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FEBRUARY 22, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 16

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Bobby always wanted to go to space. Chris Hadfield was his hero and Bobby, now in Grade 4, could not wait until he was old enough to become an astronaut. One day in class, while staring out the window at Mount Paul, Bobby saw something that made his heart leap. “Maybe,” he WATCH FOR THE thought to himself, KTW/CAIN’S KIDS’ “I won’t have to wait until I am older to visit PAGE EVERY TWO WEEKS space!” (The next part was “I want to, but written by Danica how?” Bobby replied. Cain.) Then the alien “A rocket ship!” reached out and Bobby cried in delight. touched Bobby’s hand. Indeed, a space (The next part shuttle had landed on was written by Hailey the back field of Mount Traynor, a kindergarPaul School. The grass ten student.) was scorched. Thank All of a sudden, two goodness it was winter ears popped out of or the entire building Bobby’s head and he would be on fire. turned green, just like Then the high side the alien. They became door folded down and friends. two astronauts walked The alien needed down the ramp. help finding his spaceBobby sprang from ship because he was on his seat and bounded another alien’s spaceto the door. He raced ship. over to the astronauts While they were and skidded to a stop holding hands, they feet. at their began to float up to the “Hello!” Bobby universe. cried. “Can I come to space with you?” he WHAT HAPPENS asked. NEXT? YOU “Can you fix a TELL US IN 120 rocket ship?” one of the WORDS OR LESS! astronauts asked. The winning entry “I think so . . .” will be added to this Bobby said. story in the March 8 He walked over and edition of KTW. gasped. On the bottom of the rocket was a blue-skinned, skinny creature with huge eyes, staring up at him. “Can you help me?” the creature hissed.

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TIM PETRUK/KTW Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Nestor Baird displays a photo of murder suspect Hugh McInstosh. McIntosh and Gordon Braaten have been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with the Feb. 15 shootings in Brocklehurst that killed 39-year-old Jason Glover and injured 50-year-old Kelly Callfas. As of KTW press deadline on Thursday, both men remained at large.

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Two alleged Kamloops gangsters were charged Wednesday with murder and attempted murder in connection with a deadly shooting last week in Brocklehurst — the latest in a string of violent incidents linked to a power vacuum at the top of the city’s drug trade. Gordie Wayne Braaten and Hugh Alexander McIntosh are each facing charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder following a shooting last Friday that killed 39-year-old Jason Glover and injured 50-year-old Kelly Callfas. As of KTW deadline late Thursday after-

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noon, Braaten and McIntosh remain at large. (Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for updates to this story.) Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Nestor Baird said the public should exercise caution. “These are targeted events, but the public does have to remain vigilant,” he said. “These are dangerous people.” Glover and Callfas were shot on Friday, Feb. 15., at a residence

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in the 1900-block of Tranquille Road. Glover died of his injuries in hospital. There has been no update on Callfas’ condition, but police have said recently she remains in hospital. Baird said the shooting is linked to the city’s drug trade, as were shootings on Jan. 23 that killed two men outside hotels in Aberdeen and Valleyview. See SUSPECTS, A6

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What’s the plan for downtown? JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

A performing-arts centre would be central to plans for a vibrant and walkable downtown, Kamloops residents heard on Wednesday night at Sandman Centre. While working on a new downtown plan, the city is seeking public feedback before finalizing the paperwork this summer. During an open house that attracted about 65 people, staff presented a series of “opportunity sites” — ideas for the city’s core over the coming decades, including an arts centre at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Seymour Street. In January, Kelson Group owner and philanthropist Ron Fawcett presented plans to council for a $70-million facility. Part of Fawcett’s pitch was the fact he would donate adjacent property and a building (estimated to be worth up to $10 million), to be used by artistic user groups. Council has yet to provide direction to staff on the concept. The heads of two arts group displaced as a result of the recent closure of Sagebrush Theatre attended Wednesday night’s open house. Kamloops Symphony Orchestra executive director Kathy Humphreys said the concepts at the open house — which included a PAC, a public market at the former Value Village site, a Fourth Avenue plaza and a pie-in-the-sky plan to daylight Peterson Creek — are “brilliant.” She said the PAC, which she called a community centre, is key. City staff agreed. Culture manager Barb Berger called the concept a significant and timely event that could be the “catalyst” for change downtown. Planning manager Jason Locke said it connects with other concepts planned for the area.

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“If you put them all on a map, the Fourth Avenue plaza concept is connected to the performing-arts centre, as is the Value Village site and the civic plaza. … This is all part of helping to create a more walkable, vibrant, interesting downtown that is a key destination for residents and visitors alike,” he said. Residents’ feedback attached to a rendering of the proposed facility was supportive: “New PAC way overdue,” one sticky note read. Others said: “Yes to PAC” and “Seymour Street traffic calming is a great idea.” However, as staff shared plans for transformative change downtown, some residents had qualms about safety and a lack of space for children, including schools and day cares. After city staff presented a video from Barcelona on the concept of superblocks — which restrict traffic and promote citizen spaces — one resident noted Kamloops is not like the Spanish city. “Barcelona doesn’t have winter and they have a culture where people go for walks with the whole family at 10 o’clock at night. Everybody is out in the street,” the resident said. “I think the better comparison is Regina or Logan Lake, which do have pedestrian areas and they’re scary. Most of the time, there’s nobody there and if you’re walking there by yourself, there are no eyes on the street.” A downtown resident also told KTW the ideas presented were more political rhetoric than reality, noting his wife does not feel safe walking downtown at night. He suggested adding police boots on the ground. Another resident could not reconcile the city’s plans for walkability with the fact parents who live in the area are forced to drive their kids to school in other neighbourhoods, following the closure of

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Stuart Wood elementary in 2016. “They need schools desperately downtown if they want to keep people downtown and make it so that the kids aren’t being bussed and driven everywhere,” Judy Carroll said. “They talk about making places walkable and yet we’re going to be driving our kids everywhere.” Other ideas that emerged during the evening included the possibility of a heritage precinct, protecting neighbours from odours in a densified community and requiring multiple entrances in buildings downtown to prevent dead space on city blocks. Asked about railway mitigation, city traffic engineer Elnaz Ansari said the tracks are one of the biggest challenges the city faces downtown and noted “heated conversations” with railway companies and Transport Canada. “I think that the railways downtown need to go,” Ansari said. “We have formally asked for them to go. It is a big ask and we basically have been told no, but we will continue to ask. I 100 per cent agree with you, we’ve got to push it through.” Locke reminded attendees that ideas presented are limited by market opportunity, land acquisition and funding. “Some [concepts] may take years to develop, if at all,” he said. Residents who missed Wednesday night’s event can fill out a survey and provide comments online at letstalk.kamloops.ca/downtownplan. The city is also handing out Kitchen Table Conversations Kits, which are packages intended to engage residents at home. Those must be picked up at city hall by March 1. The downtown plan public engagement continues until March 18. To view a related video, go online to kamloops thisweek.com.

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EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Council Calendar February 22, 2019 1:30 pm - Civic Operations Committee Kenna Cartwright Boardroom, 955 Concordia Way

Kamloops City Council is inviting nominations for the City’s Exemplary Service Award.

February 25, 2019 4:00 pm - Development and Sustainability Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West

City Council wishes to formally acknowledge individuals who have dedicated their time and service to the city. The selected citizens will receive an Exemplary Service Award as formal recognition of their contributions to the community.

February 26, 2019 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West February 28, 2019 2:30 pm - Community Services Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West

There are two award categories: Young Adult (29 and under)

March 5, 2019 9:00 am - Council Strategic Planning 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

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The deadline for nominations is 4:30 pm on March 8, 2019. For the nomination criteria and form, visit:

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The City is transitioning to a new recreation registration system, PerfectMind, which will launch on March 6, 2019. To accommodate this transition, we will be unable to accept any program registrations between March 1 and March 5.

The City is seeking exhibitors to showcase what they do to inspire a healthy and sustainable community at the free, family-friendly Green Living Expo, which will be taking place at Sandman Centre on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

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If you would like to register for any programs that will take place during or shortly after this period, please register prior to March 1. Any classes that start after March 6 will be available for registration in PerfectMind after its launch.

Ideal exhibitors are vendors, businesses, and entrepreneurs that are involved in sustainable home improvements, landscaping, smart gardening, locally sourced products, upcycled products, active or sustainable transportation, water conservation, waste reduction, and cultural responsibility.

The Downtown Plan review and update process is in its third phase. Last year, the City engaged residents on the vision, key issues, and potential development concepts for the Downtown. Based on this feedback, the City has prepared refined development concepts and strategic directions to guide policy development under the following key topic areas: transportation and mobility, infrastructure and environment, housing, parks and recreation, and community well-being.

To learn more about PerfectMind, visit: Kamloops.ca/PerfectMind

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Interested exhibitors will receive an early bird incentive of 10% off of the registration fee if their applications are received prior to March 1. The application package can be found at: Kamloops.ca/Expo

City residents can help make sure everything that goes into recycling carts gets recycled by leaving plastic bags out and taking them to one of many nearby Recycle BC depots. You can find the depot closest to your home by downloading the Waste Wise app! As part of the Recycle BC Packaging and Printed Paper Program, the City shares information about what paper and plastic materials are accepted in curbside recycling carts and what materials are accepted at local Recycle BC depots. One of the easiest actions people can take to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills is to replace single-use plastic bags with reusable ones. More information can be found at: Kamloops.ca/PlasticsRecycling

There are two ways to get involved and provide your feedback: • Online survey (available until March 18) • Kitchen Table Conversation Kit—host your own meeting by March 18 with your neighbours, community group, or association For more details, to take the online survey, or to register for your Kitchen Table Conversation Kit, visit: LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/DowntownPlan

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Thompson Rivers University students Navin Jain (left) and James McMechan (right) teamed up with The Mustard Seed New Life Community kitchen staff Nick Bruzzese and Mary Shaw on Thursday as they volunteered at the downtown Kamloops facility. The group of more than a dozen TRU students pitched in as part of the university’s experiential career and learning program. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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Regional district directors on a path to a pay hike JESSICA WALLACE

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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board is one step closer to giving itself a pay raise. During a committee of the whole meeting last week, the board approved sending a revision of its remuneration bylaw to its next board meeting for ratification. The board next meets on March 14. Electoral area directors would see an increase of 19 per cent (to $23,700 from $19,875 in 2018), while municipal directors (including the five Kamloops council members on the board) would see an increase of 11 per cent (to $14,400 from $13,028). In addition, the board chair, Kamloops-area resident Ken Gillis, would see an increase of 18 per cent (to $46,300 from $39,100), while the vice-chair, Steven Rice of Spences Bridge, would see an increase of 27 per cent (to $28,200 from $22,213). As well, per meeting pay would increase to $160 from $150 and staff are recommending the addition of emergency response pay, at $160 per meeting. There would also be an increase in the per-kilometre travel rate, to 58 cents from 55 cents. TNRD finance director Douglas Rae said the regional district has historically based its remuneration on the average of nine surrounding regional districts, some of which have increased their wages recently to compensate for federal legislative changes that eliminated a tax break for politicians. As a result, the TNRD’s remu-

neration was determined to be below the average. Among the nine surrounding regional districts, the average chair pay is $22,615, the average vice-chair pay is $4,543, the average electoral area director pay is $23,724 and the average municipal director pay is $14,486. “The average has moved,” Rae told KTW. A handful of the TNRD’s 26 directors opposed the move. Mel Rothenburger (Rivers and the Peaks) said he is not convinced stipends should be based on other regional districts. The staff report notes the various regional districts remunerate board chairs, vice-chairs, municipal directors and electoral directors in “a very diverse manner.” The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District pays the most, with its chair earning $37,397. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District pays the least, with its chair earning $12,839. “I think we should simply look at what we feel is fair for us and act accordingly,” Rothenburger said. Director Mike O’Reilly, who is also a Kamloops councillor, disagreed, telling KTW the average among the districts is the “fairest way” to determine remuneration. He suggested a policy similar to that of the City of Kamloops, with automatic pay increases based on other regional districts to remove politicization. O’Reilly’s TNRD pay (proposed to be $14,400 in 2019) is in addition to his council salary of about $40,000. He also owns a coffee shop downtown. “These positions take time and we need to attract good

people to do this,” O’Reilly said. Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine also voted against the proposal. He told KTW he did not get into politics for the money, but to serve his community. He understands some of his colleagues may not have that luxury, but he wants to keep increases tied to the rate of inflation. In B.C. at the end of December, the consumer price index percentage was 2.7 per cent. “We have to lead by example,” Raine said. “We ask the people to not demand too much from municipal services, we can keep taxes at a reasonable level, so I think we should be leaders and show them the way.” Rothenburger noted taxpayers can’t give themselves raises when taxes increase. “We are in the unique position of setting our own pay rates,” he said. “We’re able to do it, but that doesn’t mean we should.” Multiple directors — Ward Staymer, Ronaye Elliott and Bill Kershaw — told KTW the board has not seen an increase in several years. Elliott said directors are increasingly busy, arguing the discontinued tax break of 30 per cent will impact directors financially. Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian called the proposed pay hikes a “relatively small amount,” while Gillis said the sentiment “strikes us as fair to ourselves and fair to the taxpayers.” The board reviews remuneration on an annual basis and makes changes prior to adopting its annual financial plan in March.

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It’s never too early to begin saving for your down payment! Whether you’re thinking of buying a home in the next few months or even in the coming years, it’s important to plan ahead. There are many budgeting techniques you can use to help save your down payment quicker. The more you can put down above and beyond the required 5%, the better. After all, the smaller your mortgage and the lower amount of interest you’ll pay over your time as a mortgage holder, the faster you can build home equity. Create a budget Your first step is to build a budget. This will help you identify areas with the best opportunities to save. It will also assist you in determining the mortgage amount for which you’ll ultimately qualify. Your budget should include monthly income and expenses such as vehicle leasing or financing, loan/credit card payments, gas, cell phone, Internet, cable, utilities, groceries, dining out, entertainment, clothing, public transit and any other regular costs you may have. Manage your expenses Be disciplined with what comes out of your bank account. Even small measures can lead to great savings over time. There are many simple ways to cut out excessive spending such as brewing your own coffee and investing in a good quality travel mug or making your lunch for work instead of eating out. Clearly identify your needs versus your wants. It’s also worthwhile to set up a monthly automatic savings plan, which will transfer a specific amount of funds into a savings account, preferably one that pays some interest such as a tax-free savings account (TFSA). In virtually no time at all, you’ll barely notice the ‘missing’ funds. Starr Webb is a Mortgage Broker with Dominion Lending Centres BlueTree Mortgages West based in Kamloops. She can be reached at: 250-574-0115; swebb@dominionlending.ca; www.starrwebb.ca.

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POLICE SAY MAY HAVE BEEN CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Rex Gill, 41, was a Summerland resident who was shot outside the Comfort Inn and Suites in Aberdeen on Jan. 23. His homicide was believed by police to be related to a similar shooting death that took place the same morning in Valleyview. RCMP are now saying Gill’s death was possibly a case of mistaken identity in an ongoing gang war in Kamloops over control of the drug trade. FACEBOOK PHOTO

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The first shot erupted from a car window, hitting no one, but the next bullets took the life of Rex Gill. A Penticton man is recounting the morning he watched his friend Gill, a 41-yearold Summerland resident, get gunned down outside of the Comfort Inn and Suites in Aberdeen on Jan. 23. RCMP immediately linked Gill’s death to another Kamloops shooting that took place the same morning outside of a different hotel. Cody Mathieu, 33, was killed outside the Super 8 Hotel in Valleyview. “I was standing right beside him when it happened,” said the man, who did not want his name published. “I was two feet away from him, having a smoke. Then a car pulled up beside the truck we were standing beside, took one shot and hit the tailgate … then they took four more shots at us,” the man said. “I dove behind the truck and turned just as Rex was hit, so I watched him get shot.” Police initially said

the deaths were linked to organized crime, noting Gill was not previously known to them, while Mathieu was linked to the drug trade. This week, Kamloops Mounties said Gill’s death may have been a case of mistaken identity. The witness to Gill’s death knew him personally and said there was no chance he was involved in any type of drug trade. “It was definitely a case of mistaken identity,” the man said. “He had nothing to do with the drug trade any-

where and let alone in Kamloops.” The man explained he and Gill were in Kamloops for work and were outside smoking when the gunfire erupted. He said he gave his statement to Kamloops RCMP. “Apparently, he [the shooter] was the same person [who attacked Mathieu],” the man said. “The description of the vehicle or something was the same, so it was the same person. “It’s bothered me that the cops say the public have no fear

of being in danger because we’re just the public,” the man said, “But we had nothing to do with it and one of us is dead because of it. The public does have something to fear because. otherwise, we’d be fine.” The man said Gill’s death has left a lasting impact on him, deeply shaking his sense of security. “I don’t go anywhere. I go to work and stay in a motel. I don’t leave. I can’t even go out for a walk or nothing just because it was pretty scary.”

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Cody Mathieu was killed outside the Super 8 hotel in Valleyview and Rex Gill was shot to death outside the Comfort Inn in Aberdeen. Police said this week that Gill, who was not known to police, may have been killed in a case of mistaken identity. Violence related to organized crime in Kamloops has been more pronounced since the slaying of Konaam Shirzad, one of the founders of the Red Scorpions gang, who was shot to death outside his Guerin Creek home on Sept. 21, 2017. In the months that followed, the city saw an uptick in violent crime and shootings. Last fall, investigators connected the October 2018 slaying of Troy

Gold to the city’s drug trade. The suspect in that murder is an alleged gangster who remains active in the Kamloops drug trade. Baird said all the players in last week’s shootings — assailants and victims — are well-known to local police. “This is all localized drug activity,” he said. “These are all known people.” McIntosh, 51, is believed to have been potentially involved in the Jan. 23 hotel shootings, but Baird refused to connect the two incidents when asked. Braaten, 35, is believed to be a high-ranking member of one of the city’s prominent drug-trafficking organizations. When asked, Baird described both men as “not lowlevel.” Baird said he believes police are

doing all they can to deal with the ongoing gang-related violence. “I think we’re doing a good job now of trying to get a handle on things,” he said. “There’s a lot of police officers out there on the streets.” Braaten is white, stands six feet tall and weighs 165 pounds. He has short, brown hair, green eyes and an athletic build. McIntosh stands 5-foot-8 and weighs 190 pounds. He has a shaved head or balding, brown hair, green eyes and a medium build. Baird warned anyone who spots either suspect not to confront them. “Braaten and McIntosh are considered armed and dangerous,” he said. “If you know of their whereabouts, call 911 immediately.”

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Beating, robbery preceded kidnapping THREE MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO VIOLENT INCIDENTS Robert Rennie is the latest to be charged in connection with a drug-related kidnapping and robbery that occurred in downtown Kamloops on Valentine’s Day.

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Court documents are shedding more light on a gang-related incident last week described by police as a robberyturned-kidnapping — one in a string of recent violent incidents related to the city’s drug trade. Three men have been charged with a raft of serious offences in connection with the incident. One of them, Robert James Rennie, remains at large, police have said. According to documents filed in Kamloops provincial court on Wednesday, the incident began on Feb. 13, when a man was beaten and robbed. Justin William Daniels and Michael James Albert Mathieson are charged with robbery in connection with that incident, while Rennie is facing one count of assault causing bodily harm. The following day, the documents allege, two other men were the victims of an armed robbery at the hands of Daniels and Mathieson. One of the alleged victims, Steven Insua, has a lengthy criminal record and past ties to alleged high-ranking Kamloops drug dealers. The same day, the documents state, Daniels and Mathieson also used a fire-

arm to kidnap two people — a man and a woman. The man, Burke Schulz, has a lengthy criminal record and is facing firearms charges stemming from an incident in August. He was scheduled to appear in Kamloops provincial court on Thursday. Police have said they believe the woman was taken against her will from Kamloops to Kelowna.

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ecessions are inevitable. Every other business headline, every other talking head with a degree in economics has something to say about the possibility of a recession in 2019. And there is no better time to talk about it than now, days after the provincial government brought down its 2019 budget. A recession will definitely happen. It might be because of China or trade wars or the simple fact that every boom time eventually stops booming and goes bust. The blame usually gets thrown around shortly afterwards, while the average working (or newly unemployed) stiffs scramble to adjust while taking arrows from those looking to pin the blame. People are spendthrifts, they have too many loans, they have credit card debt, they own a house bigger than they could afford, etc. That all may be true. But the reverse is also true, that before each recession, there are financial institutions eager to sell mortgages for little to nothing down, to hand out new credit cards to anyone with an active pulse and to add to the ever-expanding realm of debt. It takes two to tango. The debtor can’t exist without the lender. Forget blame for a moment. It is better to save than to borrow. If you can manage to live within your means and put away some money for tomorrow, you absolutely should do so. Sadly, that’s about the best advice we’ve got. We’re 11 years removed from the Great Recession, the one that knocked thousands of people around the world out of work, blighted banks, humbled car makers and wiped out vast sums of wealth. We’re on the verge of another crash, though hopefully not as bad as the last time. But it hasn’t started yet. Unemployment remains low, wages are actually going up. So, while times are still good, save what you can, pay off those credit cards and make some plans for the days ahead, which might not be so rosy.

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t snowed this week, but why didn’t it snew? After all, the wind blew the snow across the streets. It didn’t blowed the snow. Such is the maddening discrepancies of the English language, which has few hard and fast rules. And, those that it does have (I before E except after C, or when it says neigh as in neighbour and weigh) have so many exceptions (caffeine, glacier, science) as to render the language a lexicon outlaw. During a break in her class, my daughter texted me with the “snew” query. Why, she asked, don’t we use “snew” rather than “snowed” when referring to winter’s first blanket of white? As I understand it, snow in that form is a verb, which is why the past tense is “snowed.” Then again, we have “grow/grew” and “blow/ blew,” so I am no more the wiser. It is confusing enough for those of us raised in the English language. How do those brought up in a language with rational rules learn English later in life without opting to sign their discussions? Interestingly, at least for my daughter’s edification, “snew” as the past tense of snow did indeed once exist. According to the Etymology Dictionary, snew succeeded the Old English “sniwan,” before being replaced by “snowed” sometime in the 17th century. All of which brings us to the rules of the English language. Are there truly any? Language changes drastically from century to century, from generation to generation and from decade to decade, as is evident in literature and music. In this age of the internet, it seems the English language is

enraged many by choosing a nonword as its word of the year. Four years ago, a pictograph known as the “tears of joy emoji” was Oxford’s word of the year:

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MUSINGS evolving (or devolving, depending on your perspective) click by click. Four times a year, when the people behind the Oxford English Dictionary reveal additions to the 162-year-old chronicler of English language, furious debate follows. The latest additions, revealed last October, numbered 1,400, including “idiocracy” (a government of ignorant people), “nothingburger” (a person or thing of no importance) and “bedunged” (to be covered in dung). Today, the arbiters of English at Oxford use computer wizardry to compile dictionary entries. Oxford says it has in excess of 10-billion words of 20th and 21st-century English, mostly found on the internet. An average of 150-million words are added every month. From there, machine technology and human expertise work together to sort through the letters and find words to add to Oxford or update origins and meanings of existing entries. The database scours everything, from the most arcane literary journals to newspapers to social media sites, which is why, in 2015, Oxford

Never has the urge been stronger for ardent Oxford fans to ditch their “ou” and “re” and defect to Merriam-Webster. When compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, each word was collected manually, painstakingly. It took 71 years to publish the first edition, in 1928. As documented by Simon Winchester in the remarkable book, The Professor and the Madman, a huge number of those first collection of words, more than 10,000, were submitted via the mail by Dr. W. C. Minor, a U.S. Civil War veteran who was at the time incarcerated in an insane asylum in England after killing a man. It’s not known if the not-sogood doctor mailed the word snew to Professor John Murray at Oxford, but we can be sure the tears of emoji pictograph never crossed Minor’s path. If, by chance, it had, we can be confident he would have deemed it a nothingburger, language blasphemy fit for an idiocracy, perhaps, but not for Oxford. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NOR IS HE A FAN OF LIBRARY RENOVATIONS Editor: I have to agree with letter writer Jeanette Taylor (‘Not a fan of renovated Kamloops library,’ Feb. 14). I am not happy with what was done to our downtown library. I also now prefer the library in North Kamloops. The goal of any costly renovation should be an improvement and not patchwork. The work done in the library was an unnecessary waste of money. Before, we had a computer lab with a knowledgeable employee taking care of patrons and keeping disturbances under control With the renovations, the lab has been abolished. The computers are now in the entrance areas, where the most traffic and noise is present. We have people eating in front of the computers and, if you like to use one, you have to first clean the place. The reading section can no longer be called a cozy, comfortable and relaxed place anymore. Why did no one think about the creation of a silent room with some leisure atmosphere? I don’t think the opening of the planned cafe will make anything better and change my mind. Guenter Gottloeber Kamloops

TRANSIT NEEDS VAST IMPROVEMENT Editor: I read with interest Coun. Mike O’Reilly’s View From City Hall column in the Feb. 13 edition of KTW (‘Is the car still king in Kamloops?’). In Kamloops, I am afraid it is. Our transit system needs a lot of service upgrading in order for most of us to even think about parking our vehicles. If we could have a more reliable, efficient transit system that would service all parts of our city with the same, or close to the same, level of departures, more people would make use of it. For instance, the southeast sector is still serviced by one-hour departures. Ridership is often low because the service it poor. People have to be able to get to work on time and back home in a timely fashion. Students have the same issues. There is absolutely no way that most people could park their vehicles and try to make use of the current service levels, although I would love to take transit frequently if it was not so onerous and

dysfunctional. During three- to four-hour intervals in the morning and evening commutes, many of the city’s main arteries become clogged with traffic. It’s only going to get worse. Does the city want to keep building more expensive road infrastructure or would it be better to divert some of the money into expanding and building a more user-friendly, efficient transit system?’ I suggest the latter. Public transit has to become an entity that people want to use because it works for them. City officials continue to boast about infill development and building permit values. At the same time they are encouraging even more vehicles on our streets. From a traffic perspective, this is counterproductive to reducing vehicles in our city. Kamloops is travelling down the same road as all other cities, but is not improving or expanding its main artery road infrastructure at the same

rate as other development. We talk about people who have left the Vancouver area because it has become overcrowded, and unaffordable and its roads are gridlocked. Kamloops is facing the same future if we don’t start heading off the problem by thinking and doing things differently. I don’t think continuing to build unsafe roadlevel walking and cycling paths — the only safety feature of which is a white line on the asphalt — is going to lead to many vehicles leaving our streets. Further, we are a long way from being able to rely on affordable electric vehicles for the masses. It is great that O’Reilly is attempting to move this discussion forward. But he must convince his colleagues on council to take action and put some of the road infrastructure money into public transit that actually works for Kamloops’ citizens. We cannot use transit if it doesn’t work well. Bob Wren Kamloops

SERVICE NOT SO HANDY FOR THIS KAMLOOPS SENIOR Editor: I have a serious complaint about HandyDart service and the two taxi companies in Kamloops. Recently, a receptionist called HandyDart for me, trying to arrange a ride home. The receptionist was told that I was to watch for the driver and advised where they would park. On that side of the building there are no windows. On the side facing the street, the windows are so high, no one

can see the street. After 45 minutes, the receptionist went outside to check and no one was there. She phoned again and was told they were sending a taxi and that I had to be outside watching for it. I wasn’t dressed to be outside for one hour. I will turn 93 next month. The taxi drivers in Kamloops don’t get out of their cars. They wait for seven minutes. If no one is around, they leave.

Some time ago, I was at the grocery store. The cashier phoned a taxi for me and told them I would be in the luncheon area. One hour went by and no taxi arrived. The cashier phoned again and was told a cab was on the way. Two hours went by and still no taxi arrived. Finally, someone in the store gave me a ride home. HandyDart and taxis are the

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only means of me getting to my appointments. I have no family living here and my friends are younger and work. These complaints are not mine alone as I know several seniors with the same issues. I have never had a problem with HandyDart drivers, although we do have to phone two days ahead to book a ride. Louise Kennedy Kamloops

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No cases of measles have yet been confirmed in the Interior Health region. Dr. Silvina Mema, Interior Health’s medical health officer, said awareness of potential measles exposure cases is heightened due to the outbreaks in the Vancouver area and in southern Washington state. “At any given time, Interior Health’s communicable disease unit does get reports of individuals who have potentially been exposed to measles due to travel to other parts of the country and world where measles may be present,” Mema said. According to Mema, the health authority has reports of a small number of individuals who may have been exposed to measles outside of the Interior Health area. “Because the number is very small, I cannot speak to details for privacy reasons, but I can say that we would always monitor these cases closely and be in direct contact with those individuals.” Mema said IH is urging all families to ensure immunizations are up to date, noting two doses

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of the MMR vaccine are the best protection against measles. People born before Jan 1, 1970 are considered immune to measles and do not require the vaccine. Measles, also known as red measles, is a severe illness caused by the measles virus, according to the Immunize BC website. Measles can cause encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, which can lead to seizures, deafness, or brain damage. One person in every 3,000 with measles may die from complications. Complications and death are most common in infants younger than 12 months. Complications of measles can include: ear infections (1 in 10 cases); diarrhea (8 in 100 cases); pneumonia (1 in 10 cases); hospital stay (1 to 2 in 10 cases) and encephalitis (1 in every 1,000 cases) that can lead to seizures, deafness or permanent brain damage. Measles causes fever, rash, cold-like symptoms and red, inflamed eyes that can be sensitive to light. It is a very contagious disease and spreads easily. When an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes, the virus spreads

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Christian also expecting information on infrastructure costs JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said the two B.C. budget items in which he was most interested — an infrastructure cost-sharing program and cannabis tax revenues — were absent when Finance Minister Carole James introduced the document on Tuesday. “I’m hoping that they are a work in progress,” Christian said. The mayor said the city has needs when it comes to infrastructure, from sidewalks to streets. He said he was expecting a program similar to that offered in the past, which would see governments at each level pitch in one-third of the costs for such infrastructure projects. “That to me would spark a lot of improvement in municipal infrastructure, not just in Kamloops, but across the country,” Christian said, noting it would also kickstart the economy by putting industry and contractors to work.

Meanwhile, he said the city continues to spend “a lot of money” adjudicating cannabis licence applications and has not yet seen a penny in tax cash, despite provincial cannabis stores making money in Kamloops. “I want some of that money back for the taxpayers of Kamloops and it seems to be somewhat delayed,” Christian said. Meanwhile, Kamloops Chamber of Commerce president Joshua Knaak liked that the provincial government presented a balanced budget with reasonable margins, but noted there is a “cause for concern” with how it has been balanced. Businesses, he said, are contributing an additional $1.9 billion, due to MSP premiums, the employer health tax, speculation tax and increased carbon tax. “It’s balanced, but it’s not being done through any levels of reduction in taxation or anything along those lines,” Knaak said. “Quite the opposite.” Knaak said one of the best

ways government can invest is by reducing taxation and letting companies spend on their own. “An overall competitive tax strategy is going to be the best stimulus that business can see and B.C. is quickly moving to a fairly non-competitive tax strategy, with a lot of the taxes being piled on,” Knaap said. Knaak also questioned whether the government’s investment in housing is dealing with the root problem or creating dependency. Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union vice-president Cole Hickson said he was pleased to see in the provincial budget some relief for students. The province announced an end to interest on all B.C. student loans, effective Feb. 19. Hickson said the average amount of debt students take on at graduation, when federal and provincial loans are combined, is $28,000. He said waving the provincial interest fees is expected to save students, on average, about $2,300 over a decade.

Building permit numbers about where they should be, city says KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Local construction was off to a slow start in 2019, but the city says January’s numbers are not inconsistent with previous years. In January, the city issued 84 building permits worth $9.4 million, compared to 116 permits worth $14.5 million last year and only $4 million issued in January of 2017. “Nine million is pretty good,” City of Kamloops building and

engineering development manager Jason Dixon said. The bulk of the January’s permit value — $5.6 million — went to commercial projects. Included in that was $3 million at 1502 Hugh Allan Dr., the former Brass Kettle restaurant, which is slated to become a mini-storage building and car wash. Last year, one of the permits was issued. In addition, a $500,000 permit was issued for site servicing of the patient care tower at

Royal Inland Hospital. Residential permits accounted for $2.9 million of the construction values in January. Included in that were two multifamily units on Kinross Place in Aberdeen. Last year, the city surpassed had a record-setting construction year after it issued $285 million worth of building permits, surpassing the previous annual record — $224 million set the year prior — by nearly $61 million.

Developer looking to build gas station, pot shop in Sun Peaks KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Sun Peaks could be getting its first gas station and cannabis store across the street from its newly minted firehall. Sun Peaks council is considering a bylaw that would pave the way for the application by Sun Peaks Resort MP Corporation and Kamloops Professional

Office Developments LTD. to construct a gas station and convenience store and separate cannabis retail store on a 3,100-square-metre parcel of land at 1235 Alpine Rd. Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine said council requested more information about impacts on pedestrian and vehicular traffic at the major intersection, which

is located on the way into the village. A public hearing is also required prior to the project being approved. Sun Peaks did not create zoning for cannabis stores and has opted to require rezoning and assess each application on a case-by-case basis. The nearest gas station to Sun Peaks is 30 kilometres away.

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KSO looking for venues after Sagebrush closure JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra has suspended ticket sales and is searching for a new venue — or venues — to accommodate its audience and orchestra following the shutdown of Sagebrush Theatre last week due to structural issues. The 685-seat venue, located at 1300 Ninth Ave. and attached to South Kamloops secondary, has been closed due to a crack discovered in one of its roof trusses. It remains unclear when the facility, which is the main performance space of the city’s professional orchestra and other user groups, will re-open. Sagebrush Theatre was built

in stages, in the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s, with the section containing the cracked truss being constructed in the 1950s, when South Kamloops secondary school was built. The theatre is jointly owned by the City of Kamloops and the school district. KSO executive director Kathy Humphreys was busy this week scouting venues. “We haven’t actually found a space for sure yet and there really aren’t very many options,” she said. Proper acoustics make that search challenging. Gymnasiums don’t provide the right sound and the venue into which Western Canada Theatre has temporarily moved

— the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre theatre — is booked on dates needed by the KSO and does not provide a big enough stage for the orchestra. The next best option? Churches, one or more of which the KSO will wind up for the remainder of its season, which wraps up in May. Still, the buildings are not ideally equipped to accommodate what will be needed for two shows planned at the end of April, when Jim Witter joins KSO for Feelin’ Groovy - The Music of Simon and Garfunkel. Those shows need many microphones, speakers and monitors and require space for a band with the orchestra. But Humphreys remains

optimistic KSO will find suitable accommodations. “We’ll do our very best to make sure that the audience has a fantastic experience,” she said. With tickets already sold for performances through the end of the season, Humphreys said sales will be temporarily suspended and those who already have tickets will be accommodated first. The KSO will look at the possibility of booking multiple nights in order to accommodate the 600 or so audience members it usually performs for, but numbers will need to be crunched when space is secured because added performances mean added costs. Humphreys said the issue of user groups left in a “real scramble” points to a lack of perfor-

mance facilities in Kamloops. Amidst debate around building a performing-arts centre, she noted Sagebrush Theatre is old and well-utilized and said a new, modern venue with multiple spaces would take pressure off Sagebrush and free up space for user groups that currently have nowhere to go. “It’s important that that project get a kickstart here and get going on it so that we don’t have this terrible lack of facilities going on much longer,” Humphreys said. Ticket holders can expect a phone call from the KSO once it secures performance space. Those with questions or concerns can contact the organization by calling 250-372-5000.

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The city has moved ahead with plans to create council-led standing committees. The five new committees, include: community relations, civic operations, community services, finance and development and sustainability. They are intended to better align with city departments, following a restructuring last year. Each of the standing committees will include three council members, one of whom will be the chair. A schedule for their meetings is online at kamloops.ca. City corporate officer Maria Mazzotta said communitybased committees, such as the Heritage and Arts commissions, will report to the new standing committees, rather than directly to council. Previously, community committees could make recommendations directly to council.

Mazzotta said community recommendations that went to council often required more research from staff, thus adding time to the process when the ideas were sent by council for more information. “There’s certain issues that require hashing out and that’s better done in a committee context than a council context,” Mazzotta said. “We want the [standing] committees to be bringing to council their own recommendation. “Hey, we talked to this group, they want these things to happen, we’ve debated it at the committee level with relevant staff, experts and our recommendation to the rest of you is that we should do X. It kind of, I think, streamlines it. You’re not just getting a recommendation from the community.” Standing committee meetings will be open to the public and media, unless they are closed under rules of the Community Charter. During the com-

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to new guidelines released by the BC Cancer Agency for physical activity before, during and after cancer. “Historically, there had been an idea that physical activity and exercise was not appropriate during cancer therapy and now it’s become acknowledged that it is,” she said. “And, then, our program has just seen a lot of success.” The program began 12 years ago and provides one-on-one fitness assessments and fitness plans to women with cancer at any stage, including diagnosis, treatment and recovery. A similar program for men began in the fall of 2017. “We really work with them to increase their physical abilities,” Edgecombe said. Edgecombe is one of two certified clinical exercise physiologists

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company in January. “The prior proceedings left the company with too much remaining debt, too large a store footprint and a yet-to-be realized systems and corporate overhead structure consolidation.” Documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court on Tuesday show the company’s Canadian operations, which employ about 2,400 workers, had an oversupply of inventory as recently as this winter and was forced to sell merchandise at steep markdowns. The documents said the company failed to pay February’s rent for 220 stores it owns in Canada and reported an operating loss of more than US$12 million last year. Marotta said in the filings that the company has been unable to integrate its physical stores with a digital offering. Only 200 stores are equipped with such a service, he said, leaving Payless “unable to keep up with the shift in customer demand.” As a result, he said Payless will begin closing its 2,500 North American stores at the end of March, though some will be open

until the end of May while the company conducts liquidation sales. Retail expert Brynn Winegard said Payless has long had issues because its business model was built around not always keeping inventory in every size for every shoe it sold, but also because of the size of its real estate. “Payless has had to decrease its footprint significantly, but they were over indexed in terms of how large and how much real estate they intended to maintain,” she said. “Competitive pricing online is so much easier with lower overhead. The big discount and big box stores have margins that are razor thin finding it very hard to compete with online retailers.” Payless, she said, also faced challenges from manufacturers increasingly circumventing traditional retailers by selling directly to consumers, often at lower costs. Winegard suspects discount footwear sellers including Walmart, manufacturers with large online presences and e-commerce brands like Amazon and Asianbased e-commerce giant Alibaba will benefit from Payless’s demise.

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MARCH 2 KTW FILE PHOTO Participants in a past Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser cross West Victoria Street in downtown Kamloops. This year’s event, which raises money that will be used to help the homeless, hungry and hurting, will take place Saturday at The Mustard Seed New Life Community Kamloops, downtown at 181 West Victoria St.

This Saturday, Kamloopsians will be bundling up and braving the cold weather to raise funds for The Mustard Seed New Life Community in the annual Coldest Night of the Year walkathon fundraiser. Every year, tens of thousands of Canadians participate in the Coldest Night of the Year, raising funds and awareness for organizations that serve the hungry, homeless and hurting. The event — which includes two-, five- and 10-kilometre walks — takes place simultaneously in 113 cities across the nation, including Kamloops. This year, The Mustard Seed New Life Community hopes to raise $42,000 from the event.

“Coldest Night of the Year, is a fun and active fundraiser where participants get a glimpse into the life of a person experiencing homelessness,” said Diane Down, managing director of The Mustard Seed New Life Community. “While a long walk in the winter isn’t the same as living outdoors, it does make one appreciate the difficult realities of being homeless.” This year, the funds raised at the Kamloops walk will go toward supporting local initiatives and programs. The event will begin at 4 p.m. downtown at The Mustard Seed New Life Community Kamloops, 181 West Victoria St.

The walk will begin at 5:15 p.m. Those wishing to take part can register online at cnoy.org or at the event. Parking will be available in the upper lot at the nearby B.C. Lottery Corporation headquarters. The Mustard Seed is a Christian non-profit organization that has been helping the less fortunate since 1984. In 2018, the organization merged with New Life Community Kamloops and continues to deliver food services, winter refuge shelter mats, plus dental and health services to those in need. For more information, go online to theseed.ca.

Wrapping up Black History Month Black History Month continues through the end of February, with a final event on Friday at Thompson Rivers University. Bahamian students Jenny Morris and Gevante Dean will conclude their month-long task of sharing their culture with a social gathering of food, music and dance inspired by the music-dance television show Soul Train, which aired for 35 years.

The location for the Soul Train event will be announced on the Twitter account @TRU_CSC. Black History Month is an annual month-long celebration that originated in the United States in 1970 and has spread to other countries as a way to honour the achievements by African Americans. Canada’s first official Black History Month was in 1996.

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WATCH The predicted cost of the wall is $23 billion, so how much would the United States be spending for each of these would-be border-crossers? About $11,000 per person — and very, very few of those people are gang members or drugsmugglers. They are just looking for work and a better life. The United States is fully entitled to turn them all away, but this is ridiculous. The wall is largely symbolic, but it is a very important symbol for Trump. It was one of the key promises he made to the true believers in his base and it was striking how angry they got at him when it looked like he would be thwarted by Congress. As conservative commentator Ann Coulter said: “The only national emergency is that our president is an idiot.” But the “national emergency” will probably do the trick for Trump. It

will face all sorts of legal challenges, but the rules for declaring national emergencies are so vague and the precedents so numerous that he will probably win in the courts in the end. In the meantime, he will have about $8 billion to play with, mostly taken from the military and disaster-relief budgets. It’s only a third of what it would take to build a full border wall, but it will let Trump look busy and persuade his base that he is making progress. So, there’s one promise kept, more or less. The other two promises that really count are his promise to “bring the jobs back” and his commitment to outlaw abortion. He can’t bring the jobs back because they never left. The vast majority (about 85 per cent) of American manufacturing jobs lost since the turn of the century were killed by automation, not by free trade. But the fantasy statistics about near-full employment pumped out by the government may suffice to keep his base quiet, even if jobs are strangely scarce or low-paying around where they live. What Trump does need to deliver on is banning abortion. He cannot do that himself, of course, but he promised to appoint pro-life justices to the Supreme Court during

Trump on climate change WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is exploring the idea of forming a special committee to look at climate change and security risks, with the effort being co-ordinated by a 79-year-old physicist who rejects mainstream climate science. A discussion paper obtained by the Associated Press asks federal officials from an array of government agencies to weigh in on a proposed executive order that President Donald Trump would sign, establishing the Presidential Committee on Climate Security. A memo to those federal officials asks them to direct any questions to William Happer, a member of Trump’s National Security Council and a wellknown denier of mainstream climate science findings. “Happer would be a fringe figure, even for climate skeptics,’’ said retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. David Titley,

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the 2016 election campaign. He has probably managed to create an antiabortion majority on the court by now (although you can never tell with judges). But there is a problem for him and the Republican Party if he delivers on that promise. Forty-seven-per-cent of white women voted for Donald Trump in 2016, but about half of them were not part of his base. They were traditional Republicans who voted as they always did, some of them perhaps holding their noses at the time.

If the Supreme Court reversed its historic 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that made abortion legal throughout the United States, a lot of these women would be very cross with Trump and the Republican Party. Given that Trump only won by a hair’s breadth in 2016, he cannot afford to lose their votes. Therefore, he definitely doesn’t need a big win on Roe vs. Wade in 2019 if he wants to be re-elected in 2020. Does he know this? It’s his own future at stake and he’s usually very alert to develop-

ments that might threaten it. Trump can’t really control what the court might decide, but he will be hoping they just nibble at the fringes of the issue, not reverse Roe vs. Wade outright. And the court is quite likely to do just that because senior judges hate to overthrow decisions of long standing that enjoy wide acceptance in the society. (Two-thirds of Americans support the current law.) Trump doesn’t care about the outcome on most issues, probably

including this one. He just wants a “win” and he can conjure it up out of the most unpromising material. If the judges make a few minor changes to the law, he will portray it as a triumph and drop the subject. The real secret of dealing with Trump? Throw him a fish and he will go away. Gwynne Dyer’s new book is Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work). Read more Dyer columns online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

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ast week, a pair of artifacts was identified on the site of a planned work camp related to the construction of the Coastal Gas Link pipeline in Unist’ot’en, a sub-unit of traditional Wet’suwet’en territory. The inland northwest LNG project has been in the news lately as authorities struggle with how to address the different jurisdictions of traditional hereditary governance and Indian Act band administration. The unearthing of the artifacts, believed to date to at least 2,400 years ago, would not come as a surprise to most archeologists or Indigenous people — 15,000 years of land use with technology domi-

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that colonization of such lands (and religious conversion of their Indigenous occupants) was fulfilling God’s will. Far from being history, terra nullius remains foundational to Canada’s national historical narrative. We tend to see ourselves as pioneers, taming an empty wilderness, earning our place on this land by improving it, making it more productive, more profitable, in a way that past Indigenous owners did (or could) not. Our origin story doesn’t have room for 500 generations of Indigenous people. It doesn’t acknowledge the depth, intensity and continuity of Indigenous relationship with this land. And it can’t grasp that more than 15-millennia of use has virtually carpeted the continent with archeological sites, the marks

of all the ancestors. Admitting Indigenous precedence here is admitting that we took what wasn’t ours and that, to this day, we live on stolen land. So we don’t. About those artifacts in Unist’ot’en territory, two beautifully made stone tools, knapped and used by an ancestor more than 2,000 years ago? Those are the incontrovertible marks of the Indigenous past. So, too, are the names of the places they were found: in Unist’ot’en, at the confluence of Wedzin Kwah (Morice River) and Talbits Kwah (Gosnell Creek). Those artifacts and those names represent an undeniable underlying title to this land that we have yet to come to terms with as a nation. The archeology of Indigenous peoples will be seen as an incon-

venience, even a ruse, until Canada makes peace with its past. A couple of stone tools appearing where a pipeline was planned represent, in microcosm, the challenge of reconciling our occupation of unceded land. We can build on it, we can buy and sell it, we can profit from its resources, but we can’t wipe it clean and make it ours. We cannot erase the past. Joanne Hammond is a Kamloops archeologist. Interested in more? Go online to republicof archaeology.ca. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the Kamloops region. A group of nine professional archeologists living and working in the area contribute columns to this page and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

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of gastronomy and a former Roman capital positioned at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers. Touring the city, we reach the Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere, Lyon’s hilltop church that offers stunning views over the town. The culinary theme continues in the cobbled streets of Lyon’s old town as we explore the shops to sample olives, cheeses and fresh baguettes. River cruising is becoming ever more popular because of the unhurried pace of life onboard, yet the experience is in-depth, intimate and exceptional. Travel between destinations is easy; we sit back in our stateroom balcony with a glass of local wine and literally watch the world go by. Travel Writers’ Tales is an independent newspaper syndicate. For more, go online to travelwriterstales.com.

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orothy: a mother daughter memoir is a production by Little Onion Puppet Co. and the work of Kamloops puppeteer Randi Edmundson and her mother, Susan Dixon. The play explores ideas around Alzheimer’s through the story of Dorothy, a woman whose final days with the disease were meticulously documented in a journal. Edmundson is an actor and awardwinning puppeteer who has performed on Kamloops stages with Project X Theatre, while Dixon works as a costume designer, has spent 20 years volunteering with the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C. and has lent her perspective to the play. But the experience both lend to the play is a familial one. Dorothy, the subject of the play, is Edmundson’s grandmother and Dixon’s mother. Dixon, along with her sister, cared for Dorothy in her final days and documented what her mother went through in her final days with the disease.

DAVE EAGLES/KTW Little Onion Puppet Co. stage manager Kayla Alfred (centre) watches as mother/daughter, Susan Dixon (left) and Randi Edmundson (right) practise their puppeteering skills, bringing inanimate objects to life in the upcoming Dorothy — a mother daughter memoir.

“My mom and aunt decided to take care of her and in doing so, learned about how far it had progressed,” Edmundson said. “They were really yearning for permission to put her into a nursing home, but of course with Alzheimer’s, it was hard to have those

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kinds of conversations with her.” The memoir play features two parallel storylines. One is of her mother experiencing loss and grief and trying to convince Dorothy that going to a home is the best thing to do. Another is Edmundson’s story,

knowing that as her mother ages, she, too, might have to make those kinds of decisions one day. “When do I start making those decisions for her? They’re these hard conversations that people don’t have, because... it sucks,” Edmundson said.

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The story highlights a number of moments in the journal that range from surreal to funny. The funny stories include things like trying to wash dishes in a sink without water, while the surreal are more transportive and abstract.

“There’s one where she’s transported back to her childhood home in Indian Head (Sask.) and she can see a road in front of her. I think that’s just so magical,” Edmundson said. The puppets used in the play are “not your average puppet show,” Edmundson

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said, so don’t expect the Muppets. “We’re using my grandmother’s actual belongings to do something called found-object puppetry, which is puppetry created from things you wouldn’t think of as puppets,” she said. One puppet, for example, is created with its face made from actual pages of the journal in which Dorothy’s final days were documented. Talkback sessions are planned after each performance and Edmundson and her mother, along with facilitators from the Alzheimer’s Society, welcome personal experiences or thoughts brought about by the play. Dorothy: a mother daughter memoir opens at The Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Rd., on Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. Other showtimes include March 9 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and March 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults and $18 for students, seniors and those with low income, available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 and online at kamloopslive.ca.

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Author Rachel Sutton will speak about her book Avenida de los Maestros. Her book looks at the world of drug trafficking activities in Mexico through the eyes of an American teacher and a young Mexican child who lives on the street. She will also discuss how politics and narcotics intersect in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world. The event is free but registration is required. To register, go online to tnrl.ca or contact the library at questions@tnrd.ca or call 250-372-5145.

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Comedy on the Verge presents a night of stand-up comedy with headliner Ron Vaudry and feature acts from Konrad Anderson and local Sam Elliott. Matt Baker will host. There is no cover charge.

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Sun Rivers Trio, comprised of Sally Arai on clarinet, Cvetozar Vutev on violin and Naomi Cloutier on piano. Tickets are $25 or $10 for youth under 19. Pick them up at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St, 250-374-5483 or online at kamloopslive.ca.

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Goldman to talk disruptive innovation in health care SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

isruption innovation is how new technology sometimes finds its way into our lives. We’ve seen what Airbnb has done to the rental market, what Uber has done to the taxi industry (outside of B.C., that is) and what Amazon is doing to retail outlets. But what if the same were to happen to a more vital part of society, like health care? Can we afford to let technology run amok? “That’s a good question. I think you could also ask, can we afford not to?” Those are the words of Dr. Brian Goldman, emergency room physician, author and host of the popular CBC Radio One series White Coat, Black Art. Goldman’s thinking is that it’s time for disruptive innovation to take hold in health care. That will be the subject of his talk at Thompson Rivers University on Feb. 27 as part of the student union’s Common Voices lecture series. The ER doctor said that disruptive innovation in medicine might mean a change in personnel — or at least how personnel spend their time. “There’s a lot of fossilized thinking in health care that says you need to have a physician to do all kinds of jobs to that can be done by other people with adequate skill for a lot less money — and they’re

more available than physicians are,” he said. Using the example of how ultrasound technology has already changed in medicine, Goldman said that before, an ER doctor would refer patients to the radiology department and a radiologist would do the ultrasound. But now, ER doctors can do bedside ultrasounds and soon, things may improve even more. “Very soon, we won’t have to lug around those machines — we’ll have it in our pocket, in some ways like Dr. McCoy’s tricorder,” Goldman said. The tricorder, a fictional device used in Star Trek that can scan a patient and report their ailments in seconds, is somewhat of a mythical end-game for medical technology. “I think we could have a working tricorder — I’ll be generous — within 20 to 25 years,” Goldman said. In the interim, Goldman said we already have machines that can automatically measure, interpret and administer based on biometrics like blood pressure, blood sugar and heart function. Another example is an app called Peek Retina. The app, paired with a snap-on ophthalmoscope, turns a smartphone into something capable of taking close-up photos of a patient’s retina that can be used by an ophthalmologist for diagnosis. Goldman said that soon, the ophthalmologist might not even be

Jackson estate sues HBO ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — The estate of Michael Jackson on Thursday sued HBO over a documentary about two men who accuse the late pop superstar of molesting them when they were boys, saying the film violates a 1992 contract to air a Jackson concert. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that by co-producing and airing Leaving Neverland, as HBO intends to do next month, the cable channel is breaching a deal to not disparage the singer. The decades-old contract allowed the cable network to air Michael Jackson in Concert in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour and included language that HBO would not disparage Jackson at any future point.

According to the suit, the film implies Jackson molested children on the very tour that the concert footage came from. “It is hard to imagine a more direct violation of the non-disparagement clause,” says the suit, which asks the court to order arbitration and says damages could exceed $100 million. The film premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, where its subjects, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, received a standing ovation and took questions afterward along with director Dan Reed. HBO did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, but the channel has consistently defended the documentary in the face of complaints from the estate.

a part of that diagnosis. “I can tell you the next step beyond that is to send that image to an AI-enabled computer that uses deep learning to figure out what the diagnosis is,” he said. That kind of disruption might sound worrying to those working in the medical field, but Goldman said he doesn’t think anyone needs to be worried. “I don’t think we will reach the point where your doctor is a robot or simply a computer. We will want computers to be supervised and a human being to say ‘that doesn’t make sense,’” he said. He used the example of Dr. Shiraz Moola, an ob-gyn in Nelson, who works alongside midwives and family physicians. Because he’s paid on salary and not on a fee-for-service model, he spends his time with the most challenging of patients — those with complicated pregnancies and labours. Goldman said Moola smiled at him and said, “I get paid to think.” “That’s what I teach people who are afraid their jobs are going to be threatened by technology. Don’t get paid to do. Get paid to think,” Goldman said. The event is free to attend, but tickets are required. Pick them up at the TRUSU service desk in the Students’ Union Building on the TRU campus. Goldman will take the podium at 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Campus Activity Centre.

Dr. Brian Goldman, who hosts CBC’s White Coat, Black Art and works in Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, will speak at TRU on Feb. 27 about disruptive innovation in health care.

Women performers to be showcased Community cabaret planned for March 8 at Pavilion Theatre KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Western Canada Theatre has planned performances featuring local talent for International Women’s Day. The All’Abroad Community Cabaret performance will showcase singer-songwriters, dancers, musical theatre, comedy, burlesque and a shadow play, all from a mixture of amateur, emerging and established artists from Kamloops. Performers are still being confirmed by organizers, but so far include Morgan Benedict, Theresa Brooks, Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham, Dela Coutts, Darlene Fair, Inas Layachi, Lisa

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McCauley, Bonnie McLean, Robin Nichols, Jennifer Takahashi, Tits ’n’ Anarchy, Jyelle Vogel, Kayly Erno, Emily Whalen and Dawn Bergstrom. Tracey Power, the playwright behind WCT production Glory and director behind Elf – The Musical, is curating the show’s acts and working in collaboration with WCT artistic director James MacDonald. The Kamloops YMCA-YWCA’s violence against women intervention and support services program has partnered with WCT and will benefit from the event’s proceeds, which will go toward the Y Women's Emergency Shelter. “As one of the oldest feminist

organizations in Canada we feel that the cabaret has a great fit with YWCA’s heritage,” said Y programs director Jacquie Brand. Western Canada Theatre is advising the event will contain adult language and themes and partial nudity. Local comedian and KTW promotions director Tara Holmes will host the event at the Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St. A table of four is $100 and tickets are $20 each. They can be booked through the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, and online at kamloopslive.ca. For more information, go online to wctlive.ca.

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One of seven local acts makes Searchlight cut KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Kamloops singer-songwriter Madison Olds has made the cut in the CBC Searchlight music contest. She was the only one to make the top 100 cutoff of the seven local performers who applied. Her submission to the contest, Thank You, was released in September 2018. In Searchlight, the top 100 is comprised of 50 tracks selected by CBC Music judges and 50 tracks selected by online voting. Olds’ track was selected by CBC judges.

She recorded Thank You in Nashville in collaboration with Canadian producer Brian Howes, who has worked with bands like Mother Mother, Nickelback and Daughtry. Olds was one of the three members of The Bees and the Bare Bones who, in 2016, won $10,000 toward a recording session and a trip to Nashville in a nationwide contest. Since then, Olds has released two singles, Moments in the Mountains — which she wrote for and performed at the opening ceremony of the 2018 BC Winter Games — and Can’t

Touch, released in July 2018. The Kamloops artists who missed the cut are: At Mission Dolores, Deandra Dey, Jeremy Androsoff, Lauren Klein, Leon Racicot and The Houses (Where We Grew Up). The top 100 list will be further narrowed to a top 10 through a second round of public voting, and this time three will be selected by votes and seven by CBC judges. The winner of the contest will be announced on CBC Radio’s q on March 7. To vote, go online to cbcmusicsearchlight.ca.

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Imagine a geriatric Caped Crusader

ou know, a lot has been said about the importance and significance of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and I thought if I was going to write a recommendation about it that I would have to write some big, long, selfaggrandizing, over-analyzing article. But, nuts to that. Just know it’s probably the best Batman book ever. Created in 1986, Dark Knight Returns was one of the first stories to take a look at a possible future version of a major character. Apparently, Batman’s future is none too good. The world has become a bit more dystopian than one would hope, as not only has Batman retired, but all superheroes have been outlawed. That is, all superheroes except for Superman, who’s become a government pawn. As Gotham City falls into a black hole of crime and lawlessness, Bruce Wayne decides that maybe the world needs Batman again and the government can be damned. Flanked by a new, teenaged female Robin, Batman returns to the streets, which has the adverse effect of inspiring his old villains to get back into the act as well. His return doesn’t create peace, but anarchy, and in a world where Ronald Reagan is still president by ways of abuse of power, using Superman as a deterrent against other world powers, maybe anarchy isn’t such a bad idea. As Batman battles Two-Face and the Joker and struggles to control the gangs of Gotham City before the city boils over into chaos, the U.S. government decides maybe it’s best to dispatch Superman to deal with the threat they see in the Dark Knight. Needless to say, the two do not

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see eye-to-eye these days. Maybe he should have stayed retired. Having already passed its 30th anniversary, it’s amazing how relevant and engaging this book still is. Despite its dark undertones, it’s probably the most fun you’ll ever have reading about Batman. The art is gorgeous, painted with incredible watercolours, and the story is truly Batman as his best. I like the idea of an older, much heavier, slightly out of shape and outof-touch Batman whose new ideas of crime fighting borders fascism and insanity. Batman coming out of retirement to take on the world is such a different and unique story for Batman; he’s always been in control, he’s always been the leader, and now he’s outdated and has been left behind. But this geriatric crime fighter will be damned if he sits back and watches the world destroy itself from his rocking chair. Nick Klie is manager of High Octane Comics. For more, visit 250 Third Ave. or call 250-377-8444.

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We started it — you continue it. If you are in school, between kindergarten and Grade 7, here is your chance to add to our story. Read the opening paragraph and send in the next part to the story. Limit your submission to 120 words. Perhaps your tale will be added! Email to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com. Bobby always wanted to go to space. Chris Hadfield was his hero and Bobby, now in Grade 4, could not wait until he was old enough to become an astronaut. One day in class, while staring out the window at Mount Paul, Bobby saw something that made his heart leap. “Maybe,” he thought to himself, “I won’t have to wait until I am older to visit space!” (The next part was written by Danica Cain.) “A rocket ship!” Bobby cried in delight. Indeed, a space shuttle had landed on the back field of Mount Paul School. The grass was scorched. Thank goodness it was winter or the entire building would be on fire. Then the high side door folded down and two astronauts walked down the ramp. Bobby sprang from his seat and bounded to the door. He raced over to the astronauts and skidded to a stop at their feet. “Hello!” Bobby cried. “Can I come to space with you?” he asked. “Can you fix a rocket ship?” one of the astronauts asked. “I think so . . .” Bobby said. He walked over and gasped. On the bottom of the rocket was a blue-skinned, skinny creature with huge eyes, staring up at him. “Can you help me?” the creature hissed.

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“I want to, but how?” Bobby replied. Then the alien reached out and touched Bobby’s hand. (The next part was written by Hailey Traynor, a kindergarten student.) All of a sudden, two ears popped out of Bobby’s head and he turned green, just like the alien. They became friends. The alien needed help finding his spaceship because he was on another alien’s spaceship. While they were holding hands, they began to float up to the universe.

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VATICAN CITY — If Pope Francis needed a concrete example to justify summoning church leaders from around the globe to Rome for a tutorial on clergy sex abuse, Sister Bernardine Pemii has it. The nun, who recently completed a course on child-protection policies at Rome’s Jesuit University, has been advising her bishop in Ghana on an abuse case, instructing him to invite the victim to his office to hear her story before opening an investigation. If Pemii hadn’t stepped in? “It would have been covered. There would have been complete silence,’’ Pemii told the Associated Press recently. “And nothing would have happened. Nobody would have listened to the victim.’’ Francis is convening this week’s summit at the Vatican to prevent coverups by Catholic superiors everywhere, as many around the world continue to protect the church’s reputation at all costs, denying that priests rape children and by discrediting victims even as new cases keep coming to light. History’s first Latin American pope has made many of the same mistakes. As archbishop in Buenos Aires, he went out of his way to defend a famous street

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priest who was later convicted of abuse. He took a handful of measures early on in his papacy that undermined progress the Vatican had made in taking a hard line against rapists. These include the pontiff seriously and publicly botching a well-known case of coverup in Chile by initially giving it no credence. Francis realized last year he had erred. “I was part of the problem,’’ Francis told Chilean survivor Juan Carlos Cruz during a private meeting at the Vatican in June. The pope has now done an about-face and is bringing the rest of the church leadership along with him at the extraordinary summit that starts

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permanently remove any priest who has sexually abused a child. Bishops in some countries, including Brazil, don’t even have a published policy to speak of. In Italy, the president of the bishops’ conference met with victims for the first time last week — after summit organizers demanded it. “I want to say that something important is going to come out of the week, but based on research we’ve done, I believe this church is nowhere close to enacting the reforms it must make to stop this epidemic,’’ said BishopAccountability’s Anne Barret Doyle. Survivor Phil Saviano, who was crucial to the Boston Globe’s 2002 expose that first revealed the extent of the abuse and coverup by clergy, was more optimistic. He marveled at the fact that Scicluna quoted from the Oscar-winning movie Spotlight, which was inspired by the Globe’s reporting, at a press conference launching the summit. “I really didn’t expect to hear them complimenting the news media and thanking you for helping them to come to better understanding of the nature of this problem that is so deeply entrenched within the Catholic Church,’’ Saviano told reporters. Saviano is joining about a dozen abuse survivors, many of them activists, who are meet-

ing with summit organizers. A different group of survivors will join the bishops themselves, offering testimonies during daily prayers. The message, said Chilean survivor Cruz, who organized the meeting with the committee members, is that bishops must listen to survivors and apply true zero tolerance at home. “Those who have covered up, there is the door,’’ Cruz told AP. While survivors are being well represented at the summit, women as a whole are not. Of the 190 participants, 10 are religious sisters representing orders in the summit, and three women will address the meeting. Other than that, the meeting is by men and for men — the hierarchy of the church. On the sidelines of the summit, women’s groups are demanding a greater voice and speaking out about the sexual abuse of adult women and religious sisters in the church — a scandal that has recently come to light after Francis acknowledged it was a problem. “I do not have much hope for this meeting and we were already warned by Pope Francis not to have hope,’’ said Virginia Saldanha, secretary of the Indian Women Theologians Forum. “I see that it is the people ... that have to raise voices, voices that can bring about change.’’

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SALT LAKE CITY — Parents of Mormon missionaries will be able to hear their children’s voices a lot more often under new rules that allow the proselytizing youngsters to call home every week instead of only twice a year. The move is aimed at encouraging families to be more involved in the missionary experience, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a news release. Missionaries can call, text or do video chats once a week on a designated day called “preparation day.” Previously, they were only allowed to call home on Christmas and Mother’s Day. They could email or send letters once a week. The immediate change affects 65,000 Mormons serving on worldwide missions that are considered rites of passage. They are designed to strengthen their faith, broaden

their perspective on the world and prepare many of them for future leadership positions in congregations. The change triggered a slew of reaction among Mormons on social media, with some applauding the move and others expressing concern the faith was getting too soft with missionaries. Others joked that some youngsters may not want to talk with their parents every week. Jaden Bryner, who served a mission in Chicago about a decade ago, said he thinks the change will help missionaries who suffer with depression and loneliness. “It’s a great way for missionaries to be able to let out some of their feelings, frustrations and get some support,’’ said Bryner, 29, of Utah. “I think it’s a going to be a good thing and help missionaries stay out there longer than they have in the past.’’ Mormon scholar Matthew Bowman said he suspects the change is related to the 2012

church decision to lower the age for missionaries; from 21 to 19 for women and from 19 to 18 for men. There have been reports of more missionaries experiencing anxiety and wanting to come home, said Bowman, an associate professor of history at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark. “The idea here is to keep their spirits up and morale up and lower the degree of separation that they’re dealing with,’’ Bowman said. Justin Heiden said he emailed with his daughter every week while she was on her mission a few years ago. She was among the early wave of younger missionaries and did well, but Heiden said he and his wife would have loved to have spoken with her more often. He said it’s good news since they have two younger children that will likely go on missions in the future. “For some kids that could use a little extra support, it will probably help a lot,’’ Heiden said.

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ead coach Del Komarniski peeked up at the scoreboard last Saturday to find his South Kamloops Titans leading the Vernon Panthers by 50 points. That is not supposed to happen in the Okanagan final, especially not against the province’s sixthranked team. “We went on a magical little stint of basketball and that was fantastic for us,” said Komarniski, whose charges, then ranked No. 2 in B.C., posted a 92-57 victory over the Panthers to claim the regional crown. “It was a signature win. We’re playing our best right now.” The AA Titans, perhaps peaking at the perfect time, will command respect from opponents at the B.C. Secondary Schools Basketball Championships, which will run from Feb. 27 to March 2 at Langley Events Centre. Handily trouncing Vernon was a determining factor in the Titans snaring the No. 1 seed for provincials and securing a first-round matchup against No. 16 David Thompson of Vancouver. Game time is 8:45 a.m. next Wednesday at the LEC. South Kamloops (20-9) is aiming to repeat, having earned a thrilling 73-67 overtime victory over the G.W. Graham Grizzlies of Chilliwack in the 2018 title tilt. Standout forward Deanna Tuchscherer’s Grizzlies are the No. 3 seed this year. Tuchscherer and Titans’ point guard Maddy Gobeil have committed to play next season for the Fraser Valley Cascades. Expect another slobberknocker if the Titans and Grizzlies clash in the 2019 final. No. 2 Langley Christian, No. 4 Britannia of Vancouver and No. 5 St. Thomas Aquinas of North Vancouver

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round out the top five. Komarniski knocked on wood while telling KTW his team is healthy. The squad features two Grade 12 stars — Gobeil and South Kam’s other U sports recruit, 6-foot-6 lead post Olivia Morgan-Cherchas, who will play for UBC in the fall. Surefire Grade 11 starter Kendra McDonald, who heroically forced OT in last year’s B.C. title tilt by draining a basket with 6.2 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter,

is expected to be a menace at the post position. Anika Komarniski broke her foot at the Fulton Cup in December, an injury that forced her out of action for about seven weeks. She returned to the lineup in time for the Okanagan championship tourney. The Grade 12 wing’s absence for much of the campaign opened the door for the wing trio of Grade 11 Fiona Brisco, also the backup point guard, Grade 12 Jenna

Dandurand and Grade 9 Kendra Kaczur, each of whom made strides that should lead to minutes at provincials. Grade 10 wing Pyper Ansley and Grade 11 post Sadie Moyer round out the Titans’ roster. “I like having some options throughout the lineup and that we feel we have a number of girls we have confidence in to go in and play well in certain situations,” Komarniski said. “Things haven’t been easy for us. We played a pretty competitive

schedule. We took some losses, probably more than we should have, but we learned from them and, right now, we’re in a pretty good spot.” Anika Komarniski’s injury, a loss to the Valleyview Vikings in the Fulton Cup final and falling to the Britannia Bruins made December a low month for South Kam. The team has improved steadily since the setbacks. “We’ve gotten to the point now where I like to think we are controlling what we can control. That’s a good place to be,” Komarniski said. “Coming into the Christmas break, we were toiling. “The expectation was still there that we would do some things and we weren’t doing them.” The Westsyde Whundas were not supposed to do some things, but they did. Westsyde shocked Valleyview, which earned honourable mention earlier this month in top-10 provincial rankings, at the Okanagan championship and went on to dispatch Sa-Hali in the bronze-medal game — a victory that vaulted the Whundas into the B.C. championship tournament. “They [the Vikings] had defeated us on three other occasions by at least 20 points,” Westsyde coach and athletic director Jeff Sidow said. “We stepped up our defence and the girls just stepped up. It was amazing. They are pretty ecstatic.” Langley Christian and No. 15 Westsyde’s Round 1 matchup is scheduled to get underway at 8 p.m. next Wednesday at the LEC. Getting to the tournament makes this season a success for the Whundas. That is not the case for the Titans. They know what’s on the line. The 2012 and 2013 Titans won back-to-back AAA girls’ provincial basketball banners. Those teams were inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame.

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Thief dropped the purse; help police drop the cuffs on him In the early afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 17, a man stole a purse from a customer in the Sahali Safeway store. The woman was distracted by a male, younger and described as being Aboriginal, who struck up a conversation with her. The woman then noticed her purse was missing and found

the suspect, an older Aboriginal man who was wearing a blue Toronto Blue Jays ball cap, a dark plaid jacket, blue jeans and dark shoes. When the woman confronted the suspect, he dropped the stolen purse and ran from the store. Do you recognize him? Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 13, a man walked into a downtown café. He was very pushy and demanded to see an artifact that was in a locked display cabinet. When the employee refused to show the suspect the object, the man he left the café.

Police want to talk to the man, who is light-skinned and in his 30s. He has long, dark braided hair and a moustache and was wearing a dark blue jacket, grey sweat pants, runners and blue rubber gloves. If you know who he is, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).

The search is on for two young men who completed a dine-and-dash at a local restaurant — but they left behind crystal-clear images of themselves. On the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 13, the two young men ordered and ate meals at a Sahali restaurant. They told the server they need to go out to their vehicle to get money to pay for their meals and left a black iPhone 4 as collateral. A few moments later, the server realized the phone’s operating system was Chinese. The server ran outside, but could not find the two hungry bandits. Both suspects appear to be Aboriginal and about 18 years of age. One youth has a slender build and was wearing a black ball cap with “S”B printed on it. He was also wearing a black jacket, a black shirt,

a light grey zip-up hoodie and blue jeans. The second youth has a small build and was wearing a black and red ball cap with “24 7 365 RACE CLUB CALIFORNIA” printed on it, a black hoodie with the logo Jack & Jones and black Adidas track pants. Have an appetite for giving a tip? Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

B: 1989-09-19 Caucasian male 180 cm (5’011”) 64 kg (141 lbs) Brown Hair | Blue Eyes Wanted For: Obstruction, Fail to Attend Court, Fail to Comply x2

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This program is jointly sponsored by Kamloops Crime Stoppers & Kamloops This Week. People featured are wanted on arrest warrants not vacated as of 3 p.m. on February 20, 2019

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The Thompson Zone Blazers will square off against South Okanagan Zone in Round 1 of the bantam tier 1 Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association playoffs. Game 1 of the best-of-three OMAHA semifinal series will get underway at 2 p.m. on Friday at Memorial Arena. South Zone (5-13-2) will host Game 2 on Saturday, with puck-drop slated for 11:15 a.m. at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton. “We’ve had a good season all year long,” Thompson head coach Kyle Allan said. “We kind of hit a little blip the last couple weeks here with a few losses. It’s not what you want to do going into the playoffs, but we’re going to get things back on track.” Game 3, if necessary, will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday at Shulus Community Arena in Merritt. Thompson posted a 3-0-1 record against South Zone this season. The Blazers and Prince Georgebased North Central Zone finished tied atop zone league standings with matching records of 15-2-3, but Thompson claimed regular-seasonchampion status based on tiebreakers. Included in the zone league are eight teams, four of them from the Okanagan association. Central Okanagan Zone (13-6-1) and North Okanagan Zone (11-7-2) will lock horns in the other OMAHA semifinal. The winner of the OMAHA final will advance to the bantam tier 1

provincial championship. Thompson finished zone league play last weekend, tying North Zone 4-4 on Saturday and falling 7-4 in the rematch on Sunday. Recording points for the Blazers were Brady Milburn (2G, 1A), Jordan Keller (2G), Lian Gayfer (1G, 2A), Tanner Molendyk (1G, 2A), Kyle Sanford (1G, 1A), Nolan Viesner (1G), Reggie Newman (3A), Nic Leggett (2A), Sawyer Mynio (2A), Garrett Martin (1A), Owen Cupello (1A) and Ryan Larsen (1A). Gavin McLean was between the pipes on Saturday. Brendan Smith was in net on Sunday. Blazers’ season highlights include winning a Remembrance Day tournament in Delta and becoming the fourth local tier 1 team to win the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament in its 51-year history. “KIBIHT was the big one,” Allan said. “You saw what it meant to the kids. Just the crowd, playing in front of a packed crowd. “We’ve got a good group of kids that go out and play the game the right way.” EASY BREEZY The Kamloops Breezers posted a 5-0 record en route to a gold medal last weekend at a midget recreation tournament in Williams Lake. Kamloops doubled Williams Lake 4-2 in the final. Recording points for the Breezers were Tye Kitamura (1G), Ethan Gremaud (2G), Taylor Russell (1G) and game MVP Spencer Shyiak (2A). Sam Fawcett backstopped Kamloops.

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Picking their poison is easy. The Kamloops Storm want the 100 Mile House Wranglers in Round 1 of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs. That is because the other poison comes in the form of the Revelstoke Grizzlies, a venomous cocktail of players that would be toxic to Storm survival. Kamloops (19-26-0-2) can lock down third place in the Doug Birks Division and its preferred first-round matchup against the division’s No. 2 seed, 100 Mile, by earning a win in regulation against the hometown Sicamous Eagles on Friday. “We’ve been telling the guys since Monday this is a Game 7 mentality,” Storm head coach Jassi Sangha said. “We started 0-9. Now we’re in a position where we control our own destiny.” Revelstoke (41-6) is the class of the division, sitting 30 points clear of 100 Mile (2419-1-3) and 42 points ahead of Kamloops and Sicamous (16-

Winter Games update ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW The Kamloops Storm can greatly improve their chances of moving past Round 1 of the playoffs by earning a regulation victory over the hometown Sicamous Eagles on Friday.

23-3-5). Last-place Chase (1330-2-2) will miss the playoffs. The Storm will finish regular-season play against the Wranglers on Saturday, with game time set for 7 p.m. at Memorial Arena. Sangha would like for that game to be meaningless. “If we play the way we’re supposed to play [on Friday], we clinch third and we have a good matchup against 100 Mile. That’s a series we think

we have a very good chance to win.” The Eagles dispatched the Storm 4-1 last weekend in Kamloops. “It just didn’t have that intensity of how valuable those points were,” Sangha said. “We let Sicamous drive on for another week.” Sicamous’ regular-season schedule ends on Saturday, with a game against the Grizzlies in Revelstoke.

“The kids need to realize this is it,” Sangha said. “It’s do or die.” Kelowna has 87 points and sits atop the KIJHL, Okanagan-Shuswap Conference and Okanagan Division. Kimberley, with 84 points, is atop the Kootenay Conference and Eddie Mountain Division. Nelson leads the Neil Murdoch Division, with 70 points.

Derek Jezewsky of Kamloops notched two points for Team B.C. in a 56-38 consolation-round victory over Manitoba in wheelchair basketball action at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer on Thursday. B.C. was 2-2 in round-robin play and fell 58-50 to Saskatchewan in a consolation tilt on Wednesday. Jezewsky had two points against Saskatchewan. Alberta and Ontario were scheduled to meet in the final after KTW’s press deadline on Thursday. Kamloops products Tyson Galloway and Logan Stankoven will fall short of a medal at the Games. Quebec knocked off B.C. 7-3 in a men’s hockey quarter-final tilt on Wednesday. Stankoven scored a goal and Galloway had an assist in the defeat. B.C. was scheduled to play Nova Scotia in a relegation-round game after KTW’s press deadline on Thursday.

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WolfPack men’s volleyball coach Pat Hennelly. Jake is principal at Brock Middle School. Schmidt’s mother, Jackie, was among the institution’s first multisport athletes, playing basketball, volleyball and soccer for Cariboo College. She also had a tenure as assistant coach for UCC. GRIDIRON GROWING? Pre-registration is open for spring bantam and midget tackle football programs in Kamloops. Athletes ages 14 to 18 are eligible. To register, email melisa.dyck@ gmail.com. Several members of the local football community, including Kamloops Broncos’ president Darren Watt, are aiming to start the programs, which will need appropriate numbers if they are to move forward. P E L E V I A A S C O T S B O R A T

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Wark into championship round at Scotties GREGORY STRONG

THE CANADIAN PRESS

SYDNEY, N.S. — Sarah Wark’s curling team from British Columbia isn’t used to crosscountry travel, arena ice, top-flight competition or the national spotlight. You wouldn’t know it by Wark’s debut performance at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The Abbotsford rink has embraced the big

stage this week and unexpectedly made the championship round to boot. “I love it. It’s nice to go in feeling the crowd, the emotions, being on

camera and everything like that,’’ Wark said. “It drives me a little bit and it just brings out a nice level of competence that I don’t always have.’’ Wark got to nationals by knocking off Corryn Brown’s Kamloops rink 7-4 in the Scotties B.C. final in Quesnel earlier this month. B.C. made the eightteam cut at Centre 200 on Thursday morning

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with an 8-5 upset win over Manitoba’s Tracy Fleury in a tiebreaker game. “We felt really good about the way that we played the game and felt like we deserved to win,’’ Wark said. The numbers back that up. Wark led all players with a shooting percentage of 90 per cent, well ahead of Fleury at 66 per cent. A pair of three-point steals sealed Fleury’s

fate. Wark kept the pressure on throughout the game and made Fleury pay when she missed. Wark advanced in Pool A with Alberta’s Chelsea Carey, Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville and Ontario’s Rachel Homan. “That’s huge for us,’’ Wark said. “If you would have told us at the beginning of the week that we would

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the wrong time. “We thought we would be a contender, but sometimes you just don’t have it,’’ Fleury said. Team Wild Card’s Casey Scheidegger, Saskatchewan’s Robyn Silvernagle, Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Birt and Canada’s Jennifer Jones advanced in Pool B.

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Program Registration Freeze Dates March 1–5, 2019 The City is transitioning to a new registration system, PerfectMind, which will launch on March 6, 2019. To accommodate this transition, we will be unable to accept any program registrations between March 1 and March 5.

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be playing a tiebreaker for a spot in the championship round, we would have been thrilled.’’ Fleury was expected to be in the playoff mix after topping a strong field in the Manitoba playdowns. But she never seemed to really get on track this week and made costly mistakes at

If you wish to register for any programs that will take place during or shortly after this period, please register prior to March 1. Any classes that start after March 6 will be available for registration in PerfectMind after its launch. To learn more about PerfectMind and to set up your new account, visit Kamloops.ca/PerfectMind.

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68. Who wrote a 2003 best seller about a ____? 71. Tres + cinco 72. “Little ol’ me?” 73. Fine fabric 75. Asmara is its capital 76. Regard 77. World Cup cry 79. Newspaper units: Abbr. 81. Clammy 82. Answer to 68-Across [Art & Literature] 85. Answer to 66-Across [Entertainment] 89. “Phooey!” 90. Have a bawl 91. Amherst campus, for short 92. Cacophonous 94. Knight’s wear, in England 97. Pad 98. Find a new tenant for 99. Calendar units: Abbr. 102. Select, as sides for a game 104. Answer to 39-Down [Sports & Leisure] 106. “To repeat …” 108. Lens covers 109. Meerkat in “The Lion King” 111. Living, to Livy 112. Nose out 113. What ____ comes from a farm bird? 117. Blacken 118. Song heard at the start of “Saturday Night Fever” 119. Ride provider 120. Some I.R.S. data, for short 121. Not hush-hush 122. Kind 123. What a judge does for much of the day

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Amanda Michelle Craigmyle Amanda Michelle Craigmyle passed away on February 7, 2019 in the Palliative Care Unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after a long, tough battle with cancer. Her greatest wish was that her only granddaughter would be born before she passed away. Her wish was granted and she spent two months interacting with little Harley Rae and welcoming her to the world. Amanda was born in England on November 5, 1963 and moved with her family to Canada in 1968. She grew up in North Vancouver and Kamloops, BC and lived for several years in Washington State before spending her last years on Gabriola Island, BC. She was very creative and, as a glass bead artist, spent many years sharing that passion with people all over the world. Amanda was a brave, positive and beautiful person who loved animals, always had a smile for everyone and had a great sense of humour. She thoroughly enjoyed working at Village Foods on Gabriola and a special thank you goes out to Angela Burnett for her friendship. She is survived by her daughter Breanna, her granddaughter Harley Rae, her parents Bob and Pam Scott and her sisters Heidi (Ted) in Texas and Tasha in Calgary. She also leaves behind numerous relatives in Sweden, Europe and the UK.

Amanda was predeceased by Paul Thompson, Breanna’s father. Amanda’s wish was to have no funeral, just a scattering of her ashes at her favourite beach on Gabriola where she and her dog Mo loved to roam. If you wish to do a little something to remember Amanda, please donate to an animal rescue or a kidney cancer research foundation. Grateful thanks to the doctors and nurses at the Cancer Unit in Victoria, BC, Doctor Tracey Thorne on Gabriola and all the wonderful doctors, nurses and volunteers in Palliative Care at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Heaven has gained an angel and her dog Mo was there to welcome her. She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by everyone who knew her.

In Loving Memory of Brenda MacKenzie September 10, 1949 – February 19, 2009

Time has taken your body But a part of you remains Deep inside I feel it Whispering your name Days turn into months And months turn into years But time cannot take you from me As I always sense you near You will never be forgotten As your love lives on in me And I will carry it with me Until we meet again in eternity.

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William Malcolm Wray It is with sadness that we announce the passing of William Malcolm Wray of Kamloops, BC on February 15, 2019 at 84 years of age. Bill is survived by his children Corinne (Arne) Tacey of Fort St. John and Red (Debbie) Wray of Haiti, grandchildren Carly (Eylar) Zielke, Christie (Dan) Folkman, Tim (Katie) Wray, Kara Wray and Katie Wray, great-grandchildren Wyatt, Sawyer, Ellyanna, Ayla and Clayde Zielke and Wilbur Folkman. Also left to cherish Bill’s memory is his sister Muriel Cameron of Maderia Park, BC, his in-laws Carol (Mike) Mulvahill, Linda (Zorro) Szabados, Ronald (Patti) Malcolm, David (Jolanda) Malcolm, John (Marie) Malcolm, Rosemary (Martin) Odermatt, as well as nieces and nephews and many longtime friends. Bill was predeceased by his wife Susan Wray, his parents Charles and Margaret Wray, his brothers Len Wray, Wilfred Wray, Peter Wray and sisters Florence Houseman, Margaret (Scottie) Cameron and Julia Reid. Bill was born at Pender Harbour, BC on July 25, 1934. He began his working life as a logger. He married Susan Malcolm on December 15, 1956. In the mid 1960s Bill moved his young family to Terrace, BC. Eventually, he began working on powerline construction projects. Early in the 1970s, the family moved to Kamloops. Then, in the 1990s, Bill and Susan moved back to Terrace where he worked for BC Hydro until he retired and he and Susan returned to Kamloops. Bill lived a life of faithfulness. If he gave his word on something,

With membership in the Memorial Society of BC, further discounts are available to you and your family for all services and merchandise at First Memorial. Come and ask us how to join. You will be pleased with our already low family friendly cremation prices. he always kept it. He was a great example of a true believer in Jesus, as he quietly served others often times anonymously. Bill was a very generous person, never taking a lot of trips or pleasure for himself, but always ready to help and support others. One of his greatest acts of kindness was his decision, when Susan was diagnosed with ALS, to keep her at home and care for her for the two years leading up to her death.

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Isabel Joyce Babington (née King) August 26, 1932 - February 14, 2019

Isabel Joyce Babington (née King) “JOYCE” formerly of New Westminster, BC passed away peacefully in Kamloops on February 14, 2019 at the age of 86. Joyce was born on August 26, 1932 in Wilkie, Saskatchewan before the family moved to White Rock, BC in 1936. Joyce graduated from Semiahmoo High School in 1950 and started her career as a bank teller. Joyce retired from the telecommunications industry as an executive secretary at the age of 72. After retirement, Joyce loved to volunteer her time at Century House in New Westminster.

The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the doctors and staff on 7N at RIH for their care and support.

Preceded in death by her parents Reuben Roy King and Isabella King (née Gavel) and all nine of her brothers and sisters. Joyce is survived by her loving daughter Susan Dawn Folinsbee, her husband John and grandson James, loving son Jeffrey Donald Babington and granddaughters Brianne Jennifer and Krystle Dawn, numerous nieces, nephews, in-laws and friends.

Memorial donations may be made to World Team Canada – Haiti Development Project, Rod Wray, 7575 Danbro Cr., Mississauga, ON L5N 6P9.

The family are thankful for the wonderful care given by Dr. Susan D. Vlahos and also the staff at Royal Inland Hospital.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way, Kamloops with Pastor Jim McAlister officiating. He will be missed so very much, but we are comforted, knowing he has gone to be with the Lord.

“The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” Psalm. 121:8 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

No services will be held at this time as Joyce will be interred with her Mother, Father and siblings at the Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery in Surrey, BC. Celebrations of life will take place in the spring. Joyce was a longtime supporter of the SPCA and if desired, friends may make memorial contributions to the Kamloops SPCA or to one of the fundraising campaigns to rebuild the famous White Rock Pier, a place Joyce loved so much. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Rosa Maria Giuseppa Iadarola (Borrelli)

It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Rosa Maria Giuseppa Iadarola (Borrelli) passed from this world to the next on February 16, 2019 with her loving family by her side. Rosa was predeceased by her loving husband of 59 years Antonio Iadarola. Rosa is survived by her children Osvaldo “Ozzie” (Darlene) Iadarola, Maria (Russell) Cundari and her grandchildren Nicholas (Vicky) Iadarola, Laura (Kinji) Bourchier, Daniel Iadarola, Nick (Sandra) Cundari, Jenny Cundari and Andrew Iadarola. She was also blessed with five great-grandchildren Celine and David Bourchier, Willow and Autumn Iadarola and Leo Cundari. Rosa is survived by her sisters Rita Capobianco and Maria Corbo, her brother Michele Borrelli, as well as her many nieces and nephews. Rosa was predeceased by her parents Faustina and Pellegrino Borrelli and her siblings Antoinetta Gasdia, Pasqualina Sale, Carmela Ciarlo and Nicola Borrelli. Rosa was born on March 11, 1934 in Fragneto Monforte, Benevento, Italy. She grew up on an Italian farm where her parents raised animals Paul Palmer

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and grew crops including wheat, tobacco, corn, olives and vegetables of all kinds in the sunny climate of the Campania region of southern Italy. It was on her parent’s farm where she met a young worker Antonio, who would one day win her heart. Antonio left Italy to seek a better life in Canada with the CPR, and would write love letters to Rosa, eventually asking for her hand in marriage by mail. They were married by proxy on August 30, 1953, Antonio in Canada and Rosa still in Italy. After waiting a year in Italy, Rosa departed Naples on June 4, 1954 on the S.S. Roma for a 10 day transatlantic sailing to Halifax. Her husband Tony met her at the pier and they travelled together by rail across the country to Albert Canyon, BC, a remote hamlet just outside of Revelstoke. Rosa would always say that the mountains were so high that when she felt homesick she thought she could climb to the top of one to see back home to Italy. In the following years, she gave birth to her two children Osvaldo and Maria. In Albert Canyon, she would begin to raise her new family and make many lifelong friendships. In 1957, Rosa and her new family moved to Kamloops. She worked hard at the Kamloops Tomato Cannery and at Women’s Bakery where she learned many of her numerous baking skills. She used her skills to acquire a job at Woodward’s as a cake decorator, where she would work for over 40 years. She decorated thousands of cakes at Woodward’s including one that would win her a medal in a royal wedding cake contest for Princess Diana and Prince Charles.

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Who left us on this day, one year ago. I think of you every day and all the fun times we had. We will meet again my friend. Love, Carole

Born October 12, 1932 Passed away on Monday, February18, 2019

Marjorie, one of four children born to Christine and Cyril Matthew of Trinidad, is survived by her loving husband Glen Clarke, her two sons Cyril and Donald Clark, granddaughter ShaylaAnn and Maya, Kyle, Donna, Theron, Denzel and numerous other nieces and nephews.

Rosa eventually retired to her home overlooking the Thompson River where she would cook delicious feasts for her family and grandchildren almost every Sunday and holiday. Outside she maintained beautiful flower beds and a bountiful garden. The smell of freshly baked bread and Italian delicacies always filled the air of her warm inviting home. Her mind was an encyclopedia of delicious old country cooking and she never needed to reach for a recipe. Rosa loved nothing more than to visit with her family and her door was always open. Everyone knew to arrive with an empty stomach as her food was authentic, unmatched and she would never let you go without eating. She was fortunate to meet five of her great-grandchildren, who brought her a final joy to her life. Her whole family loved her so much and will miss her dearly.

Her surviving siblings are Cyril Matthew and Norma Morgan, both of Trinidad.

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at 11:00 am.

Special thanks to all her friends and church family who visited her and kept her spirits high.

A Family Entombment will follow at Sage Valley Mausoleum.

Memorial donations may be made to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 364 Fortune Drive, Kamloops, BC, V2B 2J2.

She was predeceased by her parents Christine and Cyril Matthew, as well as her beloved brother Carlyle Matthew. Her Celebration of Life will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 364 Fortune Dr., Kamloops, BC on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 1:00 pm with Pastor John Masigan officiating.

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

When she wasn’t decorating cakes, Rosa was behind the counter at Tony’s International Supermarket on Tranquille Road - the Italian grocery store her husband started in 1963. Tony’s Market was not only their business,

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but a home for Rosa to raise her children and a meeting place for many Italian immigrants. When Osvaldo and Maria were not busy at school they would help their mom and dad at the store. On weekends she would entertain and cook for family and friends, often at their Paul Lake cabin.

Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com 250-554-2577

Tim Cook offers a history of working in funeral service as a funeral director and embalmer for over 24 years. Tim’s favourite past times includes spending time with family and friends along with fishing and time at the lake. Tim was born in Saskatchewan and has spent the last 48 years in Kamloops, which has allowed him to develop a large network of friends and a great sense of community.

Her Journey’s Just Begun by E. Brenneman

Don’t think of her as gone away, Her journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets, This earth is only one. Just think of her as resting, From the sorrows and the tears, In a place of warmth and comfort, Where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing, That we could know today, How nothing but our sadness, Can really pass away. And think of her as living, In the hearts of those she touched, For nothing loved is ever lost; And she was loved so much.

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BROCKLEHURST/NORTH KAMLOOPS

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Rte 328 – 935 13th Ave, Cloverleaf Cres, Dominion Cres, Pine Cres, Park Cres. – 62 p. Rte 331 - 948-987 9th Ave, 1125 10th Ave, 901-981 Douglas St, 902-999 Munro St, 806-999 Pleasant St. – 37 p. Rte 333 - 1003-1176 Pleasant St, 1005-1090 Pine St.– 37 p. Rte 339 - 1265-1401 9th Ave, 916-1095 Fraser St.-29 p. Rte 372 - 22-255 W. Battle St, 660 Lee Rd, 11-179 W. Nicola St. – 54 p. Rte 380 - Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 71 p Rte 387 – 643-670 McBeth Pl. – 22 p. Rte 389 – Bluff Pl, 390 Centre Ave, 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.

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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, 1925-1980 Glenwood Dr. - 73 p. Rte 612 – 2079 Falcon Rd, Flamingo Rd, 2040-2177 Glenwood Dr. – 64 p. Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 50 p.

WESTSYDE

Rte 253 - Irving P, 2401-2477 Parkview Dr, Rhonmohe Cres, 2380&2416 Westsyde Rd.-54p Rte 257 - 801-863 Alpine Terr, 2137-2197 Community Pl, 21922207 Grasslands Blvd, 908-918 Grasslands Pl, 881-936 McQueen Dr, 805-880 Woodhaven Dr.-53 p Rte 258 - 806-879 McQueen Dr, 2136-2199 Perryville P. – 36p Rte 260 - 2040 – 2185 Westsyde Rd. – 24 p.

VALLEYVIEW

Rte 602 – Apple Lane, Knollwood Cres, Parkhill Dr, 1783 Valleyview Dr. – 47 p.

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La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX climbing boots, men size 10. New. $500. 2-161cm Snowboards. Never used $375. Gently used. $325. 578-7776.

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

1913 Cdn mfg Heintzman piano, hammers replaced. Well cared for moving, must sell. $950/obo. 250-852-1535.

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Butcher-Boy commercial meat grinder 3-hp. 220 volt. c/w attachments. $1600. 250318-2030.

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8ft Antique Couch $900. Round dining room table w/4chairs & 2 bar stools. $700. Couch & matching chairs $200. 250-374-1541.

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Antiques / Classics

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

Auto Accessories/Parts 4-Avalanche X-treme winters on rims 275/60/R20 fits 1/2T Dodge truck 5-stud. $1000. 250-573-5635. 4-Goodyear Noridc winter tires. P215/65/R17 on winter rims. $400/obo. 250-375-2375.

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1978 Ford T. Bird hardtop. 160,000kms. One owner, like new. $2695. 250-374-8285.

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One owner 2007 Type S Acura T/L 210,000km. Exec cond. $8500 (250) 828-2331

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1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop. 55,000 miles. 390-330HP. $4,000. 250-574-3794.

2013 Hyundai Tucson GL Automatic, Power Windows, Locks, Mirrors, Tilt Steering, Cruise Control and AC. Great family SUV. Heated Seats. Bluetooth. Two sets of tires on rims. Clean title. Bought at the Hyundai in Kamloops. 109,000 km’s on it. FWD. Great Condition. Ready to go!!! $9,600 Text 250-319-8292.

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

Brand New Westsyde 3bdrm 2bth w/garage $2200 plus util n/s, n/p (250) 682-5338

Antiques / Classics

1999 - 32ft. Southwind. Slide, V-10, Jacks, Solar, Generator, Dual-air, TV’s, Vacuum, Inverter etc. Low kms. $31,500 250-828-0466

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2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms. Excellent condition. $12,900. 250-374-1541.

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Avail. w/ref. 2bdrm Kit/liv, sep ent, patio, nice yrd $950 376-0633

Sport Utility Vehicle

New Price $56.00+tax

1bdrm furnished suite near RIH for 1 quiet working person/student. N/S, N/P, No partiers. $800/mo. 250-374-9281.

2-bdrms N/Shore, 4 appl’s. $950 +utilities. 250-852-0909 or 250-376-5913.

Recreational/Sale

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $16,900. 236-421-2251 2013 Keystone Fusion Toy Hauler slps 9, 41ft 12ft garage asking $65,000 250-374-4723

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

Springs Home Cleaning Services

For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

Recreation **BOOK NOW FOR BEST WEEKS IN 2019** Shuswap Lake! 5 Star Resort in Scotch Creek BC. REST & RELAX ON THIS PRIVATE CORNER LOT. Newer 1bdrm, 1-bath park model sleeps 4 . Tastefully decorated guest cabin for 2 more. One of only 15 lots on the beautiful sandy beach with a wharf for your boat. Provincial park, Golf, Grocery/Liquor store & Marina all minutes away. Resort has 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, Adult & Family Clubhouse, Park, Playground. Only $1,400 week. BOOK NOW! Rental options available for 3 & 4 day, 1 week, 2 week & monthly. Call for more information. 1-250-371-1333.

Silver 2006 Mazda RX8 136,000km. Auto or Manual, Sunroof, A/C, leather heated seats, great body, tires and interior, Suicide style back doors. $7900. 250-376-7672 Financing avail 855-600-7750

Motorcycles Wanted: HARLEY GEAR. Chaps, Jacket, Vest and Gloves. Ladies Medium and Mens Xlg. Send pics to: rajol@telus.net

2001 Dodge Dakota STL. 2WD, 4.7L, V8. Fully loaded including hitch. In great shape, no dents or scrapes. Mid sized truck used regularly city and highway. Tires good, full size spare on rim. $2500/OBO 250-3771649.

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Snowmobiles 2003 Arctic Cat 600 EFI - 1M Mountain Cat 144” track, 1582 miles as new cond trailer avail $2399/obo. (250)376-3881 or 250-371-7605

2014 Ford Platinum 4x4 Immaculate F150 Supercrew, 3.5 Ecoboost, Sun Roof, white, brown leather, Fully Loaded Only $35,800 250-319-8784

Sport Utility Vehicle

Boats

1997 Ford Expedition. 200,000+kms. New brakes. Runs well. $3,700. 372-5033.

14ft. Runabout boat. 40hp Johnson motor on trailer. $1500/obo. 778-469-5434.

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FINANCIAL MATTERS Saving And Managing Money FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

Most families are concerned about planning for their childrens’s financial futures, but for families with special needs children, financial planning strategies have a different and often more complex dimension. The cost of supporting an individual with special needs adds up quickly – from therapies, medical equipment and special programs to caregiver support and transportation. While the estimated annual cost of raising a child in Canada is nearly $14,000.00, the cost for families dealing with disability can be much higher. According to Easter Seals Canada, the annual cost of caring for a child with a severe disability can be more than $40,000.00. Considering the statistics, the challenges that many families face are understandable. An estimated one in seven Canadians has a disability and according to Statistics Canada, only half of Canadian adults with a disability have a job, and only 26 percent of those with a severe disability are employed. Families with special needs children have the added challenges of developing strategies to provide financial support throughout the child’s life – including when parents may no longer be able to provide day care. There is government assistance to help support families caring for a special needs child. The first step is to apply for the Disablility Tax Credit (DTC) by submitting Form T2201 (Disability Tax Credit Certificate) to Canada Revenue Agency. It can reduce the income tax payable for the disabled individual – or when a child or other dependant doesn’t have taxable income, a parent or other relative can claim the DTC in certain conditions. Beyond the simple tax credit, qualifying for the DTC can open the door for other federal, provincial or territorial benefits as well. There are other tax credits to take advantage of, including the Canada Caregiver Credit or medical costs and dedutions for child care expenses. You may also be eligible for the Child Disability Benefit, a monthly tax-free benefit for families caring for a child under 18 who is eligible for the DTC. The Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) is also available, though only a fraction of eligible Canadians have set one up since its inception in 2008. This tax-deferred savings vehicle allows Canadians under the age of 60 who qualify for the DTC to contribute up to a maximum of $200,000.00 and contributions can be made by anyone. If the beneficiary is under 18 years of age, the RDSP can be established by the parent. An RDSP can also be established for an adult, or if their contractual competency to enter into a plan is in doubt, by a qualifying person who is legally authorized to act for the beneficiary. Savings in an RDSP grow tax-free and, depending on the age and adjusted family net income of the beneficiary, are eligible for government benefits such as the Canada Disability Savings Grant and the Canada Disablitiy Savings Bond – which can add up to 90,000.00 over the lifetime of the RDSP. Your estate plan should begin with frank and open discussions about how to care for loved ones after you’re gone. Creating a life plan will help to ensure you and your family have really thought through all your child’s future needs. This document provides caregivers and/ or trustees with detailed information describing the kind of care and lifestyle that you wish to continue for your child after you’re gone. Trusts may also be an option, but their implications can vary significantly from province to province. In many provinces a Henson Trust, which is an absolute discretionary trust, may be helpful. With this kind of trust, you leave your estate, or part of your estate, in trust for your child, but the trustee(s) can withhold or spend the income and capital as they see fit to best serve your child’s interests. The estate contents would not legally be owned by the child, and therefore, he or she would still qualify for any ongoing government benefits. Speak with an advisor or lawyer to fully understand how trusts work in your province. The purchase of life insurance is a good idea for any new parent, but is particularly important in the case of a special needs child.

The younger you are when it is purchsed, the lower the premiums are likely to be. Upon your death, you can elect to pay out your life insurance directly into an RDSP or a Henson Trust. Critical illness and disability insurance for caregivers is also an important consideration. If you are diagnosed with an illness or become disabled and are unable to work and/or care for your child, you’ll want some insurance to help fill your income gap. Caring for a special needs child has its unique rewards and challenges, and consideration is needed for potential short and long term expenses. Families may be required to pay out of pocket for a number of requirements from adaptive clothing, specialized strollers, car seats and lift equipment to assistive technology, specialized therapies, home modifications and transportation vehicles. An advisor can help you navigate the best way to handle immediate expenses, while setting up a longer-term investment strategy to cover those out-of-pocket costs further down the road.

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