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PROVINCIAL ELECTION • SATURDAY, OCT. 24

NDP pins majority hopes on positive polling numbers MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

While arguing there is no need for an election, both Kamloops MLAs say their B.C. Liberal Party is ready for the campaign amid the pandemic. Premier John Horgan has called a provincial election for Oct. 24. B.C. SOUTH-WEST RENDER has a legislated fixed election date set for Oct. 16, 2021, but Horgan said that waiting 12 more months would be time wasted. “The COVID-19 pandemic has Gardens development, slated changed everything — the people of to occupy 1.5 blocks of real British Columbia deserve a say in the estate south of Battle Street, direction of our recovery and the future between Fourth and Fifth of our province,” Horgan said. avenues, will be home to the He also addressed how this election two tallest buildings in the will have additional public health meaKamloops skyline — residential towers standing 18 and 22 sures informed by the provincial public health officer to ensure the safety of storeys. everyone. See CITY GARDENS, A18 “Like a lot of things these days,

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downtown Kamloops — and the property management company is floating the idea of purchasing from the city a portion of Nicola Street and the laneway between Nicola and Battle streets to make the vision a reality. Jason Fawcett, president of Kelson Group, told KTW the $140-million City

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Residents of all skill levels and ages are invited to submit their digital photos for a chance to be featured in the 2021 City Calendar. This year, we are looking for YOUR image that you think best embodies Kamloops while representing one of the following terms: • community • recreation • arts and culture • nature Conditions:

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Are you tossing cell phones, batteries, or lighters into your garbage or recycling containers? Hazardous waste can explode during landfill and recycling processes, which can turn a regular household item into something dangerous.

Climate change is a global problem that is causing observable local impacts such as extreme-weather events, wildfires, flooding, and drought. The severity and frequency of these events is projected to increase as the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG) continues to rise along with average global temperatures.

Hazardous materials should be disposed of safely. Visit our website or download the Waste Wise app to search how to dispose of these items year-round or take advantage of this free upcoming event: Hazardous Waste Roundup Event Saturday, October 3 Mission Flats Landfill 10:00 am–3:00 pm Important information for this year’s event: • Prepare an easily accessible load (i.e. box in the trunk of a car or truck box). • Please remain in your vehicle—staff will unload your items. • Expect longer wait times as we follow COVID-19 protocols. Kamloops.ca/HazardousWaste

To be in line with provincial, federal, and international commitments to keep global temperature rise to 1.5°C, the City is developing a Community Climate Action Plan (CCAP) to reduce local GHG emissions. Visit our Let’s Talk page to learn more about the CCAP and to provide input on the plan’s draft policies and actions through an online survey and a discussion forum. We are also hosting three upcoming open houses at the Kamloops Yacht Club: September 30, 6:00–8:00 pm October 1, 1:00–3:00 pm October 1, 5:00–7:00 pm LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/ClimateAction

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Digging for the past in present-day park THE WORK IS PART OF A TWO-WEEK ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT TK’EMLUPS TE SECWÉPEMC IS CONDUCTING IN RIVERSIDE PARK WITH GOLDER ASSOCIATES MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com

Mike Taylor vigorously shakes through a collection of rock and dirt in Riverside Park, west of the pier. The Golder Associates employee, along with several others lined along the riverbank, digs square holes, piles the dirt upon shifter boxes and rattles the contents back and forth in hopes of finding remnants of the past. “Nothing yet,” he tells KTW, who dropped by on Monday afternoon (Sept. 21). The work is part of a two-week archeological assessment Tk’emlups te Secwépemc is conducting in the park with Golder Associates, looking for artifacts in areas the City of Kamloops intends to dig up for a flood-abatement project slated to start next spring. The assessment involves digging with shovels and a small excavator where a berm will be built to ensure any important historical materials and features are identified. The flood-abatement work will see the Rivers Trail widened and raised above the 20-year flood level, as well as about 50 metres of riprap placed along the

riverbank west of the pier. Golder archeologist Nicole Nicholls said the next two weeks will be a fact-finding mission in which they will look for items such as bone and stone tools, sand pit houses, along with ancestral remains. If anything is found, the area will be flagged, the depth recorded and a detailed evaluation conducted, which will look similar to archeological work seen on TV. “Excavating units by hand, very slowly, looking for intact features, looking for intact deposits,” Nicholls said. Through the late 1800s, Riverside Park was the Shuswap Sawmill until it burned down in 1901, leading to the municipality purchasing it to become a park. Nicholls expects to find evidence of that time, such as horseshoes and sawmill waste, in that layer of the soil, but below that, she hopes to find much older artifacts. The team plans to dig no further than about seven feet, but that will depend on whether they find signs of an archeological site. “We’re going to let the soil talk to us,” she said.

Tk’emlups Chief Rosanne Casimir noted the Secwépemc people made use of the Thompson rivers long before the fur traders, building dugout canoes to fish and travel between lands. Casimir said archeologists could find anything from bone fragments to arrow heads and old fishing tools and wares used by her ancestors. Last year, the remains of a Secwépemc woman pre-dating fur traders were found during the nearby West Victoria Street reconstruction project, “This is an important day to recognize and celebrate the joint efforts between TTS (Tk’emlups) and the City of Kamloops in honouring and protecting our ancestors and our cultural treasures,” Casimir said. She advised that the public leave any artifacts they may find where they are and contact the band’s natural resources department or chief and council. Nicholls said one benefit of the park project is being able to dig in the area ahead of time, something that wasn’t possible with the West Victoria Street road work due to all the city infrastructure involved.

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Milobar says the NDP is ‘politicizing the pandemic’ From A1

Kamloops-North Thompson Liberal MLA (B.C. Liberal) Peter Milobar said he was not surprised to see the premier call an early election, but noted it is disappointing, describing the move as “politicizing the pandemic” at a time when many people are feeling unease and cases of the novel coronavirus are spiking. Regardless, Milobar said his campaign will “be hitting the ground running” to give people of Kamloops the opportunity to send a message to the NDP government that this is the wrong time for an election. “We have a full campaign team geared up and ready to go,” he said. Milobar said it’s clear the only reason Horgan is calling the election is to shed himself of the agreement his NDP has with the Green Party of B.C. and attempt to secure a majority government, striking when the polls are in his favour. He also noted Horgan had been evasive for months about whether he would call an early election. “People’s opinions do matter and people feeling like they’ve been betrayed and misled by a premier will matter and, hopefully, that all comes to pass on Oct. 24,” Milobar said. Kamloops-South Thompson MLA (B.C. Liberal) Todd Stone said he was disappointed that Horgan went ahead with calling an early election, describing it as reckless and irresponsible during a pandemic. “The government is going to be in caretaker mode for likely a couple of months and that means there’s no minister of education squarely focused on the safety of our kids in the classrooms, there’s

no minister of health focused on the well being of British Columbians, there’s no minister of finance focused on economic recovery,” Stone said. Though the seasoned MLA has never been in a snap election, Stone said his team is ready to go, adding that under the pandemic, the campaign will be unlike any other. “The traditional holding events and door-knocking will have to take back seats to a heck of a lot more phone calling and an even greater reliance on social media,” Stone said. He said the snap election wasn’t needed given fixed election dates in B.C. and the commitment from the Greens to continue co-operating with the NDP until that date, adding that any lead the premier believes he has in opinion polls is likely going to evaporate with voters. “There’s no one who wants it except for John Horgan, who’s seizing on the opportunity to further his own political interests,” Stone said. Kamloops-North Thompson NDP constituency association president Rick Turner said the riding plans to announce its candidate by the end of this week or early next week, noting there is one person going through the vetting process to receive party approval. Turner said the NDP has a policy preferring female or visible minority candidates, which the Kamloops-North Thompson riding association is honouring with the choice. “The person is a woman or a person from a visible minority,” Turner said. Asked about the controversy surrounding calling an early election, Turner said he thinks Horgan

has made the right call. He said since former Green leader Andrew Weaver stepped down from his post for health reasons in January, the working relationship between the two parties hasn’t worked as it should. “Mr. Horgan does need that mandate where he knows he has all the support he needs to get a recovery plan in place that will carry on from now for a few years to come, not only to deal with our safety from this virus, but also an economic recovery,” Turner said. Kamloops-South Thompson NDP constituency association president Bill Roberts said the riding is still in the process of finding a candidate and hopes to have someone in place as soon as possible. Asked about the criticism of the NDP calling the election amidst the pandemic, Roberts said he felt it “a legitimate point of view,” but noted the election has been called and will be going forward regardless of the debate. “There’s things to be said on both sides of it for sure,” he said. Tyler Carpentier, Green constituency chair for both North and South Kamloops ridings, said the party is in the process of selecting candidates and have two to three people per riding who have expressed interest in becoming the candidate. Carpentier said he felt the election call was unnecessary given the “unprecedented collaboration” over the last three years via the Green/NDP supply and confidence agreement. He said it seems like opportunism. Carpentier said the party’s expectation is to build on the success it saw in 2017, with an established list of donors and volunteers.

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CARRYING ON DESPITE COVID-19

e are in the midst of a pandemic that has taken its toll on the health of thousands of Canadians and on the economy from coast to coast to coast. The economic impact has been staggering, which is why it is remarkable to see cranes dotting the Kamloops skyline, while the city remains on pace to set a building-permit record for the fourth consecutive year. Pandemic be damned — the hammers and nails and blueprints are as active today as they were before the novel coronavirus crossed international boundaries. Many are waiting for this bubble to burst, but it does not appear that will happen any time soon. The people behind The Hive office park project downtown are not only carrying on, but the first building will be larger than originally planned. And news this week of Kelson Group’s eye-popping $140-million vision for redeveloping the Nicola/ Battle area between Fourth and Fifth avenues should serve as a confidence boost for others on the fence as they decide whether to proceed with development plans in the city. When times are tough, governments tend to spend their way to better days, and that philosophy seems to have been embraced by the private sector in Kamloops. Perhaps the thought is this crisis will end at some point, so why not try to accelerate its demise from one sector it is attacking? Locally, at least, it seems to be working, based on the buzz of activity throughout the city and on a recent KTW online Question of the Week, in which the overwhelming majority of respondents indicated they have not yet been impacted, employment-wise, by the pandemic’s effects. Of course, the situation can change on a dime, but seeing the landscape six months into this nightmare gives us reason to have confidence in what the future will bring to Kamloops.

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Profiting from pandemic?

he provincial election will be held the same day the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce stages its annual Business Excellence Awards — this time online due to the pandemic. As various local businesses tune in on the night of Oct. 24 to learn whether they have been honoured, ballots will be counted across the province. The results will reveal whether Premier John Horgan’s decision to call a snap election just a year out from the next scheduled vote was worthy of gold or a monumental gaffe. Various pundits have weighed in via media outlets to offer their thoughts on a snap election call during a pandemic. The opinions seem to range from “crass opportunism” to “wise move,” depending on where one stands on the NDP fan spectrum. While there is little doubt the B.C. Liberals would be doing the same thing were they in the NDP’s shoes, the decision to go to the polls this fall should rankle those who still believe in that outdated notion of a person’s word being their bond. Lest we forget, the only reason Horgan and the NDP are in a position to govern B.C. is because of a signed agreement between two parties. With the B.C. Liberals and NDP neck and neck in seat numbers, the three Green MLAs had voting power to topple any minority government on a confidence motion.

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MUSINGS The agreement between the NDP and Greens stated the Greens would not do so, as long as the NDP did not call an election before the legislated fixedelection date of Oct. 16 2021. New Green Leader Sonia Furstenau confirmed this week that she told Horgan that agreement — signed when Andrew Weaver was Green leader — remained valid. And, while Weaver left the Greens and sits as an independent MLA, he is on record as supporting Horgan and the NDP. This minority government has been a minor miracle, governing for three years and, by most accounts, governing well. There is no evident danger of it falling and the next election was only 13 months away when Horgan called a snap vote. His explanation that B.C. needs a stable government with a mandate from the people to steer the Good Ship Lotusland through pandemic-infested waters can be translated into a party leader seeking power at

any cost, including violating a signed agreement. If a man’s word cannot be trusted, what is there left of his character to consider? What should also anger voters is the cost to stage the election, which will be in excess of $40 million. With the province’s bank account bleeding profusely from a $12.5 billion deficit this year alone, how does one suddenly find $40-million-plus to fund an entirely needless initiative? It is as though debts and deficits do not matter and money can magically sprout anywhere, at any time. Many will be wondering — if the powers-that-be can find tens of millions of dollars for this, why the heck are we organizing bottle drives to buy much-needed medical equipment for Royal Inland Hospital? If a $40-million-plus power play is justified, why are people living on the streets? If money, debt and deficit are no object — and, for Horgan and the NDP, they evidently aren’t — why can’t everybody have nice things? Politics long ago crossed the crass line — and all parties in B.C. and across Canada are responsible. In this case, we see that power does strange things to a person, the possibility of a four-year majority pushing aside honour, loyalty, commitment and all that other weak garbage. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com Twitter: @ChrisJFoulds

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OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SALLY ANN STORE WILL BE MISSED ALLOW SENIORS, OTHERS TO MEET INSIDE ARENAS Editor: This past summer, I have observed hundreds of people socializing in our many parks. They are there because of COVID-19. They congregate in small, isolated groups and physically distance within those groups. They bring their chairs and visit at length. This outlet is especially important to seniors living alone. One senior told me of her concern. What are these folks to do during the cooler weather in the coming seven months? Staying inside alone may be injurious to mental health. Is it feasible for the city to open some of the five arenas for physicaly distant socializing? Participants would be required, as they were in the summer, to provide their own seating, thereby minimizing the arenas’ sanitizing. They might even sign in for contact tracing. This would be a great opportunity for seniors to at least visit their families in person. The city would sanitize common areas and provide heat to the buildings. Presumably due to the pandemic, some of our arenas’ normal winter activities will be suspended anyway. The cost would likely be far less than that attached to normal winter activities. If the obstacles seem too great, will our council members be imaginative enough to find an alternate proposal and provide this valuable service to our citizens? I’m sure they will. Steve Barnes, Kamloops

Editor: We lost part of the identity of Tranquille Road with the closing of the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Of the many memories I treasure of the thrift store personnel, past and present, the most recent is the impact Sally (the most recent manager) had on the life of a young girl I shall call Mary. Though Mary took on the air of being a hardened, bitter person, that was the protection mechanism she had to try to deal with the hurt and pain in her life. Inside was a lonely young woman who was desperate to be loved for who she was as a person. Sally, the manager at the thrift store, was one of the most important contacts Mary would have in the journey of transforming her life. I worked at a business near the thrift store. Mary was a girl who had a natural

beauty. She would come by, look inside and then make her way along the street. I saw Mary go into the thrift store, so one day I went there to speak with the manager. When I met Sally, she was so genuine and she told me a bit about Mary. Bit by bit, it became apparent that Mary was responding to the care Sally was giving to her. When I spoke to Mary, she just looked away. Little by little, the walls started to come down. She decided she would come inside where I worked and the staff gradually got to know her. I found out Mary’s name and we called her by name when she came in. Eventually, she began to talk with us, but we could not have reached that point without the influence of Sally and her staff at the thrift store. At our place of business, we noticed we

didn’t see Mary for a while, so I asked Sally about her. Sally told me Mary had found a place to live, was keeping in contact with her and things were finally looking up in life. A changed life — “Go for souls and go for the worst” were words spoken by William Booth. I guess the thrift store had served as an avenue for reaching a young girl whose life was a mess. There is no mention of red ink or black ink in the financial statement for spiritual matters. Sally, Louise and Shirley are thrift store managers over the years who did well with their calling of meeting people where their needs were. We’ll miss the Salvation Army Thrift store. John Noakes Kamloops

NON-POTABLE WATER REMAINS A LOCAL ISSUE Editor: Much has been said about the lack of potable water in northern communities. How many poeple know that here in Kamloops, on the Tk’emlups reserve,

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just across the Yellowhead Bridge, there is a residential area that has no potable water and on which residents drive on gravel roads? They are taxed at the same mill rate as downtown

Kamloops, even though they do not own the property, and pay pad rental as well, to one of the wealthiest reserves in the nation. Banks won’t allow them to use home equity because

Editor: To say that calling an election now is in the best interests of the people of B.C. is pure political B.S. and a blatant attempt to build on the positive reviews of the B.C. NDP’s handling of the COVID19 pandemic. Forget that we have a set date for elections in

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A planned five per cent increase to user fees for a wide swath of cultural and recreational activities throughout the city will move ahead. On Thursday, the city’s finance committee was given a heads up by staff of a planned increase to come into effect in January of 2021. Staff told the committee the increase is set out in the city’s recreation facilities fees, charges and regulations bylaw, which was last updated four years ago and set out annual increases over a five-year term, including 2021. The bylaw sets out user fees for everything from soccer, rugby and baseball fields to ice times and Tournament Capital Centre passes. Although one city councillor questioned whether or not users should bare the brunt of added city costs for cleaning and additional staff needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee did not show appetite to make

City one step closer to enacting plastic bag ban JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com

DAVE EAGLES/KTW FILE Fees for cultural and recreational activities, including Tournament Capital Centre passes and admission, are slated to rise by five per cent in January.

changes to the planned increase. The increase comes as user groups are themselves facing financial challenges, stemming from lower registration numbers and additional costs to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus.

A recent announcement by the province gets Kamloops one step closer to banning plastic carryout bags. Last week, the province announced it is approving municipal bylaws banning single-use plastics for the communities of Richmond, Victoria, Saanich, Tofino and Ucluelet. Last year, the BC Court of Appeal, the province’s highest court, ruled that the City of Victoria did not get appropriate approval from the environment minister before enacting the bylaw. The Canadian Plastic Bag Association had been fighting the ban, arguing municipalities don’t have authority to regulate the environment. The ban was upheld in BC Supreme Court, but the association appealed and won. Now, the minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy is providing the necessary approval.

“People have been consistent and vocal about the need to take serious action now on plastic waste and pollution and we have heard the message loud and clear,” B.C.’s environment minister, George Heyman, said in a press release. “Even in the face of current economic downturns, local governments and businesses have told us they remain committed to preventing millions of single-use plastic products from damaging the environment, polluting B.C.’s waters, harming wildlife and increasing costs for taxpayers.” Coun. Dale Bass pushed a ban on single-use plastics at city hall. Bass said a draft bylaw banning plastic carryout bags in Kamloops was based on Victoria’s bylaw. “I’m really glad Michele Hadley brought this to my attention, when she was meeting with members of the public,” she said. “And she made a powerful presentation to council that helped at least get plastic bags included in the notice of motion I brought forward.”

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Bass said she was unhappy when plastic straws and cutlery were amended out of her notice of motion and was thrilled by news from the province. The province said it will consider other bylaws as they are submitted and lay groundwork to allow local governments to ban certain types of plastic products — shopping bags, straws, takeout containers — via a new regulation under the Community Charter, without requiring provincial approval. In addition, milk and milk-alternative containers will be added to the Return-It depositrefund system. “They’re [province] actually addressing the entire issue, not just bags,” Bass said.

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City facilities slowly reopen under pandemic rules JESSICA WALLACE

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Kamloops council has agreed to reopen the Brocklehurst Arena and has paved the way for junior hockey to return to Sandman Centre, should the Kamloops Blazers take the ice this winter. As COVID-19 case counts rise in British Columbia and seasons transition to colder days indoors, the city is planning to reopen more of its facilities — including curling sheets on McArthur Island and community halls like Heritage House — with safety protocols in place. “The opportunity to have indoor recreation, I think, is incredibly important,” Coun. Arjun Singh said. The city’s recreation supervisor, Linda Stride, noted Kamloops Minor Hockey Association ice times are limited, with about 40 per cent of its normal ice times available, causing many parents to request additional arenas to open. Reopening Brocklehurst Arena

will not bring the league up to its former capacity, with Memorial Arena still being used by BC Housing for the city’s vulnerable amid the pandemic, though cancelled tournaments are anticipated to relieve some pressure. Coun. Bill Sarai said the city is built on events, sports and recreation and noted a shortage of ice prior to the pandemic. He said it is important to provide an outlet for residents, especially families with kids.

“We need to sometimes not always look at the dollar and cents,” he said. The decision to reopen Brocklehurst Arena comes at a cost of about $175,000 for six months, which the city said will be offset by pandemic budget savings for the remainder of the year, but will hit the city’s operating budget next year. Recreation facilities are funded by a combination of user fees and taxation, meaning those who play hockey, for example, cover about half of the cost, while taxpayers pick up the remaining 50 per cent. The city anticipates about a half-million-dollar subsidy in the first three months of next year for Brocklehurst Arena, Valleyview Arena and McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre, which roughly equates to about a half-percentage tax increase. Council has also agreed to allow staff to install ice at Sandman Centre once the Western Hockey League’s requirements become known. The league has said junior

hockey will begin in December, though that date has already been pushed back once and, by all accounts, remains tentative due to the pandemic. The city has a contract to provide ice for the Blazers. Sandman Centre is the most expensive arena for the city to operate, typically relying on food and beverage sales — which go to the city, as per the Blazers-city contract — to offset operating costs. According to the city’s five-year financial plan, Sandman Centre was budgeted last year to cost $1.8 million to operate, with $1.2 million in revenues and a net tax requirement of about $685,000. However, with mass gatherings banned by provincial health officials for the foreseeable future, thereby limiting fans in the stands and affecting beer and food sales, some city councillors are concerned about writing a blank cheque. It is not known definitively what it will cost to operate Sandman Centre amid the pandemic, with the city’s report to council noting

it is “difficult to determine at this point as much of the city’s revenue to offset the operating costs are normally tied to food and beverage sales at games, and at this time, it is unclear how many people will be permitted at WHL games and if there will be concessions open.” However, it is reasonable to expect the Blazers will not be able to draw big crowds until there is a vaccine — and the city estimates food and beverage sales, professional shows and other special events contribute between $500,000 and $750,000 to Sandman Centre operating costs, meaning tax requirements to subsidize operation of the downtown arena could potentially double in 2021. “This building will need to operate at a significant increase to the subsidy,” corporate services director Kathy Humphrey said. Also set to reopen: the Yacht Club, Valleyview Hall and Hal Rogers Centre, as needed by community groups and at the added cost of an extra cleaning staff member.

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Kamloops MP says now not the time for a federal election MICHAEL POTESTIO

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Kamloops-Thompson Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod conceded there is always the possibility of an election with a minority government situation in Parliament. But, she added, her Conservatives don’t believe an election is what Canadians need right now. “It’s been less than a year [since the last election] and we’re in the middle of a pandemic, we’re in the middle of a crisis,” McLeod said. She said the government needs to be more respectful of Parliament and do what needs to be done to help Canadians through the pandemic. McLeod said she is not sure what the Liberal government

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will put forth in its throne speech on Wednesday, but there are a number of issues the Conservative opposition wants to see addressed. McLeod said Canada’s testing capacity is not where it should be and the supply of personal protective equipment needs to be increased in the fight against COVID-19. The pandemic has also hit certain sectors hard and McLeod said there should be more targeted support for areas such as the tourism industry, which will need more support than others. The federal commercial rent relief program needs to be revamped as well, she said, noting those dollars need to be given to tenants, not landlords. The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program offers unsecured, forgivable loans to

eligible commercial property owners to cover a minimum of 50 per cent of their tenants’ rent. In exchange, a landlord must reduce rent charged to small business tenant by at least 75 per cent. The Kamloops MP said there should be more federal funding sent to the provinces with fewer caveats. “This current government seems to like to put a bunch of strings attached to the dollars they send,” McLeod said, noting seniors’ care may be different in B.C than it is in Newfoundland. McLeod said the government should also relax environmental regulations that are “killing economic opportunities,” such as Bill C-68, which modernized the fisheries act. She added that more attention should also be paid to the forestry and oil industries.

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Michael Mathieson is facing a slew of charges stemming from incidents in 2019 taken, as was the truck in which they had arrived. Pearce said the men then fled in the stolen truck with one of the women from the motel room. They are alleged to have then ransacked the Dallas house of the man they lured to the suite before driving with the kidnapped woman to Kelowna. Court heard police tracked the cellphone of the kidnapped woman and one of the accused to the group to a Kelowna apartment. The woman was rescued after an RCMP emergency response team boxed in a Honda Civic in Falkland. RCMP Cpl. Matt Rattee said the Civic was struck by police vehicles on three sides — from behind, from the front and on the drivers’ side. He said officers were taking every precaution given the alleged circumstances. “My understanding is there was a certain risk inherent with this and there were firearms involved,” he said. Pearce said wiretap evidence showing Mathieson “planning” the offences ahead of time will be presented during trial, which is expected to last several weeks. The incident was part of a series of highprofile gang-related violence in Kamloops in late 2018 and early 2019. Troy Gold, a man with ties to the city’s drug trade, was murdered in October 2018.

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Police obtained wiretap evidence outlining the planning of an alleged gang-related violent crime spree in 2019 that began with a serious assault and ended with a kidnapping, a judge has been told. Michael Mathieson is charged with armed robbery, unlawful confinement and kidnapping in connection with the incidents, which unfolded in early 2019 as Kamloops was in the midst of a gang war that resulted in three people being killed and others injured. His trial began on Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops. On Feb. 14, 2019, police were called to the Acadian Inn downtown for a report of a home invasion and kidnapping. According to Crown prosecutor Lindsay Pearce, Mathieson and Justin Daniels showed up at a suite in the motel, armed with handguns and with bandanas covering their faces. She said they took the cellphones of the two women in the room and used them to lure an associate to the suite. “They waited with their guns until he arrived a couple hours later,” Pearce said. When the man and a friend arrived, Pearce said, they were hog-tied with electrical cords. Court heard their wallets were

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Cramped quarters on transit buses BC TRANSIT SAYS IT IS DOING WHAT IT CAN TO CREATE SAFE SPACES another on a full bus, with an inability to physically distance from one another. Health experts suggest physical distancing to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus, with the goal of staying about two metres (six feet) from one another. On a full transit bus, seated passengers can fall well inside that distance. Experts have also advised use of a mask when physical distancing is not possible and BC Transit has mandated mask use by passengers. However, Claydon noted, BC Transit’s mask policy is not enforced. KTW previously reported that most riders were abiding by the mask mandate. Still, Claydon said she doesn’t understand why strangers are allowed to touch each other in an enclosed space during a pandemic — especially with case counts on the rise. “There’s already a big rise everywhere, including B.C.,” she said. “We’re experiencing it.” A letter from a student published in a recent edition of Kamloops This Week also expressed concern about crowded buses now that school is back in session. “Every day, I normally get to and from school via city transit,” Sa-Hali secondary student Nic Gillespie wrote to KTW. “Last year, there were two or three

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Rosemarie Claydon has altered her commute. The Kamloops transit user no longer rides the bus during the day, when it is busy with passengers seated next to one another. During peak times, she said, passengers are so close they are touching — not physically distanced. As a result, Claydon has cancelled plans, found another ride or taken the bus during slower times. “One time when it got full enough, I just left,” Claydon said. “I just got off early and then walked, which some other people say they do. I’m immuno-compromised and that’s really scary, really dangerous. Even with a mask, the experts are all saying — I mean every single expert is saying — the most important precaution is distancing.” Claydon said buses are allowed to be filled to capacity — which is fewer than the 50-person gathering limit imposed by the provincial government —but it still results in people seated next to one

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Pandemic leads to demand for kitty litter Absorbent Products’ line of kitty litter brands includes Litter Essence, Kozy Kitty, Wundercat, WC Cat and Cattitudes. If you see a kitty litter brand that states “Made in Canada,” it was likely made in Kamloops.

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As toilet paper flew off shelves at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic this past spring, so, too, did kitty litter. Absorbent Products, located on the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc reserve, experienced a bump in demand for its kitty litter products, as a result of pandemic shopping, and it does not appear to be slowing down any time soon. Absorbent Products director of sales Barry Baker said while others have taken a hit economically during the pandemic, the Kamloops company has been fortunate to be serving essential industries, including the pet industry. “While there was a run on toilet paper, there was also a run on cat litter,” he said. “It can be a good problem to have, to have a whole bunch of increased demand, but we are the major manufacturer of cat litter in Western Canada. The number of orders we had, the demand was just absolutely mind-boggling. It really put us through our paces.” Although many businesses have been negatively affected by pandemic, some businesses have been

kept busy, including bike shops, landscaping services, pool companies — and kitty litter manufacturers. Absorbent Products manufacturers diatomaceous earth into products that include ice melter, insecticide, industrial level absorbents, feed additives and kitty litter.

Kitty litter is the foundation upon which the company was built, Baker said, noting brands people would recognize on store shelves include Litter Essence, Kozy Kitty, Wundercat, WC Cat and Cattitudes. If you see a kitty litter brand that states “Made in Canada,” Baker said it was likely

made in Kamloops. Baker said while people stocked up on kitty litter at the beginning of the pandemic, demand does not appear to be slowing down, with people increasingly turning toward adopting fuzzy friends while stuck at home as the health emergency drags on.

“If anything, we probably have more cats at home just because we’re staying at home,” he said. Baker said the company has done a “really good job” keeping up with demand. Non-essential staff have been working from home, while physical distancing and sanitization have been prioritized for production staff. While Absorbent Products has not run out of product, Baker noted supply chains have been taxed, including for packaging. “I don’t anticipate that we are going to run out, but listening to different industry insiders in the retail space, what we’re hearing is demand for this kind of product and farm and ranch products will probably continue for 18 months after the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, in large part because consumers are really changing their behaviour,” he said. “We are anticipating that the demand is going to continue to stay very strong and we are building our business around that.”

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Scholarship winner has school life back on track MICHAEL POTESTIO

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Carlie Thompson’s post-secondary education was put on hold two years ago, but through perseverance, the 20-year-old university student is back on track. She is one of 10 people to receive this year’s AbbVie IBD Scholarship from Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, which annually awards 10 scholarships of $5,000 to students living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who exemplify outstanding leadership in their community and strive to maintain an optimal level of wellness. Growing up in Westsyde, Thompson heard about the scholarship after getting involved with the Kamloops chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada two years ago. She opted to apply for the scholarship this year as she is going back to school after striving to get her

health in order. Thompson was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in August of 2018, just ahead of moving to Montreal to attend Concordia University as a firstyear student. She managed to complete one semester, but had to withdraw after that as the disease was too difficult to manage while attending classes. Crohn’s and colitis are the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which affects the digestive tract. It can lead to rectal bleeding and abdominal cramping, among other issues. Thompson said it was very difficult to function normally as a student, noting she was fatigued every day from blood loss and had to plan her life around washroom usage. “It was extremely debilitating at its worst,” Thompson said. “My gut is inflamed and my colon is lined with ulcers.”

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Though she was holding her own, Thompson said she wasn’t living up to her potential, so she decided to take a break from school to focus on treatment. Thompson said medication proved helpful, but it took her years to find ones that were effective. Stuck at home and praying that the next medication would work, Thompson said she felt lost and defined by her sickness —

something she thinks able-bodied people may be able to relate to given the circumstances of the pandemic. Having started her current medications last summer, Thompson was declared to be in clinical remission this past July. Now she is headed back to Concordia, albeit from her home in Kamloops due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushing classes online. “I’m excited to final-

ly not be held back by my disease anymore,” Thompson said, noting it is bittersweet, given the circumstances of the pandemic and the fact all her friends are either third-year students or university graduates at this point. Thompson is pursuing a degree in biology and French at Concordia and her scholarship will cover the cost of books and tuition. She said she hopes to pursue a career in

zoology, doing fieldwork and research. Among the credentials that landed Thompson the scholarship was her commitment to giving back to the community as vice-president of the Kamloops Youth Hybrid Club and Rotary. As vice-president, one could find her running meetings, managing events and acting as a liaison. Thompson also facilitated the 2019 and 2020 Kamloops Gutsy

Walk and advocates for washroom access. She recently became president of the Kamloops chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada. Between Sept. 22 and Sept. 26, the Kamloops chapter is holding an online auction, the proceeds of which will go toward research and patient programs. Find the website by searching “Kamloops chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada.”

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New CEO, new era, for regional district Scott Hildebrand is the Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s new chief administrative officer. He started his job on Aug. 17. MERRITT HERALD PHOTO

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The ThompsonNicola Regional District is entering a “new era,” with a new CAO at the helm, according to the board chair. Last week, TNRD chair Ken Gillis welcomed Scott Hildebrand to his first board of director’s meeting as the regional

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Stop to reopen The popular visitors’ centre and rest stop on the Coquihalla Highway in Merritt will reopen. The provincial government has officially transferred 11 hectares of land to the five bands of the Nicola Valley First Nations. The Gateway 286 lands are both north and south of exit 286 of the Coquihalla Highway. Spayum Holdings, a consolidated development corporation owned by the five Nicola Valley First Nations, that anticipates spending $40 million to development the site, which will also involve reopening the landmark Merritt Gateway rest stop for travellers on the Coquihalla Highway.

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Premier: charges likely for Tiny House Warriors JESSICA WALLACE

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Charges are apparently pending against the Tiny House Warriors stemming from their activities in the North Thompson. In am Aug. 13 letter to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board, Premier John Horgan told board chair Ken Gillis he was “optimistic” the group would be prosecuted. This summer, the regional district penned a letter to the premier, requesting a meeting about community issues stemming from the camp of the First Nations group opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. TNRD Area B (Thompson Headwaters) director Stephen Quinn said earlier this summer that the group had occupied the area since summer of 2018 and its members have been creating trouble in the small, rural community two-anda-half hours north of Kamloops on Highway 5. Quinn said the group has been harassing businesses and people. The group is asserting what it said is “Secwépemc territorial authority and jurisdiction,” protesting the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, which includes a planned camp of 500 workers stationed in Blue River during construction. The group was allegedly responsible for throwing paint on a build-

ing and plaza at Thompson Rivers University in December 2018 during a protest at a pipeline project pre-consultation round table at the Campus Activity Centre between former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Frank Iacobucci and local indigenous groups. Horgan wrote to the board saying he met with B.C.’s public safety minister, Mike Farnworth, and Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser about the matter. Horgan said the RCMP has been working to respond to calls generated by the encampment. He said the TNRD will be given the opportunity to speak with Farnworth, as well as B.C.’s attorney general, David Eby, to review enforcement. “We understand that charges have been developed by the RCMP and we are optimistic that they may go forward for prosecution,” Horgan wrote. “I am hopeful that this discussion will reassure you that the RCMP are responsive to community concerns.” The premier added he is looking into the potential for additional actions. “Like you, our government respects and supports the right to peaceful protest, but we cannot accept actions that impact uninvolved third parties at the level of personal harassment or interference in their business and personal affairs,” the letter stated. KTW has reached out to the Tiny House Warriors for comment, but they have not responded.

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Participating in the Public Hearing Process We welcome your feedback on the proposed amendments. All feedback received will be presented to WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors for their consideration. You can provide feedback in the following ways: 1. Register to speak at the hearing via telephone To register, please call 604.232.7744 or toll free in B.C. at 1.866.614.7744. One presentation from an organization or individual will be permitted. If you aren’t able to register, please watch the hearing using the above link as there will be an opportunity for you to call in at the end of the list of preregistered speakers. 2. Submit a pre-recorded video Pre-recorded video submissions up to five minutes in length can be submitted and will be played at the Public Hearing. For further instructions phone 604.232.7744 or toll free in B.C. at 1.866.614.7744 3. Online feedback Written submissions can be made online until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 2020 via the WorkSafeBC website at worksafebc.com or via e-mail at ohsregfeedback@worksafebc.com. More information on the proposed amendments and how to participate in the virtual public hearing can be found on WorkSafeBC’s website at worksafebc.com.

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REGIONAL NEWS

Asian clams found in Shuswap Lake The Asian clam shell is triangular shaped and usually less than 2.5 centimetres, but up to 6.5 centimetres, in length, and yellow-green to light brown in colour, with elevated growth rings.

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An invasive species of Asian clam has been found in Shuswap Lake — the first ever confirmed presence of the clam. Live populations of invasive Asian clams, also known as Corbicula fluminea, were found in two locations of the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake — at Sunnybrae and Canoe Beach — during a recent survey, according to the Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society. The survey was prompted by a discovery of dead Asian clam shells found on the beaches of the

Shuswap Lake last year, but conducted now as water levels are low enough to access the potential habitat for this species. “At Sunnybrae, we were finding around

20 clams per square metre of lake bed,” said Sue Davies, aquatic co-ordinator for the society. More surveys are underway and the society is warning the

public to clean, drain and dry all gear and watercraft every time they leave a lake or river — even if relaunching somewhere else in Shuswap Lake. “The larvae of this species are microscopic,” Davies said. “They could hitch-

hike in the smallest amount of water in your watercraft and survive to populate another lake.” According to the society, this is the first confirmed presence of live Asian clams in the Shuswap, but it has also been known to exist in lakes in the Fraser Valley and on Vancouver Island, as well as in 38 U.S. States and three of the Great Lakes — Erie, Michigan and Superior. Asian clams are small bivalve shellfish, originating in Asia, that can produce up to 70,000 eggs per year under optimal condi-

tions and reach densities of up to 20,000 individuals per square metre of lake bed. They are filter feeders that can reduce biodiversity and food available for fish. Dense populations may have the potential to clog filters on hydro systems and water pipes, leading to costly maintenance. They are also known to harbour parasites that are harmful to humans if the clams are consumed raw. The Asian clam shell is triangular shaped and usually less than 2.5 centimetres, but up to 6.5 centimetres, in length, and yellowgreen to light brown in colour, with elevated growth rings. Once established, eradicating Asian clams from a waterbody is unlikely and the best

thing to do is prevent further spread to other lakes or rivers. The recent survey in Shuswap Lake was conducted by the society, with funding from the Shuswap Watershed Council, direction from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and assistance from the Invasive Species Council of BC Job Creation Program. The Asian clam is not to be confused with invasive zebra and quagga mussels, which are not known to be in B.C. Members of the public are asked to report any suspected invasive species via the provincial Report Invasives BC smartphone app or by calling the Report All Poachers and Polluters hotline 1-877-952-7277.

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Conservative, Bloc leaders contract COVID-19 MIA RABSON

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Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has tested positive for COVID-19. O’Toole received the news on Sept. 18, hours after Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet issued a statement that he, too, had tested positive. Both men will now be unable to attend next week’s throne speech. O’Toole, who has been the Opposition leader for less than four weeks, was tested in Gatineau,

Que., after one of his staffers tested positive. His wife, Rebecca, and their children Mollie and Jack, all tested negative. The party said in a statement that O’Toole, 47, was experiencing no symptoms. However his spokeswoman, Melanie Paradis, later said O’Toole had started to experience a sore throat. His symptoms are said to be mild and the party said he is “feeling well.” Ontario Public Health requires an individual to isolate for at least

14 days from the day symptoms begin or they receive a positive test if they never had symptoms. Under that guidance, O’Toole would be required to stay in isolation until the end of September. Paradis said O’Toole will discuss the situation with his doctor to determine how long he must remain in isolation. Quebec’s public health rules say a person who tests positive, but doesn’t have serious symptoms must stay isolated for 10 days. Blanchet had no symptoms as of Sept. 18 and will follow that guid-

ance, the party said. “He will stay in isolation at his home in Shawinigan until Sept. 26, in conformance with the instructions of Quebec public health,” the Bloc said in a statement. “He feels perfectly well.” Quebec Premier Francois Legault said he would get tested for COVID-19 because he had met with O’Toole earlier last week. Legault later announced in a Facebook post that his test had come back negative. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who met with Legault, Alberta

Premier Jason Kenney and Manitoba’s Brian Pallister on Friday, said he was feeling fine and had no immediate plans to selfisolate or get tested. Blanchet’s wife, Nancy Deziel, tested positive for the illness last week, after losing her sense of smell, and Blanchet said then that he would be tested as a precaution. The Bloc leader was already in self-isolation, along with much of his caucus and other aides, after a staff member contracted COVID-19.

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COVID-19 appeared to be gaining steam in Canada’s two most populous provinces on Monday, prompting Quebec’s public health director to announce the beginning of a second wave. Quebec and Ontario reported more than 1,000 cases between them, including 586 cases in Quebec, a jump of more than 100 compared with Sunday. Ontario’s numbers increased to 425 from 365 a day before. The news prompted Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec’s public health director, to declare a

second wave of COVID-19 had begun in the province. “I’m very, very, very worried by the situation, to the point where I consider that now we may be in a second wave, we’re in a second wave at its beginning,’’ he told a news conference in Quebec City. Quebec announced tighter restrictions on public and private indoor gatherings on Sunday as it raised the alert level for several regions of the province, including Montreal and Quebec City. But Arruda said the situation was serious all over the province, and that the population

needs to respect gathering limits and health guidelines in order to limit cases. “This second wave, we can transform it into a smaller wave than we experienced before, but if we don’t make the effort, it can be even bigger than the first,’’ he said. In Ontario, Premier Doug Ford said his government would release its plan to deal with a second wave of COVID-19 on Tuesday. Health Minister Christine Elliott added the response to the second wave could be more complicated due to flu season and the need to address the province’s surgery backlog. In Montreal, which is Canada’s hardest-hit

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WATCH We’re not talking about Russia and China, both of which have begun inoculating some key workers with vaccines that are still listed by the World Health Organization as being in clinical trials. No surprise here as everybody knows those regimes break the rules whenever they feel like it. Usually the Trump administration’s actions are viewed with weary resignation by the rest of the world, but it would still be a very big deal if the United States started distributing a vaccine that had not been properly tested. Yet the signs indicate that’s just what is going to happen. Last month at the Republican national convention, President

Donald Trump told the delegates and the country: “We are developing life-saving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner.” On Sept. 4, the U.S. government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told American health officials that “limited COVID-19 vaccine doses may be available by early November 2020.” More specifically, the CDC urged state authorities to consider waiving requirements and grant permits to McKesson Corporation so it can start distributing a vaccine by Nov. 1. You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. The presidential election is on Nov. 3, two days later. That’s long enough for the glad news to get around and for voters to be swayed in favour of Trump, but too short for any defects in the rushed vaccine to come to light. Trump is going to liberate Americans from the curse of COVID-19 in a little less than two months. If the vaccine’s miraculous properties subsequently fade, even it turns out to kill large numbers of people, that won’t matter.

The votes will have been counted and Trump will be back in office for another four years. That, at least, is the scenario currently envisaged by the people around Trump. It is a plausible one, especially if the race has tightened by then. Just 100,000 votes in three states, mostly from people who had previously voted Democratic, put Trump in the White House in 2016. A miracle vaccine could certainly swing that many votes again. The nine pharmaceutical majors who felt the need to issue a “historic pledge” to uphold scientific and ethical standards were doubtless driven by this scenario. Even if there really has been an American breakthrough, they would still have to cope with the public’s suspicion that Trump is cheating — and the mistrust that will also attach to any other early vaccines. It is possible the vaccine or vaccines that Trump is about to unleash on the American public really do work and are safe. It would be a historic first in the development of vaccines — having a COVID-19 vaccine ready for general use by next June or July would normally be seen as a

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he experience that a family goes through when someone requires an organ transplant can be an incredibly stressful one. It can also be expensive, with many costs not considered or calculated initially. That’s what Julie Dodds and her family recently discovered when preparing for her own kidney transplant. Julie has a rare, hereditary kidney disease that has knocked her kidney function down as low as 13 per cent, which means either dialysis or a transplant will be required soon. Husband Allan Dodds explained that with elective surgeries now available again in B.C., and a few living donors going through final tests for organ compatibility, they are hopeful the surgery can be done soon. While they wait, Allan has set up a GoFundMe page to help raise money for some of the additional costs that come with transplant surgery. Such costs include travel, accommodations, food and more for the potential three-month stay Julie will have following surgery. There will also be some medical costs. “Vaccines aren’t covered,” Allan said, even though multiple vaccines will be required prior to surgery. One potentially unique benefit of the surgery taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic is that people are already used to the process of wearing masks and using hand sanitizer, two things that will be required from people wanting to visit Julie after her surgery. The family was hoping to raise at least $15,000 through the GoFundMe page and that amount has been surpassed, thanks to the generosity of the Kamloops community, including a fundraiser hosted by the Great Canadian Oil Change and Signature Signs. Allan is especially grateful, given how challenging it has been to raise money this year. “You can’t do fundraisers during COVID,” he said, explaining that traditional fundraising options such as dinners or golf tournaments aren’t possible given pandemic-related distancing orders. Allan said he has seen names of donors on the GoFundMe Page that he did not recognize, only to look them up on Facebook and discover they were friends of friends who he may have never met, but were still willing to put some money toward the cause. And he can’t express just how thankful he and his family are. “We can only say thanks so many times,” he said. To help and for more information, go online to gofundme.com and search “Julie Dodds.”

Julie Dodds (left and above with family) has a rare, hereditary kidney disease that has knocked her kidney function down as low as 18 per cent, which means either dialysis or a transplant will be required soon. Husband Allan and kids Eli, Milo and Finn, are hoping for full recovery following surgery. The family is grateful for the response by the Kamloops community in helping build a fund that will cover expenses related to the operation.

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After revealing my identity in terms of this column, I received a private message from someone who lost her child to a drug overdose. She forwarded information about language, the words that we use. I am thankful for any opportunity to discuss issues that matter. Language does matter, yet in my indoctrination of higher education, I was taught to go further — that is, to respect one another and not impose my beliefs about how one should speak. Rather, I was encouraged to examine real intention, the real message behind the words that I chose. My column is called Ask An Addict. In this age of political correctness, many object to the word “addict,” arguing it implies judgment and shame. We are asked to become conscious of this — an aspect with which I agree — that is, being conscious. We are then challenged to “take the pledge” and instead use the wording of “people who use substances” instead. This is where I diverge. It is not the words, but rather the intention. I think, that mat-

ASK AN ADDICT Ask an Addict is a column penned by Helena Paivinen, 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. ters. Many in the recovery community claim the title of “addict” and “alcoholic” with pride as it helps us connect. It reminds us where we came from, what and who we are today. The words bond together and help us heal. In that regard, they are very useful indeed. In my fifth year of sobriety, I flew back to my alma mater to make amends to two accomplished professors I adored. They believed in me and hinted about my being a special case doctoral student because, at that time, their institution did not offer a Ph.D. In my illness, I was oblivious. I did not hear their words. I disclosed I was an addict, at which they stopped me in midsentence, asking about my use of that word.

You see, they believe in hope — not pathologizing, but focusing upon strength. They knew that language could cripple or heal. They also taught about me about belief — the power this has. My beliefs influence what I chose to see. One belief is that the word “addict” is useful to me. I shared this with the professors, telling them I needed to remember who I was and from where I came. If I forget this, I might just relapse. I do not reside in shame; I use my words to inform, to guide me today. In this manner, the word “addict” is useful to me. It is the judgment that matters, more than the word. You may think you hold only acceptance toward people like me,

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but please consider this — due to my medical condition (not addiction-based). I hired a housekeeper to come in for four hours per month. One day, she disclosed her history of addiction to me. Suddenly everything, yet nothing, had changed. She told me of a car accident, severe injuries and subsequent addiction with doctors’ prescriptions. I wish I could tell you her disclosure didn’t change anything, but because I know the relapse rate and what some people do in desperate times, I was sadly shocked to discover my new thinking with her. Suddenly, I was leery of leaving her alone in my house when it did not matter before. I share this with you to show how difficult it is to bare this stigma and shame. I know what people in addiction do, as all you do, as well. This is what matters to me, more than the words you use. Even though my friends and I know I am honest, good and decent, I contend with this judgment every day. This is why I hid, for so many years. This — not your words — is what hurts me.

The little ghouls and goblins will not be haunting Aberdeen Mall this Halloween. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mall management has decided to cancel the annual Halloween trick or treat event, which normally sees more than 3,000 kids and their parents or guardians roam the facility as they visit each store, gathering candy and other goodies. Kristi Williams, Aberdeen Mall’s marketing and specialty leasing manager, said the enclosed mall could not adhere to public health’s physical-distancing guidelines and instead will create an online Halloween contest, the details of which will

be posted in the mall’s website (aberdeenmall.ca) and Facebook page. Meanwhile, in lieu of food bank donations collected at the event each year, mall management will be donating $1,000 to the Kamloops Food Bank on behalf of mall customers. Despite the cancellation of trick or treating in Kamloops’ largest mall, that does not mean Halloween and trick or treating in general has been axed. According to Provincial

Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, trick-or-treating can be done with precautions to maintain physical distancing. “Yes, absolutely I think we can have Halloween this year,” Henry said earlier this month. “It’s just going to look different, like everything is looking different during this pandemic. “We’re working on some guidance that we will put out around this, but I really think we need to think about small groups, outside. “Not having somebody come into your house, but having maybe the neighbourhood doing things at the end of the driveway. “Having prepackaged treats for kids so they’re not rummaging around in things.”

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A new community resource centre has opened its doors on the North Shore, at 405a Tranquille Rd. According to Glenn Hilke, The Loop is doing things a bit different than others. “It’s a hybrid approach, a very unique concept,” he said. “Unlike a community centre like the YMCA, we’re not doing fitness. What we’re doing is food security. We’re doing life skills learning and training. We’re also making the space available to other not-for-profit groups.” One of the first groups to utilize the space is Modern Dads, a mens’ support group for single dads who might have issues with which they need help or people with whom they need to talk. Another regular program is Lunch and Learn, which runs every Friday and pairs a meal with a sit-down workshop. Recent subjects have included training on the proper use of Naloxone, providing support to

people with mental-health and addictions issues and a look at Indigenous food security perspectives. Lunch is available six days a week and the meals originate from the COVID Meal Train program, which is produced out of The Loop’s kitchen. Once the meal train heads out into the community, those same meals are served at The Loop. Hilke said the lunch program helps create a cross-clientele environment, where members of the homeless community and those with food security issues are able to share a meal with those who don’t find themselves in those categories. “We want to encourage and enable that kind of contact,” Hilke said. The people behind The Loop are also working to ensure

everyone follows safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering hand sanitizer and masks and asking everyone to declare they are free of symptoms before gaining access to the program. “If they do say they are symptomatic, then we’ll contact an Interior Health street nurse or one of the outreach services to let them know that there’s somebody that they may want to see,” Hilke said. The Loop is managed by the Lived Experience Community Life and Peer Skills Program, a group that is also behind The Big Edition street newspaper. Hilke said those in the program have been through every change one could imagine — socially, economically, physically and mentally — and are now in a position to help those facing the same struggles. “That majority of our community members that come into The Loop are people with lived experience,” he said. “Who better than to meet and greet them and to serve them than other people that have gone through that?”

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The annual VW Turtle River Race returns, with proceeds going to the Kamloops This Week Christmas Cheer Fund charities: Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism, Kamloops Brain Injury Association, Kamloops Therapeutic Riding Association and New Beginning Stroke Recovery. The plastic turtles will be dropped in the South Thompson River from the CN Railway Bridge behind Sandman Centre, from where they will float past the Riverside Park beach. Owners of the first three turtles to cross the finish line at the pier will win prizes. There are two races — at 1 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Each race’s first-place prize pack is valued at $8,000, while each race’s secondplace prize pack is valued at $2,700 and each race’s third-place prize pack is valued at $1,500. Details of prizes in each pack can be found online at turtleriverrace.com. For each race, there are 1,500 single tickets at $10 available. There are 150 value packs that include three tickets for $25. One must be at least 19 years of age to play. Tickets are on sale until noon on Sunday, Sept. 27. Tickets are available online at turtleriverrace.com and at any Save-On-Foods store in Kamloops.

A TOURNEY FORE A GREAT CAUSE AT RIH: The 23rd South Central Trucking and Industry Charity Golf Tournament wrapped up on Aug. 28 at Rivershore Estate and Golf Links. The event raised more than $58,000 for the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation to be able to purchase a highly sophisticated and much-needed intensivecare unit bed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourney was spread over several weeks in July and August, giving golfers the flexibility to golf where and when it best suited them. The purchase of the ICU bed will benefit patients on life support or requiring other life-saving measures. In the photo, from left: Tim Brooks, Heidi Coleman, Brad Teal, Gerry Schitzer, Marcia Popoff, Rob James and Shana Skjeie.

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elcome to the weekly Kamloops Art Page. With the COVID-19 pandemic upending society — socially and economically and dominating news for the foreseeable future — we understand pandemic fatigue can set in for even the most ardent followers of current events. While continuing to cover all pandemic and non-pandemic-related news, KTW has also worked hard at featuring positive stories from the crisis, tales that capture the essence of humanity, be it volunteers sewing thousands of masks for health-care workers or musicians offering up weekly free concerts online. This page is an attempt by KTW to bring some colour into the lives of our readers via

artwork created locally. We hope to, on a weekly basis, use this page to showcase works by various Kamloops artists, with between one and three pieces displayed. Thanks for reading Kamloops This Week and we hope this page can help ease the stress of this uncertain era in which we are living. Email editor@kamloopsthisweek.com if you have any questions or suggestions relating to this page.

Email editor@kamloopsthisweek.com if you have submissions for Kamloops Art Page. OCEAN BABY, BY JAYDA SAMPOGNA MCGOWAN PARK ELEMENTARY, GRADE 6 “I painted dolphins, since they’re one of my favourite animals. I added First Nations shapes, since they represent the cycle of life. I painted a baby dolphin preparing to be born. I want people to feel calm by my choice of blue colours, like standing near an ocean. I used acrylics.”

COLOURFUL SILENCE, BY CHLOE BRUNSGAARD WESTSYDE SECONDARY, GRADE 8 “The thing that inspired me to do this piece of art was the motivation and determination that I felt. I had to get into Young Artists, so I spent hours drawing. I call it Colourful Silence because I was very silent when doing it and I was also really colourful and happy when doing the drawing. I love how when I do art it makes a dull world colourful again.”

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Racism arises from collective worldly desires

acism arises because we have desires lingering in our hearts. To fulfil those desires, we have developed discrimination. That discrimination allows us to pursue and

fulfil worldly desires. It allows us to distinguish between day and night, hot and cold, good and bad. With this perspective, we see someone as tall or short, beautiful or ugly, knowledgeable or ignorant, multicul-

turally tolerant or a racist. We label objects, places and events either in positive or negative terms according to our discrimination. The choices we make in this world and our own particular set

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Animal discrimination is developed to the extent of satisfying the basic needs of sleeping, eating, mating and defending. We also strive to fulfil those same needs, but in a more complex and demanding way that never leaves us satisfied. Our desires are insatiable. Even if we sleep to the point of lethargy, eat to the point of gluttony, engage in illicit sex to the point of exhaustion, we will remain unsatisfied. What’s worse is we fight and struggle to maintain our degrees of indulgence and lament any diminution in their standards. Our perpetual pursuit of happiness becomes even more complicated due to the need for mental stimuli, such as varieties of entertainment and the abstract discourse provided through social sciences, philosophy and theology. The more material desires we have, the more we become attached to the fulfilment of those desires and the more we lose any real

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spiritual intelligence. Fulfilling our desires necessitates entangling ourselves within the required material activities. Getting an education so we can qualify for a job and go to work consumes our ambitions and time. As we get more and more caught up in the cogs of our great mechanized economy, we become further removed from our spiritual natures. We struggle within this world to develop the prerequisite discrimination to aid us in a battle we can never win. We can only eliminate conceptions of racism and find peace through higher states of consciousness. When our real intelligence is covered by our gross bodies, then we entangle and bind ourselves to worldly conceptions. In the bodily conception of life, there is no possibility of equality. Materially, none of us are equal. I’m old, you’re young. I’m a man, you’re a woman. I’m a Vaisnav, you’re a Christian. She’s a Muslim, he’s a Jew. Where is the question of equality? Real lasting peace and egalitarianism only comes when we have some conception of connectivity beyond this world and we have transcendental knowledge. Without such peace, there is no possibility of happiness. We will only find lasting satisfaction and relief from insatiable desires through connecting who and what we are with our-

selves as souls and ultimately with God. We have an existence originating beyond our coverings of flesh, the senses, mind, intelligence and ego. With proper spiritual education, practise and association, we can reframe our thoughts actions and deeds. Objectively, we want to strive for a predominately spiritual, rather than material, mindset and lifestyle. To do that, we need to shift as far away from conceptions of material gratifications and satisfactions as practical, without the crutch of false excuse, and aspire for an absolute connection with spirit. To test just how far we’ve progressed along this dimension of our spiritual journeys, just ask, “Do I accept fortunes and distresses arising from desires with equilibrium?” From our answers, we can see just how far we have to go to eliminate that discrimination and racism lingering within our hearts. Harold Meier lived in Taiwan for more than 20 years, during which he studied Eastern religions, primarily Vedantism, and became a member of the Hare Krishna community. He holds a master’s degree in educational practices. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and can be emailed to editor@ kamloopsthisweek.com. Please include a very short bio and a photo.

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of preferences depend upon our capacity to discern differences and recognize dualities. By nature, we want to pursue what we perceive as good and reject what we perceive as bad. Hence we pursue and maintain dualisms necessitating a bodily concept of life and death. Through our thoughts, our words and our deeds, we reinforce and enhance our relationships with matter and form. Because we’re unable to see ourselves as a spirit soul, we’re unable to see others as spirit souls. In chapter five, verse 18 of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, “The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].” Here, having real equality of vision includes the way we see all other living entities. This perspective is a basic religious principle. If we want to turn the elephant into a circus entertainment, the dog into a domestic pet and the cow into a steak dinner, then how can we possibly see them as equal? The trees and flowers, the insects and fish, the birds and all other animals share the quality of having life. Life is the quality of the soul. Recognizing the soul in all living beings is the basis for equality. As humans, we’re capable of that level of discrimination. Animals are not.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will add a few dollars toward the rebuilding of a heritage church that burned down last year in Merritt. The TNRD board has agreed to spend $750 to bolster community fundraising for restoration efforts for Murray Church. TNRD Area M (Nicola Valley) director David Laird asked the board to sponsor reconstruction of the building, which dates

back to the late 1800s, but burnt to the ground in an arson fire in January of 2019. Laird said community fundraising is almost complete and construction will follow. “It’s been well supported in our community,” he said. The board discussed whether or not the financial contribution would constitute donation to a religious organization. It comes on the heals of a TNRD policy change in July, when the board updated its

grants and sponsorship policy, which in part included a ban on providing grants to religious organizations. Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Roden noted the church has not held service since the 1950s. Instead, it hosts community events like quilt sales and is also a tourist draw in the community. The policy specifically notes grants will not be provided to religious organizations serving primarily their membership and/ or their direct religious purpose.

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A campfire is the heart of the outdoors life FEW SIGHTS ARE AS CHEERING AS FLAMES ROARING FOLLOWING A LONG DAY SPENT IN THE COLD

n a dark, cold night, the flames licking from a pile of burning logs do more than protect the body against the cold — they warm the spirit. Without a fire, I doubt I’d want to spend a night in the bush. The thought of sitting on a stump bathed only in the glow of a gas lantern seems flat — twodimensional somehow — kind of like watching a sunset in black and white. Fires are the heart of a camp, the place where people gather to talk and sit and warm frosty digits. Sitting close to a fire is often the only sensible way to pass the time when the night frost starts to paint its ghostly white colours across the landscape. There are few sights as cheering as a fire roaring to life after a long day in the cold. Conversely, there’s few experiences more depressing than failing to spark a fire when the weather is wet and morale is already flagging. A fire seems at times seems a living thing, even offering companionship. Spend a night alone in the bush sometime — either by accident or design — and I guarantee the first thing you’ll want to do is build a fire as the light fades. People lost in the bush would do well to make fire-building a priority, even at times of the year when it’s warm enough that death by hypothermia isn’t a concern. The act of gathering fuel and stoking it to life gives purpose and takes the mind off the plight at hand. As well, a fire provides an anchor and keeps a person from moving about for no reason. Fire is engrossing and time slips by as we watch the flames.

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NARRATIVE The randomness of the fiery fingers, the frantic flying embers, the snapping of wood and the shifting of red-hot logs offers just enough to keep the mind occupied, without requiring too much mental energy to distract from relaxation. Most everyone has campfire memories. I remember chilly winter walks with my dad through an Ontario forest when I was just eight or nine years old and building little fires to keep warm. He’d stomp the snow down in a compact circle and show me how to build a fire slowly and carefully, using dry grass and the ends of small sticks as tinder. Of course, I never really learned the lessons of fire-building, despite my dad’s best efforts. Even now, I’m more likely to pitch a cupful of gasoline on a pile of wood than I am to carefully cut kindling. Such practices can be foolhardy. Once, my brother-in-law and I almost burned up his truck as we stoked a morning fire with a shot of gasoline. It was early, cold and windy and we wanted heat — now. He grabbed the gas can and squirted a bit from the vent cap onto

new wood piled on top of barely smouldering embers. The fire roared to life and he moved the can hurriedly from the flames. Unfortunately, the cap leaked as he did so and the fire followed, burning following him along a liquid track in the direction of his truck. We hurriedly stamped around with our feet to smother the small flames, grateful nothing further developed. Regardless, it was a valuable lesson — fire is dangerous at the same time it’s useful. Fire is the original tool. It continues to serve us — in our furnaces and car engines and kitchens, to name just a few. It’s that very power that makes it

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etting stranded on a small, windswept, bird-infested island, surrounded by Minke whales, dolphins and seals on the St. Lawrence River’s north shore might appear at first glance to be the setting for some horror film — especially when my living quarters were in a historic working lighthouse station. In reality, staying on the Ile aux Perroquets in Quebec Maritime’s distinctive and spectacular Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve was more of a romance. I fell in love with the place. The island and its dramatic setting exceeded my expectations. Besides, the boat that dropped me off did, as promised, come back the next day to pick me up. Not that I was ready to leave. Along the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is a remarkably beautiful scattering of nearly 1,000 islands, granitic islets and reefs sprinkled along a narrow swath 150 kilometres east to west. Founded by Parks Canada in 1984, this relatively small and little known park receives roughly 35,000 guests each year. Although the reserve is restricted to the islands themselves, it becomes quite obvious when visiting that it is the sea that shapes everything — sea life, birdlife, wildlife, plant life, rock formations, the climate and even the visitor’s experience itself. Two days earlier, dressed in warm survival floatation suits, we pulled away from the small marina at Havre-Saint-Pierre on a Parks Canada vessel, uniquely

ABOVE: The view of the Île aux Perroquets in Quebec from the top of the lighthouse tower is distinctive and spectacular. LEFT: The Atlantic Puffin is a highlight of any visit to the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve. JAMIE ROSS PHOTOS

built with an angled front for docking on beaches. The Mingan Archipelago is best known for its eerie assemblage of limestone monoliths, the largest collection of its kind in Canada. Along the shores of Mingan’s larger islands, they appear as sentries, tottering sand castles or gigantic mythical beasts, carved by nature’s forces and ranging in height from a few metres to more than 20 metres high. Our first island destination is Île Niapiskau. We follow a

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atharine Pendrel and husband Keith Wilson are expecting a baby in February, news the prolific cross-country mountain biker announced on Friday on social media. “That was one of the coolest things when people messaged me on Instagram and Facebook – other people sharing just how much joy kids have brought to their lives,” said Pendrel, a Kamloops resident who turns 40 on Sept. 30. “It’s amazing. I totally didn’t expect that response. It also makes it fun. It’s fun to be able to finally share it.” The couple’s first baby is due on Feb. 3, leaving Pendrel with about six months to take a run at the Olympic Summer Games (held in 2021, but carrying the 2020 title), which are scheduled to take place

ANDREA HEATH PHOTO Catharine Pendrel is riding with a baby on board these days.

from July 23 to Aug. 8 in Tokyo. Pendrel and Haley Smith occupy the two spots expected to be available for female Canadian cross-country riders at the Games. They are the only two women who have satisfied Cycling Canada criteria for

cracking the Olympic squad. Two World Cup events in 2021 are expected to be scheduled prior to the May 30 cutoff for Olympic qualification, the final two opportunities for Canadian riders to meet Cycling Canada criteria and unseat Pendrel and Smith. “I’m sure having peak form for the final selection events of 2021 will be a little bit out of … we’ll still be in a process of working toward that,” said Pendrel, an Olympic bronze medallist, two-time world champion and three-time World Cup series champion. “But, hopefully, if another rider doesn’t finish on the podium at the first two World Cups next year, then the spot would still be mine and it would be determining for myself whether I felt like I have the form that I would want to have in July, but that’s six months later, so I’m pretty confident I could be there.” Pendrel’s original plan was to cap her competitive career by

competing on the 2020 World Cup circuit and at the 2020 Olympics. The postponement of the Games and alteration of 2020 World Cup racing, including rendering it meaningless in relation to qualification for Tokyo, appear to have made it possible to start a family while still keeping Olympic dreams alive. “A family was on the radar. I turn 40 in a couple days,” Pendrel said. “I had planned on retiring after this season, but yeah, with the pandemic, it definitely shook things up a bit and I was like, well, you don’t know how long it takes, so maybe we should try now and, yeah, it worked. “I’m fortunate that my professional team is supporting me next year and my husband is able to take paternity leave, so we can actually be able to train and have a child and manage all that. Those support systems are fantastic.” Pendrel has two great resources close to home in Okanagan-based

athletes Sonya Looney, a world champion enduro rider who gave birth in March, and Kikkan Randall, a mother, Olympic gold medallist cross-country skier and cancer survivor. “Those are two amazing, phenomenal women I can chat with about it,” Pendrel said. “You have to recognize you can’t train right now at the level you’re used to. It’s just staying fit and healthy and doing what’s right for right now, always working with changing variables, staying optimistic you can do your best, but being adaptable to whatever life throws at you.” The baby started kicking on Friday morning. “That was kind of a neat experience,” Pendrel said. “There are lots of things to look forward to. “I wasn’t always one of those women who is like, ‘I’m going to have a baby and a family,’ but I also never wanted to rule that out.”

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Little Serbia is a growing Kamloops neighbourhood. Those wishing to move in must be OK with hungry Wolves and hardwood floors. Animated TRU WolfPack women’s basketball head coach Goran Nogic, from Belgrade, Serbia, has wooed his first international recruit, 17-yearold Danijela Kovačević, a 5-foot-7 point guard who toils for Partizan, a club team in Belgrade. “She is actually ready to play in U Sport level and make a difference here,” said second-year bench boss Nogic, noting his quarterback of the future is expected to arrive in time for the 2021-2022 season. “That is much more important than if she is Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian or whatever. I don’t choose the play-

ers because they are Serbian, Ukrainian, Spanish or French or Canadian, East Coast or West Coast. That really is not the principle criteria.” Nogic makes his point — she was signed based on merit, not area code — but her non-Canadian status is notable. U Sports basketball squads are allowed a maximum of three athletes who are not Canadian citizens or do not have permanentresident status in the Great White North. Audrey Rankin, an Upper Marlboro, Md., product who toiled for TRU in 2016-2017, is the only international player in WolfPack women’s basketball history. Prior to Nogic’s arrival, the program was 104-189 and had been eliminated in Round 1 in each of its five post-season appearances. TRU athletics and

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in the superior level of university competition in the U.S. in comparison with Canada, Nogic said. “At this moment, that difference is not so big as earlier,” he said. Nogic heard Kovačević may be interested in coming to North America, so he picked up the recruiting intensity and talks began. The dialogue was in their native tongue, which didn’t hurt TRU’s chances, and familiarity with Nogic will be of comfort to the family while Kovačević, a few months removed from high school, settles into a new neighbourhood, Little Serbia, next summer. “Lifestyle, coaching they can expect and also safety is, for sure, a very important part of their decision,” Nogic said. “I choose her because I believe she can make a difference right from the beginning.”

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Connor Zary does not play favourites when it comes to 2020 NHL Draft mock drafts. “Any one where my name is on it,” said Zary, the Kamloops Blazers’ star centre who is likely to be selected in Round 1 of the draft, which will be held virtually on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7. “If you take those into too much consideration, you’re just going to get in your own head, so I try not to look.” Zary, a six-foot, 180-pound left shot from Saskatoon, was 15th among North American skaters in NHL

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Central Scouting’s final rankings for the 2020 draft. Online mock drafts vary. Corey Pronman of The Athletic has Zary landing at 19th overall (Calgary Flames), as does mynhldraft. com. Draftsite.com projects Zary goes 20th overall (New Jersey Devils) and tankathon. com pencils him in at 15th overall (Toronto Maple Leafs). TSN analyst Bob McKenzie pegs Zary 22nd in his final draft rankings. Craig Button, also of TSN, had Zary 11th on his list in March, but the Blazers’ forward is not inside Button’s top 15 in his Aug. 10 mock draft. See GARAND, A40

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“You never know what’s going to happen,” said Zary, who grew up supporting the Maple Leafs. “One team might like you and you think you’re going to go there, but they might make a trade to better themselves for next season. A team might like a different guy or need a D-man.” This year’s crop of first-rounders will be robbed of their draftday moment, the camera shot of them hugging family and friends before skipping down to the stage to put on their new team’s jersey.

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“You watch the draft and it’s something you dream of,” said Zary, whose draft-day celebration will include close friends and family. “It’s going to be on TV and I’ll be with my agent. I don’t know if it will be like the NFL, when they call you right before the pick. It would have been nice to be in Montreal, but it’s going to be awesome either way.” NHL Central Scouting listed three Blazers in its final rankings — Zary, goaltender Dylan Garand of Victoria and forward

Josh Pillar of Warman, Sask. Garand, who played in 42 regular-season games last season and posted a .921 save percentage, is a great bet to be drafted, ranked sixth among North American goaltenders. The draft trend of late is to select tall netminders, about 6-foot-2 or taller. “That’s definitely a big topic when you go into your draft year,” Garand said. “My opinion on it — it doesn’t really matter at all.” Garand, a left glove, is not short, pushing 6-foot-1, but his

height, or perceived lack thereof, has potential to affect his final draft position. Dustin Wolf, about six feet tall, was the WHL’s top goaltender in 2018-2019, posting an incredible .936 save percentage after 61 games. The Calgary Flames nabbed Wolf, from Tustin, Calif., with the fourth-last pick in the 2019 draft, 214th overall in Round 7. “He’s shorter than I am and he just lit up the frickin’ league and he’s a top NHL prospect,” Garand said of Wolf, who was on track for another great season in the truncated 2019-2020 campaign. Pillar, a six-foot, 175pound right shot, tallied 14 goals and 44 points in 63 games last season. “You see the rankings and you never really know,” Pillar said. “I’d be happy any place, anywhere, with any team. I’d be happy if I went. If I didn’t go, that would be another story.”

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$399,900 610-429 ST PAUL STREET

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57-2401 ORD RD

45-1375 ORD ROAD

208-338 NICOLA ST

20-1951 LODGEPOLE DRIVE

519 HOLT STREET

12-481 MONARCH COURT

$439,900

$445,000

$449,000

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D L O S

WESTSYDE

D D L L O O S S

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SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM-2 BATH UNIT BRIGHT OPEN PLAN TOWNHOUSE • 3 Bdrm, 3 Baths • All appliances & • South corner unit with private deck • Open floor plan-Granite kitchen C/Air • Lovely view & backs on green • Rentals allowed -Walk space • D/Garage • Private patio to all Amenities

DUFFERIN

UPDATED HALF DUPLEX • 4 Bedrooms-2 Baths-S/Garage • All Appliances included • Quiet cul de sac close to river trail

3 BEDROOM--3 BATH TOWNHOUSE • Rentals & Pets Allowed • All appliances & C/Air included • Full Daylight Basement & Extra parking

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END UNIT IN DESIRABLE DUFFERIN PARK • Fully updated throughout home • Close to schools, recreation and shopping

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9-810 ANDERSON TER

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20-1760 COPPERHEAD DR

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828 GLENESK PLACE

1135 DOUGLAS STREET

$524,900

$529,900

$539,000

$549,900

$624,900

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3 BDRM'S AND DEN • Updated kitchen, flooring, lighting and Roof • Very private half acre property • End of no through road

FULL DUPLEX • Updated w/good income • 3 bedrooms/1 bath per side • All appliances included

CORNER LOT W/VIEW-FENCED YARD

• Updated 4 Beds & 4 Baths home • Open Floor Plan w/Classy Island Kitchen • Double Garage & lots of level parking

LARGE RANCHER W/FULL 2 BDRM IN-LAW SUITE • 2 + 2 bedrooms & 3 full baths • All appliances up & down included • Newer Furnace, C/Air & HW tank

15-3031 WESTSYDE RD

1520 HILLSIDE DRIVE

5303 RONDE LANE

605-607 CLEARWATER AVE

3556 KANANASKIS RD

1167 HOOK DRIVE

$719,900

$749,900

$825,000

$830,000

$849,900

$899,900

D D L L O O S S SUN RIVERS

VALLEYVIEW

SOUTH KAMLOOPS

TOBIANO

CHERRY CREEK

IMPRESSIVE 3 BDRM UPDATED 2 STOREY • Backs onto quiet mountain view • Vaulted Great Room w/open floor plan • Island Kitchen, private fenced yard

IN-GROUND POOL & LARGE VIEW YARD • 4 Bedrooms Plus Office • 2 Double Garages & RV Parking • 3 Level Split w/Solar Hot Water

NEW BUILD BY GRACE CONSTR. • Legal two Bedroom Suite • Fully finished up & down • All Appliances, C/Air & Landscaping included

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5.3 ACRES WITH LOTS OF WATER • Great view of Kamloops Lake • Over 3000 Sq Ft Rancher w/Full Bsmt • Various outbuildings - Great for other livestock

TOBIANO GOLF RESORT HOME • Deluxe home w/double garage • Fully finished & landscaped • 5 Bedrooms & Suite Potential

3009 VISAO COURT

1920 HIGH SCHYLEA DRIVE

1069 FORDEN PLACE

1061 FORDEN PLACE

5877 GARDI ROAD

244 HOLLOWAY DRIVE

$949,900

$949,000

$1,079,999

$1,249,000

TOBIANO

BATCHELOR HEIGHTS

JUNIPER

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TOBIANO GOLF RESORT • Deluxe home w/triple garage • Fully finished & landscaped • 4 Bedrooms & Suite Potential

PANORAMIC VIEW W/OPEN FLOOR PLAN • 6 Bedrooms w/2 Bedroom In-Law Suite • Beautiful Quartz Island Kitchen • C/Air & All Appliances Included

STUNNING ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT • Unobstructed valley & river views • Bareland strata w/park nearby • D/Garage plus Detached Shop

CUSTOM 3648 SQFT HOME BUILT IN 2016 • Beautiful 3.5 acre property with mountain views • Close proximity to Sun Peaks Ski Resort

228 HOLLOWAY DRIVE

960 QUAILS ROOST CRESCENT

12-3100 KICKING HORSE DR

1452 HEFFLEY-LOUIS CREEK RD

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• Rare waterfront on Kamloops Lake • 1800 Feet of shoreline • 15 Boat ride from Tobiano

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155 Zirnhelt Road, Heffley - This is a little piece of paradise just waiting for you. Many updates have been made, kitchen has a great appliance package. The yard is fully fenced, private and quiet. The covered deck is a lovely retreat with a dipping pool that can be filled with cold or hot water with a hot water on demand heater. The 15x30 ft detached shop is wired with 230 amp. This is rural living at it's best. $524,900.

3317 – 1040 Talasa Court, SUN RIVERS - Everything you need for carefree living. Modern and well appointed this condo includes appliances, 1 parking stall and storage for your toys. Views from the balcony are outstanding. Move in ready. Now offered at $304,900

2249 Chief Atahm, ADAMS LAKE - Sweet, rustic cabin located on the pebble beach shore of beautiful and pristine Adams Lake. This property is accessed by vehicle ferry, a quick 6-minute ride, or boat. Beautiful mountain views, fun filled days and peaceful starry nights are waiting for you. $130,000

2312 Ojibway Road, PAUL LAKE - An idyllic waterfront cottage on beautiful Paul Lake surrounded by trees and song birds would be the perfect home to retreat to. The quaint spiral staircase leading to the 2nd floor is adorable. Sipping your morning coffee or evening glass of wine with views of the lake from the 2nd storey balcony off the master bedroom is so inviting. $249,900

d d d l l l o o o S S S 12 – 810 Hugh Allan LOWER ABERDEEN $489,900

1927 Sedgewick Drive UPPER SAHALI $612,500

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LOOKING FOR A TOWNHOME AT SANDPIPER PLACE IN WESTSYDE CALL PHIL 250-318-0100

1899 Orchard Drive, VALLEYVIEW – This home could quite possibly be your private sanctuary. The backyard is a paradise with inground pool, 6 person hot tub, wet bar, lounging areas and green space. And then you step inside and will be wowed by the interior – open floor plan living, dining & chef’s dream kitchen, a must see master bedroom & ensuite, plus so much more. $874,500

CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE COMPARATIVE MARKET EVALUATION KEY BENEFITS OF LISTING YOUR HOME WITH PHIL: • Full-time licensed Realtor® since 1991 • Regular contact re: marketing, feedback, etc. • Listing on Multiple Listing Service (MLS) • Full-time office assistant • Professional representation • Professional Signage • Advertising in Kamloops This Week • Global advertising on the internet • Thinking of Selling and/or Buying?

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LOT NUMBER 17 18

LOT SIZE (SQFT) 6263 6263

PRICE $270,000 $270,000

865 SERLE ROAD

920 IDA LANE

8-3665 WESTSYDE RD

$590,000

$544,000

$669,000

Lovely, level entry home with 5 bedrooms, three baths and a finished basement. Main floor consists of three bedrooms, two full baths, laundry, and an open kitchen, dining and great room. New sliding doors off dining room lead onto two separate patios in private backyard. Patios are exposed aggregate and stamped concrete. On the lower level there are two large bedrooms, full bath and huge recroom area. Home has double garage and room for RV parking. All new window coverings on the main floor. All appliances and central air are included. Close to schools. Shopping and public transit. Book your appointment today!

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View Home with tons of parking! Bright 5 bedroom home backing This home has four bedrooms onto the 13th fairway at The (could be more) and two baths. Dunes Golf Course. Finished Several updates throughout on both levels. Spacious main including, kitchen, baths, flooring, floor has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, paint and lighting. Doors off dining laundry and “Great room” with lead to a large deck with city, valley gas fireplace. Two additional and mountain views! Spacious bedrooms down, along with full bedrooms up and down and two gas fireplaces. There are driveways bath, large storage space and 2 on each side of the property which family room areas! Low Bareland Strata Fee of $ 100 per month. allows for lots of parking.

Whether you are buying or selling, a licensed REALTOR® will help you navigate the market. Meet some local REALTORS® in Kamloops This Week every 2nd Wednesday.

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47-2020 ROBSON PLACE

Don’t miss this great Upper Sahali townhome, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 2 covered parking spaces, very clean, newer furnace, immed. Poss.

FEATURE LISTING RE/MAX Real Estate (Kamloops)

489,900

98 CHAPMAN PL

Great home on Valleyview cul-de-sac, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, beautiful gardener’s delight rear yard, large deck, don’t wait!

529,900

4-2020 VAN HORNE

Level-entry

bungalow in this bare-land strata complex, 4-5 bedrooms, 3 baths, open plan, great view, double garage.

469,900

3656 NAVATANEE

Fantastic on-course value here, 3 bedroom/3 bath, beautiful gardens and Koi pond, 4th green location, offers encouraged!

4789 ATWATER

Paska Lake, 2 bedrooms, easy to convert to year round, just 5 minutes from easy public lake access, garage, well and septic are all there, great recreational paradise in the area.

5-4436 MEADOW CR. RD

Walloper Lake, near new deluxe park model on shared ownership 8.4 acres, nice deck, excellent water view, well and septic installed, ready for your 4-season recreational fun.

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Call today for your FREE home market evaluation! 250.377.7722 www.cbkamloops.com www.sunrivers.com 601005 _ KAMLOOPS REALTY

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• Stunning home in superb location • Custom built, main floor 1,626 sq.ft. • Kitchen is an entertainers dream! • Legal 920 sq. ft. carriage suite • Oversized 730 sq. ft. double garage South Kamloops

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$699,900

1420 Pine Cres

• Open concept with a large kitchen, SS appliances with a gas stove and quartz island. • Main bathroom has a walk-in shower, soaker 3 tub and double sink vanity with a marble 2,546 counter top. • Enjoy the Views and Hot Tub. 4

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407-950 Lorne Street $559,900 • Open Concept Floor Plan 3 • Vaulted Ceiling with Extensive Windows 2 • Amazing Mountain and River Views • Indoor pool & hot tub, exercise, sauna, games 1378 & community room.

$599,888 3 2 2,284

• Panoramic views of the river valley all the way to Kamloops Lake. • Spacious rancher has 3 bedrooms up, with 2 down, Plus a fully self-contained inlaw suite with separate laundry. • Open concept floor plan perfect for entertaining, with large island in kitchen, stainless steel appliances, and wine cooler. • Living room Features raised ceiling in living room and stone gas fireplace. Granite counters throughout main level.

MORE LISTINGS & INFO WWW.CBKAMLOOPS.COM HOMES: 524 Stoneridge Drive . . Sun Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $674,900 353 Waddington Drive . Upper Sahali . . . . . SOLD in 17 days! $384,900 1960 Ash Wynd . . . . . . . Pineview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLD $527,500 MOBILE HOMES: 1-2401 Ord Road . . . . . . Brocklehurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,900 #43-712 Shuswap Rd E . . . . .South Thompson Valley SOLD in 50 days! $254,900 LOTS: Rio Vista Lots . . . . . . . . . . Sun Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Starting At $159,900

6571 Dallas Drive

$849,900 7 4 4033

$589,900

• Large lot at 20,440 sq. ft. (.47 acre) • Established fruit trees, landscaping & garden beds (fully irrigated) • Rancher style with 3 bedrooms, den & 3 bathrooms 2,428 sq. ft. total • Call to view today!

Batchelor Heights

MIKE GRANT 250.574.6453

Upper Sahali

Dallas

Juniper

2016 Galore Cres

BOB GIESELMAN 250.851.6387

LISA RUSSELL 250.377.1801

3 3 2,428

NEW LISTING

907 Quail Drive • Panoramic views of North Thompson Valley • 3 Storey with Suite Potential • Hardwood and Granite throughout • Extra Secure Parking for RV, Boat and Toys

BECKI FOLEY 250.819.8938 Sun Rivers

1984 Sheffield Way

• Fantastic home in Coach Hills, Upper Sahali • Surrounded by well-established homes and located in a quite family cul de sac • Two-storey style home with a full walkout daylight basement will tick all the boxes • The large deck takes in views of the city, mountains and river but also has added privacy from established trees in the green belt

Batchelor Heights

$729,900 5 4 2,949

4019 Rio Vista Way • The ultimate in one level patio home living • Spacious master suite with spa-like ensuite • Move in fall 2020 • Phone for your information package or private showing today!

$599,900 2 2 2,273

NEW LISTING

$869,900 4 4 3226

What Our Clients Say I would like to thank Becki and Lisa for the very professional service that you provided to me on the recent sale of my property in Sun Rivers . From the beginning the service was exceptional , the photographer was professional and exceptional . The drone footage and virtual tour was above and beyond what I expected . When I see the attention to detail that your team provided it is hardly any wonder that you had two accepted offers on this property that was priced in a very elite market range for Sun Rivers . Thank you and I will recommend your team to anyone looking for realtor services in the Kamloops area .

FEATURE OF THE WEEK

1796 Grassland Blvd

$699,900

• Stunning view of the river and city lights . • 6 Bdrm+office/3 Bath Rancher with walk-out basement . • Enjoy the gorgeous view with a covered deck .v • Beautiful spa en-suite bath with a picture window above the jacuzzi tub for the feeling of serenity after a long day at work .

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250-374-3331 www.ralphrealestate.ca Real Estate (Kamloops)

For more info view all our listings, upcoming listings, and Kamloops listings at ralphrealestate.ca

209-555 DALGLEISH DRIVE $169,900 • MLS®158461

103-1295 12TH STREET $205,000 • MLS®145333

25-1945 GRASSLANDS BLVD. $379,900 • MLS®158095

COMMERCIAL

D L O S SOUTH KAMLOOPS • Great starter or investment in this 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment • Very central location close to downtown and Thompson Rivers University • No rentals restrictions, 1 small pet allowed with strata approval

BROCKLEHURST

• Fully finished commercial strata unit movein ready with very good quality finishings • For single use or divide into 2 different uses with moveable dividing wall • Approx. 1205 sq. ft. with 3 parking stalls

25-383 COLUMBIA STREET $374,900 • MLS®157854

BACHELOR HEIGHTS

• Great starter or downsizer in this 2 bdrm 3 bathroom townhouse in Silver Sage Heights • Built in 2006 and very well maintained • 1 dog/cat allowed with strata permission, no rental restrictions

44-481 MONARCH COURT $379,900 • MLS®158346

183 MCGILL ROAD $429,000 • MLS®158335

SAHALI

SOUTH KAMLOOPS • Immaculately kept 2+1 bedroom 4 bathroom townhouse in Columbia Villas • Great central location close to all amenities • No rental restrictions, 1 dog/cat allowed with strata permission

• Very well maintained 2+1 bedroom 3 bathroom townhouse in Monarch Villas • Central location beside Summit Elementary School • 2 pets allowed, rentals allowed

• Investment property with 4+4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms • Currently over $3,000/month in rent • Close to all amenities

24-2365 ABBEYGLEN WAY $488,800 • MLS®155921

23-2365 ABBEYGLEN WAY $499,900 • MLS®158657

847 SICAMORE DRIVE $599,900 • MLS®158381

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D L O S ABERDEEN

• Immaculate and spacious 2 storey townhouse with 4 bdrms and 3 bath • Over 2600 square feet of living space with large double garage and central air/central vac

L EW

ABERDEEN • Spacious 2-storey townhouse in Highland Gate with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms • Fully finished basement with recroom and extra 4 piece bathroom • 1 dog/cat allowed with strata permission, no rentals allowed

WESTSYDE • Nice Westsyde location with 2+1 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms • Many updates throughout including furnace, hot water tank, A/C, windows, and more • Large 24x28 wired, insulated, and heated detached shop

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WEEKLY COMICS

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PARDON MY PLANET by Vic Lee

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SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie Macnelly

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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

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FAMILY CIRCUS

by Bil & Jeff Keane

I am an actor born in Pennsylvania on September 25, 1968. Before becoming an actor, I was a member of a hiphop duo under a “fresh” moniker. My breakthrough role was on a popular sitcom. I’ve since added an impressive number of film credits to my name. ANSWERS

Will Smith

WEEKLY HOROSCOPES

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Professional prospects are excellent this week, Aries. You have all the bargaining power you need to ask for a raise or to land a job if you are ready to change companies.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, a dilemma confronts you and your romantic partner this week. Approach it straightforward as a team and the problem will soon be solved.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, money may be more plentiful for you this week for a variety of reasons. Rather than spending it freely, invest these funds wisely and enjoy a rainy day in the future.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

The support of a friend or loved one can help you overcome a setback, Cancer. This heartfelt bond will only strengthen as this person helps you along.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, if you focus on positive energy, a stronger and healthier version of yourself is possible. It won’t happen overnight, but expect some changes soon enough.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Your artistic side is just waiting to pop out, Virgo. The universe has gifted you with nimble and capable hands and you’re apt to create things that inspire others.

Craft Beer. Wine. Coolers. Ciders. Specialty Liquor.

Good stuff all the time.

SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 LIBRA

- Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may need to retreat from the spotlight for a little bit and nurture yourself. This can only be done in the privacy and comfort of your home base.

SCORPIO

- Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, being positive can help you attract money, love, luck and quality company. Make mindful and positive choices and others will soon gravitate toward you.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20 Capricorn, this is a big week for you that is marked by major planetary energy. This could translate into a boost in your love life or another positive change.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, with all of the time you have been spending at home lately, you may want to consider a remodeling project. Embrace your inner interior designer.

PISCES

Sagittarius, your financial future could be greatly improved with a lucrative job that seems to be coming your way. This opportunity can enable you to indulge in some luxury.

A lot of people cry when they cut onions. The trick is not to form an emotional bond.

- Feb 19/Mar 20 Start speaking with people who share your values, Pisces. You can expand your group of friends and make some lifelong relationships.

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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Curse 5. Unit of current 8. Developer of 1982’s E.T., a video game so bad that hundreds of thousands of unsold cartridges were secretly buried in a New Mexico landfill 13. Stealing attempts on the diamond? 19. Look extremely stylish, slangily 20. ____ People’s Democratic Republic 21. Classic actress Sophia 22. Lacking freshness 23. Always glad to be seated in the back of the boat? 26. Printed cotton fabric 27. Think of together 28. Perfectly placed ‘‘Batman’’ punch? 30. Behind the line of scrimmage 32. Pried, with ‘‘in’’ 33. Look ahead 36. Unfilled spaces 40. Part of New York City’s Museum Mile, with ‘‘the’’ 43. Charlatans 46. ‘‘Catch you later!’’ 47. Buddhist temple structure 50. Penny going through the wash once again? 53. Subject of Walter Lord’s ‘‘A Night to Remember’’ 54. Epson product 55. Facebook profile feature 56. Soup served at the church social? 58. Persuade by force 61. Sheep’s kin 63. Commencement 64. Church officer 65. Grape-Nuts maker 66. Ark groupings 68. Feudal workers 72. In a lively manner 74. What a pointless meeting probably should have been handled by 76. California in San Francisco, e.g.

77. Afternoon gatherings of Mensa? 81. Force at sea 83. Monk’s title 84. Withdrew 85. Having no feeling in one’s texting hand? 89. Assumed name 90. One of the so-called ‘‘Three Crowns of Florence,’’ along with Petrarch and Boccaccio 91. Source of the idioms ‘‘fat of the land’’ and ‘‘fire and brimstone’’ 92. As we speak 93. Small anatomical opening, as in a bone 96. These can go for a lot of bucks 97. Check for mistakes 100. Party tray meat 103. Ad for heartburn medication? 109. Puts forward 114. State you’ll never get to 115. ‘‘Quit your snickering, Damon!’’? 117. Hitting the floppy disk icon, say 118. Islamic rulers 119. Hill resident 120. Soup pod 121. Dangerous fly 122. Dividing membranes 123. ____ flour 124. ‘‘No man hath ____ God …’’

DOWN 1. Labor-regulating org. 2. ‘‘Such a pity!’’ 3. Bugs 4. Doc’s needle 5. Without reserve 6. Yucatán natives 7. Fancifully worded 8. Drink rarely drunk with a straw 9. ____ Bora, area of Afghanistan 10. ____ American Heritage Month (April) 11. Foul rulers 12. Says without feeling 13. Start of a magician’s phrase 14. Send over the moon 15. Waited at a red light, say 16. FedEx, maybe 17. Order by the border 18. ‘‘Please ____ your tray tables’’ (plane request) 24. World-renowned 25. Sanskrit scripture 29. Part of many California place names 31. Get out of Dodge, so to speak 33. Caustic compound 34. Needing a passcode, maybe 35. Even one 37. Latin clarifier 38. Easy-to-bend metal 39. Greek vowel 40. Lead-in to rail 41. Computer menu with Undo and Redo 42. Dash gauge 43. Word with freeze or fixing 44. Choice word 45. ‘‘Don’t just ____ there!’’ 47. Digital passcodes 48. Viewed optimistically 49. ____ snake 51. Japanese city where Lexus is headquartered 52. Classic muscle cars 53. Cards with the most pips 57. Bread 59. Map section 60. Irascible

62. Some Hollywood up-and-comers 65. Responded in court 67. Cowardly sort 69. Turn down 70. Units of distance in physics 71. Sticks a fork in 73. Piece of news 75. Drinks usually drunk with straws 76. Compos mentis 77. Stark who was crowned king in the ‘‘Game of Thrones’’ finale 78. Eight-year member of Clinton’s cabinet 79. State 80. Glance at, as headlines 82. Animal for which the Canary Islands are named 86. Opposite of WSW 87. -s or -ed 88. Modern prefix 90. Practices lexicography 93. One vain about his looks 94. ‘‘You ____?’’ 95. Greetings to some mainlanders 97. Ground-dwelling songbird 98. Bit attachments 99. Old enough 101. Kind of acid 102. Like most mouthwashes 103. Brownish shade 104. Greek vowels 105. Classic pop-art sculpture with a slanted ‘‘O’’ 106. ‘‘Personally …’’ 107. Cut out 108. Male deer 110. Singer/songwriter Lee 111. Appropriate 112. ‘‘Suis’’ is part of its conjugation 113. Comic book publisher Lee 116. Where to find MA and PA

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ANSWERS

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

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LISTINGS

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

3500

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

Coming Events

For Sale - Misc

Garage Sales

Houses For Rent

Advertisements should be read on the first publication day. We are not responsible for errors appearing beyond the first insertion. 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 portion of the advertising space 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 Sat & Sunday, Sept. 26th/27th. 9am-4pm. 899 McGillivray St. Jewelry, assorted hshld items, toys, clothes.

Furnished Westend 2blks RIH 4bdr den deck view N/S/P. Crew! $3,700. 604-802-5649.

5th Wheel Hijacker sliding hitch $150 obo 250-376-7844 5th wheel hitch $100. 250374-8285. 6” table saw with guard attachments. $100. 2 sets of steel shelves. $100. 2 sets of steel scaffolding $100. 4 Michelin tires for GMC or Chev car on rims 17”. $300. 250372-9955 or 250-319-1107. Cemetery Plot for Sale at Hillside Cemetery, Kamloops. $1,000. 403-998-2720. Do you have an item for sale under $750?

If you have an upcoming event for our

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

Call our Classified Department for details! 250-371-4949 Dress for sale, small-medium. White with flowers. $125. 236425-2525.

EARN EXTRA $$$

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Found

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city. Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462 Fuel tanks - 1-300 gal and 2-100gal on stands. Tidy tank for P/U, reconditioned 100 gal elec pump. $700/all. 250-6729712 250-819-9712.

Found: Heffley Lake Rec Centre Man’s blue backpack. Call to identify. 250-578-0636.

Greeting cards made in England each cellophane wrapped 90,000 for $17,000/obo 250- 376-6607.

Personals

Men’s 12 spd bike good condition $60 obo 250-376-4884

Looking For Love?

Antiques Wrought iron beds $300/each. High chair $30. Cedar Hope Chest $400. Rocking chair $150. Oak dresser with mirror $475. 250372-8177.

Art & Collectibles 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

Wanted Cash for gold and silver! Also buying coin collections, old money, old jewelry Contact

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

Health WE will pay you to exercise! Deliver Kamloops this Week Only 1 issue a week!

Call 250-374-0462 for a route near you!

Apartments/Condos for Rent 2bdrm 1 1/2bth apt Whiteshield Cres South n/p $1400neg avail now (250) 320-4870

KAMLOOPS ONLY ULC CERTIFIED MONITORING STATION

LIVE ANSWER | EFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVE | LOCAL COMPANY

250-374-0916 For Sale by Owner

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.

Diesel Generator Sim power single and 3-phase. 420 run time. $6,000. 250-376-6607.

Plants/Shrubs/Trees Scotch Pine trees smaller ponderosa in pots 2ft (50) $15 each obo 250-376-6607

Sports Equipment Arc Solomon snowboard w/bindings $325. 250-5787776.

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Concrete Services

CONCRETE JOBS

Cleaning Lakeside Housekeeping

F R E E E S T I M AT E S !

Experienced house cleaner Located in Kamloops Available Monday to Friday

250.851.5079 • 250.554.1018

Accepting New Clients (778) 668-1675 lakesidehousekeeping @hotmail.com

Farm Services

Landscaping PETER’S YARD SERVICE Time to trim Cedar Hedges Tree pruning or removal Yard clean-up, Landscaping Licensed & Certiﬁed 250-572-0753

Misc Home Service

Security

CHOOSE LOCAL “Our Family Protecting Your Family”

PRESTIGE LOCAL ALARM MONITORING STATION KAMLOOPS ONLY ULC CERTIFIED MONITORING STATION

FREE ESTIMATES FOR SYSTEM UPGRADES OR SWITCH-OVERS LIVE ANSWER | EFFICIENT COST EFFECTIVE | LOCAL COMPANY

BARK MULCH FIR OR CEDAR

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE

250-838-0111 Handyperson

10-989 McGill Pl. Kamloops

Handyperson

WE DO IT ALL, LARGE OR SMALL

250-374-0916

Painting | Drywalls Fences | Yard Maintenance Tiles and Hardwood Floors And so much more...

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

Renos & Home Improvement

Farm Services

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS

PRESTIGE LOCAL ALARM MONITORING STATION

10-989 McGill Pl. Kamloops

Generators/Motors/ Welders

Tax not included

BRICKS, BLOCKS, PAVERS, SIDEWALKS + PRUNING

“Our Family Protecting Your Family”

Furniture

Diningroom table w/8-chairs, c/w Buffet and Hutch. Med Colour. $800. 250-374-8933.

• 2 large Garage Sale Signs • Instructions

SMALL

Bright peaceful Westend View Home, RIH 5min walk, Bdr+den $1350. 250-214-0909

CHOOSE LOCAL

FREE ESTIMATES FOR SYSTEM UPGRADES OR SWITCH-OVERS

$900. chairs

BONUS (pick up only):

Based on 3 lines 1 Issue.. . . . . . $1638

Luigi s Luigi’s

Shared Accommodation

Commercial

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

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

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

DALLAS Saturday, Sept 26th. 9am12pm. 115 -8800 Dallas Drive. Misc household and garden.

Renos & Home Improvement

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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. Call or email us for more info: 250-374-7467 classifieds@ kamloopsthisweek.com

Handyman for hire. One call for all your handyman needs. Exterior renovations, sheds, fences, decks, kitchens, bathrooms and basement suites. Free Estimates. Blaine 250851-6055

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Classes & Courses HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. A Great Gift. Next C.O.R.E. Sept. 26th and 27th. Saturday and Sunday. P.A.L October 4th, Sunday. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor: Bill 250376-7970

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Domestic Cars

14ft. Runabout boat. 40hp Johnson motor on trailer. $1000/obo. 778-469-5434.

2000 Jaguar XK8 Convertible 4L, V-8, fully loaded. Exec shape. $12,500/obo. 250-3764163.

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2010 Dodge Charger SXT Sedan. 4dr., AWD, V-6, auto. 50,001 kms. Must see to appreciate. $12,000. 250-374-1541.

Legal & Public Notices

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on TUESDAY, September 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the Logan Lake Fire Hall at 120 Chartrand Place, Logan Lake, to afford all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the following Official Community Plan amendment an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in this amendment. OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW 864, 2020 The intent of this bylaw is to re-designate Lot 3, Plan KAP74698, DL 2217, KDYD (175 Apex Drive), from Light Industrial/Service Commercial and Open Space as shown on Attachment â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to Light Industrial/Service Commercial and Open Space as shown on Attachment â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

2000 Adventure Camper. New HWT, Pump, Solar Panel, Battery. Spotless, no leaks. $13,900. 250-299-9076

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

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NOTICE OF TEMPORARY USE PERMIT District of Logan Lake Council hereby gives notice that it will consider issuance of the following Temporary Use Permit (TUP) on September 29, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the Logan Lake Fire Hall at 120 Chartrand Place, Logan Lake, BC:

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TUP #1-20 proposes to permit the property to allow RV/Boat storage for a three-year period at 120 Hillcrest Rd, Logan Lake, BC, Lot 12, Plan KAP31523, DL 2217, KDYD, in accordance with Attachment â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; map at right. The TUP may be subject to conditions to allow RV/Boat storage use until September, 2023.

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A copy of Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 864, 2020 and Temporary Use Permit 1-20 and relevant background documents are available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from September 21, 2020 to September 29, 2020 inclusive, at the District Office, #1 Opal Drive, Logan Lake, BC. For further information concerning this matter you may contact the Chief Administrative Officer at 523-6225 ext. 229 or via email at rlambright@loganlake.ca. Dated at Logan Lake, BC. this 21st day of September, 2020.

REPAIRERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIEN ACT Whereas, Titus Transport Ltd. & Equirex Vehicle Leasing 2007 Inc. is indebted to National Truck Centre Inc. dba Volvo Trucks of Vancouver for repairs on a 2012 VNL630 Volvo Tractor VIN: 4V4NC9KKXCN551970. There is presently an amount due and owing of $11,888.76 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd day of October, 2020 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold.

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WEDNESDAY, September 23, 2020

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In Loving Memory of Sam Bruno

January 14th, 1957 - September 24th, 2014

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In Loving Memory of Darcy Anthony Robinson May 3, 1981 - September 27, 2007

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Terrance John Millar June 27,1932 - September 20, 2019

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A. You’re correct, and embalming isn’t even required (in most cases) if Murray’s BODY is to be buried. Embalming used to be almost automatically performed. Times have changed.

Time slips by and life goes on, but from our hearts you’re never gone. We think about you always, we talk about you too, We have so many memories, but we wish we still had you.

So sending thoughts to Heaven on the day you went away and hope you know you are missed more then words could ever say.

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In Loving Memory of We miss you so much Dad, you will remain forever in all our hearts.

Today, like many other days brings special thoughts of you of happy times we shared and caring things you used to do And once more, it’s a reminder that life’s road is sometimes rough because the time we shared just wasn’t long enough.

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Edwin John Boivin

October 21,1932 - September 21, 2019

1929 - 2020

Edwin passed away on the morning of September 17, 2020 at the age of 91 years from the sudden development of a serious and aggressive health issues. Until August 15 of this year, Edwin was healthy and walking 10,000 steps a day! Edwin is mourned by daughters and sons: Cynthia (Doug), Wayne (Beverly), Brian (Shirley), Eileen (Primo), Brad (Elizabeth) and David McLeod Johnston who joined the family in 1964. His grandchildren Gary (Tasha), Julie (Nick), Devin (Brenda), Janis (Mike), Nicole, Shawn (Desiree), Derek, Bryce (Maggie), Aaron (Jon) and eleven great-grandchildren will miss him dearly as he was special to each and everyone. He will be missed greatly by his dear friend Grace Bleiler and many others.

Forever missed by her loving husband Allister (Tin), daughters Laura (Glenn), Allison, son Timothy (Sally) , grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

It has been a year since you have left us. Forever missed. Remembering you is easy we do it every day, but there is an ache within our hearts that will never go away.

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Edwin was predeceased by his wife Mary in 2016, his parents Fred and Magdelena Boivin, brothers Victor and Joseph. He is survived by his sister Adell (Andy) Templeton as well as sisters-in-law Mary Biedka and Barbara Boivin. Edwin was born August 15, 1929 in St. Boniface, Manitoba. His family lived in various towns in Saskatchewan, including Mildred, Allan and North Battleford, before moving to New Westminster, BC, in 1949. After moving to BC, Edwin then graduated from a 3-year Psychiatric Nursing Program in 1953. Edwin married Mary Biedka on November 10, 1951. They started their family in the Lower Mainland before moving to Kamloops in 1961. Edwin worked at the Tranquille School in Kamloops until his retirement in 1985, coinciding with the permanent closure of the facility. Edwin will be remembered for his active volunteerism and participation with many local groups and organizations. This included the Four-Wheel Club, Good Sam RV Club, Canada Summer Games and Knights of Columbus. Edwin also loved to golf, and had a membership at Mt. Paul golf course for many years. Edwin was an active person with his love of fishing, hunting, camping, bicycling, tennis and travel. He loved spending time with his family at the Dominic Lake cabin and on holidays. Edwin and Mary retired to The Shores Residence in Kamloops, a number of years ago, where he loved to help organize events for the residents, including horse racing, happy hour and bean bag baseball. The family would like to thank all the staff at RIH and the Overlander palliative care ward (Trinity) for all the care given to Edwin in his final days. Unfortunately, with Covid-19 we are limited to only inviting immediate family members to Edwin’s funeral. In lieu of flowers please feel free to donate to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation or the charity of your choice. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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John Victor Ciriani

(May 12, 1930 - September 10, 2020) John was born May 12, 1930 in Fernie, BC to Salute (Fantuz) and Vittorio, immigrants from Friuli, Italy. He grew up with his brother Eddie (Alice) and sister Eda (Graziano Favaro) in Fernie where he graduated from high school. During the summers, he worked in the nearby coal mines at Coal Creek and fished the Elk River. After earning an honours degree in mathematics in 1952 and a teacher training diploma from UBC, John accepted a position at the Trail junior high school where he taught mathematics, English, science and physical education. In 1956, John moved to J. Lloyd Crowe where he taught students in English and mathematics. In 1961, his teaching shifted entirely to mathematics and he was appointed head of the department. Also, at this time, he obtained a Bachelor of Education degree at UBC and a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics Education from Washington State University. In 1966, John was appointed assistant to Principal J.V. Macdonald until 1971 when he accepted a position as chair of Mathematics Department at the newly created Cariboo College, which ultimately became Thompson Rivers University. During this time, John won a teaching merit award in 1985 and was presented with the inaugural Master Teacher Award in 1988. He also founded the Provincial High School Mathematics Contest which now attracts students from across the province. During the transition of Cariboo College to TRU, John was heavily involved in curriculum development, course planning and establishing transfer credit with major universities. He retired in 1995. In 2006, Thompson Rivers University bestowed John with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. John and Lorna Swanson were married in Trail in 1957. They shared 62 years together until Lornaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing in 2019. They were blessed with wonderful children who enriched their lives. David (Rebecca), Gerry (Catherine) and Jean (Jeff). Nonno loved his grandchildren Amelia, Ethan, Danielle and Jordan and he will be greatly missed by his family. John also enjoyed the time he spent with his in-laws, Jean (Gordon) Smith, George (Vivian) Swanson, Norma (Wally) Russell and Phyllis (Barclay) Draper. He was generously loved by cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, friends and colleagues too numerous to mention. There were many talents and hobbies enjoyed by John over his 90 years, including fishing, curling, gardening, golfing and reading. He supplied family and friends with tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and squash. Lorna was able to can enough tomato sauce to last the entire winter. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of reading never diminished and he spent his later years revisiting many classics from his teaching days. He also played Wordscraper with family members and was a challenging opponent. John had many culinary talents including his legendary risotto which was a frequent request. The family dinner table was always a source of good conversation, political debates and discussions on the latest news - with the guarantee of a mathematical problem to keep everyone thinking. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was marked by a passion for both learning and teaching and he dedicated his life, as he dedicated his Doctor of Letters degree, in Geoffrey Chaucerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;To all those who love to learn and to all those who love to teach.â&#x20AC;? The family wishes to thank the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice House for providing excellent care during his final days. Special thanks to Dr. Susan Vlahos for her endless support during this difficult time and to Dr. Baker and Dr. Barnard for their compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to a scholarship in Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory at Thompson Rivers University. For more information, please contact foundation@tru.ca and reference Dr. John Ciriani, Mathematics Scholarship/Awards Fund.

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William Harrison It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William (Bill) Bernard Harrison at the age of 79. Bill passed away in the early morning of September 9, 2020 with Linda and Joanna by his side. He is survived by his loving wife Linda Harrison; children Linda-Marie Vaughan, Liam (Jill) Harrison, Joanna (Steven) Douglas; step-children Michael (Yvonne) Bauche and Nicole Bauche; grandchildren Kyle (Trista) Harrison, Kirsten and Laird Douglas and Leifur and Sunna Gudjonson. Bill was the eldest of 7 children and is survived by his siblings Pauline Bates, Henry (Jane McMillan) Harrison, Georgina (Derek) Peel, Joseph (Kath) Harrison, Elizabeth (Graham) White, Robert (Jan) Harrison, and numerous nieces and nephews. Bill was predeceased by his parents William and Elizabeth Harrison and his brother-in-law Robert Bates. William was born in Lymm, England on March 4,1941. He joined the police cadets at the age of 16 and later became a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bobbieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with the Cheshire Constabulary. He immigrated to Canada in 1966 with his first wife Linda (Jackson) and their small children, Linda-Marie, Liam and Joanna. He liked to tell the story of spending 10 days crossing the North Atlantic, including the adventure of the ship hitting a 100 foot wave while Joanna slept safely in his arms and Liam lay at his feet. Upon arrival in Vancouver, Bill worked as a CP Rail police officer until 1967. Then he joined the Forest Service, based in Guilford Island, where he worked on the forestry boats which he described as his â&#x20AC;&#x153;dream jobâ&#x20AC;?. In 1968 when the Marine division closed, Bill moved to Fisheries in Port Hardy, and then moved his family to Westsyde in Kamloops in 1969. Bill and family moved to Chase Creek in 1971, where he enjoyed his hobby farm and working at the Mica & Revelstoke Dam projects. Being self-sufficient was important to Bill; he enjoyed raising lambs and growing his own food. Bill and Linda (nĂŠe Houston) married on November 8, 1986 and spent several years in Pritchard on a small farm, before moving to Kamloops in 2001. Bill was strong and capable and enjoyed doing projects around the house and yard. During his life he accomplished many things including: a trucking business, farming, and commercial greenhouse, a car detailing shop, and installing water softener systems, a true entrepreneur. He was described by many as a true gentleman. He was calm, steady and kind. A loving husband, father, step-father and grandfather; he had a great affection for children and was very proud of his kids. His 2 youngest grandchildren, Leif and Sunna, affectionately called him â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bopâ&#x20AC;?. In his retirement years, Bill enjoyed gardening, reading, ancestry research, bird watching, walking along the Thompson River, fishing and spending time with his brother Harry, making his famous soups and being with Linda. He enjoyed nothing better than spending time at home and with family. The family would like to thank the staff at the Ponderosa Lodge for their exceptional care of Bill in these past few months. Sadly due to Covid restrictions there will be no service, we ask that condolences, messages and fond memories be left at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Society.

Footprints

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky ďŹ&#x201A;ashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two set of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life ďŹ&#x201A;ashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lord, you said that once I decided to followed you, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times of life, there is only one set of footprints. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand why, when I needed you most, you would leave me.â&#x20AC;? The Lord replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suďŹ&#x20AC;ering, when you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.â&#x20AC;? Margaret Fishback Powers

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Hans Baron

Hans Baron passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 9, 2020 at the age of 95. Hans was born Janis Barons on October 2, 1924 in the small community of Patashi, Abrenes in eastern Latvia. By the end of WWII, after being liberated by the American troops, Hans worked in their kitchen in Schwetzingen, Germany. Here he met his future wife, Else. He, Else and daughter Vera immigrated to Canada in 1955. Two more daughters Nadja and Luba completed the family in 1955 and 1958. Hans worked for Alcan Inc. in Kitimat until his retirement. While living in the north he enjoyed salmon and crab fishing and dappling in some gold mining. He and Else spent their retirement years in Coldstream where they enjoyed many happy years gardening. People would often stop by to admire their property. Hans was especially proud of the spring fed pond he built for raising trout. His grandchildren have fond memories of catching fish and releasing them and occasionally falling in the pond. Hans is fondly remembered by his friends for his great sense of humour, integrity and willingness to lend a helping hand whenever needed. In his declining years Hans lived with his daughter Luba in Kamloops. Hans is survived by his three daughters Vera Hamson (Tom), Nadja Baron (Tony Mullens) and Luba Baron (Nick Milligan), grandchildren Susan Pomaranski (Miles), Cherie McLean, Michael Hamson (Pamela), Nicholas Mullens (Whitney), Kristine Hamson (Colin), Tarah Nightingale (Mike), and numerous great-grandchildren. Hans was predeceased by his wife Else, his parents Pavils and Stepanida Barons, and brother Mikelis Barons.

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

Mary Mochizuki

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Born on December 23, 1935 in Salmon Arm, BC, mom passed away on September 16, 2020 at the Emergency Department of RIH. Our heartfelt thanks go out to the staff at RIH and to the wonderful staff at Overlander Residential Care where mom was living. She loved it there and always told us how

Predeceased by parents Archie and Take Tanemura, siblings Gertie, Molly, Ken, Hana, Dorothy, Ada, Tom and husband of 58 years, Yoshio. Mom leaves behind siblings Yvonne (Tak), Wayne (Kathy), brothers-in-law Glen Larson, and Dr. Ed Fung, sister-in-law Ann Tanemura, children Cindy (Glenn), Irv and granddaughter Solange (Stephanie) as well as numerous nieces and nephews across the country and in other countries. Mom was very warm, loving, caring and compassionate and well-loved by all she met and knew. She was very easy-going and always had a big smile. She loved to knit and crochet and gifted many with her beautiful handiwork. She even mastered working with buffalo wool and knitted two sweaters. Due to Covid, we are not gathering for funeral services. Hopefully we will be able to hold a celebration of life when safe to do so. The family respectfully declines Koden.

We love you, Mom! And we miss you a lot! Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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Sadly for us, Dave went to be with the Lord on September 17, 2020 surrounded by his wife and children. Dave was born in Grand Forks, BC April 8, 1939 to Caughey and Alta (Elodie) McCallum. Five years later, they moved to Osoyoos where he went to school and in 1956 joined the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1957, while home on leave, he met Betty Anne Lindsay from Ontario. After letters back and forth she moved to Victoria to be closer to him. On October 17, 1958 they married and started a family. After 10 years of service in the Navy, he worked on the ferries and then in 1968 hired on with Westcoast Transmission. They were off to Fort Nelson with three boys and added daughter Susanne while there. He transferred to McLeod Lake, Merritt and Savona where he retired, moving to Kelowna and then on to Kamloops with a few years of going south in the winter. Dave loved to hunt and for years filled the freezer for the year especially when he was in the Navy. He loved to talk and could spend hours recalling some of the crazy things from over the years. Lots of fun times, sad times, good, bad, whatever, we were totally blessed with nearly 62 years together. He totally loved his wife and family and will be greatly missed by all of us and his many friends. Dave is survived by his wife, Betty Anne, his sons Rick (Gail), Rob (Colleen), and Jeff (Julie) and daughter Susanne (Jai), grandchildren Brad McCallum, Kristin (Rob) Williamson, Corey (Ashley) McCallum, Lindsay (Adam) Relvas, Michael (Jessica) McCallum, Byron (Jen) Dolan, Jeff (Jessica) Dolan, Amy (Curtis) Herron, Jordan McCallum, Jameson Hartnell, and Christopher Meintz, sixteen great-grandchildren, 8 boys, 8 girls. Also left to cherish his memory are nieces Karen (Paul) Fujiwara and Kathy (Steve) Gildner and their family in Ontario, many cousins in the States, and Bill and Mary DeFouw and family. Dave loved his family and only regretted not being able to spend more time with them. Every day we would pray for all of them. We have so many fond memories of our Husband, Dad, Uncle, Poppa, Pops, and Grandpa. In them he has left quite a legacy.

A private family Celebration of life will be held in the future.

December 23,1935 - September 16,2020

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David Porter McCallum

October 2, 1924 - September 9, 2020

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of despair

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Each Loss Each loss is very diﬀerent, The pain is so severe. Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear? Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared. I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow. So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow. Now my life is all confused Since you went away. You took a part of me And for help I daily pray. But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time. Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears. Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

We wish to thank Pine Grove Care Center, and their amazing team, for the great love and care he received this past year. We will be forever grateful to them and his special care workers.

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Aira Anneli Nikula

November 20, 1935 - September 15, 2020

John William Stanley McKinley John McKinley, age 92, beloved husband of Joyce, peacefully passed away on September 11, 2020 in Kamloops. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 25, 1928. While growing up, John and his sisters, Nettie and Miriam, moved to several Prairie towns where his parents pastored a number of Salvation Army churches (North Battleford, Flin Flon, Regina, Melfort, Drumheller). In his teen years the family moved to Vancouver where he graduated from high school. After living in the city for a few years he and the rest of the family moved to Winnipeg in 1948. He began working at the T. Eaton Company where he met Joyce. After two years of dating, they were married on July 7, 1951. They raised their two children, David and Brenda, in Winnipeg and continued to live in the city until they moved to Kamloops in 2010. During his years in Winnipeg, John held several management positions at Eaton’s until he retired in 1988 after a 40-year career. Throughout his years in Winnipeg, John was an active member in his Salvation Army church where he especially enjoyed playing in the band for church services. His quiet strength, warm smile, and a caring interest in people touched many lives. His support of various ministries reflected his concern that people would know Jesus Christ. John enjoyed his retirement years with friends in Winnipeg biking, picking berries and playing cards. He and Joyce travelled throughout many areas of Canada and United States and made an international trip to the Philippines and Hong Kong. He enjoyed celebrating his 90th birthday at Thompson Rivers University with family and friends. John and Joyce celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on July 7 of this year. A month later, multiple myeloma cancer aggressively returned. The family is very thankful for the kind and loving staff at the Ridgepoint Residence over the last two years and most recently at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Home. John is survived by his wife, Joyce; his two children, David (Laura) and Brenda (Grant); five grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. He is also survived by his sisters Nettie (McBride) and Miriam (Merrett) and nieces and nephews. He is now with Jesus and we look forward to the day when we will see him in heaven with his Saviour.

It is with great sadness that the family of Aira Nikula announce her sudden passing on September 15, 2020 at the age of 84 in Kamloops, BC. Aira was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Pentti, in 2016. She is survived by her daughter Hannele (John) Cleaver, grandson Kieran (Bee) Nikula, her son Matti (Amanda) Nikula and grandsons Jordan and Logan. Many friends and family members will also miss Aira as she was a special lady to many and her circle of people stretched wide. Aira was born in Finland and her and her husband, Pentti, immigrated to Canada in 1959. They settled in Coquitlam, BC where they made a home for themselves and raised their family until moving to Pinantan Lake, BC where they lived happily for 22 years before moving to Kamloops. Aira was a very creative woman and spent many hours quilting, sewing and weaving. She passed on many beautiful treasures to the people in her life and will be lovingly remembered with these. She was a tender gardener and took much pride in the beauty of her yard and flower gardens. Aira also loved to bake and spend time in the fishing boat whenever she could. A celebration of life for Aira will be held at a later date when it is safe to have family and friends gather together to remember this special lady. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Jean was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta on March 27, 1937 to Bill and Laura Hodson. She attended Medicine Hat Municipal School of Nursing graduating in 1961. She later worked as a Registered Nurse in Grande Prairie, Vernon and Royal Inland and Overlander Hospital in Kamloops. Jean was an avid reader and travelled widely. She had a love of storytelling and a sharp sense of humour. Practical jokes, surprise airport meetings, and goofy postcards were presented with a gleam in her eye. She loved the adventure and surprise of exploring antique and thrift stores with friends and had a pirate’s heart for treasure. She was a skilled needlewoman and a quilt master and leaves behind a legacy of beautiful handwork. Jean was the loving mother of daughters Sally (Terry) and Jennifer (Brian). She leaves behind grandchildren Andrew and Kate (Sheldon) and great-grandson (Owen).

Morris was predeceased by his father and mother, his brothers John and Joe, sisters Ann, Baby Olga, and most recently Jessie. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years Lorna, brothers Bill and Don (Bernice), sisters Elsie Kinaschuk and Mary Emery (Dave), son Dale (Janell), daughter Beverley (Mal), stepdaughter Debra McKee (Greg), step-daughter Delores Frechette. As well, he leaves behind seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild plus numerous nieces and nephews. Morris travelled from his family’s homestead in Saskatchewan in the mid 1950s to begin a new life in Kamloops where he remained as a lifelong resident. It was here that he started his family and began his 33 year career with Weyerhaeuser where he retired in the late 1990s.

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There will be no Funeral Service at Jean’s request.

Known and loved for his generosity, Morris will be remembered fondly by many of those who knew him well through his years in Kamloops.

Memorial donations in memory of Jean can be made to BC Eye Bank.

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Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while

Alex was born in Calgary, AB and the family moved to Kamloops, BC when he was very young. After graduating high school Alex struggled to find his passion. Starting at TRU in physical education, he ended up with a degree in psychology and moved on to culinary arts, heavy equipment mechanic, welding and brief stints as a prison guard and in the Canadian military. Much of this time he supported himself delivering pizza and prided himself in his ability to find the $500 car that he could drive into the ground while making money. Alex found his passion when he became a CN Railway conductor. For the last 7 years Alex was a true railroader. As challenging as the schedule is for a conductor/engineer he loved his time on the rails. Alex was a man who cared deeply about his friends and family, a man of great passion. He had an abiding love of cats and cherished his 2 pals Jack and Enzo. Alex loved to fish to free his mind and would often visit his family on the Island and fish for pink salmon on the beaches and in the Campbell River. He had a deep love for his motorcycle. He felt most free while riding his bike and dreaded when winter came and he had to put it away. He was an avid gamer and had a serious passion for being a D&D dungeon master. He loved to be able to make up complex stories that inspired strategy. Alex was very dedicated to fitness. His gym family at No Limits were very special to him and he inspired many with his calisthenics, strength and encouragement. Alex touched so many people so deeply. The following thoughts from his special friend Natasha Allard are shared by many. “Alex wasn’t just a friend, he was always a beautiful connection to something deeper. Alex, you have left a hole in my life, a very noticeable hole. Knowing that I will never be able to reach out to you again or have you call me at random times to connect with me is leaving me feeling very alone. I already miss you greatly Ally.” Alex, you loved, were loved and always will be loved. Though our pain and sorrow may diminish with time we will always carry the joys of knowing you and the pain of losing you. May you find peace in whatever adventures lie beyond this mortal world.

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By Christina Rossetti

It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Alexander Mackenzie Sawula. Surrounded by his family, his girlfriend Francyne and his very special friend Natasha, Alex left peacefully in the early morning of September 11, 2020 due to a motorcycle accident. He is survived by his loving family: parents Ron and Shelley Sawula, older brother Adam Sawula (wife Jen Sawula), grandmother Nancy Pridmore (Brooks) and the love of his life, Francyne Coates.

Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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June 28, 1984 to September 11, 2020

It is with heavy hearts and sadness of soul that we wish to announce the passing of our beloved husband and father, brother, uncle and grandfather, Morris Prokop at Royal Inland Hospital on September 17, 2020.

Morris was well known as an avid dancer and on many nights, he and Lorna could be found two-stepping the dance floors of Jack Daniels for many years. He enjoyed card games including poker and crib. He also frequented North Shore MacDonald’s for the senior’s morning coffee meetings.

Arrangements made by Schoening Funeral Home https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ kamloops-bc/jean-obana-9356734

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Alexander Mackenzie Sawula

Morris Prokop

It is with great sadness that the family of Jean Obana announces her passing on September 11, 2020, at the age of 83, after a brief illness.

She is predeceased by Jim Obana, husband of 53 years, and by her siblings (George), Ted (Glenora), Bill (Ardyth), Laura (Ken). She will be greatly missed by sister Peggy (Don) and by her nieces nephews.

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Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services is now the exclusive funeral provider for the Memorial Society of BC for Kamloops and surrounding area.

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.

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

His mother held him lovingly And tried to ease his fears About the sadness life could bring... The lonely, bitter tears.

His spirit crushed, he felt defeated, And lonely tears would start. Not understanding how to love, It simply broke his heart.

In innocence and beauty, He danced through woods and streams. The animals danced with him, His heart aglow with dreams.

He learned that there are shadows In spite of shining sun. The more he grew, he found that life Was never always fun.

She said, “Life is like a mountain, (And surely this is true) That we must climb as best we can. There’s no ‘around or ‘through.’”

But now he’s in a loving place Where all his pain has ceased, Where all accepted him and his love, Where all he knows is peace.

He laughed and played with rainbows, So happy all day through, He loved to kiss the ﬂowers As their petals shone with dew.

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.

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.

A loving Being tells him, “You’re delightful as you are.” His spirit free, his brilliance now Outshines the brightest star!

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.

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

He could not understand it When he felt himself rejected – When all his gentle being asked Was but to be accepted.

He listened to the music Of the birds that graced the trees. He frolicked with the butterﬂies And raced the gentle breeze.

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

All this was just too much for him, He knew not what to do. That he was special as himself, Somehow, he never knew.

And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.

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