaps those in charge should think about erecting a big umbrella over city hall.

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MCNAMER MIGHT LIKE STEWART Editor: I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading John McNamer’s Jan. 6 column on the issue of torture (‘How I learned to stop worrying and love the torture’).

If he hasn’t already, McNamer might really enjoy watching The Daily Show with John Stewart.

Stewart’s ongoing comments on this issue is a breath of fresh air!

Susan Barley Kamloops

CITY STANCE NOTHING TO CROW ABOUT Editor: Re: (‘City seeks to erase crows’ feed,’ Jan. 13): First, we had The Birdman of Alcatraz, starring Burt Lancaster.

Then we had The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. Great stories.

Now we have The Birdman of Valleyview. What a great story.

God bless our city fathers for being so narrow-minded as to fine Toby Jackson for feeding crows in the winter, when food is hard to come by.

God bless the bored, complaining neighbour who has nothing better to do than complain about flying birds.

John Ramsay, the city’s bylaw-services supervisor, needs to wake up and smell the roses.

Could be the crows are planning something big and might be congregating in his backyard.

John Tilley Tranquille Valley

Editor: We can’t believe what we’re reading.

Why is it when one person lodges a complaint, everything has to stop and be judged?

I think it’s wonderful that someone cares about nature — birds or whatever.

Thank God we still have people with compassion in this stark world.

Keep up the good work, Toby.

Lyn and Rudi Densch Kamloops Editor: Good lord, if you live in Valleyview, you have crows.

Just look at the evening sky before sunset. Every crow in the city flies over by the thousands. In the early morning, that same flight returns.

Be assured my car is not covered with droppings, my sidewalk is just fine and we do feed the crows.

Jackson is neither attracting them

nor causing a nuisance. What he has done is shown that crows can be affected by humans in a good way.

Instead of fining him, applaud his ingenuity. The city can use his example to help these birds by setting up new feed areas away from dumpsters, fastfood hangouts and the airport.

Backyard barbecues are noisier than a flock of crows. The birds are less messier than humans at an outdoor venue and far more entertaining than a 7 a.m. lawnmower.

Jackson and his feathered followers should be left alone and the city should not waste time on ridiculous court costs to harass an individual over a “law by interpretation” that shows such low tolerance for nature.

It makes me think crows might have some of our residents beat when it comes to intelligence.

Joan Lindores Kamloops

PUT IDEA ON ICE AND HAVE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIZE Editor: Re: Cam Fortems’ Jan. 6 column (‘Ice would be nice in Riverside’): First of all, the Tournament Capital Centre plan was not the idea of parks, recreation and culture director Byron McCorkell and it was indeed a “gift” from local taxpayers to Thompson Rivers University in exchange for the ongoing, mildly amusing melodrama between faculty and administration.

In case Fortems has missed the latest fad, we here in Kamloops are looking forward to meaningfully shrink the city’s budget, not make them bigger than what they already are.

Granted, an outdoor rink would be nice to have — perhaps not in sub-tropical Riverside Park, but more likely (to take advantage of better

climatic conditions) in sub-Arctic Aberdeen.

It would definitely be cheaper to run up there than down there.

Granted, a performing-arts centre would also be nice in downtown Kamloops, with a large parkade underneath. It would also be nice if the existing Sagebrush Theatre would fill up under its existing performance schedule. Empty seats, regardless of location, are still empty seats.

It would also be nice if many Kamloops boroughs would receive sidewalks and not just a dangerous, narrow road shoulder.

It would also be nice if the walking/biking Sahali to downtown connector would get built near Peterson Creek.

That project has been talked about for quite some time and is definitely a priority over any

new hockey rink, outdoor or indoor, and certainly over a performing-arts centre.

It would also be nice if homelessness and mental health would receive the help they require, for which the entire city would benefit tremendously in many ways.

Finally, my request to our newly elected city council is for it to take a serious look at priorities for the challenges ahead.

Just one look at our drab downtown would confirm to any rational observant that “vision” is indeed a rare commodity in our vibrant, because-of-the-coal-trains, town.

There is potential, much potential. Write something about that, would ya?

Pierre Filisetti Kamloops

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“Dee — no one will get to know just how special you were, how you hated your middle name, how you were freaked out by feet and how you treated everyone you met with equal love and respect (even if you didn’t always get it in return).

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Target opened in Kamloops’ Sahali Centre Mall on May 7, 2013 to much fanfare. It will soon close after the U.S. retailer announced yesterday (Jan. 15) it is retreating south of the border after bleeding billions in red ink.

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Target said it will use a special fund to ensure employees are paid for at least the next 16 weeks, even if stores close before then.

Aleece Laird, president of the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce and owner of local marketing agency Fresh Inc., said she saw little wrong with the store in Sahali, other than its failure to live up to expectations created by shoppers familiar with its locations across the border.

“Shoppers go back and forth,” Laird said. “If they’ve had the U.S. experience and experiences in Canada are different . . . it’s not a good thing.”

Swain said the mall will immediately start to market the approximately 30,000-square-foot space.

“We rely on those two anchors [Safeway and Target] we have,” she said.

Real-estate professionals say the southwest shopping area is the highest-demand area of Kamloops for national retailers, who prefer to flock together.

lion US in pre-tax losses in its fourth-quarter with most of it related to the Canadian operation.

The company said it would provide $175 million US of credit to fund Target Canada’s operations while it winds down under the CCAA, which is one of the Canadian equivalents to the U.S. Bankruptcy Act. The company expects to spend between $500 million and $600 million closing its 133 locations, with a court-ordered liquidation of inventory to proceed.

RBC analyst Irene Nattel said it is unclear who would be in a position to take over Target’s stores.

“In our view, there is unlikely to be any single operator that takes over the leases, the location quality of which is mixed at best,’’ Nattel said in a note.

“Rather, we could see existing retailers, including Wal-Mart Canada and Canadian Tire, perhaps picking up selected locations.’’

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Anderson said retail growth in Kamloops has lagged behind other comparable cities, particularly Kelowna. He has seen interest from some national firms looking to locate in Sahali, but they are unlikely to fill the space.

While there has been speculation about Ikea Group opening a scaled-down location in the Interior as a pick-up location for online sales, Anderson said Venture Kamloops has received no official inquires from the company.

Target waited until after the holiday shopping season to determine whether there was any hope in turning around its fumbled plan to become a national retailer that aspired to compete with the likes of Walmart, Canadian Tire and The Bay. “They have the holiday results by now and they know how much they lost for the year,’’ said Antony Karabus, chief executive of HRC Advisory, a firm that consults with retailers.

“That’s the time to make a decision.’”

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here have been some big changes in the law on wills and estates in B.C. The Wills, Estate and Succession Act (WESA) came into effect on March 31, 2014. WESA overhauls many of the rules about wills and what can happen with your estate—some of the new rules could affect you.

Let’s start with this one. Remember the 1981 potboiler flick “Body Heat” starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt? The plot turned in part on old wills rules. One old rule is that a will is generally revoked (cancelled) if the person who made it later marries. Many people don’t know or overlooked this old rule in B.C. Well, under the new WESA, marriage no longer cancels a will. So if you’ve made a will and then married after March 31, 2014, the will remains in effect.

Under the new law, you can also now make a will at the age of 16, instead of 19. Before, only a few “minors” could do that, like a legally married minor or a sailor.

Rules have also changed if you die without a will. For example, if all your children are yours and your spouse’s children, your spouse now gets the first $300,000 of your estate (not $65,000 as before).

This drops to $150,000 if you have a child from a previous relationship.

And if you die without a will, your spouse now has the choice to buy the family home (or treat it as part of his/her share of your estate). This choice is only open for 180 days after you die. Under the previous law, your spouse received a “life estate” in the home, meaning the right to live there until he/ she dies.

WESA treats a couple who have lived together for two years in “a marriage-like relationship” (including same-sex couples) much the same as formally married couples.

WESA also gives the courts more leeway to fix (validate) wills that don’t meet will-making technicalities, and to treat other records or documents as a will (that before would not have counted as one). This is meant to help carry out the wishes of the will-maker whenever his or her intent was clear (though it may increase the chance of disputes).

The existing right of a will-maker’s spouse or children to challenge a will in court because it doesn’t adequately look after them is the same as before.

Given the dramatic changes to the rules, it’s now more important than ever to see a lawyer to review, create or modify your will – yet almost half of all adults in B.C. don’t have a proper will. A carefully drafted will is your best chance to ensure your assets are dealt with as you want, without exposing your loved ones to costly court visits or bitter disagreements.

This primer only touches on a few highlights.

The new law is complex and can be a bit of a minefield. To make a will, do some estate planning, settle an estate or dispute a will, be sure to seek legal help.

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Strip-mall approach urged for Sahali Centre From A3

“My husband will be happy,” Farkas quipped, adding she doesn’t see herself continuing her patronage of the mall when Target eventually shutters its doors.

Alex Kilba, who was leaving Target and heading into the mall when he spoke with KTW, said he sees himself continuing to visit Sahali Centre Mall to shop at Safeway, but he’ll head to Walmart for the rest of his items.

He, too, said he shopped at Target frequently, but did admit the prices seemed “out of whack.”

The closure will no doubt also impact other retailers in the mall.

Vanessa Gammel, owner of Tumbleweed Toys, said the closure won’t affect the store’s core group of customers, but it will make it harder to attract new shoppers.

The toy store has been in the mall for four years, though, and

Logan Lake resident enjoyed shoppign at Target.

“It was good because I could stop in Tumbleweed Toys, the dollar store,” Felker told KTW. “I’ll probably go to Superstore now.”

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Gammel is confident it can weather the closure of another neighbour.

“We survived the Zellers storm, we’ll survive this,” she said.

At Burger and Cafe Joy, owner Kikuo Otsuka hadn’t yet heard of the retailer’s pending closure when he spoke to KTW. He said Target’s departure will almost certainly

impact his restaurant, which depends on a lot of walk-by traffic.

Otsuka said Joy sees a decline in traffic just from Target closing its mall entrance.

“We get customers from them,” he said.

“I worry about this mall.”

Otsuka isn’t alone in his concern.

Both Gammel and Bold Pizzeria owner Steve Gainey said they would like to see the mall move toward a strip-mall model.

“I feel that’s where the mall should go, on a big scale,” Gainey said, citing downtown’s Lansdowne Centre as a prototype that works.

“Another anchor in

there would be difficult to find, at this point, with the different people that have come and gone so quickly.”

Gainey said he wasn’t surprised by the news of Target’s departure from Canada — he closely followed the business.

He was disappointed, however, as he had predicted the retailer would

be a strong anchor to have beside his restaurant.

“It was the main reason we came over here,” he said.

“I had bigger expectations for them and I think it was a lesson learned as a business decision, to put too many eggs in that basket.

“It definitely played a

part in what we pay for out rent here. We pay a high rent under the pretence they were going to be a strong anchor.

“Now, them not being here, it doesn’t change our rent. We’re already in.”

Gainey said his business is fortunate it already has an exterior entrance.

He feels Bold has also become a destination restaurant in Kamloops, despite what surrounds it.

“They [Target] have never been that strong,” he said.

“So, I don’t know that they have helped us ever as much as we would have liked.”

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Conversation on suicide prevention has begun ANDREA KLASSEN

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After two-and-ahalf years as the nursing member of the Kamloops Car 40 program, Kirk Sullivan has seen more than his fair share of Kamloopsians who feel they’ve come to the end of the line — and he’s hoping a community conversation that began this week will see more of

those residents getting the help they need.

About 50 people from the city’s nonprofits and the Interior Health Authority met with KamloopsThompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod on Wednesday, Jan. 14, to discuss the supports available — and gaps in the system — for those in the community who are grappling with suicidal thoughts.

Similar conversations are taking place across the country, at the behest of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, which has asked the country’s MPs to conduct talks in all 308 federal ridings.

In the case of Car 40, a mental-health program run jointly by the Interior Health Authority and the Kamloops RCMP,

about 15 per cent of the cases Sullivan has responded to in the past six months were fuelled by residents experiencing suicidal thoughts.

In his experience, many of those people can be helped through conversation, something he’s hoping will come from the day’s discussions.

“It’s all about conversation, dispelling those myths that con-

versations about suicide increase people’s risk of suicide,” he said.

“In fact, you’ve got the person trying to figure out a situation for themselves and this [suicide] is the best solution they’ve come up with, but a lot of times they’re just looking for another person to talk to, to be heard.”

Canadian Mental Health Association acting executive direction Duane Seibel, who helped organize the day’s conversation, believes suicide prevention and intervention services in the city benefit from Kamloops’ smaller size.

“Our belief is we’re a smaller community,

a well-connected community, so many of the government organizations that address these issues already work well together,” he said.

“I think that’s a real benefit.

“We’re lucky to be in this community.”

However, Seibel added, the talk also showed there are some gaps in service, among them a need for more youth programming and a need for agencies to talk more with each other about what services are already available.

McLeod said the goal of the conversation for the federal government is to help the Mental Health Commission identify where new programs

and national strategies are needed.

“I think you always get very good ideas out of forums like this,” she said.

In Kamloops, McLeod noted, many of the city’s programs dealing with suicide have been operational for six years or less.

“What that’s telling me is we’re starting to really pay attention to mental health as an issue, we’re getting more creative on our solutions, but we still have a long way to go,” she said.

MPs have until May 15 to wrap up the conversations in their ridings, with a report from the commission on suicide prevention across the country to come at a later date.

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WINTERHAWK DOWN

Nick Chyzowski of the Kamloops Blazers connected on this right hand and dropped Mitchell Walter of the Portland Winterhawks early in the second period at Interior Savings Centre on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Walter did not return to the ice after the scrap and Kamloops landed a 6-2 victory. Read more about the game on page A18. The Vancouver Giants are in town tomorrow (Jan. 17). Game time is 7 p.m. at ISC.

Five matches remain in the 2014-2015 regular season for WolfPack volleyball.

And, both the men and the women might need to win them all if they’re to see the postseason.

TRU’s volleyball teams entered play against the UBCOkanagan Heat on Thursday, Jan. 15, with identical 7-11 records.

Results of last night’s matches were unavailable by KTW’s press time.

For both clubs the playoffs are still in reach, but won’t come easily.

“We kind of knew this stretch was one where we could, potentially, put up a higher winning percentage than in the first semester,” said men’s head coach Pat Hennelly.

“Obviously, we put ourselves in a spot where we have to win all these games.

“I think we’ve got to win them all, still,” he continued. “I still think 12 to 13 [wins to make the playoffs] and 12 is probably a tiebreak.

Thirteen is hopefully enough, but 13 could still be a tie for that last spot.”

The WolfPack men have been on a roll of late, winning their last

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The TRU WolfPack are in Canada West volleyball action against UBC Okanagan of Kelowna this weekend at the Tournament Capital Centre.

two regular-season matches after taking gold at the McDonald’s International Tournament over the holiday break.

The squad is buoyed by a mostly-healthy roster, something that has been a rarity throughout this season.

“We’re as healthy as we have been all year,” Hennelly said.

Only Nic Balazs and Denham O’Reilly will be unavailable to the club this weekend — both are out with concussions.

“Going into the weekend, I’d say we’re 95 per cent healthy. It’s a good feeling,” he said.

Also benefiting the men is a fortunate schedule. Four of their last six matches come against the Mount Royal Cougars (9-9) and the Saskatchewan Huskies (9-7), both of whom the Pack will need to leapfrog in order to see the playoffs.

The other two matches come against the Heat, who were ranked below the Pack with a 6-12 record heading into play yesterday.

On the women’s side, where TRU has lost its last five matches, the road to the postseason is a bit tougher.

Both the Cougars (3-15) and the Huskies (4-12) are in the Canada West’s basement, but the Pack will need help if they’re to gain ground on the likes of the Winnipeg Wesmen, the MacEwan Griffins and the Manitoba Bisons, all of whom are in the running for the Canada West’s last playoff spot.

They will also face Canada’s No. 2 team, UBC-Okanagan Heat (14-4), twice — yesterday and tomorrow — with head coach Chad Grimm predicting the Pack will need to secure at least one victory.

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SPORTS Venom to hold AGM, with club in danger of folding The Kamloops Venom are holding their annual general meeting on Monday, Jan. 19 — and it’s an important one.

“As many of you know, we have been trying to find new people to help since the start of the 2014 season,” Carol Pittman, the Venom’s governor, said in a press release.

“As of now, we have

no coaches, trainer or executive, which includes Jane Peterson and myself who will not be continuing.

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place to continue.

“If you want this team to continue, it is imperative that you attend this meeting or send a representative for you. If you have any interest to help, please attend. Otherwise, our plan is to fold the team for the upcoming year.”

The meeting will run from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Thompson Inn (650 Victoria St.).

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Cole Ully became the 33rd Kamloops Blazer to join the 200-point club on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Interior Savings Centre.

“I actually didn’t know until they announced it,” said Ully, a Calgary product who signed with the Dallas Stars in December.

“It goes by quick and you don’t realize it until you’re there.”

The Blazers’ forward was behind the Portland net and recognized back-up goaltender Evan Johnson was down and out of position.

Ully managed to shift the puck to his backhand and slide it between the outstretched netminder’s blocker and the post on the power play at 17:12 of the third period.

Kamloops won 6-2.

Ully, picked by the Blazers in Round 2 of the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft, is tied with Brian Shantz and one point back of Steve Shrum on the all-time Blazers’ scoring list.

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Cole Ully (right) has 200 points in his WHL career.

Rob Brown, who played with the Blue and Orange from 1983 to 1987, leads the way with 522 points, 179 of them goals, in 242 games.

It took Ully 229 regular-season games to reach 200.

“You don’t think about it too much,” he said.

“I’m definitely happy to reach that milestone.”

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Going to the Games Emily Schmidt of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre will represent B.C. at the Canada Winter Games, which run from Feb. 13 to March 1 in Prince George.

She is one of four athletes in the province who qualified to compete in trampoline.

The event will mark the first time trampoline has been included in the Games.

Top of the heap

The Sa-Hali Sabres claimed gold at a senior boys’ basketball tournament at Archbishop Carney secondary in Port Coquitlam on the weekend.

Playing undermanned with seven players on the roster, Sa-Hali topped the John Oliver Jokers 61-50 in the final.

Keegan Marchand had 20 points in the championship game and Kaylan Phillips netted 19 points, while Luke Kieper and Josh Carlson played well defensively.

Dima Pkhylov was named to the tournament all-star team and

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Learn to fish

The annual Learn to Ice Fish Day will take place on Sunday, Jan. 18, at Walloper Lake south of Kamloops.

The event is free for all ages and will be held between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Fishing legend and Kamloops Fish and Game Club member Mo Bradley has spent the past year crafting 170 simple rods, which will be loaned out on Sunday.

Bradley said there is a good foot of ice on Walloper, noting fish and game club members will drill holes, into which novices can drop their lines with bait and try to catch some rainbow trout.

Those with equipment and bait (shrimp is good, Bradley said) are encouraged to bring it to the lake.

Walloper Lake is located at the Lac Le Jeune exit on the Coquihalla Highway, about 15 minutes south of Kamloops.

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Emily Schmidt of the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre.

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BRIEFS Marchand was named tournament MVP. The Sabres also topped the NorKam Saints 67-60 in league play on Wednesday.

Triathlon time

The Kamloops Triathlon Club (KTC) is hosting a race in conjunction with the Kamloops Indoor GranFondo and Family Festival on Family Day weekend.

On Saturday, Feb. 7, the 4X Mixed Relay Indoor Triathlon will be held at the Tournament Capital Centre, with race time slated for 1 p.m.

Participants can register as individuals or mixed-gender teams for the super-sprint style triathlon, which features a 300-metre swim, a 6.6-kilometre bike and a 1.6-kilometre run.

To register, call 250828-3500 or go online to kamloops.ca/ezreg. It costs $30 to sign up or $20 for KTC members.

The indoor granfondo, an indoor-cycling event, will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8. Register online at kamloopsgranfondo.ca.

Golden weekend

The Sa-Hali Sabres won gold at a junior

girls’ basketball tournament at Westsyde secondary on the weekend.

Sa-Hali topped Westsyde 43-28 in the final. Valleyview edged Prince George 32-31 in the bronze-medal matchup.

Tecknically sound

Members of the Overlander Ski Club fared well at the Teck Okanagan Cup No. 5 cross-country skiing event at Stake Lake.

In the peewee boys 1 division, Joseph Kitamira was first and Axel Hansen was fourth.

In the peewee boys 2 division, Aeden Skinner was third.

Quilla Dekker was fourth in the peewee girls 1 division and Becca Elias was sixth in the peewee girls 2 category.

In the bantam boys 1 division, Kaeden Kwiatkowski was fourth and Cameron Carelse was fifth. Jonathan Helly was sixth in the bantam boys 2 division.

Elizabeth McCleary was seventh in bantam girls 1, Jeremy Heller was third in midget boys 2, Heather Vermey was second in junior girls 1 and Garrett Tremblay was eighth in junior boys 1.

There were 187 skiers at the event.

The OSC is hosting the Canadian Masters Cross Country Championships from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.

Early in the morning of Saturday January 10th a witness observed a male standing beside the community mail boxes at Monarch Dr. in Sahali.

The male appears to be trying to open the mail boxes and had some type of object in his hand.

The male is described is Caucasian, 6 foot, heavy set at least 250 pounds, wearing a black bomber jacket and also had a dark toque on. It appears the male was scared off and fled before the police arrived, fortunately nothing was taken this time. This male maybe be involved in the other thefts from the community mail boxes in the City of Kamloops. This is a good reminder to take your mail out daily to prevent the thieves from taking your property.

If you should become a victim of this theft, please contact the police right away, then advise Canada Post of the situation.

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SUSPECT SEEN IN BREAK AND ENTER On Friday January 9th at approximately 12:44 pm on the 900 block of 7th street, a witness had heard a noise a loud bang from the neighbours house.

When the witness looked outside a male was seen with a large RCA 55 inch TV, heading to a white car. The owner of the house, also states that

a Telus TV box and a Acer Laptop was missing as well. The male is described as Caucasian male in her early 30’s, slim build, dark hair, with a small goatee.

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If you have seen this vehicle or know this person, please contact Crime Stopper, you will never have to go to court or give a statement.

BARRIERE RCMP NEED OUR HELP For the last couple of weeks in the middle of December it appears there was a group of traveling criminals that may have been involved in a number break and enters that took place in Barriere and in the rural area of Barriere as well.

A couple of witnesses have been very helpful in identifying two vehicles that may have been involved in the thefts.

The first was a white crew cab pickup truck that was seen at 3:30 am near a residence at the south end of Darfield.

The vehicle drove right up to the house but fled once the outside house light was turned on.

The second vehicle seen in the area early in the morning, was a mid 90’s white four door GMC Jimmy, a partial plate was noted as 407, the last 3 letters

were not seen. The last vehicle had two males in it, the first male was older mid 50’s, grey hair and unshaven, the other male was in his mid 20’s, wearing a dark hoodie.

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SPORTS Grimm aiming for post-season From page A15

“I think if you’re at .500, you’ve got a good shot,” he said. “So that would mean we’d probably need five-ofsix — would be my guess — to have a shot.”

Grimm said the women will also benefit from a largely healthy lineup. While outside hitter Krista Hogewoning is injured and unlikely to return this season, the rest of the roster was expected to be available last night against the Heat.

Grimm said he’s looking forward to being able to slot people back into their normal positions, rather than having them fill in for injured teammates.

Blazers look to build on victory MARTY HASTINGS

“It just feels like we’ve been patching the boat quite a bit the last two months, just trying to get through as opposed to get better,” the head coach said. “So, it has been a little bit frustrating.

“I think overall, our play is starting to get back to where it should be.”

Both the men and the women will be at the Tournament Capital Centre tomorrow (Jan. 17) to face the Heat.

The women will get underway at 5 p.m., while the men will go at 6:45 p.m.

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In a season that has been filled with slow starts, the Kamloops Blazers flipped the script on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Interior Savings Centre.

Kamloops (15-243-3) scored four unanswered goals in the first period, with Ryan Rehill, Deven Sideroff, Matt Needham and

Collin Shirley doing the damage, and went on to beat the Portland Winterhawks 6-2.

“I don’t think we’ve had many starts like that, where we’ve been able to get three or four goals,” Blazers head coach Don Hay told reporters after the game.

“It was key to the game. We didn’t give them a lot to get going.”

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looking for their 10th home win of the season when the Vancouver Giants visit ISC tomorrow (Jan. 17). Game time is 7 p.m.

“It’s nice to have the music back on and guys feeling good about each other,” Hay said on Wednesday night.

“You work hard, you get rewarded. We were rewarded tonight.”

Portland goaltender Adin Hill looked shaky on Rehill’s marker, a point shot that found its way into the net at 1:44 of the opening frame on Wednesday.

Sideroff benefited from the nifty handiwork of linemates Cole Ully and Matt Needham, each of whom worked to free the puck behind the Winterhawks’ net.

The 17-year-old from Summerland accepted a pass from Ully in front and fired a shot over Hill at 7:01.

Mitchell Walter took a cross-checking penalty at 13:55, hitting Blazer defenceman Michael Fora from behind.

Needham made Walter pay on the ensuing power play, pouncing on a rebound and sending it home at 14:25.

Shirley rounded out the first-period scoring with a shot that beat Hill from a bad angle.

Hill was pulled and replaced Evan Johnson after the first period, which saw Kamloops netminder Connor Ingram stop all seven shots that came his way.

The middle stanza was a good one for the visitors, who pulled two goals back, with Dominic Turgeon and Alex Schoenborn lighting the lamp at 6:07 and 13:12, respectively.

“We stopped checking,” Hay said of his team’s second-period effort. “We stopped looking after the puck and doing the things that made us so successful in the first period.

“They gained momentum. They gained hope.”

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when the Kamloops kid landed a heavy right and dropped his Winterhawk opponent, who did not return to the game.

Ingram made what was likely his mostimportant stop near the end of the second period, a sprawling leftpad save that preserved the home team’s twogoal lead.

Portland (23-19-0-3) outshot Kamloops 12-8 in the second period.

Any momentum the Winterhawks gathered evaporated when Needham cut to the middle of the ice and fired a wrist shot upstairs past Johnson at 1:30 of the third period.

Needham finished the game with two goals and four points.

“We were able to regroup and play a real solid third,” Hay said.

Ully notched the game’s last goal on the power play at 17:12. It was the Calgary product’s 200th WHL point.

Vancouver (19-211-1) is ninth in the Western Conference, sitting four points ahead of last-place Kamloops.

Ully and his teammates know games against the Giants down the stretch will have playoff implications.

“Tonight’s win is a start and we can’t get complacent,” Ully said on Wednesday.

“We’ve got to string together some wins.”

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Pacquiao-Mayweather? Wilson different than the rest TIM BOOTH

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LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao flew to Los Angeles on Wednesday, preparing for a meeting with contestants of the Miss Universe pageant. Whether he has an even bigger date on May 2 seems entirely up to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Promoter Bob Arum said Pacquiao has agreed to all terms for what would be boxing’s richest fight ever, a bout with Mayweather that fans have been demanding for five years.

The question now is whether the longreluctant Mayweather will finally sign on the dotted line for what could be an astonishing $120 million payday for the fighter who flaunts his money better than anyone.

“Your guess is as good as mine,’’ Arum told The Associated Press. “I don’t want to be antagonistic and say he’s not on board and not going to sign. The representation is that he is on board with this.’’

Arum said negotiations with Mayweather’s representatives over the past few weeks resulted in agreements on everything from the date and site of the fight (MGM Grand in Las Vegas) to purse split (reportedly 60-40 in Mayweather’s favour) to the type of gloves the boxers will wear.

But Mayweather has yet to personally agree to the fight, and the possibility remained that Arum was publicly discussing Pacquiao agreeing to terms to try to up the pressure on the unbeaten boxer to sign.

“We’re waiting for Mayweather to sign a document saying, ‘Yeah,’’’ Arum said.

Just what Mayweather is thinking remains unclear. Though he declared on Showtime last month that he wanted the fight, he rarely speaks to the media between fights and his manager, Al Haymon, almost never speaks publicly.

Mayweather put out pictures of himself in front of a private jet and his new cars this week along with a picture of his Las Vegas mansion, but said nothing about the Pacquiao fight on social media.

Arum said the negotiations have been at the highest levels, and Pacquiao agreed to all the demands by the Mayweather team.

RENTON, Wash. — Of the four quarterbacks still playing on championship weekend, Seattle’s Russell Wilson is the outlier in terms of style.

Tom Brady, Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers all have their quarterbacking foundations built around being pocket passers first.

Luck and Rodgers — when healthy — both bring an element of mobility, but it’s not their forte.

Wilson? Well, good luck defining the way he operates.

“He doesn’t fit the mould of anything I thought previously would be a franchise quarterback. I think he still gets a lot of hate and discredit because we don’t throw the ball that often.

However, what he’s asked to do in this offence he does it extremely well,’’ Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin said.

Headed into Sunday’s (Jan. 18) NFC championship game against Green Bay, Wilson’s post-season achievements can’t be disputed even if he doesn’t fit any preconceived notions.

After six playoff games — five of them victories — Wilson has the highest passer rating in NFL history with a minimum of 150 attempts.

Wilson’s mark of 109.6 is at the top. He’s one of five players in league history with a playoff passer rating of 100 or above. The others are: Rodgers, Bart Starr, Kurt Warner and Drew Brees.

“I think one of the things that definitely allows me

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has not yet responded to a request to fight Manny Pacquiao on May 2. The fight would likely be the richest in boxing history.

“We took our stands on certain issues, but essentially we acquiesced on most things,’’ Arum said.

Arum said he planned to meet with Pacquiao on Thursday in Los Angeles to formally get his fighter’s signature on the terms of the bout. Pacquiao flew from the Philippines on his way to judge the Miss Universe pageant on Jan. 25 in Florida.

Arum said the fight would be held at the MGM, where Mayweather has fought exclusively for years. The 15,000-seat arena would be scaled for a $40 million live gate.

He said with pay-per-view revenues, the bout could generate $200 million.

With a 60-40 split, that would mean a potential $120 million payday for Mayweather and his team and $80 million for Pacquiao and his promoter. Both would be record purses for fighters.

Mayweather has resisted a Pacquiao fight for five years, first claiming Pacquiao would not agree to drug testing and later saying he wasn’t worth facing him in the ring. But Arum said Pacquiao has long since agreed to the testing, and the pressure has built on Mayweather to come to terms on the bout.

Oddsmakers quickly put out lines Wednesday in this gambling city favouring Mayweather in the bout. Both the Westgate LV Superbook and William Hill made him about a 2 1/2-to-1 favourite in man-toman betting.

to play well is the guys around me. I’ve got great guys around me, guys that want to work every day, guys that are devoted to being successful and no matter what it takes,’’ Wilson said.

“I think that when you’re in those moments, you either live for them or you fall off.’’

Last week saw Wilson at his finest. He needed just 22 pass attempts to throw for 268 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged more than 12 yards per pass attempt and threw two of the finest touch passes of his career. He dropped a 16-yard TD into the arms of Baldwin, letting go of the pass before Baldwin even made his break.

Then in the second quarter, Wilson stayed in the pocket and tossed a deep ball to Jermaine Kearse for a 63-yard touchdown that gave the Seahawks a 14-7 lead.

“For the most part he knows how to put touch on the ball and a lot of quarterbacks don’t know how to do that,’’ said Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon, who is part of Seattle’s radio broadcast team. “He knows how to make all the different throws. That ball to Jermaine Kearse is the best touch you’ll ever see.’’

Wilson’s performance against Carolina also countered a season where his best games were not at home. In the regular season,

Wilson threw six touchdowns and six interceptions at home versus 14 TDs and one interception on the road. The three touchdown passes were a new playoff best and the 268 yards passing his second-best. Wilson’s timing was crisp and his throws came in rhythm.

“He gets the advantage that he gives us and kind of the variety of ways that we throw the football,’’ Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “It really adds to it, and he’s just kind of taken off with it, and it’s a beautiful part of our game as it starts to emerge.’’

There’s also the matter of how Wilson plays when it matters most. He already owns 14 career comebacks in 54 regular-season and playoff games combined.

“Whenever I talk to him, that’s all he talks about, is living for those situations.

I don’t know if it all started back in high school or whatever but he just loves the big time of a game. He wants the ball in his hands. I think he would rather be behind sometimes and have the ball in his hands and be able to go down the field and win the football game,’’ Moon said.

“With this team it’s not always like that, but he’s had as many comebacks as anyone in the game the short time he’s been in the game.

He loves that. He loves those moments. Has he been successful on every one of them? No. Did Michael Jordan hit every game-winning shot? No. But he wins more of them than he loses and that’s because he likes it and he lives for it.’’

University rugby players to be punished for hazing HALIFAX — Members of Dalhousie University’s rugby club have been found in violation of the school’s hazing policy after a formal complaint was made by an employee last September.

Details of the complaint have never been made public.

The school in Halifax says it is imposing sanctions against the Dalhousie Tigers Men’s Rugby Club

that includes maintaining the team’s suspension from play for the remainder of the 2014-2015 year.

It says club members who attended events on Sept. 20 are required to attend edu-

cation sessions on hazing awareness and prevention, as well as the harm alcohol can cause, but no academic penalties are being imposed.

This is the second time the school has investigated

complaints against one of its teams after the women’s hockey team was sidelined in 2013 over complaints of heavy drinking and humiliating behaviour.

It also recently began

inquiries into the behaviour of 13 male dentistry students after they were linked a Facebook page containing sexually violent content about women.

— Canadian Press

OLYMPICS COST GREECE MORE THAN $7 BILLION, BUT ECONOMY DID NOT SUFFER ATHENS — The 2004 Athens Olympics cost Greece a total of 6.5 billion euros ($7.5 billion) and didn’t significantly affect the debtheavy country’s finances, a Greek economic think-tank has found.

A study on the economic impact of the games by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research says the Athens Olympics had a positive effect on domestic economic

activity and employment. But it noted that Greece failed to fully exploit that boost.

The study published on Thursday was commissioned and financed by former orga-

nizing committee chief Gianna Angelopoulos.

It estimated that some 2.9 billion euros ($3.3 billion) returned to the state coffers in the form of taxes and social

security contributions.

Half of the total outlay, which excludes Olympics-linked projects such as a new Athens airport and subway, was spent on sports venues. — Canadian Press

Chinese man, Australian women are freestyle-skiing world champions KREISCHBERG, Austria — Qi Guangpu of China successfully defended his aerials title, while Laura Peel of Australia won the women’s event yesterday (Jan. 15) on the opening day of the freestyle

skiing world championships.

Qi landed solidly from his final jump, which included five full twists, to gain 139.50 points. Alex Bowen of the United States won silver with 121.27 points, and

Maxim Gustik of Belarus ended on 119.91 to take bronze.

Qi also won the title at the 2013 worlds in Voss, Norway, and placed fourth at the Sochi Olympics the following year.

Peel earned 88.47 points to edge Kiley Mckinnon of the United States for the women’s gold medal by 0.35 points. Defending champion Xu Mengtao of China won bronze with 86.84. — Canadian Press

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ò Obituaries & In Memoriam ô HAROLD G. ARMSTRONG

July 24, 1928 - December 15, 2014 It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our Dad at the age of 86. He was born and raised on a farm near Elkhorn, MB to George and Mable Armstrong – the third of 9 children.

In 1948 he moved to Princeton, BC with his new bride, Betty where their two daughters were born. In 1953 they moved to Richmond, BC where he worked at BC Packers as an electrician. He retired as shop foreman in 1993 – 40 years later and retired to Chilliwack, BC. Dad was predeceased by Mum in 2007 and moved to The Shores in Kamloops to be closer to his two daughters. He was a very sociable person and enjoyed many new friendships there and always was very appreciative of the caring staff.

He will be remembered always by his two daughters – Pat (Dennis) Pinske Kamloops, Su (Gord) Gairns Prince George, five grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

We would like to thank Hospice and Viktor Gundel for their compassion and guidance.

A celebration of Dad’s life will be held in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Kamloops Hospice or the Kidney Foundation.

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MARIE BRINKAC August 3, 1917 - January 11, 2015

Marie Brinkac passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the age of 97 after a long life of service to family and community. She was predeceased by her husband John in 1997. Marie is survived by her 4 children; Annie (Pat) Benson of Kamloops; Georgina (Ken) Stearns of Burns Lake; Mary (Darrell) Wick of Victoria; son John Jr. (Brenda) of Terrace; 16 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Surviving also are numerous relatives in Czechoslovakia and New York, USA. Marie was born August 3, 1917 in Seredne, Czechoslovakia, the 3rd child of 8 children born to Michael and Julia Cuchta. Marie and John were married in Seredne February 28, 1935 then moved to Canada to begin their married life in Prince Rupert where John was employed by the CNR. They were transferred to Skeena and Barrett and then on to Smithers in 1951 so the children could attend high school.

Mom and Dad lived in Smithers until 1992. There they enjoyed a busy life with a growing family. Church was an important part of life and mom was very active in CWL and Hospital Auxiliary. Their home was always open to friends and neighbours as well as taking in a border from time to time. Their greatest joy was family gatherings at which mom excelled in preparing delicious meals with breads, pastries, cabbage rolls and perogies of which none of us could match.

Mom always had a very productive garden and dad kept a beautiful yard surrounded by a perfectly trimmed hedge. As grandchildren came along, no matter where they lived, mom was always right there to help and babysit whenever needed. Mom became affectionately known as Nana by family and all who knew her.

They traveled to visit relatives in New York and family in Czechoslovakia. Upon retirement they enjoyed bus tours around B.C. and Alberta and as far as Florida. They also traveled with family to Arizona and Hawaii.

Mom and dad enjoyed bowling with the seniors and almost every Saturday night was ‘card night’ at their home.

The game of choice was canasta. There was hardly a day when friends didn’t drop in for tea and enjoy the fresh cinnamon buns or other baked goodies. If mom wasn’t busy in the community she did a lot of sewing for the family, beautiful needle work, knitting and crocheting.

They moved to Kamloops in 1992 where they could enjoy the warm climate and all the amenities the city had to offer. Here mom got into playing crib several times a week and made many new friends. As mom’s health began to fail she moved into Kamloops Senior’s Village. The family extends their heartfelt thanks to all her care givers at KSV for their wonderful care and support.

Prayers will be recited in Sacred Heart Cathedral on Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. followed by a Funeral Mass on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Hillside Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, if friends wish, donations may be made to Sacred Heart Cathedral or Royal Inland Hospital.

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I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is on object of beauty & strength & I stand & watch her, until at length, she is only a speck of white cloud just wheret he seas & sky meet and mingle with each other. Then someone at my side exclaims, “There, she’s gone!”

Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large as she was when she left my side & just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of her destination. Her diminished size is in me, not her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone, there are other eyes watching for her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout “There she comes!”.

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LILY HUDSON Lily “Lil” May Hudson (Thompson nee Davis), 83 years of age from Kamloops, BC, passed away peacefully in RIH surrounded by family on January 14, 2015 just 3.5 weeks shy of her 84th birthday.

Lil was born February 8, 1931 in Langley, BC to Charles and Olga Davis the youngest and last remaining of seven children. She met her first husband Stan, married and lived in Edmonton, AB for the first years of their marriage. They soon moved to Kamloops where Lil lost Stan in 1991. After 22 years Lil found love again with Raymond Hudson whom she married and spent the last year plus of her life with.

Lil is survived by her loving spouse Ray; children Les (Ingrid) Thompson, Betty Thompson, Don (Kim) Thompson; grandchildren Micheal (Nichole) Sibbeston; Danielle Thompson (Robert) and greatgrandchildren Tessa and Tobias Sibbeston; Pat (Scott) Olson; Ron (Diane) Hudson; Tom (Heather) Hudson; and Cindy (Elgin) Pickering.

Predeceased by her first husband Stan; parents Charles and Olga; and her six older siblings and numerous other relatives.

Memorial Service to be held Monday, January 19, 2015 at 1:00pm at Free Methodist Centennial Chapel, 975 Windbreak Street, Kamloops, BC. Pastor Vern Frudd to officiate. No flowers please. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Kamloops Free Methodist Church.

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If Tomorrow Never Comes But just in case I might be wrong, And today is all I get, I’d like to say how much I love you And I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, If I knew it would be the last time Young or old alike, that I see you walk out the door, And today may be the last chance I would give you a hug and kiss You get to hold your loved one tight.

And call you back for one more.

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, If I knew it would be the last time Why not do it today?

I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, For if tomorrow never comes, so I could play them back day after day. You’ll surely regret the day, That you didn’t take that extra time If I knew it would be the last time, For a smile, a hug, or a kiss I could spare an extra minute And you were too busy to grant To stop and say “I love you,” someone, Instead of assuming you would KNOW What turned out to be their one last I do. wish.

If I knew it would be the last time So hold your loved ones close today, I would be there to share your day, Well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, And whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them so I can let just this one slip away.

And that you’ll always hold them dear For surely there’s always tomorrow Take time to say “I’m sorry,” To make up for an oversight, “Please forgive me,” “Thank you,” or And we always get a second chance “It’s okay.”

To make everything just right.

And if tomorrow never comes, There will always be another day You’ll have no regrets about today.

To say “I love you,” © Norma Cornett Marek ~ 1989 And certainly there’s another chance To say our “Anything I can do?”

If I knew it would be the last time That I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly And pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

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NATIONAL NEWS B.C. PLANS WOLF HUNT BY CHOPPER

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government plans to hunt as many as 184 wolves by helicopter in an attempt to save five dwin-

dling caribou herds.

There are just 18 South Selkirk caribou left, down from 46 animals in 2009, and the government says evidence

points to wolves being the leading cause of the deaths.

In four caribou herds in the south Peace area, research shows that wolves are respon-

sible for at least 37 per cent of the fatalities.

The province says hunting and trapping the wolves hasn’t worked.

Low oil prices slow Ottawa’s budget plans CALGARY— Canada’s finance minister says he will delay tabling a budget until April because of economic uncertainty caused by tumbling oil prices.

Joe Oliver said in prepared remarks to a Calgary business crowd that the government needs to consider everything it is hearing in preconsultation talks before finalizing its fiscal plan for the coming year.

“Given the current market instability, I will not bring forward our budget earlier than April,’’ Oliver said in text prepared for a speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce delivered yesterday (Jan. 15).

“We need all the information we can obtain before finalizing our decisions.’’

Oil prices are hovering around US$45 a barrel _ a steep drop from the US$100 oil was bringing in last summer.

Oliver is still promising a balanced budget with no tax increases and a focus on job creation.

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CANMORE, Alta. — A judge has fined a man $4,500 for taking a dip in a thermal pool in Banff National Park home to a type of endangered snail.

Bailey Thomas Townsend pleaded guilty in a Canmore, Alta., court to entering a restricted area under the Canada National Parks Act and damaging critical habitat under the Species at Risk Act. Townsend, who is 27, was arrested in November after he was caught bathing at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site.

The site is the only place where the Banff springs snail is found.

The snail was designated as threatened in 1997 and, three years later, was redesignated as endangered.

It is considered the most at-risk species in Banff park.

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Flu shots a bad match for the year’s ills TORONTO — A new report from American scientists suggests this year’s flu vaccine is offering modest levels of protection against the influenza viruses that are in circulation.

The report, published yesterday (Jan. 15) by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, suggests on average the vaccine lowers a person’s risk of getting sick enough to need medical care by 23 per cent.

That low level of protection is attributed to the fact that the H3N2 viruses that are causing most of the flu this year in North America aren’t a good match for the one in this year’s vaccine.

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NDP’s Mulcair readies for election LEADER PICKS NEW TEAM, STEPS UP ATTACKS ON TRUDEAU FOR 2015 VOTE JOAN BRYDEN

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OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair is trying to reverse the NDP’s flagging fortunes as he gears up for a federal election this year, stepping up attacks on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, shaking up his office and campaign team and revealing a bit more detail about New Democrat economic policies.

The NDP leader took the latest steps in the pre-election dance at the start of a two-day caucus retreat Thursday, where he delivered a campaign-style speech aimed at rallying his troops.

After the 2011 federal breakthrough, New Democrats were confident they were poised to replace Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government in the next election. But they were rudely awakened when the Liberals, left moribund in 2011, revived under Trudeau’s leadership.

Since Trudeau took the helm 21 months ago, the Liberals have been leading in most opinion polls, followed closely by the Conservatives.

The NDP has fallen to a distant third.

Mulcair, who has consistently out-performed Trudeau in the House of Commons, at first ignored the Liberal leader. Then he started questioning Trudeau’s competence.

Last fall he began unveiling key platform planks in a bid to showcase his policy depth, in contrast to Trudeau’s refusal to release a platform before the election campaign.

The New Democrat sharpened his attack Thursday as he trashed the government’s economic record and touted his party as the champion of struggling middle-class families. That’s the same mantle Trudeau has donned, but Mulcair maintained that only the NDP has the experience and policy depth to replace the Conservatives.

He emphasized his own 35 years in public service, including serving as a Quebec cabinet minister and his background as the second of 10 kids born to a middle-class family that “worked hard, played by the rules and lived within our means.’’

He contrasted that with Trudeau’s upbringing, implying that the Liberal leader was born into privilege as the eldest son of a former prime minister and believes “he can just inherit power without proposing a thing.’’

Notoriously unreliable opinion polls have not been the only sign of trouble for the NDP. The party’s vote share has dropped, sometimes dramatically, in a series of byelections, while Liberal support has soared.

Moreover, a number of veteran New Democrat MPs, including

Libby Davies and Yvon Godin, have announced they won’t seek reelection.

In the biggest blow, Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault, who had been caucus chairman, stunned his colleagues last month when he quit to run for the Ontario Liberals in a provincial byelection.

As they gathered for the meeting, New Democrat MPs were upbeat, giving no sign they’re losing confidence in Mulcair or their dream of winning power.

Polls are irrelevant, Toronto MP Craig Scott maintained, arguing that only once an election is actually called will voters begin to seriously consider the options.

When they do, he predicted they’ll conclude Mulcair is “two to three to four levels above Justin Trudeau in terms of capabilities, experience, intelligence, everything else.’’

In his speech, Mulcair reiterated promises to roll back the retirement age to 65 from 67, introduce a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage and a $5-billion-a-year plan to create one million child care spaces that parents could access for $15 a day.

To pay for those promises, Mulcair has said he’d repeal corporate tax cuts.

He added yesterday (Jan. 15) that he’d also scrap the government’s recently introduced incomesplitting plan, which allows couples with young kids to split their income for tax savings — at a cost of about $2.4 billion a year to the federal treasury.

Income-splitting is unfair and would benefit only the wealthiest 15 per cent of families, Mulcair said.

At the same time, he said he would not cancel recently announced boosts to the universal child care benefit.

The NDP leader also announced Thursday that he’s appointed a new chief of staff — Alain Gaul, a Montreal lawyer who served as Mulcair’s chief of staff when he was Quebec environment minister.

Gaul replaces Raoul Gebert, who directed Mulcair’s leadership campaign and who will continue as an adviser to the leader.

Mulcair also brought in two veterans to shore up the NDP campaign team.

Brad Lavigne, one of the masterminds behind the so-called orange wave that vaulted the NDP into official Opposition status for the first time, will serve as senior campaign adviser.

Michael Balagus will handle the federal party’s campaign in Ontario. He has been chief of staff to Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath since last fall.

CANADIAN JETS HAMMER TARGETS AS ISIL LAUNCHES NEW OFFENSIVES MURRAY BREWSTER

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OTTAWA — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to have more fight left in it than the U.S.-led coalition had been expecting.

Extremist forces are on the offensive in northern and eastern Iraq, with a series of attacks in the provinces of Nineveh and Diyala driven back with the help of bombing raids _ including ones carried out by Canadian warplanes in recent days.

The heavy fighting, particularly in the area of the strategically important Mosul dam, comes after both U.S. and Canadian commanders had said the Islamic State’s offensive had been checked by the air campaign.

Navy Capt. Paul Forget, a spokesman for the Canadian Joint Operations Command, revealed that country’s CF-18s recently conducted three airstrikes on Jan. 10, 11 and 12.

The attacks destroyed a series of enemy fighting positions and a storage facility.

Forget said Canadian jets have stepped up the tempo in supporting ground operations

by Iraqi and Kurdish forces, and he attributed the mission’s

earlier optimism to the cut and thrust of war.

“In any type of conflict there will be defensive operations, there will be offensive operations and right now ISIL has felt they’re in a better position to conduct some offensive operations,’’ he said.

“They probably felt they were ready to do that and we have been in a position to exacerbate that effort and deny them that ability.’’

In the early stages of the campaign, Canadian jets were dropping relatively few bombs, the result of extremist forces taking cover and providing few targets. The recent ISIL offensives have altered the dynamic, Forget acknowledged.

“There has been an increase lately in ISIL offensives and as such they are exposing themselves more, which provides a bit more of a target-rich environment,’’ said Forget.

Fighting in Nineveh — an area northwest of Irbil that stretches to the Syrian border — has been intense.

Canada has up to 69 special forces soldiers advising Kurdish peshmerga forces in the region of Irbil, but Forget wasn’t able to say whether the offensive in the region posed a direct threat to those troops.

“I don’t have any information to that effect. Their mission continues to be in an advise and assist capacity,’’ he said.

The province is also home to the country’s second-largest city, Mosul, which coalition commanders have promised would be liberated by Iraqi forces, U.S. said recently more time and training are needed to retake the stronghold.

Military experts in the U.S. have said the attacks in Diyala, east of Baghdad along the Iranian border, have been designed to maintain pressure on the capital.

As a result, the Iraqi government has asked the coalition to step up the rate of bombing.

The urgency has been highlighted by persistent warnings of a humanitarian disaster in the making now that Islamic State fighters are using water as a weapon of war.

They’ve used a dam to divert the Al-Roz River, which supplies drinking water and irrigation to the Bildoz district of 150,000 people.

The U.S. used airstrikes last month to try and force the extremists to stop, but the attacks were ineffective, according to local residents. ISIL has been conducting guerilla-style attacks in Baghdad itself.

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Ursuline Academy: Laundry, 2005, is part of Wendy Weseen’s exhibit, Obsolete Spaces, on now at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre.

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‘I was intrigued by what people left behind’ JESSICA WALLACE

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W

endy Weseen still has trouble driving past an abandoned building without stopping.

The mixed media artist spent a decade, from 1980 to 1990, doing just that while working as an early childhood interventionist in Northeastern Saskatchewan.

A prosperous agricultural industry meant people ditched their homes in the rural area to build bigger ones and Weseen stumbled upon those left behind while driving around for work, visiting families in the area who had children with developmental issues.

Between appointments, on days when timing didn’t work out quite right, she would pull over and explore abandoned homes, stores and even a convent, photographing the buildings from the inside out.

“These houses sat in yard sights and just

basically fell apart,” Weseen said.

Her exhibit, Obsolete Spaces, on display at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, is a culmination of her 10 years of photographing those buildings, with special attention on the influence of women in these settings.

Initially, Weseen applied to show her photos as an exhibit but, when she was rejected for not being innovative enough, she went back to the drawing board.

She adapted her idea by making several copies of the photos and stacking parts of them in shallow boxes.

Then, she decorated the boxes with papier mache using antique dress patterns.

Her completed work now consists of nearly 30 mixed-medium pieces, including the boxes, photographs and a blue dress she collected from one of the homes.

One piece, called Ursuline Academy: Laundry, depicts the laundry room of a deserted convent.

She found clock, several irons and laun-

DAVE EAGLES/KTW Mixed media artist Wendy Weseen’s exhibit Obsolete Spaces is on display until Feb. 7 in the main gallery of the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. It can be viewed during the centre’s regular hours.

dry products just sitting there.

“I was intrigued by what people left behind and wondered why,” Weseen said.

“How do people decide, you know, what’s significant, what they need to take with them and

leave behind.”

Another piece, called The Hanging, was named for plastic Weseen found hanging down throughout the house and for a man who hanged himself there.

Weseen said visiting some sites, such as the

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one that inspired The Hanging, were emotional.

“I think it’s the awareness of the lives that are there, that are gone, the changes that have gone and the kind of poignancy or sadness,” she said.

“It’s all about loss.”

Obsolete Spaces was first exhibited in 2007 at the Saskatchewan Arts Council’s Affinity Gallery.

It was picked up as part of the council’s Arts on the Move program, exhibits that toured throughout Saskatchewan.

Obsolete Spaces toured until August 2014.

Weseen has since moved to Kamloops to be closer to family.

“I was thinking that when it came off the road, I would really like to show it in Kamloops.”

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Tickets for Broadway Beatles show on sale Twist and shout — an international Broadway show based on music by The Beatles is coming to Kamloops in March.

The show — dubbed Let It Be after the famed Beatles song — begins travelling across the country this month, with shows that include just two stops in B.C., in Vancouver and Kamloops.

Over 40 Beatles songs chart the band’s rise from their beginning in Liverpool through Beatlemania and their later studio pieces.

Some of the songs included in the show are Hard Day’s Night, Day Tripper, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club, Twist and Shout, Get Back, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Strawberry Fields.

It opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London in 2010 before it transferred to the Savoy Theatre for a year until February 2014.

It has since been performed for some 800,000 people for audiences in Germany, Japan, Moscow, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

The show lands in Kamloops at Interior Savings Centre on March 20 at 7:30 p.m.

It will be the second last stop on it’s crossCanada tour before heading to Vancouver for two shows at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Tickets go on sale today (Jan. 16) at 10 a.m. and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.ca.

They start at $69.

Kamloops woman wins vacation

The Kamloops Art Gallery has announced the winner of its 2014 Luxury Vacation Lottery fundraiser.

Alice Pearson of Kamloops has won a seven-night river cruise on Avalon Waterways, on the river of her choice.

Pearson plans on

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taking the trip with her husband.

All funds raised during the lottery support exhibits and programs at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

The fundraiser will return this year.

Tickets will go on sale the first week of July.

Those interested in being put on the list for those tickets can contact Judy Basso, the gallery’s fundraising events coordinator, by calling 250-3772404 or emailing jbasso@kag.bc.ca.

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The meal is available at any time between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and consists of roasted rosemary chicken, BBQ baby back ribs and pasta marinara.

Tickets are $15 and are available at the radio station in House 8 at TRU, by phoning 250-377-3988 or emailing radio@tru.ca.

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Dallas Smith coming in February

Dallas Smith will return to perform in Kamloops on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Sagebrush Theatre.

Smith was the front man for the rock band Default before going solo into country music genre.

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Films for Change kicks off with Queen of the Sun Two films will be shown in the TRU Alumni Clock Tower Theatre this month.

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Fed Up will be featured.

The movie discusses the American food industry and how it impacts health.

Tickets are $2 at Nature’s Fare, at the door or online at naturesfare.com/ fedup.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 7:30 p.m.

Then, on Jan. 29, GE Free Kamloops will be hosting the first film in a series called Films for Change.

The event, held also held in the Alumni Clock Tower Theatre, will include a showing of Queen of the Sun. The movie is about the global bee crisis, the disappearance of bees and the mystery of the beehive, and includes discussion by beekeepers, scientists

Queen of the Sun is the first film in a series called Films for Change. It will be shown in the Alumni Clock Tower Theatre on Jan. 29. Admission is by donation.

and philosophers such as Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva.

Discussion will take place after the film.

Admission is by donation.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m.

The university is at

for the eighth annual Mayor’s Gala for the Arts on Jan. 31.

The event at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre

900 McGill Road.

Gala to support local arts scene Tickets are on sale

is a fundraiser for the Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops Symphony and Western Canada Theatre.

The highlight of the gala dinner — semi-formal attire is required — is the presentation of awards in three categories.

Business in the Arts is a continuing category and finalists this year include 4 Cats Art Studio, Academy of Dance and Noran Printing.

Two other categories change to recognize other aspects of the arts.

This year, they include Emerging Artist with finalists James Bethell, Lea Bucknell and Caitlin Goulet, and literary arts with finalists Sylvia Olson and Richard Wagamese.

The last gala raised $35,000 and the 2015 one has a goal of $40,000.

Tickets are $125,

which includes a $55 tax-deductible receipt.

They can be bought at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca or at eventbrite.ca.

More information on the event is online at mayorsgalaforthearts.com.

Sam Roberts coming to town

Sam Roberts Band will return to Kamloops for a show at Interior Savings Centre in February.

Tickets for the show, which will promote the band’s album Lo-Fantasy, are on sale now.

They range from $35 to $39.50 plus fees and are available from Ticketmaster, online at ticketmaster.ca, ISC Box Office or by calling 1-855-985-5000.

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Grammy winners coming Winnipeg’s own The Duhks have been signed to the list of entertainers at the 23rd annual Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival in August.

The Juno and Grammy award-winning band, created in 2001, is known for its melange of FrenchCanadian and Celtic

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• Coffee House, at the Heffley Creek Hall, 6:30 p.m. Admission is $2.

For more information or to book talent, call Deb at 250-5787525.

• Kamloops Storm Vs. 100 Mile House, 7 p.m. at McArthur Island Sports Centre.

• Music: Caitlin

wine and food events throughout the village.

For descriptions and tickets, go online to sunpeaksresort.com or call 1-800-807-3257.

• The Sonny Boys, at the Blue Grotto. Cover is $5. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Goulet, live in the lounge at Lake City Casino, 540 Victoria St., 8 p.m. to midnight.

• Music: Serious Options presents Babel, choral concert at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 1136 Sixth Ave., 7:30 p.m. $10 at the door.

• Sun Peaks Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, 10-day festival featuring various

Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. On until Feb. 7.

• The TRU campus radio station, CFBX 92.5 FM, is hosting a fundraising dinner at the Fox and Hounds Pub in Sahali Centre Mall.

Meal available at any time between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and includes roasted rose-

SUNDAY, JAN. 18

• Art: Obsolete Spaces, by Wendy Weseen at the Old

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Tickets are $15, available at the radio station in House 8, phone at 250-377-3988 or email at radio@tru. ca.

• Sun Peaks Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, 10-day festival featuring various wine and food events throughout the village.

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• Art: Home-Work: Doing the Math, a performance by Pam Hall, all ages, free event from 10 a.m. to noon at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

• Art: Obsolete Spaces, by Wendy Weseen at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. On until Feb. 7.

• Sun Peaks Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, 10-day festival featuring various wine and food events throughout the village.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 20

• Art: Obsolete Spaces, by Wendy Weseen at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. On until Feb. 7.

• Art: Open Studio with Michael Markowsky, free, all ages event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Every Tuesday until March 10, space open to members of the public for variety of activities.

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•Afternoon Dance, at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Dance to the music of The Kamloops Fiddlers, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pattern Dance Lessons from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. with Brian and Jackie.

All are welcome.

More info: 250-3765194.

• Music and dancing hosted by The

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Pattern dance lessons from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. with Brian and Jackie.

All are welcome.

More info: 250-3765194.

• Sun Peaks Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, 10-day festival featuring various wine and food events throughout the village.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21

• Art: Obsolete Spaces, by Wendy Weseen at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. On until Feb. 7.

• Art: Kamloops Photo Arts Club, weekly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Henry Grube Centre, 245 Kitchener Cresc., Room 1B. More info: 250-3721778.

• Sun Peaks Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, 10-day festival featuring various wine and food events throughout the village.

For descriptions and tickets, go online to sunpeaksresort.com or call 1-800-807-3257.

• Workshop: Introduction to Chain Maille by Kamloops Makerspace, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the lower level of the House of Learning building at TRU. Chain maille is a historical art that uses interconnected rings to make armour. Each participant will make a bracelet to take home.

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• Workshop: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the North Kamloops Library. Class is free but space is limited.

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• Workshop: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Kamloops Library.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 22

• Art: Obsolete Spaces, by Wendy Weseen at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 West Seymour St. On until Feb. 7.

• Backyard, Boneyard, Junkyard Geology with Jim Britton, hosted by the Kamloops Exploration Group in the Mountain Room at the Campus Activity Centre at TRU. Begins at 7 p.m.

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LISTINGS • Kamloops Family History Society meeting, takes place on the fourth Thursday of each month (not including June, July, August, and December) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Heritage House in Riverside Park. More info: 250372-5679.

• Theatre: Liberation Days, collaboration of Western Canada Theatre and Theatre Calgary about a Dutch woman and Canadian soldier and their lives after Canadian forces liberated the Netherlands after the Second World War, 8 p.m. at Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave. Tickets from Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or online at kamloopslive.ca.

Veterans buy one ticket and get the second at half price.

• Sun Peaks Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, 10-day festival featuring various wine and food events throughout the village.

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• Workshop: Digital Photography, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the North Kamloops Library.

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• Workshop: Social Networking, Facebook, Twitter, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Kamloops Library.

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I could only stand for about a minute and a half without collapsing in the shower stall and I could no longer pull myself out of the tub in the upstairs’ bathroom, even with Lorie’s help.”

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Walter and Lorie hope to spend the rest of their lives in their home.

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Sun Rivers to break ground on Village Centre CONSTRUCTION PROJECTED TO BEGIN THIS SPRING Residents in Sun Rivers will soon see construction at the heart of the Talasa neighbourhood as developers are scheduled to break ground on the hotel and grocery store in the Village Centre this spring.

The Village Centre will eventually be a meeting and gathering place for the entire community.

This is phase four in the development of the centre core, which already includes three apartment-style buildings.

When completed, the Talasa development will include six

residential buildings.

After 12 months of planning, Sun Rivers is in the final stages of negotiating a contract with a hotel developer for the addition of a 100-suite hotel.

Public announcements will be made, complete with architectural renderings and drawings, once final approvals are received for development agreements, financing and franchise agreements.

“We are down to the wire now, just pulling all the final details together,” said Leslie Brochu, vice president of marketing at Sun Rivers.

“I would expect that we would be in a position to make a public announcement in eight weeks.”

Sun Rivers has also entered into an agreement with a developer for the development of a 4,000 to 6,000 square foot boutique grocery store.

Brochu said the developer is in the midst of working through due diligence and financing, with the intention of starting construction in June.

“Really, we want to have the renderings done. It’s one thing to talk about it, but it’s another thing to show it,” she said.

Construction is expected to take 16

months, with the hotel and grocery store opening in the summer of 2016.

The agreement between Sun Rivers and the Cambri Development Group for the development of the commercial building within the Village Centre has expired.

Cambri lead the development of the first three Talasa buildings.

Sun Rivers is now seeking additional developers interested in the commercial space, which will include shops, a restaurant/pub and a day spa.

Brochu said marketing and promotion of this space will begin this spring and

Sun Rivers is working towards a 2016 opening for this building as well.

Sun Rivers has taken the lead on the development of the resident’s club, which is projected to open alongside the hotel and grocery store in the summer of 2016.

The club will be a social and wellness facility, complete with meeting space, social space a fitness area and a pool, Brochu said.

“The big thing is, it’s not final final, but work is well underway,” she said.

“Lots of progress is being made on all fronts and announcements will be made this spring.”

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REAL ESTATE UPDATE The 2014 residential sales in the Kamloops area were down from 2013, but the number of active listings were still slightly up.

In December 2014, there were 123 residential units sold compared to 2013’s 126, a 2.4 per cent drop, said Ingrid Pfeiffer, president of the Kamloops and District Real Estate Association.

December 2014 brought in $39 million, a decline of less that half a per cent over 2013.

The median price within Kamloops alone was $344,000, which doesn’t include condominiums or mobile homes.

Most sales were between $280,000 and $320,000. South Kamloops saw the highest number of sales, followed by North Kamloops.

There were 195 new listings in December 2014, up from 151 in December 2013. Pfeiffer said the healthy number of listings is what keeps prices down. The total number of new listings in 2014 was 4,954, and 4,908 in 2013, about a one per cent increase.

Overall, in 2014, there were 2,252 residential units sold compared to 2,360 in 2013, a 4.6 per cent drop.

“It’s not a whole lot of difference,” Pfeiffer said. “We ended up catching up since September wasn’t so good. We caught up near the end of the year to come in not too badly.”

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Kamloops homes remain stable in value Owners of more than 35,000 properties throughout the City of Kamloops have received their 2015 assessment notices.

“Most homes in Kamloops are remaining stable in value compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said Graham Held, deputy assessor for BC Assessment in Kamloops.

“Most homeowners in Kamloops will see modest changes in the minus five per cent to plus 10 per cent range.”

In addition, owners of commercial and industrial properties in Kamloops will see changes ranging from zero per cent to

15 per cent.

Overall, the City of Kamloops’ assessment roll increased to $14.6 billion this year from $14.1 billion last year.

Of note, almost $382 million was added through subdivisions, rezoning and new construction.

Barnhartvale saw the largest increase in average property value, with assessments rising about $24,000 on average, to $391,000.

Second-highest was Valleyview, where average home assessments rose $20,000 to $498,000.

But, Held said, rates were fairly consistent across the city.

“There weren’t really any hot spots

to point to, to say that one neighbourhood or one property type was more attractive than others,” Held said.

“It was really balanced right across the board.”

The numbers are in line with assessments from the last two years in Kamloops.

Held said his organization feels confident in its Kamloops numbers because of steady sales volume in the region.

In the region, sales were up from 1,526 in 2013 to 1,640 in 2014.

“It’s the sales that drive the assessments,” Held said. “They tell us what the market’s doing.”

Commercial values

are also up this year, with property owners seeing changes of up to 15 per cent.

In the region, Held said Sun Peaks saw a slight upturn in values in the new assessments; “I’m not seeing as many negatives in Sun Peaks, and that may speak to the greater economy, because that tends to be a secondary home-type market,” he said.

“Folks who are buying up in Sun Peaks, it’s a second home, typically.”

While Kamloops is generally the region’s strongest market, with other communities seeing flat or decreasing property values,

Held said the village of Chase, with its 1,400 properties, had an unusually strong year.

“Chase was actually in stronger positive territory than the city of Kamloops, and we had a lot more sales than we’ve ever had,” he said.

“It seems to be that Chase maybe was discovered.”

Home assessments will come into play as the city calculates its tax rates for 2015.

So far, residents are looking at a tax hike just below two per cent, though it has yet to address supplemental expenses.

Should the figure remain the same when the tax rate is

set in April, an average home, assessed at $343,000, will see a tax increase of about $35.

Property owners who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2014, or see incorrect information on their notice, should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January.

Those still concerned about their assessment after speaking to a BC Assessment appraiser may submit a notice of complaint (appeal)

by Feb. 2 for an independent review by a property-assessment review panel.

The panels, independent of BC Assessment, are appointed annually by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, and typically meet between Feb. 1 and March 15 to hear formal complaints.

The Kamloops BC Assessment office is located at 805 Renfrew Ave. in North Kamloops.

During the month of January, office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays to Fridays.

Property owners can contact BC Assessment toll-free by phone at 1-866-825-8322 or online by clicking “CONNECT” at bcassessment.ca.

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TOPVALUED PROPERTIES IN THE REGION Value Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

THOMPSON/CARIBOO TOP VALUED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES (2015) Property Address 4141 Douglas Crt ,Sun Peaks 4250 Bella Vista Dr ,Sun Peaks 4137 Douglas Crt ,Sun Peaks 4117 Sundance Dr ,Sun Peaks 920 Harwood Dr 4127 Sundance Dr ,Sun Peaks 5250 Lauder Rd 4202 Bella Vista Dr ,Sun Peaks 4257 Bella Vista Dr ,Sun Peaks 4133 Douglas Crt ,Sun Peaks 4129 Sundance Dr ,Sun Peaks 5400 Lauder Rd ,Merritt 4253 Bella Vista Dr ,Sun Peaks 4221 Bella Vista Dr ,Sun Peaks 411 Wittner Rd 145 Pennask Lake Rd 4145 Douglas Crt ,Sun Peaks 1918 Shuswap Rd 4209 Bella Vista Dr ,Sun Peaks 6240 Trans Canada Hwy ,Kamloops

Total Taxable Value ($) 3,509,000 2,674,000 2,599,000 2,297,000 2,184,400 2,156,000 2,135,000 2,123,000 2,116,000 2,078,000 2,042,000 2,033,000 2,028,000 2,024,000 2,017,000 1,970,000 1,954,000 1,947,000 1,936,000 1,935,000

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FACTS

• Total number of properties on the 2015 roll is 1,974,120, an approximate 0.98 per cent increase from 2014.

• Total value of real estate on the 2015 roll is $1,206,152,088,777 ($1.2 trillion), a 5.84 per cent increase from 2014.

• Over 98 per cent (99.1 per cent for 2014) of property owners typically accept their property assessment without proceeding to a formal, independent review of their assessment.

• Assessments are the estimate of a property’s market value as of July 1, 2014 and physical condition as of Oct. 31, 2014. This common valuation date ensures there is an equitable property assessment base for property taxation.

• Changes in property assessments reflect movement in the

$6.8 billion in property taxes each year. This revenue funds the many community services provided by local governments around the province, including the public school system.

• BC Assessment’s website provides a listing of property assessments and sales to help property owners understand their property’s market value and provide comparable sales information.

Go online to bcassessment. ca and click on the e-valueBC link. For 2015, a new version of e-valueBC has improved navigation, an interactive map and inclusion of property street-front imagery.

• For more information on the 2015 assessment roll real estate market trends, go online to bcassessment.ca and click on the 2015 assessment roll.

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B.C. PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS AND THE 2015 ASSESSMENT ROLL

local real estate market and can vary greatly from property to property. When estimating a property’s market value, BC Assessment’s professional appraisers analyze current sales in the area, as well as considering other characteristics such as size, age, quality, condition, view and location.

• Real estate sales determine a property’s value, which is reported annually by BC Assessment. Local governments and other taxing authorities are responsible for property taxation and, after determining their own budget needs this spring, will calculate property tax rates based on the assessment roll for their jurisdiction.

• BC Assessment’s assessment roll provides the foundation for local and provincial taxing authorities to raise more than

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hey lean into each other.

With blackened windows and peeling paint, they are obviously abandoned. Yet next door, a modern cafe is abuzz with patrons. The contrast between these buildings encapsulates the boom and bust cycle of a Klondike Gold Rush town.

Four of us are exploring the many facets of Dawson City, Yukon.

When Klaus can hardly find space to pin his hometown on the “Where are You From?” map at Klondike Kate’s, we realize many still flock to this northern outpost.

Dawson’s first boom came in 1896, when news of gold discovered at Bonanza Creek started the Rush. In a single season, Dawson City went from a tent-city outpost on a mud flat flanked by the Klondike and Yukon rivers to a sprawling boom town with frame buildings and boardwalks.

By 1898, it was the largest town west of Winnipeg and north of Seattle and known as the “Paris of the North.”

With more than 300 businesses, including grocery and dress stores, blacksmiths, saloons and dance halls, it was the service and supply centre for thousands of prospectors.

The town site today

ABOVE: Overlooking Dawson City from Midnight Dome LEFT: Leaning buildings in Dawson City.

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is a National Historic Complex.

The Parks Canada guide behind the teller’s cage in the restored bank tells us it was a safe town despite a rowdy population indulging in gambling and prostitution.

Men readily brought their families to Dawson. The Northwest

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Mounted Police, well regarded for their integrity, confiscated firearms as stampeders came into town, thereby maintaining order.

We have a sense of discovery while wandering the dusty roads.

There are no paved streets or concrete sidewalks because the permafrost would cause

them to heave.

Buildings a century or more old are either decrepit, fixed up just on the front and a ruin otherwise, have sod roofs sprouting grasses and flowers or are lovingly refurbished.

Robert Service, bard of the Yukon, lived in a cozy cabin on a hillside at the top of town.

The buildings constructed in the early 1900s reflect the high optimism held for Dawson’s future.

The City Museum is in an attractive, grey, neoclassical structure that was the old Territorial Administration Building.

The Commissioner’s House is an elegant, pil-

lared, yellow and white mansion. Being invited there for tea was a social coup back in the day.

On the waterfront, the restored sternwheeler SS Keno holds pride of place.

Paddlewheelers, with their shallow drafts, were ideal for plying the Yukon River.

More than 60 paddle wheelers worked the route, transporting adventurers, ore, supplies and machinery.

We take an evening cruise on the Klondike Spirit and pass the paddlewheel graveyard on the bank opposite Dawson.

There, a number of paddlewheelers slowly disintegrate on the shore. Some hulls are so splintered, they look like pick-up sticks.

We sail past dark, wooded hills and get an inkling of the vast untamed wilderness between Dawson and the next speck of civilization.

To further explore some of that empty space, we head north on the Dempster Highway.

This 750-kilometer gravel challenge runs across the Arctic Circle to Inuvik.

From its start, the next services are a long 370 kilometres away.

We only drive far enough to traverse Tombstone Territorial Park with its rugged mountain peaks.

At the North Fork Pass summit, we are surrounded by rolling, velvet green tundra.

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It is a treeless plain, spongy with a thick layer of lichen and moss over near continuous permafrost. It is so springy that keeping my balance as I walk across it is a challenge.

At Two Moose Lake, we watch a moose leisurely feed on the underwater vegetation.

As she wanders off over the alpine tundra, we retrace our route to Dawson.

Next day at the top of Midnight Dome, we have a panoramic view of the town, its rivers and its many hillsides marked by mining.

For a closer look at where the boom started, we follow Bonanza Creek Road past abandoned homesteads and massive tailing piles made by dredges.

By 1905, machines had replaced men panning on the creeks.

One such machine was Dredge No. 4. It is the largest woodenhulled bucket dredge in North America and it towers above us — twothirds of a football field long and eight stories high.

Dredge No. 4 could dig gold bearing gravel at the rate of 22 buckets a minute and, in its 46 years of operation, it unearthed nine tons of gold. This valley has been continuously mined since the 1890s and there are active gold claims still.

Maybe we should give gold panning a try, but would it be boom or bust for us?

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Centering Prayer will bring you freedom CONTEMPLATION/MEDITATION IS A KEY TOOL TO CONNECTING TO YOUR DEEPER SELF

L

ast month was, of course, the season when we celebrated the birth of the child Yeshua/ Jesus.

In the liturgical churches, the reading for the first Sunday of Advent was from Mark.

It says: “You never know what time it is” and then, repeatedly, requests us urgently to “Stay awake!” and “Stay aware!” and “Stay alert!”

Why the extraordinary emphasis?

This particular passage, along with others in scripture, has frequently been used by Christians as a warning to stay on your toes for the return of Yeshua as he will come back to separate the sheep and the goats — and you

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certainly want to be in the right camp.

It’s my own conviction that Christianity has spent an inordinate amount of time speaking of judgment.

I would like to propose an alternative meaning for these admonitions.

I would argue that Jesus came to set us free.

That is the final purpose of his birth, his death and his res-

urrection.

He took upon himself all that he did in order to wake us up to a life beyond our small ego-bound selves and into a life of absolute and utter trust in that One, that Endless Unity, that we have come to call “God”.

That is true freedom — to no longer be run by personalities, our opinions, our likes and dislikes, our fears and hopes.

In short, to live beyond our thoughts and emotions and to live instead in an ongoing and immediate connection to Ultimate Reality — where we no longer have to worry about our own small selves but can be fed instead directly from the Living Presence which abides within each of us as our deepest Self.

How then can we

access that Self where we are, in fact, at one with this Source?

At one with the One. At one with God. We can do it by waking up. By becoming increasingly aware.

By staying alert.

We spend so much of our lives asleep — so very much of our time wrapped up the small worlds of our personalities.

It need not be this way.

Yeshua tells us that the kingdom of God is within us but, as one spiritual writer says, “It’s the rare Christian who takes that seriously. Life is a banquet. And the tragedy is that most people are starving to death.

“Wake up! Wake up!

Put on a new mind.

Take a new way of looking at things!”

So, again, how do we wake up?

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I would argue that Jesus came to set us free.

That is the final purpose of his birth, his death and his resurrection.

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We can do it through self-observation — not through self-absorption, but through self-observation.

By observing your repeated emotional reactions and your habitual thought processes.

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fears, depressions, etc.

Again. I will reiterate what I have said in my previous columns: Contemplation/meditation is a key tool to connecting to your deeper Self.

I recommend the practice known as Centering Prayer.

As you grow in the practice, you will learn that you do not have to be driven by your thoughts and your emotions.

You will become increasingly awake and aware.

You will be free.

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thing within you and around you as far as possible.

In a sense, it’s almost as if whatever you’re observing is happening to someone else.

The reason it feels that way is because you are not personalizing whatever is happening with you.

You are not identifying with whatever is going on.

You are simply observing it.

When we are wrapped up in our emotions and our thoughts we are not free.

We are not living the abundant life that Jesus came to wake us to.

As long as we live from our personalities, we will continue to suffer needlessly from our anxieties,

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Sports Business for Sale Peter Puck Hockey Development and Skating Skills Program has been successfully operating in Kamloops for over 28 years and focuses on children aged 4-12 years old. This year round business offers hockey skills sessions in the fall and winter months, hockey tournaments in the spring and hockey camps in the summer months. Check out the website at: www.peterpuckhockey.ca or call Dianna at 250-3760072 or email: dianna@peter puckhockey.ca

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Position: Head Lifeguard Location: Downtown Y, 400 Battle St. Kamloops, BC Compensation: $14.50/hr.

Y Membership Schedule: Regular Part-Time (minimum 20 hours per week). Must be available to work: EVENINGS & WEEKENDS Must have at least 1 year aquatic experience Placement date: ASAP Application Deadline: This position is open until filled.

Please email resume and cover letter with a photo-copy of all certifications. and a list of three references, at least two of which are professional to: Javan Johnson, Aquatics Director E-mail @: jjohnson@kamloopsy.org *All successful applicants are subject to a criminal records check before commencement of employment*

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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.

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.

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Commercial or Conveyancing Legal Assistant Mair Jensen Blair LLP is a busy, progressive office with a respectful work environment. For more information about the firm, visit mjblaw.com.

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Help Wanted Hiring Nanny for 3 children for private household. 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; Bath, dress and feed children; take children to & from school; light housekeeping; discipline children as per parents’ methods; create positive child care; maintain safe environment for children. Free Room & Board provided.

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Email resume: tranpreet1@gmail.com Experienced Dog Groomer needed starting January for a busy Kamloops shop. Send resume to 1662 Valleyview Dr or call / interview 250-372-3800 I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

FULL-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANTS Our full-service law ďŹ rm located in Kamloops, BC provides quality legal services to clients throughout BC’s beautiful Interior region.

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Online: jobs.arrow.ca, Email: jobs@arrow.ca, Fax: 250-314-1750, Phone: 1-877-700-4445

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Busy professional office requires full time Office Manager. Successful candidate will be well-organized, detail-minded and be able to multi-task.

Microsoft Word, Excel and Sage 50 (Simply Accounting) experience is essential. Salary commensurate with experience. Please E-Mail resume with cover letter to: info@ frilan.ca. Will be interviewing immediately.

EARN EXTRA $$$

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at

250-374-0462

LEGAL ASSISTANT The law firm of Watson & Haines is seeking an experienced conveyancing/commercial assistant for a one year maternity leave commencing late March, 2015.

Please forward your resume to ci@watsonhaines.ca

6798561

ATTENTION: AUTOMOTIVE PARTS PERSON

Do you have a minimum two years parts counter or dealership experience?

Are you working for a large automotive parts chain with little chance of promotion or new challenges?

Kamloops Hyundai is looking for a full-time parts person who is self-motivated with good computer, phone and people skills.

With our growing company, you will have the opportunity to run your own parts department in a progressive team atmosphere.

We offer competitive compensation and excellent benefits.

Please drop off your resume in person to Herb Tarzwell or email your resume to parts@kamloopshyundai.com

Kamloops Hyundai

948 Notre Dame Dr.

Mon to Sat 8 am to 6 pm

NEED EXTRA CASH? LOOKING FOR A WAY TO FUNDRAISE FOR YOUR CLUB OR TEAM? JOIN THE YELLOW PAGES TEAM TODAY! We are looking for individuals or organizations with a car or small truck, to deliver the Yellow Pages Phone Book, in the Kamloops area.

How can you apply?

Contact Melissa melissa.thomas@yp.ca Phone: 1-800-268-3550 *January Start*

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries.

Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

Seeking Resident Manager couple that are willing to consider relocation. Must have strong communication skills, be computer literate and experience with the Residential Tenancy Branch an asset. Basic maintenance skills for plumbing, drywall, carpentry a must. Please submit resume via fax: 778-471-7170, email: kamloopsapartmentrent@shaw.ca

or drop off at 109 Victoria Street.

PARTS DISMANTLER

Required for busy shop.

Must be mechanically inclined, have your own tools and a valid BC D/L. Apply with resume to: kamtruck@shaw.ca or fax: 250-828-8618

Steakhouse at Sun Peaks Lodge is hiring experienced line cooks. Email resume to: info@sunpeakslodge.com

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF S.D. NO. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)

Employment

Services

Services

Help Wanted

Financial Services

Landscaping

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

YOUR BUSINESS HERE

The Kamloops Child Development Society has an opening for a full-time ECE. Four days/wk, 9hr. shifts. Criminal Records check required. An IT and a Class 4 license will be considered assets. This position starts February 2, 2015.

Send resume to: peter@telus.net

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.

Trades, Technical

Mechanic We are currently seeking qualified applicants for Mechanic T.Q. – Operations Division.

The applicants must provide services to the School District for the repair and servicing of school district vehicles.

This is a temporary position. Salary of $28.87 per hour.

Further information on this opportunity and how to apply can be obtained by visiting Make a Future website at www.makeafuture.ca.

Deadline for applications is Friday, January 23, 2014 We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Start each day with a sense of purpose.

End each day safely with a sense of accomplishment.

• SAW FILER • ELECTRICIANS • MILLWRIGHT/WELDER

- Surrey B.C Searching for highly motivated and ambitious individuals to work and be challenged in their field.

Competitive Wage & Good Benefit Package Offered!

Please forward your resume: Fax:(1)604-581-4104 Email: careers@tealjones.com Visit: www.tealjones.com

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Services Mind Body Spirit That’s the kind of outlook we are striving to achieve for our employees at Spectra Energy. We value diversity and inclusion, openness and teamwork. Ours is a high-performance culture where you’re encouraged to stretch your capabilities and exercise creativity in effecting change and shaping the future.

Spectra Energy is one of North America’s premier pipeline and midstream companies.

Our approach extends beyond our offices and facilities into our neighbourhoods, towns and cities—through community and economic development partnerships, we cultivate talent and grow leadership.

Health & Safety Specialist A wide-ranging role for a seasoned H&S practitioner—Savona, BC Apply your in-depth knowledge of H&S regulations, industry standards and best practices to support all pipeline area operations and help leadership meet H&S targets as you: • liaise with regulatory agencies • review and coordinate H&S reporting • provide emergency response support • support H&S project management • provide H&S training and related technical support.

(or equivalencies), you ideally have your CRSP designation, excellent analytical, communication, computer and organization skills. A valid driver’s licence and driver’s abstract are required.

Experience in incident investigations, project management, pipeline and gas plant maintenance and using/developing processes for managing H&S risks would be preferred.

Along with an H&S diploma or certificate (a degree would be an asset) and 6 years’ H&S experience For more information on this position and to apply online by January 22, 2015, please visit spectraenergy.com/careers.

We thank you for your interest. Please note that only those shortlisted will be contacted.

Spectra Energy is committed to diversity in our workplace and equal access to opportunities.

All candidates will be given fair consideration based on individual merit.

Relax and unwind with a full body massage for appointment couples welcome (250) 682-1802

Only $150/month

Run your 1x1 semi display classified in every issue of Kamloops This Week

Call 250-371-4949

classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com

Stucco/Siding

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Pets & Livestock events there’s morevonline »

Fitness/Exercise WE will pay you to exercise!

Deliver Kamloops This Week Only 3 issues a week!

call 250-374-0462 for a route near you!

Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act. BICHON/ HAVANESE X puppies, vet checked, 1st set of shots, delivery available.

(250)804-6848. Ready to go Jan 16.

FIND A FRIEND

Electrical SUNDANCE ELECTRIC “A” Licensed and Bonded Serving Kamloops Small Jobs & Silver Label on older Mobile Homes

Call Gerry 250-574-4602

sundanceelectric.ca

Handypersons

Financial Services

RICKS’S SMALL HAUL

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

For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent.

Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

250-377-3457

Help Wanted

NEED EXTRA CASH? Join the Kamloops This Week Carrier Crew We are looking for responsible, hardworking individuals that want to work part-time only

3 days a week.

Vehicle an asset. spectraenergy.com

Interested call 374-0462

www.kamloopsthisweek.com

Merchandise for Sale

Computer Equipment WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-3711333

Firewood/Fuel ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine.

Stock up now. Campfire wood.

(250)377-3457.

Furniture Dining Room Table c/w lazy susan & 4-chairs. Dark Wood 54” diam. round. Like new. $400. 778-471-1951.

Dining room table & hutch/6chairs. $300obo 250319-5258.

Oak China Cabinet. $500/obo.

Armoire. $500/obo.

Good cond. 250-672-9408 (McLure).

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

FRIDAY, January 16, 2015

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Rentals

Misc. for Sale

Houses For Sale

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.

Nordic Track Walk Fit Treadmill Self powered with arm exerciser poles like new $325obo (250) 578-7449 Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477

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

Misc. Wanted BUYING gold jewelry! Bracelets, chains, necklaces, rings, watches, coins, gold teeth, etc.

Call Todd @ 250-864-3521.

Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antiques, Native Art, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale

Medical Supplies Elec wheelchair Compass mid wheel drive new cond, ext cap batt incl + charger $3000obo (250) 554-7379

Houses For Sale

Misc. for Sale 1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $600. Call 250-851-1304.

Mobile Homes & Parks Lease to own New 16 x 58 2bdrm 2bth mobile home in new mobile park. Trouble with financing? One or Two year term Call Gerry 250-371-1849

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1/2bdrm clean quiet Apts $750/$850 a mnt + util. Senior discount available. Avail Now n/p, a/c, laundry, free parking, close to downtown (250) 3778304 1bdrm dwtn apt. Quiet, spacious, lndry, AC, $1100/mo. utilities incld. 604-852-0403 55+, independent, community living, 925 sq ft luxury suite. $1950 mo. Activities, entertainment included. 250-8198419 or 778-470-8315

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

4Winter Michelin’s 235/70 R16 on 5 bolt steel rims $1200new asking $600 (250) 554-1830 Round table on pedestal w/leaf and 4 padded chairs light wood $185 778-471-2259

TARPS! TARPS! “BEST PRICES IN TOWN!”

BLUE TARPS 10X8 weave (Medium Duty) STARTING AT 2.19 $

WHITE TARPS 10X10 weave (Heavy Duty)

STARTING AT $3.99

BLACK TARPS 14X14 weave (Industrial Duty)

STARTING AT 5.49 $

FOAM SHOP MATTRESS REPLACEMENTS SINGLE TO KING SIZE 2” TO 6” THICK - CUSTOM CUT OR CUSTOM ORDER MEMORY FOAM TOPPER PADS - 3LB DENSITY SINGLE TO KING SIZE - 2” & 3” THICK

CUSHION REPLACEMENTS TORN OR TATTERED? SOFAS, CHAIRS, OTTOMANS, SNOWMOBILES SEATS, TRACTORS

YOU NEED IT - WE WILL CUT IT!

CAMPING FOAM, MEDICAL WEDGES & BOLSTERS, PILLOWS

“ A CUT ABOVE THE REST”

CARMEL PLACE 55+ Quality Living in new medical building.

Studio suites with affordable rates, FOB entry, elevator, scooter stations and Telus Optik Package! Call Columbia Property Management to book your appointment: 250-851-9310 Downtown 2bdrm/baths furnished undergrd parking Jan 1-Mar31 $1200 778-471-3301 GARDEN VIEW APARTMENTS - BROCK Modern 2bdrm apts., 5 appliances, a/c, video monitoring, secure bldg., $870/mos. + utilities, min. 6 mos. lease. No Smoking & No Pets. 250-3762254.

GOLDEN VISTA SUITES 55+ Adult Living in a new safe building. Close to transit, clinic and shopping.

Small pet friendly, elevator, balconies, a/c, common room, parking and caretaker. $775, call 250-819-0101.

Juniper Village 2 or 3 Bedroom Condos Juniper, 1-2 bathrooms Hot Water Heat Included. $1,000-$1,150 + Hydro Sunden Management Ltd (250) 376-0062

Rentals

Transportation

Apt/Condo for Rent

Suites, Lower

Cars - Domestic

Snowmobiles

NORTH SHORE

2bdrm 4 working person or couple, central air, $850 ref vacant shared util 376-0633

RUN UNTIL SOLD

2011 Ski Doo Summit 800.

154 track. Only 4200km $8000 (250) 851-6879

1 and 2 bedroom apartments.

Clean quiet building.

Rents starting at $625 + utilities.

CALL 250-682-2293 250-682-0312

RIVIERA VILLA 1&2/BDRM Suites

1/bdrm starting at $675/mth 2/bdrm starting at $800/mth Incl/heat, hot water. N/P. Senior oriented.

250-554-7888

SILVERCREST SUITES

One Month Free Rent and Free Telus Cable and Internet for one year! New 55+ living. Next to North Hills Mall with in suite laundry, balconies, A/C, rooftop terrace, amenities room, parking and storage. Pet friendly.

Starting at $850 per month.

Call 250-819-0101.

Southill Manor 2bdrm apt. ac, ns, np, next to shopping and bus. $775. 250-376-9059 The Sands, Lower Sahali.

Centrally located, renovated 1&2 Bdrms, $850-$1100. 250828-1711.

Duplex / 4 Plex 3bdrm duplex NShore w/d cls to all amenities n/s $1300 ref req Avail Feb1 319-9648

Modular Homes 2bdrm mobile quiet area 5 min from shopping yard& shed N/P landlord ref $800 +util Avail now 250-579-8913aft 6pm

Homes for Rent 3bdrm house Downtown cls to RIH. F/S, N/P, N/S. $1200/mo+util+ref’s. 250-6754030/ 250-833-6095 4bdrm/4bth executive home in Valleyview cls to shopping mall and school. Large family, living, dining room all appl n/s, n/p avail immediately $1975 Call Simon 250-371-4782 Brock 3bdrms. F/S, W/D, DW. Parking. N/S, N/P. $1800/mo.

250-376-0881.

Looking for a Rental in Kamloops or Logan Lake?

Check out our Listings at

www.sundenmanagement.com

Call 250-376-0062

Rooms for Rent Furn room for female on TRU Express util incl kitchen use $450 avail now 250-554-2296

Shared Accommodation North Shore $400 per/mo incl util & basic cable, np/ns 250-554-6877 / 250-377-1020

Suites, Lower

www.sundenmanagement.com

1bdrm Brock. $750/month plus dd. Incl util. W/D. Private ent. N/S, no parties. Ref req.

250-571-3553

Sahali 2 bdrm apartment completely renovated, $1100/mo.

250-579-8428

1BDRM South Shore remodeled priv prking W/D N/S N/P $900 Avail Feb.1st. 579-2066

Business for Sale

Business for Sale

Business Opportunity For Sale:

Complete Nail/Hair/Wig Esthetics Salon Contact Francois at 250-371-4756 or

headhunt@headhuntershair.com FIND US ON FACEBOOK

www.surplusherbys.com

248 TRANQUILLE RD, NORTH SHORE - KAMLOOPS 250376-2714 • OUT OF TOWN CALL 1-800-665-4533

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Franchising Opportunities also Available! Ask Francois for details!

2bdrm Brock $900 +dd util incl. sep ent no party, prefer mature ref req 250-376-0370 or 250-819-7994 3BDRM/1 bath parking n/p near shopping/bus Feb1st $1100 inclds util 778-220-8118 Brock close to schools 2Bdrms n/s/p. $950mo. Feb 1st, 250-682-3199.

North Kamloops brand new 1bdrm suite. New appl. N/S, N/P. $800. 250-318-0023.

Welcome, Cumfy 1bdrm.

Close to University, Hospital.

Student or quiet person. Excellent Location. $495-$725 ns/np. Call (250) 299-6477

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax) (250)371-4949 *some restrictions apply call for details

Motorcycles 2009 Vulcan LT Kawasaki.

Blue, 43,050kms. 1-owner. Excellent Condition. $5,000. 250372-7116.

Suites, Upper

3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Avail Immed.

250-374-5586 / 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 Northshore 3-bdrm townhouse, 4 appl, $1000/mth n/p, 250-554-6877, 250-377-1020.

Polaris 550 Trail 2000 rear gear, like new, 2228km garage prkd 1 senior owner $3000 obo (250) 579-9029

Sport Utility Vehicle 1981 GMC Suburban 4X4.

Re-built motor/trans.

Good shape. $2,900. 250-828-1808.

Recreational/Sale 1991 27ft. 5th-Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $8,000/obo. 250-5799029.

2003 Chev Tracker. 4cyl, auto. 130,000kms. Good condition. $6,500. 250-3747979.

Trucks & Vans

Furn bach suite. N/Shore.

Prefer female. $500/mo. N/P. Util incld. Bus route. 554-2296

Townhouses

Transportation

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. $16,900. 250-376-8471.

1995 Jayco Trailer 30ft. No slide-outs.

Good shape. $7500/obo. 250-851-0264.

1996 Dodge half-ton ext cab 4x4. Good shape. $4900/obo.

250-828-1808.

1998 Ford E350 cube van 16’box w/ramp V10 gas with auto tran $6100 250-459-2275 2005 Dodge 1500 Truck. 5.7L Hemi, canopy, new winters, good summers only 115,000 kms. $7,900. 250-828-6746.

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.

TOWNHOUSES Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms

1998 24ft. Citation Class C Motorhome.

163,000kms.

Well maintained with records. Ind. solar panel. $14,000. 250-523-6446.

*Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

318-4321

lilacgardens1@gmail.com NO PETS

Transportation

Antiques / Classics 1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $6000 obo (250) 376-5722

2004 Lexington motor home well equipped new tires like new only 36000 miles call $32,000 obo 250 573-2332 2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully loaded, $19,900. 250-376-1655 2005 8ft. Okanagan Camper with solar panel. $10,500. 250554-8031.

Auto Accessories/Parts 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 4 195/75/14 Wintermark Winters on 4bolt Ford rims. Like new. $250. 250-554-1023 4 Bridgestone Winters on BMW Rims 185/70R14 used one season. $400. 374-5251.

Cars - Domestic

2006 36ft. Forest River Georgetown XL. Loaded, 19,560miles. 3-slides. Gen, winter pkg. Awnings. New Mich tires. $68,000. 3728820/574-0090.

26’ Champion motorhome, 440 motor. reno’d ($3000/receipts) $2675/obo.

778-4721547 9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom.

Good shape. $3,500/obo. 250-376-1841.

91 Toyota fully rebuilt, 6 cyl, std 4x4 - lift, winch, 33” tires, hitch, newer seats/carpet – awesome ride. Extra parts. $5600/obo 250-319-1946 Fishing Truck 89 Ford Lariat F150 2-wd 173,000km V8-302 auto with canopy & boat loader asking $3000 250-376-4761 NEW LEER Truck Canopy.

82”x70”. White. $500, Call: 1(250) 314-0072.

Trucks - Logging

1992 GMC Dump Truck 366 V8 on propane, 5spd manual tranny, hyd brakes. Incl inbox hyd sander and 10’ snow blade. Clean title $13000 obo 250-574-2766 or 250-376-1872

Boats 1996 Seadoo, 5-seater jet boat & trailer. New motor & impellars, many extras. Excellent shape. $7,000. 250-672-9887.

2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg

Adult Escorts

1986 BMW Coupe 325i.

6cyl. 5spd. Looks good, runs good. Extras. $3,600. 250374-5251.

1992 Buick Roadmaster. 5.7L, 53,000kms. Exc Hwy car, new tires. $4,300. 250-319-4104.

1998 Ford Contour. 4dr sedan.

4 cyl, auto. $1250/obo. 250372-9112.

1999 Red Ford Escort Auto 2yr old motor excel tran, 2 set tires, very gd body As is ICBC W/O $600 obo 250-672-9712 or 250-819-9712 2011 Mercedes CLS 550. 4dr. coupe, fully equipped. AMG sport pkg, V-8, 40,000kms.

New $97,000, Now $49,800.

250-319-8784.

97 Camaro Z28 350 6spd 120,000km black loaded $9,000obo (250) 319-7058

Run until sold

New Price $56.00+tax

Do you have a vehicle, boat, rv, or trailer to sell? With our Run til sold specials you pay one flat rate and we will run your ad until your vehicle sells.* • $56.00 (boxed ad with photo) • $35.00 (regular 3 line ad)

Call: 250-371-4949

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

Scrap Car Removal

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17. Taxis 18. Ancient Chinese weight unit 20. Third tonsil 22. Ancient Hebrew measure = 1.5 gal.

23. Piece of clothing 25. Overrefined, effeminate 28. Housing for electronics 31. Cut grass 32. Ghana’s capital

33. Prof. Inst. of Real Estate 34. Shares a predicament 39. Old World buffalo 40. Loads with cargo 41. What part of (abbr.)

42. Partakers 45. Expressed harsh criticism 49. Doctors’ group 50. OM (var.)

52. A dead body 55. Jewish spiritual leader 57. An almost horizontal entrance to a mine 59. Anglo-Saxon monk (672-736) 60. Database management system 61. A swindle in which you cheat 62. Arabian Gulf

63. Six (Spanish) 64. Price label 65. Black tropical American cuckoo 66. Teletypewriter (abbr.)

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Rearrange the letters in the word to spell a Coffee shop in Kamloops.

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FINANCIAL MATTERS Saving And Managing Money

TAX-PLANNING TIPS

Claim tax credits for students

A lower tax bill means more money in your pocket

A student may claim a tax credit for tuition costs of $100 or more paid in the taxation year to attend a post-secondary institution. A student is also entitled to the education and textbook tax credits for each month he or she is enrolled in full-time or part-time studies in a qualifying postsecondary education program.

Part of good money management means knowing how to keep more of what you earn. Here are some ways you can reduce your income tax bill.

Contribute to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or spousal RRSP Contributions made to your RRSP or to a spousal RRSP during the year or within the first 60 days of the next calendar year can be deducted from income (up to your contribution limit). An exception is that the final contribution to your RRSP must be made by December 31 of the year you turn age 71 – but you can still contribute to a spousal RRSP until December 31 of the year your spouse1 turns age 71.

Keep in mind that contributing to a spousal RRSP in December, rather than in January, means that amount can be withdrawn without attribution back to the contributor one year earlier than would otherwise be the case.

Tax deductions for RRSP contributions can be carried forward indefinitely, long after your RRSPs are closed. You can choose when to take the tax deductions and even spread deductions over several years to reduce taxable income in retirement.

Contribute to a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) While the money you contribute to a TFSA is not tax-deductible, as it is with an RRSP, these plans offer tax-free investment growth and taxfree withdrawals. Plus, any withdrawals you make do not affect your eligibility for federal income-tested benefits and credits, such as Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canada Child Tax Benefit. In addition, the amounts you withdraw will be added back to your available contribution room for the following calendar year.

With a TFSA you can save for short-term needs, as well as long-term goals, such as education or retirement.

Contribute to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) Contributions to an RESP are not tax-deductible, but the money inside the plan can grow tax-deferred until withdrawn and used to pay for a postsecondary educational program.

Deduct interest and carrying charges You can deduct the interest you paid on borrowed money that was used to earn income from non-registered investments or from a business.2 1. All references to spouse include common-law partner as these terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).

2. In Quebec, the deductibility of investment expenses incurred by an individual or trust is limited to the amount of investment income earned during the year.

Also, the fees you paid to manage or administer your non-registered investments can be tax-deductible. However, the charges for safety deposit boxes are no longer deductible.

Claim the medical expenses tax credit You can claim a tax credit for any eligible medical expenses that were not paid for by a provincial or private plan. If you have private coverage, the premiums you pay also qualify as eligible medical expenses.

Either spouse can claim the tax credit for themselves and/or any dependent children under 19 years of age for eligible expenses incurred in a 12-month period that ends in the taxation year. It’s almost always better for the spouse with the lower net income to claim medical expenses (provided he/she is in a taxable position) because the credit is reduced by a percentage of net income.

Claim the charitable donations tax credit The tax credit for donations is two-tiered, with a greater credit for donations above $200. To maximize the tax credit, spouses can pool their donation receipts or carry them forward for up to five years.

The 2013 federal budget introduced a temporary First-Time Donor’s Super Credit (FTDSC). The FTDSC supplements the Charitable Donations Tax Credit (CDTC) with an additional 25 per cent non-refundable federal tax credit for first-time donors of up to $1,000 in donations. Donations must be in the form of cash to qualify for the FTDSC. An individual is considered to be a first-time donor if neither the individual nor the individual’s spouse has claimed the CDTC or FTDSC in any taxation year after 2007. The FTDSC is available for donations made on or after March 21, 2013 and may be claimed only once in a taxation year after 2012 and before 2018.

Part or all of any unused tuition, education and textbook amounts for the year may be transferred to a spouse, parent or grandparent, or can be carried forward to a future year to be used by the student.

A student may be able to claim the interest paid on his or her student loan in the year and/or the preceding five years if the loan was received under the Canada Student Loans Act, Canada Student Financial Assistance Act or a similar provincial or territorial law for post-secondary education.

Amounts that are not claimed in the year can be carried forward and claimed by the student in any of the next five years.

Speak to your advisor to learn more about these and other ways to take advantage of tax-saving opportunities.

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