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NOVEMBER 21, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 93

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WHY WAS HE SUSPENDED?

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TRU and professor Derek Pyne disagree on the reasons

Dairy company rises from the ashes of 2017 fire

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BLACKWELL WHY WAS HE BUILDING SUSPENDED? Dairy company TRU and professor rises from the Derek Pyne disagree ashes of 2017 fire on the reasons

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30 CENTS AT NEWSSTANDS

WEDNESDAY BLACKWELL BUILDING

WHY WAS HE SUSPENDED?

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TRU and professor Derek Pyne disagree on the reasons

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MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW Kristen Dickson with Chanel, one of her business’s dolls, which can be rented for companionship.

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Warning: This article contains mature subject matter and may not be suitable for all readers. She sits quietly with her legs crossed at the ankles, one arm draped along the armrest of the sofa. She’s wearing a lacy, pink nightgown and her lips are a cherry red. Her eyes

are a chestnut brown, but they stare right through you. They call her Chanel and for about $350, she can be yours for the night. Her owners will be by in the morning, with her case, to pick her up. Chanel is a sex doll — one of seven anatomically correct, TPE-silicone based dolls available to rent from House of Dolls, a new business launched by Aberdeen resident Kristen Dickson.

“It’s like an escort agency, but without prostitution and human beings involved,” said the wife and mother of two of the business venture that’s a first for Kamloops. Dickson’s company recently received a business license from city hall to run what is considered an adult novelty item rental agency. See ENTREPRENEUR, A4

Another scammer has taken thousands of dollars from a Kamloops resident. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said police received a report of an internet scam in which the victim lost approximately $18,000. A few months ago, the victim’s computer apparently froze, resulting in a “Microsoft Alert” that asked for money to fix the issue. “The victim provided their credit card number to the software company — NAVSAM Systems Ltd. — who made multiple charges to their credit card,” Shelkie said. The victim then received another “Microsoft Alert,” which stated the firewall had crashed, requiring additional funds to fix. Shelkie said the victim became suspicious and contacted the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, which confirmed it was a scam. The fleecing follows news last week of a Kamloops resident losing $4,000 in a phone scam from a man claiming to be from a bank. Shelkie said police are warning people to be wary of calls, texts and emails from people asking for money and to check with banks or companies the caller claims to be representing and to contact their software or security software company directly for assistance if contacted online. “Do not click on any links in the fake alert message and do not call any numbers,” Shelkie said. “Close all windows, exit the browser and reboot.” Scams can be reported to the federal government’s Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre by calling 1-888-495-8501. It is a toll-free number.

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The website for House of Dolls, through which all orders will be made, is expected to be live this week. In the inventory with Chanel are dolls of various ethnicities and names — Aika, Marriah, Sadie, Catanna, Portia and Zach, who is the lone male doll of the group. They consist of a metal skeletal structure covered in soft silicone flesh and Dickson purchased them from Toronto-based company Sex Doll Canada. The hyper-realistic dolls can bend in all the appropriate places and their bodies sport a great amount of detail in areas such as the knees, clavicle, hands and feet. They also have realistic genitalia, which, as Dickson attested, feels real. “It feels like a real vagina other than it’s not warm,” she said of the female dolls with a laugh. “It’s quite crazy.” While the silicone on the dolls is cool to the touch, Dickson plans to ensure each dolls is warm upon use by covering them in a heated blanket ahead of time. She can also change their wigs and clothes to fit a customer’s desire. The cost to rent a doll will be a nightly rate, from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m., as opposed to an hourly charge. Dickson and her husband plan to deliver the dolls to homes and hotels as opposed to running a storefront “brothel” — a model seen with similar businesses that have only recently opened in Toronto and Vancouver. No doll they rent out will be available two nights in a row as it will undergo a cleaning day the morning after. While the company is licensed

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as a home-based business, Dickson has also rented out space downtown that will operate as a cleaning and storage facility for the dolls. She told KTW Interior Health informed her it has no regulations for cleaning the dolls, but she noted her business will use its own in-depth cleaning procedures that includes antibacterial soap, a blacklight and a camera that can be inserted into the sexual organs to check for any foreign objects. “I have all these special irrigators that can go into every crack and crevasse to rinse everything out,” she said, noting the cleaning process takes about two hours. As for what to expect in terms of business, Dickson said she has been keeping an eye on a similar venture in Vancouver — Bella Dolls, which opened at the beginning of November and is constantly booked.

“I’m not afraid of not being busy, I’m afraid of being too busy, but we’re in a small town, so who knows what it will be like,” said Dickson, noting she believes there will be interest. She anticipates the clientele will consist of many business professionals who travel frequently. Dickson got the idea to open a sex doll rental service when her father-in-law heard of one in Toronto. In choosing to open a similar business, Dickson said she believes the selling of sex will never go away and wants to offer people a safe, clean option that doesn’t involve the act being forced upon someone. She started the process of opening the business about two months ago, noting she was stunned to see how lifelike the dolls were when she first laid eyes on them. The dolls are not robotic and weigh about 70 pounds. They come in a range of heights. Zach, the male doll, stands about 5-foot-9, whereas Chanel, the Latino doll, is about 5-foot-5. All seven dolls, along with clothing and cases, cost Dickson about $18,000. The dolls retail on Sex Doll Canada for about $3,500 each and come with a range of customizable features from the manufacturer, such as large or small breasts and buttocks, optional teeth and shoulders that can shrug. There’s even the option of purchasing ones that have the ability to stand on their own — a feature Dickson didn’t bother with for most of the dolls. “It’s like, how long are they going to stand for, really,” she said with a laugh.

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Victoria Street West was closed in both directions for about an hour on Tuesday morning following a multi-vehicle crash near Emerald House. The crash involved three vehicles and occurred just before 8:45 a.m. According to police, all three vehicles sustained significant damage and were towed from the scene. Four people were taken to hospital with what police described as minor injuries. The crash appeared to involve a white Ford truck, a silver Ford Freestar and a blue Jeep. One witness to the crash told KTW the white Ford crossed the centre line and almost struck her vehicle. “There was just a mangle of cars in my rearview mirror,” she said. Investigation into the cause continues. MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW

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Council stares down provisional 3.4% hike JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Kamloops council got a look on Tuesday morning at next year’s provisional tax rate, a 3.4 per cent increase — or about $65 for the average assessed residential property. The meeting was the first in a long line of public budget talks that will culminate next spring when the final tax rate is set. “The proposal you place before us would result in the largest tax increase in the City of Kamloops in the last decade,” Mayor Ken Christian told staff. “So the challenge before us is pretty evident.” Though the preliminary rate increase became public on Tuesday, city staff have been crunching the numbers for months behind the scenes, with planning that began in June. City finance director Kathy Humphrey detailed financial hurdles at city hall. In 2019, the city’s capital funding will increase by six per cent, or about $6.5 million. More than half of that bill is courtesy the B.C. NDP government’s employer health tax ($1.2 million) and RCMP services ($2.7 million) to add three staff and increase the overall policing contract. The provisional budget also includes more

than $2 million in provincial taxes and rate increases expected to be levied on the city next year. BC Hydro is up three per cent ($212,000), ICBC is up five per cent ($27,000) and the carbon tax will have a 14 per cent impact ($425,000). “Clearly, about two per cent of that total I would characterize as downloading from the provincial government,” Christian said. Wages also account for about two-thirds of the city’s new expenses, at $4.3 million. In addition to the RCMP contract, the city’s fire contract will increase by 2.5 per cent ($670,000) and CUPE employees and management salaries are estimated to rise by $940,000. That contract expires at the end of this year and has yet to be negotiated. A staff request for an additional $400,000 for additional snow removal equipment and staff was approved by council, with Denis Walsh opposed and Arjun Singh absent. Humphrey said most of the added costs are out of the city’s control, noting staff have been working to find efficiencies and increase revenues across departments in order to help offset costs. Department heads detailed for councillors on Tuesday some of the ways in which they have sought efficiencies. The streets department has been swapping resources with the parks

department. The parks department completed a successful pilot program in which a green herbicide has been used on city fields and will result in less need for mowing and equipment. That, coupled with one per cent growth anticipated in 2019, means the city is still on the hook for an extra $5.7 million overall in capital funding. Staff are suggesting $2.1 million be taken out of reserves for one-time costs, such as the employer health tax, and the remainder come from the proposed tax increase of 3.4 per cent. Annual Kamloops residential property tax increases in the past decade have averaged 2.2 per cent. Last year, taxpayers saw a 2.1 per cent increase compared to 2.7 per cent in 2017 and 2.4 per cent in 2016. The proposed increase only accounts for the municipal portion of tax bills. Add in utility fees and the average household could be on the hook a four per cent spike next year, based on the preliminary numbers. Budget talks continue in council chambers next Tuesday. A public budget meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Supplemental items will be introduced in January. The final tax rate will be set at the end of the first quarter in 2019. D#30150

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TRU, professor disagree on reason for suspension CHRISTOPHER FOULDS

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Following months of not commenting, Thompson Rivers University has finally responded publicly to a complaint by a professor who claims his academic freedom has been violated. Economics professor Derek Pyne was suspended by the university earlier this year. He said he was banned from the campus in May and suspended in July due to his research into faculty at TRU and elsewhere paying to have papers published in dubious scholarly journals. In a statement issued on Friday, the university’s interim president said Pyne’s suspension was not related to his research. “Much of the media attention has incorrectly stated that faculty member Dr. Derek Pyne was disciplined for his research,” Christine BovisCnossen said. “This is not the case. The discipline imposed is related to matters which I am unable to comment on due to both employment and privacy law. “But I do want to be clear, to set the record straight, that academic freedom is fully protected at TRU under the collective agreement with our faculty association,”

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Bovis-Cnossen said. “Action taken against Dr. Pyne was not related to his specific research, the dissemination of his research or the exercising of his right to academic freedom. “Any faculty member hired or promoted at TRU goes through a robust process which involves a review of research activity and publishing credentials. “This is a process led by peers, hence, any faculty member at TRU moving through the promotion and tenure process is doing so with the endorsement of their faculty colleagues provincially, nationally, and internationally.” However, when contacted by KTW, Pyne said he has indeed been suspended because of his research into so-called predatory journals. The research formed a paper, The

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Rewards of Predatory Publications at a Small Business School, which was published by University of Toronto Press Journal of Scholarly Publishing and can be read online at kamloopsthisweek.com. Pyne said he was suspended due to the research he included in his feedback to proposed promotions of other TRU instructors, with his feedback including information he found that connected those instructors to having paid to have papers published in journals. “It’s definitely not matters unrelated to my research,” Pyne said of the reasons behind his suspension. “That’s definitely a wrong statement. Right now, they are making a big deal about feedback I gave.” Pyne said at TRU, as with other universities, faculty can give feedback on candidates for administrative positions. He said it is the feedback he gave on one particular candidate that led to his suspension, a candidate who had papers listed as being published in recognized predatory journals/ publishers. That candidate, Pyne said, was eventually hired for the administrative position. “And they are claiming that is defamation,” Pyne said. “So that’s a big part of the case.”

He said his research also uncovered other examples at TRU of predatory journals being used in publishing papers, noting he also questioned whether research backgrounds could pass a faculty tenure review. Pyne added that the university’s department of economics approved two motions against him — on Oct. 13, 2017, and on Dec. 8, 2017 — that raised “serious concerns” with comments Pyne posted online in response to a CFJC-TV story on a new graduate program at TRU. “At the time, it was clear they were very upset with the New York Times interview,” Pyne said, referring to an Oct. 30 article in which he was quoted. “Basically, everything is related to that research.” He said if the feedback he gave is behind the suspension, so, too, is his research as his research formed his feedback. Pyne said he met with the university’s human-resources department on Oct. 27, a meeting he said “involved arguing about the feedback. “The HR director insisted that I retract it and I refused,” Pyne said. “The meeting ended with his saying that he would schedule another meeting with the dean and again give me a chance to retract it. I responded that I would never retract it.”

Tom Friedman, president of the TRU Faculty Association, previously told KTW the association is “actively involved” in representing Pyne. To which Pyne replied: “I’ll be a bit careful about what I say. I don’t really agree with that. “If you give them every benefit of doubt about their motivations, it is safe to say that they don’t seem to understand the concept of academic freedom,” he said. “One should remember that they are not people with research responsibilities or backgrounds. “Many do not have PhDs. Thus, they may not understand the importance of these issues. I should note that many of my colleagues do not give TRUFA the benefit of the doubt when it comes to motivations.” Pyne has asked the The Ottawabased Canadian Association of University Teachers to investigation his complaint that his academic freedom has been violated. TRU administration has said it will not take part in the probe, arguing CAUT does not have authority or jurisdiction to probe issues covered in the collective agreement between the university and TRUFA. Friedman said the faculty association will do its best to answer questions without revealing confidential information.

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Supportive housing that recently opened on Mission Flats Road has a new name, due to public backlash over the person to whom the namesake paid tribute. Osborne House is now Mission Flats Manor. “We don’t want to harm anybody in what we do and want to be a bridge and a joiner in the community, not the divider,” ASK Wellness Society executive director Bob Hughes told KTW. “For that reason, we changed the name.” Osborne House was briefly named for Donnie Osborne, a Kamloops man who experienced significant transformation in supportive housing before he died in 2016. Hughes recalled “very powerful” change during that time that resonated with many people. Positive inroads included connecting with the community, feeding and clothing

others and becoming an adjudicator on the streets. “From our perspective, the naming of it as Osborne House was a testament to what Don went through,” Hughes said. Osborne’s transformation did not, however, erase a dark past two decades earlier. After Osborne House was unveiled, some community members relayed to ASK Wellness concerns about Osborne’s criminal history, which included armed robbery and burglary. One man noted previous aggression and called Osborne a “bully.” As a result, ASK Wellness stripped Osborne’s name from the housing, instead substituting the simple moniker Mission Flats Manor. “Our organization believes in social justice, but not at other people’s expense,” Hughes said. Hughes called the situation “the zeitgeist of our era” and likened it to recent controversy surrounding John A. Macdonald. A statue of Canada’a first prime minis-

ter was taken down from Victoria City Hall earlier this year, with that city’s council citing his role in creating the country’s residential school system. “Whether it’s a huge amount of people or couple of people, if it offends people, then you know potentially we can find right or wrong,” Hughes said. “That’s just the sensibilities right now.” Meanwhile, Hughes hopes to refocus attention on the bigger picture — housing 55 people. Going forward, Osborne will be remembered in other ways. “We’ve still got a big picture framed of Donnie in the main common room [at Mission Flags Manor] and we’ll still pay tribute to the man himself and to what the last 15 years of his life spoke to, which is about transformation and about becoming a contributor and an honourable person,” Hughes said. “At the end of the day, we can still do that. “We just don’t need to name the building after him.”

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he Canadian Mental Health Association of B.C. is working to spread the word about the prevalence of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in the province — and the organization is looking for more volunteers heading into winter. According to the CMHA, official causes are not clear, but it’s thought that because it occurs in winter, SAD is likely linked to a lack of sunlight. However, professionals say this may not be the whole answer as it’s also thought to run in families: 13 to 17 per cent of people who develop SAD have an immediate family member with the disorder. As we head into the holiday season, it’s even more important to understand the signs and symptoms, which can include feeling depressed most of the day, losing interest in activities you once enjoyed, low energy, problems with sleeping, changes in your appetite or weight, feeling sluggish or agitated, lost interest in sex and other physical contact, difficulty concentrating, feeling hopeless, worthless or guilty and frequent thoughts of death or suicide. Light therapy, medication, counselling or selfhelp, such as good sleep habits, daily exercise and a healthy diet, are all known to help treat symptoms. We ask that you turn up your mental-health radar when you are engaging with family, friends and co-workers, as it is often difficult for people to see through the fog of their illness to ask for help in a timely manner. If you do sense some of the above symptoms in a family member or friend, understand that depression is a serious condition, the symptoms of depression aren’t personal, hiding the problem won’t make it go away and you can’t “fix” someone else’s depression Don’t expect a single conversation to be the end of it. Depressed people tend to withdraw from others and isolate themselves. You may need to express your concern and willingness to listen over and over again. Be gentle, yet persistent. For more on understanding depression, go online to bit.ly/2wwojOB.

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he B.C. government’s latest adjustment of speed limits on rural highways is a case study in how modern politics and media run over the facts and leave them on the side of the road. You may have heard that in early November, speed limit increases were rolled back on 14 of the 33 segments of rural B.C. highway, where they were increased by 10 km/h in 2014. You probably didn’t hear that 16 other sections were left as is because the accident rate didn’t rise with increased limits. In some cases, speed measurement showed the higher speed limit resulted in average travel speed, and accidents, going down. Across the province, exceeding the posted speed limit was determined by police to be an insignificant factor in collisions. For all segments with increased speed limits, the biggest factor by far in three years of police collision reports is “driver inattentive” at 25 per cent, followed by “road conditions” (15 per cent), “driving too fast for conditions” (13 per cent), “fell asleep” (five per cent) and “wild animal” (four per cent). Exceeding the posted speed limit was tied with impaired driving, at two per cent each. These are the facts that weren’t allowed to get in the way of a juicy political story. Transportation Minister Claire Trevena mostly stuck to her script, but savoured her days as an opposition critic, attacking

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VICTORIA then-minister Todd Stone for his allegedly irresponsible decision to increase speed limits. Trevena allowed that it was “shocking” that accidents increased by 17 per year on her home stretch of highway, from Parksville to Campbell River, after not changing at all the first year after the increase. And, sure enough, it was Stone who faced a wall of TV cameras and demands that he explain how he could be so reckless as to increase speed limits. I’m guilty of feeding this narrative, too. It was I who in 2014 revealed that Stone once received (gasp) a speeding ticket on the Coquihalla. (That’s why the speed limit for the Coquihalla was raised to the unprecedented 120 km/h, so the minister could blast back and forth to his Kamloops home!) The story practically writes itself, but like most coffee shop wisdom, it’s bunk. As it turns out, the Coquihalla

speed limit stays at 120 km/h. As Stone pointed out, it remains among the safest highways in the province. One obvious factor in this three-year period is the winter of 2016-2017, the coldest on record for Metro Vancouver and large parts of southern B.C. And last winter featured heavy snow. Harsh winter weather may explain why drivers slowed down on some stretches of road where speed limits had been increased. Anyone with highway driving experience knows that whatever the posted limit, the majority of responsible drivers choose how fast they will go. Transportation ministry engineers use a measure called “85th percentile speeds,” which they define as “a representation of the speed at which reasonable and prudent drivers choose to travel.” It’s important to understand this as the province and its taxpayers wrestle with the soaring costs of accidents and ICBC claims. Calling the corporation’s financial situation a “dumpster fire” over and over again is easy for reporters, and great politics for Attorney General David Eby, but it doesn’t get anyone closer to solutions. Our highways are safer, vehicles are safer, driver training is more rigorous — yet costly accidents continue to increase. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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ADDICTS HAVE GREATER INSIGHT AND EXPERTISE Editor: I take exception to Jeff Conners’ letter of Nov. 16 (‘The unsuccessful drug user as expert’) and find it barren of logic on a number of counts. First, former drug addicts and alcoholics who are in successful recovery are not “unsuccessful” drug users, in derogatory comparison to those Conners deems successful, in his words, “those who have good relationships with substances they use”. Addicts are the 10 per cent of the population who, for whatever reason (perhaps to numb a childhood trauma, as suggested by Gabor Maté), are incapable of using drugs and/or alcohol normally. I assume Conners lumps himself in with the other 90 per cent, those who can use without having their use

destroy their lives. Wouldn’t someone who has the propensity to become addicted, and has surmounted the impulse to use, have a great deal of insight and expertise to offer the addict — particularly in comparison to someone who is able to use normally and can’t understand why a person might use irresponsibly? Secondly, Conners’ driving instructor analogy is invalid. Taking drugs and drinking are not skills, like playing an instrument or driving a vehicle. Swallowing pills and liquids doesn’t take any special learning effort. You don’t get a gold star and a clean-drinking-record for your “normal” use. There is no call for Conners’ thinly veiled self-congratulations that a

non-addict uses substances “better” than those who suffer from addiction. I do agree that decriminalization of drugs would solve some societal problems. These include, for instance, violence and greed associated with drug dealing and the “cool” cachet that drugs have for some adolescents, who dip into criminal activities as part of their normal, age-specific rebelliousness and then find themselves addicted. But alcohol is decriminalized and alcoholism is on the rise. Gambling is legal and gambling addicts are losing their shirts all the time. Decriminalizing drugs won’t solve the core problem. Nor, I suspect, would having addicts listen to a non-addicts, or

those in deep denial of their addiction, brag about what a successful user they are. Addiction-recovery programs and counselling led by recovered addicts have massive positive impact. Russell Brand’s recent book, Recovery, and his leadership in recovery from addiction is helping millions of addicts across the globe. Those of us who have struggled with addiction have often seen the wagging fingers and puzzled expressions of “normies” who feel that if only we would use like them, we would be just fine. I find it startling and disturbing that someone with “20 years of experience in the mental-health and substance-abuse field” would write such a letter. Katie Welch, Kamloops

GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO MORE FOR TRANS WOMEN SAFETY Editor: Premier Horgan made a statement this week about the Transgender Day of Remembrance. He said, “At a time when the human rights of transgender people are under sustained attack in the United States and elsewhere, it is more important than ever to affirm our commitment to fight for safety, inclusion and justice for trans people in our province. “We will not be silent in the face of injustice. We will not let the memories of our trans friends, family and neighbours be lost to

violence. Together, we remember, and pledge to do better.” On Nov. 6, I sent a letter to the Minister of Health Adrian Dix, asking that the BC Medical Services Plan fund facial feminization surgeries, which are considered medically necessary and not cosmetic surgery by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. These surgeries fix the otherwise irreversible changes to the faces of people going through male puberty that are subconscious indications they are transwomen

(or feminine non-binary people). This surgery would directly reduce the threat of violence against trans women and feminine non-binary people. I concede that I sent this letter only recently and it’s possible Dix hasn’t even read it. I also acknowledge the B.C. government recently announced improved availability of genderaffirming surgeries. However, there was no indication of the relaxation of stringent requirements for breast augmentation for transwomen.

Facial feminization surgeries are not covered at all and so are only available for those who are rich or willing to go significantly into debt. I ask that the government continues to act, not just pledge to do better, but actually do better. I again ask that the government fund facial feminization surgeries through the MSP and relax the requirements for breast augmentation. Trans women shouldn’t need to be rich to be safe. Deanna Gilbert, Kamloops

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“What is within the city’s control is taking a hard look at staff wages. There are two many administrators making way too much money. “The regular Joe Worker in Kamloops is lucky to see a one per cent or 1.5 per cent pay increase year over year. It is actually quite outrageous how much city staffers are paid.” — posted by Charles

RE: STORY: BLACKWELL DAIRY IS MILKING A COMEBACK:

“Great news. Blackwell is a great Kamloops company. “Happy to hear people will be back working there.” — posted by OJ

RE: STORY: RIDE-HAILING SERVICES SHOULD BE ON B.C. ROADS NEXT YEAR:

“Why do we have to make legislation so taxi companies can compete? Offer better service and pricing and you will be able to compete. It’s this legislative meddling in the free market that drove Greyhound out the door.” — posted by Jon

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Kamloops is now able to offer genderaffirming breast augmentation and chest construction surgeries as part of expanded funding from the provincial government. On Friday, Minister of Health Adrian Dix announced B.C. will begin offering publicly funded lower body sex-change operations in Vancouver Coastal Health beginning next year, making the province the first in western Canada to offer such procedures. Additionally, chest and breast surgeries, which have only been available in Vancouver and Victoria, have been expanded to Kamloops, Kelowna, Prince George, Burnaby and Port Moody. Dix said nine surgeons have received specialist training in order to perform the surgeries, adding to the five doctors already trained in Vancouver and Victoria to offer gender-affirming chest and breast augmentation. He said surgeons in Kamloops, Kelowna and Prince George have begun offering these procedures and surgeons in Burnaby and Port Moody will begin offering them soon. Prior to the announcement, people had to travel to Montreal or out of the country for a lower body sex-change operation.

“We are proud to be the first province in western Canada to provide these surgeries,” Dix said. “While B.C. funded these surgeries, they weren’t being delivered close to home and support systems — and that is what we are changing now.” Dix noted ancillary costs and medical risks associated with having to travel long distances to receive gender-affirming surgeries for the individual. He said Friday’s announcement means people can stay closer to home for such procedures, reduce costs and connect with local doctors who can provide follow-up care more easily. “This is about getting people back home so they don’t have to go to Montreal or Texas or San Fransisco or Chicago — they can get care right here in B.C.,” he said. Kamloops resident Deanna Packard, who underwent gender-reassignment surgery in 2015 in Montreal, told KTW she was surprised the announcement hadn’t come sooner. “I knew it was going to happen eventually because of the amount of transgender patients going in for surgery,” said Packard, who was the subject of a KTW feature series that garnered former reporter Jessica Klymchuk a Webster Award. Packard said she feels having the surgeries available closer to home is a posi-

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tive, noting she met patients who were terrified and by themselves when she was in Montreal for her surgery. Kamloops Pride president Sam Numsen said that while not all transgender people include surgery as part of their transition, his organization is pleased to know those in B.C. will have easier access to such procedures, if they so choose. “We’ve heard anecdotal evidence in the community that trans folks struggle pursuing medical services relating to any sort of transition they’re seeking to undertake,” Numsen said. The number of people travelling out of B.C. for lower-body surgeries has been increasing each year, with approximately 100 leaving the province annually for the procedure, according to the Ministry of Health, which expects more than 200 chest and breast surgeries to take place throughout B.C. in the coming year. In B.C., an estimated 46,000 people identify as trans or gender diverse. Gender-affirming surgeries are covered through the government’s medical services plan, but the travel costs associated with them are not. Expanding the access to genderaffirming surgeries in B.C. involves increasing ongoing funding for the province’s B.C. surgical and diagnostic imaging strategy from $75 million in 20182019 to $100 million in 2019-2020.

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The Thompson Valley R/C Race Club held a two-day session at Northills Centre on the weekend, with members able to show passersby what the hobby is all about. Clockwise from top: Race event co-ordinator Thomas Reynolds (left) and Clayton Campbell work on vehicles between races; Sheldon Padley smiles as he races three classes of vehicles; another R/C race car kisses the sky above the track; Greg Gavlin from Vernon demonstrates that vehicle maintenance is required after every race; A car gets some serious air as speeds around the track. For more information on the Thompson Valley R/C Race Club, go online to thompsonvalleyrc.com. ALLEN DOUGLAS PHOTOS/KTW

Conservation office probes death of deer on Mac Isle The conservation office is investigating the circumstances surrounding a dear found dead on McArthur Island last week, the victim of a bow and arrow attack. City of Kamloops community safety manager John Ramsay said the city was notified of the deer’s death on Nov. 10.

“The [bylaws] officer went there, looked at the condition of the deer and contacted the conservation office,” Ramsay said. The animal was then delivered to the conservation office, which is now investigating the death. Ramsay said it is illegal to hunt within city limits. The city regularly

deals with deer being struck by vehicles, Ramsay said, but he could not recall illegal poaching within city limits. “The more we encroach on their land, you’ll see more issues with deer within city limits,” he said. The B.C. Conservation Office did not return calls to KTW by press deadline.

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Jug and Amar Lali study OctoSkully, a painting by Jessica Treger. The Lalis were among hundreds of people who attended Friday night’s KTW Timeraiser event at The Rex Hall downtown. OctoSkully was one of 12 pieces of art up for auction in the annual event. Instead of bidding money, art lovers bid time. If they win a piece of art, they have one year to complete the number of volunteer hours they have committed and can choose from a variety of non-profit agencies who were also represented at Timeraiser. For more information on how the annual event works, go online to ktwtimeraiser.ca. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW

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weather account for nearly 60 per cent of all outages. “Despite the challenges faced by crews during these severe weather events, our customers aren’t waiting longer to have their power restored,” said Chris O’Riley, BC Hydro’s president and chief operating officer. “In fact, about 95 per cent of customers’ power is restored within 24 hours following an extreme event.” To improve response times, BC Hydro is using its smart meter network and introducing new technology and processes, including: • Enhanced prediction logic: using an algorithm and the smart meter network, BC Hydro’s system can confirm an outage and mark its location on a map, which a dispatcher can then analyze and dispatch a crew to investigate and make necessary repairs; • New mobile dispatch tools: the tools communicate via sat-

ellite and help information from the field get to its operations centre faster and more often, providing more timely updates for customers; • Improved meteorology models: this information provides greater insight into where and when a storm might hit so BC Hydro can ensure crews are ready to respond quickly. BC Hydro recommends British Columbians prepare for weather-related power outages by having a well-stocked emergency kit onhand that includes a flashlight, extra batteries, a first-aid kit and non-perishable food and water. BC Hydro is also reminding the public that if they come across a downed or damaged power line, assume the line is live, stay back at least 10 metres (the length of a city bus) and call 911 to report the incident. — Kamloops This Week

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Environment Canada and Climate Change is investigating what appears to be a leakage of oil into the North Thompson River from an unknown source. Whether the rainbowcoloured substance is oil or something benign remains to be determined. In a statement to KTW, the national agency responsible for administering and enforcing pollution prevention in waterways frequented by fish said it is “currently assessing the incident,” which was brought to its attention by the newspaper. “As we are in the early stages of gathering and assessing information, we cannot comment further,” the statement reads. It comes in response to concerns of a Westsyde resident about an oily substance spotted in the North Thompson River in Westsyde. Rick Prescott took KTW on a tour of the shoreline off Overlander Drive and Harrington Road, where he pointed out an oily substance layered in the mud and weeds

and seen floating on the water’s surface for about a half-kilometre stretch heading south. “That is all oil,” Prescott said, pointing to a colourful sheen on the water’s surface. Prescott said he first noticed the substance in July after moving to the area from Knutsford and has seen it daily since — except when it rains — while walking his dogs along the river near his home. He first thought it was the result of old oil-burning furnaces buried in residential yards in the area, but dismissed that theory after realizing the substance was not confined to one area. The Trans Mountain pipeline runs parallel to the North Thompson River, going through Westsyde neighbourhoods, but a company spokesperson told KTW the substance in the river did not originate from its pipeline. “After learning today that Environment Canada and Climate Change is assessing reports of an oil-like substance in the North Thompson River, Trans Mountain sent staff to investigate in the area,” the spokesperson said. “There is no indication that the source of the substance is from the pipeline. If the pub-

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People’s Party comes to Kamloops MAXIME BERNIER’S FLEDGLING PARTY ESTABLISHES KAMLOOPS-THOMPSONCARIBOO RIDING ASSOCIATION CHRISTOPHER FOULDS

Canada’s newest political party has established a riding association in Kamloops. The People’s Party of Canada, created in September by former Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, claims to have signed up about 35,000 members nationwide and plans to run candidates in all 338 ridings across Canada in next year’s federal election. It also plans to field candidates in three federal byelections that will be held in the next few months. Glen Walushka, president of the party’s North Okanagan-Shuswap riding, was in Kamloops on Sunday to organize the party’s KamloopsThompson-Cariboo electoral district association. In the 2015 federal election, Conservative MP Cathy McLeod was elected due to vote-splitting on the centre-left. McLeod won with 24,444 votes, with New Democrat Bill Sundhu receiving 21,400 votes and Liberal Steve Powrie garnering 21,197 votes. Walushka conceded vote-splitting on the right is a concern in the 2019 federal election, which is set for Oct. 21. “Vote-splitting is always a problem,” he told KTW, quoting leader Bernier by arguing the NDP under leader Jagmeet Singh has moved so far left as to fall off the political spectrum, leading Justin Trudeau’s Liberals to slide to the left and prompting Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to edge his party to a more centrist position. “We are the only conservative party,” Walushka said, comparing the grassroots movement of the party to that of Reform in the 1990s. He said data in his party has shown 52 per cent of members were formerly Conservative, 26 per cent were previously Liberals and the balance being disaffected New Democrats and others, with the majority being under 40 years of age. “The ability of people at the grassroots level to participate in the process is a huge difference,” Walushka said, arguing the Conservative party’s national apparatus too often dictates what the constituency level can do. But McLeod said the People’s Party of Canada is anything but grassroots, noting all policies have been crafted by the leader. “It’s a party of Maxime, who is self-appointed leader and who is developing all the policies,” McLeod said.

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“I’ve always been impressed with a grassroots policy development. “They’ve already been told what their policies are going to be. There is no grassroots voice, as far as I can see.” McLeod said it is apparent Bernier created the party as a result of him losing the Conservative leadership race to Scheer, noting she finds it interesting the People’s Party has yet to attract support from sitting MPs or so-called “big tent” Conservatives, such as Rona Ambrose, John Baird or Jason Moore. As for possible right-of-centre vote-splitting in next year’s federal election, McLeod said: “If you vote for the People’s Party, it’s really a vote for Justin Trudeau, in my opinion.” The People’s Party of Canada has policies that include ending supply management, axing the carbon tax, privatizing Canada Post, reducing funding to the CBC, reforming immigration policies (by reducing the total number of immigrants to Canada to 250,000 per year and by focusing on their specialized skills), simplifying the tax code, expanding private-sector involvement in health care and shrinking the size of government. “It’s a small ‘c’, laissez-faire, free market, people make the decisions rather than government makes the decisions kind of thing,” is how Walushka replied when asked how he would sell the party to those with questions. “We’re very much against a nanny state.” Walushka, a former Conservative who worked for the Alberta Treasury Branch, said the People’s Party of Canada’s platforms encompass freedom, personal responsibility, fairness and respect. In addition to being president of the party’s North OkanaganShuswap riding association, Walushka is a regional organizer, having helped create electoral district associations in the Okanagan and Cariboo. He will be in the Kootenays this week.

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No arrests yet in Valleyview stabbing It’s been more than three weeks since a stabbing on a residential property in Valleyview sent a 36-year-old man to hospital with serious injuries and no arrests have been made.

Police said the stabbing on Oct. 28 took place at a home in the 1600-block of Valleyview Drive, next door to McCracken Station liquor store. At the time, police said a Mountie on patrol in the

area spotted a man with stab wounds standing along the side of the road. He was taken to hospital and his vehicle was found nearby. Mounties later searched the property.

“There have been no arrests in the stabbing,” RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie told Kamloops This Week. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 250-828-3000.

City man subject of Ontario drug bust Police in Ontario say they have arrested a Kamloops man with nearly 30 pounds of marijuana, more than eight pounds of magic mushrooms and a large amount of cash. According to a tweet from the Ontario Provincial

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A Kamloops woman who stole nearly $17,000 from her employer could spend three months in prison. Maegan Viger pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops on Tuesday to one count of theft over $5,000. The 35-year-old worked for Kala Geosciences from 2009 until her resignation in early 2017, after which her replacement uncovered a number of discrepancies in the company’s financial records. Viger had been the company’s financial administrator, court heard, making her the sole employee responsible for payroll management and verifying purchases on company credit cards. During a three-yearperiod beginning in December 2013, Viger stole $16,872 from her company — approximately half of it by way of fraudulent credit card purchases and the rest by inflating her own wage in payroll. Crown prosecutor Laura Drake said some of Viger’s fraudulent credit card purchases could have been disguised as office spending, but others were more flagrant. “There was gas for her personal vehicle, various gift cards at places like Starbucks, small charges

at Tim Hortons in the morning, when it might be breakfast or a coffee on the way to work, dry cleaning and, occasionally, larger-scale purchases — $300 or $400 — at Mountain Equipment Co-op or Cleo clothing store, for example,” Drake said. Court heard Viger also began intermittently inflating her own wage by as much as $2 an hour. “Some months she’d up it slightly, then it would go back down to the agreed-upon rate,” Drake said. “Over the course of four years, this ended up an overpayment, between regular wage and vacation pay, of $8,333.” Drake asked B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sheri Donegan to impose a jail sentence of 90 days to send a message to other employees that such behaviour will not be tolerated. “It can be very easy to do what Ms. Viger did and it can be very tempting,” Drake said. “Sending a message to other people that the courts take this very seriously — and, often, that means going to jail — is of paramount importance.” Drake urged Donegan to consider the fact Viger abused a position of trust. “Employers’ trust in their employees is what allows commerce to operate in this country,” she said. “It is this trust

Ms. Viger violated.” Court heard Viger repaid the credit card expenses as part of a small claims settlement and that she intends to pay back the remainder as soon as next month. Defence lawyer Brad Smith pitched a conditional discharge for Viger, meaning she would not have a criminal record following a period of probation. “Yes, I realize that would be an exceptional

result,” he told Donegan. “But, in the circumstances, it is an appropriate outcome.” Smith said Viger was at a breaking point when she stole from her company. “The long and the short of it is, Ms. Viger found herself in a toxic work environment where she was bullied for a number of years,” he said. “That caused her significant emotional and mental stress.”

Viger has no previous criminal record. Smith argued a conviction could affect her when looking for work in the future. Drake said it should. “Future employers have a right to at least know this has happened,” she said. “That decision should not be left up to her by her not having a criminal record.” It is not yet known when Donegan will deliver a sentence.

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The future of studentless Westwold elementary school will be discussed with the public on Thursday in the community 40 minutes east of Kamloops along Highway 97. The meeting will take place in the school at 7 p.m. as no date changes were made following the instalment of a new KamloopsThompson school board. The school board will hear public feedback and information from staff on the proposed closure of the fully functioning school with no students to fill it. School district assistant superintendent Rob Schoen said the meeting will involve reviewing district policy with community members, sharing of enrolment trends, financial information and the birthrate in the school’s catchment area. “More importantly, we’ll be

KTW FILE PHOTO The tiger on the side of Westwold elementary is lonely. The school is sitting empty, with Westwold’s few students being bused to Kamloops.

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keep the school open, what are the consequences of that decision? Should we choose to close the school, what are the consequences of that decision?” Schoen asked trustees at the Monday’s board meeting. At Thursday’s meeting, the district will also seek feedback on the possibility of converting the school into a different facility entirely, Schoen told KTW. Online feedback will be collected until Jan. 19, at which time staff will compile that information and make a final recommendation to the board at its Jan. 28 meeting. Westwold elementary didn’t open for the 2018-2019 school year as no students were enrolled. The majority of last year’s eight students at Westwold transferred to R.L. Clemitson elementary in Barnhartvale. Over the past three decades, Westwold elementary’s enrolment has shrunk, moving from 64 students in 1998 to 34 in 2008 and now zero in 2018.

Residents may notice cloudy or dirty-looking tap water at the end of the month as the City of Kamloops undergoes final testing of its new $10-million emergency water intake on the North Thompson River. “Basically, what it is, there’s a bunch of fine sediments,” City of Kamloops utility services manager Greg Wightman said. The intake, which is located on Yates Road in Westsyde, will undergo a three-stage testing process, with the final stage potentially resulting in sediment and minor turbidity. That will take place on Nov. 28 and Nov. 29, when water could be cloudy or dirty on the following days. The cloudy water is safe to

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Correction The Nov. 7 edition of Kamloops This Week incorrectly stated School District 73 trustee Shelley Sim nominated Rhonda Kershaw as the board’s B.C. Public School

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B.C. legislature clerk Craig James and Sergeant at Arms Gary Lenz were abruptly escorted out of the legislature on Tuesday morning and placed on administrative leave due to a police investigation. Government House leader Mike Farnworth had little to say about the move after he announced it during debate in the legislature at about 11 a.m. Alan Mullen, a political advisor to Speaker Darryl Plecas, said there is an ongoing RCMP criminal investigation that James and Lenz were informed about while the motion was being presented in the legislature. Mullen said both have been placed on administrative leave with pay, effective immediately.

“I can confirm that there has been a special prosecutor assigned,” Mullen said. “I can confirm that there is an active and ongoing criminal investigation by the RCMP. It would be inappropriate to say anything more, because we don’t want to jeopardize any investigation that the RCMP have ongoing.” James spoke briefly to reporters after turning in his keys and collecting his personal effects. He said Plecas asked him and Lenz to meet him in his office after question period. “He [Plecas] looked quite distressed and wasn’t able to convey anything to me,” James said. “I asked him if it had to do with any members [MLAs], any staff, was there a threat on this place. He said none of the above and, quite obviously, there’s another reason.”

James is the chief administrator of the legislature, which has an operating budget of about $70 million. He began his B.C. career in 1987 as B.C.’s chief electoral officer and has been clerk since 2011. Lenz, a former senior RCMP officer, is in charge of legislature security. Premier John Horgan said he was notified of the situation on Monday, but added he knows nothing more than has been made public. In a statement to media, the BC Prosecution Service announced Tuesday the investigation began in September and special prosecutors David Butcher and Brock Martland were appointed Oct. 1 to offer legal assistance and advice to the RCMP in relation to the investigation.

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BIG BEAR CHILD & YOUTH ADVOCACY CENTRE Bright Lights For Our Children & Youth THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd • 4:45PM - 7PM Kamloops RCMP, Ministry for Children & Family Development, Secwepemc Child & Family Services, Interior Health, City of Kamloops, TRU, Department of Justice Canada and the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Branch of the Government of BC are working together in developing The Big Bear Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, bringing agencies and organizations together. In the spirit of collaboration, it will strengthen the ability to respond to child maltreatment and will ensure support to children, youth and their families is a top priority.

The provincial government is paving the way for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to set up shop in B.C. as early as next year. The Ministry of Transportation unveiled Monday the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act — a piece of potential legislation intentionally devoid of words like “app,” “ride-hailing” and “taxi.” “We’ve learned from other jurisdictions to get this right, so proper checks are in place,” Transportation Minister Claire Trevena said, noting the delay in getting service in place is due to ICBC’s development of an insurance product to cover drivers and protect passengers. That process is underway and expected to be completed next year. “Then it’s a matter of how quickly the Passenger Transportation Board can move,” Trevena said. Under the legislation, B.C.’s Passenger Transportation Board would handle applications from potential “passenger-directed vehicle” operators in a manner similar to what is now used to license taxis. The PTB will determine how many operators work in particular geographical areas.

The legislation also includes hefty hikes in fines for offenders operating in the ride-hailing market without proper licensing. What was once a $1,500 fine for an illegal operator now has a ceiling of $50,000 and companies could be dinged for up to $100,000. Trevena said she expects to see applications filed soon. Also included in the proposed legislation: • The Passenger Transportation Board will have authority to determine rates charged to passengers, as well as the supply and operating area of vehicles operating under the authority of a licence authorizing transportation network services. • The authority of municipal governments to limit supply or operating areas of passenger-directed vehicles that the board has approved will be restricted. • A new per-trip fee will cover a portion of costs to fund accessible taxis, as well as administrative costs of the Passenger Transportation Act. The existing industry would pay current fees for a fixed period before transitioning over to a new structure. • All drivers of passenger-directed vehicles will be required to meet a provincial standard.

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The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association has organized the installation of a tree in the middle of the Square! Members from both the Kamloops Fire Fighters Union and the City of Kamloops will put the lights up at the Square. On November 22, 4:45-7 pm, St. Andrew’s on the Square welcomes everyone to see the lights and enjoy the TRU Chorus Choir, crafts, storyteller, wishing tree, sparkle tunnel, food and fun. All downtown stores are open until 8 pm. Thank you all, November 22nd will be a beautiful night! The dream is to have more lights every year and show our children and youth how bright we can make our community! www.bigbearcyac.ca

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Armed with a search warrant, police are gathering information from the cellphone of a Kamloops-area woman accused of harassing and threatening to disembowel an American man she met in New York last year. Felicia Dodginghorse is also accused of threatening the man’s daughter and, in an attempt to intimidate him, texting him a photo of the girl leaving her New York home. Dodginghorse, 26, is charged with two counts of criminal harassment in connection with the allegations. She is slated to stand trial in Kamloops provincial court next year. According to court documents, Dodginghorse, who lives in Chase, met the

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American man on a visit to New York in the fall of 2017. The man attempted to end the relationship after a couple of visits, the documents allege, and she began harassing him by phone and text in January. The American man contacted Chase RCMP in February and said Dodginghorse phoned him the previous month and “threatened to stab, cut him and rip out his intestines,” the documents allege. According to the documents, the harassment

remained “relentless” a month later. The man said he was receiving upwards of 200 calls and messages daily from Dodginghorse, including a troubling photo of his daughter leaving her home in New York. In April, RCMP were told New York detectives were “interested in the comments of Felicia Dodginghorse, specifically having people in New York do her dirty work,” the documents state. Dodginghorse was arrested by Chase Mounties on April 24 and released the next day on a promise to appear in court. Her phone was seized upon her arrest and police have until the end of November to search the device for evidence relating to the American man’s claims. Dodginghorse’s two-day trial is scheduled to begin on May 28.

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JOIN IN FOR A GOOD CAUSE Now through Saturday, Nov. 24 The semi-annual Barb’s Used Music and Book Sale returns to Lansdowne Village in downtown Kamloops. The massive sale features fiction and non-fiction books, vinyl records, sheet music, games, DVDs, CDs and more. All money raised will go to the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra. The sale will run Mondays to Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5:30 p.m. -----------------------------------------------------Thursday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m. The BC Shriners Variety Show will be held at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre in Aberdeen. Proceeds from the event will go toward providing free transportation and free hospital care for children regardless of their families’ ability to pay. The all-ages show will feature magic, juggling and comedy. Tickets are $25 and can be found online at bcshrinersshow.com.

JO-LYNN FORBES PHOTO HELPING TO BRING THEM OUT OF THE COLD: Bobbie and George Harrison (second and third from left) present a cheque for $15,000 to Out of the Cold board chair Kathy Moore (left) and program co-ordinator Renee Stein. The money will help fund the shelter for the homeless that is run out St. Paul’s Cathedral Wednesday and Sunday nights through the winter. ANAVETS CHEQUES FOR KAMLOOPS CADETS: The Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans (ANAVETS) Unit 290 presented donations to each of the four cadet corps of Kamloops during the ANAVETS’ recent annual general meeting. President Gord Marsh (left) presented cheques to the representatives of the Air Cadet League of Canada 204 Black Maria Squadron Kamloops ($1,500), the 2305 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps ($1,500), the 137 Kamloops Sea Cadets ($1,500) and the 102 Kamloops Navy League Cadet Core ($1,500).

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Logan Lake links up A new partnership in Logan Lake is intended to help people needing help accessing food products and services. Michelle Hawkins of the community’s Better at Home program and Kristina Froment, co-ordinator of the Logan Lake Food Bank, have joined forces to build social connections for residents who, because of isolation due to mental or physical health issues, find it difficult to get out into the community to build friendships and support networks. To help with the building” process, Hawkins’ team at the Wellness, Health Youth Society invited clients to a meet and greet over coffee, tea and cookies organized by the food bank. Some of the issues raised included the need to reach out to the community to get important information to targeted recipients, such as making seniors experiencing health or financial problems aware of how the food bank and its volunteers can help. For example, groceries from the food bank can be delivered to Better at Home clients by volunteers. Upcoming related events include the continuation of Christmas hamper registration through Nov. 29 and the Dec. 6 Cram the Cruiser event, with help from the Logan Lake RCMP.

Eight-year-old Carsen Cound keeps his kicks high and quick during the Western Karate Academy’s 2016 kickathon. KTW FILE PHOTO

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The Western Karate Academy is an organization that likes to give. In fact, it has been giving to the Christmas Cheer Fund since 2002, when the fundraiser first started in the city at the Kamloops Daily News. The karate students are again back at work raising money for the fund with their annual kickathon. Sensei Jim Doan, owner of the academy, said the kickathon will be held on two days next week, once at the North Shore and downtown locations. Every student must perform 1,000 kicks. Doan thinks it is important to instill the value of giving in children at an early age. Maybe that’s why the kickathon has been so successful. He sends his students out with pledge sheets at the beginning of November to raise money from their community, with Kamloops residents being tremendously supportive over the years. “Not only through donations,” Doan said, “but we also get prizes for all the winners. Last year, we had over $2,500 in prizes for the winners.”

Sensei Jim Doan, owner of Western Karate Academy, is hoping his students can break the $100,000 mark this year since they started collecting money for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund in 2009. KTW FILE PHOTO

Top prizes have included Xbox game consoles, which Doan said has been particularly motivating for his students. “But we don’t want to start getting into making the prizes the motivation,” he said. “I want them to go and do it because it’s the right thing to do.” The academy is still looking for donations for 2018, either cash to support the kickathon fundraising or prizes to be given away to the top fundraisers. The academy can be reached at 250-376-5428 . And 2018 marks an important year for their

fundraising for two reasons. First, it’s been 10 years since students performed the first kickathon in 2009. Prior to that, their fundraising goals were met through donations of loose coins. However, fundraising became more successful, Doan found he had more and more coins that needed rolling during the month of November. The year he found himself rolling 30,000 coins by hand was the year he decided it was time for a change. “That’s when I thought, you know, maybe there’s a better way to do this,” he said. Secondly, they’re approaching a lifetime total of $100,000 donated to the Christmas Cheer Fund since 2002 — and Doan has his fingers crossed that they can cross that line in 2018. “That’s kind of our non-written goal this year,” he said. Charities receiving KTW Christmas Cheer Fund money this year are Mustard Seed New Life Community Kamloops, the Boys and Girls Club of Kamloops’ Falcon Program, Out of the Cold homeless shelter, the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter and the Kamloops Brain Injury Association.

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nonymity is the spiritual foundation of 12-step programs, one which we follow to help newcomers feel safe. I struggle with this. I understand it is important for newcomers to feel protected in knowing their identity won’t be revealed. In the beginning of recovery, I felt afraid someone would know who I was. In Kamloops, a coworker confronted me saying someone saw me walking into the rooms. It was an indirect question — this woman

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ASK AN ADDICT Ask an Addict is a column penned by a Kamloops scholar with expertise in addiction issues and who is also an addict. The column is meant to inform and help, which is particularly important as we remain mired in an opioid crisis that continues to claim thousands of lives each year. If you have a question you would like answered, email it to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com. Anonymity is guaranteed. was either warning me or wanting to know if I was in Alcoholics Anonymous. I lived in perpetual fear. I entered the rooms looking around to see if anyone

would know me. We read a preamble in which we hear the words that members need to hear to stay anonymous. I do not disclose who I am in terms of

The 44th annual Seniors’ Christmas Lights Tour will take place on Thursday, Dec. 6. The City of Kamloops is inviting everybody ages 55 and over to participate in the tour, which will run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. as buses visit the most vibrant lights in the city. Hot beverages and holiday goodies will be served during a sing-a-long at Sandman Centre following the tour.

my last name or work identity. We are equal in the rooms and no one cares if you are a politician, a reporter or a nurse. An RCMP officer once attended, fully dressed in uniform. It took time for people to trust him, but after he shared his story, they began to see past the clothing and view him as them. People with criminal records, lawyers, doctors, nurses, teachers, millionaires and billionaires share their stories at a personal level. I am not a spokesperson for 12-step programs.

If I should relapse, people would think the program didn’t work. I question how the face of recovery can be changed if people don’t share who they are. People tend to fear that which they cannot see or know. When faces are left out and recovery becomes invisible, we are bogeymen living under your bed, monsters to be feared. People in recovery should be proud of their journey. We can share who we are without mentioning the rooms of AA, NA or any other 12-step program. In order to write, in

After the festivities, participants will be returned to their pickup location by bus. The event is free, but registration is required. To register, call 250-828-3500 and quote program

order to critique the 12 steps, I need to stay anonymous. It is the only way I can discuss this lifesaving program. People in recovery should feel free to step out of the darkness and into the light. They can share their newfound way of living without exposing the program. After all, when out drinking and drugging, everyone knew who we were. Our drunken escapades were not hidden, our tiny pupils, slurred speech and stagnant breath fooled no one. Red eye rims, trembling hands and darting

eyes full of fear — we were as public as the days are long in an Alaskan summer. How can others know the program works if I don’t share the miracles of my program? I hide in the land of silence and shame. The disease of addiction wants me to be quiet and it thrives in the dark. I need to expose the illness to share who I am, but unfortunately cannot. Your fear of me, your not knowing me perpetuates this secrecy, this misery. After all, I am only as sick as my secrets.

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A Kamloops dairy shuttered since fire broke out in its production plant last year hopes to hire staff before re-opening in February, according to a company spokeswoman. Blackwell Dairy’s plant was destroyed by a fire that broke out in the earlymorning hours of June 13, 2017. The venerable diary producer has been offline since. Fire investigators never pinpointed the cause of the blaze, which began near the loading docks of the building. The loss of the building was estimated at $3.5 million, while total losses from the fire

were estimated at $5 million. Spokeswoman Laura Hunter, whose father, Ted Blackwell, built the Barnhartvale dairy plant in the 1980s, said construction of the new plant is nearing completion. “We’re going to open Feb. 1,” she said. “Things are going well. The building looks great. We’re still looking very much forward to getting our product back on the shelves.” Hunter said the new plant was built on the footprints of the facility initially built by her father. “It’s quite a bit different inside,” she said. “It’s up to code because standards have changed over the years.” The rebuilt plant will be updated with

new technology. The company has said its goal continues to be permitting tours, particularly from schools, through the facility. Since the fire, Blackwell has been trucking its milk to other producers for processing and packaging. Blackwell had 300 retail customers prior to the blaze. Hunter said she expects the same business to return in February. She said Blackwell will be hiring 10 to 15 employees in January and February ahead of the re-opening. At the time of the fire, the operation employed 75 people. Blackwell Dairy has been operating in some form since 1913.

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Dave continues to give back to the community by lending this truck out to worthy causes. The truck will be at Eye Candy Ink Tattoo Sunday Nov 25 from 4-6pm for Breast Cancer, and at the Shark Club “Movember” 29th at 5pm. If you would like more info on the truck contact Dave Miller at 778-694-9776.

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Isabelle Hamptonstone is a performance consultant who has worked with leaders in sports, business and government in both the private and public sectors. She will present the keynote speech — From stress to decompress: Olympic performance under pressure — at the LinkUp business summit. Hamptonstone will be talking about how people can maximize their performance while also dealing with the inevitable stress of day-to-day life. “It’s the ability to soar and to increase performance under pressure and to use stress as a

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positive trigger,” she said, noting this is an important skill to have because of how stress can sometimes take you by surprise. “Stress is an insipid animal. It creeps up on you,” she said. Hamptonstone said one of the starting points in her keynote speech will be a discussion on how people can assess what level of stress they’re under. “The key is, as with anything in life, as entrepreneurs, as writers, the key is for us to take stock of where we’re at in this moment,” she said. Hamptonstone explained the goal is to be able to prevent stress from building to a point where it explodes. “Just as when we’re driving,

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Carter Cochrane has been trusted with valuable goods. The 22-year-old rookie head coach of the Thompson Blazers might have felt a touch hot under the collar when his team got off to a 1-4 start in B.C. Major Midget League play. “I’m really thankful for the trust that’s been put in me from the parent group and the players,” Cochrane said. “We were able to establish that last year. It’s constant every day to make sure they know how hard we’re working and they return the favour.” Trust, patience and hard work are paying off for the Blazers, the once-woebegone franchise that is 10-1 in its last 11 games and sits third in league standings. Logan Stankoven, the 15-yearold phenom from the River City, is posting video-game numbers. The major junior Kamloops Blazers’ prospect leads the under-18 midget league in all three major offensive categories, with 45 points (26 goals and 19 assists) in 16 games. Tyler Cristall of the Vancouver North West Hawks is second in league scoring and has also played 16 games. The 16-year-old forward has 28 points, 17 fewer than Stankoven. Thompson has earned an invite to the Mac’s Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament for the first time in more than a decade. The tournament, which runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 in Calgary, is among the most prestigious in the world for the age group. “I think maybe we were a bit shell-shocked at the beginning of the year,” Cochrane said. “We expected it might have been a bit easier. We’ve pulled through. We’ve got buy-in from all 20 guys.

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“We have potential to do something special this year.” Jarrod Semchuk, 16, was picked by the Kamloops Blazers in Round 6 of the 2017 bantam draft. The Tournament Capital product is second in Thompson scoring with 21 points. Ashton Taylor, 15, and Connor Milburn, 17, both from Kamloops, are tied for second in team goal scoring with 11 goals apiece. Devin Pimm, a 2001-born defenceman from Kanata, Ont., along with 2002-born Kamloops products Brendan Kirschner, Luke Bateman, Aidan Sutter and Cole Senum, and 15-year-old Tyson Galloway are starting to gel on the back end. Galloway, also from Kamloops, was nabbed by the Calgary Hitmen 25th overall at this year’s bantam draft. “We brought back a good group [from last season], but we still had 14 new faces,” Cochrane said when asked about the team’s rough start. “It’s a hard league. “We’re getting really big contributions from some 15-year-olds right now. It took them a little bit to adjust to the pace and speed. It’s the first time they’re playing

against guys who are more than a year older than them, 16- and 17-year-old players who are very much junior A and Western league ready.” Sutter is the league’s top-scoring defenceman with 16 points, three of them goals. Adam Niles of Kamloops and Kobe Grant of Vernon have been sharing the net. The Fraser Valley Thunderbirds (12-3-1-0) and Vancouver North East Chiefs (11-4-2-1) are tied atop league standings, two points clear of the Blazers (11-5). Fraser Valley will play host to a pair of games against Thompson in Abbotsford this weekend. The Blazers and Chiefs will twice square off at Sandman Centre next month. Game time is 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, and 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2. “The work never stops,” Cochrane said. “We’ve rattled off this impressive run, we’ve moved up to third in the league and now we have the top two teams in the league the next two weekends. “If we play the way we’re capable, there’s no reason why we can’t be at the top of this league at the end of this run.”

While Corryn Brown had the hammer, Yellowknife skip Jamie Koe and company were hammered, three sheets to the wind a few sheets over at the Red Deer Curling Classic last weekend. Brown and her Kamloops Curling Club rink, which includes third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Ashley Klymchuk, noticed something was a little off while competing on the women’s side at the World Curling Tour event. “All I heard was brooms slamming, which is not that uncommon in curling,” said Brown, who was eliminated in the quarterfinal round, but still picked up a cheque for $2,500. “We didn’t see too much of what happened. We were six or seven sheets over. We just kind of heard from people who saw it.” Koe and his team of Ryan Fry, Chris Schille and DJ Kidby showed up too drunk to play. Koe decided to sit out, leaving the rink shorthanded. Fry, who by most accounts was the worst of the bunch, broke multiple brooms. Fans were exposed to foul language and disruptive play. “I think that team went in there with the intention of having a good time that weekend, to enjoy a couple beers, but it just got overdone,” Brown said. “Intoxication isn’t uncommon in curling, but at a World Curling Tour event, it’s a lot more rare.” Teams paid $1,000 to enter the event, which had a prize purse of $35,000. The Koe rink was ejected from the tournament. Team members have since apologized. “We had a lot of complaints from spectators and other players and I should also add there was

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also some damage in the locker rooms and some broom bags kicked around,” Wade Thurber, manager of the Red Deer Curling Centre, told Canadian Press. Brown secured the B.C. Women’s Curling Tour title earlier this month with a gold-medal victory at the Sunset Ranch Kelowna Double Cash. The Kamloops rink will be at the Scotties, the women’s provincial championship, based either on its standing as provincial tour champion or as the highestranked B.C. rink in CTRS standings as of Dec. 1. Brown has about two months to prepare for the Scotties, which will run from Jan. 29 to Feb. 3 in Quesnel. The team has won $16,350 in a few months’ work this season, a total worth toasting. They may raise a glass or two, but they plan to pick their spot. “Drinking is a part of our sport,” Brown said. “It’s a social thing. But there’s a fine line. “I can’t say our team would ever get drunk and go play. We’re there for different reasons. We pay money to be there. There is money and points on the line. We’re there to compete.”

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SPORTS OKANAGAN CHAMPS

The Sa-Hali Sabres won the AA Girls Okanagan Valley Sport Athletic Association championship last weekend. Sa-Hali downed Kalamalka of Vernon in straight sets in the final in Summerland to claim the regional banner and qualify for the provincial championship, which will begin on Nov. 29 in Burnaby. Top row, from left, are assistant coach Mitch Parnham, Jaylyn Askeland, Josie Cumming, Alina Saari, Kennedy Robidoux, Kaya Earl, Sydney Schell and coach MaKenna Cleveland. Bottom row, from left, are Emily Matthew, Allison Inovejas, Kamryn Cousins, Taryn Walter, Emily Blower and Sara Lane.

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Angie Rose established herself as one of the best pullers on the planet at the World Armwrestling Federation Championships, held last month in Antalya, Turkey. The practical nurse from Kamloops competed in the 70-kilogram, 40-and-over masters division, winning silver in the leftarm event and placing fourth in the right-arm competition. “I was going to be happy just to be on the podium,” Rose said. “The calibre of competition is so high. When you’re up against the Swedes and the Russians and the Hungarians, it’s a whole different ballgame.” Brigitta Ivanfi of Hungary bested Rose to win gold in the leftarm category, which featured eight competitors. Rose was fourth among nine pullers in the right-arm event. “She’s in a calibre of her own,” Rose said of Ivanfi. “They look at armwrestling a little different and have a lot more incentive [from government] to win. “I’ve heard through people who have refereed that, if they win, they might get $10,000 and the coach might get five grand, or their pension will increase. “Over there, it’s a livelihood. Over here,

it’s a hobby.” Rose won the right- and left-arm competitions in the 70-kilogram 40-andover masters division at the Canadian Arm Wrestling Federation national championships this past summer. She has lost count of her national titles, but Rose’s only other world championship medals came in 1995, when she won gold in right- and left-arm action in the lightweight division at the World Wristwrestling Championships in Petaluma, Calif. The cost of getting to world championships has likely kept her from earning more hardware on the world stage. Twin Valley Wellness Clinic and Parallel Welding Fabrication helped Rose get to Turkey. Rose won her first professional match earlier this year, earning a victory over Tamara Mitts of Wasaga Beach, Ont., at Supermatch Showdown Series 40, a World Armwrestling League event held in Cleveland on June 14. There was a cash prize for winning the match. Rose did not reveal what it was, but online research shows it was likely somewhere in the range of a few thousand dollars. Rose received a silver medal and a trophy in Turkey. “It was an amazing experience,” she said.

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Splat. Thud. Those two sounds — ball meets palm, ball meets floor — may have haunted the Winnipeg Wesmen on their way home from Kamloops. The kill-happy TRU WolfPack thumped the Wesmen 3-0 at the Tournament Capital Centre on Saturday, securing a two-match weekend sweep and pushing their Canada West women’s volleyball record to 3-5. TRU, which earned a straight-sets victory over Winnipeg on Friday, was an offensive juggernaut on the weekend. The usual suspects — Olga Savenchuk, Abby Spratt and Kendra Finch — were in fine form, but contributions came from everyone. “Offensively, that’s the best we’ve been,” WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm told KTW after the win on Saturday. “Both of our outside hitters went through the match without making an attack error. I’ve never seen that from our team. “It kind of allowed us to be very average on defence. I didn’t think we were great on defence.” Savenchuk recorded 23 kills and 23.5 points in Friday’s dismantling of the Wesmen. Nobody in the conference has recorded more kills or points in a three-set match this season. Winnipeg (2-6) was outclassed in the first two sets on Saturday, falling 25-17 and 25-18, respectively, but carried a lead in the early stages of the third set. A Finch serving run ended the Wesmen’s only promising stint of the match and the WolfPack earned a 25-21 victory in Game 3 to break out the brooms. “I honestly think we just played more as a team,” said Spratt, a setter who has a team-leading 178 assists. “We play so much better when we are smiling. That’s exactly what we did this weekend.” The WolfPack were swept by the Cougars in Regina two weekends ago and were disappointed in themselves for a no-show performance in a 3-0 loss on Nov. 10. Grimm shouldered blame and said his squad was flat from the start. TRU was ready to play last weekend. “We all just knew we really needed this,” Kamloops product Katie Ludvig said. “We were super focused, super dialled in. “I’m really proud of us.” The WolfPack will complete a four-match homestand this weekend when the MacEwan Griffins (4-4) of Edmonton come to town. Game time is 5 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday.

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Trinity Western, Regina, Alberta and Saskatchewan are tied atop the league with six wins apiece. The T-Birds cruised to an 88-60 victory over the WolfPack in men’s action on Friday and followed with a 98-78 triumph in the rematch on Friday. TRU is 2-4, while UBC is second in the conference with a 7-1 record. Calgary is 8-0.

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ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Anton Napolitano of the TRU WolfPack sets Sam Taylor Parks in Canada West men’s volleyball action at the Tournament Capital Centre on Friday. TRU swept a pair of matches against the Winnipeg Wesmen to bring their winning streak to five matches.

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Pat Hennelly had a decision to make with his TRU WolfPack on the brink of defeat on Saturday at the Tournament Capital Centre. Down 2-1 to the Winnipeg Wesmen after a set rife with indecision and miscommunication, the Pack’s head coach pondered benching starters to spark his team late in the Canada West men’s volleyball contest. “I said at the start of the fourth, I could make changes, but I’m not,” Hennelly said. “This is our core group. This is the group that has gotten us wins

so far and you guys need to push through.” TRU (5-1) won the fourth set 25-13 and earned a comeback victory in the fifth set, edging the Wesmen 15-13 to complete a two-match weekend sweep. “It was unbelievable, actually,” Hennelly said. “Things looked grim and we kept plugging away. Anton [Napolitano] had to battle through some mental errors. “You don’t get to the top of this league without going through adversity and fighting and that’s what we did tonight.” Winnipeg (2-4) will feel unlucky to have no points to show from the weekend, as Saturday’s fifth-set

heartbreaker was preceded by a nailbiting three-set loss on Friday. Each game needed extra points, with TRU digging deep to win 26-24, 32-30 and 29-27. The victory on Friday was equally as emboldening for a team that plans on competing for the U Sports championship in Laval in March. “These are the kind of wins that get you home-court advantage in the playoffs,” said Hennelly, whose charges moved to eighth from 10th in this week’s national rankings.

“You stay in the middle of the pack because you don’t get sweeps. We did it to UBC. We did it to Winnipeg. I feel really good about the way this team is playing and we’ve got another home weekend coming up.” The MacEwan Griffins of Edmonton will bring a 2-6 record to the TCC next weekend for a pair of matches against the WolfPack, who are riding a five-match unbeaten streak. Game times are 6:45 p.m. on Friday

and Saturday. Alberta (9-1), Trinity Western (7-1), Mount Royal (6-2) and Brandon (6-2) are ahead of TRU in Canada West standings, but the WolfPack have matches in hand on each of those teams. Middle Sam Taylor Parks said his team is trending in the right direction. “This is a big character-builder for us,” he said. “If we keep doing what we’re doing, our goal is to go right to nationals. It’s all on us. We’ve just got to keep focused.”

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Struggling Oilers fire coach, replace him with Hitchcock JOSH DUBOW

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NHL PHOTO Former Blazers coach Ken Hitchcock retired in April but accepted a new job Tuesday as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ken Hitchcock knows the routine well by now as he begins his tenure as new coach of the Edmonton Oilers. For the fourth time in his long coaching career, Hitchcock has been tasked with taking over a struggling team in the middle of the season. Hitchcock was hired Tuesday as coach of his hometown Oilers after the team, languishing in sixth place in the Pacific Division, fired Todd McLellan.

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“It’s not going to change overnight, but we can start taking some steps,’’ said Hitchcock, who led St. Louis to a first-place finish in 2011-12 after taking over as coach one month into the season. “I told the players today I can take them to a place personally that they can’t get to themselves, but they’ve got to buy into that, and it’s not going to be comfortable at times.’’ Hitchcock coached the Kamloops Blazers for six WHL seasons, winning four consecutive league titles and amassing a record of 291-125-15. The Oilers have lost six of seven games, getting outscored 27-11 in those losses, in a rough start to McLellan’s fourth season behind the bench. The team missed the playoffs in two of his previous three seasons despite having superstar Connor McDavid on its roster and the Oilers were just 9-10-1 entering their game Tuesday night at San Jose. “It’s tough to pinpoint what we need, but we’re all to blame here,’’ McDavid said. “This obviously isn’t on Todd at all. It’s on us as players. That’s just how the business works sometimes. We got to wake up here.’’ McLellan is the fourth coach to be fired already this season, following John Stevens in Los Angeles, Joel Quenneville in Chicago and Mike Yeo in St. Louis. The Oilers are ahead of only the Blues and the Kings in the Western Conference standings. “Obviously we’re in a rough patch here,’’ general manager Peter Chiarelli said. “We’re leading into American Thanksgiving. It’s a bit of a template for making the playoffs. I felt I was seeing some things that I had seen last year after not seeing them for quite a fair bit this year, and these recurring themes, I wanted to nip them in the bud.’’ The 66-year-old Hitchcock announced his retirement in April after a 22-year coaching career, which included a Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars in 1999. He had two stints in Dallas as well as head coaching stops in Philadelphia (2002-2006), Columbus (2006-2010) and St. Louis (2011-2017). Hitchcock has the third-most wins in NHL history with an overall record of 823-506-88-119 (.603 winning percentage), behind only Scotty Bowman (1,244 wins) and Quenneville (890). He has guided teams to eight division titles and twice to the best record in the NHL. He captured the Jack Adams Award as the league’s top coach in 2011-12 with St. Louis. “It’s definitely going to be tough,’’ said forward Kyle Brodziak, who played for Hitchcock in St. Louis. “It’s always an adjustment. Guys will have to get used to different styles. Hitch is a hard coach, He’s going to be tough on guys and demand a lot. We have to be ready to produce and face the music for sure.’’ St. Louis made the playoffs in each of Hitchcock’s five full seasons, reaching the Western Conference finals in 2016. The Blues abruptly fired Hitchcock in February 2017, cutting short what was already going to be his last season in St. Louis. He returned to Dallas with the hope of getting the Stars back to the playoffs but a late-season slump kept them out for the second straight year and the eighth time in 10 seasons. In April, Hitchcock said he was retiring for good but changed his mind when the chance to coach the Oilers came up. He pointed to the chance to coach in his hometown with an organization with many people he has worked with in the past, including with Chiarelli on Team Canada in 2014 as a reason to come back. Hitchcock said he also looks forward to coaching the 21-year-old McDavid, who has won the past two scoring titles.

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WEEKLY CROSSWORDS

CLUES ACROSS 1. Taxi 4. Long periods of time 9. Boiled cow or sheep 14. Ottoman military commander 15. Pig 16. Don’t go near 17. Benin inhabitants 18. Pop star 20. Removes 22. Your sibling’s daughter 23. Trade 24. Dabbled 28. Tax collector 29. Atomic number 73 30. Russian emperor 31. Broad-winged bird of prey 33. Pale brownish yellow 37. A type of bill 38. One or a sum of things 39. Stiff, untanned leather 41. Naturally occurring solid material 42. Promotional material

43. Beer mug 44. Nostrils 46. Very rich 49. Atomic number 10 50. Not even 51. Pulls apart 55. City in western Finland 58. Wing shaped 59. Paddling 60. Player 64. Japanese classical theater 65. S-shaped lines 66. Coined for one occasion 67. Pitching stat 68. “M” actor 69. Some are noble 70. Lair

CLUES DOWN 1. Places to eat 2. Marketplace 3. Unoriginality 4. Administrative officials 5. Female sheep and a loch in Scotland 6. Something to drill for 7. Midway between north and northeast 8. Cassia tree 9. Founder of medical pathology 10. Long-legged wading bird 11. __ and goers 12. Go quickly 13. Used to cut and shape wood 19. Small island (British) 21. Dry or withered 24. “Last of the Mohicans” actress 25. Manufacturers need one 26. Tidal bore 27. Makes free of moisture 31. Semitic titles

32. Inappropriate 34. Gregory __, US dancer 35. -__, denotes past 36. Makes nicer 40. Indicates position 41. Made a priest 45. Sixth month of Jewish calendar 47. One who refrains 48. Type of top 52. Pay increase 53. Curved shape 54. Keeping down 56. Sleep sound 57. Tiny Iranian village 59. Only one time 60. Elected official 61. Before the present 62. Genus of grasses 63. Autonomic nervous system

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SUDOKU FUN BY THE NUMBERS

Squares

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

You have some marbles, each one of the colours red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. How many marbles of each colour do you have given the following clues? 1) There are fewer red than orange, orange than yellow, yellow than green, green than blue and blue than violet marbles. 2) The number of each marble colour is a square from 1 to 100. 3) There are a total of 200 marbles.

ANSWERS

Answer to last week’s MORE TREASURE PUZZLE: There are 2 silver, 7 platinum, 8 gold, 25 electrum and 49 copper coins for a total of 91 coins. THIS PUZZLE IS BY GENE WIRCHENKO Find more puzzles, articles, and full solutions online at genew.ca

WEEKLY HOROSCOPES

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Aries, you are back on track in various ways. This week friendships get pushed to the forefront. If you are looking to make new connections, you’ll make them.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

Cancer, your recent plan to flex some creativity must fit in with family life. Why not get a spouse or children involved with the process? It can be a group effort.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

Taurus, if you can find balance in your daily schedule, satisfaction will flow all week long. Start implementing new strategies to get on task and any stress will dissipate.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

Leo, you have to pull back and recuperate if you have been pushing yourself too hard; otherwise, your health can suffer. Economize your energy for fun things.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

Your work life may seem like it is all over the place, Gemini. It could be because you haven’t established a firm separation of career and family. Try not to overlap the two often.

While you can’t help but worry if you have enough material and resources to make a project succeed, dwelling too much on what you’re lacking will get you nowhere fast, Virgo.

NOVEMBER 21 - NOVEMBER 27, 2018 LIBRA

- Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you play your cards right the next few days, you may look back on this week with a big smile on your face. Something that has required a lot of attention is no longer a burden.

SCORPIO

- Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you will soon start to feel like you have the stamina and motivation to make things happen at home. Now is the perfect time to start some projects.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20 Professional focus takes on a new edge this week, Capricorn, You are determined to make a mark for yourself by finishing an important task, and you have your eyes on the prize.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, don’t hold back this week, even if your mind starts to wonder. A vivid imagination may help you answer some questions and revitalize your spirit.

PISCES

Wealth is not only measured in your financial resources, but also in the close personal relationships you maintain. Surround yourself with loved ones this week, Sagittarius.

- Feb 19/Mar 20 Self-doubt and confusion try to edge their way in, but you won’t let them, Pisces. If you stick with positive companions, you’ll be in a good frame of mind.

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CARETAKER / MAINTENANCE POSITION AVAILABLE

We are currently accepting resumes for the position of a maintenance caretaker. The property is a 60 unit townhouse complex located in the City of Kamloops. The daily workload consists of monitoring and managing all the maintenance of the property including: • Handyman repairs, both mechanical and carpentry jobs for buildings and units, overseeing tenders for contract work as required. • Maintaining complete daily work reports and record keeping, with communication to the Board of Directors. • Operation of underground irrigation system • Ground maintenance of a 3.5 acre property in common areas • Snow shovelling for assigned units including sanding and de-icing • Unit inspections on a yearly basis and with unit turnover Preference will be given to a candidate who has the following: • Minimum 3 years maintenance related experience • Class 5 BC drivers licence (Abstract required) • Pick-up truck and/or trailer is required to haul yard waste and construction materials • Basic computer skills with the ability to use e-mail and Microsoft Office effectively • Criminal record check (vulnerable sector) will be required • Must be bondable This position requires you to enjoy physical work, the ability organize and prioritize daily tasks, have strong communication skills and work with a minimum supervision.

Please submit cover letter and resume with wage expectations by e-mail to: committeehiring@gmail.com APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL MARCH 15, 2017

Education/Trade Schools

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Temporary/ PT/Seasonal

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HUNTER & FIREARMS PERFECT Part-Time Opportunity

2 Days Per Week call 250-374-0462

Personals Looking For Love? Try your luck with 1x1 boxed ad $35 plus tax for 2 weeks. Price includes box number. Call 250-371-4949 to place your ad and for more details.

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BONUS (pick up only):

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Travel

Housesitting Peace of mind house sitting and pet care. Keep your house and pets safe while your away. 374-6007.

Employment Business Opportunities ~ Caution ~ While we try to ensure all advertisements appearing in Kamloops This Week are placed by reputable businesses with legitimate offers, we do caution our readers to undertake due diligence when answering any advertisement, particularly when the advertiser is asking for monies up front.

Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. January 5th and 6th. Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. December 9th Sunday. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

Help Wanted Activation Laboratories We are looking to fill positions in our Sample Prep department. Day and Afternoon available. No experience necessary. Email resumes to: nolangoddard@actlabs.com or apply in person at 9989 Dallas Drive. Competitive wages and benefits. Halston Bridge Esso are hiring for varied shift patterns. Please bring a resume in person to the store, 1271 Salish Rd. and ask for the manager Evelyn. I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries. Vehicle is required. For more information please call the Circulation Department at

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Looking for Helper for dump runs, cleaning shop and deliveries, some computer skills an asset. Non smokers only. Call (250) 315-8573 Looking to hire experienced chainsaw workers for firewood business. 250-377-3457. Wanted certified or ticketed Carpenters. Must have DL and own vehicle as jobs are from The Shuswap through to Kamloops. Safety Boots are required. wages $20 - $30 hr. depending on exp. Own tools not req’d but would be an asset. 250-319-9100.

Free Items Free: Hide-a-bed with no mattress. Just cleaned. 250-3199607.

Firewood/Fuel Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries. Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774. Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Ofﬁce Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate. Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills. Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match. Gene Wirchenko at 250-8281474. genew@telus.net

Pets

ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine. Stock up now. Campfire wood. (250) 377-3457.

Furniture 8ft Antique Couch $900. Round dining room table w/4chairs & 2 bar stools. $700. Couch & matching chairs $149. 250-374-1541. Diningroom table w/8-chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $850. 250-374-8933.

Misc. for Sale 2008 Ford canopy 6-6’ $300. 5th wheel hitch $300. Ford air flow tailgate w/lock black $160. 250-374-8285. 2 Sofa & loveseat sets one with marble coffee table. $500/each. 250-374-7096. 5pc bedroom suite. $225. Men’s LH golf clubs. $80. 374-3962. Carboys 23L. $30. 11.5L $20. 1-gal jugs $3/each. Bottle dry rack $15. 250-376-0313.

Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

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KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city. Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 Fishing Kayak 10ft. $450. IGO Titan 36 Electric Bike w/battery. $900. 778-4711096.

BUD HAYNES & WARD’S PREMIER Firearms Auction. Saturday, December 8 at 10 AM. 11802-145 Street, Edmonton, Alberta. Over 800 lots - Online bidding Antique & Modern Firearms. Check website. To consign, call Linda Baggaley 403-597-1095, Brad 780-940-8378. www.budhaynesauctions.com; www.wardsauctions.com.

La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX climbing boots, men size 43. New. $500. 2-161cm Snowboards. Never used $375. Gently used. $325. 578-7776.

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Fortress 1700 DT Scooter. C/W charger/new batteries. Good cond. $1600. 318-2030. Hockey Gear fits 5’4” 120 lbs, brand new. Serious inquires only $650 for all. Call 9-6pm 250-374-7992.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-567-0404 Ext:400OT. Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477 Steel Shipping Storage Containers 20,40,45,53ft. & Insulated, modifications 24hrs. 1866-528-7108

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Houses For Sale

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1Bdrm in all male rooming house downtown. Shared bath. $400. 250-372-5550.

4 - Goodyear Winter tires with rims. 215/75/R15. off GMC Sonoma $200. 250-377-3002.

Downtown for quiet N.S. Male, student or working male. $500/mo. 236-425-1499.

4 used Good year Wrangler, LT 245/75 R16 M&S 10 ply $300 (250) 376-4163

Suites, Lower

Almost new Bridgestone Tires 215/70R15 Blizzak WS 80 98 TBL $450. 250-372-5815

Christine is Buying Vintage Jewellery, Gold, Silver, Coins, Sterling, China, Estates, etc. 1-778-281-0030 Housecalls.

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Musical Instruments 2-3/4 French and German Violins c/w case/bows. $100$200. 3-Full size violins. $200. 250-434-6738.

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Misc. Wanted #011 Actual Coin Collector Buying Coins, Collections, Olympics, All Silver & Gold Call Chad 1-250-863-3082 The Coin Expert $$$ Able buyer of all your old coins, collections, RC MINT COINS, all silver, gold, rare, common, old money.+ Todd The Coin Guy (250)-864-3521

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Wanted to Purchase a Heritage/Character Full-Log Homestead Cabin

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LOOKING FOR DOOR TO DOOR CARRIERS

Kids & Adults needed! DOWNTOWN

Rte 474 – Coppertree Ct, Trophy Crt. – 20 p. Rte 492 – 2000-2099 Monteith Dr, Sentinel Crt. – 38 p.

Rte 311- 423-676 1st Ave, 440-533 2nd Ave, 107-237 Battle St, 135-137 St Paul St. – 30 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. – 51 p. Rte 332 – 1010-1160 Douglas St, 1025-1079 11th Ave, 1070-1085 12th Ave. – 45 p. Rte 333 – 1005-1090 Pine St, 1003-1176 Pleasant St. -39 p. Rte 373 – 25-150 Clarke St, 24-60 W. Columbia St. (Even Side) – 19 p. Rte 381 – 20-128 Centre Ave, 517-782 Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St. – 58 p. Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, 889-1024 Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 28 p. Rte 384 – 407-775 W. Battle St, 260-284 Centre Ave. – 46 p. Rte 385 – 350-390 W. Battle St, Strathcona Terr. – 30 p. Rte 387 – 643-670 McBeth Pl. – 22 p. Rte 389 – Bluff Pl, 390 Centre Av,e 242-416 W. Columbia St, Dufferin Terr, Garden Terr, Grandview Terr. – 61 p. Rte 390 – Fernie Crt, 158-400 Fernie Pl, Guerin Creek Way. – 49 p.

LOWER SAHALI

ABERDEEN

Rte 504 – 2146-2294 Sifton Ave, Sifton Lane. – 49 p. Rte 506 – Gloaming Dr, Heatherton Crt, Laurel Pl, Stirling Dr. – 84 p. Rte 509 - 459-551 Laurier Dr, 2101-2197 Shaughnessy Hill 46 p. Rte 519 – Regent Cres & Pl. – 50 p. Rte 538 – Talbot Dr, Willowbrae Crt, Dr & Pl. - 53 p.

VALLEYVIEW

Rte 403 – 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. – 28 p. Rte 404 – Chapperon Dr, 108-395 Greenstone Dr, Pyramid Crt. – 57 p. Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, 98-279 Bestwick Dr, Bestwick Crt E. & W, Morrisey Pl. – 49 p. Rte 406 – 109-492 McGill Rd. – 63 p. Rte 411 – 206-384 Arrowstone Dr, Eagle Pl, Gibraltar Crt & Wynd. – 49 p.

SAHALI

Rte 464 – 1775 McKinley Crt. – 47 p. Rte 470 – Farnham Wynd, 102-298 Waddington Dr. – 67 p.

Rte 602 – Apple Lane, Knollwood Cres, Parkhill Dr, 1783 Valleyview Dr. – 47 p. Rte 603 – Chickadee Rd, Comazzetto Rd, Strom Rd, 1625-1648 & 1652-1769 Valleyview Dr. – 44 Rte 605 – 1770-1919 Glenwood Dr, Knollwood Dr, Vicars Rd. – 64 p. Rte 606 – Orchard Dr, Russet Wynd, 1815-1899 Valleyview Dr. – 41 p. Rte 608 – Curlew Rd & Pl, 19251980 Glenwood Dr. - 73 p. Rte 613 - 2210-2291 Crescent Dr, 115-155 Highland Rd, 2244-2296 Park Dr,2207-2385 E TCH-64 p Rte 612 – 2079 Falcon Rd, Flamingo Rd, 2040-2177 Glenwood Dr. – 64 p. Rte 620 – MacAdam Rd, McKay Pl, Pyper Way, 2516-2580 Valleyview Dr. – 70 p. Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 50 p.

JUNIPER

Rte 655 – 1685 Finlay Ave, 22022385+2416-2458 Skeena Dr. – 36 p. Rte 664 – 2920-3099 Kickinghorse Dr, 1500-1599 Kickinghorse Way. – 30 p. Rte 670 – Galore Cres, Crt & Pl. – 108 p.

RAYLEIGH

Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 56 p. Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 44 p. Rte 835 – Mattoch-McKeague Rd, Sabiston Crt & Rd – 30 p. Rte 836 – 133-197 Cahilty Cres, 150-187 Hyas Pl, 4551-4648 Spurraway Rd. – 36 p. Rte 837 – 103-190 Helmcken Dr, 4654-4802 Spurraway Rd. – 22 p. Rte 842 – 3945-4691 Yellowhead Hwy. – 35 p.

BATCHELOR

Rte 175 – 1800-1899 Norfolk Crt, Norview Pl, 821-991 Norview Rd. – 38 p. Rte 183 – 2003-2074 Saddleback Dr, 2003-2085 Grasslands Blvd. – 74 p. Rte 184 – 2077-2097 Saddleback Dr, 2001-2071 Stagecoach Dr. – 31 p. Rte 187 – 2100-2130 Doubletree Cres, 1050-1100 Latigo Dr, 21002169 Saddleback Dr. – 56 p,

DALLAS/ BARNHARTVALE

Rte 701 – Freda Ave, Klahanie Dr, Morris Pl, Shelly Dr, 901-935 Todd Rd. – 91 p. Rte 706 – 1078-1298 Lamar Dr, Molin Pl, - 29 p. Rte 751 – 5310 Barnhartvale Rd, Bogetti Pl, 5300-5599 Dallas Dr, 5485-5497 ETC Hwy, Viking Dr, Wade Pl. – 64 p. Rte 752 – 5600-5998 Dallas Dr, Harper Pl & Rd. – 63 p. Rte 754 – Hillview Dr, Mountview Dr. – 39 p. Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley, Melrose, Yarrow. – 72 p. Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 6724-7250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd, Stockton Rd. – 40 p.

Rte 760 – Beaver Cres, Chukar Dr. – 64 p. Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 57 p.

BROCKLEHURTS

Rte 5 – 2606-2697 Young Pl. – 61 p. Rte 14 – 2305-2399 Briarwood Ave, McInnes Pl, Richards Pl, Wallace Pl. – 39 p. Rte 24 - 2053-2086 Dale Pl, 2058-2089 Lisa Pl, 806-999 Windbreak St. – 49 p. Rte 39 - 840 – 975 Desmond St, 1814-1897 Gellrich Ave, 1739-1796 Sunnycrest Ave, - 51 p.

NORTH SHORE

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Darlene Gail Martin THE LITTLE UNICORN

Darlene Gail Martin passed away peacefully with her family by her side in Kamloops on October 25, 2018, at the age of 71 years.

Darlene was born on February 2, 1947 in Swan River, Manitoba. She married Gordon in 1969, living in Victoria and Nelson before coming to Kamloops in 1980. She will be dearly missed by her husband Gordon, daughters Cathy (Krista) of Abbotsford, Pamela (Norm) of Kamloops, Carla (Rob) of Kamloops and grandchildren Andrew, Lauren, Ashley, Nolan, Lucas, Erin, Cruz and Nik. The eldest of seven, she leaves her sisters Marlene (Jim), Valerie (Murray), and Donna (John) and brothers Henry (Belinda), Brian (Barb), and Wray, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and many friends. Darlene dedicated her life to her family, always being there for her husband, children and grandchildren. She was actively involved in her daughtersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; schools, sports and activities. She worked as a practical nurse, and after raising her girls, returned to work in a local doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office until her retirement. Darlene was a devoted wife, and her and Gordon enjoyed skiing, Blazer games, walking, travel and summers at the lake with their family and friends. Darlene set a tremendous example of kindness and thoughtfulness toward others. She was a role model to her children and grandchildren and she was the love of Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. A Memorial Service will be held at Schoening Funeral Home on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at 11:00 am with close friend Reverend Ken Wall (Carlaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father in-law) officiating. Should friends desire, donations can be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

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She said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life is like a mountain, (And surely this is true) That we must climb as best we can. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;around or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;through.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The unicorn tried tirelessly, And gave the climb his best; But he felt it was not good enough, He felt heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d failed the test.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM George Bloudoff

October 28, 1930 – November 7, 2018

George passed away after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s at the Kamloops Hospice on November 7, 2018 at the age of 88 years. George was born in SK where he helped work the family farm in the village of Pelly. At the end of grade 12, George furthered his education by acquiring his teaching certification. His first teaching job was in Lynn Lake, Manitoba where his passion for hunting, fishing and camping was realized. George married his lifetime partner Frances three years later and the couple began their married life in the small northern mining town. Always active in the community, George taught school, became the town’s conservation officer and worked part-time at the nickel mine in the assay office as well as in the pit as a dynamiter. Daughter Lori was born and the couple then moved to Winnipeg. Here George began his lifetime career teaching industrial education and completing his degree. Son Bill was born and after a few years, the lure of the outdoor opportunities of BC called. The family moved to 100 Mile House in 1966 and remained there for 30 years.

When George retired, the couple moved to Vancouver for a few years, but always returned to the Cariboo to visit longtime friends and family. Eventually, George and Frances made Kamloops home. Always wanting to be busy, the couple built a cabin on Charlotte Lake, in the Chilcotin. Here George could work with his chainsaw, build and enjoy the outdoors. George never wavered from being a loving husband, father, uncle and grandfather. He is survived by his loving wife Frances of 63 years, daughter Lori (Paul), son Bill, grandchildren Darren (Daisy), Nicole (Kyle), two great-grandchildren Jack and Elliot and special friends Deb and Pat. In the spring, there will be an opportunity for friends to gather and reminisce about the good times we all shared with George. Rest in peace now Dad and work that farm you always wanted. Condolences may be expressed to the family from ww.myalternatives.ca

During his time in 100 Mile House, George acquired a small parcel of land, where his desire to farm could somewhat be accomplished. He developed the property into hay fields, pasture land and a garden. When not teaching or working the farm, George was active curling and playing pool. In the summers, George always took time to engage his family in camping and fishing.

Rene Evans (née Robertson) It is with broken hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Lorine “Rene” Evans on November 8, 2018. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 15, 1953. She leaves to mourn her husband Greg of 27 years and stepdaughter Teneill and granddaughter Erika. Predeceased by parents Dr. Hugh Robertson, mother Helen, brother James, and four days later, brother Murray (Candace). She is survived by brother Bryan (Jill) and sister Janice Kirychuk (David) and countless nephews and nieces. Wilma Downing influenced Lorine as she excelled in many sports as a student at Sheldon Williams. Through her high school and university years, she developed long lasting relationships with so many she called best friends for life. She would go on to play on championship basketball teams, win provincial tennis titles, run track and later enjoyed a run playing three years for Canada’s national volleyball team leading up to the 1976 Olympics. She was an academic and when at UBC, while playing national volleyball, would finish her Bachelor of Education in 1978 at the University of Regina, all the while returning to play women’s basketball for the university. She accepted a position at Lakehead University coaching the woman’s basketball team and instructing in the physical education degree program. While at Lakehead University she completed her Master of Science degree in 1985. Lorine obtained her Bachelor of Law degree from the U of S in 1988 and shortly after moved to Kamloops, BC. She was admitted to the bar in 1989 and while there met her future husband Greg Evans. They were married in 1991 in Regina and enjoyed 27 years all the while practicing law in Kamloops and Chase the last several years with Cates Ford and Epp. Family was always first with Rene and during her parents later years she became a prime caregiver and was always there when needed. Rene became an avid gardener (obtaining her horticulture degree) and enjoyed cycling along with her husband Greg. Rene was a courageous, generous and loving person and her passing leaves a deep wound in not only her family, but in all who knew her. A Celebration of Rene’s life will be announced at a date forth coming. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com 250-554-2577

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Ivy May Johnson 1937 - 2018

We are saddened to announce the sudden passing of Ivy on November 1, 2018. She leaves behind a legacy of thoughtfulness and the enduring love of her family. She will be missed by her son Darrell, her daughter Wendy, her grandchildren Drew and Keisha, daughter-in-law Candy, son-inlaw Nigel and brother Wayne. She has joined her husband Eric who passed away in 1996. Raising her children and babysitting her grandchildren were the joys of her life. She was very proud of her family and travelled to several countries to visit or travel with her daughter and son-in-law.

Darshan Singh Puni It is with the deepest sadness we wish to announce the passing of our father Darshan Singh Puni on November 15, 2018. Darshan passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Trinity Hospice. Darshan was born in Bassoli, India on April 2, 1938 and immigrated to Canada in 1963. He began a long career in the lumber industry in 1967 with Weyerhaeuser and retired in 2003. Darshan loved his job, co-workers and believed work being more as of a social gathering with friends. Darshan cherished his lasting and meaningful relationships that he was able to create in his 36 years of working. Darshan’s passions included working outdoors in his garden in the summers and travelling to India with friends in the winters. His greatest passion was his six grandchildren whom he loved to spend time with and share his adoration of them with others.

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Donald Rink It is with great sadness that the family of Donald Rink announce his passing on November 15, 2018 at the age of 73 years. Born in Broadview, Saskatchewan, Don attended the University of Saskatchewan and graduated with a degree in Engineering (Civil). He worked throughout Western Canada and the Yukon in engineering and sales.

Darshan is survived by his wife of 57 years Gian Kaur Puni, sons Balbir (Pardeep) and Kalbir (Taranpreet), brothers Gurmail (Satwant) and Dilbag (Pashwinder) Puni, sisters Hardev Kaur (Hardev) Thendal and Swaran Kaur (Mangat) Khabra, six grandchildren Subhnique, Ravipal, Harpal, Kaashi, Arun and Varan and many loving nieces and nephews. Darshan was predeceased by his parents Bhattan Singh and Isher Kaur Puni and brother Kuldip Singh Puni.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years Judi (née Anderson), his daughter Kristin and his son Mitchell of Kamloops and his sister Sharon of Brandon, MB.

No service by request.

A Celebration of Ivy’s Life will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, November 23, 2018 at the Barriere Senior Centre.

The Puni Family would like to express our gratitude to all the health care services provided during our father’s last stages of his life. A special thank you to the staff at Trinity Hospice and Dr. Wiltshire for their exceptional care.

Donations may be made to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation or the Barriere Senior Society.

Funeral will be held at Schoening Funeral Services, 513 Seymour St., Kamloops, BC on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 11:00 am.

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She managed, with her husband, successful businesses as well as finding the time to garden and bake and cook, for her family and the community. She actively volunteered and participated in the many activities at the senior center. We wish to thank all the nurses and doctors at Royal Inland Hospital (especially 7 North) for all their compassionate care and understanding.

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He is predeceased by his parents, Ernest and Mildred Rink and his brother Garnet.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Eric (Holger) Larsson

Eric loved his family, his friends and his Harley Davidson, which he rode into his 80s. Eric battled a long hard fight with cancer but all the while remained remarkably brave and determined. So determined that on his 80th birthday he nailed the Grouse Grind in an incredible time of 1 hour. Eric was inspiring, witty, tough, tenacious and could out-dance anyone on the dance floor. He was generous, grateful, admired and lived life to the fullest. He was the invincible strong man of our family, we are so proud of him and we will miss him. Eric didn’t want a traditional funeral. He was not a traditional man. He would rather that those who knew him make a toast, preferably with a Lambs Dark Navy Rum and coke, followed by some funny memories or a story and celebrate his life in their own way, on their own terms, just as he lived his own life.

It is with heavy hearts and sadness that our family announces the passing of our brave Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Uncle and devoted friend Eric (Holger) Larsson. He was born on June 26, 1935 in Quesnel, BC to Kira and Carl Larsson. Eric spent his school years in Nelson, BC where he shone as a high school track and field star. Eric continued this competitive spirit in all aspects of his life.

Eric was predeceased by his mother Kira Larsson and brother Ingmar Larsson. He is survived by his daughters Karin Siemens (Cal), Kristine Larsson (Peter Rupar), grandchildren Trevor Maxwell (Andrea), Alyssa Maxwell (Kyle Brownlow), great-grandchildren Eric and Karra and Shirley Larsson. A special thank you to his angels in Kamloops Joanne and Phyllis.

Some day when we meet up yonder We’ll stroll hand in hand again In a land that knows no partin’ Blue eyes cryin’ in the rain Willy Nelson

Eric will be remembered and missed by many in the Chilliwack, Kamloops and 108 Ranch Communities. He will be best remembered as a long-time employee of BC Tel Chilliwack, a very accomplished competitive cross country skier, athlete of the year 1981 (City of Chilliwack), skydiver, sailor, outdoorsman and mountaineer. Summiting many peaks in the BC, Alberta and Chilcotin Ranges.

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Frank Isao Sakaki

February 3, 1933 - November 9, 2018 It is with great sadness and loss that we announce the news of the passing of Frank Sakaki. Known best for his entrepreneurial spirit with the family business, North Kamloops Motors. Frank, a loving husband to Vi (predeceased) and father to two children, Judy Ahola (Rob) and Glenn Sakaki (Bev), peacefully passed away at Evergreen Baptist Campus Care. He was also the grandfather to Stephanie and Rebecca. Predeceased by sister, Mavis (Hiyako), Frank leaves behind four brothers Terry, Norio, Eddy and Roy and two sisters Leiko and Hiroko. His love for cars began as a mechanic and inspired a lifelong career with Toyota Canada and Nissan Canada where he built the family business with his father and brothers to become one of Western Canada’s most successful familyowned dealerships. Always keen to share his business sensibilities, Frank was always there to mentor his friends, family and staff to their full potential. His love of gardening and golf were favourite pastimes throughout his retired years. A private family celebration of life will be held in his honour in the New Year. In lieu of flowers, donations can be directed to Evergreen Baptist Campus of Care. For online condolences, please visit www.victorymemorialpark.com

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Grace Wilma Faulk (née Willett) Grace Wilma Faulk (née Willett) of Kamloops, BC passed away on November 11, 2018 at 89 years of age with family by her side.

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She is survived by her son Barry Martinson of Kamloops, daughter Kelly (Barry) Rokosh of Kamloops and son-in-law Bill McPhail of Calgary, grandchildren Aaron (Lara), Heather (Mike) Young, Vincent Martinson, Michael and Matthew McPhail, Marlee (Colin) Ryley, Anna and Annie Hu, Carter, Justin and Max Rokosh. Grace is also survived by her brother Roy Willett, and sisters Gloria Marx and May Lawson and numerous nieces

Grace is predeceased by her parents William and Matilda Willett, son Wayne Martinson, daughter Kim McPhail, husband Kryl Faulk and sisters Joan Faulk and Beatrice Lacompte. Grace was born in Langdon, SK. Her family moved to Vancouver, BC after the war where Grace lived in and around the Lower Mainland until the early 70s. Grace’s first marriage was to Fred Martinson and they had two sons Barry and Wayne. Wayne tragically died in childhood. Grace later married Kryl Faulk and welcomed his daughters Kim and Kelly as her own. Kryl and Grace lived in multiple towns in BC with Malakwa, BC being “home” for 20 years. Grace and Kryl attended Sicamous Bible Church while living in Malakwa and were active in multiple church families over the years. Grace was currently a member of Kamloops Alliance Church and was active in choir and other volunteer positions until she was unable to attend. Grace loved music. She spent many years singing and playing guitar and her talents were often called upon for special occasions. She was also an amazing cook and baker. Her greatest enjoyment in later years was family and especially the grandchildren. Grace was cared for at Gemstone Care facility in Kamloops for the past four years and her family wishes to extend a special thank you to the 3rd floor staff who do such an amazing job. A Memorial Service will take place at 1:00 pm on Friday, November 23, 2018 at the Kamloops Alliance Church with Pastor Mike Jones officiating. Memorial donations may be made to the Kamloops Alliance Church. Arrangements entrusted to Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services 250-554-2324 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

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Kristjan Raymond Oleson Surrounded by his loving family, Kris passed away on November 14, 2018 after a long and challenging journey with several medical conditions including Vascular Dementia, Lyme’s disease and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. On March 28, 1939 Kristjan Raymond was born in Riverton, Manitoba, a very Icelandic community with which Kris maintained a lifelong connection and passion. Exploring his Icelandic Roots, visiting friends and listening to the music of his beloved Interlake heritage was always a favourite pastime consuming endless hours in retirement; supplemented, of course, by his new modern age love and preoccupation– the computer. Survived by his wife of 55 years Joanne, son Trevor (Yvette), daughter Krystal (Barry), grandchildren Heather, Jesse and James, brothers Dennis (Nukte), Brian (Joanne), Fred (Elaine), sister Trygvine, many nieces, nephews and cousins and his special fairy god-children Mike and Shauna. Predeceased by his parents Kari and Emily, brother Maurice, brother-in-law Jim and mother-in-law Martha. Kris was first employed at TC Eaton’s company in the drapery department. In 1957, he joined the CN Telegraphs. In 1964, he joined Manitoba Telephone Company where he remained until he left Manitoba and came to BC to work for BC Telephones.

In 1992 he transferred to Golden. He loved his job as a cable splicer. He always said “People pay big bucks to come to see where I work because it is so beautiful”. In 1998, he took early retirement and returned to Kamloops where he renewed old friendships and made many more friends. Kris found sobriety and a power greater than himself in 1972 as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. His journey through AA gave him a sense of purpose and with that purpose he helped many people find sobriety and healing. Special thanks to his friend John who faithfully visited Kris weekly right up until the end. Kris looked forward to his visits and their talks about many common friends they knew with the CNR. Thanks also to Dr. Ward from Hillside, Dr. Wynn and the staff at the Kamloops Seniors Village who did an amazing job of caring for him in this last part of his life. At his request there will be no service. A get-together will be held in Manitoba this summer. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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