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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 106
A FOCUS ON STREET-LEVEL PROBLEMS
KAMLOOPS BYELECTION 2017 Saturday, Sept. 30
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This week, KTW begins a three-part series, having byelection candidates address three areas of concern: crime and policing, taxation and housing. Each issue will begin with a story outlining the topic, followed by candidates’ responses, which will be spread out in three editions each week. We begin this week with crime and policing and will follow with taxation the week of Sept. 12 and housing the week of Sept. 19. All Kamloops byelection coverage can also be found online at kamloopsthisweek.com under the Kamloops Byelection tab.
ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
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he questions on a pair of surveys from the North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) range from incidences of vandalism and theft to how often customers and business owners in the area are finding discarded needles near their properties. But they’re most easily summed up by a single yes-or-no query: “Have these problems made you feel unsafe or threatened?” Results of the survey are due out early this month and will help the NSBIA put some numbers to complaints it is hearing from shoppers and business owners. “What we’re hearing is that crime is up, and the frustrations around that,” NSBIA president Bryce Herman said. However, Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller points out most crime rates in the city are falling. The most recent statistics from police from April to the end of June show decreases in traffic violations, crimes against persons and drug crimes — but increases in thefts from motor vehicles and provincial statues, often code for public intoxication and similar offences. See XXX, AA
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As part of its effort to deal with issues on the North Shore, downtown and in Valleyview’s commercial area, the city has begun sending a bylaw officer on foot patrols with members of the RCMP in those areas five days a week. They deal with issues related to transients and panhandling.
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