Kamloops This Week January 3, 2020 by KamloopsThisWeek

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JANUARY 3, 2020 | Volume 33 No. 2

ASSESSING THE NUMBERS

BC Assessment has released the updated property values — and the larger increases of recent years appear to be tempered A6

YOU CAN HELP KTW Christmas Cheer Fund aids four city charities A3

ON THE ICE

Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tourney is on A23

WEEKEND WEATHER:

Sunny, with flurries later High 10 C Low -4 C

Suspected drunk driver crashes into Red Nose vehicles

Madden Wood, Kamloops’ new year’s baby for 2020, is welcomed to the world by parents Dani Knutson, dad Cody Wood. Madden’s 2.5-year-old sister, Layla, is ecstastic about having a little brother. INTERIOR HEALTH PHOTO

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The first baby born in Kamloops in 2020 arrived at 2:58 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Madden Wood was born in Royal Inland Hospital, greeting the new year at five pounds and seven ounces. Madden was welcomed by mom Dani Knutson, dad Cody Wood and big sister Layla — all Kamloops residents.

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Sister Layla, who is 2.5 years old, is said to be ecstatic to have a little brother. Meanwhile, the first baby born in British Columbia in 2020 arrived at 12:01 a.m. in Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Parents Claire and Jahamel Tabuada of Coquitlam are thus far referring to her as Clarita, who arrived four weeks ahead of schedule, weighing in at four pounds, 10 ounces.

A New Year’s Eve highway crash involving an alleged drunk driver has left Operation Red Nose volunteers shaken and further underscoring the need for the annual safe-ride service. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported after a speeding pickup truck crashed into two vehicles being driven by Red Nose volunteers. On Wednesday, Dec. 31, the final day on which the service operates during the Christmas season, a team of red-vested Operation Red Nose volunteers were dispatched to drive a trio of New Year’s Eve revellers home to Barnhartvale. En route east via the Trans Canada Highway, however, plans for a safe ride home were

unhinged by none other than an alleged drunk driver. “It’s just unfortunate that people are still making that decision to drive impaired,” Operation Red Nose coordinator Katie Klassen told KTW. “We have these wonderful volunteers who are trying to stop that, stop people from being impaired and driving, you know, donating their time, late into the night, until 3:30 in the morning because they really want to keep Kamloops safe. It’s just unfortunate we had one person make a bad decision and it’s too bad that it was our volunteers and clients, who did make the right decision, it affected them.” Kamloops Fire Rescue platoon Capt. Darryl Cooper said the fire department was dispatched shortly before 11 p.m. to Grand Boulevard at Orchard’s

Walk, where a black Dodge pickup truck had struck a blue Ford Focus car from behind. Cooper said firefighters were on scene until after midnight. Klassen confirmed the Ford Focus that was struck was being driven by an Operation Red Nose volunteer, who was following the car carrying a Red Nose driver and navigator and the people they were driving home. “They were going at really high speeds,” Klassen said of the driver of the pickup truck that slammed into the car. “Our escort driver was thinking that they were going to pass them. But they just came and hit our escort driver from behind at really high speeds, took her off the road, then continued on to hit our client’s vehicle.” See DRIVER, A13

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DID YOU KNOW? Cache Creek is believed to mark the collection point for furs bound for Thompson’s River Post — what would become Kamloops — by traders who spoke French. — Kamloops Museum and Archives

In early November, local window painter Ken Wells decorates the office windows of Kamloops This Week with the annual KTW Christmas Cheer mural. In the eight weeks since Wells created the mural, generous KTW readers have donated close to $50,000 to the charity fund that helps four local groups: Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, Kamloops Brain Injury Association, Out of the Cold shelter and The Mustard Seed. While the Christmas Cheer Fund is wrapping up for the season, donations will continue to be accepted for the next little while, online at kamloops thisweek.com/cheer and in person at our office, which is at 1365B Dalhousie Dr. in Southgate. We are open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE

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Christmas is behind us and we have survived the holiday season. We made it through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, dinner with the inlaws and the weird uncles and getting everything under the tree without putting too much stress on the credit cards. But if you’ve been reading this space since November, you now there are people in the community for whom surviving the holidays means much more — such as having a roof over their heads and making sure they can feed the family This is the focus of charities sponsored by the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund: The Mustard Seed, the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter, the

Kamloops Brain Injury Association and Out of the Cold shelter. Out of the Cold had perhaps the biggest struggle with this season, with the program desperately looking for a new home for its homeless shelter through November and December. Thankfully, just last week, organizers were able to announce the location of the shelter, which is at the Canadian Mental Health Association building, downtown at 857 Seymour St. The shelter will operate on Wednesday and Sunday nights until the end of March, with this Sunday being the tentative opening day. Out of the Cold is looking for volunteers, who can call 250-299-6699 for more information. As always, we’re proud to be able to help groups like these with the Christmas Cheer Fund and we’re

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grateful to everyone who donated over the last two months, from the biggest fundraisers to the smallest gift. It just takes a quick glance at the number of names in our donor list on page A5 to see just how many generous folk are willing to give at this time of year. At the moment, are total sits at almost $50,000, which will go a long way toward helping these groups. While donations will likely continue to trickle in over the next week or two, this is, for all intents and purposes, the end of the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund program for 2019. From all of us at KTW, thank you for your support, for your generosity and for your willingness to help those in need. You have done your part in making this season better for others.

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2020 DOG LICENCES

January 14, 2020 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing (CANCELLED) Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street

Within city limits, all dogs six months or older require a licence. The deadline to purchase or renew your dog licence is February 1, 2020.

January 21, 2020 10:00 am - Committee of the Whole 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street

If you are licensing your dog for the first time, you will need to register for a dog licence account. Register for a new account online at Kamloops.ca/Dogs. The City will then email you an account number and access code to complete your online payment. Pay online via credit card or with one of the NEW payment options—Visa/Mastercard Debit or Interac Online.

Renewal notices have been mailed out and contain all the information you need to renew online at Kamloops.ca/MyCity.

January 28, 2020 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street

Please note, dog licences can no longer be purchased at retail outlets.

February 11, 2020 1:30 pm - Regular Council Meeting 7:00 pm - Public Hearing Council Chambers, 7 Victoria Street

To complete your registration or renewal in person, please visit the Bylaw Services Centre at 1303 Mission Flats Road or City Hall at 7 Victoria Street West.

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Idle Reduction - Good Neighbour Bylaw Did you know that Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 49-1 prohibits all motor vehicles within city boundaries from idling for more than three consecutive minutes? Talk to your family, friends, and neighbours about the benefits of being idle free. Learn more at: Kamloop.ca/IdleReduction

myKamloops App With myKamloops, it’s quick and easy to report issues, send a photo of a problem, and submit service requests to the City. You can also use the app to: • search for park and trail maps • stay connected with City news on Twitter and Facebook • check local traffic on our webcams • search our cemeteries to locate a grave site With the myNeighbourhood feature, you can find basic information on developments in your neighbourhood. For details, visit: Kamloops.ca/myKamloops

Snow and Ice Control on Municipal Properties On first-priority public properties that are maintained by City crews, snow and ice control is performed between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm whenever snow accumulation exceeds 2.5 cm (1”) or when ice conditions are observed or reported on walkways, entranceways, stairs, and fire exits. Municipal parking lots are cleared when snow accumulation exceeds 7.6 cm (3”). For more information, visit:

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WE ARE KAMLOOPS VIDEO SERIES

RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE

City streets are plowed on a priority basis, starting with arterial roads and followed by collector roads and bus routes. Residential streets are only attended to once the other streets are cleared.

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Recycled trees save landfill space and produce compost material that can be used in parks and gardens. To date, Kamloops has recycled almost 150,000 trees.

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We chat with a variety of people across the organization who help make it all happen and showcase the interesting and important work of these dedicated public servants. We hear what they do and what they love about their job.

• Arterial roads like Fortune Drive, Columbia Street, and the Summit Connector are first priority and are cleared within four hours. • Collector roads and bus routes like Dallas Drive, Springhill Drive, and Ord Road are the second priority and are cleared within 16 hours. • Residential streets are attended to once the other streets have been cleared. The goal is to sand and plow these roads as necessary within 36 hours. Please be respectful—crews work extremely hard to get streets cleared as soon as possible. Avoid calls for service during the first 36 hours following a snow event.

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Visit our video gallery to meet Equipment Operator Kyle Lawhead, Corporate Officer Maria Mazzotta, and Community Events Coordinator Dewi Evans. We are Kamloops, and we are committed to excellence in public service in local government. To view the We Are Kamloops videos, visit: Kamloops.ca/VideoGallery

To view the snow clearing map, visit: Kamloops.ca/Snow

Ensure your tree is free of any wires, tinsel, decorations, and plastic prior to recycling. Recycle your trees by January 13 at the following locations: • Albert McGowan Park, 2025 Summit Drive • Brocklehurst Park, 2470 Fleetwood Avenue • Dallas Fire Station No. 6, 5300 Dallas Drive • Juniper Park, Qu’Appelle Boulevard • Len Haughton Park, Lister Road, Heffley Creek • McArthur Island, east of the Sport & Event Centre • Rae-Mor Park, Arab Run Road • Westsyde Park, Franklin Road • Yacht Club, 1140 River Street • Yard Waste Depots: Cinnamon Ridge, Bunker Road, and Barnhartvale Kamloops.ca/Compost

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LOCAL NEWS

THANK YOU, CHEER DONORS! • Denise Upshaw: $200 • Sherry Jones: $200 • In memory of Mike & Quaylen Jules: $100 • In memory of Ryan Skoglund: $25 • Dita Aronowski: $20 • Allen Hyslop: $100 • Preceptor Delta, Beta Sigma Phi: $120 • G.B. Jesten: $100 • Dale & Noeline Kerr: $100 • In memory of Stan & Jack Tash: $50 • Eleanor Nicoll: $500 • Mel & Wilda Boonken: $100 • Marie & Norio Sakaki: 50 • Alexis’ Christmas Party: $160 • Kamloops Aberdeen Lions Club: $105 • BC Hydro employees: $679 • Rod & Joan: $100 • In memory of our parents, Tom & Gloria Stout and Muriel & Norman Cooper: $100 • John & Joanne Soberlak: $100 • Mary Pilatzke: $50 • Andy & Lorraine Davidowski: $50 • Rivercity Cycle staff: $100 • Kamloops This Week Social Club: $200 • Leanne Pentney: $15 • Donna Stevenson: $50 • Nolan Pastoor Personal Real Estate Corporation: $1,000 • Rick & Maureen Nakashimada: $100 • Anonymous: $50 • Anonymous • Greg Duncan: $100 • Anonymous: $100 • Brian & Kathie Andriashyk: $50 • Cathy Newman: $20 • David Smith: $150 • Anonymous: $100 • Ron & Barb Newson: $100 • Lynn Littlejohns: $100 • Anonymous: $150 • Don & Marlene Pattern: $50 • Anonymous: $75 • Colin & Katy James: $100 • Anonymous: $500 • Anonymous: $25 • Dearborn Motors: $1,000 • Sharon, in memory of Sharon & David Frampton: $100 • Ken & Audrey Harton: $100 • Kathie & Jim Ayotte: $200 • Kamloops This Week Social Club: $60 • Anne-Marie & Doug Jury: $100 • Kathy Adams: $80 • Sylvia Olson: $100 • Shirley Brown: $100 • Paula Vollrath: $50 • The Hausers: $100 • In memory of Dave and Sandy: $100 • H. Chave: $100 • Merry Christmas to family and friends: $700 • Lois Crown: $100 • In memory of Brad Gardner: $500 • Rachel Long: $100 • Moneca Jantzen: 800 pesos ($52.20) • Bottle return fund: $250 • Hudson’s Bay Social Club: $446 • In loving memory of George McIntosh: $100 • Nina Marchese: $25 • Elaine Bonderud, in memory of my sister Trina: $50 • Free Radicals Hockey Club: $8,960 • Lianna Shaw: $50 • Shanna Findlay: $50 • Daniel & Catherine Dallaire: $250 • IG Wealth Management, Kamloops office: $500 • Marco & Carly Coyle: $500 • Surander Singh & Jas Rai: $50 • A. Robert Nichol: $100 • Anonymous: $400 • Tanya Giles: $20 • Nathaniel & Chantelle Jackson: $100 • Dean & Debbie Nicholson: $250 • Kristina (Tina) Sykes: $100 • Kelsey & Bryan Boudreau: $50 • Karin Sykes: $100 • Cristina Groves: $100 • Kathleen & Cary Moffat: $50 • Jacques Lam: $50 • Chris & Michelle Nagle: $100

• Marilyn Giesbrecht: $100 • Teri & Randy Young: $250 • IG Wealth Management matching gift program: $1,550 • Anonymous: $100 • Daryl Shinkewski: $100 • Anonymous: $50 • Taya Berkhout: $250 • Anonymous: $50 • Anonymous: $50 • Anonymous: $75 • Spencer & Janet Bryson: $200 • Anonymous: $100 • City Centre Auto Service: $500 • Anonymous: $100 • Don & Debby Erickson: $100 • Jo Ann & Peter Hall: $200 • Don Blake: $100 • Sandy Osborne: $100 • Marie Kabus: $100 • Patti Willis: $100 • Shirley Smith: $50 • Tony & Kaz Dufficy: $100 • M. & D. Hegarty: $100 • Evan & Wendy Lichlyter: $100 • Anonymous: $100 • Anonymous, in memory of Harold Bedard: $100 • Tina Lange: $100 • Patsy Schell: $100 • Sue Turner: $200 • Gary & Carol Bacon: $100 • Sharon LeStage: $50 • Anonymous: $200 • Barbara Humphrey: $100 • Janeen Asfeldt, in memory of husband Dr. Johs Asfeldt • Noreen Rozek, in memory of Pat Rozek: $100 • From the Needlemania Ladies: $25 • Libby Davies: $20 • Ruth Silver: $20 • Gunny & Carmen: $25 • Verita & Case Van Diemen: $500 • In memory of Brett and Bob: $100 • Western Karate Academy: $6,275 • Gold’s Golden Gals: $1,029.05 • Susan Peachey: $50 • Lillian Francis & family, in memory of Harry Francis: $100 • Lorna McMillan & Robin Johnson: $50 • Jim, in memory of Betty Jean Carnegie: $25 • Linda Jackson, in memory of George Wilmot: $100 • Anonymous: $100 • Anonymous: $20 • Anonymous: $50 • Anonymous: $25 • J.R. Mason: $100 • Rosemary Anderson: $100 • In memory of Noel Kirby from family: $100 • Edward & Hazel Hakansson: $100 • Anonymous: $100 • Anonymous: $35 • Wayne & Twink Murphy: $25 • Margaret Sandulak: $100 • Roy Simmonds: $50 • Bill & Carol Greenhalgh: $400 • Anonymous: $300 • In memory of Nail Dorais: $200 • In memory of my mom and dad, Ole & Minnie Cook: $200 • Anonymous: $100 • Chris & Angela de Haan: $300 • Len Knight: $25 • J. Manville: $50 • Jane & Buzz Osterloh: $100 • Ed & Dianne Barker: $100

• Gerald & Wendy Patrick: $100 • Judy & Tom Edwards: $50 • Kenneth & Diana Sharman: $200 • Richard & Terry Taylor: $100 • Muriel Botham: $100 • Anonymous: $250 • Anonymous: $50 • Gladys & Ken Klepachek: $50 • Wally & Wendy Reddeman: $100 • Wesley, Vanessa & Christina Mah: $150 • Mavis Paravantes, in memory of Teddy: $25 • Anonymous: $20 • Sandra Never, in memory of mom Pat Swaine: $50 • Anonymous: $50 • Kamloops This Week fundraising dinner at the Commodore: $1251.50 • Anne Wade: $75 • Anonymous: $40 • Libby Denbigh, in memory of David & Rachel: $50 • Teresa & Colman Byrne: $200 • Kamloops Seniors Village: $250 • Anonymous: $100 • Bingley, Nek and Smidge: $75 • Ms. Bea Smith: $25 • Anonymous: $50 • Anonymous: $100 • A. & G. Morrissette: $200 • Lisa Michie: $100 • Anonymous: $100 • Shirlee Ezowski: $100 • McGowan Park elementary Grade 5 class: $175 • Cathy & Phil Holman: $100 • Ken & Marylyne House: $50 • Anonymous: $250 • Jerry Neigel: $300 • In memory of Wilf Schmidt: $200 • Anonymous: $100 • Colleen Stainton: $200 • Cal & Pat Moulton: $100 • In memory of Douglas: $150 • Lynne Totten: $100 • Anonymous, in memory of Peter Howard: $100 • Don Whyte & Gail Cameron: $150 • Gordon Harris & Gwen Watson: $400 • Sharon Cooley, in memory of Ruth Cooley: $50 • Wendy & Kim, in memory of Peter Basson & John Healy: $25 • Staff at Country Auto Sales: $600 • Tom & Sharon Moore: $100 • Rick Bennett: $50 • Anonymous: $500 • Anonymous: $25 • In memory of Sam and Teresa Bruno: $100 • St. John Vianney Bridge Club: $225 • Tim Shoults, Tara Holmes & Ken Christian: $20 • Brenda & Ken Christian: $100 • Music Lovers: $72.35 • Ladies of the Lake: $325 • In memory of James F. Maloney: $500 • Donna Sharpe: $50 • Anonymous: $100 • Evelyn Meyer: $60 • Lois McAlary, in memory of Sarah McAlary: $100 • Anonymous: $200 • Jo-Mary Hunter: $200 • Vic & Sally Mowbray: $100 • Amy Regen: $100 • The Posse: $200 • Passion for the Fashion Show: $194.85 • Anonymous: $125 • Anonymous: $20 • Anonymous: $100 • Marg Clements: $100 • Darren, Sharlene & Kyle McIlwain: $158 • John and Val Kemp: $100 • In memory of my brothers, Andrew and Joe Liddy: $20 • In memory of Pat Liddy: $20 • Ron and Susan Durant: $100 • BC Old Time Fiddlers’ Association: $100

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The Fulton Personal Injury Team is thrilled to announce our third finalist for the 2019-20 Athlete of Influence $1000 Scholarship, AKELA PRYCE! Akela (grd 12, Norkam), played volleyball and soccer, but rugby is her passion and it shows - her high school team has placed 2nd at provincals two years running! She also plays for TORA U19 and Team BC U17 rugby. In her free time, Akela volunteers at RIH. She plans to pursue rugby and a kinesiology degree at UBC upon graduation. Akela receives a $50 Sport Chek gift certificate, and is entered as our third of ten finalists for the $1000 Scholarship.

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“We determine what a property could have theoretically sold for as of July the first each year,” Wall said. “For the 2020 assessments, we would have been looking at sales around July the first and then compared them to all those properties that didn’t sell.” Most neighbourhoods, including Juniper, Valleyview, North Kamloops, Sahali and Aberdeen, saw an increase of between five to 10 per cent. One area, Rose Hill, experienced a slight decline, while the largest increase was realized in Barnhartvale, at between 10 and 15 per cent. Throughout the Thompson region surrounding Kamloops, changes in single-family home values ranged from a decrease of five per cent to an increase of up to 20 per cent. Smaller Interior communities saw significant spikes: Ashcroft and Lytton

housing prices increased by 17 per cent, while Lillooet jumped by 20 per cent and Clinton by 25 per cent. High-cost housing markets around the province, meanwhile, appear to be stabilizing. Sun Peaks and Kelowna saw a minor decline of two per cent in assessed value for single-family homes, while West Kelowna dropped by one per cent and Penticton dropped by three per cent. Home values in the Lower Mainland generally fell, with the biggest drop felt in West Vancouver, at minus 16 per cent. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Selina Robinson released a statement touting government efforts to cool the housing market. Multi-level government policies enacted to slow it down have included the foreign homebuyers’ tax, speculation tax and the mortgage stress test.

Robinson said people living in regions hardest hit by property value increases, such as the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island, are seeing a “moderating trend in housing prices.” “As we move into the next decade, we will continue our work to stabilize the market and support investment in new housing supply, while we ensure that more families and businesses are able to be part of our economic success,” Robinson said. Residents can expect their property assessments in the mail in the coming days, but can also search their details online at bcassessment.ca. Residents have until Jan. 31 to file an appeal, which can be done online or by mail. Properties with significant increases were warned in November.

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December is typically a slow month for real estate, but the last month of 2019 was busier than usual. The Kamloops and District Real Estate Association said sales in December were up 26 per cent over the same period last year, with 155 homes sold. The number of new listings also shot up — by 37 per cent — with 188 newly listed properties up for grabs. With the last month of 2019 in the books, KADREA also offered statistics for the past year, including a look at where prices jumped the most. The biggest jump in price affected mobile homes — up 17.3 per cent over

the previous year, to an average price of $148,669. Apartments also jumped in price, up 11.3 per cent to an average price of $271,660. Townhouses were up 5.9 per cent in price, marking an average of $365,206, while single-family homes went up 4.3 per cent, to an average price of $485,741. Three neighbourhoods made up about 34 per cent of all sales. The most popular was Brocklehurst, with 293 homes sold, followed by Sahali (236) and Aberdeen (230). Brocklehurst’s largest contingent of homes were sold in the $400,000 to $439,000 range, while in Aberdeen the largest cohort of sales was in the $600,000-plus range. In all, 1,822 single-family homes were sold. That figure includes 1,553 residential homes, 104 waterfront homes and 165 house and acreages. On the multi-family

side, 834 units were sold, including 378 townhouses, 287 apartments and 169 multiplexes. Non-residential sales included 176 sales of vacant land (nine farms, 54 acreages, three acreages with waterfront, 106 lots and four waterfront lots) and 81 other sales. “Overall, the 2019 real estate market in Kamloops showed surprising stability compared to much of the rest of British Columbia, with sales in our area coming in just below the record levels set over the previous three years and continued improvement in average prices,” KADREA president Wendy Runge said in a release to media. Runge said the increase in sales activity seen in Kamloops is likely to continue into the early part of 2020.

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Shooting wounds man MONDAY’S VIOLENCE IN NORTH KAMLOOPS LINKED TO DRUG TRADE, ACCORDING TO KAMLOOPS MOUNTIES What appears to be blood from the Dec. 30 shooting in the 300-block of Alexander Avenue can be seen in various areas of the alley running behind homes on the North Kamloops street. MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW

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Kamloops Mounties continue to investigate following a drug-related shooting in North Kamloops earlier this week. The shooting on Monday at a home in the 300-block of Alexander Avenue sent a 24-yearold Kamloops man to Royal Inland Hospital with serious injuries. Staff Sgt. Simon Pillay told KTW officers responded to 349 Alexander Dr., where police found evidence that someone had been injured. Officers on scene then realized there had been a shooting and an injured 24-year-old man was found nearby. He was taken to Royal Inland Hospital and was last reported to be in serious, but stable condition, Pillay said. Multiple police cruisers could be found in the area Monday afternoon, including one blocking the home’s driveway backing on to an alley where what appeared to be blood could be seen in puddles along the muddy alleyway. Police tape lined a section of the alley and an unmarked police cruiser was idling outside the home’s front entrance. Investigators could be seen canvassing the neighbourhood.

Two people detained at the scene for questioning when police first arrived were later released, Pillay said, noting police are still trying to identify suspects. At last word, police had not recovered a firearm. The shooting is believed to have been targeted as the residence and people involved are known by police as being involved in the local drug trade, Pillay said. Asked if the incident was a one-off or related to an escalation of violence for control of the city’s drug trade, Pillay said it’s too early in the investigation to make such an assessment. “It’s just too early to understand it in that context, but I would say this is fairly typical for Kamloops drug-related shootings in that, often times, disputes in the drug trade, even at the very lowest levels, are settled with violence,” Pillay said. The incident, regardless of its nature, however, posed a risk to the

public at large, he noted. “Of course, when you’re discharging firearms in residential areas, it poses a risk to everybody in the vicinity,” Pillay said. KTW spoke with a number of residents in the 300-block of Alexander Avenue Monday, none of whom recalled hearing the disturbance. A woman who lives on the north side of the street said she was unaware there was a house on the block frequented by those in the drug trade, but noted there are a few nuisance homes where she has noticed many people hanging around and coming and going. Another man who lives a few doors down from the house targeted by police recalled hearing a boom-type noise that woke him up at some point during the

night, but thought nothing of it and went back to sleep. He said he has noticed some nefarious activity over the years, noting he caught someone rummaging through his garage looking for guns three years ago. However, he added, for the most part the street he has called home for more than a decade is a good one with many decent residents. Another area resident, who lives on nearby Royal Avenue, said he didn’t see anything connected to the shooting, but added he has noticed suspicious behaviour, with people congregating near the alley behind Alexander Avenue. Monday’s incident was the fourth reported shooting in 2019, with the three previous shootings resulting in a trio of deaths.

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f you made a new year’s resolution, does it remain unbroken? Chances are many resolutions were shattered mere hours into the new year, but that may be because the resolutions were far too lofty to begin with. And that may be why the KTW online poll shows a decided majority — 63 per cent — of respondents say they do not make resolutions. But resolutions need not only be about improving one’s self through exercise, education or financial management. We can all resolve to simply do better in 2020 than we did in 2019. Doing better can mean reviewing our spending habits and perhaps concluding that the money spent on the daily latte would be better spent on helping those in need. Doing better can mean resolving to spend less time arguing on social media and more time engaging in old-fashioned, faceto-face interaction with humans, discussing issues with maturity that seems to be nonexistent on many social media feeds. (It can also mean resolving to take the high road when immersed in a debate online.) Doing better can mean auditing your weekly schedule and realizing there is indeed time to give to others by volunteering at a homeless shelter, at the BC SPCA facility in Kamloops, at a seniors’ home or at your kid’s school. Doing better can mean resisting the knee-jerk impulse to blame city hall for poor snow-removal work/high taxes/sparse services/ bloated administration and actually call a councillor or staffer and get answers to your questions before assuming anything. Doing better can mean resisting the urge to label those around us, regardless of whether they appear to have it made or seem to be one step from rock bottom. A smile, a “hello” and a question that checks in with a person can do wonders for the human soul. Doing better can simply mean resolving to be kinder to each other this year.

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s in years past, when one year passes the torch to the next, it has again fallen upon my shoulders to prepare you, dear reader, for what to expect in Kamloops and beyond as 2020 makes its grand entrance: • The April 4 referendum on the proposed Kamloops Centre for the Arts is approved by a massive 96 per cent margin when City of Kamloops officials, citing due diligence with taxpayer dollars, decide to reduce polling stations to one — downtown at the Kamloops Arts Council office — and close the Overlanders, Red, Halston and Yellowhead bridges for one-day maintenance. • In April, record-breaking rain drenches the Lower Mainland for weeks on end, prompting B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson to accuse Premier John Horgan and the NDP government of not doing enough to keep British Columbians dry. • In June, the city’s international student employment rate plummets when Walmart lays off its entire staff. The Arkansas-based company promotes an “immersive holistic shopping experience” by having customers not only scan and bag their own items, but also unload the trucks and stock the shelves. Walmart closes its Kamloops location in October when customers talk of unionizing in a bid for better shopping conditions.

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MUSINGS • In July, after the B.C. Lions endure another slow start to the season, B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson blames Premier John Horgan and the NDP government for not doing enough to pressure the club to fire head coach Rick Campbell. • In August, the city completes the takeover of operations of St. Andrews on the Square. The new online system for booking events in the heritage building continues to be a problem as residents report receiving parking tickets and dog-licence renewal notices instead of confirmation emails Somewhere in the distance, the Kamloops Heritage Society is heard guffawing. • In September, Thompson Rivers University responds to a petition calling for free parking for Indigenous students by installing signs at every parking spot. The signs remind motorists they are temporarily leaving their vehicles on unceded Secwépemc territory. Parking rates rise by a buck a

day to cover the costs of the signs. • In late September, as the province bakes amid an unprecedented heat wave, B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson holds a press conference and demands Premier John Horgan and the NDP government enact legislation to raise humidity levels. • In October, a staff member at city hall misinterprets a section of the Downtown Plan, leading to all sidewalks being designated one-way routes. In November, the communities of Chase and Merritt report a significant increase in their homeless populations. • In November, U.S. President Donald J. Trump is re-elected to a second term in office. He notes it is the “biggliest” second term in the history of mankind in all of the universes, including DC and Marvel. The world sighs. • In December, proponents of the dormant Ajax mine announce they have resubmitted an application for the property south of Aberdeen. However, instead of mining copper and gold, the proponents propose to grow marijuana in a production/ retail operation. There is no opposition from residents as the anticipated opening date of the cannabis facility, based on the provincial government’s rollout of cannabis licences to date, is early 2040. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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KTW CHRISTMAS EDITION WAS A TRUE JOY TO READ Editor: The drawings by children in the Christmas edition of Kamloops This Week brought some much-needed joy, beauty and innocence to our fragmented world. I loved their rendition of Christmas and their wishes of Merry Christmas. The stories about past Christmases shared by the KTW sales staff touched my heart, especially Max Patel’s tale of being a new Canadian and getting an invitation to a traditional Christmas. The other story of the young man who bought a huge Christmas tree for his family when he received his first paycheque showed what a generous heart he has. The story that resonated most for me was sales manager Ray Jolicoeur sharing his experiences of midnight mass, Réveillon and the opening of one gift on Christmas Eve. Happy new year to all. Therese Gobeil Kamloops

Editor: Concern over the cost of the proposed Kamloops Centre for the Arts seems misplaced, given the size of the city’s tax base. There are 34,962 residences on the city’s 2019 tax roll and this represents 63.87 per cent of Kamloops’ land tax base. If the city borrows the stated maximum for the arts centre — $45 million — the residential share of this debt would be $28,741,500, or an average of $822.08 per residence. Currently the city borrows money at 2.9 per cent interest. The average daily amortization cost of paying interest and retiring this debt over a 25 year period per household is 12.66 cents a day in the first year. This amount would decline in real dollars to about six cents a day per

household by year 25, due to inflation and population growth. However, given that the debt for constructing the arts centre will essentially be a rollover of the debt capacity for the soon-to-be-paid-off Tournament Capital Centre, this means there will be no tax increase at all to finance the construction costs of the arts centre. Granted, not building the arts centre raises the option of lowering residential taxes by pennies a day, but not building it would forego private donations and senior government support for the project. True, government support is taxpayer dollars, but if Kamloops doesn’t use that money, we can be assured other communities will be more than willing to do so. The only tax increase that will be

‘NO’ VOTE IN 2015 SHOULD BE HONOURED IN 2020 Editor: Re: Yvonne Kittson’s letter of Nov. 26 (‘Kamloops already said no to an arts centre’): I agree. It seems like some people are stating statistics that only help their cause. Please be truthful and say what you absolutely know.

Kamloops residents defeated an arts centre referendum in 2015. Eventually, however, it will be approved and our taxes will go up to pay for it. Garry Forgaard Kamloops

CHANGE ‘RIDICULOUS’ TRANSIT TRANSFER POLICY Editor: My husband and I spent Christmas in Vancouver and decided to take the Ebus instead of driving. We also decided to take the city bus from our home in Westsyde to Sahali Mall. When we asked for transfers, we were transfers were no longer used.

If a person needs to change buses, they have to pay again, so our trip cost $4 each, instead of $2. I have never encountered this in any other city. I’ve recently taken city buses in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Hawaii, and across the U.K. and have never had to repay when I change buses.

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attributed to the arts centre is the city operating contribution grant. Currently, the city contributes $4.2 million a year to the operations of Sandman Centre, Tournament Capital Centre and arenas and pools. This is an average of 21 cents a day per household. KPMG has estimated that the contribution grant to the arts centre in the fifth year of operation would be only $383,000. This represents an average tax increase of 1.9 cents a day per household. One cigarette costs 70 cents. A Tim Horton’s latte is $3. A beer in the pub is $8 A lottery ticket is $5. A performing-arts centre is a bargain by comparison. Don Barz Kamloops

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but reduce and reuse. Of course we know recycling is vital, but learning to reduce and reuse is so empowering. Yes, you can make a difference. Starting to make these small changes will make you feel like a new person. For helpful hints, check out the City of Kamloops website at kamloops. ca for waste-reduction information. 5. Volunteer. Giving back is a great way to feel rewarded. If this is new or a bit scary for you, contact Volunteer Kamloops and that organization can put you in touch with a worthy group that needs help and may be a fit for you. Volunteer Kamloops is like a matchmaker. 6. Practise smiling. It’s a little like yawning as it really is contagious. Step out of your comfort zone and even say hello. 7. Clean your house, declutter and donate. If you go through your house, you will find many items you don’t use or wear any more, so give them to someone who will put them to good use. A clean space will give you renewed energy and you will have less stress. 8. Go outside every day. No, not to your

The corporate entity behind Sun Rivers is suing the owners of the community’s golf course alleging they owe more than $16,000 for unpaid water and insurance bills. In a notice of claim filed this week in Kamloops provincial court, Sun Rivers Limited Partnership claims it has been told the owners of what is now Bighorn Golf and Country Club don’t have any cash to pay the outstanding bills. In November 2017, Bighorn Golf and Country Club LLP purchased what was then Sun Rivers Golf Club and Hoodoos restaurant from Sun Rivers Limited Partnership for a reported $3 million — half of which was said to have been funded by shares purchased for $5,000 a pop, mainly by Sun Rivers residents and golfers. The golf course was rebranded Big Horn in early 2018 and the restaurant is now known as Mason’s. According to the notice of claim, Sun Rivers is owed $16,079.44 for water ser-

vices and insurance premiums for 2018 and 2019. “The defendant [Big Horn] claims to not have funds to pay the invoices,” the document reads. “We have been told by a director of the defendant that funds were available in early 2018 to pay the invoices outstanding at that time which, if paid, would leave a balance owing by the Sun Rivers companies to the defendant. We also know, from financial statements of the defendant, that the defendant had sufficient funds in its bank account as recently as Sept. 30, 2019, to pay the balance outstanding.” Big Horn has not filed a reply to the notice of claim and none of the allegations made by Sun Rivers have been proven in court.

car to go to work and not to go shopping. Make time to go outside to walk, hike, play or exercise. Scientific evidence shows that spending time outside contributes to increased energy and wards off exhaustion. 9. Sign up for something you have never done before. How about a cooking class? Or dancing? Maybe sewing? Or pickleball? Check out the current issue of the City of Kamloops Parks and Recreation Guide, where you will find many options of new and exciting things to try. 10. This last piece of advice may sound a bit dark, but it’s important. We are all going to die one day, so don’t leave all the planning to your grieving family. Sort out that stuff now — wills, beneficiaries and even the type of memorial service you prefer. Seriously, why leave that up to your family to deal with at such a tough time? You will feel relieved knowing your loved ones won’t have to go through that process. Let’s finish off with a positive change you can add — gratitude. Be thankful for everything and know that no matter how bad some things get, it could always be worse. Meditate, pray or, each day, write down three things — even little things — for which you are thankful. These ideas have absolutely nothing to do with matchmaking, but it’s important to try to be your best self before you bring someone into your life. You will be happier, healthier and more at peace — and that will draw people to you. If you would like me to help you meet those people, email me at holmes@ wheretheheartis.ca. Wishing every one of you a healthy, happy, prosperous 2020 — and maybe even a perfect match.

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Helping others navigate provincial services when they come through the door of his constituency office was a highlight of 2019 for first-term Kamloops North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar. “Overall, I’m feeling quite happy with where I’m at two years in learning a new role,” the B.C. Liberal MLA said. Milobar said it has been gratifying to continue helping people with issues, be it access to health care, WCB problems or various government programs. He also feels he’s been able to speak regularly and pointedly on a variety of topics in the legislature in Victoria. “The overall breadth of what we’re able to do within an office on a constituency level is definitely rewarding,” Milobar said. The opposition member of the legislative assembly said when it comes to individual constituent issues, he has a good working relationship with the current NDP government, regardless of the differences of opinion between political parties on broader topics. “That’s been good to know that you’re able to go full tilt at them in question period or during debate, but be able to cut through that broader policy debate to get to helping the individual person when they’re actually feeling the impacts of a government policy or direction that’s been misinterpreted,” he said. When it comes to those broader policy issues, Milobar sees many challenges when looking back on 2019. “I think we saw a lot of challenges in ’19 that are, unfortunately, going to continue on into 2020,” he said. Milobar said it was difficult for the Official Opposition to “get the ear” of the provincial NDP government to take serious action on the declining forestry industry in 2019. “As a result, now we’re really seeing communities really starting to feel the pinch,” Milobar said. He described B.C.’s forestry crisis — in which multiple sawmills have curtailed production or shut down entirely, citing stumpage prices and log supply — as the numberone issue of the year for the B.C. Interior. In 2020, he said he wants to see some more tangible help for the industry and displaced forestry workers. Milobar, the B.C. Liberal environment critic, said he plans to continue pressing the government to

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reveal what will make up the final 25 per cent of emission reductions in its Clean BC plan. “It’s been over a year now and we still have not heard anything on those,” he said. Having sat on the all-party committee on ride-hailing, Milobar said he also wants to know when that type of service will launch, noting many prominent ride-hailing services have yet to be approved to begin operating. Applications first began being accepted last September. “It should not be taking as long as it has been,” Milobar said. Asked about the highlights from 2019, Milobar noted KamloopsSouth Thompson MLA Todd Stone’s effort getting the government to implement more regulations on vaping when he brought forward a private member’s bill with respect to the use of the product by teenagers. One major development of 2019 was the unanimous passing of Bill 41, which is designed to ensure all B.C. laws are in step with the 46 articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The legislation calls for Indigenous peoples to be included in decision-making that impacts their rights and requires the government annually report on how the objectives of the declaration are being met. Milobar said how the government handles the law in the new year will be more telling than the law itself. “We all supported it in the house. We were trying to make sure we thoughtfully and respectfully were questioning what does it actually mean,” he said. Milobar described understanding what will change as a result of the bill is a benefit to all affected parties, but his assessment upon hearing from government is that “nothing is going to change over what was already happening in practice.” He said the law sends a signal that Indigenous nations need to be connected and consulted with respect to projects and all else that impacts their traditional lands, but noted that has already been established by the courts and the federal Constitution already covers and supersedes the UNDRIP law. “We already have federal law and guidance from the courts into a lot of this, so it’s a case of trying to move forward in a constructive way to make sure that Indigenous nations are fully at the table,” Milobar said.

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‘Olivia’ continues to dominate as top name for girls, while ‘Lucas’ returns as top pick for boys KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Olivia is once agin the front-runner for the most popular name for babies born this year in British Columbia. Olivia is followed by Oliver, Lucas, Liam, Ethan, Noah, William, Benjamin, Charlotte, Emma and Leo, according to the Vital Statistics Agency’s preliminary figures from Jan. 1 to Dec. 18, 2019. In 2018, Liam was the top choice for babies born in B.C., followed by Olivia, Emma, Lucas, Oliver, Benjamin, Ethan, Noah, Logan and Amelia. Meanwhile, the past decade has been dominated on the girls’ side by Olivia and on the boys’ side by Liam. THE MOST POPULAR NAME FOR BOYS BORN IN B.C. THIS PAST DECADE: • 2019: Lucas (through Dec. 18) • 2018: Liam • 2017: Benjamin • 2016: Lucas • 2015: Oliver • 2014: Liam • 2013: Liam • 2012: Ethan • 2011: Liam • 2010: Jacob THE MOST POPULAR NAME FOR GIRLS BORN IN B.C. THIS PAST DECADE: • 2019: Olivia (through Dec. 18) • 2018: Olivia • 2017: Olivia • 2016: Olivia

• 2015: Emma • 2014: Olivia • 2013: Olivia • 2012: Olivia • 2011: Emma • 2010: Olivia Those names are in stark contrast to baby names handed out in the province in the past. A century ago, in 1919, the five most popular names for baby boys were John, Robert, George, Donald and Thomas. The five most popular names for baby girls in 1919 were Mary, Dorothy, Edith, Florence and Alice. Fifty years ago, in 1969, the five most popular names for baby boys were Michael, David, John, Richard and Jason. The five most popular names for baby girls in 1969 were Lisa, Jennifer, Tracy, Susan and Shannon. Not one of those names from 1919 or 1968 cracked the top 10 list for boys or girls in 2018. Only names that occur five or more times are listed in the database. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 18, 2019, 40,978 babies were born in B.C. In all of 2018, 43,844 babies were born in B.C. For more information on baby names in B.C., go online to www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/ content/life-events/ statistics-reports/bcs-most-popular-babynames.

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The vehicle carrying the Operation Red Nose driver, navigator and three clients was a Subaru Forester. Although no serious injuries were sustained, Cooper said firefighters were forced to remove the driver’s-side door of the pickup truck to extract the driver. “Everyone’s been checked over,” Klassen said. “Just more sore, shaken up, but nothing major.” Klassen said in her decade working for Operation Red Nose, she has never seen such a crash involving volunteers. Neither the organization, nor volunteers, nor clients will be liable, courtesy an ICBC insurance policy that covers costs associated with the damage. Klassen also expressed gratitude for a group of teenagers in the area who jumped in to help. Kamloops RCMP issued a statement, noting the driver of the pickup truck, a 24-year-old Kamloops man who sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, refused to provide a breath sample, but was suspected of impaired driving. He was subsequently issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and charged with driving without due care and attention under the provincial Motor Vehicle Act. Cooper also noted a smell of alcohol was reported by KFR crews on scene. Kamloops RCMP are asking witnesses to call the detachment at 250-828-3000.

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2019 provided more reasons not to call 911 KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

From a small parking spot to a bad haircut, here are the Top 10 worst calls to 911 in 2019 From a parking spot not large enough to a bad haircut to late-night vacuuming, E-Comm continued to receive 911 calls in 2019 that are not emergencies.

Since 2013, E-Comm has surveyed its staff for calls that tie up emergency lines and, each year, there’s no shortage of examples of calls they have handled that do not warrant dialling 911. Equally alarming for the organization this year was an emerging trend, in which some callers concede they are not in

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an emergency, but have called 91, seeking general information. “Sometimes, it feels like people may have forgotten that the reason to call 911 is to get help in a life or death situation,” said Chelsea Brent, the call taker who handled the No. 1 call on this year’s list of reasons not to call 911. “I take a lot of 911 calls where. ‘I know this isn’t an emergency’ are the first words out of the

caller’s mouth. But when I’m answering calls that aren’t an emergency, it means I’m not available for someone else who really does need critical help.” Some of the general questions received by 911 call takers this year included asking for information about local water restrictions and a caller wondering why traffic was so bad. Here is E-Comm’s list of top 10 reasons not to

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“Our staff must treat each call as an emergency until they are confident there isn’t one,” said Jasmine Bradley, E-Comm’s corporate communications manager. “Although these calls may seem absurd at the surface, our call takers must take the time to investigate each one to make sure there isn’t a real emergency. That takes time away from helping those in crisis.”

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bring a shovel to dig their car out of the snow in front of their house. 7. To complain that police were being too loud responding to an emergency and asking that officers leave and return in the morning. 8. To get information about water restrictions. 9. To report a broken ATM machine. 10. To complain that gas station staff wouldn’t let them use the washroom.

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call 911 in 2019: 1. To complain that a hotel parking spot was too small. 2. To complain the hair salon didn’t style their hair properly. 3. To complain their neighbour was vacuuming late at night. 4. To complain that the coin laundry machine didn’t have enough water. 5. To enquire as to why traffic was so bad. 6. To request police

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DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE Teeny Bikini Bistro restaurant owner Leeanne McArthur (far left) looks on as head waitress Guin McAlaster paints interior walls of the restaurant prior to its opening in May 2019. By October, the North Kamloops eatery would be closed. A new business — The Penalty Box Sports Grill — is expected to open in the space at 542 Tranquille Rd.

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new store opening in the city can be a point of pride for Kamloopsians and heartbreaking if it’s closing up shop. Storefronts are filled and vacated every year, so to close out 2019 and greet 2020, KTW has compiled a list of some notable storefronts that opened or closed in 2019. IN Metalsmiths Sterling Jewelry: Metalsmiths vacated space in Aberdeen Mall in February when its lease expired, giving way to a Saje Natural Wellness store. OUT Salajai Thai Restaurant: The Thai restaurant closed its doors at its North Kamloops location at 542 Tranquille Rd. in April, when its owners decided to retire and move to Thailand. IN The Shore Cannabiz: A Kamloops couple-turned-pioneer-potentrepreneurs opened the doors to the first private cannabis store in Kamloops at 399 Tranquille Rd. in March. Owners Chris and Nadine Lyth opened after many months, background checks and paperwork, culminating with the hanging of a business licence on the wall of their North Kamloops location. More private stores would follow as the city continues to receive applications, expecting some 20 retailers to open in Kamloops. OUT Milestones: The restaurant chain

shut down its Kamloops location at 1395 Hillside Dr. in Dufferin in May. The business is operated by Recipe Unlimited, a Torontobased company responsible for other restaurants, including Montana’s, The Keg and Eastside Mario’s, all of which closed in Kamloops in recent years. Milestones employed about 40 people in Kamloops. IN Starbucks: The coffee company opened its 13th Kamloops location in the spring at the former A&W restaurant, downtown at Lansdowne Street and Third Avenue. OUT Montana’s: The Recipe Unlimited restaurant closed the doors to its 1055 Hillside Dr. business in late May, joining fellow Recipe Unlimited eateries Milestone’s, The Keg and Eastside Mario’s in the closed section. Montana’s employed about 30 people. IN AND OUT Teenie Bikini Bistro: Replacing Salajai Thai Restaurant at 542 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops was the controversial eatery, opened in May by co-owners Leeanne McArthur and Monique Workman. Described as a Hootersesque restaurant, but with girls serving pub food in bikinis, the business opened to criticism. By mid-October the business had been shuttered, with a sign on the door reading “closed for renos” — but the restaurant would not re-open. IN Bubble Tea and Waffle: In late May, the restaurant opened in one of the Landmark buildings, at

775 McGill Rd., across from TRU. The Taiwanese beverage is a cold, frothy drink made with iced tea, milk and tapioca balls. OUT Lucky’s: The burger joint closed at the end of September after two years in one of the Landmark buildings at 795 McGill Rd., across from TRU. Announcing the closure via a Facebook post in August, the owners indicated a move back to Calgary as the reason for the decision. IN Tranquille Market: The Tranquille Market corner store at 12th Street and Tranquille Road on the North Shore re-opened in June after being closed for years. Vikram Singh, who owns Canco Petroleum in North Kamloops, re-opened the convenience store after securing a lease from the property owner. He said he kept the store’s name because Tranquille Market is well known in the community. He said the market is in a good location that fills a community need in the area. OUT Jade Garden: The venerable Chinese restaurant that stood at the corner of Seymour Street and Third Avenue downtown closed in the summer after its owners retired. IN Krob Krua: Opening in place of the Jade Garden was Krob Krua, an eatery specializing in Thai food that began serving customers at its downtown location at Seymour Street and Third Avenue in September. CONTINUES ON A16

We want to hear from you Indigenous Utilities Regulation Inquiry Draft Report Workshops On November 1, 2019, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) released its Draft Report including its preliminary findings and proposed recommendations for its inquiry exploring the regulation of Indigenous energy utilities in British Columbia. The Draft Report is publicly available and can be found at bcuc.com on the “Current Proceedings” page. The Indigenous Utilities Regulation Inquiry explored and sought feedback on a number of important questions, including: • What are the characteristics of an “Indigenous Utility”? • Should Indigenous utilities be regulated; and if so, how? The BCUC will host eight Draft Report Workshops around BC, to provide an opportunity for in-person questions, feedback and comments on the report. How to provide feedback on the Draft Report › Attend a Draft Report Workshop Anyone wishing to participate is encouraged to register in advance via email to Commission.Secretary@bcuc.com or by telephone at 1.800.663.1385 › Submit a Letter of Comment Online at bcuc.com/get-involved by March 2, 2020 Key dates › January 14, 2020 | 10am Draft Report Workshop in Kamloops Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, Kamloops, BC › March 2, 2020 Deadline to provide written comments on the Draft Report Additional information on the Inquiry, including a complete list of Workshop dates and locations, can be found at bcuc.com on our “Current Proceedings” page.

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Who came and who left in Kamloops in 2019? From A15

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OUT Reubin’s Diner: Known for its breakfasts and, most notably, it’s sevenpound sandwich eating challenge, the diner at 2014 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops closed down in September after many years in business.

IN Saje Natural Wellness: Aberdeen Mall welcomed Canadian-owned and operated Saje Natural Wellness to a storefront on its main floor in June, filling space vacated by Metalsmiths. Saje focuses on essential oils and natural remedies and has stores in the Lower Mainland and Kelowna.

IN Milano’s Bistro: Taking the place of the Reubin’s in October was Milano’s Bistro, opened by the owners of the Canco gas station next door. The restaurant was renovated and given a paint job

OUT Mac’s: The convenience store at 205 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops closed in mid-November. North Shore Business

Improvement Association executive director Jeremy Heighton said he heard from the owner of the property that “management and staffing issues” were the primary reasons for the closure. The space remained boarded up at the end of 2019. IN Sunrise Records: The music store opened on the top floor of Aberdeen Mall in June. With locations in nine provinces across Canada and with nine stores in B.C., Sunrise sells music on CD and vinyl, as well as movies, TV, apparel, games,

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electronics and gifts. The chain was founded in Toronto in 1977 and marked a major expansion in 2017 with the purchase of HMV Canada’s assets after that company went bankrupt. OUT Be Teased: The popular wrap restaurant, across from TRU at 795 McGill Rd. in the Landmark development, closed in early November. Ongoing parking struggles, staffing problems and an increasing minimum wage led to the closure, according to owner Sharon Toews. “Everyone thinks, ‘Oh, you’re in such a great location’ — but realistically, we’re not. Our parking at Landmark is certainly really bad,” she said. Having operated the restaurant for three-anda-half years, Toews said she and partner Mike Gregorig will instead focus on other endeavours. IN Legal cannabis stores: By the end of the year, there were at least six cannabis stores legally operating in the City of Kamloops: two government stores and four private operations. Following Kamloops’ first legal private pot retailer opening in March, a second government cannabis store opened in the summer on the north side of Northills Centre. A third government shop is expected to be coming to 450 Lansdowne St. downtown. A second private pot retailer known

September. The brothers succeeded Papa G’s Cafe, which moved from that spot to its current location, downtown at 528 Victoria St., which had most recently been home to the now-closed D’Agostino’s Italian restaurant. as Wizards opened in September at 240 Lansdowne St., which previously housed an illegal cannabis shop. North Thompson Cannabis Co. is another cannabis store opening in a former illegal storefront, at 2A-726 Sydney Ave. in North Kamloops, but is still listed as “coming soon” according to the provincial government’s website. Shades of Green Cannabis at 519 Victoria St. downtown became the city’s third private cannabis retailer in November, while Clarity Cannabis at 5-111 Oriole Rd. in Valleyview opened as the fourth outlet in mid-December. The province had 10 shops listed as either open or coming soon to the city on its website at the end of 2019. OUT Illegal cannabis stores: All known illegal cannabis storefronts in the City of Kamloops had ceased operations by the fall of 2019. When marijuana was legalized on Oct. 17,

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2018, illegal shops were encouraged to shut down voluntarily. While most of the 13 that had been operating in town did so on legalization day, two locations — Canadian Safe Cannabis Society (CSCS) at 405 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops and Boomer’s Bud at 107-1295 Halston Ave. in Brocklehurst — remained open for a time. Both were located in areas contravening city bylaws. CSCS was too close to The Shore Cannabiz, which opened legally earlier in the year, and Boomer’s was in a spot not zoned for cannabis retail. On July 31, both shops were raided and shut down by the provincial government’s Community Safety Unit, but each re-opened the next day. CSCS, however, given the heavy fining power of the CSU, opted to shut down in August. After a second visit by the provincial unit about a month or two later, Boomer’s also opted to shut its doors. IN Gold Leaf Bakery & Blacksalt Catering: The shop opened in the strip mall across the parking lot from Canadian Tire in Dufferin. The location — 1415 Hillside Dr. — was formerly home to Chelsea’s Bakery. OUT Painted Pony Cafe: The restaurant closed its doors in early November. It had specialized in First Nations foods such as bannock, Indian tacos, deer steak and quail. IN Shawarma Time: Syrian refugees Robert and Rojeh Labbad opened their Middle Eastern restaurant in downtown Kamloops at 561 Seymour St. in

IN Di Muzio: The Italian restaurant Di Muzio opened for business at 152 Victoria St. downtown in October, serving up authentic Italian cuisine based on the homemade recipes of local hairdresser-turned restaurateurClaudia Di Muzio Smith. IN 5Bean Brewbar: This past fall, 5Bean Brewbar and Cafe opened at 287 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops — the former location of Leon John’s Deli, which closed in December 2018. The new coffee shop now in its place also has one other location in Kamloops, in Columbia Place in Sahali, next to Shoppers Drug Mart. IN Bright Eye Brewery: The North Shore’s first brewpub joined Kamloops’ complement of craft brewing restaurant/pubs in October. With lineups at the door, business boomed for Bright Eye when it opened in the newly built Station apartment complex at the corner of Tranquille Road and Clapperton Avenue. Co-owner Richard Marken said sales were “well beyond” his forecast for opening week. Bright Eye continues to be a busy spot, breathing new night life along the arterial route in North Kamloops. IN C-Lovers: The popular B.C. seafood restaurant chain swam into the North Kamloops restaurant space at 726 Sydney Ave., which formerly housed Capt’n Sharky’s before it closed in 2018. C-Lovers opened this past fall after a making some renovations to the building.

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LAST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WILDLIGHTS

A tunnel of lights greets visitors to the Wildlights extravaganza at the BC Wildlife Park. The annual celebration concludes this Sunday, with hours of operation on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The BC Wildlife Park is at 9077 Dallas Dr. For ticket information, go online to bcwildlife.org.

Acting classes to be held for young and grown alike KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

hether you’re young or grown, an opportunity to learn how to act is fast approaching. Western Canada Theatre’s Stage One theatre school will soon begin teaching the craft to youth this month, while adult acting classes begin in February. Stage One classes are broken into three types, which have various run dates.

The introductory Acting Adventures class, for kids ages four to seven, runs from Jan. 21 to April 14 on Tuesdays from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Kamloops Yacht Club. Students will play fun theatre games and explore their creativity while learning the fundamentals of the stage, using costumes and puppets while focusing on body and movement. The Acting Essentials class, for kids ages eight to 12, will teach drama fundamentals like charac-

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ter development, script work and creative storytelling. Rehearsal and performance techniques will also be taught, leading up to a final showcase for family and friends. This class runs from Jan. 20 to April 6 on Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Valleyview Community Centre. Finally, the Performance Class, for kids ages 10 to 18, will run from January to May at the Kamloops Yacht Club from in one of two sessions, beginning on Jan.

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13 and Jan. 15, both running from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Students must have previously completed a Stage One class to enrol. Students will undertake a full script and finish with three public performances. For full details and to register, go online to wctlive.ca/stageone. htm. For adults, WCT has put forward two 10-week introductory acting classes. Adult Acting: Intro 1 will be on Mondays from Feb. 3 to April

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The BC Wildlife Park will be all dressed up with lights for Christmas, featuring events like the 12 Days of Christmas, the ugly Christmas sweater contest, animal feeds and encounters, the family farm, holiday maze and Uncle Chris the Clown. For more details, go online to bcwildlife.org/eventslist.htm.

SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, 8 p.m., Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave.

The Snowed In Comedy Tour will commence in Kamloops with two shows. Comedians Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug, Pete Zedlacher and Damonde Tschritter will perform. Tickets are $45, available at the Kamloops Live box office, online at kamloopslive.ca.

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CHAMBER MUSICIANS Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m., Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.

The next concert by the Kamloops Chamber Musicians will be L’Amour, featuring soprano Rachel Casponi, violinist Cvetozar Vutev and pianist Naomi Cloutier. The trio will perform love songs and duets from the likes of Mozart, Paganini, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin and more. Tickets are $25, available online at cmk.eventbrite.ca or at the door.

QUEEN MUSICAL Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m., Sandman Centre, 300 Lorne St.

We Will Rock You is a musical set in the future and modelled around the band’s hits. It was first performed under the musical supervision of Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. Tickets start at $93.50 and are available through Ticketmaster.

RETRO HORROR Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St.

Kamloops Film Society and the Drunk in a Graveyard podcast crew will present The Thing, John Carpenter’s classic wintery horror flick. Tickets are $11, available online at thekfs.ca.

RETRO SILLINESS Jan. 11, 7 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail will get a special screening at the Paramount on Saturday, Jan. 11. The classic bit of medieval British silliness is being presented by the Drunk in a Graveyard podcast crew and Kamloops Film Society. Tickets are $11, available online at thekfs.ca.

SOLO SHOWCASE Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Alchemy Brewing Company, 650 Victoria St.

Alchemy is hosting a solo showcase featuring three artists. The first up will be Daylen James, who himself is one third of local country band Tennessee Walker, performing on Jan. 10.

AN EVENING AT THE OPERA Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 12 at 2 p.m., Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave.

The work of five opera masters will feature in KSO’s An Evening at the Opera. Works from Verdi, Mascagni, Puccini, Rossini and Mozart will be performed by the orchestra and the KSO Chorus, joined by a group of about 100 local singers led by chorus master Thomas Bijok. Special guest baritone Micah Schroeder will join the production. Tickets are $45 and available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-3745483 and online at kamloopslive.ca.

NEON DREAMS Jan. 12, 6 p.m., Blackwell Hall at The Plaza Hotel, 405 Victoria St.

Alt-pop duo Neon Dreams will perform in an all-ages show. Guests include Kamloops grunge duo Sweater Kittens and Ila

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ELECTRO INDIE Jan. 17, 8 p.m., The Bassment, private home venue

Andrea Superstein has been described as “Amy Winehouse meets Portishead” in her delivery of an electro/indie-infused type of jazz. She will perform a house concert at The Bassment on Friday, Jan. 17. Tickets are $21.86, available online at thebassmentkamloops.com.

HARDCORE PUNK Jan. 18, 9 p.m., Pizza Pi, 314 Victoria St.

Vancouver hardcore punk band Chain Whip will be joined by local acts Voltage and Headcheese for a Saturday show at Pizza Pi. Admission is $10 at the door.

YOUTH FIDDLE WORKSHOP Jan. 18, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Heritage House, 100 Lorne St.

Elizabeth Ewen of the Kamloops Old Time Fiddlers will lead a beginner fiddle workshop for youth ages six to 12. The cost is $15. Register online at bcfiddlers.com/branches/kamloops/vfb-id19.

MAYOR’S GALA FOR THE ARTS Jan. 18, 6 p.m., Colombo Lodge, 814 Lorne St.

The 13th annual Mayor’s Gala for the Arts will award Kamloops artists and supporters in three categories: emerging artist, enduring supporter and corporate champion.

RAREBIRDS CONCERT Jan. 24, 7 p.m., RareBirds Housing Co-operative, 772 West Battle St.

Jane and Larry Stephenson will perform with Don Metz as the Stephensons. Jane performs vocals, guitar and mandolin, Larry does vocals, guitar and banjo, while Metz takes care of the bass. They will perform originals and some favourite covers. For ticket information, contact rarebirdshousing@gmail.com.

THE BEACHES Feb. 8, 7 p.m., Cactus Jack’s Nightclub, 130 Fifth Ave.

Juno Award winners The Beaches will return to Kamloops for a high-energy retro sounds. The all-women group out of Toronto last performed in the city in 2018 as during a breakthrough year, riding high on the release of their debut album Late Show. They will be joined by special guests, Hunny. Tickets are available online at kamtix.ca.

SOLO ROOTS Feb. 8, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., The Bassment, private home venue

Lynne Hanson will perform a house concert at The Bassment. Hanson is a two-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner with a host of other awards. She is known for high-energy roots guitardriven live performances and is said to be a closet stand-up comedian. Tickets are $21.86, available online at thebassmentkamloops.com.

ROYAL TUSK Feb. 16, 7 p.m., The Blue Grotto Nightclub, 319 Victoria St.

Edmonton rockers Royal Tusk will return to Kamloops. Joining them will be guests Brkn Love and Sights and Sounds, both out of Toronto.

REDNEK MUSIC FEST, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., Sandman Centre, 300 Lorne St.

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A baker’s dozen of new and classic films in film society’s January lineup KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

Kamloops Film Society has lined up its run for the first month of 2020, with a number of new and classic films planned for what might be a month you’d rather spend indoors. The month kicks off on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m., with one of three showings of The Report, a post-9/11 drama starring Adam Driver as U.S. Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, who is investigating the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. Other 7 p.m. showings include Jan. 4 and Jan. 7, with a 3:45 p.m. show on Jan. 5. Gas balloon exploration is at the centre of The Aeronauts, which will show on Jan. 3, Jan. 4, Jan. 7 and Jan. 9 at 7:15 p.m., with another showing at 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 4. Kung Fu Panda is one of the society’s free family showings, with showtimes at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5. A special presentation of The Thing will take place on Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. The story of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery will be told in Harriet, with showings on Jan. 10, Jan. 11 and Jan. 14 at 7:15 p.m., and

Jan. 12 at 3:45 p.m. The classic Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is another free family flick on in January, with showings on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12 at 3:30 p.m. Before You Know It is the story of a pair of sisters who discover their long-thought-dead mother is in fact, still alive and starring in a soap opera. It plays on Jan. 11 at 3:45 p.m., on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. and on Jan. 16 at 7:15 p.m. Monty Python and the Holy Grail will bring a bit of silliness to the silver screen with a showing on Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. Adam Sandler’s latest drama Uncut Gems has six showtimes, running on Jan. 17, Jan. 18, Jan. 21, Jan. 23 and Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. and on Jan. 18 at 3:45 p.m. Dark Waters, the story of a corporate defense attorney’s legal

assault against a chronic polluter, will be seen on Jan. 17, Jan. 18 and Jan. 21 at 7:15 p.m. and on Jan. 19 at 3:45 p.m. The final free family flick of the month is Stuart Little, showing on Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 at 3:30 p.m. Free family flicks do not require tickets. For all other films, go online to thekfs.ca for ticket information. The month also includes half of the society’s Thursday Film Series winter run. Films in that series include Honeyland, a film about a spiritual and environmentally conscious approach to beekeeping on Jan. 9, Science Fair, an audience favourite at Sundance and SXSW on Jan. 16, Fantastic Fungi, a timelapse exploration of all things fungal, and Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love, a film about the mysterious love story of Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen in the 1960s on Jan. 30. Other films in the Thursday fIlm series include Human Nature (Feb. 6), Western Stars (Feb. 13), Because We Are Girls (Feb. 20) and Free Trip to Egypt (Feb. 27). A four-film pass for the Thursday film series is $36, while individual tickets are $11, available online at thekfs.ca.

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Comedy tour starts Friday The Snowed In Comedy Tour is set to begin Friday, with Kamloops the first of 63 stops for the annual tour. On Friday, Jan. 3, and Saturday, Jan. 4, comedians Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug, Pete Zedlacher and Damonde Tschritter will take the Sagebrush Theatre stage. Quinn initially started the tour to pay for his lift tickets to go snowboarding with his comedian pals. Now, the tour is in its 12th year. Myrehaug is a past winner of the Great Canadian Laugh Off and has appeared on Just for Laughs’ Comedy Now on CTV and CBC’s

The Debaters. Zedlacher is a six-time nominee of the Canadian Comedy Award for best male stand-up, a past winner of SiriusXM’s Top Comic competition and has eight appearances at Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival. Tschritter’s comedy specials have aired on CTV, CBC, HBO, Comedy Network and Comedy Central. He often appears on The Debaters. Tickets are $45 (less for students and seniors) and available at the Kamloops Live box office, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483 and online at kamloopslive.ca.

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NEW YORK — Every movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest loser might have been anyone less thrilled about the box-office domination of franchise films. When the year closes out Tuesday, the top 10 films in U.S. and Canada theatres will all be intellectual property-backed movies. It’s the third year in a row the year’s 10 biggest ticket-sellers have been sequels,

remakes and superhero films. But in today’s IP-driven movie world, one studio is in a league of its own. In 2019, Disney dominated American moviegoing more than any studio ever has before — roughly 38% of all domestic moviegoing. The year’s top five films were all Disney movies, and it played a hand in the sixth. Disney’s Marvel Studios produced the Sony Pictures release Spider-Man: Far From Home. Disney banked about $13 billion in worldwide box office in 2019, including a record number of $1 billion releases.

On China’s ever-reaching tendrils of censorship

n August, Reddit, one of the biggest news aggregator sites on the internet, received a $150 million investment from Chinese technology giant Tencent, who also owns a large share the popular chat program WeChat, and Epic Games, which is behind huge video games like Fortnite and Gears of War. Tencent, being a mainland Chinese company and the first Asian company to be worth $500 billion, has a history of censoring material deemed controversial by the Chinese government. WeChat has been responsible, either directly or indirectly instructed by the Chinese government, for censorship of content on its platform, using “silent” blocks which prevent messages from being sent or received, and for purging users from its platform, as suggested

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by the Chinese government itself. This has even happened to users not currently in China who are using the service — Chinese students attending school overseas and using Chinese online services, for example.

China has long been accused of censoring news, especially with recent protests going on in Hong Kong. Protesters have been painted as violent, with cherrypicked news segments highlighting them attacking government officials, while similar violence back upon the protesters is ignored or edited out. Chineseowned video service TikTok has been censoring content from Hong Kong, anti-government content and content from LGBT+ users. With Beijing pressuring companies within its own borders to crack down on material on their platforms, Reddit users, understandably, are concerned about censorship on their own platform, now that Tencent was invested in it. The response came with posting pictures of Winnie the

Pooh, an image banned by China because it has been used to mock leader Xi Jinping, and by posting the famous picture of Tank Man, the man who faced down a line of tanks in the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 — a picture that most Chinese people believe is a hoax. This is a much wider issue that disgruntled users on a website, and is in fact an issue of access to information itself. With Russian influencers already manipulating news content in North America and Europe, and manipulating elections and voting results, it is concerning that China is stepping into the game as well, censoring content to not only its own citizens, but now having their influence spread beyond their own borders. Social media and news sites

are on the front lines of media manipulation, and what happens on these platforms and how it is handled is fundamental to protecting democracy. It may come as a form of capitalist manipulation, as seen on Reddit. A recent poll in Canada showed that Canadians do not want Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to be involved in the upcoming 5G wireless rollout, in part due to China’s tendency to censor content. With China’s increasingly widening reach, democratic countries have a reason to be concerned that China may start affecting their own news content. Steve Marlow is the program co-ordinator at CFBX, an independent radio station in Kamloops. Tune in at 92.5 FM on the dial or go online to thex.ca.

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ays of sun gleam off the ocean’s sapphire surface like shimmering glitter as we ply through the fjord-

like inlet. A scattering of villages boasting red-roofed homes are carved into the lush hillsides that border our narrow waterway. We veer around uninhabited islets and vacated lighthouses that dot the ship’s route. During this early arrival time, all is quiet. Everything is still enshrouded by shade. But as the sun gradually rises over towering mountains, we watch the skinny channel and fairy-tale communities spring to life. This roving show is just one of the many perks we enjoy while sipping our coffee on our cruise ship’s upper deck. Although every one of our nine ports have been gems, in our opinion, Kotor in Montenegro is the crown jewel. The main hub of this hamlet is backed by precipitous cliffs, strategically located at the most indented part of the Adriatic sea. Remains of a once-imposing fortification stand proudly above the old town and zig-zag up the steep Lovcen mountains. At one time, it effectively warded off the unwanted. Based on history books, there were many. From 1420 to 1797, Kotor was part of Venetian Albania, then besieged in 1538 and again in 1657 by the Ottoman Empire. Although quite the historical hodgepodge, while boasting four centuries of Venetian roots and architecture, it comes

From the emerald green waters of the fjord-like inlets surrounding the city of Kotar, the view of the fortification is apparent as it zig-zags up the Lovcen Mountains. Montenegro provides a look back in history, viewed from both land and sea.

as no surprise that Kotor is a UNESCO world heritage site. Kotor Old Town pays homage to its well-defined past. Beyond the Venetian gates, we amble throughout a network of narrow cobblestone alleys where brilliant green shutters flank the windows of ornate balconies. Medieval archways lead to Roman, renaissance and baroque attractions. With three other ships in port today, we decide to leave the crowds behind to get a different perspective of this picturesque place. My husband suggests we

take a speed boat tour to check out Our Lady of the Rocks and the town of Perast. I’ve heard these landmarks in the Bay of Kotor are well worth the visit, so I’m up for the thrill. We zip by quaint villages, veer around ancient ruins and drink in the glorious bay views. The island, Our Lady of the Rocks, earned its title on July 22, 1452, when a couple of mariners returning to Perast discovered an icon of the Madonna and Child resting on a rock. The sailors believed this to be a miracle.

Following each successful voyage, they laid a rock in the shallow bay and over time, this islet emerged from the sea. “This ritual is still alive,” our captain explains proudly, as he docks the boat. Every July 22 at sunset, residents take their boats and drop a few rocks off, to keep widening this island. A turquoise dome on the island’s chapel stands out like a beacon, its interior is equally impressive. We wander in awe through the nave, renovated in 1722, gazing at paintings by Tripo

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hat was Year 10 for me at the helm of KT Dubya sports — and it was a beauty. Thanks to all the athletes, coaches, media reps, fellow reporters, volunteers and administrators who dealt with us in 2019. Below is my second annual top 10 Kamloops sports stories of the year column, with apologies to those who may have been overlooked. The piece is accompanied by Allen Douglas photos, a couple of my favourites from the year that was in the Tourney Cap.

TRU WolfPack libero Hali Drezet reaches the ball with a last-ditch effort in Canada West women’s volleyball action in October at the TCC.

1. TITANS REPEAT A cutout of our March 6 sports front hangs on the wall behind my desk, the page complete with a photo of Maddy Gobeil soaring toward the hoop during the 2019 B.C. Secondary Schools AA Girls Basketball Championship final. Gobeil and the South Kamloops Titans, burdened for a year by expectations to repeat as provincial champions, hit the throttle in the second half, when it mattered most, and culled the GW Graham Grizzlies 70-43 in Langley. The 2012 and 2013 Titans won back-to-back AAA girls’ provincial basketball banners.

Those teams are in the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame. Covering high school finals has been a highlight of my time so far at KTW. The energy was electric inside the Langley Events Centre in March. The Titans’ boys and girls senior basketball teams won B.C. titles in 2018 and were a slam dunk at No. 1 on my list for that year. Top spot was no layup this year, but recognizing high school glory is something I’m all about, and what community newspaper sports sections should be all about, so the Titans snare the

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repeat honour of No. 1 billing. 2. GREG STEWART/KAMLOOPS TRACK AND FIELD CLUB Kamloops is home to Greg Stewart, a 7-foot-2, 350-pound shot putter who was born with nothing below his left elbow and won silver in F46 shot put at the World Para Athletics Championships at Dubai. The throw of 16.30 metres demolished his personal best of 15.82m and would have been good enough for gold had friend and rival Josh Cinnamo of the U.S. not thrown 16.8m. Stewart took up the sport near

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the end of 2017 and threw 13.08m that year at his first International Paralympic Committeesanctioned event. Cinnamo might be feeling unsettled ahead of the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, knowing his opponent who has improved his PB by more than three metres in three years said his “distance is limitless right now.” Dylan Armstrong is Stewart’s shot-put whisperer and coaches a formidable group of up-andcoming Kamloops Track and Field Club athletes, eight of whom qualified for either the U16 and U18 Legion Youth National Track

and Field Championships or the senior, U20 and para-athletics Canadian Track and Field Championships. Big things are on deck for the KTFC in 2020. 3. BLAZERS MAGIC/ LAJOIE ONE AND DONE The cardiac Kamloops Blazers took this city for an incredible ride to finish the 2018-2019 WHL season, a run to the playoffs that culminated in a post-season playin game victory over the Kelowna Rockets. See SLOAN, A22

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Connor Zary became a star, showing an affinity for tallying big goals. Dylan Garand, then 16, proved he is a No. 1 netminder, providing stellar goaltending as the team earned 11 of a possible 12 points in its final six contests just to reach the play-in game. Kobe Mohr scored the gamewinning goal in the do-or-die showdown against Kelowna and was caught by KTW photographer Allen Douglas sliding along the ice celebrating in what has become an iconic photo. Kamloops was hockey mad. The barn was on fire. The Blazers lost in six games to the Victoria Royals (Game 4 of that series — the Kody McDonald stickswinging game on Mark Recchi Way — was epic). Blazer Nation has not had championships to celebrate recently, so moments like Game 6 against Portland in 2012 and last year’s run to the playoffs have sufficed. You know folks in other hockey towns, including the Little Apple, think that’s a little sad. But it appears the club is positioned well to do something special in the next few seasons and interest in the team has grown to levels not seen in my time at the paper, which began in 2009. Last season’s thrillride is a big reason for that. Late-season heroics were not enough to keep first-year head coach Serge Lajoie in town. His one-and-done exodus made way for the arrival of Shaun Clouston, who seems to be pushing the right buttons. The Blazers may appear higher on this list next year if they can rekindle the magic this post-season. 4. ROGER SLOAN Roger Sloan topped $1 million on the PGA Tour last season, which

sporting fabric, the Kamloops quartet and coach Allison MacInnes are aiming for gold at the 2020 Scotties in Cranbrook this winter. The team maintains Olympic dreams and I’m expecting it to top this list at some point.

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW The Kamloops Raiders lost in the men’s second division B.C. Rugby Union final, falling 24-19 to Langley in May in Burnaby, but Wes Black and company provided plenty of entertainment at Exhibition Park throughout the year.

finished with his first trip to the FedExCup playoffs. The 32-year-old Merritt product began the campaign 474th in World Golf Rankings and finished 204th, making him the fourth-ranked Canadian golfer on the planet at the time. The Houston, Tex., resident earned $1,015,611, thanks in part to seven top-25 finishes, including three top-three results, to bring his career earnings to $1,845,515. Major perks — exemption to majors and World Golf Championships events, for example — start to become a possibility once golfers get a sniff of the top 60 and rewards increase

as they climb the ladder. There is one rare carrot dangling this season, a juicy morsel Canadians salivate over every four years. The top two Canadian men in World Golf Rankings as of June 22, 2020, will represent the country at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, with the tournament slated to run from July 30 to Aug. 2. Sloan, now ranked 248th, will be hard-pressed to catch Adam Hadwin (50th) and Corey Connors (60th), but a few top 10s early in the season could make it interesting. 5. TEAM BROWN Team Brown of Kamloops —

skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Ashley Klymchuk — in 2019 became back-to-back B.C. Tour champions and finished the year ninth in Canadian Team Ranking System points standings, the top-ranked B.C. team in the nation. Brown has earned about $30,000 this season, a career-high, and finished second at the B.C. Scotties in February in Quesnel. The Kamloops rink earned an invite to a tier 2 Grand Slam event and was chosen by Curling Canada to represent the country at an international tournament in China. A beloved part of this city’s

6. MATT DUNSTONE Apologies to Winnipeg, but we are stealing Matt Dunstone. We’re forgiving his innocent flub, when he told me he is a “Kamloopian.” In fact, he is probably one dropped “S” shy of being higher on this list. Regina-based Team Dunstone — which includes skip Dunstone, third Braeden Moskowy, second Catlin Schneider and lead Dustin Kidby — claimed its first Grand Slam of Curling title in October in North Bay, Ont. Dunstone earned about $120,000 during the 2018-2019 campaign and has racked up about $50,000 to date in the 2019-2020 season. The foursome, which is seventh in men’s CTRS standings, fell one win shy of reaching the Brier, placing second at the Sasktel Tankard in February. The Winnipeg native moved to the Tournament Capital to be with girlfriend Pincott, the Brown rink’s third. He lives here and works for Ken Brown, Corryn’s father. Dunstone is one of us now and belongs on the top 10 list. 7. CATHARINE PENDREL Catharine Pendrel turned 39 in September, but the city’s favourite cross-country mountain biker is not done yet. She placed fifth at a World Cup event in August in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, the result that has her on the cusp of becoming a fourtime Olympian. See BARRELS, A23

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Colwell earns bronze The B.C. Junior Curling Championships wrapped up on Thursday in Victoria. Team Marr of Kamloops and Team Colwell of Vernon/Kamloops/ Grand Forks were in action on the men’s side. Colwell posted a 5-2 record in round-robin action to place third and secure a place in the semifinal, in which it fell 11-6 to Team Tao of Richmond. Team Sato of Royal City bested Tao 9-3 in the gold-medal game. Colwell received bronze medals on Wednesday. Marr was 0-7 and missed the playoffs. Marr includes skip Colorado Marr, third Bryan Yamada, second Zander Landygo, lead Connor Rafferty and coach Brenda Nordin. Colwell includes skip Erik Colwell, third Mitchell Kopytko, second Ben Morin, lead Logan Miron and coaches Dale Hofer and Chad Kopytko, of whom the Kopytkos are from Kamloops. Teams Calhoun and Hafeli of Kamloops were competing on the women’s side. Hafeli was 4-3 and Calhoun was 2-5, with both teams failing to advance past the round-robin stage. Skip Maeve Calhoun, third Neave Calhoun, second Kate Hancock, lead Kaitlyn Garrett and coach Nicky

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BRIEFS Hancock belong to Calhoun. Skip Holly Hafeli, third Hannah O’Neil, second Jorja Kopytko, lead Natalie Hafeli and coach Monica Makar make up Hafeli. Team Taylor of Tunnel Town/ Royal City and Team Buchy of Kimberley/Kelowna/Vernon squared off in the ladies final, which concluded on Thursday after KTW’s press deadline. KIBIHT UNDERWAY Both the tier 1 Thompson Blazers and tier 2 Kamloops Blazers are in action at the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament. The local tier 2 squad was 2-0 as of KTW’s press deadline, while the tier 1 Blazers were 1-0. For up-to-date results, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com. The tier 1 final is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday on the Olympic ice sheet at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. The tier 2 final will get underway at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday on the NHL ice on Mac Isle.

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Resilency is what lands her on this list. Pendrel had finished no higher than 12th after the first four World Cup events, but rattled off back-toback top 10 finishes to quiet naysayers. She concludes 2019 ranked 10th in the world among female elite cross-country mountain bikers. Six months ago, she was ranked 35th. Editors of Canadian Cyclist named her Canadian Cyclist of the Decade earlier this week. Pendrel said 2020 will be her last year of World Cup racing. We find out in May, after the World Cup event in the Czech Republic, if she cracks the Canadian team for the Olympics. How cool would it be to see her get another shot at the podium in Tokyo?

8. KAMLOOPS STORM Tracy Mero in July purchased 100 per cent ownership of Parallel Storm Hockey Group Limited, which owns the Kamloops Storm. Barry Dewar, longtime majority owner, stepped away from the junior B hockey club. Dewar led the Storm to many successful seasons and is proud of their contribution to Kamloops during his tenure. The 2018-2019 campaign was marred by tampering charges and a series of blunders that had KIJHL president Larry Martel calling the Storm “just a bit of a mess right now.” Matt Kolle was tasked with leading the franchise into a new era, named the club’s governor, business manager, hockey operations manager and general manager. Steve Gainey was

named head coach. The Storm (12-190-1) are fourth in the Doug Birks Division heading into the new year and showing promise after a slow start to the season. 9. BROOKE WILLS Brooke Wills of Kamloops won the ladies barrel racing title at the Canadian Finals Rodeo in November in Red Deer. The first-place finish came with $34,000 in prize money, bringing the 24-year-old cowgirl’s season total to more than $60,000. She also placed first in the Maple Leaf Circuit Finals in Regina in December, capturing the aggregate title and a cheque for about $7,000. Wills and horse Famey have qualified to compete in the 2020 Calgary Stampede.

10. SUN DEVILS The Kamloops Sun Devils muzzled the Burnaby Bulldogs’ bats to win the 2019 Pacific Western Brewery BC Senior Men’s Baseball Championship in August in Trail. Kamloops, which features current and former TRU WolfPack baseball players, earned a 1-0 victory in the title tilt. Head coach Ray Chadwick and the Sun Devils had not won the provincial championship since 2014. HONOURABLE MENTIONS: TRU WolfPack rounds out coaching stable, WolfPack women’s volleyball, Patrick Waters, South Kam football, Kamloops Classics, Kamloops Cricket Club, Kendra Woodland, Gavin Dodd, Joe Hicketts, Thompson Blazers win KIBIHT, Kelly Olynyk.

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has not yet been redeemed. We groan within ourselves waiting for the adoption, even for the redemption, of our body. We live in a body that is yet to be redeemed and it is through that body Satan attacks us. However, it is also through that body that our Lord Christ is revealed and made known. Furthermore, within that body there are two natures: one I received when I was born, which can do nothing but sin, and the other I received when I was born again, which cannot habitually sin. The Christian experience is that of a constant conflict between the two: the life he was given when he came into the world, what the Bible refers to as the “flesh,” and the other life he received as the gift of God when he was born again of the Holy Spirit. From the eye and through the ear are received impressions into the mind and into the heart, to which, alas, one of those natures is all too ready to respond and to yield. The outcome of that inner conflict between flesh and spirit is revealed in the actions of the hand and the foot. The impressions we take in through the eye and through the ear knock at the citadel of a man’s soul — and there they are either accepted or rejected. The choice between good and bad is faced in the inner recess of a human being. And the outcome of that choice is expressed with hand and foot in action. Jesus said, “Therefore, if your eye offend thee …” That is the story of the breakdown of human life all through history. It

began long ago in a garden. But what about the cost of victory in the new year ahead? The only basis of spiritual victory is the crucifixion of all that is natural. The only basis of spiritual power is the renunciation of that which is merely of ourselves. But what is that and why is that? God’s original mind and intent for mankind was that the natural things should be transformed into the spiritual by obedience. But man refused to obey and, ever since, the natural man has been at enmity with God. The flesh and the spirit cannot be brought together in friendship and in alliance. The cost of victory and the price of holiness is nothing less than victory over sin. Until God sees we are His ally against sin in every part of our life, until He sees clearly that in our soul we have renounced the whole business, until we have agreed to what Jesus said happens to man at the cross, deliverance would be out of our reach. The writer of one of the Psalms said, “My eyes are ever toward the Lord.” In that simple phrase, there is the whole secret of spiritual power and deliverance from all the powers of darkness. My eyes, that which is at the very gate of my life, at the very place where Satan would make his impressions, my eyes now are upon Him. May we echo the prayer of a hymn writer at the start of 2020 by saying or singing: “The dearest idol I have known, “What e’er that idol be, “Help me to tear it from Thy throne “And worship only Thee.” Narayan Mitra is a volunteer chaplain at Thompson Rivers University. His email is ryanmitra225@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@ kamloopsthisweek.com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.

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The Gold Trail School District seeks to fill the Human Resources Manager position at the School Board Office in Ashcroft. The position is a full time position commencing in January 2020. The successful applicant will be a dynamic leader who possesses the following qualifications: • excellent interpersonal skills and a minimum of five years recent experience working in a unionized environment in a human resources or labour relations capacity; • an in depth knowledge of current human resource and labour relations practices including knowledge of applicable labour laws, and legislation; • experience with investigations in human resources issues including employee conduct; • a diploma or degree in Human Resources or related training/experience is required; CPHR preferred; • extensive experience with Microsoft Office. Complete details of the position and required qualifications are available on the district website, www.sd74.bc.ca/Employment. Applications marked “Leadership Opportunity – Human Resources Manager” will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., January 7, 2020, by: Lynda Minnabarriet, Secretary Treasurer School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) PO Box 250, Ashcroft, BC, V0K 1A0 Email applications will be accepted at HR@sd74.bc.ca

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM Adelene Desjardin

Shirley Ruth Genier

Phyllis Mader

1917 - 2019 It is with great sadness that the family of Adelene Desjardin announces her passing on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at the age of 102. Adelene was born in Hanna, Alberta on May 24, 1917, to parents Alexander and Maude Furgason. Adelene’s siblings were: Maisie , Hattie, Ruth, Mabel, Alvin, Albert and Gail. Eventually they moved to British Columbia and settled in Falkland. That is where Adelene met the love of her life Bill Desjardin and they were married in 1936. They then moved to Kamloops where they had their three daughters Karen, Darlene and Merle. Adelene also leaves behind seven grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Adelene volunteered her time with different places. One of them was at the Ladies Auxiliary Thrift Shop downtown. Thursdays, she would be at Safeway helping customers with their shopping. Adelene loved calling the squares at the square dances, while the Old Time Fiddlers played. On Wednesday nights, Adelene helped with bingo at Thrupp Manor and she helped out with The Cattle Drive in Kamloops. A Funeral Service in memory of Adelene will be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 1:00 pm, in the Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Drive, Reception to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

Phyllis Mader passed away suddenly on the morning of December 21, 2019 in the middle of doing what she did best, caring for others. Her unexpected passing has left a hole in the hearts of many. She was an active and recognized member of her community, either riding her bike down Sixth Ave with her skirt a fluttering, walking through Peterson Creek Park with her walking poles to visit someone in the hospital, being the secretary of the North Shuswap Heritage Society, counting bees with the Master Gardeners, greeting others at the Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops Wildlife Park and Kamloops Film Society, or exercising at the Yogaloft. She will be greatly missed by her husband of 42 years Jim, her children Rita-June, Danielle, Kathryn and Andrew, her mother June Ruckle, her siblings Ruth (Rolf), Ila, Wanda, Nancy (Barry) and Garry (Andrea), her brothers-in-law Dave (Elise) and Paul (Marion) as well as her 18 nieces and nephews and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Phyllis was predeceased by her father Dan and brother Herbie. Please, in lieu of flowers make a donation to the Cancer Society, a charitable foundation for the environment or a charity of your choice. A Service will be held at the Kamloops Alliance Church, 200 Leigh Rd, North Kamloops on January 18, 2020 at 11:30 am with a reception to follow.

June 15, 1930 – December 24, 2019

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Shirley Genier, longtime resident of Clearwater, BC. Shirley passed peacefully on December 24, 2019 and has winged her way to the Abha Kingdom. She was predeceased by her husband Gilbert Genier, mother Lulu, father Aubrey, sister Dorothy, brothers Russel, Tom, Jack and her son Bradley. She is survived by her brother Barry, daughters Diane, Patti, son Brent (Evelyn), grandchildren Robert, Liane, Dylan, Tanner, Sarah and two greatgrandchildren Harry and Sloan. Shirley will be interred at Hillside Cemetery on January 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm. There will be a memorial tea in Clearwater later in May of 2020.

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Victoria Mary Olga Voykin May 24, 1937 – December 21, 2019 Born in: McBride, British Columbia, Canada Passed in: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Passed on: December 21, 2019

It is of great sadness to announce the passing of our dear mother. Mom passed on peacefully in her home after a short battle with cancer. Mary is survived by loving son Randy (Billie Lynne), granddaughter Maxine Nicole Voykin, siblings Florence Cummins, Lloyd Jeck and many nieces and nephews. Mary was predeceased by her husband Fred Voykin and daughters Sandra and Carol Lee, parents Adolph and Maria Jeck, brothers Leonard Jeck and Cyril Jeck, sisters Alice Flett, Gladys Baines, Myrtle Cook and Bernice Schemenauer. Mom enjoyed life to the fullest and will be missed by everyone’s heart she touched. A ceremony of her life will be held on January 3, 2020 at Westsyde Fellowship Church, 2833 Westsyde Road, Kamloops, British Columbia at 2:00 pm, tea to follow. Special thanks to Dr. Olubajo, Interior Health Care workers, and everyone that helped out to keep Mom comfortable in her home. Special thanks to Alaire Jeck, (sister-in-law, friend), for staying with Mom the last couple months, and my wife Billie Lynne for being by Mom’s side when she passed on. Mom, you left us all awesome memories. You are an inspiration. Miss you, Love you. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com (250) 377-8225

Maria Dickie

December 17, 1950 – December 6, 2019 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Maria Dickie on December 6, 2019, as a result of Neuro-Endocrine Cancer. Maria will be lovingly remembered and missed by her husband Richard “Dick”, son Parry and granddaughter Amy. She also leaves behind three brothers Albert Beaudoin, Marcel (Cherry) Beaudoin, and Paul (Dawn) Beaudoin and six sisters Anna (Ludger) Arsenault, Stella (Ross) Ireland, Claire (Clarence) Wilson, Simone (Ernie) Robinson, Paulette Vidomski and Adèle (Paul) Amyotte. Maria was predeceased by her infant son Travis, parents Ernest and Thérèse Beaudoin and brother Raymond Beaudoin. Also left to mourn are many nieces and nephews, extended family and a large circle of friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home, 72 Whiteshield Cres. South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9. Maria’s Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, January 6, 2020 in the Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Dr., with Pastor Andrew Picklyk officiating. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home. 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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I found a penny today, Just laying on the ground But it’s not just a penny, This little coin I’ve found. “Found” pennies come from heaven, That’s what my Grandpa told me He said angels toss them down; Oh, how I loved that story. He said when an angel misses you, They toss a penny down Sometimes just to cheer you up, Make a smile out of your frown So don’t pass by that penny, When you’re feeling blue It may be a penny from heaven That an angel tossed to you. by Charles L. Mashburn

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of

Kate Philcox (Falkenholt) May 12, 1944 – December 23, 2019

On Monday, December 23, 2019, Kate Solveig Philcox (Falkenholt) passed away at Mariposa Gardens in Osoyoos. She was predeceased by her parents Ruth and Poul Falkenholt of Oliver. Kate will be lovingly remembered and cherished by her family; brother Kurt (Heather), son Nathan (Kirsten), sons Jason and Ryan, and seven grandchildren. Born in Denmark, Kate came to Canada with her family in 1949, where they settled in Oliver on a farm south of town. Kate moved away from Oliver as a young woman, but returned each summer to spend time with her family and to work in the orchard. In 1979 after living briefly in Kelowna, Kamloops and Calgary, Kate re-settled in Westsyde, Kamloops where she remained for 36 years. Kate worked in a number of hospitality jobs over the years but will be remembered most proudly for her years spent as a forest firefighter, a career she took up in her early fifties. She would return home from 12-14 hour days in the burning hills, covered in black soot and tired, but with a big smile on her face. For many years Kate was active in the community, enjoying volunteering at curling, skating, hockey and concert events at the Kamloops Coliseum. Kate loved the outdoors and cherished visits with family in the Christian Valley and long walks with friends and their furry companions along the shores of the Thompson River. The family would like to thank Dr. Calder for his care and the staff at Mariposa Gardens for helping make Kate comfortable and feel special in her final years. In memory of Kate, donations gratefully accepted for the Alzheimer’s Society. Condolences and tributes may be directed to the family by visiting www.nunes-pottinger.com

Marjorie May Madill (née Keldson) January 27, 1935 - December 26, 2014

Our dear mother was born in Northern Alberta and grew up on the family homestead. While she loved her Wild Rose Country, she relocated to British Columbia where she met and married Vern in 1955. Together they raised their family of six: Lynn (Bob), Wayne, David (Monique), Arlene, Marvin and Heidi. She instilled some of her adventurous spirit in all of us, whether it was her love of motorcycles, old cars, camping, fishing, snowmobiling, or, to her endless worry, our stints at skydiving, scuba diving, skiing, riding ATV’s, improving our aim at Cowboy Action Shooting or taking to the lake to enjoy a good boat ride (fishing or speedboat). Behind her kind and gentle nature, apparently there lived the need for speed we all inherited. In her later years, she retrained and became a personal caregiver, and after retiring, steadfastly refused any caretaking from the likes of us. Her door was always open to visits though and the kettle ready for coffee or tea, or a cold beer in the fridge to go with a good game of crib. But more than anything else, she will always be remembered for her kindness, wisdom and generous heart. There was always room at her table, or on her couch for those down on their luck and under her table for any of the assorted pets we brought home or rescued. She was one-of-a kind, and will be forever missed.

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Elsa Ring February 23, 1927 – December 23, 2019 Mom passed away at 92 years old in the early morning of December 23, 2019 at Pine Grove Care Centre in Kamloops, BC. She is survived by her loving husband of 66 years Tor Ring, her children Karen Ring (Surrey), Brent Ring and partner Heather Hansen (Kamloops), Nora Ring (Calgary) and her granddaughter Kirsten Blakney and fiancé Jeff Cathrea (Kelowna). Mom is predeceased by her father Konrad Huseby, mother Hilda Gulbrandsen and brother Kai Huseby. It is a sad time and mom will be lovingly missed but her’s was a life well lived, filled with passion, creativity and hard work. Mom was born in Enebakk, Norway and lived through the occupation of Norway during WWII. She went to school for home economics and worked as a stenographer at an engineering firm before making the life changing decision to travel to Vancouver, BC for a new job. In April 1952, she travelled on her own by ship from Oslo to Halifax and then by train to Vancouver where she worked for a wealthy family in their home. It would be 23 years before she returned to see her family once again in Norway. Upon her arrival in Vancouver, she joined the Sons of Norway and through her new friends she met another Norwegian, fell in love and married our dad within the year. Mom and dad settled in Nanaimo, BC where we were all born and in 1971, our family moved to Westsyde in Kamloops, BC. Mom had many jobs outside of the home. She worked in Nanaimo as a store clerk, in Nanaimo’s library and then as a real estate agent for Zorkin’s and then Block Bros. In Kamloops, she worked at the Cheese and Wine shop in Thompson Park, then nine years at Tranquille School as a care aide and then the manager of the Tranquille Canteen. Mom was a mentor and a teacher. She shared her Norwegian heritage through over 60 years of membership in Sons of Norway (SON). Mom was a leader in the Norwegian community and held the positions of District 7 President, District 7 Officer and Foundation Director. She was instrumental in developing opportunities for others to connect with their Norwegian

heritage and learn the classic Norwegian cultural skills of language, folkdance, food preparation, baking and hardanger. Our talented mom brought out the beauty in everything that she touched. She would likely be found in the kitchen, the sewing room, in the garden or dancing in the living room with dad. She was known for food and flowers and was definitely ahead of her time when it came to food preparation, flavours and food presentation. She was a frequent guest on Lois Cutler’s cooking show, “Carefree Cooking” and published her own cookbook, “Care Enough to Cook” in 1991. Food was not just food to mom, it was an experience of flavour and a display of beauty complete with a table setting and flowers. Outside of the kitchen, mom’s other passion was flowers. Her sanctuary was her garden where she designed her flower beds and grew the most beautiful dahlias, roses and gladiolas. Our home was always filled with the beauty of flowers. Our family is extremely grateful for the care and compassion given to our mom and dad during his daily visits by the staff at Pine Grove Care Centre and to Dr. Sigalet who looked after mom during the past five years. If friends desire, a donation can be made in her memory to the Pine Grove Lodge Resident Society, 313 McGowan Ave., Kamloops, BC V2B 2N8. With love and a final good bye, we will celebrate mom’s life on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 1:30 pm with family and friends at Hills of Peace Lutheran Church, 695 Robson Drive, Kamloops, BC. Arrangements entrusted to Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services 250-554-2324 Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

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Marion Harvey passed away peacefully in her sleep in Merritt, BC on October 27, 2019 at the age of 95 years. She is very sadly missed and survived by her three daughters Helen Harvey of Ashcroft, BC, Susan Harvey of Red Deer, AB and Ashala Harvey of Merritt, BC, her grandchildren Jana, Kate, Jonathan, Polly, Andrew and Auguste and her nephew Andrew of London, UK. She is fondly remembered by residents of the Florentine in Merritt. Marion was predeceased by her husband Roger in 2014. A Celebration of Life was held at the Florentine on November 16, 2019 with Reverend Angus Muir officiating. Should friends desire, donations may be made in her honour to the Food Bank, Salvation Army or the Knowledge Network. On-line condolences may be expressed at www.MerrittFuneralChapel.com

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OBITUARIES & IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of Donna Jack 1945 - 2010

Happy Birthday As long as I love you will live. As long as I live you will be remembered. As long as I love you will be loved.

Love Rob

Charlotte (Lottie) Quast

Gilbert (Gib) Joseph Young

June 30, 1935 – December 27, 2019

December 15, 1923 – December 28, 2019

With extreme sadness the family of Charlotte Quast of Kamloops, BC announce her passing at Royal Inland Hospital on Friday, December 27, 2019 at the age of 84. Charlotte will be sadly missed by her daughter Marilyn (Mike) of Ottawa and son Brian (Debbie) of Logan Lake/Lacombe, grandchildren Mark (Sophie) of Fort Coulonge, Chrissy (Kyle) and Tammy (Steven) of Calgary and three greatgrandchildren Gavin, Logan and Quinn. Charlotte was predeceased by her husband Percy in 2004 and her siblings Horricks, Glen, R.D., Sidney, Christena and Lorne. Charlotte was a member of the Logan Lake community since 1977. In 2002, she and Percy moved to Kamloops. She loved spending time with her family and friends. When she was not in the Logan Lake / Kamloops area Charlotte was travelling back east to visit family and friends. Charlotte will be forever remembered for her generosity and heart of gold. Her true joy was in helping family and friends and embracing their happiness. A Memorial Service will be held on January 4, 2020 at 10:30 am at the Logan Lake Community Church. In lieu of flowers, should you desire, donations can be made in Charlotte’s memory to the Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father and grandfather. Gilbert passed away peacefully at the Overlander Care Centre in Kamloops, BC on December 28, 2019. Gilbert was born in Cache Bay, Ontario on December 15, 1923. He was the oldest of two children born to Arthur and Marie Young. Gilbert was predeceased by his father Arthur Young and his mother Marie Young. Gilbert is survived by his brother Orel Young and his nephew Douglas Young of Barrie, Ontario, his sons Gilbert (Wanda) Young of Grande Prairie, AB and Bill Weigle of Sault Saint Marie, Ontario. He is also survived by his grandchildren Jesse and Taylor, Carey (Randy), Teresa (Robert), Lori (Jeff), Dana (Jeremy) and Erin (Tom). He was also blessed with seven greatgrandchildren and one great-greatgranddaughter. Gilbert enlisted into the army in 1943 at the age of 19 years. He served as a paratrooper until his discharge in July 1945, after being wounded. After returning home, Gilbert decided to travel west to experience new adventures. His travels took him to Prince George,

BC where he remained for 10 years. He next adventure took him to Vancouver, BC where he remained until his retirement. Gilbert moved to Logan Lake, BC in 1986, where he resided with his common-law wife Margo McAnsch until her passing in 2012. In 2014, Gilbert made the decision to move to Kamloops, BC where he resided until his passing. Gilbert, also known as Gib to many, will be dearly missed by his family and friends. His kindness and humour touched many lives. As per his wishes, there will not be a service, but a celebration of life will be held in Logan Lake, BC at a later date. If so desired, donations can be made to a charity of one’s choice in Gilbert’s honour. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dwayne Michael Feist of Kamloops on December 26, 2019 at the Kamloops Hospice. He was predeceased by his parents Ben and Grace Feist. Dwayne is survived by his daughter Alana Feist and son Jeremiah Reid (Meghan) and six beautiful grandchildren. Also left to mourn are his brother Dale Feist (Wendy), sisters Debbie Hunnisett (Barry), Darlene Toombs and numerous nieces and nephews. Dwayne was born on April 3, 1956 in Regina, Saskatchewan. As the youngest sibling, Dwayne was naturally mischievous, keeping us on our toes until his final days. Dwayne loved a good laugh and never knew when to stop making them, he always seemed to have a joke for every situation, even when they weren’t appropriate! He accepted his illness with humour and grace which left us all proud but not surprised. Those of us that knew Dwayne knew he was an avid Raiders football fan who loved a cold Budweiser, a room temperature Budweiser, Sunday night football and Monday night football. Dwayne was a caregiver to both his parents until their own deaths. We thank you for that little brother. His humour and kindness was infectious and he will live on in our hearts, minds, thoughts and laughs forever. A service will be determined at later date by family. However, well-wishers are encouraged to write a note of farewell on a Budweiser can and drink it in his honour. And remember to live life to the fullest and laugh, laugh and laugh some more. To all the staff at Kamloops Hospice, we send you a heartfelt thank you. You are the most wonderful, caring group of people. Thank you for all the love and support you gave our brother and family. We greatly appreciate it. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577 Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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After a short illness, Shirley O’Connor died peacefully surrounded by family on November 24, 2019. Shirley was a beloved mom, grandma, auntie and sister. She had numerous friends in the Kamloops area, many from her time as a residential care aide in the 1990s at the Orcrest and Brock group homes and at Ponderosa Lodge. Friends are welcome to a Celebration of Shirley’s Life on Saturday, January 11, 2020 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the Okanagan Falls Senior Centre. Donations in Shirley’s memory can be made to the Okanagan Falls Senior Activity Society, 1128 Willow Street, PO Box 515, Okanagan Falls, BC, VOH 1RO. E-transfer to OFSAS.finance@shaw.ca.

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Enrico Rizzetto during the early morning hours of December 31, 2019. Enrico is survived by his wife Laura, children Luca, Christina and Claudia and grandchildren Nathan and Martina. Prayers will be recited for Enrico on Friday, January 3, 2020 at 7:00 pm. The Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 10:00 am at Holy Family Parish, 2797 Sunset Drive, Kamloops.

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