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Four Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors are now calling for board chair Ken Gillis to resign, while eight others have come to his defence, one remains on the fence and others are staying quiet.

TNRD director and Cache Creek Mayor Santo Talarico is the latest to suggest Gillis should resign. He joins Kamloops Coun.

Dale Bass, Area I (Blue Sky Country) director Steven Rice and Area E (Bonaparte Plateau) director Sally Watson in making the call.

There are 26 directors on the board.

Talarico criticized Gillis for a lack of foresight into cost of the forensic audit into spending at the regional district, which he said cost more than $1 million when includ-

ing staff time. He criticized the decision by the TNRD board to be involved in hiring BDO Canada to conduct the audit, maintaining it should have been done by an outside party. Talarico also cited Gillis’s previous vote against requiring politicians to pay for their own alcohol via a cash bar, something Talarico referred to as “brazen.”

“Absolutely,” Talarico said, when asked if Gillis should step down. “Unfortunately, it shouldn’t be left to board directors. He should have, in my opinion, had the foresight to understand where we were going and he shouldn’t have let his personal thoughts get in the way. We should have had a change at the board level, 100 per cent.”

Gillis has also come under fire due to the fact a letter sent to him by a senior TNRD manager on Jan 29, 2020 — detailing numerous financial and other allegations

against former CAO Sukh Gill — was never shared with the board. Two weeks later, Gill left the TNRD with a $520,000 severance package and a signed legal agreement mandating his departure be termed a “retirement.”

Gillis has refused to comment on the letter when contacted previously by KTW. He did not return phone calls on this story, though he has defended his leadership to CBC Radio and Radio NL, citing the number of directors calling for him to step down as “hardly a palace revolt.”

Others who came to Gillis’ defence when reached by KTW were Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian, Merritt Mayor Linda Brown (Gillis’s wife), Area J (Copper Desert Country) director Ronaye Elliott and Area O (Lower North Thompson) director Bill Kershaw.

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Three months later, no sign of Shannon White KAMLOOPS WOMAN VANISHED ON NOV. 1 AFTER LEAVING FOR WORK; JEEP FOUND THE NEXT DAY MICHAEL POTESTIO

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More than three months since the disappearance of Kamloops resident Shannon White, police continue to investigate potential leads.

“Shannon White has yet to be located. The investigation into her disappearance is ongoing,” Kamloops RCMP Const. Crystal Evelyn told KTW. No new information from the RCMP has been released since the first few weeks of the investigation.

With the onset of spring bringing snow melt over the next few weeks, Evelyn said police are asking the public to keep an eye out for any clues that may assist the investigation.

“When the snow comes, it buries a bunch of stuff, so you never know what’s going to be a

clue in an investigation like this,” Evelyn said, suggesting people take stock of anything they think might be helpful.

“Usually trust your spider sense, I always tell people,” she said.

As for where police are focused on for the retrieval of possible clues, Evelyn suggested all areas.

“Just wherever you’re out and about,” she said. “You never know where that clue is going to be found or what that clue is going to be.”

On Nov. 1, 2021, White, 32, vanished after leaving her Bestwick Court home in Lower Sahali to drive two kilometres to her job at Kamloops Hyundai at 940 Notre Dame Dr. in Southgate.

Her black 1997 Jeep TJ was found abandoned the next afternoon, Nov. 2, downtown in the 200-block of Nicola Street and the RCMP’s serious crimes unit has

SHANNON WHITE been investigating.

On the day White left for work, her Jeep was spotted shortly after she was expected to have arrived at work, at 8:30 a.m. The vehicle was seen leaving Kamloops west on Highway 1 for a 45-minute period. Later that day, the Jeep was seen travelling north past Rayleigh on Highway 5 at about 5:30 p.m. before returning south

at about 6:15 p.m.

By Nov. 10, Kamloops Search and Rescue and the RCMP were searching for White in the wilderness west of Kamloops, off Highway 1, and north of the city off Highway 5, including in Heffley Creek, by Nov. 15.

Police also had a presence in the Silver Sage Trailer Court off Highway 5 in the days after White disappeared as officers searched the travel trailer of White’s exboyfriend. White’s friends have told KTW the two had a tumultuous relationship and breakup about a year earlier.

Police cleared the trailer court by Nov. 16, and, to date, no charges have been laid in connection to White’s disappearance, Evelyn said.

After weeks of searching, Kamloops Search and Rescue ended its involvement on Nov. 21 due the unlikelihood of finding anything with winter approaching.

Asked if any additional RCMP searches have been held recently or are planned for the future, Evelyn said police are still looking for White and will assess further investigative avenues, including any subsequent searches going forward.

Evelyn noted that multiple public searches organized via social media have also taken place and encouraged people to participate in any additional public searches in the future.

White stands 5-foot-5 and weighs 180 pounds. She is white and has blond hair, green eyes and fair skin. She sometimes wears glasses, has a Medusa lip piercing and a tongue piercing and several large arm tattoos, including a portrait of her dog, Buddy.

Anybody with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-8283000.

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Police don’t believe the public to be at risk after the body of 18-year-old Sa-Hali secondary student Jagraj Dhinsa was found on Jan. 29 in the shared parking lot of St. Joesph’s Church and Cemetery and Quemtsin Health Society on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve.

A 2014 Black Honda Accord has since been seized, which police believe is linked to Dhinsa’s homicide.

According to a staff member at Quemtsin, which was closed on Jan. 29 — the day Dhinsa’s body was discovered — police arrived and took security camera footage from the building that overlooks the parking lot.

The staff member told KTW that the day before Dhinsa’s body was found — Friday, Jan. 28 — was “a normal business day” and “there was no action outside,” though she herself was out sick. Quemtsin closes at 4 p.m. on Fridays.

The employee said staff have looked at the footage, which shows cars coming and going and not any crime occurring.

The staff member didn’t recall seeing a black Honda

in the footage.

How expansive that footage is, is not clear, though the staff member mentioned the cameras run 24/7.

Asked if other high school students or the general public is at risk and if they should take precautions, Kamloops RCMP Const. Crystal Evelyn said “there is no indication of increased risk to any other persons at this time.

“If we determine through the investigation that there are any concerns, we commit to advising the public right away. In the interim, general vigilance is a way to always reduce risks,” Evelyn said.

Asked if police believe Dhinsa was targeted and about the possibility his death is linked to organized crime, Evelyn said police are still investigating the motive, but reiterated there is no indication of increased risk to any other people.

At 8 a.m. on Jan. 29, police were called to help paramedics after Dhinsa’s body was discovered with what police say were “obvious injuries” in the Chilcotin Road parking lot.

Evidence at the scene linked Dhinsa to the black Honda Accord, which was found at 12:45 p.m. that same day along Dallas Drive near Lafarge Road some 24

kilometres away. Police are not releasing what evidence was found linking Dhinsa to the Accord to protect the integrity of the investigation.

BC RCMP Insp. Brent Novakoski said police are engaged in an “extensive canvass” for footage in an effort to help investigators determine a timeline of events.

Mounties also want to hear from anyone who had contact with Dhinsa on Jan. 28 or 29 or who has any information that may help investigators determine his whereabouts leading to his death.

Police said they are not disclosing the manner in which Dhinsa died, in order to protect the investigation.

No photo of the 18-year-old has been released to date, despite the RCMP’s pleas for tips. Asked if police could supply a photograph to further the investigation, Evelyn said Dhinsa’s family is still grieving and has not provided a personal photo to police at this time.

Asked if police believe Dhinsa’s body was left in the parking lot or if they believe he was killed there, Evelyn reiterated the “cause of death will not be released to protect the integrity of the investigation.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 1-877-987-8477.

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Kamloops This Week is a politically independent newspaper, published Wednesdays at 1365-B Dalhousie Dr., Kamloops, B.C., V2C 5P6 Phone: 250-374-7467 | Fax: 250-374-1033 email: editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

How can you bring light to Kamloops?

H

ow are you doing?

Tired? Me, too.

We are two years into a global pandemic and exhaustion, loneliness and frustration are at an all-time high.

It seems like every day brings another crisis, issue or obstacle. I doubt I’m alone in feeling a sense of overall fatigue and finding it difficult to stay positive. People are accessing mental-health services at a record rate. We are experiencing extreme levels of loss and uncertainty and are looking for somewhere to channel how we feel.

It’s one of the reasons I’ve gone on a social media diet, because the weight was getting too heavy. It’s a tough world out there.

In the search for finding someone to blame, people are getting hurt.

SADIE HUNTER

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CITY HALL Public health officials, healthcare workers, elected officials, the media and even small business owners are finding themselves the target of hate, threats and vitriol.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump almost had it right when he suggested the media is the virus.

He missed a word in this assertion,

though, so I’ll correct it for him — and for anyone out there repeating it — social media is the virus.

The role of social media in perpetuating and amplifying divisive narratives is something each of us need to reflect upon.

Do we see more of one narrative over another? Is what we see online reflected in reality?

Why would we trust companies that push divisive narratives for profit versus people in our community who get up every morning to do a job they believe in — relaying facts?

I think it’s important to remember we do live in a free country. It is why demonstrations take place.

Both freedom of expression and freedom of the press are protected under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

These are not competing interests, but cornerstones of our

society and democracy.

In December 2021, Maria Ressa, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, warned of the role technology plays, and will play, in creating division.

“Our greatest need today is to transform that hate and violence — that toxic sludge coursing through our information ecosystem — prioritized by American internet companies that make more money by spreading that hate and triggering the worst in us,” Ressa said.

So, with the next municipal election on the horizon and in the spirit of cultivating more positivity, I ask anyone looking to step up to run for election on Oct. 15 to set the tone and lead by example.

Public discourse and disagreement do not need to be adversarial, divisive or disrespectful.

Engage in dialogue and express

your ideas, but please show leadership by elevating the conversation.

I encourage voters to pay close attention to how candidates approach the upcoming election. Ask yourself whether those who prey on fear, uncertainty and discontent are those you want representing you as we head into a brighter future.

One thing I’m certain we’re all united in is wanting this to end.

I think we can all use brighter days and lighter hearts. How can you bring some light to our community?

Sadie Hunter is a Kamloops councillor. Council columns appear monthly in KTW and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

Hunter’s email address is shunter@kamloops.ca.

The rise and decline of sociopathy among us I generally leave psychohistory to others, but I feel sufficiently motivated to venture into the field. The immediate spur for this departure is the spectacle – half-fascination, half-disgust — of Boris Johnson, Britain’s part-time prime minister, gradually foundering in a sea of his own lies.

But there are other examples, too.

There was Donald Trump just a year and a bit ago, trying to drag an entire country down with him and having some success in the enterprise. There’s Jair Bolsonaro, flailing around as he awaits almost inevitable defeat by Lula in October’s Brazilian election. There’s Viktor Orban, astounded to face a united

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six-party opposition in Hungary’s April elections.

And what they have in common is that they are all liars. Not shy, sly liars, but bold, in-your-face, shameless liars.

They don’t care if you really know the truth from personal experience. It doesn’t bother them that you know they are lying. They will just say the lie again — and you might even believe them, because they say it with such conviction.

They are convincing because, after a

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split-second, when they privately decide some lie will serve their purpose, they actually believe it themselves.

They are, in a word, sociopaths.

Almost all confidence trickster are sociopaths, but the reverse is not true.

Sociopaths can also end in the highest positions in business and politics.

Which takes me back to an interview I did with a sociologist in an American university many years ago. He had written an article about how evolution had shaped human marriage customs.

I asked if he knew of any evolutionary circumstances that were changing human behaviour now. He paused for a moment, then said he thought the socio-

paths were multiplying.

He noted sociopathy is usually, if not always, a genetic property. Most sociopaths are born, not made.

When human beings started living in societies thousands or millions strong, sociopaths become invisible. Nobody has their number and there’s an endless supply of strangers to deceive and exploit (and breed with).

But why are all these men now on their way out of power or already gone?

That may be part of their sociopathy, too, because they all leave trails of human wreckage behind them: cheated partners, abandoned lovers, betrayed followers.

They can’t help it. It’s who they are.

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KAMLOOPS NEEDS A WARD SYSTEM

brain injuries and it isn’t fair to them to shove them in a place between a busy highway, an active rail line and a dangerous river.” She’s right.

It would be like having a breath of fresh air on city council to have a wise young woman representing the citizens of Westmount and the vulnerable people about whom she spoke with such sincerity.

Can someone on council please make the motion to adopt a ward system?

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Editor: I commend Jessica Wallace for her diligence and integrity on reporting and KTW for publishing the disturbing story of spending at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

I find it difficult to understand why Ken Gillis is still the chair of the board.

Why was a whistleblower letter sent to him in January 2020 not shared with the board before the board approved former CAO Sukh Gill’s $520,000 severance package?

Why is the TNRD board not acting in a responsible and judicious manner and removing Gillis as chair?

While he wasn’t the chair for Gill’s

full tenure, Gillis was chair at the time of Gill’s “retirement.”

Was there duplicity by others?

According to some receipts, most board members drank and ate from the same taxpayer trough at one time or other while Gill was CAO. When KTW broke the story in February 2021, Gillis said the board did not know the extent to which spending occurred and called the amounts surprising and somewhat distressing.

Did the board not review financial statements? Did the board not ask questions? Did Gill not report to the board? If there were no policies, do board members not have a moral compass?

These are individuals making

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Gillis’s place as chair was also supported by TNRD vice-chair and Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Roden, TNRD Area P (Rivers and the Peaks) director Mel Rothenburger, Kamloops Coun. Arjun Singh and Barriere Mayor Ward Stamer.

Singh took to social media last week, a day after the Feb. 3 board meeting, which included two more calls for Gillis to resign — from Rice and Bass. Singh said he does not want the chair to resign.

He said the board has “collectively taken responsibility for a previous lack of checks and balances” and “sharing meals together, occasionally, builds relationships among this large board and assists us in making good collaborative decisions on behalf of our constituents.” Singh said directors did not know at the time the extent of issues outlined in KTW’s investigation of TNRD spending, arguing Gillis navigated issues best he could. The post drew more than 100 comments, many of which were critical of Singh.

When contacted by KTW, Singh said he would not comment further, noting his opinion has not changed since he posted the message.

Christian said the board only recently re-elected Gillis, who in December defeated Kamloops Coun.

Dieter Dudy in a secret ballot vote for the position of chair.

“He is committed to seeing this thing through in terms of the changes that need to be made at the regional district and I’m confident

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that he will be able to do that,” Christian said of a conversation he had with Gillis.

Roden said Gillis would have known what was coming in the forensic audit would draw criticism, adding the fact he put his name forward for chair showed “courage” and “integrity.”

Rothenburger said that as the face and voice of the TNRD, Gillis has become a target for criticism, but that problems in the past were not created by Gillis, but rather the board as a whole, past and present.

“So, I’m not willing to throw Ken Gillis under the bus for political purposes, which is what it would be if we simply say, ‘Oh, we need to send a message that things are changing,’” Rothenburger said. “I think we’re sending that message in other ways and, although it might be a good way to deflect criticism from ourselves as the rest of the board by putting the focus on Ken, I don’t think that would be either fair or productive.”

Copper Desert Country director Ronaye Elliott believes Gillis is doing a good job and noted limited time left in the term.

In defence of Gillis, Stamer said the regional district has done good work, alluding to “disgruntled directors.”

Lower North Thompson director Bill Kershaw said Gillis did the best he could with information he had.

Reached for comment on whether Gillis should stay or go, Chase Mayor Rod Crowe, Kamloops Coun.

Mike O’Reilly, Area B (Thompson Headwaters) director Stephen Quinn, Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine and Area A (Wells Gray Country) director Carol Schaffer would not comment.

Clinton Mayor Susan Swan said she is undecided.

“I personally feel it would be better for the organization if he were to step down,” Swan said. “I will commit to that, yes. I think a lot of the board members have lost confidence in his leadership.”

However, Swan said she wants to speak to other directors before making a final decision.

Bonaparte Plateau director Sally Watson was the first to call for Gillis to step down due to the letter controversy. The whistleblower letter was apparently first seen by the board in December 2021. Watson said it could have been grounds for dismissal with cause, meaning Gill may not have left the TNRD with his $520,000 payout.

KTW also left messages for Kamloops councillors Dieter Dudy and Kathy Sinclair, as well as Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, Area N (Nicola Valley South) director Herb Graham, Area M (Nicola Valley North) director David Laird, Lytton mayor Jan Polderman and Logan Lake Mayor Robin Smith.

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Film soundstage facility could be economic boon to TNRD area MICHAEL POTESTIO

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A consultant has told the ThompsonNicola Regional District board that construction of a soundstage complex could lead to a substantial economic impact.

It’s a project the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission is exploring — having contracted consulting group Nordicity, which recently completed research showing the parameters of such a project and its viability given the booming film industry.

Presenting the findings to TNRD board directors last week, Nordicity Vancouver manager Chad Rickaby said the film industry has been growing during the past decade, with demand for content accelerating in the past year due to the rise of myriad streaming services, which have billions of subscribers.

“More and more subscribers are coming online to various streaming platforms and driving the demand for content as these streaming services are competing with each other to see who can create the most or buy the most content to keep their subscribers entertained,” Rickaby said.

That demand has put soundstage bookings at a premium, changing the industry to where it is now commonplace to see soundstages booked for years in advance — something that wasn’t the case 10 years ago, Rickaby said.

To attract a Disney+ or Netflix production, a Kamloops-area facility would require, at minimum, two 20,000-squarefoot soundstages, with 40 feet of clearance and no obstructions such as pillars, to allow for on-site set construction, according to the Nordicity report.

Loading areas, office spaces, parking for trailers, cast and crew, a top-tier HVAC system and fibre optic connectivity are

also required.

The construction budget is pegged at $33 million and the project would take 14 months to complete. The facility would need to be built on at least five acres of land zoned for warehouses, and, ideally located close to services.

If kept at 60 per cent occupancy annually, the facility could bring in about $1.6 million in revenue — $2.1 million if kept 80 per cent full, according to the report.

Operational costs are expected to take up about 30 per cent of revenues, while expenses like property tax and lease costs could depend greatly based on the ownership arrangement.

Rickaby said demand for soundstages has three film-producing hubs — Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver — all booked solid for time, leading the industry to eye secondary markets like Sudbury, Ont., Calgary and Albuquerque, N.M., where Netflix committed to building 10

new soundstages over the next decade.

Growth in the film industry is not expected to stop and a Kamloops-area soundstage facility could be attractive to Vancouver productions looking for cheaper soundstage space, Rickaby said.

The project could also result in local film industry growth, create multiple jobs and deliver a large economic impact from added spending in the region, according to the report.

Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine suggested the regional district could help find land and offer tax incentives, but shouldn’t be the primary financier.

Thompson-Nicola film commissioner Vicci Weller said the commission already has a location in mind and is not looking for the TNRD to be the principle investor, but rather attract an private organization, such as a film studio or production company, to build the soundstage facility.

A working group to move the project forward is being established.

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School District 73 adopts vaccine mandate policy SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

Staff working for School District 73 will need to be vaccinated or undergo regular rapid testing in order to continue working, following the introduction of a new policy.

On Monday night (Feb. 7), the Kamloops-Thompson board of education approved a motion to introduce the new policy, which will come into effect on May 9 or sooner, if possible. Those were among the annswer.

According to the school district, there are 2,402 employees, 1,134 of whom are fully vaccinated.

Trustee Shelley Sim was the lone vote against implementing the policy.

“As much as I appreciate all of the work that has gone in, it’s not something I feel comfortable voting for,” Sim said before trustees cast their votes. “I just feel that the landscape is shifting and more information is going to be coming. It’s not to say I disagree, it’s just at this point in time, it’s not sitting well for me.”

On Tuesday, Sim clarified her position to KTW, pointing to ever-changing pandemic restrictions and indications that they may soon come to an end, as the province continues to change how it manages the virus and its impacts.

On Tuesday, Saskatchewan became the first province to announce an end to vaccine mandates, effective Feb. 14.

“I wanted to go forward with something that makes sense, knowing we are in a different place,” Sim said. “And we might be in a very different place in two weeks. We might not be, but it seems to be moving very quickly.”

Trustee Kathleen Karpuk said she had been advised not to participate in the discussion or vote because of a conflict of interest presented by her membership in the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU).

Work on the policy began in late October 2021 and the district followed

an implementation plan laid out by the provincial government in a document called the K-12 Sector Guidelines for Vaccination Policies. That framework was put together in consultation with a number of groups, including the BC Public School Employers’ Association, the BC Teachers’ Federation and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

“We felt that it was extremely important to have representatives of all sectors in this district — all employee groups — present at the table walking us through this process, so we knew we were having the questions asked that needed to be asked,” board vice-chair Meghan Wade said.

Prior to the vote, Wade stressed that the new policy was not a vaccine mandate and the district was not telling its staff they had to be vaccinated.

“If it is your personal choice not to be vaccinated, that is your personal choice — it just results in rapid testing,” Wade said.

The accompanying testing program for those who do not submit proof of vaccination or are unvaccinated is expected to cost the district $13,800 per month, although tests will be provided at no cost by the provincial government.

The $13,800 monthly cost, according to the school district, includes $7,800 to pay a testing contractor, $5,000 for exempt support and $1,000 in supplies.

According to Shayne Olsen, associate superintendent of human resources, the district expects to be testing 250 employees regularly by May. At twice per week, that is 500 tests per week. The testing contractor cost is $120 per hour, with the $7,800 monthly cost estimate based on four hours of testing per day, four days per week. Exempt support refers to those paid to record who has been tested and who has not shown up for their tests. Supplies needed to be purchased include personal protective equipment and other materials needed while performing tests.

In November 2021, the district conducted a survey among its employees.

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TNRD board members must be vaccinated to attend meetings in person, visit workplace MICHAEL POTESTIO

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Thompson-Nicola Regional District board directors will now have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to appear in person at board meetings.

The board has voted 18-8 in favour of implementing the policy, which was introduced via a notice of motion Jan. 20 by Area A (Wells Gray Country) director Carol Schaffer.

The motion, which passed at the Feb. 3 public meeting, now requires board members entering the TNRD workplace and attending TNRD board meetings in person be fully vaccinated.

Those who are not fully vaccinated may still participate in meetings by video.

Cache Creek Mayor Santo Talarico, who told KTW in October that he was not vaccinated against COVID-19, has been a vocal opponent of vaccine mandates for regional politicians, but made no comments during debate on the motion.

Area P (Rivers and Peaks) director Mel Rothenburger said he wasn’t opposed to the mandate, but questioned how useful it was as the board already practices having unvaccinated directors attend meetings via Zoom.

Schaffer said she felt the motion shows leadership, noting a vaccine mandate for TNRD staff is currently “on hold” and that without it, unvaccinated directors could still attend meetings.

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“There’s nothing stopping them, it’s just a practice,” Schaffer said.

Clinton director Susan Swan questioned why board members should be obligated to be vaccinated when members of the public do not have to be vaccinated to enter TNRD buildings.

TNRD corporate officer Deanna Campbell answered, saying the guidance from the public health officer is that the regional district cannot force the public to be vaccinated.

“It’s their right be able to access their public officials and access a board or a council meeting,” Campbell said.

Supporting the vaccination motion were Kamloops directors Dale Bass, Arjun Singh, Ken Christian, Dieter Dudy and Kathy Sinclair, Barriere Mayor Ward Stamer, Merritt Mayor Linda Brown, Logan Lake Mayor Robin Smith, as well as directors Schaffer, Rothenburger, Bill Kershaw (Lower North Thompson), David Laird (Beautiful Nicola ValleyNorth), Herb Graham (Beautiful Nicola Valley-South), Jan Polderman (Lytton) and Ken Gillis (Grasslands), Linda Brown (Merritt), Robin Smith (Logan Lake), Ronaye Elliott (Copper Desert Country), Stephen Quinn (Thompson Headwaters) and Ward Stamer (Barriere).

Opposed to the vaccination motion were Talarico, Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Roden, Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell, Sun Peaks Mayor Al Raine and directors Swan, Steven Rice (Blue Sky Country), Sally Watson (Bonaparte Plateau) and Mike O’Reilly (Kamloops).

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City budget, tax hike AN UPDATE AS COUNCIL LOOKS AT A 5% INCREASE JESSICA WALLACE

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Staring down a proposed five per cent tax increase, Kamloops council got a look at supplemental budget items on Tuesday, including business cases for a new mausoleum at Hillside Cemetery and train whistle cessation downtown.

Twelve supplemental items are on the table — including funding requests to upgrade sports facilities, improve accessibility and inclusion and tackle climate change — and will be decided upon by council in April, following a March 10 public budget meeting and prior to setting the final tax rate.

With two mausoleums at Hillside Cemetery in Southgate full, the city is looking to build a new 4,600-square-foot facility.

Estimated construction is $6.1 million. Depending on pre-sales, the total cost, including loan interest, is estimated at $6.9 million.

The city expects to recover costs with revenues collected from crypt and niche sales totalling more than what it will cost to build and operate the facility.

Over a decade, the city estimates it will pay $565,000 to operate the facility ($94,000 annually) and collect $11 million in revenues, for a total surplus of $3.5 million.

Meanwhile, as the city looks to build a quiet place for the dead to rest, downtown residents aren’t getting much sleep and are fed up with raucous caused by increased train frequency.

Council received a 100-signature petition in recent months and is being asked to fund $1.2 million in estimated upgrades to a train crossing that would cease the whistling.

The city’s develop-

ment director, Marvin Kwiatkowski, said the city hired an engineer to look into the situation last year and determined it will be a significant multi-year process, involving private land acquisition, road work, new signals, fencing, medians and bells and final approval from CP Rail and Transport Canada.

“It’s kind of the full works,” Kwiatkowski said.

Council heard the issue is not limited to the whistling, but also vibrations and bells that would be required to ding in place of the whistle for duration of the train length, up to 20 minutes.

Mayor Ken Christian said the disruption is impacting residents “severely” and council is sympathetic. However, he questioned whether the proposal would solve the problem and suggested requesting the rail company to cease operations in the wee hours of night.

Council also heard it will need to decide on whether to fund public Wi-Fi at city indoor and outdoor facilities and, if so, where, as well as the city’s community climate action plan ($444,000 in 2022 paid for via taxation and increasing to $4.4 million in annual funding down the road).

Council also debated issues of accessible playgrounds and lighting up of city hall.

Coun. Denis Walsh suggested the city should not fund a new $900,000 accessible playground planned for Riverside Park, next to an existing playground, arguing it is costly and contributes to chipping away of the park’s green space.

Meanwhile, Coun. Sadie Hunter argued the city should further broaden accessibility guidelines in its plans to upgrade playgrounds, a $1.25-million funding request over five years for several parks.

Walsh also questioned spending $160,000 on a LED lighting system at city hall, which would replace existing contract work in times when the city wishes to show community support.

The city previously did away with hoisting of community flags and banners, at the request of user groups due to potential legal issues. However, CAO David Trawin said the city could update its flag and banner policy to include lighting of the civic facility and specific to when council makes a determination, rather than accept requests from the public.

Council heard the city would be able to flick a switch and turn lights via the exterior of city hall to any colour.

Walsh called it an “extravagant waste of money.”

Coun. Bill Sarai suggested lighting up the Red Bridge or another location more visible to all residents in the city.

However, Christian said city hall is symbolic. He called the lighting up of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in orange following Tk’emlúps’ announcement of suspected graves “heartfelt” and noted increased division during the pandemic.

Other supplemental budget items being considered: • $66,000 for tech support; • equality, diversity and inclusion co-ordinator, totalling $200,000 over two years; • $75,000 to create an urban wildlife management strategy; • $80,000 for Norbrock Stadium improvements; • $175,000 to rehabilitate Kamloops Tennis Centre courts; • $700,000 for Overlander Park Washroom and Event Centre.

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Ambassador an all-gender program SAY GOODBYE TO THE ‘MISS KAMLOOPS’ AND “PRINCESS’ TITLES The 2021 Kamloops Ambassadors, from left: Lucy Matchim, Kayla Hermiston and Lauren Fulton.

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Changes have been made to the Kamloops Ambassador program, which, for the first time, will welcome youth of all genders to participate.

Previously, the program awarded titles to three elected participants, including Miss Kamloops and two Princess positions.

Those titles no longer exist and, when the program elects its next youth representatives, they will hold equal titles of Ambassador.

“Losing the title, I mean — it’s our history, right? That was a little bit hard to let go, but we certainly really believe in the equality of all of our youth ambassadors,” program coordinator Jenn Harbaruk said.

The Kamloops Ambassador

program has a long history in the city, naming and empowering standout youth for more than a century. Participants are given networking opportunities and take part in presentations given by community leaders.

The society works closely with the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce.

Over the course of six months, participants receive training and guidance on a number of topics, including

networking, volunteerism, financial planning, city affairs, speech training, auto mechanics, etiquette and internet safety, among others.

“So, it’s a very busy sixmonth process right up until election weekend,” Harbaruk said.

Among a group of between eight and 12 participants, three are chosen to become ambassadors in an election held in the first weekend of July.

The program recently saw the retirement of longtime coordinator Teresa Dares, who

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Harbaruk, who is also a past participant from 1992, saw similar programs making the transition and thought it was a good time to do so, especially given there was a male candidate who was interested in participating this year.

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According to BC Transit there were 11,426 fewer weekly boardings in March 2020, when the pandemic was declared, dropping to 3,955 from 15,381.

Since then, however, ridership has been increasing on Kamloops bus routes, now at about 75 per cent of pre-pandemic levels — 10,000 weekly boardings.

Those numbers — along with how the transit system performed through the fiscal year April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, were presented to city council on Feb. 1.

Annual ridership was down 45 per cent that fiscal year, with 2.2-million passenger trips, down from 4.1-million trips in 20192020, increasing per passenger operating costs to $5.59 from $3.01 — numbers tabulated by dividing operating costs by total ridership.

The Kamloops transit system also experienced a 30 per cent reduction in

revenue in 2020-2021, with $3.1 million coming in compared to $4.5 million the previous year.

City of Kamloops transportation planner Jacob Burnley told council Kamloops’ transit system, however, fared better than similar-sized cities across B.C. during the pandemic.

Burnley told KTW the Kamloops transit system was about 25 per cent better in both average annual ridership and revenue compared to similar-sized transit systems in 2020-2021. HandyDART service in Kamloops saw a 60 per cent dip in ridership — down from 91,913 annually to 36,761 passengers in 2020-2021, increasing cost per rider to $68.08 from $31.17.

Ridership on that custom transit service, however, also rebounded to 65 per cent of pre-pandemic levels by the fall of 2021, with about 4,100 monthly boardings compared to 6,695 at the onset of the pandemic.

Burnley noted the Omicron variant of COVID-19 could impact Kamloops’ recovering transit system, but at this point, ridership remains on a positive trajectory, though he has no estimate for when it may return to 100 per cent of pre-pan-

demic levels. The Kamloops transit system consists of 14 bus routes, three transit exchange hubs and a fleet of 69 vehicles.

RESIDENTS WILLING TO WALK FOR BETTER SERVICE Kamloopsians are willing to walk farther, as long as it means a more efficient and reliable bus service.

In a customer survey conducted in February 2021, 70 per cent of 400 Kamloops residents surveyed said they would prefer to walk a bit farther to a bus stop if it meant the bus would arrive more often and get to their destination more quickly.

Of those surveyed, 39 per cent said the have to transfer to a second bus to reach their destination.

Burnley said the report indicates the need to reduce wait times for buses and providing a connected service.

There was a mix of responses on other questions, with 52 per cent of respondents preferring adding transit service in neighbourhoods where demand is still growing and 33 per cent wanting support for increased service on busier, already established routes in Kamloops.

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Bus service to Kamloops Airport is being eyed by BC Transit, education is its priority on mask use and the transit system is trying to recruit more drivers amidst a labour shortage.

Those were among the answers city council heard from BC Transit representatives during a Feb. 1 update on the Kamloops transit system.

Coun. Mike O’Reilly asked about driver shortages for the Kamloops transit system, which city transportation planner Jacob Burnley noted has caused occasional bus cancellations, particularly this past December.

BC Transit, however, recently held a recruitment fair, with 12 successful applicants now in training for Kamloops, and staffing levels are expected to normalize by this spring once their training is completed.

Burnley told KTW the Kamloops driver shortage is part of the general labour shortage being seen across most customer-facing industries. While not many, there were a few leave of absences when vaccine mandate came into effect last November, he said.

BC Transit spokesperson Jamie Weiss told KTW the organization is also currently facing a labour shortage and service disruptions in a number of transit systems across the province due to the ongoing impacts of COVID19 on employee health. Weiss said BC Transit and its operating company, First Transit, are working to hire more drivers for Kamloops.

Coun. Dale Bass said she constantly hears from riders, especially seniors, that they don’t take the bus because of concern over other riders not wearing

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BC Transit government relations manager Seth Wright told Bass it’s a “tricky area for BC Transit to walk.”

Wright said BC Transit has a nonconfrontation policy for its drivers when it comes to enforcing the mask mandate.

Some drivers, however, have confronted maskless riders, resulting in reports of physical and verbal conflicts, which Wright said is something the transit provider wants to avoid.

“So, we continue to pursue education as a mandatory mask mandate approach and we continue to pursue that approach more passionately,” Wright said, noting 100 per cent of bus drivers across the province are vaccinated against COVID-19.

Coun. Bill Sarai said the city is missing bus service to the airport, where there are many businesses.

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Ajax junior partner releases statement on proposed mine KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

It is Mineral Exploration Week in B.C. and with it comes another statement from the junior partner of the proposed Ajax mine south of Kamloops, stating the mine idea is not dead.

Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation of Vancouver has a 20 per cent stake in the property, with Poland-based KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. controlling 80 per cent.

On Feb. 3, Abacus president and CEO Paul Anderson issued an update via a statement on the company’s website.

Anderson said Abacus meets regularly with KGHM, noting the senior partner in Ajax plans to devote more attention to the project, including continued engagement with First Nations.

“I am pleased that the Ajax project remains a priority for our partner and that they continue to engage about the project with First Nations” Anderson said in the statement.

“With copper and gold prices near all-time highs, we would be happy to see this project advance more quickly, to the benefit of all stakeholders.”

Part of the Ajax site was mined in the late 1980s by Teck as part of their Afton operation.

Abacus acquired the Ajax project from Teck, with KGHM buying into it in 2010.

Anderson said Ajax last underwent a feasibility study in 2016, when the project was designed to mine 65,000 tonnes per day over an 18-year mine life.

Anderson said the 2016 feasibility study used metal prices of US$3.21 per pound for copper, US$1,200 per ounce for gold and US$17 per ounce for silver.

On Feb. 3, those metals closed at the following prices: gold ($1,806 per ounce), copper ($4.48 per pound) and silver ($22.43 per ounce).

The Ajax mine application wad rejected by the provincial government in 2017 and the federal government in 2018.

Approval from both levels of government is needed for the mine proposal to proceed.

At the time, provincial Environment Minister George Heyman and Mines Minister Michelle Mungall said the openpit mine would have significant adverse effects not outweighed by potential benefits. These included impacts to Indigenous heritage and traditional land uses, and to human health, air quality and grasslands ecosystems.

Upon the initial rejection, KGHM and Abacus had the option of appealing the decision at the Supreme Court level, but the companies did not do that.

As of late 2020, KGHM and Abacus were in the process or working on a new application and opened an office on Victoria Street in downtown Kamloops after hiring Michael Wypych as project manager.

Neither Wypych nor Anderson nor KGHM’s Toronto office have returned calls to KTW since

September 2021.

In May 2021, Reuters in Europe reported that KGHM plans to sell its smaller mines outside Poland, including the Carlota copper mine in the United States.

“We decided that the smaller mines do not fit in our portfolio.

It seems that now is an ideal time to sell,” Pawel Gruza, KGHM’’s vice-president in charge of foreign assets, said in a news conference, as reported by Reuters.

The company plans to reinvest the proceeds in its domestic operations in Poland.

KGHM, among the world’s largest copper and silver producers, has mining operations in Europe, North America and South America. With over 38 million tonnes of copper ore resources worldwide, is one of the world’s biggest copper and silver producers. The Polish government owns 32 per cent of KGHM. Anderson’s statement this week follows a similar statement

he released on Sept. 1, 2020, when he said Wypych’s duties would initially be focused on First Nations, community and governmental engagement in order to advance the project toward resubmitting the application to government.

Ajax split many Kamloops residents, some whom passionately opposed and others adamantly in support of the project.

Local First Nations were and remain opposed to the proposed mine, with the Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwépemc Nation, which represents the Tk’emlups and Skeetchestn First Nations, citing the project’s impacts on Jacko Lake, which it considers an important cultural heritage site.

In 2017, Kamloops council voted to oppose Ajax. Despite the stance, the city had reached an agreement in principle with KHGM with respect to a community benefits agreement, in which Kamloops was to receive $3.8 million annually from the company if Ajax was approved.

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Fewer sales, but home prices remain high to start 2022 AS A NEW YEAR BEGINS, THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IN KAMLOOPS AREA IS $665,000 dollar volume is almost identical — $123.1 million last month and $122.8 million in January 2021.

There were 306 new listings in the Kamloops area last month, with 768 active listings as of Feb. 3.

Number if same in the Kamloops and district region have remained below average in the last few months.

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Sales of homes in the Kamloops area are off to a slower start in 2022 than test were in 2021.

The Kamloops and District Real Estate Association said 185 residential unit sales were recorded in January, a 25.7 per cent decrease from the same month last year, when 249 sales were registered.

The average MLS residential price in the area was $664,969, up by about 35 per cent from January 2021 ($493,139).

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Tiny lot proposal quashed by council PROPONENT WISHED TO OPEN THE MARKET TO THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD FULL-SIZE LOT/HOME MICHAEL POTESTIO

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After plenty of public input, Kamloops council has nixed a plan for a new single-family house to be built on a smaller than normal lot.

The variance requested the proposed house, to be constructed on land in Sagebrush,

at the corner of Douglas Street and Seventh Avenue, be built six feet from the rear property line — rather than the required 12 feet distance — to accommodate front yard vehicular parking.

Council, however, opted to deny the variance at its regular meeting on Feb. 1, siding with staff, who advised it would encroach on a neighbouring

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The property is composed of three parcels that are each 237 square metres in size, which is half the size of what the city allows in residential zoning.

Historically, the lots were intended to function as one site since an existing home on the property crosses over the two westernmost lots and only one set of municipal services extends to the overall site.

The proposed build was a 1,900 square-foot, two-storey modernlooking home for the easternmost lot.

Staff suggested alternative layouts, placing parking at the west end of the property, but the homeowners preferred their original plans as that alternative would prohibit them from building more homes on the other parcels in the future.

What do you think should be done to open the market to first-time homebuyers? Send your ideas to editor@kamloops thisweek.com The development is meant to aid the lack of housing in the downtown and clean up the existing lots, one of the property owners, Colleen Carter, told council.

“Rental availability and houses for purchase are at an all-time premium,” Carter said.

“The addition of this type of small house opens the market to those who may be unable to afford a full-size lot and house and for those who are looking at condos, apartments and would prefer not to share walls or pay strata fees.”

The project received four letters of support lauding the project for adding housing to the market in the Sagebrush/downtown area.

Council also heard from a representative of the Sagebrush Neighbourhood Association and a Pleasant Street resident, both of whom expressed concerns about the project design not fitting the look of the neighbourhood, which features many vintage homes.

Council ultimately defeated the variance application by a 6-3 vote, with councillors Kathy Sinclair, Arjun Singh and Denis Walsh in favour of the proposal and Mayor Ken Christian and councillors Dale Bass, Mike O’Reilly, Bill Sarai, Sadie Hunter and Dieter Dudy opposed.

O’Reilly and Sarai said there were too many issues raised by staff to support the variance, while Hunter said the project didn’t align with the city’s plan for the Sagebrush neighbourhood.

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A cat that went missing in Kamloops three years ago has been reunited with its owner in Ontario.

The BC SPCA said former Kamloops resident Crystal Maclean was devastated when her beloved cat, Ralph, went missing in March 2018.

Ralph, a striking orange tabby with a white chin, escaped from a friend’s house, where he was being looked after for the weekend.

Maclean put up posters, searched the surrounding neighbourhoods, reached out to mail carriers and contacted the BC SPCA. Alas, her efforts failed to find Ralph and the longer the search went on, the more Maclean feared he had been the victim of a coyote attack.

In the years since Ralph’s disappearance, Maclean moved to Papau New Guinea for two years, then to

Northern Ontario, where she now lives.

Meanwhile, Lynette Nyeste met Ralph at her Kamloops home when he became a regular visitor to her yard.

“When I first saw him, he was in bad shape and his hair was matted,” Nyeste said. “I thought he was feral.

He wouldn’t let me get near him.”

Nyeste provided Ralph with food and water and he eventually warmed up to her and let her brush his fur.

After a while, he became so comfortable that he would curl up on Nyeste’s front porch, purring away.

Nyeste checked online lost and found pet sites and posted to them, including Ralph’s photo, but received no replies.

On Jan. 25, Nyeste brought Ralph to the BC SPCA in Kamloops because she was not able to continue

caring for him and wanted to make sure he would be in good hands.

Sarah Gerow, animal care supervisor at the BC SPCA Community Animal Centre in Kamloops, said the agency posted the cat’s photo on its Facebook page in an effort to find his owner.

“In a wonderful stroke of luck, friends of the owner saw our post and contacted Crystal, who was in touch with us right away from Ontario,” Gerow said.

Needless to say, owner Maclean was stunned — and deliriously happy.

“I have experienced shock, disbelief, elation and sheer happiness that I will get to be reunited with my beloved Ralph,” Maclean said. “He is the best cat ever.”

Ralph flew to Toronto on Feb. 3 Maclean made the five-hour drive to Toronto to be reunited with her cat and bring him home.

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Joshua Knaak and daughter Sara with pet dog Sammie-Marie (right), whose return was a complete surprise.

A dog feared lost in the icy Thompson River has been reunited with its owners in Kamloops thanks to the recent teamwork of a resident and a city community services officer.

“Never been so happy to get a phone call from bylaws in my life,” said the dog’s owner, Joshua Knaak, who, along with partner Nicole Peters, had recently adopted the female Boston terrier mix.

Knaak and Peters had been looking for a second dog and ended up adopting the soonto-be three-year-old, SammieMarie, from a Lower Mainland family on Jan. 9.

Two days later, as Knaak returned home from work, Sammie-Marie made a dash from her new home out the front door and into the street, disappearing into a neighbouring yard along

at McArthur Island and disappear. They searched the riverbank where there were tracks leading out on ice, but none coming back, and Knaak assumed his dog had fallen into the river and drowned.

Knaak said his family was devastated, as were the many Good Samaritans who had helped in the search.

“I didn’t realize how many animal lovers there were in the city,” Knaak said. “I was getting phone calls and text messages from people who I didn’t even know.”

Two weeks later, however, on Jan. 25, the city’s community services division (formerly known as bylaws services) received a call from a resident that a dog had been hanging around their neighbourhood for a few days and appeared to be in need

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the river’s side of Royal Avenue in North Kamloops.

Knaak posted about his lost dog on social media and, within a half-hour, she was spotted in nearby McArthur Island.

Knaak said they found her, but she took off again into the slough across from NorKam secondary.

Sightings kept coming in, but Knaak still couldn’t find his new canine companion as dozens of friends and neighbours helped him search into the night.

The next morning, Knaak met up with a man who saw Sammie-Marie run onto the ice of the Thompson River

of care and food.

Community services officer Alexa Kouroupis responded and found a small dog hiding under a boat in a Brocklehurst neighbourhood. After retrieving the frightened animal, Kouroupis returned to the community services office.

Although the dog was not wearing a collar and could not be identified through licensing, a staff member recognized the animal from a recent Facebook post Knaak had made and reached out.

Knaak told KTW he was in disbelief, thinking it was impossible any dog could survive falling into the icy river, but was surprised upon attending the bylaw office.

“As soon as we walked in and saw her, she recognized us and we recognized her,” Knaak said, noting Sammie-Marie had lost 12 pounds in the 13 days — going from 26 to 14 pounds in weight.

The dog is now putting the weight back on.

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Concert review: Delightful Viennese New Year’s Day LESLIE HALL

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No wonder chamber music has remained popular over centuries.

It is so thoroughly delightful, especially in the hands of the Chamber Musicians of Kamloops (CMK).

This past Saturday night’s re-creation of a Viennese New Year’s Day concert was a fine example as it was performed superbly by Naomi Cloutier on piano and Cvetozar Vutev on violin.

The concert had the essentials: well matched musicians, professional attire, pride in each’s chosen instrument and stories.

There were gems in this concert: a one-sided love affair out of which Mozart deftly extracted himself, the tragic story of Russian

violinist David Hochstein, the curious fake name habit of Fritz Kreisler and the authenticity of Brahms’ Hungarian dances. It is “a long story” as to why only three of 21 were original compositions, according to master musical historian Vutev.

There is always an educational component to these concerts, not only the historical details and background of the piece, but also details from the performance point of view.

In this case, the compromising needed when musicians learn a piece in different ways — and Clouthier graciously compromised.

There was so much delight in this concert that it’s hard to pick the outstanding Certainly, Johann Strauss

Jr.’s Tritsch-Tritsch Polka was a highlight for the audience.

Although it is a standard for the annual concert in Vienna, it comes across far better in a small venue on piano and violin.

Interestingly, it underlined a theme of the program — how do composers put these two instruments together? In this, there were some notes on which the two instruments could hardly be heard apart.

The online concert has terrific sound and can be viewed through Feb. 19.

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AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE IN KAMLOOPS During Black History Month, Kamloops This Week looks at how John Freemont Smith, a child of freed slaves, helped shape the city KEN FAVRHOLDT

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Kamloops council of 1905, from left: Alderman John Freemont Smith, Alderman D.C. McLaren, Alderman R.M. MacKay, Mayor C.S. Stevens, Alderman J.M. Harper, Alderman J. Milton and Alderman A.E. McLean, taken downtown at the corner of Victoria Street and Third Avenue.

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brick building in the 200-block of Victoria Street in downtown Kamloops has a sign, “Freemont Block,” named after its builder, John Freemont Smith.

Smith had a remarkable life. He was well-educated, principled, proud and energetic, but he was a restless man.

His life began in 1850 on the Caribbean island of St. Croix in the small town of Frederiksted. St. Croix at the time was one of the Danish Virgin Islands.

Trading African slaves was part of the transatlantic slave trade by Denmark and Norway until 1792, when a law to abolish the trade came into effect.

On St. Croix in 1815, there were 24,330 slaves and 180 whites, as well as 2,480 freed men (many of whom had purchased their freedom).

Danish King Christian VIII supported the gradual aboli-

tion of slavery and ruled in 1847 that every child born of an unfree woman should be free from birth and that slavery would end entirely after 12 years. That edict satisfied neither the slaves nor sugar plantation owners. Slaves wanted their immediate freedom and a rebellion broke out in 1848.

John Freemont Smith was a child of those freed slaves, hence his middle name, the patois of “free man.”

Frederiksted is still known by locals as “Freedom City.”

Smith’s middle name was later commonly spelled Fremont in Kamloops newspapers.

Smith received his teenage education on a scholarship in Copenhagen, then attended the Jesuit College in Liverpool, where he learned the trade of being a cobbler, before travelling through Europe and to Peru.

He then migrated from Liverpool to San Francisco via ship around Cape Horn.

Smith arrived in Victoria in 1872, setting up a shoemaking business.

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In 1877, Smith married 15-year old Mary Anastasia Miller.

The 1881 census lists Smith as a boot and shoe-maker, with a wife and three-year old daughter, Gertrude Florella, who unfortunately died soon after.

Mary was born in Victoria, but according to historian Crawford Kilian, “her ‘origin’ is given as the Northwest Territories — which in those days included today’s Prairie provinces, so she may have been Indigenous or Metis.”

After a brief stay in New Westminster, John and Mary relocated to Lytton in 1881 and Smith continued work as a bootmaker.

They then moved to Kamloops in 1884, at the time of the railway construction.

John, Mary and a new son named Clarence, born in 1885, turned to ranch life in the Louis Creek area north of Kamloops in 1886, when Smith set up a store, prospected for gold and wrote articles about the North Thompson Valley’s mineral prospects. He organized the Kamloops Coal Company in the 1890s and served as Louis Creek’s first postmaster, from 1894 until 1898.

But that year, a fire destroyed the Smith home and the family, now with two sons and a daughter, moved to Kamloops. Clarence died in 1903 of meningitis.

Smith immediately became immersed in the civic affairs of the recently incorporated City of Kamloops. He started

LEFT: John Freemont Smith and his family in the Walker Studio in Kamloops about 1912. From left: Agnes Christina, Mary Smith, Louisa Theresa, Amy Bernice, Leo (Peter), John Freemont Smith and Mary Beatrice. RIGHT: The Freemont Block in the 200-block of Victoria Street.

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the Kamloops District Farmer’s Institute in 1900 as the secretarytreasurer.

Though Smith is widely remembered as one of the first black aldermen in the province, elected in 1902, he wasn’t the first. On Vancouver Island, Mifflin Gibbs was elected alderman in Victoria in 1866 when B.C. was still a colony. It is probably best to say that Smith was the second black man to be elected to public office in the province. He was re-elected until 1907, but was later defeated in subsequent bids for office.

Smith was not afraid to stand up against discrimination and to demonstrate his belief in justice.

Even though he was a member of the Kamloops Board of Trade, he criticized the organization’s attempt to have the Tk’emlúps band removed from its reserve.

Yet Smith was respected by most despite the racist attitudes of the day.

He was active in the community in many ways, helping to organize groups, including the local Agricultural Association, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Conservative Association and others. In 1911, Smith constructed the building at 246-250 Victoria St. His wife was also well known and appreciated for her artistic talents and involvement in Kamloops’ cultural life, including the St. Patrick’s Day concerts.

In 1912, Smith was appointed Indian agent for the Kamloops district and the federal government’s overseer of the Kamloops Industrial School.

As a black man, he was well aware of his awkward position,

thinking he could do some good to improve the conditions of the school, but fighting the government itself for more funding.

Smith took on this role at a challenging time. The Royal Commission on Indian Affairs was established in 1913 and one of Smith’s tasks as agent was to travel throughout the vast Kamloops agency to gather information for the commission.

But he then advocated for the Secwépemc against the commission’s attempts to cut off valuable portions of reserve lands. He spent the summer of 1918 visiting the Secwépemc reserves. That year, sadly, his son, Leo, was killed in action in the Great War. Smith continued as Indian agent until 1923 and he remained in Kamloops for the rest of his life.

His wife died in 1927 at 65 years

of age, after their 50th wedding anniversary. Four girls survived her.

Smith continued to write articles for the local newspaper and carried on with his volunteer duties in organizations such as the local Rotary Club and the Farmer’s Institute, which honoured him in 1934 as “Father of Kamloops” for being “one of the three last pioneers who arrived in 1884 or earlier.”

Shortly thereafter, on Oct. 5, 1934, Smith died at his office in the Freemont Block building.

The Freemont Block on Victoria Street is a reminder of this remarkable man.

Ken Favrholdt is a freelance writer, historical geographer and museologist. He was former curator/archivist of the Kamloops Museum and Archives.

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Freeze bringing Arctic Chill to worlds MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

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reeze Athletics, the little Kamloops gym that could, has secured its ticket to the big dance — an at-large bid to compete in April at the World Championships of All-Star Cheerleading in Orlando, Fla. “The worlds, to us, is bigger than the Olympics,” said Kennedy Michels, who competes for the gym’s Arctic Chill squad, the small co-ed level 5 team that finished second in its division last month at an event in Edmonton to qualify for worlds. “It’s a dream come true.”

Arctic Chill coach Keri Lewis — co-owner and co-founder of Freeze — invited KTW to the gym in January of 2020 to report on the Frozen Reign team that qualified for the Summit Cheerleading Championships in Orlando.

Interviews were conducted shortly before the arrival of the pandemic, which quashed the Summit event and the spirits of the Freeze cheerleaders.

“It was absolutely heartbreaking,” said Ella Guglielmini, a base for Arctic Chill who was also part of the 2020 Frozen Reign team.

“It’s like, ‘I just worked so hard for nothing.’ It just got ripped away.”

The stripping, robbing and pilfering has gone on for the better part of two years, including at Freeze, where programming was non-contact in 2021 and virtual practising, far from ideal in cheerleading, has hindered progress.

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CRISTELA D’ELIA PHOTO There are 10 athletes on the Arctic Chill team that will compete in April in Orlando at the World Championships of All-Star Cheerleading. Back row, left to right, are Abbey Sutter, Brooke Anderson, Corey Storkan, Kennedy Michels and Haylee Desjardine. Front row, left to right, are Lori Proznick, Aunalya Turner, Ella Guglielmini, Hailey Schifferns and Jessica Raeside.

“Oh, my gosh, it has been a struggle,” Lewis said. “Like everyone else, you think you get through and every wave, you’re like, OK, this is it, you’re on the upswing and you just start building momentum — and then the next shut down happens. Last year was

really tough on our kids.”

Yet athletes, staff and coaches persisted and Freeze established its first level 5 team, Arctic Chill, in time for this season, a squad eligible to compete in the World Championships, which are for level 5 to level 7 teams, a step up from the

Summit event, for levels 1 to 4.

“Honestly, this has been the goal of the club since we got started [in 2014], to eventually build enough skill and excellence in the program that we could even get to level 5,” said Lewis, noting Arctic Chill members range in age from 13 to 29.

“It was a huge surprise to qualify for worlds. The kids are just so excited. It was a moment, for sure.”

Added Aunalya Turner, a flyer for Arctic Chill: “The gym has worked so hard for so many years to make this dream of ours and we finally get to experience that.”

Season 1 of Netflix documentary Cheer was released in January of 2020 and sparked unprecedented worldwide attention in the sport, exposing both its wonder and warts.

“It opened peoples’ eyes,”

said Haylee Desjardine, who spoke to KTW on Saturday (Feb. 5), still catching her breath after competing. “It’s not just pompoms and glitter.”

Added Jessica Raeside: “It takes blood, sweat and tears.

It pushes you to your highest level.”

For every Navarro College, the Cheer documentary’s primary subject, there is a Trinity Valley Community College, a fierce rival.

Lewis did not single out any regional teams that play the role of Freeze’s antagonist, but she did seem to suggest Arctic Chill will be under a critical microscope.

“It’s almost a little bit of pressure,” Lewis said. “Because it’s like, ‘Oh, did you see Freeze Athletics has a worlds team this year? Oh, we should make sure we watch them. Let’s see if they’re good.’ There are eyes on you, for sure, and people are talking. No one is going to know us. We’re from little old Kamloops, B.C., in Canada.”

Under the microscope is exactly where Freeze wants to be, a goal eight years in the making.

“We’re all so pumped to go,” said Lori Proznick, a side base and front for Arctic Chill. “It’s just such a big deal for us.”

KAMLOOPS LAST WEEK The Arctic Chill team will feature in Episode 32 of Kamloops Last Week, with interviews and action from a competition that took place on Saturday at Freeze Athletics.

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Sidelined Rams take issue with school district ruling MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

A Gold Trail school district decision to nix inter-school extra-curricular activities, including one-off basketball league games, is drawing the ire of coaches and athletes in Ashcroft at Desert Sands Community School, home of the Rams.

“I feel like it’s pretty unfair since Kamloops gets to play basketball and we don’t get to play basketball,” said Owen Dunbar, a standout Grade 12 Rams’ forward whose Grade 11 campaign was wiped out by the pandemic.

“It actually sucks a lot. We practised a lot in the summer. After the break, we were let down and not allowed to play basketball. We have a lot of Grade 12s and they want to play.”

High school teams and their club counterparts have been able to play one-off single

Owen Dunbar, flanked by sisters Codey (left) and Mia, celebrates a 42-point night in his Grade 10 season, his last full campaign for the Desert Sands Rams.

games since provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry paused all sports tournaments on Dec. 20.

The Province reported on Thursday that secondary school tournaments have the green light to return, a policy change

made by the provincial Ministry of Education after all sorts of pushback from many on the provincial high school sports scene.

Yet the Rams remain sidelined, unable to engage in single A league games at the behest of the school district.

Gold Trail school district superintendent Teresa Downs said there is good reason for the decision.

“While we recognize the importance of physical activity to mental health and wellbeing, we are in the position where we’re having to prioritize keeping schools open and bus routes operating each day,” Downs said.

“Extra-curricular activities outside of the community require staff to leave their normal positions. At this time, due to the pandemic, we are seeing an incredibly high level of employee absences, so we, unfortunately, cannot sustain the provision of

extra-curricular activities.”

Max Beckett, who coaches the junior boys at Desert Sands, is aching for his Rams, most notably the graduating seniors who will miss out on playing basketball in grades 11 and 12 unless the decision is reversed within the next week or so, as the season is winding down and zone playoffs are slated for later this month.

“I understand our superintendent feels it’s too much of a health risk,” Beckett said. “She quoted these provincial health orders, which really aren’t there.

If the other districts are willing to take obvious risks and, actually, they’re playing in empty gyms now and students and everybody are wearing masks, it’s not any more dangerous than the classroom.

“I’m clutching at straws here.

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SPORTS Scorching-hot Blazers at home Dylan Ernst turned 18 on Sunday and picked up the win between the pipes for the Kamloops Blazers, who posted their ninth straight victory and 18th consecutive triumph over hometown Victoria.

Kamloops won 3-2, with goals coming from Luke Toporowski, Logan Stankoven and Connor Levis in support of Ernst, who turned aside 29 shots for his seventh win of the campaign.

The Everett Silvertips (33-7-2-2) are atop the Western Conference and seven points ahead of the second-place Blazers, who have a game in hand on the ‘Tips.

Kamloops (31-11-1-0) is slated to play host to the Tri-City Americans (12-25-4-0) of Kennewick, Wash., on Wednesday, a 7 p.m. start at Sandman Centre.

Unaffiliated Canadian Hockey League statistician Geoffrey Brandow noted on twitter that Ernst is the first Blazers’ goalie to win on his birthday since Connor Ingram, who accomplished the feat on March 31, 2017.

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Nine straight wins marks the Blazers’ longest winning streak of the season.

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Feb 5, 2022 Colton McHatten (from left), Nayte Brown, coach Rich Fonger, Blake Morris and Katie Brayer represented Sun Peaks Freestyle Club on the weekend in Calgary at slopestyle nationals.

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WolfPack aiming for fourth straight win Kitamura wins A road trip to Abbotsford proved fruitful for the TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team, which picked up three victories in three days over the hometown Fraser Valley Cascades.

Samuel Elgert and Anton Napolitano led the Pack with nine kills each on Sunday, pacing the visitors to a 3-1 victory to cap the weekend sweep and push TRU’s record to 5-7 in Canada West play.

Napolitano added three blocks, a pair of aces and 11 digs, while Elgert had a game-high 24 assists.

The Cascades dropped to

Samuel Elgert (right) and the TRU WolfPack are riding a three-match winning streak.

0-10 ahead of a rematch with the WolfPack on Wednesday, a 5 p.m. start at the Tournament Capital Centre.

The match will mark the return to Kamloops of two players who left the WolfPack in December of 2020 to play for the Cascades — Nimo Benne and Jonas Van Huizen.

TRU will play host to the Trinity Western Spartans of Langley on Friday and Saturday, with match times scheduled for 5 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.

Trinity is 10-0 on the campaign.

Meanwhile, the WolfPack women’s volleyball team suffered a pair of defeats

at the hands of the hometown Cascades on the weekend.

TRU dropped to 1-11 on the season, while Fraser Valley improved to 5-5.

The WolfPack women will be in tough this weekend against the Spartans at the TCC, with visiting Trinity Western carrying a 9-1

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PACK HOOPS The Fraser Valley Cascades of Abbotsford knocked off the TRU WolfPack in men’s and women’s Canada West basketball action last Thursday at

the Tournament Capital Centre.

Fraser Valley (8-4) earned an 80-76 victory over the WolfPack men (4-9), whose comeback effort fell short.

Asher Mayan led the Pack in scoring, with 21 points.

The WolfPack are slated to host the Victoria Vikes on Wednesday and Thursday, with game times set for 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

South Kamloops secondary graduate Maddy Gobeil and the Cascades (10-2) toppled the WolfPack women 68-56 on Thursday.

TRU dropped to 1-15.

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Joe Kitamura represented the Overlander Ski Club race team last month at the Western Canadian Nordic Skiing Championships in Red Deer, Alberta.

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Should I Invest Now? 2022 has been a tough start to the markets. Concerns of inflation and central banks raising interest rates have been front of mind. The US S&P 500 had it's worst January in over 15 years... yes, even worse than 2009.

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A 2012 Vanguard white paper compared the results of an immediate lump sum investing (LSI) in a Balanced Portfolio (60% stocks & 40% bonds) versus buying equal amounts over a 12-month period in US, UK and Australia. The study

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Alternatively, Investor 'B' buys in 2 lump sums of $50,000 each on January 1 and June 30. This would result in buying 5,833 (2,500 + 3,333) shares at an average price of $17.14.

Amazingly, at the end of the year, she would have made $16,660 or 16.7% while the actual investment returned 0%.

Most people want to do #2, however this means you have to have the fortitude to buy when markets are dropping and the news is grim. Investors that are already fully invested need to get it right twice. They have to pull their money out at the top and put it back in when markets have plunged.

We have yet to see investors succeed at this because when things are bad, investors tend to expect market to go down further and typically decide to wait. Often, they are left idling in cash earning very little and paralyzed to make a decision. No one has perfect foresight and we suggest using a strategy that removes emotion and guessing market highs and lows.

What we like about #3 is that it has a psychological advantage and can be very effective when markets are trading at high valuations or elevated volatility. A simplified hypothetical example may help illustrate: Investor 'A' has $100,000 and on January 1 buys 5,000 shares of an investment at $20.00 a share. By June 30 of the same year, the shares drop to $15.00, then recover to $20.00 by the end the year.

*Chart is for illustration purposes only Typically, the best investments to Dollar-Cost-Average are stocks because their prices change daily. If you can, you want to buy as frequently as possible because it gives you the opportunity to buy at potentially lower prices. With DCA, you actually want temporary market corrections to enhance your future returns.

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Beckett wonders if The Colombo Lodge and Rivers FC cutting school sports women’s and men’s soccer teams are spending played a part playing host to a fundraising event on in the district’s deciWednesday, Feb. 16, to help support the sion. semi-pro soccer club’s inaugural League1 “Happy to say that BC campaign. is not a factor at all,” Buy a dinner for two for $30 online Downs said. “The and pick up pre-ordered food at Colombo district fully supports Lodge (814 Lorne St.) from 11:30 a.m. to the financial cost of 5:45 p.m. extra-curricular activiFor more information, go online to ties. This is solely about colombolodge.com or call Roberta Morini keeping school and bus at 250-374-4914 or 778-257-8500. routes open on a daily Rivers FC will join seven-team League1 BC, a BC Soccer Association circuit, in time for the 2022 campaign.

between districts while his Rams are penned.

“Our community loves sports and loves to be active,” Dunbar said. “I don’t know why they’re taking that away from us.”

Downs understands why students feel slighted.

“Fair questions,” she said. “I wish we were in the position that other districts

basis during this time of the variant.”

Dunbar is under the impression the decision was made due to COVID-19 safety concerns and remains miffed, unable to grasp why Kamloops high schools can have league play and travel

were, where they were fully staffed and had relief staff. We’re not in that position in Gold Trail, unfortunately.

I have deep passion for these students and understand how unfair this is feeling to them.

I met with them this morning [Feb. 3] and certainly saw that on their faces, but, unfortunately, we’re just in a position where we

have to prioritize the daily operations of our schools.”

Downs was asked if the district’s stance might change, “I wish I could look into the future and say that,” she said. “It is my hope that when we see employee absence rates level off to a sustainable level, we will be able to reassess this decision.”

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FAITH

On the medal stand, the weak can shine equally well

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ne of the most famous lines, used mostly by political leaders promising election goodies, is “Make no mistake.”

I, too, have some of my own such catch-all statements, one of which is, “Make no mistake, Christianity is not just for the weak, but satisfies both the weak and the strong.”

Two great Olympic Winter Games are being staged in Beijing.

But it is in the second event, the Paralympics, that the contestants pride themselves on their strength, almost to the point of their invincibility.

Many easily despise and discard a faith that speaks of strengthening the weak and lifting up the fallen.

Many of us have heard such snide remarks as, “I don’t need Christianity. It’s a crutch only for the weaklings.”

How would a young person, full of health and scorn, feel if he fell and broke a leg? That person’s attitude to crutches might change overnight.

Perhaps we have grown so accustomed to the crutches of our society that we hardly recognize them for what they are: • The mad quest for intimacy to still the ever-present pain of loneliness.

• The activism with which we fill our lives because we dare not stop and ask who we are and where we are going.

• The dependence on alcohol and drugs because of the pressures around and within us has got to be too great.

• The anxiety state which demands an array of tranquilizers before we can face going to bed.

• The attempt to prop up our lives with material things.

• Or, the reaction that drives us to Eastern mysticism, yoga, self-improvement seminars and other means to cultivate the human potential.

They are crutches, every one of them.

Other props are less obvious, but still crutches for the weak – power over other

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people, fame, wealth and beauty. There seems no end to the props people use as they go limping through life.

Is Christianity another crutch? In one sense, it is. It is for people who do not pretend they are invincible, but know they have something broken within themselves.

If ours was a perfect world and we were perfect people, there might be no need for Christianity. Alas, such is not the case.

Our world and our lives are fractured by greed and lust, by cruelty and selfishness.

Christianity is unashamedly a religion of rescue. That is why so many self-satisfied people steer clear of it.

“I have come to heal the sick,” Jesus said. “Those who are well don’t need a doctor.”

But what he meant was that no one is healthy.

We need radical healing.

That is what Jesus offers. Set side by side the two estimates of human nature, we think we have hearts of gold. But over 3,000 years ago, Prophet Jeremiah said, “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately corrupt.”

Which evaluation is closer to the mark? How does God react to all this? By pretending it does not matter? Of course it matters.

The evil in our lives spoils our characters, ruins relationships and alienates us from him.

Moreover, it has an uncanny grip on all of us. Which of us does not long to be free of the moral weakness that pulls us down?

The Christian good news is that God has acted to restore the situation. He has come to this world to show us what he is really like, to show us how we could live life at its best.

And that isn’t all. He came to build a bridge over the troubled waters of our alienation and selfishness. He came to construct a path back to himself. And he did this, against all human logic, by dying for us.

It is, therefore, a radical reshaping of human nature that Christ offers.

He liberates us from the shackles of the past and sets us free to be the people we were intended to be.

He enables us to make the contribution toward other people and society at large. We know what is the right thing to do, but we don’t get around to do them because of our unhealed self-centredness.

The wood of Jesus’ cross is like a splint for our fractured lives. But that splint is applied with the intention of effecting a cure to enable us to stand, walk and run.

Let us just review what happened to some of the “weak” who availed themselves of this “crutch”: • Saint (Mother) Teresa came out of her nunnery to love the helpless and the homeless, the poorest of the poor, on the streets of Kolkata.

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn, rotting in the gulag and surrendering his whole intellect and being to Jesus, gains the

strength to challenge a totalitarian regime on behalf of human dignity and freedom.

• George Foreman, former world heavyweight boxing champion, whose scarred face turned full of the love of Christ, might mutter gently in our ears, “What was that I heard you say, that Christianity is a crutch for the weak?”

Those are just some examples among millions who have thrown away the pathetic crutches with which they used to limp along the road of life.

They have come for healing to the seasoned wood of the cross and they have been transformed.

If we think Christianity is a crutch for the weak, let us make sure our accusation is not a smokescreen to deny our own inadequacies.

Let us make sure that it is not an excuse to evade the claims that the living God has on our lives. His remedy is radical, but very effective.

He takes the wounded, the fractured people, and makes them whole.

Narayan Mitra is a volunteer chaplain at Thompson Rivers University. His email address is narayanmitra225@gmail.com.

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City of Kamloops

ACTIVITY PROGRAMS We thank you for your patronage, understanding, and patience as we work together during this unprecedented time.

Visit Kamloops.ca/COVID for updates Programs are cancelled if the minimum numbers are not met.

Card Making - All Occasions

Learn the techniques behind making beautiful handmade cards with simple step by step instructions. Sign up with a friend enjoy learning and creating cards in a relaxing atmosphere. All supplies provided to make various cards.

Heritage House Sat Feb 6 12:30–4:30 pm $35

Saturdays on Seymour

Join the KMA on the last Saturday of the month for creative activities for the whole family to enjoy. Different theme each month!.

Kamloops Museum and Archives Sat Feb 26 1:00–3:00 am FREE

Physical Literacy Nature Walk $5

In this nature walk, you will start off with a talk and a demonstration about physical literacy on the ice and snow using a variety of tools and equipment indoors and outdoors. We will showcase appropriate footwear and gear for winter hiking. You will finish off with a 90-minute nature park walk behind TRU. TCC – Meeting Rooms C & D Thur 9:00–11:30 am

Feb 10 $5

Get Active this Winter!

Join PLAYKamloops for the How to Play Winter challenge.

PLAYKamloops is committed to helping build a healthy, active and resilient community by advancing opportunities for active living and play. Follow them on Facebook for more information on how you can participate and get a chance to win a $500 Grand Prize package!

Starts February 1st. More info: PlayKamloops.com It’s not too late to join! Sign up today!

All are welcome www.christianscience.bc.ca csskamsoc@yahoo.ca

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WEEKLY COMICS

ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt

PARDON MY PLANET by Vic Lee

BABY BLUES

SHOE by Gary Brookins & Susie Macnelly

by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

by Chris Browne

WEEKLY HOROSCOPES

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you may be feeling romantic lately, but there will be little time to act upon it. Bide your time for a week or two until you can spend time with a special someone.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, craft an eclectic guest list for an upcoming party you’re hosting.

The more points of view you can hear, the more engaging the event will be.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, a loved one needs you and you’re the right person for the job.

Find a way you can lend a hand.

Your efforts won’t go unnoticed and pitching in will prove its own reward.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, you may need to tighten the purse strings in the days ahead. Limit purchases only to the necessities for the next few weeks until you feel more secure.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, bring people together is your specialty. Put your talents to use and encourage friends and family to get together for some fun. The party will be welcomed by all.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Someone in your life could be at a crossroads, Virgo. Lend an open ear if he or she needs to talk. Your support will be well-received and reciprocated when the time comes.

LIBRA

FEBRUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 15, 2021 - Sept 23/Oct 23

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20

Libra, your talents will be in high demand in the days and weeks ahead.

Take things one task at a time and embrace the responsibility and trust.

SCORPIO

- Oct 24/Nov 22

Activities that have you working in a group go as planned, Capricorn. Your willingness to work with others and set a good example is highly valued.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

Scorpio, you usually are outgoing, but this week you may feel shy and reserved. Stick closer to home if you’re not feeling the social scene right now.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

Aquarius, a brief separation from someone special in your life has you feeling melancholy. Surround yourself with friends to brighten your mood as much as possible.

PISCES

Sagittarius, now is the time to spread a little good cheer. Let others know how much you care and encourage them to do the same. This will have a positive effect on everyone’s mood.

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6. Browser window 9. Streaming service acquired by Fox in 2020 13. Civil rights grp. once led by M.L.K. 17. Fictional character who says, ‘‘I will take the ring, though I do not know the way’’ 18. Scorpion, for one 20. Wasn’t overturned on appeal 21. Artists sketching pectorals?

23. Stays out all night?

24. Glowing or shining 25. Work rotations 26. French ‘‘I like’’ 27. ‘‘Right on!’’

28. Spot at a casino 30. Either side of a beaming grin, in a phrase 31. Tony winner McDonald 32. Something to make after you wake 33. Vow to remain mum about hotel guests’ secrets?

37. Hoops org.

40. Possibility 41. Scoffing sound 42. Driver of film 43. Nonbinary people, informally 47. Declined 49. Over-poetical?

50. Modern-day ‘‘carpe diem’’ 51. Early times in verse 52. Small distance covered by a naval armada?

56. First sitting prez to fly in an airplane 57. Words after walk or cash 58. Hyperbolic wait time 59. Like climates where cactuses thrive 60. Pointy part of a charger?

62. Group of followers 64. Willem who played Jesus in ‘‘The Last Temptation of Christ’’ 66. Some pianos and motorcycles

68. 2000s Fox teen drama 69. Playwright Simon 70. ‘‘Emotion in motion,’’ per Mae West 71. Thomas ____, British general at Bunker Hill 72. Sweetie 73. Boxer lacking a left hook?

77. One of the boxing Alis 78. Gumbo ingredient 80. :-) alternative 81. Below par 82. Something unleashed in a denial-of-service attack 83. Destination for a return flight 84. Himalayan humanoid 86. ____ eyes 88. ‘‘I’m a frayed ____’’ (punchline of a classic joke) 89. What brass-band music has?

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109. Quaint bathroom sign 110. Galosh 111. Lumberjack’s favorite kind of beer?

112. ‘‘What are the ____?’’

113. Audience for Cocomelon, the most-viewed YouTube channel in the U.S. 114. Omega’s place 115. Columns with angles

DOWN 1. Home with a pointy roof 2. Worked on Wall Street 3. Bring to a repair shop, say 4. Creative springboard 5. Cereal once advertised

by Woody Woodpecker 6. Subject for Laozi 7. Sounds from a lab 8. ‘‘The Art of Fugue’’ composer 9. One’s kin, casually 10. Loosen, in a way 11. Some zeros and ones 12. Bar necessities, at times 13. It has several steps 14. What a dog walker and a strong-willed pooch might vie for?

15. Run easily 16. Makeup of some music libraries 19. Main 20. Huge quantity 21. Lacking color 22. Brief period of work 26. ‘‘Easy .?.?. everything’s going to be OK’’ 29. Bottle marked with a skull and crossbones 31. Cost for a spot 33. Garden-shed items 34. Caramel-filled candy 35. ‘‘You can leave this to me’’ 36. Declaration by one who’s done playing 38. Benjamin Franklin famously considered it ‘‘a rank coward’’ with ‘‘bad moral character’’ 39. ‘‘Te quiero’’ sentiment 43. Mideast V.I.P. 44. Response to ‘‘No offense’’ 45. The Bee Gees’ Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb?

46. It might gather lint 48. Somersault 52. Adversary 53. To’s opposite 54. Old-timey reproach 55. Scottish cap 58. Aromatic trees 61. Really bother

63. Jacqueline or Jacques 64. For sure, for short 65. Something a snowboarder catches 66. Last word of ‘‘Ulysses’’ 67. Goal in musical chairs 69. Nick of ‘‘48 Hrs.’’ 70. Beer brand whose name spells an article of apparel backward 72. Knock on the head 74. Carolers’ repertoire 75. ____ dancer 76. Minotaur’s foot 77. Bird known in the U.K. as a diver 79. Draws 82. Red-light district establishment 85. Like some vodkas 87. Fly into a rant 90. Spuds 91. Tall tales 92. Dispensed with 93. N.H.L. team with five championship-winning seasons in the 1980s 94. Praising poetry 96. Ballet sections 99. Play station?

100. Got rid of 101. ‘‘Duh,’’ in modern slang 102. Pine 103. Like the Radio City Music Hall sign 105. Harvest 106. Something swollen on a pro athlete?

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Rte 306 – 261 6th Ave, 614-911 Seymour St, 600-696 St Paul St, 753-761 Victoria St. - 26 p.

Rte 308 – 355 9th Ave, 703977 St Paul St. - 35 p.

Rte 310 – 651-695 2nd Ave, 660-690 3rd Ave, 110-292 Columbia St(Even Side), 106-321 Nicola St, - 43 p.

Rte 311 – 423-676 1st Ave, 440533 2nd Ave, 107-237 Battle St, 135-173 St Paul St. – 27 p.

Rte 313 – 430-566 4th Ave, 520577 5th Ave. 435-559 Battle St, 506 Columbia St, 406-576 Nicola St, 418-478 St Paul St. - 34 p.

Rte 317 – 535-649 7th Ave, 702-794 Columbia St(Even Side), 702-799 Nicola St. - 40 p.

Rte 318 – 463 6th Ave, 446490 7th Ave, 409-585 8th Ave, 604-794 Battle St. - 17 p.

Rte 319 – 545 6th Ave, 604690 Columbia St(Even Side), 604-692 Nicola St. -12 p.

Rte 320 – 483-587 9th Ave, 801-991 Battle St, 804-992 Columbia St(Even Side), 803-995 Nicola St. - 50 p.

Rte 322 – 694 11th Ave, 575-694 13th Ave, 1003-1091 Battle St, 1004-1286 Columbia St(Even Side), 1004-1314 Nicola St. - 56 p.

Rte 323 – 755-783 6th Ave, 763884 7th Ave, 744-764 8th Ave, 603-783 Columbia St(odd Side), 605-793 Domion St. - 52 p.

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

Rte 326 – 850 11th Ave, 10031083 Columbia St(Odd Side), 1003-1195 Dominion St. - 33 p.

Rte 327 – 1103-1459 Columbia St. (Even Side), 1203-1296 Dominion St. – 38 p.

Rte 328 – 935 13th Ave, Cloverleaf Cres, Dominion Cres, Park Cres, Pine Cres. - 62 p.

Rte 331 – 984-987 9th Ave, 1125 10th Ave, 901-981 Douglas St, 902-999 Munro St, 806-990 Pleasant St. - 34 p.

Rte 333 – 1005-1090 Pine St, 1003-1176 Pleasant St. – 34 p.

Rte 335 – 1175-1460 6th Ave, 1165-1185 7th Ave, Cowan St, 550-792 Munro St. - 56 p.

Rte 340 – McMurdo Dr. – 23 p.

Rte 370 – Nicola Wagon Rd, 35377 W. Seymour St. – 36 p.

Rte 371 – Connaught Rd, 451-475 Lee Rd, W. St Paul St. - 73 p.

Rte 380 – Arbutus St, Chaparral Pl, Powers Rd, Sequoia Pl. – 69 p.

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

Rte 382 – 114-150 Fernie Pl, Fernie Rd, 860-895 Lombard St. – 23 p.

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

Rte 385 – 350-390 W.Battle St, Strathcona Terr. – 29 p.

Rte 389 – Bluff Pl, 390 Centre Ave, 242-416 W. Columbia St, Dufferin Terr, Garden Terr, Grandview Terr. – 51 p.

LOWER SAHALI/SAHALI

Rte 400 – 383 W. Columbia St. – 21 p.

Rte 401 – 250-395,405-425 Pemberton Terr. – 81 p.

Rte 405 – Anvil Cres, 98-279 Bestwick Dr., Bestwick Crt E & W, Morrisey Pl. – 51 p.

Rte 410 – 56-203 Arrowstone Dr, Silverthrone Cres. – 49 p.

Rte 411 – 206-384 Arrowstone Dr, Eagle Pl, Gibraltar Crt & Wynd. – 55 p.

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

Rte 451 – Odin Crt, Whiteshield Cres, Whiteshield Pl. – 39 p.

Rte 452 – 1430-1469 Springhill Dr. – 64 p.

Rte 453 – 1575-1580 Springhill Dr. – 73 p.

Rte 456 – Springhaven Pl, Springridge Pl, 1730-1799 Springview Pl. – 47 p.

Rte 457 – 990 Gleneagles Dr, 662-698 Monarch Dr, 1810-1896 Springhill Dr, Tolima Crt. – 50 p.

Rte 468 – 320-397 Monmouth Dr, Selwyn Rd, 303-430 Waddington Dr. – 57 p.

Rte 471 - 100-293 Monmouth Dr. – 38 p.

Rte 474 – Coppertree Crt, Trophy Crt. – 21 p.

Rte 475 – Castle Towers Dr, Sedgewick Crt & Dr. – 47 p.

Rte 476 – Tantalus Crt, Tinniswood Crt, 2018-2095 Tremerton Dr. – 50 p.

Rte 481 – Robson Lane, Whistler Crt, Dr & Pl. – 68 p.

Rte 483 - Breakenridge Crt, Cathedral Crt, Grenville Pl, 409594 Robson Dr. – 59 p.

Rte 485 – 690 Robson Dr, 2020 & 2084 Robson Pl. – 50 p.

Rte 487 – 201-475,485-495 Hollyburn Dr, Panorama Crt. – 76 p.

Rte 492 – 2000-2099 Monteith Dr, Sentinel Crt. – 35 p.

PINEVIEW VALLEY/ MT. DUFFERIN

Rte 564 – 2000-2099 Hugh Allan Dr, Pinegrass Crt, & St. – 37 p.

Rte 580 – 1300-1466 Pacific Way, Prairie Rose Dr, Rockcress Dr. – 83 p.

Rte 582 – 1540-1670 Hillside Dr, 1500-1625 Mt Dufferin Ave, Windward Pl. – 38 p.

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

Rte 587 – Sunshine Crt, & Pl. – 51 p.

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

ABERDEEN

Rte 503 - Fleming Circ, Hampshire Dr. & Pl, Hector Dr. – 51 p.

Rte 508 – 700-810 Hugh Allan Dr. - 49 p.

Rte 510 - 372-586 Aberdeen Dr, 402-455 Laurier Dr. – 36 p Rte 511 – Drummond Crt. – 50 p.

Rte 516 – Garymede Crt, 2204-2263 Garymede Dr, Gilmour Pl. – 38 p.

Rte 517 – 2267-2299 Garymede Dr, Greenock Crt & Pl. – 49 p.

Rte 520 – Canongate Cres & Pl, 805-841 Dunrobin Dr, Whitburn Cres. - 73 p.

Rte 522 – 604-747 Dunrobin Dr, Dunrobin Pl. – 65 p.

Rte 620 – MacAdam Rd, McKay Pl, Pyper Way, 2516-2580 Valleyview Dr. – 63 p.

Rte 523 - 2300-2398 Abbeyglen Way, 750-794 Dunrobin Dr. – 70p.

Rte 621 – Duck Rd, Skelly Rd, 96 Tanager Dr, 2606-2876 Thompson Dr. – 46 p.

Rte 528 - 1115-1180 Howe Rd, 1115-1185 Hugh Allen Dr.-47 p.

Rte 664 – Kicking Horse Dr, & Way. – 30 p.

Rte 529 – 1555 Howe Rd. - 92 p.

DALLAS/BARNHARTVALE

Rte 530 – Bentall Dr, Edinburgh Blvd & Crt, Talbot Pl, 2688-2689 Willowbrae Dr. – 59 p.

Rte 532 – Harrison Pl & Way, 1181-1290 Howe Rd. – 38 p.

Rte 538 – Talbot Dr, Willowbrae Crt, 2592-2672 Willowbrae Dr, Willowbrae Pl. – 51 p.

Rte 542 – Coal Hill Pl, Crosshill Dr, Dunbar Dr. – 58 p.

Rte 544 - 2070-2130 Van Horne Dr, Holyrood Cir. & Pl. – 23 p.

RAYLEIGH

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

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

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

Rte 834 – Armour Pl, 42054435 Spuraway Rd. - 34 p.

Rte 701 – Freda Ave, Klahanie Dr, Morris Pl, Shelly Dr, 901-935 Todd Rd. - 87 p.

Rte 27 – Bentley Pl. Kamlwood Pl, 1866-1944 Parkcrest Ave. – 59 p.

Rte 43 – Clifford Ave, 17131795 Happyvale Ave, 500-595 Holt St, Kobayashi Pl. – 69 p.

Rte 714 – 1101-1247 Highridge Dr. - 44 p.

Rte 53 – 1565 Lethbridge Ave. – 16 p.

Rte 721 – 5530-5697 Clearview Dr, Coolridge Pl, Wildwood Dr. – 37 p.

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

Rte 752 – Coster Pl, 5600-5998 Dallas Dr, Harper Pl, & Rd. – 69 p.

Rte 755 – 6159-6596 Dallas Dr, McAuley Pl, Melrose Pl, Yarrow Pl. – 71 p.

NORTH SHORE/BATCHELOR Rte 137 - 144-244 Briar Ave, 106-330 Clapperton Rd, Larkspur St, Leigh Rd, 100-204 Tranquille Rd, Wilson St, - 55 p.

Rte 173 – 1655 Batchelor Dr, Leightn Pl, 1708-1729 North River Dr, Pennask Terr. – 36 p.

Rte 175 - Norfolk Crt, Norview Pl, 821-991 Norview Rd. – 36 p.

Rte 760 – Beaver Cres, Chukar Dr. – 62 p.

Rte 183 – 2003-2085 Grasslands Blvd, 2003-2074 Saddleback Dr. – 74 p.

Rte 761 – 6022-6686 Furrer Rd, Houston Pl, Parlow Rd, Pearse Pl, Urban Rd. – 56 p.

Rte 185 – Bearcroft Crt, 10031099 Norview Rd. – 45 p.

BROCKLEHURST

WESTSYDE

Rte 838 – 4556-4797 Cammeray Dr, Strawberry Lane. – 62 p.

Rte 840 – Brigade Rd, 4404-4493 Cammeray Dr, Montego Rd, 309474 Puette Ranch Rd. – 47 p.

Rte 3 – 2402-2595 Young Ave. – 38 p.

Rte 4 – 727-795 Crestline St, 2412-2680 Tranquille Rd. – 40 p.

VALLEYVIEW/ JUNIPER

Rte 10 – 2310-2398 Glenview Ave, 715-896 Schreiner St, Shelan St. - 65 p.

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

Rte 23 – Acadia Pl, Chateau St, De Monte St, Meadow Lane, 2007-2130 Parkcrest Ave, 1107-1186 Windbreak St. – 75 p.

Rte 710 – 1350-1399 Crestwood Dr, Ronde Lane, 1300-1399 Todd Rd. – 42 p.

Rte 1 – Argyle Ave, Ayr Pl, 10631199 Crestline St, 1008-1080 Moray St, Perth Pl. – 94 p.

Rte 603 - Comazzetto Rd, Strom Rd, 1625-1764 Valleyview Dr. - 42 p.

Rte 21 - 2300-2397 Fleetwood Ave, Fleetwood Crt. & Pl, 10031033 Schreiner St. 1020-1050 Westgate St. – 53 p.

Rte 13 – Bonnie Pl, 2245-2255 Edgemount Ave, McLean St, 2305-2396 Rosewood Ave, Shannon Pl. – 45 p.

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

Rte 16 – 2205-2591 Parkcrest Ave. – 78 p.

Rte 615 – River Rd, Sunset Crt, 2415-2487 Sunset Dr. – 44 p.

Rte 18 – 919-942 Schreiner St, 2108-2399 Young Ave. – 55 p.

Rte 617 - 2401-2515 Valleyview Dr, Valleyview Pl. – 52 p.

Rte 19 - Downie Pl. & St, Moody Ave. & Pl, 2307-2391 Tranquille Rd. – 50 p.

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

Rte 20 – Barbara Ave, Pala Mesa Pl, Strauss St, Townsend Pl, 21052288 Tranquille Rd. – 48 p.

Rte 221 – 3013-3072 Bank Rd, Bermer Pl, 710-790 Bissette Rd, 3007-3045 Westsyde Rd(Odd Side). – 60 p.

Rte 244 – Archibald Pl, Hargraves Pl, 1020-1148 Pine Springs Rd, Sullivan Pl, Wawn Crt, 863-897 Wawn Rd. – 42 p.

Rte 249 – 3085-3132 Bank Rd, 600-655 Bissette Rd, Cooper Pl, Hayward Pl, Norbury Rd. – 57 p, Rte 252 – 813-897 Mayne Rd, 815-886 Morven Pl, 2770-2870 Westsyde Rd(Even Side). – 49 p.

Rte 259 –715-790 Kyle Dr, 731791 Morven Dr, 2721-2871 Westsyde Rd.(Odd Side) – 51 p.

Rte 261 – 2214-2297 Grasslands Blvd, Woodrush Crt & Dr. – 57 p.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1:30 PM Tuesday February 15, 2022 Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality Council gives notice that it will hold a virtual Public Hearing via Zoom and live streaming on the Municipal Facebook page to consider proposed Bylaw No. 0177. Please contact the Municipality in advance if you wish to attend to receive the Zoom password.

What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 0177, 2021?

Bylaw No. 0177 is to change Zoning Bylaw No. 1400 to rezone 1390 and 1392 Burfield Drive (legally described as Strata Lots A and B, District Lot 5957, KDYD, Strata Plan KAS3688), as shown outlined in bold on the subject map, from R-1: Residential Single and Two Family Zone to R-1 with site-specific amendments to authorize one auxiliary residential dwelling unit (suite) in each half-duplex (authorize 2 suites total for whole duplex).

All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. Additionally, they may make written submissions on the matter of this Bylaw (via any of the below options) which must be received at our office prior to 4:00 p.m. on the 11th day of February, 2022. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record on this matter.

Notice is hereby given to Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Garry Hobbs of Kamloops, BC that the particulars should be sent to the executor at 571 Durango Drive on or before February 23rd 2022, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice.

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NOTICE OF SALE

REPAIRERS LIEN ACT By virtue of the Repairers Lien Act, we intend to sell this motor vehicle to recover unpaid repair costs.

Vehicle owner: John McIntee of Crocus Transport Ltd. Amount owed: $2,368.82 Vehicle description: 2012 Freightliner Cascadia, Detroit Diesel DD15 The vehicle will be sold on or after February 16th 2022 – two weeks from the date the ad is first published at ROJ Truck & Trailer Repair, 670 Athabasca Street, Kamloops, V2H 1C4.

Applications will be received by the undersigned until 4:00 pm, February 16, 2022 for the position of Parks and Recreation Worker II - Casual. Casual employees are employed on an on-call basis to cover absences due to health leave, vacation, special leave or any other approved leave.

Reporting to the Parks and Recreation Leadhand, the Parks and Recreation Worker II is responsible for general maintenance and upkeep of all gardens, parks and parks equipment; Recreation Centre and related facilities, including ice installation maintenance, maintenance of the ice plant; janitorial duties, facility maintenance involving basic mechanical, carpentry and plumbing. Work will involve preparation, maintenance, fertilizing and upgrading of all District parks, grounds and gardens; maintenance of irrigation systems and parks equipment; as well as general parks duties as from time to time prescribed.

Job Duties Include:          

Operation of Class II equipment.

Maintenance of parks including grass cutting, weed control, parks equipment maintenance, irrigation and control clock maintenance.

Maintenance and replacement of plants, shrubs, trees, etc.

Special parks projects.

Installation and maintenance of arena and curling ice, including painting lines and circles.

Use and maintenance of ice resurfacing equipment, arena ice resurfacer, ice shaver and edger as required.

Operating the Recreation Centre refrigeration plant, monitoring plant, recording and adjusting levels for temperature, oil, ammonia, etc., starting up or shutting down equipment as required, and minor day to day repairs.

Preventative maintenance repairs to refrigeration plant compressor and brine pumps.

Assists with the charging of ammonia to refrigeration plant as required. additional duties as outlined in the job description located at www.loganlake.ca.

Job qualifications:  Grade XII or equivalent supplemented by a minimum of one year experience in arena operation.  Completion of Ice Facilities Operators course and Refrigeration Plant Operation certification.  Class 5 BC Drivers License.  Ability to work productively with minimal supervision.  Good mechanical aptitude.

The wage rate is $33.82 an hour as per the 2022 CUPE Salary Grid. For further details and the full job description please visit: https://loganlake.ca/your-municipality/career-opportunities/. While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest, only those considered for an interview will be contacted. Please send your application to:

Wade Archambault, Chief Administrative Officer District of Logan Lake PO Box 190 Logan Lake, BC V0K 1W0 Fax: 250.523.6678 Email: warchambault@loganlake.ca Posting Date: February 4, 2022

Closing Date: February 16, 2022

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A copy of the proposed Bylaw and all supporting information can be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday at our office from January 24, 2022 until 4:00 p.m. February 14, 2022; or please contact us via any of the below options.

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Vehicle owner: Shawn Dance of Tank Enterprises Inc.Amount owed: $2,260.64 Vehicle description: 2011 Volvo Cummins ISX15 The vehicle will be sold on or after February 16th 2022 – two weeks from the date the ad is first published at ROJ Truck & Trailer Repair, 670 Athabasca Street, Kamloops, V2H 1C4.

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We are looking for a full-time Red Seal Mechanic

Smith Chevrolet has an immediate opening for a Red Seal Technician.

If you are currently working in an independent service shop, franchise repair shop or dealership and have experience in drivability, front end, electrical diagnosis or diesel we are looking to meet you! Our Service Department is a flat rate shop and reward technicians for efficient quality repairs.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT School District No. 58.

(Nicola-Similkameen) is currently accepting applications for the position of Accounting Assistant at the School Board Office in Merritt, BC. This is a full-time position (7 hrs/day, 35 hours/week) with a salary per the C.U.P.E. 847 Collective Agreement and a comprehensive benefits package, including participation in a defined benefit pension plan.

Qualified candidates are invited to apply online at www.sd58.bc.ca.

Click on Jobs, Support Positions, and Current Job Opportunities (Job Code 3179995).

If interested, please submit your cover letter, resume and three professional references.

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Legal Billing Associate We are a law firm in beautiful Kamloops, British Columbia looking to hire a candidate to assist in billing clients, including ICBC, using specialized billing programs known as Legal X and ESILAW. We specialize in personal injury litigation. The successful candidate must have knowledge of the litigation process to understand and use the phase and task billing codes. The job consists of uploading and downloading billable time, editing the same to conform to the client guidelines, submitting accounts for payment, handling appeals, and being familiar with the billing rules to be able to provide feedback to lawyers and paralegals on correct descriptions and billing codes. We are a flexible employer and working remotely may be possible depending on experience.

Remuneration will also depend on experience.

We have been a successful law firm since 1982 and seek to fill this position due to increasing volume of work.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent COVID-19 considerations:

Submit your cover letter and resume to Executive Director, Carolynn Boomer cboomer@pacificsport.com CLOSING DATE: Friday, February 18th, 2022 by 4:00 pm

Legal Assistant / Litigation Paralegal CUNDARI SEIBEL LLP Lawyers

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We are following all COVID-19 protocols as recommended and required, with office access limited.

Please send your resume in confidence to: RCUNDARI@CUNDARILAW.COM

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Experience with personal injury law and academic qualifications strongly recommended but not required ATTN: OFFICE MANAGER mcundari@cundarilaw.com

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Daryl Fieber (1945 - 2022)

Daryl lost her battle with cancer on February 2, 2022, passing peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family and friends.

She was predeceased by her parents (Ruth, Clare), and her aunt (Lea). Daryl leaves behind to mourn: her husband of 50 years, Glenn; her brother Derek (Maureen); three children Cameron (Jamie), Kirstie and Joel (Kate); her step-son Paul (Lori) and step-daughter Shelley; and her five grandchildren that she loved deeply: Elliot, Casey, Karolina, Pashabel and Manqoba. She has enriched everyone with her playfulness, love and kindness.

Daryl taught in Kamloops from 1969 until she retired in 2002. She has worked as an English teacher, a counsellor, and an administrator but her real love was counselling. She saw people as individuals and she was able to find the good buried inside everyone. The world is surely better for all the broken spirits she has mended.

After retirement, Daryl went to China, to teach at universities in Beijing and Shanghai. The Chinese students loved her for her warmth and kindness and there was much sadness when she returned to Kamloops in 2008. She has continued with some of these friendships until her death.

China reignited her passion for travel and foreign cultures, a passion that has led to extended jaunts with friends and family literally all over the globe. Wherever she landed, she would leave behind a little piece of herself.

Wherever she was, she always found opportunities to lift spirits and ease burdens.

Often on a crowded subway she would offer to help someone struggling with heavy bags, or she’d play peek-a-boo with a crying baby on an airplane and transform tears to smiles.

She was a loving force in our lives, one that bonded family and friends, and she will be dearly missed.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date when restrictions to gatherings will be rescinded.

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

Carl Anthony Rauch

August 2, 1935 - January 13, 2022 It is with sad hearts that we announce the passing of Carl Anthony Rauch on January 13, 2022. Surrounded by his loving family, he left his earthly home to an even better adventure.

Carl was the family patriarch, a wise and kind leader who was intensely proud of his family. He enjoyed socializing with friends and neighbours too. Carl loved his cars and trucks, pursued snowmobile riding, quad riding, fishing, travelling, whittling and tipping up that occasional beer too.

Carl was born in Invermere August 2, 1935, youngest son of Anton and Maud Rauch and brother to May, Alyce and Ina. His first jobs were in Forestry and Highways in the Invermere area. Carl met the love of his life Sharon Claire and was married September 14, 1963. The family was complete when his two daughters Corrine and Janet were born. This young family moved from Invermere to Logan Lake in 1971 when Carl joined Lornex Mining Corporation which later became Highland Valley Copper. Carl enjoyed his work as a heavy equipment operator and retired in 1999, after a fulfilling 28-year career.

Left to mourn Carl’s passing are his wife Sharon, daughter Corrine Elynuik (Terry), granddaughter Kassandra Gray (Chris), great-granddaughter Evelyne and greatgrandson Maverick and grandson Jake (Mikaela), daughter Janet Yakubowich (Tim), grandson Garrett (Katie), granddaughter Kelsey Lattin (Luke), great-granddaughters Jae-Lynn, Oakley and Avery.

Carl made such an impact on his friends, his neighbours and yes, even his acquaintances. His friendly wave while he walked his dog Sadie or relaxed in his chair in his driveway will be remembered by all.

The family is planning a Celebration of Life for Carl at the Church on The Hill, Logan Lake on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 1:00pm. They look forward to reminiscing with you and hearing your stories.

In lieu of flowers or gifts, they welcome you to contribute to: Highland Valley Outdoor Association, Logan Lake Fire Department.

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

Francois (Frank) Dupre 1940 - 2022

Doreen Yvonne Marietta Sparks 1935 - 2022

The Sparks family sadly announces the passing of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother on February 1, 2022 after a brief illness. Doreen Yvonne Marietta (née Starko) Sparks was born May 28, 1935 at Wildwood, Alberta. Predeceased by her husband Ernest William James (Bill) Sparks on July 23, 1997.

Survived by sons Wade (Terri) of Okotoks, AB, Colin (Paulette) of Kamloops, BC, and daughter Cathie (Darcy) Chudyk of Armstrong, BC, and sister Marilyn (John) Oldman, as well as eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Also left to mourn are sisters-in-law Flo Angeloff and Joy Sparks, both of Penticton, BC, and numerous relatives and friends.

Mom worked as a registered nurse and raised her family with Bill who was in the RCMP. There were numerous moves and new adventures. She passed away on their wedding anniversary which would have been 64 years.

Together once again.

Mom was an artist who loved to paint. She also could sew, knit and crochet. All of us are blessed to have pictures and blankets to cherish her memory. We will miss her immensely and forever remember her.

It is with a heavy heart we announce the death of Francois (Frank) Dupre on January 31, 2022, in Kamloops, BC. Frank fought a difficult battle with cancer for a few years before it took him at 81 years of age. He was a good man.

Kind and generous to a fault, and a heart full of good intentions. Frank was born in Montreal May 21, 1940, and grew up with five brothers and three sisters. Times were tough at that time with most families growing up poor.

After Frank made it through school he began working as a plumber at a large hospital in Montreal. There he met and fell in love with Louise, who became his wife. They had one child, Daniel.

Frank eventually became a Pipe Fitter - Steam Fitter. He then began wanting to travel towards western Canada to follow the work. To Ontario, then to Alberta, and then to BC, where he liked it so much in Kamloops, that it became the family’s home in 1970. Frank was a longtime member of UA Local 170. He worked many industrial job plants/sites in BC and Alberta including Fort McMurray.

Frank enjoyed the outdoors and went fishing and camping and spending hours gardening. He was also very dedicated to his faith.

Frank is predeceased by his mother and father, three brothers, one sister, and his only grandson Justin. Frank was a good father, and will be sadly missed by his family, his friends and those who knew him.

There be no service at Mom’s request. Her ashes will lay to rest alongside Dad’s later this summer.

A special thank you from the family goes out to ALL the Health Care workers involved in his care from Home Care nurses to the Cancer Clinic doctors, and to the Kamloops Hospice. Thank you for your service and care.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to a charity of your choice.

For those wishing, a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society instead of flowers would be kind.

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

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Donald Francis Connors April 11, 1928 - January 22, 2022

Donald Francis Connors peacefully left this earth early on the morning of January 22, 2022, at the age of 93. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years Judith Ann (Ireland) Connors and his children Mike (Deborah) Connors of Nanaimo, BC, Kathleen Connors-Lunz of New York, Colin (Julie) Connors of Marquette, Michigan and his cherished grandchildren Jessica, Jordan, Michaela, Jack, and Elaina.

Don was born to Bernard and Alice Connors in Edmonton, Alberta and received his education in Red Deer and Halifax. As a young boy, he played football and track and field and served with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. He briefly attended the University of Alberta but as many a young man at the time, found the alure of the newly emerging oil fields in Northern Alberta too great to resist and spent several years there as a surveyor and blaster. It was in Vancouver in 1960, that he met Judith Ann Ireland, recently arrived from Toronto to work at Vancouver General as an Occupational Therapist and were married in October 1961. Don and Judy lived in several locations in Western Canada until ultimately calling Kamloops their home for more than 40 years until moving to Nanaimo. Don was employed for many years a Sales Associate with Proto Tools, CFJC radio and an Agent for Federated Insurance and a Broker with Martin and McDermid Insurance.

Apart from his family, Don had two great passions, playing music (most notably Dixieland Jazz) and his service to others. At the age of 14, he played clarinet with the Halifax symphony and was a member of the renowned Kamloops Rube Band for more than 40 years, travelling the world entertaining countless audiences. He was a life member with the Associated Canadian Travelers. Through his desire to serve others, he devoted countless hours of his time to both these organizations to ensure their legacy continued. After retiring to Nanaimo, he continued his passion for music as a member of the Bowen Park Swing Band and service as a member and occasional bar tender of the 808 Wing in Nanaimo.

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Joyce Worsfold

June 11, 1946 to January 22, 2022

Daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandma, friend Joyce was born Mary Joyce Warner in Edmonton, Alberta to Audrey and Herron Warner. She was a shy little girl, who always had a cat by her side. Her lifelong friend Gail has been with her since before they remember. Joyce met the love of her life, Bernie, when she was 16 years old working her first job waitressing in Jasper, Alberta. Joyce returned to Tofield, AB until she graduated from high school. She then moved to Edmonton, AB where she and her best friend Gail took jobs. Joyce and Bernie were married soon after and then moved to Jasper, Alberta. It was then onto to Kamloops where Joyce lived until her death. All 4 of her sons were born in Kamloops and were most loved by Joyce. They were a rambunctious lot, which kept Joyce on her toes. Whether it was camping trips, vehicle repairs, trains, or curling, she was always there to look the other way when the boys were up to no good.

They called her “Ma” and told her to “Settle down.” She was the first aid nurse and Bernie was the disciplinarian. Along came daughters-inlaw, which was a new experience for Joyce as she was the youngest of 5 children, being the only girl, and as she and Bernie had raised 4 boys together. She welcomed these new “daughters” with open arms. Grandkids were the next joy in her life as she got to experience being a kind and patient Nana and grandma. With retirement, Joyce was able to indulge her travel bug and a long-awaited hobby of quilting. The quilts she made are exquisite and made with love and to her exacting precision. With quilting she was able to be involved with Community Quilts through the Sagebrush Quilters Guild and share her beautiful work with many people in the hospital and community.

She is survived by her brother Gordon Warner, her husband of 56 years Bernie Worsfold, sons Neil (Cyndi); grandchildren Courtenay and Garrett, Ted (Laura), Jeff (Shannon); grandchildren Brendan and Sara and Rosie Caputo, mother of grandchild Andrew, lifelong friend Gail Ozubko, and many quilting friends including Marg, Cheryl and Brenda.

Don was described by many as a true gentleman - having grown up during an era where manners, courtesy, respect, and compassion were paramount. Always quick to engage others, his only motive being to make a new friend or extend kindness and warmth to an old one. He was a loving husband to Judy and devoted father to not only his children but to many a teenager who found their way through the back door of 179 West Battle or the cabin at Little Shuswap. He carried that same devotion to his grandchildren and became a “second grandad” to many of their friends. He will be greatly missed, but his spirit and grace will live on through the family and friends who he has touched throughout his life.

In memory of Joyce, donations would be greatly appreciated to the Sagebrush Quilters Guild for Community Quilts. Box 392, Kamloops, BC, V2C 5K9 This was a project near and dear to Joyce as they provide handmade quilts for many people receiving medical care. Service to follow at a later date when it is safe to gather.

In accordance with his wishes, no funeral is planned however a celebration of Don’s life will be held at a later date.

Remember “To always check the pockets” and “Keep the scraps, you may be able to get a 2” square out of it”

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to the Canadian Mental Health Association Club House Program of Kamloops, British Columbia.

Masaharu (Ben) Hirowatari Ben passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 22, 2022 at the age of 87. He is survived by his sisters Fusayo, Sumiye and Tomiye, daughter Kim and son-in-law Cory, Doug and Rod who were like the sons he never had, Lynda who would make him laugh during their video chats and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Terry, daughter Ann, parents Uso and Yu, parents in-law Masayoshi and Tsurue Kodama and brothers Toshikuni, Hideaki, Satoru and Mamoru.

Dad was born on June 8, 1934 in Haney, BC and during World War II he was interned and relocated to Tashme, BC. After the war, he settled in Kamloops with his family.

He graduated from Kam High in 1954 then enlisted in the Canadian Air Force where he was trained to be a pilot and then became an automotive mechanic.

Dad met Terry while he was working at Reid Motors, they married in 1962 and started BenHir Motors together.

When I am asked who is your mentor? My answer is simple. My Parents. Dad taught me how to work hard and mom taught me how, in a professional manner. For those of you who knew him or worked for him during his 25 years of owning a BA/Gulf/Petro Canada would understand what I mean. They made a good team.

Dad was a generous man, provided for his family and would always offer a helping hand. He is now off onto his next journey hunting, fishing, pruning his bonsai trees, spinning mom around the dance floor and enjoying delicious meals.

I would like to thank the staff at Kamloops Senior Village for their exceptional care.

Due to current regulations, a small family gathering in honour of Dad’s life will be announced at a later date.

In lieu of koden and flowers, please raise your glass at your next dinner in Dad’s memory - it is the most fitting tribute.

She was predeceased by her parents Herron Warner and Audrey McHeffey, her brothers Dick, Bill, and Roy Warner and her son Dan Worsfold.

Donald Osbourne Watters April 15,1932 - January 18, 2022

The family of Donald Osbourne Watters are saddened to announce his passing on January 18, 2022 at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice after a very brief battle with cancer.

Our Dad is survived by his loving wife, Doreen (married just short of 70 years) his two daughters Michele (Greg), Cindi (Brian) and his son Howie. Dad is also survived by seven grandchildren, Matt (Mya),Jake (Isis), Mitch (Vicki), Shawn (Audrey), Derek (Adrianne), Cory (Kyla) and Alison (Alex) along with eleven great-grandchildren. Dad is also survived by his brothers Ben (Shirley) and Edward (Sandra) and numerous nieces and nephews.

Dad was predeceased by his father and mother (Alex and Cora), his siblings Herbert Watters, Helen Rodgers, Viola Hill-Smith, and Allister Watters.

Dad and Mom were both very active members of Kamloops Golf and Country and spent many days playing until Dad’s health kept him from getting back on the course.

He was an avid Blazers fan and very rarely missed a game on the radio once he was no longer able to attend in person.

The Watters family would like to thank the wonderful Angels at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice for the care and compassion that was shown to all of us. You are an amazing group of people.

If anyone is wanting to make a memorial donation please consider the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice.

There will be no service at this time, a family celebration of life will be held later this year.

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Gerald (Gerry) William Cole May 18, 1929 - January 29, 2022

Gerald (Gerry) William Cole passed away peacefully Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the age of 92, after a long battle with prostate cancer. He is predeceased by his only brother Bruce and his wife Marlene. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Margo; son Matthew (Joanne); and grandsons Dillon (Marie) and Adrian (Adrianne); as well as two nephews, and two nieces and their families in Ontario.

Gerry was born in Hamilton, Ontario on May 18, 1929. After high school, he studied Institutional Management at the University of Toronto and enjoyed an adventurous first career with CPR Hotels. The hotel business was seasonal back then - he worked summers in Lake Louise and Banff, and winters at southern locations like Nassau, Bahamas; Syndey, Australia; and Palm Springs, USA. During his times at the Chateau Lake Louise and the Banff Springs Hotel, he enjoyed meeting celebrity guests such as Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney, Robert Mitchum, Alan Ladd, and more. It was while working at the Banff Springs Hotel that Gerry fell in love with fellow employee Australian Margo Lewis in 1957; they married in Banff in December 1958. Their only son Matthew was born in 1962.

Gerry’s favourite mountain was Mt. Assiniboine. His first trip in was on horseback; his second on skis; his third with Margo on foot; and his fourth by helicopter with Matthew to celebrate his 80th birthday.

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Helen Clark 1941 - 2022

We are saddened to announce the sudden passing of Helen Clark on February 1, 2022.

She was predeceased by her husband Maurice; parents William and Yvonne; siblings Willy, John, and Ann; and her beloved dog Napoleon. She will be missed by her sons Chris and John, their wives Carol and Erika, her grandsons Alex, Tristan, and Benjamin, and her siblings Mary, Norah, James and Yvonne and their families. Family was very important to Helen. She was a loving, strong mother and a very proud grandmother. She was close to her brothers and sisters, and fortunate enough to live close to many.

Numerous stories of shenanigans are remembered with joy and lots of giggles.

Helen had a zest for life and loved to dance. Since Helen’s retirement she has been able to travel to see family, visited every province in Canada and swam in many oceans including the Caribbean Ocean in St. Thomas at the age of 75. Volunteering was a passion for Helen including: Canadian Blood Services, Sagebrush Theatre, Shopping for Seniors, Operation Red Nose, Kamloops Hospital Thrift Store, and Curling Canada. Helen will be remembered as a kind-hearted, giving, hard working, fun loving woman, loved by her family and friends.

Thank you to the staff at Royal Inland Hospital and Kelowna General Hospital for the care provided.

In 1975 Gerry returned to university (Cariboo College, UVIC) and became an elementary school teacher... his true calling! He spent the early part of this second career as a substitute teacher for many of the local Kamloops schools; but he also enjoyed longer-term contracts with schools in Louis Creek and Pinantan. He retired in 1994. Many students have great memories of their favourite teacher, Mr. Cole.

In lieu of flowers, a donation in Helen’s name can be made to a charity of your choice.

Gerry was most proud of his son Matthew. He loved his daughter-in-law Joanne and his grandsons, and that they all pursue the outdoor adventures and activities that he loved himself.

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

Gerry was a people-person - he genuinely liked people; and everyone liked Gerry.

He was so well-loved by all his in-laws in Australia; as well as the many friends he made during his 55 years in Kamloops. He had a remarkable gift for remembering people’s names and faces. He was a very kind-hearted man - a true “gentle”man. He was “one of the good guys” and will be deeply missed by many.

Happiness for Gerry was: his wife and family; reading (an avid reader!); hiking/curling/downhill skiing (all well into his eighties); fishing all the local lakes; singing in the Kamloops barbershop chorus; frequent trips to Mexico and Australia; tending his garden wherever he was; Friday meetings with his KALS pals; attending the Kamloops Probus Club; carpet bowling at Cottonwood; an A&W chocolate milkshake; happy hour at Chabelos in Chase; and he was always up for swapping stories with friends over beers while enjoying a good barbecue.

In the more recent years... as a nod back to his hotel days, Gerry loved filling in at the information desk at Cottonwood Manor, where he lived with Margo since 2018.

In Gerry’s own words, “I had a good run!”

A funeral mass was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Kamloops, BC on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 11:00 am.

Breakthrough

by Nel de Keijzer Santa Barbara,California

A private gathering will be planned for some time later this summer.

Special thanks to Dr. Franky Mah and Michelle; and the amazing ambulance Paramedics and Emergency Room nurses at Royal Inland Hospital.

The tears of grief Have washed away The clouds of sorrow, And vision now is clarified I miss you still, But see you new In light of joy And smile at your remembrance.

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

The love we shared Still here to give And to experience The joy that comes from that, is you!

Sade’ Engineering Associates are sad to announce the passing away of Mr. Parminder Singh Lotay a well-known Philanthropist and Humanitarian, in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 2, 2022.

“Darsi” as he was affectionately known, was the CEO of Pharm Access Africa Ltd, Kenya. He followed Guru Nanak’s philosophy of caring for the needs of others and was a member of numerous African committees including HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, and the eradication of Polio across subSaharan Africa. He was a member of several international societies including the Past President of The Rotary Club of Nairobi, Lions International and chaired Guru Nanak Hospital (Nairobi) and several other organizations across the world.

He leaves behind his wife Renate, son Paul, daughter-in-law Isabelle and grandson David Singh Lotay.

Sat Naam Waheguru

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Gerald (Gerry) Edward Miller 1941- 2022

1939 - 2022

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Mary Menagh on January 27, 2022. After a lengthy battle with Lewy Body Dementia, Mum died peacefully with her daughter by her side.

Mum loved and valued her family above all else. Her legacy includes five children, ten grandchildren and ten great- grandchildren: Debbie (Terry) Long, Tara, Daffy, Randee, Marlin and Maeve, Denny Chomyc, Jesy Bear (Jesse), Jared (Jackie), Selena, Jacob, Jaime, Jude and Lily, Lynn (Serge) Pelletier, Chantal (Alex), Jari Lee, Jayden, Loucas and Thomas, Butch Menagh, Stacey Burgher, Dwight, Craig and Keath.

Mary excelled in many roles as a Mum, Grannie, greatgrandmother, sister and friend, including her four-legged friends Muffin and Puffin. She was the backbone of our family and passed down many traditions. Each of us has special memories and moments when she made us feel extraordinary and loved. Mum was always there if any of us needed her in anyway.

Mary enjoyed family game nights, crib, card games (handsdown the champion card shark!), gardening, roses, vegetables, country music, dancing, beer in the afternoon, backyard pool parties, sewing blankets for all of us, crafting, baking (especially with her grandkids) and making each grandchild a personalized advent calendar.

A few of Mary’s favourite things included making ice cream floats, special birthday cakes (always with a candle race to follow), shortcake with raspberries from her garden, eating at Lotus, hot weather, gingersnap cookies and cheese, cucumber sandwiches, the colour red, blue eyeshadow, red lipstick, raven black hair and white shirts. All holidays were celebrated with special traditions including Easter bunny cakes and valentine’s goodies, but Christmas was Mum’s favourite holiday which started and ended weeks before and after December 25th. The interior of her home was magical and the exterior spectacular enough to be included in the local newspaper’s drive by list. She always greeted us at the top of the stairs with a special personalized nickname and walked us out to the vehicle with leftovers, treats and big hugs. She always waved until we were out of sight.

We remember Mum as being quick witted, having a great sense of humour, being so caring and a great hugger. Her hugs made her grandkids’ hearts burst with love. She took great pride in herself, her home and her family and their accomplishments. Mary had a strong work ethic which she definitely passed on to us, as well as the ability to budget and make a penny go a mile. She always welcomed our friends into her home.

In the limited space we have here, no one could capture in words what Mum, Granny, Bow Wow, and to each of us or explain what an incredible light she are highly favoured and greatly blessed to have had amazing woman in our lives.

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She will be deeply missed and never forgotten.

The family of Gerald (Gerry) Edward Miller of Kamloops is saddened to announce his passing on January 20, 2022 at the age of 80 years.

He will be lovingly remembered and missed by his wife of 59 years, Doreen; children Wayne (Karen), Denise (Dan) and Eric (Shannon); granddaughters Alexandra, Suzanne, and Lauren; sisters Susan (Dennis), Sally, Linda (Brian) and brother David (Judy). As well as, many extended family and longtime friends. He was predeceased by his parents Ernest and Elsie.

Gerald was born on February 23, 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Ernest and Elsie Miller. The family moved to Vancouver when he was 12 years. Gerald went on to receive a degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

At 19 years, Gerald met Doreen through family and the couple married on October 6, 1962. A year later, they welcomed their first son Wayne in 1963 followed by a daughter Denise in 1964 and son Eric in 1968.

An accomplished Professional Engineer, Gerald’s career took the family to multiple communities; most recently, Revelstoke and Kamloops. Holding multiple senior positions with Ministry of Transportation, Gerald had many successes including managing the geotechnical branch in Kamloops, overseeing the Professional Services division during construction of the Coquihalla highway, and the District Manager in Revelstoke.

He took great pride working with his colleagues and various teams over the years.

Gerald was always active and enjoyed the outdoors; especially camping, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and kayaking. Once retired, he and Doreen travelled extensively and camped weeks on end all over the map including Yoho National Park, Alaska, Grand Canyon, Panama Canal and Baja, Mexico. Still one of their favourites was nearby at the Kettle River where they made memories camping alongside their children and granddaughters. Gerald was very proud of his children, making the rounds to visit them all and keeping up with them on skis and a mountain bike only until recent years! An avid dog lover, Gerald enjoyed the companionship of Bella and Dutch over the years, especially their daily walks in Peterson Creek together.

A Celebration of Gerald’s Life to be held at a later date when family and friends are able to gather.

The family wishes to thank all of the incredible professionals at Royal Inland Hospital, in addition to the various Interior Health teams who worked with Gerald providing support and care in Kamloops.

Memorial donations may be made in Gerald Miller’s name to the Canadian Mental Health Association (BC).

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

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Leato Wetherald September 23, 1911 January 23, 2022

Leato was 110 years and 4 months when she passed away.

Leato’s family moved from Dresden, Ontario to 100 Mile House, BC in 1953.

They purchased a partnership in a logging, sawmill business in which Leato became the bookkeeper. This business partnership became a lifelong friendship. Leato’s family relocated to Kamloops in 1958 where Leato worked as a bookkeeper for a law firm for over 20 years. Her coworkers at the law firm became like a second family to Leato. Over the years Leato enjoyed many trips back to Ontario for family reunions. At the age of 101 Leato moved from Kamloops to Vancouver to be closer to her family and spent six years enjoying independent living at Shannon Oaks.

Requiring more care at the age of 107 Leato relocated to the Royal Arch Home where she spent her final years.

Predeceased by her husband Murray, brothers and sisters. Survived by sister Jean Law, daughter Gail MacDonald (Ken), granddaughter Deanna Ruby (Mike), grandson Brent Ciochetti, greatgrandchildren Jake, Caden, Wyatt and Gabrielle. Even though we are mourning her loss we should cherish our memories. Leato was a gracious, caring and positive lady who was “young at heart”.

She will be missed by many.

No service by request.

THE ANGEL ON YOUR SHOULDER

By Jackie Huston Lena, Wisconsin There’s an angel on your shoulder Though you may not know she’s there, She watches over you day and night And keeps you in her care.

There’s an angel on your shoulder Watching you learn and grow

A private family service will be held. In lieu of flowers please donate to the SPCA.

Keeping you safe from danger And nurturing your soul.

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

She’ll be there through your triumphs She’ll dance on clouds with pride, She’ll hold your hand through disappointments and fears, Standing faithfully by your side.

In her lifetime this angel was strong and true, And stood up for what was right.

Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps them near.

In your life you’ll be faced with decisions and trials And she’ll shine down her guiding light.

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

Life holds so much in store for you, So remember as you grow older, There are no heights you cannot reach ‘Cause there’s an angel on your shoulder.

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Faith Kehler On Sunday, January 23, 2022, Faith Kehler, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away at the age of 81.

Faith was born on September 26, 1940 in Vancouver, BC to William and Laura Martin. In a moment of youthful adventure, she moved from Vancouver to the Northern remote town of Fort St. James. It was here she met her future husband Art and on August 18, 1962 they married.

Eventually they settled in Heffley Creek, BC, where they raised their two children, Lorrie, Tim and numerous pets.

As the mid-point between Alberta and BC, the door was always open for family and friends for a stop-over. Faith loved to entertain and catch-up on what everyone was up. We are all going to miss her phone calls.

Faith was preceded in death by her father Bill, her mother Laura and her brother Larry. She is survived by her husband Art, her two children Lorrie (Chuck), Tim (Doris) and her brother Bill (Marion). As well, her grandchildren Ben (Ashley), Angie, Chelsea (Brad), Katerina and her great-grandchildren Leonel and Summer.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date when we can all gather.

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Sandra Lee Boomer

March 28,1962 - January 21, 2022 It is with great sadness we announce the death of Sandra Lee Boomer.

Sandra was kind, compassionate, generous, warm and funny. She was a loving mother and friend, who fought and stood up for what she believed in. Sandra touched many lives and will not be forgotten. She had the amazing ability to make friends anywhere. Her generosity, compassion and love always extended to her four legged friends as well. After a short but fierce battle with liver cancer, she passed surrounded by loved ones at the Marjorie Willoughby Hospice in Kamloops, BC. Sandra was born in Edmonton and raised in Ashcroft, BC. After a brief move to Yellowknife she moved around between Vancouver, Cache Creek and Logan Lake. She then settled in Kamloops to raise her surviving children.

Sandra was predeceased by her mother Violet May Vye, her father Joseph Lee Boomer, and her eldest son Christopher Patrick Shelton. She is survived by her siblings Allen Boomer, Bradley Boomer, Lynn Thompson, Susan Zomar, Jackie Vye, as well as her children Kevin Boomer and Kristin Boomer.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Condolences may be expressed at DrakeCremation.com

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August 7, 1946 - January 11, 2022 Ian left us on his own terms, but much too soon. He was a warrior until the end. He leaves many behind who knew him and loved him. His wife Irene, her children Carey, Craig, Cory and Shauna, grandchildren Katey, Alex, Nick, Layne, Connor and Henley and great-grandson Ben. Marilynn, Terry and Laura, his buds at the coffee bar Motivo, his Bridge cohorts and many others.

Ian was born in Fort William, Ontario now known as Thunder Bay. He grew up in Toronto but moved to BC in 1977, working in the electrical wholesale industry for many years until his retirement.

He will be remembered for his sense of humour, sharp wit, his strong moral compass and compassion and his love of family and friends. Ian had a love of Bridge, the Raptors, the Blue Jays, the Bills and had an indelible memory. Ian was fortunate to be able to travel, boat on the West Coast, ski at Mount Baker, and to be in relatively good health until the last few years. All through his life journey he made lasting friendships along the way. One of his favourite sayings was “count your blessings” - he counted his every day.

Ian will be cremated; his ashes will be scattered at a few locations. There will be no service by request. Should you feel you want to remember him, please feel free to donate to the Lung Association of B.C or the Heart Association.

Many thanks to all of the people who have helped him in his final journey “ now he is free to soar with the eagles. Spread your wings my friend and go with love”.

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Irene Violet Kalina It is with great sadness to announce the passing of our Mom and Grandma Irene Violet Kalina. Irene chose to leave us at the age of 96 to join her lifelong love and husband John Ernest Kalina. Mom and Dad who were from Manitoba, spent most of their years together in Montreal, where they raised a family and had many years of enjoyment with both family and friends.

Mom is survived by her children Barb, John and Rob (Laura) and grandchildren Jake, Anya, Spencer and Alexa.

Rob and Laura were so happy when she moved to Kamloops in 1996 to help with their young family. Irene cherished her time with her grandchildren and our family Schnauzer who she endearingly referred to as “My sweet Little Elliott”. Irene was a homemaker extraordinaire and loved to knit, garden, cook old-fashioned family meals and enjoyed a good laugh and being part of all family activities. Irene will be remembered for her sweet, flexible, dependable and kind natured personality.

We’ll miss you Grandma.

Love you forever and always will.

Thanks to all those who cared for Irene at the Gemstone. She enjoyed you all so very much. A special thanks to Dr. Dickinson and Dr. Hamilton for their dedicated care to Irene.

In memory of Irene, donations may be made to your local SPCA or your favourite charity. Thanks to Drake’s Funeral Home for all their support. God Bless!

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Elizabeth Jean Kilby 1951 - 2021

Elizabeth Jean Kilby (née Ingram) passed away on November 4, 2021, to dance in the light, always. A longtime resident of Kamloops before moving to the coast.

She is survived by her loving husband Perry, daughter Katherine, son Daniel (Tara), granddaughter Isla, many friends, and a large extended family.

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By Helen Steiner Rice The more you give, The more you get, The more you laugh, The less you fret, The more you do unselfishly, The more you live abundantly, The more of everything you share, The more you’ll always have to spare, The more you love, The more you’ll find, That life is good, And friends are kind, For only what we give away,

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of despair

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Welcome to the Walk! This stylish better than new end unit townhome is in a fantastic location close to the School of Arts, Sagebrush Theatre, Hospital and Downtown amenities. Bright, open and spacious design, engineered hardwood and tile in the foyer/bathrooms. Main floor features great island kitchen with custom cabinetry, quartz countertops and SS appliances, dining area with patio door access to the private deck, living room and a 2 pce bath. You will find 2 good sized bedrooms with city views, 2 baths and convenient laundry on the upper level. The master bedroom has his/hers closets with built-ins and a 3 pce ensuite with beautiful herringbone tiled shower. Downstairs home office, foyer and access to garage with plenty of storage space and epoxy flooring. Comes with 2 parking spots (single garage and extra spot in the parking lot). Pets and rentals permitted (check strata bylaws) Your new home awaits!

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