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Andrii Lobanov fires up the crowd at a rally on Saturday to show support for Ukraine as the country endures an invasion by Russian troops. Two rallies in downtown Kamloops on the weekend drew hundreds of people, including those with family in Ukraine. MICHAEL POTESTIO/LJI/KTW

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Kamloops residents worried about family and friends caught in the middle of a war zone in Ukraine have endured sleepless nights since Russia invaded the European country less than a week ago. Concern, and the desire to help out despite being a world apart, brought about 60 people to Columbia Street and about 300 more to Riverside Park on Saturday, where they rallied to raise awareness of the crisis. Many at the events were Ukrainian students studying at Thompson Rivers University. KTW spoke with those who gathered on Columbia Street.

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“We didn’t sleep well for three nights,” Yuliia Medvedieva said of herself and her husband. The 28-year-old TRU employee and former student has tried to help out from afar, directing her loved ones in Ukraine to empty houses in small towns, where they can hide out if they need to get to safety. “I hope that it will help,” Medvedieva told KTW. “Every 15 minutes, I call somebody to ask if they need help, if they need some safe place to move.” Medvedieva has lived in Kamloops for six years, her husband for three, and the couple has a two-year-old daughter. Medvedieva said she hasn’t seen her parents in four years and was looking forward to a previously planned trip to visit her hometown, an hour from Odessa — a visit

now upended by the invasion. Marina Radushynska, 21, has been glued to news coverage of the war, missing meals and losing sleep in the process. “It’s really heartbreaking to see what’s happening to my home right now,” she said. “I don’t know when I’ll be able to visit and the next time I visit, there might not be any home,” she said. Radushynska, a student at TRU, has been in Kamloops for four years. Radushynska’s mother was visiting her in Kamloops when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24 and is now unable to return home to the rest of the family — her 18-year-old daughter and husband — as Ukrainian airspace has been closed. See FINDING, A6

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Radushynska’s family lives in the central-west part of the country and, while it’s not as dangerous as the east, family members have had to hide in bomb shelters, there has been bombing and sirens sounding and military personnel are in the streets. Radushynska said she has cried often, but is trying to be strong for her mother, who is upset she cannot return home to help her family. Hryhorii Pertaia, 24, who studies at TRU and has called Canada home for seven years, said he is in contact daily with his family in Ukraine. He said his hometown in southeastern Ukraine is thus far quiet, though his 49-year old father told him Russian troops were nearby and that he had signed up to defend the city. Ukrainian men ages 18 to 60 are not allowed to leave the country and could be called on to fight if need be. “I feel super worried,” Pertaia said. “I wouldn’t want him to die. I wouldn’t want him to go, but at the

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same time, I have the biggest respect for him and I feel if I was there, I would do the same.” Radushynska said she has an uncle and two brothers involved in the fighting, but her dad, as of Saturday, had not been called in. She noted she was told it was too dangerous to try to move her sister out of the country. “Civilians are given guns to protect their lands, they’re doing the Molotov cocktails to stop the tanks — it’s really hard to focus on work or

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studying right now,” Radushynska said. Andrii Lobanov could be found leading the Saturday morning rally on Columbia Street with a bullhorn. The 22-year-old business student has made Kamloops home for five years, but his family — parents, fiveyear-old sister and two grandfathers — remains in the town of BilhorodDnistrovskyi, located in southern Ukraine, near Odessa. See SICK, A7

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Lobanov said he has been in contact with his family members, and, as of Saturday, there has not been much fighting in the city, but his parents tell him they are at the ready in case bombing starts. “Any war in Europe is a thing that can shatter our whole reality and the way our world stands,” Lobanov said, noting the Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of the most important events since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, or the Second World War. Tatyana Dikareva, 35, is originally from Ukraine, but has lived in Kamloops for a decade. Her Ukrainian husband moved here two years ago. Both have numerous family members back home who have been hiding in shelters whenever sirens sound amidst the Russian attack. She said it’s been hard to sleep at night knowing there’s not much she can do. Lobanov had mixed feelings when the war began. “At first, I didn’t believe and I still cannot believe this happened, but I have a feeling of wrath and anger and determi-

Yuliia Medvediev brought the flag of Ukraine to Saturday’s rally. MICHAEL POTESTIO/LJI/KTW

nation that we can stop this war and it will finish in victory of Ukraine,” he said. Radushynska had hoped, despite warnings, the Russian invasion wouldn’t occur. She was cooking dinner when she saw it unfolding on TV. “I was like, is it a joke? I started to turn up the volume and they were saying there were explosions all over Ukraine. I called my sister right away. She was crying, they were running away to the bunker right away

and it was heartbreaking,” Radushynska said. Medvedieva said she was scared when she heard the news and made a quick call to her parents to warn them. “We panicked at the beginning, but after that, we started to plan what to do,” she said, adding it was difficult to do given the fluidity of the situation. She said her parents have since left the country, fleeing into Western Europe through

Moldova about an hour before Russian tanks moved in. Dikareva said she saw the invasion coming, given the buildup of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border, but held out hope an attack wouldn’t occur. “And then when it happened, it’s a complete shocker,” she said. “Nobody wants those deaths,” she said. “We’ve got to stop this. It’s the 21st century. We’ve got to spread love, not war.” Jeanne Olineck, founder of Pokotillo Ukrainian Dancers in Kamloops, also attended Saturday’s rally on Columbia Street. She told KTW she is sick of seeing history repeat itself, noting previous attacks in history by Russia on Ukraine. “We need people to push our leaders to do these massive sanctions because if we kill the Russian economy, he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] doesn’t have the money to carry out his war,” Olineck said. She said she hasn’t been able to sleep since the war started, thinking of all the senseless deaths.

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Community voice shapes our decisions

n recent months, the Kamloops-Thompson board of education and district staff have had opportunities to engage with our community members, employee groups, students and Indigenous rights holders. These collaborations have highlighted the importance of seeking to understand perspectives and considering those perspectives when making decisions. Most recently, we had the opportunity for engagement of employee groups, Indigenous rights holders and parents in sharing their questions on the staff vaccination policy. While the BC Public Sector Employers’ Association indicated the board could not change its staff vaccination policy template, we could seek questions, provide answers and offer clarification on points of confusion as we worked

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with our committee. Discussions around a difficult topic, one with many perspectives, resulted in increased clarity and understanding of those involved. While not everyone agreed with the final decision, the committee members confirmed they felt they had a voice and that they understood what was happening, why it

was happening and what the outcome could be. Our hopes are that this opportunity has improved relationships and given us a solid foundation for discussion and mutual understanding when future issues arise that we may face together. The development of the district’s student dress code administrative procedure gave us an opportunity to review the current procedure. Following an incident that occurred, it presented an opportunity for the board to pursue a collaborative inquiry into the previous dress code that involved multiple students’, parents’, Indigenous rights holders’ and community groups’ voices. These individuals met repeatedly to collaboratively revise the dress code. After months of review and community input into successive drafts, a final student dress code

was approved by the board. During our recent district strategic planning consultations, students reminisced about their positive experience discussing the current student dress code and they emphasized that this was an example in which student voice in decision-making was privileged. As we continue to engage in the co-development of the foundational framework of our newly emerging district strategic plan, we have involved up to 1,400 students, along with parents, employees, Indigenous rights holders and community groups over several months to name values of importance to them. Values have been narrowed to four from 134, with the seven grandfather teachings at the centre. We will continue to review and revise our mission and vision statements through a similarly iterative process, with our ultimate goal

being to present again what matters most to everyone in our district community. We aim to reach the collaborate-empower stages of the International Association for Public Participation continuum. Community voice at all levels is foundational to the success of our board of education’s decisions. As trustees, we recognize the importance of hearing from our community members, all of whom we are privileged to represent. We appreciate every person’s investment of their time, energy, ideas and heart into what we do for the betterment of our children and future generations. Heather Grieve is chair of the Kamloops-Thompson board of education. School district columns appear monthly in KTW and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

A reminder of the real world order in place Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, many people have expressed their shock and horror at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s violation of international law and the death of the rules-based world order, but there’s actually no reason for surprise. George Orwell got it right in Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” If you read the United Nations Charter, you will discover it enshrines exactly the same principle, although shrouded in more elegant and less explicit language. Article 27 gives each of the great powers a veto on all decisions of the Security Council.

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What that means in practice is that all other countries are subject to the UN’s rules, but the five permanent members of the Security Council — China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States — are not. Some countries are also more equal than others. The Security Council is the UN’s executive authority, but it can no more order Putin to stop the invasion of Ukraine (the Russian

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The great powers did accept them, but only on condition that they themselves were exempt from the rules — and that’s the real world order. It cannot help Ukraine, but that was always true. Nothing has been lost because the UN was not really designed to stop every war. The United Nations was created to prevent any more wars between the great powers, because the great-power wars — the “world wars” — are the great mass killers. With some help from the theory of nuclear deterrence, it has succeeded at that vital task for 75 years. The outcome of the invasion of Ukraine may test that success.

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TRU PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE TO SURVEY ‘DISTURBING’ that they have imagined or been wrong about what has really happened.” Make no mistake, what we are seeing from Fairbairn is a textbook example of deflection and gaslighting of the more than 300 TRU faculty who voted that they do not have confidence in him as TRU president or in McLean as TRU board chair. Disturbing, indeed.

in the president. Despite this, in a Feb. 16 Kamloops This Week news article, Fairbairn made the following statements about the vote: “These are things that happen. It’s not so much the vote that concerns me. What I’m really concerned about are the feelings and the concerns of the faculty members themselves that are reflected in all of this. A non-confidence vote by a faculty union isn’t a part of the university governance. It has no specific consequences.” KTW further reported Fairbairn’s sug-

gestion that collective bargaining might have been a factor in the vote, despite the fact collective bargaining has not yet begun. These statements by Fairbairn contradict the vote’s preamble and discount countless internal and external appeals calling on him to place Milovick and Phillips on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation. According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, gaslighting is “the process of attempting to make somebody believe

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Some Westmount students will be moved to other schools SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com

Catchment area changes are coming for those who attend Westmount elementary, with some students set to change schools as overcrowding issues are once again dealt with by the Kamloops-Thompson school district. The board of education made the decision on Monday night, following a recommendation from staff for it to do so based on longstanding overcrowding problems at that school, among others. Westmount elementary is currently operating at 181 per cent of its capacity, with 41 per cent of its students scattered across school grounds in six portable classrooms. Beginning in September, two nearby schools will incorporate the new students. David Thompson elementary and Westsyde elementary will split 95 students displaced from Westmount. Students will be taken from two areas

of Batchelor Heights. Those living north of Raven Drive to Stagecoach Drive and Cantle Drive will attend David Thompson elementary, while those living north of Stagecoach Drive will attend Westsyde elementary. Students living in the affected areas will not have to change schools if they are currently in Grade 6. Siblings of those students will also have the option of remaining at Westmount. The district said bus transportation will be available for both of the affected areas. “You can’t just keep putting portables on a school site when you only have one gymnasium, one set of washrooms, one library,” trustee John O’Fee said, acknowledging the need to make changes. Portables at Westmount will remain, but two of the six currently on school grounds will be removed. Even with the changes, the school will still exceed its capacity. Board members voiced their reluctance to make further catchment changes, following others made in 2021 also due

to overcrowding, but said that is the only solution currently available. “It is the last strategy that we have and it is the last tool we have and we are required to use it,” board vice-chair Meghan Wade said. The overcrowding problem at Westmount has cascaded into other issues — most notably the severe congestion that occurs when students are picked up or dropped off at school, which is at the intersection of Walkem and Westsyde roads, the only entrance and exit. To deal with that issue, the district introduced a new bus route in January that takes between 100 and 120 students from Batchelor Heights to Westmount each day. The district also worked with the City of Kamloops to add a traffic light at Walkem and Westsyde. But the ideal solution to the overcrowding problem would be an additional elementary school in Batchelor Heights. Each year, the district outlines its needs to the Ministry of Education in its capital plan.

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The top two requests last year included a new school in Pineview Valley, where significant growth is expected to continue, and a new school in Batchelor Heights. Commitments have been made by the provincial government to build the Pineview Valley school, but there’s been no movement on the district’s request for $24 million in funding for the Batchelor Heights school. According to school district facilities director Art McDonald, who presented the district’s long-range facilities plan on Monday night, even if the ministry were to approve a new school in Batchelor Heights tomorrow, it would likely be four years until students could attend.

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Kamloops RCMP Supt. Sydney Lecky presents six-year-old Jane Deelstra with a Kamloops RCMP Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the bravery she displayed after her grandmother’s vehicle crashed near Dallas Drive on Feb. 19. KAMLOOPS RCMP PHOTO

Six-year-old saves her grandma, hailed as hero JANE DEELSTRA SPRANG INTO ACTION AFTER HER GRANDMA CRASHED HER VEHICLE KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

When six-year-old Jane Deelstra’s grandmother had a medical episode while driving, what happened next caught the attention of Kamloops’ top cop. Supt. Sydney Lecky recently presented Jane with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the bravery she displayed after her grandmother’s vehicle crashed near Dallas Drive on Feb. 19. Just before 3:30 p.m., Jane’s grandmother was travelling westbound on the Trans-Canada Highway when she pulled off at the Kokanee Way exit due to a medical episode, causing her to crash into trees, totalling the vehicle. “Her windshield was smashed and her eyes were open,” Jane said of the crash. “I was yelling to her and she wasn’t answering. I was smacking her

super hard and she wasn’t answering.” Instead of panicking, Jane undid her own seatbelt, opened the door of the tilted car, looked both ways and crossed two roads to get to the nearest business. “I said, ‘My grandma crashed in her car and it dug into the dirt,’” Jane recounted. The store employee called 911 and Jane stayed on the line with dispatch until Mounties and paramedics arrived. Her grandma was taken to hospital with Jane at her side. Grandma is now back at home, recovering. Const. Crystal Evelyn said not only were Jane’s actions noted by the responding officers, but also by Lecky, who requested a special meeting with Jane and her mother, Macalan Jolicoeur. “I heard the story and thought that was one of the most heroic things I

have heard,” Lecky said as he presented Jane with her Kamloops RCMP Certificate of Appreciation. “The bravery that you showed for your grandma I thought needed a very special recognition … I hope that you’re able to tell your friends and be proud of it.” Needless to say, Jane’s family, including her grandma, is extremely proud of her. “She was really brave,” her mom said. “Most people would panic and stay there. All she said was she knew she had to save grandma.” Jolicoeur said her daughter has bounced back quickly from the ordeal, noting even her bruised elbow is feeling much better. The heroic deed has Jane thinking about what she might want to be when she grows up. “I would like to be a cop and help save people,” she said.

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TNRD looks to change its per diem structure JESSICA WALLACE

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Up to $37 in daily, non-specific discretionary per diems in the TNRD, dubbed “incidentals,” will likely be a thing of the past, but receipts for meal expenses will not be required. The “incidentals” did not require receipts and were claimed by Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors, management and staff who stayed overnight while travelling on TNRD business During a Feb. 25 committee of the whole meeting, the TNRD board reviewed its remuneration bylaw, which includes a proposed pay raise for directors of 2.8 per cent, increasing additional per meeting pay to $170 from $160 and changes to meal and travel expenses. A final decision will be made at a future

regular board meeting. TNRD chief financial officer Doug Rae said meal per diem rates at the regional district were not historically treated as a maximum. Currently, TNRD directors, staff and management can expense up to $17 for breakfast, $18 for lunch and $29 for dinner when travelling locally for the TNRD and up to $19 for breakfast, $26 for lunch and $38 for dinner when travelling to the Lower Mainland for the regional district. Staff’s policy mirrors the board’s. MEAL THRESHOLDS EXCEEDED During its forensic audit of TNRD spending last year, BDO Canada found meal thresholds were exceeded in 1,195 instances between 2015 and 2019 amongst the top 10 individuals expensing meals above meal thresholds. Former CAO Sukh Gill most frequently expensed meals above the threshold, at 278

instances over five years. Non-TNRD staff were second, at 196 instances. The highest dollar figure, at $6,793, was attributed to nonTNRD staff. Kamloops This Week identified Ken Gillis as individual No. 3 in the audit. Individual No. 3 was listed as the fourthhighest individual for total amount spent where meal expenses exceeded thresholds, at $677 over the five-year-period. Rae is proposing new verbiage to the remuneration bylaw that states “these rates shall be considered the maximum that may be expensed by the TNRD for each instance, per person (gratuity included), with the exception being where the meal forms part of a conference itinerary (such as a banquet dinner) attended by the director and where the price for attendance is set by the conference organizer.” Rae is proposing new per diem rates that replicate those of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District ($20 local/$25 Lower Mainland for breakfast, $25/30 lunch and $35/$45 dinner). Overnight per diems, including incidentals, are proposed to be scrapped. Kamloops Coun. Kathy Sinclair expressed her desire to see overnight per diems go. She questioned overnight per diems as chair of the TNRD’s policy review committee. TNRD’S PER DIEM RATE HIGHER Rae also told the board the regional district comparatively has the highest per diem amount, at $120 per day. By comparison, other regional districts maxed out per diems at between $60 and $100. Separate from being able to claim individual meals when travelling for TNRD business, the regional district also has an overnight per diem rate of $100 or $120, depending on location. Rae told the board $64 or $83 was allotted for meals in the overnight per diem and the remaining $36 or $37 was for “incidentals.” Rae told KTW “incidentals” were intended for out-of-pocket expenses while travelling. He pointed to laundry as an example, but

said it did not include taxis or parking, which is expensed separately. A line item on TNRD statement of indemnity and travel expense forms notes a section for “other expenses,” wherein an explanation and receipts are requested. KTW filed a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act request for directors’ per diem forms and found parking expensed via that area. Most regional districts reviewed did not have or offered a modest incidental. NAMES AND RECEIPTS The BDO Canada forensic audit noted instances of names appearing on receipts, with some of those petiole maintaining they were not in attendance. In addition, when perusing per diems and comparing them to Gill’s restaurant receipts, KTW found instances of directors expensing taxpayers for meals on the same day their names were listed on credit card receipts Gill submitted for dinners. When asked if the issue came up when BDO Canada looked at the books, Rae said, “No, and I can’t say absolutely 100 per cent that there weren’t accidents that happened where somebody claimed a per diem, not expecting someone to pay for dinner, and then they claimed, but it’s not that I’m aware of.” A new way of filing expenses through Excel spreadsheets is also expected to be implemented. Rae told the board the current system is confusing. Kamloops Coun. Mike O’Reilly suggested an online portal system and multiple directors advocated for expenses to be posted online to increase transparency. NEW PER DIEM RATES PROPOSED As for whether taxpayers should be picking up bills for meals at all and whether board members could not bring a bagged lunch to work, Gillis told KTW: “Well, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen anybody bring a bagged lunch to a board meeting, but that doesn’t mean to say that it’s never happened, I’ve just never seen it.”

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TNRD board to decide on pay raise proposals JESSICA WALLACE

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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board opted against a pay raise last year, but is revisiting the idea again. TNRD chief financial officer Doug Rae suggested a 2.8 per cent increase to the board’s base salary, as well as increasing the per meeting pay rate to $170 from $160, based on the Consumer Price Index. Rae told KTW the base salary is paid for holding office, but directors are paid the extra per meeting stipend for about 26 regular and committee of the whole meetings annually, which equates to an average of $4,200 more per director per year. Baked into that base salary is travel time, depending on from where directors are coming. Rae is proposing to separate out that travel pay due to the advent of Zoom meetings during the pandemic, in order to prevent it from being paid to directors participating from home. Directors can also claim mileage for use of their vehicle and gas at a rate of 59 cents per kilometre, which would jump to 61 cents per kilometre. During a committee of the whole meeting on Feb. 25, board members debated whether to scrap the pay raise for another year. Area E (Bonaparte Plateau)

director Sally Watson said raises should go to people doing good work. “Lately, the public has noticed we haven’t been doing good work and I would say we don’t deserve a raise,” she said. Area J (Copper Desert Country) director Ronaye Elliott, however, said people in her area just west of Kamloops are happy with TNRD services and work being done. She opposed forgoing the pay raise. TNRD vice-chair and Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Roden cautioned against putting the next board in a more difficult position playing catch-up on wages in its first months in office. However, Area P (Peaks and Valleys) director Mel Rothenburger argued the board deserves to be paid what it deserves to be paid. “Who says the next board has to catch up?” he asked. “What are we catching up to? … Either they’re getting paid fairly or not, never mind what everybody else is getting.” Kamloops Coun. Kathy Sinclair moved that the board, at its next regular meeting, consider adopting the remuneration bylaw changes discussed in the committee of the whole meeting, minus the pay and meeting rate increases. Twelve directors were opposed and eight directors were in favour. In favour were Rothenburger, Sinclair,

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director Bill Kershaw, Lytton Mayor Jan Polderman, Area B (Thompson Headwaters) director Stephen Quinn, Area A (Wells Gray Country) director Carol Schaffer and Logan Lake Mayor Robin Smith. Kamloops councillors Dale Bass and Arjun Singh, Barriere Mayor Ward Stamer and Clinton Mayor Susan Swan were absent from the vote, while Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell did not vote. Two directors (Elliott and Schaffer) then tried to make a

motion to keep the per meeting rate the same, at $160, while increasing base salary. However, it breached Robert’s Rules of Order. The board then voted in favour of the original recommendation, which will see changes to per diems and the pay raise come back to the board to enact in a bylaw. Opposed were Raine, Rice, Sinclair and Watson. The remuneration bylaw revisions will return to the board at a future meeting for adoption.

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These are the people you might pass on the street Kamloops has a large population of people experiencing homelessness. Many people in the community have compassion for those in need, but Karina Laitres said there is still a lack of knowledge or understanding amongst most Canadians of what it really means to be homeless. She said research shows there is a disproportionate amount of stigma and dis-

crimination of those who are homeless, which is proven to negatively effect these individuals greatly. Laitres noted studies show stigmas such as mischaracterizing homeless as violent, criminal, lazy, substance dependent, or ill are not only false, but contribute to mental and physical health problems and perpetual barriers to services. Laitres is a psychiatric nurse

in Kamloops extending her knowledge and skills in her field through MacEwan University in Edmonton. She chose to focus on the stigma of homelessness as her project topic and scholarly report for her final course. Laitres said she chose this topic specifically due to the imminent need of education she is seeing in the community. She said the conversations

she was having and hearing surrounding the homeless population in Kamloops contained clear evidence of damaging stigma and unawareness. Kamloops This Week partnered with Laitres and MacEwan University to create a series of stories and information on homelessness and people who are homeless to share with readers. “Individuals have gener-

ously shared their stories and experiences in hopes of giving them all a voice, of bringing awareness and humanizing this population,” Laitres said. “Through continued education, conversations and stories, we can decrease stigma and increase empathy for one another here in Kamloops.” A total of 10 profiles will run in successive editions of KTW, beginning today.

MEET RICHARD NICKNAME: Graham AGE: 43 INTERESTING FACT: Richard says his dad is his biggest supporter, that he gives him “inspiration and sunshine.” Richard was adopted by a family in Kamloops at a young age and has lived here his entire life. He is incredibly friendly, very polite and loves to socialize. Richard is familiar with the history of Kamloops and says he enjoys reading and researching history. He reads different genres and has plenty of book suggestions for anyone looking for a good read. Richard can be seen walking around all areas of the city as he enjoys moving around and seeing the community. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW? “A lot of people think that these people don’t matter out here. I don’t get that, I don’t get that at all because then I say to myself, ‘Well, then, they don’t matter because what makes people matter?’ I like to think all people matter.” FACTS: Findings in the 2021 Point in Time Count show 44 per cent of the local homeless population is Indigenous. The 2016 Census data shows 10 per cent of the Kamloops population is Indigenous.

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MEET ANGELA AGE: 43 INTERESTING FACT: When Angela was in high school, she spent a lot of time volunteering at The Mustard Seed in her community. She couldn’t have imagined that she would become a client there. Angela grew up on a farm, rodeoing and training horses in her free time. Her parents split up when she was seven years old and she and her brother were looked after by hired hands on the family’s farm every day after school. Angela says the workers were always using drugs, noting she and her brother “grew up around addicts.” Angela started using by age 11 and both she and her brother ended up with severe drug addictions. Angela has experienced periods of homelessness throughout her life, but for the majority of time says has been a “functioning addict” and working a full-time job. Angela specializes in shallow utility installation and worked as a locator for horizontal directional drills for 15 years. She also went to the Alberta College of Art and Design (now called Alberta University of the Arts) in Calgary for jewelry design and silversmithing. After the death of her grandfather, and upon splitting up with her husband, Angela says she began using heavily. This led her to walking away from everything in her life at the time. Angela was aware she wasn’t well and was unable to look after herself. She persisted in life and became sober for a short time, but relapsed after the death of her brother two years ago. “I wouldn’t wish the life of an addict on anyone,” she says Angela says she survives by picking cans and returning them to recycling depots. She mainly stays in a shelter, but has also spent many nights on the streets. Angela wants to live in Calgary and hopes to find a ride there soon. Her goal is to work again, beat her addiction and “get back to living a normal life.” WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW? “We aren’t all bad people and we aren’t all scary. A lot of us have just ended up on the streets because we made poor choices in the past. A lot of us are caring, compassionate people.” FACTS: Adverse childhood experiences, including neglect, abuse and family dysfunction, are overrepresented in the histories of homeless individuals. Fifty per cent of people who are homeless have experienced more than four types of adverse childhood experiences, compared to only 12.5 per cent in the general population (Hanie et al, 2017).

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Failed carjacking leads to stabbing of victim KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

A Kamloops man was treated for injuries and a suspect was taken into custody following a failed carjacking that included a stabbing. On Feb. 24 at about 11 a.m., Kamloops Mounties rushed to the 400-block of Tranquille Road in North Kamloops, where a man had been injured with

a knife after a suspect attempted to rob him of his vehicle. “Police officers strategically responded to the area and recognized a man matching the description provided, visibly armed with a knife,” Kamloops RCMP Insp. Jeff Pelley said. A brief standoff took place and the stabbing/ robbery suspect was

arrested with the use of a Taser. Police said the victim received medical treatment for minor injuries. The suspect is being held in custody pending a court appearance. Anyone who witnessed the attack or has information related to it is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 and reference file 2022-5989.

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ROAD CLOSURE AND REMOVAL OF DEDICATION BYLAW NO. 18-405 (Nicola Street and Lane between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 8, 2022, Kamloops City Council will consider adopting Bylaw No. 18‑405, a bylaw to authorize the closure of road and removal of dedication as a highway shown as being a part of road dedicated by Plans 120 and 194, all in DL 232, KDYD, as shown outlined in black bold on the following plan:

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Kamloops Mounties are asking for the public’s help in finding another man reported missing. Police are searching for 66-year-old Albert Schultz, who was reported missing on Feb. 22, after last being seen on Feb. 18. It is believed Schultz may have travelled north. Police and family are concerned for his well-being. Schultz us white, stands six feet tall and weighs 250 pounds. He has blue eyes and grey hair and may be wearing glasses.

Albert Schultz has not been seen since Feb. 18.

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is asked to call Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 and reference file 20225825.

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COVID-19 rapid test kits are now available at pharmacies in Kamloops, available for pickup, for free, at 10 locations in the city for those ages 70 and older. The province’s rapid test distribution is being prioritized based on risk, with age being the dominating factor. Those ages 70 and older will be able to pick up five packs of rapid tests at pharmacies. They will be limited to one pack of tests every 28 days. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said that age requirement is likely to diminish over the coming weeks, with

tests available to all by the end of March. “These are for people to have at home to use when they need to make a decision about what to do when they have symptoms in the future,” Henry said. Kamloops locations include Columbia Street Pharmacy, Costco, Glover’s Medicine Centre, London Drugs, Manshadi Pharmacy (Tranquille Road), Pratt’s Compounding Pharmacy, Safeway Pharmacy (Fortune Drive), Save-On-Foods (Westsyde, Sahali) and Walmart. A complete list of locations, including addresses and phone numbers, is available online at bcpharmacy.ca/rapid-tests/ list.

The bylaw is available for viewing on the City’s website at this link: https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/143736 Inquiries may also be directed to realestate@kamloops.ca or by calling 250‑828‑3548. All persons who wish to register an opinion on the proposed closure may do so by: • appearing before City Council on March 8, 2022, at 1:30 pm, in‑person at City Hall (7 Victoria Street West) or via Zoom (kamloops.ca/participate); or • written submission: ‑ emailed to legislate@kamloops.ca ‑ mailed or hand-delivered to Legislative Services, 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2 Please note that written submissions must be received by the Legislative Services Division no later than March 4, 2022, at 12:00 pm. Written submissions, including your name and address, are included in the Council Agenda, and will be posted on the City’s website as part of the permanent public record. Please note that the City considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information in accordance with Sections 26 and 33.1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (BC).

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As the snow melts and spring draws near, residents may notice significant construction work currently underway in Riverside Park. In November, the city began a $5.1-million project in the park that includes flood-mitigation work, demolishing the old concession and washroom buildings, constructing a new change room and washroom building and replacing the spray park. The city’s capital projects manager, Darren Crundwell, said the first phase of the project involves protecting sanitary infrastructure and floodmitigation work. He said the city is working to complete that work prior to spring freshet, which occurs generally in late May or early June. The city is working with Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc on the project, due to potential archeological finds that

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teaching days. Also in January, functional school closures due to staffing issues were implemented at Chase secondary on Jan. 17, at Haldane elementary in Chase on Jan. 20 and at Blue River elementary on Jan. 28. In February, the district has also done some “strategic placement” of substitute teachers at rural schools to further mitigate any impact. From Feb. 1 to Feb. 18, overall student attendance in the district did not vary by more than five per cent, according to the report. The most-affected schools include Rayleigh from Feb. 1 to Feb. 3, which

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ever pass up an opportunity to hear live music. Whether it is at the Blue Grotto, The Effie or jamming with friends, it can perk you up. Nothing can compare to musicians bouncing off each other, whether spontaneously or while adhering to a carefully written score. A prime example — the vibes from the vigorously played instruments at this past weekend’s Chamber Musicians of Kamloops’ (CMK) Triple Clef Presents concert. Triple Clef consists of Naomi Cloutier on piano, Annette Dominik on viola and Sally Arai on clarinet — offering an intriguing program. Two of the works were by Canadian composers and one of those hones his talents in Kamloops. The local, Ryan Noakes, wrote his Presents for this trio. The understanding of the instruments was remarkable. How did he know how to do that as a singer and, sometimes, as a trumpet player? By knowing their sound is his answer. Noakes explained that the clarinet and

Triple Clef consists of Naomi Cloutier on piano, Annette Dominik on viola and Sally Arai on clarinet. LESLIE HALL PHOTO

viola can be interchanged. For most of us, though, it’s all mystery. The other Canadian composer was Marjan Mozetich, for many years on staff at Queen’s University and now a freelance composer. Kamloops Symphony Orchestra (KSO) patrons might remember his Postcards from the Sky. Mozetich’s piece, Trio in Jest, may have been inspired by Rossini, but it’s a 21stcentury work. KSO program notes say his musical style blends the modern with the more classical Romantic tendencies of melodic and poetic. He captured Rossini’s speed — often

racing, even rampaging, music alternated with brief bits of light and playful. He incorporated powerful plucking on the viola strings and the most amazing electric guitar sound from the clarinet. Vibes, indeed. The concert is available for viewing until March 5 on the Chamber Musicians of Kamloops website, chambermusiciansofkamloops.org for $15. Next up for the CMK is a virtual concert featuring Chilean pianist Daniel Bahamondes, who will present European and South American composers. It will be online on March 26.

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The lineup is set for the Kamloops Film Festival, which will take place from March 3 to March 12 at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Kamloops. The festival, organized by the Kamloops Film Society, will feature 25 films and accompanying events. In addition to the festival’s main film lineup, the horror portion of the festival, Darkfest, is also returning, as is the Kamloops Independent Short Short Film Festival (KISS). The festival will begin with Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, the 1970s-set drama Licorice Pizza, on March 3. General admission tickets are $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and $7 for children and students. Ticket and event information can be found online at thekfs.ca. Festival passes are also available. THE COMPLETE FILM LINEUP: • Thursday, March 3 Licorice Pizza Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor

Red Rocket Drive My Car Alien on Stage • Sunday, March 6 Licorice Pizza (second screening) Run Woman Run C’mon C’mon King Richard Nightmare Alley (second screening)

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Locals supporting Ukraine Refugees bound for Kamloops, be they from Ukraine or elsewhere, are the focus of a fundraiser connected to food. On Wednesday, March 16, the monthly Colombo Cares take-home dinner program will be raising money for RAFT (Refugees and Friends Together). Since the 1970s and the arrival of the Vietnamese “boat people,” the group now known as RAFT has been helping individuals and families settle in Kamloops. Hundreds of refugees have come to Kamloops and, with the support of RAFT, became newcomers in our community. Since the start of the pandemic, the federal government has halted almost all refugees from arriving to Canada. Earlier this month, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced a new multi-year immigration plan that would again welcome newcomers to Canada.

The plan is to resettle approximately 77,000 refugees this year, 74,000 in 2023 and 62,500 in 2024. One of the largest groups Ottawa is working to resettle is 40,000 people from Afghanistan. RAFT is aiming to initiate a private sponsorship in 2022 to bring one or more families to Kamloops. To do this, RAFT needs to raise $30,000 or more, depending on the size of the family. Part of that fundraising is the March 16 Colombo Cares dinner. From 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. that day, proceeds from dinners purchased and picked up will go to RAFT. Each dinner for two is $33. To order, go to RAFT’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/raftkamloops, order direct from Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.ca/e/colombo-carestake-home-dinner-march-16-2022-tickets-273915286997 or call Colombo Lodge at 250-374-4914.

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You tell us — what should open here? For many years, passersby would grab their coffees (and other hard-to-pronounce caffeine beverages) from the Starbucks outlet at Northills Centre, at the corner of Fortune Drive and Nelson Avenue in North Kamloops. Alas, this Starbucks recently moved to Tranquille Road and 12th Street, leaving the Northills Centre space empty. What do you think would be a good fit for this space? Email your suggestions to editor@ kamloopsthisweek. com. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

Welcome to a new Kamloops This Week feature in which we ask you, our loyal readers, for your input on doing some retail planning with us. Kamloops has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, with the latest census numbers from 2021 pegging the city’s population at 98,000. Along with this growth has come numerous new stores, be they food-, product-, service- or entertainment-related. On the flip side, there are myriad empty buildings in Kamloops that formerly housed well-known (and not-so well-known) businesses. You have probably passed by any number of these empty buildings, many with “For Lease” signs, and thought to yourself, “That would be a great location for ...” Well, we have, too, which is why we are introducing our weekly You tell us — what should open here? series, which is patterned on Be The Broker, an initiative of the 6AM City digital newsletter in the U.S. It’s a chance to have some fun and, maybe, just maybe, your idea will pique the interest of a leasing agent. Send your ideas by email to editor@kamloopsthisweek.com and we will publish them in next week’s paper and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.

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Boogie the Bridge returns this year, with people gathering with each other on April 24 for the first time in two years. Boogie was sidelined as a mass in-person activity in 2021 and 2020 due to the pandemic. The epic Kamloops event has raised more than $1 million for local charities in its past 24 years of spring running and walking. Boogie training clinics will begin the week of March 6, with COVID-19 protocols in place. Boogie offers four distances: one kilometre, five kilometres, 10 kilometres and 21 kilometres. For more information and to register, go online to boogiethebridge.com. Kamloops This Week’s coverage of Boogie will begin on March 9 with the weekly diaries of three participants in the event. Follow their progress in each Wednesday print edition and online at kamloopsthisweek.com, from March 9 through April 20.

LION-HEARTED DONATION HELPS BROCK WOMAN MAINTAIN MOBILITY: Brock Central Lions Club members Leona Backman (left) and Kurt Honig deliver a brand new motorized wheelchair for Ridgeview Lodge resident Jeannine Handel on Feb. 24. Handel, a cancer survivor now living with multiple sclerosis, said she reached out to the local Lions club with a request for help after being unable to walk due to recent hip surgery. The club was able to tap into its reserve funds to purchase the chair with specific modifications for Handel. Brock Central Lions club member Leona Backman said the club is always looking for new members to join and has begun to plan for upcoming fundraising once again after several years of challenges due to the pandemic. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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Dig It: The archaeology of earth ovens

ast summer, before the Sparks Lake wildfire, we were shoveltesting a forestry block east of the Deadman River, approximately eight kilometres northwest of Kamloops Lake. We excavated part of a feature that was likely used as an earth oven, also referred to as a pit oven or roasting pit. Earth ovens are one of the oldest food-preparation technologies used globally. Evidence of earth ovens has been found in southern France, Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea, from sites as old as 30,000 years. Ancient pit-cooking features have also been found in Polynesia, Mexico and throughout many parts of North America. In western North America and in the Kamloops area specifically, archaeological evidence respectively dates back to at least 12,000 and 7,000 years ago. In the archaeological record, earth ovens are one type of cultural depression in which abundant fire-altered rocks and charcoal are present. Sometimes charred plant and animal remains are also recovered. Although there were variations in ancient pitcooking technologies, they all

Fire altered rock and charcoal rich soils excavated from an earth oven.

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have commonalities in their manufacture and use. The process consisted of digging a pit ranging in size from one metre to larger than seven metres, collecting fuel, rocks and vegetation, harvesting and preparing the foods and cooking, which would take between a few hours to several days. Earth ovens were capped with earth. Sometimes a fire was built on top. Other variations include lining the pit with flat rocks and/ or adding water through a hole to create steam. In the Kamloops area, the primary use of earth ovens was for processing root vegetables. However, other foods, such as fish, game and berries, were also cooked or used as flavourings. Root vegetables, including bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes and true roots, were a big part

of Secwépemc diet, comprising anywhere from 30 to 60 per cent of people’s caloric intake. Some local examples of traditional root-digging areas include Lac du Bois, Scheidam Flats, Hat Creek and Botanie Valley. Many edible bulbs and tubers contain a complex carbohydrate called inulin, a prebiotic that supports the growth of healthy intestinal bacteria and reduces the risk of chronic diseases. However, inulin is difficult to digest and requires pit-cooking to break down the starch into fructose, a sweet-tasting digestible sugar. Important root vegetables that contain inulin in this area include tséts’elq (balsamroot), qwléwe (nodding onion), qéq me (chocolate lily or rice root), qweq wíle (desert parsley or biscuitroot), and scwicw (glacier lily).

In this region, earth ovens are often found in two contexts: either associated with village sites or upland near root-digging grounds. Analysis of archaeobotanical remains from earth ovens in these two contexts has shown that village earth ovens were used to cook a greater variety of foods and used more often than those located in the uplands, where their main function was root processing. Interestingly, between 3,300 and 2,400 years ago, the use of earth ovens in the uplands increased, which shows how these archaeological features can reveal information about changing subsistence strategies. Charcoal analysis has shown that hot-burning trees were preferred for fuel, such as cottonwood, Douglas-fir and pine. Remnants of matting recovered from earth ovens also shows that plants such as horsetails, raspberry and conifer branches, as well as grasses, were used during the cooking process. This green vegetation created steam during the cooking process and helped protect the food, which is one reason root foods are difficult to find in the archaeobotanical record — well-cooked roots protected from charring were completely consumed. Also, when charred,

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they tend to fragment into indistinguishable pieces. Root vegetables are no longer a staple food of the Secwépemc diet, but many roots are still harvested and used medicinally. Roots also continue to be part of the spiritual world and are actors in stories that have been passed down for thousands of years. Sadly, root plants are not as plentiful as they were in the past due to several factors, including the discontinuation of Indigenous management strategies, overgrazing by cattle and the spread of invasive species as a result of colonization. Several First Nations in B.C. continue to use pit cooking, known in Secwepemctsin as tsq elstém, for special occasions and educational purposes. By researching ancient food processing techniques like pit cooking, archaeologists attain a better understanding of past subsistence strategies and help support the cultural continuity of these practices. It is also important to support Indigenous management strategies to ensure these plants will continue to grow. Katie Sperry is a Kamloops-based archaeologist. Dig It is KTW’s regularly published column on the history beneath our feet in the region. Interested in more? Go online to republicofarchaeology.ca.

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nastasiia Muzyka’s voice trembled. “They’re bombing everywhere,” said Muzyka, a TRU WolfPack setter from Poltava, Ukraine. “My relatives are in Kyiv and Odesa and it’s horrible. “Grandparents from both sides. Cousins, uncles, aunties. Everybody. My grandparents, for some reason, they’re not answering. We’re hoping everything is fine and it’s just some difficulties.” Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday. “I’m in shock,” Muzyka said. “I still feel like it’s a movie.” KTW spoke with Muzyka after WolfPack practise at about 2 p.m. on Thursday. Her mom, Nina, was able to reach the grandparents a few hours later. “They are all safe and sound, for now,” Muzyka said. But her cousin, Dima, is not. “He’s serving for the police,” Muzyka said. “He must go. My auntie [Irina], my mom was talking to her, and she’s just crying constantly because you can’t believe your kid is going to war. “That’s sad. He’s going to fight for the country.” Muzyka lived in Ukraine until she was 13, when she moved to Russia, where she finished high school.

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“You would never even think your brotherhood nation could do … I know this is not people, it’s more like government, but it’s also very hard to realize this,” Muzyka said. “When I talk to my friends, many of my classmates’ husbands, my friend’s dads, the men’s side, they have to go and serve, so all the women and children are staying there and it’s obviously very shocking.” Thoughts are hard to process, visions of family members sheltering in bunkers, fleeing Grants-In-Aid Grants-In-Aid Grants-In-Aid

homes to get away from heavily populated cities, airports and sea ports. “You can’t believe that actually happened,” Muzyka said. A stint in Azerbaijan preceded Muzyka’s move to Canada. Her parents settled in Edmonton, but now reside in B.C. Muzyka joined the WolfPack in 2017. “My language [English] was … I couldn’t speak,” Muzyka said. “I would think in Russian and Ukrainian and I was like, oh my god, it’s so

hard to speak my mind.” She credits the culture created by WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm and her teammates for much of her sense of belonging in Canada. “I’m very lucky to be here and very thankful my dad was able to move and emigrate and give me the opportunity of peace and freedom,” Muzyka said. The six-foot setter from Poltava is part of a Ukrainian WolfPack pipeline that includes former players Olga Savenchuk, Iuliia Pakhomenko, Yevgeniya Nyukhalova and Alina Sopizhuk, each of whom remain in Canada. “I know it’s a tough and scary time for everyone that has family there still,” Grimm said. “You can’t reach them. You see what’s happening and you can’t talk to

them to make sure they’re safe. “Obviously, it’s unnerving. It’s tough to sit here when your close family and friends are in a much different spot.” Muzyka, who passed her Canadian citizenship test four months ago, plans to toil for the Canadian national volleyball team this summer before moving to Europe to play professionally. The WolfPack’s graduating seniors, Muzyka and Kamloops product Katie Ludvig, finished their U Sports careers last weekend with home tilts against UBC. Muzyka, injured and unable to take the court, did her best to support her teammates from the sidelines, but her mind might have been elsewhere. “I feel very heavy,” she said. “I can’t help with anything.”

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Wild-card Dunstone reaches fourth Brier MARTY HASTINGS STAFF REPORTER sports@kamloopsthisweek.com

Matt Dunstone of Kamloops is a back-to-back Brier bronze medallist.

Kamloops resident Matt Dunstone is going to the Tim Hortons Brier for a third consecutive year, this time as one of three wild-card teams at the event, which is scheduled to run from March 4 to March 14 in Lethbridge. “We’re back at the Brier, so what more could you ask for?” said skip Dunstone, whose Regina-based rink includes third Braeden Moskowy, second Kirk Muyres and lead Dustin Kidby. “There are no surprises any more. We know exactly what we’re getting into. The only thing that seems to change about the Brier is the format, which seems to change every single season, unfortunately. But we can’t hide in the draw as underdogs any more.”

place in the 2020 Brier in Kingston. CurlSask chose Dunstone to toil in the 2021 Canadian men’s championship in the Calgary bubble based on results from the two seasons prior, as traditional qualification avenues for the event were quashed amid the pandemic. The 2022 SaskTel Tankard was handed out earlier this month in Whitewood, Sask. Dunstone cruised through the tournament undefeated to set up a championship clash against Colton Flasch, a rematch of the A event final, in which Dunstone prevailed 8-5. Flasch vanquished Dunstone 6-4 on Feb. 13 to earn the right to represent Saskatchewan in Lethbridge.

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Dunstone earned bronze at the men’s Canadian curling championship in 2020 and 2021. The Highland Curling Club team won the Saskatchewan provincial title to secure its

“We didn’t have our best game in the final by any stretch of the matter, which is unfortunate, but that’s just the way she goes in one-game showdowns,” Dunstone said. “They’re a great team. They’re getting better all the time. They deserved to win that game, so good for them, we’re happy for them and we’re friends with them, as well. And there’s that rivalry there.” History between the teams includes a roster shakeup after the 2020 Brier that saw Dunstone part ways with second Catlin Schneider, who landed with Flasch and plays third for the Saskatoon-based rink. “We’re going to get another crack at them at the Brier,” Dunstone said. “We’re in the same pool as them. Hopefully, we can get payback.” The wild-card berths were awarded to the top three skips

on the Canadian Team Ranking System that did not qualify through their respective provincial or territorial championships. Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador and Jason Gunnlaugson of Manitoba are the skips of the other two wild-card teams. The pandemic has done a number on curling schedules this season and Dunstone was disappointed not to fare better at the Tim Hortons Trials in November in Saskatoon, but the skip from Winnipeg is happy with his team’s form heading into the Brier. “We’ve proven these last couple years we’re a team that’s ready to win this,” said Dunstone, who is poised to make his fourth appearance at the Brier. “It’s just a matter of throwing it all together.”

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Team Hafeli — coach Monica Makar (from left), Holly Hafeli, Jorja Kopytko, Hannah O’Neil, Eryn Czirfusz and Natalie Hafeli — won the under-21 B.C. women’s curling title on Sunday in Courtenay.

Hafeli claims B.C. curling title Team Hafeli of the Kamloops Curling Club won gold at the women’s under-21 B.C. Curling Championship on Sunday at the Comox Valley Curling Club. Hafeli knocked off Team Richards 9-3 in the final, pulling away in the second half of the game to spur its opponent into conceding defeat after nine ends. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW The Kamloops rink posted a 5-0 ALL TY-ED UP? record in round-robin play and earned Kamloops Storm forward Ty Horner (right) jostles for position on Monday at McArthur Island Sport a last-rock 6-5 win over Team Bowles on and Event Centre, where the Chase Heat staved off elimination with a 3-2 victory. Game 6 of the Saturday in the 1-2 Page playoff game to best-of-seven Round 1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff series took place on reach the title tilt. Tuesday in Chase after KTW’s press deadline. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for the result. Game 7,if necessary, will get underway at 7 p.m. on Wednesday on McArthur Island. Team Hafeli includes skip Holly

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High school hoops provincials on tap The undefeated Sa-Hali Sabres are Grade 8 Okanagan West Zone basketball champions. Sa-Hali, paced by 17 points from Brooklyn Hansen, earned a 53-22 victory over the Westsyde Whundas on Friday in the West Zone final. Sabres’ forward Iyin Aina was named player of the game. Sa-Hali team members include Hansen, Aina, Salma Mohamed, Adison Cartier, Sophia Egdell, Michelle Vorphal, Courtney Grant, Dylan Lockwood, Adria Blower, Keira Fitzmaurice, Reanna Giharry, Kirsten Conroy and Anna August. Ken House and Bryce Egdell coach the team. Sa-Hali will compete for the Grade 8 girls’ provincial title from Thursday, March 3, to Friday, March 5, in Clearbrook. Meanwhile, the Sabres’ senior girls have qualified to play in the AAA provincial basketball championship, which gets underway on Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. No. 11-seed Alberni District and No. 6 Sa-Hali will clash on Wednesday in Round 1.

The Sa-Hali Sabres’ Grade 8 girls’ basketball team won the Okanagan West Zone championship.

The No. 8 Valleyview Vikings have also qualified for the AAA girls’ provincials and will square off against No. 9

Pitt Meadows on Wednesday in Round 1. On the junior scene, the South Kamloops Titans are the No. 4 seed in

the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament, which is slated to run from Wednesday to Saturday at the LEC. The Sabres reached the junior boys’ basketball B.C. championship, which began on Saturday and wrapped up on Tuesday at the LEC. No. 9 Claremont topped No. 24 Sa-Hali 56-45 in Round 1 and No. 8 Semiahmoo knocked off the Kamloops representative 78-54. Both games were played on Saturday. The Sabres got into the win column on Sunday with a 93-35 win over No. 32 Salmo. Sa-Hali and No. 28 Pacific Academy met on Sunday, with the Surrey boys prevailing 68-61 in overtime. The Sabres wrapped play on Tuesday, losing 59-51 to No. 31 Summerland. Burnaby South and Vancouver College squared off in the championship game on Tuesday after KTW’s press deadline. The senior boys’ provincial high school basketball championships will run from March 9 to March 12. Tournament brackets have not yet been released.

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FAITH

A prophet for a time not unlike ours

he Old Testament prophet Elijah enters the narrative of the Bible in first Kings chapter 17. The historical setting for Elijah is around 910 BC. The political setting is when Israel is divided into the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. These two divisions of Israel do not get along too well, to say the least. James 5:17-18 gives us some insight into the character of Elijah. James writes that Elijah was a lot like us in that he had concerns and feelings about things he cared about in life. His communion with God was reflected in his prayer life. James writes also that Elijah prayed earnestly and God withheld the necessary rains for Israel’s crops to grow. Then, after 3.5 years, he prayed again and it rained and the earth brought forth its fruit. In Luke 4:24-26, Jesus speaks of Elijah in the days of first Kings 17:1-24. Jesus spoke to those of the city of Nazareth, where he grew up, that “no prophet is accepted in his own country.” The city of Nazareth was about to try to throw Jesus over a cliff.

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Jesus mentioned that Elijah had prayed that the rains would be withheld from Israel and, as a result, there was a great famine throughout the whole land. Jesus also spoke of the widow who Elijah stayed with during part of of the famine and that her needs were met in a miraculous way. So, we go back to the portion in first Kings 17. We read that Elijah spoke to Ahab, the king of the northern tribes of Israel. Elijah had obviously been a man of much fervent prayer about the condition of Israel in the sight of God. When Elijah came before Ahab, he told him, “There shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

At this point, God tells Elijah to go hide by a brook named Cherith and Elijah obeyed God. God also told Elijah that he should drink from the brook and God promised that the ravens would feed him there — and that is what happened to sustain Elijah for some time. Scriptures say the ravens brought Elijah bread and flesh in the morning and in the evening. We read that, eventually, the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah again, directing him to go to Zarephath, where a widow would sustain him. Elijah went to Zarephath and found that widow. When he found her, she was about to prepare the last meal for her and her son, as their food supply was almost gone. Elijah asked the widow for a little food, but she said she didn’t have enough for someone else. She did eventually prepare what she had and shared it with Elijah, but God had miraculously replaced the food. That went on for the duration of the famine and their needs were met. During the famine, the widow’s son died and Elijah took him to his room and

brought the son back to her alive. These were amazing things that God did, but the God of the Bible is not limited to what we see as possibilities. The work of Jesus on the cross is the single-most amazing work that has been done. Scriptures tell us that God laid on him the iniquity of us all while Jesus was suffering on the cross in the darkness. We have no idea of the depths of his suffering for our sins. Peter in his first letter gave us these words: “For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,” (first Peter 3:18). We have been going through a famine-like time, but God’s love for us has not changed. May we find strength and help from God — and draw strength from him. John Eggers is an elder in the assembly that meets in Westsyde Gospel Hall in Kamloops. KTW welcomes submissions to its Faith page. Columns should be between 600 and 800 words in length and include a headshot of the author, along with a short bio on the writer. Email editor@ kamloopsthisweek.com.

World Day of Prayer to be marked on March 4 The 2022 World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday, March 4, with the theme being I Know the Plans I Have for You (Jeremiah 29:11). The women of England, Wales and Northern Ireland have prepared the service this year. People are encouraged to reflect on the changes and challenges faced by these countries as they have evolved independently and collectively over hundreds of years. The writing team has shared the injustice obstacles that immigrant women to the U.K. have met, the selfishness of Britain as a conquering nation and the hopes for the future. World Day of Prayer is an international, inter-church

event that began around 100 years ago, bridging social, geographic and political barriers in more than 170 countries. In Canada, the World Day of Prayer is co-ordinated by the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada, one of the original founders of the prayer movement. World Day of Prayer services will be held in-person and online on Friday. In Kamloops, an in-person gathering will be held at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, downtown at 255 Nicola St. It will also be available online at rcdk.org under the Events tab. Call 250-314-6779 for more information. An online-only option will be held at 1 p.m. at the

Salvation Army Kamloops website, kamloopssalvationarmy.

ca. Call 250-579-9412 for more information.

Places of Worship KAMLOOPS

Join us for our in-person or online gatherings each weekend:

Christian Science Society, 1152 Nicola Street, Kamloops

Saturdays at 6:30pm Sundays at 9:00am & 11:00am

Sunday Church Services 10:30 - 11:30 am

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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.

House Dance

Ages 15+

Have you always wanted to learn how to house dance, but the steps just seemed too difficult? This course is designed to explore some foundational steps of the dance and work on igniting and unleashing your inner creative for freestyling. Hal Rogers Tues Mar 22 - Apr 19 7:15–8:15 pm 5/$50

Pruning – Fruit and Ornamental Trees Get your trees ready for spring by learning how to prune ornamental and fruit trees. Learn about reasons for pruning, types of pruning, and when to prune from an ISA-certified arborist. Practice trees generously provided by Agri Supply Ltd. Valleyview Community Hall Sat 12:30–3:30 pm

Mar 12 $30

Learn to play Disc-golf

Check out our new programs this spring. Find a program: Kamloops.ca/PerfectMind.

Did you know? That NatureKids BC offers free monthly outdoor adventures for families with kids aged 5-12? Learn about nearby nature with other families and participate in activities like bird watching, pond dipping, arts & crafts, tree planting and more. Visit naturekidsbc.ca or contact kamloops@naturekidsbc.ca for more details.

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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, an exciting relationship may soon develop after you socialize with friends. If you already are involved romantically, someone you meet could be an important ally.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Unexpected changes are the name of the game this week, Taurus. This could mean anything from learning a new skill to having to train a new coworker.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, there’s potential to meet someone interesting on a trip you will be taking shortly. Strike up conversations with those around you, as you never know what will happen.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, do not be discouraged when something seems like an insurmountable task. You just have to find the right help and then you’ll quickly master the job.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 An unexpected phone call or text from someone in your past could come your way soon, Leo. Whatever the news, don’t let it scare you. You’ll do fine.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 A significant sum of money could be coming your way shortly, Virgo. It may be a bonus or some sort of repayment. Be pleased at the windfall and utilize it wisely.

LIBRA

MARCH 2 - MARCH 8, 2021 - Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, an exciting group activity involving a number of your friends is on the horizon. You may be wondering whether to go. Don’t pass up the opportunity.

SCORPIO

- Oct 24/Nov 22

Exciting prospects and fortunate events seem to be in your orbit, Scorpio. Enjoy this bit of good luck that garners much of your attention and could have further benefits.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, are you feeling adventurous lately? Now may be a good time to enter a race or try something daring, like sky diving. Let your instincts guide your decision.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan20 Your mind is attuned to learning new lessons. If time permits, enroll in some college courses or explore trade school offerings. This will enable you to expand your mind.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 This is a good week to travel or to make the arrangements for it, Aquarius. The journey promises to be an exciting time that you will remember for a while.

PISCES

- Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, bizarre dreams may invade your comfort levels. Don’t try to analyze their meaning too much, but be aware of symbolism.

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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Bank offerings, in brief 4. Twists 9. Losing roll at dice 13. In itself 19. Piece played with four hands 21. Tart sorbet flavor 22. Kind of bed 23. *Opposite of endearing 24. *Freely expressive 26. Winter eaves dropper 27. Some attacks on castles 29. Día de ____ Muertos (Mexican holiday) 30. Stories that may or may not be true 31. 12-year-olds, e.g. 34. Ballerina’s bend 35. App whose icon features a camera, in slang 37. Aimee with two Grammys 38. Plank targets 41. Only trisyllabic rainbow color 43. Ferrari of automotive fame 46. *Communicating (with) 49. *Contracting 52. Acceptance principle of improv comedy 53. 2-year-old, e.g. 54. What may connect the parts of a school assignment? 55. ‘‘Who ____?’’ 58. Relative of an alpaca 60. ‘‘A Christmas Carol’’ cry 61. Dress in 62. Things people catch and then ride 63. Fifth sign 64. Actress Hepburn 67. Poke 68. Nickname in baseball and gossip columns 69. *Harsh language 71. Up 72. Loses firmness 73. Country with the most archaeological museums in the world (110+)

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DOWN 1. Brains of a tech start-up? 2. Racket 3. Noticeable 4. Roused from a nap 5. Neighbor of Nev. 6. Barely usable pencils 7. ____ sandwich 8. Like some roller coaster drops 9. Task for a crossword constructor 10. Washed quickly 11. Bon ____ 12. Instrument used in a medical checkup 13. Out of whack 14. Vessel with a hatch, informally 15. The ‘‘teardrop of India’’ 16. Not exceeding 17. ‘‘Dark Lady’’ hitmaker, 1974 18. ____ Park, N.Y. 20. Christianity’s ____ Creed 25. Word with code or card 28. Good witch in Oz 31. ‘‘That’s enough about your sex life!’’ 32. Pallid 33. Some have combinations 36. Like J, alphabetically 39. English majors’ degs. 40. Having three unequal sides 42. Equal: Prefix 44. Outmoded storage device 45. Witness 47. Some breads 48. Smitten 50. British exclamation 51. One of three for German nouns, or one of four for those in Africa’s Zande language 53. Like a tug-of-war rope 55. One may go off in the middle of the night 56. Scientist whose name is associated with a number

57. Wine list section 59. Heavy medieval weapons 60. Robot sound 62. Hot condiment 63. Italian bread that’s no longer made 65. Comply with a peace treaty, maybe 66. Some camping excursions 67. ‘‘I’m relieved!’’ 70. H.S. subject 73. ‘‘La Tauromaquia’’ artist 75. Come off as 77. Went ballistic 79. ‘‘Easy there!’’ 80. Small particle 82. Binder inserts with tabs 83. Literally, ‘‘revenge’’ 84. Org. that evaluates toothbrushes 86. Good cheer 88. Singer ____ Marie 89. Joins firmly 90. Epoch when palm trees grew in Alaska 91. In an obvious way 92. All-time connector 93. Big ____ 96. Plan in detail 100. Puppy ‘‘kisses’’ 102. Rot 104. Ill suited 105. 9-5 automaker, once 106. Muppet who refers to himself in the third person 107. ‘‘At Last’’ singer James 110. Almond ____ (toffee brand) 111. Computer with a Pro model 114. Ship pest 115. H+ or I117. A ticket may be given for a high one: Abbr. 118. Man’s name derived from the Bible 119. Man’s name derived from the Bible

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Legal / Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of the Deceased Elizabeth (Elly) Francisca Adams formerly of 514 - 628 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, BC, V2B 3H6 are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the Executor, Randall Adams 81 - 2450 Radio Tower Road, Oliver, BC V0H 1T1 on or before April 13, 2022 after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. Randall Adams, Executor.

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Application No. 397719 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit amendment Under the Provisions of the Environmental Management Act Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership P.O. Box 1500, Logan Lake, BC V0K 1W0, intends to submit this application to the Director for a minor amendment to Permit 2460 (the Permit), issued September 12, 1973, and last amended on August 23, 2013, which authorizes the discharge of refuse to the ground from a copper molybdenum mine and concentrator. The location of the facilities from which the discharge originates is District Lots 28, 1669, 2347, 2682, 5704, 5705, 5719, 5721, and 6719, Kamloops Division Yale District. The land upon which the operations are situated is Lot 5506, Kamloops Division of Yale Land District, known as S.J NO.14 Mineral Claim. PID No. 004-512-707, Folio No. 23-538-06263.001 located within the Bethlehem Production Area (P260), Crown Grant, S.J. NO.14, Lot No. 5506 of the Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine that is located within the municipality of Logan Lake, BC. The purpose of this amendment is as follows: 1. To bring active and previously approved site activities which have traditionally occurred outside of HVC’s Permit 2460 under said Permit. These activities include the storage and treatment of bio-remediable hydrocarbon contaminated soil originating from site activities (i.e., fuel spills). “Hydrocarbon contaminated soil” means soil, sand, gravel, rock or similar naturally occurring material which is contaminated with a petroleum product including, but not limited to, gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, hydraulic oil and lubricating oil The maximum amount of hydrocarbon contaminated soil that may be present on site undergoing storage and treatment is 1,750 m3. Storage and treatment of hydrocarbon contaminated soil occurs in two designated areas on site:

•· The soil treatment facility (STF) - a 65 m x 50 m (3,200 m2) area underlain by a level concrete slab that gradually slopes the center of the STF area and is surrounded by soil berms. This area can accommodate the storage and treatment of up to 1,000 m3.

•· The temporary soil storage area (TSSA) - a 20 m x 20 m (400 m2) area underlain by a concrete slab surrounded by a soil berm, located approximately 30 m northwest of the STF. This area can accommodate the temporary storage of hydrocarbon contaminated soil of up to 750 m3.

• The TSSA will be used in the event of a release that produces volumes of contaminated soil in excess of the capacity o of the STF. Contaminated soil will be transferred to the STF as soon as adequate space becomes available or it will be classified prior to being shipped off site for disposal at a licensed facility. 2. Allow for the discharge of up to 1,000 m3 annually of remediated soil that meets the BC Contaminated Sites Industrial Land Use standards applicable to the site to be discharged from the STF to HVC authorized waste rock dumps. Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed amendment and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Director, Environmental Protection at 1259 Dalhousie Dr, Kamloops, BC, V2C 5Z5. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

Dated this 22nd day of February 2022. Signature Contact person: Gregory Lee, P.Eng. – SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. on behalf of Teck Highland Valley Copper Telephone No: (250) 320-0402 E-mail:

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NOTICE PURSUANT TO MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TENANCY REGULATION – PART 6 TAKE NOTICE that unless the owner of the manufactured home described below takes \possession of the manufactured home described below, establishes a right of possession to the manufactured home or makes an application to the Court to establish such right within thirty (30) days from the date of delivery of this notice to the owner’s registered address and the publication of this Notice, the Landlord described below will sell the manufactured home described below. Name of Tenant: James Sputnik Hamilton Description of Property to be sold: 1974 Country Lane 74-01-SS Registration No.: 04550 Serial No.: 52122BRCKFLSS Address of Residential Premises: Pad 10, 201 Larkspur Street North Kamloops Trailer Park Kamloops, BC V2B 2M5 Address where manufactured home is being stored: Pad 10, 201 Larkspur Street, North Kamloops Trailer Park Kamloops, BC, V2B 2M5 Name and address of Landlord: Pilger Properties Ltd., doing business as North Kamloops Trailer Park, c/o 109 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 1Z4 Employment

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Employment Housekeeping staff needed at busy motel part-time or full-time. No experience necessary, will train. Please call 250320-2490 or 250-8521956. Looking for automotive dismantler in auto wrecking, must have tools and mechanically inclined. Must be dependable and work without supervision. 250-314-0022.

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Electronic application submissions will be accepted until February 25, 2022. If interested, please send your resume along with three references to humanresources@sd58.bc.ca or online at www.sd58.bc.ca, click on Jobs, Support Positions, and Current Job Opportunities (Job Code 3191395). Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted

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In Loving Memory of Marion O’Grady April 1934 March 2, 2021

Mom, its been one year since you’ve been gone and missed, But our hearts still ache, because you were our wonderful Gift.

Love your children

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Robert Charles (Charlie) Hanaghan July 28, 1932 - February 3, 2022

Charlie, born in Kingston, Ontario, grew up in Camden East, Ontario, running free with his friends and coconspirators, finding adventures and taking risks. Charlie relived those adventures all his life, through the stories he shared. Charlie married his life-long partner, Jean Hanaghan (née Richmond), December 27, 1952, and died shortly after their 69th anniversary. Charlie is survived by his wife Jean, and his sons Bob (Charolette) Hanaghan, Jeff (Trudy) Hanaghan, and daughter Claire Hanaghan. He is survived by his grandchildren Shelly (Jeff) Peterson, Brent (Kassandra) Hanaghan, Caleb (Chelsea) Hanaghan, Carla (Shawn) Karst, Tanya (Leighton) Garfield, Claye Hanaghan, and Maci Dyck, as well as great grandchildren Sydney, Hayley, Taylor, Cale, Charli, Emery, Farron, Lev and Fen. Charlie was predeceased by his son Stephen Hanaghan and his grandson Jessie Hanaghan. For a full obituary, visit; www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Pasquale (Pat) Dimora It is with heavy hearts that the family of Pat Dimora announce his passing on February 23, 2022 at the age of 65 years. He was predeceased by his father Giuseppe (Joe) Dimora. Pat will be forever remembered by his wife of 39 years Carla, his mother Teresa, his brothers John (Linda) and their children Dina and Ryan; Vince (Cari) and their children Katie (Chad) and Jenny; Nick and his children Joey and Jadelynn and his sister Sina (Paolo) and their children Jordan and Kailey. Also left to mourn his passing are his father and mother-in-law, Marlen and Lola Laine of Kamloops and his sister-in-law Rana Antoniak (Ted) and their son Mitchell of Pitt Meadows, BC as well as numerous cousins and friends. Family was the most important thing in his life. He enjoyed family gatherings where songs were sung, stories were told and laughter was plenty. Pat will be remembered as a hard working, kind soul who would always help out a friend whenever he could. He always had a smile on his face, loved to socialize, was a great story teller and had a great sense of humour. He enjoyed camping, travelling, listening to his music and spending hours on the computer. Pat has touched so many people in so many ways. His passing is a void that we will all feel as we navigate through the rest of our lives. He lived life to the fullest and will be forever missed in our hearts. Prayers for Pat will be recited in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 7:00 pm. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Vijay Martin OCD in the Church on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 11:00 am. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Mary Helen Patricia (Pat) Watson Mary Helen Patricia Watson (Pat) (née Jayne-O’Brien) was born May 16, 1941 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was raised in Saint Joseph’s orphanage and later residing at the home of the Good Shepherd’s in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the age of 16 she met her future husband William James Watson (deceased September 19, 2019). They married November 15, 1957 and raised five children. Predeceased by son Joseph (2008) and daughter Kimberly (2007). Survived by son Bill Jr. and spouse Mona, daughters Candace, Terri Lee and spouse Nick, grandchildren Leahann, Tyler, Kelsey, Conor, Adamo, Sophia and great-grandchild Kimberlyn. Our mother was passionate about God, family, friends and community. Her love encompassed her grandchildren, music (Elvis), guitar, piano, home renovations, animals and softball. She rigorously advocated for the most vulnerable, exposing atrocities in the residential institutions she resided in. She fought for the rights of the seniors often speaking to the Prime Minister’s office MP’s and MLA’s. Our mother was a creative soul, had a beautiful singing voice and could jive like a jitterbug. She was a ball of energy, fire, fun and love. She was the heart, soul and strength of our family. Mom (Pat) passed away peacefully with her family by her side at Kamloops Seniors Village on February 11, 2022. Gratitude to our brother Bill and his wife Mona for going above and beyond in caring for Mom in her last few years. Our family wishes to thank all the wonderful staff who cared for Mom.

Mom, you will be dearly missed. Soar with the angels. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mom’s name to the BC Alzheimer’s Society. Thank you.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ike Pelzer on February 17, 2022 in his 89th year.

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Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large as she was when she left my side & just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of her destination. Her diminished size is in me, not her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone, there are other eyes watching for her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout “There she comes!”. by Henry Van Dyke

THE TIME IS NOW If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true aﬀection ﬂow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me,

He is survived by his loving wife, Kay, of 68 years, three sisters Elfriede, Karen and Sharon, three daughters Susan, Sherry and Carel, seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren along with other extended family. Ike was born in the Rush Lake area of Saskatchewan on August 24, 1932. As a child he moved with his family to BC where they resided in the Lower Mainland. He met his wife in high school and they were married shortly after her graduation. Ike had a variety of careers including working on the tug boats in the Fraser River, in a fish processing plant, psychiatric nursing, and finally construction. He started out being involved in home building then moved onto commercial construction, including a number of tall skyscrapers in Vancouver, the Interior, Calgary and also Mica Dam. Family was always most important to him and he loved to be in the presence of a gathering of them, large or small. After years of failing health, he is now at peace.

Someone once said “No one in this world will love you like a good Dad” Thanks Dad for all your love over the years. We will all miss you dearly. No service by request Condolences may be expressed at SchoeningFuneralService.com

Melvina Jane Fedora

December 24, 1941 - February 19, 2022 Melvina, (Wife, Mom and Baba) passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Kamloops, BC at the age of 80. She leaves her love and husband of 61 years, Martin Fedora. Her children Clifford, Colleen (Kerry) and Corinne, eight grandchildren Taylar (Peter), Taya (Matt), Devin, Chelsea (Tory), Courtney (Justin), Austin, Reid and Abel (Brandon), seven great-grandchildren Charlie, Rosie, Beau, Maya, Eli, Kaisha and Connor. Also survived by brothers Melvin (Betty), Ritchie Charlie (Betty), sisters Judy, Donna, Cindy (Barry), Christine (Raymond) and brother-in-law Arthur. Also, numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Melvina was born in Lamont, Alberta and raised on the family farm between Tofield and Chipmen, Alberta. She married Martin in 1961. They lived in Edmonton, Prince George and finally settled in Kamloops, BC. Melvina will be remembered for her beautiful smile, her contagious laugh and her love for her family. A Funeral Service was held at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Saturday, February 26, 2022. Donations Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of All Saints, 1044 8th Street, Kamloops, BC. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home Condolences may be sent to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

Please tell me now. If you wait until I am sleeping, Never to awaken, There will be death between us, And I won’t hear you then. So, if you love me, even a little bit, Let me know it while I am living So I can treasure it.

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I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is on object of beauty & strength & I stand & watch her, until at length, she is only a speck of white cloud just wheret he seas & sky meet and mingle with each other. Then someone at my side exclaims, “There, she’s gone!”

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Muriel Methot

April 8, 1932 - February 26, 2022 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Muriel Methot (Gadsby) in Kamloops, BC on Saturday, February 26, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Muriel was born April 8, 1932 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan and later went on to do many amazing things. Muriel married the love of her life Ron Methot and together they raised two sons. Muriel leaves behind her husband Ron, her son Bradley and daughter-in-law Shelly from Williams Lake and her son Cary and daughter-in-law Pam from Kamloops. She also leaves behind family and friends that she thought the world of. Muriel also had three grandchildren that were the loves of her life. Brayden Methot, Britany Methot and Kylee Methot.

Leila was born and raised in Kamloops, growing up in Dallas, where she developed her love for nature. She graduated from Kamloops Senior Secondary, and went to work as a legal assistant upon her graduation. She worked for many years in law firms, but left that career behind to start her own successful landscaping business, Hands on Yard Care. She continued working her magic in the garden, until she retired. She always cared for and surrounded herself with pets, dogs, cats, birds and an abundance of fish, both in her garden pond and in beautiful aquariums. She is survived by her best friend and loving husband, Bob Rye, and by her brother Larry (Marilyn) Vanstone and nephew and niece, Jason and Pamela. There will be no service at her request.

The family would like to thank the staff at Ridgeview Lodge for the care they gave mom.

Donations may be made to BC Heart & Stroke Foundation or the SPCA.

Ken Fraser (aka Red Top) Ken Fraser (aka Red Top) passed quietly among family February 8, 2022. Ken was born in Olds, AB on December 4, 1937 and grew up on the family farm near Huxley, AB. Ken was a prolific builder and entrepreneur. He owned Red Top Construction and worked all over British Columbia. Upon retiring he pursued his passion for travel by taking his motorhome across Canada and to the southern US and Mexico. He spent most of his retirement travelling, visiting friends and donating his time and skills at Pioneer Acres Museum, not far from where he grew up in southern Alberta.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated for Muriel on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church at 11:00 am, with a reception to follow.

Condolences may be sent to the family at drakecremation.com

He is survived by his partner Gerry Bulley, daughter Janice, son Richard (Catherine) and their daughters Jordan (Peter Dalley) and Sydney.

Rest In Heavenly Peace Mom

Yvonne Kathleen Dickie

Ken was a successful businessman, a builder and an adventurer. His stories and friendship will be greatly missed.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Yvonne Kathleen Dickie (née Brennan). Yvonne passed away on February 17, 2022 at Royal Inland Hospital.

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Patrick Joseph Belanger

March 17, 1936 - February 17, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce that Patrick Joseph Belanger passed away in his sleep. Patrick was born in Kenora, Ontario. He was predeceased by his parents Alfred and Malvina Belanger, his brothers Henry and Bobby and his sister Marie Williams. Patrick is survived by his loving wife Annel of 58 years, his three daughters Lisa Belanger (Dave Schultz), Angela (Dick) Biro, Lori (Jim) Gilliland, grandsons Rylan (Karli) and Marcus (Michelle) Degenhardt (Lisa), Lachlan and Logan (Lori/Jim) Gilliland, Lucas and Landon (Angela/Dick) Biro and great-grandchildren Hudson and Henslee (Marcus/Michelle) Degenhardt. Patrick will be missed so very much. We are comforted to know he has gone to be with the Lord. To read Patrick’s full www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com

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Yvonne was predeceased by her husband Garth, parents Yvonne and William Brennan, brothers John and Willie, sisters Ann (Phillipi), Helen (Clark). She is survived by brother James and sisters Norah (Williams) and Mary (Weetman). Her smile and positive outlook on life will be remembered by her six children Teresa McDonald (Ray), Dy-Anna Gillett (Wayne(d)), Jim Dickie (Rae-Anne), Glenna Cooper (Dave), Wayne Dickie (Marilyn) and Angela Cail (Steve). As well as her treasured fourteen grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. Celebration of life will be held at a later date at the Heffley Creek Hall. Condolences may be expressed at SchoeningFuneralService.com

Leon Muir It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Leon Muir. Leon will be dearly missed by his children: Taylor Muir McLellan, Curtis Muir, grandmother Marion Muir, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, and the love of his life Nakayla Benton. Predeceased by his mother Dale Sarnosky, his father Curtis Muir and his grandfather George Muir. Leon was a proud father and friend to everyone. He always had a passion for the outdoors whether it was fishing, camping or a barbeque in the backyard. He enjoyed the company from his family and friends but most importantly his rock, his grandmother, Marion. Leon loved his family immensely. A celebration of life for Leon will be followed in the near future.

Thomas (GRUMPY TOM) Ralph Lloyd

Leon, you were taken far too soon

It is with great sadness that the family and friends of Tom Lloyd wish to announce his passing on February 26, 2022.

Howard John Walker

He leaves his wife Marty, sons Kenneth (Christine) and Scot, and many nieces, nephews, and many friends to mourn his passing.

Howard passed away peacefully at 67 years of age from cancer. Resident of Kamloops for many years.

Tom spent most of his life as a truck driver, hauling flat decks and trailers around the province for various trucking firms. His happiest years were when he was driving for Kal Tire out of Kamloops. The company made him feel like a member of the family, even though they tagged him with the nickname of “Grumpy Tom”. They just didn’t know him very well.

He is survived by his mother Ruby Walker of Oliver, sister Terri (Bryan) Brimacombe, and nephew Bobby and niece Becky. He will also be missed by his chosen families of good friends that he knew in Kamloops.

Tom requested that there be no formal service, and that his ashes be interred in the family plot in Sooke, BC. The interment will take place sometime in the summer.

The family would like to thank Dr. Farren and Kamloops Hospice House for their care. Memorial contributions can be sent to the Kamloops Hospice Association.

February 8, 1939 - February 26, 2022

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Gerald Baron Boulton (Barry) If you asked a hundred people who Barry Boulton was, they’d all give you a different story. His charm, humour and friendship was unmatched. He was born in Vancouver, BC on January 27, 1958. Growing up in Kamloops, with his siblings, Clive and Bronwen Boulton, he spent most of his childhood on the river in Dallas. Barry lived and breathed trucking. His life consisted of logging and gravel hauling. However, he always had a childhood passion for flying. He received his pilot licence at age 19, but soon there after became a logger full time. Barry had four (Luke) and Jodie loved always by children Madison, (Jodie).

daughters, Jennifer, Amanda, Samantha (Matthew) who he loved dearly. He was those four girls and their four beautiful Miranda (Samantha), Colton and Carson

In 2003 Barry moved to Prince George where he spent most of his remaining years with his best friend and loving partner Brenda Melenka, who he created a beautiful life with. Barry was a character. Everyone who met him remembered him for something! On February 5, 2022, at Kamloops Hospice, Barry left us peacefully in the early hours.

He will always be with us in a song, a joke and in a giant bear hug.

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Edward “Ed” Percy 1940 - 2022

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Harry (Floyd Walter) Larsen August 12, 1928 - February 23, 2022

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Edward “Ed” Percy of Kamloops, BC, on February 16, 2022, at 81 years of age. Ed was predeceased by his loving wife Patricia Percy. Ed moved to BC in the mid ‘60s from Ontario with his best friend to try and make a better life. He started a janitorial service which he did very well for several years. In 1973 he and his wife Patricia, and step-family, moved to Kamloops. There, he drove highway bus for Greyhound for a couple of years until he managed to get on with BC Transit. He worked there for over 40 years, even joining them again after retirement. Ed was a hardworking, motivated man that was never afraid to tackle a business idea. After moving to Kamloops, he was always intrigued by the transportation business. He started several companies over his lifetime, and worked them mostly successfully, all while still holding on to his full-time employment. May people who rode the transit will remember him, as he was always a friendly man, but still professional. In his private life, Ed was literally the guy that would give the shirt off his back to help someone. Be it someone with a flat tire, broken down on the side of the road, or someone needing money for food, he would always give what he could. He will be sadly missed. A private family service for Ed will take place at a later date. The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the staff at Overlander Extended Care, and the Hospital Staff for their care during COVID. Condolences may be expressed to the family from www.myalternatives.ca

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Harry (Floyd Walter) Larsen on February 23, 2022 from lung cancer. He was predeceased by his wife Marjorie in 2005 and his grandson Evan. Survived by Chris (Elaine), Pat (Bruce) and Connie (Basil); grandchildren, Brooke, Lisa and Kirk and greatgrandchildren Kirk, Evangaline, Britta and Signe and close friend Beverlee. Dad always had itchy feet and after raising the kids in Burnaby, BC, Dad and Mom moved up north to Taylor, followed by Kamloops, Osoyoos, Vernon, New Westminster and finally settling in Kamloops when they retired. Dad immediately joined the Heritage Bridge club playing duplicate bridge three times a week right up until Covid restrictions. He loved playing cards mainly poker and duplicate bridge. No service by request. Next time you are having a cup of tea raise your cup to Dad. Condolences may be expressed at SchoeningFuneralService.com

Barry, we love you. In lieu of flowers, donations in Barry’s name to the Kamloops Hospice would be greatly appreciated.

Christine Maria Espig Christine Maria Espig passed away peacefully on February 19, 2022. She spent her final day peacefully, with her son and daughter-inlaw at her side. She was born on March 3, 1943, in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to Kamloops, where she spent the majority of her time in Canada. She became a proud Canadian in June of 1974, but her Austrian cuisine was legendary to those that knew her. Mom leaves behind her son Peter (Akiko) and two grandchildren Kevin, and Thomas. She not only loved her grandchildren, whose photos adorned the entire house, but also the family dog Mochi. She is predeceased by her husband of 27 years, Gangolf Baab. While friends referred to Gangolf as “Con,” to Kevin and Thomas, he was their “Opa.” Together with Con, she loved the outdoors and would hop in the fifth wheel or head to the Little Scott Lake cabin, where they would ride ATVs and horses, as well as go fishing. Grandma and Opa, would often take the grandkids and Mochi on outdoor excursions that included her Austrian specialties. In between camping trips, she often found the time to visit Japan and became an avid connoisseur of yakiniku and yakitori. Mom spent the past two years in Vancouver at the German Canadian Care Home so that she could be closer to her Peter and Akiko. German Canadian Care Home staff would often comment on how proud she was of her son and pleasant she was to everyone in the home. The family would like to express great gratitude to all staff at the German Canadian Care Home for its exemplary care. Private Service by Request.

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Garth John MacLean

February 10, 1939 - December 28, 2021 Born in Barrhead, AB on February 10, 1939 Passed away in Kamloops, December 28, 2021 With tremendous heartache, we wish to share the passing of Garth on December 28, 2021 while holding hands with his “sweetheart”, Regina. Garth and Regina met as teenagers 65 years ago and have been married for 62 years. Garth is survived by his wife, Regina and their children and their spouses and their grandchildren. Son Ron (Meag), Chevy, Coda, son Mike (Duey), son Jake (Muggs), Taylor (Chaylene), Cohen, Kayson, daughter Jackie (Jake), Bailey (Sam), Sydney (Kellen), daughter Glenda (Brian), Caelen (Kayla), Rhean (Ryan), Joslyn. He is also survived by his sister Lorna, sister-in-law Marlene and many nieces, nephews and their families. Garth’s main enjoyments were his family first; and then fishing and playing crib. He was a vital member of North Kamloops Elks and a past member of North Kamloops Royal Purple. Garth’s two last requests were lovingly granted. We will forever miss him with so much sadness Also his strong sense of humour, which he shared with us until his passing. We will remember our adventures, share our memories and love him more than always.

Drake Smith, MSW Funeral Director Every Wednesday in KTW! Q. Green cremation? A. Frankly, the cremation process uses a lot of fuel. There’s concern over emissions from the mercury in teeth and from breast implants. Some funeral homes use OSB when building their cremation containers. That produces a chemical reaction when burned. Probably the greenest thing would be to wrap the body in cotton and bury it. But there are laws against that, too!

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Many thanks from Garth and all of our family to Dr A. Cribb for her care and compassion. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

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Jim was a very ingenious man, who was determined to improve the efficiency of his sawmill. With the help of many like-minded people, he succeeded, with his use of narrow kerf saws and the subsequent high recovery documented by the Forest Products Laboratory in the British Columbia Lumberman (February and November 1969) and by Canadian Forest Industries in March 1969 Visitors (111 in seven months) came from around the world to tour the mill, and Jim was hired by Evans Products to design their mill at Lillooet. After Jim and Glenn sold the company in 1978, Jim also designed a mill in Lytton for Lew McArthur. Jim loved to golf. He learned to play at Williams Lake, practiced at the 9 hole course at the 103 Mile (and sometimes in a field on the Watch Lake Road near the Hinsche ranch), and became a member of the 108 Golf Club when it first opened. He was the chair of the Cariboo Open Golf Tournament for several years in the early 1970s, in the days when the pros came to play! In the early 1980s he worked on the revitalization of the 100 Mile Hall with members of the 100 Community Association, after the hall had fallen into disrepair following the opening of the 100 Mile Arena. Jim generously supported a number of charities over the years, including the Shriner Children’s Hospitals, the South Cariboo Health Foundation (SCHF), the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation in Kamloops, and the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation. For over 30 years Jim and Sheila wintered in Palm Desert, California, enjoying the warmth and the golf. They played regularly with the ‘Brown Baggers’; many of whom were fellow BC snowbirds. They also enjoyed travelling and were able to see many parts of the world including the traditional motorhome trip across Canada. Jim leaves behind to cherish his memory his daughters Lorna McMillan (Robin Johnson), Leslie Watson (Jamie), and Barbara McMillan (Yen Jong) and grandchildren Sheila and Ian Johnson, Alex and Michael Watson, and Sophia and Brian Jong, brother-in-law Alan Boyd (Janet), sisters-in-law Shirley McMillan and Leslie Ginther, and numerous nieces and nephews. Jim was predeceased by his wife Sheila, his parents and his siblings Archie, Alex, Ross, Mary Higgins, Clarence and Glenn. Thanks to Lisa and all the staff at Kamloops Seniors Village for their kindness and support during Dad’s residence there. Thank you to Dr. Malan for his treatment of Dad and to Dr. De Villiers and Brianna for their compassion in delivering MAiD to Dad.

Born on April 29, 1922, in Hyrdlovka, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), the family of four immigrated to Canada in 1927. Settling in the Crowsnest Pass, in the tiny mining village known as Maple Leaf, Dad’s future may well have been mapped out as a coal miner. However, that was not the future that his father, also a talented musician, wanted for his son, so Dad’s musical training on violin and clarinet started at age six. Years of practice and dedication paid off and at seventeen years of age he received a scholarship to study music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in London, England. However, with the outbreak of war, alternate plans had to be put into place, so instead of sailing off to England, he boarded a train for Toronto to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Two years on, after completing his studies, he signed up and joined his father and other musicians from the Crowsnest Pass in the Royal Canadian Army Services Corps Band, based out of Red Deer, Alberta. Within three months he was deployed to Montreal to the ranks of what became known as The Canadian Army Show and from that time on served wherever required, be it Canada, The United Kingdom, Italy or Continental Europe. The purpose of the Show was to provide live Canadian entertainment to front line troops and with the infamous Canadian duo of Wayne and Shuster in the Show, Dad’s wartime stories were worthy of a prime time movie. Fortunately, this part of Dad’s life was chronicled in the website: spiritofcanada.com/veterans/stories After being discharged from the war in 1946, Dad settled in Lethbridge, Alberta, where, along with his father, they set up the Hosek School of Music. Many community bands and orchestras throughout Southern Alberta came into fruition under their tutelage. In 1948 he married Patricia Haz, who also arrived in Canada as a child from Czechoslovakia, or Slovakia to be precise. Surrounded by both their families and friends of Czech/Slovak descent, raising a young family of three was ideal, with just the right mixture of city life and farm life. However, by 1957, an opportunity to move to Kamloops, BC and teach in the school system presented itself. So, with wife Patricia and three young children, the move was made. For the next thirty years or so, high achieving, award winning bands were the outcome of this career move. Teaching in the schools also meant summer and winter holidays, which in turn, meant lots of time for Dad to indulge in all the outdoor activities that he loved. Whether that meant transporting us kids up to Todd Mountain (Sun Peaks) in tiny VW Beetle or loading up the motorhome for a trip across Canada, Dad was always on the go. Probably one of his favourite pastimes was heading out into the back country around Kamloops and finding a nice little lake to go fishing on. Dad was predeceased by his wife Patricia, of sixty years and his eldest son Brian. He is survived by his son Don (wife Carolyn) and daughter Karen Jackson. For the last eighteen years Dad has resided in Kamloops Seniors Village, first in Independent Living and for the last eight years in Residential Care. Even with a profound loss of hearing and the ravages of Alzheimer’s, Dad always managed to make his caregivers smile, laugh and hug him. For this care and affection, we, Don, Carolyn and I will forever be grateful. Now, we say goodbye to Dad and send him on his way; on his way to Mom and Brian and an eternity of music. There is much comfort to be had in believing that Dad may once again pick up his beloved violin and music may soar from it’s strings. He’ll be playing his favourite, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, if I’m not mistaken. Bravo Dad! We Love You. Condolences may be expressed at SchoeningFuneralService.com

A celebration of Jim and Sheila’s lives will take place later, when we can gather in large numbers. Donations in Jim’s memory can be made to the Canadian Red Cross or a charity dear to your heart. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com

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It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our father, Frank Hosek, who passed away on February 20, 2022, at 99 years of age. As a longtime resident of Kamloops, he will be remembered as a gifted musician, who introduced hundreds, if not thousands of students to the love of music during his thirty year tenure as a music teacher at Kamloops Senior and Junior High Schools.

We are saddened to announce the death of Jim McMillan, age 94, on February 11, 2022 in Kamloops, BC. He passed at Kamloops Seniors Village.

In 1949, Jim met Sheila Boyd of North Vancouver at a dance at the Watch Lake Hall. The couple were married in April 1951. Jim and Sheila’s first home was the cookhouse at Jim’s logging camp on the East end of Canim Lake. They moved to Lone Butte in November 1951, to the 108 Mile Ranch in 1975, and then to Kamloops in 2011.

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Jim was born at the family ranch at Horse Lake, BC. He was the second youngest of nine children born to Oma Augusta and Robert Davidson McMillan. He spent much of his life in the Cariboo. Jim did most of his schooling in Lone Butte. After completing grade 8 in 1944, he joined four of his brothers in the sawmilling business at Horse Lake. From February 1946 to March 1947, Jim served in the Navy, as a Stoker on the H.M.C.S. Uganda. He then returned to Horse Lake and the sawmilling industry, working with his brothers. In 1949, Jim and his younger brother Glenn logged for the Jens brothers of Canim Lake Sawmills. In 1950, they incorporated their business as McMillan Contractors and soon after started a portable bush mill before building a permanent mill at Lone Butte in the early 1960s.

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MARILYN GIESBRECHT Executive Financial Consultant CFP®, RRC®

Marilyn is proud to be associated with IG Private Wealth Management for over 24 years. Over her time with IG she has helped hundreds of families structure their income for a prosperous, tax-efficient retirement while also ensuring they transfer as much wealth to the next generation as possible. Marilyn works with a select group of high net worth clients and business owners, managing their wealth and implementing strategies to enhance their legacy. Marilyn cherishes her three lovely grown daughters. She enjoys international travel, the outdoors and is an avid kayaker. As a widow, she deeply understands the importance of planning for all situations including the unexpected. Marilyn is involved with numerous charities, including the Kamloops Hospice Association and has completed several mission trips go Guatemala with Wells of Hope.

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Kelsey works with multiple generations of clients to realize their dreams through sound financial planning. She specializes in guiding families to enhance their financial results beyond what they have been able to accomplish on their own. Kelsey develops long-term relationships with her clients to accumulate and maintain wealth and protect their loved ones so they can spend more time doing the things they enjoy. Kelsey is passionate about providing business owners, retirees and professionals financial confidence and clarity through holistic planning strategies. She believes deeply in empowering people through personalized service and trusted advice that they deserve. When not with her clients, Kelsey keeps busy with her two children, her loving husband and their golden lab. She enjoys spending time at their lake house at the Shuswap, travelling and exploring the outdoors. Kelsey is a proud member of 100 Women Who Care- Kamloops.

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated.

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Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias. Peter Milobar, MLA Kamloops – North Thompson 618B Tranquille Rd, Kamloops, BC Phone: 250.554.5413 Toll Free: 1.888.299.0805 peter.milobar.mla@leg.bc.ca PeterMilobarKNT/ @PeterMilobar

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Women have made a profound impact on world history, but their stories weren’t always told in great detail. From leading armies to breaking down medical barriers and heading nations, women have been at the forefront of historic events for millenia. This list of influential women is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to recognizing great women who made their mark throughout world history. • Artemisia I: Artemisia was the ruler of the city of Halicarnassus at the time of the Persian Wars (499-449 BCE). When Persian emperor Xerxes the Great went to war against Greece, Artemisia was the only woman among his commanders — and she led five ships to battle. • Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Attorney Ginsberg taught at Rutgers University Law School and then at Columbia University. Ginsburg was a staunch supporter of women’s civil liberties and gender equality. Ginsburg was named to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993, becoming the court’s second woman justice, as well as the first Jewish woman to serve on the nation’s

highest court. • Charlotte Brontë: One of three famous literary sisters, Brontë contributed to the world by penning books that are still enjoyed as classics today. Her best known work is the novel “Jane Eyre,” which drew from her own experiences as a student and governess. • Rosa Parks: Often described as the first lady of civil rights, Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott and other movements to end racial segregation. • Benazir Bhutto: Bhutto was the first democratically elected woman to lead a Muslim country. She studied at Radcliffe College and Harvard University in the United States and later at Oxford in the United Kingdom. Bhutto served two stints as prime minister of Pakistan. • Mother Teresa: From Yugoslavia, Mother Teresa devoted her life to religious vocation and serving the poor. She received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work and was canonized in 2016.

The Many Women of Dearborn Ford The automotive industry strives to have 20 percent of its staff represented by women. We are pleased to say that at Dearborn Ford that number is 40 percent. We have a solid staff of professional women in Automotive Sales, Controller, Finance Manager, Service Department, Parts, and Administrative Staff. These ladies excel in their roles at the dealership. We are pleased to serve the Kamloops area, including Salmon Arm, Merritt, Vernon, Clearwater,and 100 Mile House. Dearborn Ford is your premier retailer for new Ford vehicles such as the popular Fiesta, Mustang, and new Ford suv’s such as the Edge or the Escape and of course new Ford trucks. We also have an extensive selection of premium certified used vehicles. Our team is here to make your auto shopping experience fun, easy and financially advantageous.

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MEET A KAMLOOPS TRAILBLAZER Arlene Ball is a Kamloops Fire Rescue firefighter — and she happens to be the first-ever female firefighter in the city. Ball was recently highlighted by the department on its Facebook page and featuring her as part of International Women’s Day seems like a good fit. Ball grew up in the city she now helps protect and made history in April 1999 when she became the inaugural female firefighter on the second-oldest fire department in British Columbia.

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Pangilinan giving women a national voice Kamloops Chamber of Commerce executive director Acacia Pangilinan. DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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The executive director of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is now a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Council for Women’s Advocacy. The council is responsible for addressing the barriers facing women in the workforce and ensuring the perspectives of women are integrated into the national public policy development. Acacia Pangilinan accepted the invitation to join the council in February and is now gathering stories from women in business in Kamloops who have faced challenges with being a women in

the workforce. “I’ve heard from a few of our members talk about barriers with day care and how hard it is to juggle different components of your life, especially during the pandemic,” Pangilinan told KTW. “We’ve also heard about barriers for women entrepreneurs, having lack of access to funding to get started. But really, I’m looking to pull together women in our community to learn more about the barriers that are facing them right now.” Pangilinan said that, over the next few months, a major component of her role will be to speak with women of all different

walks of life and different parts of their careers, including those in business, and try to understand what challenges they face. “I think there are still barriers to climbing up a corporate ladder,” she said. “There’s barriers to asking for more help and there’s barriers and confidence with young people in the workplace, too.” Pangilinan has created a local advisory committee so people can share their stories, issues and the barriers they have faced because of their gender. The group will meet on March 8. See SHARE, B5

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“I have a perspective of a young woman in a leadership role in a notfor-profit, which is a very specific perspective, but I don’t have the perspective of a mother, you know, of someone who’s trying to get back into the workplace after having to teach school at home for the last number of years,” Pangilinan said. “So, I’m very much looking forward to learning from other people in our community.” As for how she ended up on the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Council for Women’s Advocacy,

Pangilinan said it was a random set of events. The Canadian Chamber had reached out to her, advising there was an opening on the council and that her name had been brought forward from some of her peers and the Chamber network. “So, they asked me to serve, which was incredible,” Pangilinan said. “ It wasn’t on my radar. I knew the work of the council, but I wasn’t sure if there was an opportunity for me, yet. It kind of sped up that timeline for me, which is awesome. In addition to not only having the Kamloops perspective, I get to talk about the per-

spective of the chamber network, which is really the way forward for a lot of these resources to get into the hands of businesses. To have that kind of voice at the table, I think helps the network deliver on these types of resources.” If you would like to share your story about challenges you have faced being a woman in the workforce, send her an email at acacia@kamloopschamber.ca. Pangilinan assumed the role of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce executive director in May 2019 and has been with the chamber in other capacities since 2015.

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Narrowing gender gap Gender equality in the professional arena has come a long way in the 21st century. But while great strides have been made over the last two decades, women still face challenges as they look to establish themselves professionally and advance their careers. According to a Statistics Canada report in 2021, women earn about 89 cents for every dollar a man is paid. To address this financial inequity, the federal government last year introduced the Pay Equity Act. The legislation means employers in federally regulated sectors with 10 or more employees have three years to identify and correct pay disparities. While still battling to join men on equal pay footing, professional women often must walk the thin line between being too nice or too aggressive, a pressure not often faced by men. Assertiveness is an art for both genders, so here are some tips to consider in the pursuit of becoming more assertive: • Be confident in your speech. It is easy to fall into “weaker language” habits when advocating for an idea. If unsure about the

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reaction to a proposal, you might say, “I think this is a good idea” or “I believe this will impart change.” More assertive language is to simply stand behind the point: “This is a good idea.” • Allow people to disagree. It is acceptable for others to disagree with you. This can lead to discussion and an opportunity to present evidence why something should be done in a certain way. It also enables you to point out the strong points in their argument. Listening to all ideas can sway people in your favour, even if they don’t necessarily agree with all in which you believe. • Be proactive and future-oriented. This is especially pertinent when asking for raises or promotions. Explain to a boss how you respect yourself and that your work merits the right compensation. Point out clearly defined future goals and successes you’ve had that warrant higher pay consideration. • Don’t fear conflict. Conflict doesn’t have to be confrontational, especially when respectable language is used and everyone is allowed to voice their opinions. Conflict can inspire great change.

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likely it is for today’s mothers and working females to provide essential financial support to their families compared to earlier generations. It can be empowering to be a sole or primary earner. However, this role also may place extra pressure on women who also want to be ideal mothers. While gender roles have become much more egalitarian, the traditional household dynamic, in which women take on more responsibilities around the house, remains predominant in many families. That can contribute to stress for women who work. A 2015 University of Chicago study found that opposite-sex couples in which women were the top earners reported greater relationship strife and were more likely not to endure as couples. The study also found that

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My name is Kassia. I have been with Kal Tire for about a year and a half now. Kal Tire has supported me in growing in both my personal life and work career. The learning opportunities I have been given with the company seem to be endless if I am willing to learn! Recently, I had the chance to purchase my first home with my fiancé. During the process, I was given more than enough time off and support to complete everything on time. Kal Tire has been very supportive in home-life balance. During my time so far, Kal Tire has provided a very fun and safe environment to work in. Between the three stores in Kamloops, I have enjoyed working at each, equally!

My journey at Kal Tire has been a wonderful one. The mission and values of KalTiire make me feel that my role is very important in the organization. I was the only female in my store at the time I was hired and, in this male dominated industry I can proudly say that I never faced any discrimination at my workplace and got equal or more opportunities than my fellow male workers. My ideas, my work style, my decisions, and my contribution are well accepted and appreciated. I remember some customers would want to deal with ‘men’ in my early months, but my managers were never afraid to school those customers and always made me feel more than capable to handle any situation. The fact that myself and the other lady working with me have the authority to make most decisions for the day to day running of the store says a lot about my workplace. Kal Tire not only says that it believes in equal opportunity, but it also proves it.

When I got a job as a sales and service rep at Kal Tire last February, I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting myself into, but I had faith that my years of customer service and sales experience would serve me well. I found that while the customer service and sales aspects of this position came naturally, I had A LOT to learn about everything from tires and rims, to brakes and bay flow. This seemed daunting at first, but I quickly found that everyone I’ve worked with has been helpful, patient, and eager to teach. My manager, Nic, has been an excellent role model, teacher, and boss, and always looks for opportunities or ways for our team to improve. The women that I have the pleasure of working alongside are friendly, smart, and tough as nails, and I’m so thrilled to see them dominating in a stereotypically male-led industry. I love coming to work, because I know that each day provides a new challenge, and new opportunities to learn.

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