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Ronel Salwach knew it was going to be the last trip of her life and she wanted it to be a good one

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EXPANSION PLANNING School district officials say they are making progress on Valleyview secondary

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Leyna Salwach (left) and Darla Zimmer were alongside Ronel Salwach, Leyna’s mother, for her final tour of Kamloops. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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DID YOU KNOW? East of Pritchard, China Valley is believed to have been named for the quality of the clay in the area, rich in kaolinite — also known as china clay. — Kamloops Museum and Archives

KTW Christmas Cheer Fund again set to help Y Women’s Emergency Shelter TODD SULLIVAN STAFF REPORTER tsullivan@kamloopsthisweek.com

The KTW Christmas Cheer Fund helps to provide valuable financial support to a number of local non-profit organizations every year during the holiday season. Every two years, a new group of organizations are chosen, but one group has remained year after year at the request of Gregg Drinnan, the longtime Kamloops Daily News sports editor who created the fund years after starting something similar in Regina. That group is the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter. The Y Women’s Emergency Shelter helps women and children escape violent and abusive situations and helps them transition to a new phase of life. And the support of the Christmas Cheer Fund, and the Kamloops community in general, is what allows them to do that work. Most of the money from the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund went towards their grocery budget in 2019. “We have a budget of $600 a week to feed the people who stay here,” explained Jacquie Brand, director of programs, violence against women intervention and support services. “But we also have, we have a lot of kids with special need diets and other things, birthday celebrations and special days, and it’s really nice when we can actually go out and get the stuff that we need and that we want for the house.” Consideration is also given to cultural and religious dietary requirements. Lexa Smerdal, staffing and resource co-ordinator, said birthday meals are particularly important for the children staying in the shelter. “We always want the women and kiddos to pick what they want for their birthday meal,” she said.

DAVE EAGLES/KTW Artist Ken Wells was hard at work this week preparing the windows at Kamloops This Week’s Dalhousie Drive office for this year’s KTW Christmas Cheer Fund. Donations for the fund are being accepted online or at KTW’s office, 1365B Dalhousie Dr.

“And I think that being able to just kind of have that free reign of having their favourite food item or that comfort of food, because it is such an intimate part of our lives that just having that as an option is so important.” Kamloops businesses have also been incredibly supportive of the

Y Women’s Emergency Shelter in 2019. For example, Royal LePage raised the money for a new shed before also coming in and assembling it for the shelter. Also this year, the Kelson Group and Major Resolution Renovations helped to put together a new playground for the children staying at the shelter. “That’s a job that they figure would probably, if they were contracted out, would take four to six weeks anywhere else,” Smerdal said. “They literally tore down our old structure and put in a brand new structure in two days.” Support from the community

at large is just as important to the shelter. And while it might not be the most flashy or exciting of gifts, something they can always use are gift cards. “When we have a mom who comes to the Christmas party, and her kids don’t have snow boots or a snow jacket, we can give them gift cards,” said Michele Walker, general manager of violence against women intervention and support services. “And they can go and get what they need.” Donations to the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund can be made directly at the KTW office at 1365B Dalhousie Drive or online at kamloopsthisweek.com/cheer.

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Council Calendar November 19, 2019 9:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing (cancelled) Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

NOVEMBER 27, 2019 Every fall, the City begins preparing to update its annual budget, which is the financial plan for creating and maintaining programs and services for citizens. The public budget meeting in November is a key budget cycle activity. At the meeting, the City will inform residents about the 2020–2024 Five-Year Financial Plan and introduce communitydriven supplemental items and potential funding sources.

November 25, 2019 2:00 pm - Development and Sustainability Committee DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street

The public will have the opportunity to learn more about the budget process, provide feedback on the provisional budget, and share ideas for future consideration.

November 26, 2019 9:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West

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December 9, 2019 2:00 pm - Community Relations Committee (new time) Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West December 10, 2019 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street West December 11, 2019 2:00 pm - Finance Committee Executive Boardroom, 7 Victoria Street West December 16, 2019 1:30 pm - Civic Operations Committee Kenna Cartwright Boardroom, 955 Concordia Way

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Notice to Motorists Remembrance Day Motorists are advised of a rolling closure for the Remembrance Day Parade on November 11, 11:00 am–12:00 pm. The parade will move west on Lorne Street to the 500 block of Victoria Street. Minor delays are anticipated, and transit will not be impacted.

Payment Service Provider As part of its ongoing commitment to deliver a high standard of customer service, the City has transitioned to a new payment service provider. This will impact anyone paying for municipal fines, business licences, and dog licences online. The new provider offers enhanced online payment options including, Visa, Mastercard, Visa Debit, Mastercard Debit, and Interac Online options. Report an issue: 250-828-3461 Emergency after hours: 250-372-1710

SENIORS’ LIGHTS TOUR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 Seniors aged 55+ are invited to join us on a tour around town to see the best Christmas lights in the city. After the tour, hot beverages and holiday goodies will be served during a singalong at the Sandman Centre. A bus will pick up participants and return them to their pickup location. The event is free; however, registration is required. To register, call 250-828-3500 or register online at Kamloops.ca/SeniorsLightsTour. If you require handyDART—after registering for the lights tour with the City of Kamloops, call BC Transit at 250-376-7525 to schedule your handyDART seat. We’re looking for volunteers to spread some cheer and see the city’s best lights. There will be a volunteer orientation session at 6:00 pm on December 2 at the Tournament Capital Centre. Volunteers will get to enjoy snacks and refreshments on the night of the event. For more information, visit: Kamloops.ca/SeniorsLightsTour

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The draft Downtown Plan is now available for review and feedback. Over the past 18 months, the City engaged residents on the vision, key issues, and potential development concepts for Downtown. The plan is an update to the City Centre Plan 2005 and provides a framework to guide planning and land use management for the Downtown, Sagebrush, and West End neighbourhoods over a 20-year period.

All major on-street parking in downtown Kamloops will be free of charge every Saturday (and Sunday) from November 9 to December 28, 2019. In light of the holiday season, this is our gift to you! The regular three-hour time limit will be enforced. Please note that on-street parking stalls are reserved for customers, not downtown employees.

WHOOSH! APP Did you know you can pay for parking at City-owned lots and on-street parking in the comfort of your vehicle with the free Whoosh! app? Download the Whoosh! app and set up your account to get started. When parking, select your location and pay using Visa, Mastercard, or American Express. Learn more about parking downtown and the Whoosh! app at: Kamloops.ca/Parking

GET INVOLVED AND PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK • Attend the Community Workshop Thursday, November 21, 7:00–9:00 pm, in Sandman Centre’s Valley First Lounge RSVP to letstalkdowntown@kamloops.ca • Complete an online survey - available for input until November 24 at LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/DowntownPlan • Email comments - review the draft plan online and email comments to letstalkdowntown@kamloops.ca Your feedback will be used to make revisions prior to presenting the final plan to Council for adoption later this year. LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/DowntownPlan

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Artist Kelly Wright works to beautify Kamloops with his colourful artistry on Wednesday at McDonald Park. Wright has worked on many other mural projects throughout the city, with this recent piece commissioned by the McDonald Park Neighbourhood Association.

New Parkcrest school could house community space drafting a report outlining the basic parameters of the rebuild michael@kamloopsthisweek.com in order to secure provincial funding for the school, which A community space that Education Minister Rob Fleming could house such facilities as a has said he hopes to have fastdaycare may become part of the tracked. new Parkcrest elementary when That funding is expected to it is rebuilt. be in place sometime in the In a new school design temspring once that report has been plate, the Ministry of Education submitted and the ministry is providing space for what it approves the project. calls neighbourhood learning “Once we get that funding centres — something for which and get into design, that’s when Parkcrest would qualify. we would start looking at what The exact use for that space we think we’d put in that space,” will be determined once the McDonald said. design process is underway, SD73 is also partnering with SD73 facilities director Art the City of Kamloops to expand McDonald told KTW. the size of Parkcrest elementary’s “Typical examples are daygymnasium to make it attractive cares and those kinds of things, for after-hours rent from comHUGE munity groups and sports orgabut none of that’s been deterSALE mined yet,” he ACCESSORY said. nizations. McDonald said he is currently The city’s recreation masMICHAEL POTESTIO

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Police say they have determined which vehicle was at fault in an early-morning hitand-run collision on Sunday that killed two Thompson Rivers University international students. Investigators believe a pickup truck was speeding along Battle Street and blew through a stop sign before striking a car headed south on First Avenue, killing two of its occupants and sending a third to hospital in critical condition. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the driver of the pickup fled the scene following the crash on foot. The vehicle’s registered owner was taken into custody briefly later in the day on Sunday but has not been charged. Four police cars were parked outside a home in Guerin Creek on Monday as part of the RCMP investigation into Sunday’s crash. “Investigations such as this are taken very seriously and conducted very thoroughly,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay said. “There are several technical aspects to the investigation

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which are forensic in nature. All of these lengthy processes must be completed before we can review our evidence or consider recommending criminal charges.” Police are looking to speak with a woman who was seen in the area following the crash. She is described as standing five-foot-seven and weighing about 140 pounds with brown hair in a ponytail, and was last seen walking by herself headed

northbound on First Avenue. Pillay said Mounties are also asking any drivers with dash cameras who were in the downtown core or Guerin Creek between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Sunday to provide their footage to investigators. Social media posts have identified the deceased men as Daniel Okocha and Feyisola Adebowale, both believed to be from Nigeria. The investigation is ongoing.

Health Canada says it can’t answer questions about planned cannabis production facility in Westsyde JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

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TIM PETRUK/KTW Police spent several hours at this home in Guerin Creek early this week as part of their investigation into Sunday’s fatal collision. Mounties say they have identified the driver they believe is responsible for causing the crash but no charges have been laid as the investigation continues.

Westsyde residents worried about a proposed outdoor cannabis growing facility in their neighbourhood should direct concerns to the applicant, according to Health Canada. More than a dozen investors, including Bill Bilton Jr., are applying for a growing license to grow cannabis outside on agricultural land adjacent to the Dunes at Kamloops golf course. In an email addressing questions from KTW about whether or not neighbours can weigh in on a federal cannabis growing license application currently in the works, Health Canada stated the applicant is “best placed” to address individual concerns. “Health Canada does from time to time receive comments from the public on license applications,” it stated. “It is important to note

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that Health Canada reviews and approves licence applications against specific criteria or requirements set out in the Cannabis Regulations and the Cannabis Licensing Application Guide. The focus of these requirements are physical and personnel security, product quality and record keeping, among others.” Residents have expressed frustration to this newspaper about feeling in the dark about what is occurring on the property and have concerns, such as the impacts on property values, smell, lights and security. The applicant told KTW all regulations are being followed. However, residents have pointed to gaps in regulations

regarding outdoor growing. The Agricultural Land Commission has deemed cannabis an agricultural crop. Health Canada restricts emissions of odours from indoor cultivation, which it says “typically has higher plant density than outdoor cultivation and can be located anywhere, including in urban areas.” “Outdoor cultivation of cannabis has been available to license holders since October 2018. Like other agricultural activities, it may produce some odour,” Health Canada said in its statement to KTW. “Odour from cannabis production is typically limited to a short period during the outdoor growing season when the plants flower.” Health Canada has approved outdoor cannabis operations at more than 20 sites this past summer. It says it has not received any complaints to date.

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‘Forever part of that day’

When Ronel Salwach needed a fancy car for the final ride of her life, a stranger was there TODD SULLIVAN STAFF REPORTER tsullivan@kamloopsthisweek.com

onel Salwach wanted to go out in style and she needed a car. But she needed more than just a car. She needed a ride fit

for a queen. “For some reason, she said she just wanted a fancy car,” Leyna Salwach said of her mother. “Never gave a crap about cars her whole life, but she wanted a fancy car — and she didn’t want any of us to drive.” Ronel was terminally ill — stricken with bladder cancer — and had decided to receive medical assistance in dying. But she wanted to take one last ride through her hometown before her life ended. “Then the hospice people just took it away,” Leyna said. “As soon as she said, ‘This is what I want,’ they went to work.” The team at the Marjorie Willoughby Memorial Hospice Home in Sahali reached out to the Zimmer Autogroup, where they spoke with Darla Zimmer, who immediately agreed to provide a vehicle and driver. The car was a Mercedes-Benz S63, the high-end German automaker’s flagship. Not only did Darla provide the car, she was also behind the wheel on that September day after the original driver bowed out the night before. “When I did it, I was quite nervous and apprehensive,” Darla said. “But after I did it, I kind of thought, ‘You know what, she was so at peace and so resolved.’ And I thought that meant something.” In the car that day was Darla at the wheel, ferrying Leyna, mother Ronel, father Stan and brother Brad around the city. Ronel’s final drive took them to a few stops throughout Kamloops, including the family’s old home on Gordonhorn Crescent. “She wanted to go by our old house that we grew up in,” Leyna said. “She said, ‘I don’t want to reminisce. I just want to see it.’ And then she wanted to go to the lookout to see her city and say goodbye one more time.” From that popular vista on Columbia Street, Ronel was able to absorb the beauty of Kamloops one final time. The procession moved from location to location mostly in silence, though Leyna recalled that at one point, her mother checked in on how Darla was faring. “She gets back into the car and

DAVE EAGLES/KTW Darla Zimmer and Leyna Salwach (above) re-visit the lookout on Columbia Street. In September, the two were alongside Ronel Salwach (left), Leyna’s mom, for her final drive before her medically assisted death at Royal Inland Hospital.

I think she patted her [Darla] on the knee or something and said, ‘How are you doing? She said, ‘Have you ever done something like this before?’ And Darla said, ‘No.’ And she goes, ‘Oh, it must be stressful.’” The ride ended at Royal Inland Hospital, where Ronel received medical assistance in dying and passed away at 11:36 a.m. on Sept. 13 at the age of 73. The day has had a profound effect on both Leyna and Darla. “For a perfect stranger to do this for a family that she’s never met, you’re forever part of that day,” Leyna said. “For the rest of my life, you’re in that day because you did that.” For Darla, the experience gave her the opportunity to face her own feelings on the subject of medically assisted death. “I was never sure of how I felt about it, but I was always very sure that I hoped that I could be supportive if someone wanted to do it,” she said. “Whether you believe it or whether you don’t believe it, I don’t think is the issue. It’s whether or not you can support the person that wants to do it. “In the scheme of things, it was a small thing for us to provide. It was basically an hour of my time, but something that will have an impact on so many people for the rest of our lives.” Leyna agrees that those moments of small kindness can have an immense impact. “Don’t ever think that if someone asks you something, it’s just a little thing,” she said. “That might be the biggest thing in the world to that family or that person. We all can be kind to each other. And you never know the impact you’re going to make.”

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lot of Kamloops thought the time for a performing arts centre had come five years ago when the idea of the city borrowing almost $50 million to help fund the project was put to voters. The renderings looked awesome. The location seemed perfect. The need was evident. The price was steep, yes, but nice things are expensive. In the leadup to the 2015 referendum, the Yes crowd had swagger and spoke with confidence. Supporters of the proposed project extolled its many virtues, saying such an arts centre would put Kamloops on a level playing field with other mid-size cities in Canada. It would provide a venue for local and touring events. It would serve as a hub for city arts organizations. Its parkade would even help solve the downtown parking crunch. But, not unlike the last time the idea of a parkade was floated from city hall, the performing arts centre plan was also met with heaps of harsh criticism. It was too expensive, the No group said, pointing mainly at the fact taxpayers would be on the hook for a big chunk of change. Kamloops voters chose not to support the planned performing arts centre as it was presented to them in 2015, 53.7 per cent to 46.3 per cent. Nelly Dever, a local business owner and a former city councillor, was the face of 2015’s No campaign, which was named “Performing Arts Centre Not Yet.” Dever was in Kamloops council chambers on Tuesday this week as council chose to pose a new performing arts centre question to the city’s voters, this time asking to borrow a smaller amount and promising the new debt will not be reflected in property tax hikes. This time, Dever is on board. Let’s hope the rest of the community is, too.

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ark your calendars — the city starts this year’s budget discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the Sports Centre Lounge on McArthur Island. If there was ever a time to engage with council, it would be then and at the subsequent public meetings we will have as we move forward to determine what your costs will be to continue operating the city we all call home. Council colleague Mike O’Reilly mentioned recently a conversation he had with someone with questions — and some viewpoints — on the city’s taxes. O’Reilly asked the person a pretty basic question: Do you know what your taxes pay for? He didn’t. I’m betting there are many people who don’t know exactly what those property taxes pay for, making this a great opportunity to share that information. Our biggest expense is police, which covers about 16.5 per cent of the city’s budget. In dollars, it totalled $30,489,196 last year. Policing is also one of the items councillors hear about most often. What are they doing about theft? Why aren’t they arresting street-level drug dealers? Why can’t they stop all the thefts of and from cars? With four shifts and, most of the time, a complement of about 130 officers — and officers involved in major crime investigations, administrative work and

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CITY HALL other necessary tasks — there are usually just a few dozen Mounties on the streets at any given time. Next on the list of costs is firefighting, coming in at about 10.5 per cent of the city’s budget, or $19,088,739. It is another area we have had requests to grow; I’ve heard from people in Westsyde and Dallas who want their fire halls permanently staffed. That comes with a cost. Transit is third among bigticket items at 9.3 per cent of the city’s budget, or $17,093,458. But I won’t bore you with the ongoing feedback we get on the city’s bus service. Suffice to say many people want to see it expanded. That also comes with a cost. Water costs cover just about nine per cent of the city’s budget, or $16,349,636, while streets take seven per cent ($12,736,1129) and sewer service costs 6.96 per cent ($11,274,794). We hear a lot about streets, too, almost always asking for

them to be repaired or potholes dealt with — and there’s no doubt that is essential work, as well, but roadwork costs money. Other places your tax dollars go include: city administration, six per cent ($11,128,804); solid waste, 5.5 per cent ($10,141,804); recreation and culture, 5.3 per cent ($9,645,925); parks and play fields, 4.4 per cent ($8,053,126); community planning and development, three per cent ($5,582,788); legislative and bylaws, 2.9 per cent ($5,285,986); arenas, 2.5 per cent ($4,537,811); debt-servicing costs, 3.3 per cent ($5,985,800); pools and the Tournament Capital Centre, 2.9 per cent ($5,278,102); infrastructure maintenance, 1.8 per cent ($3,355,377); city facilities, 1.8 per cent ($3,219,318); and drainage, 1.8 per cent ($3,348,457). It’s important to note water, sewer and solid waste, while part of the overall budget, are paid for through utility charges. The final budget comes to $183,101,337. Here’s hoping this helps you when you head to one of our public budget meetings. Every extra thing you want — community centres, parks, more stop lights, increased policing — is an extra cost that will have an impact on the tax rate we set next year. That doesn’t mean you should not ask. Please do. It is how we grow our city. Just remember everything has a cost. Dale Bass is a Kamloops city councillor.

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OUTDOOR POT FARMS SMELL, READER WARNS Editor: Re: (Story: ‘Neighbours not happy with plan for Westsyde cannabis facility’, Wednesday, Nov. 6): I wanted to voice my experience living near cannabis production facilities since I am a resident of Westwold. I am not the next-door neighbour to the big one here, but we have cannabis growing facilities at either end of our community. The one by the Legion is indoors and only smells when they are processing or they don’t keep up on their air filter changes.

FEEDBACK What do you think about the largescale outdoor cannabis production facility slated for agricultural land in Westsyde? Drop us a line by email at editor@kamloopsthisweek.com to let the community know your opinion.

The large outdoor facility, on the other hand, smells all summer long. At a community meeting, residents were told that the outdoor facility will only smell if and when

the plants were disturbed. It turns out Mother nature is constantly disturbing them — wind, rain, et cetera. Neighbours close to this outdoor grow are not happy. You can smell it every time you go past this area of highway. I just want the residents in Westsyde to know what they are in for. Because it is agriculture, they cannot stop it. Linda Niefer Westwold

Editor: Re: (Story: ‘City set to buy land, build fence along West Victoria Street,” Friday, Oct. 25): The news article states the location of the would-be fence is on the north side of West Victoria Street “stretching from west of the Sun Life Financial building to the Overlanders Bridge.” Canadian Pacific Railway owns the land. It is a narrow strip sandwiched between the CPR’s tracks and the roadway. The city’s administration is prepared to buy the land from CPR, landscape it, build a seven-foottall fence and foot the bill. The reason for this generosity — safety. There is no fencing on the south side of the tracks, but there is a chain link fence on the north side. According to the KTW article,

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the “railway has safety concerns regarding people crossing the track and cutting a chain link fence to access the South Thompson River.” It isn’t the responsibility of the city to prevent trespassers from crossing the tracks. The Railway Safety Act is very clear on this point, requiring “railway companies to erect and maintain fences” on either side of the tracks. It makes one wonder why, if the CPR is the entity with safety concerns, the city would be stuck holding the bill for a fence? The KTW story quotes a price of about $500,000 for the fence alone. The CPR is valued at just about $7 billion. Surely they can afford it.

and Pope Francis reach out to those who are on the margins and show them compassion and understanding. I’m sure Saint Ignatius Loyola is looking upon Fr. Martin and the Pope with great joy. Paul Corcoran Kamloops

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HOLMES IS WHERE THE Even if you don’t figure skate, or watch it on TV, you likely have seen at least some of a Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir gold-medal routine at the Olympic Winter Games. Another routine that went viral online was American gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, who delivered a jaw-dropping floor routine that has millions of views on YouTube. Kamloops recently hosted the 2019 Canadian Artistic swimming Championships — formerly known as synchronized swimming — and, regardless if they performed solo, as a duet or as a team, they practice those routines for hours and hours perfecting them for the judges. While the routines we do in our every day aren’t likely to win medals, go viral or be judged — hopefully — we seem to practice them so much that, before we know it, they become so ingrained in our structured habits that we rarely miss a day of performing them. Some routines are the very basic way we start our day. Maybe some people get up, go for a run, shower, listen to the news, get ready for work, grab a doubledouble at the drive through on our way — and, for many, these become exactly the way we execute our start to the day for many many years. These routines are not necessarily a bad thing. Some routines, though, end up

So say, for instance, he starts going to the gym at 7 p.m. instead of the morning. Perhaps he may even consider going to a different part of town to do grocery shopping. Perhaps his pooch may enjoy a change of scenery and even a dog park once in a while. I like that he volunteers, but maybe trying another worthy non-profit organization to mix it TARA up might be helpful. As for coffee HOLMES shops, I am sure everyone can Match Match Maker Maker see Kamloops is full of them and EXTRAORDINAIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE many are nearby no matter where you are. becoming a habit and may not be By making small changes benefiting your single life — that in your daily routines, you are is, if you are not wanting to be single forever. I recently met with a opening yourself up to new client who said he goes to the gym opportunities and also a chance at meeting different people. the same three mornings each Of course, the strategy and goal week at 7 a.m. is to ultimately meet someone He also goes to the same grocery story on the same day of the week. single and a potential new partner, He walks his dog on the same path but even meeting different couples and other volunteers could be and he frequents the same coffee a stepping stone to have them shop. He has also volunteered for introduce you to someone — you the same organization for the last just never know. three years. The definition of insanity, as There is nothing wrong with this routine and it actually sounds they say, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting like a healthy nourishing lifestyle, but when we chatted we discussed different results. So why not try to what it could look like by changing mix things up a bit and stepping out of your comfort zone? it up a bit. If you are performing a solo I know most people are not routine these days and would like comfortable with change, but to make it a duet, contact me at this man is hoping to meet a holmes@wheretheheartis.ca and significant other and so far it we will get you out practicing. hasn’t been happening.

The Stollery Foundation has put $750,000 toward the patient care tower project at Royal Inland Hospital. The money will help fund the tower’s new trauma inpatient unit over four years. The nine-storey patient care tower will be located behind the clinical services building, which was constructed three years ago on Columbia Street. The tower will include 44 underground parking spaces, 157 surface parking stalls and a rooftop heliport. The $417-million expansion is expected to be completed by spring 2022. Bob and Shirley Stollery established the Stollery Charitable Foundation in Edmonton in 1994. Its work focuses on health, education, poverty alleviation and human rights. Their daughter Janet and her husband Spencer live in Kamloops.

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Downtown daycare approved after hearing JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

Children’s Circle Daycare Society has a new home on McMurdo Drive and work to begin building its new facility in the next two months. The non-profit is being displaced from one of its two daycare locations, 904 Third Ave., at the end of the year, due to Royal Inland Hospital’s expansion. “We’re ecstatic,” Chidren’s Circle Daycare Society transition manager Wenda Noonan told KTW after the decision, noting the process has been lengthy. “We just want shovels in the ground.” The decision came after a marathon public hearing on Tuesday night, attended by 70 people. Council voted seven to one in favour of rezoning property at 1430 Ninth Ave. and 1050 McMurdo Dr. to pave way for the commercial day care facility. The project is a partnership between the City of Kamloops, Arpa Investments and the society and included a land swap deal for property in Valleyview next to McCracken Station Pub, which Arpa had previously eyed for the daycare.

Sagebrush Neighbourhood Association opposed centre’s location On hand Tuesday, parents and children came out in support of the project. Nearly 50 people wore yellow “Children’s Circle Daycare Society” pins and some shared tales of childcare gaps in town. “I was lucky enough to find this daycare, Children’s Circle, which a lot of parents don’t have that choice. They have to leave their kids with complete strangers who, as I found, would take some kid to a pool that’s unlicensed and you have no choice or you sit at home,” one parent told council. “When I found out I was pregnant for a second time, I put my son on the list three days after I found out I was pregnant because I knew there was a wait time. I waited probably a year and a half until I could get in there [Children’s Circle] because I trust these ladies. I have friends who are still on wait lists three years later.” The Sagebrush Neighbourhood Association took issue with the project location, not unlike its stance on a previous social housing project pitched for the area, which it also opposed. The association previously

told KTW and the society it was in favour of the day care project, but changed its tune prior to Tuesday’s meeting. Association representative Carman Anne Schulz presented to council myriad community concerns — traffic, parking, loss of park space and trail access and health and safety of children. Though the entrance to a nearby ridge trail will be redone, access through the park space to an alleyway that connects to a trail network will be lost due to the project, as will some of the space where local dog owners are known to frequent. In addition, the area has become increasingly busy with school of choice Kamloops School of the Arts, Schulz explained, as parents drive children in and out of the neighbourhood from other areas of town. She requested the city conduct a traffic study and suggested a roundabout at Ninth Avenue and Fraser Street to mitigate speed. Schulz said she also wonders about increasing congestion at Sixth Avenue in the mornings, an area that is already busy, with

another 120 kids and 30 staff. Finally, Schulz pointed to health concerns of placing a daycare facility in front of the increasingly busy four-lane Trans Canada Highway. “The health and welfare of developing children’s lungs is at risk,” she said. Noonan, however, told council the society is more concerned about smoke from two recent summers than highway traffic and noted most areas in town are located near highways. She said the society has planned for upgraded ventilation. And upon weighing the arguments, council trumped the need for the facility over neighbourhood concerns. “It’s not a perfect proposal, but these families have been forced out of their daycare,” Coun. Kathy Sinclair said. “And I believe that looking at all of the options, this is the best option and I believe that the neighbourhood will come to embrace this daycare. I can see some potential issues with traffic, that could be monitored. I think overall, the good of this project far outweighs any negatives.”

Mayor Ken Christian added that just over half of the daycare’s children are currently from the downtown area, he expects the daycare to become a facility used by the neighbourhood over time. Voting in favour were Christian and councillors Sinclair, Dale Bass, Sadie Hunter, Mike O’Reilly, Bill Sarai and Arjun Singh. Coun. Dieter Dudy was absent and Coun. Denis Walsh voted against. “I think this is the wrong location,” he said. “I have grandkids who live up there. It’s a bloody zoo up there between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and this will add to the problem.” Developer Joshua Knaak said shovels will be in the ground in between six to eight weeks, with the goal of completing the daycare in about one year’s time. In the meantime, Children’s Circle is celebrating the rezoning win, but still has hurdles to climb in looking for a temporary home during construction. “We haven’t found a permanent accommodation as of yet. That’s what we’re working on. Our lease ends Dec. 31 across from the hospital. We are in the process of finding another location and we’ll stay there for a year.”

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Family Tree secures funding for counselling MICHAEL POTESTIO

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A local non-profit will once again be able to offer substanceuse counselling after securing provincial funding. Kamloops’ Family Tree Family Centre is one of 29 organizations across B.C. that have been awarded a community counselling grant from the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and the Ministry of Health. The centre has received $98,000 in funding for three years that will enable it to hire a full-time substance-use counsellor, who will work out of the centre’s office on Seymour Street. Part of the funding will be set aside to help reduce barriers to accessing services, such as covering transportation costs and providing on-site child minding. The centre previously had two substance-use counsellors who worked part-time, but both are now retired. That left a counselling gap at Family Tree earlier this year. The new full-time position will enable the centre to formalize and expand on its substance-use counselling, according to Susan

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Wright, executive director of the Family Tree Family Centre. “Instead of having someone available one day a week we’ll have someone available five days a week,” Wright said. Family Tree is currently searching for the new hire, which couldn’t come at a better time as the organization recently expanded its hours of operation

and became a formal pregnancy outreach program. In January, the centre is slated to start a recovery and life-skills program, focusing on new parents and pregnant mothers who are using drugs. That program, Wright said, will benefit from having a full-time substance-use counsellor. “It’s going to be a huge benefit

to us,” Wright said. A big portion of Family Tree Family Centre’s clientele are mothers who are struggling with poverty, mental health, substance use, violence, trauma, grief and loss. “At Family Tree, what we’re trying to do is create a safe environment for moms to seek service,” said Wright. Having the new position gives their clientele — who often visit multiple times a week during times of crisis — instant access to counselling services on a daily basis, Wright noted. “Having that connection to peers and to professionals for six to seven hours a day helps increase their capacity and keep them safe and helps increase their outcomes,” Wright said. Up to $120,000 per year, for three years, was awarded through the community counselling grants program, administered by Community Action Initiative. Funding supports organizations to address gaps in the mental health and substance use continuum of care by creating multiple entry points to muchneeded services, stated a press release from Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.

Military flyover in doubt KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

The Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Squadron, a tactile fighter training squadron based out of Cold Lake, Alta., will not perform a fly over as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies this year. “That will be the first time in many [years] that we don’t see them in the air,” Mayor Ken Christian said. He said it is due to “operational requirements” and added a negotiation is in the works with the 402 Squadron. The 419 Squadron will still attend the city’s parade and Remembrance Day dinner. The 419 Squadron is tied to the fabric of Kamloops. John “Moose” Fulton of Kamloops was the first commanding officer of the 419 Squadron in the Second World War. Kamloops Airport’s Fulton Field is named in his honour and an aircraft at the entrance of the airport was once flown by the 419 Squadron.

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The Canada Games Aquatic Centre will close for two weeks in December as the city plays host to a large swim meet then shuts the facility down for maintenance in advance of a $9-million upgrade project expected to begin next year. The pool will close Dec. 13 and re-open Dec. 27. The swim meet takes place from Dec. 13 to Dec. 15, after which time the city will drain the pools and hot tubs to conduct tests in advance of upgrades to the centre, which are expected to begin in the fall of 2020. The city is hoping grant funding will help to offset some of the costs to upgrade the centre to extend the facility’s life, improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. More details about the project are expected to come in early 2020. City of Kamloops capital projects manager Darren Crundwell said a report could come to council as early as January, including costed options for further improvements. The city previously took media on a tour of the facility, outlining possible upgrades that could be done to the facility in addition to necessary work. Some ideas included installing a dive tank, relocating change rooms and multi-purpose rooms, adding a second-level entry and enclose the breezeway to improve energy efficiency. According to a press release issued Thursday, the city hopes that doing more prep work in advance of the major capital project will help to mitigate issues down the road during construction. Meanwhile, Westsyde Pool hours will be extended during the closure to help offset impacts on swimmers. The schedule will be available at the end of the month online at kamloops.ca/swim. Tournament Capital Centre members can have their pool access extended by speaking to staff at the centre or Westsyde Pool. The closure will impact one week of swimming lessons scheduled for the TCC, with credits to be automatically applied to accounts.

SD73 looks to buy land in Aberdeen for new schools The Kamloops-Thompson school district is looking to buy property for potential new schools in Aberdeen to combat increasing enrolment projections. “When we look at the city’s official community plan and the growth estimates we know we’re going to need more school space and in upper Aberdeen we don’t have any other school site,” SD73 facilities director Art McDonald said. Without property in the area, the school district must purchase a lot. McDonald said the district then needs to determine the number and levels of schools needed. Aberdeen is projected to be the largest area for future single-family and low-density development in Kamloops.

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School District 73 has completed about a third of the detailed design process for the expansion of Valleyview secondary — expected to break ground in the spring of 2020. “If you’ve done nothing, you’re at zero per cent, when you’re ready to put the project out to tender for contractors to price it you’re at 100 per cent design,” SD73 facilities director Art McDonald told KTW. He said the process is 30 per cent complete, which means the rough building footprint and site configuration is figured out. “There’s just a whole bunch more detail that keeps getting added to the drawings as we go through,” he said, noting that by the time they’re picking the paint colours, the expansion design will be about 90 per cent complete. The $34.5-million expansion project will see a new two-storey wing rise on the east side of the original building, which will eat up about half of a sports field, McDonald said. Chilliwack-based CHP Architects was chosen to design the expansion project. The plans are expected to be released publicly once complete. The Valleyview expansion, announced this past April, will nearly double the school’s capacity from 675 to 1,200 students. With 940 students now at VSS, the addition will result in the removal of nine portables on the site by the time the project is completed in September 2022. Built to LEED Gold standards, the project will include 20 new classrooms, a new gymnasium, a multi-purpose space, special-education classrooms, a new pick-up and drop-off area for buses, parking stalls and outdoor play areas. The Kamloops-Thompson school district is contributing $1.75 million toward the cost of the project, with the remaining $32.75 million covered by the provincial government.

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Street parking is now free downtown on Saturdays through the end of December. Kamloops city council approved on Tuesday a request from the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association to waive fees for onstreet parking and off-street city lots. The goal is to encourage shopping downtown through the holiday season. “This initiative has been very well received and appreciated by the community in the years past,” KCBIA executive director Carl DeSantis wrote to council. The city collects about $2,000 on average in daily parking revenues. Free parking begins this weekend and will continue for eight consecutive Saturdays, at an anticipated cost to the city of about $16,000. The free Saturday street parking downtown is slated to conclude on Dec. 28.

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LinkUp returns to fix entrepreneurs with resources something that only established businesses need to be thinking about. That’s why the first roundtable of the day will be Start Up & Adapt featuring Chelsea Hogan from Fern & Frond, Calli Duncan and Brianne Sheppard from Far & Wide, and Franca Muraca from Franca Muraca Notary Public Inc. Moderating the panel will be Nicole Bruce of Venture

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LinkUp, the Venture Kamloops event that connects local entrepreneurs with a variety of resources and programs to help them succeed, is back for 2019 with a focus on the future. This year’s theme is Adapt and Innovate: The Future of Local Business. Adaptation isn’t

Kamloops. “It’s all about adapting your startup, basically,” Bruce explained. “But really, I’m trying to weave in the idea of, adapt and innovate. And also the concept of, what’s to come in the future for small business?” All three businesses on the panel are small startups, and all have participated in the Venture Kamloops Accelerate Program —

two have graduated, while one is still a part of it. “I’m going to talk to them about what it’s like to start a business, and how, going from the planning stage to the actuality of their business, how it differed in comparison,” Bruce said. “And when they did run up against issues in their operations, how did they go about innovating and adapting

their business?” Bruce plans to take some time to look at the concept of innovation and how it can be defined beyond just the incorporation of technology into a business. She said that it can be a very small and simple step that you take to change your business model, maybe even something grassroots. “But the impact at the end of the day can be quite great,” she said.

While the roundtable might seem like it’s best suited for brand new businesses or those thinking of moving towards entrepreneurship, Bruce encourages business owners of all kinds to drop by, as the “startup” phase can actually go on for quite awhile. She also reminds interested business owners that it’s a great opportunity for networking. “Often entrepreneurship can be lonely,” she said. “And so to be in the company of other entre-

preneurs, and to have the comfort of seeing others go through the same thing they’ve gone through, and learn from what they’ve done, I think, is all very valuable Other panels that day will be Start Up and Adapt as well as Entrepreneurial Innovation. LinkUp takes place on Nov. 20 and tickets are available at venturekamloops.com. They’ll get you access to the whole day of resources, roundtables, and networking opportunities, plus breakfast and lunch.

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Gillis acclaimed as TNRD chair The Thompson Nicola Regional District chair and vice-chair have been acclaimed for another year. Nominated by their director colleagues on Thursday during the board’s regular meeting, no other candidate names were put forward, leading to their acclamation. “I’ve enjoyed occupying the chair for the first year and fully expect to enjoy occupying the chair for the coming

year,” Chair Ken Gillis said, upon re-election. “Thank you very much.” Gillis, who is director of area L (Grasslands), became chair last year after former Cache Creek mayor John Ranta failed his re-election bid in the municipal election. Ranta had been mayor since 1990, prior to his defeat in October 2018. Area O (Power North Thompson) director Bill Kershaw is vicechair for another year.

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A European Germany, not a German Europe

he fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years ago on Saturday, was one of the best parties I ever went to, and certainly

the longest. But when I finally sobered up, it was also quite frightening, because nobody knew what was coming out of the box next. There had been scary moments in Germany during the Cold War, of course, with Soviet troops in the eastern part and troops from practically every Western country in the western part, but a divided Germany had become part of the landscape. For many people on both sides, in fact, it was a quite satisfactory landscape. As François Mauriac once said: “I love Germany so much I’m glad there are two of them.” For the older generation of Europeans, Germany had always been the problem (two world wars), and the post-1945 division of the country was a kind of solution, since it kept foreign troops in both parts of Germany. They weren’t formally occupation forces any more, but they served as a sort of guarantee nevertheless. And now, in November 1989, that solution was collapsing. On a brief visit to Moscow just weeks before the Wall came down, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader: “We do not want the reunification of Germany. It would lead to changes in the [post-1945] borders that would undermine the stability of the entire international situation.” Indeed, Thatcher added, Gorbachev should ignore any statements to the contrary by the West. The NATO alliance might have to make pro-reunification statements to keep its German partner happy, but the other members didn’t really want to abandon the post-war settlement and “de-communise” Eastern Europe. But she was wrong about that. Most of the senior politicians in what was not yet called the European Union understood that German reunification was a risk that had to be accepted. There was a new German generation in charge, and you had to trust them. Western Europe’s other leaders also understood that ‘decommunising’ eastern Europe might finally deliver the free and democratic Europe that should have followed the victory over

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WATCH Hitler in 1945, and they had the steady support of the senior President Bush in both those choices. But it really was a gamble, and it might all have gone wrong. A reunited Germany could once again have used its wealth, numbers and central position to seek domination over Europe, as it had done under both the Kaisers and the Nazis. The countries of Eastern Europe, freed from Russian rule, might have ended up as a string of squabbling tinpot dictatorships, as most of them did when they first got their freedom after the First World War. The main reason it didn’t all end in tears was the European Union, a more comprehensive version of the existing European Economic Community that was negotiated between 1990 and 1992 and declared the year after that. Creating the EU, and giving it a common currency, the Euro, provided a structure big and strong enough to contain a united Germany and not be dominated by it. It also saved the former satellite countries of Eastern Europe from a potentially ugly fate. The EU countries had all the things that Poles, Slovaks and Bulgarians longed for: prosperity, personal freedom and democracy. And although it is not a charitable institution, the EU decided to let the Eastern European countries join, provided that they also became lawabiding and relatively uncorrupt democracies. So that’s exactly what they did. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not lead automatically to the benign reunification of Germany. It created the opportunity for positive change, but making it happen took clear thinking and hard political work. The happy outcome in Eastern Europe was not some quirk of fate either. It was the product of social

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BERLIN — Germany’s defence minister is calling for the country to spend two per cent of gross domestic product on defence by 2031, a target Chancellor Angela Merkel called “realistic but ambitious.” NATO members in 2014 agreed to “aim to move toward” increasing defence spending to two per cent of GDP by 2024. The U.S. has criticized Berlin’s defence spending, which is rising but now stands at 1.36% of GDP. Germany aims to reach 1.5 per cent by 2024. Defence Minister Annegret KrampKarrenbauer, who leads Merkel’s party, says it should reach two per cent by 2031.

engineering on an international scale. There is no “German question” today. It has been solved. The economies of Eastern European countries are far bigger than they were 30 years ago — four times bigger for Romania, six times for Poland — and average incomes are catching up. In 1990, Poles earned only a quarter of what Germans did; now it’s almost two-thirds. There are some problems with populist/nationalist regimes in Poland and Hungary at the moment, but it’s still far better there politically than it ever was before 1989. It’s better everywhere – so why is the United Kingdom, the second-biggest member of this organisation that has put an end to centuries of war and tyranny in Europe, now planning to leave the EU? Because the English don’t get it. Britain is an island that hasn’t been successfully invaded for almost a millennium, so they don’t realise that the EU is primarily about preserving democracy and keeping the peace. They think it’s just an economic deal, and a lot of them believe (mistakenly) that they can get a better deal elsewhere. They are, as Napoleon allegedly remarked, “a nation of shopkeepers.” (Actually, it was Adam Smith who said it first.) A nation of shopkeepers who haven’t even noticed that their shops are closing down.

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B.C. should demand mining companies pay cleanup cost up front, study finds rules by which it ensures that taxpayers aren’t stuck with the costs of cleaning up or caring for abandoned mines. The report points to several recent examples of the government being left to pay the costs, including at least $500,000 at one old gold mine. Current legislation requires companies to put up more assets towards the end of a mine’s life. But the assets often depend, directly or indirectly, on the company’s value or on commodity prices. B.C.’s auditor general recently concluded that the costs of mine cleanups exceed the surety held by the government by $1.4 billion. That leaves the public at risk even with good-faith operators, said Jason Dion, a consultant who

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VANCOUVER — A report is urging British Columbia to get better financial guarantees that mining companies will pay for the mess they make. The First Nations who commissioned the study say that if the government doesn’t do it, they will. “There’s clearly a recognition by the government and the courts that we have ownership and lands and we have jurisdiction and authority,” said Allen Edzerza of the B.C. First Nations Energy and Mining Council. “What this report is suggesting is that maybe they should exercise some of that authority.” The province is reviewing the

wrote the report. “Even a big, well-capitalized mining company can go bankrupt,” he said. “You’re essentially betting $1.4 billion on the continued financial viability of the mining sector. If there was commodity price downturn, you could see a number of mining companies going bankrupt.” A better solution would be to require miners to put up hard assets out front that wouldn’t change value over the life of a mine’s operation, Dion said. Quebec has such a policy and leads the country in new mining investment. “Such a requirement is not at odds with a strong mining sector,” Dion said. B.C. chiefs are likely to pay

close attention to what the report suggests, Edzerza said. “The chiefs will be very supportive of that approach.” Court decisions as well as the province’s recent recognition of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ensure First Nations have a strong hand to play when it comes to mining development on their traditional and reserve lands, Edzerza said. “Clearly government has to change its approach,” he said. “If you’re going to mine, we think the reclamation has to be addressed properly.” Edzerza said First Nations are in talks with B.C. on reforms to mining regulations, including on how cleanup guarantees are funded.

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VANCOUVER — The popular fermented drink kombucha is considered a healthy beverage containing good-for-the-gut probiotics but the BC Centre for Disease Control is concerned some products may have higherthan-regulated levels of alcohol. The centre is working with the B.C. Institute of Technology, which is testing the last of about 760 samples of the beverage. Lorraine McIntyre, the centre’s food safety specialist, said the impetus for the research came partly from concerns that some kombucha products in the Maritimes may contain more alcohol than levels allowed by Health Canada or the province.

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Bones found almost 50 years ago recently recognized as first dinosaur species in B.C. DIRK MEISSNER

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VICTORIA — A geologist’s discovery of a mysterious claw in rocks along a rail line in British Columbia’s northern wilderness almost 50 years ago has led to the recognition of the first dinosaur species unique to the province. Nicknamed Buster, the partial bones, which included toes, shins and shoulder bones, formed the evidence to officially designate a new dinosaur species that roamed the province more than 67 million years ago, said Victoria Arbour, the Royal B.C. Museum’s curator of paleontology. The dinosaur’s species name, Ferrisaurus sustutensis, means the iron lizard from the Sustut River, Arbour said. It was discovered on a rail line along the Sustut River north of Smithers. “I think it’s really exciting that Ferrisaurus is a new species from B.C. because B.C. isn’t a place that is really well-known for dinosaur fossils,” she said. “It really highlights there’s a lot of potential for even more dinosaur discoveries down the road if we look hard enough.” Arbour said she and col-

leagues spent years examining the bones before publishing their finding on Thursday in The Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences. “We don’t have any parts of the skull but we know, based on the bones we do have, that it was part of the same group of dinosaurs called the leptoceratopsids,” she said in an interview at the museum where the new dinosaur discovery is part of a free public display called B.C.’s Mountain Dinosaur. “They are little cousins of the more famous dinosaurs like Triceratops,” said Arbour. “They had a parrot-like beak, a very short frill and no horns on the face. They were plant-eaters and probably walked on four legs but might have been able to get around on two legs sometimes.” Ferrisaurus was about 1.75 metres long and likely weighed about 150 kilograms. She described the dinosaur as similar in size to a large wild boar or a bighorn sheep. Arbour said she suspects Ferrisaurus was prey for many of the large meateating dinosaurs, including the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex. Arbour led an expedition in 2017 to the Sustut River site where the bones were discov-

ered and found new fossils, including plants and part of a turtle. Arbour said the province’s rugged terrain is a major reason why dinosaur bone discoveries, other than in northeast B.C., are rare compared with Alberta and Saskatchewan where there are large areas of flat land and exposed rocky zones. She is planning to return to the Sustut River area in the summer to look for more dinosaur fossils. Arbour said she originally encountered the bones in Nova Scotia as a student at Dalhousie University. She said the man who found the bones, Kenny Larsen, kept them for years but eventually donated them to the university. The bones then made their way from Nova Scotia to the Royal B.C. Museum where Arbour was later hired as curator of paleontology and embarked on her dinosaur species discovery. “Before it had a scientific name, and we were pretty sure it was a new species, we needed something to call it and Buster seemed to be a good fit for a couple of old bones from the Sustut River,” said Arbour.

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Alberta to study exit from CPP, Kenney says way to consider Alberta’s potential withdrawal from the national pension plan. The move, if it goes forward, would pull Albertans’ multibilliondollar share from the $400-billion pool of assets that are handled by the investment manager, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The proposed departure, Kenney said, will be examined by a panel his government intends to

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EDMONTON —Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there’s a “compelling case” to be made for his province to exit the half-centuryold Canada Pension Plan — an idea sure to face increasing scrutiny over the coming months. With growing frustrations in his province about its place in the federation, Kenney has revealed that a deeper analysis is on the

create as a way to assess “fairness” for Alberta within the federation. Talk of the CPP withdrawal follows a federal election result late last month that many say exemplified Prairie frustration toward the Liberal government in Ottawa. The federal Liberals were reduced to a minority mandate after failing to capture a single seat in Alberta or Saskatchewan. There’s also been momentum behind separatist sentiments in

the two resource-dependent provinces, where their economies have struggled through a commodity downturn. Much of the anger has been directed at Ottawa and other parts of Canada — which are accused of preventing the landlocked Prairie provinces from getting their natural resources to the coast for export. Now, Kenney is ready to take a long look at ditching the CPP,

which has been in place everywhere in Canada, except Quebec, since the mid-1960s. Quebec has been managing its own sister pension plan. “I can certainly tell you that will be one of the issues studied by the panel that I will be appointing to consult with Albertans on fighting for a fair deal in Canada,” the Alberta premier said in a recent video clip, which was posted last week on Facebook.

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OTTAWA — Re-elected, newly elected and defeated Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill to mull over the disappointing results of the Oct. 21 election and contemplate the best way forward in a challenging new world of minority government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it’s a day of celebrating wins and also mourning losses as the Liberals seek to chart a new course. Former Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale, who went down to defeat in his Saskatchewan riding after more than 25 years as an MP, said a majority of Canadians voted

both for completing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline as well as for tougher action on climate change. Goodale said he’s convinced those two things are not mutually exclusive, and that it’s up to the Liberal government to make that case to Canadians. “There’s a very challenging circle to square here,” he acknowledged on his way into the meeting. “We have to demonstrate that it is” possible to simultaneously protect the environment and promote economic growth. The Liberals won 157 seats — 13 shy of a majority in the House of Commons — and were shut out entirely in Alberta and

Saskatchewan, where Trudeau’s name is now political poison. Goodale’s name has been floated by some Liberals as someone who could be tapped as a senior adviser to Trudeau on western issues. The veteran minister said he’s not yet had time to seriously reflect on his future but he said: “The first duty of every member of Parliament should be the unity and cohesion and success of the country and any way that I can make a contribution to that in my post-parliamentary life, I’m happy to do.” Returning Liberal MPs do expect Trudeau to make some changes, including paying more attention to the views of caucus,

diversifying his inner circle, adopting more positive messaging and communicating Liberal successes on the economic front. Earlier Thursday, Trudeau met with P.E.I. Premier Dennis King, whom he said he hopes to learn from when it comes to working well with others in a minority government. The meeting was just the first of several the prime minister has planned with the country’s premiers in the coming days. Trudeau said it was opportune that King is the first premier he has met with post-election, given his success to date in leading a minority Progressive Conservative government and collaborating

Father charged with QUEBEC Politician in hoodie murder in deaths of denied access to two boys in Ontario provincial legislature SALMAAN FAROOQUI

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BRAMPTON, Ont. — A 52-year-old Brampton, Ont., man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his two sons, police said Thursday. Peel Regional Police Const. Heather Cannon said Edwin Bastidas is being held for a bail hearing and investigators are not seeking any other suspects. Police have said the deaths are being treated as homicides but have not released the cause of death. “When we attended, we didn’t find any obvious signs of trauma to the children. It was a little bit later on that it was determined to be a suspicious death in both cases,” Cannon said. Cannon said someone in the residence called 911 late Wednesday on what was described as a medical call. The boys, aged nine and 12, were found dead when officers arrived at the Brampton home. Cannon couldn’t say where in the residence they were found, or who else was home at the time. The deaths occurred on an otherwise quiet suburban street. Neighbours driving to work Thursday paused to peer at the crime scene taped off by police. Paul Rodrigues said one of his sons knew one of the boys and went to the same school. He also said his wife was good friends with the mother of the children and frequently went for coffee with her.

“I’m just in shock,” Rodrigues said on Thursday. He called the victims “regular boys” and said their names were Jonathan and Nicholas. They walked their dog and played with his daughter in front of his house, Rodrigues said. An older sister lived in the basement, he said. Another area resident, Sam Mammen, said the neighbourhood has always been a safe place. He said he didn’t know the family but had seen the boys walking by. “This is the first time something like this has happened,” Mammen said. “Very sad to hear.” Sudhama Swamy, who also lives nearby, called the occurrence very rare in a “very quiet, lovely neighbourhood” that has three schools and lots of children who walk around or play outside. “This was unbelievable for me to see something like this happen in this neighbourhood,” Swami said. “This was a very scary thing to see. It’s a little crazy.” Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown called the situation “heartbreaking.” “If this is indeed a case, domestic or familial related homicides, it is unfathomable,” Brown said on Twitter. “As a parent, I just can’t comprehend this. The crisis that led to this is yet unknown. But our whole community is grieving.” The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board said the two boys were students at St. Bonaventure Catholic Elementary School, and news of their deaths has saddened the community.

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QUEBEC — The provincial legislature refused access Thursday to Quebec solidaire member Catherine Dorion after she showed up for work wearing a hoodie. The legislature’s deputy speaker, Chantal Soucy, let it be known that Dorion’s outfit of the day was not business attire. “There is a decorum to be respected. She has been reminded of it a number of times. It was time to draw the line,” Soucy told reporters. “The clothing was striking. It was not clothing worthy an elected member [in the legislative chamber.]” It’s almost unheard of for a member to be denied access to the chamber known as the blue room, where only elected

members are permitted to sit. The refusal to admit Dorion is the latest spat over the opposition member’s attire and decorum since her election in 2018. Dorion has defended her work attire, which has included tank tops, boots, tuques and running shoes. The member for the Quebec City riding of Taschereau created controversy last week when she published a photo of herself in the legislature’s red room — a chamber reserved for official ceremonies — “dressed up” as a politician in business attire with the words “Happy Halloween.” That prompted an ethics complaint and a call for a tightening of the rules from the Opposition Liberals Wednesday.

Nunavut government crippled by cyber attack CANADIAN PRESS

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The government of Nunavut is still dealing with its computer systems after a cyber attack paralyzed its entire network. All government computers in the territorial capital of Iqaluit are being collected by officials so that they can be reformatted. Residents on income assistance who normally receive cheques are being given food vouchers redeemable at gro-

cery stores instead. Territorial officials have said paycheques due next week for civil servants are expected to be delivered as scheduled. Government offices remain open, but are relying on fax machines, telephone calls and paper forms. Residents have been warned that services will take longer than normal. Problems began Saturday when a ransomware bug got into the Nunavut system.

with the official Opposition in P.E.I. — the Green party. “As I reflect on the need to work well with others, your example of how you’ve managed a minority government, working with the Greens in a very constructive, productive way, for Prince Edward Island, I look forward to picking your brain on how you’re working so well with others because that’s going to be important to me,” he said. Such lessons would be good for everyone on Parliament Hill, King suggested. “As one of the provinces who are leading the country in exports, I really hope we can export our style of politics,” he said.

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Trump wanted to hear ‘investigations, Biden Dozens killed and Clinton’ on Ukraine call, diplomat says in Burkina Faso ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — There were three words U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden, Clinton. That’s according to the transcript, released Thursday, of an impeachment inquiry interview with career State Department official George Kent.

“Potus wanted nothing less than President Zelenskiy to go to the microphone and say investigations, Biden and Clinton,” Kent testified. “That was the message. ... Zelenskiy needed to go to a microphone and basically there needed to be three words in the message, and that was the shorthand,” he said. Kent told investigators

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Bank of England warns over global economic hit to U.K. CANADIAN PRESS

LONDON — The growth outlook for the British economy has deteriorated largely as a result of a gloomier global backdrop, the Bank of England said Thursday as it refrained from cutting rates in the run-up to a general election that could have huge repercussions on Brexit. Though waning fears of a no-deal Brexit should help cushion growth in the near-term, the bank said the British economy will grow by around 1% less over the coming three years than it forecast just three months ago. That’s primarily due to a weaker global economy in the wake of the ongoing U.S.-China trade spat. For two of the bank’s nine rate-setters on the Monetary Policy Committee, the deteriorating outlook was enough for them to back an immediate rate cut. The majority, though, opted to keep the bank’s main interest rate on hold at 0.75%. That’s the first time there’s been a split on the committee since June 2018. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney conceded that a rate cut soon was possible.

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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — World News Gunmen attacked a convoy near a Canadian mining site in Burkina Faso, killing at least 37 people and wounding 60 others, the regional governor said late Wednesday. Montreal-based Semafo said the bloodshed happened about 40 kilometres from its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso’s Eastern region and involved five buses of employees who were being accompanied by a military escort. Col. Saidou Sanou, the region’s governor, gave the provisional casualty toll in a statement. The mining company said only that it was aware of “several fatalities and injuries.” “Boungou mine site remains secured and our operations are not affected,” Semafo said in its statement. “We are actively working with all levels of authorities to ensure the ongoing safety and security of our employees, contractors and suppliers.” The area has become increasingly precarious for Semafo, which operates two gold mines in Burkina Faso. Last year, an employee and subcontractor were killed when a bus was targeted by bandits. Later last year, five members of Burkina Faso’s security forces were killed in an attack near the Boungou mine.

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Despite the Allied defeat, Gallipoli was more than just a series of military battles. Monuments stand in the morning sun at Chunuk Bair, as the statue of Ataturk remains a memorial for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

midst of battle is the statue of a Turkish soldier carrying an injured Australian. The soldier lay wounded and defenceless in no-man’s land as a tense standoff ensued. Then, a Turkish soldier emerged from a trench, a white rag tied to the barrel of his rifle held high above his head. All guns went silent on both sides. The Turk then lifted the stricken soldier and carried him to the safety of his comrades. There were other generosities too: Christmas gifts chucked across no-man’s land during periods of ceasefire, sweets and dates from the Turks, packets of tobacco and tins of bully beef

from the Allies. The Ari Burnu cemetery — our second stop — overlooks the Aegean Sea. Its trimmed green lawns are punctuated by rows of small tombstones. It is quiet here this morning, with only the sound of the wind and distant lapping of waves against the shore. Twenty-year old Australian Private Frank Hubert Evans’ epitaph reads, “They Never Fail Who Die In A Great Cause,” which is an irony for this was a senseless, futile campaign that accomplished nothing. The most poignant monument of all is the large stone mono-

lith inscribed with army officer Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s message to the mothers of the fallen soldiers: “Those heroes that shed their blood And lost their lives... “You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore, rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side, here in this country of ours... You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries. Wipe away your tears, your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.”

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ovember is one of those months in the year when the past crowds in on us. Followed by Thanksgiving and Halloween in October, comes All Saints’ Day and then Remembrance Day (old Armistice Day) when we relive the great moments of yesterday and think of those into whose inheritance we have entered. We are here in this month to keep alive a tradition — to give thanks to God for the past and to dedicate ourselves to their unfinished tasks. By sincerely doing so, we set a good example for others. Oft times we are quite casual with tradition. It is so easy to conclude that nobody in the past had significance until we came. But it is good for people to halt every now and again and go back over the road others have travelled. If we knew history better, we would not be so disturbed today. A nation is judged by the type of men it honours from the past. In last century, there was the company of people who, by the mercy of God and their own gallantry, maintained freedom a taste of which, we continue to enjoy, even today. They fought a war

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they neither wanted, nor created. They came from many homes — rich and poor, humble and educated. It was not without cost that this freedom was achieved and maintained. Their faces we shall never see again, their hands we shall never grasp again, their voices we shall never hear again. There are eyes that will never see again, limbs that will never grow again, minds that will never think again. We remember them in gratitude before God — the great and the good who bore the testimony of a good conscience, who fought a good fight, who finished their course, who kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7), who endured as “seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27), who conquered in the fight for whom the trumpets have already blown on the other side. Going back in history has its perils too. The traditionalist is

always in danger. It is so easy to live in the past rather than by the past. Someone has said, history is the record of what man thinks of himself, of others and of God. Movements and institutions which have outlasted time have always been built upon these three convictions. Nothing is permanent in any world order unless it is rooted and grounded in these three virtues — integrity, understanding and reverence. First of all, history is the record of what man thinks of himself. Movements and institutions will live and last when they are rooted in character. Well-meaning but misguided people are living today with a pleasing illusion. Because the illusion is so pleasing, it is all the more deadly and fatal. The illusion is this: the enthusiasm for unselfishness and high idealism generated by the war will be permanent. Many have made themselves believe the high levels of patriotic devotion, social restrain and self-discipline, which the wars forced upon us, will continue in peace. That is a dreadful illusion, because history holds no such warrant. Secondly, history is the record of what man thinks of others.

Movements and institutions which last, must express themselves in understanding. Life, to be great, must have its setting in the framework of the community. To personal integrity there must always be added compassionate understanding. It is only when the sense of social responsibility is joined to personal initiative that a nation is safe. Civilization is not a lonely journey of a lonely soul, upon a lonely God. On the other hand, it is a pilgrimage on a crowded highway on which we learn to live together for the common good. Finally, history is the record of what man thinks of God. ´Movements and institutions which have outlasted time have always been founded on spiritual forces. It is possible for man to have personal initiative and even to have a sense of community-mindedness and still make a wreck of the universe. How all these needs repeating today. Oftentimes we wonder how did the world get this way? What has happened to us that times like these should come to pass? Of course, we always had the answer. We talk about economic inequality in the world, social injustice, political chicanery and

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MEXICO CITY — The nine American women and children killed by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico lived in a remote farming community where residents call themselves Mormon — descendants of former members of The Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints. The victims, including 8-month old twins, died in an ambush as the three SUVs they were in travelled along a dirt road in a remote, mountainous

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crackpot ideologies. It is true that all these had a part in the darkness that has settled upon the world. But they do not go to the root of the matter. The present befuddling times have come because we have lost our moral awareness and our understanding of the importance of spiritual values. We thought the absence of faith was a sign of intellectual vigor. We supposed that man was great in proportion, as the sense of mystery vanished. We treated the idea of God so casually. We thought of religion as

one of the take-it-orleave-it affairs. But we suddenly discover now, the seeds of national decay are never in a political technique or social structure, but in the character of its people. A nation can be no better than the level of the soul of its people. A new world can only come to pass through new people. All the ingenious devices for goodwill, all the painstaking, meticulous arrangements for world peace will come to nothing if they are placed in the hands of men who are unreliable and untrustworthy.

The hope of the world rests essentially in the reconversion of man’s spirit, by heeding God’s invitation to turn to Him. Narayan Mitra is a volunteer Chaplain at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops. He can be reached by email at ryan mitra225@gmail.com. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@kamloops thisweek.com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.

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iobhan Toal belongs to the Brainiac WolfPack, the Thompson Rivers University women’s volleyball team that features a program-record 10 Academic All-Canadians. “I would say that I am the smartest and I’m not even joking about that,” said Toal, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter from Edmonton whose mammoth personality either dwarfed her modesty or mirrored her sarcasm during an interview with KTW. “Look around and then look at me. What do you think?” It looks like she has competition. U Sports athletes must earn a minimum of 18 credits per school year — the equivalent of completing three courses per semester — and maintain at least an 80 per cent average (3.5 GPA) to be named an Academic All-Canadian. The WolfPack, who joined the

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THE BRAINIAC WOLFPACK number of red-shirting athletes who weren’t actually competing. The 2018-2019 women’s volleyball outfit posted a combined GPA of 3.41, that number buoyed by the 10 who made the list: Toal, Avery Pottle, Erin Mutch, Olga Savenchuk, Katie Ludvig, Kendra Finch, Gabriela Podolski, Elizabeth Reimer, Nicole Reid and Hayley McNaught. “It’s like we wake up, we study, we eat, we sleep and we play,” said Ludvig, Kamloops’ lone representative among the team’s intelligentsia. That is not entirely true. WolfPack athletes are university students who like to have a bit of fun when time permits. But Ludvig’s point is time usually doesn’t permit for high-achieving student-athletes. Savenchuk, the 6-foot-3 volleyball punisher from Donetsk, Ukraine, studies in English, her second language, and posted a plus-4.0 GPA last school year, a mark that solidified her place in the Master of Business Administration program. “That is not just smarts,” WolfPack bench boss Chad Grimm said. “That is work. Olga spends an incredible amount of time working.” Pottle, named the smartest

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“No,” Toal said. “I see a lot of honest faces and really smart young women who know what they want in life and that’s both to succeed on the court and off.” Grimm chuckled when he heard Toal gave herself the nod for scholastic supremacy, but noted she may just have a case. “She was over 4.0 as a first-year and also, because she’s a character, she can put up an argument,” Grimm said. “The self-vote I appreciate. She’ll have some good sound bites for you. That’s for sure.” He was right. “I think it’s a genetic freak of nature,” said Toal, an English major and political-science minor. “I think when Chad was recruiting, he thought, ‘How can I find the most intelligent species around Canada,’ and he brought us together — not for skill, but for intelligence.” If Toal is right, Grimm got lucky in the volleyball comprehension department. The 2019-2020 WolfPack are 4-0, a record never achieved in program history, and whispers of Canada West title contention could spike to full-fledged fodder with a pair of victories over the Alberta Pandas (1-3) of Edmonton this weekend at the TCC. Game time is 6:45 p.m. on Friday, following the men’s tilt between the two clubs, and 5 p.m. on Saturday, the curtainraiser of the two rematches. The smart money might just be on TRU. “It’s all about the brains and maybe that transfers over to volleyball,” Toal said. “Maybe we’re going to come out and win it all this year.”

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seem a tad dramatic, but it didn’t take long for the spurned bench boss to realize how great of a run he had, the comforting recognition that 16 seasons is a lifetime in hockey years. Perhaps what hurt most — pain absorbed in the gut punch he talked about after being hired by the Blazers in June — was losing the Tigers he reared, a group of young men that has championship aspirations. That torment became evident when Clouston began detailing how the roster was built, from accumulating draft picks to selecting an import goaltender to the maturation of homegrown 19- and 20-year-old players, rattling off names as if he was seeing faces and listing transactions as if they occured yesterday. “That part, it was just surprising because I felt things were going very well, that the team, it had been a few years since we’d been to a conference final, we hadn’t won a conference or league championship, but had been very competitive year after year, and there was a conscious effort to look at this year and to sort of build toward this year,” Clouston said. “You can’t guarantee success, but there was a thought and commitment to this age group. I sincerely believed this was going to be a very good year.” He fell short of winning a WHL championship and some naysayers in Medicine Hat will judge him on that, not his status as the winningest head coach in club history. That can be tough

on pride. And I think Clouston wrestles with that. And perhaps he’s thought about how it would make the Masers look and feel if he won it all this season in Kamloops. But he is not obsessed by desire for revenge, which he said can be blinding and effect his ability to coach well. The game has offered him a wonderful opportunity, one which materialized quickly and perhaps only because Kyle Gustafson, the Blazers’ original No. 1 candidate, decided to stay in Portland. “Hockey is weird and there are all types of twists and turns in a career,” Clouston said. “What I’ve learned is to appreciate the opportunities.” He loves it here. He raves about Sandman Centre and its downtown location. He couldn’t have known just how much potential the Blazers have when he arrived on Mark Recchi Way. All of those things probably make it a little bit easier to let go. The Saturday game, a 7 p.m. start on Military Appreciation Night, has potential to be a marquee WHL regular-season matchup, but don’t expect Clouston to rappel down from the rafters with the Rocky Mountain Rangers to subdue Willie D. It’s just not like that. “There is going to be attention because of the obvious connections and both sides would maybe like to win that game slightly more than other games,” Clouston said. “I’d rather be the winner, but if it’s not our night, so be it.”

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Gridiron girl: ‘They’re all like my brothers now’ MARTY HASTINGS

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Norah Macaulay, wearing a black hooded jacket and on crutches, looked cold. The 13-year-old defensive end, who will not play this weekend for the Kamloops Broncos against Kelowna Junior Sun Green in the junior bantam Southern Interior Football Conference championship game, was not required to be at chilly Hillside Stadium for practise on Wednesday night. “If they’re out here practising in the cold, there is no reason why I shouldn’t be out here in the cold with them,” Macaulay said. The Broncos (7-0) will play host to Sun Green (6-1) in the title tilt on Sunday, with kickoff slated for noon at Hillside Stadium. The winner will advance to the B.C. championship tournament next Saturday in Kamloops. Macaulay is the only girl on the 31-player roster and her spirit broke briefly last Sunday in the hospital while her teammates were busy throttling Kelowna Junior Sun Blue 76-44. She was injured early in the semifinal contest and later diagnosed with torn tissue in her foot and a badly sprained ankle. “I was sitting in the ER listening for updates on how the game was going and I was in tears and my dad goes, ‘Oh, does it really hurt that bad?’” Macaulay said. “I’m like, ‘No, I’m getting over the pain. It just sucks that I’m probably out for provincials.’” Bond-forming

NORAH MACAULAY

acceptance has boosted Macaulay’s confidence. “There is definitely a judgment-free perspective,” Macaulay said. “Basically, for my whole life, I’ve always hung out with guys. “I almost feel it would be weird for me if it was a team of girls.” She was scared to tackle in her first game a few months ago, her only gridiron experience to that point of the flag-football variety, but listened to encouragement from teammates and coaches. “In the jamboree, our first big tournament, near the end, when the other team had almost gotten into the end zone, I made two hits to stop it and caused a turnover,” she said. “It’s very satisfying, especially because I’m a girl.” Macaulay has been a quick study in learning to handle the haters. “My parents have told me they heard, ‘Oh, he got tackled by a girl!’” Macaulay said. “I just respond with, ‘Well, yeah. Why wouldn’t he?’ “It’s great knowing some people are so confident guys are stronger than girls and then being able to take them down.” Macaulay fearlessly forecasted a 60-40 victory over Sun Green before breaking news that may scare opponents if her prediction

RUNNERS NATIONALS-BOUND Calum Carrigan of Kamloops and Zoe Painter of Whitehorse will compete for the TRU WolfPack this weekend at the U Sports Cross-Country Running National Championships in Kingston, Ont. Painter was 58th and Carrigan was 63rd in their respective categories at the Canada West Championships last month in Calgary. They will be accompanied in Kingston by the team’s coach, Carmin Mazzotta.

is accurate: The crutches will likely be turfed this week. She plans to help her football family at provincials. “At school, there is always going to be people who genuinely just don’t care about you and people who are fake and rude, but this group of people,

since you spend so much time with them, has gotten really close and I trust all of them,” Macaulay said. “They’re all like my brothers now.” Kamloops Broncos’ defensive end Norah Macaulay sheds a block and homes in on the ball carrier at Hillside Stadium.

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Bighorn pro honoured Kathy Gook, head professional and director of golf at Bighorn Golf and Country Club, was named one of the top 50 Ladies Professional Golf Association teachers for 2020-2021. The top 50 were chosen from a global pool of 1,800 LPGAcertified pros and Gook is the only Canadian club representative on the list. Gook will be recognized at the LPGA Rolex Awards Reception at the 2020 PGA Show in January in Orlando.

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BROWN IN PICTOU Corryn Brown and her Kamloops Curling Club rink split their first two games in the tier 2 women’s division on Thursday at the Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge event in Pictou, N.S. The Edmontonbased Laura Walker team bested Brown 6-1 in Draw 6 action.

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ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW FILE Ashley Klymchuk (left) and Dezaray Hawes of Team Brown in action last month at the Kamloops Crown of Curling.

Skip Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Ashley Klymchuk doubled Suzanne Birt of Charlottetown in Draw 3 play. IN THE POOL The Kamloops Classic Swimming club was well represented last Sunday at the

Vernon Kokanee Swim Club Jamboree. Leading the way were Graycen Leduc, Ryder Crichton, Molly Brookes and Ophelia Dersch, each of whom reached regional time standards in the 200metre individual medley. Mikayla Brinkworth, Andrew Graham,

Augustus Hill, Emma Kristjanson, Haolin Li, Allison Ring and Oliver Turpin achieved multiple personal best times. Alexa Cinel, Keegan Gregory, Lauren McRae, Elise Percy, Stephen Pillay, Lienke Raath, Zachary Treichel and Sydni Zulyniak were competing on the road for the first time. Meanwhile, two Classics — Keana Smart and Sarah Koopmans — earned medals for the Classics last weekend at the UBC Odlum Brown College Cup in Vancouver. Smart won silver in the 50-metre backstroke and Koopmans claimed bronze in the 50- and 100-metre fly events.

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OBITUARIESOBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM & IN ME was always a Shirley Ann Symons (Innes) Shirley AnnShirley Symons (Innes) bright spark, always

Shirley was always a bright spark, always ready with a quip or sarcastic comment.

ready with a quipwas or born in Shirley Ann Symons (Innes) was born Shirley Ann inSymons (Innes) sarcastic comment. Vancouver on October 4, 1921, the distant last Vancouver on October 4, 1921, the distant last of six children born to Lila and Joseph Innes. born to Lila and Joseph Innes. of six children her dogs She was an enthusiastic athleteShe andwas attended the She loved an enthusiastic athlete and attended the She loved her dogs and walked with them old Britannia high school. She was a brilliantly old Britannia high school. She was a brilliantly and walked with them fast comptometer operator for Sweet Sixteen, a until age 89. fast comptometer operator for Sweet Sixteen, a until age 89. women’s clothier. women’s clothier. She spent the last years She spent the last years of her life in Kamloops At age 23, she married Ralph Symons, a machinist of her life in Kamloops with daughter Barbara, a machinist At age 23, she married Ralph Symons, for Opsal Steel Ltd. Their courtship revolved with daughter Barbara, and Their at Overlander for inOpsal Steel Ltd. courtship revolved around skating at roller rinks the Lower and at Overlander Residential Care skating Mainland and in northwest around Washington State at roller rinks in the Lower Residential Care whereWashington she quietly went andthein Hospital northwest Stateto sleep on (Ferndale). They were notedMainland for creating Hospital where she quietly went to sleep on Octobernoted 28, 2019. got her the wish to donate (Ferndale). They were for She creating Canadian Fourteen Step. Their two daughters, October 28, 2019. She got her wish to donate herStep. body to UBC. two daughters, Canadian Their Joley and Barbara were born soon afterFourteen their her body to UBC. Joley Barbara wereyouborn marriage. Shirley took time off from and working as Thank to thesoon care after aides their in the Kamloops I found a penny today, time off from working as Thank a salesperson for BC Bearingmarriage. Engineers Shirley in July took community and the people at Overlander whoyou to the care aides in the Kamloops a her salesperson BC Bearing Engineers July a community on the ground and August to spend time with daughters onfor provided andJust the laying people at Overlander who quality care andin made personal andhad August to spend time with her daughters on Gambier Island where her parents previously provided and connection with our mom. Special thanks to the qualityButcare it’s not justmade a penny,a personal Gambier her parents had previously lived for 20 years. Ralph would comeIsland up towhere connection with our mom. Special thanks to the volunteers who brought their dogs to visit mom little coin I’ve found. “camp” on weekends. lived for 20 years. Ralph would come up to volunteers who This and brighten her days. brought their dogs to visit mom “Found” pennies come “camp” on weekends. and brighten her days. Shirley and Ralph were adamant that their She is survived by her daughters Joley Switzer from heaven, Sometim Operation Red Nose is a designated driving Both service cheer education. provided to any motorist during the holiday daughters season. would have a university Both Shirley and Ralph were adamant that their and Barbara Serl (Ken), grandsons KevinShe (Sarah), is survived by her daughters That’s what my Joley Switzer room, board For informationThey or tosupported volunteer them by providing daughters would Brad haveand a university education. Grandpa told me Make a Richard (Siri) and great-grandsons Applications at Tournament Capital and Barbara Serl (Ken), grandsons Kevin (Sarah), www.OperationRedNose.com and, amazingly, a car. of you They supported them by providing room, board Weston and Garrett. Centre, Volunteer Kamloops and Brad and RichardHe(Siri) and toss great-grandsons said angels 250-320-0650 and, amazingly, a car. kamloops@operationrednose.com Desert Gardens Community Centre. them down; So don’t pass Weston and Garrett. When they both retired, summers and weekends A family celebration of her life will be held next Oh, how I loved that story. When you’r were Gambier and travelling the retired, spring. summers and weekends A family celebration NOV 29, 30, DEC 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26,spent 27,on28, 31 IslandWhen they both of her life will be held next world. Mom’s favourite country Australia He said when an It may b werewas spent on Gambier Island and travelling the spring. Donationscountry may be made the Salvation Army where they crossed the outback a touristfavourite angel misses you, from world.in Mom’s was to Australia and the SPCA, mom’s constant charities. camping bus, went to Coober Pedy,they climbed made to the S alvation Army where crossed the outback in a tourist Donations may be They toss a penny down That an ange Ayres Rock and visited Alice Springs. On the trip camping bus, went to Coober Pedy, climbed and the SPCA, mom’s constant charities. Shirley turned 70 and Ralph turned 80. by Charles L. Mashburn Ayres Rock and visited Alice Springs. On the trip Shirley turned 70 and Ralph turned 80.

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CRIMES OF THE WEEK SHOTS Wallet thief wanted On Oct. 30 a wallet was stolen from downtown. Later, one of the credit cards from the wallet was used at a convenience store. The male suspect was Caucasian, slender build, buzz cut, some facial hair, he was wearing a black hoodie and jeans. Do you know his name? If so, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Wallet stolen from home Overnight on November 3rd a wallet was stolen from a home. Later, a credit card from the wallet was used at a convenience store. The female suspect has a large build, she was wearing a grey or blue hoodie pulled up over her head and has dark rimmed glasses. Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477) if you have information on her identity. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW Colby Johnson breaking the plane during one of eight touchdown runs for the Kamloops Broncos last weekend at Hillside Stadium.

Junior Broncos bracing for Sun in Kamloops-Kelowna football final MARTY HASTINGS

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Scientists need to figure out a way to bottle the feeling Carver Robertson gets when he makes a big hit. “You know when you cry for an hour straight, like, happy cry?” said Robertson, a 12-year-old linebacker for the Kamloops Broncos. “It’s that. “It gets everything out. It’s the best feeling.” That type of elation is enough to overwhelm most mere mortals, but something of that ilk, perhaps dialled down a touch, might accompany a victory on Sunday at Hillside Stadium. The Broncos (7-0) will play host to Kelowna Junior Sun Green (6-1) in the Southern Interior Football Conference junior bantam nine-man tackle football championship game. Kickoff is slated for noon. Kelowna knows exactly what is coming — a heavy dose of running back Colby Johnson, who scampered in for eight touchdowns last weekend in a 76-44 win over visiting Kelowna Junior Sun Blue in semifinal action. “Kamloops is all about hardnosed football,” Broncos’ head coach Darryl Doern said. “We play smashmouth football — always have and always will. “I tell my players, we should be able to call the play on the line of scrimmage, tell them where it’s coming and, if everybody does their job, we should still be successful.” Sun Green are a formidable oppo-

nent, the only team that gave the Broncos a scare in regular-season action. Kamloops knocked off visiting Kelowna 37-30 on Oct. 20. Adding to the allure of the SIFC final is what is at stake for Doern and the second-year Broncos who are aiming to avoid a third consecutive defeat in the league final. The Shuswap Chargers of Salmon Arm zapped the Broncos 46-38 in the 2018 title tilt. “That was the second year in a row we lost in the final,” said Benjamin Wormell, a 13-year-old Westsyde secondary student. “It’s super devastating. “It’s just super sad seeing all the older players move on and super hard to get over it.” The team’s mantra for this season was established on Day 1. “The theme for this year is unfinished business,” Doern said. “They want to win for each other more than just to win.” Liam Connolly is among the firstyear Broncos who want to send the graduating class off in style. “We have good coaching,” the David Thompson elementary student said. “We’ve got a great O-line, great defence, great fullbacks and a superstar running back.” Johnson remembers the disappointment of last year. “They just beat us,” he said. “It hurts bad.” The stud running back and his buddies are out for retribution. “I just love the excitement,” Robertson said. “If we beat Kelowna, it would be just awesome.”

Sahali shoplifter sought On Oct. 15 a man shoplifted items from a Sahali store. His description: in his 50s, possibly Indigenous, wearing a black toque, zip-up hoodie with a dark-coloured t-shirt underneath. Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS if you can help catch this shoplifter.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Nancy Malinda Harrison

In Loving Memory of Earl Cook

January 22, 1936 – November 4, 2019

WHO PASSED AWAY ON November 9, 1979

It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Nancy Malinda Harrison on Monday, November 4, 2019 in Kamloops at the age of 83. Nancy was born at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops on January 22, 1936.

Love Lives on Forever in the Heart Love lives on forever in each memory and thought. Of the special husband, father and friend who meant so much and the happiness he brought. Love lives on forever... It will never fade away... for, in our hearts, He is with us every day.

Our Family... Jan, Janice, Carole, Jon, Taylor and Logan Cook.

Nancy will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by her family: daughters Rosalee Johnson (Dick) of Kamloops and Donna Fraser of Williams Lake, sons Edward (Patty) Smith of Big Lake and Jim (Brenda) Harrison of Kamloops, grandchildren Russell, Jennifer, Brent, TaraJean, Dallas, Eric, Stephanie, Spencer and Bradley, greatgrandchildren Reese, Claire, Griffin, Kellan, Emily, Audrey, Kallum, Natalie, Brody and Evangeline, brothers Doug Ray of Vancouver, Bob (Carol) Ray of Sparwood and their families and all others that knew her. Nancy was predeceased by her husband Richard (Dick) and parents John and Alice Ray (née Ludtke). Nancy loved her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren and was very proud of each of them and their accomplishments.

Alvina Christina Pitman It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Alvina Christina Pitman on October 31, 2019, known to many of us as “Winnie or Grandma Winnie”. She is survived by her sisters Doris (Don) Spence and Elvira (Ron) Keller, daughter Debra Pitman, grandchildren Michael Rutter, Adam Rutter, Sabrina (Jason) Faichney, Kirby Pitman, as well as seven great-grandchildren. Winnie is predeceased by her husband Fred Pitman, son Daryl Pitman and her brothers Edmund Schatz and Elmer Schatz. Winnie was born to Louise and George Schatz on March 3, 1929 near Young, SK. She lived on a farm with her four younger siblings: Edmund, twins Elmer and Elvira (Ron Keller) and Doris (Don Spence) and worked with her dad doing the farming until she was old enough to leave home. Winnie worked for many families as a housekeeper. In 1952, she met Fred Pitman whom she married on October 17th of that year. They had two children – Debra in 1956 and Daryl in 1958.

Nancy spent the first 11 years of her life growing up on the Ray farm in the Wells Grey Park until her family moved out of the park to Blackpool then later to Kamloops where she attended Kamloops Secondary School. She then was married to her first husband Ross (Alvin) Smith and started a family in the North Thompson Valley with children Rosalee, Donna and Edward. Nancy years later, married Dick Harrison of Louis Creek and worked alongside Dick on the ranch where they welcomed the birth of their son Jim. Nancy and Dick moved to Westsyde in 1965. Nancy became an active member in the community as a member of the Westsyde Womens Institute and later as a 4-H Leader where she taught many young girls from the community to sew. Nancy was an early member of the Reform Party and a very active member in the local riding association. Nancy and Dick were long-time members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in North Kamloops. Nancy passed away peacefully in her sleep. A celebration of Nancy’s life will be held on a later date. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Chris Rose Therapy Center for Autism in Kamloops. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

Fred worked for CN railroads in many small towns in Saskatchewan and before they had Debbie, they lived in the back of a half-ton truck. Then they rented until they were able to buy a house in Coleville, SK. In every town Winnie was able to find a job she enjoyed - be it school care-taker, school bus driver or service station attendant.

In Loving Memory of

Finally, in 1977, Fred was given a position as instructor in a CN training school in Kamloops. That was their last move – Kamloops became their permanent home.

Married on November 6, 1941

Dean and Florence Milman

In 1988, Fred passed away with cancer and in 1995 her son Daryl also passed away. Winnie was a legendary baker (especially her cinnamon rolls) and her wares found their way to the Royal Bank, Cottonwood Centre, friends, neighbours and fundraising events around Kamloops. Winnie was an avid gardener and canned many tomatoes, pickles and jams. Weeds were not tolerated in her garden. Winnie could be found volunteering at the school library, track meets and soccer. She joined a Thai Chi group which she attended two times a week. Winnie was very active and you would be hard pressed to find her sitting down. She will be missed. A tea will be held next April; date TBA. Special Thanks to the dear friends and neighbours who helped keep Winnie in her home. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

May the winds of love blow softly And whisper for you to hear That we’ll always love and miss you And wish that you were here.

From Marj and children Margaret, Lise-Anne, Mark and Michelle and grandchildren.

Celebration of Life Vernon “Harry” Bryant

Please join us in Celebrating Harry’s Life on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 1:00 pm at Desert Gardens Community Centre, 540 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Margaret Katherine Clem November 4, 1927 – October 20, 2019

We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our Mom and best friend Margaret Katherine Clem. Mom was predeceased by Dad (Donald), sisters Barbara, Marie, brothers Donald and Peter. She is survived by her loving family, Deborah, David and very special daughter-in-law Val and family, sister Jeanne and brother Alex (Dorothy), also many nieces, nephews and cousins. Mom was born in Orkney, Alberta and loved the years growing up on “The Farm”. In later years, she moved to Calgary and was employed at the Veterans Hospital for nine years. It was there she met Dad. They were married in 1954 and moved to Chilliwack while Dad continued to serve in the Army until his discharge in 1956. Now they were a family of four and soon relocated to Kamloops where Mom and Dad remained until their final days. Mom was a homemaker, always working hard around the house, cooking, canning, baking, sewing, etc. After many years, she took on a part-time job at Sears. She loved her job and when it was her day to work, she couldn’t get there fast enough. Thirty years flew by and then she retired. Mom was an amazing and strong woman who loved her family and friends, her home, vegetable and flower gardens and her four-legged pal Missy. She was an avid sports person to say the least. Fastball and first base were her game and she played competitively for 39 years at the highest level in the city, then hung up her glove at the age of 59.

This did not last long, as soon after, she began playing slopitch. There was also tennis, downhill and cross-country skiing, golf and curling. She loved them all, if she didn’t play it, she watched it. Our family was so proud of her when she was inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 but her proudest achievement was when she ran and carried the torch for the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics. Mom was a long-time member of the Kamloops Golf and Country Club as well as the McArthur Island Curling Club, playing the sport until the end of the 2018/2019 season. She volunteered many hours in the community for minor sports, Track and Field Club and numerous bonspiels. She was always willing and able to lend a hand to various charities whenever or wherever she was needed. Many times, she would show up at the front door of a friend with homemade baking, a pot of soup or vegetables from her garden. Our family would like to thank everyone who supported us over the last five months. Thank you to Dr. Chahal for her care and kindness and a very special thank you to longtime pals of Mom’s Toni Gannon and Marie Wishneski.

Celebration of Life Francis Louise Douglas

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(Alice) Lesia Olive Shelest 1930 – 2019

It is with great love and sadness that we share the news of the passing of Alice Shelest. Alice passed away on November 1, 2019 in Kamloops, BC from complications in the final stage of Alzheimer’s. Alice was born Lesia Olive Sorochan on August 17, 1930 in Lamont, AB to Ukrainian Canadian parents. As a young child, starting school was difficult for the shy young girl as she spoke little English. Her family moved a few times but she found her ground in Prince George, along the way attending business college in Edmonton and serving as a civilian member stenographer of the armed forces. She met Frank in Prince George, marrying in 1953 and they were blessed with their two children. The family relocated to Needles, BC in 1957 and to Chase in 1959 where they stayed for many years to raise their family, living an active life until they found the need to move to Kamloops in 2014. Mom was a fabulous homemaker, wife and mother. She was a great cook, gardener, crafter and sewer. Many will remember her decorating their wedding cakes, buying her amazing petit point and viewing award winning entries to area fall fairs. Although she had a busy home life, she worked alongside Frank in their endeavours involving the community, Lady Lions, Lions, the Curling Club, Arthritis Society, Chase Queen’s Committee and the Salute to the Sockeye. Alice was a charter member of the Chase Lady Lions and one of

The family of William Palmer (Bill) wish to thank everyone for the support given by you for attending Bill’s Prayers and Mass at St. John Vianney Catholic Church.

1937 - 2019

Thank you for the gifts of flowers, cards and food.

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Please join us for a Celebration of Life for Fran Douglas on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave, Kamloops, BC.

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A light lunch will be served.

Come celebrate Mom with us to honour her life at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2019 in the Desert Gardens Seniors Community Center, 540 Seymour St., Kamloops. Donations in Mom’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society or the Kamloops SPCA.

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Alice had a strength and resilience that bode her well through her life and she would never back down from a planning challenge involving family or community event. She enjoyed and valued the ‘coffees’ with friends and neighbours and the travels she and Frank took. Offering particular peace were the short but meaningful times they spent together at Lion’s conventions and their intermittent camping trips. Alice will be missed by her loving husband of 66 years Frank and their children Sandy (Glenn) Vogstad of Kamloops, Rob (Sherree) of Princeton, her grandchildren Lee (Yuki) Vogstad, Tessa (Scott) Cooper, Jen Shelest and Nikki (Brad) Wutke, great-grandchildren Lily, Dylan, Leland, Emily and Noah. She was predeceased by brothers Robert and David, survived by her older brother Walter (Lucy) and sister Marie. Alice was so lucky to have her many in-laws as best friends. Many nieces and nephews will remember her smile and loving nature. The family would like to thank the staff of Kamloops Seniors Village for their care and understanding of mom’s needs. In lieu of flowers, donations in Alice’s memory can be made to the Alzheimer’s Society or Chase Lion’s Club, Box 12, Chase, BC V0E 1M0. No service at this time. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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the first five women to be inducted into the Chase Lions Club. She earned community recognition as Chase Citizen of the Year in 1998. Many Lions awards made her proud and you would rarely see her without her small Lions collar pin.

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Robert Scott Halbert Scotty passed away peacefully at the age of 88 on October 29, 2019. Scotty grew up in Wakaw, SK and was in the Navy from 1953 - 1963. He settled in Chase, BC in 1964 to raise a family and remained there for five decades. Scotty was predeceased by his brother Bill and is survived by his sister Joyce, his daughters Glynis and Meredith, his grandchildren Taylor and Mackenzie and his nieces Diane and Brenda. Scotty’s sharp sense of humour and love of music and food was matched by an endless appreciation for nature and wildlife. A skilled craftsman who could build or fix anything needed. Scotty charted his own course through business ventures that made the province of BC as familiar to him as his own backyard. The family would like to thank the nursing staff at The Hamlets at Westsyde and all of Dad’s special friends who filled his life with love and laughter.

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Hang (Kim) Pham Ferrer Hang (Kim) Pham Ferrer, aged 73, went on to be with her Lord on October 31, 2019 after a long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family in the care of the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home.

In Loving Memory of

Ingrid Maureen Rath (Jaeb)

In Loving Memory of

January 1, 1958 - November 11, 2017

Chris Hamm January 15, 1975 – November 11, 2016

Hang was born on April 10, 1946 in Binh Long, Vietnam. She immigrated to Canada in 1977 with her three beautiful daughters and one accident-prone son and made a home in Winnipeg. She moved to Kamloops in 2015 and enjoyed being part of the Westsyde Fellowship Church, serving in their thrift store until her illness prevented her from helping out.

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Mom enjoyed gardening and travelling and lived for her children and grandchildren. She instilled a sense of adventure by taking her children camping and on road trips as soon as she got her driver’s licence. She taught her children discipline and success through hard work. Hang’s kind and generous spirit was the fruit of the generosity she received from so many. She is survived by her daughter Trang (Brent), son Nghi (Shauna), daughter Yen (Ian), and daughter Thuy and her grandchildren Justin (Miranda), Janae (Matthew), Jaron and Asia. A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at St. Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour Street in Kamloops. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Ask DRAKE Drake Smith, MSW

To have you as my loving wife Was cause enough for pride No one could be your equal No matter how they tried My wife, our Mom, one in a million We loved you to the end We lost three precious things that day My wife, our Mom, our friend.

Memory drifts to scenes long past, Time rolls on, but memories last; Sunshine passes, shadows fall, Love’s remembrance outlast all.

A. Someone asked me that question this week, phrased a bit nicer. In a nutshell, yes. I’ve heard there are two main coping strategies: a sense of humour or a propensity to drink. I choose the former.

Love you always Mom, Dad, Liz and Mike, Dean and Elaine.

Love Dave and all your Family and Friends

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Richard (Dick) Pemberton June 20, 1951 - October 28, 2019

Richard (Dick) John Pemberton, aged 68, left us on October 28, 2019 with his family by his side at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home in Kamloops, BC. Dick was born on June 20, 1951 in Edmonton, Alberta, the oldest boy of five children. In 1969, he graduated from Jasper Place High School in Edmonton before joining the RCMP in 1971. Dick proudly served for 35 years with the RCMP beginning his career in Port Alberni, BC. Dick was stationed in a number of communities on the island and while in Nanaimo met the love of his life Shelagh. They were married on March 29, 1986 in Comox, BC. Dick accepted Shelagh’s son Todd as his own son and they had a daughter together, Stephanie. They built a life together with the RCMP living in Princeton, Midway and finally Kamloops. During his time in the RCMP Dick participated in two missions with the UN: Haiti in 1995 and East Timor in April 2003. Dick retired at the rank of Sergeant in 2006. After retirement, Dick took on a second career as a Realtor. He brought the same dedication to his clients and the job as he did when working with the RCMP. When he wasn’t working you could find Dick enjoying a latte at Starbucks, skiing the slopes of Sun Peaks or kayaking on the Shuswap. He loved to play a game of crib and enjoyed a good conversation.

At Schoening we believe a life should be remembered. By having a service at our home, you can do whatever you want, play tribute videos or favourite music or decorate the celebration centre in a manner that will give closure to family and friends. Dick became a Freemason in 1981, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. He was an active member of the Thompson Valley Lodge of Perfection and Thompson Valley Chapter Rose Croix and served as District Deputy Grand Master. In 2018, Dick was coroneted as an Honorary Inspector General, 33rd Degree of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Canada. Dick was also elected as a member of the Royal Order of Scotland in 2018. Dick is survived by his wife Shelagh, son Todd (Shauna, grandchildren Noah and Faith), daughter Stephanie (Jesse, grandson Landon), his sisters Joan and Mary, brother George and numerous brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father Fredrick, mother Helen and sister Margaret. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 360 Nicola Street, Kamloops, BC. A reception will follow at The Masonic Center, 351 Nicola Street, Kamloops.

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Charles Edward “Eddy” Begg

Melvyn D. Ross

Celebration of Life

Crystal Mary Moore (Perez)

December 12, 1934 – November 10, 2011

After a valiant effort, he passed away on November 1, 2019 at the age of 74.

When God was making husbands he made a SPECIAL soulmate for ME. MEL – compassionate, kind with more LOVE that you could ever wish to find. MEL was someone I could talk to, laugh with and that no one can ever replace.

Miss you so much Your Loving wife forever Phyllis (Tish)

He will be remembered and sadly missed by his loving wife Heather. Eddy will be remembered for his never-ending ability to fix anything, his passion for wood working and gardening. A private family service will be held at a later date. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or Heart and Stroke Foundation. Condolences can be sent to the family by visiting www.providencefuneralhomes.com

Crystal Mary Moore (Perez) passed away suddenly on September 24, 2019 at the age of 42. Please join us in a Celebration of Crystal’s Life, on Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Willow Creek Estates Gathering Room, Building 2, 27358 32nd Avenue, Aldergrove, BC. C. Unit 122. Directions please call Barrie at (604) 381-3111. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her name to your local SPCA animal shelter or to rescue. Better yet adopt a pet and give them a forever home. Crystal would just love it.

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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD HOW SWEET IT IS!

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WORD SEARCH

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SUDOKU FUN BY THE NUMBERS

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

ANSWERS

Find the words hidden vertically, horizontally & diagonally throughout the puzzle AMBULATORY ANOMALY AROUSAL AUDITORY BEHAVIOR CHILD COGNITION CONGENITAL DEVELOPMENT EXPRESSION FAMILY FEEDING

FLUENCY GAIT GRASP INFANT JAUNDICE LEARNING MILESTONE MOVEMENT REFLEX SAFETY SCREENING TEETHING

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FRIDAY, NOV 15 | 7 - 11 pm The Rex Hall | 417 Seymour St. • Local art show • Live music • Cash bar • Appies • Community inspiration IOSECURE

Tickets: www.ktwtimeraiser.ca

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INDEX

LISTINGS

Announcements . . . . 001-099 Employment . . . . . . . . .100-165 Service Guide . . . . . . . 170-399 Pets/Farm . . . . . . . . . . .450-499 For Sale/Wanted. . . . .500-599 Real Estate . . . . . . . . . .600-699 Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700-799 Automotive . . . . . . . . . . 800-915 Legal Notices . . . . . . 920-1000

Fax: 250-374-1033

REGULAR RATES

RUN UNTIL SOLD

RUN UNTIL RENTED

GARAGE SALE

WEDNESDAY ISSUES • 10:00 am Tuesday FRIDAY ISSUES • 10:00 am Thursday

Based on 3 lines

No Businesses, Based on 3 lines Merchandise, vehicles, trailers, RV’s, boats, ATV’s, furniture, etc.

No Businesses, Based on 3 lines Houses, condos, duplexes, suites, etc. (3 months max) $ 5300 Add an extra line to your ad for $10

ALL ADS MUST BE PREPAID. No refunds on classiﬁed ads.

1 Issue . . . . . . . . . $1300 1 Week. . . . . . . . . $2500 1 Month . . . . . . . . $8000 ADD COLOUR. . $2500 to your classiﬁed add

Tax not included Some restrictions apply

Tax not included

Art & Collectibles

Furniture

Houses For Rent

If you have an

BUYING & SELLING: Vintage & mid-century metal, teak, wood furniture; original signed paintings, prints; antique paper items, local history ephemera; BC pottery, ceramics. 4th Meridian Art & Vintage, 104 1475 Fairview, Penticton. Leanne@4thmeridian.ca

6 drawer Walnut dresser w/ mirror & matching double bed exc cond $200. 250-374-7514.

Monte Lake 3bdrms on 1 1/4 acres. Remodeled, custom kitchen, unfinished basement. W/D, F/DW, gas stove. $1400/mo. Ref’s. 250-3203833.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR go to

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REMEMBRANCE DAY Kamloops This Week will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2019

For Sale - Misc 1948 Ferguson rebuilt motor & extra parts has a util. snow blade & chains mostly original $3,000. 250-374-8285. 5th wheel hitch $250. 250374-8285. Butcher-Boy commercial meat grinder 3-hp. 220 volt. c/w attachments. $1500. 250318-2030. Do you have an item for sale under $750? Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details! 250-371-4949

EARN EXTRA $$$

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city. Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

Found Found: Cannon Power-shot Camera at Safe way Gas Bar near the end of July 250-5723192.

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 90,000 for $17,000 (250) 376-6607 Pair of Redwing Steel Toed Work Boots size 9.5 never worn. $300. 250-376-6482.

Found: Cell phone on Leigh Road (North Shore). Call to identify. 250-376-4473. Found: Girl’s cell phone on Larkspur Street. Call to identify. 250-554-1462.

Lost Lost: Medic Alert Bracelet gold colour near Northills Mall. 236-425-1652.

8ft Antique Couch Couch & matching $200. 250-374-1541.

$900. chairs

Sports Equipment Hockey Gear fits 5’4” 120 lbs, brand new + skates 6.5 size. Serious inquires only $650/obo. for all. Call 9-6pm 250-374-7992. Ultra Light Ride Snowboard w/bindings, never used. $375. Arc Solomon snowboard w/bindings $325. 578-7776.

Skates/Skis/ Snowboards SKI SALE: 3 pairs. 180cm Atomic Powder Cruise- the ultimate floater. $100. 170cm Saloman Scream - light cruiser for novice plus. $125. Atomic Metron10 - great carver, wide toe. $125. Ski tuning kit. 250579-5880.

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

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops, BC call for availability 250-374-7467

To advertise call

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Solid oval oak table w/6side chairs, 2 arms chairs, buffet. $5,000. Exec desk dark finish $200. Teak corner cabinet $100. Treadmill $450, Custom oak cabinet $200. 250-8517687.

Misc Home Service

10-989 McGill Pl. Kamloops

250-374-0916 Houses For Rent

Furnished5BdDen nrRIH, nsp, $3300. Call for shorttermrates 604-802-5649pg250-314-0909 Monte Lake 1bdrm. Own yard, W/D, F/S. Ref’s req’d. Remodeled. $800/mo. 250-320-3833.

Renos & Home Improvement

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $14,000. 236-421-2251. 2006 Dodge 2500 4x4 HD. w/1994 11ft. camper. $15,500/both. 778-220-7372.

Automotive Tires 4-Blizzaks M&S 245/45 R20 $600. 4-Hankook 215/75 R15 winters on GM rims $200. 2Laufenn 235/75 R15 winters on GM rims. $200. 376-6482.

ATVs / Dirt Bikes Yamaha Grizzly ATV. KMS 011031 $4,000 250-579-3252

Motorcycles

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2010 Harley Davidson Softail. Lugg carrier, cover, lift-jack. $11,000/obo. 250-374-4723.

JA ENTERPRISES Furniture Moving and Rubbish Removal jaenterpriseskam@gmail.com 778-257-4943

Landscaping

Handyperson

FREE ESTIMATES FOR SYSTEM UPGRADES OR SWITCH-OVERS

Diningroom table w/8-chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $850. 250-374-8933.

Property For Sale

250-838-0111

Handyperson

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

For quiet N/S male, in downtown apartment. TRU student OK $600/mo. 236-425-1499.

Farmers Market

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Furniture

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE

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“Our Family Protecting Your Family”

RVs/Campers/Trailers

Shared Accommodation

for a route near you!

CHOOSE LOCAL

Tax not included

2014 Adventurer Camper 89RB solar 13’ awning + extras $22,000 (250) 523-9495.

Call 250-374-0462

Commercial

Farm Services

BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries. Vehicle is required. For more information please call the Circulation Department at 250-374-0462

Vacant NKam, 2bdrms, c/a, patio, nice yard. $1,000/mo plus shared hydro. Ref, req. 250-376-0633.

Tax not included

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

House-sitting

Time to Trim Your Hedges Tree Pruning or Removal Yard clean-up, Landscaping

Taking orders 3 meat cabbage rolls ask for Karen between 9am-6pm 236-421-2255

• 2 large Garage Sale Signs • Instructions • FREE 6” Sub compliments of

Peace of mind house sitting and pet care. Keep your house and pets safe while your away. 250-374-6007.

WE will pay you to exercise!

Only 2 issues a week!

BONUS (pick p up p only):

Based on 3 lines 1 Issue.. . . . . . $1638 1 Week. . . . . . $3150 1 Month . . . $10460

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS

PETER’S YARD SERVICE

Deliver Kamloops this Week

12 Friday - 3 lines or less 1750 Wed/Fri - 3 lines or less

Scheduled for one month at a time. Customer must call to reschedule. Tax not included. Some restrictions apply

Farm Services

EMPLOYMENT

2004 Cougar 5th wheel. 12ft slide. Excellent cond. $14,000/obo. 250-554-1744.

Health

Basement Suites

Personals

Looking For Love?

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Coming Events

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Brand New Yamaha R3 Motorcycle with only 6kms. 320CC, liquid cooled, ABS brakes. Still has 1 year Factory Warranty. $4,700. 250-578-7274.

Domestic Cars 1997 Ford Probe. Red, 4cyl, std, A/C, 1-owner. 114,428kms. $3500 .250-3767964.

No Job Too Small! Friendly Service. 15 yrs experience. Guaranteed. References.

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courses mid-week & weekends. NEW - Intro to Reloading & Bear Aware courses on demand. For schedules see www.pal-core-ed.com or 778-470-3030

Renovations, Painting, Flooring, Drywall, Bathrooms, Electrical (Red Seal) & more danshandymanservices.net

RICKS’S SMALL HAUL For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent. Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!! 250-377-3457

Scrap Car Removal

Security

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HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. November 9th and 10th, Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L. November 24th, Sunday. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor: Bill 250-376-7970

2006 Buick Allure CXS. 1owner. Fully loaded. Excellent condition. 207,000kms. $4,900/obo. 250-701-1557, 778-471-7694.

2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms. Must see to appreciate. $14,900. 250-374-1541. 2012 Red Nissan Versa Hatchback. 139,5000kms. 2 sets of tires with rims. $6,500. 250-672-9982. 2013 White Chevy Cruze LT. Auto, fully loaded. $5,500/obo. 250-554-4731.

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

RVs/Campers/Trailers 17’ Aerolite Trailer like new, slide out, stabilizer bars. $9,900 (250) 372-5033

2014 Lincoln MKS, AWD, 4dr Sedan. 3.5 Ecoboost twin turbo like new, black in & out. 80,000kms, $22,300.00. 250-319-8784.

1972 Triple E motor home 25’ 77,000miles 402 Chev lots of extras $7,000 250-523-9495

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www.kamloopsthisweek.com Sports Utilities & 4X4s 2010 Ford Escape XLT. Excellent condition. Loaded. $8,900/obo. 250-320-0246.

Trucks & Vans 1992 Ford Ranger XLT. Runs great. 9 tires/rims. Needs work. $700/obo. 250-3201696. 2003 Ford Windstar Van. 138,000kms. Good condition. $5500/obo. 250-828-0680.

2014 Ford Platinum 4x4 Crew-cab 3.5 Ecoboost, white with brown leather, Fully Loaded. Immaculate. 142,000kms. $31,300. 250-319-8784

Trucks - 4WD 2003 Chev 3/4T service truck 4x4. 6.0L, V-8, auto. Engine driven air compressor. Power tailgate. $6900. 250-320-9215.

Trucks/Heavy, Commercial

Employment

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Vans 1995 Plymouth Voyager. Great van needs to be seen. $1500/obo. 250-319-7053.

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Employment

Automotive Technician & Automotive Apprentice

Cummings Gen Set Ford 6cyl 300 cu/in single and 3 phase pwr $5000 (250) 376-6607

4 - BMW X5, X3 wheels like new. $700 Call 250-319-8784.

Employment

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Employment

FULL-TIME DIGITAL DESIGNER

POSTING DATE: October 16, 2019 CLOSING DATE: Open until ďŹ lled. Applicants will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. STATUS: Full-Time / 40 hours per week KTWDigital is seeking a talented candidate to join our Digital Design Team as a Front-End Developer. The candidate will be responsible for a substantial volume of web development projects for a wide range of clients. Builds will be completed using a custom Wordpress platform and designed from scratch for each client. The candidate will also be responsible for general design services, digital advertising, email marketing, website maintenance and updates, and more.

Law Firm requires: 1. Conveyancing Legal Assistant, 2. Legal Assistant for a Solicitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Practice. Experience required for both positions. Private Office, Excellent Salary & Benefits for qualified applicants. Send Resume to: Roger Webber Webber Law #209 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1211 Summit Drive Kamloops, BC V2C 5R9 roger@webberlaw.ca tel: (250) 851-0100 fax: (250) 851-0104

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Employment Opportunity Experienced Machinist Horst Precision Machines (HPD) Kamloops, BC Location: Position Status: Permanent, Full-time POSITION SUMMARY: Reporting to the General Manager of HPD the Journeyman Machinist is responsible for all machining operational aspects to ensure products are manufactured in a timely cost effective manner in accordance with established company procedures. QUALIFICATIONS: ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND SUITABILITIES: We are looking for someone who is reliable, has a positive attitude and can move efficiently through all work processes to produce quality products. You ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ability are key in this role. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ an interview will be contacted. For further information, a copy of the job description, or to apply; please email: jfrederickson@ttlp.com Please include the title of the position you are interested in or are applying for in the subject line of your email. Resumes and covering letters should be sent no later than Thursday, ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ Horst Precision Machines is a division of the Tleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nax Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;awei Industrial Limited Partnership and is affiliated with the Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC). The TTG encourages TTC citizens and their spouses and family to take advantage of the TTGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferential hiring policy.

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â&#x20AC;˘ eCommerce experience (WooCommerce, Shopify, BigCommerce, etc) â&#x20AC;˘ Social Media Management experience â&#x20AC;˘ Email Marketing (Mailchimp, etc) â&#x20AC;˘ Javascript/jQuery/PHP â&#x20AC;˘ CRM experience Please submit a resume along with a portfolio of recent work to: Chris Wilson, Digital Sales Manager chris@ktwdigital.com 1365B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC V2C 5P6

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Ledcor Construction Limited currently has an opening in the Savona area for a CERTIFIED CARPENTER, local applicants will be given preference. Please send resumes to

heather.taron@ledcor.com We thank all applicants in advance, only those short listed will be contacted. HIRING TWO LINE COOKS

Westsyder Inn at 3369 Westsyde Road, Kamloops is looking for two Line Cooks which are full-time, permanent jobs. Job duties include prepare and cook food according to speciďŹ cations, oversee kitchen operations, train and supervise staff, supervise and maintain inventory and record of food supplies and equipment, ensure quality of food. 6 months experience or related education required, Food Safety CertiďŹ cate and High School Wage: $14-$15/hourly. 40 hours per week. Apply at paulvinepal@gmail.com or fax at 778 -298-5999

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Business Loans Officer – Full-time position THE COMPANY All Nations Trust Company (ANTCO) is a unique Indigenous owned non-deposit taking Financial Institution. The Company’s vision is “selfreliant Indigenous People thriving in diverse economies.” A major focus of the Company is developmental lending. POSITION SUMMARY The Business Loans Officer is responsible for marketing ANTCO’s financial services and programs, performing due diligence on loan applications, structuring financial packages and recommending loan applications for approval. The Business Loans Officer also manages a portfolio of commercial loans and mortgages, which includes arrears, compliance, and risk management activities. QUALIFICATIONS Education and Experience: Must have secondary school diploma and at least two years formal post-secondary education or equivalent experience. Degree or diploma in business administration or finance would be advantageous. Must be willing to undertake additional specific training as required by the CEO or Chief Compliance Officer. Minimum of three years’ experience in the financial services industry, preferably in a commercial lending environment. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered. Knowledge and Skills: Knowledgeable in dealing with Indigenous communities Knowledge of commercial lending practices and procedures Financial analysis skills Collections knowledge and experience Ability to work both independently and as part of a team Superior communication skills, both oral and written Outgoing, naturally curious about people, and strong inter-personal skills Working proficiency with computer technology and office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other software Special Requirements: Experience in the field of Indigenous economic development and working with First Nation communities would be strong assets. Must be willing to travel Must hold a valid driver’s licence Must be bondable If you are interested in this position, please forward your resume clearly indicating how you meet the position requirements to: All Nations Trust Company 520 Chief Eli LaRue Way Kamloops, BC V2H 1H1 Phone: (778) 471-4110 Facsimile: (250) 372-2585 E-mail: tracya@antco.ca

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Dr. David Rushka’s Kamloops general dental office is looking for the right CDA to join our team, carrying on for a JOIN OUR TEAM long-time team member who is retiring. MARTIN & MARTIN Lawyers is looking for a family lawyer with strong advocacy, analytical We’re a small, patient-centered practice, and organizational skills to join our law practice. focusing on delivering the highest quality Applicants will manage all aspects of the ﬁle, from of care. The position is full time (M-Th) Via email: lindas@kamloopsthisweek.com the initial consult to ﬁnal settlement. The preferred no evenings or weekends, applicant will have a minimum of 5 years family law Attn:with Linda Skelly a broad of duties, and lots of CE experience, with some trial experience. ALSO PLEASE Via email:range lindas@kamloopsthisweek.com NOTE: If you have an assistant that you work well opportunities, starting February 3, 2020. Attn: Linda Skelly with, we will also consider adding them to our team. Email your cover letter and resume to Please run the followingorad under theoff legal column for 1Please day asforward soon as possible. your resume to ddrdmd@gmail.com drop them careers@martinlawyers.ca in person Thank you. at 201-418 St. Paul Street.

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