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Environment Canada issues air quality advisory The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Inte-rior Health Authority, has issued a smoky-skies advisory for the entire Thompson, Fraser Can-yon, Nicola, and Shuswap areas because of forest fire smoke that is covering the area. Smoke con-centrations will vary widely as winds, fire behaviour and tem-peratures change. Persons with chronic underlying medical conditions should post-pone strenuous exercise until the advisory is lifted. Staying indoors and in air conditioned spaces helps to reduce fine particulate exposure. Exposure is particularly a concern for infants, the elderly and those who have diabetes, and lung or heart disease. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, contact your health care provider: difficulty in

Province-wide campfire ban in effect

A province-wide campfire ban has been instituted by the provincial wildfire management branch as of last Friday, July 3. Much of the province is experiencing the same conditions: sunshine

and heat, according to Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek. There is still concern about holdover fires that may pop up in the com-ing days after lightning swept across the province this week, Skrepnek related. There are more than 190 fires burning in the province including two new fires in the Kamloops area, which were reported Thursday. The first is 2.5 ha fire about 20 km west of McLure in the Shelly Lake area. Re-sponding to the fire are air tankers, a helicopter and initial attack crews. The second fire is east of Clearwater off Otter Lake Road. At press time, the size was still unknown, but air tankers and initial attack crews are responding.

breathing, chest pain or discomfort, and sudden onset of cough or irritation of airways. If you are experi-

encing symptoms, avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially along busy traffic corridors.

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Lotto Max jackpots to climb The cap on the top prize for the Lotto Max jackpot will climb from $50 million to $60 million, if the cash is not won in the up-coming draw. The lottery corporation has decided to increase the jackpot cap to $60-million, effective next week. The jackpot could climb as high as $60-million, starting July 17, said BC Lottery Corporation says spokesman, Chris Fairclough. If no one wins the current jackpot this Friday and the money car-ries over to next week’s draw, the pot will surpass the $50-million dollar maximum, he related. The Lotto Max jackpot has not been claimed in the two previous Friday draws, dramatically increasing the total winnings available. The capped $50-million top prize will be up for grabs this Friday, along with 25 separate Max Million prizes of $1-million each. Following the increase, the jackpot cap – or the maximum amount that the main jackpot can reach – will now continue to grow once the LOTTO MAX jackpot reaches $50 million. The new record level the jackpot cap can reach is now $60 million if the jackpot is not won. Maxmillions will still begin at $50 million and continue to in-crease after the jackpot reaches the new cap. The odds of winning the LOTTO MAX jackpot remain the same at 1 in 28,633,528 with each $5 play. The overall odds of win-ning remain at 1 in 6.6. The prize pool allocations for the 5/7, 6/7 and 6/7+ Bonus categories will change slightly to support the new, larger jackpots. Since Lotto Max launched in 2009, a $50 million jackpot has been won 29 times.

Date Artist Name Music Style 9 Mike MacKenzie Blues Band Classic Rock & Blues10 MiP HIJACKED by BC Living Arts (6:30 p.m.) Tributes to Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn, & the Band with special guest Van Damsel & Gleneagle Band11 MiP HIJACKED by BC Living Arts (6 p.m.) Tributes to Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, & the Band, with special guests, the Caspians, Kelly Spencer, & James Wolf12 Cécile Doo-Kingué Beautiful & Bluesy13 100 mile house English Folk Roots14 Wild T & the Spirit Blues15 Scattered Atoms Blues R&B16 Sally & the Melo Hearts Current & Classic Rock17 Sabrina Weeks & Swing Cat Bounce Blues18 Ben Klick Country Rock19 Impulse Response R & B20 Jane Perrett Classic Soprano & Show Tunes21 Ben Caldwell & the Folk Road Show Roots & Folk22 Cod Gone Wild Maritime Fun23 BCLC celebrates its 30th anniversary with Midsummer Music Jam featuring Catch 22; hosted by Mark Madryga24 Sarah Burton Rockin’ Roots Pop25 Sherman Doucette Blues Harp Extraordinaire26 Dave Lang & the Insolent Rabble Swing Jazz27 Twin Peaks Dynamic Duo28 Tanner James Band Folk Roots & Country29 Kirby Sewell Band Blues30 The Longriders Ultimate Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute31 Trama Rock

Free musical entertainment - all summer long - 7 to 8:30 p.m. Weather permitting. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and come early

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Music in the ParkAt Riverside Park (Rotary Bandshell)

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Date Artist Name Music Style10 Margit Sky Project Pop17 Nicole & Gerry Original Duo24 Dodie Goldney’s Instamatics Classic Rock31 Anita Eccleston Girl with a Horn

Free musical entertainment every Friday all summer long7 to 8:30 p.m. Weather permitting. Schedule subject to change.

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Police seek witnesses to Pemberton triple fatality

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HoroscopesJuly 13 - July 19, 2015

There can be conflict between what you want to establish & the obligations you’re expected to accept. This can generate much mental frustration that’ll encourage you to rebel. Don’t act on impulse. Give yourself time to consider the situation quietly. New ways certainly need to be established.

You know there are certain things expected of you & may realise that too much willingness to be generous on your part doesn’t make things easier for you. Decide what you’re happy to do & then find subtle ways to resist what you don’t want to accept. Speaking your mind fully can make things worse.

It may be time to sort out a new direction with finances, esp. in situations involving others. It may not be something you want but a great deal of pressure will be exerted, one-way or another. The greatest demand is more practicality on your part with either the little things or everyday habit patterns.

This week provides you with the chance to generate a new path with anything important personally. Expect major resistance from someone else though. This shouldn’t discourage you to fight whatever battle is necessary to get things moving down a path that fits in with your long-term goals.

Patience will be a virtue for you this week, as frustrating as it may be. There are new directions building up behind the scenes, & though you may sense a lot, there’s little you can do but wait. Get as much rest as possible as there’s been much to involve you of late. Home & family may need attention.

You can be up against varying opinions but it’ll be those that disagree that can bother you. These are challenging you to think about what are important priorities in your life. Be prepared to utilise people who are in a position to be of assistance. You can be shy here but there are those who just need to be asked.

Something needs to take a new direction in relation to your commit-ments. This is more about scaling them down than building them up. A good place to start is what your own wishes are & how any-thing at the moment impacts on your finances. Don’t expect it to please others entirely because they have been better off than you.

Future goals you need to set may start to become more obvious. Knowing how to balance out the manner in which you would need to personally commit yourself may not be exactly what you’d like but something you know you have to accept. This new vision can make you realise what needs to be worked on, on a daily basis.

Not much you can do at the moment but sit & wait while remain-ing alert to what others intend or want to do. They certainly won’t be considering you but it’s better to wait ‘til you need to respond. It can be like the past repeating itself. This time though you’re in a better position to protect yourself because of past experience.

New directions of some description will be established with someone else. It may also be that changes they decide to make will impact on your own position in a major way. Consider how dramatically this can alter things that have been in place for a while or represented security for you. It’ll test your resolve.

Now’s the time to adopt new daily routines – including your health, eating habits or being better focussed on exercise that would be beneficial. You may feel others are deserting you in some way. They may not be but may simply have other things to focus upon while they leave you to yourself.

There’s much to encourage you to pursue the more pleasurable side of life. At the same time, be mindful of not being impulse spending. It’s an excellent time to look into an interest that’d give you some pleasure. This may include something that en-courages you to develop your creativity in some way.

Pemberton RCMP are seeking three vacationers from Ireland that witnessed a fatal collision on May 31. The collision occurred just before noon on Highway 99, 25 km north of Pemberton between a vehicle and bicyclists. Two cyclists and a passenger in the suspect vehicle died in the incident. Investigators are hoping to speak to the occupants of a black Jeep Cherokee who were vacationing in B.C. from Cork, Ireland, at the time of the collision. The witnesses are described as an older male and fe-male married couple along with a female relative. The three visitors had been vacationing in Whistler and were on their way to Sun Peaks Resort when they hap-pened upon the fatal collision. Police believe the three visitors stopped to assist at the collision and may have information to provide investigators. “We are hoping that, through social media and this news release, someone will be able to connect us with the three visitors from Cork, Ireland,” said Cpl. Rempel of BC RCMP Traffic Services. Anyone who has any information about these visitors from Cork, Ireland, is asked to contact Cpl. Elizabeth Lynn of Sea to Sky Traffic Services at 1-604-815-8261 and reference police file # 2015-3228.

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DiD you know…?• Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional death in Canada.• There are about 100 deaths and 6,000 injuries from boating ac-cidents every year. Most are preventable. – NC

• At the BC Wildlife PArk: JUly aNiMal eNCoUNters: 10 a.m.: porcupine feeding; 11 a.m.: birds of prey flight show (except Tues); 12 p.m.: Kermode bear talk; 1 p.m.: bobcat feeding; 2 p.m.: birds of prey encounter; 3 p.m.: moose feeding. Kids sUMMer CaMps for ages 6 – 10: July 6 – 10; July 27 – 31; Aug. 17 – 21. FMI & regis-tration: bczoo.org/kidscampsage6to10.htm. sUMMer art CaMps – Ages 9 – 13: July 23 & 24: Animal Murals; Aug. 6 & 7: Owl Masks. FMI & registration: bczoo.org/artcamps.htm. 250-573-3242, ext. 226, ext. 259 or email [email protected].• WhAt’s Under the dome? Take an icon tour of the Ukraini-an Orthodox Church, 1044 Eighth St., Saturdays 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., or other days/times by request. Refreshments. Donations optional. Call 778-220-5584.• kAmlooPs symPhony 2015-2016 ProgrAm: Master-worKs: Sibelius’ monumental Violin Concerto, the colourful Pictures at an Exhibition, & Bizet’s Carmen Suite. KelsoN GroUp pops: Mas-ters in Motion Pictures, Dancing Queen, Life in the Fast Lane – Music of the Eagles. New Gold ChaMber MUsiC: 5 performances at TRU Alumni Theatre, 2 of which feature the Black Dog String Quartet & Sycamore String Quartet. Want to hear it all? Subscribe to the prestiGe series. Subscriptions at Kamloops Live! Box Office, 250-374-5483.• 14th aNNUal VW tUrtle riVer rACe Sun. Sept. 20. 3 prize packages per race to be won! Tickets: $10 each or 3/$25 from 250-374-3000 or Save-On-Foods; Cooper’s Foods; Ocean Pacific; Purity Feed Farm & Garden Centre; Home Hardware Building Centre; Volk-swagen of Kamloops; Surplus Herby’s; Andre’s Electronic Experts; Kamloops Live Box Office, 250-374-5483.• let’s dAnCe, hosted by thoMpsoN Valley aCtiVity & soCial ClUb (TVASC), July 18, 8 p.m. – midnight, at Kamloops Curling Club, 700 Victoria St. Music by the band, refleCtioNs. Tickets: $10 from Zonia, 250-372-0091, Francoise, 250-372-3782, Ed, 250-374-2774.• ProjeCt X theAtre at Prince Charles Park, the Merry ad-VeNtUres of robiN hood, & the shaKespeare show: or how the illiterate soN of a GloVer beCaMe the Greatest playwriGht of all tiMe July 13 – Aug. 1. FMI: www.projectxtheatre.ca.• kAmlooPs fArmers’ mArkets sat. on the 200 block of St. Paul Street, & wed. on the 400 block of Victoria Street. Fresh local produce, entertainment, other locally made items, ‘til Oct. 31.

• the Big little sCienCe Centre, 655 Holt St., open for public drop-ins Tues – Sat, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., with daily hands-on fun in the exploration rooms; interactive science shows at 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Standard entry fees apply, unless otherwise stated. July is ELECTRIC-ITY Month! July 7 – 11: statiC eleCtriCity show. Time for a Science Centre Hair Do. Discover fun static activities you can try at home, plus have the powerful van de Graaf Generator make your hair fly. Week of July 21 – 25: MaGNetisM show. Discover the connection between electricity & magnets! Move objects without touching them: just like magic! Enjoy the science tricks while learning about magnets. Call 250-554-2572. Sat. July 25: BLSC SPeAker SerIeS: laNdiNG oN Mars; a talk with NASA Engineer Luke Dubord. 6 – 6:47 p.m.: talk for young-sters & families. 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Full lecture, in the Barber Centre (HOL190), in the House of Learning, TRU. Tickets: $5/person or $10/family at the BLSC, or blscs.org (follow the Landing on Mars link).• UnPlUgged ACoUstiC jAm sessions, on the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month (July 20), at the Alano Club, 171 Leigh Rd., 7 – 10 p.m.; hosted by Perry Tucker & the Good Gravy Band. No cover. All acoustic musicians welcome. Call 250-376-5115.• BroCk CentrAl lions ClUB meets the 1st & 3rd Thurs. of the month (July 16) at 6:30 p.m. at the Brock Centre for Seniors In-formation, 9A – 1800 Tranquille Rd. New members always welcome. Call Victor, 250-554-8031.• KaMloops seNiors aCtiVity CeNtre hosts Bingo every Tues at the Brock Seniors Activity Centre, 1800 Tranquille Rd. (by Coopers). Doors: 5 p.m. Games: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. 19+ event; fully licensed concession.• droP in AdUlt BAdminton at the OLPH Gym (rear entrance), 635 Tranquille Rd., every Tues, 7 p.m. Mixed group of players; interme-diates – advanced. Cost: $5. Birds supplied. Call Robert, 250-579-0193.• shAmBhAlA meditAtion groUP offers meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Sat drop-in 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Mon 7 – 8:30 p.m.; Thurs 7 – 9 p.m. with available meditation instructions. 433B Lansdowne St. Call Liz, 250-376-4224.• gAmBlers AnonymoUs meetings Thurs, 10 a.m. at Desert Gar-dens, 540 Seymour St. Call Wally, 250-679-7877, or Sunny, 250-374-9165.• kAmlooPs trAVel ClUB, an informal group that gets togeth-er regularly for weekly meetings to talk about travel at The Art We Are. Call James, 250-879-0873.• moUnt PAUl United ChUrCh thrift shoP, 140 Labur-num St., open Tues & Thurs, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.• rUBe BAnd practises most Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Old Yacht Club, 1140 Rivers St. New members welcome. Call Bob Eley, 250-377-3209.• kAmlooPs QUit smoking support group meets every Thurs at Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.

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Summer is the season to kick back in a hammock or in a chair on the dock and read a good book that will transport you somewhere else. The Amnesty International Book Club now has a year and a half’s worth of stimulating and thought-provoking Canadian books selected

by top award-winning Canadian authors. The big difference in the Am-nesty Book Club selections is that each discussion guide contains an Amnesty action you can take on the issue the book raises. This month’s book, chosen by guest reader Esi Edugyan, is The Pur-chase by Linda Spalding which won the 2013 Governor General’s Award for Fiction. Among the Amnesty backlist are award winners such as Sweetland by Michael Crummey, Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald and the classic The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Guest readers include Nino Ricci, Steven Galloway, Emma Donoghue and Jane Urquhart. Membership in the Amnesty International Book Club is free. To see the full list of books, readers and discussion guides, or to join the book club, visit www.amnestybookclub.ca or call toll-free 1-800-266-3789. – NC

Great books recommended by great authors

As temperatures rise, summer vacations, BBQs, camping, the cot-tage, swimming, outdoor sports and getting that boat out on the wa-ter are at top of mind for many Canadians. For many, water activities are a key part of summer life. Taking responsibility for using your boat safely will help you enjoy a long and lazy summer. Here are some tips to remember:• Wear a lifejacket or a personal flotation device (PFD): More than 80 per cent of all boating deaths are boaters not wearing lifejackets. Lifejackets only work if you wear them.• Check the weather before you go: Weather is an important factor when deciding to head out on the water. Be willing to change your plans if the weather conditions change for the worse.• Tell someone you trust where you are going and when you will be back: Friends and family who know your plans can help organize search and rescue if you’re late.• Don’t cruise with booze: Drinking when boating is a serious crime.• Take a boating safety course: Understanding your responsibilities on the water and taking basic safety precautions will reduce your risk of a boating-related incident. Taking the course and passing a test, earns you a Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC), which you need to operate a boat with a motor (except in Nunavut and North-west Territories) – unless you have another proof of competency.• Be prepared: A boating emergency can happen at any time. Make sure your boat has all required safety equipment on board and know how to use it. Make sure it is in good condition and works well. If you find a problem, fix or replace it before you go. Have fun boating, but be prepared before you head out on the water. Remember, a little preparation today can prevent a boating emergency tomorrow. – NC

Safe boating: Take responsibility


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Tips for staying safe on the lake this summer The Canadian summer provides us with the perfect setting to create lasting memories. The gorgeous weather and beautiful scenery have most Canadians determined to spend as much time outdoors as pos-sible. One activity that many Canadians will partake in this summer is boating. While boating is a great summer activity, it is important to keep in mind the safety protocol. Boating accidents occur regularly in Canada and cause around 100 deaths annually.• Always wear your lifejacket or PFD while on or near the water. It could save your life. Canada’s waters are cold year-round, so be prepared. Simply falling into cold water can cause cold water shock, which makes it difficult to catch your breath. If a person is not wearing a lifejacket, they have to fight to both control their breathing and keep their head above water. Many people drown just inches away from their boat or the shore. Today’s lifejackets and personal flotation devices are stylish, com-

fortable and designed for specific activities such as paddling, fishing, high-impact sports and cruising. So, choose it and use it.• Be prepared. Anything can happen on the water, so use this checklist to stay safe: • Check all safety equipment before leaving the dock. If it’s not in good working condition, replace or fix it before you go. • Check the most recent weather forecast. • Give someone you trust a trip plan that includes where you are going and when you’ll be back. • Bring local marine charts and ask local boaters about haz-ards, if you don’t know the area.• Take a boating safety course. Understanding your responsibilities on the water and how to take basic safety precautions reduces your risk of a boating incident. Anyone in Canada who operates a recreational boat with a motor must have proof of competency (except in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories waters). The Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) is the most common. You can get one by passing an accredited test with a Transport Canada approved course provider. It’s also good to carry: • Proof you passed a boating safety course in Canada before April 1, 1999. • A specified marine certificate. • A completed rental-boat safety checklist. Visitors to Canada operating a motorized boat must carry an opera-tor card or equivalent that meets the requirements of their own state or country. Have fun, but remember: a little preparation today can prevent a boating emergency tomorrow. To stay informed visit the Transport Canada Office of Boating Safety website at www.tc.gc.ca/boatingsafety. – NC

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