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defence lawyer and a Thompson Rivers University law professor are hoping their idea for a mental-health court in Kamloops could eventually effect change not just in the city, but across B.C. “Oftentimes, we see people with mental-health issues and addictions, they don’t

have that support, they don’t have those resources,” Ruby Dhand, a TRU law professor and one of the driving forces behind the idea, told KTW. “There’s been so much stigma and it’s led to the criminalization of mental-health issues. I think there are a number of reasons we have to ensure there are more specialized courts like this and, specifically, more mental-health courts.”

Dhand has been working with Michelle

Stanford, a city defence lawyer, in putting together a plan they hope will lead to a new court in Kamloops for accused people with mental-health and addictions issues.

“We see a lot of mental-health clients being incarcerated at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre and it being a revolving door,” Stanford said. “We thought, ‘There’s got to be a better way.’”

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The head of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District was on paid leave for two weeks before resigning last Friday.

Chief administrative officer Sukh Gill handed in his resignation, but there has been no explanation for his exit.

An interim CAO will be appointed and a search will be done for a permanent replacement.

Gill’s resgnation came just hours after KTW began inquiring about the fact he had been on paid leave

Sukh Gill was appointed CAO of the regional district in 2011.

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The board of directors is remaining mum on the issue and is refusing to divulge why Gill was on paid leave or why he has resigned.

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Collaboration is focus of mental-health courts From A1

According to Stanford, many mental-health accused are stuck in the system.

“They’re getting charged, pleading guilty, maybe getting assessed and ending up with time served and being released,” she said.

“Then they’re released with no treatment and it starts over again. Maybe they get more and more time in jail, but there is no treatment. We’re hoping we could take a holistic approach.”

In mental-health court, Dhand said, those accused would receive treatment as part of their sentence.

“The intent is to divert people with mentalhealth issues away from the criminal-justice system,” she said. “We want to push them towards a plan to ensure they are connected to various supports in the community.”

Dhand said the plan is to have a dedicated court to deal with such accused, perhaps sitting once a week with the same judge and the same prosecutors.

“To have that consistency is really important,” she said. “And the goal is to have some training offered for people in this area.”

The offences dealt with in the court would be minor ones — break-ins, breaches, thefts and the like.

“People need to accept responsibility,” Dhand said. “And the program will only work if it’s voluntary.”

According to Dhand, there are more than 20 mental-health courts operating in Canada, but none in B.C. She said the appetite is there from those involved in the criminal justice system and other associated groups.

“All the agencies we’ve been able to talk to have been excited about this,” she said, noting judges, lawyers and social workers also see a benefit. “They really see this as fundamental to increase access to justice and ensuring fairness.”

Stanford said organizers held a meeting last fall and the plan is to pitch the idea to the Provincial Court of B.C.’s judicial council later this year.

“We have a sense of what the problems are in dealing with recidivists,” she said. “That’s something we’ve considered.”

According to Dhand, the ultimate goal is to have the court in place on a pilot basis in the next 12 months.

“We hope to come out with kind of a blue print,” she said. “This could be a pilot project here and also have it for research — even the practical nature of it.

In the future, we could use this as a model for B.C.” THE EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE In November, Nova Scotia’s mental-health court program marked 10 years of existence, with its legal

approach focused on collaboration rather than conflict.

The court is located in numerous communities and has seen its name changed — from Nova Scotia Mental Health Court to the less stigmatizing Dartmouth Wellness Court.

A preliminary assessment study released in November stated a key ingredient for the success of program participants is “being ready for personal change.”

That was echoed by Tomi Abriel, who completed the program in 2017. Abriel said he was “petrified” when he was first referred to the mental health court.

“In my mind I was walking up the gallows,” he said. “My experience has been the complete opposite. I realized I was on a journey of recovery and had a team of professionals behind me who were really championing my success as long as I was willing to do the hard work that was required.”

Abriel said he was also inspired by seeing others do well in a program he describes as a “dynamic experience.” He credited the support he received from the court and the therapies accessed in the community as a result, with turning his life around.

“I do believe that I have the tools that I need to go on and deal with life on life’s terms as it comes to me,” he said.

Mental health courts first appeared in Canada in the late 1990s to deal with people with mental disorders who come into conflict with the law as a result of their mental challenges.

Unlike the adversarial approach taken in the regular court system, the mental health court focuses on collaboration and problem solving.

“It is now widely acknowledged that the traditional justice system is not well-equipped to address the complex needs of individuals living with mental illness and substance use,” the Nova Scotia study says. “It took years to accept this and develop a new approach.”

In Nova Scotia, the court programs administer a support plan tailored to the needs of each person.

They are held accountable for their crimes and are assessed for their potential risk to public safety.

Since its inception, the Dartmouth court has expanded to include an opioid court program, an alcohol court program and a judicial monitoring program, which primarily serves marginalized and vulnerable people who live with undiagnosed trauma.

A report released on the Dartmouth court’s fifth anniversary in 2014 said that of the 232 adults deemed eligible to use the court between 2009 and 2013, 86 per cent had successfully completed its voluntary diversion program.

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B.C.’s finance minister on Tuesday unveiled a hold-the-course budget, with modest new money for electric vehicle rebates and postsecondary grants, funded by new taxes on highincome earners and sugary drinks.

People with taxable income of more than $220,000 will see a tax hike from 16.8 per cent to 20.5 per cent, in a move government estimates will generate $216 million in new revenue next year, and $713 million over three years.

“We’re asking those at the top, who benefit the most from our economy, to contribute a little bit more,” Finance Minister Carole James said.

“Nearly half the revenue of this tax increase will come in from individuals with income above $1 million and, even with this tax rate, B.C.’s personal income taxes remain very competitive.”

While the new income tax affects a relatively small number of people, a second new tax on sugary drinks will impact far more consumers.

The government will end a provincial sales tax exemption on sugary drinks, like pop, starting July 1, said James. Adding the seven per cent PST to such beverages will generate more than $30 million annually.

“This is a health initiative to look at how we grow healthy young people,” said James.

“I think it’s interesting if you take a look at the largest consumption of pop, sweetened drinks, it is 14- to 18-year-olds. We want to make sure we’re doing our part to set them on the stage of having a healthy life ahead.”

The revenue from the new taxes will help fund a new $24-million grant program to offer up to $4,000 a year for low-income college and

university students in September. That grant program will be overhauled to include students taking diploma and certificate courses in trades, education and health-care programs, which were previously ineligible.

“Access to education creates opportunities that span generations,” said James. “It has the power to change a family forever.”

It will also help pay for another extension to existing electric vehicle rebates of up to $3,000, at a cost of $28 million next year.

Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar said he felt Tuesday’s budget was underwhelming and lacking new dollars for the environment.

Milobar, the opposition B.C. Liberal environment critic, said he doesn’t feel the $20 million budgeted for the electric vehicle rebate program will last more than six months when previous fiscal years have seen spending amounts more than double that amount.

There also doesn’t appear to be a re-establishment of the Rural Dividend Fund in the new budget, Milobar said.

“I think there’s going to be a lot of disappointed mayors and councils out there and understandably so,” he said.

Milobar said he doesn’t see any positives for Kamloops in the 2020 budget, noting there was no money identified to improving Highway 5 between Kamloops and Jasper, while the government’s recommitment to twinning the TransCanada Highway that has been delayed for two years doesn’t give him peace of mind it will be deal with in a timely manner.

Noting some positives in the budget, Milobar said it’s a good to see the government continue with the commitment to raise the amount people

with disabilities can earn before being taxed.

Overall, the 2020/21 budget, which starts April 1, estimates a $227 million surplus on $60 billion in spending.

Spending is rising faster than revenue, at a 3.1 per cent expenditure increase compared to last year, on 2.6 per cent in new revenue.

The budget, which comes with $900 million in contingency and forecast allowances, is a far cry from the large-scale spending plans delivered by the NDP government since it formed power in 2017.

James continued to warn Tuesday of a softening economy, international economic risks and the need for prudence in spending. The province’s economic growth remains estimated at 1.8 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

“If you took a look at past governments, what would often happen at this time during a moderating economy is you’d see programs and services cut,” said James. “We’re not doing that.”

While some revenue sources are up in the budget, such as the carbon tax and property transfer tax, other revenues are lagging, including personal and corporate income tax.

B.C.’s share of cannabis taxes from Ottawa sat at $6 million in 2019-2020 due to the slow rollout of stores and what critics have said are more attractive prices and products in the black market. However, the budget projects a spike in cannabis revenue to $50 million next year and $70 million annually after that.

James said $18 million is also being set aside on public health and enforcement for cannabis.

The budget largely holds the line for housing affordability and child care, two key election promises from the NDP government in the 2017 election.

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Coronavirus case in Interior KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

The province’s fifth case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a woman in her 30s who lives in the Interior Health region.

The news came from the latest update by Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

Henry said the woman recently returned from Shanghai, China, but did not visit Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.

“She came home from Shanghai through YVR and travelled by private vehicle to her home in the Interior,” Henry said, noting the woman is in isolation at home

and in good condition.

The woman was tested for the disease on Feb. 11 and the results came back positive on Feb. 13.

The latest test brings to eight the number of COVID19 cases in Canada. There have also been three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.

“Her symptoms started, we think, around the time of arrival and we’re working out those details and looking at the flights and whether we have to contact people on those flights,” Henry said, noting the woman had a “very small number of close contacts,” all of whom are also in isolation.

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negative for the virus.

As of Feb. 13, there have been 524 people and 769 samples tested in the province (some individuals have been tested more than once).

Meanwhile, according to the World Health Organization, as of Tuesday, there have been 73,332 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, most of which — 72,528 — are in China. There have been 804 laboratory-confirmed cases outside of China, spread among 25 countries, including the eight in Canada.

There have been 1,870 deaths related to COVID-19, with three outside of China, in the Philippines, Japan and France.

Gill had been TNRD CAO since 2011 From A1

TNRD chair Ken Gillis confirmed to KTW earlier on Friday that Gill began paid leave within the last two weeks.

“That’s about all I can tell you, is Mr. Gill is on leave,” Gillis told KTW on Friday morning.

“We don’t have any timeline, but if there is anything to tell, certainly our communications people will do a release. That’s about all I can tell you. At this time, he is on leave, but I don’t know exactly for how long.”

Gill was appointed CAO in 2011, having previously served as the regional district’s deputy administrator and finance director.

He has been employed by the TNRD for two decades and was previously finance director with the City of Merritt.

In 2018, the most recent year of publicly released financial documents, Gill’s salary was $267,296.

In Gill’s absence, TNRD finance director Doug Rae is acting CAO. Gillis would not disclose the reason for Gill’s leave, calling it a “personnel matter.”

He would not comment on whether the

leave was connected to health or disciplinary reasons.

“We don’t comment on personnel matters,” Gillis said.

Three other TNRD directors reached by KTW echoed Gillis in declining to speak on the matter.

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TNRD director Stephen Quinn of the Thompson Headwaters electoral area near Blue River, said the leave cannot be discussed as it is being dealt with in-camera.

KTW left a message at Gill’s home, seeking comment, but he had not returned the call by press deadline on Tuesday.

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Henry said the woman called health officials when she began to feel ill.

Officials have not revealed where in the Interior Health region the woman lives.

The Interior Health region is massive, spanning 215,000 square kilometres, an area larger than many countries.

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Two years after the disappearance of 20-year-old Ryan Shtuka in Sun Peaks, the case is as much a mystery as the day he went missing.

Monday marked 24 months since the Beaumont, Alta., man vanished without a trace from a house party on Burfield Drive on the cold, snowy night of Feb. 17, 2018.

His parents, Heather and Scott Shtuka, have scoured the resort community, constantly checking the area where their son was last seen, with thousands of volunteers, search dogs, drones and helicopters having combed through the area.

“But that’s not to say

RYAN SHTUKA that we didn’t miss something, so we’re going to continue looking,” Scott told KTW. The parents believe their son’s body is still somewhere in Sun Peaks.

“It’s hard,” Scott said.

“The feeling is you’ve done so much and you haven’t found any evidence of anything like a hat or shoes or anything like that, so it’s tough that way.”

Scott said they will continue to search at Sun Peaks and anywhere else, should a solid tip come in.

The family has conducted about seven searches in Sun Peaks in the past year and meet regularly with the RCMP whenever they make the trip, but police have no new information to suggest any break in the case.

Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the disappearance is still being investigated as Mounties continue to receive and follow up on tips from the public.

Asked if police have learned anything new in the past year that can’t be released publicly, Shelkie said she wouldn’t be able to confirm or deny any such details.

Shelkie said police still have no evidence suggesting Ryan Shtuka left

Sun Peaks.

Heather and Scott will continue searching in Sun Peaks this spring when the record amount of snowfall has receded.

The Shtukas have also been working with the Wings of Mercy — a non-profit group that helps families search for missing loved ones — and in the spring will use software to analyze footage taken of the area last summer.

Ryan is white, stands six feet tall, weighs 180 pounds and has blond hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing dark jeans, a grey and white shirt, blue coat and burgundy ball cap.

Those with information is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

Pier 1 to close all stores in Canada KAMLOOPS LOCATION’S FINAL DAY WILL BE MARCH 29 Pier 1 Imports is shutting down all its stores in Canada, including the Kamloops location on Hillside Drive.

The home goods retailer’s decision is being made in connection with its plans to file for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. to facilitate a sale of the company.

According to Pier 1, a March 23 deadline to submit bids has been set. The Texas-based company has been struggling with

increased competition from budget-friendly online retailers such as Wayfair.

There are 14 people who work at the Kamloops location, according to a store employee.

Their last day of work is scheduled to be on March 29.

The Kamloops store is located at 1055 Hillside Dr. — in the shopping complex that includes Walmart, Michaels and the recently closed Montana’s restaurant.

Pier 1 is also commencing creditor protection proceedings in Canada, with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP serving as Canadian legal advisers.

In a statement released on Monday, the company said it will continue to shutter stores as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. The company, which was founded in 1962, is also closing two distribution centres.

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PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING The City would like to update residents on the 2020–2024 Five-Year Financial Plan and introduce staff and community-driven supplemental items along with potential funding sources.

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oth the protesters who demonstrated recently in the intersection of Summit Drive and McGill Road in Kamloops and those calling for police to quell the noise and allow the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline to be built through northwest B.C. have it wrong.

It is not as simple a matter as either side would have us believe. The clearest evidence of that is the lack of consensus among the Wet’suwet’en people themselves. Like the population outside the First Nation’s territory, there are those who support the project (including hundreds employed by it) and those firmly opposed.

Among the Wet’suwet’en people themselves, there are those who maintain the rule of law lies with the hereditary chiefs who oppose Coastal GasLink, while others in the First Nation have become more vocal recently in arguing against that sentiment.

Even references to landmark court cases have further confused the situation, with some erroneously claiming the 1997 Delgamuukw/Gisday’way vs. B.C. decision in the Supreme Court of Canada granted the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan title to 58,000 square kilometres of northwest B.C. The ruling did not do that. It reversed the 1991 B.C. Supreme Court decision that held that Aboriginal claims to title were extinguished once British Columbia entered Confederation 1871, but it did not grant title to the First Nations, instead urging negotiation or a new trial, which has yet to be held.

Adding to the clear as mud view of this issue is the fact Coastal GasLink has followed the 2014 Supreme Court of Canada Tsilhqot’in decision by obtaining the free, prior and informed consent of the First Nations along the pipeline’s route. However, that consent is a moot point to the hereditary chiefs and their supporters as they do not recognize elected band councils’ authority over land outside Indian Act-created reserves.

The entire issue is complex. The root of this dispute is, of course, land claims, or lack thereof. Until that issue is settled, disputes such as we are seeing today will continue in perpetuity.

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s this column is written, ongoing protests in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs continue.

So does inaction at all levels of government.

Both Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say they support the right to protest, seemingly unaware of the major damage these random protests cause people in their day-to-day lives.

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, a former MP who was arrested at a protest in Burnaby over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, has done nothing to ensure traffic could keep moving on major roads and bridges in his city, leaving thousands of people unable to get to work or school or back home again.

Most of the heat is on Horgan.

The Coastal GasLink pipeline is within provincial jurisdiction. It will move natural gas from northeastern B.C. to an LNG facility in Kitimat.

The liquefied gas is to be shipped to China and other Asian countries, enabling them to reduce their dependence on coalburning electricity plants.

The protesters attempted to shut down the B.C. Legislature entirely on Feb. 11, when the spring session was to begin.

MLAs, staff members, members of the media and the public were kept out of the building, with protesters

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blocking every entrance.

Some managed to get inside and, eventually, the legislature sat, with Lieut.-Gov. Janet Austin reading the Speech from the Throne.

Horgan addressed the impact of the blockade the following day, making it clear his government would do nothing to stop protesters from disrupting activities, other than that of government itself.

The following day, he sent a letter to both Wet’suwet’en and Gitksan hereditary chiefs, who had asked for a meeting.

He promised Indigenous Relations Affairs Minister Scott Fraser would meet with them if a blockade of the CN rail line near New Hazelton ended. That blockade has stopped all rail traffic to and from Prince Rupert.

Horgan missed the point — again. The chiefs want to meet with him. He turned them down

once before. They value protocol.

How did this situation get so bad? The first reason is that few B.C. First Nations have treaties and thus have laid claim to vast areas which they have traditionally used. The treaty process needs a drastic overhaul.

The second is related to the first. First Nations people have been treated badly for many generations — since the first Europeans showed up here in the 1700s.

The attempt to eradicate their distinctive languages, culture and society through assimilation, disease, colonial power structures and other means has been resisted. This has left First Nations and governments with huge misunderstandings. These have not been helped by a series of court rulings, some of which are in conflict.

As Horgan said, “It is a process.”

Horgan, Trudeau and Stewart are in a situation that politicians hate to be in — no matter what they do, they will be roundly condemned.

The role played by social media in amplifying the protests cannot be ignored.

Protesters have been emboldened. Disruptions will go on as long as government inaction continues.

Frank Bucholtz is a columnist and former editor with Black Press Media. Email him at frank.bucholtz@blackpress.ca

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OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

AIRPORT NEEDS CHILD’S PLAY COUNCIL NEEDS TO SHOW NORTH SHORE SOME LOVE Editor: On Valentine’s Day evening, my partner and I saw the play The Love List, which was performed by the Kamloops Players at the small Stage House Theatre on the North Shore.

Until that night, I did not even know we had such a funky, cozy theatre venue on our side of town. It is so awesome.

I highly recommend this play, which runs on Feb. 21 and Feb, 22. It is fresh, super funny and the actors and actress are so talented.

The evening made me contemplate political matters. I live and work on the North Shore and am disappointed by the uneven level of capital dollars spent on the South Shore compared to the North Shore.

There are plans in place to ask for funding to increase a pathway in Sahali. What about our McArthur Island pathway, which is uneven, bumpy and unusable when the snow melts due to massive puddles?

What about our Fortune Drive versus West Victoria Street upgrades? Seriously, our Fortune Drive is as bumpy and uneven as was West Victoria Street when it was gravel.

Is spending based on who pays more property taxes? As in a love relationship, in which both people contribute equally to its success, so too should there be equal dollar for dollar spending between the North and South shores.

Tanja Hasler Kamloops

Editor: I have been a proud resident of Kamloops for the past six years and I am grateful I have the opportunity to travel by air as part of my work and for pleasure.

I have, however, experienced delays from Kamloops Airport on several occasions. The delays are not surprising as they are just a part of air travel.

However, I am disappointed that an airport servicing a city of 90,000 people has no child amenities.

Our flight from Kamloops to San Diego via Calgary was delayed in midDecember due to mechanical issues.

My partner and our one-year-old son spent 10 hours in the airport due to the delay. We thought about leaving, but our flight time kept changing.

Anyone who has flown out of Kamloops Airport can imagine what it would be like to spend the better part of a day in the airport with a one-yearold child.

There is limited seating, food service that can take hours and no area for children. I was concerned for the safety of our child, thus he couldn’t leave my arms.

I emailed staff at the airport on Dec. 28 and again on Feb. 7. They eventually

responded on Feb. 12 with this message: “As I’m sure you can appreciate, hygiene and child safety are significant considerations when introducing common use play materials. In 2019, we retrofitted our restrooms to include step-up stools for children. Thank you for taking the time to comment.”

I recently flew out of Cranbrook and that airport had a small play area for children I’m confused as to why this is so challenging for Kamloops Airport?

Andrea Burrows Kamloops

CREATE A SWIMMING HOLE AT MAC ISLE Editor: The Canada Games Aquatic Centre at the Tournament Capital Centre will close for six months later this year as maintenance is conducted.

In my lifetime, Kamloops has gone from four public outdoor swimming pools to one, while the population has increased by greater than 50 per cent and the summers have become even hotter.

We need more outdoor swim space, particularly with Pioneer Park becoming predominantly a dog swim park and the reduced use of Riverside Park beach now that the logs have been removed

(they acted as a breakwater to slow the current for a safer swim area and were used as an obstacle on which to play).

I don’t understand why we can’t use the river to create a safe (reduced current) natural water park along the warmer Thompson or South Thompson rivers.

For example, each year the water table rises during the late spring, flooding western areas of McArthur Island (the former golf course area).

Why not use this natural process to create a large natural swimming pond?

The rising ground water is fresh, only to become stale and mosquito-infested

because it has no place to go.

Why not simply add additional fresh river water, pumped directly from the river, creating a large swimming pond, with the excess water spilling out a culvert and back into the river?

An insignificant amount of water will leach back into the ground because of the heightened water table and what small amount of water does is only going to feed into the river, so very little water will be wasted.

In this example, fresh water is replacing older water before it becomes stale, thereby creating a clean, fresh swimming hole

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This is what Castlegar does with its Millennium Park along the Columbia River.

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Why can’t this be done with the Thompson River?

We would be using natural clean water, we would be creating a recreational aquatic aspect to one of the great sports parks in Western Canada and it would be relatively inexpensive.

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The Better Business Bureau has been receiving reports from the public about calls from scammers impersonating Microsoft, following the corporation’s announcement on Jan. 14 that it is no longer providing technical assistance, software updates or bug fixes for Windows 7.

According to recent BBB Scam Tracker reports, the fraudsters are trying to lure Windows users into paying to update their “expiring Windows licence” — whether they need to or not.

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Kamloops Mounties say an “unusual” Monday night saw four impaired drivers busted on city streets in a five-hour span on the Family Day holiday.

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Trudeau says Wet’suwet’en crisis, blockades a critical moment for country CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s past time to resolve the nationwide blockades and tensions over a British Columbia pipeline project and is asking demonstrators to engage with his government to seek a solution.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the prime minister warned that a path forward won’t be easily found, but says everyone has a stake in getting this right.

He said the protests are serious and a critical moment for the country.

Trudeau is under increasing pressure to end the blockades, which he says he wants to do quickly but peacefully.

Hereditary chiefs in the Wet’suwet’en First Nation oppose the natural-gas pipeline through their traditional territory, though it’s received approval from elected band councils.

Since the RCMP moved in to enforce an injunction and keep the hereditary chiefs and their supporters away from the pipeline worksites,

protests by Indigenous people and supporters have shut down the CN rail network in eastern Canada, suspended most Via Rail passenger service, and temporarily blocked traffic on streets and bridges and at ports in multiple cities.

Trudeau said people are upset and patience is running short “We need to find a solution and we need to find it now,’’ he said.

Trudeau said he is formally extending his government’s hand in partnership and trust to Indigenous demonstrators.

Opposition Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer replied that Trudeau’s speech was a weak response and a failure of leadership. He called on the prime minister to denounce what Scheer called radical activists.

The response, and heckling in the House of Commons, came hours after the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations called for calm and constructive dialogue to ease tensions.

A number of chiefs Tuesday suggested it may be time to bring the situation to a peaceful conclusion and bring down the blockades.

Tribute to be held in Edmonton for victims of Iranian plane crash CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — A tribute is being held Saturday in Edmonton to remember the Canadians who were killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after takeoff near Tehran.

Reza Akbari, president of the Iranian Heritage Society of Edmonton, said the event will be held at 1 p.m. at City Hall.

“We cannot forget these people,’’ he said Tuesday in an interview.

Among the 176 people killed when the airliner was shot down last month were 57 Canadian citizens. A total of 138 people on the flight were connecting to Canada via Kyiv.

Many were students and academics returning to Canada after a December break.

Thirteen people from Edmonton — nine citizens and four international students — were on the plane.

They included a medical doctor and her two daughters, two professors and their children, and a number

of students from the University of Alberta.

Iran has said the plane was mistaken for a hostile target amid escalating tensions with the United States.

Canada and its allies have been pushing Iran to release the black boxes from the crash so the data can be properly analysed by facilities in France.

Akbari said the families are counting on the federal government to keep up the pressure.

“We understand ... that this is not going to be an easy path,’’ he said.

“We cannot forget and put aside the fact that 57 Canadian citizens were killed ... in a most brutal way.’’

He and many others, he said, wonder why the Iranian government won’t co-operate.

“What is in that black box that they don’t want to release the information?’’ he asked.

Akbari said it has made many of the families wonder if the crash was intentional.

Canada campaigns for security council OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne wrapped two days

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More Canadians from quarantined ship test positive for coronavirus CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The federal government said there are now 43 Canadians on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan who have contracted the novel coronavirus, just as others from the Diamond Princess are set to arrive home later this week.

At last count, more than 450 people from the Diamond Princess, held in the port of Yokohama, had tested positive for the virus known as COVID19. Authorities both in Japan

and Canada say only people who are examined and found healthy would be allowed to fly to quarantine in Canada.

But not everyone who is healthy will travel.

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu said some aboard the cruise ship have indicated they plan to stay with ill family members, but their travel home, whenever it happens, will be tracked. They, too, will be subject to quarantine rules.

Hajdu said there are others aboard the cruise ship with

whom officials are still trying to get in touch.

In all, there are 256 Canadians aboard the cruise ship. Those who have requested and been cleared to fly will leave Japan on Thursday and arrive at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in southern Ontario, for health examinations before being moved on to a Nav Canada training centre in Cornwall, Ont., which includes a large hotel.

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will be unique to each person based on the symptoms they show and whether they test positive for the virus.

“In every circumstance, we’ll be considering that particular person’s health and the risk of further infection,’’ Hajdu said during a press conference in Trenton on Tuesday.

“What we’re trying to do as a country is do our global part in containing the spread in Canada and I will say that I am very proud of the work that’s been happening.”

Bid to get Fox on new bill gaining momentum BLACK PRESS

Support is swelling across B.C. for Terry Fox to get on the next $5 bill.

The Bank of Canada launched its nomination process for a new bill earlier this year and everyone from the City of Port Coquitlam — Fox’s hometown — to a Terry Fox Run organizer in the area are hoping the Canadian hero will make the cut.

In a video posted to Twitter, Terry Fox Run organizer Dave Teixeira talked about why he thought Fox deserved to be the face of the new $5 bill.

“Terry was never doing anything he did, the Marathon of Hope, raising money for cancer, for anything else but to raise money. He wasn’t looking for fame or fortune,” Teixeira said.

Fox is one of Canada’s most iconic heroes.

Although he was born in Winnipeg in 1958, his family moved to Surrey in 1966 and then to Coquitlam in 1968, when he was just 10 years old.

Fox was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, in 1977, and had his right leg amputated later that year.

Three years later, Fox would begin his famed Marathon of Hope by dipping his leg into the waters off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

He hoped to raise $1 for every Canadian.

Fox planned to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research but the cancer spread to his lungs and he was forced to stop just outside of Thunder Bay, 143 days and 5,373 kilometres into the Marathon of Hope. By the end of his run, he had raised $1.7 million.

Fox died on June 28, 1981, at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, just one month shy of his 23rd birthday. By that point, the fundraising efforts that grew from Fox’ dream have reached more than $24.17 million, or one dollar for every Canadian at the time.

The Bank of Canada is accepting nominations online until March 11.

Alleged Canadian neo-Nazi pleads not guilty to U.S. charges CANADIAN PRESS

GREENBELT, Md. — A former Canadian Forces reservist and accused neo-Nazi has pleaded not guilty to charges linked to his role in an alleged plot to touch off a race war in the United States.

Patrik Mathews, 27, has been in custody in the U.S. since he and two of his American cohorts were arrested a month ago by the FBI. Mathews, a former combat engineer, vanished from Beausejour, Man., last year following media reports alleging he was a recruiter for The Base, a white-supremacist group with growing notoriety in the U.S. and around the world.

He is accused of two violations each of two weapons laws.

Prosecutors allege in documents filed in court that Mathews videotaped himself advocating for killing people, poisoning water supplies and derailing trains to incite a civil war in the name of creating a white “ethno-state.’’

They have also accused Mathews and one of his alleged co-conspirators, 33-year-old Brian Lemley Jr., of planning to violently disrupt a massive gunrights rally last month in Richmond, Va.

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Keeping Y kids Strong The Kamloops YMCA-YWCA is launching its Strong Kids 2020 campaign by seeking 1,000 people each willing to make a donation of $100.

The annual Strong Kids campaign raises money to fund Y programs for children and youth, including giving teens access to the Y facility through the free, two-month Teen Summer Membership program, teaching children to swim, funding registration so youth can attend the annual Power of Being a Girl and Strength in Being a Boy conferences, providing vulnerable families an all-inclusive membership to the Y, offering children a place to go on adventures during summer day camp and giving young families access to programs and services that support raising a family.

To donate, and to learn more, go online to kamloopsy.ca.

Scrabble tourney The annual Kiwanis Scrabble Tournament will be held on Monday, Feb. 24, with proceeds going to the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts.

The tournament will held at The Vic, downtown at Victoria Street and Fourth Avenue, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Registration details are online at kamloops kiwanis.org.

FAMILY FUN AT THE TCC

The annual Family Day holiday attracted families to the Tournament Capital Centre for the City of Kamloops Family Day Festival, which featured a number of events. Clockwise from top left: Piper Arkinstall has fun with one of the creative cutouts; Olisa Chude gets musical with a ukulele; Madison Wade aims for nothing but net in wheelchair basketball; Danica Viktoria has fun keeping a balloon afloat.

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am grateful today, for your comments, for the silence and for this wonderful opportunity to write.

These three things allow me to reflect, analyze and critique my own thinking.

I get to question my words and my way of being. As an academic scholar, I wish to engage in debate. To clarify my thoughts, I need to hear different opinions.

You give me this opportunity and, for that, I am grateful.

In that process, I get to learn, I get to know me. In that, I reveal myself to me.

It is truly a gift.

Addiction is cunning, baffling and powerful. It is both a choice and it is not. I choose to pick up, but did not choose the genetic, biological reaction I have when taking that drug/drink.

I react differently than you. Most people become sleepy and/or nauseated when they drink too much or take narcotic drugs.

ASK AN ADDICT Ask an Addict is a column penned by a Kamloops scholar with expertise in addiction issues and someone who is also an addict. The column is meant to inform and help, which is particularly important as we remain mired in an opioid crisis that continues to claim thousands of lives each year.

If you have a question you would like answered, email it to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com.

Anonymity is guaranteed.

Me? I become energized and happy.

I feel extremely good in my skin.

Something wonderful and powerful happens to me when I imbibe in all of that.

Take another example, which bears repeating.

Biochemically, I am different than you when I swallow the antibiotic sulpha.

For years, I took this drug without any adverse reaction. When first prescribed, this medication targeted only the infection. I did not react negatively or break out in a rash.

After time, though, with repeated expo-

sure, I suddenly and, without explanation, developed an allergy to it.

I broke out in hives, My skin became itchy and red. The same medication no longer targeted just the bacteria; it now attacked me.

Something changed within me to make my body react differently to the same drug.

I once consumed it without any trouble or annoyance, but now, with continued exposure combined with my unique biological makeup, I am allergic and can no longer safely consume it.

Had I continued taking this medication,

portation ministry.

The pilot project is in response to findings from the Task Force on School Bus Safety, which was created in January 2019 to examine school bus safety with an emphasis on implementing seatbelts.

Roughly 2.2-million children ride one of nearly 52,000 school buses each day to and from school.

place on Wednesday Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. at Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. in Riverside Park.

I might have died.

This “disease” (allergy) might have progressed.

All diseases and substances act like this.

My biological genetic makeup determines how I react when specific substances enter my system.

Some people do not react adversely when penicillin is given.

Others can take it for years before an allergy develops. Some have an immediate, lifethreatening, anaphylactic reaction, while others do not.

That is the same for substance abuse.

MRIs reveal something changes within addicts/alcoholics when they take their substance of choice.

It is here that I am not responsible. I am not responsible for my biological, genetic makeup. I am not responsible for the hives, the itchiness, the biochemical differences within me.

But I am responsible if I choose to pick up.

I hope this helps to clarify — it has certainly for me.

Community

BRIEFS B.C. DISTRICT TO PILOT BUS SEATBELTS A school district in B.C. will be one of two nationwide involved in a pilot project set to test the waters on seatbelts on school buses.

But exactly which school district remains a mystery.

Last week, the federal government announced the pilot would first launch in the District of Sudbury, Ont., while the second location in B.C. is expected to be announced at a later date.

The pilot projects will involve a limited number of new school buses, equipped with three-point seatbelts that follow the latest federal safety standards, according to a release from the federal trans-

CANNABIS TALK WITH GARDEN CLUB The Kamloops Garden Club’s guest speaker next week will give a presentation on cannabis — how to grow it and the plant’s benefits.

Those looking for a natural way to cure aches and pains can attend the free presentation, which will take

SEEDY SATURDAY HAS MARCH DATE The annual Kamloops Seedy Saturday event will take place on Saturday, March 14, at the OLPH Parish Centre, 635 Tranquille Rd. in North Kamloops.

The event will feature a local seed swap, seed and plant vendors, agricultural vendors, natural food and product artisans and ecologically minded community groups The focus is on sustainability and anything to do with gardening.

The family-friendly event will have healthy snacks and

beverages available.

There will also be free workshops to help guide visitors with gardening questions early in the spring.

To date, organizers have confirmed a local biologist who goes truffle hunting with her dog and a local shop that will provide information on healthy organic growing of cannabis.

In addition, master gardeners will be presenting two other workshops.

For more details, go online to Facebook and search “Kamloops Seedy Saturday.

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WIPER SALES HELP FUND CANCER RESEARCH: Broco Glass and Speedy Glass in Kamloops were among participating franchises in the recent partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society for the Drive Pink Campaign during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Two dollars from every pair of wipers sold was donated to breast cancer research and services for women with the disease. In addition, Trico, supplier to Broco and Speedy, matched the donation, leading to a donation of $8,000. In the photo, from left: Laune Legault, Duncan Libby, Roger Halliday, Kurtis Sveinungsen, Alan Ware, Irina Novak-Calki and Fernando Pierri.

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The non-profit Open Door Group has launched a fundraising campaign for the expansion project of its Gardengate Horticulture Program facility.

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by Interior Health and is a partner of the Kamloops Food Policy Council.

The horticulture program helps those with addictions and/or mental-health issues.

The program has been operating since 2000 out of space in Brocklehurst that is largely unusable during winter months due to lack of heat. With thousands of people from the community visiting Gardengate each year, the program is now looking to expand its facility.

“People come to Gardengate to learn, collaborate, purchase produce and connect with the community,” Gardengate manager Robert Wright said. “Personal wellness and community wellness go hand in hand. Participants leave Gardengate with improved self-esteem, greater selfsufficiency and vocational skills that prepare them to enter, or re-enter, the workforce.”

The space expansion will allow more people to participate in the program. With the new addition of a commercial kitchen, the program gives participants the opportunity to cultivate more skills, such as cooking, carpentry, sales, marketing and machine maintenance. The cost of the facility expansion is $500,000 and more than $150,000 has been raised so far.

To find out more about the project and how to support it, go online to igg.me/at/ Gardengate, call 250-554-9453 or email Robert.wright@opendoorgroup.org.

WORKING FOR THE WHITE CANE CLUB: Rick Diehl (middle) and Diane Jones (left) of Moose Lodge 1552 present Linda Hall of the Kamloops White Cane Club a cheque for $1,000 as the service club continues to raise money for community groups.

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The second annual Open Doors in STEAM event will be held this Friday at Thompson Rivers University.

Through a series of speeches and presentations, the event will connect girls in grades 10 to 12 with women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers.

The keynote speakers for the event are Kerry Gibson, president of EcoCentury technologies, and Lisa Willis, an assistant professor in the department of biological science at the University of Alberta.

Gibson is an international speaker who has been named a UN Women Planet 5050 Champion and a Canadian Global Goodwill Ambassador.

She recently received a Times of Canada Award for Excellence in Innovation.

Willis is the creator of InclusivSTEM, a program that uses data and literature to improve the participation and lived experiences of women and other under-represented groups in STEM. Students attending the day-long event will choose which presenters they wish to hear in each of the day’s three sessions.

The event begins at 9 a.m. at the TRU House of Learning.

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WD Wedgewood Developments Inc., along with Custom Spaces by Cristalee and Motivo Design Group Inc., are Canadian Home Builders’ Association National Awards of Excellence finalists for the project “Devils in the Detail” in the category of Detached Homes, Custom, 2,500 to 3,500 square feet.

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A trio of Kamloops companies are finalists in the Canadian Home Builders’ Association National Awards of Excellence.

WD Wedgewood Developments Inc., along with Custom Spaces by Cristalee and Motivo Design Group Inc., are finalists for the project “Devils in the Detail” in the category of Detached Homes, Custom, 2,500 to 3,500 square feet.

The Kamloops trio is up against Alloy Homes Incorporated of Calgary, Archia Development Ltd. of West Vancouver, Artista Homes of Oak Bluff,

Man. and Vancouver Development of Vancouver.

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association National Awards of Excellence recognize the best in Canadian new homes, home renovations, community development and marketing. More than 700 entries were received from coast to coast, from small towns and large urban areas. Nearly 200 judges reviewed images, floor plans and project description before narrowing down the field.

Winners in 42 categories will be announced at the April 3 gala in Banff, Alta.

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A coalition of central Alberta politicians are again looking at an oft-talked-about route between Red Deer and the B.C. Interior, one that, if built, would shave some time off the drive between Kamloops and the communities between Edmonton and Calgary.

According to an economic development coalition of central Alberta communities, the Howse Pass shortcut to British Columbia is worth examining once again.

Building another route through the mountains and linking it to central Alberta has been raised on and off for decades.

Perhaps, the most recent serious look at the idea came in 2005, when an economic prefeasibility study was done that estimated nearly $400 million in economic benefits.

Central Alberta Economic Partnership chair John Vandermeer said they would like to undertake an economic development study for the region, which would include a re-assessment of the viability of the Howse Pass route, which would shave 95 kilometres off the route from central Alberta to Kamloops.

The drive from Red Deer to Kamloops by way of Calgary is about 760 kilometres. Howse Pass would turn the Kamloops drive into a shorter journey, linking Highway 11 with the Trans-Canada Highway about 30 kilometres west of Golden, which is about four hours east of Kamloops.

“We need to update [the 2005 study] and see if there are other contributing factors that may better support the development of Howes Pass,” said Vandermeer, a Clearwater County councillor.

“There were quite a number of reasons why we should consider it back in 2005. Of course, at this point in time, there is a lot more industrial activity in central Alberta. Also, there’s the tourist component. We’d just like an update and see if there is an even stronger case for moving ahead with that project.”

Vandermeer said a number of central Alberta municipal leaders are interested in the potential economic boost to central Alberta should a new mountain route be available.

Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood, a past chair of the partnership and now vice-chair, said

there appears to be growing interest in the prospect of building the route, which he wants to see considered as part of a broader survey of potential economic development opportunities in the region.

The idea was brought up at a recent meeting between partnership representatives and government officials, he said. The message from government was that clear support would have to be shown for the initiative and that it be a toll road.

A similar approach was taken in B.C., when the Coquihalla Highway was built between Kamloops and Hope. About $845 million — the construction cost of the highway — was collected over 22 years, before the toll booths were removed in 2008.

“Clearly, it [a toll road] would make it more feasible, given the current fiscal situation in Alberta,” Wood said. “The more financially viable we can make the proposal, the more likely it is to get support. So, a toll road is one of the possibilities.”

Support from B.C. and Alberta, and the federal government and various regulatory approvals, would be required for anything to proceed.

There will be opposition.

Environmental groups have long opposed another highway through the wilderness. Federal permission would also be needed to run 34 kilometres of roadway through Banff National Park.

Before any studies are done, the partnership needs to find out what Alberta government support for the 33-municipality organization will be.

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The funding is for rural communities affected by mill closures and will be provided by Destination BC to five regional destination marketing organizations (RDMOs), with each RDMO receiving $200,000 in funding to support strategic planning and destination development.

RDMOs will work together with the affected communities and government to prioritize the needs of the people who live there and determine what tourism investments will have the

greatest impact.

“Tourism Wells Gray has been one of many local voices advocating for additional funding supports to our community in light of the mill closure,” said Stephanie Molina, executive director of TWG. It’s likely that the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), local governments, various ministry representatives, in addition to Tourism Wells Gray, will be meeting next month to discuss plans.

Glenn Mandziuk, TOTA president and CEO, said in an email that his organization will be working closely with communities, regional and local economic development, and tourism agencies in using the funds to develop tourism initiatives and,

ultimately, new business and job opportunities.

“Priorities are for destination development initiative(s) specifically targeting rural communities with populations of less than 25,000 who have been affected by permanent mill closures,” he said.

“Our goal, as we work closely with our partners, will be to find and develop legacy projects that will have a lasting positive impact and may be replicated in other communities in the future.

“Strategic tourism stewardship and management have the ability to make a significant impact on our entire region and we look forward to working together and assisting anywhere we can on bringing this to fruition.”

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Lead Klymchuk and the Corryn-Brown skipped B.C. rink are walking the fine line between embracing surreal moments and focusing on what is now within grasp — a berth in the

Championship Pool.

B.C. (3-2) scored five in the ninth end to vanquish Yukon 12-5 on Tuesday, the victory putting the team in good position ahead of two pivotal games.

Brown will square off against Newfoundland and Labrador (1-4) and Nova Scotia (3-1) on Wednesday, the final day of Pool B action, with 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. start times, respectively.

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Pool B standings as of Tuesday afternoon: Wild Card (4-1), Ontario (4-1), Nova Scotia (3-2), B.C. (3-2), Prince Edward Island (3-2), Northwest Territories (2-3), Newfoundland and Labrador (1-4) and Yukon (0-5).

The top four teams will advance to the Championship Pool, from which Page playoff teams will emerge.

“We could have been 4-0, which is obviously a little bit disappointing, but it was super important to bounce back with a win this morning,” Brown third Erin Pincott said on Tuesday.

“You want to have your destiny in your own hand.

We’re thrilled with the

position we’re in.”

Rachel Homan-skipped Ontario knocked off B.C. 9-7 on Monday, the Brown rink’s second straight defeat.

B.C. versus Team Wild Card, skipped by Jennifer Jones, was the feature game on TSN on Sunday evening, a bizarre tilt that ended in an 11-10 loss for Brown.

“We were a bit disappointed, but we also gained a lot of confidence,” said Brown, who gave up a steal of four in the sixth end and squandered a 6-1 lead against Jones. “We know that we were really close to beating both of those teams.

“It’s comforting to know

we belong here.”

Brown zapped Northwest Territories 8-5 on Sunday afternoon to move to 2-0, backing up a 7-5 triumph over Prince Edward Island in its Scotties debut on Saturday.

Vasek Pospisil, the pride of Vernon, went viral for drinking maple syrup during a professional tennis match against Gael Monfils earlier this month in France.

Brown took a shot of the thick, sugary Canadian staple (find video on the @TSNcurling twitter account) on Saturday, a toast to getting off the Scotties schneid.

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO TREAT The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Thompson Okanagan Region, is planning to aerially treat up to 8,000 hectares of Douglas-fir forest to reduce the populations of the western spruce budworm (Choristoneura freemani).

Depending on weather conditions, approximately from June 1 to June 30, 2020, the biological insecticide Foray 48B (Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki) will be applied by rotary-wing aircraft (315B Lama and Hiller UH12ET helicopters) on the proposed sites below.

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Logan Stankoven has a good luck charm in grandma Geraldine Boyle and a wunderkind whisperer in corner man Gary Labbe.

The 16-year-old Blazers’ forward from Kamloops picked B.C. Family Day Weekend to send a message to the WHL, tallying seven goals and nine points in three victories at Sandman Centre — 5-3 over the Red Deer Rebels on Friday, 5-3 over the Victoria Royals on Saturday and 7-6 over Victoria on Monday, an overtime thriller.

Stankoven handled media duties by deflecting praise, mentioning boxing coach Labbe, and fielding questions about family in attendance, most notably 82-year-old grandmother Boyle.

“She lives on the Island, so I don’t get to see her too, too much,” Stankoven said. “It’s pretty cool to have her in the house and I’m glad we won all three games.”

Stankoven’s incredible weekend — he scored four goals on Saturday — is about natural talent, hard work and endless practise, a lightning-quick release and a motor that whirrs like a howling Kamloops wind, but there are some lesser known contributing factors.

Enter the Mickey to his Rocky.

Labbe trains a couple of fighters out of his garage, which doubles as a licensed B.C. Boxing gym — Vega Boxing Club.

Stankoven’s father, Wes, and Labbe are acquainted.

“When I heard he got drafted by the Blazers, I said, ‘You know, if he ever wants to do a little cross-training, try something different, he can do some boxing,” Labbe said. “It’s a real good workout and it’s something different than he’s used to.”

Stankoven spent much of his Christmas break focusing on fitness and polishing skills that may have diminished during the first half of the campaign.

“I did a few boxing sessions, tried to really work on my cardio and get back to where I was at the beginning of the season,” said Stankoven, who’s had about six sessions with Labbe.

“It’s really kind of him to take his time and help me work on my cardio. You also learn to protect yourself.”

Labbe noted similarities between frenetic spurts of hockey shifts and some of the conditioning work undertaken by pugilists.

Some Blazers’ fans are calling for Logan Stankoven’s grandmother, Geraldine Boyle, to move to Kamloops. She made the trip from Campbell River to watch her grandson on B.C. Family Day Weekend. Stankoven notched nine points in three games. He is closing in on the team’s 16-year-old goal-scoring record.

“Your heart rate goes whoosh!” Labbe said, noting athletic therapist Kevin Brechin may include boxing in summer workouts with Stankoven. “Just like in hockey, you get those short sprints. Here, you go really hard for three minutes and get a minute to rest and recover.

“And it’s good for balance and co-ordination because of the skipping and using your hands, and also it just toughens you up.

It makes you better equipped.”

Stankoven has kept his money-makers inside his mitts, scoring knockout blows by cashing in at the net, with 16 goals and 27 points since the Christmas break.

“He’s such a nice kid,” Labbe said. “I find him really easy to hang around with and train. He leaves his ego at the door.”

The Tournament Capital product, who has 25 goals and 40 points in 51 games this season, is closing in on the franchise’s 16-year-old goalscoring record. Rob Brown notched 29 goals in 50 games for

the Blazers in 1984-1985.

“I don’t really think about that a lot,” Stankoven said.

“Obviously, people talk about it and I hear it every once in a while, but it’s not a big deal to me. It would be nice to break the record, but you have to keep it in perspective and we have to finish off strong going into the playoffs.”

Grandma Boyle hopped a ferry back to Vancouver Island on Tuesday, news that will disappoint a few Blazers’ fans who took to twitter on Monday night.

“She should be at all home games,” Kyle Harris said.

“Stanky’s good luck charm.”

Added Katie Guerin: “Yeah, she should come to every game.”

Lost in the shuffle and banished to these throwaway lines is Uncle Steve Boyle, who also made the trip from Vancouver Island.

Apologies to Uncle Steve, but he doesn’t sell free papers.

Grandma Boyle might just keep them out of the recycling bin.

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Pincott: It’s time to beat the best Kamloops to host B.C.

Curling Championships

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“One of the media guys asked me to,” Brown said, noting there may have been some sort of charitable angle to the request.

“I’m just following the trend.”

Trend or not, charity or not — Faryn Brown, Corryn’s sister, needs to see more from her sibling when representing family in the national spotlight.

“WEAK SHOT CORRYN,” Faryn tweeted.

The South Kamloops secondary graduate is not often called out for weak shots, but expects it from Faryn.

“Doesn’t surprise me,” Brown told KTW. “Would like to see her chug some sugar.”

Count that exchange among the lighter moments, along with another oddball happening at the skip’s namesake restaurant.

“I was with my boyfriend at Browns,” Brown said. “There’s a guy at the bar. Looks up at the TV. Looks back at me. Looks up at the TV. “They were playing the replay. It’s something you always dream about, so we’re happy to be doing all the power poses, up-close-and-personals, the opening ceremonies and getting your [Scotties] necklaces.”

Itinerary on Tuesday

TSN CURLING PHOTO Team Brown shares a laugh on Tuesday at the Scotties in Moose Jaw.

included a tour of the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, a field trip with family and friends to explore Al Capone’s bootlegging network.

The Brown gang’s mood for the pastime excursion was light, boosted by the Yukon triumph, but gravity will surely start to weigh heavy on the quartet.

Falling asleep has not been easy, especially after the losses to Homan and Jones.

“It’s a little hard to settle down and not be thinking about the game,” Brown said. “It’s just replaying the shots in your head, especially when it’s such a close

game and close loss.”

Getting this close and falling short would be agonizing and thoughts like that are exactly the type coach Allison MacInnes and fifth Dailene Pewarchuk don’t want running through heads.

Debriefing meetings after defeats focused on positives, on highlighting how close the team came to dispatching two of the world’s best.

“We have the belief we are good enough to beat these teams,” Pincott said.

“Now it’s about going out there and proving it.”

Kamloops will play host to the 2021 B.C. Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships.

The tournaments will be held concurrently from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 on the Olympic ice at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

The winning men will go on to compete at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier in Kelowna. The women’s champion will compete at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay. Kamloops Curling Club and McArthur Island Curling Club volunteers will make up the host committee.

STORM TO MAC ISLE? The Kamloops Storm might be returning to old headquarters.

General manager Matt Kolle said

Tournament Capital Sports

BRIEFS in a Tuesday press release the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club will host upcoming home playoff games on the NHL ice at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre.

“This move is experimental as we seek to engage the potential North Shore fan base and get an idea of what potential future back at the Island could look like,” Kolle said.

The Storm finished fourth in the Doug Birks Division to draw the Revelstoke Grizzlies, who finished atop the division.

Revelstoke (38-61-3) will play host to Kamloops (21-26-0-1)

on Feb. 28 and Feb. 29.

The best-ofseven Round 1 series will move to the Tournament Capital for games 3 and 4, slated for March 2 and March 3 on Mac Isle.

Game time is 7 p.m both nights.

ON THE FIELD The under-15 Kamloops Rattlers were in action on the weekend at the provincial field lacrosse championship in Richmond.

Kamloops posted a 2-1 record in roundrobin play at provincials, falling 8-4 to Burnaby on Friday, rebounding with an 8-5 win over Victoria on Saturday and besting Surrey 7-4 on Sunday.

The Rattlers fell short of the playoffs.

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Dezaray Hawes is not from Kamloops, the only Brown rink member not born of the Thompson River and sewn of tumbleweed.

Out-of-towner status has never bothered the 23-yearold curler from Anmore — she feels kinship with the Tournament Capital quartet.

“I’ve never felt weird,” said Hawes, who is representing B.C. with Team Brown this week at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw. “It’s just my norm.

It’s been so many years this way.

“Every time I go to Kamloops and they have an event, they always make me feel right at home. Everyone comes and chats with me, just like they do with the other girls.”

Hawes, the team’s second, has put in some serious kilometres to make it work with Brown, which includes skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott and lead Ashley Klymchuk.

Travel has become lighter since last May, when she

ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW FILE Dezaray Hawes (right) is the Brown rink’s only non-Kamloopsian.

moved to Peachland from the Coast to live with her parents and work at MNP LLP Accounting, but her schedule has been hectic for the last four years.

“It’s definitely tough sometimes balancing work and personal life on top of it all, but the hard work has obviously paid off this year,” Hawes said.

“It’s definitely worth it. No complaints. And we’re pretty good at sharing the travel.”

The lack of a curling background also makes Hawes different from her teammates, each of whom grew up with the game.

Hawes first picked up a broom during a bring-a-friend

day, invited to the rink by a pal when she was 10.

Thirteen or so years later, she is a B.C. women’s champion, snaring that title with Team Brown in Cranbrook earlier this month, knocking off Sarah Wark of Abbotsford 8-7 in an extra end in the goldmedal game.

“Before the game, we talked a lot about being scared to lose,” Hawes recalled of a pregame pep talk. “After losing so many big games in prior years, we all agreed this time we’re not going to be scared to lose and just give it everything we have.

“Why go home with anything left in your pocket?”

Hawes was part of Brown teams that won bronze and silver at the 2018 and 2019 B.C. championships, respectively.

Another loss in a provincial title tilt would have been devastating.

“You don’t really sleep the night before,” Hawes said.

“You have a million thoughts going through your head.

You’re trying to hold onto your emotions throughout the game.

“When we gave up that three in eight, it was almost a bit heartbreaking. To keep pushing through and have it pay off, it was a special moment. You’re on top of the world, basically.”

They are not quite world beaters yet, but Brown is tops in B.C. and in with a shot of reaching Canada’s zenith this week, 3-2 in Pool B play at the national Scotties entering play on Wednesday.

“There’s always butterflies, but I love the feeling,” Hawes said “It just means you care.

“We’re just embracing the whole experience and trying not to be overwhelmed. There is so much happening. Our schedule is so busy and it’s go, go, go.”

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Dig It: When a site is in the way of a pipeline WHILE DEVELOPMENT OFTEN LEADS TO SITE DISCOVERY, IT ALSO LEADS TO SITE DESTRUCTION JOANNE HAMMOND republicofarchaeology.ca

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here’s a tense relationship between development and archeology in British Columbia.

Building in or extracting from land that’s been occupied for millennia inevitably means that the new must confront the old. Because archeological sites are protected by the Heritage Conservation Act, identifying and recording these heritage places is a common precursor to logging, mining, construction or other kinds of impacts.

On one hand, developmentdriven archeology allows us to find sites we never would otherwise know about. On the other hand, the sites we find are very likely to be destroyed.

So, what happens when archeological-impact assessments succeed at finding archeological sites and those sites are in the way?

What happens to the sites? And who decides?

For many kinds of development, design changes can protect the most significant parts of sites.

A forestry cutblock boundary, for example, can be adjusted to exclude sites. For infrastructure projects, special berms or overpasses can be worked into plans to reduce impacts. The TransCanada Highway near Chase, or the South Fraser Perimeter Road through Surrey and Delta, have good examples of this.

For other kinds of projects that can be hard to reroute or reduce impacts (like an open-pit mine or a linear right-of-way), it’s often necessary to remove the site entirely, an option that’s referred to as “mitigation.”

The concept of mitigation is common in environmental assessments. It refers to lessening the impact of a project on something that’s valued. You can mitigate pollution impacts on air quality, for example, by using scrubbers.

For archeological sites, which are fragile and non-renewable, mitigation usually means carefully removing the site through controlled excavation. We’re meant to be mitigating the impact to the archeological record by extracting data that will survive the site — replacing the actual site with its scientific reflection.

This assumes that the ultimate value of archeology is informational — what we can learn from it — and positions archeologists, with our special skills and methods, as the most qualified to manage and decide the fate of sites.

But there are other kinds of heritage value, too, social and cultural values that Indigenous descendants and inheritors of the sites may have. Indigenous communities are consulted on these values in a cursory way, but generally have little influence over outcomes for their own heritage.

So, what happens, for example, in the context of the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline planned in northern BC, where Indigenous rights and industrial development have clashed?

In that case, the more than 60 archeological sites found around the right-of-way (with more still at camps and laydowns) will be gone by the time the pipe is in the ground.

Those sites — the physical manifestation of millennia of occupation that gives rise to Indigenous rights and title — won’t be allowed to get in the way of the pipeline. They will be dug up and treated more like contaminated soil to be removed than like the irreplaceable pieces of human history they are.

I wish I could say that archeological management worked out for everyone. I wish I could say that government and developers seek, and obtain, Indigenous consent to destroy the sites that are their cultural inheritance. I wish I could say that what we lose in physical heritage we gain in knowledge.

But, most of the time, we don’t.

Most of the time, the most salient outcome of an archeological-impact assessment is a bag of artifacts that gathers dust in a museum and an expert report that allows development to proceed with a clear conscience, having checked all the boxes that law demands.

So often in B.C., archeology has become a tool to remove a problem. Until we can deal with that problem head-on, archeology’s potential to expand knowledge and generate interest and foster understanding will be wasted.

Joanne Hammond is a Kamloopsbased archeologist. Interested in more? Go online to republicofarchaeology.ca. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the Kamloops region. A group of nine archeologists working in the area contribute columns to KTW’s print edition and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

JOANNE HAMMOND PHOTOS While development designs can change to mitigate impact on archeological sites — such as the re-routed Trans-Canada Highway near Chase or the South Fraser Perimeter Road through Surrey and Delta — crews often have to remove sites to preserve their record, as seen here on a pipeline near Cache Creek (top) and on a roadway near Savona (above).

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CLUES DOWN 1. Spanish dish 2. Concurs 3. __and her sisters 4. Patti Hearst’s captors 5. Used to refer to cited works 6. A state of excited movement 8. Advertising term (abbr.)

9. Nocturnal S. American rodent 11. New York art district 14. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

15. Pre-release viewing 18. Northwestern Canadian territory (abbr.)

19. Consumed 20. Falters 22. Radioactive form of an element 23. Catch a wrongdoer 24. Breeze through 27. Thick piece of something 28. Yellowish-brown color

41. A place one lives 42. Cognizant of 43. Albanian monetary unit 44. Carrot’s partner 45. Famed garden 46. Chilean seaport 48. Days (Spanish) 49. Sudden anxiety 50. 100 square meters 51. A type of beer 52. French/Belgian river

29. “The Raven” poet 31. Rural free delivery (abbr.)

32. Creating 33. Supervises flying 34. Northwestern state 35. Was obligated to repay 36. Diverging in lines from a common center 37. Bleak 38. We all have them 39. Hit with the palm of one’s hand 40. Sea that’s part of the western Pacific 44. Political action committee 47. Famed Spanish soldier El __

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A dock worker can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a cargo container for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. He sent more large boxes than small boxes. How many cargo containers were shipped?

ANSWERS

Answer to last week’s FILLING THE BATHTUB CHALLENGE It takes 40 minutes to fill the bathtub if both faucets are used.

WEEKLY HOROSCOPES

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you may want to pick up a relationship right where you left off, but the other person may not be as amenable. Bide your time and give this person some space.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 A few extra goals never hurt anyone, Taurus.

St down and see how your new resolutions can be turned into ways to achieve all of those tasks you hope to get done.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, while you may want to expand your social circle right now, you’re just not sure how to get started. Networking opportunities may be the way to go.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

There is no point getting into a disagreement over a situation you have no control over right now, Cancer. Instead, wait for the right opportunity to express your position.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, take a step back from responsibilities at work to devote more energy to your relationships at home. Embrace activities that your family can enjoy together.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Some melancholy may have you seeking out quiet corners, Virgo. Distancing yourself from the crowds is only a temporary fix. Instead, look for activities you find soothing.

FEBRUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 25, 2020 LIBRA

- Sept 23/Oct 23 Someone close to you may be feeling under the weather and could use some extra support, Libra. Take a few days off to be the rock that this person can use right now.

SCORPIO

- Oct 24/Nov 22 Friends may make excessive demands on your time this week, Scorpio. As a generous person, you want to go along with it all, but be careful not to overextend.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you are usually outgoing, but this week you may be feeling more shy and reserved. It could be because you are missing someone.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20 Don’t take what you hear this week at face value, Capricorn. The information that has been coming your way may not be entirely accurate. Make up your own mind.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Group activities or time spent with a spouse may not go as well as usual this week, Aquarius. Your mind is elsewhere. Until you are focused, things may seem stressed.

PISCES

- Feb 19/Mar 20 A minor disagreement could have you questioning a relationship, Pisces. Don’t fret, as you’ll soon find that the turmoil is shortlived.

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

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1 Issue . . . . . . . . . $1300 1 Week. . . . . . . . . $2500 1 Month . . . . . . . . $8000 ADD COLOUR. . $2500 to your classified add Tax not included

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Garage Sales

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It is agreed by any Display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event that errors occur in the publishing of any advertising shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for the portionoftheadvertisingspace occupied by the incorrect item only and there will be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement.

1948 Ferguson rebuilt motor & extra parts has a util. snow blade & chains mostly original $2,500. 250-374-8285.

BROCK Lots of books of Art and Jewelry, magazines, craft supplies and scrapbooking sale at Brock Seniors Hall, Sat, Feb 22nd. 10am-2pm.

If you have an upcoming event for our

5th wheel hitch $200. 250374-8285.

6hp Evinrude O/B motor. $600. 70 CFM air compressor. $750. 250-574-3794.

Butcher-Boy commercial meat grinder 3-hp. 220 volt. c/w attachments. $1300. 250318-2030.

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

Did you know that you can place your item in our classifieds for one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details!

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Personals

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Basement Suites 2-Bdrms, level entry, shrd laundry. N/S, Sm pet. $1200 util incld. 250-376-1136.

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Handyperson

Handyperson

No Job Too Small! Friendly Service.

15 years experience. Guaranteed. References.

DAN’S HANDYMAN SERVICES

Renovations, Painting, Flooring, Drywall, Bathrooms, Electrical (Red Seal) & more 778-999-4158

danshandymanservices.net Handyman for Hire. One call does all your Handyman needs. Free estimates. Blaine 250-851-6055.

Landscaping PETER’S YARD SERVICE Time to Prune your fruit trees.

Tree trimming, Yard clean-up, Landscaping Licensed & Certified 250-572-0753

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

Free Free: Bag of egg cartons. 250376-6607.

Furniture

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

$900. chairs

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

Indian Rosewood table with 8 chairs.

Exec. condition. $250/obo. 250-374-4700.

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

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• 2 large Garage Sale Signs • Instructions • FREE 6” Sub compliments of Tax not included

Sports Utilities & 4X4s

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6, appl incld, fully loaded, $11,000/obo.

236-4212251.

2002 Ford Escape, auto. Exec body. Mechanic special. $700.

250-819-9712, 250-672-9712.

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

4 - 6 bolt studded tires on rims. P265-R17. 50% tread. $250/obo. 250-376-2403.

4-Blizzaks M&S 245/45 R20 $600. 2-Laufenn 235/75 R15 winters on GM rims. $200.

376-6482.

4 - Chamiro M&S, Snowflake.

215/50R17.

70% tread. $200/obo. 250-376-6607.

Set of 4 Alloy GM rims bolt pattern 5-100 fits Cavalier & other Chevy’s $100 Firm. Don 250-312-1777.

ATVs / Dirt Bikes

Rims

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

Utility Trailers

Collectibles & Classic Cars For Sale by Owner

Classes & Courses AAA - Pal & Core

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

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Peace of mind house sitting and pet care. Keep your house and pets safe while your away.

250-374-6007.

Trucks/Heavy, Commercial

2017 Yamaha R3 320CC, Liquid Cooled, ABS Brakes. Low Kms. $4,600.

KAMLOOPS ONLY ULC CERTIFIED MONITORING STATION

House-sitting

2014 Ford Platinum 4x4 Crew-cab 3.5 Ecoboost, white with brown leather, Fully Loaded. Immaculate.

142,000kms. $28,823.

250-319-8784

Yamaha Grizzly ATV. KMS 011031 $3,800. 250-579-3252

“Our Family Protecting Your Family”

Downtown 2bdrms, bsmnt, Appl’s. N/S, sm pet neg. Asking $1600. 250-572-7279.

Trucks & Vans

Automotive Tires

Renos & Home Improvement

CHOOSE LOCAL

Houses For Rent

Tax not included

RVs/Campers/Trailers

250-374-0916

Commercial

PRESTIGE LOCAL ALARM MONITORING STATION

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

Scrap Car Removal

10-989 McGill Pl. Kamloops

6 drawer Walnut dresser w/ mirror & matching double bed exc cond $150. 250-374-7514.

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

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Scheduled for one month at a time.

Customer must call to reschedule.

Tax not included. Some restrictions apply

N/Kam sep entr, 2bdrms, C/A, patio, Shared hydro, ref’s. $950/mo. 250-376-0633.

Antiques

For a healthy back use Teeter Inversion Table. $235.

250851-2919

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

for a route near you!

Satellite phone Model Iridium 9505A handset w/attachments. $1300. 250-374-0650.

Exercise Equipment

Pets

Fender Coustasonic 40 PA System. $250. 778-470-8316.

Case Collector Tractor only 1950s. $400. 250-819-9712, 250-672-9712.

BUYING & SELLING: Vintage & mid-century metal, teak, wood furniture; original signed paintings, prints; antique paper items, local history ephemera; BC pottery, ceramics.

4th Meridian Art & Vintage, 104 1475 Fairview, Penticton.

Leanne@4thmeridian.ca

Cash for gold and silver! Also buying coin collections, old money old jewelry Contact Todd 1-250-864-3521.

Deliver Kamloops this Week

Farm Equipment

Art & Collectibles

Wanted

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

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

Wrought iron beds $300/each. High chair $30.

Cedar Hope Chest $400.

Rocking chair $150. Oak dresser with mirror $475. 250372-8177.

Arc Solomon snowboard w/bindings $325.

250-5787776.

Health

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 90,000 for $17,000 (250) 376-6607

Try your luck with 1x1 boxed ad $35 plus tax for 2 weeks.

Price includes box number.

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For Sale by Owner $55.00 Special The special includes a 1x1.5 ad (including photo) that will run for one week (two editions) in Kamloops This Week. Our award winning paper is delivered to over 30,000 homes in Kamloops and area every Wednesday and Friday.

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courses mid-week & weekends.

NEW - Intro to Reloading & Bear Aware courses on demand.

For schedules see www.pal-core-ed.com or 778-470-3030 HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. March 21st and 22nd. Saturday and Sunday.

P.A.L. March 8th, Sunday.

Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor: Bill 250376-7970

RVs/Campers/Trailers 17’ Aerolite Trailer like new, slide out, stabilizer bars. $9,900 (250) 372-5033 1972 Triple E motor home 25’ 77,000miles 402 Chev lots of extras $7,000 250-523-9495 2004 Cougar 5th wheel. 12ft slide.

Excellent cond. $14,000/obo. 250-554-1744.

1965 Mercury 4dr., hardtop. 55,000 miles.

390-330HP. $4,000.

250-574-3794

2004 FLATDECK GVW#3500-1 AXLE Payload #2400lbs. 3/4 Plywood Deck 10’ L X 6’3” W, electric brakes. spare tire , docking winch, 2 storage boxes, removable walls, ATV ramp.

Canopy lid not included.

Pulls straight. Very good cond. $2,600. 250-851-0052

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Domestic Cars

2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms.

Must see to appreciate. $12,000. 250-374-1541.

2006 Buick Allure CXS. 1owner. Fully loaded. Excellent condition.

207,000kms. $3,900/obo.

250-701-1557, 778-471-7694.

1997 Ford Probe. Red, 4cyl, std, A/C, 1-owner.

114,428kms. $3500 .250-3767964.

2000 Jaguar XK8 Convertible 4L, V-8, fully loaded. Exec shape. $15,500/obo. 250-3764163.

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COURT BAILIFF SALE

NORTH CENTRAL BAILIFFS LTD. www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca

Pursuant to a Writ of Seizure and Sale, No. ITA-14474-19 issued from the Canada Federal Court, Ottawa Registry, the Court Bailiff offers FOR SALE BY TENDER, the interest of Red Sea Auto & Sales Ltd, in the following goods: 2007 Cheverlot Avalanche VIN# 3GNFK12347G23127 2010 Dodge Journey VIN# 3D4PG5FV3AT139511 2013 Volkswagon Jetta VIN# 3VW1K7AJXDM260985 2006 Volkswagon Jetta VIN# 3VWRT31K86M842877 2006 Volkswagon Passat VIN# WVWLK73C27E004277 2010 Toyota Rav 4 VIN# 2T3BF4DVXAW027840 2013 Chevrolet Sonic VIN# 1G1JC6EH6D4167967 To obtain further information contact North Central Bailiffs Ltd at (250) 377-4148. Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. Sealed bids will be accepted on the units until Feb 27th, 2020. Goods are sold on an “as is where is” basis with no warranty given or implied. The highest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted. The Court Bailiff may cancel or adjourn the sale without notice. Bidder takes responsibility to ensure they are satisfied with the description of unit/goods being sold. As vehicles have not been inspected, we are declaring that they may not be suitable for transportation and may not be compliant with the motor vehicle act. Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. North Central Bailiffs Ltd. is not responsible for determining the correct model

year or description. Terms of sale: Immediate full payment upon successful bid, plus applicable taxes. www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca Kamloops Court Bailiff North Central Bailiffs Ltd

COURT BAILIFF SALE

NORTH CENTRAL BAILIFFS LTD. www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca

Pursuant to a Writ of Possession, No. VER-S-S-55925 issued from the British Columbia Supreme Court, Vernon Registry, the Court Bailiff offers FOR SALE BY TENDER, the interest of Andrew John Rook, Sharon Marguerite Jean Haynes in the following goods: 1995 Moduline Industries Model # 28742 Serial # 0316787AB To obtain further information contact North Central Bailiffs Ltd at (250) 377-4148. Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. Sealed bids will be accepted on the unit until February 14, 2020. Goods are sold on an “as is where is” basis with no warranty given or implied. The highest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted. The Court Bailiff may cancel or adjourn the sale without notice. Bidder takes responsibility to ensure they are satisfied with the description of unit/goods being sold. As vehicles have not been inspected, we are declaring that they may not be suitable for transportation and may not be compliant with the motor vehicle act. Sale is subject to cancellation or adjournment without notice. North Central Bailiffs Ltd. is not responsible for determining the correct model

year or description. Terms of sale: Immediate full payment upon successful bid, plus applicable taxes. www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca

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NOTICE

To: TIMOTHY THOMAS RENNIE Please Contact LEONARD M. DOLGOY, Q.C. at: WITTENLLP Barristers & Solicitors 2500- 10303 Jasper Ave. Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N6 by: Telephone at (780) 441-3227 or

by Fax at: (780) 429-2559 or

by E-mail at: ldolgoy@wittenlaw.com

as soon as possible and by March 17, 2020 regarding the Estate of the yourlate late father LON HARRY RENNIE, who died on identification and July 27, 2019. Proper identification your contact information will be required.

NOTICE OF DISPOSAL SALE Notice is hereby given to Kyle Kephart, last known address 2069 Saddleback Drive, Kamloops, BC V2B 0H2.

Your abandoned vehicle 2006 Chevy Cobalt VIN# 1G1AJ55F287110913 located at same address will be disposed on or after March 16, 2020.

Contact: Charn Panghli, 1962 Arnica Street, Kamloops, BC V1S 1X8.

250-315-8446.

Employment

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at 250-374-0462

Employment

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

Career Opportunities

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250-374-3853 General Employment Full-time homecare worker required to assist disabled lady in her home. Medical experience an asset, but not essential. Call/text 778-586-4452 or email: nora.slamp@gmail.com

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

Job wanted by Computer Programmer-Analyst /Office Worker/Tutor Detail oriented, organized, problem-solver, extremely computer literate.

Strong proofreading, editing, technical writing, public speaking skills.

Can teach practically anything I know. IT work preferred but any job using problem-solving skills could be a good match.

Gene Wirchenko at 250-8281474. gene@shaw.ca

Employment

ASPEN PLANERS LTD., SAVONA SPECIALTY PLYWOOD DIVISION Savona Specialty Plywood, located 40 km west of Kamloops, BC is the largest and most technologically advanced producer of overlaid MDO and HDO concrete forming panels in North America. With quality fir veneer produced at our Lillooet veneer plant, we are committed to producing panel products exceeding our customers’ expectations.

We are currently seeking a Heavy Duty Mechanic tradesperson.

The Heavy Duty Mechanic will have a minimum of five years experience in an industrial setting, experience maintaining forklifts (gas, propane and diesel), work trucks and aerial work platforms.

The successful candidate will have A strong commitment to safety with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills to effectively participate in a team environment.

The ability to safely work in an isolated work area for extended periods of time and utilize communication equipment for regular check-in.

The ability to follow safe work practices and procedures.

Strong troubleshooting, problem solving and communication skills.

Familiarity with computer applications, i.e. purchase orders and work orders.

Shift work may be required subject to the production/maintenance requirements of the operation. A valid BC Driver’s license and reliable transportation is also required.

Savona Specialty Plywood offers industry competitive wages and benefits.

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Packages start at $35

Please submit your resume by Feb 24, 2020 to: Savona Specialty Plywood PO Box 127 Savona, BC V0K 2J0 Fax: (250) 373-5665 Or email resumes to jobs.savona@apgroup.ca We thank all applicants who apply but only those selected for interview will be contacted.

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mary macgregor law corporation Amazing Educators Needed Children’s Circle Daycare Society is looking for an amazing Early Childhood Educator to join our team.

This will be a permanent fulltime position working 8.5 hours a day. We have two locations, 622 St Paul Street and 904 3rd Avenue. Using your ECE skills you will plan and implement an engaging program for children along with your team members. While we welcome many different languages, English is the prominent language written and spoken in our centres. Because we value your experience and schooling the starting wage for our ECE’s is $19.08/ hr + 1.00/hr wage top up and another $1.00/hr in April 2020.* We do provide an extensive extended medical package after 3 months of fulltime work, as well as sick days and holiday days.

Seeking two legal assistants/paralegals to work with us, one at a junior level to assist with conveyancing, corporate, and ofďŹ ce administration tasks and the other at a senior staff level for corporate, general commercial work, or commercial land and development matters. We offer competitive salaries in the Kamloops market, commensurate with candidates’ skills and experience.

Email cover letter (preferably handwritten), resume, any post-secondary education transcript, and one reference letter to Mary MacGregor at mary.macgregor@mmlc.ca.

Further details available at https://www.mmlc.ca/careers.htm

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All applicants will need to have a current Early Childhood Education CertiďŹ cate as well as a ďŹ rst aid certiďŹ cate.

AVAILABLE GET YOUR STEPS IN AND GET PAID

For more information and a full job description, visit our website at ccdaycare.ca. Please email your cover letter and resume to stpauls@ccdaycare.ca.

This position is open to both male and female applicants. *Wage top up = BC Government wage enhancement

250-374-7467

Employment DOWNTOWN Rte 325 - 764-825 9th Ave, 805-979 Columbia St, 804-987 Dominion St, 805-986 Pine St. - 64 p.

Rte 327 - 1103-1459 Columbia St, 1203-1296 Dominion St. - 38 p.

Rte 334 - 975 13th St, 1104-1276 Pine St, 12011274 Pleasant St. – 42 p.

Rte 372 - 22-255 W. Battle St, 660 Lee Rd, 11-179 W. Nicola St. – 50 p.

Rte 380 - Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 71 p.

Rte 381 - 20-128 Centre Ave, Hemlock St, 605-800 Lombard St.-42 p.

Rte 384 - 407-775 W. Battle St, 260-284 Centre Ave. – 42 p.

Rte 385 - 350-390 W. Battle St, Strathcona Terr. - 27 p, Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 24 p.

Rte 390 – Fernie Crt, 158-400 Fernie Pl, Guerin Creek Way. – 46 p.

LOWER SAHALI/SAHALI Rte 402 – 14-94 Bestwick Dr, Mahood Pl. – 28 p.

Rte 403 - 405-482 Greenstone Dr, Tod Cres. – 27 p.

Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, Bestwick Crt E & W, 98-279 Bestwick Dr, Morrisey Pl. – 47 p.

Rte 410 - 56-203 Arrowstone Dr, Silverthrone Cres. – 47 p.

Rte 449 - Assiniboine Rd, Azure Pl, Chino Pl, Sedona Dr. – 90 p.

NORTH KAMLOOPS Rte 121 - Dot St, 501-556 MacKenzie Ave, 290-381 Maple St, 102-196 Yew St. - 60 p.

Rte 131 – 321-601, 631 Fortune Dr. - 31 p.

Rte 154 – Belmont Cres, Cumberland Ave, Patricia Ave, Qualicom Pl. - 70 p.

Employment ABERDEEN Rte 503 - Fleming Circ, Hampshire Dr & Pl, Hector Dr. – 48 p.

Rte 509 - 459-551 Laurier Dr, 2101-2197 Shaunessy Hill – 47 p.

Rte 512 – Ainslie Pl, Balfour Crt, Braemar Dr, MacIntyre Pl. – 69 p.

Rte 523 - 2300-2399 Abbeyglen Way, 750-794 Dunrobin Dr. – 72 p.

RTE 534 - Nairn Pl. & Turnberry Pl. – 47 p.

Rte 544 - Holyrood Circ, Holyrood Pl. & 2070-2130 Vanhorne Dr.-24 p.

PINEVIEW VALLEY/ MT. DUFFERIN Rte 562 - Englemann Crt. & 1802-1890 Lodgepole Dr. – 66 p.

Rte 564 - 2000-2099 Hugh Allan Dr. & Pinegrass Crt. & St. – 78 p.

Rte 581 - Cannel Dr, Cascade St, 1508-1539 Hillside Dr, Mellors Pl. - 47 p.

Rte 584 - 1752–1855 Hillside Dr. – 26 p.

Rte 586 - 1505-1584 Mt Duerin Cres, 1575 Park Way, 1537-1569 Plateau Pl. - 27 p.

Rte 588 - Davies Pl, 16801754 Hillside Dr, Monterey Pl, Scott Pl. – 46 p.

Rte 589 - 1200–1385 Copperhead Dr. – 52 p.

Rte 590 - 1397 Copperhead Dr, Saskatoon Pl. – 36 p.

BATCHELOR Rte 175 – Norfolk Crt, Norview Pl, 821-991 Norview Rd. – 38 p.

Rte 184 - 2077-2097 Saddleback Dr, 2001-2071 Stagecoach Dr. – 31 p.

LOGAN LAKE Rte 911 - 242-278 Alder Dr, Aspen Cres, Birch Cres, Ponderosa Ave. - 54 p.

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

Rte 603 - Chickadee Rd, Comazzetto Rd, Strom Rd, 16251648, 1652-1764 Valleyview Dr. - 40 p.

Rte 605 - 1770-1919 Glenwood Dr, Knollwood Dr, Vicars Rd. – 61 p.

Rte 606 - Orchard Dr, Russet Wynd, 1815–1899 Valleyview Dr. – 39 p.

Rte 607 - Cardinal Dr, 19092003 Valleyview Dr. – 33 p.

Rte 608 - Curlew Pl & Rd, 1925-1980 Glenwood Dr. – 70 p.

Rte 617 - 24012515 Valleyview Dr, Valleyview Pl. – 50 p.

Rte 618 – Big Nickel Pl, Chapman Pl, Marsh Rd, Paul Rd, Peter Rd, 2440-2605 Thompson Dr. – 58 p.

DALLAS/ BARNHARTVALE Rte 701 - Freda Ave, Klahanie Dr, Morris Pl, Shelly Dr, 901-935 Todd Rd. – 92 p.

Rte 710 - 1350-1399 Crestwood Dr, Ronde Lane, 1300-1399 Todd Rd. - 43 p, Rte 750 - 5101-5299 Dallas Dr, Mary Pl, Nina Pl, Rachel Pl. – 31 p.

Rte 751 - 5310 Barnhartvale Rd, Bogetti Pl, 5300-5599 Dallas Dr, 5485-5497 ETC Hwy, Viking Dr, Wade Pl. – 64 p.

Rte 752 - 5600-5998 Dallas Dr. & Harper Pl. & Rd. – 61 p.

Rte 754 - Hillview Dr, Mountview Dr. – 40 p.

Rte 759 – Beverly Pl, 67247250 Furrer Rd, McIver Pl, Pat Rd, Stockton Rd. – 40 p.

Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 57 p.

RAYLEIGH Rte 830 – Chetwynd Dr, Stevens Dr. – 55 p.

Rte 831 - 4904-5037 Cammeray Dr, Mason Pl, Pinantan Pl, Reighmount Dr & Pl. – 61 p.

Rte 833 – Cameron Rd, Davie Rd. – 44 p.

Rte 836 - Cahilty Cres, Hyas Pl, 4551-4648 Spurraway Rd. – 36 p.

Rte 837 - Helmcken Dr, 46544802 Spurraway Rd. – 24 p.

BROCKLEHURST Rte 14 - 2399-2305 Briarwood Ave, McInnes Pl, Richards Pl, Wallace Pl. – 37 p.

Rte 21 - 2300-2397 Fleetwood Ave, Fleetwood Crt & Pl, 1003-1033 Schriener St, 10201050 Westgate St. - 52 p.

Rte 29 – Caroline St, Evergreen Pl, Lolo St. & 1946-2099 Tranquille Rd.-64 p.

WESTMOUNT/ WESTSYDE Rte 255 – 2478-2681 Parkview Dr. - 29 p.

Rte 257 - Alpine Terr, Community Pl, 2192-2207 Grasslands Blvd, Grasslands Pl, 881-936 McQueen Dr, Woodhaven Dr. – 53 p.

Rte 258 - 806-879 McQueen Dr, Perryville Pl. – 36 p.

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In Loving Memory

STANLEY HILTON MOORE February 5, 1929 – February 19, 2004

Kim Nobert - Manager & Licensed Funeral Director • Geoffrey Tompkins - Licensed Funeral Director

In Loving Memory of Luke Robert Ward October 8, 1979 – February 17, 2016

The Best Husband, Dad and Grandpa ever Lovingly remembered by Muriel, Mark, Cindy, Matthew and Nicole, Cori, Wes, Justin, Julia and Alicia In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still, In our hearts you hold a place, No one can ever ďŹ ll.

The moment that you left us our hearts split in two, One side ďŹ lled with memories, the other side died with you.

A million times we needed you, A million times we cried, If love alone would have saved you, You would have never died.

We often lay awake at night when the world is fast asleep and take a walk down memory lane with tears upon our cheeks.

It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone, A part of us went with you, The day God called you home.

Your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part, God has you in His keeping, We have you in our hearts.

Remembering you is easy, we do it everyday but missing you is a heartache that never goes away.

The Little Unicorn

by Peggy Kociscin, Albuquerque, New Mexico

There lived a little unicorn (From when the earth was new), His coat so white it glistened, His eyes a sparkling blue.

He learned that there are shadows In spite of shining sun.

The more he grew, he found that life Was never always fun.

The unicorn tried tirelessly, And gave the climb his best; But he felt it was not good enough, He felt he’d failed the test.

In innocence and beauty, He danced through woods and streams.

The animals danced with him, His heart aglow with dreams.

For now he’d learn of feelings That come from deep within; No longer in the “dream world�

Where (for so long) he’d been.

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His gentle heart desired But to know the pleasure of To give and to receive The very precious gift of love.

All this was just too much for him, He knew not what to do.

That he was special as himself, Somehow, he never knew.

He wandered through the meadows In the moon’s soft, silver light.

He loved to gaze at all the stars That lightened up the night.

To love meant to be happy, And yet it also brought him pain; For those he loved could hurt him Again.. and yet again.

His spirit crushed, he felt defeated, And lonely tears would start.

Not understanding how to love, It simply broke his heart.

He listened to the music Of the birds that graced the trees.

He frolicked with the butteries And raced the gentle breeze.

But now he’s in a loving place His mother held him lovingly Where all his pain has ceased, And tried to ease his fears About the sadness life could bring... Where all accepted him and his love, Where all he knows is peace.

The lonely, bitter tears.

But, as he grew and learned of life, The sparkle in his eye Grew misty as he realized Just what it means to cry.

She said, “Life is like a mountain, (And surely this is true) That we must climb as best we can.

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John Armstrong John Armstrong, superlative human being, everyone’s favourite uncle and resident died on February 13, 2020 at ninety-one years of age.

John worked hard his whole life as a logger, road construction worker, tire guy, and propane truck driver. He owned C&S Tire Shop in Williams Lake from 1961 to 1975. He then took his family on a year-long adventure to New Zealand and upon returning to Canada settled in Lac La Hache to live in the house he and his friends Kon and Dean built. Lac La Hache was where the fish beckoned summer and winter, and many great slalom skis were to be had on the lake. Dad’s last move was to Kamloops where he carried out his retirement plan to serve the church. Dad’s faith was everything to him, he took deep solace in the prayers and communion, and served his faith community to the best of his ability.

On Father’s Day, John reflected on his life and declared that he was satisfied with it “by far�.

He said he had been lucky with family and friends. He was blessed with lifelong friends who together carried out many practical jokes, partied often and worked on many projects together including building two houses and rebuilding a sailboat.

Most of all John was kind and generous to all.

He had a greeting for everyone and a deep well of dry British wit which left many never knowing if he was serious or not. He accepted his declining years with grace and ease that humbled us all.

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Anastacio (Tacio) Paz

Anastacio Paz, born in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, passed away peacefully in God’s loving arms in his care home at 95 years of age.

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She is predeceased by her son Sukhpal Singh Thind and daughter-in-law Kamaljit Kaur Thind.

A Celebration of Life will take place at 1:30 pm on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Kamloops Alliance Church Ministry Centre, 200 Leigh Rd, Kamloops, BC, Canada.

Davinder was born on October 8, 1932 in Ghudani Kalan District Ludhiana, India. She moved to Canada with her family in 1987, where Kamloops became her first home. She was a remarkable cook and enjoyed preparing meals for her family and friends, most especially over the holidays and family gatherings. She was truly unique and one of a kind, and she will be greatly missed by all that knew her and loved her.

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Alfred Earnest Rowse (Manny)

January 17, 1927 - February 6, 2020 Manny passed away at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice in Kamloops on February 6, 2020 surrounded by his loving family.

Manny was known for his love of fishing and hunting. He had a real talent for carpentry, leaving many mementos to all of us over the years.

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Left to cherish his love are his wife Elaine, his six children Brian (Brenda) Rowse, daughters Carol (Lee) Hartnell, Valerie Rowse, Brenda Falk, Marlene (Adrian) Wall, step-son Kevin (Angelle) Eigeard. twelve grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren, his brother Howard (Doll) Rowse and sister Marilyn (Bill) Sharkey, family and friends.

Predeceased by his parents Alfred and Blanche Rowse, step-dad Rudy Person, his sisters Grace Rowse and Kath Thompson.

A celebration of life will be announced later this spring.

Thank you for all who cared so dearly for Manny while in hospice.

Fern had been a member of The Fraternal Order of Eagles since the early 1960s in Penticton, and when moving to Kamloops in 1964, helped bring The Eagles to Kamloops.

She did this with the help of her husband, and the help of others. She held all positions in this organization, including a term as Provincial President. She remained as active as she could until the end.

Gertrude was predeceased by her husband Ian Jardine (25 years ago) and son Gord Jardine (12 years ago). She is survived by her daughter Catherine Fraser, sons Bernie, Ted, Bob, Bill and Andrew.

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It is with great sadness that the family of Davinder Kaur Thind announces her peaceful passing on Monday, February 10, 2020 at the age of 87 years.

Tacio, also known as “Paz� is predeceased by his wife Aurora “Auring� Avenir Santos and younger brother Sotero.

Prayers will be recited on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 7:00 pm in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Kamloops, BC. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at OLPH on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 11:00 am.

Fern loved gardening, planting, flowers and growing food for herself and family up until the last year or so. She loved especially her radishes, onions and tomatoes.

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Davinder is survived by her loving husband of 73 years Anstar Singh Thind; her sister Surinder Kaur Sidhu; her children Manpreet (Harbans) Thind, Harmesh (Ranbir) Dhaliwal, Kulvir (Sukhwinder) Thind, Ravi (Harpinder) Atwal and Parm Thind; her grandchildren Guri, Gini, Jagdeep, Indervir, Jassi, Hardeep, Rajpaul, Inderpaul, Kamal, Avneet, Sukhraj, Mandeep, Josh and Jeeva; and many many great-grandchildren.

He is survived by his daughter Aurora “Rori� PazManongdo of Kamloops; grandchildren Jasmine (Craig), Barbara (J.D.), Joshua (Sarah) and Kathy; great-grandchildren Austin, Kaylie, Faith, Philip and Beth.

He was predeceased by his wife Bernice, and is survived by his daughters June and Susan.

As time passes we all grow older and eventually there is an end to our time. It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our mother, grandmother & great-grandmother Fern.

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Davinder Kaur Thind

April 27, 1924 - February 1, 2020

John thought he was lucky with his life, and we thought we had won the lottery when we got our Dad!

Fern Jardine

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In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Kamloops Hospice.

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The family would like to offer a special thank you to the paramedics, firefighters, and the RCMP for their strong efforts, care and professionalism. As well, a sincere thank you to the Kamloops Funeral Home for treating our family with such respect and compassion during this difficult time.

A service in memory of Davinder Kaur Thind will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm at the Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Drive. Following the funeral service, there will be prayers at the Kamloops Sikh Temple (Gurudwara), 700 Cambridge Crescent, Kamloops, B.C. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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IF TOMORROW NEVERby Norma COMES Cornett Marek If I knew it would be the last time That I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly And pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss And call you back for one more.

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So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, Why not do it today?

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