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ASK Wellness Society executive director Bob Hughes has seen many things turn up in Spirit Square over the years: old mattresses, used needles and an abandoned car or two. Community gatherings that use the North Shore space as it was originally intended have been rare. Spirit Square was created in 2009 with funds from the provincial government as it celebrated B.C.’s 150 years as a Crown colony a year earlier. The province offered matching funds of up to $500,000 for communities that wanted to create a Spirit Square. Kamloops received $375,000 in matching funds from Victoria to create the square between MacKenzie Avenue and Yew Street. Hughes is hoping two new housing developments, one market and one with affordable units for those 55 and older, will help bring life to Spirit Square. “This area, something needed to be done and just fencing it and leaving it as a big, empty park
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made no sense,” he said. “Doing this is, I think, is going to be one of the most transformative projects this city’s ever seen.” ASK Wellness and developer Arpa Investments announced on Wednesday they will partner on the construction of two mixed-use buildings centred on Spirit Square. ASK will own and operate the building on the MacKenzie Avenue side of the square, which will house its administrative offices and contain more than 40 affordable rental units. The other building, on the Yew Street side, will feature 7,000 square feet of commercial and restaurant space on its ground floor and offer about 33 market-rate units for purchase. The development will also feature 75 surface parking stalls. See PROJECT, A6
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KTW FILE PHOTO KGHM wanted to build its open-pit Ajax copper amd gold mine immediately south of Aberdeen, but those years-long plans were scuttled in December when the company’s environmental application was denied by the provincial government. While the federal government has yet to make a final decision, the project needs approval of both levels of government in order to proceed.
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The project manager for the proposed and recently rejected Ajax mine said the company has not decided what steps it will take in regards to its open-pit proposal despite reports that proponent KGHM is considering “permanently freezing” the project. The B.C. government turned down Ajax’s environmental application in December, citing concerns about whether the company could effectively mitigate all the expected health and environmental effects of its project. It also noted First Nations’
concerns over the disruption of Jacko Lake, considered an important cultural heritage site. KGHM laid off some staff earlier this year, including external-relations manager Yves Lacasse, the former head of the Kamloops RCMP, but has not yet announced its future plans in the area. According to the Warsaw Business Journal and the Polish Press Agency, KGHM Polska Miedz CEO Radoslaw Domagalski-Labedzki has suggested the possibility of a freeze of the Kamloops project “in order to shoulder costs at the lowest possible level.” However, DomagalskiLabedzki noted the company could still pursue a judicial
review of the government decision in B.C. Supreme Court. Ajax project manager Chris Wild said the discussion about next steps remains ongoing and no timeline has been indicted for a decision. The proposal needed approval from both provincial and federal governments to proceed. While B.C. rejected the application, the federal government, citing concerns about Ajax’s adverse impact on the environment, referred the file to Natural Resources Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Those two agencies are then to seek final word from the federal Liberal cabinet, but that has yet to occur.
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A Kamloops city councillor is hoping to prevent a repeat of Kamloops’ years-long debate over the proposed Ajax mine by asking the province to place a buffer around established communities. Coun. Dieter Dudy submitted a notice of motion on Tuesday to send a resolution to the Union of B.C. Municipalities and the Southern Interior Local Government Association calling for a ban on mining within 10-kilometre of a municipality’s growth boundary. “I believe the whole issue of Ajax could have been avoided if we’d had something like this on the books,” said Dudy, who opposed the copper and gold mine, which was rejected in December by the provincial and federal governments.
”I think you’ll find a lot of people who weren’t in support of the Ajax project weren’t anti-mining. It was a proximity issue,” Dudy said. The provincial and federal governments turned down the mine’s environmental application late last year. Dudy said the choice of a 10-kilometre buffer is somewhat arbitrary and could be debated by the associations, which would also have to decide whether to back the resolution and lobby the provincial government on the issue. “The province may say, ‘We’re not going to entertain this,’ but I thought this is a step that might help us not go down that road again, maybe not so much ourselves, but for other jurisdictions,” Dudy said. The motion will be up for debate at council’s meeting next Tuesday.
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The deal will see ASK lease portions of Spirit Square and MacKenzie Avenue properties now owned by the City of Kamloops as part of a land deal with Arpa, which purchased two lots on Yew Street the city acquired last year, as well as other lots on MacKenzie. B.C. Housing is also supporting the project. Joshua Knaak, a partner at Arpa Investments, said the company hopes to begin construction in June, depending on the speed of a required rezoning process. Arpa’s Yew-side building will include one- and two-bedroom units and may also see some of the micro-suites it is building in Kamloops at its Station development farther south on Tranquille Road. “They’ve been very well received by the market,” Knaak said of the 344- to 365-squarefoot units, which have been billed as a more affordable entry into home ownership. Knaak said the company also hopes its design will increase community use of Spirit Square, turning it into a neighbourhood gathering space. Mayor Ken Christian said he’s also hoping the developments will give Spirit Square the public purpose it has struggled to find since its construction. Similar spaces were built across B.C. but, while other communities have seen their squares become hot spots for performing arts or farmers’ markets, the Kamloops ver-
perhaps it was an idea before it’s time. Market housing as well as seniors housing will bring it alive. It will make sure it’s a people place, which is what it was intended to do all along.
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ASK now has 10 beds at the former Fountain Motel downtown for the program. Hughes said residents could transition into rental units in the building if they are in the required age range or move into other ASK housing properties. The public will have a chance to learn more about the project on Friday, Feb. 23, at an open house at Red Beard Cafe, which is at Tranquille Road and Yew Street, next to the soon-to-be developed properties. The open house will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. More information is also available online at spiritsquarekamloops.com.
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sion has more often stood empty. “Spirit Square has been under-utilized and perhaps it was an idea before its time,” Christian said. “Market housing as well as seniors housing will bring it alive. It will make sure it’s a people place, which is what
it was intended to do all along.” In addition to housing seniors, Hughes said ASK’s building will continue its programming for people who need somewhere to recuperate after being discharged from Royal Inland Hospital.
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A plan by ASK Wellness and Apra Investments to build social and market housing around Spirit Square isn’t the first time the block has been considered for social housing. Nearly two decades ago, a plan by the John Howard Society to build 35 units of social housing on the 400-block of McKenzie Avenue was met by so much neighbourhood outcry that the city council of the day pulled its support. So contentious was the fight over the Victory Inn it was eventually written up by housing officials as a case study on dealing with neighbourhood outcry, a file still available on the province’s housing
FORMER COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST VICTORY INN, ASKED JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY TO ABANDON PROJECT DUE TO PUBLIC OUTCRY
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website today. “The surrounding community reacted immediately with ferocious opposition that continued for weeks,” the study states. “Neighbourhood opponents suggested JHS works exclusively with people
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that council in power today, voted against the motion.) “I believe in social housing but I ask the question, ‘at what cost?”’ Coun. Peter Sharp said at the time, according to a report in KTW, adding he was being swarmed by those opposed to the development. The Inn would eventually move to a site on Halston Avenue, after organizers were given eight weeks to find a new location to avoid losing BC Housing funding.
Howard’s CEO received several death threats over the Inn and spent several days under police protection. Local business owners also argued the property selected by the society was crucial for commercial development on the North Shore, and social housing would “destroy the commercial heart of Tranquille.” Commercial development appears to have remained scarce on the block. When Kamloops city council opted, eight years later, to build the city’s Spirit Square project on the site it was described by media as an “orphaned parking lot.”
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t wasn’t shocking last week when B.C. Liberal candidate Ben Stewart was elected in Kelowna West, the riding everyone loves to say has been a stronghold for the Liberals and the Socreds since the beginning of time. But with only 29 per cent of eligible voters showing up to cast a ballot in the byelection, is it really a stronghold — or is the Liberal party just better at getting people out to vote? The byelection was held due to Christy Clark’s resignation last August as B.C. Liberal leader and MLA. In the 2013 general election, Clark lost in her riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. Stewart, who won in Kelowna West, stepped down to allow Clark to run in a byelection. She won and became MLA for the Okanagan riding. Vernon’s Scott Anderson, interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives, has another theory on why last week’s voter numbers were so abysmal. “Voter turnout was exceptionally low,” he said. “And I believe that’s indicative of an electorate tired of false promises by the tax-andspend parties.” Twenty-nine per cent is a shocking number, but voter apathy is just that, and in West Kelowna and parts of downtown Kelowna, the turnout to vote in an important byelection was pathetic. It was the lowest voter turnout in recent history, with half the numbers traditionally seen in the riding. In the May 2017 general election, for example, 26,661 voters turned out at the polls, compared to 13,624 in last week’s byelection. There are over 46,000 voters. And from what we saw at the polls, it is the younger generation that is not voting. — Kelowna Capital News
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Lonely is the night . . .
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ohn Mellencamp may have had a lonely old night, but at least he had someone to put his arms around. Such a spoon or cuddle is not necessarily an option for an estimated nine-million Britons, whose loneliness is so acute that is has led the Theresa May government to create the first minister of the lonely. Tracey Crouch’s job is a daunting one — she is charged with finding ways to make the country’s lonely less so in an age where people are apparently too busy to meet a friend for coffee, but not too harried to post photo after photo after photo of their latest lunch for the hundreds of Facebook “friends” to see and “like” online. Crouch will step into a role that came from Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, a commission named in honour of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, who made tackling loneliness one of her campaign platform planks. Crouch has been tasked with delivering a report by the end of the year in the wake of one study that found 200,000 older people across the pond have not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month and another study that stated 85 per cent of young disabled adults reported feeling lonely. And being lonely is, apparently, bad for your physical and mental health, with the Daily Mail noting England’s chief nursing officer has stated loneliness can have a “devastating impact” on mental health and increase
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MUSINGS the risk of premature death by one-third, which is about equal to the risk created by smoking. One may be the loneliest number that you’ll ever do, but that numeral multiplies exponentially. According to Statistics Canada, 1.4-million Canadian seniors reported feeling lonely, and that number could be much greater, considering admitting loneliness still carries a stigma. While the 2016 Statistics Canada survey also found more people than ever living alone (28.2 per cent), that does not necessarily mean loneliness is on the rise. Being alone does not always mean being lonely, Roy Orbison’s feelings tonight notwithstanding. Still, the myriad reports, studies and surveys would seem to indicate more and more of this planet’s seven-billion souls are suffering from loneliness — or is it simply a case that we are finding answers to questions we have not previously asked? Have we always had a certain percentage of people suffering
from loneliness or has modern ways of life increased the affliction? The term we have applied to being connected via the Internet may be the most ironic in our lexicon. Social media may be creating a far less social society, according to a July 2017 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, just one of many studies to suggest social media is anything but. The University of Pittsburgh study found associations between increased social media use and increased perceived social isolation among a national sample of people ages 19 to 32. But it noted a chicken-andegg scenario in explaining why: It may be that those already feeling socially isolated tend to turn more to social media; or it may be that those who use social media more often then become socially isolated because social media time supplants real social interaction and seeing what others are doing leads to feeling excluded. As we become more detached from authentic connections and more connected to others via ones and zeroes crossing fibreoptic lines, a society of detached bubbles will only grow. And, for those generations not connected to cyberspace, the loneliness will become more crushing. We need more friends and fewer “friends.” Call up a buddy. Visit a senior’s home. Log out and go out. 1365B Dalhousie Dr. 778-471-7525
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KTW reader Sally Cornies worked hard to clear her driveway of snow (left), only to watch as a city truck driver boxed her in with a large windrow (right). “This absolutely brings me to tears because there is nothing I can do about it,” she writes.
ALL THE HARD WORK PLOWED AWAY Editor: I am attaching two photos (above). The photo on the left was taken last Sunday, one day after the record amount of snow fell on Saturday. It shows my driveway clear after I spent some time shovelling. The photo on the right was taken two days later, on Tuesday afternoon, after the
city truck had finished with our cul de sac. These pictures show very clearly that I had removed all snow from my driveway and the street in front of my driveway. A city employee at the wheel of the truck then pushed all the snow from the center of the cul de sac straight into my driveway. I watched her do it. It took
several passes, but eventually her job was done and my beautifully cleaned driveway was completely blocked in. This absolutely brings me to tears because there is nothing I can do about it. The city tells me it is my responsibility to clean this mess up. Sally Cornies Kamloops
KUDOS TO CITY FOR A JOB WELL DONE Editor: As a resident of Park Place, I wish to commend the city’s public works department on the great job it did handling the recent sewer line break in our complex. Once notified, they were here in minutes and immediately went to work. They worked tirelessly all day and night until the entire job was finished.
We were kept up to date on the progress and information was passed on to all our residents numerous times throughout the day. Even though everybody was greatly inconvenienced with the disruption, there were no complaints because they knew what was going on. The entire repair went smoothly and efficiently. Bob Eley, Kamloops
Editor: Re: KTW’s front-page story of Feb. 16 (‘Fire smart?’): The headline on the story detailing the decision by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to eliminate funding for volunteer fire brigades should have read “fire dumb.” My husband and I are volunteer firefighters in the Paul Lake/ Pinantan area and we spend hundreds of hours tr’aining and practising in the event of a fire. The small amount of money invested in radios, pumps, hoses, etc., goes a long way to providing fire protection and will certainly help prevent forest fires that would literally cost millions to curtail. Or does the TNRD board have a short memory when it comes to last summer’s wildfires in B.C.? If liability is the concern, does that mean we should stop our donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation because we would be liable if someone dies? At least TNRD Area P director Mel Rothenburger understands the value of the many volunteer firefighters and brigades throughout the region, but shame on those on the TNRD board who voted against this funding. Lynn Epp Paul Lake
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Alleged gangster free on bail days after sentence handed down Jason Robertson released from prison pending appeals in B.C.’s highest court TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
An alleged Kamloops gangster who was sentenced earlier this week to 18 months in prison is once again free on bail pending an appeal filed in B.C.’s highest court. Jason Robertson was sentenced on Monday following his conviction on five weapons and property-related offences, as well as one count of identity theft. He was released on bail on Wednesday following a brief B.C. Court of Appeal hearing in Vancouver. Robertson and his wife, Sarah, were arrested following a series of high-profile police raids in May 2014 on properties owned by Jason Robertson, including the execution of a warrant at their
ROBERTSON Arrowstone Drive home in Sahali. At the time, police took reporters to an evidence room at the Kamloops RCMP detachment and displayed
dozens of firearms, electronics, cash and drugs seized in the raids. Police said the operation was gang-related and Hells Angels support stickers were visible on some of the seized items. Early on in the proceedings against them, the Robertsons were facing more than 50 charges. Last year, on the eve of their trial, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jeanne Watchuk stayed all counts Sarah Robertson was facing, ruling her Charter rights had been violated by police during their investigation. The bulk of Jason Robertson’s 18-month sentence was for a conviction for possession of a stolen firearm, which carries a mandatory one-year prison sentence. During Robertson’s sentencing, Watchuk ordered
police to return 34 legally owned firearms seized by police during their execution of the Arrowstone Drive search warrant. At an earlier hearing, court heard $50,000 in cash was seized from the Sahali home — the house alleged to have been the Robertsons’ primary residence. During proceedings in 2016, when defence lawyers challenged the methods used by police while executing the warrant, surveillance footage showed officers joking about leaving live ammunition in the family’s fireplace and seizing their passports to stop them from travelling. Robertson’s lawyers are appealing both his conviction and sentence. His next court appearance is slated for Sept. 10 in Vancouver.
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Kamloops Mounties are urging Sun Peaks residents to check their sheds, garages and vehicles and to review any security footage they may have as the search for a missing 20-year-old man. Ryan Shtuka vanished early on Saturday, Feb. 17, after leaving a party on Burfield Drive in the mountain resort 45 kilometres northeast of Kamloops. Shtuka was last seen at 2:10 a.m. on that Saturday and is believed to have left the party to walk the short distance to his home in the village. But Shtuka did not show up at
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of centimetres. Through Feb. 21, Kamloops had received 38.6 centimetres of snow this month, more than three times its monthly average of 11 centimetres. Environment Canada’s forecast calls for flurries on Friday and a high of -5 C,
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It’s not about finding ways in which to ease the minds of businesses — it’s about solutions. That’s the message from North Shore Business Improvement Association executive director Jeremy Heighton following a presentation on Wednesday night by the city’s social and community development supervisor. “When you have a great and healthy society, you have strong business,” Heighton said. The city’s Jen Casorso spoke to NSBIA members at the association’s annual general meeting at the Centre for Seniors Information in the Brock Shopping Centre. She detailed a multipronged housing approach to address growing social issues in Kamloops, which culminated in last fall’s NSBIA survey of North Shore businesses that revealed increasing prostitution, drug use and loitering in the Tranquille Market. Casorso said affordablehousing needs in Kamloops are diverse — from supportive housing to entry-level housing units — and should be represented as such throughout the city’s neighbourhoods. “We’re talking about everyone in our community. We want to ensure we all have equal access to housing options,” she said. “We don’t have that right now.” The biggest demand is for private market rental housing. According to the CMHM Market Rental Report and BCNPHA Rental Housing Index, the private apartment
NSBIA board named The North Shore Business Improvement Association elected its 2018 board of directors at its annual general meeting on Wednesday night. New to the board this year is Jeff Sherban, operations manager at Kamloops Airport. Five members were re-elected after their twoyear terms expired: NSBIA president Bryce Herman (Chances Casino), vice-president Darren Hicks (Interior Hobbies and Crafts), treasurer
vacancy rate in Kamloops is 1.1 per cent. Nearly half of the city’s renters are spending more than what is deemed “affordable” (no more than 30 per cent of income going to housing, utilities and taxes). Earlier on Wednesday, the city formally announced an affordable and market housing project, which will rise at Spirit Square. Heighton touted developer Joshua Knaack’s long-term vision for the area. “He’s looking at how he can support this housing continuum,” Heighton said. “He’s the kind of business owner who is the up and coming in the North Shore. They’re thinking, ‘How do we build a more effective community? How do we get involved in creating an aspirational picture of our future?’” Not all NSBIA members agree with the city’s strategy, however. Seventy-nine-year-old Harvey Hantula lives on Tranquille Road and said he has been targeted by vandalism repeatedly last year,
resulting in costly damage. During the meeting, he called himself “old school,” expressing concern about those who may “abuse the system” by receiving “free” housing without a desire to work. “It’s growing,” Hantula told KTW after the meeting. “Our society has changed. We have food banks. They’ve got no interest in working. They’re just looking for handouts. That’s what’s happening now.” Casorso acknowledged stigma related to the homeless population. She encouraged people to consider ways in which they or family members could be impacted by addiction, mental health or losing a job. “You have to become a survivalist,” she said of those living on the streets. Casorso said not everyone wants help and cited enforcement against those who cause problems. Meanwhile, Hantula also questioned creating places in which people may further congregate. “There are options,”
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Heighton said. “There are design-build options. There are services within buildings. There are social services that wrap around. There are response teams in the community. “There are a bunch of ways to manage those pieces. If you can take people out of the emergency shelter and start to put them into housing, you now have more resources to respond to a smaller group of people who are still on the street. You actually have the ability to respond in a more effective way.” Heighton said housing is part of larger “complicated mosaic” to address social issues on the North Shore that also includes supporting social-service agencies, educating business owners, rehabilitating the Tranquille Market corridor and adding a customer care and patrol team (know as a CAP team, which is a feature of the downtown business association). Heighton said he hopes the CAP team will hit the streets this spring. “If we do nothing, then we are where we were last year and we all know that’s not acceptable. So we’re doing something,” Heighton said. “These are pieces of that puzzle. These are pieces, understanding we are developing a long-term strategy to deal with some of the social issues that exist not just on the North Shore, but downtown, in Penticton, in Prince George. Every city in the Interior of B.C. has the same challenges we have. So understanding that the challenge is countrywide, it’s what are we prepared to do here in this community to resolve the situation.”
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THE FAMILY DOLLAR JUGGLING ACT
HOW TO BALANCE EVERYDAY NEEDS WITH YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS. FOR PARENTS, DAILY LIFE CAN SEEM LIKE A JUGGLING ACT. Adults in the family have a schedule, priorities and commitments. Kids have a schedule, priorities and commitments. Sometimes they match up. Often they don’t. As a result, many families become experts at keeping multiple balls in the air. Fortunately, when it comes to financial planning, there are ways to reduce stress by introducing flexibility and improving balance within the family circus. Families don’t have to give up the present for the future – or the other way around. Instead, they can balance their short-term, mid-term and long-term needs, assigning some money each month to a variety of financial goals. The truth is, many decisions don’t have to be “one or the other” – and that gives families flexibility to plan, save and spend in a way that works best for them. ASSESSING THE COSTS The cost of raising the average Canadian child from birth until he or she turns 19 may be close to a quarter of a million dollars1 – but, of course, every family has different expenses. Let’s start with the basics: food, clothing and a home that’s big enough for a family. And then there are common extras: child care before and after school, camps when school is out, extracurricular activities and equipment, computers, smartphones, health care beyond the provincial plan and, looming on the horizon for many families, post-secondary education. Finally, there are the nice-to-haves – things like vacations, family outings to the movies or dining out once in a while. In addition, parents need to cover the basics of their own financial needs: saving for retirement and other goals, creating an emergency fund, paying down debt and protecting their family’s financial security with insurance. Balancing all these competing priorities with different timeframes may seem overwhelming, but smart planning can help parents find the right balance. Here are six strategies to consider. 1. KICK-START EDUCATION SAVINGS WITH AN RESP It’s one of the best deals around. For every dollar contributed to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to help pay for a child’s post-secondary education, the federal government will chip in $0.20 in Canada Education Savings Grants (CESGs). Contribute $2,500 a year to get the maximum annual CESG of $500, or $7,200 in CESGs over the life of a child’s plan. That’s more than one year’s average undergraduate university tuition2 – paid for entirely with CESGs. Juggling tip: Ask family members to contribute what they planned to spend on birthday and other gifts to your children’s RESP. Let friends continue to give presents. Remind everyone that education is a gift that lasts a lifetime. 2. MAXIMIZE FREE RETIREMENT SAVINGS IF AVAILABLE Not all employers offer matching contributions to a retirement plan (for example, a group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or defined contribution registered pension plan) – but if yours does, take full advantage of it. Industry estimates suggest at least 40 per cent of the money employers have set aside to match employee contributions isn’t being used. Set aside $100 a month for 20 years, and a 100 per cent match will boost retirement savings by $24,000, without accounting for any investment growth. Juggling tip: Prioritize RRSP contributions for the partner who receives a matching employer contribution. In years when there’s more than enough money available to maximize the match, build up the other partner’s retirement savings in an RRSP or spousal RRSP. 3. COVER UNEXPECTED COSTS WITH INSURANCE Orthodontics. Prescription glasses. Medicine. Physiotherapy after a sports injury. Many health care costs aren’t covered by provincial health plans. For those who don’t have additional coverage through their workplace, or whose coverage may not be enough, individual health and dental benefits provide protection from the full impact of that scariest of sentences, “Your child needs braces.” In addition, term life insurance can be an inexpensive way to protect family finances from the consequences of a death. Juggling tip: An insurance premium may seem like one more bill – but it could help save money. If money is tight right now, opt for a basic policy today with plans to upgrade in the future. 4. MAKE THE MOST OF BENEFITS AND TAX CREDITS The federal government paid families $18 billion in children’s benefits in 2015–16.4 Get your fair share by applying for the Canada Child Benefit for children under age 18 and, if a child qualifies, the child disability benefit as well. In addition, costs for child care, medical expenses and adoption-related expenses may be claimed. Post-secondary students may be able to claim student loan interest and eligible moving costs, as well as the more familiar tuition amount. Juggling tip: Got a tax refund? Rather than spending it, earmark it for a longer-term goal such as debt repayment. 5. ENGAGE KIDS IN FINDING THE BEST DEAL Comparison shopping is an important life lesson, so get kids involved in looking for the best value for the things they need. Costs vary widely for extracurricular activities and camps; if a specific program costs more, make sure it offers more too. When it comes to sports equipment, musical instruments and expensive school supplies such as laptops, consider good-quality second-hand items or see if friends with older kids have gently used hand-me-downs. Ask for tips from other parents and take time to research before buying. Juggling tip: Brand new is exciting – but used means more money to spend on other things. If it’s a priority to invest in the best instruction and equipment in one area (say, for a talented little violinist), make a trade-off – for example, rent instead of buying skates for that child. 6. ADD FLEXIBILITY TO YOUR MORTGAGE Fixed and inflexible mortgage payments may be one of the primary reasons why families struggle to juggle. With a traditional fixed mortgage, you lock into a set repayment amount for the term of the mortgage, and accommodating any changes in your household finances can be difficult. A flexible mortgage enables you to adjust your repayment amount or schedule when needed – to meet life’s unexpected expenses as they arise or repay your mortgage faster when you can. You enjoy more control over how you respond to both short-term financial demands and longer-term debt management. Juggling tip: Being able to set your own pace for repayment is a definite plus. Consider your situation carefully to help determine which type of mortgage best suits your needs. GOOD FINANCIAL ADVICE CAN HELP Parenting can be joyful, thrilling, frustrating and challenging – sometimes all in the same minute. At the end of a long day, it may not be easy to find the energy to think about financial planning. That’s why it can help to talk to an advisor who specializes in strategies like the ones in this article. An advisor can suggest approaches that provide the right balance for your family, which could help make your juggling act an applause-worthy success. WHAT IF YOU’RE RAISING A FUTURE OLYMPIAN? The good news, for those concerned about childhood inactivity, is that 84 per cent of Canadians aged
three to 17 play a sport, and 60 per cent play an organized sport. The bad news is that this athleticism can get pricey. The average family spends almost $1,000 per year on sports for each child, with waterskiing, hockey and horseback riding hitting pocketbooks the hardest and if a child excels at a sport, families may have to budget for travel to games and competitions, as well as top-of-the-line equipment. Affording the extra costs may mean cutting other discretionary expenses, fundraising in the community, applying for scholarships, seeking sponsorship and, at an elite level, seeking government funding. Costsaving tips may include staying with out-of-town friends rather than in hotels, booking flights on reward points whenever possible and, at times, discussing the pros and cons of a faraway event and saying no. Of course, if your child owns the podium one day, MAKING MONEY FROM HOME Parents who have chosen to stay at home while their children are young may not want to return to work at the start of kindergarten. Even if it’s a priority to be there at drop-off and pick-up, you may be able to work part-time while the kids are in school. And certain tax benefits come from having a homebased business, such as the ability to write off a portion of your utility and home repair costs. Here’s just a small selection of flexible home-based businesses to consider: If you like animals – offer dog walking or pet sitting If you have a knack for fixing things – offer bike repairs If you’re crafty – offer jewellery, pottery or hand-knits online If you’re musical – offer piano, guitar or voice lessons If you’re organized – offer event planning If you have a flair for design – offer home staging If you take great pictures – offer wedding photography If you’re a terrific cook – offer catering © 2017 Manulife. The persons and situations depicted are fictional and their resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental. This media is for information purposes only and is not intended to provide specific financial, tax, legal, accounting or other advice and should not be relied upon in that regard. Many of the issues discussed will vary by province. Individuals should seek the advice of professionals to ensure that any action taken with respect to this information is appropriate to their specific situation. E & O E. Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. Any amount that is allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the contractholder and may increase or decrease in value. Manulife, the Block Design, the Four Cubes Design, and Strong Reliable Trustworthy Forward-thinking are trademarks of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company and are used by it, and by its affiliates under license. 2017
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Westsyde fitness centre a focus of budget talks Council is being asked to approve $125K annually for increased hours, think about replacing aging equipment ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
The mayor of Kamloops wants to hear more about operations at the renovated Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre as council continues its deliberations over community and staff requests for its 2018 budget. Council has three requests related to the facility, two of which will affect this year’s property tax increase: • When the recreation centre re-opened last September, more than two years after it closed due to the discovery of an internal leak, staff increased its hours of operation for the remainder of 2017. To keep those additional hours, council will need to agree to a $125,000 ongoing tax increase. • In response to community requests for more up-to-date fitness equipment, staff are recommending an ongoing maintenance and equipment replacement program for the pool. Finance director Kathy Humphrey has suggested up to $25,000 of the
KTW FILE PHOTO Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre reopened last year following a lengthy closure due to repair work necessitated by a leaky roof.
required sum could be offset with money the city receives each year from local casinos, with about $15,000 coming from taxation.
• The largest ticket item is a mechanical upgrade for the pool, which would require $1.2 million next year, and a $50,000 study in
2018 to design new, more environmentally friendly heating, cooling, electrical and ventilation systems. The study would be
funded with gas tax funds and a portion of 2017’s budget surplus. While council has known about the need for new mechanical equipment at the pool since it greenlit repairs to the facility’s enclosure, it chose not to put them in until it could see how the community used the improved facility, leaving open the option to turn the space into a gymnasium. Mayor Ken Christian said he is interested to hear if the community has indeed embraced the facility. “Because if it has, let’s go with additional supports and more programming,” he said. Christian said he’s hoping to see the city hold this year’s property tax hike. If all of this year’s additional requests are agreed to, the increase would be just under 2.1 per cent, or about $43 per household, on average. The city’s tax increase number currently sits at 1.86 per cent, or a total of 1.6 per cent once utility charges are factored in. Council returns to its budget debate on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
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Panel discussion on Boushie case SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com
The Thompson Rivers University faculty of law will host a Tuesday panel discussion on the legal issues surrounding the killing of Colten Boushie. On Feb. 9, Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was acquitted in the shooting death of Boushie. The verdict brought racism, jury selection, gun rights and self defense to the surface across Canada. TRU professor Nicole Schabus recognized students wanted to talk about the case and decided to host a closed discussion circle where students could talk about how they felt following the case’s controversial verdict. “We wanted to do something right away after the verdict because it raised so many emotions, especially with Indigenous students,” Schabus
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said. “A lot of the issues raised had to do with racism, racist responses or dialogue on how Indigenous people felt in light of the verdict. So it was really good we went to those issues first.” The first discussion included local Indigenous people and from Saskatchewan, including Boushie’s cousin. The case has prompted commitments from Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould that things will change as a result of the verdict, but there is a wide range of issues at play. “When we analyze the case, when you talk about the law community, there’s also law
enforcement, the historic backdrop and how these affect relations even still today, the police investigation and how it started off — there’s serious concerns about how the investigation was conducted,” Schabus said. She said there’s a lot to talk about with the case and there are plans to address several topics at the panel discussion. “Did the crown handle everything in this case properly? Should they have sought a change of venue for the jury trial? It goes to all those questions, as well.” Last week, the TRU Indigenous Law Students Association, which is made up
of both Indigenous and nonIndigenous law students, issued a statement on the verdict saying it stands in solidarity with Boushie’s family. “Colten Boushie was not on trial. His family was not on trial. Indigenous peoples across Canada were not on trial. The treatment of Colten and his family was a miscarriage of justice demonstrating the flaws and underlying racism and prejudice of our justice system,” the statement reads. Schabus hopes the discussion leads to better understanding of what led to the verdict and the reactions it evoked. “It’s important to acknowledge how people really feel about this, and what kinds of emotions this has brought up,” she said. The panel is at the Irving K. Barber Centre in TRU’s Brown Family House of Learning, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
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The Kamloops motel room in which a man was found dead two years ago with a puncture wound to his abdomen did not appear to have been the scene of a violent altercation, court has heard. Gordon Camille’s manslaughter trial in B.C. Supreme Court continued on Wednesday with evidence from one of the two RCMP investigators tasked with gathering evidence from the suite at the 4 Seasons Motel in Valleyview. Dennis Adolph was found dead inside the unit on Jan. 26, 2016. Camille, 67, had been accused of second-degree murder, but his charge was reduced before the trial began. Court has heard Camille and Adolph were living together in the motel prior to the 49-year-old’s death. Taking the witness stand on Wednesday, RCMP Cpl. Meagan Grainger said she arrived at the motel room with a partner hours after Adolph’s death. “Other than being sort of cluttered by the people who lived there, the room was in good order,” she said. “It didn’t appear tossed or there didn’t appear to have been a fight in there, just the way the items were placed.” The case against Camille is a circumstantial one, court has heard, but Grainger testi-
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fied investigators seized two knives from the motel room — one found in a nightstand adjacent to Adolph’s body. On Monday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes excluded a lengthy recorded statement police took from Camille in which he admits that he could have been the killer.
Prior to that admission, Camille told investigators he thought Adolph was likely injured while out of the motel room. Video surveillance from the motel appears to show Adolph clutching his stomach while returning to his room prior to his death, though his back is facing the camera. Holmes has not yet
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More trouble for Trudeau during India trip MIKE BLANCHFIELD
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OTTAWA — The botched party invitation extended to a convicted attempted murderer by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office
has plunged CanadaIndia relations to an all-time low, says a former Liberal cabinet minister. “Mr. Trudeau can perhaps salvage our relationship, but I think it hit rock bottom with
this. It was already sliding downwards from the moment they got to India,’’ Ujjal Dosanjh, a former Liberal health minister, ex-premier of British Columbia and one-time provincial attorney general, told
The Canadian Press on Thursday. Dosanjh accused his old federal party of being too close to Sikh separatists even before Trudeau’s Sunday arrival in India. But the invitation issued to Jaspal
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Atwal for a reception on the India trip cemented that, he added. Trudeau’s office has said the invitation was a mistake and was rescinded as soon as he was discovered on the guest list for a New Delhi event, however, Atwal showed up at a reception earlier in the week in Mumbai and was photographed with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, the prime minister’s wife. Dosanjh said he couldn’t believe what he was seeing when he saw the photograph. Atwal was convicted of attempting to kill Indian cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu on Vancouver Island in 1986. Atwal was also charged, but not convicted, in connection with a 1985 attack on Dosanjh, a staunch opponent of the Sikh separatist movement’s push for an independent state of Khalistan. “I don’t particularly want the man punished again, but it was disbelief that he would be able to associate with a reception in Mumbai,’’ said Dosanjh. “How could the
Trudeau can perhaps salvage “ourMr.[Canada-India] relationship, but I think it hit rock bottom with this.
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RCMP, how could the PMO, how could the high commissioner — how could all three of them — be blind to this?’’ Atwal was added to the guest list by British Columbia MP Randeep Sarai, one of 14 MPs in India with Trudeau. Sarai has acknowledged he should have used better judgment. Either the RCMP dropped the ball in properly vetting the guest list, or they were given a false name that didn’t raise a flag, said David Hyde, a Torontobased security and risk management specialist. Trudeau’s turbulent trip to India is drawing domestic political criticism and raising eyebrows internationally as the Prime Minister’s Office deals with the fallout of the Atwal incident. Erin O’Toole, the Conservative foreign affairs critic, says on
— UJJAL DOSANJH, former Liberal health minister
Twitter that the prime minister’s trip is a profound disappointment that is eroding Canadian relations with an important country. That’s just the tip of the social media iceberg as Indian journalists and international newspapers, including the Times of London, are reporting a trip gone awry. Trudeau had to profess his support for a united India after local journalists and pundits accused him of being soft on Sikh separatists. Numerous pundits have said Trudeau is being snubbed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, although the two are to meet on Friday. Modi has tweeted he is looking forward to meeting Trudeau. “I appreciate his deep commitment to ties between our two countries,” Modi’s tweet said.
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BRANTFORD, Ont. — A southwestern Ontario community remains under a state of emergency after flooding from a swollen river forced thousands of residents from their homes. Brantford, Ont., Mayor Chris Friel said Thursday the city remains in “response mode’’ despite an overnight decrease in water levels on the Grand River. The city declared the state of emergency on Wednesday and ordered nearly 5,000 residents in neighbourhoods near the river to leave
their homes. Friel said about 1,000 homes in the area are without gas and power. “The evacuation order that has impacted the region is still in effect, and will be in effect for a period of time until we have the ability to go in and properly address property issues and safety,’’ Friel said. More than 100 kilometres north along the Grand River, near Orangeville, Ont., police continued to search for a threeyear-old boy who went missing after his mother’s van plunged into the water around
1 a.m. Wednesday. The woman was able to drag her son from the van, but lost her grip and the boy was swept downstream, provincial police said. “It’s been more than 24 hours, the water is extremely cold there’s a very slim change he’d be alive,’’ said Const. Paul Nancekivell. “Our goal right now is to find [his body] and get some closure and peace to the family.’’ Officials have cautioned the public not to go near the river, saying they do not want to see any more tragedy caused by flooding.
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Beloved Canadian broadcaster and humourist Arthur Black dead at 74 VICTORIA AHEARN
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SALT SPRING ISLAND — Beloved Canadian broadcaster and humorist Arthur Black has died at age 74. A statement on his website said the former CBC Radio host died Wednesday at Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Black spent 30 years at the CBC, where he hosted the Saturday morning radio program Basic Black for nearly two decades until his retirement in 2002. He also had a syndicated newspaper column and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times. Black won the 2006 medal for his book Pitch Black, took the prize in 2000 for Black Tie and Tales and won in 1997 for Black in the Saddle Again. His other books include Looking Blackward, Back to Black and Black by Popular Demand. “The family is very grateful for the overwhelming messages of support and good wishes received during his struggle with pancreatic cancer,’’ said the statement on his site. “It will come as no surprise to those who have been fans of Arthur’s work that he faced it all with his own unique combination of defiance and good humour.’’ Black used wit and candour as he wrote on his blog about his battle with late-stage pancreatic cancer, calling it “the Mike Tyson of cancers.’ “Hardly seems fair that PanCan bellies up to the bar next to me, spoiling for a brawl,’’ reads one entry. “I’m a clean-living lad, 74 years young, non-drinker, nonsmoker. I eat an annoyingly healthy diet and I have a partner Lynne, who holds all together and makes our world go ‘round in every way. “But it’s not news that life — and death — aren’t fair. If they
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humour, will be deeply missed,’’ CBC Radio host Shelagh Rogers posted on Twitter.
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Federal budget proposes funding for Indigenous communities JORDAN PRESS
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OTTAWA — Indigenous communities will find themselves with a long-term funding commitment in next week’s federal budget worth hundreds of millions of dollars to address the most acute housing situation in the country, say sources
familiar with the measure. The housing shortage in Indigenous communities has meant that homes are often overcrowded and in desperate need of repairs — a combination that also has health consequences. The Liberals have promised unique housing strategies for Inuit,
Metis and First Nations communities to go along with the 10-year, $225-million plan unveiled last year to fund groups that help house Indigenous Peoples offreserve. The strategies would be distinct from the national housing strategy, which calls for $40 billion in promised federal and expected provincial spending on new units and a new housing supplement.
Sources with knowledge of the government’s plans for the budget, speaking on condition of anonymity about details not yet made public, say the government will move first on long-term funding plans for Inuit and Metis housing, where consultations are more advanced and the logistics of providing funding is simpler. The budget is also expected to signal a shorter-term plan — in
the range of three to five years — for First Nations housing as all sides finalize consultations on a long-term plan. The funding would build upon and be similar to last year’s spending pledge of $300 million over 11 years for housing in the North, which went to territorial governments. This time, however, the government would provide funds directly to individual band
councils, building on recent Liberal promises to “advance Indigenous self-determination, including the inherent right of self-government,’’ such as the Canada-Metis Nation Accord signed last April. The long-term funding deal would also replace annual funding agreements that have limited the efforts of communities to manage a housing crisis. There are also hopes
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Billy Graham dead at 99 RACHEL ZOLL AND JONATHAN DREW
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MONTREAT, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham, the magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher who became a singular force in postwar American religious life, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. He was 99. “America’s Pastor,’’ as he was dubbed, died at 7:46 a.m. Wednesday at his home, where only an attending nurse was present, said Mark DeMoss, spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Both the nurse and Graham’s longtime personal physician, Dr. Lucian Rice, who arrived about 20 minutes later, said it was “a peaceful passing,’’ DeMoss said. Graham had suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments. More than anyone else, Graham built evangelicalism into a force that rivaled liberal Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in the U.S. His leadership summits and crusades in more than 185 countries and territories forged powerful global links among conservative Christians and threw a lifeline to believers in the communist bloc. Tributes to Graham poured in from major leaders, with President Donald Trump tweeting: “The GREAT Billy Graham is dead. There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man.’’ Former President Barack Obama said Graham “gave hope and guidance to generations of Americans.’’ A tall, striking man with thick, swept-back hair, stark blue eyes and a firm jaw, Graham was a commanding presence in the pulpit, with a powerful baritone voice. “The Bible says,’’ was his catchphrase. His unquestioning belief in Scripture turned the Gospel into a “rapier’’ in his hands, he said. Graham reached multitudes around the globe through public appearances and his pioneering use of prime-time telecasts, network radio, daily newspaper columns, evangelistic films and satellite TV hookups. “William Franklin Graham Jr. can safely be regarded as the best who ever lived at what he did,’’ said William Martin, author of the Graham biography A Prophet With Honor. Graham’s body was move d Wednesday from his home in Montreat to Asheville, where a funeral home is handling the arrangements, DeMoss said. His body will be taken from Asheville to Charlotte on Saturday in a procession expected to take 3 1/2 hours and ending at the Billy Graham Museum and Library. He will lie in repose Monday and Tuesday in the Charlotte house where he grew up, which was moved from its original location to the grounds of the Graham library. A private funeral for Graham will be held on Friday, March 2, in a tent at the library site and he will be buried next to his wife there, DeMoss said.
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hy wait another month to report on the Russian election (March 18) when we can wrap it up right now? Vladimir Putin is going to win another six years in power by a landslide — probably between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of the popular vote. The real question is what happens after that, because he will be 72 by the end of his next term and will not legally be allowed to run for president again. Putin doesn’t take chances, so he has barred opposition leader Alexei Navalny from standing in the election by having the obedient courts convict him of fraud on a trumped-up charge. Not that Navalny ever threatened to beat Putin, who is genuinely popular in Russia, but none of the other presidential candidates in this election are even serious contenders. Their only function is to make the election look legitimate. First up is Ksenia Sobchak, a former reality TV show host whose wealth and establishment links (her father Anatoly was the mayor of St. Petersburg and Putin’s political mentor) have earned her the mocking title of “Russia’s Paris Hilton.” She’s
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WATCH liberal, pro-gay, all the things that Putin isn’t, but she is nevertheless seen as his preferred opponent, and not to be taken seriously. Certainly the youthful Communist candidate, Pavel Grudinin, the boss of a former collective farm enterprise called Lenin State Farm, is not to be taken seriously. Neither is Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a raving ultra-nationalist caricature of a man. Putin will win in a walk — and yet Russia is a modern, well-educated country with a democratic constitution. It must one day take charge of its own affairs, but when and how? Russia is in an unending political holding pattern, forever circling the destination of democracy but unable to land. It’s easy to explain how it got
into this dead-end, much harder to see how it gets out of it. The collapse of more than 70 years of Communist dictatorship in 1987-91 left most Russians in a state of shock. The young felt liberated, the older generation was apprehensive, but nobody quite knew what to do next. The first and last truly competitive elections were held in that period, but by the mid-1990s the oligarchs (mostly ex-Communists) were back in the saddle. The oligarchs had “privatised” the formerly state-owned economy into their own pockets (with a little help from the local mafia), and they had co-opted President Boris Yeltsin as their front-man. Freely elected and once popular for his dramatic defence of democracy in the attempted Communist comeback coup of 1991, Yeltsin was a drunken and corrupt wreck of a man by the time of the 1996 election. He “won” that election thanks to massive Western and particularly U.S. intervention in support of their favoured candidate (the traffic goes both ways), but his mismanagement of the economy wiped out the savings of most Russians and brought democracy itself into disrepute. Down to this day many Russians associate the word “democracy”
with the lawless and violent chaos of the ‘90s. Putin, Yeltsin’s chosen successor, has maintained his popularity through 18 years in power because he has provided Russians with what they wanted above all: a fair degree of stability and predictability in their lives. Living standards for most Russians are probably still below what they were in late Soviet times, but they were slowly but steadily rising from their 1990s nadir until the collapse of oil prices three years ago. Putin’s foreign adventures (Georgia, Crimea, eastern Ukraine) are essentially defensive from a Russian point of view. Countries that were once part of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union are known as the “Near Abroad,”where different rules of conduct supposedly apply, but Western fears of a Russian military ambitions against NATO countries are largely self-serving myths peddled by Western militaryindustrial-political complexes. In fact, Russia is far too weak economically and too fragile politically to embark on a military confrontation with any of the major powers. Putin is a deeply cautious man whose conservatism have given Russia a desperately need-
ed respite from continuous and ruinous political upheavals. He is for all practical purposes a dictator, of course, although by Russian historical standards a fairly non-violent one. And he has always meticulously observed the constitutional rules, even leaving the presidency and serving as prime minister in 2008-12 in order to comply with the ban on more than two consecutive presidential terms. It sometimes feels like Putin, for all his faults, sees himself as a caretaker leader until Russia is strong and stable enough to try democracy again. He has certainly been careful to leave the entire legal structure of democracy in place, although he manipulates it ruthlessly for his own short-term purposes. And the great unanswered question is: how would a postPutin Russia revive the democratic experiment it embarked on in 1989-91, in the face of certain opposition from the oligarchs who benefit so greatly from current arrangements? We may find out in the 2024 election, when Putin again comes up against the two-term limit. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
Cybersecurity investment expected in federal budget ANDY BLATCHFORD JIM BRONSKILL
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OTTAWA — Government and industry insiders have high expectations next week’s federal budget will contain big investments to help Canada reinforce its cybersecurity defences in an age of heightened global threats to businesses, privacy and democracy. A senior government official says Tuesday’s budget is poised to dedicate funding for a multi-departmental effort to strengthen the country’s protections and response capabilities in the event of an attack. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity about details not yet public, said Ottawa’s cyber-effort would touch multiple corners of the government. Sources say it’s expected to involve Economic Development, Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and National Defence, as well as Canada’s cyberspy agency. Budgetary cyber-commitments would arrive at a time of
intensifying fears over hacking threats on many fronts — from the privacy of citizens, to financial systems, to the democratic process. Support would also land as the government turns its attention to shielding the 2019 federal election from cybercriminals and, in particular, at a time of deep concerns about the role Russia may have played in the last U.S. presidential vote. The size of any federal commitment remains to be seen, said the official. Governments, the private sector and central banks around the world have been building new strategies to counter an alarming rise in cyberattacks. For example, the Bank of Canada has poured resources into developing plans on how to prevent breaches, contain any damage and pick up the pieces afterwards, if necessary. The federal government has undertaken a cybersecurity review, led by the Public Safety Department. The work is intended to inform the still-in-
progress renewal of the government’s cyberstrategy. In addition, legislation before Parliament would substantially increase the powers of the country’s cyberspy agency, the Communications Security Establishment, to both defend against assaults and go on the offensive when necessary. An association representing tech leaders is urging the government to make sure Canada’s own industry is at the centre of any federal strategy.” Security and sovereignty are closely linked and building domestic capacity in cyber is critical... It’s something all advanced economies are doing,” said Benjamin Bergen, executive director of the Council of Canadian Innovators.” Not just for economic purposes — but it’s existential. Without a domestic capacity in cyber, we risk becoming a client state.” He said the council’s tech CEOs have had lots of regular engagement on cyber with high-ranking government offi-
cials from several departments and agencies as well as lawmakers, including Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The group would like to see the budget contain procurement opportunities for the domestic industry and a strategy to help develop and retain cyber talent. Canada has some of the top cyber firms in the world, Bergen said. Last week, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains said in an interview that, in general, the government fully intends to work with the domestic cyber industry. Bains did not, however, share any budget details. “We have an incredible, strong footprint when it comes to cyber technology and a cyber industry in Canada and we want to continue to see that sector and that industry grow,” said Bains, who not only wants to protect large firms from cyberattacks but smaller businesses, too. “Because that can compromise our supply chains, that can compromise their ability to compete globally as well...
We really need industry to work with us and there’s a lot of goodwill and collaboration taking place.” A recent report found that the average cost of cyber breaches in Canada, per organization, is $3.7 million every year in direct and indirect costs. Canadian organizations are reporting an average of 455 attacks per year, more than one per day, said the study by Scalar IT services company. Last year, the Communications Security Establishment released a report that warned Canada’s 2019 election will likely be a bull’seye for cyberattacks. The Bank of Canada has warned that the country’s interconnected banks are vulnerable to a cascading series of cyberattacks, something that could undermine broad confidence in the financial system. The central bank’s governor, Stephen Poloz, has described a severe cyberattack as his worst nightmare because he struggles to picture what such an event, and the severity of the resulting damage, might even look like.
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here’s an image in Afie Jurvanen’s mind, one he hopes materializes at some point in his life. In that picture, the Canadian musician is in his golden years, relaxing in a chair on his porch, strumming his guitar. “I hope I get to that point,” said Jurvanen — better known by his stage name Bahamas. For now, however, the road will again dominate his life as he tours to promote his fourth album, Earthtones. It’s a trip that has him now in the western U.S., heading north into B.C. for a series of stops, including one on Friday, March 2 at CJ’s Nightclub, 130 Fifth Ave. Stops in Europe fill out the tour schedule. He’s happy with the end result, Jurvanen said, although the musicians backing him have their own solid resumes. Welsh bassist Pino Palladino spent 14 years with The Who after John Entwhistle’s death and has performed with Eric Clapton, Dominic Miller, D’Angelo and Nine Inch Nails. James Gadson is legendary in the R&B world of music, having performed with Bill Withers, The Temptations, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock and Albert King. He sits at the No. 32 spot in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the top 100 drummers of all time. They complement Jurvanen’s regular band of Felicity Williams on vocals,
Afie Jurvanen (above), better known by his stage name Bahamas, released his latest album Earthtones in January. The Canadian musician is on tour to promote the album and will be stopping in Kamloops for a show at CJ’s Nightclub on Friday, March 2.
Christine Bougie on guitar, Darcy Yates on bass and Jason Tait on drums. Jurvanen said the key
to a successful album isn’t just the songs, but having quality people like them working with him. His
recipe, he said, is that when they’re all together, “it’s 80 per cent laughs and 20 per cent work.”
The songs, however, are where it starts and he said his songwriting style has had to change since
he started out more than a decade ago. A self-taught guitarist, Jurvanen said music became his life when he realized academics and school weren’t for him. “I had a poor academic career and dropped out of high school,” Jurvanen said. “Music was what I was doing and it’s what I wanted to do. “I’m doing the same thing now as I did 20 years ago and I guess that means I’ve succeeded. I can’t imagine doing anything else. I really don’t have any other skills.” However, while Jurvanen could put hours into finessing a song in the past, married life and two daughters have taught him how to be smarter with his time and more elemental with his writing. “I think I’m very direct in my lyrics now,” he said. “And I can write anywhere,” even if it’s when he’s on a walk with the kids. “Good ideas, they tend to hang around,” he said of his songwriting — and many of his also flow from his own life experiences, a fact he believes makes his songs relatable to his audience, creations “that connect on some sort of personal level with people.”
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COMING UP: SCIENCE SHOWS | SATURDAY The Big Little Science Centre at 655 Holt St. in Brocklehurst has myriad stations and objects with which to engage, including the above contraption that demonstrates the effects of gravity. Eight-year-old Isaac Phillips rotated the display and watched pebbles move in time with the force. Meanwhile, three-year-old Kendrick Schellenberg (below) created a shute for rubber balls. Head to the centre on Saturday to take in the Beautiful Colour Show at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Keva blocks and Lego will also be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Chapters Bookstore, 1395 Hillside Dr.
A Lac La Hache author will be in Kamloops on Feb. 28 to promote his book, Noah’s Raven A Chilcotin Saga. The book, published by Three Ocean Press, tells a story of fighting for First Nations land ownership amid a changing political climate. This is Bruce Fraser’s third novel exploring the Chilcotin region. A portion of the profits and author royalties will be donated to wildfire recovery and preparedness programs. For more information, go online to brucefraserauthor.com.
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hen the storm strikes off the coast of Illyria, the audience will
drown. However, just as Viola survives the roiling waves, so too will those watching the action unfold as the Actors Workshop Theatre presents a unique version of Twelfth Night. It won’t be anchored in the Black Box Theatre on campus, home to all AWT plays presented by the theatre-arts students there, but see the audience move from those chairs out onto Student Street in the Old Main Building of Thompson Rivers University. And yes, they will go down with the ship, along with some of the cast as the Shakespearean classic begins. They’ll make that transition about three times as the cast of 28 present the story of twins separated by the storm, mistaken identities, unrequited love and the chaos all of that can create. Verwey said her take on the play is inspired by Sleep No More, an adaptation of Macbeth by a New York theatre company who presents it in three abandoned ware-
houses, taking the audience up and down staircases, through rooms down hallways, and interacting with the cast through the production. “I wanted to make it bigger,” Verwey said of the play she calls one of her favourite. It’s on her resume as an actor, having performed in it in the past. What she and her students have created “is too big for a theatre,” so they’re now dealing with all the logistics of taking the area just outside the Black Box Theatre, home to the university’s Starbucks, its art gallery and a common area filled with tables and chairs and adapting it to fit the play’s progression. Because of all the movement, the size of the cast and the need for the audience to basically become another character, she’s limited tickets to 40 for each of the six performances. Jeff Daniels plays Malvolio, a grumpy almost puritanical man who believes the Lady Olivia (played by Brittney Martens) is in love with him. Orsino ( played by Jakob Kopytko) is also smitten by Olivia but she, unaware of this, has fallen for Orsino’s new servant Cesario — who is actually Viola in disguise as her presumed-dead twin.
Martens said she the play has something for everyone, from the improvisational movements to the sheer physicality the cast goes through to the emotional and hilarious. Her role has another “insane” part, she said, because she’s also the assistant designer, working alongside instructor and long-time theatre production manager Ross Nichol. It falls to them to keep the set together as it moves from theatre to common student area and back again — and again and again. Daniels said despite the challenges presented through the movement from site to site, the end result is fun “because I get to jump around on tables and fall down stairs.” Verwey described Daniels, who she is working with for the first time in a play, as an intuitive improvisational performer who will engage the audience as he pushes the boundaries of the play’s humour. The play runs from March 1 to March 3 and March 8 to March 10. Tickets can be reserved by calling 250-377-6100. They are also available at the box office next to the theatre during the weeks of the show and can be bought at the door.
DAVE EAGLES/KTW TRU theatre-arts students Jeff Daniels and Brittney Martens rehearse a scene from the upcoming Twelfth Night, an interactive production that will see the audience become part of the play’s shenanigans.
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David Diamond has attended several events focused on the national discussion about reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous communities. He noticed that, at every one, Indigenous people had arranged the gatherings — and he wondered why the people at the heart of the
issue were also the ones leading the education and public engagement. “I wondered why,” said the director of the Vancouver based Theatre for Living company. “I went to some of my Indigenous friends and asked them why? They went ‘Exactly. Why?’” The conversation led to creation of šxᵂ?aḿət (home), an interactive play Diamond and his crew are touring now
in Western Canada. They’re bringing it to Kamloops on Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University. The seven-member cast includes Indigenous and non-Indigenous actors who examine what reconciliation means and how people “can move through blockages reconciliation,” he said. “All of us are challenged by how deeply we are affected by colonialism. There
are times when I have to stop and remind myself that I see everything through colonial eyes.” Through the 30-minute play, one of the main messages for the audience, Diamond said, is that “Canadians think reconciliation is the job of the Indigenous community and it’s not. It’s our job.” The play reaches a crisis but provides no solution at first. It is then presented
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again — and this is when it becomes interactive. Audience members can stop it and take over one of the character’s roles, bringing their own vision of the issue into the script. Diamond said each performance has seen large audiences, lots of standing ovations and important discussion on how Canadians
need to move forward on reconciliation “in honourable ways that do not replicate colonial ways of the past and present.” The play starts at 7:30 p.m. and, with the second telling, the evening lasts about 2.5 hours. Tickets are $10 for students, seniors and those on low incomes and $15 for the general public. They are available online at brownpapertickets.com.
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Weinstein lawsuit: Streep callsU.S. net neutrality decision has former film mogul’s defence ‘pathetic’ profound impact on democracy ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein wants a judge to dismiss a federal sexual misconduct lawsuit against him and invoked the words and actions of Oscar-winning actresses including Meryl Streep in his defence. Lawyers for the disgraced film mogul said Tuesday in federal court in New York that the proposed classaction lawsuit filed by six women should be rejected because the alleged assaults took place too long ago and they failed to offer facts to support claims of racketeering. Weinstein was one of the most powerful men in the movie industry before alle-
she said misusing her statement “as evidence that he was not abusive with many other women is pathetic and exploitive. “The criminal actions he is accused of conducting on the bodies of these women are his responsibility,’’ Streep continued, “and if there is any justice left in the system he will pay for them.” The lawsuit, which could involve hundreds of other women, said Weinstein assaulted young women trying to break into Hollywood when they were alone with him and that his former film companies operated like an organized crime group to conceal widespread sexual harassment and assaults.
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EDIT spread of information. And that’s what really at the heart of this argument. It seems like a good idea, in a capitalist society, for internet providers to be able to profit off of providing the service and set whatever prices they would want to for access to the internet. But when we start talking about information being exchanged, we’re talking about democracy itself. For example, in 2005, Telus blocked access to a website formed by the Telecommunications Workers’ Union (TWU) that suggested TWU members should jam Telus phone lines over Telus posting pictures of workers crossing picket lines. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) was set to step in on this, but Telus and TWU came to an agreement before that happened.
footing to China, that has a government which blocks material critical of its government and blocks foreign news from its own citizens.
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In 2016, the United Nations passed a resolution ensuring the world citizens’ right to access to the internet as a fundamental human right, due to their need to access information for freedom of expression and opinion. The U.S. decision has a profound impacts on their own citizens’ access to information, from news within their own country and news from overseas sources. It also threatens to grind out dissent and discussion of important issues to which internet providers (or even the government) may object. If you think about it, it also puts barriers in place for the poorest of citizens to access information. The more someone must pay for internet access, the fewer people who will be able to afford it. Like voter ID laws, it puts obstacles in the place of the poor. If a poor person needs to buy an official ID, go to a large city to get the ID, possibly
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taking the day off work to do so, then wait in line anyway to vote, there’s a lesser chance they will exercise that right to vote. Someone with sufficient income may not even blink at paying a fee for an ID or internet access or a faster speed. But for a poor, working-class family, those fees may represent several meals or a day of income from work. Net neutrality has been adopted by most of the first world, which puts the U.S., again, at the forefront of a regressive law. The U.S. repeal of net neutrality now sets it on similar footing to China, which has a government that blocks material critical of its government and blocks foreign news from its own citizens. Steve Marlow is program co-ordinator at CFBX, an independent radio station in Kamloops. Tune in at 92.5 FM on the dial or go online to thex.ca.
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Frankenstein comes to life
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rankenstein has shared the cast list with some strange characters in movie history. There have been films putting the iconic doomed creature with Abbott and Costello, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Wolf Man, The Mummy, Dracula and The Monster From Hell. Andrew Cooper, artistic director of Chimera Theatre, has seen a lot of those movies and knew that, when he set down to create an adaptation of the Mary Shelley, book, he had to find a different path to follow. The route he took was the one originally carved out by Shelley when, at age 20, the book she began writing at 18 was published. Adhering closely to the book, Cooper said the version that will open at Pavilion Theatre next Wednesday, tells a story more focused on the creature than on the creator, moving from birth to death and how the creature’s very existence impacts Dr. Frankenstein. While the language Shelley used has been simplified for a 21stcentury audience, the setting remains in the late 1700s. Brendan Law plays the creature and said it’s the most difficult role he’s had in his young career —but one he’s enjoying because he is to take his char-
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acter from childhood, through the torturous teenage years, to adulthood and, ultimately, to its demise. That means, Cooper said, Law has to portray a character who moves from simply learning it exists through rebelling authority to sexual awareness — “all phases of life.” The creature has a thirst for knowledge, Law said, wanting to learn about itself, the people nearest to him and “all the other living things he can interact with.” At the same time, this is Frankenstein, so there are deaths — plenty of them, Cooper said. It’s why the production carries an advisory to parents that this is not for young children because the storyline is unsettling and there is plenty of violence on the stage. Josh Sunderman plays Felix, son of the blind Mr. de Lacey (Terry Roth), who cares
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for the creature. He said while his scenes are few, they are full of action that shows the relationship he has with the creature and how he helps it grow and learn. Sunderman said he likes how the adaptation stays faithful to the original story with its focus on the creature (Taran Waterous) while not ignoring Frankenstein (Quentin Clark) or those who also are affected by its very existence. The cast includes Paul Rancourt as Alphonse Frankenstein, Laine Gilles as Elizabeth Lavenza, Brooke Ballam as Henry Clerval, Karra Brotherton as Justine Moritz and Jade Blair as Agatha de Lacey. It’s the biggest cast Cooper has worked with since the company presented Mockus in 2016. Behind the scenes are assistant director Emily Thibert, stage manager Morgan
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Benedict, fight director Melissa Thomas, set designer Jared Raschke, costumer designer Susan Dixon and lighting designer Todd Sullivan. Lukas Vanderlip is listed a sound designer on the theatre website but Cooper said he much more than that, having created all the music for the play. Cooper said a bonus for the play came in the form of Paul Milross, a production assistant who is visually impaired. Millross was able to give Roth plenty of input to help him portray a blind man, he said. The play runs at Pavillion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St., to March 3, nightly at 7:30 p.m. There is a pay-what-you-can matinee at 2 p.m. on March 3. Tickets are $25 and are available at Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or kamloopslive.ca.
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THEFT FROM LIQUOR STORE ON HILLSIDE DRIVE On February 15th, 2018 a lone female entered a Liquor Store on Hillside Drive. Once inside the store, she waited until the employee was busy then concealed a product and left the store without paying for the item. She is described as being Caucasian, 35 years old, long brown hair in a ponytail, black baseball hat, blue shirt, olive green long jacket, black leggings.
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On February 15th, 2018 a female entered London Drugs. Once inside, the female concealed items and left the store without paying for them. She is described as being Caucasian, 5’6”, 35 - 40 yrs old, wearing grey winter jacket, black snow pants, grey zip-up hoodie, maroon/ black scarf and a maroon backpack.
On February 12, 2018 a Caucasian female convinced an employee of a gym that she lost the key to a locker and asked for the employee to cut the lock off. Once inside the locker, the female made off with a purse inside the locker which contained money, a smart phone, keys, debit card and credit cards. On February 13, 2018 a credit card and a debit card from the stolen purse were used at a convenience store on the South Shore. The suspect is described as a Caucasian female, in her 30’s or 40’s blond shoulder-length hair wearing a black jacket.
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Colin James and his band have been added to the roster of entertainers at this year’s Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival. The Juno Awardwinning musician will be one of the headliners on the main stage during the Aug. 16 to Aug. 18 event and will also take part in a blues workshop on the final day. James last appeared at the festival in 2005. Organizers have also booked British folk duo Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage. It will be the first time in Canada for the folk duo their home country’s magazine Spiral Earth has called “a master class in proficiency, an exercise in individuality and a declaration of love of the folk tradition from both sides of the Atlantic. Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Bill Kirchen will also be at the festival.
Juno Award-winning Colin James will perform at the Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival in August.
Gilmore has written songs with Lyle Lovett, Nancy Griffith and Townes Van Zandt while Kirchen’s fame comes from his work in Commander Cody and the Lost Plane Airmen. Rev. Osagyefo Sekou — who performs simply as Rev. Sekou — is also coming to the festival. An activ-
ist and theologian, he and his band The Holy Ghost released the critically acclaimed The Revolution Has Come. Early-bird passes for the festival are available until March 31. To order passes or for more information, go online to rootsandblues.ca or call 1-250833-4096.
Deadline looms for fiction, non-fiction writing contest Time is running out to enter the Askew’s Foods Word on the Lake Writing Contest. The deadline is midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Winners will receive cash prizes, festival conference packages, including banquet tickets, and their winning poem or story will be published in Askew’s Foods Word on
the Lake Anthology. For more information on the contest, go online to http:// shuswapassociationofwriters.ca/word-onthe-lake-writing-contest-2018/. The Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival takes place from May 11 to May 13 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort and Convention Centre and Okanagan
College in Salmon Arm. Winners of the contest will be recognized at the Saturday night banquet on May 13. The Askew’s Foods Word on the Lake Anthology will be available for purchase at that time. For more details about the festival, go online to wordonthelakewritersfestival. com.
Mary Walsh to be featured during Idays celebration Actress and comedian Mary Walsh will be a featured entertainer when Thompson Rivers University hosts its annual Idays, formerly known as International Days, a celebration of cultures represented at the institution. Walsh, who performs in the cast of This Hour Has 22 Minutes as Marg Delahunty,will present Food, Feminism and Fun. “We are thrilled to be hosting Mary as part of Idays,” said TRU
world global operations managing director Tony Rogge. “It’s going to be outrageously fun and we look forward to her witty, comedic performance to kick off Idays 2018. She is sure to deliver a hilarious ahow that will get everyone in the mood for a great week.” She will give her presentation on Monday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall on campus. Tickets are free, but must be reserved at bit.ly/ Mary_Walsh.
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Weinstein lawsuit: Streep calls former film mogul’s defence ‘pathetic’ ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein wants a judge to dismiss a federal sexual misconduct lawsuit against him and invoked the words and actions of Oscar-winning actresses including Meryl Streep in his defence. Lawyers for the disgraced film mogul said Tuesday in federal court in New York that the proposed classaction lawsuit filed by six women should be rejected because the alleged assaults took place too long ago and they failed to offer facts to support claims of racketeering. Weinstein was one of the most powerful men in the movie industry before alle-
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gations that began emerging in October dethroned him and unleashed a torrent of sexual misconduct accusations that spread far beyond the entertainment industry. His lawyers cited comments made by Streep in a statement she released last October saying Weinstein had always been respectful in their working relationship. In a blistering response Wednesday,
she said misusing her statement “as evidence that he was not abusive with many other women is pathetic and exploitive. “The criminal actions he is accused of conducting on the bodies of these women are his responsibility,’’ Streep continued, “and if there is any justice left in the system he will pay for them.” The lawsuit, which could involve hundreds of other women, said Weinstein assaulted young women trying to break into Hollywood when they were alone with him and that his former film companies operated like an organized crime group to conceal widespread sexual harassment and assaults.
Saying the proposed class of affected women was “fatally overbroad,’’ lawyers for Weinstein said the suit would include all women Weinstein ever met, whether they even claimed to be harmed. Attorney Elizabeth Fegan, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of six actresses, said her team looks forward to showing that “Weinstein and his enablers should be held responsible for decades of assaults and coverups.’’ At least 75 women have told the news media that Weinstein harassed, behaved inappropriately toward them or assaulted them. Authorities in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, New York and London are investigating.
Study: Female protagonists decreased ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — While 2017 may have been the year of Wonder Woman, a new study finds female protagonists were down five per cent in the year’s 100 top-grossing films. The Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University released its annual It’s a Man’s
(Celluloid) World on Thursday. It found females comprised 24 per cent of protagonists last year, down from 29 per cent in 2016 despite high-profile releases like Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Beauty and the Beast — 2017’s top two films at the box office. Researchers determined that while 32 per cent of films featured 10 or more female char-
acters in speaking roles, 79 per cent had 10 or more male characters. “In an awards season when talk about women and gender has been top of mind, we need to separate hyperbole from reality,’’ said Martha Lauzen, executive director of the San Diego State centre. “The numbers do not yet reflect claims of a tectonic or massive shift in the
film industry.” However, black female characters increased from 14 per cent to 16 per cent, and Latinas went from three per cent to seven per cent. Asian females increased from six per cent to seven per cent. The study analyzed 2,361 characters from 2017’s top 100 films at the box office. It has been conducted annually since 2002.
Saudi Arabia to build first opera house CANADIAN PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia says construction will soon begin on the first opera house in the kingdom, where concerts have been banned for two decades, along with music in restaurants and stores.
The kingdom has been relaxing its decades-old restrictions on entertainment and fun as part of a wider effort spearheaded by young crown prince to boost the economy and increase household spending domestically. Thursday’s announcement says the opera house will be built in the Red Sea city of
Jiddah on the kingdom’s western coast. The city, a gateway for millions of Muslim pilgrims from around the world, is seen as more liberal and ethnically diverse than the landlocked capital of Riyadh. Next month, the kingdom is planning to open the country’s first movie theatre after a more than 35-year ban.
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he month of celebrating the passion of Lord Jesus, commonly known as Lent, is upon us and is synonymous with serious introspection and severe soul-searching for the faithful. The hymn, Nearer My God to Thee, appropriately rendered in the movie Titanic, has been a favourite staple for many generations of people of faith who aspire for a closer walk with God. It is a bad sign when this ceases to be the soul quest of believers. There is a condition of soul which is not only attainable but which is set before us in the Scriptures as the only proper condition of believing hearts. It is that of rest in Christ when we have found Him, for whom our soul longed and known that in Him we have been brought nigh. We, then, have been perfectly reconciled to our offended God by His precious blood and covered by His spotless righteousness. This is one aspect — and how great an aspect only those know
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who have been brought out of their weary wanderings and tossings to and fro in vain search of justification by their own righteousness. But it is another thing altogether, after having found this peace, to walk with God closely in daily life. Many of us start our journeys on this course having our minds enlightened by that measure of spiritual light that enabled us to come to Christ for justification. We thought the gratitude we felt at that moment for the great mercies of God we had experienced would be enough to carry
us onward always in an even course. But soon we found out that our “first love” was apt to get chilled and the world we thought we had renounced forever was constantly asserting its claim to re-enter our hearts. Our communion gets broken and we lose that blessed peace and joy which we felt when we first saw the Lord. Let’s return now to our original question: How to walk more closely with God? In the first place, it would be necessary to define what is meant by “walking with God.” The expression is used of Enoch and Noah in the Old Testament. It is also used of the tribe of Levi in the days of their first consecration to God (Malachi 2:6). It is evident that what is meant by the expression in these passages is to lead a life of constant communion with God in which God is made our intimate associate and friend. None will deny that this is what we are called to be in Christ. For this purpose the Son of God was manifest. For this
purpose, the Holy Spirit had been sent. For this purpose the Scriptures have been given. But the practical difficulties we all feel in the way of such a walk are many and great. Let us consider some of these points separately. It may be that our method has been defective. There is but one “way of holiness.” It is that which God has set up from of old. Its boundaries are clearly marked in His Word so that “the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” But it is just here that we fail, that we are not willing to be as fools, but like to try our own hands upon this work and construct a way for ourselves of our own wisdom instead of taking God’s way. Everything, in short, has been provided in Christ through the foreknowledge and the love of our heavenly Father for us to walk closely with Him (2 Peter 1:3). The whole secret of a holy walk is here disclosed. This is God’s method of walking with Him. But God might show us that we have been cherishing some idols in our hearts.
The hymn writer William Cowper recognized this as a most common hindrance to the soul’s communion with God when he wrote: “The dearest idol I have known/Whate’er that idol be/ Help me to tear it from heart/And worship only Thee.” It is evident that this must be done if we are to have God as our friend and counsellor (Amos 3:3). The question answers itself — if sin is willingly entertained, God’s company must be given up. He will not dwell in a heart defiled with idolatrous associations where mammon or human praise or sensuality or some earthly love is usurping the place which He is entitled to occupy within us. Again, it may be that God might show us that we have failed through lack of watchfulness even when our method might have been right and our consecration complete and we might even have experienced many happy times of conscious fellowship with God in service and in daily life. ryanmitra225@gmail.com
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amie Joseph, 30, can track his career back to the stage in Kamloops. He got his start dancing as a six-year-old in the River City, having been born into a dancing family. His mom, Marylou Joseph, still teaches at the Academy of Dance and he first settled into the studio just three days after he was born. “I was under the piano in my carrier,” Joseph told KTW. “Since I can remember, I was in a studio.” He studied tap dancing before exploring jazz under the tutelage of Maureen Duggan at the Academy of Dance. Joseph got the bug and dove into ballet and other forms of dance, competing solo and in groups in the city during the Kamloops Festival of Performing Arts, and also in Kelowna, Penticton and Prince George. “You learn so much about performance and confidence and acting any time you’re on stage in front of anybody doing anything,” Joseph said. When he graduated from high school, Joseph earned a scholarship to attend a performing-arts centre in Hollywood, where he would get the experience he needed to secure an agent and pursue commercial opportunities. He worked in print, television and film for
eight years before landing a gig touring with the musical Cats. From there, he moved from Los Angeles to New York City and travelled to regional theatres outside the city. “The goal was Broadway,” Joseph said. “I realized I really didn’t enjoy Broadway as much as I wanted to, so I pursued the theatre stuff, but I just ended up teaching more.” In the fall, Joseph moved back to British Columbia and is now teaching young dancers in Campbell River at CR DanceXtreme. Joseph said his career has come full circle. While he got his start performing on stage competitively as a youngster, he now teaches emerging dancers what he learned through his experience: competing young is the first step in the natural progression of a dance career. “It’s so exciting, it’s so nerve-wracking,” he said. “Especially when you’re young.” Joseph recalled trying to remember his positioning in group performances and working to make his family and teachers proud at Sagebrush Theatre, before a crowd of hundreds of people. There were tears and accomplishments, all part of his road to success. “I think it takes a lot of guts to do it [perform on stage] and a lot of times kids don’t realize how important that is, to achieve something,” Joseph said. “You’re out there as a little kid, baring your soul on stage.”
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Rose reflects on Kamloops Performing Arts Festival DALE BASS STAFF REPORTER dale@kamloopsthisweek.com
Gabrielle Rose remembers taking part in the Kamloops Performing Arts Festival. She was about seven years old, she said, and was competing in a dance event. “I was sort of making it up,” she recalled, “because I couldn’t remember it. And I remember the adjudicator, when I was done, saying to me ‘If you don’t know the dance, don’t dance.’ I took that to heart and I’ve known the dance ever since.” Since then, Rose has gone on to win Genie awards, work with some of the best directors in the business, made movies,
been in TV series and live on stage. Two years ago, she received an award from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle for her contributions to the province’s film industry. Rose said the adjudicator’s role in festivals like the one opening in the city on Sunday is key. A good adjudicator can inspire the young people competing while a bad one can crush that burgeoning interest. “It’s important for them to remember they have to be constructive and give serious advice,” Rose said, praising the parts that were good but also phrasing any criticism in a way that explains what is need-
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ed to do better. “Take the good and talk about that but also tell them ‘Here’s where you need some work.’ Make it positive.” Rose has experienced both the pros and cons of critique during her long career and said that, while she knows as a professional actress it comes with the territory, for youngsters just starting out in music, dance, acting — any of the arts — they need encouragement, not words that might make them stop that pursuit, thinking they can’t do it. “I don’t know if anyone has the right to tell someone that,” Rose said. “It’s important to nurture this and promote our cultural and our arts.” Rose took part in many performing-arts festivals across the country under the tutelage of her high school theatre teacher Tom Kerr and said each was another step encouraging her to follow her dream to be an actor. Her resume includes Maudie, one of the films featured at last year’s Kamloops Film Festival, the widely praised The Sweet Hereafter and Speaking Parts. She’s wrapping up shooting soon this week on an independent film and about to get involved with the Electric Theatre Company as it adapts the film Tokyo Story to present on stage.
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osie Morrison is not coming back to Canada with a medal. That realization was still setting in when she spoke to KTW, the speed skater from Kamloops in tears following a fourth-place finish in the women’s team pursuit event at the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea on Wednesday. “I’m really upset right now, but we have come a long way this season,” Josie said. “It’s disappointing to finish fourth, to be so close to that bronze and to ultimately lose our last round.” The Canadians fell .45 seconds short of hardware, losing a heartbreaker to the U.S. in the bronzemedal race at the Gangneung Oval. Japan, which cruised to victory over Canada in a semifinal clash earlier Wednesday, surprised the favoured Dutch to win gold in an Olympic record time of 2:54.89. Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann, both from Ottawa, and Josie are from endurance backgrounds. The strategy for the six-lap, 2,400-metre bronzemedal showdown was to outlast the Americans, whose team — Heather Bergsma of North Carolina, Brittany Bowe of Florida and Mia Manganello of Florida — is heavy on sprinters. There was no panic early when the Stars and Stripes bolted ahead as expected, but the Canadians seemed a touch out of sync and failed to close the gap in the middle stages of the race. Canada was behind by about three seconds heading into the final two laps. “They approached it more as go out hard and just hang on as
PAUL CHIASSON/CANADIAN PRESS Josie Morrison (left) of Kamloops and Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa skated for Canada in the women’s team pursuit bronze-medal race at the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea on Wednesday. The U.S. beat Canada by .45 seconds. Ivanie Blondin also raced for the Canadians in the third-place showdown. Morrison placed 21st in the 1,500m at the Games last week.
hard as they could,” Josie said. “They were dying really fast. We just got snipped out at the end.” Canada was given a lifeline on the last lap when an American slipped out of stride, but the gaffe proved only a cruel tease to fans in the Tournament Capital who woke early to watch one of their own. The semifinal round began at 3 a.m. Kamloops time, the medal races less than two hours later. After a lifetime of preparation, Morrison was feeling every ounce of pressure that comes along with knowing it might be her only shot at Olympic hardware. “I was really nervous in this race, on that line, to be in contention for that medal . . . it wasn’t our best performance, but it’s a
great feeling to know I did give my all and so did the rest of my teammates,” Josie said, noting her squad was nowhere near the Olympic medal radar two years ago. Josie placed 21st in the 1,500m last Monday. Denny Morrison, Josie’s husband, is a four-time Olympic medallist who was seriously injured in a devastating motorcycle accident in May 2015. He also had a stroke in March 2016. Naturally, his nearly superhuman recovery in time for the 2018 Games stole headlines. Josie, who helped save Denny’s life by recognizing early signs of the stroke, has an inspirational story of her own.
Owen Spence, her father, died after falling off a ladder at the family’s home in Kamloops in December 2008. The Spences — mother Cathy Turnbull Spence, sisters Victoria, 25, Josie, 24, and Sara, 22, and brother, Eric, 19 — lost their rock. Owen was with his daughter in some way on Wednesday. “My dad would be so proud of me, for sure, 100 per cent,” Josie said. “When I’m on the line, I smile because I love what I do and I think about the people that have supported me on the way. I feel like I’m lifted up and it gives me a boost.” Denny’s results at the Olympics — 13th in the 1,500m and a D final triumph over the U.S. in the men’s
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team pursuit — were forgettable, but his victory was simply in competing in South Korea after cheating death. The Fort St. John skater broke his femur, punctured his lung, ruptured his kidneys, bruised his heart, suffered a concussion, tore a knee ligament and chipped his spine in the 2015 motorcycle wreck. Josie, who has been skating with national teams since 2012, was left off the travelling World Cup team in 2016-2017, a snub that marked the low point of her career. She never thought of quitting. Instead, she was able to work with coach Xiuli Wang, who deconstructed her technique, a risky move with the Olympics just around the corner. Josie qualified for the travelling World Cup team for 2017-2018 and worked with team pursuit coach Marcel Lacroix, who helped her to a new level of success, including a World Cup bronze in Heerenveen, Netherlands, in November. The family experienced a bittersweet moment in January when Josie was named to the Canadian speed skating team for PyeongChang, but elder sister Tori, who met qualifying standards, was left off the roster. Heading into the Games, Josie had visions of standing on the podium. Those never materialized, but lasting images of her smiling, living out her dream at the Olympics, are inspiring pictures that frame her trip in a warm light. “I love to skate and I like to skate with my heart,” Josie said. “I love smiling on that line. It reminds me why I do what I do. “I’m on my way to see my family. I’m really excited to give them a hug.”
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Track down judo expert Megan Hanks and speak to her. She will make you realize you are underachieving, but you’ll still leave the conversation happy and motivated because her joie de vivre and ambition are contagious. The 20-year-old Kamloopsian read the athletes’ pledge along with younger brother Graeme at the BC Winter Games opening ceremony at Sandman Centre on Thursday. Too old to compete, Megan is volunteering as an official at the Games and plans to hammer home a message in the process. “I’m always interested in promoting judo, especially to female athletes,” Hanks said. “There is a gender imbalance in judo. I love to get girls and women involved in all aspects of judo, including coaching, refereeing and competing, and even just coming out for recreational activity. “It’s a great cultural activity and it encourages all types of positive behaviours, like confidence and discipline.” Hanks is taking a year-long break from school — she spent two years in Montreal studying at McGill University, pursuing physics and physiology as a double major — to earn a teaching and performance diploma in piano from the Royal Conservatory. She is also using the recess to put choke holds on women. (Legally, on the judo mat).
Hanks, an Aberdeen Judo Academy product, won the senior women’s 78-pluskilogram division at the Canadian Elite 8 Championships in Montreal in January. Only the top eight competitors in Canada in their respective divisions are invited to the event. The six-foot, 176-pound judoka was in a division that featured women who weighed as much as 230 pounds. Luckily, Hanks is tall and, more importantly, she is really, really smart. “The key with fighting people heavier than you, or who have a lower centre of gravity and heavier mass, is picking throws that don’t require you to lift them, and to use their own momentum against them,” Hanks said, as if reading out of a judo textbook. “I’m a little bit renowned for my ground work. People know to watch out for me for hold downs, arm bars and chokes.” The pianist was lights out in the final, lulling Annabelle Darlow of Alberta into her grasp before putting the match to bed with a hold-down in less than two minutes, a performance that mesmerized, a moonlight sonata on the mat. Each of Megan’s three brothers — Geoffrey, Graeme and Matthew — have
excelled in judo and when Graeme competes this weekend, all four siblings will have experienced action at the BC Winter Games. Megan can claim to be the best judoka in the country in her division and qualifying for the Olympics would not be a pipe dream, but it doesn’t seem like her dream. “It would be quite a time-consuming adventure,” Hanks said. “I’d have to be at a point in my life where I could really take the time to commit to it. We’ll see.” Promoting the sport at the Games is the goal for now — that and tickling the ivories in Kamloops before leaving again to pursue education in sciences. “I want to show the young girls that there are other avenues they can continue to be active in judo, if they find competing is too time consuming or they don’t want to compete and they want to stay involved,” said Hanks, noting she is one of only two female judo officials regularly active in B.C. “Judo is a lifelong activity.”
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At bcgames.org, there are eight athletes from Kamloops listed as members of the Thompson-Okanagan team. They are Graeme Hanks, Benjamin Harcott, Emily Lindsay, Owen Meeks, Finn Newcomen, Nicholas Plumtree, Matteo Rawlings and Jordyn Yamakawa. Chantell Nagy is listed as an assistant coach.
Megan Hanks and brother Graeme helped out with the athletes’ oath last night at the BC Winter Games opening ceremony at Sandman Centre.
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It was 50 years ago this month that Nancy Greene Raine came through for Canada at the Olympics. Greene Raine went to the Games three times. The first time, she was just happy to make the team, but being there had a big impact on her, thanks to what she saw. At the 1960 Winter Olympics, a 16-yearold Greene Raine roomed with 21-yearold Anne Heggtveit, who was at the Olympics for a second time and was competing in the same downhill events as Greene Raine. Heggtveit took home a gold medal from the Squaw Valley, Calif., games that year, and Greene Raine watched her do it. “I thought, if she can do it, I can do it. That’s the real value, I think, in going to the Olympics when you’re on your way up,” she told KTW.
Greene Raine returned to the Olympics in 1964 and saw better results, but it was her appearance at the 1968 games in Grenoble, where she won a gold medal in giant slalom and a silver in slalom, that cemented her as a Canadian sports icon. She earned a nickname — the Tiger — for her aggressiveness on the slopes. Now, watching Team Canada compete in Pyeongchang, Greene Raine is reminded of what she went through as an athlete, and how things are different now. “Everything has changed. The Olympics is much bigger now. It’s a huge event worldwide. All kinds of people watch them who wouldn’t normally watch what we call amateur
sport,” she said. Not only are there more people watching, there’s more to see with more coverage and better technology. “What I really appreciate is the camera work and being able to see everything. It’s almost like you’re riding in the bobsled — it’s just so real,” she said. While the coverage is better than it was 50 years ago, some things never change, like how an athlete feels standing atop a podium at their medal ceremony. “When I watched the TV coverage of when I raced, the camera was at the other end of the rink. You didn’t see my face — you didn’t see how hard I was trying not to cry. But now you see it. You see the emotions. You see the tears welling up in their eyes.” Greene Raine said Canada’s performance at the Games so far has been great, even though the Canadian curling teams have struggled.
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In 1979, Kamloops was host to the inaugural B.C. Winter Games. Now, 39 years later, the city is doing it all again, and some of those who helped make it happen the first time will be there to watch — and volunteer. Back then, Jack Hollstedt was a director for the Games and his wife Lois sat on Kamloops city council. Jack was charged with providing three things for athletes: accommodation, food and registration. He put athletes up in city schools and fed them in school cafeterias, on top of registering them for all of their events. Today, these jobs fall to at least three different people. In 1979, Kamloops was a city two thirds its modern size and the Games were roughly the same size they are today, with more than 2,000 athletes and coaches participating. But the city had no trouble filling volunteer positions. Jack and Lois said they can’t recall Kamloops hosting an event the size of the Games prior, adding it was a challenge putting together something of this size. “I think what happened back then is that service clubs got involved tremendously. I’m not sure that’s still the case, because there are fewer clubs to be involved,” Lois said, noting there is no longer a Kinsmen club in the city — a club that
Jacket styles have changed since 1979, when the first BC Winter Games were held in Kamloops. Pictured is the board of directors from the 1979 Games. Front row from left are Don Fisher, Dale Janowsky and Lois Cutler. Back row from left are Pat O’Brien, Jim Coke, Neil MacDonald, Jack Hollstedt and Larry Grant.
was a big volunteer contributor back then. Volunteers have always been a big part of the Games’ success, not only year after year, but in securing them as a permanent fixture for sports in B.C. Securing volunteers for the Games was vital in showing the provincial government an event of this size can work in a city like Kamloops. “We were very much under the finger of the provincial government, so we definitely wanted to make sure we did everything just as proper as we could. It was a very large event for Kamloops in those days,” Jack said.
Lois, who will be volunteering at the Games this weekend, said the city is still very much a volunteer community, but things have changed since 1979. She’s had to pick up a few extra shifts to cover for the positions still unfilled. “I don’t think the problem is that people aren’t willing — it’s that people are busier,” Lois said. “There are more women in the workplace now than there were then — two people working full-time in families when it used to be just one.” Making it all come together is something Hollstedt has experi-
ence with. Before he helped organize the 1979 Games, he was the president of the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament. After the Games, he helped organize the 1996 Brier, the 1998 Ford World of Curling, the 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts and the Strauss Canada Cup of Curling from 2003 to 2008. Looking back at the Games, Jack, now 80, said what he still remembers most is all the fun he had making it happen. “At the time, you don’t think that way, because you’re too busy,” Jack said. “So when I look back, we had such a great time. I hope that everyone that’s involved now can take part in that kind of fun.”
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Keller fills net for peewee Junior Blazers Jordan Keller of the peewee Kamloops Junior Blazers had six goals and two assists in two victories over hometown Prince George in peewee recreation play on the weekend. Kamloops won 10-1 and 6-2. Jackson Vaughan had two goals on the weekend for the Blazers. Notching one goal apiece were Owen Aura, Evan Smith, Lian Gayfer, Corbin Vaughan, Kieran Harrison, Sawyer Mynio, Nolan Viesner and Brady Milburn. Kamloops finished the regular season in first place with a record of 14-2 and will square off against Kelowna in a best-of-three playoff series.
Playoff victories
The Predators won a pair of bantam recreation playoff games on the weekend, knocking off the Icehawks 8-3 on Saturday and the Warriors 7-2 on Sunday. Micah Brownlee (6G, 1A), Connor Guenther (2G, 4A), Nolan Foster (2G), Aiden Dell (1G, 3A), Will Davis-Arnolod (1G, 2A), Brandon Belley (1G, 1A), Zac Banks (1G, 1A), Jarett Dumais (1G), Nathan To (2A) and Logan
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BRIEFS McGlaughlin (1A) had points for the Preds, who had Kiran Ramsay in net. Damon Fiodart (2G), Roko Huser (1G, 1A), Reid Zunti (2A) and Manny Recchi (1A) had points for the Icehawks, who went with Jacob Bradley between the pipes. Reaching the scoresheet for the Warriors were Frankie Padar (1G), Ethan Gremaud (1G), Adam Surgendor (1A) and Landon McGillis (1A). Soren Tuft backstopped the Warriors.
Win one, lose one
The Maniacs earned a split in weekend bantam recreation play, falling 7-2 to the Royals on Saturday and topping the Gamblers 9-1 on Sunday. Finding the scoresheet for the Maniacs were Tyler Rahn (3G, 1A), Lochlan Scholefield (2G, 2A), Isaac Bean (2G, 1A), Max Card
(2G), Dillon Paul (1G, 1A), Levi Toye (1G), Maxwell Hinkson (2A), Tyler Dhaliwal (2A) and Jordan English(1A). Zachary Kramer backstopped the Maniacs. Tallying points for the Royals were Brett MacDonald (3G, 1A), Tate Jones (2G), Frankie Bruno (1G), Keil Schriml (1G, 4A) and Ethan Ashton (1A). Tyson Aspeslet and Rebekah Schmutz shared time between the pipes for the Royals. Keegan Leblanc scored for the Gamblers, with Brady Pawlachuk providing an assist. Ryerson Palmer and Temeke Gottfriedson split time in the crease for the Gamblers.
Bandits steal win
The Bandits topped the Snipers 5-2 in atom recreation play on McArthur Island on Sunday. Recording points for the Bandits were Kesiah Jones (3G), Naitt Damberger (1G, 1A), Daxson Klimach (1G) and Kale McNichol (1A). Kasey Reid backstopped the Bandits. Declan VanWyk tallied twice for
the Snipers in support of netminder Lucas Wall.
Perfect weekend
The female midget A Kamloops Junior Blazers earned a pair of wins over Kelowna in Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association play on the weekend. Kamloops earned a 4-1 win in the Little Apple on Saturday and knocked off Kelowna 3-1 in the Tournament Capital on Sunday. Recording points for the Junior Blazers on the weekend were Zoe Birkett (2G), Carsen Moffett (1G, 2A), Kassidy Neil (1G, 2A), Natalie Knight (1G), Amanda Martin (1G), Nicole Thomas (1G), Emma Knight (3A), Camryn Mitchell (2A), Makyla Cooke (1A), Camryn Filimek (1A) and Alyssa Keller (1A). Kimmy Davidson is Kamloops’ goaltender. The Junior Blazers are 9-3-3.
Twice is nice
The bantam tier 1 Thompson Junior Blazers earned a pair of victories over Central Zone of Kelowna in OMAHA play on the weekend. Thompson, a Kamloops-based
team, bested Central Zone 1-0 in Kelowna on Saturday and 4-0 in Chase on Sunday. Tallying points for Thompson were Owen Barrow (3G), Ethan Sanders (2G), Reagan Milburn (2A), Brendan Hunchak (2A), Zak Anderson (1A), Tristen Allen (1A) and Olen Gelineau (1A). Sam Begg and Evan Pascoe each earned shutouts between the pipes for Kamloops, which will twice play host to Yukon this weekend. Game time on Friday is 7 p.m. at Memorial Arena. The rematch will get underway at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Memorial Arena. The Junior Blazers have already wrapped up first place in regularseason standings.
Salmon Arm on top
Hometown Salmon Arm downed the Players Bench Kamloops Junior Blazers 5-2 in atom development play on Sunday. Recording points for the Junior Blazers were Jack Smith (1G), Nate Macphee (1G), Luca D’Amour (1A) and Nash Pearce (1A). Akillease Bodenham was between the pipes for Kamloops.
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Chances are the TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team doesn’t escape the first round of the Canada West playoffs. The Trinity Western Spartans, the Pack’s opponent for the best-of-three men’s volleyball series, is 22-2 and ranked No. 1 in the U Sports top 10, while TRU (11-13) is the 10th ranked team in the nation. Trinity swept TRU last weekend, winning 3-0 on consecutive nights at the Tournament Capital Centre. The Spartans are playing host to the playoff series at the Langley Events Centre. Game 1 was played on Thursday after KTW’s press deadline. The rematch is slated for Friday. Game 3, if necessary, will be played on Saturday. “We need to go in this week with our heads held high and take care of our side of the court before we really worry about what they are doing,” WolfPack head coach Pat Hennelly said. “This is definite-
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ly a step up and I am glad that we have this opportunity with this group this year and have the chance to test ourselves against a really tough team.” The WolfPack have had a bounce-back season and Hennelly will be pleased with the campaign, regardless of the outcome this week. TRU finished last season with an abysmal record of 2-22 and was 2-10 at the holiday break this season before rattling off nine wins in 10 matches, a stretch of dominance that saw the Pack into the playoffs for the first time since 2015. Tim Dobbert, the WolfPack’s best player, has been injured but was expected to return to the lineup on Thursday, a key addition that improves odds of a WolfPack upset. “We just have to be steadier and have more belief on our side,” Hennelly said. “That will be tough because Trinity puts more pressure on our side than other teams. We have to get back to that feeling, that ‘Yes, we can’ and be more aggressive on our side.”
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JAMIE ROSS PHOTOS Fishing boats rest peacefully in the harbour at Grande Entrée. An island lighthouse bears the markings of its life providing fishermen safe passage.
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t is the middle of the night. I am bundled up against the cold and damp and down at the main wharf on Grande Entrée, watching the lobster boats slip from the harbour in an organized procession. Their bright guiding lights illuminate the dark and rippled sea as they churn out past the breakwater. I give the departing boats a jaunty wave and they blow their fog horns, likely wondering what brings a sane man out at this ungodly hour. For those residents of the Iles de la Madeleine who make their living from the bountiful sea, it is simply the business, a race to reach the fishing grounds by dawn when they will empty their traps, then re-bait and re-set. The Madeleines are a slender chain of islands in the shape of a fishhook set out in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Six of its seven populated islands are linked by causeways and
sand dunes, some 88 kilometres in length, while the seventh, Entry Island, is accessible only by boat. For centuries, the islands were a destination for Mi’kmaqs in search of walrus meat. They named the archipelago “Menagoesenog,” meaning “islands brushed by the waves.” Indeed, it is impossible to escape the salty winds and constant crash of the sea. These are breezy islands of fishing villages, dunes and lagoons and miles of sandy beaches. Lush, green hills contrast sharply with the rusty red, sea-sculpted, sandstone cliffs that jut precipitously up from an aqua sea. It is a treeless landscape, with winding roads hedged by lopsided telephone poles and scattered houses. Lobster creels are piled high beside the brightly coloured wooden homes painted vibrantly in purples, yellows and reds, giving the place an ethereal charm. Equally as colourful and enchanting are the locals, the
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Beatrice Ann Weselowski (nee Clapperton)
February 5, 1932 - February 16, 2018
July 17, 1961 – February 18, 2018
On February 16, 2018 Greta Madelon Peters of Kamloops died peacefully under watchful care at Overlander Extended Care Hospital.
Beatrice Ann Weselowski passed away peacefully in Kamloops at Royal Inland Hospital on February 18, 2018 at the age of 56 years young, with her loving husband Derrald by her side. Predeceased by her father Gordon Clapperton, mother Mary Clapperton and her sisters Isabell and Leona. Mom was greatly loved by her children Monique (Bob), Troi (Dianna), Derrald Jr. (Lorina), Martina (Braydon). Mom will be greatly missed by her eight beautiful grandchildren Alexandra, Prisayis, Asia, Vincent, Sahen, Khaleesi, Lashana and Alayna, numerous nieces, nephews and great niece, great nephews. Mom was born in Kamloops on July 17, 1961 to Gordon and Mary Clapperton, a little sister for Isabell, Kathy, Mary, Brian, Linda and Zena. Mom and dad first met each other at the ages of mom 10 and dad 8, they had lived next door to each other on Fortune Drive. In 1982, they got married in Fraser Lake, BC, followed by the birth of their four children Monique 1983, Troi 1985, Derrald Jr. 1988 and Martina 1994. We never say goodbye, we just say see you later. Celebration of Life will be held at the Army and Navy on 177 Tranquille Rd, Kamloops, BC on May 5, 2018 at 10:00 am Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577
Greta is survived by her nieces Patsy Parr of Kamloops, BC and Sherie Franklin of Regina, SK and by her best friend and companion of more than fifty years Ken Moffat of Kamloops, BC. Greta was born in Vancouver, BC, but came to Mammet Lake in the Interior at a young age and was raised there. In 1955, she married Pat Peters. Following his tragic death in a logging accident, she remained in their Westsyde home. One day, she encountered Ken Moffat walking past her home. They chatted and the rest, as they say, is history. Greta was a long-time member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 3453, Kamloops and all who knew her respected and loved her. An avid gardener, Greta was quick to share the products of her vegetable patch and fruit trees. Always impeccably turned out, if she had a fetish it was her dedication to her personal care, closely followed by her fastidious care of her home. She loved her little house and its big yard. Generous of spirit, Greta was a lover of animals and had a particular fondness for cats. Few knew that she was a more than passable pianist, because she played only for her own enjoyment.
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We shall miss her. A celebration of Greta’s life will be held at the Kamloops Eagles’ Club on a date to be announced in the near future.
Our Mama: A mother and a best friend! Our cheerleader and our champion! Our biggest fan, as we were hers. She was an innovator, a designer, a visionary, a gardener, a fashionista and of course, a painter to make all things white. She was a fighter and a medical enigma. Defiant, strong, tenacious, brave, fierce! Loyal, vibrant, creative, loving, sweet, funny, playful. She was simply beautiful inside and out. She was all of this and more. She marched to the beat of her own drum and we will love, admire and adore her until the end of time! Maggie is survived by her children James, Kevin (Larissa), Candace (Steve) and Desiree (Shannan), grandchildren Coby, Billie-Ann and Gabby, great-grandchildren Raya and Elaina, sister Sonia (Alvin), as well many nieces, nephews and other family and friends. We welcome all who were touched by Maggie to join us in a Celebration of her Life at the South Bonson Community Centre, 10932 Barnston View Rd, Pitt Meadows, from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Friday, March 2, 2018. Please wear white or something colourful if you can.
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John Warsimage It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Warsimage of Kamloops, BC on February 19, 2018 at 96 years of age. John is survived by his son Stan (Barbara), his grandchildren Brenda, Wendy (Paul) and greatgrandchildren Nicholas, Jackson, Ethan and Jordan. John is also survived by his sisters Jean Stephens and Mary Miller, sisters-in-law Betty Warsimage and Olga Taylor, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. John was predeceased by his wife of 60 years Frieda, granddaughter Denise, and grandson Jayme. John was born in Manitoba and moved to Kamloops with his parents. He joined the Army, and became a cook, a skill that he used throughout his life to the joy of his wife and family. He married the love of his life Frieda on May 13, 1945 and were blessed with their one and only son Stan on December 25, 1946. John worked for BC Interior Sawmills until his retirement. He then went into the construction field to keep busy, until he finally retired. He liked to travel with Frieda and their motorhome buddies Marg and Carmen to wherever they got a yearning for, and sometimes even took the granddaughters. He loved fishing with his family
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Shirley Diane McCaffrey (née Clark) Shirley passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice in Kamloops after a courageous battle with cancer. Left to grieve her passing is her stepfather Keith Moore of Barriere, sister Lynne Piercy of Edmonton, step-brothers Gerry (Jan) Moore of Surrey, Gordie and Trevor Moore and step-sister Sherry (Phil) Braithwaite all of Kamloops, brother-in-law Jim Mills, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews across Canada. She is predeceased by her parents Eleanore Moore (née Fensom), Jack Clark, her sister Kathy Mills, brother David Clark and exhusband Dan McCaffrey. Shirley Diane Clark was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan in 1958 and moved to Salmon Arm with the family in the early 60s. Shirley spent most of the her last 25 years in Kamloops. She worked as a Production Supervisor at Kamloops Today and as graphic designer at Kamloops Daily News, Valley Sentinel in Valemount, RIH print shop, Thompson Rivers University (TRU), The Echo and her own company, Bear Dog Designs. In 2015, Shirley retired from TRU after 11 years and returned to working as a server; first at High Five Diner in Little Fort and finally at Scott’s Inn & Restaurant in Kamloops. Shirley’s love of people and infectious sense of humour served her well in all aspects of her life. With her great smile, quick wit, huge heart and warm hugs, Shirley enjoyed many life-long friendships. Her love of animals, especially dogs, informed much of her life. Besides enjoying her own beloved dogs—Bear, Buddy, Nikita and Harry Ha Ha—Shirley spent many years volunteering with the BCSPCA, volunteered with dog rescue in Louisiana following hurricane Katrina and volunteered as a designer for Pilots and Paws, with her own rescue dog Harry Ha Ha becoming their adorable mascot. She volunteered for many other causes along the way including Canadian Wings of Rescue, wigs for cancer, Emergency Social Services (ESS) during local wildfire crises, Special Olympics and countless events at TRU to name a few. The family would like to say a special thank you to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice for their care and kindness to Shirley during her last days. Thank you also to Shirley’s friends Moneca, Jim and Jo Ann, Laura, Thelma, Kathryn, Murray, Scott’s Inn & Restaurant, the Kamloops Fraternal Order of Eagles and so many others for their help and support. In lieu of flowers, donations in Shirley’s name may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, the BCSPCA or the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice. A Celebration of Life will be announced later this spring. Condolences can be sent to the family c/o drakecremation.com
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Grace Elinor Marina Fenwick (nee Fryer) on February 9, 2018. Grace was born on December 5, 1934 to Clarence and Daisy Fryer in East York, Toronto, Ontario and was also welcomed into the world by her two sisters Clarice and Anne. A gifted student, Grace skipped grades in school and graduated Grade 13 in high school two years early. One of her favourite memories growing up were the walks with her dad to church for choir practice. During her life, she worked in Toronto at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, then City Hall and later Hudson’s Bay.
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Grace is predeceased by her husband Joe (2001) and son Jamie (2001). Grace is lovingly remembered by her son Doug of Kamloops, sisters Clarice and Anne, nieces and nephews.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN) COMPUTER TECHNICIAN TRU invites applications for the following position:
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Applications are invited for the position of a Computer Technician I or Computer Technician II, depending on experience, with School District No. 58 (NicolaSimilkameen) in Merritt.
FACULTY Electrical, Construction Trades School of Trades and Technology
This is a 12-month per year, 7.5 hours per day position. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. For a complete listing of the job description and qualifications please visit the district’s website at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Employment/Job Positions (Job Code 2503187). Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until March 2, 2018. Please forward to:
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Reporting to Chief and Council, and working as a Team with Council, Administration employees and the community, the successful candidate will have responsibility for providing the leadership and general management of the Administration and Operating affairs, including formal planning, policy management, financial management, program and department management, land management, economic development, capital project management, human resource management, employee and community health and safety, community development and relations, and related external government relations. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE, TO INCLUDE: • Related and Accredited Post-Secondary Degree or Equivalent Formal Post-Secondary Education and Certifications / Formal Training • Six to eight (6-8) years directly related experience with three (3) or more years experience in a senior management position with a First Nations Administration • Management experience in the development and administration of formal Plans, Policies, Funding Agreements, Budgets, Programs, Services and Projects, including capital and economic development • Excellent Leadership, General Management, Human Resource Management, Communications, Negotiation and Team-building skills • Demonstrated working knowledge of and commitment to First Nations Title and Rights and Culture • Excellent financial management experience / skills, including the writing and management of Funding Proposals and Agreements • Demonstrated ability to work with a First Nations Community and Governments, to include the understanding of applicable Federal and Provincial Statutes, Regulations and Laws • Completion of a positive Criminal Records Check & the Certification to work in Canada A very good compensation package is offered, along with the opportunity to contribute to the success of a great First Nations Organization and Community. Successful candidate must be willing to relocate to the Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation area. Please forward a current rÊsumÊ with applicable supervisory and other references to: Ts’kw’aylaxw First Nation 35100 Hwy 99 Box 2200 Lillooet, BC V0K 1V0 Attention: Desarae John, Acting Administrator E-mail: executiveassistant@tskwaylaxw.com Phone: 250-256-4204 Applications will be received and reviewed in strict confidence. Closing date for accepting rÊsumÊs is Friday March 2nd, 2018
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Attn: Secretary Treasurer School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St. Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Fax: (250) 378-6263
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Objective: Navigators deliver self-management support to participants via coaching and wellness planning. Participant-centered support is facilitated by an Integrated Wellness Plan. Navigators work with participants to set goals in all domains in their life and relationships, identify wellness team members (including peer supports, therapists, traditional healers/helpers/teachers or family) to help meet the goals, set a realistic time frame, and support individual in achieving or adapting their goals.
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Requirements: • Diploma in Social Services, Human Services, Social Work or Relevant Experience • Must be familiar with the development, and cognitive, emotional, social, and cultural needs of the program participants as well as the family system • Interviewing and needs assessment skills • Strong problem solving and planning skills • Must have excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral • Knowledge of local First Nations customs and culture an asset • Must have a valid BC driver’s license and reliable transportation • Must be able to pass a Criminal Record Check • Preference will be given to, but not limited to, First Nation Applicants Start Date: ASAP As Needed Pay: Negotiable Posting until position is filled For full job description contact SCFSS. Apply by submitting your cover letter and resume by Mail, Fax or E-mail Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive Director Scw’exmx Child & Family Service Society 2975 Clapperton Ave Merritt BC V1K 1G2 Tel: (250) 378-2771 • Fax: (250) 378-2799 reception@scwexmx.com
Objective: The Family Circles Coordinator provides preventative support and maintenance programs to preserve families where possible. The Family Circles Coordinator will bring all relevant parties together to promote cooperative planning and decision making to rebuild family support networks. This position will provide strong leadership in advocating the rights and jurisdiction of family units and will develop positive working relationships with community groups, agencies and societies. Requirements: • %JQMPNB JO 4PDJBM 4FSWJDFT )VNBO 4FSWJDFT 4PDJBM 8PSL Diploma in Social Services, Human Services, Social Work t field or related ďŹ eld • ,OPXMFEHF PG GBNJMZ BOE DIJME QSPUFDUJPO MFHJTMBUJPO Knowledge of family and child protection legislation t • *OUFSWJFXJOH BOE OFFET BTTFTTNFOU TLJMMT Interviewing and needs assessment skills t • 4USPOH QSPCMFN TPMWJOH BOE QMBOOJOH TLJMMT Strong problem solving and planning skills t • .VTU IBWF FYDFMMFOU JOUFSQFSTPOBM BOE DPNNVOJDBUJPOT Must have excellent interpersonal and communications t skills, both written and oral • ,OPXMFEHF PG MPDBM 'JSTU /BUJPOT DVTUPNT BOE DVMUVSF BO BTTFU Knowledge of local First Nations customs and culture an asset t • .VTU IBWF B WBMJE #$ ESJWFS T MJDFOTF BOE SFMJBCMF USBOTQPSUBUJPO Must have a valid BC driver’s license and reliable transportation t • .VTU CF BCMF UP QBTT B $SJNJOBM 3FDPSE $IFDL Must be able to pass a Criminal Record Check t • 1SFGFSFODF XJMM CF HJWFO UP CVU OPU MJNJUFE UP 'JSTU /BUJPO Preference will be given to, but not limited to, First Nation t Applicants • 5SBWFM SFRVJSFE HFPHSBQIJDBM BSFB JODMVEFT .FSSJUU -ZUUPO Travel required, geographical area includes Merritt, Lytton t and Ashcroft Start Date: ASAP As Needed Pay: $26.31/hr. filled Posting until position is ďŹ lled For full job description contact SCFSS. Apply by submitting your cover letter and resume by Mail, Fax or E-mail Attn: Yvonne Hare, Executive Director Scw’exmx Child & Family Service Society 4DX FYNY $IJME 'BNJMZ 4FSWJDF 4PDJFUZ 2975 Clapperton Ave Merritt BC V1K 1G2 $MBQQFSUPO "WF .FSSJUU #$ 7 , ( Tel: (250) 378-2771 • Fax: (250) 378-2799 5FM t 'BY reception@scwexmx.com SFDFQUJPO!TDXFYNY DPN
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Vernon Collectors Club 30th Annual Antiques & Collectibles Sale Vernon Rec. Centre 3310-37th Ave., next to Curling Rink. Fri. Feb 23, 2-8 pm & Sat. Feb 24, 10 am to 4 pm Admission $3.00 Good for both days.
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1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop. 55,000 miles. 390-330HP. $4,000. 250-574-3794.
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WITNESS WANTED • HIT AND RUN On February 6, 2018, at approximately 1:40 pm, there was a hit and run collision in the Save-On Foods parking lot in Westsyde involving a white SUV. If you happened to see this incident, and have any information, please contact Jeff Jakel at Gillespie & Company LLP at 250-434-2597 or jjakel@gillespieco.ca. Thank you.
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NOTICE OF TEMPORARY USE PERMIT Council of the District of Logan Lake hereby gives notice that it will consider issuance of the following Temporary Use Permit (TUP) on February 27, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. at the District of Logan Lake Municipal Hall at #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC: TUP #01-18 will permit the property to locate a Church within two strata lots in the existing building, #15 & 16 - 220 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC (Lots 15 & 16, Plan KAS1302, DL 1666 KDYD), as shown in bold on the map at right. The TUP may be subject to conditions to determine if this site is appropriate for the Church use until March, 2021.
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FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that copies of the proposed TUP may be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, at the District of Logan Lake, #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC V0K 1W0 from February 16, 2018 until 1:00 p.m., February 27, 2018, the day of the hearing. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that anyone who believes that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Permit and wishes to comment on the proposed Temporary Use Permit may do so by making a written submission to the Council via the adjacent options. All written submissions must be received prior to 1:00 p.m. on February 27, 2018. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter. Randy Lambright, Chief Administrative Officer District of Logan Lake
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In accordance with Section 204 of the Community Charter, a sitting of the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will take place on March 12, 2018 commencing at 9:00 a.m., in the Council Chambers, 1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC, to hear any complaints with respect to errors or omissions on the Parcel Tax Roll. The Parcel Tax is utilized to provide a Grant-In-Aid to the Logan Lake TV Society for the operation and maintenance of the Television Rebroadcasting System in Logan Lake. This Parcel Tax is available for inspection from the Director of Finance at Municipal Hall (1 Opal Drive) during regular office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. A complaint shall not be heard by the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel unless written notice of the complaint has been given to the municipality at least 48 hours before the time set for the first sitting of the Review Panel. Colin Forsyth Director of Finance
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW 831, 2018 Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 124 (3) of the Community Charter, that it is the intent of the District of Logan Lake to consider proposed Council Procedure Bylaw No. 831, 2018, at the February 27, 2018 Regular Council Meeting, held at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at the District of Logan Lake Municipal Hall at #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC. In general terms, changes within the proposed bylaw include, but are not limited to, the following:
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RIT Basic Operator Chainsaw Course, $350.00 per Person Enform Level One Chainsaw Course $625.00 per Person Kamloops area, and if you need a course in your area, please contact us to set it up.
SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS PUBLIC NOTICE
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There will be a RIT Basic Operator Chainsaw Course, offered in May 6,7. This course is a two day course. This meets WorkSafe BC There will so be an Enform Level One Chainsaw Course, which allows the participant to work towards a faller certificate that meets WorkSafe BC, this is a three day course. May 8, 9, 10 For more information. Please visit. www.chainsawsafety.info. Call, 604-240-5752
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REIMER’S FARM SERVICES
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moving the Inaugural Council meeting from the first Tuesday in December to the first Tuesday in November following a general local election; updating list of business matters on the agenda; updating attendance at committee meeting procedure; addition of procedure for adjourning a meeting if quorum is lost during the course of a meeting; text updates.
The proposed bylaw and report will be available for viewing from January 26, 2018 to February 27, 2018: x x
at the Municipal Hall at #1 Opal Drive, Logan lake, BC on regular business days (Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays), between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; on the District’s website at www.loganlake.ca.
Persons wishing to make representations regarding the proposed bylaw will be given opportunity to be heard and to present written submissions at the February 27, 2018 Council meeting. Enquiries: Melisa Miles, Director of Corporate Affairs 250-523-6225 ext. 230
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ABERDEEN Rte 506 – Gloaming Dr, Heatherton Crt, Laurel Pl, Stirling Pl. – 89 p. Rte 509 – 459-551 Laurier Dr, Shaughnessy Hill. – 45 p. Rte 510 – 372-586 Aberdeen Dr, 402-455 Laurier Dr. 53 p. Rte 517 – 2267-2299 Garymede Dr, Greenock Crt & Pl. – 47 p. Rte 520 – Canongate Cres & Pl, 805-841 Dunrobin Dr, Whitburn Cres. – 74 p. Rte 523 – 2300-2399 Abbeyglen Way, 750-794 Dunrobin Dr. – 77 p. MT DUFFERIN Rte 589 – 1200-1385 Copperhead Dr. – 58 p.
Rte 335 – 1175-1460 6th Ave, 1165-1185 7th Ave, Cowan St, 550-792 Munro St. – 59 p. Rte 339 – 916-1095 Fraser St, 1265-1401 9th Ave. – 30 p. Rte 373 – Clark St. 24-60 W. Columbia St. – 20 p. Rte 380 – 610-780 Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 61 p. Rte 381 – 20-128 Centre Ave, Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St. – 41p. Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 30 p. Rte 384 – 407-775 W. Battle St, 260-284 Centre Ave. – 47 p. Rte 385 – 350-390 W. Battle St, Strathcona Terr. – 29 p.
SAHALI Rte 482 – 101-403 Robson Dr. – 55 p.
LOWER SAHALI Rte 403 – 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. – 29 p. Rte 404 – Chapperon Dr, 108-395 Greenstone Dr, Pyramid Crt. – 58 p. VALLEYVIEW/JUNIPER Rte 605 – 1770-1919 Glenwood Dr, Knollwood Dr, Vicars Rd. – 61 p. Rte 612 – Falcon Rd, Flamingo Rd, 2040-2177 Glenwood Dr. - 63 p. Rte 620 – MacAdam Rd, McKay Pl, Pyper Way, 2530-2580 Valleyview Dr. – 69 p. Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 54 p. Rte 652 – Coldwater Crt, 16162212 Coldwater Dr, 1921-1999 Skeena Dr(odd side). – 58 p. NORTHSHORE/BROCK Rte 117 – 675 Cottonwood Ave, 563-698 MacKenzie Ave, Poplar St, 646-694 Stewart Ave, 635 Tranquille Rd, Willow St. – 61 p.
DOWNTOWN Rte 317 – 535-649 7th Ave, 702794 Columbia St (even side), 702-799 Nicola St. – 45 p. Rte 319 – 545 6th Ave, 604-690 Columbia St (even side), 604-692 Nicola St. – 15 p. Rte 323 – 755-783 6th Ave, 763-884 7th Ave, 744-878 8th Ave, 603-783 Columbia St (odd Side), 605-793 Dominion St. – 48 p. Rte 325 – 764-825 9th Ave, 805-979 Columbia St (odd side), 804-987 Dominion St, 805-986 Pine St. – 65 p. Rte 331 – 984-987 9th Ave, 1125 10th Ave, 901-981 Douglas St, 902-999 Munro St, 806-990 Pleasant St. – 38 p. Rte 333 – 1005-1090 Pine St, 1003-1176 Pleasant St. – 35 p. Rte 334 – 975 13th Ave, 1104-1276 Pine St, 11201-1274 Pleasant St. – 41 p.
Rte 125 – Alexander Ave, Angus St, Campbell Ave, 403-455 MacKenzie Ave, Ross St, 393-399 Tranquille Rd (Odd Side), Williams St. – 83 p. Rte 131 – 321-631 Fortune Dr. – 35 p. LOGAN LAKE Rte 910 – 308-397 Basalt Dr, 202-217 Basalt Pl, 132-197 Jasper Dr, Jasper Pl. – 68 p. DALLAS/BARNHARTVALE Rte 748 – Crawford Crt, Crawford Pl, 387-495 Todd Rd. – 38 p. Rte 750 – 5101-5299 Dallas Dr, Mary Pl, Nina Pl, Rachel Pl. – 31 p. Rte 754 – Hillview Dr, Mountview Dr. – 36 p. Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley Pl, Melrose Pl, Yarrow Pl. – 72 p. Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 6724-7250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd, Stockton Rd. – 40 p. Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 57 p. RAYLEIGH Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 58 p. Rte 832 – Bolean Dr & Pl, Chilco Ave, Kathleen Pl. – 55 p. Rte 833 – 4102-4194 Cameron Rd, 3990-4152 Davie Rd. – 44 p. Rte 835 – Mattoch-McKeaque, Sabiston Crt & Rd. – 30 p.
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