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KGHM Ajax will investigate the material beneath its historic Afton tailings dam west of Kamloops following release of the prov-ince’s Mount Polley disaster investigation.

The report into the collapse of the mine’s dam and subsequent flood of millions of litres water and sediment into Quesnel Lake was released on Friday, Jan. 30, and found an unstable clay layer beneath the dam became overstressed.

That instability led to the breach that flowed into the lake, the Quesnel River and, eventually, the Fraser River.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines has ordered all permit holders with tailings facilities to provide details by June 30 on the geology and soils beneath their dams.

“If those materials are present, the letters must also confirm whether sufficient inves-

tigations and testing were completed to properly understand the strength and loca-tion of those materials and that the dams were designed to account for those condi-tions,” said a statement from the province.

The B.C. Liberal government will also require establishment of tailings dam review boards, something already in place at Highland Valley Copper.

KGHM Ajax is responsible for the historic Afton mine tailings dam, a result of a land swap. Its facility is rated as “extreme” for impacts in the event of a failure, particularly loss of life from a downstream trailer park on the Trans-Canada Highway, as well as lower farms.

In an emailed statement to KTW, an offi-cial said engineers will study the material beneath the dam and release the results in the coming months.

The panel also recommended new

mines in this province use dry-stack tail-ings storage, something that was in KGHM’s first mining plan for Ajax, but abandoned in favour of a conventional dam in its reworked proposal south of Aberdeen.

The company declined to make a com-pany official available yesterday (Feb. 2) for an interview on the subject, saying it wants time to review the report.

At Highland Valley Copper, which also has tailings ponds rated as extreme for damage and loss of life from failure, a spokeswoman said the operation excavated material to improve dam safety years ago.

The mine has a number of tailings facili-ties upstream of Spences Bridge and the Thompson River.

The updated dam-inundation study for Afton’s tailings dam determined a wave in the event of a breach would eventually reach Kamloops Lake.

An RCMP corporal critically injured in a shooting while conducting a traffic stop in December is back in Kamloops.

Jean-Rene Michaud was transferred back to Royal Inland Hospital over the weekend after spend-ing more than a month receiving care at a facility in the Lower Mainland.

The 41-year-old was shot after pulling over a vehicle in Batchelor Heights in the early-morning hours of Dec. 3. Michaud underwent multiple sur-geries at RIH following the shooting and was airlift-

ed to a Vancouver-area hospital for treatment on Dec. 23 after his condi-tion deteriorated.

The shooting sparked an intense manhunt lasting more than 12 hours, eventually result-ing in the arrest of Ken Knutson — a 36-year-old who is now facing a raft of charges, including attempted murder.

A convicted killer with a lengthy criminal history, Knutson remains in cus-tody at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre.

He is due back in Kamloops provincial court on Feb. 12 for a potential bail hearing.

Mounties have not provided an update on Michaud’s condition other than to say he has been transferred back to Kamloops.

Last week, his wife issued a statement in which she said her husband is expected to overcome his injuries and in which she thanked the RCMP and the community for their support.

The shooting has prompted an internal RCMP investigation, which is running parallel to the crimi-nal probe of the incident.

Similar internal investigations were launched after RCMP officers were shot in Moncton last sum-mer and in Mayerthorpe, Alta., in 2005.

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The truth. The facts. The Truth about the Harvest Allocation Policy

There is significant misinformation about the way wildlife is managed in British Columbia (BC). This backgrounder attempts to clear up the incorrect information and provide an explanation of the way wildlife is managed in the province.

The Government’s decision on December 10, 2014 was the result of 10 years of exhaustive discussions between the BC Wildlife Federation, the Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia (GOABC), and the provincial government. Including talks with a neutral facilitator to help resolve this longstanding dispute. The Ministry made a balanced decision and neither party was satisfied. If the government is considering changing their decision based misinformation and a few radicals that want to destroy the guide outfitting industry, we will be extremely disappointed.

How do other jurisdictions allocate hunting opportunity between residents and non-residents?

Wildlife managers use a variety of tools to manage and allocate the harvest of big game animals. These tools include laws, regulations, licences, tags, and lottery systems. Most jurisdictions allocate hunting opportunity based on the available species tags for residents and non-residents. Please refer to Table 1 for examples of the true splits of allocated hunts in BC.

This decision will provide “…non-resident hunters the best deal in North America”

FALSE. Some jurisdictions

have a lower percentage of tag sales to non-residents than BC, while some have higher. In BC, the average share for the guide out�tting industry is 12% - consistent with neighbouring jurisdictions.

Have hunting opportunities for the resident recreational hunters been reduced?

NO. Overall the new Harvest Allocation Policy provides signi�cant increased opportunity for resident recreational hunters. Most hunts in BC are managed through general open season, tags purchased over-the-counter. This decision has no effect on these hunts.

This decision will result in “…5,000 fewer hunting licence sales for BC residents”

FALSE. Most of the species tags are sold over-the-counter. Last year the top 5 tags were:1. Mule deer – 81,596 tags

(over-the-counter purchase)2. Whitetail deer – 52,346 tags

(over-the-counter purchase)3. Moose – 39,049 tags (draw

and over-the-counter purchase)

4. Elk – 24,748 tags (over-the-counter purchase)

5. Black bear – 21,836 tags (over-the-counter purchase)

“…the Wildlife Harvest Allocation Policy which gives a larger share of hunting permits to BC guide outfitters and a smaller share of hunting permits to BC resident hunters”

FALSE. Resident recreational hunters have

approximately 88% of the opportunity for allocated hunts, in addition to the general open season opportunity - tags purchased over-the-counter. These hunts are not affected by the Harvest Allocation Policy.

“Foreign hunters have decreased, while the resident hunters have increased”

TRUE. With the implementation of this new Harvest Allocation Policy in 2007 (and other economic factors) the number of non-resident licence sales has decreased from 6,387 in 2005/2006 to 4,491 in 2013/2014. Over the same period, the resident hunting licences have increased from 85,633 to 102,113. The abolishment of the Long Gun Registry and the Hunter Recruitment and Retention Strategy are working to increase resident recreational hunters. Unfortunately, this increase in resident recreational hunters has put additional strain on an old draw system and is the cause of much frustration.

“Foreign hunters do not spend money in rural communities”

FALSE. Guide out�tting is the founder of the tourism industry in BC and an important contributor to rural economies. The guide out�tting industry brings $120 million of new money each year to the province. The average guided client spends $27,000 on their hunting expedition – very high value; low volume tourists. Almost all of this revenue is spent in BC on labour, improvements, infrastructure,

equipment, supplies, services, and taxes. ‘New money’ bene�ts all British Columbians including the non-hunting public.

“Why did the GOABC not want to fully implement the policy they agreed to in 2007?”

The GOABC supported the intent and guiding principles of the new Harvest Allocation Policy. As the �nancial impacts became apparent, the GOABC asked for an independent impact assessment. Economists and other experts con�rmed that the loss of �exibility (success rates, regional allocation, and access to vacant areas) created signi�cant unintended �nancial impacts to the industry. While there is some relief in the December 10, 2014 decision, the GOABC expects the policy

will still negatively impact the industry $3-4 million per year.

Government estimates this decision will be a change of 110 animals to the guides. Will this save the guide outfitting industry?

NO. Over the past 10 years we are down about 30% from the new Harvest Allocation Policy and the small increase from the December decision of 3.5% will provide little relief for our members. There are many small family businesses that will still have signi�cant �nancial hardship because of the new Harvest Allocation Policy.

We will be extremely disappointed if government is considering changes to their December decision based on misinformation and a few radical views.

SPECIES REGION GROUP ALLOCATION TAGS ISSUED TAGS-TO-TAGS

Moose Omineca Residents 80% 2,902 88%

Guides 20% 382 12%

Moose Skeena Residents 75% 1222 80%

Guides 25% 300 20%

Moose Cariboo Residents 77% 2,447 98%

Guides 23% 155 2%

Moose Kootenay Residents 81% 537 92%

Guides 19% 44 8%

Roosevelt elk Island Residents 87% 175 93%

Guides 13% 14 7%

Goat Thompson Residents 71% 165 92%

Guides 29% 15 8%

Grizzly bear Omineca Residents 64% 1529 98%

Guides 36% 26 2%

Grizzly bear Kootenay Residents 74% 320 97%

Guides 26% 11 3%

Grizzly Bear Peace Residents 64% 378 91%

Guides 36% 39 9%

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Table 1: True splits of allocated hunts in BC

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The Kamloops-Thompson school dis-trict is researching what it needs to do to bring a caged ladder and catwalks at Sagebrush Theatre up to code.

A technician with Western Canada Theatre was injured last year when she fell about 25 feet down a caged lad-der from one of the cat-walks above the stage.

WorkSafe BC inves-tigated and advised the school district the lad-der and catwalks do not meet today’s building code.

Art McDonald, the school district’s direc-tor of facilities and transportation, said his department is research-ing what work needs to be done. He said he’s not sure if the three 60-foot-wide catwalks and caged ladders will need to be replaced or can be upgraded.

McDonald said the district is in compliance with the WorkSafe BC order, having filed its plan to rectify the situ-ation.

WCT uses the theatre throughout the year — it just wrapped up its most-recent production there — but is working around the situation, McDonald said, “while we figure out what we are going to do.”

The theatre was built in the 1950s along-side adjacent South Kamloops secondary.

It has its last major renovation in 1977.

McDonald is hoping a capital-expenditure fund can be used to pay for the work.

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FAIRY-TALE FRIENDSHIPKayla Dillon has a chat with Cinderella during Family Literacy Day activities at the Henry Grube Education Centre on Saturday, Jan. 31. The half-day event featured local notables reading to kids as a fitting ending to Family Literacy and Unplug and Play Week.

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PATHOLOGIST TESTIFIES AT TRIAL

The victim of a deadly knife attack suffered what a foren-sic pathologist called “defensive wounds” to his arm, fingers and wrist.

Dr. James McNaughton, a foren-sic pathologist, testified yesterday (Feb. 2) on results of an autopsy he performed about a week after Albert Michell was found dead in an apart-ment south of Lytton in the Fraser Canyon more than six years ago

Cory Bird, 27, is on trial for sec-ond-degree murder in the death of Michell in August 2008.

McNaughton testified the body was in a state of “advanced decom-position” by the time the autopsy was done.

There were 73 knife wounds on

Michell’s body, in his trunk area extending to his neck.

Twenty-six of those wounds were on Michell’s back, with the remain-der to the front of his body, includ-ing to the neck.

He also had wounds to his wrist and arm. McNaughton testified such injuries are typically suffered when someone tries to fend off an attack.

McNaughton said stab wounds in the neck missed the major artery, vein, the voice box and windpipe, which typically result in death when they are struck with a knife.

A number of wounds penetrated Michell’s abdominal wall.

In its opening address to the jury, the Crown said Bird initially told RCMP he acted in self-defence, but later admitted that wasn’t true.

Earlier in the trial, an adult basic-education instructor who was an

acquaintance of Michell testified he drank three beer and smoked marijuana with Michell and Bird at an apartment unit near Boston Bar on Aug. 13 before going home to his own unit.

He testified there was no confron-tation in the room that evening.

The Crown alleges Bird killed Michell later that evening or in the hours of the next morning before fleeing to Montreal.

It is Bird’s second trial in connec-tion to the death.

Crown prosecutor Frank Caputo said during his opening address to the jury last week that Bird hitch-hiked across the country after the murder, eventually being taken into custody following a brief standoff with police in Montreal, during which Bird admitted to officers he had killed a man in B.C.

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Hussain Aljubaili smiles when asked how many of the dishes on his menu he learned from his mother,

“A lot,” he says. “Not all of them, but a lot of them.”

Aljubaili learned to love cooking from his mother at their home in Al Ahsa, in an oasis area of eastern Saudi Arabia.

Learning from his mother fuelled one of the large goals that led him to move his family to Kamloops a few years ago.

“I had three of them,” he said.“I wanted to learn to speak English,

to get my degree and to open a restau-rant.”

His English has progressed from an inability to speak the language to being fluent.

When this semester at Thompson Rivers University ends, Aljubaili will receive his master of business admin-istration degree — in no small part thanks to successfully fulfilling his third goal of opening a restaurant.

His partner is fellow TRU busi-ness student, restaurant manager and soon-to-be graduate Ali Altameel.

The restaurant, Ooh! Kabsa, is located right across from the univer-sity in the McGill Road location for-merly home to the U-District Lounge on the ground floor of the Landmark One condo/office development.

While some of the dishes are from his Saudi Arabian heritage, Aljubaili said other Middle Eastern cuisine is also represented, ranging from Lebanese to Egyptian to Iranian.

The restaurant had a soft open-ing on Jan. 2, with some family and friends, and has been open for busi-ness since.

Aljubaili said it’s attracted a lot of students and university employees.

“My goal is when you enter the door, you enter the Middle East and leave Kamloops behind you,” Aljubaili said.

To help create the atmosphere he wanted, Aljubaili has added some mementos from home and

installed an elevated flat area with cushions for those who want to truly experience eating a Middle Eastern dish — sitting on the floor, using their fingers instead of utensils.

As the restaurant chef, Aljubaili said the priority for him is for only healthy ingredients to be used in his recipes.

There are no beef or pork dishes, with the menu emphasis on chicken, fish and vegetarian — although he would like to add camel if he can find a supplier.

“I’m told it tastes a lot like moose,” Aljubaili said in trying to describe the flavour and texture.

A daily special is being added to the menu that includes dishes like kabsa (a red rice native to Saudi Arabia and the inspiration behind the res-taurant name), served with chicken or lamb, Iraqi or Irani kebabs, shawarma, falafel and hummus.

Ooh! Kabsa does not serve alcohol. Aljubaili said he was thrilled when

some of his professors from TRU’s school of business dropped in for a meal, with many of them praising him for taking an idea through to a business plan, locating a site, finding suppliers, creating a menu and atmo-sphere and opening to the public.

“They said, ‘Your dream is real now’,” Aljubaili said.

“And, not just this dream, but also getting my MBA and learning to speak English.”

Hussain Aljubaili (above in an elevated flat

area with cushions for those who want to truly

experience eating a Middle Eastern dish — sitting

on the floor, using their fingers instead of utensils) and at right with business

partner Ali Altameel.

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The chief operating officer of the Surrey-based manage-ment company that operates The Hamlets at Westsyde said staff are working with investigators and recovering from the shock of discovering one of their residents dead at the bottom of a stairwell.

Hendrik Van Ryk said it’s the first time the residential-care facility, which is run by H&H Total Care Services, has dealt with such a situation.

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 55-year-old Timothy Jay Pyett was found in his wheelchair at the bottom of the stairwell.

Van Ryk said staff immediately followed established proto-cols and procedures, reporting the death, advising the Interior Health Authority’s licensing department and calling the pro-vincial coroner’s office.

The IHA and the coroner are investigating, Van Ryk said, and he is waiting to hear if the health authority will be bring-ing in a quality-review team that might make recommenda-tions on more education for staff.

“You need to know we take everyone’s well-being seriously there,” Van Ryk said.

“This is not something you want to repeat.”Coroner Barb McLintock said there is no clear indicator of

what happened.

She said Pyett was not ambulatory and relied on a wheel-chair to get around the facility. Some time after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Pyett, still in his wheelchair, made his way to a stair-case and fell down it.

In Pyett’s obituary notice, donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada are requested.

Karen Bloemink, the IHA’s executive director for residential services, said a member of the health authority’s licensing department was at The Hamlets the morning after the inci-dent and the investigation continues.

Bloemink said the review will include a variety of aspects and identify any deficiencies that need to be addressed, from resources to education.

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Three people are expected to face charges after a four-month investigation into a gang-related Kamloops drug-trafficking ring culminated in a high-risk police raid last week.

RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said emergency-response offi-cers arrested seven people in multiple locations in the city on Friday, Jan. 30, including executing a search warrant at a

Sahali residence and making a number of high-risk vehicle stops.

Police seized 10 ounces of methamphetamine and cocaine, Bush said, as well as a shotgun and drug parapher-nalia.

The arrests came after a four-month investigation into a Kamloops drug-trafficking operation linked to an unnamed

gang. Bush said police expect to recommend charges against three of those arrested — two men and one woman.

According to Bush, the investigation is ongoing and more arrests and charges are expected.

All of the suspects have been released from custody on promises to appear in court.

None of their names have been made public.

Four-month police probe leads to mass arrests

A Kamloops woman is in custody thanks to an alert member of the public and the sharp nose of a police dog.

Just before 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, a witness noticed someone smash-ing the window of the Salvation Army thrift shop on Tranquille Road.

Police surrounded the building and called in a canine unit to help sniff out the burglar.

The RCMP dog found the suspect — a 28-year-old woman who is well-known to police — wedged tightly under a shelf.

Police said she was arrested without incident.

Mounties will likely rec-ommend charges of break-and-enter and possession of stolen property.

The woman’s name has not been made public.

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URBAN AG IS DELICIOUSChef David Tombs of Terra restaurant whips up a beet salad for the black box challenge at the weekend’s urban-agriculture open house at Northills Shopping Centre. The next open house is Saturday, Feb. 7, at Aberdeen Mall.The session will run from noon to 3 p.m. and will feature live entertainment, food demonstrations and a chance to comment on the city’s developing local food plan.Social and community devel-opment supervisor Carmin Mazzotta said the aim of the plan is to ensure Kamloopsians have a supply of fresh, local food.

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Community Innovation Lab at TRUGil Penalosa hasn’t

been to Kamloops in some time, but one impression of the Tournament Capital remains.

“What I remember is too many cars,” said Penalosa, founder of 8-80 Cities, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving public spaces and mobility in urban areas.

He will speak in Kamloops tomor-row (Feb. 4) as part of the Fresh Out look Foundations Community Innovation Lab.

The lab is a three-day mix of workshops and planning sessions aimed at making the city more sustainable.

Attendees will

include students from Thompson Rivers University, where the event is being held, poli-ticians, business owners and members of the public.

“We’re bringing people together to talk about how we can make Kamloops better envi-ronmentally, socially, economically and cul-turally,” said organizer and Fresh Outlook CEO Joanne de Vries.

Topics up for discus-sion include collabora-tion with First Nations, solar electricity and youth homelessness.

De Vries said the goal of the event is to encourage people with similar goals to meet and make plans that will tangibly improve the city following the event.

“That’s the key, that

communication will turn into collaboration,” she said.

Penalosa’s presenta-tion, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of Thompson Rivers University’s Campus Activity Centre, is free to the general public without register-ing for the full event.

As former parks com-missioner in Bogota, Columbia, Penalosa helped develop more than 200 parks in the city, as well as an open-streets program that blocks off 121 kilome-tres of city streets every Sunday for pedestrian use.

He now encourages cities of all size to look for ways they, too, can get more residents out of cars and into outdoor community spaces.

“I think there is noth-ing that governments could do that would have a higher impact on the lives of the citizens than to make it so two-car households are able to downsize to one, or the one to downsize to zero,” Penalosa said, pointing to Canadian Automotive Association statistics that put the average yearly cost of a small car at $9,000.

“They would feel like they won the lottery.”

To get people out of their cars — at least some of the time — Penalosa said cities need to support public transit, but that doesn’t just mean having buses available.

“It doesn’t matter how good public tran-sit is, it will never pick you up in front of your

house and drop you off at your destination.

“So, cities need to be friendly to the people walking or cycling as a connector to public transit,” he said, point-ing to sidewalks, street-lights and bus shelters as important pieces of the transit puzzle.

Residents in far-flung areas who may not be

able to walk, bike or bus easily to the core of the city also need easily walkable destinations, Penalosa said, including parks and shops that stock basic groceries.

Another sugges-tion to make people feel more comfortable on the streets — lower speed limits.

Penalosa recom-mends considering speeds of 30 km/h off main roads.

“If a car hits you at 30 kilometres an hour, there’s only a five per cent chance of being killed. If it hits you at 50, the chance rises to 85,” he said.

“If the cars are going by at 20 or 30, you feel safe and at ease.”

Penalosa said his goal is to create a city that is easily accessible to all,

which, in turn, encour-ages people to spend more time in shared spaces and become more connected to the community.

He believes cities that take on projects based on his philosophy are also more competitive economically.

“It’s not just some-thing fluffy, it’s not just something cute,” he said.

“We are living in a globalized world and, in today’s world, the best people can live any-where . . . So why would they live in Kamloops and not in Copenhagen or Melbourne or Vancouver? Quality of life.”

For more informa-tion on the Community Innovation Lab, visit communityilab.ca.

GIL PENALOSA:Cutting down on car use

is key to his message.

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Science World talks LNG in cityThe Science World Energy

Show is coming to Kamloops today (Feb. 3) and tomorrow.

The show at the Kamloops Coast Hotel and Conference Centre is part of the regional LNG energy seminars presented by the British Columbia Ministry of Natural Gas Development.

Featured at the free two-day event will be demonstrations exploring the science of how different energy sources are har-nessed and transported.

Some visitors may have the opportunity to participate in demonstrations.

Today’s events will run from

noon to 7 p.m. and will include the energy show, followed by a discussion in the LNG industry.

Tomorrow’s presentation will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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An accident on Highway 5 near the CN Junction Road in Kamloops sent one man to hospital and his newborn calf to the veterinarian clinic — which was the pair’s destination when the crash occurred on Thursday morning.

Kamloops Rural RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird said Mounties and paramedics were called to the accident scene at 7:22 a.m. with initial reports being that a vehicle had struck a deer.

Upon arrival, Aird said, police found the owner of a 2009 GMC truck standing at the back of his truck, being treated by paramedics. His truck was on its wheels facing south, with extensive front end, exterior, interior and under-carriage dam-age.

The truck, valued at $25,000, was totalled. Aird said officers found a newborn calf on the

driver’s-side floor of the truck, with extensive injuries.

The driver had been taking the calf to a vet clinic in Kamloops when the accident occurred. The calf was being transported in the cab of the truck.

The vehicle was travelling south of Highway 5 when it left the road, flew through the air and landed on the far side of a ditch.

Flying debris from the box of the truck, includ-ing a sandbag and a shovel, were thrown inside the rear cab window.

The driver was taken to Royal Inland Hospital with head injuries believed to have occurred when the calf struck him during the crash.

Family members arrived and took the calf to the vet clinic.

Aird said the driver could not recall what caused the crash.

The investigation continues.

Highway crash sends driver to hospital, calf to veterinarian clinic

With both city bylaw ser-vices and police reporting an increase in complaints about the city’s homeless popula-tion, Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller said a more co-ordinated approach is needed to address mental health and addictions issues in the Tournament Capital.

At meetings of the city’s co-ordinated enforcement task force and police com-mittee yesterday (Feb. 2), Mueller said while most types or crime are falling in the city, the number of calls related to public drunkenness, trespass-ing, mental health issues and panhandling all increased in 2014.

“I think we need to drill down into the root causes of some of these issues,” Mueller said.

“We have people that have mental-health issues, addictions issues, lots of social issues that come to play in all this — and we need all the partner agen-cies to come to the table and come up with a plan for how

we’re going to address it.”Jon Wilson, community

safety and enforcement man-ager for the city, said bylaw services also saw a “dramatic rise” in complaints about the city’s transient population last year, up to 311 from 141 the year previous.

However, panhandling calls rose slightly to 76 from 66, which he credits to an

increase in foot patrols in the downtown area.

Wilson said the rise in issues may be in part because of Kamloops’ reputation for providing support services.

“We’re the victim of our own success,” he said.

City plans to continue to run foot patrols downtown and monitor the situation, though Wilson said calls

could once again decrease on their own.

“It fluctuates year to year,” he said. “It just depends on people moving through.”

Gay Pooler, general man-ager of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association, has another solution she’d like to see in play — an expansion of the city’s panhandling bylaw that would make areas such as patios off-limits for solicita-tion.

Wilson said the city will likely review the bylaw this year, but said the city also has to balance panhandlers’ rights to be downtown.

Despite increased com-plaint numbers, Mueller said he doesn’t think the average person would have noticed a dramatic change in the feel of Kamloops’ streets.

“I think that at certain times there are certain indi-viduals we deal with who are active in the downtown area through panhandling and things like that and it raises some concern, but overall I think the general feeling is Kamloops is a safe place to live,” he said.

Crime numbers decreaseANDREA KLASSEN STAFF [email protected] BY THE NUMBERS

In 2014, Kamloops Mounties received a total of 39,020 calls for service, which was a drop of just over two per cent from the previous year. Local RCMP recommended a total of 13,961 charges in 2014, representing a decrease of more than three per cent. Crimes against persons dropped 19 per cent, while property crimes, drug crimes and tra� c of-fences were down eight per cent, 13 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively. Other federal statute o� ences dropped 13 per cent, while violations of provincial statutes — including trespassing and mental-health calls — showed an increase of 23 per cent.

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The mark of a good educator is one who continuously learns and improves his or her own skills.

We know teachers are a wealth of information — the go-to people for guidance on assignments, problems in the classroom, help with editing and even advice.

The role they play makes it easy for us to forget they are learners who benefit from mentors.

With the introduction of the teacher mentorship program in the Kamloops-Thompson school district, educators from numerous schools have the opportunity to improve their skills under the tutelage of a mentor — a fellow teacher in the commu-nity.

Developed by the B.C. Superintendents Association, the Ministry of Education and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, the teacher mentorship pro-gram was piloted last year in the Kamloops-Thompson, Haida Gwaii and Columbia-Kootenay districts.

The pilot year was a success and Kamloops-Thompson will continue the program until its review later this calendar year.

Those who want to par-ticipate, as both mentors and mentees, fill out an applica-tion outlining their skill sets.

Teachers who are looking for more experience in certain areas have the opportunity to

highlight the areas they would like to improve.

Mentorship topics can include communicating with parents, First Nations rela-tions, student assessment, developing new teaching tech-niques and adapting to a new grade level.

Some teachers want men-torship because they are new to the district or even new to the teaching profession.

Program mentors submit a similar application outlining their strengths.

Once applications are received, the district reviews and matches a mentor with experience in an area to a teacher with specific require-ments.

Funding is available for up to 20 pairs of mentors and teachers.

The majority of funds are used to support teachers’ release time — up to four days throughout the year.

Remaining funds are allo-cated to advise rural teachers.

Each participating district has its own committee and approach to the project.

For School District 73, the Kamloops-Thompson men-torship committee has done a remarkable job of pairing teachers and guiding them through facilitation of the pro-gram.

The committee provides training and group gatherings three times per year.

As with any occupation, there are times when people can feel overwhelmed.

For both mentors and teachers, the program has served as a form of support and encouragement during good times and bad.

More importantly, through discussion and education, the program reminds participants why they chose their profes-sion in the first place.

With a reignited spark, a sturdy support system and fresh ideas, teachers are refin-ing their skills to support career growth to the benefit of students in their classrooms.

Cara McKelvey is a Kamloops-Thompson board

of education trustee. KTW publishes trustees’ columns monthly. McKelvey can be

reached by email via the sd73.bc.ca website.

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WATCHING RATES WITH INTEREST

The move to lower the Bank of Canada’s key lending rate by 0.25 per cent last month caught most observers and analysts by surprise.

While the main reason for the surprise drop is economic uncertainty caused by the sharp fall in the price of oil, it will have many ripple effects.

The move means that interest rates will be lower for almost all loans.

While that can be a very good thing for people with variable rate mortgages, lines of credit and those about to renew their mortgages, it also may encourage some people to take on more debt.

For most Canadians, and particularly for younger people who own their own homes in B.C., that can be a very bad move as the burden of home owner-ship in the province is already significant.

Homes in Kamloops do not cost nearly as much as homes in the Lower Mainland, but neither are they anywhere close to the bargains that greeted house hunters a mere decade ago.

The result of all this is that younger first-time buyers have taken on larger amounts of debt to service their mortgages.

Because of this borrowing, they often have taken out other loans to meet other expenses, such as auto loans or payday loans.

The average Canadian debt level is over 160 per cent, meaning that people owe over $1.60 for every dollar that they make.

Lower interest rates will likely be beneficial to the larger Canadian economy, but people who already have high levels of debt should take advantage of them primarily to reduce their interest rates (and hopefully pay off their debts more quickly) — not to borrow even more money.

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Editor:Approximately five years ago, the provin-

cial government set aside additional land to provide habitat for the dwindling Wells Gray caribou herd.

At that time, I wrote a letter to the Kamloops Daily News, which stated that, for this plan to be effective, it was imperative a predator-cull program be simultaneously implemented.

At that time, I was severely criticized by the public and the so-called experts in the wildlife department who stated a predator-cull program

would not work in B.C.A wolf-cull program in the Yukon in the

1980s was extremely successful.When the additional land was set aside, the

caribou herd was estimated to be 200 in num-ber.

About five months ago, an individual from the wildlife department stated he was con-cerned as they now estimated the Wells Gray caribou herd had fallen to just 60 animals.

He also said it was believed to be because of predation.

The decision by the wildlife department five years ago has not only resulted in the decima-tion of the caribou herd, but it has created another problem.

I believe the herd will now become severely inbred.

In a few years, because of the stupid deci-sions made by the powers-that-be, we will not have to concern ourselves with this problem as there will be no caribou left to protect.

E.A. StratichukKamloops

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YOUR OPINIONA selection of comments on KTW stories, culled online

RE: STORY: MOUNT POLLEY DESIGN, STEEP ADDITION LED TO FAILURE:

“Tailings pond is a deceptive word.

“Go out to HVC and see what a tailings pond looks like. It should be referred to as tailings lake. It is huge.

“We were sick when we saw that and realized what would be so close to our homes.”

— posted by Jennifer

RE: LETTER: DISSECTING DRIVING HABITS IN KAMLOOPS:

“I have lived in both Vancouver and Kamloops and I can assure you the drivers in Kamloops win first place on the worst-driver contest between the two cities.”

— posted by James Falkener

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Editor:It would seem the shrill voices

of Kamloops Physicians for a Healthy Environment Society and Stop Ajax Mine have had their way with the provincial Environmental Assessment Office.

They were so upset someone had the temerity to offer a dis-senting opinion to their own on the community advisory group that they complained loud and

long enough to have the applica-tion process frozen.

Seriously?Are these people so afraid

of free speech and a dissenting (but nevertheless equally valid) opinion that they want to boot anybody that disagrees with their obviously much more enlight-ened (well, to them, anyway) position?

Their true colours are showing, folks.

This is a much bigger issue than pro- or anti-Ajax.

Those who would muzzle free speech obviously have a much larger agenda, a pretty high regard for their own highly dis-putable opinion and zero regard for anybody audacious enough to disagree with them.

I would be very wary of believ-ing much of what comes from these folks.

The community advisory

group, I thought, was supposed to listen to all views, not only the views of the “anti” crowd, whose minds are obviously already made up.

They’re not in the mood to brook any opposition to their entrenched position? Too bad.

In their quest for tolerance, they have become the most intol-erant of all.

Ken McClelland Kamloops

MSP PREMIUMS IN B.C. NEED TO BE MADE EQUITABLEEditor:

B.C. is the only province in Canada that charges health-care premiums. Many groups have long called for the government to stop charging MSP premiums.

While MSP premiums are being charged, they should be charged fairly. The rates in 2015 are now: Single: $72.00; family of two: $130.50; family: $144,

While I recognize a family of two could be a couple or a single parent with one

child, in many instances it will be a couple bringing two incomes into the home.

The single rate being charged has always been higher than half the family-of-two rate.

The single rate is now nine per cent higher than the family-of-two rate.

This difference will continue to increase unless the B.C. government makes changes to the rates to make them equitable.

I do not ask that they increase rates for children (indeed, if children were free,

this would be a benefit to both categories of family if there is only one adult in the home).

Single folks have long known about this inequity and should write a letter to their MLA, the minister of finance (Michael de Jong) and the minister of health (Terry Lake) and ask them to make the system equitable.

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Fostering the futurePROGRAM PAIRS ATRISK KIDS WITH HOMEBUILDERS

It’s so new it doesn’t yet have a name, but organiz-ers from the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of the Central Interior (CHBA-CI) and the city’s HomeFree Collective believe a new initia-tive could be big for the city’s at-risk youth.

Shelly Bonnah, CEO for Interior Community Services, said the program will see kids at risk of homelessness, in particular those aging out of the foster-care system, paired with local tradespeople for employment and mentorship.

“Ending youth homeless-ness is about more than find-ing housing for youth, though that’s a big part of it,” Bonnah said.

“The other big part of it is the sustainability part of it — keeping youth in their housing and finding meaning-ful employment, connections, mentors, all of those things.”

On the homebuilders’

end, CHBA-CI president Matt McCurrach said the program has the benefit of provid-ing more labour — a major demand in the construction industry — and an oppor-tunity for members to give back.

“Our industry is full of peo-ple who have been given an opportunity and people who aren’t necessarily the typi-cal office environment type people,” he said.

The organizations have chosen to focus on youth aging out of the foster-care system because research shows they are more likely to become homeless, Bonnah said.

She sees the program fill-ing some gaps the foster-care system can’t.

“It’s about the mentors in their life and having people around them — and a sense of belonging and all of those things that come along with employment,” Bonnah said.

“And all of those are the

things that aren’t really talked about, but those are the things that are really missing for people who have grown up in foster care.”

The two organizations are still in the process of pair-ing up their first youth with a local electrician and hope to involve about 10 kids per year.

McCurrach said the goals of the program will be somewhat flexible.

While the organizations are in discussions with Thompson Rivers University about edu-cations opportunities for those youth who find they love the trade they’re explor-ing, in some cases the pro-gram may be a shorter-term learning experience.

“All we can do is give an opportunity and it’s up to the individual whether they want to run with it and like it,” McCurrach said.

“Who knows — maybe it’s a career, but maybe it’s just a foundation of the real world and work ethic.”

ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF [email protected]

CorrectionThere are six limited entry hunts in the Kamloops region.Incorrect information appeared in a story on page A3 of the Friday,

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bull moose, mountain goat, grizzly bear, antlerless mule deer and bighorn sheep.

• The Thompson Rivers University researcher who brought Shoah vid-eos to be added to the campus library is Jeff McLaughlin.

The story on the collection published on page A7 of the Friday, Jan. 30, edition of Kamloops This Week included an erroneous first name.

STORMY INTO THE MISTBen Tokarek and his canine buddy Stormy head out on their daily walk in Batchelor Heights during a recent foggy morning, which has been a recurring theme in Kamloops this winter. Environment Canada is calling for sunshine and blue skies to make an appearance today (Feb. 3) and tomorrow before cloud cover returns on Thursday. The mercury is forecast to hot double digits by Friday.DAVE EAGLES/KTW

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On Jan.21, the Bank of Canada surprised many by cutting the overnight lending rate, a move that triggered further reductions to mortgage lending rates across Canada.

Consumers reacted almost immediately, with some real-estate sites reporting a 20 per cent increase in activity over the next 24 hours.

While perhaps an over-simplification, decreased lending rates spur invest-ment as more people bor-row more money, heating up the real-estate market, inflating house prices and pushing more funds into the economy as consumers feel more

inclined to refinance.While falling interest

rates are a “good news” story for the average con-sumer, there is cause for caution.

If one reviews the aver-

age five-year mortgage lending rate as per the Bank of Canada (bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/selected_historical_v122497.pdf), one can see quite quickly that our cur-rent rate environment is well below the average.

Looking back 10 years, the five-year mortgage rate hovered at the 5.8 per cent to 6 per cent range.

Going back another 10 years, Canadians were pay-ing rates between nine and 10 per cent on a five-year mortgage.

As the typical mortgage lasts for 25 to 30 years, it is entirely likely that new homeowners will experi-

ence rates in this range and it is imperative that they are prepared.

Take a moment to con-sider the effect of interest rates on a $300,000 mort-gage.

If paid back over a 25-year period, the three per cent mortgage (close to today’s rates) equates to a monthly payment of approximately $1,420.

At 6 per cent, this pay-ment escalates to nearly $1,920. At nine per cent, the payment jumps to nearly $2,500.

Most households would certainly be challenged to add $1,000 per month to their mortgage payment.

Yet, this is not beyond

the realm of possibility and certainly worth consider-ing as one looks to either purchase a property or refinance their existing resi-dence.

There is no question low interest rates are great for those of us with mortgages.

But, before you sign on the proverbial dotted line, ask yourself a few ques-tions:

• What changes may I experience in my house-hold income over the next five to 10 years? If currently a dual-income family, will we continue to be?

• If interest rates increase significantly, do I have suf-ficient margins (flexibility) in my monthly budget to

absorb these changes?If you are comfortable

with your answers to these questions, enjoy the low rates.

Use them as an opportu-nity to accelerate your debt repayments or to pursue additional investments.

If you are unsure of your ability to absorb higher rates in the future, it may be time to reconsider your expenditures and to make sure that your personal financial picture has an adequate margin.

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Lives can be ruined when victimized by a scam, but effective solutions are underway in your commu-nity — and you can help.

Next month is fraud-pre-vention month across the country, a comprehensive awareness campaign with the following action plan for all of us: Recognize it. Report it. Stop it.

Initiated by the fed-eral government and law-enforcement agencies, the proactive program is already empowering Canadians to act swiftly against fraudsters, who will stop at nothing to steal their money and identity.

Every year, countless Canadians fall prey to all kinds of scams — every-thing from fake lotteries and mobile phone scams to health and medical scams that prey on human suf-fering by offering magic weight-loss pills and miracle cures for serious illnesses.

Don’t let this be you or someone you care about.

“By recognizing scams and reporting them, con-sumers and businesses can protect themselves and assist in the fight against fraud,” said John Pecman, the commissioner of com-petition.

“During fraud-prevention month and throughout the year, the Competition Bureau works with our partners to help Canadians combat fraudulent activity.”

Keep these Competition Bureau tips handy to avoid being scammed, whether it is over the Internet, over the phone, by mail or in person:

• Beware of offers that seem “too good to be true.”

• Be vigilant when evalu-ating ads, whether for a job, a product or service offered online, over the phone or in print.

• Be wary of any unso-licited phone calls, e-mails, text messages or letters from

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• Before sending money or giving credit-card or bank-account details, be sure you understand what you are agreeing to.

It is also important to keep these tips in mind:

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• Trustworthy businesses almost never contact you or visit your home unan-nounced to ask for personal details, banking or financial information. They will not do so by e-mail, phone or text message.

• Legitimate lottery and

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• Sending money using a money-transfer outlet, also called “wiring” money, is like sending cash — you have no protection against loss.

• Testimonials can appear

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To report a scam, or to learn more about fraud-prevention month, here are some helpful options:

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Apenny per punch may not seem like a

financial commit-ment — but, it adds up quickly for someone who can take, say, 10,000 or 12,000 con-secutive shots.

“We didn’t realize how many punches we could throw,” said Angela Veltri, owner of the ladies’-only kick-boxing studio on Laval Crescent, Kix 4 Chix.

“We got a lot of money that way.”

Veltri, along with a team of about 20 women from her stu-dio, held a punch-a-

thon last year to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation during Heart Month in February.

Each group member canvassed friends, fam-ily and others in the community for pledges — seeking that penny per punch — and assembled at the studio to each punch a bag for an hour straight in support of the founda-tion.

“You get into a rhythm and you just go with it,” Veltri said.

“I was actually more pumped up at the end.”

They raised about $2,700 and, after the success of the event, Veltri was asked to act as ambassador this year and spearhead a new campaign called

Fitness February, tied into the month’s fes-tivities.

The goal is to cre-ate awareness and raise funds by engag-ing fitness facilities in Kamloops.

Lisa Verity, special events co-ordinator for the foundation, said Veltri was able to not only raise money, but educate herself and members of her studio.

“She was just a nat-ural fit,” Verity said.

Veltri is excited to take on a bigger role this year, rallying other fitness facilities, clubs, groups and individu-als to get involved and create their own fund-raisers, like the punch-a-thon.

“We do have a duty to raise awareness and

help prevent people from heart disease,” she said.

Kamloops Fit Centre, Be.you.tiful Fitness, F3Fit, No Limits Fitness, Kamloops Hot Yoga and Club Spych Health and Fitness have joined her so far.

While Veltri contin-ues gathering others, she is getting in the spirit by challenging them to beat Kix 4 Chix in fundraising.

Her gym is aiming for $5,000 during this year’s punch-a-thon and her group has nearly doubled in size.

“Everybody likes a good challenge, espe-cially in the fitness industry,” she said.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation will be out in the commu-

nity this month. Canvassers will be

knocking on doors and retirement homes are hosting Valentine’s Day teas and asking resi-

dents to dress in red to support the cause.

The Kamloops Blazers are also hosting a Show Your Love for the Blazers night at the

Feb. 14 home game.Some of the pro-

ceeds will go to Henry Brown, a Kamloops boy recovering from several heart surgeries after having been born with only three heart valves.

He will attend the game with his family.

Those who wish to get involved in Fitness February or donate to the punch-a-thon can contact Veltri at 3-953 Laval Cresc., calling 250-819-4121 or email-ing [email protected].

Those who wish to get involved in Heart Month can contact Veltri at 250-372-3938.

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Kamloops Fit Centre owner Mikkie Nettles is up for the challenge.

She will be skipping rope for at least two hours during a 24-hour skipping relay at the centre in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Fitness February.

She is asking others to join her by sign-ing up for a minimum 20-minute time slot and collecting pledges for the event, which begins on Feb. 27 at 6:30 a.m.

Those who take part get to keep their skipping rope.

Movies will play during the later hours.Those interested in participating can

call Nettles at 250-434-6767.

Be.you.tiful Fitness owner Chelsea Blair

(left) accepts a Fitness February challenge

from Kix 4 Chix owner Angela Veltri to help the Heart and Stroke

Foundation raise funds and create awareness

during Heart Month.

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Sabrina Weeks and Swing Cat Bounce (above) performed at the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts on Saturday, Jan. 31, while the who’s who of Kamloops dressed up for the event’s 1940s theme. Alan Shaver (bottom left), ministers Terry Lake and Todd Stone (middle), John O’Fee and councillor Ken Christian were among those in attendance. For more photos, go online to kamloopsthisweek.com.

glitz and glamourCommunity gathers for eighth annual Mayor’s Gala for the Arts

Leah Bucknell, Richard Wagamese and Noran Printing were the big winners at the 2015 Mayor’s Gala for the Arts.

The gala was held on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Kamloops Coast Hotel and Conference Centre and featured a full house and a 1940s Hollywood Glamour theme.

Lea Bucknell, an artist and educator who works across a range of visual-arts media, won the Emerging Artist Award. Also nomi-

nated were James Bethell, a musician and music producer, and Caitlin Goulet, a dancer, singer and actor.

“I’m pretty sur-prised by this,” Bucknell said as she accepted The Three Muses, the ceramic sculpture created for the Mayor’s Awards for the Arts by local art-ist Lori Sternig.

Award-winning author Richard Wagamese won the Literary Arts Award. Also nominated was Sylvia Olson, a writer,

retired teacher and co-ordinator of the Kamloops Writers Festival.

“To be recognized by my adopted hometown is really, really special,” said Wagamese, who is originally from Ontario and who has lived in Kamloops for 10 years.

Noran Printing won the Business in the Arts Award.

Also nominated were Academy of Dance and 4Cats Arts Studio. Noran co-owner Ryan Holowaychuk gave

a nod to his father when accepting the award.

“I owe a lot of my success to my dad for teaching me the importance of sup-porting the commu-nity,” Holowaychuk said.

“I know he guides me every day.”

Noran was hon-oured for its commu-nity support, which includes its involve-ment in JDRF Swing for the Cure, Ribfest, Chefs in the City, BC SPCA Fur Ball, Rotary and the ICCHA Wish Fund.

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The City of Kamloops will once again host the Healthy Hearts Fair in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Heart Month campaign.

The fourth annual event will take place on Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lobby of the Tournament Capital Centre.

The event will include education on healthy living, AED operation, CPR train-ing and emergency response.

It also features the Happy Hearts Pro-D Swim for $2 at the pool.

A face painter will be on site by donation to the foundation.

The city is hosting a number of other events during Heart Month:

• Wear Red Day on Feb. 20, to raise aware-ness for heart and stroke disease and pre-vention.

• Put Your Heart Into It!, encouraging attendance to fitness classes at the TCC with prize draws.

• Bike Your Heart Out!, counting the miles covered during spin classes to com-pete in a grand-prize draw.

Bundle up It will be National

Sweater Day on the campus of Thompson Rivers University on Thursday, Feb. 5 as its office of environ-ment and sustain-ability hosts the World Wildlife Federation event.

Last year, 102

people took part in the event; this year, the goal is 120.

Activities take place on Student Street in the Old Main Building from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to every-one at TRU.

On that day, the temperature will be turned down to 20 C in all campus build-ings.

Activities will include a photo booth for sweater-clad people to have their picture taken, a photo contest for TRU community members to model their coziest, coolest or craziest sweaters and free snacks.

Donations of clean, gently used clothes will be accepted and distributed to a local charity.

The Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association has jumped on board with the festivities again this year, joining FortisBC and other associations across the province for Turn Down the Heat Week.

In the last two years, the campaign has collected more than 10,000 sweaters to be donated to charities in need.

Each business takes a different approach during the event, which is on now until Saturday, Feb. 7.

Some offer sales on sweaters or hot drinks, while others offer information about energy efficiency.

Kamloops business-

es involved include: Academy of Learning, Big Boot Inn, Buzz’s Autobody, Cloverdale Paint, Community Futures Thompson Country, Dominion Lending, Goddyn and Associates, Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, Maurya’s Fine Indian Cuisine, Manhandler Barbershop, Oops Cafe, Scotiabank, Swiss Pastries and Chocolates, The Art We Are and The Bench Jewelry.

The businesses are collecting sweaters and donating them to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Emerald House.

Drop by one of the businesses this week to

make a donation.Participants are

asked to use the hashtag #turndown-theheatweek online.

Healthy employerThe Interior Health

Authority has been named a top employer in the province for the third consecutive year.

The competition is run by Canada’s Top Employers through its advisory board overseen by a profes-sor emeritus at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and a professor of management and labour studies at the University of Windsor.

Each year, the orga-

nization also holds a conference that focus-es on various manage-ment issues.

The IHA was praised for its ongoing employ-ee development, mentoring and tuition subsidies, maternity top-up payments to new mothers,providing new nursing employ-

ees with four weeks of paid vacation allow-ance when they are hired, topping out at 12 weeks for long-time nursing employees,and its program that helps employees prepare for retirement, including its contributions to a defined-benefit pen-sion plan.

The competition looks at various criteria including recruitment and retention, employ-ment standards, the physical workplace, work and social atmo-sphere, employee communications, performance manage-ment and community involvement.

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To celebrate, the organization is recognizing the selfless among us with monthly volunteer recognition Awards.

In January, the award was presented to Chris Karpes, who has been volun-teering at Oncore Central Services in its grocery-shopping program for 19 years.

Chris assists Kamloops seniors who are unable to go shopping due to health and mobility issues by shopping for them and delivering their groceries.

While this service is available each Thursday between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Chris arrives at Safeway in Sahali with his wife every Thursday at 7:30 a.m.

According to Oncore Services staff

member Isabelle Meunier, Chris is a superstar who comes in early to wire the phones.

The phone jack is several meters away from the station, so he has to set up sev-eral meters of phone wire along walls, doors and around equipment.

When he is done with that, he sets up a table and chairs and gets coffee and cookies ready for the seniors who come to Safeway to get help from volunteers with their grocery shopping.

By the time he puts everything away, Chris usually doesn’t leave until 12:30 p.m.

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His personalized and unique commit-ment to Oncore Services and the seniors they serve is an outstanding example

of how one volunteer can make a huge impact with simple acts of kindness.

About Oncore Central Services (Seniors Outreach Services Society):

For the past 25 years, Seniors Outreach Services Society (SOS), a non-profit organization, has been offering free services to assist seniors with inde-pendent living.

SOS is one of the only organizations in the Kamloops area lobbying for solu-tions to assist low-income seniors with ageing at home, not just finding tempo-rary solutions.

For more information, go online to kamseniorsoutreach.ca.

To learn more about volunteer oppor-tunities available throughout Kamloops, go online to volunteerkamloops.org or visit 705 Seymour St.

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The Thompson Blazers will have another town to recruit from for the 2015-2016 B.C. Major Midget

League season.Unfortunately, it’s not the town

they coveted.B.C. Hockey announced a

slew of changes to the recruit-ment boundaries for teams in the elite-midget league, one of which will see 100 Mile House added to the catchment basin for the Kamloops-based Blazers.

But, the city head coach Mark Chase was really hoping he would be able to draw from next year was Vernon.

“We were hoping they would

change that because it would benefit us more and it wouldn’t hurt Okanagan at all,” the second-year coach said. Currently, Vernon belongs to the Kelowna-based Okanagan Rockets.

Chase said Okanagan doesn’t often utilize Vernon, with the pre-ponderance of its players residing in Kelowna and area.

This season, three Vernon play-ers are donning the Rockets jersey. In the last five seasons, 14 different Vernon players have played for Okanagan.

“It’s definitely very, very low,” Chase said. He feels that had Vernon been added to Thompson’s region, it would not only allow more players from the city to play major-midget, but also improve the quality of the Blazers.

“That’s not giving kids the opportunity to play at that level that have the

ability from that area,” he said.Chase is hopeful more changes

will be considered down the road. Despite not being given access

to Vernon, Chase was grateful to

have another region from which to draw.

This season, the Blazers had to seek a special exemption from B.C. Hockey — allowing it to go outside of its catchment area to find three players and a goalie — in order to ice a team.

Forwards Josh DeCoffe (Vernon) and Jordan Rea (Vernon), defence-man Jacob Boston (Kitimat) and goaltender Aris Anagnostopoulos (Kelowna) came from locales out-side of Thompson’s boundaries.

“100 Mile, I don’t really know much about the region,” Chase said.

“So, the next step for me is to make sure I go out there and have a look and see what 2000-born players there are — that’s the second-year bantam — and then maybe there’s even a couple first-year midgets — ’99 born — that are out there playing.”

Also of benefit to the Blazers, Chase said, will be the introduc-tion of spring identification camps around the league. Teams will host the camps for players in their regions starting this season and will be able to commit to up to 12 players.

The Blazers haven’t yet set a date for their camp, but it will likely be some time in May.

“That’s exciting for us, obvi-ously, because now we can have an opportunity to go out and get these guys before they go off to the summer and before they start to make commitments elsewhere, which usually happens July, August,” Chase said.

KTW couldn’t confirm the impetus for the changes to the league, or what the future may hold for the BCMML, as B.C. Hockey was unavailable for com-ment.

Josh DeCoffe of the Thompson Blazers is from Vernon. Next season, the Kamloops-based major-midget club will not be able to recruit players from Vernon, as that catchment area will belong to the Okanagan Rockets of Kelowna.

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FOUR FOR FRIESENMitch Friesen had a tap-in power-play marker in the Kamloops Storm’s 5-0 win over the Chase Heat at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre on Friday, Jan. 29. He finished the game with four goals. Kamloops posted another victory at McArthur on Saturday, earning a 3-1 win over the Sicamous Eagles. The Storm are scheduled to meet the Eagles again in Sicamous tomorrow (Feb. 4). The local Kootenay International Junior Hockey League squad is next at home on Saturday, Feb. 7, when the Nelson Leafs are in town. Game time is 7 p.m. at McArthur.

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Congrats goes to KarpesVolunteer Kamloops is celebrating

30 years of connecting local non-profit organizations with talented volunteers.

To celebrate, the organization is recognizing the selfless among us with monthly volunteer recognition Awards.

In January, the award was presented to Chris Karpes, who has been volun-teering at Oncore Central Services in its grocery-shopping program for 19 years.

Chris assists Kamloops seniors who are unable to go shopping due to health and mobility issues by shopping for them and delivering their groceries.

While this service is available each Thursday between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Chris arrives at Safeway in Sahali with his wife every Thursday at 7:30 a.m.

According to Oncore Services staff

member Isabelle Meunier, Chris is a superstar who comes in early to wire the phones.

The phone jack is several meters away from the station, so he has to set up sev-eral meters of phone wire along walls, doors and around equipment.

When he is done with that, he sets up a table and chairs and gets coffee and cookies ready for the seniors who come to Safeway to get help from volunteers with their grocery shopping.

By the time he puts everything away, Chris usually doesn’t leave until 12:30 p.m.

He loads his car with grocery bags and he delivers the food.

His personalized and unique commit-ment to Oncore Services and the seniors they serve is an outstanding example

of how one volunteer can make a huge impact with simple acts of kindness.

About Oncore Central Services (Seniors Outreach Services Society):

For the past 25 years, Seniors Outreach Services Society (SOS), a non-profit organization, has been offering free services to assist seniors with inde-pendent living.

SOS is one of the only organizations in the Kamloops area lobbying for solu-tions to assist low-income seniors with ageing at home, not just finding tempo-rary solutions.

For more information, go online to kamseniorsoutreach.ca.

To learn more about volunteer oppor-tunities available throughout Kamloops, go online to volunteerkamloops.org or visit 705 Seymour St.

How you can get involved in volunteeringSpecial Olympics

Special Olympics Winter Games Volunteers: The 2015 Special Olympics BC Winter Games are coming to Kamloops from Feb. 19 to Feb. 22.

Positions include: special events, food services, accommoda-tions, media (16+ to volunteer or 13+ with parent/guardian); logistics, operations (sport) services (16+ to volunteer); security, medical (19+ to volun-teer), transportation (19+ to volunteer, Class 5 and Class 2).

250-828-3822 or 250-377-2053

or 778-257-1548

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

CIBC Run for the Cure Organizing Committee: Be part of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure organizing committee and a dynamic team raising funds towards breast cancer research in your local com-munity from March to November.

Positions include: co-run director, fundraising, co-run director, logistics. 19+ to volunteer.

1-800-561-6111,

ext: 242.

Elizabeth Fry Society

Resource Development Committee Member: Volunteers will work with the executive director and the fund developer to develop and implement the society’s fund develop-ment plans.

Includes assisting in the planning of the third annual Hearts for Homes Gala in November.

All the members will need to attend the reg-ularly scheduled meet-ings once a month.

Fundraising and event-planning experi-ence, high energy and passion for the soci-ety’s mission are assets. 19+ to volunteer.

250-374-2119

Oncore Central Services

Snow Angels Program: The volun-teers will shovel the driveways and/or walkways of seniors with mobility or health issues in their neigh-borhood within 24 hours of each snowfall.

Additionally, all vol-unteers will receive a free medium peppero-ni pizza from Domino’s

Pizza every time they shovel a driveway. 17+ to volunteer.

250-828-0600

BC Wildlife Park50th Anniversary

Gala Planning Committee: The BC Wildlife Park is cel-ebrating its 50th anni-versary with a gala din-ner event.

Seeking volunteers to join a planning committee. 18+ to vol-unteer.

250-572-4653

For more opportunities, go online to kamloop-

sthisweek.com.

Chris Karpes has been volunteering at Oncore Central Services in its grocery-shopping program for 19 years.

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Cole Ully and the Kamloops Blazers return to Interior Savings Centre tomorrow (Feb. 4) to square off against the Red Deer Rebels, who sit fourth in the WHL’s Eastern Conference.

Game time is 7 p.m.Ully opened the scor-

ing against the hometown Vancouver Giants in a 3-2 shootout victory on Saturday, Jan. 31, a night after the Portland Winterhawks cruised to a 6-2 win over visiting Kamloops.

The 19-year-old Calgary product also scored in the breakaway competition against the Giants, as did Jake Kryski, who beat Vancouver netminder Cody Porter to

clinch two points.Ully is tied for

seventh in WHL scoring with 65 points, 25 of them goals.

Connor Ingram made 32 saves in regula-tion and stopped both shots he faced in the shootout on Saturday. Cole Kehler was dinged with the loss against the Winterhawks.

In January, the Blazers were 7-1-0-1 with Ingram between the pipes.

Ingram, a 17-year-old from Imperial, Sask., had a save percentage of .929 last month.

The Blazers are third in the B.C. Division and eighth in the Western Conference, hold-ing a three-point lead on the Giants.

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Corryn Brown’s quest for national gold came to an end on Saturday, Jan. 31, in Corner Brook, N.L.

The Kamloops Curling Club rink, which includes skip Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Samantha Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser, was eliminated from the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Women’s Curling Championship, losing 9-4 to Ontario’s Chelsea Brandwood rink in a semifinal matchup.

“It wasn’t exactly the result we wanted in medal colour,” said Brown, who was stuck in Toronto until late yesterday night (Feb. 2) due to airplane repairs.

“We played a hard-fought week. It didn’t come out the way we liked, but we’re proud to bring home the bronze medal.”

With only three teams qualifying for the playoffs, the Kamloops rink was awarded

bronze for finishing third.

B.C. led heading into the eighth end against Ontario, but surrendered three in eight and another three in nine before conced-ing.

It was Brown’s fourth straight loss.

The Kelsey Rocque rink of Alberta was dominant at nation-als, securing gold with an 8-2 win over Brandwood in the women’s final on Saturday. Rocque fin-ished with a record of 10-1.

“We’re definitely proud of ourselves and Alberta is definitely deserving of the gold medal,” Brown said.

In the men’s championship game, Braden Calvert and his Manitoba rink edged Jacob Hersikorn and Saskatchewan 8-6.

Both Calvert and Rocque won national gold in 2014.

The 2015 world junior curling champi-onships get underway on Feb. 28 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Two Kamloops Curling Club (KCC) rinks will vie for men’s provincial curling gold this week at the Vernon Curling Club.

The Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men’s Curling Championship begins today (Feb. 3) and wraps up on Feb. 8, with the winner advancing to the 2015 Tim Horton’s Brier, which gets underway in Calgary on Feb. 28.

KCC teams DeCap and Nelson booked spots at the provincials by winning the A and B events at a qualifier in Vernon in December.

DeCap — skip Scott DeCap, third Ron Douglas, second Pat DeCap and lead Grant Olsen — downed Nelson — skip Darren Nelson, third Russ Koffski, second Jared Jenkins and lead Adam Windsor

— in the A event final in December.Nelson bounced back with a victory in

the B event final.Jim Cotter of Kamloops will skip a

Vernon-Kelowna rink that features third Ryan Kuhn, second Tyrel Griffith and lead Rick Sawatsky.

Sportsnet Pacific will air the seminal round on Feb. 7 and the final on Feb. 8.

DeCap, Nelson set sights on B.C. titlePictured from left are the Nelson rink — skip Darren Nelson, third Russ Koffski, second Jared Jenkins and lead Adam Windsor — and team DeCap — skip Scott DeCap, third Ron Douglas, second Pat DeCap and lead Grant Olsen.

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The Overlander Ski Club (OSC) is flush with excitement.

New heated wash-rooms opened on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Stake Lake ski trails, located about 20 minutes south of Kamloops on Lac Le Jeune Road.

After a summer of construction that featured hundreds of volunteer hours and generous donations by many local suppli-ers, the washrooms are ready for use by skiers and snowshoers alike.

Project co-ordinator and OSC member

Luc Guilherme said the project would not have been possible without the support of local suppliers and the donation of hundreds of hours of work from club volunteers.

OSC president Alan Vyse thanked the Aurora and Daybreak

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“Our customers have had to use pit toilets in the past and the washrooms make the experience of visit-ing Stake Lake more enjoyable, especially for families with young children,” Vyse said.

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It was the super-flip that was ultimately Brett Turcotte’s undo-ing.

The Kamloops snowmobiler landed the trick — a backflip com-bined with a Superman (when the

rider holds on to the handlebars but extends his legs out behind him, like Superman) — during his run at the Winter X Games in Aspen last month, but the impact of coming back to earth ended his race.

“It was definitely a pretty big pill to swallow,” Turcotte told

KTW. He was leading the race when his drive belt failed, causing him to lose all power to the snow-mobile’s track.

“But, I just tried to take it as learning and build on it for next year. ”

The Aspen competition, which ran from Jan. 21 to Jan 25, was the

27-year-old’s sixth trip to the X-Games, but his first com-peting in the snowmobile speed and style event, which combines racing with trick-ing.

In previous trips, he was a perennial favourite in snowmobile snocross — he described it as “a motocross race on snow” — winning a silver medal in the event in 2008.

Turcotte ultimately fin-ished the 2015 event in sev-enth place.

“As far as the X Games event itself, it went off awe-some,” he said.

“For me, obviously had a little bit of hard luck in the final, but I’ve learned a lot from that and I’m already looking forward to next year.”

It was an unfortunate

end to what had been a brutal few months for the rider. He had been pushing hard in prepara-tion for the X Games, his eye on a podium finish, and he had come a long way. Hours in the mountains and in the foam pit was yielding results.

It wasn’t until December that he landed his first backflip off a ramp and it was just a month later that he landed his first super-flip. It seemed everything was coming together in time for the X Games.

In spite of the disappointment, there was some good to come from Turcotte’s trip to Aspen.

“This year I feel like I went in there as an underdog,” he said. “In past years, when I went there as a snocross athlete, I was going in expected to be a front-runner and win and do well.

“This year, I went in, nobody really knew my gameplan, nobody knew what I had in my bag of tricks. I kind of just flew under the radar. I was careful what I posted on Instagram and Facebook, about what I had been doing.

“It took a lot of pressure off me and made it a lot more fun.”

Now back in Kamloops, Turcotte said he’s putting his ramp sled away for a while, instead heading back to the mountains for some powder riding and to get back to relaxing and having fun. A few videos are in his future, along with some clinics for Kamloops riders.

After all, at 27, Turcotte won’t be competing in the X Games forever. Kamloops will soon need other representation.

“[I want to] try and get some young up-and-comers some good quality snowmobile skills,” he said, “so that maybe, one day, they can do all the stuff I was able to do.”

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QUEBEC — Eugenie Bouchard will not play for Canada in this week’s Fed Cup tie against the Czech Republic at Laval University.

The decision was announced yesterday (Feb. 2) in a Tennis Canada release.

Prospect Charlotte Robillard-Millette of Blainville, Que., will fill the final roster spot after the world’s seventh-ranked player decided she would not compete in the first-round tie.

“Of course we are disappointed that Genie is unable to be available for this tie and we know her fans in Quebec City will be disappointed as well,’’ Tennis Canada president Kelly Murumets said in a statement.

“However, Genie wants to be the best in the world and win Grand Slams and she needs to make the

right decisions for her schedule and her training to give her the best opportunity to achieve that.

“Tennis Canada is fully supportive of Genie as she strives towards her goals.’’

Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., reached the quarter-finals at the recent Australian Open before losing to Russia’s Maria Sharapova. After the match, Bouchard said she had yet to make a decision on the Fed Cup, adding she planned to visit with family and take some time off to rest.

Tennis Canada named three members of its Fed Cup team last week but left the remaining spot open as it waited for Bouchard’s decision.

Bouchard’s absence leaves little star power in the best-of-five series. The Czechs will be without their top two players, as world No. 4 Petra Kvitova and No. 15 Lucie Safarova are

not on their team roster.The 16-year-old

Robillard-Millette joins Montreal’s Francoise Abanda, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Toronto’s Sharon Fichman on the team.

Bouchard won all four of her matches last year to help Canada reach the elite World Group I for the first time. She is entered in an indoor tournament in Belgium next week.

Team captain Sylvain Bruneau said he thinks Bouchard will play again for Canada in the future, add-ing he understands that busy sched-ules often impact top players.

“She’s no different than any other player in the top 10 on the female or the male side,’’ he said on a confer-ence call. “They don’t always play Fed Cup every single time that they are asked — or Davis Cup. It’s dif-ferent. She’s top 10, she wants to be winning Grand Slams and I think she’s going to be making decisions every single time if it’s good or not and I get it.’’

Bouchard’s agent informed

Murumets of the decision, Bruneau said.

Bouchard was not available for comment. A message left with her agent was not immediately returned.

The top-ranked Czechs will be heavy favourites against the eighth-ranked host side. The Czech roster includes 22nd-ranked Karolina Pliskova, Tereza Smitkova (No. 62), Denisa Allertova (No. 91), and Lucie Hradecka (No. 122).

Fichman is the top-ranked Canadian for the tie at No. 135. Dabrowski is next at No. 185 while Abanda holds the No. 230 position. Robillard-Millette is No. 57 on the ITF junior rankings list and No. 814 on the WTA list.

Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., was on the Canadian team last year but she’s still recovering from shoulder surgery.

The Czechs have been crowned Fed Cup champions three of the last four years.

PHOENIX — Less than 16 hours later, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was still stunned by the out-come while defending the decision to call a pass from the one-yard line in the Super Bowl’s closing sec-onds, a choice that will long be debated.

So close to another celebration. So close to becoming the next NFL dynasty.

“The shock of dis-appointment that this game gets away from us and goes another way right at the fin-ish line,’’ a sombre Carroll said yesterday (Feb. 2), before Seattle returned to the Pacific Northwest after the 28-24 loss to New England.

“It’s something that we have to deal with that in the long run of it will make us stron-ger and we’ll be able to put it in some kind of perspective. It’s pretty hard right now.’’

Carroll stood by the decision for Russell Wilson to throw from the New England one with 26 seconds left, a pass that was intended for Ricardo Lockette and intercepted by Malcolm Butler.

Carroll also defended offensive co-ordinator Darrell Bevell, who was widely criticized for calling a pass with Marshawn Lynch in the Seattle backfield.

“We’re so lucky to have him. He’s been absolutely instrumen-

tal in everything that we have done,’’ Carroll said.

“There is no reser-vation in that thought, and don’t make it out like there is, because he is an awesome guy on our staff and he is crucially important to our future as well.’’

Carroll said the clock and the Seahawks’ timeout situation dictated they would have to throw once and possibly twice from the one.

He gave credit to Butler for making

the interception and fellow cornerback Brandon Browner for jamming up wide receiver Jermaine Kearse on the play, creating open space for Butler to break on the ball.

Seattle decided to throw after seeing New England bring in its goal-line defenders, Carroll said.

The Seahawks were also attempting to melt as much time from the clock with Tom Brady standing on the other sideline.

“We easily could have gone otherwise but, when they sent their goal-line guys in, I know that we have the advantage on the matchups in the pass-ing game so let’s throw it. It’s OK,’’ Carroll said.

“One of those downs we were likely to throw the ball — maybe two of those downs we would have thrown the ball depending on how we had to save the clock. We had to get all of our plays.’’

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PHOENIX — Authorities say former NFL lineman and Hall of Famer Warren Sapp has been arrested on

suspicion of soliciting a prostitute and assault.

Phoenix police say the 42-year-old Sapp was taken into cus-tody yesterday (Feb. 2) morning at a downtown

hotel and booked into jail.

Sapp is a broadcaster with the NFL Network and was in Arizona for Sunday’s Super Bowl.

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Police were called to the hotel about 2:30 a.m. yesterday.

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LABOUR COUNCIL’S CATCH OF THE DAY: Kamloops District Labour Council (KDLC) dropped by Kamloops Food Bank last week with 70 cases of canned wild pink salmon to bolster food banks in Kamloops, Barriere, Clearwater, Chase and Merritt. This year the KDLC joined a labour-movement initiative called Protein for People, a union-operated charity that recognizes the immediate need to address shortages of high-nutrient food at B.C. food banks. From left: KDLC president Barb Nederpel, first vice-president Brad Gerow, food bank operations manager Wes Graham, food bank executive director Bernadette Siracky and KDLC member Mogens Jorgensen.

BANKING ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Showing community support to a group that does great things in Kamloops, senior members of RBC dropped by the kitchen at Mount Paul United Church last month to present a big cheque to the staff at Interior Community Services (ICS) kitchen program. From left: Kelly Kelland (ICS CEO) joins Pam Shaw (RBC regional vice-president for B.C. Interior), Luc Pellerin, (RBC vice-president of commercial banking), Dede Bone (ICS community kitchen co-ordinator), Ray Warren (RBC senior commercial accounts manager) Barb Lundstrom (community kitchen volunteer) Norm Cooper (RBC North Shore manager) and Dawn Wycherley (ICS community resource manager) to receive a $20,000 donation.

PET PROJECT:Jo-Anna Brown and Kera Schmidt of Petland celebrate a $1,000 donation to Royal Inland Hospital. One dollar from every pet name tag sold during the Christmas season went to RIH.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: Western Canada Theatre alumni, present staff and future patrons celebrated WCT’s 40th anniversary in January. WCT plans many more celebrations through its 40th season. Left to right: Thompson-Nicola film commissioner Vicci Weller, WCT artistic director Daryl with Jack and Liam, WCT general manager Lori Marchand, Gordon Warner, Bob Jones, Lorraine (Aspen) Winter, Ross Nichol and Janet Michael.

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ABORIGINAL CHILD AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN - LILLOOET

Interior Community Services (ICS) is currently seeking a highly experienced Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician to provide direct clinical consultation and education services to aboriginal children and youth with mental health issues in Lillooet and the surrounding area.

Qualifi cations

• Master’s degree in Social Work or related fi eld with minimum 2 years clinical experience supporting children and youth.

• Excellent problem solving, decision making, organizational and time management skills

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

• Demonstrated profi ciency with various computer programs within the MS Offi ce Suite

• Ability to work independently

• Satisfactory criminal record check and safe driving record. Valid Class 5 driver’s licence and own vehicle.

Position

• Permanent part time (28 hs/ week). This position qualifi es for group benefi t coverage which includes coverage with Extended Health, Dental, and MSP.

• ICS is a member of the Municipal Pension Plan

• Core Training provided includes Non-violent Crisis Intervention (CPI) and Suicide Intervention (ASIST) training.

Submit your resume with cover letter by Monday February 9th at 4:30 pm to

[email protected]

For further information please visit our website:

www.interiorcommunityservices.bc.cacall 250.828.5104 or visit tru.ca/trades

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FIRE CHIEF POSITIONSun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality is currently looking for an individual to fi ll the role of Fire Chief. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Offi cer, the Fire Chief is responsible for overseeing all aspects of fi re department operations, by-law services and the municipal emergency management program. The Fire Chief works with two paid fi re offi cers and 25-30 volunteer fi refi ghters. The role requires an upbeat leader who exhibits excellent communications and interpersonal skills while em-ploying a progressive management style.

The successful candidate for this position will have experience in fi re service operations, including at least fi ve years leadership experience in a volunteer or composite department. Required qualifi ca-tions are Fire Offi cer Level I and Fire Services Instructor Level I. A class fi ve driver’s license with an air brake endorsement and a driver’s abstract demonstrating a safe and responsible history is also required. Preferred qualifi cations include:

• A degree or diploma in business administration or a fi re service related discipline • Fire inspection/investigation education and/or experience • Advanced pre-hospital care experience and training • Emergency management experience and training.

The Fire Chief shares on-call responsibilities after regular work hours. Please note a residency requirement is in place for this position.

Salary for this position is $65 000 - $75 000/year, depending on experience. Additional remuneration may be considered.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please submit a cover letter and resume to [email protected].

The closing date for this application is February 12, 2015.

We appreciate all applications; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Driver WantedKamloops This Week is looking for a highly energetic individual to join our team of Contract Drivers.

Reporting directly to the Circulation Manager, you will be responsible for timely delivery to our valued businesses and apartments.

The applicant must have a suitable vehicle with all necessary insurance and a valid drivers license.

The successful candidate will be paid in accordance to the Kamloops This Week/CEPU Collective Agreement.

Please send your resume with a current drivers abstract to:

Circulation Manager Kamloops This Week 1365B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops, BC V2C 5P6 Fax 250-374-1033

6821133

Employment Employment

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.

HIGHWAYOWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS

Van Kam’s Group of Compa-nies req. Highway linehaul Owner Operators based in our Kamloops terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/ training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent

employee benefi ts package.

To join our team of profes-sional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract & details of your truck to:

[email protected] Call 604-968-5488Fax: 604-587-9889

Only those of interest will be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

Environmental Responsibility.

Employment

Help Wanted


Help Wanted


Employment

Education/Trade Schools

FOODSAFE COURSE by Certifi ed Instructor

February 15th, 21st &24th 8:30am-4:30pm

$75 Pre-register by phoning Market Safe Workshop $90

on February 25th 250-554-9762

Ofce Support


Employment

Education/Trade Schools

HUNTER & FIREARMS Courses. Next C.O.R.E. February 21st & 22nd. Sat-urday and Sunday. P.A.L. February 14th, Saturday. Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoors-man & Master Instructor:

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Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Help WantedCARETAKER REQUIRED

Live-in mature caretaker re-quired to manage a 60 unit apartment building on the North Shore. Experience as a residential caretaker would be a defi nite asset along with building maintenance/repairs as well as landscaping. Must be bondable and have good people skills. This complex has a “No Pets” bylaw. Please reply in confi dence with re-sume and cover letter to:[email protected]

Community Health Nursesought in Port Hardy, BC. Re-quest job description or apply to [email protected] by Feb 22. Competitive salary offered. Tel. 250-949-6625

EARN EXTRA $$$KTW requires door to door

substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto bat-

teries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

is looking for substitutedistributors for door-to-door

deliveries. Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the

Circulation Department at 250-374-0462

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week

is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for

door-to-door deliveries.Call 250-374-0462 for more

information.

Weekend/Relief Cook - The Shores Retirement Residence is hiring experienced cooks. Email resume to [email protected]

Employment

Help WantedSeeking Resident Manager couple that are willing to con-sider relocation. Must have strong communication skills, be computer literate and expe-rience with the Residential Tenancy Branch an asset. Ba-sic maintenance skills for plumbing, drywall, carpentry a must. Please submit resume via fax: 778-471-7170, email: [email protected] drop off at 109 Victoria Street.

Home Stay FamiliesHOST FAMILIES needed! Northern Youth Abroad is looking for families to host 2 youth from Nunavut/NWT vol-unteering in your community July/August. www.nya.ca or Toll-Free 1-866-212-2307.

Medical/DentalMEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online train-ing you need from an employ-er-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career to-day!

SalesADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always look-ing for great sales representa-tives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly or-ganized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fast-paced team environment. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary. If you have a passion for the advertising business, are crea-tive and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. In-terested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:[email protected] We thank all ap-plicants; only those being con-sidered for an interview will be contacted.

Trades, TechnicalCLIMBER/BUCKET operator needed immediately for tree service company in the Fraser Valley. $35.00/hr based on ex-perience. [email protected]

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

Services

Mind Body SpiritRelax and unwind with a full body massage for appoint-ment couples welcome (250) 682-1802

Financial ServicesARE YOU $10K or more in debt? DebtGo can help reduce a signifi cant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783

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Services

Fitness/ExerciseWE will pay you to exercise!

Deliver Kamloops This Week

Only 3 issues a week!

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

Handypersons

RICKS’S SMALL HAUL

For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump

trailers for rent. Dump Truck

Long and Short Hauls!!250-377-3457

Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

LandscapingPETER’S YARD

SERVICETime to prune your fruit trees.

Tree removalDump runs

Licensed & Certi ed250-572-0753

YOUR BUSINESS HEREOnly $150/month

Run your 1x1 semi display classifi ed in every issue of

Kamloops This WeekCall 250-371-4949

classifi [email protected]

Misc Services

www.castleandcritter.com250-682-3956

Full House ChecksComply with your insurance needs

Pet VisitsIf you have to leave them behind

Potty BreaksA mid day visit/walk for your dog

Stucco/Siding

FIND IT CLASSIFIEDSIN THE

Driver WantedKamloops This Week is looking for a highly energetic individual to join our team of Contract Drivers.

Reporting directly to the Circulation Manager, you will be responsible for timely delivery to our valued carriers, businesses and apartments.

The applicant must have a suitable vehicle with all necessary insurance and a valid drivers license.

The successful candidate will be paid in accordance to the Kamloops This Week/CEPU Collective Agreement.

Please send your resume with a current drivers abstract to:

Circulation Manager Kamloops This Week 1365B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops, BC V2C 5P6 Fax 250-374-1033

PAYROLL SPECIALISTThis is a full-time position with our accounting team based in Kamloops. The primary function of this new position will be to support the Payroll Administrator in the preparation and processing of multi-jurisdictional payroll for 400 plus employees. Our preferred candidate will have experience in a professional office environment in a payroll capacity. Our priority is to fill the position with the right candidate who is eager to learn and maintains a positive attitude and enthusiasm to help.

Please visit our website for more details on this position and how to apply.

www.urbansystems.ca

Urban Systems has an immediate opening for a


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REIMER’S FARM SERVICES

250-260-0110

SHAVINGS & SAWDUST 10 TO 150 YARD LOADS

BARK MULCHFIR OR CEDAR

- Regular & Screened Sizes -

FOR RENTNORTHSHORE

COMMERCIAL BUILDING. 148 TRANQUILLE ROAD.

2 LEVELS, 1700 SQ.FT. OWN PARKING. HIGH TRAFFIC.

TO VIEW CALL 250-319-2101

Pets & Livestock

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

PETS For Sale?

TRI-CITY SPECIAL!for only $46.81/week, we will

place your classifi ed ad into Kam-loops, Vernon & Salmon Arm.

(250)371-4949classifi [email protected]

*some restrictions apply.

Std POODLE pups, CKC, M/F, 16 wks, trained, all shots, health guar’t, exc. pedigree, $1800. Camaraderie Kennels, Victoria (250)381-0855

Merchandise for Sale

Antiques / VintageMoving: Old bottles, oil lamps, tin biscuit boxes, insulators, fi gurines etc. Offers 376-4865.

AuctionsBUD HAYNES & Ward’s Fire-arms Auction. Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m., 11802 - 145 St., Edmonton, Alberta. One Man’s Collection, store disper-sal, case lots, ammo, etc. Consign now. Catalogue w/pictures online. Phone 403-347-5855 or 780-451-4549; www.budhaynesauctions.com; www.WardsAuctions.com.

$500 & Under

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

Did you know that you can place

your item in our classifi eds for

one week for FREE?

Call our Classifi ed Department for details!

250-371-4949*some restrictions apply

Computer Equipment

WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-371-1333

Firewood/FuelALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fi r & pine. Stock up now. Campfi re wood. (250)377-3457.

FurnitureDining room table & hutch/6chairs. $300obo 250-319-5258.

Oak China Cabinet. $500/obo. Armoire. $500/obo. Good cond. 250-672-9408 (McLure).

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-71081-778-298-3192 8am-5pm

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Livestock

Merchandise for Sale

Medical SuppliesElec wheelchair Compass mid wheel drive new cond, ext cap batt incl + charger $3000obo (250) 554-7379

Misc. for Sale1-set of Michelin Winters 235/70R16 on 5-bolt steel rims. $500. 250-554-1830.

1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $600. Call 250-851-1304.

Electrolux Carpet Cleaner, like new. $125. 250-374-3962.

MISC4Sale: Camperette $300, Oak Table Chairs-$400, 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg.

Nordic Track Walk Fit Tread-mill Self powered with arm ex-erciser poles like new $325obo (250) 578-7449

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE

$5-$10/ ROLL

1365 B Dalhousie Drive Kamloops BC

call for availability250-374-7467

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD available online: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Solid oak table $97, China Cabinet $119 Kitchen cabinet set $395 (250) 299-6477

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Call Pioneer Steel at 1-800-668-5422 or on-line: www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antiques, Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

Real Estate

Apt/Condos for Sale

For Sale The Willows 55+ fully secure condo on fi rst fl oor across from North Hills Mall. 1072 sq ft. 2bdrm 2bth 5 appl incl $245,000 to view call 250- 376-6637.

Livestock

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

For Sale By Owner$55.00 Special!

The special includes a 1x1.5 ad (in-

cluding photo) that will run for one week (three editions)in Kamloops This Week. Our award winning paper is delivered to over 30,000 homes in Kamloops every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday..

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Reduced $134,000. Below as-sessed value. Buy before list-ed. 55+ Park. 2009 Mobile3bdrm, 2-bath. 250-819-1051.

Houses For Sale

FOR SALE OR TRADE for residential property in Kam-loops. This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White offers your very own hot tub on the patio, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced fi replace. Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge. Ideal for family or as a revenue gen-erator throughout the ski sea-son. Strata fees only $155.00 per month. Call Don at 250-682-3984 for more informa-tion. Asking $189,000.00

Commercial/Industrial

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Real Estate

Mobile Homes & Parks

Lease to own New 16 x 58 2bdrm 2bth mobile home in new mobile park. Trouble with fi nancing? One or Two year term Call Gerry 250-371-1849

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1/2bdrm clean quiet Apts $750/$850 a mnt + util. Senior discount available. Avail Now n/p, a/c, laundry, free parking, close to downtown (250) 377-83041bdrm dwtn apt. Quiet, spa-cious, lndry, AC, $1100/mo. utilities incld. 604-852-04032BDRM a/c, patio, n/p ref re-quired heat and hot water incl (250) 376-1485.55+, independent, community living, 925 sq ft luxury suite. $1950 mo. Activities, enter-tainment included. 250-819-8419 or 778-470-8315

Acacia Tower343 Nicola Street

1bdrm and bachelor suites starting @$645 per month

includes utilities laundry facilities

adult building no pets no smoking

1 year leasereference and

credit check required250-374-7455

CARMEL PLACE 55+ Quality Living in new medical building. Studio suites with affordable rates, FOB entry, elevator, scooter stations and Telus Optik Pack-age! Call Columbia Property Management to book your ap-pointment: 250-851-9310

GARDEN VIEW APARTMENTS - BROCK

Modern 2bdrm apts., 5 appli-ances, a/c, video monitoring, secure bldg., $870/mos. + utilities, min. 6 mos. lease. No Smoking & No Pets. 250-376-2254.Sahali 2 bdrm apartment com-pletely renovated, $1100/mo. 250-579-8428

Commercial/Industrial

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentGOLDEN VISTA SUITES

55+ Adult Living in a new safe building. Close to tran-sit, clinic and shopping. Small pet friendly, elevator, balconies, a/c, common room, parking and caretaker. $775, call 250-819-0101.

Juniper Village

2 or 3 Bedroom Condos Juniper, 1-2 bathrooms

Hot Water Heat Included.$1,000-$1,150 + Hydro

Sunden Management Ltd (250) 376-0062

www.sundenmanagement.com

Northland Apartments

Student/Bachelor SuitesFurnished/Utilities Incl’d

Starting @ $850 per month

1 & 2 Bedroom SuitesAdult Oriented

No Pets / No SmokingElevators / Dishwashers

Common LaundryStarting @ $800 per month

Downtown 250-314-1135

North Shore 250-376-1427

NORTH SHORE 1 and 2 bedroom apartments.

Clean quiet building. Rents starting at

$625 + utilities.CALL

250-682-2293250-682-0312

North Shore. 2brm apt. Newly renovated. Lndry in bldg. N/S, N/P. $900/mo. 250-851-9310, 250-682-2761.

RIVIERA VILLA1&2/BDRM Suites

1/bdrm starting at $675/mth 2/bdrm starting at $800/mth

Incl/heat, hot water. N/P. Senior oriented.

250-554-7888The Sands, Lower Sahali. Centrally located, renovated 1&2 Bdrms, $850-$1100. 250-828-1711.

TRY A CLASSIFIED AD

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentSILVERCREST SUITES

One Month Free Rent and Free Telus Cable and Inter-net for one year! New 55+ living. Next to North Hills Mall with in suite laundry, balconies, A/C, rooftop ter-race, amenities room, park-ing and storage. Pet friendly. Starting at $850 per month. Call 250-819-0101.

Bed & Breakfast

BC Best Buy Classifi ed’s

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Duplex / 4 Plex3bdrm duplex NShore w/d cls to all amenities n/s $1300 ref req Avail Feb1 319-9648

North Kamloops 3bdrms, 1.5baths. N/S. $1200/mo. 250-819-3338.

Homes for Rent3bdrm house Downtown cls to RIH. F/S, N/P, N/S. $1200/mo+util+ref’s. 250-675-4030/ 250-833-6095

Clean, spacious, 2-bdrm, 1-bath, top fl oor, Brock. Lots of storage. In-suite lndry, lrg backyard. Avail immed. N/S, N/P. $1000/mo. Call 1-250-490-7169.

Looking for a Rental in Kamloops or Logan Lake?

Check out our Listings at www.sundenmanagement.com

Call 250-376-0062

North Shore 3bdrms, close to shopping/bus. W/D, N/S, N/P. $1450/mo. +util. 371-7712.

Rentals

Rooms for RentFurn room for female, on TRUexpress +util incl, np/ns $500/mo. 250-376-3801

North Shore room $425/mo. avail immed. 250-374-5586 or 250-371-0206.

Shared Accommodation

North Shore $400 per/moincl util & basic cable, np/ns 250-554-6877 / 250-377-1020

StorageFenced storage yard 50’x140’.Halston bridge area. $800/mo. Suitable for contractor. 250-851-0243.

Suites, Lower1bdrm Brock. $750/month plus dd. Incl util. W/D. Private ent. N/S, no parties. Ref req. 250-571-3553

1BDRM South Shore remod-eled priv prking W/D N/S N/P $900 Avail Feb.1st. 579-2066

2bdrm 4 working person or couple, central air, $850 ref vacant shared util 376-0633

2bdrm Brock $900 +dd util incl. sep ent no party, prefer mature ref req 250-376-0370 or 250-819-7994

3BDRM/1 bath parking n/p near shopping/bus Mar1st$1100 inclds util 778-220-8118

Brock close to schools2Bdrms n/s/p. $950mo. Feb 1st, 250-682-3199.

Large 2bdrm Basement SuiteWestsyde. f/s w/d n/p n/s u/t inc. $1100 Call 250-319-7421

Welcome, Cumfy 1bdrm. Close to University, Hospital. Student or quiet person. Ex-cellent Location. $495-$725 ns/np. Call (250) 299-6477

Townhouses1800sq/ft. newly updated unit in Aberdeen. 2bdrms, 2.5 baths, laundry. 2 parking spots. $1600. 250-320-7143.

2bdrm +den in Sahali, wd, ac, close to shopping/ bus, $1000 Avail Now. 250-318-4756

Northshore 3-bdrm town-house, 4 appl, $1000/mth n/p, 250-554-6877, 250-377-1020.

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TownhousesExecutive 3bdrms, 3-baths 1900/sqft in Tobiano. Hard-wood fl oors, granite counters, gourmet appl. Avail March 1st. inclds all util/strata fees, pool. Pets neg. $2200/mo. Call or text Danielle 250-319-5896.

Sahali 2-bdrms +den,1-bath. $1300/mo. inclds hydro, heat, A/C. 250-376-6609.

TOWNHOUSESBest Value In TownNORTH SHORE

*Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms

*Big storage rooms*Laundry Facilities*Close to park, shopping & bus stop

PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED

[email protected]

NO PETS

Transportation

Antiques / Classics1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $6000 obo (250) 376-5722

Auto Accessories/Parts

4 Bridgestone Winters on BMW Rims 185/70R14 used one season. $400. 374-5251.

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

4 TRUCK Tires, GeneralTire Brand LT245/75/16 (ten ply) $200 Call: 250-554-1023

Set of Goodyear Ultra Winters. P205/55-R16 on 5 stud rim will fi t Mazda 3. $500. 851-0504.

Cars - Domestic

1986 BMW Coupe 325i. 6cyl. 5spd. Looks good, runs good. Extras. $3,600. 250-374-5251.

1992 Buick Roadmaster. 5.7L, 53,000kms. Exc Hwy car, new tires. $4,300. 250-319-4104.

1998 Ford Contour. 4dr sedan. 4 cyl, auto. $1250/obo. 250-372-9112.

97 Camaro Z28 350 6spd 120,000km black loaded $9,000obo (250) 319-7058

RUN UNTIL SOLD

ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

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*some restrictions apply call for details

Transportation

Motorcycles2009 Vulcan LT Kawasaki. Blue, 43,050kms. 1-owner. Ex-cellent Condition. $4,750. 250-372-7116.

Recreational/Sale1991 27ft. 5th-Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $8,000/obo. 250-579-9029.

1993 31ft. Bounder. Exc. cond. Must See. 87,000miles. Generator. Exec tires. Awning/screens. Repainted, satellite, sleeps/6. 454 eng. Hitch/tow pkg. New MW/fridge. $16,900. 250-376-8471.

1995 Jayco Trailer 30ft. No slide-outs. Good shape. $7500/obo. 250-851-0264.

2004 Lexington motor home well equipped new tires like new only 36000 miles call $32,000 obo 250 573-2332

Transportation

Recreational/Sale2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully load-ed, $18,900/obo. 250-376-1655.2005 8ft. Okanagan Camper with solar panel. $10,500. 250-554-8031.

2006 36ft. Forest River Georgetown XL. Loaded, 19,560miles. 3-slides. Gen, winter pkg. Awnings. New Mich tires. $68,000. 372-8820/574-0090.

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VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you have more in common with a colleague at work than you originally imagined. Pool your resources and work as a team to get the job done.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Set goals that are difficult to reach, Scorpio. This is a great way to push yourself to be the best you can be. Expect some special news to arrive very soon.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, make the most of a business opportunity that presents itself in the coming weeks. This opportunity could be the chance you have long been waiting for.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Don’t push yourself beyond your limits this week, Aquarius. There’s no rush to get things done and no need to subject yourself to fatigue or burnout.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, do not let your daydreams get you into trouble. Harness your imagination in the next few days so you can focus on the here and now.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, you may have to be a little more assertive than usual to get your way this week. If you have good ideas, stick behind them and make your voice heard.

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ALAN CAMPBELL BLACKBURNAUGUST 17, 1927 - JANUARY 2, 2015

Alan passed away while asleep with his first and last love Thelma (Lay) Mahaits by his side at Kamloops Seniors Village in Kamloops, BC in the early morning hours of the second day of the New Year.

Alan was born in Westmount, PQ and

worked for many years as Regional Sales Manager for Cowper Inc. (Lachine, PQ), a distributor of pneumatic automation equipment. He was a Life Member of the Shriners Karnak Temple of Quebec for more than 50 years and a supporter of the Canadian Railway Museum, the Canadian Railway Club, Canadian Railroad Historical Association and EXPORAIL. His greatest pleasure was operating the John Molson Steam Locomotive for ten years and attending Expo ‘86 in Vancouver to display it. His first job ever was as a Dining Car Attendant for the CNR.

Alan was predeceased by his brother James, his first wife Fairlie Ann Shackleton and his youngest son Robert. He is survived by his daughter Carol (Dorval, PQ) sons Paul (Montreal, PQ) and Hugh (Iqaluit,NWT) and grandchildren, Caroline, Vincent, Nicolai, Alana, Zackary, Jake. Memorial Service will take place at the Kamloops Seniors Village at a later date. Call Thelma at 250-376-7464 for details.

Alan was greatly loved and greatly missed. Alan, you really were “special”

HILDA ELIZABETH (LUFTA) RELPHMom passed away on January 25, 2015 at Kamloops, BC.

She was born on December. 31, 1927 on the Lake Helen Reserve in Nipigon, ON. Married to Tom Relph on April 23, 1949, they were happily married until his death on April 13, 2004. They had four children, Tomme (Heather Hanna) of Calgary, AB, Lloyd (Heather Shigematsu) of Ponoka, AB, Edie of Kamloops, BC & Rod (Deceased

1975). Four grandchildren, Kevin (Jamie) of Chetwynd, BC, Diver of Calgary, AB, Travis of Calgary, AB and Ryan of

Kamloops, BC, also two great-grandchildren, Mercedes and Gabrielle of Chetwynd, BC.

She was predeceased by her sister, Gertrude Caissie and survived by her other 6 sisters, Ivy Schultz of Salmon Arm, BC, Mildred (Ray) Luce of Kamloops, BC, Inga (Don) Daoust of Clinton, BC, Diana (John) Henstock of Ashcroft, BC, Freda Lowery of Victoria, BC and Patricia Thiele of Chemanius, BC. Also numerous, and I do mean numerous, nieces and nephews.

Mom and Dad raised their family in Schreiber, ON until Dad retired and they moved to BC in 1979. We have many fond memories of growing up in Schreiber, Mom’s flower gardens, her being the neighbourhood nurse (St. John’s Ambulance Attendant), chauffeur to hockey games in Red Rock, Nipigon, Terrace Bay & Marathon. She was a loving wife, mother, friend and mentor. Her strong beliefs in God helped her through many trials and tribulations during her life. She loved the outdoors, enjoying camping and the many trips Dad took us on to New Brunswick, British Columbia & Pennsylvania. Nine months of the year you would find her sitting in the Gazebo in the backyard, enjoying a glass of white wine, reading or doing her puzzles. She will be missed, God took her too early as she had many things she wanted to do, like nude pungy jumping!! Her sense of humour was undeniable.

No service by request. We will have a family gathering sometime this summer when we place her in the ground beside her loving husband.

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KAYE PILLOTTKaye Pillott of Kamloops passed away peacefully on January 13, 2015 at the age of 98 years. Kay will be lovingly remembered by her son Dennis (Darlene) of Nanaimo, her daughter-in-law Helen of Kamloops, brother Mike of Alberta, grandchildren Joey and Bradly of Nanaimo, Lynette (Daniel) of Kelowna, Teresa (Sam) of Haida Gwaii, their daughter Lucja and many nieces and nephews.

Born on February 6, 1916 in Smokey Lake, Alberta Kaye came from a pioneering family in Alberta.

She was predeceased by her husband Harry, son Ken, sisters Helen, Angelina, Dora, and brother John.

Kaye moved from Alberta with her husband to the Fraser Valley in the late 1940’s where she and her husband managed a Strawberry farm until 1952. Following this, they moved to Kamloops, where they worked and raised their family.

Kaye enjoyed travelling with her sisters on many trips, enjoyed working in the garden and was always there for her family. She will be lovingly remembered by all of us and her great cooking.

A special thank you to Maria and Bob for being there for us and to the staff at Kamloops Seniors Village for their care of Kaye Pillott.

Memorial donations may be made in memory of Kaye to the Alzheimer Society.

A graveyard service will take place at a later date for friends and family.


GEORGE ROBERTSONMr. George Alexander Robertson passed away peacefully at Kamloops, BC on January 27, 2015 at the age of 80 years. He is lovingly remembered by his loving wife Elsie, sons Terry (Susan) of Cochrane, AB and Tony (Yvonne) of Anmore, BC, grandchildren Chrysta (Sachin), Sean, Kirk, Rory and MacKenzie, great-grandchildren Avani and Kael, also sister-in-law Carolyn Robertson of Ottawa, ON and nieces and nephews as well as many friends and relatives.

He is predeceased by his parents Ceil and Adella, brother Keith and sister Barbara and her husband Don.

George and Elsie were married at the RCAF Station, Alymer, Ontario on September 11, 1954 and celebrated their 60th Anniversary in 2014. He loved spending time with his family and spent many summers taking his grandchildren around Alberta and BC in the RV.

He joined the military in Ottawa in 1953 as a PERI, physical education and recreation instructor until retiring in 1985, with many postings across Canada and overseas in Lahr, Germany. He then worked at the Kamloops Airport for many years as a Commissionaire.

He enjoyed volunteering at the YMCA-YWCA for 30 years and in 2013 received the John Kjelson Memorial Service Award. George also spent many happy hours volunteering for the Blazer Hockey Team at the Kamloops Coliseum during games and other events. As a Legion member, he particularly enjoyed selling Remembrance Day poppies every fall. He was also a member of the Blazers Booster club.

George was a talented artist, active golfer, loved to participate in and watch all sports, enjoyed lots of hours gardening (loved playing in the dirt).

No formal service by request of the family and if friends desire, donations may be made to the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign or the charity of your choice.

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PETER BOTHAMOctober 5, 1936 – January 28, 2015

Peter Elliott Maxwell Botham died suddenly on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 of an aortic dissection in Kamloops, BC. Surrounded by loving family, Peter was awake and in good humour until the end.

On October 5, 1936, Peter was born to the late Charles and Marion Botham (nee Collison) in Smithers, BC. Peter attended Smithers High School and graduated from Booth Memorial High School in Prince Rupert, BC in 1954, and received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Geography from UBC in 1970. He married Muriel Pauline Botham (nee Wyrcimaga) in Vancouver in 1960, then lived briefly in Vancouver before settling in Kamloops in 1961. He was a teacher and librarian in the Kamloops School District from 1964 to 1994, touching many lives, and is often remembered for reading

The Hobbit to his students.

Peter was devoted to his three children and seven grandchildren and was an avid spectator, chauffeur, photographer, and Santa Claus. Without a selfish bone in his body, he was a kind and compassionate man with unlimited patience who lived his life honestly and morally. He was an active member of the United Church throughout his life and was a loyal contributor to the church choir. Peter’s sense of humour often left his family groaning, and he was well known for his broad knowledge of almost any subject as well as his desire to share it with anyone willing to listen. Family dinners and gatherings were some of his favourite times, as well as his regular morning coffee with old friends.

Peter had an extraordinary number of interests and hobbies, including music, photography, genealogy, writing, painting, history, languages, astronomy, geography, woodworking, and gardening. He was an avid collector. Throughout his life, Peter was very active in community groups including many choirs, coaching, Toastmasters, Family History Society, and the NDP.

Peter will be missed by the many whose lives he touched, including his best friend and wife of 54 years, Muriel, to whom he was deeply devoted; his children Carlin Favell (Mark Boiko), Nicola Laidlaw (Dan), and Tim Botham (Toni); his grandchildren Ben Laidlaw, Maxine Favell, Jocelyn Laidlaw, Moira Laidlaw, Maxwell Botham, Jay Botham, and Elliott Botham; his brother, Jim Botham (Mary); his in-laws Dorothy and Nino Stroppa and their children, and his faithful canine companion Oliver. He is predeceased by his parents and recently by his sister, Ann Mortimer.

The family wishes to extend their thanks to the paramedics as well as the ER doctors and nurses who provided excellent care for him.

Please join the family for Peter’s funeral on Thursday, February 5, 3pm at Mount Paul United Church (140 Laburnum Street) in North Kamloops.

Please feel free to send a friend request and share any stories or thoughts about Peter on Facebook at www.facebook.com/peter.botham.3

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to Mount Paul United Church or a charity of your choice.

NATHAN BRYAN SNEEDIt is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved son, Nathan Bryan Sneed on January 30, 2015 at 4:00 am.

Nathan was predeceased by his older brother Anthony “Tony” Sneed. He is survived by his father and mother Bill and Bette Sneed.

He will be missed by all his family and friends especially his longtime friend Diana Gallagher.

Nathan was born in Pampa, Texas on May 19, 1960. For the next five years Nathan and his family travelled the USA and Canada, working in pipeline construction. They settled in Kamloops in 1965 where he grew up and went to school. Through those years he enjoyed playing sports like soccer and especially hockey. Following in his father’s footsteps, Nathan went into a career in pipeline construction. Nathan’s kindness, gentleness and good sense of humour will be missed by all.

We would like to thank the staff at RIH, especially the physicians and nurses in ICU, for the kindness and caring shown to Nathan and our family.

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Barbara Hamilton (Née Buck) died peacefully in the presence of her family at Kamloops Seniors Village on January 24, 2015.

Barbara was born in Carmel, California on June 14, 1928. She was the older sister to Mimi. She attended Wellesley College in Boston and then obtained her Masters of Social Work at the University of Connecticut.

She met Crawford on a blind date, and they were married on June 18, 1949. She turned 21 and graduated from University this same week. As newlyweds they lived in Hartford, Connecticut, where their first son Charlie was born. They then moved to Calgary where Steve was born, and then on to Kamloops in 1954. Three more sons were born here, Harry, Doug and Ted.

Barbara worked hard, raising her sons, and with Crawford in their land development business, ‘Summit Enterprises’, which saw the growth of Sahali into the hills of Kamloops. Mom also taught Sociology at the nursing school at Royal Inland Hospital.

Barb was a long-time member of her ‘University Women’s Club’ and was an avid Bridge player. Barb loved to ski, water-ski and swim. With her family she spent many wonderful summers at Shuswap Lake and winters at Tod Mountain. Her legacy lives on in the beautiful Shuswap cabin she worked hard to build after she lost Crawford. Barb shared her love of camping and the outdoors. On one memorable adventure she hiked 30 km to the spectacular Bald Mountain ridge. She was so touched by the splendour of these alpine vistas that she asked that her ashes be spread there along with her beloved Crawford.

Barb and Crawford loved to travel and would take the family on extended trips whenever they could. In 1968 she and Crawford fulfilled a lifelong dream by taking their 4 sons and Crawford’s mother on a world circumnavigation by ship. In the mid-seventies they discovered Kapalua, on Maui, and this became a place they loved and returned to over and over. The whales, the sun, the ocean breezes, the turtles all seemed to have a magical place in Barb’s heart. She brought all of her grandchildren to Kapalua and hence became known as ‘Turtle Grandma’.

In her early 50’s Barb developed Rheumatoid Arthritis, and despite shoulder and hip replacements, chronic pain and trouble walking and using her hands, she showed her true spirit of determination, continuing to walk and swim and do everything she loved.

Barb’s inner wisdom, her strength of spirit, her kindness and her lifelong guidance made her truly beloved by her children, grandchildren, and her many friends. She was an amazing listener who showed compassion towards everyone. In her presence one felt deep respect and genuine love. She inspired us all with her courage and her resolute faith in family.

Barbara was pre-deceased by her loving husband Crawford. She is survived by her sister Mimi (Buddy), brother-in-law Dick (Winkie), sons Charlie, Steve, Harry, Doug (Christine) and Ted (Kate), and grandchildren Ryan (Katie), Ross, Mitchell, Teminey (Sam), Zay (Heather), Justin, Quinn (Katie), Sienna, and Lily, and great grandchildren Calala, Zephyr, Soraya, and Samika.

Please join us in celebrating Barbara’s life on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11am at St. Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour Street, Kamloops.

No flowers by request. If friends so desire, donations may be made to the RIH Foundation, 311 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2T1.

With our Thanks...

The family of June Paige would like to express our deep appreciation to

everyone for all the cards, phone calls, food, visits, warm

condolences, flowers and donations

to the Kamloops Hospice House.

To MaryAnn and staff at North Thompson

Funeral Services, thank you for

your caring and compassionate nature. You helped to make a

difficult time a little easier.

We thank you all for being so thoughtful at this sad time in

our lives. June was so loved and will be

dearly missed.

MARGERY (JEANNE) AYRESMargery (Jeanne) Ayres slipped away peacefully on Friday, January 30, 2015 at the age of 86 years.

Jeanne was born in Kamloops on October 28, 1928.

She was predeceased by her husband Mel, brother Leland and grandsons Tyler and Evan.

She will be sadly missed and always remembered by sister Lois McGlashing, her children Roni, Jo-Anne (Ken), Mark (Gail) and Jackie (Lonnie), grandchildren Stacey (Kreg), Ben (Erin), Matt (Annesley), Amber, along with great-grandchildren Kobe, Zakery and Isadora, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Jeanne is truly unforgettable to her family, along with her lifetime friend whom she went to school with (Shirley Beck), the gals she loved

golfing and playing bridge with and her dear friend Doreen Watters, who shared many walks around MacArthur Island.

Jeanne was the apple of her father’s eye and followed in his foot steps into a career with the CNR. She enjoyed 38 years with them where she created many friendships and was affectionately known as “The Chief”.

Mel and Jeanne enjoyed an active life filled with curling and golfing. They took many great vacations with their friends, which usually included either a Caribbean Cruise or golf trips down the California coast.

Jeanne was a very family oriented woman. One thing that always brought her family together was her weekly Sunday night roast beef and yorkshire pudding dinner.

Jeanne was known for her quick wit, volunteer work and her love of gardening.

Our family would like to thank the staff at The Hamlets for their wonderful care of our Mom during her time there, especially Mom’s special angels Jodi Kemp, Pardeep Lalli and Mila Bagundol.

All are welcome to come and help us celebrate our Mom’s life in the Schoening Funeral Chapel on Thursday, Febrary 5 at 1:00 pm, with a reception to follow.

Mom, always remember......We love you a whole bunch and a little bit!!

In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Jeanne may be made to The Alzheimer’s Society.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.schoeningfuneralservice.com



NICKLAS JAY KRISTEN TAYLORJune 9, 1978 – January 27, 2015

We are deeply saddened to announce the loss of our beloved son Nick, who passed away in a tragic work accident on January 27, 2015. He was a great loving husband, father, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and friend. Nick is predeceased by his Nana Marshall, Grandma & Grandpa Taylor, Grandma & Grandpa Pedersen, Grandpa Scholl and his nephew Greyson. He will be sadly missed by his parents Brenda and Rob Marshall, his spouse Bonita and children Zoe and Xander, his sisters and brother Jennifer (Dan), Jason (Chrystal), Karen (Todd), Tami (Bryn), Sherry (Terry), Jennifer (Rod). He will also be missed by many nieces and nephews, Haley, Brett, Ty, Brandon, Travis, Jenna, Faith, Paige, Layla and Lily. He will also be missed by his god parents and many aunties, uncles, and cousins.

Nick was born in Kamloops, BC. He attended Sahali Secondary and Kamloops Senior Secondary. Over the last 8 years he has worked at Fountain Tire as a foreman. Nick had a passion for his job and the men he worked with. He always had great stories and laughs with his close work family. You all meant a lot to him. Nick loved many things. He enjoyed camping, fishing, golfing and spending time together with his family. Nick enjoyed playing games with his nieces. Nick had a passion for cooking; he catered many weddings and events over his past cooking career. He was an exceptional friend to many. Everyone who knew Nick thought he was a great guy, worker, joker and a person who would simply go out of his way to help anyone.

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

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

DOUG BACON

Doug Bacon passed away in Kamloops on

January 25, 2015 at the age of 67 years.

He lived in Kamloops the last 30 years after

coming from Vancouver. He worked with CPR

here in Kamloops and at various out assignments.

He is survived by his brother Gord Bacon, his sister Barbara Peters (nee

Bacon) and his niece Lindsey Hunter.

No service by request.

Condolences may be expressed at:

www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

Pennies From Heaven

I found a penny today, Just laying on the ground

But it’s not just a penny, This little coin I’ve found.

“Found” pennies come from heaven,

That’s what my Grandpa told me

He said angels toss them down;

Oh, how I loved that story.

He said

when an angel misses you,

They toss a penny down

Sometimes just to cheer you up,

Make a smile out of your frown

So don’t pass by that penny,

When you’re feeling blue

It may be a penny from heaven

That an angel tossed to you.

Charles L. Mashburn


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