Thursday, April 16, 2015 Vol. 10 No. 40 FREE Bringing the mountain to the people The only solely owned and operated newspaper on the Kamloops North Shore Published weekly in Kamloops, B.C. Phone: 250-819-6272 • Fax: 250-376-6272 • E-mail: [email protected]Online: http://issuu.com/jmnews • Follow us on FaceBook Police respond to threat at elementary school Western Canada Theatre (WCT) has an- nounced a casting call for its upcoming pro- duction of Mary Poppins. WCT will be holding auditions for young who are strong singers and actors for the roles of Jane Banks and Michael Banks. Auditions will be held for girls between the ages of 10 and 13, and boys between the ages of eight and 11. Jane Banks is the high-spirited 11-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Banks; she is bright and precocious but can be willful and snobbish. Auditions will be for a female child soprano, whose range is from a G3 to F5, strong belt to C5. Michael Banks, the cute and cheeky 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks, is ex- citable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Auditions will be for a male child soprano, whose range is from a G3 to Eflat5, strong belt to C5. Those selected for an audition should pre- pare a song of their choice – preferably a Disney song by the Sherman Brothers. Please do NOT choose a song from Frozen. Children will also be given a song and short scene from Mary Poppins to prepare. Sheet music for this will be provided. Experience singing harmonies and being able to sight-read music are an asset. Rehearsals begin Nov. 2, and run through to Nov. 25. Children will be required to re- hearse after school and on weekends. The production runs at the Sagebrush Theatre from Nov. 26 to Dec. 9. Interested young people should submit a photo and resume (or short description of pre- vious theatrical experience) to Heather Cant at [email protected]. Contact Heather with any questions at 250-372-3216 ext. 29. Deadline for applications is Mon. May 25. Auditions take place Sat. June 6. PARENTS: Please note there will be a large time commitment involved in preparing for the performance. Due to the size of the pro- duction, absences from rehearsals cannot be accommodated. Also, children will be re- quired to miss some school (for the school matinee performances), but the time away from school will be kept to a minimum. WCT holding auditions for Mary Poppins SCHOOL LOCKDOWN. Summit Elementary school was on lockdown for a couple hours after a threat was phoned in to the school. No one was injured in the incident, and police are still investigating. Submitted photo Summit Elementary was on lockdown for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon and several RCMP members were seen on cam- pus, some with guns drawn. At about 2:20 p.m., the school received an anonymous call of a threat- ening nature, according to School District 73 district principal, Bill Hamblett. He said the call was garbled, but the caller made a threat against the school itself, not against any student, staff, or administrator. Police were on site – and inside the school – and determined there was no immediate threat to children or staff. At no time were the students were not safe, Hamblett stated. As soon as the lockdown was lifted, the students were bused to the former Piner- idge School, now the KOOL campus, on Springview Place, where they were picked up by their parents. Hamblett said parents were kept updated about the situation via the Synervoice system.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015Vol. 10 No. 40
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Bringing the mountain to the peopleThe only solely owned and operated newspaper on the Kamloops North Shore
Published weekly in Kamloops, B.C.Phone: 250-819-6272 • Fax: 250-376-6272 • E-mail: [email protected]
Online: http://issuu.com/jmnews • Follow us on FaceBook
Police respond to threat at elementary school
Western Canada Theatre (WCT) has an-nounced a casting call for its upcoming pro-duction of Mary Poppins. WCT will be holding auditions for young who are strong singers and actors for the roles of Jane Banks and Michael Banks. Auditions will be held for girls between the ages of 10 and 13, and boys between the ages of eight and 11. Jane Banks is the high-spirited 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Banks; she is bright and precocious but can be willful and snobbish. Auditions will be for a female child soprano, whose range is from a G3 to F5, strong belt to C5. Michael Banks, the cute and cheeky 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks, is ex-citable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Auditions will be for a male child soprano, whose range is from a G3 to Eflat5, strong belt to C5.
Those selected for an audition should pre-pare a song of their choice – preferably a Disney song by the Sherman Brothers. Please do NOT choose a song from Frozen. Children will also be given a song and short scene from Mary Poppins to prepare. Sheet music for this will be provided. Experience singing harmonies and being
able to sight-read music are an asset. Rehearsals begin Nov. 2, and run through to Nov. 25. Children will be required to re-hearse after school and on weekends. The production runs at the Sagebrush Theatre from Nov. 26 to Dec. 9. Interested young people should submit a photo and resume (or short description of pre-vious theatrical experience) to Heather Cant at [email protected]. Contact Heather with any questions at 250-372-3216 ext. 29. Deadline for applications is Mon. May 25. Auditions take place Sat. June 6. Parents: Please note there will be a large time commitment involved in preparing for the performance. Due to the size of the pro-duction, absences from rehearsals cannot be accommodated. Also, children will be re-quired to miss some school (for the school matinee performances), but the time away from school will be kept to a minimum.
WCT holding auditions for Mary Poppins
School locKdowN. Summit Elementary school was on lockdown for a couple hours after a threat was phoned in to the school. No one was injured in the incident, and police are still investigating. Submitted photo
Summit Elementary was on lockdown for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon and several RCMP members were seen on cam-pus, some with guns drawn. At about 2:20 p.m., the school received an anonymous call of a threat-ening nature, according to School District 73 district principal, Bill Hamblett. He said the call was garbled, but the caller made a threat against the school itself, not against any student, staff, or administrator. Police were on site – and inside the school – and determined there was no immediate threat to children or staff. At no time were the students were not safe, Hamblett stated. As soon as the lockdown was lifted, the students were bused to the former Piner-idge School, now the KOOL campus, on Springview Place, where they were picked up by their parents. Hamblett said parents were kept updated about the situation via the Synervoice system.
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Kamloops RCMP have three peo-ple in custody after thieves broke into several vehicles early Monday morning in Pineview Valley. Police arrested a 51-year-old man and two women, aged 25 and 38; all are known to police. The 38-year-old was wanted on two outstanding warrants while the 25-year-old was in breach of her parole curfew. Police were called at about 3 a.m. April 13, and responded with the police dog. They tracked the women to a nearby yard and ar-rested them. The male was arrested nearby, according to Staff Sgt. Ed Pretos. Police are still looking into how
many vehicles were broken into. Preto advised residents in the Pin-eview neighbourhood to check their vehicles, and if they are miss-ing any items, to contact Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000. Vehicle owners are advised to not leave anything visible within their cars; the women were trying to steal wallets that were left in the vehicles in plain sight. “This is a crime of opportunity and these people are out looking for vehicles with items visible,” Cpl. Cheryl Bush said in a news release. The Dufferin and Westsyde neigh-bourhoods have been recently tar-geted by vehicle break-ins.
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HoroscopesApril 20 - April 26, 2015
The New Moon has just occurred in your sign providing the op-portunity for you to take new directions with any matter concern-ing you personally. This is likely to include endings that pave the way for new directions. Be careful you don’t overstep the mark, esp. if risks are involved, as not everything will be clear.
You can be unusually swift with any decision-making concern-ing yourself or personal matters. Watch that you don’t overex-tend yourself. While greater confidence is a good thing, you need to ensure you don’t get yourself into something too big to keep under the sort of control that you’re comfortable with.
There should be plenty to enjoy this week & although you might be planning on some running around, it could turn out to be much more than you anticipate. If you’re not sure of the facts in any situation, find a way of stalling so you can gather the right information, as someone else may prove difficult to deal with.
Somebody else may be more intense than you realise. Any easy-going conversation about your priorities or what you’re look-ing for from a situation doesn’t have casual intention behind it. There are commitments you need to see through before any new direction can be established. Being cautious is quite OK.
Commitments you lock yourself into may generate some ben-efits personally. If you look into them with a practical eye, there should be no difficulty in managing the details involved & nor is there any reason that normal routines need to be affected too much. Interactions with a group of people will be most pleasant.
You should be able to feel confident about future plans you have in mind & would like to implement. The main thing is to make choices you know will be enjoyable or a pleasure in your life. You may need to wait a while & allow yourself to get comfortable with any commitments attached or how obligations will be affected.
While somebody’s desires may seem to easily fit in with the way you’ve got things organised generally, they may cause tension with other priorities to the degree where you feel it’s all about them & not you. This may simply be a test for you to weigh up what’s more important for you to aim for in the future.
Interaction with others should be lively & most interesting even though you may feel you need to fit in with them more than they do with you. You should have the opportunity to express your ideas & have them listened to or responded to. Any decisions involving your finances should be given enough time to go into the details
While relationship matters will be enjoyable & interesting with likely much promise it won’t relieve you completely from other daily matters that need to be dealt with. For future growth & success, even progress with any matter, keep up a certain routine that’s required & may also seem demanded of you.
You can be very happy or satisfied about the ease in which you’re able to take control of what you’ve seen is the best way forward. Someone else may not be impressed, esp. if they realise they don’t have the authority they’d like. Don’t let them gener-ate a sense of guilt upon you. Maintain certainty.
You’re in an excellent position to take action to put your ideas into place or to begin establishing a better-structured situation by getting rid of things that are inconsequential. Other people can be impressed but can also be lazy & put more your way to take care of, so don’t let their flattery turn you into a slave to their needs.
Your thoughts & ideas or anything you feel you need to discuss can be clear-cut & definite. There’s likely to be something you’ll want to break down in some way, esp. if it’s taking up too much time or interfering with things you need to deal with on a daily basis. It won’t be hard to be definite about your priorities.
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What is a “Lizsa Mommy”?
I have this friend that is sweet, and young, and does nothing but praise me as a mother. We have been good friends for a decade. She is younger and her biological clock is starting to tick. The one thing she states repeatedly (that I love and laugh at) is that she wants to be a “Lizsa Mommy.” It’s an ego boost. She loves my children, their mannerisms, their goofiness, and even their tantrums. But, what is a Lizsa Mommy? I yell at my kids. I make them do chores. I discipline them. I make them clean up after themselves. I get them to play by themselves. I have no patience. . . And I even tend to lose my $h!t sometimes (ok, more than sometimes). I have told this friend that people say that as a parent, you should have patience.
My response to that is that too much patience means your child (may) repeatedly do something (or not do something) you told them to do (or not do), and they think they can get away with it. When you have no patience, you tend to lose it (i.e. your temper) easier . . . meaning that Mommy has a low tolerance for that kind of behaviour. So, when Mommy tells you to do something, you better be doing it. I also do not give empty threats. And my kids know it. They lose their privileges. I have taken gar-bage bags up to their rooms and thrown everything I could get my hands on, into them and hauled those bags downstairs, far away from their reach, and kept it from them for weeks to a month at a time. My kids are by no means per-fect. They do not always listen. They fight. They tattle. They make a mess with everything they touch. They drive me up the wall. And so, when they see the steam coming from Mommy’s face they know Mommy means business. But, I also give them a lot of love, affection, praise, warmth, and guidance. That, is what I believe it means, to be a Lizsa Mommy. Maybe I should ask this friend the next time I see her. Ha!
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FuNNy FAcES. Aubrielle & Zachary can be loving children (right) or littler rotters (above) but either way, they know when they have crossed the line with the mom, and they know when she has had enough of their shenanigans and when she means business.
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• Volunteer AppreciAtion BBQ. The City of Kamloops in-vites those that volunteer in our community to help celebrate National Volunteer Week (April 12 – 18) to the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ, Fri. April 17, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Interior Savings Centre Plaza, 300 Lorne St. Indoor & outdoor seating. Door prizes drawn at 12:30 p.m.• Western Canada theatre presents the world premiere of ArE wE cool Now?, based on the songs of Dan Mangan, April 16 – May 2, at the Pavilion Theatre, 1025 Lorne St. Tickets from Kamloops Live! Box Office, 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca.• tHe coMic StripperS, A male stripper parody & improv com-edy show, April 17 & 18, 8 p.m. at Sagebrush Theatre. Tickets: $35 or $30 for groups of 6 or more, from Kamloops Live Box Office, 250-374-LIVE (5483) or tickets.kamloopslive.com.• Fun lAuGHter FrienDS. Sat. April 18: PotluCk (main course: BBQ ribs). Bring a side dish, salad or dessert, your own beverage & name tag. For locations & details, email Wendy, [email protected]. When was the last time you met a new friend as an adult – in real life?• cAn-itAl lADieS SprinG Dinner & FASHion SHow, Wed. April 22, 6:30 p.m., at Colombo Lodge, Fashions by the Bay, Look Boutique, 406 Sportswear, Jardine’s Domaine, Viva Bridal. Tickets $35 from Bertha, 250-376-4669.• SHAMBHAlA MeDitAtion Group weekenD retreAt. the art of Being human offers mindfulness/awareness meditation that can benefit people of any spiritual tradition. With Margaret Callahan, a senior Shambhala teacher, Sat. April 25, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. & Sun. April 26, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. FMI, call Evelyn, 250-573-5519, [email protected] or www.kamloops.shambhala.org.• reFlectionS oF ZZ top, featuring Renea Denis, Sabrina Weeks, Mike Hilliard & more, April 17 & 18, at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, 339 St. Paul St. Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m. Tickets at sabrinaweeks.com, or the Double Tree front desk. Call 250-572-4427.• let’S DAnce, hosted by Thompson Valley Activity & Social Club (TVASC), April 18, 8 p.m. – midnight, at Kamloops Curling Club, 700 Vic-toria St. Music by Jaccard Music DJ Services. Member appreciation dance & membership drive. Tickets: $10 or free with a TVASC membership, from Zonia, 250-372-0091, Francoise, 250-372-3782, Ed, 250-374-2774.• GAMBlerS AnonYMouS meetings Thurs, 10 a.m. at Desert Gar-dens, 540 Seymour St. Call Wally, 250-679-7877, or Sunny, 250-374-9165.
around town• At tHe nortH SHore coMMunitY centre, 730 Cot-tonwood Ave. Community garage sale Sat. April 18, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call 250-376-4777.• inDoor FArMerS MArket at Sahali Centre Mall, last one of season, Sat. April 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Meat products, farm produce, baked goods, arts, crafts & more. Open to local vendors, if you “Make it, bake it, grow it.” Call Andy, 250-577-3810, or [email protected]. • the kamlooPs Players present the final show of their season, SElF hElP, a hilarious satirical comedy/farce, written by Canadian play-wright Norm Foster & directed by Rod DeBoice, about the lives of Cin-dy & Hal Salvage, April 24, 25, 30, May 1 & 2, 8 p.m. April 26, 1 p.m. matinee, at the Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Rd. Tickets: $20 at Kamloops Live! Box Office, 250-374-5483 or [email protected].• pokotillo ukrAiniAn DAncerS pYroHY Dinner FunDrAiSer, Fri. April 24, 6 – 8 p.m. at Odd Fellows & Rebekahs Hall, 423 Tranquille Rd. (at Aspen St. on the North Shore). Dinner in-cludes pyrohy, Kobasa sausage, salad, beverage & dessert. Prices: $8/small dinner, $12/large, $15.50/ex large. For tickets, call 250-374-5734 or email [email protected]. Pick up tickets at the door. Everyone is welcome! All funds go towards the Pokotillo Ukrainian Dancers youth for new costumes, travel, & dance camp registration fees, etc.• At tHe Bc wilDliFe pArk. kids art CamP, Sat. April 25, 12 – 4 p.m.: sCulPting Clay turtles, for kids ages 8 – 12. Learn the basic techniques used in creating 3D sculpture, focusing on elements such as line, shape & texture! Meet Lila, the western painted turtle & create a representational sculpture of her using everything you’ve learned! Cost: $25. Register at http://bczoo.org/artcamps.htm. Call 250-573-3242, ext. 226, ext.259 or email [email protected].• tHe cookerS, in concert, Sat. May 2, 7:30 p.m. doors: 7 p.m., at St Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour St. Tickets, $20 at Kamloops Live! Box Office, 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca. The Toronto-based band plays high-energy back-to-basics music rooted in the blues, soul & jazz.• project X tHeAtre celebrates its 10th anniversary this sum-mer at Prince Charles Park, featuring 2 great family-oriented plays, the merry adventures of roBin hood, by Jeff Pitcher, a fun & fast-paced story about the pursuit of justice for all, with enough laughter & merri-ment, archery & sword fighting to delight both the young & the young at heart; and the shakesPeare shoW: or hoW the illiterate son of a glover BeCame the greatest PlayWright of all time, by Ryan Gladstone, a hilarious play born from the greatest theatrical academic debate of all time – who was William Shakespeare and did he really write all those plays? July 13 – Aug. 1. FMI: www.projectxtheatre.ca.• tHe kAMloopS FAMilY HiStorY SocietY meets the 4th Thurs. (April 23) of the month, 7 – 9 p.m. at Heritage House (River-side Park). All welcome. Call 250-579-9108• unpluGGeD AcouStic jAM SeSSionS, on the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month (April 20), at the Alano Club, 171 Leigh Rd., 7 – 10 p.m.; hosted by Perry Tucker & the Good Gravy Band. No cover. All acoustic musicians welcome. Call 250-376-5115.
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• kamlooPs seniors aCtivity Centre hosts BinGo every Tues at the Brock Seniors Activity Centre, 1800 Tranquille Rd. (by Coopers). Doors: 5 p.m. Games: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. 19+ event; fully licensed concession.• SHAMBHAlA MeDitAtion Group offers meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Sat drop-in 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Mon 7 – 8:30 p.m.; Thurs 7 – 9 p.m. with available meditation instructions. 433B Lansdowne St. Call Liz, 250-376-4224.• Brock centrAl lionS cluB meets the 1st & 3rd Thurs. of the month (April 2 & 16) at 6:30 p.m. at the Brock Centre for Seniors Information, 9A – 1800 Tranquille Rd. New members always wel-come. Call Victor, 250-554-8031.• Drop in ADult BADMinton at the OLPH Gym (rear entrance), 635 Tranquille Rd., every Tues, 7 p.m. Mixed group of players; interme-diates – advanced. Cost: $5. Birds supplied. Call Robert, 250-579-0193.• kAMloopS trAVel cluB, an informal group that gets togeth-er regularly for weekly meetings to talk about travel at The Art We Are. Call James, 250-879-0873.• tHe BiG little Science centre, 655 Holt St., open for public drop-ins Tues – Sat, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., with daily hands-on fun in the exploration rooms; interactive science shows Sat. at 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Sat. April 18: star dome. Explore the skies above with the Okanagan Science Centre’s Planetarium. Learn about the stars, the legends & lore behind them, from your favourite guide through the gal-axies, Kevin Aschenmeier. Tickets from BLSC. Show limit: 30. Free KeG 2015 lecture series, at TRU Activity Centre, Mountain Room, for older children & adults. Free entry & reception. Doors: 6:30 p.m., Lecture: 7 p.m. Wed. April 28: from stellar nurseries to the solar system: searChing for our origins with Dr. Joanne Rosvick. Our so-lar system contains “leftovers” (comets & asteroids), as well as planets & the Sun. Learn about some of the tools astronomers use to study star formation in its earliest stages, the clues we look for, & how we might have ended up here. roBotiCs CluB, 2 sessions: Wed. April 29 – June 3. Fri: April 10 – 24; May 1 – June 5. Work at your own level, from Lego designs or free build, depending. Interactive challenges. For boys & girls 10 years & older. Cost: $60/session/child. Register online or in person. Call 250-554-2572 or email [email protected].• let’S DAnce, hosted by thomPson valley aCtivity & soCial CluB (tvasC), May 30, 8 p.m. – midnight, at Kamloops Curling Club, 700 Victoria St. Music by the band, BC Barn Catz. Tickets: $10 from Zonia, 250-372-0091, Francoise, 250-372-3782, Ed, 250-374-2774.• GE Free Kamloops presents MorE ThAN hoNEy, a film by Markus Imhoof, Thurs., April 30, 7 p.m. at Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria St. Cost: $7 at Nature’s Fare, 5 – 1350 Summit Dr.; The Smorgasbord, 225 – 7th Ave.; 246 Victoria St.; or at the door. FMI: www.gefreekamloops.org.• 40th annual wAlk For peAce, tHe enVironMent & So-ciAl juStice, promoting equity & celebrating diversity, Sat. May 2, at Stuart Wood Elementary School, 245 St. Paul St. Guest speak-ers, music, food, children’s activities, info tables: 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Walk: 12:30 p.m., followed by more entertainment & food.
around town• kAMloopS HeAltH SHow, Sat. May 2, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way. Guest speakers: Brad King, MS, MFS, 10:30 a.m.; Christina Gohl, BSC, 12 p.m.; Jason Watkin, 1:30 p.m.; Lisa Kilgour, RHN 3 p.m. Featuring info booths, concession, specials, draw. Free. Sponsored by Interior Wellness Magazine & Nature’s Fare.• kAMloopS Quit SMokinG support group meets every Thurs at Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St.• Mount pAul uniteD cHurcH tHriFt SHop, 140 Labur-num St., open Tues & Thurs, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.• ruBe BAnD practises most Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Old Yacht Club, 1140 Rivers St. New members welcome. Call Bob Eley, 250-377-3209.
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• AnnuAl BAttle oF tHe BorDer HiGH ScHool trAck Meet, Sat. April 25, at Hillside Stadium, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. A BC School Sports inter-provincial sanctioned competition will feature most field and track events, with more than 300 high school athletes from B.C. & Alberta from Calgary to Kamloops in 3 age groupings (Seniors, juniors & grade 8’s) competing to win the Bat-tle of the Border. Come out & cheer on these top athletes in their competitions.• kAMloopS trAck & FielD cluB (KTFC) is holding registration for its Spring/Summer Outdoor Season, for athletes of all ages & abilities (6 – 99), 4 – 6 p.m. at the TCC Field house. Online registration is also available at www.kamloopstrackfield.ca.
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• Nope, They haveN’T GrowN Back yeT: The federal Department of Veterans Affairs requires any vet receiving disability benefits to have a doctor recertify the condition annually – including people like Afghan war double-leg amputee Paul Franklin. He complained to media in March that he had been harshly threatened with loss of benefits if he failed to file (even though the department told reporters that it might perhaps relax the certification requirement to “every third year”).• aNaTomy class iN courT. “This will be upsetting,” cautioned Jus-tice Robert Graesser, addressing jurors in February in the Edmonton murder trial of Brad Barton. At issue was the cause of the victim’s having bled to death from her genitals, and the judge, ruling that jurors would benefit by inspecting the actual wound, admitted the vagina itself (not a photograph) into evidence. The organ had been removed for autopsy and preserved, and the chief medical examiner donned rubber gloves and pointed out to jurors how “clean” the wound was (suggesting a sharp object), rather than the rougher, “scraping” wound that would have been created in other ways, such as by impalement. (At press time, the trial was still in progress.)
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If you don’t sleep like a baby any more, you’re not alone. As we age, our brains change, which affects how we sleep. While many changes are normal, scientists think that helping older people sleep better may one day help rejuvenate brain functions like concentration and memory. “Sleep patterns change as we get older,” explained Dr. Julie Carrier, a scientist with the Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine in Montreal. Many older adults go to bed and wake-up earlier, take more naps and sleep less at night. They also tend to wake up more often and sleep more lightly. “We’ve all seen how a baby can sleep right through a Christmas party,” she said. “By the time we reach the age of 50, it’s just not possible.”
As we sleep, our brains get a chance to recharge. But gradually, our brains lose that capacity, which can affect our ability to learn and remember. Dr. Carrier and her colleagues are looking at ways to stimulate the brain to give older adults back the qualities of sleep they’ve lost. “Some people think of it as searching for the Fountain of Youth,” she said, laughing. Her research is still in its early stages. In the meantime, if you’re tired of counting sheep, try these six tips for a better sleep:1. Cut back on smoking, as well as coffee and alcohol.2. Stay active and eat well, but don’t eat too much or exercise near bedtime.3. Make sure your bedroom is quiet and dark with a comfortable temperature.
4. Go to bed at the same time every night.5. Try to avoid stress at bedtime.6. Don’t panic. Many changing sleep pat-terns are normal. But if you’re not sleeping well, talk to your doctor. Your insomnia might be caused by a medical condition. The Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, located within the Uni-versity of Montreal, has several labs where researchers use advanced technology to ex-plore different aspects of sleep. These include how chronic pain affects our sleep, why we sleepwalk, how sleep patterns change after a brain injury and the sensitivity of our brains to light. Dr. Carrier’s research is funded in part by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. You can keep up-to-date on her work at www.ceams-carsm.ca. – NC
Six top tips to help older folks sleep better
Actor Ryan Reynolds was the victim of a hit and run in the parking lot of the posh Shangri-la hotel last week, according Vancouver police. Const. Brian Montague said he could not provide much detail. “I can confirm we attended and investigated the hit and run in the parking lot on Friday and there were no injuries,” he said. “Unfortunately I have not been given an update and don’t know the outcome or how things have progressed with confirming who the driver is.” Montague said he didn’t know whether police had managed to locate the driver of the car or speak to him. Liz Sperandeo, public relations manager at the Shangri-la, said the incident took place “in the hotel’s residential parking lot.”
Ryan Reynolds victim of apparent hit & run in Vancouver
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Hit & run Super Hero. Vancouver police say actor Ryan Reynolds was not injured when he was the victim of a hit and run in the parking lot of a Vancouver hotel last Friday. Submitted photo
