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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2022 | Volume 35 No. 40
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CIVIC ELECTION • OCTOBER 15, 2022
Fighting off an intruder in a changing community CHRISTOPHER FOULDS
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atasha Allard was in her bathroom at about 10 p.m. on Sept. 28, getting ready for bed, when she heard a noise elsewhere in her Westsyde home. She left the bathroom, came around the corner and was surprised to see another person in her home — a woman who had entered through an unlocked back door.
“Who are you? What are you doing in my house? What do you want?”Allard asked the intruder, who mumbled something in return, head down and arms crossed, a stance familiar with Allard, who works at Royal Inland Hospital and has interacted with those with addictions for some time. After a moment, the woman told Allard she needed help, that she was being abused. Allard offered to call the police and paramedics, but told the woman she had to wait outside. The intruder did not want the police called,
Our homelessness issue is a complex problem that isn't being met with proper resources.
then asked for a bite to eat as she entered the kitchen. “And I said, no, I’m calling the cops,” Allard said. “So that’s when I had gone back into the bathroom to get my phone. I turned around and she had just done a complete 180. She was no longer this quivering, scared, meek, hurt woman anymore. She was this violent, raging human being. Like, I looked into her face and there was nothing there except anger and violence.”
Oct. 5 election forum at TRU You are invited to the 2022 Kamloops Civic Election Forum. The forum will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University. The forum — co-hosted by Kamloops This Week, CBC Radio Kamloops and Radio NL — will follow the format of the highly successful 2018 civic election forum, and will feature a
mayoral session, followed by groups of councillor candidates taking to the stage in 25-minute increments to answer questions from the public. The evening should wrap up just before 10 p.m. You can attend in person and ask a question of the candidates or you can catch the forum online via KTW’s Facebook page.
In today’s paper
• On page A5, we have a story from Tuesday’s civic election forum at NorKam secondary, where candidates seeking office interacted with high school See ASSAULT IN HOME, A10 students.
Shelters without wrap-around services are not a solution. Until the Province brings the other half of the equation the City of Kamloops should not support any new proposals brought to council.
• On pages A12, A13 and A14, meet the School District 73 trustee candidates. • On pages A14 and A15, read about candidates’ views on recreation plans in Kamloops.
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