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Thompson Rivers University is forgoing more than $1 million after dropping a lawsuit against the family of B.C. philanthropist Irving K. Barber. TRU originally filed a statement of claim in 2014, seeking nearly $1.3 million from Barber’s heirs — the bulk of the $1.5 million pledged by the philanthropist in return for having his name on a signature campus building. University spokesman Christopher Seguin said TRU recently agreed to drop

the lawsuit, based on documentation it received in the legal process. There was no recovery of any of the money TRU claimed it was owed. The family trust argued in court documents that Barber’s pledge died with him in 2012 and that there were no remaining assets. The university invited Barber to the opening of its pithouse-themed lecture theatre in 2010 after announcing he would contribute $1.5 million to the Brown Family House of Learning, which includes the Irving K. Barber Centre. Seguin said the university is free to

adopt another sponsor for the building “It [Barber name] will stay on for a period of time . . .” Seguin said. “We’re certainly looking at our options.” Barber was a legendary philanthropist who founded Slocan Forest Products. He attended the University of B.C., where he trained as a forester after serving in the Second World War. Prior to the TRU donation, Barber gave $10 million to University of B.C.’s Okanagan campus and $2.5 million to Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey.

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$1 million to demolish KDN building The former Kamloops Daily News building will be coming down — likely at a cost of more than a million dollars, bringing the city’s cost to buy the property, demolish the building and run a failed referendum in-between to more than $6 million. Kamloops council on Tuesday will be asked by staff to approve awarding a demolition contract to Dakota Reclamators Ltd. for $498,000. With additional related costs — $200,000 for scope of work and contingency, $100,000 for design, project management and contract administration and $300,000 to create an interim parking lot and landscaping on the property at Seymour Street and Fourth Avenue — the total cost is pegged at $1.1 million. The Daily News closed in January 2014. In March of that year, the city bought the property from Glacier Media for $4.8 million. In a November 2015 referendum, voters rejected a proposal to build a performing-arts centre on the site, with the cost of planning the vote estimated at more than $400,000. In April, council agreed to have the city conduct a public bidding process for the demolition of the building and complete a detailed design, with cost estimates for a proposed interim surface parking lot on the site. On May 16, a negotiated request for

KTW FILE PHOTO The building at Seymour Street and Fourth Avenue once housed The Bay and the Kamloops Daily News. It will come down this summer and be replaced by a parking lot.

proposals (NRFP) was issued for demolition services. Four proposals were received and evaluated, with the report to council noting the bids were evaluated from highest to lowest scores (including, but not limited to, the price of the work): 1. Dakota Reclamators Ltd. 2. McColman & Sons Demolition Ltd. 3. 3R Demolition Corp. 4. Brentwood Enterprises Ltd.

Demolition is estimated to take 12 weeks, with the parking lot expected to be ready by the late fall, depending on weather. If the weather does not allow for completion of the work in late fall, the parking lot will be surfaced with gravel and completed in the spring of 2018. Funds for additional work have been added as historical building foundations have been discovered on site and will need to be removed as part of the project.

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Len Marchand Jr. has been given a Kelowna seat on the bench of the B.C. Supreme Court, but that doesn’t mean Kamloops won’t remain his hometown — and he is not ruling out a return. “I am a Kamloops person, born and raised,” said Marchand, who was promoted from his role as a provincial court judge in Kamloops on Friday. “I love Kamloops. It’s where I’ve raised my family. I’m looking forward to serving in Kelowna. But, at the same time, vacancies arise from time to time and transfers occur among judges.” Marchand was named a provincial court judge in Kamloops in September 2013. He is the third judge in recent years to rise quickly from the Tournament Capital’s

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provincial court to B.C. Supreme Court. Justice Dev Dley was elevated to B.C. Supreme Court in 2010 after two years in Kamloops provincial court and Justice Sheri Donegan spent about three years as a provincial court judge before being promoted in 2013. Marchand’s promotion is immediate. He said he will attend a week-long orientation in Vancouver and could begin hearing B.C. Supreme Court cases in Kelowna after the Canada Day long weekend. “There is definitely new challenges, new responsibilities,” Marchand said. “The jurisdiction of the supreme court is wider than provincial court. I’ll be hearing criminal cases — just the nature will be a little different. I’ll be hearing a lot more civil cases. “There will also be family

cases with a broader range of issues.” Marchand, son of pioneering Canadian politician Len Marchand, Sr., worked as a lawyer at local firm Fulton & Company until his appointment to the provincial court bench. As a lawyer, Marchand dedicated a large portion of his work to First Nations reconciliation and civil claims relating to residential schools. He said he is excited about his new role. “I’m a lifelong learner and I’m looking forward to deciding a wider range of cases and just expanding my skill set,” he said. “It’s an honour to serve as a judge at whatever level. The justice system is really critical to how our society functions.” Marchand will be replacing B.C. Supreme Court Justice Alison Beames, who will work part-time.

Changes at helm of KTW There has been a change at the helm of Kamloops This Week. Longtime publisher Kelly Hall is stepping aside to focus on a publication parent company Aberdeen Publishing has purchased. Hall will also continue with Aberdeen in a consultancy role. Aberdeen Publishing president Bob Doull will step into the publisher’s role at KTW. “It is a seamless transition as Kelly will still be involved in the company,” Doull said. “He wants to focus on growing the Connector and doing some work on other projects.” Hall has been with KTW since 1992. The Connector is a monthly newspaper recently purchased by Aberdeen Publishing. It has been, and will continue to be, distributed within the

pages of Kamloops This Week. Doull’s role as publisher will include working to maintain KTW as the city’s predominant multiplatform source for news. Kamloops This Week publishes a newspaper three times per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays), has a constantly updated website at kamloopsthisweek.com, is extremely active on social media with Facebook and Twitter accounts and has launched a new digital division at digital. kamloopsthisweek.com. As always, KTW can be reached by phone at 250-374-7467, by email at editor@kamloopsthisweek.com and publisher@kamloopsthisweek.com and in person at 1365B Dalhousie Dr.

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Kamloopsians came out to the Kamloops Museum and Archives on Friday to see Tim Van Horn’s mosaic of 54,000 portraits (equal to 0.15 per cent of Canada’s population in this 150th year of the nation) spread across his vehicle, which has traversing the country. The vehicle features portraits of everyday Canadians from 1,045 communities across every province and territory in Canada. For more on Van Horn’s project, go online to canadianmosaic.ca.

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Acquittal in sex-assault case BARRIERE MAN WAS ACCUSED OF GROPING WOMAN, 96 TIM PETRUK

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A 61-year-old Barriere man accused of violently groping a 96-year-old woman has been found not guilty. Brian Byung Koo Lee was acquitted in Kamloops provincial court on Monday. He stood trial in April on one count of sexual assault after it was alleged he attacked an

elderly acquaintance last summer. At trial, the woman testified Lee entered her home and aggressively fondled and kissed her. Court was shown photos of bruising she said was a result of the incident. Lee took the stand in his own defence, denying the allegations outright. He said he had visited the home, but left after becoming involved in an awkward

family conversation with the elderly woman. In delivering his decision, Kamloops provincial court Judge Chris Cleaveley pointed out inconsistencies in the evidence of the woman and two of her relatives, but stopped short of saying he did not believe her. He called Lee’s testimony “balanced” and believable. “I accept Mr. Lee’s evidence without any reservation,” he said.

Have you seen Clarice? Kamloops Mounties are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman reported missing. Clarice Krause, 34, was was last seen by her family on Friday, June 23, when she left in her white Ford

Explorer with B.C. licence plate 209 MLT. RCMP Sgt, Darren Michels said Krause’s family is concerned for her welfare and would like her to be returned safe. Krause is white, stands 5-foot-4 and

weighs 130 pounds. She has shoulderlength blond hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Krause is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.

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Motorcyclist dies in crash A motorcyclist is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 5A near Knutsford, south of Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said emergency crews were called to the Cardu Hill area at about 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. “When police and BC Ambulance arrived on scene, the driver of the motorcycle was deceased,” she said. “The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.” The victim has been identified only as a 32-year-old Kamloops man.Police and the BC Coroners Service are continuing their investigation.

DAVE EAGLES/KTW Cardu Hill on Highway 5A, south of Knutsford, has been the scene of a number of accidents in recent years.

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Cates Ford Oien Epp wishes to congratulate Simon Walter for his recent call to the bar and welcomes him as the firm’s newest associate. He practices in family law, estate planning, and civil litigation matters. Simon has called Kamloops home since he was one and a half years old. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Victoria in 2012, with a specialization in Acting and Theatre. He then graduated from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 2016. Simon has worked for CFOE every summer since the end of his first year of law school. Now that he has returned to Kamloops to work full-time, he continues to be involved in local community and business organizations. He is a member of the Kamloops Bar Association and the newly founded Kamloops Collaborative Family Law Association. He sits on the Board for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Kamloops Soccer Referees Association. Outside the office, Simon works as a referee for local soccer leagues and sings with The Cantabile Singers, a local Kamloops choir.

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Kamloops-South Thompson Liberal MLA Todd Stone said his party’s promise to reform campaign finance is an acknowledgement it was “wrong and out-of-step.” Stone spoke in an interview Thursday following the throne speech by Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon that outlined what a B.C. Liberal government would do if supported by at least one MLA from another party. The Liberals are trying to govern with 43 seats, one short of a majority. The NDP, with 41 seats, and the Greens, with three seats, have said they will vote against the throne speech next week and topple government, with the goal of joining forces and forming government, pending a nod from Guichon. The Liberal throne speech promises, torn from the pages of their adversaries, include $1 billion for day care, an end to corporate and union political donations, a referendum on electoral reform and a poverty-reduction strategy. The Liberals came under harsh criticism for the province’s campaign finance rules that saw it rake in millions from corporations and wealthy donors. It refused to change until the May election that left a hung parliament and no ability to rule without some support from across the aisle. “That was probably the first line in the throne speech, a clear acknowledgement on campaign reform that we were wrong and out-of-step,” Stone said. The transportation minister added his party came out of the election with a clear sense that voters want to retain a focus on low taxes and balanced budgets, but with spending to help housing affordability, child care and other social measures.

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hat is the strategy of the B.C. Liberals as they begin their likely death march towards a no-confidence vote? Premier Christy Clark introduced the government’s Throne Speech last Thursday. Barring some bizarre turn of events (hey, this is B.C.) her government will be defeated and replaced by NDP Leader John Horgan and his trio of Green allies. But before that, Clark seems determined that the party will flip the script and embrace everything it ran against in the last election. Referendums required for new transit funding by TransLink and the Mayors’ Council? Not so, says the new (temporary) minister. Banning corporate and union donations to political parties? Capital idea, says the premier who poohpoohed the idea. How about finally increasing funding to those on social assistance and disability? It would be funny if it wasn’t so insulting. Clark could have made those policy changes at any time in the six years she’s been premier. The Liberals seem to think they can make the public forget that just a month-and-a-half ago, they were running against all of those policies. In the next few weeks, watch as they castigate the NDP as hypocrites for voting against a Throne Speech packed with NDP and Green policy planks. All the Liberals are doing is proving that their own promises during the election were entirely tactical — empty words to be abandoned when they failed to serve their purpose. With their about-face, the Liberals suggest they are a party with one value — hang onto power, no matter what the cost. — Langley Advance

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What do we stand for? Whatever you want!

here was an old joke back in the early 1990s, when the CFL was on death watch and attendance at games was even worse than today. The joke went like this: When you called BC Place Stadium to ask what time the game started, the response was: What time can you get here? That joke can easily be repurposed in today’s political arena: Call the B.C. Liberals and ask what they stand for and the response will be: What do you want us to stand for? Premier Christy Clark and various MLAs claim they are simply listening to the people and trying to introduce the best ideas of all parties after unveiling a Throne Speech that plagiarized rival playbooks. But even the most naive among us can see crass desperation when it appears in all its embarrassing glory. Obviously, the premier has demanded her MLAs adhere to the cringeworthy transparent talking points since the Clone Speech (a tip of my hat to the Province headline writers) replaced the Throne Speech last week. It is telling that only former MLAs — including Bill Bennett and Kevin Falcon — will shake their heads in public at the spectacle. My bet is many of the current MLAs will do likewise in the future, when Clark is on the sidelines and it is safe to state the obvious. The Throne Speech in question would be the one last Thursday in which the B.C. Liberal government had Lieut.Gov. Judith Guichon read off at least 30 policy decisions that were either not part of the Liberals’ campaign just a few weeks ago or are 180-degree turns from what the party campaigned on for votes. Right until May 9, election day, the Liberals mocked the NDP’s plan to eliminate tolling on bridges in the Lower Mainland, arguing to do so would add debt to the books and imperil the province’s AAA credit rating. Faced with certain defeat in the legislature, the Liberals have said they will eliminate tolling. Right until May 9, election day, the Liberals refused — as they have for more than a decade — to raise welfare rates,

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MUSINGS arguing the best medicine for the poor is a good economy, low taxes and more jobs. Faced with certain defeat in the legislature, the Liberals have said they will eliminate tolling, the Liberals have said they will raise welfare rates. Right until May 9, election day, the Liberals rebuked calls from the NDP and Greens to hike the carbon tax, declaring it will stay at present rates until the rest of Canada catches up. Faced with certain defeat in the legislature, the Liberals have said they will hike carbon taxes even before the rest of Canada catches up. Right until May 9, election day, the Liberals dismissed calls to revamp election-donation laws and ban union and corporate money, saying they would instead form an all-party committee to look at how donations are dealt with in other provinces. Faced with certain defeat in the legislature, the Liberals have said they will now introduce legislation to ban union and corporate donations. (On that note, KamloopsSouth Thompson Liberal MLA Todd Stone, at the April 25 allcandidates meeting, touched on the subject. ““We do not support the public financing of political parties,” Stone said, referring to vote subsidies from government. “It should be up to individuals to donate to the parties of their choice.” But with generous tax deductions being claimed by those donating, is the public not already financing political parties?) There are those who will argue the NDP and Greens will be exposed as frauds if they do not vote in favour of a Throne Speech that includes some of what they promoted during the campaign. Those arguing that point

would be the superficial who are wedded to the Social Credit/Liberal brand, regardless of the substance contained within. The NDP and Greens will vote down the Throne Speech because they know the concessions it holds are born not from a genuine desire to benefit society, but from a genuine desire to maintain power at all costs. There are MLAs at this moment counting the days until Clark is either nudged aside or finally convinced to resign. When a leader takes a party from a majority to a razor-thin minority, then to Opposition status, the general rule is to quit and let somebody else repair the damage. The examples litter the political field in Canada. But what does this desperation play say about the millions of supporters who voted for Clark herself in Kelowna and her candidates in 86 other ridings? Those voters filled out a ballot for their Liberal candidate because they agreed with the party’s argument that tolls are needed, that MSP premiums are necessary to show taxpayers the cost of health care, that creating jobs and lowering taxes are better than hiking welfare rates if the goal to is pull people from poverty, that a free-enterprise province should welcome political donations from all walks of life. You can agree or disagree with the Liberals’ pre-flipflop philosophy, but the fact remains that stance, on which the party ran, gained more votes and more seats than ideas contained in platforms of other parties. Now that Clark and company have essentially told their supporters what they voted for is, in many cases, opposite to what the party will now do — what then? Where do those supporters, the ones who truly believe in the conservative agenda of the Liberals, go now that their party has become an amalgam of Social Credit/NDP and Green? I can hear W.A.C. Bennett now, bellowing from beyond: “Friends! The socialist hordes are inside the gates!” editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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YOUR OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HERE IS HOW WE WILL FILL SEARS SPACE Editor: I have two suggestions for what can be done with the Sears retail space once the store vacates Aberdeen Mall. Suggestion No. 1: a performing-arts centre and a restaurant or three that would suit that clientele on show night. I would prefer a performingarts centre downtown, but this might do. At least there is plenty of parking. Suggestion No. 2: an array of subsidized and non-subsidized housing, along with a moderate-sized grocery store to serve most of the residents’ needs. Part of the parking lot could be sacrificed to provide tenants with some green and play space, but it would still leave plenty of room for cars. Both of these suggestions would draw people to the area and provide income for the property owners. Any more suggestions out there? Ron Ste Marie Kamloops

IT’S PAST TIME TO LICENSE CYCLISTS Editor: We are frequent walkers along the Schubert Drive river trail, where it seems the shared pathway has little meaning to many cyclists. We have lost count of how many times ourselves or our dogs have come close to being hit while enjoying our walks. Do these riders not realize they, too, could be seriously hurt if a col-

lision occurred? Many have no regard for the fact some people cannot hear the swish of a bike tire on pavement or when traffic is busy, no one can hear a bike coming from behind. Why are they not required to have a warning device, such as a bell or horn, on their bikes for their own safety and the safety of others?

Some of them do and are very courteous to walkers, while others speed along with seemingly no thought for anyone else. We have to pay for a dog licence — why not a bicycle licence? Money raised could help maintain the pathways. Maureen Jackman Kamloops

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KTW reader Mary Goddard snapped this photo of the Kamloops sky on Saturday night, looking northwest from her Aberdeen home. That spiral cloud that looks like a tornado is actually smoke from a prescribed burn. If you have photos you would like to share with the community, email them to editor@ kamloopsthisweek. com.

FLETCHER’S HALF-TRUTHS NEED TO BE EXPOSED Editor: I find it ludicrous that a columnist like Tom Fletcher can write half-truths and possibly outright lies and there isn’t anyone at KTW who can repudiate

his information. His column (‘Dam delay disaster for NDP,’ June 15) is based on fear tactics and innuendo that has very little basis in truth. BC Hydro’s Site C will

cost taxpayers $20 billion and electricity rates will skyrocket for the average citizen, while B.C. Liberals will give big breaks to their corporate donors. So many people are

gullible and don’t fact check. Nor do they know who Fletcher represents in his column — and it certainly isn’t the everyday taxpayer. Betty Cadre Kamloops

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“Knock it down, pave a parking lot and then put a FOR SALE sign on it. Maybe we can get a million for it.” — posted by Polemam “The building should have been used for housing the homeless and at-risk people. It should have been used to help the New Life Mission run its great programs. Much better use of millions than a parking lot. Come on, council, please deal with real issues. — posted by Jim Moorhead “Yes! I’ll finally be able to park if I want to visit all the empty storefronts in the downtown.” — posted by Cynical Sarcasm “A bond issue should’ve been undertaken. A $1,000 PAC bond with a small return. I would have bought a couple. That would have also sharpened the planning pencil because a weak business case would have ensured feasibility — or not. — posted by Pierre Filisetti

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New breast health clinic at RIH fills crucial need The official opening of the Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic at Royal Inland Hospital was held on Thursday afternoon. The clinic gives patients in the Kamloops region access to centralized outpatient services and will help reduce the wait time for a breast cancer diagnosis. John O’Fee, chair of the Interior Health board, called the clinic specialized and integrated. He said it will help decrease delays for cancer diagnosis and speed referrals to surgical service when necessary. “I want to thank Rae Fawcett, her family and the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation for the generous donation that made this breast health clinic become a reality,” he said. The road to a cancer diagnosis, or news that a suspected diagnosis is not cancerous, can involve multiple appointments and follow-up consultations for patients with a family physician, mammography technologist, radiologist and surgeon. The new clinic has been designed as a one-stop shop

for breast health care that helps reduce the time patients wait for referrals and consultations. Patients have the opportunity to access a single-visit triple assessment, when appropriate, of clinical examination, diagnostic imaging and tissue sampling or biopsy. The co-ordinated care pathway helps speed up the time for tests, results and, if necessary, a surgical referral. “I got involved with the establishment of this clinic after my own breast cancer diagnosis. As a patient, I recognized how difficult it could be to navigate the breast cancer diagnostic system,” said Dr. Liz Ewart, a family physician who was instrumental in the creation of the clinic. Rae Fawcett and husband Ron are longtime Kamloops business leaders and philanthropists who have contributed to many local institutions and programs, including the RIH Foundation, Thompson Rivers University, the Boys and Girls Club of Kamloops, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and the B.C. Wildlife Park. Improving access to health

care is one of the Fawcetts’ passions, particularly access to women’s health programming, given a history of breast cancer in their family. As a result, they donated $1 million to the RIH Foundation to help create both the Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic and Rae Fawcett Simulation Centre at the hospital. “The breast health clinic has already exceeded my expectations in the very short time it has been open,” Rae Fawcett said. “I have heard great feedback thus far, and am honoured to be a part of the process to ease patient wait times for diagnosis.” Added RIH Foundation CEO Heidi Coleman: “We are so grateful to Rae, who truly understood the need for this clinic in our community.” The clinic opened on May 30. It will run three days per week, initially accepting referrals from BC Cancer’s screening mammography program, before expanding to acceptance of family physician referrals from the Kamloops region.

$100K for school playground A Kamloops school is in line for a new playground after winning a $100,000 revitalization in an online competition. Marion Schilling elementary is one of four spaces in B.C. to receive a six-figure donation

following the BCAA Play Here contest. The new play structure will replace a playground on the Marion Schilling schoolyard in Valleyview. In October 1983, the Stephen Dormer Memorial Park and

playground was built by volunteers. In 1994, some upgrades were made to the playground, but no improvements have been undertaken since. In addition to Marion Schilling, elementary schools in

Quesnel and on Galiano Island will also receive $100,000 playground makeovers, as will a park in Prince Rupert. There were 10 playgrounds in the competition and winners were determined by online votes.

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Forum on youth drug use A forum on youth and substance use harm reduction will be held Tuesday at the Henry Grube Education Centre. The forum will begin at 6 p.m. and is presented by the Kamloops RCMP, School District 73, the Phoenix Centre and the Interior Chemical Dependency Office. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the free event will give information needed for families and youth to reduce harm from drug use over the summer months.

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SD73 briefs: Most grads will be going to TRU Fewer graduates are returning surveys to the school district, though information from those completed indicate the majority of Kamloops-Thompson grads will be attending post-secondary classes. This year, 64.3 per cent of surveys were completed and returned, down five points from the 69.7 per cent mark last year and well below the 91 per cent return rate 10 years ago. Of those grads returning surveys, 65 per cent said they will be attending postsecondary school, with Thompson Rivers University being the predominant choice (39 per cent), followed by UVic (3.1 per cent), UBC (2.5 per cent) and SFU (1.3 per cent).

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The network includes experts and mentors in Canada, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and the U.S. “If you’re going to work in Indigenous health, you should have knowledge of traditional healing,” McCormick said. “This network won’t train investigators to be traditional healers, but it will provide them with the opportunity to learn

Thirty-seven per cent of students returning surveys said they will engage in part-time work next school year, while 20 per cent said they will be working full-time and 14 per cent said they will be unemployed.

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The number of minimum instructional hours in schools next year will be reduced slightly to allow for an extra day of implementation of the new curriculum. Minimum hours of instruction for kindergarten will be 850 (down from 853), for Grades 1 to 7 will be 873.75 (down from 878) and for secondary grades will be 947 (down from 957).

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There will be a change to next year’s school year calendar to accommodate the BC Winter Games in Kamloops and the Games’ use of schools. A non-instructional day will move from Jan. 19, 2018, to Feb. 22, 2018. In addition, the board has approved moving a non-instructional day from April 1, 2019, to April 8, 2019, to better balance spring break and the Easter weekend.

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Juniper’s main road to get facelift Kamloops council is expected to recommend a million-dollar contract on Tuesday to upgrade Qu’Appelle Boulevard in Juniper Ridge. The project was tendered by the city on June 8, with two tenders received by the June 22 deadline. Staff is recommending council award the work to BA Dawson Blacktop Ltd., the low bidder, in the amount of $1.04 million. The other bid for the tender came in at $1.2 million, though a staff report to city council does

not identify the company. The Qu’Appelle Boulevard overlay project will include milling, paving, adjusting castings, replacing sidewalk, repairing curb and gutter and making minor pedestrian improvements from Highland Road to Omineca Drive. Contracts worth more than than $800,000 require council’s approval. Updates on the progress of the Silver &project, Goldwhich is expected to start this summer, will be posted on the city’s website and social media accounts.

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KTW FILE PHOTO Premier Christy Clark greets Kamloops Coun. Pat Wallace at a May event at Peter Milobar’s Kamloops-North Thompson campaign office.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Liberals are bracing for defeat this Thursday after 16 years in office, but they want to reform the province’s campaign finance laws as a final political act. Liberal House Leader Mike de Jong said Monday his government will introduce a proposed law

that bans corporate and union donations to political parties and sets limits on individual donations. The campaign finance reform law will be tabled as the Opposition New Democrats prepare to introduce a motion Monday to amend last week’s throne speech, resulting in a confidence vote that could topple the

Liberal government. De Jong said the proposed law — which the Liberals opposed in last month’s election campaign but supported in last week’s throne speech — can be passed in the legislature in the coming days. “There seems to be a convergence of opinion in favour of doing this,” he said. “This government has been told repeatedly by the Opposition it’s something that can be done in a day, and they are willing to do it in a day, so, OK, let’s test that proposition.’’ De Jong said the finance reform law is not a delay tactic because the Liberals still expect a confidence vote on Thursday that leads to the defeat of the government. He said the government also wants the law in place in the event of snap election, which could result in B.C.’s current minority political situation. “We’re also alive to the fact that there is a possibility, with a parliament configured the way this one is, we could be into an election at any point,’’ said de Jong. “The sooner the rules are in place, the new rules are in place, the sooner they can be understood.” The Opposition New Democrats have called for campaign finance reform for more than a decade, and the Green party also supports a ban

on donations from unions and corporations. The NDP and Greens have an agreement to combine their seats to out vote the Liberals on matters of confidence, which includes the throne speech. Green Leader Andrew Weaver issued a statement Monday saying that until the existing accord between their parties has been tested in the confidence vote, it would not be appropriate to consider debate on government bills. “For 16 years, the Liberals have had the opportunity to reform our outrageously lax campaign finance laws, which have been subject to international scrutiny. For 16 years they have failed to act while continuing to accept millions in corporate donations,’’ Weaver said in the statement. Last month’s election saw the Liberals win 43 seats in B.C.’s 87-seat legislature, but the NDP and the Greens together have 44 seats, which they plan to use to form a minority NDP government. De Jong said he also plans to release this week the audited public accounts of the government’s financial status at the end of the fiscal year as of March 31. Premier Christy Clark highlighted improved government finances in last week’s throne speech.

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WOODSTOCK, Ont. — One after another, family and friends of a serial killer’s victims described overwhelming guilt, anger and profound sadness when they learned their loved ones had been murdered by an Ontario nurse who was supposed to care for them. And many spoke about their loss of faith in the province’s long-term care system, where Elizabeth Wettlaufer was allowed to cast her “shadow of death” over vulnerable seniors for nearly a decade. Wettlaufer was sentenced Monday in a Woodstock, Ont., court to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 25 years after she pleaded guilty last month to eight counts of firstdegree murder, four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault. The 50-year-old nurse used insulin trying — and in most cases succeeding — to kill vulnerable victims

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in her care at three Ontario long-term care facilities and a private home. Her crimes began in 2007 and didn’t stop until she confessed to the killings at a psychiatric hospital in Toronto last fall. Sandy Millard, whose 87-year-old mother, Gladys Jean Millard, was murdered by Wettlaufer in 2011 at Caressant Care in Woodstock, told court about the depression she has fallen into. “Finding out she was killed by a huge injection of medication she did not need broke my heart,’’ she said. Her daughter, and Millard’s granddaughter, Shannon Emmerton, spoke through tears. “I don’t know if I will ever truly recover,’’ she said. Patricia Matheson glared at Wettlaufer

as she read a statement by her husband, whose mother, Helen Matheson, was killed by the nurse in 2011. “I lost my mother for the second time. No funeral this time, just shock, followed by the question why,’’ Jon Matheson wrote. “I placed my mother in a facility I researched never once considering she would be a victim of such a despicable act. I ask why, because she didn’t eat all the blueberry pie and ice cream?’’ The question of why Wettlaufer killed or hurt 14 people loomed large in court. In a lengthy video statement she gave to police last fall, she said she felt a “red surging’’ well up in her chest that was relieved after she completed a kill. She believed she

was an instrument of God at times, but also killed because some residents were too much work, too burdensome. Many others, wracked by guilt, spoke of what-ifs. “I simply feel guilty for not being able to protect my father as he had protected me,’’ wrote David Silcox, whose father, James Silcox, was murdered in 2007. Justice Bruce Thomas acknowledged that guilt was the common theme of the 28 victim impact statements filed in court a few weeks ago. “It is a complete betrayal of trust when a caregiver does not prolong life, but terminates it,’’ he said. “But you cannot blame yourselves.” Thomas described Wettlaufer’s “free run” on her nine-year killing spree, with no oversight or even an inkling she had committed such calculated murders. “Without her confessions, I am convinced these offences would never have been brought to justice,” he said,

American Tim Hortons franchisees create united voice TORONTO — A group representing Tim Hortons franchisees who are unhappy with the management of the coffee-and-doughnut chain says it now has a U.S. chapter, a development that could put further pressure on the parent company. The Great White North Franchisee Association (GWNFA) said in a statement that the U.S. chapter was created to give a united voice to franchisees concerned about the management of Restaurant Brands International. It said the membership of the new chapter includes nearly half of all U.S.-based franchisees. The Canadian chapter formed in March, with members complaining the parent company was using its power to extract more profit from franchisees. Last week one member sought a classaction lawsuit against RBI, alleging it improperly used money from a national advertising fund. The claims have not been proven in court and RBI has denied the allegations. A GWNFA spokesman said in an email that the U.S. chapter has no firm plans at the moment to launch a similar suit, but will explore various measures to address the concerns they have. — The Canadian Press

calling Wettlaufer a “shadow of death that passed over them [the victims] on the night shift where she supervised.” Debora Rivers said her grandmother, Mary Zarawinski, hated the nursing home when she first went there. There are a lot of old people here, she told her niece, even though Zarawinski was one of the oldest residents in the facility. “She made it nice for everybody there,” Rivers said outside court. She also noted Wettlaufer had described Zarawinski as fun and feisty — and “she was.’’ “The woman lived to be 96 years old for God’s sake,’’ Rivers said. “We have no way of knowing how long her life might have been. We were pretty sure she was going to make it to 100 and so was she.” For her part, Wettlaufer apologized, crouching in the prisoner’s box without looking at anyone. “I am truly sorry for the people I injured or murdered,” she said in

a soft voice. “Sorry is much too small a word. I hope that the families can find some peace and healing.” Beverly Bertram, who is Wettlaufer’s sole living victim, wrote about the physical pain she was in after the nurse injected her with insulin with the intent to kill her. “It is really hard to describe, but I knew I was dying,” she wrote in her statement. “I was doubled over in pain in my stomach . . . Just such pain. My whole body hurt . . . I thought I was screaming, but I was just moaning I guess.” Bertram wrote that she has become a recluse since the incident, afraid of everyone, including her own shadow, and has lost all relationships with her family. “I truly think sometimes I’d be better off if she did her deed.” Shortly after Wettlaufer’s sentencing hearing, the province announced it would hold a public inquiry into the murders to ensure a similar tragedy does not happen again.

want more info OTTAWA — The Trudeau government says it is waiting for more details about the U.S. Supreme Court’s partial reinstatement of Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim countries. But a spokesman for Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said dual nationals from the affected countries travelling on their Canadian passports would not be subject to the restrictions. Spokesman Bernie Derible also said Canadian permanent residents from the six designated countries who have valid resident cards and valid U.S. visas, and are deemed eligible by U.S. border authorities to enter the U.S., would not be denied entry. The U.S. high court handed Trump a political victory today after two lower appeal courts overturned his earlier attempts at imposing a ban. — The Canadian Press

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SALES FORECAST TO DECLINE The British Columbia Real Estate Association’s 2017 second-quarter housing forecast predicts sales in the province are forecast to decline 10 per cent to 101,000 units this year after reaching a record 112,209 units in 2016. The 10-year average for MLS residential sales in B.C. is 84,700 units. “The province is in its fourth year of above-trend economic growth,” said Cameron Muir, BCREA’s chief economist. “Strong employment growth, consumer confidence and an influx of inter-provincial migrants are important drivers of the housing market this year.” In addition, with the millennial generation now entering their

household forming years, the condominium market in major urban centres is experiencing pressure on supply, Muir said. The average MLS residential price in the province is forecast to decline 1.1 per cent to $683,500 this year and increase 5.2 per cent to $719,100 in 2018.

The decline in the provincial average price is largely due to rising demand for more affordable condominiums and a larger proportion of home sales occurring outside the Metro Vancouver region. The supply of homes for sale is at a 20-year low in the province.

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I’m happy to say Kamloops is my home. This is a city with spirit and heartbeat! I love living here and working here, so it’s no wonder to me that others want to make it their home, too. While our city keeps growing and the landscape keeps changing, people’s basic needs tend to stay the same… especially when it comes to buying and protecting their most important asset, their homes. My experience has always centred around helping people from all walks of life, which has made a career in real estate a perfect fit for me. Working to do a great job as your realtor is my goal, whether you’re thinking of buying or selling I would be pleased to help you. Call Doreen.

“I had lived in my house for a very long time and knew it was getting to be too much for me. I contacted Kelly last year about moving but it turned out I just wasn’t ready. This year I found the perfect place and once again contacted Kelly. She had my place sold in one day taking out any stress I would have had. My actual move was so smooth I really have Kelly to thank for that. I would recommend her to anyone”. - J. Simpson

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SANDY LAPOINTE Make the most of your first impression. New listings create a lot of interest, making it important for sellers to get their pricing right. I have spent my adult life in Kamloops, and have been a realtor for 11 years. I help sellers develop the right asking price to attract attention and get maximum return. Setting a fair market value on your home gets the most out of interested buyers. Too low a price leaves thousands of dollars on the table, and too high a price scares away buyers and leaves your home on the market for too long. Bring your questions, and let’s chat about pricing your home in Kamloops.

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CYNDI CROSSLEY My commitment to you is to provide you with the specialized real estate services you deserve. I strive to ensure that your buying or selling experience will be as enjoyable and stress-free as possible. Whether you are a first-time buyer or this is your ‘100th’ home, a seller, an investor – I welcome the opportunity to work with to you. Need a networker? In 2013 I was accepted into the “Who’s Who International Referral/Networking” group. I believe in giving back, and a portion of every commission goes to the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and the New Life Community.

DAVID LAWRENCE Buying or selling a home is a big decision. You need an experienced professional to guide you through the process. I have been selling real estate since 1992 and it’s my passion.

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ANDREW KARPIAK Born and raised in Kamloops to a long-time, community-supporting medical family, Andrew is a full-time realtor approaching his 11th year serving Kamloops, Tobiano, Shuswap and Sun Peaks. Put my experience into action: • Assisted in hundreds of real estate deals • Top 10 Royal LePage agent • Approachable, honest and experienced I have Buyers looking for a house with a suite, full duplex and investors looking for commercial property.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Many homeowners have lofty goals for their homes. Such plans may include extensive renovations or even additions. While many of these projects create beautiful changes in a home, it’s important to consider the impact that renovations can have on property value before beginning a project. Many home improvement projects do not add as much value as homeowners may think they do. In fact, some homeowners “overbuild” for their neighborhoods. This means the amount of money invested in improvements can likely never be recuperated because the house value simply exceeds those around by too much money. To avoid overbuilding, homeowners can ask themselves several questions before beginning a renovation project.

REAL ESTATE EDITION!

Will my house be the largest house in the neighborhood? Larger homes tend to have a lower price per square foot, so you may not want to improve to this extent. Will the house blend with others in the area? If your house will stick out like a sore thumb, it will detract from its own value and could impact the value of other homes in the area. Have I examined the cost vs. value of the project? Many home improvement resources analyze the cost of a project versus the overall value of that project with regard to property value. For example, a $100,000 basement remodel may not add $100,000 to the value of the home in the event you choose to sell down the line. It’s important to know which projects provide the best return on investment.

Contact your local Realtor for more information!

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Agriculture, Fresh Food & Agri-Tourism in the Kamloops Region

Fresh finds in the market Local products were served up with some fresh local music last weekend at The Kamloops Regional Farmers’ Market. Paisely Groove performed in the sunshine along St. Paul Street, while visitors perused through vendors offering everything from Irene’s famous bannock to fresh cherries. The market hosts several events throughout the summer, including a tomato festival. Last year, two-year-old Felix Schlesser took part (pictured right) — but managed to sneak something sweeter. When KTW’s Allen Douglas caught him on the street, he had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. The market is held twice weekly through the summer months in downtown Kamloops. This year, the market’s hours changed. It runs on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the 200-block of St. Paul Street and throughout the Stuart Wood courtyard. It also runs on Wednesdays in the 400-block of Victoria Street in front of the public library. That market offers extended hours, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market continues through the end of October, offering a range of produce, depending on the time in the growing season. For more events and information on the market, go online to kamloopsfarmersmarket.com or search for the Kamloops Regional Farmers’ Market on Facebook.

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TED’S TROUT AKA CAMPBELL LAKE TROUT FARM TED & MAUREEN BROWN Box 45, 3403 McNab Rd. Little Fort, B.C. PH: 250-677-4308 mebrown57@gmail.com tedstrout.com Member of the B.C. Freshwater Aquaculture Association, and the Farm2Chef Collaborative. Our products are available at Smorgasbord Deli (downtown), Fisherman’s Market (near Old Town Farm Market), TRU Retail Meat Store, Kamloops and North Thompson area restaurants. Small, family-run farm. Kamloops Rainbow Trout is sustainably raised: NO antibiotics, chemicals, or hormones and only organic feed is used. Government standards compliant, Interior Health approved processing facility and smoker on site. Trout is sold flashfrozen fresh from the water, vacuum-packed fillets or whole, smoked-frozen, or smoked foil pouches. Live trout sold for pond/lake-stocking: eyed trout eggs, fry, fingerling, catchables — available for delivery. Order by phone or online website.

CARL’S MARKET GARDEN & FRUIT STAND BRIAN AND BRENDA CARL 272 McLure Ferry Rd. McLure, B.C. PH: 250‑672‑5795 • Fx: 250‑672‑5708 Fruitstand: 250‑672‑9366 brian_carl@xplornet.com Family‑owned and operated for 30 years. Farm stand 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, mid‑June to October 31. 40 km north of Kamloops on the scenic Yellowhead Highway at McLure Ferry Road. Easy access via left hand‑turn lane. Grab a dozen of our famous corn when in season. Take a ferry ride over the North Thompson River. We carry a full selection of B.C. fruit and our own fresh veggies. B.C. pottery and preserves for sale. See you soon!

THISTLE FARM DIETER DUDY & DEB KELLOG 710 Dairy Rd. Kamloops, B.C. PH: 250-579-9617 thistlefarm@telus.net thistlefarm.com Open to the public Monday to Saturday noon to 6:00. We have certified organic bedding plants, herbs, vegetables and a small amount of fruit. All of our products are 100% guaranteed. We practice sustainable farming methods and are pleased to have served the Kamloops area since 1998 and contributed to the local economy.

PETE MURRAY’S CORN FARM PETER AND RAYMONDE MURRAY 5973 VLA Rd., Chase, B.C. PH: 250‑679‑8886 Email: rdunn01@telus.net petemurrayscornfarm.com Strawberries are the first crop of the farm season, available in June and July either we‑pick or u‑pick. The berries are located at 5973 VLA Road, Chase. Corn season begins in August at our vegetable stand located at Shuswap (VLA Road) east of Chase on the Trans Canada Hwy. The corn stand hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. August seven days a week, September and October hours will be posted. We offer several different corn varieties along with potatoes, squash and pumpkins. We are at the Kamloops Farmers Market Saturdays from mid August to the end of September. Pumpkin season begins at the farm in October with organized wagon rides where you go to feed the sheep and then get to the pumpkin patch to choose that special pumpkin or just take a little wagon and walk out to the patch with your family. Lamb is available custom cut, wrapped and frozen as ordered.

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW The Aberdeen mall Sears store will be among 50 to close across Canada as the retail giant tries to stay afloat amid serious financial woes.

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The closure of Sears in Kamloops is one of the catalysts to a study being considered by Venture Kamloops into the longterm outlook for retail in the city. Sears Canada announced last week it is restructuring and will close 59 locations, including the Aberdeen Mall outlet in Kamloops — the only full department store in B.C. to shut its doors. The company said it has 83 full-time jobs in Kamloops, but employees told KTW there are several-hundred workers overall. “You hear that loss of jobs and it directly affects people in Kamloops,” said Venture Kamloops executive director Jim Anderson. “You feel helpless when it’s a decision made from afar.” The loss of a major retailer follows the closure of Target in 2015, part of its billion-dollar departure from Canada. With the increasing sales vol-

umes of online retailers, including Amazon, Anderson said the threat to retail is real and is overturning traditional thinking. “Conventional thinking is retail follows a strong economy,” he said. “Now we have a situation in Kamloops with a growing economy . . . but it would appear retail is under downward pressure.” While talks are preliminary, Anderson said it may conduct a study looking at the present and future of retail for the city’s economy. He emphasized the reality of job loss at Sears and Target may give a false impression — in fact, the overall retail sector may be increasing and adding jobs along with it. The addition of several hundred thousand feet of retail space threatens to put a damper on creation of new retail space. The square footage from Target remained on the market, depressing the sector for two years. But the mall has announced three new tenants: Value Village, a trampoline park

and Planet Fitness. Curtis Scott, manager of market intelligence for Colliers International, said the closure will be an opportunity to lease out the space to smaller retailers. He noted success in Kelowna with replacing major retailers, including with MEC replacing Future Shop. Sears represents about 26 per cent of leasable space in Aberdeen Mall. “It’s (Sears) a magnet or anchor,” Scott said. “It’s an issue for sure.” Repeated calls to Aberdeen Mall Friday and Monday have gone unreturned. There is no retailer that will replace Sears single-handedly, short of moving Walmart, which would create a similar vacancy. Hudson’s Bay will become the single anchor tenant for Aberdeen Mall. There is about eight per cent retail vacancy in Kamloops, according to Colliers’ statistics. That does not include recent news on Sahali Mall.

ail Walsh didn’t want to spend the rest of her days waiting. The 72-year-old retired Peachland woman said she needed surgical procedures on both knees, hip, neck and back, but didn’t want to sit on the waiting list. Instead, she researched alternatives and learned about a doctor in Kelowna offering private stem-cell treatment. The retired teacher’s aid committed $6,500 with the hopes of checking some itemsº off her list of procedures. “I thought, I can just see the rest of my days, waiting for surgery after surgery, then recuperating in between,” Walsh told KTW. “It just seemed to me it was worth the money to try.” Helping people on wait lists is among reasons why a longtime Kamloops neurosurgeon recently began offering stem-cell treatment, despite the fact the procedure is not approved by Health Canada. “The expense [of stem-cell treatment], it’ll never be offered in the public system, so Canada will be behind the rest of the world,” Dr. Richard Brownlee told KTW. “Lots of people will do medical tourism, they’ll go to Mexico or the States or Germany or whatever to get treatment that’s not available here. Wait lists are the other thing. “People wait for a year to get a MRI, so if they don’t have to wait, they can come in and get one in less than a week or two.” The Welcome Back Centre, a private pain-management clinic on Columbia Street, began offering stem-cell treatment three months ago. Stem cells are prevalent in humans and can be extracted to help treat degenerative, inflammatory or autoimmune conditions, Brownlee said.

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DR. RICHARD BROWNLEE Under the right conditions, stem cells can adapt into other cells. Someone with arthritis may have stem cells injected into a joint to create new cartilage, while athletes may treat soft tissue after a muscle tear, he said. Brownlee noted the medicine is evolving, even being used to slow down symptoms of — but not cure — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease.) “Stem cells are what do the repairing,” Brownlee said. “So, if you’re putting a big number of those locally at the site of where the injury is, it just encourages healing.” Controversy has surrounded embryonic stem-cell harvest from fetuses. Brownlee said it is both unethical and risky, being that young cells have the potential to change into anything, including cancer. Much like organ transplant, there is also the risk of the body rejecting them. Brownlee’s office extracts stem cells from the adults who are receiving them. “If you’re taking it directly from the person and processing it and putting it right back in, there’s no issues with it,” he said. See KAMLOOPS CENTRE, A22

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Brownlee said stem-cell treatment is ideal for people who either haven’t healed adequately or who have developed degenerative changes over time. Ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per treatment, it is often sought as a last resort. The centre has treated about a halfdozen knees and hips and is expanding into other treatments. “Nothing has 100 per cent effectiveness, but most of the conditions, about 85 per cent of people get benefit,” Brownlee said. In offering the first treatment of its kind in the city, Brownlee is educating the public and keeping up with new developments. He just got back from a conference in Beverly Hills through the Cell Surgical Network and said he is looking at joining the group to gain access to data from more than 7,000 cases. “It’s just new and different and it’s something that will probably never be offered through the public system,” he said. As for Walsh, seven weeks after her first treatment, she said it’s too early to determine if the procedure was successful. Relief could take up to nine months. “All I know is so far, there’s nothing harmful done,” she said.

PM: ‘regenerative medicine the future FUTURE OF STEM CELLS While Dr. Richard Brownlee said stem-cell treatment will likely never be offered publicly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year announced $20 million in funding to the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine to help establish a stem-cell therapy development facility in Toronto. “Regenerative medicine is the future and not only is it the future, it’s a branch of medicine that Canada and the province of Ontario are actually quite good at,” Trudeau was quoted at the time in a story in the Globe and Mail about the announcement. “The medical advances and innovations happening right here in Toronto are world class.” COMMON APPLICATIONS: • Knees: partial to complete ligament tears, osteoarthritis, partial to complete meniscal tears, augmented ACL or PCL reconstruction; • Shoulder: partial to complete rotator cuff tears,

labral tears, osteoarthritis; • Foot and ankle: tendon inflammation, osteoarthritis, patron to complete Achilles tendon tear; • Elbow, wrist and hand: partial to complete ligament tears, epicondylitis, osteoarthritis; • Spine: discogenic back pain, facet arthritis, degenerative disc disease; • Hip: osteoarthritis, labral tears, articular cartilage injuries, avascular necrosis. DID YOU KNOW? • Stem cells can be injected locally or delivered intravenously. • Gordie Howe underwent stem-cell therapy after having a stroke and responded well. His family said it helped him walk again, improved his speech and helped him gain weight. • Fat contains 100 to 1,000 times more stem cells than bone marrow.

Should I Defer Property Taxes? The Canadian real estate market has been red hot as of late. While not experiencing the same gains as Vancouver or Toronto, the Kamloops real estate values have gone up nicely as well. As property values rise, so do city assessments which means more property taxes. As our grandfather used to say, "Sometimes that's the way it goes." With property taxes due soon, we were recently asked the question, "Should I defer my property taxes?" As often is the case, the answer is, "It depends." As an overview, the province of B.C. allows homeowners to defer their property taxes if the following criteria are met: 1. You are a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident (as per Government of Canada Definition); 2. Have lived in B.C. for at least one year prior to applying for property tax deferral; 3. You currently live in the home for which you are paying property taxes; 4. Be 55 years of age or older OR a surviving spouse OR a person with disabilities; and 5. Have a minimum of 25% equity in your home based on B.C. assessment values. If you meet all these criteria and application deadlines (refer to gov.bc.ca for full details), you can defer property taxes on your home. Interest is charged at a nominal rate

that is set every six months by the Minister of Finance. Currently it is only 0.7%. Why defer? 1. You are tight on cash flow: Many seniors have limited income and deferring taxes can alleviate financial pressure and allow you to redirect funds elsewhere. This is a major issue for seniors in parts of Vancouver, where property taxes can be in excess of $15,000 a year! 2. You are depleting retirement assets quicker than anticipated to pay property taxes. By deferring taxes, this can stretch out the potential life of a retirement portfolio. 3. Better returns from CPP: If you needed to draw on the Canada Pension Plan early to cover taxes, the reduction is 7.2% per year versus the cost of deferring taxes currently at 0.7%. Based on this scenario, it would make sense to defer taxes. 4. You want to invest: Deferring taxes and moving these funds into a Tax Free Savings Account may generate greater returns and avoids probate and income taxes. Technically this is a form of borrowing to invest, which is considered higher risk and would need to make sense for your personal situation. Another example: Using the city's online property tax estimator, the average tax is $3,930 before grants. Let's say a 65-year-old male takes this and applies for a $100,000 term life insurance policy. A quick internet search offers an approximate annual cost of $3,200 and he uses his freed up cash to pay the cost of the policy. Assuming he lives to age 85, a tax-free payout of $100,000

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could go to his wife, children, etc. This results in an after-tax return of approximately 4.5% on the life insurance policy calculated as 20 years of premiums x $3,200 = $64,000 cost and $100,000 tax-free benefit. 5. You want access to some equity in your home without selling, or applying for a line of credit. Keep in mind you are freeing up your existing cash, and not getting any extra money. Why not defer? 1. You are debt-adverse: The province will register a lien on your home and ensure they get paid back down the road. Some are ok with this, others are not. 2. You have ample cash flow and don't plan on spending it: Why defer taxes only to let it sit in your bank account earning zilch or close to it? Arguably if you are deferring taxes, you should use it in some regard. 3. Keep things simple. Not just for yourself, but the extra paperwork, time and effort an executor could need to deal with this may be worth taking into consideration. 4. Leave more for your estate: By paying taxes annually, you keep the value of your residence intact, which could benefit your estate and heirs. These are just a few quick points to both sides of the argument. At the end of the day, the best course of action will depend on your own circumstance.

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TORONTO — Canada’s largest stock index was relatively flat Monday as falling commodities prices outweighed gains in the health-care and consumer sectors. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index shed 3.54 points to 15,316.02, with gold leading decliners. Bullion stocks lost an average of 0.97 per cent of their worth on the TSX, as the August gold contract declined $10 to US$1,246.40 an ounce. Oil and gas companies were also among the biggest losers on the commodity-heavy index, shedding an average 0.60 per cent of their worth. The price of oil inched forward Monday after plummeting to a 10-month low the week prior. The August crude contract rose 37 cents to US$43.38 per barrel. Canadian investment strategist Craig Fehr anticipates oil to remain at or below the US$50 a barrel mark and for gold to continue to experience some weakness, as data suggests inflation won’t spike higher in the near future.

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JESSICA PERRY AND THE RAKE CITY RED SOX SQUARED OFF AGAINST THE SILVERBACKS IN THE 11-AND-UNDER KAMLOOPS MINOR BASEBALL ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON MCARTHUR ISLAND. THE GAME STORY INCLUDED A FANTASTIC FINISH. READ ABOUT IT ON PAGE A27.

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NABATA RECOVERS FROM SERIOUS INJURY, WINS NATIONAL BRONZE Scott Nabata was named an alternate for the Team Canada squad heading to the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal.

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cott Nabata felt a floorboard snap beneath him as he launched into his dismount during a training session at the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre in January. At least he thought it was a floorboard. “I was tumbling on the floor and when I took off for my dismount in my floor routine, I thought I broke one of the floor boards because it felt like a piece of wood snapping,” Nabata told KTW. Turns out the shifting beneath him wasn’t a piece of wood, but his Achilles

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tendon rupturing. “I didn’t really think about it at the time because I was taking off for a skill when I ruptured it. I did the move and it wasn’t until I landed that I felt really, really intense pain in my leg. Everything seized up and I

knew it wasn’t the floor, it was definitely me. “That was a big blow.” Nabata had entered the 2017 gymnastics season with lofty goals — he wanted to be named to Canada’s team for the 2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal in October. He had hoped to be competing in the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer Games in Taipei. But, with just a month until his first competition when he blew out his Achilles, his entire 2017 season appeared lost. He would go under the knife to

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repair the rupture the following day, the first step in a recovery period that has been known to take more than six months. He would be in an air cast for three months and weeks of rehab would follow. But Nabata and his coach, Hisayoshi Takahashi, decided to focus on the positive. His injury was serious, but it didn’t impact his upper body — there was plenty he could still do. Three weeks after surgery, he was back on the training floor of the KGTC. And when the 2017 Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics rolled around in May, he decided there was no reason he couldn’t compete in one of his specialties, the upper-

body-heavy pommel horse. He put together a tremendous performance, finishing third and winning a bronze medal, despite being just four months post-op. Team Canada took notice. In the days that followed, he was named an alternate for Canada for October’s world championships — Achilles injury and all. “It’s pretty unreal,” Nabata said. “When I first injured myself, I figured this wouldn’t have been a possible opportunity. I was thinking about competitions next year even, I wasn’t really even thinking about this season, having any possibilities of going to any international competitions.”

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The 21-year-old will head to Calgary in July for a training camp to determine the final roster for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal. The camp will include two mock competitions, during which Nabata will have to show Canada the merits of taking an athlete who is currently only able to compete in pommel horse. But, given the obstacles he has already overcome this season, it almost seems a relatively easy task. “Being named in that spot, there’s 10 guys and I think we can take up to six people,” he said. “Even being on that list, it’s a crazy experience.”

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Kamloops-born forward Mark Recchi was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. Recchi is joined by Teemu Selanne, Paul Kariya, Dave Andreychuk, women’s star Danielle Goyette, as well as Clare Drake and Jeremy Jacobs in the builders category, to make up the class of 2017. Recchi played 1,652 games over 22 NHL seasons and stands as the NHL’s 12thhighest scorer with 1,533 points. Recchi, 49, was selected in his fourth year of eligibility. He is one of just a few players in NHL history to win three Stanley Cups with three different teams (Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins). Recchi was hired as the Penguins’ player development coach in 2014 and was a part of the 2016 and 2017 Stanley Cup Champion teams. More on Recchi to come in KTW. KTW FILE PHOTO

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Scott Nabata wasn’t the only Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre athlete to post an exceptional performance at nationals. Drew Kanigan captured bronze all-around and in the floor exercise at the Canadian Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in May. “It felt great,” Kanigan said. “I put a lot of time and effort into it and it felt great that it paid off. “I’m not going to take it easy from there. I’d like to come in first next year.” The 14-year-old gymnast, who commutes daily from Merritt to Kamloops to train at the KGTC, has long considered Nabata his mentor and is start-

ing to put up results like his 21-year-old teammate. Nabata, who won bronze in pommel horse at nationals, has seen some exceptional growth from the athlete seven years his junior and is excited for what Kanigan’s future holds. “He’s fearless, a great listener and always taking my advice and actually thinking about it,” Nabata said. “He’s super committed to being the best athlete he can be. “I kind of look at Drew as a role model, even for myself.” Kanigan, who specializes in the parallel bars and has a special appreciation for the

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high bar, will also be participating in summer training camps, with an eye to the fall competition season. He’s aiming to increase the difficulty level of his routines and striving for better execution scores. He hopes to be named to Canada’s national team next year, following in the footsteps of the athlete he has long tried to emulate, Nabata. “He’s a great mentor and an amazing athlete,” Kanigan said. “My coach, Mr. T [Hisayoshi Takahashi], is a super good coach. “It’s nice to have two references both saying different things so you can combine them.”

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Jay Cook is still in elementary school, but he already has a lifelong sports memory to cherish. The Silverbacks’ centre fielder put on a Vladimir Guerrero-like show on McArthur Island on Thursday, using his cannon arm to gun down a baserunner at home plate, the final out that clinched the Kamloops Minor Baseball Association mosquito gold championship for his club. “That was a heck of a throw,” said Grady Johnson, who pitched a stellar game for the Silverbacks. “At the start of the season, we were a little bit iffy, but we gained confidence and we made it here.” The Silverbacks carried a 9-7 lead into the sixth and final inning of the 11-and-under title tilt, but the Red Sox were staging a twoout rally and Rake City baserunner Silas Ross looked a shoo-in to score when rounding third base. “Like I said to the players and parents, you couldn’t have scripted a better game for 10-year-old baseball,” said KMBA president Chris Balison, who is also head coach of the Red Sox. “To have it end that way, that’s something else for the kids. Those are the memories you want to make.” In an age division that often sees lopsided scores such as 22-4, the 9-7 nailbiter was a treat for those in attendance, friends and family members — some watching in anguish — who comprised most of the 80-or-so sun splashed spectators baking in temperatures approaching 30 C. Taeven Sutherland’s grandfather, Harold Neufeld, rarely misses a game. “Every game I’m out here. I enjoy watching and it’s not only watching him, it’s watching the kids in general,” said Neufeld, whose grandson’s Red Sox fell a few runs shy of gold. “I want them to have fun. They’re getting better all the time. They’re doing good.” Silverbacks’ hurler Tyson Priestley set the stage with a great play on the first pitch of the game,

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Grady Johnson of the Silverbacks prepares to tag Jacob Petrie of the Rake City Red Sox in the Kamloops Minor Baseball Association mosquito final last week on McArthur Island. Later in the game, another play at the plate would ensure the Silverbacks prevailed 9-7.

snagging a hard liner that may well have knocked him out cold had he not flashed his leather in time. But the Red Sox took an early lead, with RBIs from Jacob Petrie and Jace Koskimaki putting their team up 2-0 heading into the bottom of the first inning. Catcher Reid McCauley ripped an RBI single to cut the lead in half, a run the Silverbacks likely felt was poetic justice after an earlier scoring play was called back. “We won last year, but we won the silver bracket, so we only got bronze,” said McCauley, who fielded Cook’s throw well and quickly tagged Ross to end the game. “To win this year is really amazing to us. It’s really cool.” Alert base running from JJ George after a single led to Rake City’s third run of the game, the only scoring play of the second inning, as pitcher Taylor Pattie shut down the Silverbacks in the bottom half. Johnson took the mound for the Silverbacks to start the third inning and began his fantastic day by mowing down the Red Sox to retire the side. The Silverbacks’ pitcher then pushed over two runs in the bottom half of the inning with a frozen-rope shot down the third base line, scoring Priestley and Tyson Elliott to make it 3-3. Just when it looked like the Silverbacks were going to pull

away, with the bases loaded and one out, the Red Sox called on pitcher Jessica Perry to stem the tide. She threw smoke to induce an inning-ending double play, a pair of outs that drew a resounding cheer from the Red Sox faithful. “It was really, like, scary and really frustrating when you didn’t get the strike, but when it’s done it’s really fun, when you strike them out,” said Perry, who soaked up adulation from teammates in the dugout. “It feels awesome.” Josias VanVliet wired an RBI double up the middle for Rake City in the top of the fourth, part of a three-run inning that lifted the Red Sox into a 6-3 lead. Diminutive Cooper Hatch led off with a single for the Silverbacks in the bottom of four, cueing a four-run inning that stamped out any momentum gained by Rake City. McCauley had another RBI and Priestley took one for the team when he was struck by a pitch, a plunking that helped the Silverbacks take the lead, as the bases were loaded. The Red Sox got one back to tie the game at 7-7 in the top of the fifth inning when Thomas Balison moved around the bases to score after a series of Silverbacks errors. Johnson quelled Rake City’s threat with a strikeout to end the inning, stranding speedy Sutherland on third base.

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Following a blistering throw from centre field that secured the game’s final out, Jay Cook (middle) was the recipient of a bearhug from catcher Reid McCauley (left) and Grady Johnson. Kieran Milne was all smiles on his way to join the celebration on the mound. For more photos from the mosquito final, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.

A moment of levity from the Red Sox dugout briefly eased tension on both sides. “I have four people in the dugout,” Balison yelled. “I only need three.” The Red Sox eventually fielded the proper number of players, but the bottom of the fifth belonged to the Silverbacks. Cohen Meegan scored on a pitch that got away, the gamewinning run, and Cook singled to score Hatch to make it 9-7. The Red Sox had to score at least two runs in the top of the sixth to extend the game, a task that seemed improbable when Johnson struck out their first two batters, but the Silverbacks’ pitch-

er was forced to leave the game due to pitch count restrictions. Ross gave Rake City hope, walking before stealing second base. An errant throw into centre field gave him time to round third and head for home, but that’s where the comeback bid ended, thanks to Cook’s outfield assist. “It’s just fantastic,” said Silverbacks’ head coach Rob McCauley, who later admitted he was an emotional wreck. “Those kids worked hard all year, both teams. We battled each other all year and to see something like that was fantastic. “A throw from centre field all the way home, a tag out . . . couldn’t ask for anything more.”

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Dylan Ferguson was taking a moment to gather himself on NHL Draft day, resigned to believing his name would not be called. The Detroit Red Wings had just phoned to wish the Kamloops Blazers’ goaltender luck and invite him to their prospects camp, a conversation that further dampened the mood at Ferguson’s house in Lantzville. “I was in the bathroom actually, feeling down a little bit,” Ferguson said. “When Detroit called before the draft was even over, I thought I wasn’t getting drafted. “Two minutes later, I heard my

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I was lost for words. I’ve been through a lot trying to get here.” Playing behind one of the best goaltenders in Blazers’ franchise history, Connor Ingram, left Ferguson with little time to strut his stuff in 2015-2016, his rookie season. The 6-foot-2, 185pound netminder entered the 2016-2017 campaign knowing his big chance to impress might come if Ingram was invited to play for Team Canada at the 2017 World Junior Hockey Championship. When it was time to shine, Ferguson was ready. While Ingram was away in Toronto and Montreal, Ferguson took over and started 15 consecutive games, compiling a record of 9-4-0-2 and a .931 save percentage to put himself on the NHL Draft radar. “I go back to my first year with Kamloops,

Capitalizing on opportunities has brought Ferguson a long way. He has another one next season on Mark Recchi Way. Ingram, who signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning in April, will likely be playing pro hockey in 2017-2018, meaning the crease in Kamloops belongs to Ferguson. “Being drafted is a new beginning,” Ferguson said. “I’ve got to make the most of that.”

working with [goaltending coach] Dan De Palma,” Ferguson said. “He taught me one step at a time and take your practices like your games. That really embedded in my brain. I’d been practising so hard and I knew I was ready.” Ingram posted a franchise-best .922 save percentage in 20152016 and broke his own record in 2016-2017 with a .927 mark. Ferguson, 18, is tied for second all-time in that category, having finished last season with a .922 save percentage. Ferguson will fly to Texas for the Stars’ development camp next month. Blazers’ defenceman Ondrej Vala, who signed with the Stars last season, and forward Nick Chyzowski, a free-agent invite, will also be at the camp. The Stars are owned by Tom Gaglardi, the Blazers’ majority owner.

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Garrett Pilon, drafted and signed by the Washington Capitals last year, is attending the NHL club’s development camp, which wraps up on Saturday. The New York Rangers invited Kamloops forward Luc Smith to attend their development camp, which wraps up on Friday in the Big Apple.

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CHICAGO — The draft weekend splash is becoming an annual Calgary Flames tradition. For the third straight June, Flames general manager Brad Treliving swung a big deal at the draft, this time landing 26-year-old defenceman Travis Hamonic from the New York Islanders. “He moves pucks. He’s a character kid. He’s got some bite to him. I think he’s going to fit good with us,’’ Treliving said of Hamonic, who came at the cost of one first round pick and two seconds. One year earlier, Treliving sent two picks to St. Louis for Brian

Elliott and a year before that, three picks to Boston for defenceman Dougie Hamilton. Hamilton proved to be a big score, but Elliott fell flat as a potential No. 1 goaltender and was replaced earlier this month through another trade by Mike Smith, the longtime Coyotes’ netminder. Hamonic, who hails from tiny St. Malo, Man., had a rough final season in New York. He battled injuries and struggled when he did take the ice. The Islanders were out-attempted 64-50 per-60 minutes when he was on the ice in five-on-five situations — the worst mark on the team and a far cry from earlier seasons.

His return to form would further stabilize the club’s top four on defence — surely on a second pair with T.J. Brodie with Hamilton and captain Mark Giordano at the top. “We like it on paper,’’ Treliving said of that group, noting the “edge’’ Hamonic added. “At the end of the day, it’s like a lot of things — paper and reality are always two different things, but we like how we look.’’ Also appealing to the Flames was Hamonic’s contract, which has three years left with a potentially reasonable US$3.86 million cap hit. Beyond the usual dealing, the Flames used their top pick at the draft on Juuso Valimaki, a long

6-foot-2 defender who had 61 points in 60 games for the Tri-City Americans this past season. Here’s a look at how the Vancouver Canucks fared in Chicago:

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Top pick: Elias Pettersson — fifth overall. The Canucks used their allimportant top pick on Pettersson, a wiry Swedish centre who models his game after Washington Capitals ace Nicklas Backstrom. Vancouver wanted a play-making centre who might one day feed Brock Boeser, Jonathan Dahlen, Nikolay Goldobin and some of the club’s other top prospects — many

of whom are wingers. “He’s a guy that can get them the puck,’’ Canucks general manager Jim Benning said. Benning lauded Pettersson’s ability to think the game and make others better and liked how quickly he fired his shot. Pettersson is six foot one but weighs only 165 pounds. He joked that the Canucks hope he eats a lot in the coming years to fill out that long frame.

TEARING IT UP

Tournament Capital resident Lenny Kilgour was among the riders ripping it up at the Kamloops BMX track on Sunday. The club, located on Ord Road, played host to a provincial qualifier, a BMX Canada event. More of KTW photographer Allen Douglas’ photos are in a slideshow online at kamloopsthisweek.com. Click on the Sports tab.

Instant replay rears its ugly head in CFL’s opening week DAN RALPH

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TORONTO — It didn’t take long for instant replay to again become a hot-button topic in the CFL. In the league’s opening two regularseason games, questionable calls following review took centre stage in two closely-contested encounters. On Thursday night, the Montreal Alouettes nipped the Saskatchewan Roughriders 17-16 before the Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks battled to a 31-31 overtime tie in a Grey Cup rematch the following night. Saskatchewan tied its game 7-7 on Kevin Glenn’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Bakari Grant. Grant lost possession of the ball on the play, with television replays showing he’d fumbled before scoring. As per league rules, the CFL’s command centre reviewed the play but surprisingly upheld the call. Montreal secured the narrow victory after Saskatchewan kicker Tyler Crapigna missed a 45-yard field goal

on the game’s final play. On Friday night, Calgary got the benefit of two replay calls. The Stampeders tied the score 11-11 when Bo Levi Mitchell hit Kamar Jorden on a nine-yard TD strike. Jorden lost the ball on the play, with Ottawa’s Khalil Bass recovering it and returning it for an apparent Ottawa touchdown. The on-field officials originally ruled Jorden had scored, a decision a call that was supported by the command centre. Jorden was again the centre of attention in the fourth when he fumbled before being downed on a completion. Ottawa challenged, but again the call was upheld. Four plays later Jerome Messam’s threeyard TD run made it 28-28. Ottawa linebacker Taylor Reed took to social media to voice his displeasure. “Please ?CFL what we gotta do to fix this. I just need clarity!’’ Reed tweeted. Glen Johnson, CFL senior vice-president of football operations, didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment Monday.

Last season, the CFL admitted its officials made two mistakes on a key play in Edmonton’s 24-21 East Division semifinal win over Hamilton. With the game tied 21-21, Ticats quarterback Zach Collaros completed a pass before being hit by Eskimos defensive end Odell Willis. A holding penalty against Hamilton tackle Brandon Revenberg negated the 17-yard gain but the Ticats challenged Willis’s hit, looking for a roughing-the-passer call. Upon review, the challenge was denied, but Johnson said later not only should Revenberg not have been flagged but replay official Jeff Harbin should’ve upheld the Ticats’ challenge.

ATTENDANCE CONCERNS

It was a triumphant start to the 2017 season for the Toronto Argonauts. Ricky Ray threw for a career-best 506 yards and a TD in leading the squad to a 32-15 home win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Marc Trestman’s Argos head-coaching debut. But the contest drew just 13,583 spectators at BMO Field. Last year, almost 25,000

fans watched Hamilton dismantle Toronto 42-20 in the Argos’ first-ever contest at the refurbished venue. Ray said at least most of the fans present Sunday were vocal. “I mean, there was energy there at the end of the game making it tough on Hamilton,’’ Ray said. “We’re just trying to come out and win each game and we’ll see where it goes from there.’’ Granted, Sunday’s football game went head-to-head against the Pride Parade in Toronto. But Ticats fans traditionally make the trek to Toronto to support their squad against the hated Argos. The Argos’ next home game is Friday night against the B.C. Lions, a team that usually doesn’t draw well in Toronto. The Toronto Blue Jays are also at Rogers Centre that night facing the New York Yankees and it’s also the start of Canada Day long weekend. Toronto averaged 16,380 fans in its first season at the 27,000-seat BMO Field with no sellouts. A 2-7 home record certainly didn’t help matters.

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22. Mr. T’s character “__ Baracus” 25. Progressive nerve disease 26. Shock therapy 27. Able to be sold 29. Suffix 31. Binary coded decimal 34. Goes well with a carrot 36. A way to measure performance 37. Doctor __, children’s book author 38. Jewish calendar month 40. Designated hitter 43. Polish village 45. Part of the mind

48. Hand (Spanish) 50. Hit with the open hand 51. Italian island 53. Shakespeare was one 54. Lake __, one of the Great 55. Oswald and Marvin were two 57. Soak up using something absorbent 58. Kids’ dish __ and cheese 59. Expression of disappointment 61. The ancient Egyptian sun g

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JUNE 27 - JULY 3, 2017

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

Aries, even if you want to take the lead on something, you have to pay attention to the chain of command in this situation. This may require you to play second fiddle for a little while.

Taurus, you’re motivated to get started on a new project, but you may not have the means. Find out if anyone is willing to invest in your vision.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 2

Avoid conflicts by talking through the situation with someone who has opposing views, Gemini. When you understand others’ perspectives, you can be more accommodating.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, if life gets a little hectic this week, find a spot where you can relax and enjoy the quiet for a little while. Recharging the batteries may be all that’s needed.

Libra, now might be time for a new career or a return to the workforce if you have been away.You just may discover a new identity through your work.

Keep up the good work in furthering your relationship progress, Scorpio.Your commitment is even stronger than it has been in the past. This is a great step forward.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, discuss your social calendar with others so that dates do not get confused and parties do not overlap. This way guests will not have to pick and choose which events to attend.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

Ignore any hurtful comments that may come your way, Capricorn.Your emotional strength is potent, and you can successfully ride out any storm.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

.VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if others can’t see your vision, you may have to forge on and hope for the best. Not everyone understands your brand of thinking, and you need to accept that.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Leo, extend your magnanimity to someone who may have recently spurned you. This will demonstrate that you can always be counted on to do the right thing.

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Kathy, Larry, Mona, Neil and Olivia each recently found a different amount of money. The amounts were $5, $10, $15, $20, and $40, though not necessarily in that order. Mona found an exact multiple of the amount that Larry found. Olivia found an exact multiple of the amount that Kathy found. Larry found an exact multiple of the amount that Neil found. How much did each find? ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S (JUNE 20) MAGIC SQUARE PUZZLE: Top row: 13, 6, 11; middle row: 8, 10, 12; bottom row: 9, 14, 7.

Aquarius, if you are being called on to wear many hats at work, it is only right that you be compensated accordingly. This is a week for showing the bosses you mean business.

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Remember that being in a relationship requires a lot of work, Pisces. Don’t keep your feelings bottled up and hope for the best.

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1989 Mercedes 560 SEC. 61,000kms. Hagerty Appraisals #2 car $10,000USD. Selling $10,000 CDN 250-574-3794

Auto Accessories/Parts 4-P205/55R16 Goodyear winters. $400/obo. 4-P265/70R17 Goodyear All Seasons. $400/obo. 250-819-3848. Leer truck cap fits 2000-2006 GMC shortbox. $800/obo. 250-573-2793.

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1970 Mach 1, Built by Barry Prescot, Modified car, 460 V8 w/3 phase nitrous, 9 inch diff, roll bar, racing seats 22,000 miles replacement cost $75,000 asking $35,000obo (250) 554-3240 (778) 538-3240

2002 Nissan Altima. 4 door, auto. Fully loaded. Good condition. $5,500. Call to view. 250-376-4077. 2009 Pontiac GT5. Black, winter/summer tires, good cond. $5,500. 236-425-3301.

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2010 Lincoln MKZ AWD. 101,000kms. Grey, fully loaded. Summer/winters on rims. $14,495. 250-377-1152.

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2013 Keystone Fusion Toy Hauler slps 9, 41ft 12ft garage asking $69,000 250-374-4723

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1994 21ft Wilderness Travel Trailer sleeps 5. $7500/obo (250) 571-4008

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1982 Mercedes 300 SD TD. 2 owners, original and documented. 242,000km no drips. Show car quality. Asking $6000. 250-312-3525 before 8pm

1BDRM Sep. Entr. Shared Lndry. N/S N/P $850/mo+DD+ ref’s, util. incl. Brock 554-2228

Sahali, 1bdrm spacious suite for female. N/S/NP. Sep. entr. $950. inclds utils. 828-2112.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam Linda Fay (Armey) Barnes

Muriel King

October 27, 1942 - June 19, 2017

On Sunday, June 18, 2017 Mrs. Muriel King passed away peacefully at the age of 100 years at the Pine Grove Lodge, her home for the past few years. Muriel was predeceased by her husband Syd in 1984 and her brothers and sisters Roy, Mable, Alba, Wes and Frank. Lovingly remembered by her family: daughters Darlene (George) Dance and Donalda Budai both of Kamloops, her sons Wayne (Bev) King of Prince George and Ken (Linda) King of Kamloops, eleven grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and six greatgreat-grandchildren, also left to cherish her memory is her sister Beryl (Ken) Campbell of Calgary. Muriel was born on April 18, 1917 in Armley, Saskatchewan. She met her soon to be husband, fiddle player Sydney King in Ridgedale, SK at a country dance. They were married on December 17, 1941 in Ridgedale where they farmed together for a few years. Syd was a finishing carpenter and this took them to various job sites around the province. They moved to Summerland, Deep Creek and then finally Kamloops which has been home for the past 64 years. Muriel offered room and board to many RCMP members that were establishing themselves here in Kamloops before the barracks were built. She had an excellent reputation for good food and hospitality. She also worked in housekeeping at Pine Grove Lodge when it was first opened. She enjoyed sewing, painting, colouring, reading and was an avid walker and spent some time as a volunteer with the Salvation Army. Her family wants to express a special thank you to all the nurses, care workers and staff at Pine Grove Lodge for the loving care and support of our Mother, she so loved her home there. Mom was extremely family orientated and her grandchildren were everything to her and she cherished the times they spent together. Friends are invited to join the family to remember this special lady on Saturday, July 8, 2017 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Ken and Linda’s home, 6273 Dallas Drive, Kamlops. Should friends desire, donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society.

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Linda Fay (Armey) Barnes of Chase, BC passed away peacefully in hospice in Kamloops, BC. Survived by her daughter Jenny (Owen) Fike and her grandchildren Morgan, Taylor (Mike) and Spencer, sister Nadine Bexte and brother Gerald Armey and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She is predeceased by her parents Chester and Thurza Armey, a nephew, a brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law. Linda, an independent spirit, was a multi-talented gal who prided herself in her handiwork. She excelled in woodworking, knitting, crocheting and sewing. A teacher and accountant by training, she taught school in earlier years and, in later years, was office manager for a couple of businesses in the Lethbridge area. Retiring to BC, she lived a more solitary life, but continued to indulge her passions and charitable crafting. She will be dearly missed. Memorial Service was held at the Arrowwood United Church, Arrowwood, Alberta on Monday, June 26, 2017 at 11:00 am. If desired, memorial donations could be made to the Canadian Diabetic Association or the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice, 72 Whiteshield Crescent South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com (250) 377-8225

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First Memorial Funeral Service In Loving Memory of M. Claire Whitmore

October 22, 1919 – June 13, 2017 Aged 97 years. Claire passed away in the arms of her daughter on June 13, 2017 in Clearwater, BC. She is survived by her daughters Sharman (Ron) Archibald and Gail (Gary) Burkholder, grandchildren Jamie (Bill) Kinley and Aaron (Jen) Archibald, five great-grandchildren Owen, Flynn, Emery, Van and Spencer. Claire also has nieces, a nephew and the extended Burkholder family. Claire was predeceased by her husband W.B. (Bill) Whitmore and her sister Eva LaBossiere. Claire grew up on a farm in Bear Lake, Alberta. She graduated from nursing at the Edmonton General and worked in small hospitals all over BC. In 1950, she married Bill Whitmore and eventually settled in Campbell River, where they lived for twenty-nine years. Bill and Claire retired to Victoria and spent many happy years travelling the world, golfing and curling. After Bill died in 2005, Claire moved to Kamloops, then Clearwater to be closer to her daughters. As Claire said “I have lived longer than most”, and it was a life well-lived, surrounded by a family who loved her. Claire spent the final three years of her life in Forest View Place in Clearwater. She will be remembered there for raiding the fridge and eating the nurses’ lunches, (she particularly enjoyed Tom’s chicken wings), blowing up the microwave and frequently testing the call bell system to ensure it was working and that there really was someone “out there”. Claire’s family would like to extend its sincere thanks and appreciation to all the dedicated staff of Forest View Place. Because of you, she was in the best place she could be. May our Dear Mom be at Peace. No service by request. There will be a gathering at the home of Gail and Gary Burkholder at a later date. Donations in memory of Claire, if one wishes, can be made to Forest View Place, 640 Park Drive, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N1, or charity of choice Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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(nee Sampson)

Bonnie Elizabeth Rille (nee Sampson) of Kamloops, British Columbia, formerly of Parkhill, Ontario, passed away at home surrounded by family on June 21, 2017. She was born April 6, 1943 to Ralph and Margaret Sampson (deceased). Survived by her loving husband of nearly 53 years Joseph Rille of Kamloops, son Steven Rille of Langley, BC, sister Julie (Curt) Monteith of London, Ontario. Cherished ‘Oma’ to the Parkins girls of 100 Mile House. Second ‘Mom’ to Juanita (Shawn) and Kelly (Olivia). She will be remembered with love by her family and friends and missed always. Service to be held at First Baptist Church, 454 Columbia Street, Kamloops on Saturday, July 1st, 2017 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to First Baptist Church, Kamloops, BC, or the charity of your choice in Bonnie’s name. Arrangements by Schoening Funeral Service, Kamloops. www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454

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Pamela Marie Ricalton October 28, 1960 – June 19, 2017

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Pamela Marie Ricalton. She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt, mother and friend who will be greatly missed. Pam is survived by her parents Jack and Lucy Flottorp of Port Coquitlam, BC, her sister Susanne (Tim) Hawker and their children Lexie and Cameron of Port Coquitlam, BC, sister-in-law Barb Flottorp and her children Nikki (Jason) Fowles and Ryan Flottorp of Kamloops, BC. Pam also left behind her children Ashley and Kevin Ricalton of Kamloops, BC. Pam was predeceased by her loving brother Dan Flottorp. Pam was a cheerful woman who had the greatest laugh. She loved singing, listening to music and golfing. Pam had such an internal joy that could brighten anyone’s day. You could hear her infectious laugh a mile away. Pam was a wonderful primary teacher who obtained her masters degree all while raising her family, working fulltime, and unaware that she was

in the early stages of Alzheimers. Unfortunately, this once very vibrant woman had to be admitted into the Overlander Residential Care Facility in January of 2011. Pam remained there until her passing at the very young age of 56. We would like to thank the amazing staff at Overlander for their constant care, love and support for Pam and our family. We are truly grateful and forever thankful to know that she was so well taken care of.

Celebration Of Life Walter Luckham

August 7, 1934 June 14, 2017

“There is one thing Alzheimer’s cannot take away, and that is love. Love is not a memory - it’s a feeling that resides in your heart and soul.” Our memory of you will never fade and we will never forget you. We love you and miss you dearly. We know that you and Dan are now at peace and will take good care of each other. Please join us on Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 1:00 pm at the Desert Gardens in Kamloops, BC for a “Forget-Me-Not Tea Party” in Pam’s memory. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC would be appreciated. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com (250) 377-8225

Celebration of Life Open House on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 273 Alder Avenue, Logan Lake from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

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