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Penticton man killed in Kamloops shooting - Pentiction Western News

Friends and family are lamenting the death of a Penticton man killed in Kamloops yesterday. Rex Gill was found with gunshot wounds outside a Kamloops hotel early on the morning of Jan. 23. Another man was also found with gunshot wounds a different hotel. Both men succumbed to their injuries and the RCMP consider them homicides. Related: Kamloops RCMP investigate two homicides at separate hotels Max Picton, local businessman and former city councillor, describes Gill as "a really solid guy." "The shirt off his back kind of guy. Always be there for you, always want to lend a helping hand, encouraging," said Picton. "He gave me my first job back at Coyote Cruises when I was just a kid. I worked with him for 10 years and became really close." Travis Kruger, former Penticton Indian Band councillor, was also a close friend of Gill. He made an emotional post to Facebook. "How do I even sum up someone who was larger than life?" wrote Kruger, adding that before it had a label, they were the original bromance. "You always had my back. You showed me what a real inves...
https://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/penticton-man-killed-in-kamloops-shooting/

Cirque du Soleil's Kamloops performance will turn a funeral into a celebration - CFJC Today Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - The latest Cirque du Soleil production has made its way to Kamloops, and will be wowing audiences tonight until Sunday.Along with impressive displays of acrobatics, and showcasing the potential of human movement, the story of "Corteo" is centred around the funeral of a clown, reflecting on his life experiences. While funerals generally aren't particularly cheerful, Corteo publicist Max Batista, says the show has a positive focus. "We're going to see his friends from all over the world, in different circuses coming to see him and show all their amazing skills that they have," Batista says. "It is a celebration of life, where we kind of go through the journey of this clown, and see all the greatest moments that he had while he was alive." Like most Cirque du Soleil shows, the talent showcased comes from all over the world. "In Corteo we have 52 performers, from 18 different nationalities," Batista says. "They have a big variety of backgrounds. We have some musicians, actors, a...
https://www.cfjctoday.com/article/641966/cirque-du-soleils-kamloops-performance-will-turn-funeral-celebration

Cirque du Soleil's Kamloops performance will turn a funeral into a celebration - CFJC Today Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - The latest Cirque du Soleil production has made its way to Kamloops, and will be wowing audiences tonight until Sunday.Along with impressive displays of acrobatics, and showcasing the potential of human movement, the story of "Corteo" is centred around the funeral of a clown, reflecting on his life experiences. While funerals generally aren't particularly cheerful, Corteo publicist Max Batista, says the show has a positive focus. "We're going to see his friends from all over the world, in different circuses coming to see him and show all their amazing skills that they have," Batista says. "It is a celebration of life, where we kind of go through the journey of this clown, and see all the greatest moments that he had while he was alive." Like most Cirque du Soleil shows, the talent showcased comes from all over the world. "In Corteo we have 52 performers, from 18 different nationalities," Batista says. "They have a big variety of backgrounds. We have some musicians, actors, a...
https://www.cfjctoday.com/article/641966/cirque-du-soleils-kamloops-performance-will-turn-funeral-celebration

Kamloops Blazers and Drake Cremation & Funeral Services partner on award to encourage youth – the YELL award - Barriere Star Journal

The Blazers completely supported the idea of the YELL award when I presented it to them a few months ago," said Drake Smith, President of Drake Cremation and Funeral Services in Kamloops. "We see it as a way to encourage the best in our youth and hope that it might inspire other children to excel, to show leadership and to demonstrate loyalty." Examples of Excellence may include improving one's school grades, starting a snow shoveling business to help neighbourhood seniors, or getting a hole-in-one. Examples of Leadership might include organizing a block clean-up crew, starting an after-school reading program for younger children in your school, or leading your sports team to victory. Examples of Loyalty might include faithfully visiting grandparents at home or in a care facility or cheering on your sister from the soccer sidelines through rain and snow all season long. "The Blazers are excited about this program," said Jim Choppen, Account Executive for the Blazers. "So many kids in our area do great things that often go unnoticed. We're looking forward to shining a light on behavior that we all value." For more information on the YELL award, go to the ‘FANS' menu on the Blazers website. Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.barrierestarjournal.com/home2/kamloops-blazers-and-drake-cremation-funeral-services-partner-on-award-to-encourage-youth-the-yell-award/

Helen Elaine Skrove - Vernon Morning Star

Vernon in 1950. Predeceased by brother, Alexander Popove in 1973; husband Gordon Skrove in 1978 and mother Marie Popove in 1984. Survived by nieces Audrey Laferriere of Vancouver and Jenny Mead of Kamloops; nephews Ron Popove of Kamloops, Rocky Popove of Kamloops and numerous great nieces and nephews and cousins. Funeral Service will take place on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 1 pm at Pleasant Valley Funeral Home in Vernon, British Columbia. Condolences can be sent to the family by visiting www.pleasantvalleyfh.com. Arrangements entrusted to Pleasant Valley Funeral Home 250-542-4333 Pleasant Valley Funeral Home Let's block ads! (Why?)...
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/obituaries/helen-elaine-skrove/

Dozens of bikers attend funeral for Hells Angels member gunned down in Peel - Yahoo News Canada

Saturday afternoon for the funeral of a Hells Angels motorcycle gang member shot to death in Mississauga earlier this month.Motorcycle club members from across Ontario and as far away as Quebec and British Columbia attended a service for Michael Deabaitua-Schulde at the Vescio Funeral Home in Woodbridge.Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, was described by police as a "well-entrenched" member of the notorious motorcycle gang's Niagara chapter. He was gunned down in the parking lot of HUF Boxing Gym on March 11, in what investigators called a targeted hit.Police have arrested four men from Montreal in connection with the daylight slaying.View photosPaul Smith/CBCMoreMany Hells Angels, along with members of allied outlaw motorcycle clubs - commonly called "support clubs" - were seen milling about outside the funeral home before the service began. There was also a heavy police presence, with officers from the OPP and York keeping a close eye on those in attendance.Funerals for club members often offer police a rare opportunity to keep tabs on the who's who of the biker underworld.The Hells Angels have hundreds of members in Canada. The gang first moved into Ontario in 2000, after they emerged victorious in a bloody biker war ...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-bikers-attend-funeral-hells-213937721.html

J. Vincent (Vince) Burg - thesuntimesnews.com

Chelsea to work at the Chelsea Pharmacy, and also part-time at the Mercywood Sanitarium in Ann Arbor. It was at Mercywood where Vince met his wife to be, Shirley Ann Tuckey, from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. She was a registered nurse and was in charge of the pharmacy. They wed on August 18, 1956 and raised six children.During his lifetime, Vince was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3092, where he was a 3rd and 4th Degree Knight, the Chelsea Junior Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Chelsea Village Council, and the Jackson County Pharmacy Association, being name Pharmacist of the Year in 1971. Vince was also a Charter Board Member and Lifetime member of the Waterloo National History Association.Vince retired from Weatherwax Pharmacy in Jackson, MI in 1996 after 32 years of employment. He then worked as a part time pharmacist for 14 more years for Chelsea Pharmacy and Dan Murphy, who interned under Vince in the mid-1950s.Vince, with his wife Shirley, enjoyed traveling by camper and R.V. throughout the United States and Canada with his family as they were growing up, and bicycling with Shirley and friends, Jeannie and Andy Ford, through Austria, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands in retirement. Vince was a lifelong deer hunter and lover of the outdoors, relishing the days spent at the family hunting camp in Northern Michigan. He was an avid reader in later years and was a frequent participant in local history events at the Chelsea District Library. Vince also enjoyed working out weekly at the Chelsea Wellness Center. Vince was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Mary Jane Lanning-Morey, Lou Guirey, Angeline Foster, Gretchen Spaulding, Virginia Rowe.Vince is survived by his wife, Shirley; his children Gregg (Laurie) Burg, Diane (Fernando) Nieves, David Burg, Brian Burg, Kristi (Gary) Ragland, and Rob Burg; grandchildren, Arielle and Jacob Bur...
https://thesuntimesnews.com/j-vincent-vince-burg/

Nanaimo remembers educator, activist and elder 'Auntie Ellen' - Nanaimo News Bulletin

Auntie Ellen.' Ellen White, Kwulasulwut, died Tuesday at age 95, and her funeral was held Saturday morning at the Beban Park Social Centre. White was a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia and her obituary remembers her as an "educator, cultural knowledge keeper, author, linguist, herbalist, healer, traditional midwife, and political activist and advocate." She was one of the founders of the Tillicum Haus Aboriginal Friendship Centre and was an elder-in-residence in Vancouver Island University's First Nations studies program. "She possessed a pure, kind and radiant heart," said Les Malbon, who described himself as one of White's adopted grandchildren as he delivered her eulogy Saturday. White's name, Kwulasulwut, translates to ‘many stars' and Malbon alluded to that as he addressed the people gathered in the social centre. "I look out now and I see the many stars," he said. "I see how she impacted the community. I see how much she loved her family and I appreciated, personally, how much that love changed me and how it's changed all of us to be better people and behoove us to be kind to one another and to work towards a world of unity." Malbon said the White home was always filled with visitors, and Ellen White also travelled to meet people and sh...
https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-remembers-educator-activist-and-elder-auntie-ellen/