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Dr. Marianne Sadar (left), a senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency researching prostate cancer, stands in her Vancouver laboratory. DANIEL PI PHOTO
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he death of Marianne Sadar’s older sister Elisia set the Kamloops woman on a path into which, decades later, she continues to pour all her
energies. Back then, Elisia was 12 and stricken by leukemia. Marianne was 10 and devastated by her sibling’s death. It led her to Sadar fantasizing about becoming a scientist and finding a cure for cancer.
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Back then, the bathroom of her family’s home on the South Shore was her laboratory. Since 1999, she has been chasing her goal in a real laboratory with B.C. Cancer. Her focus there has been on prostate cancer. A decade ago, KTW profiled Sadar as she and her team identified a molecule she hoped would help fight the disease. Sadar said it received plenty of media attention, with patients asking her to
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Looking to set up an Airbnb in the ThompsonNicola Regional District? You now need a permit. At its Dec. 14 meeting, board members voted to require property owners to obtain temporaryuse permits — less than 30 days — if they wish to engage in short-term rentals, such as those offered via the popular website Airbnb.com. The cost is $1,500 for a three-year permit. “We’ve had some problems in some areas of the TNRD with these short-term rentals and most properties are not zoned for short-term rentals,” board chair John Ranta told KTW, pointing to neighbourhood complaints about noisy renters as the most common issue. While planners first looked at putting in a special short-term rental zoning class, the regional district settled on temporary-use permits, which are good for three years, with the potential to renew for another three years. “It requires consultation with the neighbours and notification of neighbours and that sort of thing,” Ranta said. The requirement won’t apply to municipalities such as Kamloops and Sun Peaks, which set their own regulations on short-term rentals. Ranta said enforcement of the new rules will be complaint-based. Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said city council is not following suit. “We’re not addressing this issue right now as it has not been seen as a significant problem at this point,” he said. Christian said the issue in the regional district is connected more with places, such as Loon Lake, where there are lakefront short-term rentals next to permanent residences.
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pub and its attached hotel home. Coubrough said along with two long-term renters, the owner and her two daughters lived on the property.
A memorial service to remember former Kamloops councillor Marg Spina will be held on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way in Aberdeen. The service will begin at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, friends of Spina are SPINA asked to consider donating to the Kamloops Hospice Association or to the B.C. Interior Community Foundation, specifying the donation to the Marg Spina Community Enhancement Fund. In addition to serving on city council, Spina was a school trustee, ran the Kamloops Food Bank and helped establish the Chris Rose Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism. Spina died on Dec. 15, more than five months after stepping away from the city council table to deal with her incurable cancer. Coun. Pat Wallace, calling Spina “one of the best friends I ever had,” said at the time she was tremendously sad. Wallace praised Spina for everything she did in Kamloops, noting it didn’t matter whether you voted for her in any of her political roles. “She had everyone’s interest at heart,” Wallace said, noting her death “leaves a really big void in our community for many many reasons.” Following Spina’s death, flags at City of Kamloops buildings flew at half-mast for 48 hours.
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The new and improved version of Westsyde pool is proving popular with swimmers, but Kamloops city council still has to decide whether to spend more cash to keep the facility running. Three of this year’s 13 supplemental budget items are directly related to the pool, which reopened in September after it was closed for more than two years due to a compromised moisture barrier which rotted its ceiling from the inside. The city spent $3 million replacing the roof and rebuilding the pool enclosure, but has not yet upgraded the pool’s aging boilers and other mechanical equipment, which are also near the end of their lifespan. Then-mayor Peter Milobar told KTW the city would wait and see if the pool received enough visitors to mandate the repairs, or the building could become a community gymnasium. Parks and civic facilities manager Jeff Putnam said staff are looking for $50,000 from council, which will fund a study of the pool’s mechanical system, looking for ways to replace it that are more energy efficient. The report would be ready by the middle of next year, at which point councillors would have to decide whether to move ahead with the retrofit, estimated at $1.2 million. Putnam said they’ll also be given the option to add solar panels to the pool roof, at a cost of about $100,000. “We wanted to see the pool being used by the community, no question about that,” Putnam said. “I think when we come
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back to council with this in 2018, I think there’ll have been enough time passed to give council some direction on what their future goal is for that facility.” So far, usage levels appear promising, said Heidi Ogilvie, aquatics supervisor for the city. “It’s quite nice when you walk out onto that pool deck and see people of all ages enjoying that facility,” she said. Since its reopening in September, the pool and fitness centre have seen about a 40 per cent increase in daily use, from about 100 visitors per day to about 140. The city is also seeing nearly 100 per cent attendance in swim lessons and aquatic fitness programs are “just bursting at the seams,” Ogilvie said. Part of the reason for the increase is the pool’s extended hours — 19 and a half more perweek than were offered at the
facility before its renovation. Maintaining those hours is another supplemental item for council to consider with an cost of about $125,500 in staff wages. The pool is now open 5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and again from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the week, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. The hours have also allowed staff to offer swimming lessons on Sundays at the pool for the first time, which has proved popular, Ogilvie said. “We want to make sure we get to keep what we have now, and then perhaps we need to look to the future and see what we can do to shuffle things around,” said Ogilvie, adding she’s also been hearing requests from the community for more mid-day hours. Council is also being asked for $35,000 to maintain the building’s fitness centre.
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And so this is Christmas — and what have you done? So many of you have left us here at Kamloops This Week once again in awe of how the people who call The River City home are always there to have someone’s back and step up to help others. Next month, we’ll be distributing cheques that flow from all this giving to five charities: Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, New Life Community Kamloops, Sensational
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Kelly said the simple reality is they’re also very competitive and when one of them makes a donation, others feel compelled to best it. They do this during the year, fuelled by the competitive spirit only hockey players have. Since 2011, the Free Radicals have given the fund more than $43,000. • The folks at South Star Equipment are awesome people who have some pretty cool friends, too. Every year, they call on those friends for donations the staff auctions off at their annual Christmas party, sharing the proceeds with charities in the city.
Some of their suppliers also send in money to be added to the total. This year, they again picked Christmas Cheer. After the final bid was made at the party, the folks who spend their days producing and marketing world-leading forestry equipment had raised $8,083. There will possibly be more donated, said Tayla Cullings, once they check the mail at their Tagish Street location to find cheques that have been sent. • Faith Leung is again hosting a fundraiser at her North Shore Moon Wok restaurant. On Sunday, Dec. 24, from 11:30 a.m. to
2 p.m., proceeds from the sale of any of the restaurant’s six combination-for-one meals will be adding to the growing total. The restaurant is at 755 Tranquille Rd. just north of the Renfrew Avenue intersection. The combo dinners sell for $11.50. • Sticking with food and wonderful restaurateurs, Sukhwinder and Bagwant Sawa of Spice Indian Cuisine dedicated last Wednesday’s lunchtime buffet proceeds to the Christmas Cheer fund again this year. They started the annual event in 2015 and, this year, served up 40 dinners and passed along a $640 donation.
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e are in the middle of the Christmas season. Whether you are reading this before opening presents (though the dateline of this edition of KTW says Dec. 26, the papers were set to be delivered on Dec. 24) or amid the torn wrapping paper and shredded bows, it remains the season of giving until we all head back to work to face the long winter ahead. Yes, it is the giving season, whether we give gifts, our company, our time or our thoughts. This essence of the season is exemplified by a pee wee team in the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association. The Predators, a group of 11and 12-year-old kids, have decided to honour their former coach, who succumbed to cancer in October. Kirk Guenther coached the club last season, with the squad advancing to the Night of Champions, where a storybook ending resulted. KTW reporter Marty Hastings documented that magical night that saw Guenther, terminally ill, coaching his final game. The Predators came back from a three-goal deficit and scored twice inside the final two minutes of the third period to win 4-3. The kid who scored the winning goal with 15.5 seconds left in the game? Kirk’s son, Connor. The Predators have not forgotten Coach Kirk and are keeping his memory alive while also doing some good work for cancer research. The players have so far raised more than $2,300 for the Canadian Cancer Society and are aiming to have their effort help them capture another trophy — the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup, a nice piece of hardware that will be awarded to a pee wee team in Canada that has done some good deeds in its community. Chevrolet will also give the Cup winner $15,000 to donate to a charity of its choice. The Predators are hoping their good deed and the one-minute video they are submititng will lead to a second championship for Coach Kirk.
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The year of the Greens
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ne of my vivid memories from 2017 was walking to work the morning after the B.C. New Democrat and Green parties formalized their minority government deal. Legislature security patiently watched a woman wearing a green rain jacket and bike helmet shinny up one of the flagpoles and unfurl a black banner with white lettering. It read: “People Power: 1 Kinder Morgan: 0 Change is Coming Greenpeace.” A second Greenpeace employee, crouched on the lawn below, hit play on a portable stereo as TV cameras rolled. The opening notes of Gary Wright’s 1975 pop hit Dream Weaver filled the air, a reference to B.C.’s new political star, B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver. Events had moved quickly since the morning of May 10, when B.C. residents awoke to an election result that would remain in limbo for seven weeks. Weaver was in high demand that day, fielding calls from local and international media about the first real Green party breakthrough in North America. Weaver addressed his biggestever media scrum in the legislature rose garden that morning, taking questions on what he intended to do with a three-seat balance of power. He was emphatic, as he had been through the campaign. The first job was cleaning up the “Wild West” of unregulated B.C.
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VICTORIA political donations. By May 14, Weaver had a new top priority. Appearing on the CTV program Question Period, he declared that No. 1 on his list of “deal breakers” in talks with the 43-seat B.C. Liberals and the 41-seat B.C. NDP was official party status, which at that time required four seats. Both larger parties must have agreed quickly because Weaver soon sacked his press secretary and hired three people, including a chief of staff and communications director, anticipating the taxpayer-funded budget that comes with official party status. With the vital recount dragging on in Courtenay-Comox to determine if then-premier Christy Clark could retain a bare majority, another Green top priority emerged — proportional representation. The final count was in and the B.C. Greens had taken almost 17 per cent of the popular vote. It was concentrated in urban areas, but under a new formula it could triple the number of Green seats.
Fast forward to mid-December, where Weaver held court in his basement office. I asked him if he had anything to do with the NDP rules for a referendum on a new voting system: a simple majority, no minimum turnout and government support to stack the deck in favour of the GreenNDP urban base. Not at all, Weaver said. Sure, proportional representation is a founding principle of the Greens, but he said it’s “inside baseball” and the public doesn’t much care. Keith Baldrey of Global TV then reminded Weaver that he had declared changing the voting system to be his top priority before the crucial stage of talks with the NDP. It was important for the negotiations, Weaver replied, but not something voters were talking about on doorsteps. Then he went into one of his long dissertations about how one voiceone vote is “the foundation of democracy” and proportional representation will work even better for rural B.C. because a multi-member riding that covers much of the north will have MLAs from all parties. He wanted to impose the new system without a vote, but now the fall 2018 referendum looks like a sure thing, so let’s talk about important issues, like his wildly unaffordable child-care plan. If I may suggest one New Year’s resolution for B.C. voters, it is to keep an eye on this guy. tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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LISTENING TO CONCERNS PART OF MAYOR’S JOB Editor: Re: KTW editorial of Dec. 21 (‘Kamloops City Hall wrong place to raise concerns about pipeline’): With all due respect, I think the editor is short-sighted when he declares the mayor “does not get paid $100,000 plus to bring anybody together on divisive issues such as the pipeline expansion project.” I think it is important for city council to look back at the experience of Bismarck, N.D.,
during and after the Standing Rock protests last year, and begin to think about how best to take steps to safeguard the city’s good relationship with the Secwepemc people in whose territory the city and the proposed South Thompson river crossing are located. I think it would be very valuable for one or two representatives of the city, together with one or two representatives of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc council, and one or two elders, to sit down in a circle with the
youth and their leader and, using a talking stick, to listen carefully to each other’s concerns. As a city resident, I think it does fall within the mayor’s position description to take steps to bring people together to talk in a responsible, respectful way about divisive issues that have the potential to seriously impact the city. Barbara Liotscos Kamloops
MAY AS WELL MOVE PEANUT STANDS TO KELOWNA Editor: Re: Hubert Plante’s letter of Dec. 19 (A modest proposal in wake of Ajax . . .’): I think if you open a non-roasted peanut stand, which I believe council
will approve, I will try to open a roasted peanut stand. This will create more jobs, people to roast the peanuts and a higher price for my product, as roasted peanuts taste better.
I will open it at the top of the Peterson Creek Park bike path. Reason being, people will be really hungry after the long hike up. Whoops — hold on. I was just informed by my legal friend that,
because of the heavy pollution from the roasting, council will be totally against the idea. They are sure the jobs will be made up in the tourism and tech sectors. I better take my idea
to Kelowna, as that city seems to welcome highpaying jobs. At any rate, good luck, Hubert, as I am off to Kelowna. L.Tippe Kamloops
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED DARRIN Editor: Thank you to my son Darrin’s second family, his BCLC staff, for the fantastic fundraiser you had for him and his family. Thank you, Jessica, for everything you did to make it happen, boss James and the rest of his wonderful staff. Thank you to family, friends and strangers who donated time, food, money and gifts to make it such a success. Darrin was unable to attend as he suffered a grand mal seizure on Nov. 11, the week before. He’s had a second surgery to remove the growing tumour and is still in ICU. Our wish now is to have him home to
be with his children. There are some fantastic people trying hard here to make it happen. In July, my son was told he had only months. As a mother, this is heartbreaking. So I ask this of all of you. This Christmas season, take time with your children — hold them close, laugh with them and cherish every minute. Let them know how much you love them. Thank you again, BCLC ( his second family), for all you did. It means so much. Love to all. Judy Yusishen and family Kamloops
Darrin Yusishen with his daughter Bella, who was born with a rare genetic disease called Cornelia de Lange syndrome. A fundraiser was recently held to support the family after Yusishen was diagnosed with glioblastoma in July.
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Brian Alexander still a Freeman on the Land Kamloops’ best-known Freeman is taking a break from running for political office. After vying for the mayor’s chair in 2008 and 2011 and running for MLA as an independent in 2013 — all unsuccessfully — Brian Alexander said he’s looking for new ways to advance his political beliefs. “I’m going down a different road. I think in the next year here, people will have a better understanding of my different directions. I have some plans here in the future in a different direction
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Soon after the molecule discovery, a group of donors came up with $500,000 to buy equipment Sadar would need in her lab. She connected with chemist Ray Andersen, who was studying marine sponges. That was key because the sponges have an ability to make natural
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he folks behind Cymbal Sox were pretty stoked with the interest their invention created last year at the NAMM trade show in Anaheim — so they’re heading back again next month. This time, they’ve got a better location. They’re also kitty-corner from the Paiste booth; for those whose worlds do not revolve around percussion, Paiste, the Swiss-based company is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cymbals, gongs and other metal percussion. It’s a perfect fit, Cory Evans said, and the word is apt since the sox he and wife Maria created fit over cymbals. Cory is drummer for local band Forum and he had always wanted to find something he could slip on and off his cymbals easily that would protect the tonal grooves and dimples. In fact, Maria said, it would keep him up some nights trying to design one. The family got involved, with his sister Wanda, a seamstress, creating prototypes. Wanda’s husband Dean Worts — also a drummer — had some suggestions and Maria researched fabrics. In the end, they created a cover that looks a lot like a shower cap. Since then, the design has been further refined,
courtesy of the requirements the company had to meet for Y&T drummer Mike Vanderhule. He didn’t like the way the sox had to be cinched shut and closed off, so Jan Alexandre — who, along with husband and Forum lead singer Blaine, had also become involved — experimented with various types of elastic to find what would work best for Vanderhule. In late October, Y&T headed out on a 27-day tour of Europe and Vanderhule took the sox with him, showing them to other musicians along the way. From that, Cory said, a connection was made with drummers for Journey and Bryan Adams, a sign the sox are starting to build a worldwide audience. A Japanese music-equipment distributor has also been in touch about possibly adding the sox to its retailstores catalogue. The Evans and Alexandres are starting to feel like all the work they’ve put into the project — each works a fulltime day job, as well — might be finally starting to pay off. “It’s been more of a marathon, sure and steady,” Maria said, while Cory added the biggest challenge has simply getting themselves known. That’s why he’s looking forward to a return to Anaheim and the world’s largest trade-only event for music products. Last year, about 99,300 people attended — and a lot of them were drummers.
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Looking back at commodities in 2017 Scotiabank Economics has compiled its list of commodities that were hot and cold in 2017. Cobalt, palladium and lumber were at the top of the hot list, while natural gas, Canadian heavy oil and iron ore topped the cold compilation. Cobalt rode the feverish buzz around electric vehicles
(EVs) and growing concerns about future supply availability to take the top spot among commodities in 2017. Its value has more than doubled over the past year to more than US$33 per pound, which can be attributed to positive sentiment, strong demand prospects and inelastic, unresponsive supply.
On the demand side, the world is increasingly running on battery power and cobalt is a core feedstock for most battery chemistries. The excitement about electric vehicles is the perfect driver of a bull market for cobalt. The story for palladium is similar to cobalt, with steadily rising demand meeting a
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supply situation constrained by a byproduct status and driven by the investment cycle of other metals. While cobalt is catching a bid on rising EV prospects, palladium demand is driven by classic internal combustion engines, with autocatalyst end uses accounting for roughly 80 per cent of palladium consumption. Record global auto sales and increasingly stringent environmental regulations — which increase the volume of catalyst required per vehicle — has kept palladium demand growing at a healthy pace. “Despite being top performers in 2017, both cobalt and palladium suffer from their byproduct status, with supply driven by what’s happening in bigger markets,” said Rory Johnston, commodity economist at Scotiabank. “High cobalt prices aren’t going to bring more cobalt to the market, but higher copper and nickel prices likely will, while palladium supply will be kept in check
by weak platinum and nickel prices.” Lumber rounded out the top three commodity performers of the year. Prices soared 36 per cent year-to-date to $US431 per million-board feet, as continued growth in housing sector demand ran up against a supply curve that has been made pricier by the latest flare-up in the decades-long softwood trade dispute between Ottawa and Washington, with further supply tightness caused by the worst wildfire season on record in British Columbia. North American natural gas was the worst performer within the commodities complex in 2017, as warmer winter weather suppressed heating demand and failed to tighten a market overwhelmed by robust U.S. supply growth. Benchmark Henry Hub prices are down 27 per cent year-to-date and the price pain was amplified for Western Canadian gas, with AECO prices down 44 per cent. While global crude oil
markets have strengthened this year on strong demand growth and OPEC+ (the 30 oil-producing countries inside and outside of OPE) supply restraint, Canadian heavy oil (Western Canadian select, or WCS) has weakened, both in absolute terms (down 14 per cent year-todate) and in terms of its discount when shipping (from between $US15 and $US25 per barrel). Iron ore has also missed out on the rally enjoyed by the base metals as flattening seaborne demand ran up against a supply-side coming off a multi-year investment cycle. With demand flat, lower prices were needed to balance the market by flushing out higher cost, lower efficiency producers, particularly in China. The Scotia Commodity Price Index values for November: • All commodities: +3.6% • Oil & gas: +6.9% • Metal & mineral: +1.8% • Agriculture: +2.7% • Forest products: +2.4%
15 Tips for Estate Planning My father-in- law, Bryan, had two main loves in life: his family and golf. Sadly, last year he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was gone within a few weeks. He left this world too soon but lived a good life with no regrets. Before Bryan passed away, my in-laws asked me to review their finances to help ensure a smooth transition. I took this as an honour. This process can feel overwhelming when already dealing with a loss. I would like to share some strategies that might help your family with their estate plans: 1) Have your Will reviewed every five-years or after any major life event (marriage, divorce, birth of children, etc.). 2) Ensure your executor is willing and able to look after your estate, as well as, knows where to locate the will or has a copy. 3) Ensure Powers of Attorney (POA) are in place. POAs allow a trusted person to act on your behalf if you are unable. For example, they could pay your bills, complete your taxes or pick up your mail.
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4) Set up a Living Will that indicates which medical treatments are acceptable. In absence of this document, medical staff will take direction from the family which can lead to possible conflict. 5) Appropriate assets should be in joint names, namely: bank accounts, investments, vehicles, safety deposit boxes,household bills, etc.). This can help ease the transition, ensure no bill lapses and avoid probate. 6) There are some instances in which joint ownership may not make sense; for example, adding your adult child to the title of your primary residence could jeopardize the asset in events like marital breakdown, business failures, and personal lawsuits. In addition, losing some of the tax-free capital gain allowance. 7) Have beneficiaries on: Retirement Saving Plans, Retirement Income Funds, Tax-Free Savings Accounts, insurance and pensions. Sometimes it is wise to name your Estate as beneficiary so the executor can apply the will, facilitate distribution and pay taxes. 8) Spouses should be designated successor annuitant for TFSAs so they can retain the values in their Tax Free Savings account. 9) Because all immediate family are given a copy of the will, it is best to communicate your general wishes in advance to help ensure that there is no confusion. 10) Create a "financial inventory" and attach it to your will including the location of keys, safes and safety deposit boxes.
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11) Ensure Book Values (original costs) are known for tax purposes with respect to investments and real estate. 12) Since there are no taxes on gifts to adults, consider gifting to loved ones as a preinheritance. 13) There are significant tax breaks for the philanthropic. We encourage people to donate while they are alive so the charity can thank them personally and it helps promote the virtue of giving. 14) Insurance helps replace income, pay taxes and it can be particularly useful for blended or complex families because it is paid out quickly, tax-free and privately (outside the will). There are additional opportunities for incorporated businesses. 15) Establish Trusts to help minimize tax, avoid probate, ensure proper distribution of assets, provide income and retain privacy. The above is not an exhaustive estate planning list. Because every family has different dynamics and values, we strongly recommend that you seek professional guidance in building your estate plan. "In golf as in life, it is the follow through that makes the difference."~ Anonymous Until next time…Invest Well. Live Well.
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Across the country, extreme weather patterns persisted for longer than normal BOB WEBER
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It was the year of too much — too wet, too dry, too hot, too cool. “It wasn’t a typical Canadian kind of year, where if you don’t like the weather out your front door, look out your back door,’’ said David Phillips, Environment Canada’s chief climatologist. Phillips has just released his list of Canada’s Top 10 weather stories of 2017. If there is a common theme, it’s one of normal weather becoming abnormal simply by not changing. For example, last spring the rain in British Columbia just wouldn’t stop. That was immediately followed by the province’s driest summer ever. The result was the most disastrous fire season in B.C.’s history. Those fires, which forced 50,000 people from their homes, are Phillips’s nod for top weather story of the year. All across the country, weather patterns that would normally move on after a few days lasted and lasted. A huge dome of hot temperatures sat over the Prairies for most of the summer. Calgary had its hottest May
MARIANNE RUMBALL PHOTO The Boston Flats Trailer Park situated between the communities of Cache Creek and Ashcroft was hit hard by the Elephant Hill Wildfire. Wildfires across the country were among the year’s top news stories.
through August since 1881. The central Canadian spring began with floods in Quebec and eastern Ontario after persistent rains saturated a snowpack only half melted. The Windsor area recorded two storms of the century in less than a year. Ontarians are calling 2017 The Summer That Wasn’t — a cool, damp season of unrelenting disappointment. The province
had more warm days after the official start of autumn than before. Newfoundland was hit by a slow-moving blizzard that ravaged the island with winds of 190 kilometres an hour. It yanked trees from the ground, toppled traffic lights and blew off roofs as if they were dust specks. Every part of the country, in every season, saw weather patterns that just wouldn’t quit, for good or ill.
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For an explanation, Phillips looks to the jet stream, a high-altitude, high-speed current of air that helps produce what we’ve come to call normal. It usually flows west to east in a more or less straight line from Victoria to St. John’s,
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tends to produce weather patterns that get stuck. Emerging science suggests the unstable jet stream also may be linked to shrinking Arctic sea ice. “I think it was a factor,’’ Phillips said. Phillips, like most scientists, stops short of blaming 2017 on climate change. But if it were climate change, 2017 is what it would be like. “People think with climate change, it’s all about warm, warm, warm. But what you get is a shift in weather patterns, where you can actually end up with opposite of what you might think.’’ After a 22-year career in weather, Phillips said things have truly changed. “I remember when I started my career, you’d get one season that was interesting. Now, every one has something to write about,” he said. “The weather is changed. It has a different character, a different personality to it in its duration and intensity.’’
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The public conversation on sexual harassment and assault sparked by the allegations against Hollywood giant Harvey Weinstein has been selected as the 2017 News Story of the Year. The Canadian Press annual survey of news editors and reporters from across the country saw 23 out of 80 votes cast for sexual harassment as the most compelling story of the year. The ongoing fentanyl crisis came in second with 18 votes, with marijuana and the complexities of legalization in third place with 14. The allegations that emerged this fall against Weinstein, an Oscar-winning film producer, opened a floodgate of similar accusations that spread to Canada and affected virtually every industry, from the arts and sports to politics and law enforcement.
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oach Kirk’s memory is living on. The 2017 Night of Champions turned out to be Kirk Guenther’s last shot at gold at the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association’s atom, peewee, bantam and midget house-league jamboree. “Every day I’m here is a real blessing,” Kirk told KTW before his Predators faced off against the Ice Hawks in the peewee final on McArthur Island in March. “I’m not sure how much longer I’ve got to go. I’ll keep pushing as long as I can.” The Predators erased a threegoal deficit and scored twice inside the final two minutes of the third period to win 4-3. And who scored the gamewinning goal with 15.5 seconds on the clock? Kirk’s 12-year-old son, Connor. Kirk, who coached minor hockey for 10 years before reaching his first and last Night of Champions final, was 49 when he died in October after a four-year fight against cancer. Some of his former players honoured him at a peewee Predators’ practice on Wednesday at Brock Arena. For each $5 pledge they collected, players earned a shot against their coach, Karl Landry, a former goaltender who took the crease and faced a barrage of rubber in the shootout. Kirk’s wife, Lesley, along with sons Connor and Corbin, were invited to the rink. “It’s very powerful,” Lesley told KTW. “He left a legacy and it really helps us carry on. And just to see the smiles on the kids’ faces . . .” Predators’ manager Melissa Meikle was thrilled to report the $2,387 raised will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) — and she hopes there will be more where that came from. The Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup will be awarded to the Canadian
Kirk Guenther’s boys, Connor (left) and Corbin, went for a skate in chilly Regina on Thursday.
peewee team that submits the winning one-minute YouTube video featuring its good deed. Along with the Cup, the winner will receive $15,000 for the charity of the team’s choice, national recognition in a TV feature, a winners’ ceremony in the squad’s hometown and more. If the peewee Preds win for their donation in Coach Kirk’s honour, they will give the Good Deeds Cup prize money to the CCS. Some of the players who won Night of Champions under Kirk have moved on to the bantam ranks and some of the current peewee Predators played on different teams last season. “A few of them don’t know who Coach Kirk is, but they’re learning about his legacy,” Lesley said. “We’ve also had some stickers put on their helmets that say, ‘In loving memory of Coach Kirk.’ “I think it’s opened up a lot of discussions with some of the kids about death and dying and that people aren’t here forever.” Lesley and the kids flew to Regina on Thursday morning to celebrate Christmas, their first without dad. Corbin and Connor were playing hockey on an outdoor rink in the Queen City by Thursday afternoon. “Kirk would be so proud seeing them out here,” Lesley said. “They’re still having fun and Kirk’s memory is still alive.”
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Elli Terwiel misses competitive skiing, but she doesn’t miss concussions. The 28-year-old slalom expert from Sun Peaks called it quits not long after she raced for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, realizing the risk she was running after suffering her fourth head injury and a compressed disc in her back. “I didn’t want to have any more concussions,” said Terwiel, who
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retired in the spring of 2015. “I’d had enough. I want to be able to think critically for the rest of my life. My body needed time to heal.” Terwiel graduated with a civil engineering degree from the University of Vermont in the spring of 2016 and is now working
as a structural engineer in Bend, Oreg. “It’s problem solving,” Terwiel said of her job. “It’s a chance to use my brain, something I’ve always liked to do.” “And I ski as often as I can. I’m living in Bend because it was an opportunity to be somewhere where the biking and skiing is great, near Mount Bachelor.” Terwiel also helps out teaching at a nearby ski club. It was hard not to cringe when she straddled a gate and recorded a did-not-finish result in her first
slalom run at the Olympics on Feb. 21, 2014. On that day, she chose to ski with unbridled ambition in appalling conditions after watching half the women racing in front of her crash out of the competition. Warm temperatures, rain and a salty surface had wreaked havoc on the slalom course at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort. “I could see it was really hard conditions, but I said, ‘There is no way I can go easy because this is the Olympics,’” said Terwiel, one of more than 30 women’s slalom
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Fisher rink misses playoffs in Langley Cierra Fisher finished sixth and out of the fourteam playoff at the Boston Pizza BC Junior Curling Championships in Langley. The 19-year-old Kamloops product skipped a rink that featured lead Cailin Cooke, second Jordan Henson, third Dezaray Hawes and fifth Erin Ross. Fisher finished provincials with three wins and four losses — sixth in a field of eight — closing out on Thursday with an 11-4 loss to Sarah Daniels’ Royal City/Delta Thistle rink.
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Toronto championships and NHL decision among top sports stories of 2017 RYAN McKENNA
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The NHL decided to skip out on the Pyeongchang Olympics, a pair of Toronto franchises won titles and the Blue Jays lost beloved former pitcher Roy Halladay when his private plane crashed. Here are 10 of the biggest sports stories The Canadian Press reported on in 2017:
NHL SKIPS PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS After months of speculation, the NHL officially announced in April that it won’t participate in the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It’s the first time since 1994 that NHLers won’t attend the Olympics. The decision was met with disappointment from players around the league. Canada’s roster for the upcoming Games will be composed mostly of ex-NHL players who are currently playing in Europe.
PENGUINS DEFEND STANLEY CUP Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins defied a recent NHL trend by winning the Stanley Cup for a second straight year. Pittsburgh defeated the Nashville Predators in six games to win the title. Crosby, the Penguins’ captain from Cole Harbour, N.S., also earned his second-straight Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. The repeat was more impressive given the level of parity in the current NHL. The last team to win two Cups in a row was the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998. Pittsburgh’s win also extended Canada’s Stanley Cup drought to 24 years. The 1992-1993 Montreal Canadiens are the last team from north of the border to hoist the iconic trophy.
ROY HALLADAY DIES AT 40 Roy Halladay, who spent 12 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, died on Nov. 7 at the age of 40 when his private plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. His death was a shock to Canadians who witnessed him win a Cy Young Award with the Blue Jays in 2003 and another as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010. Halladay was with Toronto from 1998 to 2009 before being dealt to Philadelphia, where he played from 2010-2013. He was a three-time 20-game winner and pitched both a perfect game for the Phillies (2010) and a no-hitter in the National League Division Series later that year.
onship glory — and erased the country’s nine-year title drought.
TORONTO FC WINS FIRST MLS CUP Toronto FC started the Major League Soccer season looking for redemption after losing in penalty kicks to the Seattle Sounders in the 2016 MLS Cup at BMO Field. They accomplished just that and more, defeating Seattle 2-0 in a rematch on home field to win the first MLS championship in franchise history. Toronto (20-5-9) was also the best team during the regular season and set a record with 69 points — the most ever in MLS history. Along with the MLS Cup, they accomplished a treble by capturing the Supporters’ Shield as best MLS regular-season team and a Voyageurs Cup as Canadian champions. Led by captain Michael Bradley and forwards Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore, the Reds set franchise records for wins (20), goals scored (74), fewest goals allowed (37), shutouts (13), home wins (13), home points (42), road wins (7) and road points (27).
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ARGOS TURN FRANCHISE AROUND The Toronto Argonauts fired general manager Jim Barker following a 5-13 season in 2016 and had head coach Scott Milanovich resign. Expectations were low entering 2017, but with new personnel such as GM Jim Popp and head coach Marc Trestman, Toronto turned things around drastically. Quarterback Ricky Ray was mostly healthy this season and led the Argos to a 9-9 regular-season record and East Division title. Toronto went on to capture the 17th Grey Cup in franchise history with a 27-24 upset win over the Calgary Stampeders at Ottawa’s TD Place.
DENIS SHAPOVALOV’S BREAKOUT SEASON Denis Shapovalov started this year as the 234th ranked player on the ATP World Tour. He finished 2017 ranked No. 51. The 18-year-old burst onto the tennis scene in 2017 — highlighted by a trip to the semifinals at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Shapovalov beat world No. 1 Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup before falling to Alexander Zverev in the semis. He’s the youngest player to ever to reach an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semifinal.
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RACHEL HOMAN DOMINATES CURLING Ottawa’s Rachel Homan produced one of the most successful calendar years in curling history in 2017. The 28-year-old skip earned a berth in February’s Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea with a victory at the Roar of the Rings. She also captured the Tournament of Hearts national title and the world championship. It was the first time that Homan will represent Canada at the Olympics. The national title was her third and the worlds win was her first. The Canadian squad won every game at the worlds — Homan’s third attempt at world champi-
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Obituaries & In Memoriam In Loving Memory of
Larry and Lil Riguidel Larry 1947 - February 28, 2016 Lil 1951 - October 22, 2015
Sidney Lloyd William Davis July 16, 1971 – December 19, 2017 It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sid. He left us suddenly on December 19, 2017. Sid was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He moved with his parents and brother to BC in 1979, settling in Williams Lake for most of his hockey career. Sid is predeceased by his father Sidney Davis Senior; he leaves behind his wife Jennifer, children Brayden, Kelsey and Rylan, mother Marilyn Davis and step-father Moe Saulnier, brother Len (Cheryl) Davis, his In-laws Maureen and Archie Houchen and Greg and Deborah Atherton, sisters-in-law Christine (Masaki) Atherton, Suzanne (Shelton) Atherton, Meghan Atherton and Theresa (Derek) Moroz. Sid also leaves behind fifteen nieces and nephews who adored him: Tanisha, Kylie, Peyton, Kaycee, TJ, Addison, Elize, Owen, Jude, Zain, Mea, Johnny, Grayson, Linden and Carter.
There simply isn’t enough time in the world that will help heal the pain of losing both of you. You are truly missed with every breath taken.
Love Vince & Debi, family and friends
Sid’s life revolved around his family, hockey, friends and work. Sid married the love of his life Jen on June 20, 1999. They built their life together first in Williams Lake then Fort St. John. Their lifelong partnership has resulted in three beautiful children Brayden, Kelsey and Rylan. Sid sacrificed all of his vacation time to ferry his children around to their various hockey, soccer and baseball tournaments. Sid loved watching his kids on the ice, traveling to games all over BC and Alberta whenever he could. Amidst all of these hockey travels, Sid and Jen would make sure their kids could fit in time with their extended family whenever possible, although they didn’t make it to Terrace to see Len and family nearly as often as they would have liked to. We have many fond memories of time spent camping with Sid, or playing on various lakes throughout the BC Interior. We of course also have many fond memories of Sid complaining about all of the time he’d have to spend with Jen’s sisters and kids, but we know deep down he loved every minute of it.
For all of Sid’s adult years he was involved in coaching minor hockey, first in Williams Lake and then jumping right in when they relocated to Fort St. John. Sid touched the lives of many many children throughout BC in his coaching career. His love for the sport always shone through, as much as his love for the kids he was coaching. He loved watching them grow their skills and catch hockey fever. Sid was known for following their careers long after they’d left his team, reaching out with notes of encouragement or congratulations as they continued in their hockey journeys. Sid and Jen moved to Fort St. John six years ago, when Sid joined the Canfor team at their mill. Sid loved his work and everyone he worked with. Sid was proud of his career and had rapidly moved up the ranks to his current role of Plant Manager. Sid’s humor, sarcasm, rants and love will all be so missed, but we know that the community he and Jen have built around themselves will help Jen, Brayden, Kelsey and Rylan in both remembering Sid and continuing on life journeys that will make him proud. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Sid to the Sid Davis Hockey Scholarship Fund, 9719 88 St, Fort St. John, BC V1J 0C1. A Service was held on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 2:00 pm at The Alliance Church, 9904 – 98 St, Fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8. For those who were unable to attend the service on Saturday, a celebration of Sid’s life will be held in the New Year in Williams Lake, BC.
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THE LITTLE UNICORN by Peggy Kociscin, Albuquerque, New Mexico
There lived a little unicorn (From when the earth was new), His coat so white it glistened, His eyes a sparkling blue.
He learned that there are shadows In spite of shining sun. The more he grew, he found that life Was never always fun.
The unicorn tried tirelessly, And gave the climb his best; But he felt it was not good enough, He felt he’d failed the test.
In innocence and beauty, He danced through woods and streams. The animals danced with him, His heart aglow with dreams.
For now he’d learn of feelings That come from deep within; No longer in the “dream world” Where (for so long) he’d been.
He could not understand it When he felt himself rejected – When all his gentle being asked Was but to be accepted.
He laughed and played with rainbows, So happy all day through, He loved to kiss the flowers As their petals shone with dew.
His gentle heart desired But to know the pleasure of To give and to receive The very precious gift of love.
All this was just too much for him, He knew not what to do. That he was special as himself, Somehow, he never knew.
He wandered through the meadows In the moon’s soft, silver light. He loved to gaze at all the stars That lightened up the night.
To love meant to be happy, And yet it also brought him pain; For those he loved could hurt him Again.. and yet again.
His spirit crushed, he felt defeated, And lonely tears would start. Not understanding how to love, It simply broke his heart.
He listened to the music Of the birds that graced the trees. He frolicked with the butterflies And raced the gentle breeze.
His mother held him lovingly And tried to ease his fears About the sadness life could bring... The lonely, bitter tears.
But now he’s in a loving place Where all his pain has ceased, Where all accepted him and his love, Where all he knows is peace.
But, as he grew and learned of life, The sparkle in his eye Grew misty as he realized Just what it means to cry.
She said, “Life is like a mountain, (And surely this is true) That we must climb as best we can. There’s no ‘around or ‘through.’”
A loving Being tells him, “You’re delightful as you are.” His spirit free, his brilliance now Outshines the brightest star!
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Scorpio, try something outside of your wheelhouse in the coming days.You have a knack for teaching yourself new skills, and you are a fast learner.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
You are always one to lend a helping hand,Virgo. But now you may need to call in some favors of your own. Don’t be afraid to ask for help this week.
K I T ’ N ’ C A R LY L E
BY LARRY WRIGHT
Libra, think financial decisions through before acting. Patience is a friend when making important financial decisions, and it’s time to take such matters more seriously.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 2
Running yourself ragged, especially early in the week, will cause all of your energy stores to fizzle out, Leo. You need to learn to pace yourself better for the long haul.
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DECEMBER 26 - JANUARY 1, 2017
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Cancer, there is a time for joking around and a time for being serious. This week you may have to lean toward the latter. Others may not share your joviality right now.
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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Your emotions may be all over the map in the coming days, Gemini. The secret is to surround yourself with people who will guide you in the right direction.
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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
Taurus, if you are feeling upset because someone is getting more attention than you, you may need to focus your thoughts elsewhere. Think of what makes you special.
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
You may be operating on some false information, Aries. It’s better to get the facts before going forward in the coming days.You may end up changing directions midweek.
FRANK & ERNEST
Sagittarius, you might be seeking answers in the wrong places. Refine your parameters and look in a new direction, especially if a resolution is taking awhile.
Capricorn, if family life is taking over and tiring you out, shift your gears in another direction.You need to recharge and let your other interests take over for awhile.
Aquarius, words shared at work may have you worried you’ve burned some bridges. It’s not the case. Others still look to you for help and guidance and value your input.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
It’s common to make life assessments throughout the year, Pisces. Jot down some easy changes you can make for the future.
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A polling question has an error. Supposedly, there were 591 votes on the question. Of those, 332 (or 56%) responded yes to the question and 41 (or 44%) responded no. There were no other votes. If exactly one of the five numbers is wrong: 1) which one is it and why? 2) what is the correct number? ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S (DECEMBER 19TH) ERRORS PUZZLE: To the nearest 0.1%, the probability of a correct puzzle appearing correctly is 99.6%.
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2bdrm 2bth upper duplex Lafarge $750, ac, n/p, n/s mature couple pref Avail Jan 1st. 250573-2529.
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1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop. 55,000 miles. 390-330HP. $4,000. 250-574-3794.
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2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. 236-421-2251
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1996 Chevrolet C/K 2500 HD 3/4 ton Truck. Good condition. $9,900. 250-374-1988
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3bdrms, 2-bath, Lower Sahali. N/S. Pet friendly, fenced yard. $1600/mo. 250-377-6888.
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New 2bdrm bright daylight suite near TRU/bus stp/ns/furn wifi util inc $900 778-257-1839
3Bdrms N/Shore. $1200/mo. Avail immed. 554-6877/250-377-1020.
2006 Equinox. 168,000kms. Auto, 6cyl. Good cond. $5,500/obo. 250-554-2788.
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1985 Dodge Ram Charger. Very good condition. $5,000/OBO 250-579-5551
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Westsyde 1bdrm. Priv ent. F/P. Lndry, util/cable incld. N/S, N/P. $950. 579-0193.
14ft. Runabout boat. 40hp Johnson motor on trailer. $1500/obo. 778-469-5434.
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1999 AUDI A6 All Wheel Drive Well maintained $5000obo 250-819-2532
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2bdrms. $1000/mo heat, hotwater incl, n/s/p 1300 Tranquille Rd. 250-371-4801.
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1998 Chrysler Intrepid, auto, good cond. Winters on rims, remote, air. $1,800. 376-8628.
Furn room close to Downtown all amenities, for working person w/own transportation avail now $550 mo 250-377-3158
2bdrm daylight. N/S, N/P, No Noise. w/d, util incl $1200/mo+DD. 250-314-0060
14ft aluminum boat w/trailer and new 9.9HP Merc O/B w/asst equip $4000. (250) 523-6251
4-Eagle GTII P275/45R20 M&S $400. 2-275/40ZR17 BF Goodrich M&S $275. 2-Goodyear Eagle 245/50VR16 M&S $200. 2-P215/60R16 M&S Pacemark $200. 2P225/60R16 All Season Motomaster $175. Call 250-3198784.
Rooms for Rent
2013 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab, long box. Fully loaded. Excellent condition. $25,900. 250-299-9387
1989 Mercedes 560 SEC. 61,000kms. Hagerty Appraisals #2 car $10,000USD. Selling $10,000 CDN 250-574-3794
Auto Accessories/Parts 4-P265/70R17 Goodyear All Seasons. $400/obo. 250-8193848.
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Heavy Duty Trailer 5’8” inside 14’ long. 2x8 stud axles, elec brakes, ramps. $3000/obo. 250-577-3120.
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Rte 835 – Mattoch-McKeaque, Sabiston Crt & Rd. – 30 p.
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SAHALI Rte 470 – Farnham Wynd, 102298 Waddington Dr. – 63 p. VALLEYVIEW/JUNIPER Rte 605 – 1770-1919 Glenwood Dr, Knollwood Dr, Vicars Rd. – 61 p. Rte 620 – MacAdam Rd, McKay Pl, Pyper Way, 25302580 Valleyview Dr. – 69 p. Rte 652 – Coldwater Crt, 16162212 Coldwater Dr, 1921-1999 Skeena Dr (odd side). – 58 p. Rte 657 – 1913, 1918-2195 Skeena Dr, Skeena Pl, Iskut Pl. – 49 p. WESTSYDE Rte 226 – 3330-3345 Bank Rd, McCurrach Pl, McCurrach Rd. – 48 p.
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IN MEMORY OF COACH KIRK
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The 2017-2018 peewee Predators are aiming to win the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup and donate $15,000 to the Canadian Cancer Society in coach Kirk Guenther’s honour
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Looking to set up an Airbnb in the ThompsonNicola Regional District? You now need a permit. At its Dec. 14 meeting, board members voted to require property owners to obtain temporaryuse permits — less than 30 days — if they wish to engage in short-term rentals, such as those offered via the popular website Airbnb.com. The cost is $1,500 for a three-year permit. “We’ve had some problems in some areas of the TNRD with these short-term rentals and most properties are not zoned for short-term rentals,” board chair John Ranta told KTW, pointing to neighbourhood complaints about noisy renters as the most common issue. While planners first looked at putting in a special short-term rental zoning class, the regional district settled on temporary-use permits, which are good for three years, with the potential to renew for another three years. “It requires consultation with the neighbours and notification of neighbours and that sort of thing,” Ranta said. The requirement won’t apply to municipalities such as Kamloops and Sun Peaks, which set their own regulations on short-term rentals. Ranta said enforcement of the new rules will be complaint-based. Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said city council is not following suit. “We’re not addressing this issue right now as it has not been seen as a significant problem at this point,” he said. Christian said the issue in the regional district is connected more with places, such as Loon Lake, where there are lakefront short-term rentals next to permanent residences.
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Dr. Marianne Sadar (left), a senior scientist at the BC Cancer Agency researching prostate cancer, stands in her Vancouver laboratory. DANIEL PI PHOTO
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he death of Marianne Sadar’s older sister Elisia set the Kamloops woman on a path into which, decades later, she continues to pour all her
energies. Back then, Elisia was 12 and stricken by leukemia. Marianne was 10 and devastated by her sibling’s death. It led her to Sadar fantasizing about becoming a scientist and finding a cure for cancer.
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Back then, the bathroom of her family’s home on the South Shore was her laboratory. Since 1999, she has been chasing her goal in a real laboratory with B.C. Cancer. Her focus there has been on prostate cancer. A decade ago, KTW profiled Sadar as she and her team identified a molecule she hoped would help fight the disease. Sadar said it received plenty of media attention, with patients asking her to
inject them with what was, in essence, a virus. Sadar said it was difficult saying no then, but added there were protocols that had to be followed and approvals that needed to be met to even contemplate human testing. She said it would have been unethical to inject the virus into people with cancer. “We realized we needed to find a drug that does what this virus does,” Sadar said. And this is where karma, or just plain good luck, comes into play.
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