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The Paramount Theatre won’t be closing, after all. The Kamloops Film Society will soon be taking over operations thanks to the help of a local property-management firm. While Landmark Cinemas ceased operations in the theatre on April 17, the company has sold the building at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue downtown to Kelson Group, which has handed the keys to the film society. The theatre will be leased at below market rates to the non-profit society, which also has an option to buy the building from Kelson Group at the original price Kelson paid — about $950,000. There is also an option to renew the five-year lease for five more years. On Thursday afternoon, film society chair Tom Friedman revealed the arrangement to keep the Paramount open to cheers from a crowd gathered in the building’s entrance for the announcement.
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“We are really delighted to be working with such strong advocates for our community,” Friedman said. The society will continue to run its annual film festival and film series in the Paramount and will also be looking to create a cultural hub in the space with film, music, comedy, theatre and other art forms. Friedman believes there will be more opportunities to offer first-run movies with Landmark leaving the market. The Kamloops Film Society will assume operations costs, with an annual donation from Kelson Group owners Ron and Rae Fawcett to help with that bill. Friedman said the annual donation will cover rent, so the film society will need only to focus on expenses such as utilities, insurance and staffing. Fawcett said the idea to purchase the Paramount has been in the works for a year and he did so because he felt if it closed, it would never re-open. See FILM SOCIETY, A20
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City’s devotion to heritage questioned JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
Andrew Yarmie labels “ironic” an award he recently received from the city for service during his tenure as chair of the Kamloops Heritage Commission, a position that no longer exists under the city’s new committee structure. The volunteer of more than two decades said he and other members, at least one of whom has quit, are disappointed the decades-old commission has been replaced by a new engagement group. In March, members were sent letters by the city thanking them for service and advising they would be contacted in April “to discuss the opportunity and process for external engagement group appointments.” Yarmie, who chaired the commission for eight years, intends to continue with that group, but he is concerned heritage efforts will be pushed to the back burner. “We’re hoping that heritage will remain important to the people of Kamloops — and I think it is — but it’s a definite change, for sure,” he said. The commission in the past pushed for designating as heritage properties the Old Courthouse, Stuart Wood elementary and the Inland Cigar Factory building. The commission also called the city’s sale of
the CN Building downtown to a Kelowna developer a mistake. Yarmie said programs like historical plaquing, signage and tours could slow as a result of the new group meeting less often and with a less direct link to city council, via the community services committee. Former commission member and archeologist by trade Joanne Hammond told KTW she has quit as a result, advising staff she will not join the new engagement group. Hammond said the city does not value heritage, noting funding issues that have plagued the group since she joined. Hammond said the city acted in bad faith by suggesting the group form an independent society, which the city could support or ignore. “They are not looking for action or advocacy on heritage issues and I am just not the kind of person to bang my head against a brick wall,” Hammond said. With the new committee structure, Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said he envisioned an arts, culture and heritage commission for projects like the proposed Stuart Wood cultural facility. The Heritage Commission, however, requested to stay on its own, which the city supported, but as a new engagement group that meets less frequently.
While he appreciates the volunteers’ efforts, Christian said the city does not have staff resources to meet more than quarterly on heritage issues. He said he has not heard issues among other committees. The new committee structure was implemented to clean up a list of committees that no longer met and better align with the city’s new corporate structure. “I’ve said to them before, if we find a need that isn’t being satisfied, we are not above going out and finding people that want to go out and work on a task force,” Christian said. The city’s new committee structure came as the Heritage Commission was working to revise its mandate. The group of volunteers hoped to further heritage projects in the city, despite having funding requests for programs such as street sign poppies rejected in recent years. The commission instead launched a fundraising campaign to buy signs with poppy images to mark street names connected to local war veterans. Hammond said the city’s heritage is not the same as sports or recreation. “It needs education and it needs a champion to help inform people about its value and remind us why we need it,” she said. “And I think it’s just going to languish. It’s very easy for the city to ignore it.”
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STAY UP TO DATE The Victoria Street West Improvements Project is underway. Stage 1 construction, at the east end of the corridor near 1st Avenue, will run Monday–Friday, 7:00 am–5:30 pm to start, with additional night and weekend work as required.
May 6, 2019 1:30 pm - Civic Operations Committee Kenna Cartwright Boardroom, 955 Concordia Way
Motorists and pedestrians are asked to please use caution when approaching the construction zone. Pedestrians should cross the street at crosswalks and watch for vehicles turning right on red lights before crossing at 1st Avenue and Seymour Street. Drivers should obey all traffic control personnel, signs, and the posted 30 km/hr speed limit.
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The zipper merge is back! Maximizing the full use of both lanes until the point of merging and then taking turns to safely ease into the remaining lane reduces congestion.
May 13, 2019 4:00 pm - Community Relations Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West
Businesses on Victoria Street West are open throughout construction. They appreciate your continued support.
May 14, 2019 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West
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May 28, 2019 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West
Spring Road Marking is Underway The City has started the annual spring line painting, and the painting will continue for the next several weeks. During this time, motorists are asked to watch for posted signs as crews make their way through each neighbourhood. Please slow down and use caution when approaching areas that are being painted. The City thanks you for your patience.
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The City's “Bear Smart” Bylaw began last week and is in effect until November 30, 2019. This means that garbage should be securely stored until it can be placed at the curb—no earlier than 4:00 am on collection day. Mismanaged garbage is one of the main reasons bears will enter neighbourhoods. When bears learn that garbage means food, they come back again and again. Help keep garbage out of reach of bears and remove the temptation by doing the following:
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A total of 750 tree coupons are available on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of one coupon per household. Residents who pick up a tree coupon are able to redeem their coupon for a $20 or $50 value (depending on the value of the tree) at a participating location. Residents interested in obtaining a tree coupon can pick one up at one of the following locations, Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–4:00 pm: •
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As France’s president vows to reopen Notre Dame Cathedral within five years, a Kamloops art history expert who has studied the gothic basilica in Paris said that timeline is “very optimistic.” Notre Dame was ravaged by flames after a massive fire broke out this past Monday. The blaze, believed to have been accidental, destroyed most of the cathedral’s roof, but left much of the building’s interior with relatively minor damage. French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday an architectural competition to have the cathedral rebuilt in time for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, which will take place in Paris. Also on Wednesday, French Prime Minister Edouard Phillippe said the government will undertake a series of measures to secure financing and accelerate reconstruction work at Notre Dame. More than $1 billion in U.S.
funds has been committed for the reconstruction from worshippers, international business magnates and multinational corporations — including Apple, Disney and Dior. “It looks like they’re going to have all the money they want,” Thompson Rivers University associate professor of art history Lloyd Bennett told KTW. “But I think five years is being very optimistic. It’s going to take them a year just to clean out the interior.” Bennett believes Macron may be trying to allay concerns of French citizens with the hard timeline. “In some ways, he may be saying that to bring some good news to the French people,” Bennett said. “He’s telling them he’s not going to sit around and wait.” Speaking at his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Pope Francis expressed sadness about the blaze. “I was very said and I feel very close to all of you,” he said. Construction workers delivered a large crane and planks of wood to
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Royal Inland Hospital is not included in Newsweek’s rankings of the Top 100 Hospitals in Canada. The news magazine partnered with market research company Statista Inc. and health insurance provider GeoBlue to develop world rankings, selecting 1,000 hospitals based on recommendations from medical professionals, patient surveys and medical-performance indicators. Its rankings include lists of the best hospitals in 11 countries — Canada, U.S., UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Israel — along with a world’s top 100 list. Kelowna General Hospital is ranked No. 23 on the list of top Canadian hospitals, along with 10 others in B.C., but RIH is not among them. Interior Health spokesperson Susan Duncan told KTW all their sites work hard to ensure patient care is at the centre of every decision. “Patients regularly share positive experiences about the care they have received and those are the surveys that matter to us,” she said. “We are pleased when any IH health site or staff member or physician is recognized for good work, but we can’t comment on
the multitude of surveys that are taken by independent non-health organizations.” Duncan said IH regularly monitors industry-standard measures provided through the Canadian Institute for Health Information, which includes hospital mortality rates and hospital infection rates and monitors compliance with proper hand-hygiene standards. “Royal Inland Hospital is pleased with its quality performance and follows up in instances where improvements are required,” Duncan stated. Vancouver General Hospital and Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital are among the nine Canadian facilities recognized by Newsweek as being among the world’s best. The top 10 in the world are ranked, while the remaining 90 are listed alphabetically. No Canadian hospital is ranked among the top 10. To be considered for the rankings, a hospital has to have capacity for at least 100 beds. RIH had 254 beds as of 2018, according to an IH fact sheet. It is the only tertiary acute-care facility in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap region and one of just two in IH — the other being Kelowna General, which has 711 beds. Each hospital was given a score, which are considered to only be comparable between hospitals in the same country due to
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School District 73’s annual Battle of the Books finals took place on Wednesday at the Henry Grube Education Centre. The competition sees student teams from various schools battling each other in the arena of knowledge of books they have all read. Winners in the Grade 3/4 category were Summit elementary students Erin Wall, Ananya Bhamidipalli and Gracie Blair. Victors in the Grade 5 category were Westmount elementary students Liam Zirnhelt, Elliot Caputo and Gauge Jacob. Capturing the Grade 6/7 category was the Juniper Ridge elementary squad of jack Wallin, Chloe Conat and Lily Eckerman, who edged a team from the Kamloops School of the Arts in a sudden-death tiebreaker. ABOVE: Grades 3/4 Dallas elementary competitors Milla Russo (left) and Keira Hazelwood confer with each other. LEFT: Grades 3/4 Summit elementary competitor Ananya Bhamidipalli hoists her team’s answer into the air. BELOW: Grade 5 Westmount elementary teammates Liam Zirnhelt (left), Elliot Caputo and Gauge Jacob enthusiastically celebrate their win. DAVE EAGLES PHOTOS/KTW
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ollowing the shootings earlier this week in Penticton and Salmon Arm, many who live in the regions are mourning. Police are continuing to investigate the Penticton killings, in two neighbourhoods and will look for motivations in an effort to understand why the events occurred. A 60-year-old Penticton man has been charged in connection with the south Okanagan shootings that killed Darlene Knippelberg, Susan Wonch, Barry Wonch and Rudi Winter. A 25-year-old has been charged in Salmon Arm, where two men were shot at a local church. Gordon Parmenter did not survive. Penticton police have said the shootings there were targeted and all victims were connected to the suspect. The killings are the deadliest in Penticton’s history and the sixthworst ever in the province. During the day on Monday, downtown Penticton was under a lockdown and residents were asked to stay inside. When the lockdown was lifted, the community had changed. Likewise, Salmon Arm has changed since the tragic shooting in that lakeside town. Residents of the Okanagan and Shuswap remain in a state of shock after these incidents. Some people knew one or more of the victims. Some people know or are acquainted with the shooters. And many people have visited the neighbourhoods where the shootings occurred. Coming to terms with a tragedy of this nature is not easy and many people are still processing their thoughts and emotions. Some will choose to sit down with family or friends and discuss what happened and how it has affected them personally. Others may speak with counsellors as they seek guidance during the grieving process. This is a time to acknowledge what people are feeling as they come to terms with terrible tragedies — and do what we can to help. — Black Press
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here will be many leafs pulled out of storage this weekend, dusted off and inserted into numerous tables across Kamloops as families feast on Easter dinner. (And if the only leaf you know is wearing a jersey and battling the Bruins in the playoffs, then the rarity of the subject of this column has been established). Not since Christmas have so many turkeys and stuffing and mashed potatoes been prepared. And not since Christmas have so many families actually set aside their cellphones long enough to sit down with one another and use their thumbs for something other than texting a message. Yes, Easter is a time for family dinners. As is Christmas. And Thanksgiving. And that’s about it. It may be that our memories of life back in the good old days are more idealized that factual, but I certainly recall, at least until my early teens, dinner being dinner, at precisely six o’clock each evening. Everyone was at the table in the kitchen, with Tony Parsons, Norm Grohman and Bernie Pascall’s voices wafting in from the living room TV, telling us the news, weather and sports of the day. I know this because I am still squinting from the blinding sun that shone directly through the kitchen window and into my eyes as I ate. I still wonder why mom or dad never bothered to reach over and close the orange and brown curtains that epitomized chic kitchen
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MUSINGS fashion in Abbotsford circa the 1970s. I know this because I can still taste the liver and onions that occasionally appeared on the dinner menu like a terrifying nightmare. I know this because I can still taste the liver and onions that became breakfast when we gagged our way through dinner and could not finish that vile meal. (If you were hungry in the Foulds abode, you ate what was placed in front of you, if not for dinner, then for breakfast, lunch or the next day’s dinner. After all, there were children starving in China.) But at least there were meals, usually eaten together at a table. Nowadays? Not so much. This is why we have the Handson Cook-off Contest, which began this week for the 10th consecutive year. The contest, which can be found online at bettertogetherbc. ca, challenges families across the province to cook and eat together
each evening until May 15, with the ultimate goal of promoting the family dinner movement in B.C. The contest was created back in 2009 to promote the benefits of cooking and eating together — and the benefits, particularly to kids and teens, are staggering. According to a wide array of studies, regularly eating dinner together as a family can lead to better grades, better diets and better behaviour, and to less use of alcohol, drugs and alcohol and decreased chance of depression. It seems eating together as a family is a miracle cure for so much. Don’t be surprised to find studies that show a four-course meal with your clan can eliminate your allergies, give your kids natural immunity against measles and bring the Cup to Toronto. But these benefits come with a caveat, according to the Ministry of Health: “The benefits of eating together are greatest if you don’t eat in front of the TV and other screens.” So, enjoy the feast this weekend and embrace this now unusual custom of sitting together to break bread. However, even though the Leafs will soon be put away for the season — as they are each April — don’t be too quick to do the same with the leafs. Perhaps this odd family dinner craze will catch on and we won’t have to wait until Thanksgiving to again break bread with those people in our homes glued to their phones. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds
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OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DOCTORS, ARE ZERO EMISSIONS REALLY ZERO EMISSIONS? STAFF SAVED MY LIFE Editor: For almost three years, I was suffering from a medical condition that awoke me and forced me out of my bed, on average, four times each night. Each local medical office gave me the same solution — call the 811 health line. The continual pain and lack of sleep was killing me . In desperation, I drove up to Sun Peaks Family Practice because they said I could talk to a doctor. The physician had an idea of what my problem was and referred me to a neurologist to prove or disprove his theory. Due to a cancellation, a helpful receptionist and a lot of luck, I was able to see the neurologist very quickly. He confirmed the theory and referred me to a surgeon. I then had my surgery. I want to give a huge thank you to Dr. Shane Barclay and staff at Sun Peaks Family Practice, Dr. Russell Mosewich and staff and Dr. Laura Zeznik and staff. In my view, they saved my life. I recently had the first pain-free night in a long time. M.A. Bridgeman Kamloops
Editor: Global warming. Carbon neutral. Zero emissions. These have become part of the language in the 21st century. Of late, commercials about electric cars are claiming zero emissions. Is this really true? Well, electric cars don’t use gasoline or diesel and their battery bank only needs to be charged to make them run. Yes, it sounds good. And, partially, it is a good thing to develop ways of getting around that don’t involve an internal-combustion engine. Carbon dioxide emissions have accelerated global warming.
But consider what zero-emission advertising is trying to tell us. When the vehicle battery bank is being charged, the electricity is being generated somewhere by some means. The electricity is actually a conversion of the energy in moving water (hydro electricity) or from a generating source that transforms energy, perhaps from coal, natural gas or radioactive nuclear material. The latter three are certainly not zero-emissions sources. Also to be considered is the production and disposal of the batteries used in electric vehicles.
Do those things constitute zero emissions? What about the toxicity of the materials in the batteries? I wonder if there is a computer model that could predict the future of hydro electricity (from moving water) in British Columbia, in North America and globally? What we see in B.C. now for rainfall (which provides water for our rivers and our hydro electricity) might change dramatically over the next 50 or 100 years. The zero-emissions advertising makes a lot of claims that need scientific support. John Noakes Kamloops
A REASONABLE PLASTIC BAG BAN CAN BE IMPLEMENTED Editor: Kamloops should follow the example set in Victoria when it comes to a ban on plastic bags. We should also look at how Salmon Arm is attempting to introduce its plastic bag bylaw. These bylaws ban plastic bags in a meaningful and thoughtful way, which already address many of the concerns I am reading about in recent letters to the editor. In Victoria, the purpose of the bylaw is to regulate single-use checkout bags. The bylaw does not limit residents using already owned and existing plastic bags, plastic bags used to line waste bins or bags used to collect and dispose of pet waste. Victoria allows plastic bags to be used for specific purposes,
including packaging loose bulk items (fruit, vegetables, etc.), frozen foods, meat, poultry and fish, among others. In Salmon Arm, the bylaw “pro-
vides exemptions for many items where a re-usable bag would not be suitable; including the packaging of bulk items, frozen food, meats and poultry, flowers, large items that require protection and cannot fit in a reusable bag, etc. Further exemptions may be considered in the future.” If people are worried about contaminants being transferred in reusable bags, they can either use a plastic bag or purchase a paper bag to transport items home. For those thinking it can’t be done, an online search can provide details of jurisdictions around the world that have either banned or taxed plastic bags. Thirty-two countries have already banned plastic bags, including developed and developing countries, such as India, Italy,
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China, France and Kenya, all with a range of implementation and success. The bylaws in Victoria and Salmon Arm seem extremely manageable when looking at other areas. If we want a real draconian example, just search details in Kenya and how that country is reducing “flying toilets” — residents relieve themselves in plastic bags and toss them out the door — by threatening four years of imprisonment or fines of $40,000 for anyone producing, selling or simply carrying a plastic bag. I applaud Coun. Dale Bass’s motion and hope Kamloops will enact a reasonable bylaw to limit, not completely eliminate, plastic bag sales in the city. Aaren Ritchie-Bonar Kamloops
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TURTLE VALLEY BIOSOLIDS PLAN SHOULD NOT PROCEED Editor: I appreciate the coverage KTW has been providing on the issue of spreading biosolids on a bison ranch in Turtle Valley. There are a couple of items that require clarification. While the use of class B biosolids on agricultural land should be of concern to anyone who consumes food, in this particular land-use application, there are additional anomalies that require more scrutiny than seems to have taken place. One of the huge concerns for residents of Turtle Valley is the load of biosolids to be applied to the Turtle Valley Bison Ranch. Ranch spokesperson Conrad Schiebel of Bragg Creek, Alta., was reported saying in an earlier interview that biosolids application would improve the soil. This is debatable as highly qualified scientists have
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widely differing views. Erring on the side of caution would be the wiser course of action. In this particular application, there are other areas of major concern. This land application plan calls for 35,000 dry tonnes of mixed biosolids (some from the Kamloops stockpile and some that has only been composted) to be applied to 31 hectares of land. This works out to 777 dry tonnes per hectare. To give your readers a sense of just how troubling this figure is, compare it with two other local projects. The Sunny Hills Ranch near Knutsford was to receive a maximum application rate of 19 dry tonnes per hectare. The Campbell ranches near Kamloops were to receive a maximum application rate of 17 dry tons per hectare, according to the Kamloops Biosolids Awareness Network.
It is hard to envision, but the bison ranch plan is to spread fabricated soil (one part biosolids/three parts soil/one part wood fibre) on the site one metre ( just over three feet) deep. This is such a staggering amount that it is hard to see this as anything other than a dump. The proposed site of the biosolids application sits on a hillside that slopes down to Chum Creek and Chum Lake. The slopes on the application site are significant and the slopes above the site even more so. In Turtle Valley, spring runoff and extreme weather events have already created problems, washing out culverts and flooding roads and properties. This is particularly apparent on land that has been previously logged. Surface water runoff can enter Chum Creek and find its way from
Editor: Re: (‘Opponents of biosolids export proposal planning protest,’ April 17): I checked into it a while ago and was informed there was no testing done on biosolids for PCBs. Apparently, the tests don’t exist. People do not want to be guinea pigs, having to deal with health issues in the future.
there into Little Shuswap Lake and the Thompson River system, where the toxic materials it carries can impact some of the province’s major salmon runs. It is of note that some provinces, including Nova Scotia, prohibit the use of biosolids on land on which the slope exceeds eight per cent. There is also no discussion in the land application plan of how stable this one metre of material will be on a sloped surface. Seeding will take place, but it will take several years and good weather conditions for sufficient cover and root mass to hold this fill in place. A final note of potential concern to residents of Sorrento and Tappen and those living on Skimikin Road is the possibility the route trucks carrying biosolids take from Kamloops to the Turtle Valley site could affect them directly. The Squilax-Turtle Valley Road may not be able to accommo-
No one can guarantee biosolids are safe. The Supreme court of Canada once stated: “In order to achieve sustainable development, policies must be based on the precautionary principle. “Environmental measures must anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of environmental degradation. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty
date the volume of heavy traffic planned. The alternate route would be to continue down the Trans-Canada Highway to Tappen and, ultimately, to Skimikin Road. Given the volume of material to be transported, 700 truck loads according to Arrow, the impact on families living along this route could be significant. Without this background information, it is difficult for people to understand how far from the norm this particular land use application plan is and why it is so concerning. These are significant risks and warrant more investigation. This project should not proceed. Those interested in more information can check out the Turtle Valley Against Biosolids Facebook page. Margaret Fryatt Turtle Valley
should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation.” Dumping toxic waste is not safe. For the sake of people, wildlife, our water and air, the precautionary principle must be used in order to keep people and the environment healthy. Diane Czyzewski Kamloops
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The B.C. Liberals plan to fight recent policy changes to the Agricultural Land Commission they see as harmful to farmers and ranchers. Official Opposition Leader Andrew Wilkinson was at an agricultural town hall in Knutsford this week with local MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar to hear concerns of rural residents while denouncing the proposed Bill 15 and recently passed Bill 52. “What we have to do on your behalf is bring that Interior voice to the legislature,” Wilkinson told about 45 residents who gathered at Grandview Acres on Tuesday. Under the proposed bill, individual property owners will no longer be able to apply for exclusions or petition on their own behalf to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve for development. The proposed amendment stipulates that applications for exclusions can only be submitted to the ALC by local governments, First Nations governments or the province. Bill 15 also re-organizes the ALC governance by amalgamating what are currently six regional panels into one land commission. Wilkinson described the restriction as offensive to the concept of property ownership. “It really goes to the core of the issue of what does it mean to own
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restrict where on a property a landowner can build as opposed to simply restricting the size of a home altogether. Rules to address megamansions in larger communities like Richmond don’t make sense for areas like Spences Bridge, Wilkinson said, arguing government should enact change that address the variety of circumstances around the province. A few people in the crowd raised questions and concerns over the bills, with a third-generation rancher mentioning he believes his property will be lost in the years to come after being unable to subdivide his land as part of his retirement plan. Other concerns brought up included the City of Kamloops’ plans to truck biosolids to Turtle Valley, near Chase, the impact of re-introducing right-to-roam legislation on ranchland and the need for stronger trespassing laws in B.C. Wilkinson said the B.C. Liberals oppose right-to-roam law and conceded trespassing laws could use more teeth, while Stone committed to meeting with residents concerned about biosolids. Forum hosts Ada and Rick Mogge of Grandview Acres, told KTW they felt the meeting went well and were happy the MLAs reached out to the agricultural community. — with files from the Vancouver Sun
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A new strategy for recreation in Kamloops should balance structured and spontaneous recreation, a consultant told council during a recent workshop. “We have a lot of really successful groups here in the community,” RC Strategies+Perc partner Stephen Slawuta said. “You know, sport and recreation groups — and they’re really important — but we also need to make sure that we’re providing recreation that’s kind of unstructured, spontaneous in nature.” The Edmonton-based consultant, which specializes in community recreation planning, explained demand for passive recreation opportunities, such as pickup basketball or walking trails, as an emerging trend across Canada and in Kamloops. Last fall, RC Strategies+Perc engaged in surveys, discussions, open house events and online commenting via the city’s Let’s Talk platform. The consultant found that while 15 per cent of households indicated they were involved in organized hockey, for example, the “silent majority” of residents is involved in unstructured, spontaneous recreation indoors and outdoors, including drop-in activities, swimming, fitness, social events, creative arts, hiking, walking, community events, gardening, barbe-
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should go toward passive recreation. “That is not to say, that the Tournament Capital initiative should be thrown out the window because that’s what brought us to where we are today,” he said, noting the need for continued investment in maintaining the city’s current facilities. Christian cited a hardcourt in a park in Monterey, Calif., complete with grandstands for people to watch. He said many communities are moving away from gymnasiums and organized leagues. Slawuta noted other trends in recreation, including multi-purpose facilities, convenience and comfort amenities — from Wi-Fi service to seating areas to public artwork — and quality of experience, such as artificial turf, lazy rivers and natural playgrounds. He said growth projections for Kamloops require planning for a city with between 20,000 to 30,000 more residents. “Really adding on a small city to what we have already,” he said. “We need to think about that when we come up with priorities.” RC Strategies+Perc and the city have been consulting with the public about recreation, considering changing demographics, aging infrastructure and demands. A draft recreation master plan will be available for public feedback later this spring.
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cuing and social events. Slawuta said based on public feedback, residents’ recreation motivations were geared more toward personal wellness — exercise, entertainment and spending time with family and friends — than competition. The top two recreation opportunities identified in Kamloops were the city’s natural environment and major recreation facilities in the community or neighbourhoods, such as McArthur Island and the Tournament Capital Centre. Barriers from participating in recreation included inconvenient times and scheduling, lack of time and affordability. Slawuta noted a “big disparity” across the community related to levels of poverty — one of the challenges he identified as needing to be addressed in the new plan. “On a neighbourhood by neighbourhood basis, really a disparate level of poverty,” Slawuta said. “You have areas of the city that are as high as 25 per cent and 34 per cent amongst children in those neighbourhoods,” he said. “I mean, that’s a high level of poverty and we need to think about how we provide recreation to those areas of the city and make sure they have equitable access to the benefits that we can accrue through recreation, as well.” Mayor Ken Christian called it “interesting” that investments going forward
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KAMLOOPS HERITAGE RAILWAY PHOTOS Crews hoist the 119-year-old caboose (above) and 106-year-old cattle car (below) and prepare to move it into the Kamloops Heritage Railway’s backshop facility last Sunday.
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Kamloops Heritage Railway completed a giant move at its downtown yard last weekend, lifting its 119-year-old caboose and 106-year-old cattle car and placing them in the railway’s backshop facility. Jordan Popadynetz, manager of events and experiences with the Kamloops Heritage Railway, said the two pieces of historic equipment will become part of backshop tours and the focal point of events held in the maintenance yard, where the 2141 Spirit of Kamloops steam locomotive is prepared for service. Popadynetz said revitalization of the two rail cars will begin shortly, with both the interiors and exteriors restored to their original beauty. Guests will then be welcome to climb aboard. The cattle car and caboose were withdrawn from Canadian National Railway service in 1970 and presented to the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce. From 1970 to 1983, the cars acted as the city’s tourist information booths and were located on the Yellowhead Highway. They were then gifted to the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society in the early 2000s and moved to Pioneer Park, where they have rested since. Last weekend was the first time since 1970 that the two century-old railway cars turned a wheel. Kamloops Heritage Railway excursions begin on July 1 with the Fireworks Special. For more information on events this year, go online to kamrail.com.
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According to the BC Wildlife Federation, the few remaining Interior Thompson steelhead trout are stuck at the base of the Bonaparte River fishway near Ashcroft, which is a major tributary of the Thompson River. The steelhead cannot get to their spawning grounds because the Bonaparte fishway is inoperable due to heavy sedimentation and debris flows from the recent wildfires throughout the region. BCWF president Harvey Andrusak said he is furious that the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has known the crucial fishway was impassable for months, but has not resolved the problem in time for the return of the vulnerable Interior Fraser steelhead. Andrusak said the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council alerted DFO and conservation groups months ago that Chinook salmon were stuck at the Bonaparte fishway and not able to reach their spawning grounds. Andrusak said the BCWF wants
to know why DFO did not inform the province of the issue, bring the province into the conversation and work with Victoria on resolving the problem. “It is inexplicable that the Thompson River steelhead remain at risk with evidently little communication between the agencies,” Andrusak said. The province apparently did not become aware of the issue until three weeks ago and is now contemplating capture of steelhead to move them by truck around the fishway. Andrusak supports trucking the steelhead to where they can swim freely to their spawning grounds, but remains concerned about who is in charge of the fish and why the DFO didn’t contact the province. “If this is an example of cooperation between DFO and the province, then salmon, and especially steelhead, are in even more trouble,” he said. “The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.” The BCWF and other conservation groups have been calling on the DFO to ban net fisheries on the lower Fraser River.
The BCWF said at-risk steelhead are killed and entangled when caught as bycatch during commercial fisheries. In February 2018, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada undertook an emergency assessment of Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead. Both populations are being considered for listing as endangered. The committee recommended an emergency listing order under the federal Species at Risk Act. A graph in the committee’s report shows the alarming reduction in the number of Thompson steelhead returning to the river each year since 1978. In 1985, 3,510 fish returned to spawn, but since 2009, only three years show more than 1,000 returning. Since 2015, that number has been below 500 each year. In 2016, fewer than 400 fish returned to the Thompson. That number in 2017 was 177, an alltime low since records began in 1978. Last year, the province closed the steelhead fishery completely due to anticipated low returns of stock.
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Turtle Valley residents will gather in front of Kamloops City Hall on April 27 to protest the application of biosolids to ranch land in their community. Residents met last weekend to solidify the date of the protest. “It shouldn’t be dumped on agricultural land,” Turtle Valley resident and spokesperson Connie Seaward said. Arrow Transportation has been contracted in the short term to transport the city’s organic material that results from treated sewage, called biosolids. The city is working on a long-term strategy to deal with its stockpile. Arrow’s initial plan to address the city’s stockpile was to transport about 23,000 tonnes of biosolids to a compost and soil fabrication facility on Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band lands to produce compost that could be blended into soil and used to construct a nine-hole expansion of Talking Rock Golf Course. That project, however, was postponed due to the band running into
a permitting issue with the Talking Rock land. The revised plan is to transport the biosolids, likely beginning within the next month and continuing through early fall, to the Turtle Valley Bison Company, where it will be mixed into an enhanced, nutrient-rich soil to reclaim a piece of previously logged property more than 20 hectares in size. The project was approved by the Ministry of Environment. “The idea behind our project is that we can go in there and, using these biosolids — which are very rich in a number of elements that help agricultural land, like nitrogen, phosphorus — we can enhance their land and their soil and we’ll also be recontouring the property so that it would be more stable, less prone to erosion,” Arrow Environmental Services regional manager Jeff Mayer earlier told KTW. Residents of Turtle Valley, which is near Chase, about 45 minutes east of Kamloops, have been meeting since the new plans were announced. Concerns and frustrations include the quantity of biosolids to be applied on the land, lack of consultation
Syringe map to be created The North Shore Business Improvement Association is collecting data to help identify hotspots in the city where syringes have been improperly discarded. The map will be created by the city and will not be made public. NSBIA executive director Jeremy Heighton said the goal is for community partners to understand where syringes are being found and at what frequency. He said the data will help identify possible trends that could lead to improved resource allocation in collecting the improperly discarded syringes. “It is simply to allow us to streamline and increase efficiency,” Heighton said. Collection is done by multiple community resources, including through bins by Interior Health. City parks staff collect bins on city property and the ASK Wellness Society has a street team that responds to community reports. In addition, members of the Customer Care and Patrol (CAP) team collect discarded syringes. If someone finds an improperly discarded syringe, they can contact ASK Wellness at 250-299-5038. Heighton said the issue of improperly discarded syringes is one that transcends the city and that residents in all neighbourhoods can fill out the needle registry information form, which can be found on the association’s website at https://nsbia.com/needleregistry-information-form/.
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is a lot less than what Greyhound’s was. We’re hoping we can do it. We’re hoping we can make it work.” Gertzen said rates and schedules are being finalized. • Meanwhile, another bus company with daily routes through Kamloops on the way to Vancouver, wants to expand by adding daily round-trip service between Kamloops and Kelowna and between Merritt and Kelowna. But it also wants to cut down on the number of trips between the B.C./Alberta border and Vancouver. Rider Express has applied to to the Passenger Transportation Board to add those routes, while also asking for permission to reduce its service from the B.C./Alberta border to Vancouver to once per week from the current daily run that stops in Kamloops.
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The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association is moving down the road. It will take possession of 202-246 Second Ave. on May 1. “It’s just time,” KCBIA executive director Carl DeSantis said. “We’ve outgrown that office and we’re looking to take the next step forward and better serve our members downtown.” The KCBIA currently has two offices, with DeSantis’ office above Caffé Motivo in the 200block of Victoria Street and the Customer Care and Patrol (CAP) team operating out of 340 Victoria St. DeSantis said after a public washroom facility is built at 340 Victoria St., the CAP team will continue to operate out of that location. The new address will provide the KCBIA with more space to offer webinars, training and engagement opportunities. Meanwhile, the association is working on a new event downtown. On June 1 and June 2, the KCBIA will for the first time host a three-on-three basketball tournament in the 300-block of Victoria Street. The event is dubbed the Bank3 3 on 3 Tournament and follows a similar street hockey event previously held downtown. “There’s going to be a variety of teams and a variety of different divisions. We’ll have entertainment of course,” DeSantis said. “It’s going to be very exciting for everybody.” Team registration is $200. To register, go online to https://www.downtownkamloops. com/bank3/.
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Couple prevails as court ruling upheld TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
Siding with a lower-court ruling that described a Kamloops police officer’s account of the situation as “troublesome,” a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of a city couple after prosecutors appealed their acquittal following a trial on allegations they assaulted a police officer. Olive and Mark Klassen were charged following an incident at their Westsyde home on Feb. 18, 2017. Olive Klassen called 911 to
report what she believed to have been a gas leak but her cordless phone died before she spoke to an operator, prompting an automatic police response. Kamloops RCMP Const. Lane Tobin arrived at the Klassens’ home and became involved in a physical altercation with Olive Klassen. Tobin claimed he was protecting Mark Klassen from a violent attack at the hands of his wife, but Olive Klassen denied any such animosity, becoming extremely emotional during her testimony in court. Olive Klassen described being pushed down the steps of her porch
by Tobin and being told by the officer she was “trailer trash.” She also said she was lifted into the air against Tobin’s RCMP cruiser, resulting in her pants falling down. In his testimony, Tobin claimed he was “exhausted” following his interactions with the 51-year-old woman, something Kamloops provincial court Judge Chris Cleaveley called “an exaggeration.” A deputy with the B.C. Sheriffs Service also testified about extensive bruising she saw on Olive Klassen’s body days after the incident.
The deputy was trying to calm the woman down when she showed up at the Kamloops Law Courts looking to hire a lawyer. In May, Cleaveley ruled Tobin had no legal grounds to arrest Olive Klassen, making his altercation with her illegal. Cleaveley called Tobin’s credibility “troublesome.” Crown prosecutor Neil Wiberg appealed that decision on a number of grounds, including the legality of the arrest and a failure by Cleaveley to articulate his reasons sufficient for appeal. On appeal, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley sided with the
Klassens. “There were no grounds upon which the officer was entitled to make the arrest,” he said. “I therefore conclude the trial judge did not err.” In January, the Klassens filed a notice of civil claim against Tobin in B.C. Supreme Court, seeking unspecified compensation for multiple physical injuries, lost income, legal fees to defend against criminal charges, as well as aggravated and punitive damages, among others. None of the allegations in the notice of claim have been proven in court.
Hunter will PARKLANE POOL & SPA APRIL 22 not get his TO Stone’s sheep MAY 4 TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
A Kamloops judge has ordered provincial conservation officials to destroy a Stone’s sheep killed in northern B.C. more than two years ago, ruling the hunter who shot the animal could not prove it was old enough to take. Mackenzie Crawford killed the sheep on Sept. 6, 2016, in an area south of the Muskwa River near Fort Nelson. Conservation officers seized the animal’s remains following a compulsory inspection, ruling the ram’s horns showed it had not reached the age of eight years, making it legal to hunt. Crawford applied to a judge for the animal’s return. The ram’s remains have been kept refrigerated and were brought in a cooler to court for Crawford’s application hearing at the Kamloops Law Courts, which spanned three days in November. Crawford called an expert who described horn aging as a subjective skill and said he believed the ram was likely 9.5 years old when it was killed. A Crown expert, however, said his conclusion was that the ram was seven years old. “As is evident from the expert opinion heard in this case, the aging of the Crawford ram is not a straightforward exercise,” Kamloops provincial court Judge Stephen Harrison said in his decision. “Two well-qualified people with ample expertise and experience could not have disagreed more plainly in their assessments of the age of the ram.” Harrison said the question for him to answer was whether Crawford had proven the ram was at least eight years old when it was killed. “I am not satisfied that the applicant has established on a balance of probabilities that the Crawford ram had reached the required age and was therefore lawfully taken,” the judge said. “In the result, the application for the return of the wildlife is refused.” If Crawford does not appeal Harrison’s decision, provincial officials will dispose of the ram’s remains after 30 days.
Stone’s sheep are found in northern B.C. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS PHOTO
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“This is part of Kamloops,” Fawcett said.“Without this place in the downtown core, we all suffer.” Fawcett said he hopes the film society will be able to buy the building to keep the facility running for years to come. If the endeavour fails, the building will become a development property for Kelson Group, but Fawcett described that as “plan D.” “We’re going to do everything that we can to keep it functioning,”
he said. While the film society has committed to take on the five-year lease, it isn’t yet committing to buy the building. “We think that if we have a viable, well-run, well-patronized theatre for over that five-year period, there would be a possibility of us being able to afford to purchase the theatre,” Friedman told KTW. As part of its management of the theatre, the film society plans to diversify its venues and concession offerings. Friedman said the Paramount could be
used as rehearsal and performance space by community groups for music and theatre. “We know there’s a demand for those particular groups,” he said. Following the screening of Stockholm on Thursday night, the Paramount will close until June 1, when the society opens it on a part-time basis, with plans for a grand opening of the venue in the fall. Dusan Magdolen is now full-time executive director of the society, tasked with turning the Paramount into a viable
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ulian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is an unattractive character and he also has poor judgment. He should have gone to Sweden seven years ago and faced the rape charges brought against him by two Swedish women. Even if he had been found guilty, he would probably be free by now under Swedish sentencing rules, since no violence was alleged in either case. His explanation for taking refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy was he feared that once in Sweden, he would be extradited to the United States — and the U.S. government wanted to try him on charges that could involve a life sentence or even the death penalty. What had so angered official Washington was WikiLeaks’ spectacular 2010 dump of 725,000 classified cables from American embassies around the world. The most damaging revelation was an official video in which the crew of a U.S. Apache helicopter over Baghdad machine-gunned innocent civilians while making remarks like “Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards” and “It’s their fault for bringing their kids into battle.” (Donald Trump, then completing his transition from Democrat to Republican, condemned Assange, as his new guise required. “I think it’s disgraceful,” he said. “I think it should be like death penalty or something.”) In fact, Assange faced no immediate threat of extradition in 2012 because then-president Barack Obama had not encouraged the relevant American officials to make such a request. Indeed, in 2017, just before leaving office, Obama pardoned Assange’s source for the leaked cables, former U.S. army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, after she had served only four years of her 35-year prison sentence. Maybe, when Assange
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WATCH sought diplomatic asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012, he feared there would be a different administration in Washington after the U.S. election that November. He should still have gone to Sweden because the Swedes would have been less likely to grant an extradition request than the British government under then-Conservative prime minister David Cameron. Fast forward four years and there was another WikiLeaks dump, this time of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails that seriously embarrassed Hilary Clinton on the eve of the Democratic presidential convention. “WikiLeaks. I love WikiLeaks,” Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania. “This WikiLeaks is a treasure trove,” he said at another rally. In fact, he cited WikiLeaks 141 times at 56 events during the 2016 campaign, according to a count by NBC News. This is known in the philosophy trade as “situational ethics.” However, by 2017, Trump was in the White House and the Robert Mueller probe was investigating the Trump campaign’s possible links with the Russians who hacked the DNC and passed the information to WikiLeaks. Trump did not “support” or “unsupport” the release of the hacked emails, he said. “I am not involved in that decision [to seek Assange’s extradition],” he said. “But if they want to do it, it’s OK with me.” It wasn’t really OK with him at all because
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Watch for new ‘evidence’ in case who knows what Assange might reveal if he were brought to trial? But what else could Trump say? The U.S. intelligence community is known for its vindictiveness toward those who reveal its secrets and a sealed request for Assange’s extradition was delivered to the British government a year ago. It has now been seven years and the Ecuadorian government has changed. The new president, Lenin Moreno, wants to mend relations with the United States — and he is quite cross about a picture WikiLeaks released of him eating lobster in bed in a luxury hotel. So he withdrew diplomatic protection from Assange and invited the British police into the embassy to arrest him. The maximum penalty for the charge Assange faces is five years in prison. Of course, new “evidence” can be discovered once he is in the United States and other charges can be brought that would involve a far longer sentence. In fact, we can safely predict new “evidence” will be discovered. And Trump now says, “I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s not my thing.” Assange is not an honourable whistle-blower like Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, who released hugely embarrassing documents about the U.S. war in Vietnam, but stayed in the country and faced his accusers down. Neither is Assange like Edward Snowden, another honourable man (still in exile in Moscow) who alerted the world to the scale of the U.S. global electronic surveillance operation. Assange is an unpleasant narcissist, but the world needs more whistle blowers, not fewer. He still deserves protection under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, but it’s doubtful he will get it. To read more Dyer columns, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.
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CRIMES OF THE WEEK SHOTS Help police get a read on this bike thief On Monday, March 18, a male stole a bile from the North Kamloops Library, located in Library Square at 693 Tranquille Rd. The bike is a youth-size silver and blue Huffy. The suspect was wearing a darkcoloured hoodie, black pants and was wearing a red backpack. Do you know this bike thief? Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
KELLY, Kody Robert
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Help PIN names to this pair On Tuesday, April 9, a wallet was stolen near the North Shore Safeway store in the Fortune Shopping Centre. A short time later, a bank card from the stolen wallet was used at the Shoppers Drug Mart in nearby Northills Centre. The card was used by a man and woman. The man is white and has dark hair and a beard. He was wearing a dark-coloured zippered jacket and a black ball cap. The woman is white and was wearing a white long-sleeved top, a scarf and a white ball cap and was carrying a dark-coloured purse. If you know the identities of this pair, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Mischievous burglars on police radar Overnight on Sunday, April 14, a suspect or suspects broke into the yard of a business on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc reserve by cutting through a lock. Once inside, some items were damaged through acts of mischief. There are no photos of the suspect or suspects, but the suspect vehicle is believed to be dark in colour, has one or two Tidy Tanks in the bed and the driver’s-side headlight was burned out. If you recognize the truck, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
www.kamloopsCrimeStoppers.ca If you know where any of these people are, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). The tip line pays up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of fugitives. Remember, Crime Stoppers just wants your information, not your name. Crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does.
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 April 17, 2019
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JAIME AULT 5K Sweet Boogie is almost here. It’s getting close to race day and, although I’m not where I wanted to be, I am getting better each time I put on my running shoes. The thoughts I had when I first signed up for this training program were much different than how it ended up. I had grand ideas of pushing myself and running further, farther and faster than I have before. I wanted to fall in love with running and find that runner’s high everyone has told me about. While that hasn’t happened, I think I have found something else, something even more valuable — perseverance. I have persevered through a physical issue I didn’t see coming and each week, instead of giving up, I went back. I ran a little more than I did the last time. I was supported by the coaches with suggestions on what to do to get better and I did them. I have been going to a chiropractor (thank you, Sarah Brise from Active Health!) and have exercises and stretches I do daily. It hasn’t been an easy fix and I’m still working on it, but I’m dedicated to getting it right for race day and every day that follows. The tribe at RunClub has made it possible for me to keep going, to keep showing up and getting a little better each week — and to be proud each week of the progress I’ve made.
It’s almost here. Only two weeks to go. I can’t believe how quickly Boogie has snuck up on me. I don’t feel ready. I don’t feel like this is where I should be with so little time left, but you know what? It doesn’t matter. Boogie day will come whether we’re ready or not and all we can do is run (or walk) it. Last Sunday for Boogie was the fundraising dinner, hosted at On The Rocks pub. It was another show of how much the club side of RunClub matters. When you run with people, your conversations are usually shorter as you try to keep breathing, but when sitting down to break bread, you can truly dive into a real conversation. It was great to catch up with some old faces and meet some new people, too. We have so many new, awesome people joining us at these events and it is always humbling to meet them all. I’ve somehow managed to get sick again, so my gradual winding down of training has become no training for a few days, then only walking. I’m hoping to be 100 per cent for Boogie the Bridge, but even if I’m not, I’ll still be there running and walking. I’ve worked too hard to give up now and, as Jo always says, it’s not about the time you post, it’s about the time you have.
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MAX PATEL KTW digital sales associate 10K Bold As Boogie nears, I’m trying to improve my running with every training session. In the past week, when things have been crazy busy, it has become more difficult to keep up with my training, but I somehow always make it in the end. Last Sunday was a game changer for me as I didn’t plan to run with the 21K group, but somehow ended up with them. After realizing it was too late to go back, I made up my mind to do it. We met at Orange Theory in the Columbia Place Shopping Centre and drove to the parking lot of Dufferin elementary. The moment I got out of the car, I knew that wearing shorts wasn’t a good decision as it was cold and windy. We started running on Lac Le Jeune Road, headed toward Sugarloaf Road. It was such a great place to run as we came across a pond where ducks were having fun. Then the sky cleared up and the sun began to shine. That’s when I realized how much I enjoyed running despite not being dressed for the weather. As I’ve mentioned before, RunClub is filled with great people and good coaches — and they helped me as I ran a distance of 15 kilometres for the first time. I’m so excited to run in Boogie the Bridge and I’m thinking about training for a half-marathon in Kelowna later this summer. Hopefully, I will also be able to check that one off my list.
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Walkers are so very important at Boogie. Walking is just as great as running. The Boogie team is excited to see you on Sunday, April 28.
You made it through the tough runs and you are now a runner. Way to go! It is taper week and time to set your next goal.
Keep things easy this week. It’s your time to prepare for the Boogie start line. Visualize your success and set that next goal.
You have done an amazing job. Taper now and begin to see that Boogie finish line. Set your next goal.
Congratulations — all your hard work is paying off and you are ready. This is a rest week — easy running and no other activities.
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finish lines. During Boogie training, we practise not only running, but emotional, mental and spiritual fitness. This past week, we have been diving down our own personal path of self-care. One of the most important things we can do for our own wellness is to stop giving ourselves away. I am not referring to anything about service, generosity, kindness or empathy. What I am specifically referring to is our need to stop giving ourselves away to people who cannot receive us and who cannot love us in return. As we become healthier and more Questions? whole, we will Go online to runclub.ca discover there are or send an email to simply some relajoberry@ tionships that canboogiethebridge.com. not rise and meet us where we are today — or even join us in the direction we are moving. This has been one of the most challenging lessons in my life. Learning about ourselves and surrounding ourselves with people and environments that are nourishing is a step we all need to take for our health and well-being. Many of us choose to spend years trying to fix, heal and change other people. This comes at great cost to our own health and happiness. The sea of red on Boogie day represents a nourishing, healthy environment. The colour red is love, passion, energy and change. The Boogie finish line is always the beginning of a new person. I don’t say this lightly. I see it happen over and over again. We are all seekers and a finish line is always the beginning of something new. With more than 2,000 pre-registered participants, we will high five many into a new place.
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The not for profit organization Communities in Bloom has a problem. Many people look at what it does and assumes the group merely encourages beautification of communities across Canada. The truth is so much more interesting. There is much more to plants than their beauty. Here is what we value most about plants: 1. Curb appeal: A well-landscaped house is more valuable. It is important to make a good first (and second) impression. What a creative garden design and a well-maintained landscape says about the house and the homeowners is that they care. Like a well-designed logo or masthead in which good graphics say a lot about the standards of the company, your front yard does the same. 2. Tree huggers: Studies prove that well-placed, mature street trees slow traffic. Planted around your home, they can slow you down, too, encourag-
ing you to sit more, absorb their cool shade, reduce air-conditioning costs, filter toxins from rainwater, slow rain runoff and generally improve the quality of life in your immediate outof-doors. Other than that, they are nothing special. 3. Food: Remember, most Canadian cities were settled for their proximity to good farmland. As they sprawled, those fields became backyards. It’s amazing how much you can produce in a small- to medium-sized yard: vegetables, berries, herbs and some fruits are obvious choices.
tive at attracting pollinating bugs and seed-foraging songbirds. Look for pollen-rich flowering plants when you shop. We need to encourage pollinators as they help produce up to 30 per cent of what we eat. 5. Health and wellness: We have written much in past columns about the health benefits of plants and garden activity. Here is a reminder that kids love plants and need them as a distraction from electronics. LEED building standards are teaching us that incorporating However, there are some edibles plants creates biophilia in humans. you may overlook, including crabap- Biophilia is our attraction to other ples, if you add enough sugar, and forms of life. Green plants in an dandelions for salad greens or makoffice boost productivity and help to ing bad-tasting wine (our opinion). create a calm work environment. There is a whole movement 6. Social interaction: Imagine two across the country of embracing people chatting over a fence. foraging. In any case, the value of What are they talking about? the food your garden can produce is We will never know, but what often overlooked. brought them together in the first 4. Good bugs: About 99 per cent place likely had something to do of bugs are not invasive or measurwith their properties, more specifiably damaging to your garden. cally, their lawns or gardens. Good bugs are encouraged when Questions are answered about you design native plants into our how to get the greenest lawn on the • #1 Landscaping Company 10 years in a row garden scheme. block, the earliest tomato, the big• #1 Lawn Maintenance Company 6 years in a row Even some non-natives are effecgest blossoms. • One of Kamloops’ Best Gardens Centres 2 years in a row
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Those two people having a conversation over the fence are a metaphor for the many links between neighbours. They are an essential part of community-building. 7. Oxygen: All the oxygen we breath comes from the green, living world around us. Try living without them. It is true that a hanging basket dripping with colour emotes certain feelings within us — all good. With something this goodlooking, it is easy to forget it has many attributes that extend beyond esthetics. As we enter a new season, this is a reminder that there is more to life than mere beauty — even in the garden. Communities in Bloom describes itself as “focused on environmental stewardship through enhancement of green spaces.” More information is online at communitiesinbloom.ca. Mark Cullen is an expert gardener, author, broadcaster, tree advocate and Member of the Order of Canada. His son, Ben, is a fourth-generation urban gardener and graduate of University of Guelph and Dalhousie University in Halifax. Follow them at markcullen.com, @markcullengardening and on Facebook.
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on Kozuska and wife Karina have been hunting for ghosts for almost a decade, but they may soon be taking that hunt into your home — with their plans for a reality TV show. True North Paranormal is being put together by producer Dean Trumbley and his company Thunder Boyz Productions Inc. The company is already producing the hunting program Trigger Effect and, according to Trumbley, they were looking for a way to follow that up. “We didn’t want to produce something that was in the same sector,” Trumbley told KTW. “We did a little bit of market research and found the paranormal community was growing rapidly.” He also found the Kozuskas, who were members of the Canadian Paranormal Research Society. “Dean got a hold of us and brought the idea to us, and he said, ‘Do you want to give this a
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whirl?’” Jon said. “And we said, ‘Yeah, we're in.’” Jon is a paranormal investigator; Karina is an empath medium. Also on the team is spiritual medium Sarah James. Though there are no deals yet in place, Trumbley is working on having six episodes completed to pitch to television networks later this year. The website — truenorthparanormal.com — also includes shorter clips of work that is hosted on YouTube. Paranormal probes have included trips to places like the
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“A lot of the stuff you can explain,” he said. “But there’s definitely been situations where, with my knowledge base, I can’t explain what’s going on.” If the show is picked up, they hope to be able to explore locations across Canada, but if there’s one spot on Jon’s ghost-hunting bucket list, it’s across the Atlantic Ocean. “If I got the opportunity to go into London Tower and do a fournight investigation, if I croaked the next day, I could croak with a smile on my face,” Jon said.
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West Coast Amusements will stop by Kamloops and bring with it a number of classic carnival rides and stands that will be set up in the Aberdeen Mall parking lot. Hours are dependent on weather and attendance, but are currently set to go until 10 p.m. each night except April 22, when the fun will shut down at 6 p.m. Single tickets are $1.25, a book of 20 is $25, a book of 40 is $45 and wristbands are $40.
PECHA KUCHA NIGHT Thursday, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Ave.
Pecha Kucha Night is a venue for young designers to meet, network and exchange ideas and discuss their work. The presentation format is simple and concise: 20 images each shown for 20 seconds. Tickets are $15, available online at eventbrite.ca.
GLENEAGLE AND MORE Thursday, 8 p.m., The Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St.
Gleneagle, a Kamloops-born band now based in Vancouver, will perform with Yvette and Octobers at the Grotto. The band is touring in support of its latest EP When You Weren’t Around. Tickets are $10 at the door.
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The final days of Barb’s Used Book and Music Sale are this weekend. The semi-annual sale, a fundraiser for the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, features low-cost treasures in book, music and sheet music form. Donated items are sold as low as $2. Sales are cash only.
STAND-UP COMEDY Saturday, 9 p.m., On The Rocks Pub and Grill, 1265 Rogers Way
Comedian John Beuhler will perform. He’s opened for acts like Zach Galifianakis, Martin Short, Dennis Miller, Craig Fersuon and Brent Butt and had stand-up specials on CBC, CTV and The Comedy Network. Tickets to his show are $10 in advance or $15 on the day of the event, available at the bar.
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he iconic Blue Man Group is on its way to make connections with Kamloops audiences. The performance art trio of bald, earless blue men was formed in Manhattan in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. Since then, the show has grown far beyond the New York City island and is now an international show on a world tour. One of those world tour stops is right here in Kamloops on April 27 and April 28 at Sandman Centre. The show has grown beyond its original cast. Among the blue men on this tour is Meridian — not his real name — who has been with the group for about 12 years. So how does one become a blue man? It turns out such a feat is accomplished through vigorous study in acting and music — and a high tolerance for bald caps and blue paint. Meridian studied as a graduate student at the National Theatre Conservatory in the U.S. and is a musician. Prior to his time in Blue Man Group he played classical piano and not the drums for which the group is known.
Meridian, one of the three blue men on tour who will be in Kamloops, said the show is all about human connection.
That meant he had to take a learn-as-you-go approach to drumming for the Blue Man Group, which he said wasn’t too difficult to pick up.
But aside from Meridian’s acting prowess and musically ability is another element the nonverbal Blue Man Group is known for: humour.
“I think the way Blue Man Group uses humour is unique,” he said, adding that the current rendition of the show is an evolved collection of vaudeville
acts evolved by the group, in addition to music and creative visual displays. It’s the combination of comedy, music and creativity that make up the show as a whole, but it’s really about something else. “I think all those elements are certainly a part of it, but also they are the tools to get out what we’re really about, which is just feeling connected with one another,” Meridian said. Something Meridian has come to realize is that this connection doesn’t come right away — in fact, the group’s signature appearance is what creates distance between the men on stage and the audience. “As the show progresses, quite quickly, that distance between the character and the audience shrinks until, by the end, it’s gone and we’re all connected,” he said. Meridian said one of his favourite things to look for in an audience is a skeptic, someone who has been reluctantly dragged to the show by a partner or friend. “Over the course of an hour and a half, that person is laughing and having the time of their life, and it’s really rewarding,” he said. Tickets for one of the group’s three shows start at $60 and are available online at ticketmaster.ca.
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anadian alt-rock band Wintersleep is on its way to Kamloops, touring in support of its latest album In the Land Of. The band has spent more than 17 years developing its sound and establishing itself as a group that now tours internationally. It has seen success in the U.S. and Europe, as well as right here at home, with a 2008 Juno win for new group of the year. But on In the Land Of, tracks like Waves and Free Pour are long walks from the band’s earlier work. “For Waves, Paul [Murphy] had that down pretty much like it is, but we wanted to turn it into a band thing. It was just an afternoon in the studio where we were experimenting,” Campbell said.
“We’ve been into Ennio Morricone soundtracks — the cinematic kind of feeling. We just thought it was applicable to that song. It doesn’t sound like any other Wintersleep song,” he said. Morricone is the composer behind soundtracks to films like A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — hardly sounds that usually fit into the alt-rock genre. Part of the reason the band is so open to new sounds is because it doesn’t look to its own past when it comes time to make new music. “Really, we never consider past successes or try to recapture former glory. Oddly enough, we just never think about things like that,” he said. Among those past successes are songs like Amerika, which reached the top of the Billboard
rock charts in the U.S. in 2016. That track included an excerpt of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and some saw it as somewhat of a political turn for the band. That turn may have continued, with new tracks like Terror and Beneficiary not being too subtle about their respective messages. Campbell said what comes out for the band isn’t something so controlled, though. “I think it’s always just a reflection of what’s going on in your consciousness. We never really think about it, I guess, it’s just something that happens,” he said. Maturity and age — something addressed the album’s final track, Free Pour — also come into play. “It takes awhile to kind of get the maturity to write about what we’re writing about now. It’s totally
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different from our first album,” Campbell said. That first album came 17 years ago, but the group’s history predates the band. Murphy and D’eon played together in the band Kary and Campbell played in Contrived, and both bands belonged to a cooperative label called Dependent Music in Halifax. When they all got together, Wintersleep was what emerged — along with another group that Campbell still sometimes collaborates with, electronica band Holy Fuck. Campbell said he was at somewhat of a crossroads between the two bands, although it wasn’t much of a decision because Wintersleep was always his goal. After emerging from Dependent Music, the band was signed with a label that was a joint
venture between Sonic Unyon and EMI Music Canada, but Campbell said the band was unhappy and left. “It all kind of got bought by Universal or something, and at some point we were just putting out records and didn’t know anyone who was working on them — it was just this faceless corporation we fell into because we were like some sort of estate purchase,” he said. Wintersleep’s last two albums have been put out by Dine Alone Records, and Campbell said working with the label has felt more like an extension of the band rather than a business arrangement. “They just care about music and want to do it right,” he said. Tickets to the band’s April 25 show at Cactus Jack’s are $20, available online at kamtix.ca.
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for what it is. You cannot really make sense of any of it, you just have to keep going on the journey, and when you get to the end, you will hopefully have an overall feeling of the journey, but not necessarily a complete understanding of it. The best way I could describe this book is that it is like a historical account of a cosmic religious epic, some kind of strange bible to the elder gods, a visual and written account of some lost and forgotten civilisation dedicated to the worship of powerful other beings. Much of what is in it, though, is beyond comprehension.
What makes this book special beyond the mindless psychobabble dialogue is the art. Almost every page is one full panel, or a two-page splash panel. The sheer mind-numbing amount of detail on each page is only eclipsed by the ideas of the panels themselves. They are dark, reality altering ideas of gods, creatures, people and architecture, all sometimes randomly framed with bizarre ornate details for no apparent reason. Another nuclear powered madman of a writer/filmmaker/artist, Alejandro Jodorowsky, once described a writing process to combat writer’s block. He said you simply go to your book shelf, grab a random book, open it to a random page, and there is your idea. Whatever is on that page is the inspiration and foundation of your idea. That’s what this book is. On any page, and on any panel, there is a multitude of possible ideas for creative exploration. The rest is up to you. Nick Klie is manager of High Octane Comics. For more, visit 250 Third Ave. or call 250-377-8444.
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TORONTO — A sequel to the made-for-TV movie about Prince Harry and Meghan’s whirlwind romance will hit screens next month. W Network set the date for Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal just as the real-life couple awaits the arrival of their first child.
The British Columbia-shot film is a followup to 2018’s Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance and promises to delve into the first year of marriage for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. According to a press release, “Harry and Meghan’s core values are put to the test as they try to find the balance
between honouring Royal tradition and staying true to their beliefs.” The sequel casts new actors in the lead roles, with Tiffany Smith plays the former U.S. actress Meghan Markle while Charlie Field plays the Prince. Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal airs May 31 on W Network.
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LOS ANGELES — Fleetwood Mac has announced rescheduled dates for its North America tour that were postponed earlier this month because singer Stevie Nicks had the flu. The Grammy-winning band is
set to play Boston on Oct. 28 and Philadelphia on Nov. 3. Canadian dates include Quebec City on Oct. 30, Toronto on Nov. 1, Winnipeg on Nov. 7, Calgary on Nov. 10 and Edmonton on Nov. 30. All previously held tickets will be honoured and new tickets will also go on sale.
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Three local poets will soon present their work as part of National Poetry Month. Garry Gottfriedson, Barbara Ballé and Susan Buis will be at the Thompson-Nicola Regional Library on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Gottfriedson, a cultural adviser and lecturer at Thompson Rivers University, was
raised on rodeo and ranching and is an avid horseman with strong roots in Secwepemc cultural teachings. He has published nine books and his work has appeared in anthologies published within Canada and beyond. Ballé is the author of a collection of 50 poems titled Life Jingling in My Pockets. She has also had poems and short stories featured in the
Interior Authors Group anthologies, and in 2018 she won the Dr. Robert and Elma Schemenauer Award for writing in appreciation of nature for her poem Urban Crow. Buis teaches in the communications department at TRU and has collected awards for poems and nonfiction stories published in literary journals, including a recent feature in Poetry is
Dead. Her writing has also been long-listed in CBC’s Canada Writes contest. Her chapbook Sugar for Shock won the John Lent prize and is available from Kalamalka Press. Her next work, Gatecrasher, will be available from Invisible Press in June. The event is free to attend. To register, contact the library at 250-372-5145 or email questions@tnrd.ca.
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The next performance by the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra will take you back to a groovy time — back when John F. Kennedy was the youngest ever elected president, when Martin Luther King was leading the civil rights
movement and when humans first stepped foot on the moon. Feelin’ Groovy – The Music of Simon and Garfunkel will be performed by the orchestra with special guest Jim Witter. Witter is a music veteran, entertaining for more than 30 years, with original work and tributes to artists like Billy Joel
and Elton John. The concert will feature hits like Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair and The Boxer. Tickets are $45 and available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250374-5483 and online at kamloopslive.ca.
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Manny Blu will soon play his first-ever show in Kamloops — and he’s doing it with some Canadian country legends. The country musician who splits his time between Nashville and Montreal is tour-
ing in support of his upcoming debut EP Leave It Like It Is. So far, Blu has released X on My Heart, Like it Like That and Looking Forward to Looking Back off the EP, which is expected to be released this summer. Blu is the newcomer on the
tour, which features George Canyon, Doc Walker and Charlie Major. All of these artists will soon appear at Cactus Jack’s Nightclub, 130 Fifth Ave. Showtime is 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 and available online at kamtix.ca.
Menopause the Musical promises laughs and hit songs
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Off-broadway show Menopause the Musical is coming to Kamloops for a show on April 28. The show is now in its 17th year of production and recognized as the longest-running scripted production in Las Vegas. The musical is set in a
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department store. Four women meet by chance while shopping for a black lace bra and, after noticing what they all have in common, joke about their hot flashes, mood swings, wrinkles, weight gain, memory loss and sexual appetites, forming a sisterhood over what they’re going through. The 90-minute production features and all-female and
all-Canadian cast performing hit songs from the 1960s to the 1980s and laughs along the way. The show will be presented in the theatre of the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre at 1250 Rogers Way. Tickets are $73.75, available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 or online at kamloopslive.ca.
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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.
WATCH FOR THE KTW/CAIN’S KIDS’ PAGE EVERY TWO WEEKS “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. (The next part was written by siblings Ava and Juliet Lavigne. Ava is in Grade 1 and Juliet is in Grade 4.) Wow!” said Bobby. “What’s happening?” The blue alien answered without speaking: “We are ascending to the mother ship to grab some more supplies. It’s hovering just above the clouds.”
Bobby was amazed he could hear his new friend’s thoughts. He thought that was so fun! Then they began to do somersaults and cartwheels in the air. They rose above the clouds and there, lo and behold, was a beautiful spacecraft the size of Sandman Centre. (The next part was written by Emma Garossino, who is in Grade 3.) Once they were on the ship, Bobby and the alien — whose name was Moon — heard some scuffling sounds. “What’s that,” Bobby asked. “Probably just Sparkles, my dog,” Moon the alien replied. Right then, a creature with four long ears and seven legs came out, covered in sparkles. “Oh!” said Bobby. Then everything suddenly went pitch dark.
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(The next part was written by Sophie Leadley, who is in Grade 5.) In the dark, all Bobby could hear was the shuffling of seven legs across the hard floor of the rocket. All he could see was the dim light of a red dwarf star in the distance, alongside two other stars. Bobby couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a planet orbiting the three stars. They landed on the planet and started searching the misty atmosphere for the mother ship. The planet was a lot like Earth, but with twiggy ground and sparkling purple water. Bobby gasped. The sky was an incredible sight. Stars were aligned and getting ready to set. Looking off into that distance, Bobby then saw that one side of the planet was night.
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omen have had a wonderful role to fulfill in God’s great plan of redemption. From Eve in the Garden of Eden to Mary, who was used by God to bring his son into the world, there have been many amazing women who have been dedicated to God’s will for them. The words of the headline of this column are part of the message spoken by two angels to a group of women who came to the tomb of the Lord Jesus on the first day of the week, after his death. They were coming to finish up a hasty burial of the Lord’s body, so they had spices and ointments with them. They had been there when Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus laid the Lord’s body in a tomb that Joseph had hewn out for himself, likely not knowing he would use it for the son of God’s body. The last thing Jesus said while on the cross was, “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” Then he, unlike any other man, laid down his life of his own will. The Lord Jesus said many times during his public ministry that he would be rejected, killed by crucifixion and would rise from the dead. The Lord’s disciples did not grasp what the Jesus was saying when he spoke of his death and subsequent resurrection. They were expecting the messiah to be their deliverer from the rule of Rome and that he would establish his reign on the earth at that time. Their expectations were not that he would die to deliver them from the penalty of sin.
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They loved and served him with all they could, even sharing in the reproach of always being seen with the Lord Jesus. In the Bible, John 6:66-68, states, at one low point when a number went away from the Lord, Jesus asked his 12 disciples if they were also going to go away. Peter responded, “To whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life and we believe and are sure that thou are that Christ, the son of the living God.” The disciples saw the Lord do many marvelous and wonderful miracles and this only strengthened their trust in him. When they witnessed the Lord’s death on the cross, they were afraid for their lives and went to hide in a room with locked doors. The women who followed Jesus went out early in the morning on the Lord’s day, while it was still dark. They found the stone that was over the tomb’s entrance rolled back to reveal access to the tomb. They also found two angels who told them of the Lord being raised from the dead. The angels said, “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke
unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, the son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and the third day rise again.” Then we read: “And they remembered his words.” Then things really started to happen. First, the Lord appeared to Mary Magdalene in the garden near to the tomb. Then he appeared to more of the women, and to Peter, and to the disciples in the room where they were hiding. For 40 days, he was with his own before he went back to heaven. We read of a gathering of more than 500 who saw the Lord alive, after being dead. It is a fact of history that the Lord Jesus is raised from the dead. This grand message of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ has been declared now for nearly 2,000 years. It is the message of the love of God for a fallen human race. It is the only message of hope and assurance of salvation. First Corinthians 15:3, 4 states: “That Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” After all, the angels said: “He is not here, but is risen.” John Eggers is an elder in the assembly that meets in Westsyde Gospel Hall in Kamloops. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@ kamloopsthisweek.com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.
A tree to celebrate 200-year anniversaries of Baha’i faith MICHAEIL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com
The Kamloops Baha’i community will be commemorating the 200th anniversaries of the two prophet founders of the faith — the Bab and Baha’u’llah — with a tree-planting ceremony on Monday, April 29. A London Plane tree will be planted along the path between Riverside and Pioneer parks, accompanied by a commemorative plaque to mark the occasion. “We appreciate the City of Kamloops for their Memorial Tree Program. which has been instrumental in facilitating this occasion,” said David Hoar, vice-chair of the Baha’i spiritual assembly for Kamloops.
Hoar said having the tree planted is significant for the Kamloops Baha’is. “It makes us feel like part of the community,” he said. The event will take place at 10:30 a.m. on a holy day for the Baha’i as April 29 marks the ninth day of the Ridvan Festival, which is celebrated by Baha’is around the world. The Baha’i religion, established in 1863 by Baha’u’llah, teaches the worth of all religions and equality of all people. The religion initially grew in Persia and parts of the Middle East. The public is invited to attend the Kamloops ceremony, where light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Hoar at 250572-5435.
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Healthy Living at Berwick on the Park Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Please join us to see some of the fun activities we offer at Berwick on the Park. We will be hosting our annual Healthy Living Expo to showcase a few of the great things you can participate in when you live at Berwick. Learn firsthand from our Executive Chef, Brett Human how the menu works, where we source our food and a few tips on the many delicious, nutritious menu items that are prepared in-house by our team of Red Seal Chefs. Participate in a yoga class, play a fun game of Mind Challenge or try your hand at a craft!
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n Rapa Nui, the 21st Century appears somewhat out of place. At times there are as many people riding horses down the main streets of the island’s only town, Hanga Roa, as there are cars and trucks. But that’s not surprising since on Rapa Nui, the 7,750 humans share space with an estimated 4,000 horses — most of which, run wild — plus the 1,000 fallen and/or erected stone figures called moai. You’ll find them scattered around the island, along with countless dogs that bark throughout the night and roosters that can’t get the time of day straight. The people who live here have a culture that’s somewhere between Chilean and Polynesian and their daily lifestyle seems part 21st century and part premodern. Chances are you know this World Heritage Site by its more common name of Easter Island. But it also has a third name, Isla de Pascua — a term you’ll find used throughout Chile since the island is a part of that country, having been annexed in 1888. Some 3,700 kilometres from the mainland, it is in one of the most remote parts of the Pacific, located at the southern end of Polynesia, 4,231 kilometres from its nearest major neighbour, Tahiti. You can fly there via LATAM airlines from Santiago and from Pape’ete (Tahiti). Otherwise, a handful of cruise lines stop there as part of a South Pacific itinerary. It got its Easter Island name when Jacob Roggeween, a Dutch admiral, sighted the island for
TOSHI PHOTO Restored moai at Anakena Beach appear as guardians on a hillside. Visitors will find more than 1,000 fallen and/or erected stone figures known as moai throughout Rapa Nui, or Easter Island as it was named in 1722 by Dutch admiral, Jacob Roggeween.
the first time on Easter Day in 1722. But islanders prefer its Polynesian name and residents are fiercely proud of their origins, culture, myths and legends. Hire one of the local knowledgeable guides who can be booked through your hotel and hear countless stories and fables that give this island its character. The main reason for going there, of course, are the moai and the stone quarries from
which these massive carvings were made. There are two must-see moai locations on the island — the moai at Ahu Tongariki with its 15 erected statues and the massive quarry at Rano Raraku with more than 390 abandoned moai on the hillsides. The origins of these statues were long debated, some even suggesting that they were created by aliens. The less complicated version is that they were constructed by local tribes as tributes to local
officials, sacred chiefs and gods. The largest is located near the Rano Raraku Quarry and is 22 metres tall. Statues were brought from the quarry rolled on logs and placed to look over a ceremonial area and village, their backs to the sea. How old are they? Carbon dating has the oldest from the year 800, but most were carved from the volcanic rock between 1100 and 1680. Although there are some high-end hotels among the 16
on the island, eight cabins for rent and 150-plus B&Bs, don’t expect the kind of competing facilities you find in Hawaii, Fiji or Tahiti. Most residents speak English, though Spanish is the first language. There are 20 restaurants of varying offerings and prices if you want a break from hotel food. Rental cars are available, too. Hanga Roa embraces almost all of the population of the island — only 422 people live outside its boundaries. Walk the main street from its waterfront to the commercial end of town marked by Santa Cruz church. Along the way, you’’ll find local artists and small, family commercial outlets on the side streets. Near the church, on Tuu Koihu Street, is the Mercado Artisanal, where you’ll see the very best of local artwork. Be sure to capture a sunset photo as the sun drops behind the moai at Rongo Tautira, a 15-minute walk along the waterfront from downtown. Leave the town to fully explore the island’s charms and walk among the fallen moai at the Rano Raraku quarry; the rim of the defunct volcanic crater at Rano Kao; the massive moai at Ahu Tongariki. While credit cards are accepted, you can often get a discount if you pay cash. It sometimes takes months for credit card receipts to generate cash flow from card companies, thus the preference for cash. The overwhelming charm of Rapa Nui is not only because of the moai and the island legends, which I heard and explored — but because of what the place hasn’t yet become. Travel Writers’ Tales is an independent newspaper syndicate. For more information, go online to travelwriterstales.com.
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First-year head coach Mark Orr and the Kamloops RiverDogs will not be easing into the B.C. Baseball College Prep League season. The defending league champions, the Cloverdale Nationals, will be in town this weekend for a pair of doubleheaders on Canada Games Field, with game times set for 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and noon and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. “I’m expecting a good learning process right now,” Orr said with a chuckle. “We have lots to work on.” Orr accepted the job to replace 18-yearveteran coach Sean Wandler, knowing the Dogs are always up against it in the College Prep League, squaring off against Lower Mainland teams not limited by catchment areas and featuring some players capable of taking to the diamond in B.C.’s top develop-
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The task of preparing the 2019 RiverDogs — about half of whom are in their first year of midget AAA ball, with three returnees — became more challenging when winter showed up late in Kamloops, wreaking havoc on fields across the city, including on McArthur Island. Practising at the indoor facility on McArthur Island allowed for work on pitching and ground balls. “TRU was using our field because theirs was under repair, so we didn’t get on the fields until April 1,” Orr said. “There’s no replacement for being outside.” The host RiverDogs posted a 2-2 record at the Best of the West exhibition tournament, which wrapped up on April 7. They have since had time to train outdoors. “I’m not expecting our record [this coming weekend] to reflect our learning, but if we can take one of those games, I’d be happy,” Orr said. Orr has been around the Kamloops
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Sun Peaks to add mountain bike trails Following significant trail work completed in 2018, Sun Peaks Resort will spend $350,000 this summer constructing several new mountain bike trails and upgrading existing elements of the mountain-biking network. Two additional machine-built free-ride trails, aimed at intermediate level riders, highlight this year’s construction, along with improvements to beginner level trails and the addition of a brand-new section of Steam Shovel — the resort’s signature advanced jump line. Crews will also be completing the new Progression Park zone, an area aimed at both younger and entrylevel riders. Along with the new trails, the resort will continue running the Sunburst chairlift daily until 7 p.m. in the core summer months and extend the bike park season by opening on weekends through the end of September. “This investment is big for us. Building almost 12 kilometres of new trail that will appeal to riders of all types is the perfect way to celebrate our 20th anniversary of bike
park operations,” said Aidan Kelly, chief marketing officer at Sun Peaks Resort. The Progression Park utilizes carpet lifts to transport bikers, making Sun Peaks one of the few lift-access bike parks in North America to provide a non-chairlift option for downhill riders. In addition to the upgrades in the bike park, the resort is working with the community-based Sun Peaks Recreational Trail Association to develop cross-country biking trails in the area. The Sun Peaks Bike Park will open for the 2019 season on Friday, June 21. For more information about mountain biking in Sun Peaks, go online to SunPeaksResort.com/Bike. • Meanwhile, Sun Peaks had another strong season on the ski hill, despite a challenging winter that began with warmer-than-normal temperatures and featured the fifthcoldest February on record. Just shy of 400,000 skier visits were recorded in the winter of 20182019. More than 400,000 visits were logged the previous winter.
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The Kamloops Minor Baseball Association has lots on the go this spring and summer, with the busy schedule set to begin with the annual season-opening parade at Norbrock Stadium. More than 750 players, coaches and officials will be cheered as they enter the facility at 9 a.m. on Saturday. KMBA initiatives this season include the Baseball BC Girls Jamboree on June 8, with female national team members coming to town; the Challenger
Jamboree (never before held outside the Lower Mainland), which will feature more than 400 athletes with physical and cognitive disabilities, on June 15; the Honda Super Clinic, run by Toronto Blue Jays’ alumni, on July 16 and July 17; and the
11-and-under A provincials, which will run from Aug. 1 to Aug. 5. The majority of KMBA’s 60 teams will be practising or playing this weekend on McArthur Island. KMBA will have allgirls’ teams in the 7U, 9U and 11U divisions.
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Hold your horses on derby racing, but saddle up for barrels. Kamloops Race Central spokesperson Steven Puhallo said the agri-sport facility at 485 Mt. Paul Way, which remains under construction, will host barrelracing jackpots this weekend, but bettors will not be gambling on derby races any time soon. “We have some largerscale events we’re going to be bringing in, maybe later this year and, for sure, next year,” Puhallo told KTW on Wednesday. “Everything is under construction right now. “For actual derby races, that’s something that’s far in the future, if it happens again.” Barrel-racing action will get underway at 1 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday. Floppy hats, colourful dresses, elated and
ANGELA HULSMAN PHOTO Robin Collins and her horse churning dirt on Tuesday inside a Kamloops Race Central arena.
miffed gamblers and the rest of the pageantry that accompanies derby racing have been absent from Kamloops since 2010, when races were last held at the facility. The property has been predominantly vacant for about 10 years, since the Kamloops Exhibition Association’s lease expired on the Kamloops Indian Band Development Corporation land. KRC managing partner
Jim Cornelsen, who is from Grande Prairie, arrived last May and began the makeover process, along with Quesnel’s Sandra Mulvahill and other helpers. His vision includes breathing life into the agricultural community and providing family-friendly entertainment. “People were coming up to me and giving me hugs,” Cornelsen said. “I could see there was a real demand for an agricentre here in
Kamloops.” Cornelsen was asked in October about bringing derby race days back to the facility. “There are so many roadblocks, but I can’t see why I can’t overcome them,” Cornelsen said. “It’s quite a process. I’m working on the funding now. That involves BC Lottery, and different corporations like that have to get involved to make this happen.
“It doesn’t matter where I go, even the lawyer working on the lease said, ‘Is horse racing coming back?’” In that interview, Cornelsen said the campground was to be operational by Nov. 2, a restaurant was to open, hopefully by January, and plans include opening shops on the premises. “Everything is still under construction right now,” Puhallo said. “There are campers there now [in the campground], but it’s still under construction.” Horses of varying types have been training and staying on site over the winter months. “We’ve got a pretty active barn. People are really enjoying the convenience of the parking and the convenience of having an agri-sport venue this close to town and this easy to get to,” Puhallo said. “There’s great dirt out here. It’s a great spot to be.” KRC began holding barrel races last May.
Cornelsen said the events became an overwhelming success, with jackpots increasing and more competitors in action as races progressed into last summer. “This will be the place for people to come and play, hands down,” Cornelsen said. “Kamloops needs it.” The plan is to rent facilities for all sorts of equinerelated events. “We’ve had a lot of user groups call and inquire,” Puhallo said. “As we build things out, we’ll be working with them to bring more events here to Kamloops.” Cornelsen is trying to bring Puhallo on as the facility’s general manager. “He’s been bending my arm about that,” Puhallo said with a laugh. That partnership, like the facility, appears to be under construction. “As soon as we get those phases done, we’ll be sending out a [media] release,” Puhallo said. “We don’t have a timeline on that.”
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KYSA buys soccer dome The Kamloops Youth Soccer Association has purchased the Kamloops Soccer Dome from Lane’s End Holdings Ltd., according to a press release issued by KYSA executive director Missy Cederholm. KYSA has been leasing the dome (313 Nishga Way) since 2014 to facilitate indoor training during winter months, but the lease was set to expire in April. “The opportunity to purchase was available to KYSA and the timing was right,” the press release said. Cederholm told KTW the KYSA remains interested in any city project that would include an indoor soccer facility. The association’s Centre of Excellence programs will take precedence in the dome in the fall, allowing players to focus on skill development under the guidance of staff coaches. In the winter months, select teams will participate in preseason training. During the past two seasons,
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consolation final of the 200m breaststroke and 400m IM, 24th in the 100m breaststroke, 29th in the 200m IM and 33rd in the 50m breaststroke. Keana Smart placed fifth in the 50m backstroke in the 16-andover girls’ division. She also placed third in the consolation final of the 200m backstroke and 11th in the 1,500m freestyle. PEEP THE PACK The league-leading TRU WolfPack will play host to a Canadian College Baseball Conference doubleheader on Sunday at Norbrock Stadium, with the Fraser Valley Cascades of Abbotsford coming to town. Game times are 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. TRU (14-4) earned a split in a doubleheader against Okanagan College of Kelowna on Wednesday at Norbrock. The WolfPack shellacked the Coyotes 16-0 in Game 1. Liam Rihela of White Rock led TRU at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and scoring twice. Tyler Hodder of Fort McMurray went the distance on the mound, giving up three hits and striking out six batters. The visitors won the rematch 4-2. Two WolfPack pitchers are atop league statistical categories, Hodder with five wins and Tyler Moskalyk of Thunder Bay with 48 strikeouts. — Courtney Sampson/ WolfPack Baseball Communications
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ACROSS 1. [I don’t believe it!] 5. Time to treat yourself 10. “The Chosen” novelist Potok 15. Vaper’s purchase, for short 19. Performer at a canine talent show in “Garfield: The Movie” 20. Water or rust 21. “Au contraire …” 22. Paul of “There Will Be Blood” 23. “Toodle-oo!” 24. Territories 25. Mascara mishap 26. Sort of 27. Work with a number 28. Just fabulous 29. Guest bed when you don’t have an actual guest bed 30. Mr. ____ (fictional sleuth) 31. Grp. that often has its first meeting in the fall 32. Onetime trans-Atlantic fliers, for short 33. Things to skip 36. Major to-do 38. Thanks for waiting 39. Word with “in,” “on” or “in on” 40. Road safety spot, e.g., for short 41. Blueprint details 43. Cryptanalysis org. 44. Tram part 45. Enlightens 47. Affix with a thumbtack 48. Important address 50. Ermines, in the summer 51. Hits the jackpot 53. They’re full of holes 54. Actress Sohn of “The Wire” 55. “Phooey!” 56. Popular girl’s name any way you look at it 58. Not just words 59. “Curious …” 61. Father figure? 63. “Begone!” 66. What “T” may represent commercially 68. Clarinetist Shaw
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Bout enders, informally Samurai swords Delish Totally apt What you might write to someone you like 80. 2016 No. 1 Rihanna album 82. Peeples person? 83. Goddess represented wearing a solar disk 84. Artless nickname? 85. Wreck site 87. Web user 90. Cousin of a martini 92. Blogger’s code 93. Cuzco residents 95. Person with a record 97. Some breads … or a homophone for what bread loaves do 98. Historical records 100. Flower traditionally used to relieve inflammation 102. Airheaded 105. No-nos in many apartment buildings 107. Hook’s helper 108. Junk transporters 112. Get ready for a long auto trip 114. Gaping opening 115. Cook in the news 116. Troy of N.F.L. fame 117. ____ Spumante (wine) 118. Having a high B.M.I., say 120. Seemingly forever 122. Literary character who says, “Cassio’s a proper man” 123. TV’s “____ Is Us” 124. Object of wishful thinking? 125. Home of the 2016 men’s and women’s Olympic marathon winners 126. “Begone!” 127. Pricing word 128. Not bottled, say 129. ____ Park, Colo. 130. Full house, e.g.
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FRIDAY, April 19, 2019
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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM In Honour Of a Daughter and Sister
Celena Caterina Loschiavo who left us on April 23, 2018
Tara Brooke Westerby June 23, 1972 – April, 2019
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we say goodbye to our beautiful Tara Lara, our Tare Bear, our shining star. She is survived by her loving partner Steve Pysh and his family, their amazing dogs Buster, Bentley and Sadie, her kitty cat S**t Head. Also surviving are her loving parents Doug and Nora Westerby, her children whom she adored Kyra (John) and Braedon, her loving sister Jenn (Tony) Tanah, Matthew (Katelyn) and Ryan, her loving brother Bob Westerby (Liz), Dylan, Carson and Cobie, also Beverly Grey who is a big part of our family, Tara’s children’s father Rob Zobatar and his parents Georgette and Dave Thompson, her best friend of 35+ years Jennifer McGarry and all of Tara’s many, many friends who loved her so much and will miss her deeply. Tara is also survived by so many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, too many to mention by name.
They say there is a reason. They say that time will heal. But neither time nor reason will change the way we feel. We try to cope the best we can, but we miss you so so much. Remembering you is easy we do it everyday. But the pain of losing you will never go away.
We Miss You Celena. Your Mom and Sister
Tara came from a large family. She touched so many lives. She had the biggest heart, the most infectious laugh (and snort) and the brightest of smiles and shining eyes. “You’ve got to dance like nobody is watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” This is how Tara lived her life and we can all honour her by trying to do the same. A Celebration of Life will be held in Grovedale, AB (Grande Prairie) on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 3:00 pm at the Grovedale Hall. Tara loved her animals and all living creatures. She would be honoured to accept donations in her name to any SPCA or Animal Shelter of your choice.
Celebration of Life for Susana Aracely Marin
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In Memory of a Dear Husband, Dad, Brother and Uncle Robert Madden
January 5, 1949 – April 21, 2016
Dad was blessed to have his grandchildren and was proud of their accomplishments. Ranko Pavlovicć of Kamloops passed away peacefully at Gemstone Care Centre on the evening of April 16, 2019 at the age of 80 years. He spent his final days surrounded by loving family and friends. He is survived by Milenka, the mother of his children Dajana (Brent) Ross, John (Kari) Pavlovich, Jenny (Dean) Bubela, grandchildren Keyron, Sage, Kobe, Megan, Anthony, Brendan and brothers Vinko (Lily) and family and Vito (Linda) and family and niece and nephews in Hercegovina. He is predeceased by his brother Ivan, father Jure, mother Milica, sister Nevenka and brother-in-law Pero. Ranko was born on March 16, 1939 in Veljaci, a small village in Hercegovina. At age seventeen, Ranko escaped from former Yugoslavia to Italy where he spent months in a refugee camp. He then hopped railcars to get to France where he worked at the Citroen car factory until he received immigration papers from his uncle Stanko Pavlovich. His careers in Canada included working for CN Rail, owning his own window shop and construction company and working on various construction projects across BC. Although his journey to Canada was immensely
Dad enjoyed fishing, gardening and singing. He took pride in his garden and would always give away more than he kept to anyone who stopped in to visit. Dad was very outgoing and generous; he would give his shirt off his back to help anyone and never forgot where he came from. Dad had a long, hard complicated life, may he finally rest in peace. The family would like to thank the outstanding staff at Gemstone, Dr. Vlahos and Dr. Wynne for going above and beyond in caring for our dad with such dignity and compassion. The Funeral Mass will take place on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10:00 am in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Kamloops, BC with Reverend Father Paul Simms officiating. Interment to follow at Hillside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Diabetes Canada. Arrangements entrusted to Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services 250-554-2324 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca
Something will remind me I never know just when It might be something someone says And it all comes back again. The times we spent together The happiness, even a sob Once again I feel the pain Of life without my Bob. It’s said that time’s a healer I’m not sure if that is true There’s not a day goes by dear Bob That I don’t think of you.
Could you come back and stay a while I want to hear your voice And see your smile. I want to hold you tight And never let you go And tell you how much I miss And love you so.
Forever Loved and Missed. Your wife Marianne, your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers & sisters, nieces & nephews
FRIDAY, April 19, 2019
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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Joan Evelyn Walker (née Carter) January 16, 1935 - April 15, 2019
It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the passing of an amazing Wife, Mom and Nana. Joan was born in Penticton on January 16, 1935. A graduate of the St. Paul’s School of Nursing (Class of 1957). She is survived by her husband of 61 years Michael of Burnaby, children Bruce (Shirl) of Baltimore, MD and Diane Henry of Kamloops, BC, grandchildren Madison, Bailey and Jaxon, numerous nieces and one nephew. Predeceased by parents Nathan and Hilda Carter of Penticton, siblings Ron, Ray and Irene Ewing and nephew Doug Ewing. No service or flowers by request. Interment at a later date in Penticton. Donations, if desired, may be made to the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program (MCCCRP). Paul Palmer
Rosemary “Rosie” Casimir
Harold Harold COLEMAN COLEMAN Harold Coleman Coleman Mr. Mr. Harold passed away peacefully in in passed away peacefully Kamloops, B.C. on Sunday, Kamloops, B.C. on Sunday, April 14th, 2019atatthe theage age April 14th, 2019 years.Harold Harold was was of of 73 73years. born themunicipality municipality of of Thompson, Thompson, which born in in the whichis is southwest Winnipeg,MB. MB.He He spent spent his southwest of of Winnipeg, hischildhood childhood years in Manitoba before moving to Merritt in the years in Manitoba before moving to Merritt in the early 1970s. He leaves to mourn his son Darren of early 1970s. He leaves to mourn his son Darren of Surrey, BC; grandson Ben (Roseann Duperron) and Surrey, BC; grandson Ben (Roseann Duperron) and great-grandson Fenix and great granddaughter great-grandson Fenix and great granddaughter Neveah of Langley, BC; and granddaughter Abby Neveah of Langley, BC; and granddaughter Abby of Lethbridge, Alberta. He was predeceased by of Lethbridge, He was predeceased his son DennisAlberta. (2001) and wife Sylvia (2008), brotherby his son Dennis and wife Sylvia (2008), brother Roland and (2001) sister, Ruth. Roland sister,by Ruth. He isand survived brothers George, Cyril, Ernie; He sisters is survived by brothers George, Ernie; Alice, Dorothy, and Faith; along Cyril, with many sisters Alice, Faith; along with many nieces andDorothy, nephews.and He was a surrogate grandnieces nephews. dad and to many children.He was a surrogate granddad many children. Hetowas a member of the Oasis Church where he He will was member of thefriends. OasisHe Church where he beamissed by many was supportive will to behismissed many friends. He was supportive friendsby and family and always wishing well of others. to his friends and family and always wishing well His funeral service will be held on Monday, April of others. at service 11:00 a.m. Funeral His 29th funeral will at be the heldSchoening on Monday, April Chapel, 513 a.m. Seymour St, Kamloops, with 29th at 11:00 at the SchoeningBCFuneral interment follow at aSt, later date in a private Chapel, 513to Seymour Kamloops, BC with family ceremony. of flowers, friends interment to follow In atlieu a later dates hould in a private & so desire, donations canof beflowers, made to the Heart family ceremony. In lieu s hould friends Stroke Foundation. so desire, donations can be made to the Heart &
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Dearest family and friends, we regret we inform you that our beloved Rosemary “Rosie” Casimir passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019. Rosemary’s services were held on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.
Breakthrough by Nel de Keijzer Santa Barbara, California
The tears of grief Have washed away
Rosemary worked at the Little Fawn Daycare until the doors were closed on her in December 2017. Rosemary dedicated her time and love to all the children and parents that walked through the doors for 37 years.
The clouds of sorrow,
Rosemary is predeceased by her mother Edna Howse, father Ronald “Joe” Lee, uncles Martin Howse and Dennis Lee, auntie Dorthey Howse, Chapon Mary Bruneau, nephew Jesse Tyler Seymour and granddaughter Lydia-Diane Casimir-Eneas.
I miss you still,
Rosemary will forever be loved and cherished through the many children she cared for and will be missed by her family and friends. Please donate to BC Cancer Society in her memory.
And vision now is clarified
But see you new In light of joy And smile at your remembrance. The love we shared Still here to give And to experience
Online condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
The joy that comes from that, IS YOU!
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Cherie Ferneda Balison March 1, 1929 –April 10, 2019
We are sad to announce the peaceful passing of Cherie Ferneda Balison of Kamloops, BC at the age of 90 years. She died in the early morning hours of April 10, 2019 at Royal Inland Hospital surrounded by her family. She is survived by her ever-loving husband Dave of 67 years and her son Mark (Debbie) of Kamloops, BC. She leaves behind her seven precious grandchildren Lea-el Balison (Courtenay, BC), Christopher (Deanna) Balison (Kamloops, BC), Brandy (Shane) Sonnenberg (Kamloops, BC), Trista Nelson (Nakusp, BC), Dustin Balison (Kamloops, BC), Dameon Balison (Kamloops, BC), Kelly (Ryan) Arsenault (Middletown, Delaware, USA), her twelve great-grandchildren and her only brother Elvin McDonald (Mission, BC). Cherie is predeceased by her parents Harold and Irene McDonald, her eldest son Steven Balison and her only daughter Jan Balison. Born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Cherie completed her education and married the love of her life Dave. She and Dave soon relocated to Heffley Lake, BC in support of her husband’s family business venture (Balco Sawmill and later Balco Forest Products). Together Cherie and Dave raised their three children in the Kamloops area. Cherie enjoyed travelling with her husband to many different locations around the world. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed baking cookies for her grandchildren. In her pastime, she loved to do crosswords, crocheting and reading. Always pleasant to be around, Cherie is remembered for her kind, unassuming nature. Her kind heart and impeccable refinement will never be forgotten. The family thanks the staff of Kamloops Seniors Village, Dr. Jonathon Wiltshire and Christine and the nursing staff on 4-North of RIH, for their outstanding and compassionate care. Her funeral will held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Kamloops, BC, officiated by Pastor Harold Wiest. Should friends desire, in lieu of flowers, a donation to a charity of your choice is welcomed. Online condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
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A Vanished Friend by Anders Lim
Around the corner I have a friend In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year has gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men, Tired of playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name. “Tomorrow, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I am thinking of him.” But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows, Around the corner, yet miles away “Here’s a telegram, sir,” “Jim died today!” And that’s what we get, and deserve in the end, Around the corner a vanished friend!
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FIRST NATIONS LIAISON OFFICER 9131525 We are seeking a candidate to fill the exciting role of First Nations Liaison Officer. As the First Nations Liaison Officer, you meet with the Chiefs, Councils and Elders within the Interior of British Columbia to discuss their legal issues and concerns relevant to their communities. The position promotes the provision of professional legal services to First Nations in a variety of legal specialties on behalf of Hauer and Co. We offer a highly competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package. The successful candidate will have: · Excellent interpersonal and communication skills · Self-starter, self-motivated and good problem-solving ability · Detailed oriented with great organizational skills · Ability to maintain confidentiality · Strong desire to work with First Nations to improve the quality of legal services provided to these communities. Send cover letter and resume by May 1, 2019 to: Hauer and Co. 1201-B Summit Drive Kamloops, B.C. V2C 6C5 Or email resume to: ghamonic@hauerandco.com
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Rte 333 - 1003-1176 Pleasant St, 1005-1090 Pine St.– 37 p.
Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley, Melrose, Yarrow. – 72 p.
Rte 372 - 22-255 W. Battle St, 660 Lee Rd, 11-179 W. Nicola St. – 54 p.
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JUNIPER RIDGE Rte 655 - 2202-2458 Finlay Ave, 2202-2385 Skeena Dr , 2406-2458 Skeena Dr. – 36 p. Rte 669 - 1400-1634 Emerald Dr. – 60 p. Rte 671 – 1830-1997 Qu’Appelle Blvd, Myra Pl.
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RAYLEIGH Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 56 p. Rte 831 - 4904-5037 Cammeray Dr, Mason Pl, Pinantan Pl, Reighmount Dr. & Pl.-62 p. Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 44 p. Rte 842 – 3945-4691 Yellowhead Hwy. – 35 p.
VALLEYVIEW Rte 602 – Apple Lane, Knollwood Cres, Parkhill Dr, 1783 Valleyview Dr. – 47 p. Rte 603 – Chickadee Rd,Comazzetto Rd, Strom Rd,1625-1648&1652-1769 Valleyview Dr-44 Rte 612 – 2079 Falcon Rd, Flamingo Rd, 2040-2177 Glenwood Dr. – 64 p.
WESTSYDE Rte 253 - Irving Pl, 2401-2477 Parkview Dr, Rhonmore Cres, 2380&2416 Westsyde Rd.-54p Rte 257 - 801-863 Alpine Terr, 2137-2197 Community Pl, 2192-2207 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 Pl. – 36p Rte 260 - 2040 – 2185 Westsyde Rd. – 24 p.
Rte 331 - 948-987 9th Ave, 1125 10th Ave, 901-981 Douglas St, 902-999 Munro St, 806-999 Pleasant St. – 31 p.
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TteS Band Members, Lessee’s, Sublessee’s, Permittee’s and Tax Payers External Agencies and Registered Professionals
We are writing to advise that the Lands, Leasing & Tax Department will be relocating (to the 2nd floor) therefore, our office will be closed from April 29 to May 08, 2019, and of the new mailing address effective May 09, 2019. In accordance with the Notice section of the Lease, Sublease and Permit, we hereby notify our Lessee’s, Sublessee’s and Permittee’s of our mailing address change for “Her Majesty, the Minister, the Band, or the Band Council and the Sublandlordâ€? as follows: Please update your records to replace our previous address of: To Her Majesty, the Minister, the Band, or the Band Council: Tk’emlĂşps te SecwĂŠpemc (Kamloops Indian Band) Suite 406 – 345 Chief Alex Thomas Way Kamloops, BC, V2H-1H1 Attention: Lands Leasing and Tax Manager Fax: (250) 314-1539 With the following new address: To Her Majesty, the Minister, the Band, or the Band Council: Tk’emlĂşps te SecwĂŠpemc (Kamloops Indian Band) Suite 234 – 345 Chief Alex Thomas Way Kamloops, BC, V2H-1H1 Attention: Lands Leasing and Tax Manager Fax: (250) 314-1539 KukwstsĂŠtsemc (thank you) for your patience during our transition. Sincerely, TK’EMLĂšPS te SECWÉPEMC Per: LANDS, LEASING & TAX DEPARTMENT
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**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.
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