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City looks at $13M West Victoria facelift ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
A FISH TALE FOR THE AGES
Little Fawn Nursery student Payton Samson (centre) gets an up-close meeting with a good-sized rainbow trout with the help of knowledge keeper Ed Jensen (left) and language teacher Rhonda Jules. KTW’s Dave Eagles was at Jacko Lake/Pipsell to witness the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. Read his story and view his photos on page A10 and online at kamloopsthisweek.com.
A major facelift of West Victoria Street could be on the way if the City of Kamloops can score big on gas-tax grants. At its Tuesday meeting, city council will be asked to approve a grant application for up to $6 million to cover almost half the costs of beautifying the stretch of road between city hall and Overlanders Bridge, while also upgrading the pipes below. According to a staff report, the street remains virtually unchanged since the bridge was built in 1961. “The sidewalk on the south side has a number of utility poles that are problematic for wheelchair users and potentially hazardous for motorists. Some of the water and sewer utilities date back to 1907,” wrote engineering manager Deven Matkowski. Staff is proposing a $12.8 million plan (which includes an estimated $500,000 in contributions from BC Hydro and ICBC because of the project’s beautification and safety implications. The project would include a full road reconstruction, with sidewalks on both sides of the street, removal and burial of utility poles and service lines and water, sewer and
storm sewer upgrades. The redesigned West Victoria Street would include a new roundabout where the road transitions east into Seymour Street and changes to the lane configuration at the bridge on-ramps to increase capacity. The city would also add boulevard trees and other plants where it can. If successful in securing the grant, which is open to municipalities outside the Greater Vancouver area, the city would fund the remaining $6.3 million in costs using cash from its various utilities levies, active transportation fund and other road works budgets. Matkowski said about $4 million of that is already in the city’s fiveyear planning budget because utility improvements on West Victoria Street are a high priority. Work would take place in 2019. Council is also being asked on Tuesday to submit a second grant application to the Strategic Priorities Fund for its airport beautification project along Tranquille Road, which is estimated at $6 million. The fund provides up to 100 per cent funding for eligible capital and capacity building projects to a maximum contribution of $6 million per project.
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The City of Kamloops has declared a state of local emergency in the Heffley Creek area as imminent stream bank erosion threatens a home in the 500-block of Lister Road. The city is undertaking immediate action to prevent further erosion of the bank to alleviate the risk to the home.
Emergency operations centre information officer Kristen Rodrigue said city experts have been monitoring the area and believe the creek has eroded “far too close” to the home. So far, no other homes have been identified as at risk. The city has started design work for repairs
to this area, which are not expected to commence until water levels and flow within Heffley Creek reduce significantly. The area will now be monitored twice a day or more frequently should water flows change. BC Transit has established a temporary bus stop to service both sides of the road closure.
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RCMP and search and rescue crews have suspended the search for the missing Cache Creek fire chief who is suspected to have slipped into a flooded creek. Clayton Cassidy, wearing Cache Creek Fire Department blue coveralls with a yellow flashlight attached and yellow and black firefighter boots, went missing in the early hours of Friday, May 5, while checking water levels around the village. It is believed he was checking a culvert near Brookside Campground, east of the village, and was swept away in Cache Creek. Ashcroft RCMP and other agencies made the decision to suspend the search on Sunday. Dozens of searchers from a number of search and rescue teams along with other volunteers spent days searching the creeks’ banks, continuing to the Thompson River. “The Ashcroft RCMP is ever grateful for the assistance and sup-
port received from all,” Ashcroft RCMP Sgt. Kathleen Thain stated in a release. “The community as a whole continues to support Clayton Cassidy’s family as well as one another. Waterways included in the search area are Cache Creek, Bonaparte River and the Thompson River down into the Fraser River to the mouth.” Emergency personnel said Cache Creek remains high and fastmoving. “Daily monitoring of the water conditions will continue to be made in order to reassess when further searches can be conducted. Once water levels recede in the area, searchers may have better chances at locating Clayton Cassidy and making a recovery,” Thain said. In 2016, the 59-year-old Cassidy was awarded the province’s Medal of Good Citizenship for his work during flooding in Cache Creek in May 2015. The medal recognizes individuals who, through exceptional long-term service, have made outstanding contributions to their
communities without expectation of remuneration or reward. Cassidy is a 30-year veteran of Cache Creek’s fire department, with a decade spent as chief. Water levels started rising in the village on May 4, the evening before Cassidy went missing, when snowmelt and heavy rains led to Cache Creek swelling beyond its banks. Culverts were blocked by debris and the village lost a number of bridges. • The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will be waiving tipping fees until June 11 for homeowners who sustained property damage as a result of recent flooding. Only waste materials generated as a direct result of the flood will be waived. At the waste disposal site, residents will be required to sign a declaration stating their name, phone number and address of flooded property. For more information, call the TNRD Environmental Services Department at 1-877-377-8673 or send an email to recyclenow@tnrd. ca.
The Ashcroft RCMP’s poster seeking help in finding missing Cache Creek Fire Chief Clayton Cassidy includes detailed information about what he was wearing when he disappeared in the early-morning hours of Friday, May 5, while checking water levels in the town’s eponymous creek.
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Wet and slushy road conditions led to an accident on Saturday night that killed a 61-year-old Kamloops man and injured two city residents. The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 7:15 p.m. on the Coquihalla Highway near the Inks Lake brake check, a few minutes south of Kamloops. RCMP Sgt. Mike Pears said the driver of a northbound car carrying three males lost control amid the slippery conditions. The car rolled and ended up in the median between the northbound and southbound highway lanes just north of the brake check. The 61-year-old man in the
passenger seat died at the scene, while the driver and a rear-seat passenger were taken to Royal Inland Hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. Pears noted the Coquihalla experienced numerous storm cells passing through the area throughout Saturday, with snow, hail and rain coming down, “At the time of this crash, a localized storm system had just passed and the road at this location was wet, slushy and hail covered,” Pears said. “A pickup truck had lost control and was located in the centre median prior to the fatal crash occurring. There were no injuries to the occupants of the
pickup truck.” Members of the RCMP’s Central Interior Traffic Services unit and a collision reconstructionist continue to investigate the fatal crash. RCMP are reminding motorists that road conditions in higher elevations can change drastically in a matter of a few kilometres or metres. People should drive to drive to the conditions and slow down when driving into and through storms. “Roads can be bare and wet one minute and, a minute later, you can be driving through slush/hail or pools of water,” Pears said “Be prepared.”
Beckett trial on the move TIM PETRUK
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The second trial of a former New Zealand politician accused of murdering his Canadian wife while on vacation in B.C. nearly seven years ago will not take place in Kamloops. In B.C. Supreme Court on Monday, prosecutors agreed to have Peter Beckett’s murder trial moved to Kelowna. In April 2016, fol-
lowing a three-month trial, a Kamloops jury was unable to return a unanimous verdict. A mistrial was declared and Beckett later announced his plans to apply to move his second trial away from Kamloops. Beckett’s wife, Laura Letts, drowned in Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke on Aug. 18, 2010. He was arrested a year later and has been in custody since.
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At trial, prosecutors accused Beckett of having killed his wife out of greed.
Beckett maintained her death, which took place while the couple was boating on Shelter Bay, was either suicide or an accident. Pre-trial hearings are continuing in Kamloops. Next week, defence lawyer Marilyn Sandford is expected to make an application to have Beckett’s charges tossed due to unreasonable delay. His trial is scheduled to begin on Aug. 21 in Kelowna.
Demolition derby downtown Police will be recommending charges against a 45-year-old Kamloops man accused of creating a personal demolition derby on downtown streets last week. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said the incident began just before 7:30 p.m. on Friday when Mounties received two reports of separate hit-and-runs within moments of each other. Shelkie said the first crash took place at Third Avenue and Victoria Street when a white
pickup truck rear-ended another vehicle. The driver of the pickup fled. A short time later, Shelkie said, the truck blew a red light at Third Avenue and Lansdowne Street and struck another vehicle. “The driver of the pickup did not stop and instead drove the wrong way on Lansdowne, then up over a sidewalk before leaving the area,” she said. The driver who had previ-
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ously been rear-ended took a picture of the pickup truck’s licence plate and Mounties were able to track down the registered owner. At his house, Shelkie said, the owner appeared to be drunk. He was arrested and released on a promise to appear in court on May 29 on potential charges of impaired driving, dangerous driving, failure to provide a breath sample, hit and run and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
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Water levels slowly dropping Water levels are dropping in areas of the city beset by flooding, but two creeks still have to recede before the damage they’ve caused can be assessed. Tammy Robertson, emergency operations centre information officer for the city, said Campbell Creek continues to drop, but water is still running over Barnhartvale Road. A detour along Blackwell Road remains in effect and the city won’t be able to assess ero-
sion damage until it recedes. The city is also waiting for flows to come down at Heffley Creek, where erosion has washed out a portion of Old Highway 5. In Rayleigh, where the city has been dewatering a slumping hillside in the Palmer-Forsyth area, Robertson said the hill is now moving only a few millimetres per day, though the city has not set a date when 22 evacuated residents can return home. Robertson said Kamloops
residents impacted by the floods can take advantage of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s resiliency centre at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way in Aberdeen. The centre, which will allow members of the public to speak to representatives from the province’s disaster financial assistance program, runs on Wednesday and Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Dustin Wiemer had been renting a room in the trailer at the Monte Lake Resort Campsite for a little over a month when the fire broke out. Wiemer, who was asleep at the time, said he awoke on April 12 to his landlady’s boyfriend telling him to get out of their shared accommodation. “There was really thick smoke in the top of the room in the bedroom, really, really black smoke,” the 33-year-old recalled. With no time to collect his possessions, Wiemer left the trailer with only the clothes on his back and his coat, which contained his ID.
By the time the fire was extinguished, he said, three trailers and a shed were damaged and the rest of Wiemer’s possessions were destroyed. “Everything burned,” he said. Donna Kaiser, a longtime friend of Wiemer’s, said she was inspired to start a GoFundMe campaign for Wiemer and his landlords after hearing about the fire. Neither party was insured. “They have nothing,” she said. “But the mortgage payments don’t stop.” Wiemer’s landlord, Tracey Burge, believes the fire was started by an electrical malfunction caused by a faulty electrical pole. In the days before the fire, she said the trailer’s lights had started dimming for no apparent reason.
Burge said she had been upgrading the unit when the blaze broke out, noting the linoleum was 14 days old. Burge, a special-needs caregiver, has been living in the Knutsford campground in a fifthwheel donated by the Red Cross. “All I have is the clothes on my back,” she said. Complicating the situation, the campground has been hit by the same flooding plaguing many parts of the region. “It’s flooding a river under it,” she told KTW. “Every once in a while, you feel the fifth-wheel move. It’s like, ‘Oh my God.’ I’m trying not to cry.” Kaiser’s GoFundMe campaign can be found online at gofundme.com/fire-victims-atmonte-lake.
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New mom Ashton Sweetnam (right) and baby Juniper get some information on donating breast milk from Milk Stroll co-organizer Marion Blundell. The event, held to raise awareness of the need for donor human milk for at-risk babies, took place downtown at the farmers’ market.
Police are continuing their investigation into a suspicious fire in an Aberdeen house early Sunday morning. Emergency crews were called to a home in the 1300block of Dunbar Drive just before 5 a.m. for a report of a
structure fire. Kamloops Fire Rescue Capt. Troy Grant told KTW the blaze was limited to an area on the home’s second floor. “It was a small fire
contained to the second floor around a chesterfield,” he said. Both residents of the home escaped with their pet dog. Due to the ongoing RCMP investigation,
Grant said he was unable to get in to any more detail than that, other than to say firefighters had deemed the incident “suspicious.” The Dunbar Drive home is about a block from Kamloops Fire Rescue’s Station 7 — a factor Grant said contributed to the quick work of the blaze made by firefighters. “Crews got there very quickly,” he said.
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One of Kamloops Pride’s most frequently asked questions is when will the parade be downtown? The community now has an answer. On Sunday, Aug. 20, Kamloops Pride will be hosting Kamloops’ first downtown pride parade. Dubbed Out in the Street, the event will be a visible celebration of inclusivity in response to demand from the community. “Individuals want to see a very out, very downtown pride parade,” said Kirstin McLaughlin, president of Kamloops Pride. The Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union Equity Committee has hosted a pride parade on campus for five years in support of LGBTQ2S+ on campus and in the rest of the community.
McLaughlin said. She said the parades have become significant to the arts and culture scenes in their respective communities and people can expect the same colourful and fun experience in the River City. “What’s memorable is the energy is one of enthusiasm, excitement, celebration,” McLaughlin said. The parade will begin in Riverside Park, travel toward city hall, down Victoria Street to Fifth Avenue and back down Lansdowne Street. In its first year, the event won’t include floats or motorized vehicles, but McLaughlin hopes to see people on roller skates and bicycles alongside walkers — anything humanpowered. “It’s going to be absolutely awesome,” she said. Kamloops Pride, formerly Gala Kamloops, is a non-profit group run
entirely by volunteers. It has been busy organizing the parade since December and also hosts dances, youth groups and a book club. It is seeking help from the community to help make its first pride parade a success. The event needs sponsorships and volunteers leading up to the event and on the day of the parade. “It’s all across the board right now,” McLaughlin said. “Marshalling, booth set ups and take down.” Those interested in lending a hand or opening their wallet can email kamloopspride@ gmail.com. A full weekend of festivities is expected leading up to the parade, with more information to come. For more about Kamloops Pride, including a list of community resources and supports, go online to kamloop-
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BYELECTION IS MILOBAR’S CALL
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eter Milobar will on Tuesday sit in his mayor’s chair in council chambers at Kamloops City Hall for what may be the final time. Milobar was elected Kamloops-North Thompson MLA on May 9 and will be sworn in a few weeks. That leaves Tuesday’s council meeting as quite possibly his last as mayor as the coming Victoria Day long weekend means no council meeting next week. There are many items on the council agenda, but only one that has had political junkies debating amongst each other since Milobar won the B.C. Liberal nomination back in November. Item 7.7 on the agenda concerns the immediate future of city council and whether voters will be going to the polls in a September byelection (estimated to cost $150,000). The decision on what happens is Milobar’s, not council’s. As noted in the report to council, Milobar must make a decision: resign now and force a byelection or take a leave of absence until Jan. 1, 2018, thereby avoiding a byelection. Legislation states if a mayor resigns on or after Jan. 1 of a civic election year, no byelection is required. Quitting before Jan. 1 of a civic election would create a byelection with 80 days’ notice. In this case, if Milobar decides to resign now, voters would go to the polls in September. Of course, Milobar can consult with councillors and discuss options. But the decision is his to make. Do voters want to go to the polls four months after a provincial election? If so, how much lower than the traditional 30 per cent will voter turnout be? Can voters be expected to pay attention to policy issues during the peak of vacation season and while scrambling to get the kids back to school? Then again, can the city deal with pressing issues, including the KGHM mutual benefits agreement, without an elected mayor at the helm? Would a rotating cast of deputy mayors lead to weaker governance? The political intrigue will hopefully come to a resolution Tuesday at city hall, with no shortage of opinions to follow.
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ne of my memorable moments of the 2017 election was reading a newspaper interview with a random voter during an NDP swing through Metro Vancouver. What do you think of John Horgan, the woman was asked. She didn’t know who that was. What about your local candidates? She didn’t know who they were, either. She didn’t need more details as she had already voted NDP in the advance poll. The NDP did well in Metro Vancouver, picking up six of nine Surrey seats and toppling three cabinet ministers. Jagrup Brar got his old seat back in SurreyFleetwood, easily knocking off Peter Fassbender, who narrowly defeated Brar in 2013 and went straight to firefighting cabinet posts — education and then municipal affairs and TransLink. Voters who followed this campaign will know the NDP promised to eliminate bridge tolls. If voters got their information from TV, they may not know this means the end of TI Corporation, the entity created to build the Port Mann bridge, collect the newly introduced tolls and pay off the huge mortgage. That debt would move to the government books and tax revenues would have to replace toll revenues over several decades. This would have implications for the province’s credit rating, currently AAA, and costs of other borrowing. But this is all too boring for TV.
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VICTORIA TV loves the current minority split. It’s a thriller, a cliffhanger, a vote-them-off-the-island reality show. It’s a Cinderella story of the plucky Green party humbling old-school politicians. It will be after the Victoria Day long weekend before we know for sure if we have a bare majority B.C. Liberal government, a Green-NDP coalition or a temporary peace treaty that could plunge us into another election at any time. Brar’s initial term was notable for two things: his vast distribution of business cards and his participation in the raise the rates event staged annually by the East Vancouver poverty industry. Celebrities spend a month on single employable welfare, going to shelters and food banks, TV cameras in tow. These are also staged in high schools, where students blow the budget on expensive prepared foods because most aren’t familiar with cooking. Brar was roasted by the Indian community, where shared dwellings and cooking have raised frugal living
to an art form. For 2017, the NDP promised a cautious $100 increase in income-assistance rates. Party veterans recall the crisis that helped destroy the last NDP government when it raised rates and, more crucially, eased eligibility for free money. Soon one in 10 B.C. residents were collecting, the government staggering under the bulging caseload. The B.C. Greens promised a reckless 50 per cent increase across the board, followed by a minimum income system that essentially rewards idleness and docks people for earning more. It’s being piloted in Ontario, where UBC economist Kevin Milligan warns it’s mostly going to low-income young people still living with their parents. Green Leader Andrew Weaver got a pass on his dream-world spending plans, which included “free” universal child care and pre-school starting at age two. I asked him for his projection on welfare caseload. No answer. Vancouver media spent a lot of time on personality stories, like that time when absentminded professor Weaver walked into a door while texting and broke his nose. The bulk of media coverage is what’s known as the “horse race.” Neck and neck, who’s got the momentum and, of course, those opinion polls, which provide a dubious daily scoreboard to surround with colour commentary. Ah, so that’s what democracy is — a sporting event. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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BOOGIE ORGANIZERS RESPOND TO CRITICISM Editor: We were truly dismayed to see Ken Nicholson’s May 11 letter to the editor (‘Organizers should remove Boogie messages’), which portrayed Boogie the Bridge chalk messages along the Rivers Trail in a negative light. We’d like to clear up a few misconceptions. Boogie the Bridge is an incredible event that comes together only with a staggering number of hours of hundreds of volunteers. It creates tremendous goodwill in the community, as evidenced by dozens of people who come out of their homes to cheer participants on and more than $1 million raised for local charities over its lifetime. Each year, as part of preparations, volunteers write chalk messages to inspire participants along the route. Some of those participants walk, some run
and some (with mobility issues) wheel. The messages include such sentiments as “You’re Amazing,” “Keep Going,” “You Got This” and “You’re Beautiful.” They are universal in that they aim to encourage and uplift the viewer. The messages are not done with paint. They are done in chalk — just like the hopscotch squares and pictures that children draw on sidewalks. Chalk fades easily over a short period of time. Chalk is non-invasive and biodegradable. It is difficult to comprehend how these chalk messages could possibly encourage graffiti or “tagging” any more than children’s chalk drawings on the sidewalk would. (By the way, the photo caption published with Nicholson’s letter is incorrect. The painted message depicted was not done by Boogie
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the Bridge.) The chalk messages are part of what makes Boogie the Bridge such a unique event, not only in Kamloops, but across the country. Boogie was founded 20 years ago on the principles of kindness, inclusion, community and positive mental health. We wish Nicholson all the kindness in the world.
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Susan Wright Boogie the Bridge Society executive director, Family Tree Society Kathy Sinclair Boogie the Bridge participant executive director, Kamloops Arts Council Terri Axani Boogie the Bridge Society past charity participant
BOOGIE ISSUE NOT THERE COMPLAINT ‘RIDICULOUS’ Editor: Re: Ken Nicholson’s May 11 letter regarding Boogie the Bridge chalk messages (‘Organizers should remove Boogie messages’): With all due respect, his arguments carry no weight whatsoever and can easily be dismantled. One point I take issue with is his comment that “writing messages on public roads models the wrong behaviour for young people.” First of all, well done to the young people who chalk the messages. Secondly, if your child doesn’t know the difference between spray painting a profanity on the side of a house and
chalking an uplifting message on a path, I suggest the problem lies with the parents. As for the argument that people with Parkinson’s disease in mobility scooters may not find the messages very uplifting, I genuinely think Nicholson is complaining for the sake of complaining. What else would he rather see to make him feel more uplifted? On a more personal note, I have run Boogie several times and I love to see people of all ages, shapes and sizes take part. Ted Milne Kamloops
Editor: Re: Ken Nicholson’s May 11 letter regarding Boogie the Bridge chalk messages (‘Organizers should remove Boogie messages’): This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. I had to read it twice to ensure I was understanding what was being asked. This citizen has requested sidewalk chalk to be removed. He finds the inspirational messages problematic and thinks they will increase graffiti. People will use spray paint where they want. Inspirational messages in sidewalk chalk are not going to increase graffiti, nor
does everyone find it “unsightly.” These inspirational quotes are just that — inspirational. I love walking down the trail and reading them. It reminds me how wonderful our city is to do this fundraiser every year. I don’t think we need to worry about people with decreased mobility finding them offensive any more than a person walking would be offended. Nicholson’s letter is a great example of how political correctness has gone too far. C. Benson Kamloops
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Shouts of “Me, me, me!” heard above squeals of laughter were evidence of traditional knowledge passing from ancestors to today’s offspring. With wide smiles and big eyes, two dozen tiny hands grasped hold of traditional ways — pulling a wriggling fish from the depths of a shallow creek bed. Stepping off the yellow school bus from Little Fawn Nursery on the Tk’emlups Indian Band reserve, a group of three- to five-year-olds gathered last Thursday in anticipation of a first-hand experience — of harvesting and transferring fish. Pipsell, the traditional name given to the Jacko Lake area, was the setting for the day’s lesson. Seated on the bank above the muddy creek, young learners listened as Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation knowledge keeper Ed Jensen explained. “We are both givers and takers,” he said, noting showing respect for the area and teaching its significance means giving back. After voicing a prayer and then presenting themselves in humility, Jensen knelt down, opened a pouch of tobacco and placed an offering into the creek. Before each child took his or her turn, Jensen netted a large trout, presenting it to the wide-eyed faces. “We take the first fish caught and then release it back into the water as a way of saying, thank you,” he explained. With recent rains and a swift snowmelt, flooded fields overflowed into small tributaries, making it impossible for fish to reach spawning areas in Peterson Creek. They were trapped in fields, facing death. But with multi-generations to the rescue, the floundering fish find their way back into Jacko Lake via the bed of a pickup truck, with a small convoy of vehicles slowly making its way toward the lake’s boat launch. It is a journey they could not have made without the assistance of these young, new stewards of the land.
Clockwise from top: Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation knowledge keeper Ed Jensen shows Little Fawn Nursery students the first trout successfully netted from the land-locked creek; Students and staff of Little Fawn Nursery walk from the school bus to the boat launch at Jacko Lake; Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation (SSN) project co-ordinator Sunny LeBordais hands a netted fish to be released into Jacko Lake; With hill slopes ridden of pine trees due to pine beetle kill, area fields have been filled with an excess of water, causing migrating fish stocks to lose their way en route to their usual spawning grounds in Peterson Creek; Little Fawn Nursery student Ricardo Seymour (right) releases trout into Jacko Lake with the help of Jensen. DAVE EAGLES PHOTOS/KTW
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OTTAWA — The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP says bullying and harassment are serious problems within the national police force and is urging fundamental changes. Some highlights from Monday’s hard-hitting report: • Abuse of authority remains a significant problem within the RCMP and hurts not only individuals, but the integrity of investigations, the efficiency of operations and the effectiveness of the Mounties as a whole. • The force has failed to address the problem of harassment, beyond local, limited programs, with no effort by national headquarters to institutionalize reforms. • Given those failings, strong civilian oversight and government leadership are required to ensure sustained reform. • As it is currently set up, the Office for the Co-ordination of Harassment Complaints has a useful but limited role. • Complaints are often handled badly, with poorly trained decision-makers using the wrong legal tests and looking at irrelevant and prejudicial considerations, which may result in complaints being dismissed as unfounded. • Civilian experts should be recruited at senior levels of human resources and labour relations. • The governance structure
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Former Mountie Don Matheson, who now lives in the Shuswap, protested recently outside the Kamloops RCMP detachment on Battle Street. Matheson’s placard-waving stance was in protest of what he says is a problem in the national police force with bullying and sexual harrasment.
within the RCMP should be modernized to bring in civilian governance and/or oversight and to enhance accountability. • The RCMP should adopt a simplified definition of harassment in its policies, following the approach adopted by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and other Canadian jurisdictions, to facilitate the investigation and resolution of valid complaints. • Policies and procedures
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should be revised to give divisional commanding officers the discretion to screen complaints to determine if a prima facie case of harassment has been made out, applying an appropriately broad and simplified definition of harassment. • The force should hire skilled, competent and dedicated administrative investigators, who are independent of the chain of command, to conduct harassment investigations.
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local sign company owner has joined other contractors in B.C. caught up in a mixup over the province’s return to provincial sales tax (PST) four years ago. It’s going to cost Gerry Alpaught’s company nearly $140,000, while the B.C. Chamber of Commerce estimates as much as $500 million across the province could be at play. “I thought we were doing it the right way,” Alpaught said. “I came from the retail sales end where buyers always pay the PST.” It’s particularly painful for Alpaught because he became a partner in Artistic Sign Service Ltd. in 2015, while the tax problem had been ongoing for two years beforehand, despite his due diligence. An auditor with the provincial government, however, didn’t agree. The problem stems from reconversion of the short-lived harmonized sales tax (HST) back to PST in 2013. In 2008, the province changed the way so-called “real property” contractors
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The B.C. Chamber of Commerce is calling on the province to review its methods of collecting and paying PST. As much as $500 million could be at play in B.C. due to a mixup following reconversion from the short-lived harmonized sales tax (HST) in 2013, which was brought in by former premier Gordon Campbell (above).
collected and paid PST on behalf of customers. That year, real property contractors were required to pay PST on any materials or inputs. But soon after, the province made the transition to HST, which no longer required the payments. When the province began the return to
PST, according to a B.C. Chamber of Commerce policy paper, some contractors continued using what they believed was PST-exempt status and instead charged customers PST, which they remitted, in turn, to the province. “Two years after the PST came back in and they were still
doing it that way,” Alpaught said of his company and many others in the industry. In fact, the Chamber estimates new home contractors could owe the province in the neighbourhood of $350 million, while those doing renovations should have collected about $140 million. “The real property
contractors thought they were doing the right things when they collected the PST from customers. Under the current legislation, this turns out not to be the case, but an honest mistake nonetheless that is impacting the viability of a number of small businesses,” the business organization said in its policy note.
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The Chamber is calling on the province to review its methods of collecting and paying PST to allow “flexibility in collecting and remitting PST . . .” Alpaught also noted that customers of his and other contractors have been paying PST when the didn’t need to be doing so.
But the auditor told him it’s not the agency’s job to find those customers and return taxes they shouldn’t have paid. “No one will let my customers know that,” Alpaught said, adding it is impractical and costly for small contractors to track hundreds of customers to detail the issue.
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Cassidy Gold preparing to close A junior mining company based in Kamloops is winding down and will be delisted from the Canadian Venture Exchange. Cassidy Gold was formed in 1996 with four original partners, including Jim Gillis. The veteran mining promoter said 90 per cent of shares were controlled by a Malaysian firm, “so we decided to privatize it.” Gillis said those Asian inves-
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here is a reason why the B.C. Lions are likely to sign another contract extension to keep their CFL training camp in Kamloops. It’s the same reason why the Kamloops Broncos Football Club brass does its darndest to woo recruits to Hillside Stadium for spring camp, which wrapped up on Sunday. When it comes to a onestop-shop for top-notch football facilities in Western Canada, the Tournament Capital is either near or atop the list. But the only way junior pigskin players can figure that out for themselves is by making the trip to the River City — and some are avoiding the excursion altogether. “The numbers are quite low for us this year,” Broncos’ general manager Jan Antons said. “It’s tougher to get players now. It’s not just us. It’s across the league. We went recruiting. We did everything we could. Some players just didn’t show up.” There were about 85 players at camp and about 20 who no-showed, many of them providing no notice of their intention to be absent. “For the kids coming in who get to see this and see the university, and the weather is nice today, it’s a great recruiting tool for us,” Broncos’ head coach Brad Yamaoka said. “We have the best facility in Western Canada. They get a feel for what Kamloops football is all about.” The local B.C. Football Conference (BCFC) club will carry about 85 players throughout the season, with 55 allowed to dress on game
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days, the first of which comes on July 29 when the Valley Huskers of Chilliwack come to town. The dearth of players at spring camp was not a killer blow to the Broncos, who made an effort to raise the bar when it comes to the quality of athlete they invited this year. Yamaoka seemed upbeat about the gaps he will be able to fill on the roster, pointing to the receiver position as an example. Holes left by graduating wideouts Colin Mather and Broden Romanovitch seem likely to be plugged by a young crop of promising rookies that includes Nick Hykawy, Luke Warren and Timmy Solypa, should they be offered contracts and decide to sign them. Those three newcomers represent the importance of word of mouth to Broncos’ recruiting. Hykawy and Warren went to the same high school as quarterback Colby Henkel, who emerged as Kamloops’ starter under centre last year and spread the good word back home in Stony Plain, Alta.
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“They just saw how much success I had and how much I enjoyed it,” said Henkel, who has competition at quarterback in Ryan Derksen, impressive in limited reps under centre in 2016. “They want to test the waters at spring camp and, maybe, if they like it, they’ll come out.” Solypa heard about the Broncos from the same person who taught him most of what he knows about playing receiver, one of the local junior club’s most-prolific graduates, Derek Yachison. “He coached me back home [with the Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Clansmen] in Winnipeg and told me how beautiful Kamloops is and this was the first camp I was interested in,” Solypa said. “I was at Westshore’s camp [on Vancouver Island] last weekend and it’s nice there, but this is beautiful.” Antons plans to follow up with spring-camp absentees and Yamaoka will continue to lure recruits over the next few weeks, using Lions’ camp as another tool. “We bring kids in and show them that pros use our facilities,” Yamaoka said. “It’s
second to none.” The Broncos pitch their program as a stepping stone, a place for high school graduates to gain valuable playing experience while studying at Thompson Rivers University, which has reputable trades programs and, in some cases, lower acceptance standards than schools such as UBC or the University of Calgary. “For me, it’s where am I going to get the ball more and which team is going to coach me up better, so I can get to university?” Solypa said. “After juniors, I want to get to university on a scholarship. That’s my goal.” (The Broncos are rumoured to be working on a scholarship partnership with TRU, a program that could be introduced in 2018). Some of Kamloops’ potential high school recruits will opt to play elsewhere in the BCFC, choosing programs with richer winning histories, while others will accept scholarship offers from U Sports schools. Broncos’ brass argues both of those options often come along with limited playing time and the university scholarship offers are rarely lucrative, not even enough to cover one semester. Kamloops looks to be thin at offensive line, a key position. Highly-touted high school hogs are usually gobbled up quickly by U Sports schools. Weekend Kamloops campgoers, about 20 of whom stayed in TRU’s residence building, were offered tours of the university and the Tournament Capital Centre and scrimmaged on the turf at Hillside Stadium. It’s the players who didn’t turn up who should be worrying the Broncos. “There is a handful of guys we’re still working on,” Yamaoka said. “We’ll be diligent and stay on top of them.”
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Expect Kamloops’ high school athletes to rack up a few absences at school this week. The Tournament Capital is playing host to a pair of Okanagan championships, with the Kamloops Tennis Centre presenting the Okanagan High School Regional Tennis Championships on Wednesday and Hillside Stadium the home of the Okanagan Valley High School Track and Field Championships on Thursday. At the tennis championships, the host city will be represented by a lone high school — South Kamloops, the defending regional champions. “We’re on par with last year’s team,” said Titans’ coach Jason Friesen. “Immaculata, they beat us, but otherwise we went undefeated in league play. They’re coming in as the one seed. We’re probably coming in as the two seed.” The eight-team, 100-player tournament will also include Kelowna’s Immaculata Mustangs and Okanagan-Mission Huskies, Vernon’s Pleasant Valley Saints and Sinners, Kalamalka Lakers and Clarence Fulton Maroons, and the Summerland Rockets. Action gets underway at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. The Titans’ tennis program is in the midst of its second season and, after finishing 10th at last year’s AA provincial championship and 5-1 in this year’s regular season, is expecting big things from Okanagans this weekend. “South Kamloops hasn’t had a team for, probably, 15 years,” Friesen said. “I played at Kam High back then. It was a blast. We had a great group of students, last year and this year.” High school tennis uses a non-traditional format, similar to that of the Ryder Cup in professional golf. Each school fields a team that includes two boys’ doubles pairs, two girls’ doubles pairs and a singles player in both
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boys’ and girls’ action. Rather than matches, teams compete in “ties” with the other schools in their pools, during which each of the doubles groups plays its counterpart, as do the singles players. The singles players will also come together to play as a mixed doubles team. The result is a best-of-11 competition. The first school to win six matches, wins the tie. Playoff teams are chosen based on results in pool play, with the tournament’s top teams heading to the 2017 Tennis AA Provincial Championship in the Lower Mainland from Thursday, May 25, to Saturday, May 27. On Thursday, the Kamloops Track and Field Club (KTFC) will play host to the Okanagan Valley High School Track and Field Championship. Action at Hillside gets underway at 9 a.m. “It’s a pretty big event,” said KTFC president Judy Armstrong. “Local kids have done really well. I know at Westsyde, they had 11 kids compete [at zones] and nine of them have moved on to the Okanagans.
“We’re excited for that.” One of those athletes was Matthew Campmans, who will compete in the 100-metre dash and the 110m hurdles on Thursday. Campmans expects to make a return to provincials, where he finished in the top 10 in the hurdles last year. But he knows he can’t get ahead of himself. “You can’t be too confident, obviously,” the 17-year-old said, though he is hoping to beat his personal best of 15.47 seconds. “I just have a calm mindset and go in with a positive attitude.” The Okanagan Valley Championships, which will include 400 athletes from across the region, represent the qualifier for the 2017 B.C. High School Track and Field Championships, which will be held in Langley on June 1. From Kamloops, top three athletes will again be headed to the next level, this time to the provincials in Langley next month, which will feature more than 2,500 competitors from across B.C.
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Motorists turning onto Laval Crescent got an unwelcome surprise in the summer of 2015, after a rainstorm flooded the road. Each year, many people die from trying to drive through water-flooded streets.
more flood-related deaths than or catch your ankle,” Furgerson any other state since 2011. Nim said. Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Kidd was involved in countless Emergency Management, said too water rescues earlier in his career many people underestimate the when he was a firefighter in San power of water and “think emerAntonio. gencies and disasters happen to “We would ask people, ‘Why somebody else.” did you drive around a barricade?’ Major flooding has occurred or, ‘Why did you drive into the this year in Quebec and British water?’’’ he said. Columbia, but also in the United “The number one answer was, States. When torrential rains in ‘I didn’t know any other way to get late April led to flooding across to where I was going.’ We’ve got to Missouri, five people, including change that mindset.” Floyd, died driving onto flooded Officials throughout the U.S. are DAYS roads. The death toll would have trying. Several state agencies and been worse if not for hundreds of the National Weather Service have water rescues. produced public ® service announceS that just a Among those rescues were nine ment videos warning calls in Joplin, the Missouri town foot of water can sweep away a car H $1,995 DOWN 4 MONTHLY WIT LEASE* FROM $38 ONLY devastated by a 2011 tornado that and 18 to 24 inches of water can do YING THAT ’S LIKE PA FOR killed 161 people. Fire chief Jim the same to a larger vehicle. Several Furgerson said rescuers put theirAT states place “When Flooded Turn MONTHS own lives on the line to save people Around APR Don’t Drown” warning WEEKLY in flooded cars. signs provided by the weather ser“We take precautions with lifeOVED FEvice ES:flood-prone crossings.CAPACITY ATURat ING 6,000 LBS TOW CTORY APPR MONITOR and towns, includVIEWcities vests, we have ropes,FAbut you don’t Many UND ARO ACITY 7 PASSENGER CAP ED LIFTGATE IVAT MOTION ACT know if there’s something hidden ingREMJoplin, have installed gates that RT OTE ENGINE STA RGENCY FORWARD EME in the water that’s goingBRA toKING cut you block passage at flood-prone areas T:8.125”
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DETROIT — General Motors is launching its Maven car-sharing service in New York City. The service lets members rent GM vehicles for up to 28 days at a time. Maven will park 80 vehicles around Manhattan. Using Maven’s smartphone app, members can reserve a time and unlock and start the car when they arrive. Prices vary by vehicle, but it will cost about $100 to use a Chevrolet Cruze for a full day. Maven takes care of the insurance and fuel costs. Maven started a year ago with a small fleet of cars in Ann Arbor, Mich. The service now has 35,000 members and more than 530 cars on the road in 13 U.S. cities and in Kitchener. Until now, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington D.C. have been Maven’s biggest markets.
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HOROSCOPES
MAY 16 - MAY 22, 2017
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22
Aries, finding what you desire when you haven’t made your own mind up about what you want can be challenging. Some soul-searching can probably come up with something promising.
Nagging doubts about an investment may be trying to tell you something, Taurus. Hold off on any bold moves until you feel more confident with parting ways with cash.
Libra, trips may seem like they have to be large undertakings, but that’s not always the case. Try for a short jaunt somewhere and enjoy the scenery.
The time has come to spend less time thinking and more time doing, Scorpio. Turn a page in your life and you’ll likely be satisfied with the results.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 2
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
Gemini, if you have already committed to something, see it through. The end result may be something unexpected. Others are anxious to see what you can accomplish.
Take the emotional plunge, Cancer. Someone special needs to hear about it pronto. This is not a week to clam up, but rather one to share your feelings and let others in.
Going back to school might be the best path for you at this time, Leo. Although this might stretch your schedule to its limits, you’ll find the time if it’s important to you.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Volunteering can bring more meaning to your life,Virgo, especially if you feel yourself struggling right now. Giving back can sometimes make your problems seem small.
There are a few friends who have stuck by your side through thick and thin, Sagittarius. When one comes knocking at your door for help, give this person the support he or she needs.
Capricorn, you can find a solution to a problem even if the answer eludes you for the time being. Don’t overthink what has to be done.This is a time to act.
Aquarius, you always have time to do something for yourself, but you might need to put that on hold right now and focus on others. Forge ahead even if you are met with resistance.
MATH MIND
THE CHICKEN RACE
BENDER One boring afternoon, you set up a chicken race. The chickens are Abby, Bria, Cora, Dora and Elsa. Neither Abby nor Bria placed fourth. Cora placed the same number of places ahead of Bria as Dora placed ahead of Abby. Dora placed second. Elsa placed in the top three. There were no ties. How did each chicken place? ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S (MAY 9) STEPPING UP PUZZLE:
There are twenty-one ways to go upstairs.
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PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20
Pisces, do not think about anything but having fun for the next few days. Others will begin to live vicariously through you.
This puzzle is by Gene Wirchenko. His blog, genew.ca, has other puzzles & articles.
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The Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. Group of Companies has openings for 2 Full Time Summer Relief Class 1 Drivers and 1 Part Time Casual Summer Relief Class 1 Driver working out of our Kamloops terminal providing daytime pickup and deliveries in Kamloops and surrounding areas. This is a seasonal position. Preference will be given to applicants with LTL/P&D experience and knowledge of the area. We offer above average rates. To join our team of Professional Drivers, please send a cover letter, a current resume and current driver’s abstract (within the last 30 days) in person to 682 W Sarcee Street, Kamloops. If you are unable to apply in person please email resume and drivers abstract to: careers@vankam.com
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Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops, BC Western Canada Theatre is seeking a dynamic individual to work as part of the management team responsible for the administration and facilities management of Kamloops’ premier performance space, the 700-seat Sagebrush Theatre, and WCT’s 150-seat studio, the Pavilion Theatre, which includes WCT’s offices and workshops and the Kamloops Live! Box Office. Key aspects of the job: Coordinating with clients and technical, box office, and finance departments; managing front-of-house staff, maintenance contractors and a large volunteer staff; creating the schedules and executing corresponding contracts, including rental and ticketing agreements; ensuring safety protocols are in place, including public safety, food and beverage licenses, and requisite training for staff and volunteers, and ensuring the highest possible level of customer service.
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WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT Where as, R.J. Turner & Associates Inc is indebted to Nelson Machinery & Equipment Ltd for storage on May 15, 2016 on (2) Used 1 ½ ton Atlas Battery Locomotives, battery boxes without batteries, sold ‘as is” condition. There is presently an amount due and owing of $4,553. plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. A lien is claimed under the act. Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of May, 2017 or thereafter the said locomotives will be sold. The locomotives are currently stored at: Nelson Machinery & Equipment Ltd, 6451 Trans Canada Hwy #1 West, Savona, BC, V0K 2J0. For more information call: Nelson Machinery & Equipment Ltd, at 250-3732427 or 604-534-5313 www.nelsonmachinery.com
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1970 Mach 1, Built by Barry Prescot, Modified car, 460 V8 w/3 phase nitrous, 9 inch diff, roll bar, racing seats 22,000 miles replacement cost $75,000 asking $35,000obo (250) 554-3240 (778) 538-3240
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Obituaries & In Memoriam John Edward McCannel
Margaret Maureen Heslop
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Edward McCannel on April 1, 2017 at the age of 88.
Celebration of Life
Born in Kamloops, B.C. to Neil and Ada (Betty) McCannel on August 27, 1928. John attended Stuart Wood School for elementary grades. He then went to Kamloops Junior High for grades 7- 9 and graduated from Kamloops High School in June of 1946. During the War, John worked and helped his father after school and on Saturdays in the McCannel Motors garage as all the mechanics were in the services. He graduated from “wrench passer” and “light holder” to “mechanic.” He got his first car in 1947. It was a 1933 Pontiac sedan that was stored in the garage and was never picked up by the owner. He bought it from his father for the storage bill. It was a bit of a hybrid, it had a Marquette motor, a Chev clutch and an Olds rear axle. By the time John made the necessary repairs, it had Jeep valves in the engine and a radiator adapted from a Studebaker pickup. He had a lot of fun in the Pontiac and with the number of miles he put on it, was sure glad the gas was thirty cents a gallon! When the garage closed in 1961, it was the oldest family owned Studebaker dealership in Canada.
With extreme sadness we announce the passing of Margaret Maureen Heslop on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
Richard “Dick” Sharpe
Margaret is survived by her children - son Randy, daughter Eileen (John) Fisher and grandchildren Chelsea and Graham Fisher, sister Evelyn Sternig, brother-in-law Albert (Elsie) Brown, sisters-inlaw Colleen Heslop, Lorna Keith, Hilda Bartz and numerous nieces and nephews.
1926 – 2017
Predeceased by her husband Gordon in 2011, three babies Kathleen, Lynette and David, sister Lillian Brown and brothers-in-law Harold Heslop, Bob Keith and Dr. Eric Bartz.
In the spring of 1950, he met the love of his life, Sheila Grace Gammie. They were married on October 20, 1950 in Everett, Washington. He is survived by five children, Mary, Bill, Gail (Tom), Catherine (Dave), John (Lourdes); four grandchildren, Nathan, Kellen, Krysta and Shelby and greatgrandson Karter. He was preceded in death by his wife Sheila and brother E. Warren. John was a kind and gentle soul. He was a great storyteller and loved to share them with family and friends. In recent years, John loved playing golf with his golf buddies at Mt. Paul & Mac Park. A couple of times a year, they would venture up the north river to play a round in Barriere. John rarely missed a day playing pool at the North Kamloops Senior Centre. We would like to thank the RIH nurses of “5 North” who took wonderful care of John and showed compassion and professionalism at all times and made him feel loved during his trials.There will be a Memorial Service for John at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Fourth Avenue and Nicola Street at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Please join the family for a reception after the service. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com
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Tom Renton of Kamloops, BC passed away after a lengthy illness on May 7, 2017 at 69 years of age. He was born on May 2, 1948 in Port Coquitlam, BC. Tom leaves behind his loving wife Ann and daughter Jennifer, brother Jack (Patty), sister Lorrie and extended family. He was predeceased by his parents Fred and Pat. Tom will also be missed by his faithful companion Katie. As a young man, Tom was proud to serve his country with the PPCLI 2nd Battalion. Later, after trying out a few occupations, Tom found a career in mining. He loved to operate heavy equipment. An avid outdoorsman, Tom was happiest tromping through the bush chasing chickens (hunting grouse) or sitting by a stream panning for gold. Tom was always there with a helping hand when needed, and will be missed. At his request, no formal service will be held. Rather than flowers, a donation to Kamloops Hospice Association or to a charity of choice would be appreciated. Condolences may be sent to the family at DrakeCremation.com (250) 377-8225
The more you get, The more you laugh, The less you fret. The more you do unselfishly. The more you live abundantly. The more of everything you share, The more you’ll always have to spare. The more you love, the more you’ll find, That life is good and friends are kind.
A Celebration of Margaret’s Life will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 pm on Friday, May 19th at the Desert Gardens, 540 Seymour Street, Kamloops, BC.
For only what we give away, Enriches us from day to day. Teresa PierceyGates
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Margaret was a friend to everyone and always had dinner on the stove for anyone travelling by. She loved working at both BC Tel and Kamloops Highway Department and made many friends and will be missed by all.
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Join us for a Celebration of Dick’s Life on Saturday, May 27th, 2017, from 1:00 pm 4:00 pm in the Sandman Signature Hotel, 225 Lorne St., Kamloops, BC.
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Marlena (Marlie) Finn Mrs. Marlena (Marlie) Finn of Chase, BC passed away peacefully with her family by her side in Kamloops, BC on May 7, 2017 at 74 years of age. She is lovingly remembered by her devoted husband Mickey, daughter Adele (Albert), sons Todd (Nova), Shawn (Nancy) and Chris (Vickie), sister Winnie, brother Ron (Maxine), numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Marlie was a devoted, loving wife and mother. She was a proud and loving grandmother to eight grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. She courageously lost her battle with cancer and will be forever in our memories and deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. “Your memory is our keepsake, with which we will never part. God has you in His keeping, we have you in our hearts” We would like to thank all the doctors and nurses involved at Royal Inland Hospital for their care of Marlie in her final days. There will be no formal service by request. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations made to the Canadian Cancer Foundation or BC Children’s Hospital in memory of Marlie would be greatly appreciated. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454
LOVE ALWAYS REMEMBERS BY HELEN STEINER RICE
May tender memories soften your grief, May fond recollection bring you relief, And may you find comfort and peace in the thought Of the joy that knowing your loved one brought For time and space can never divide Or keep your loved one from your side When memory paints In colors true The happy hours that Belonged to you.
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Obituaries & In Memoriam Almo Salviati
A Vanished Friend
Almo Salviati passed away peacefully on May 11, 2017 in Kamloops at 89 years of age. Almo was born on August 25, 1927 in Ponte di Barbarano, Italy. In 1955, he immigrated to Canada in search of work and to start a new life. After working several jobs in BC and Alberta, he settled in Kamloops where he would marry Maria and raise a family. They always kept in touch with their distant Italian relatives with many trips, letters and phone calls. He worked in construction as a welder on many large projects that helped shape this province. He finished his welding years working for his buddy Mike at Kamco Installations, eventually retiring in 1990. Almo was an avid gardener and winemaker. He was known for his ability to make a good glass of red wine for the dinner table. Almo had a passion for fishing and always abided by the “Italian limit.” His children and grandchildren were his pride and joy; he was so proud of their many accomplishments. Almo is survived by his wife of 56 years Maria, who was always by his side, his daughter Anna (Randy), his son Robert (Maggie) and his grandchildren Tara, Lisa, Sam, Dylan, Janna and Alysha. The family wishes to send a heartfelt thank you to friends, neighbors and extended family, particularly Antonia, Leonard and Florriann. The Reverend Father Fred Weisbeck will celebrate the Funeral Mass on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 10:30 am in the Holy Family Parish, 2797 Sunset Drive, Kamloops, BC. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions to the Kamloops Hospice House or the RIH Foundation.
by Anders Lim
Around the corner I have a friend In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year has gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men, Tired of playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name. “Tomorrow, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I am thinking of him.” But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows, Around the corner, yet miles away “Here’s a telegram, sir,” “Jim died today!” And that’s what we get, and deserve in the end, Around the corner a vanished friend!
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Carol Bugera (nee Seevers) December 25, 1939 - May 11, 2017
Carol was born on Christmas Day in Lucky Lake, SK in 1939 to August and Hilda Seevers. In 1942, the family, including her three sisters Elfrieda, Lucille and Lillian moved to Daysland, AB. There her brother Dennis and sister Shirley were born. In 1951, the family moved to Kamloops where she went to Kam High. She met the love of her life Don and they were married. In 1967, they moved to Louis Creek with their two children Randy and Kathy. Here they purchased their dream property and built their family home. They lived there for 50 plus years. Bugera Logging and Avon became a way of life. Carol loved selling Avon and just received her 45 year pin. She was a woman with a heart of gold who was always ready and willing to help anyone in need. A valuable member of the community who spent many hours volunteering. Carol loved curling, dancing, playing cards, traveling, country music, reading her books and spending time at Adams Lake with Family. Touching the lives of many, Carol leaves behind son Randy (Gail), daughter Kathy (Brad), granddaughters Kyra (Shayle), Ashley (Trevor), Charlene (Brad) and Lorranne (Matt), as well as her pride and joy in life– her six great-grandchildren Cameron, Jeremy, Corey, Tessa, Claireese and Weston, siblings Dennis (Evelyn), Lillian, Shirley (Barry), numerous nieces and nephews and a legacy of friends. Carol is predeceased by her parents Gus and Hilda Seevers, sisters Elfrieda and Lucille and husband Don. A Celebration of Carol’s Life will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at the Barriere Fall Fair Hall at 1:00 pm. There will be a tea to follow. The family would like to thank the special angels at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home who took such great care of Carol in her final days. In Memory of Carol, donations can be made to Marjorie Willoughby Snowden
Memorial Hospice Home. Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com Schoenings Funeral Service 250-374-1454
In Loving Memory Of Mario Astorino April 23, 1926 May 14, 2007
A loving thought, a secret tear keeps your memory ever dear. Although it’s been 10 years we know you walk beside us, you are in our hearts, and we miss you.
Your Loving Family
The Angel on Your Shoulder By Jackie Huston Lena, Wisconsin
There’s an angel on your shoulder Though you may not know she’s there, She watches over you day and night And keeps you in her care. There’s an angel on your shoulder Watching you learn and grow Keeping you safe from danger And nurturing your soul. She’ll be there through your triumphs She’ll dance on clouds with pride, She’ll hold your hand through disappointments and fears, Standing faithfully by your side. In her lifetime this angel was strong and true, And stood up for what was right. In your life you’ll be faced with decisions and trials And she’ll shine down her guiding light. Life holds so much in store for you, So remember as you grow older, There are no heights you cannot reach ‘Cause there’s an angel on your shoulder. Bereavement Publishing Inc. 5125 N. Union Blvd, Suite 4 Colorado Springs, CO 80918
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1289 Dalhousie Drive *See in-store for details. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Some pictures may not be identical to current models. Some items may not be exactly as shown. Some items sold in sets.
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250-372-3181