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W i t h T e a m w o r k W e C r e a t e A c t i o n A n d P r i d e

Weyt-kp xwexweytep!

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our first edition of boom

times, a component of our progressive

communication and alignment strategy

where you will find out more about our

departmental projects, activities,

challenges, advancement highlights,

and future undertakings.

Our focus is to support TIBs desire for

economic self reliance and

sustainability. Our team is working

hard to achieve operational

advancements for our existing business

unit operations while pursuing promising business opportunities that

offer a good fit relative to

our available resources.

We monitor business unit

operations to find ways for

creating efficiencies,

reducing unnecessary overhead costs,

increasing revenues, and sourcing ways

for capturing a greater portion of the

local market to achieve a favourable

bottom line.

We have not encountered the hard

recession hits that others have

experienced over the last couple of

years. We remain well positioned for

the next upturn in the local economy.

The community sewer project will be a

key factor in facilitating higher and

better land use, and variou

development initiatives on our reserve.

It is also our keen desire to promote

and provide support to

Band Members looking for

some assistance in

becoming private sector

entrepreneurs.

Personally, I would very much like to

thank and acknowledge the

commitment and efforts of our team

members. We might be somewhat of a

newly created team but I am confidentthat you can look forward to great

things coming from our efforts.

Kukwstsetselp!

I thank you!

Annual General

Assembly and Election

for the National Chief

on July 21-23, 2009 in

Calgary, AB.

In October 5-8, 2009,

Neil and Stacie also

attended and set up a

trade show booth at the

Council for the Advancement of Native

Development Officers (CANDOs)

16th Annual National Conference in

Enoch, AB.

The TIB hosted the 1st

Annual First Nations

Night with the

Kamloops Blazers

Hockey Club on

In June of 2009, the TIB

website was re-designed

to be more user-friendly

and visually appealing.

Please feel free to use

the contacts page to

submit suggestions,

questions or concerns

that you may have

regarding TIB

operations, events or developments.

Check it out at www.tkemlups.ca.

To promote the TIBs business

opportunities, Neil

Leonard and Stacie

Coutlee attended and

set up a trade show

booth at the Assembly

of First Nations

January 13, 2010. The event was a

huge success! It was one of the most

well attended games with 4,800

spectators in attendance. Special

guests included National Chief Shawn

A-in-chut Atleo and Freddie

Sasakamoose, the first Aboriginal

player in the NHL and an NHL Hall of

Fame inductee.

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Managers MessageNeil Leonard

Marketing Initiatives

BOOM TIMES

Freddie Sasakamoose, Chief Shane Gottfriedsonand National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo.

In the pursuit of promising

business opportunities.


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Northern Trailer/Marlen Lease: A

new lease has been negotiated with

Northern Trailer/Marlen that extended

their possession to the entire Mount

Paul Centre building. Their previous

lease did not include the 12,000 squarefoot auditorium. The larger lease

allows the company to expand its

cabinet making capacity and brought a

$3.2 million dollar windfall (prepaid

lease) to the Band.

Sagebrush Downs/KXA Settlement

Agreement: The TIB and the KXA

agreed to work together to ensure that

regularly scheduled 2010 events would

proceed as usual.

Vineyards: Thad Creek Estates is

currently building a 54-acre vineyard

on the East Shuswap Road bench just

north of Lafarge Cement. Since the

adjacent East Shuswap Road bench is

Reserve land, the possibility of the

Band growing grapes is under

examination.

Chief Louis Centre (CLC)

Restaurant: Tim Hortons has been

willing to lease a CLC site (between

the carwash and the gas station) since

October of 2009; however, they are not

willing to grant the Band the associated

franchise, primarily because the

company has a policy of offering a

right of first refusal to all existing

franchise owners in a community.

There are currently three Tim HortonFranchise owners (nine locations) in

the Kamloops market, one of which

would like the site himself. In

response, Chief and Council has

decided to consider other franchise

opportunities (ones which the Band can

own).

Spiyu7ullucw Ranch: In an effort to

improve the financial picture of the

Ranch, the Ranchs Board of Directors

has commissioned the preparation of a

Ranch Long Term (5 Year) Business

Plan. The plan will be completed in

early April 2010, and includes a series

of feasibility studies that consider

various Ranch development options

that may include agri-tourism, cattle,

hay production and other crops and

initiatives.

and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

The museum has been involved by

providing the project with a concept of

a healing and spiritual garden beingdesigned at the Green Dream Home.

Plans are under way to be involved in

the April 22nd planting. Janet Deneault,

Cultural Education Liaison, may have

the opportunity to present traditional

plant information to tourists and school

district school visits once a month,

once the house opens.

The Heritage Park is currently

undergoing structural improvements.Two pit-houses are being reconstructed

to provide tourists with a one-of-a-kind

experience. Plans are also underway to

upgrade some of the

museums infrastructure,

such as lighting, flooring

and interior painting.

The Secwepemc Museum and Heritage

Park has been experiencing an increase

in the amount of museum tours and

professional presentations given toeducational institutes and government

organizations. Museum staff have had

the opportunity to include cultural

awareness in events such as the 2010

Vancouver Olympics Torch Relay

celebration at the pow wow arbor and

the 2010 World Masters Indoor

Athletics Championships.

One of the museum highlights is

working with the Green Dream HomeProject at the Sun Rivers Golf Resort.

The TIB is a Presenting Sponsor of this

project. The home is part of the

EQuilibrium

Sustainable Housing

Demonstration Initiative

led by Canada Mortgage

Some other projects include displaying

new pictures, developing interesting

new exhibits and designing engaging

cultural entertainment packages for

summer tour groups.

For more information please contact:

Janet DeneaultCultural Education Liaison

Tel:(250) 828-9749

E-mail: [email protected]

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Current Business Initiatives

Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park

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Pit-house (winter home) located in the HeritagePark (currently under re-construction).
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BC Hydro

Project:

Last year the TIB

and the SIB

submitted a joint

proposal to BC

Hydro for

environmental

monitoring in the

Kinbasket

Reservoir.

The project took place from May 19,

2009 to July 15, 2009 and involved the

monitoring of heavy equipment along

the shores of the reservoir accessed

only by boat and barges. The TIBs

river jet boat was the main means of

transportation for the Environmental

Monitors. Barry Bennett and Richard

Horning provided the operator

experience as both are certified to

operate the boat. TFDC will be taking

part in a similar project this year with

SIB and BC Hydro.


Jim McGrathForestry ManagerTel:(250) 314-1597Cell: (250) 318-3639E-mail: [email protected]

Sheep Project: For the last four years

the TIB has been working together with

the Ministry of Environment, the Wild

Sheep Society of BC,

the Guide Outfitters

of BC and the BC

Wildlife Federation

on a project that helps

generate revenues for

habitat improvements

for wildlife on and off

the reserve. Barry

Bennett has managed

this program along

with Jim McGrath

and John Jules.

In 2006, the

province issueone California

Bighorn Sheep tag

per year to the

Band for a five

year pilot to be

sold by way of telephone bid. To date,

the five tags have raised close to

$400,000.00 USD to go towards habitat

projects such as:

Highway #5 Wildlife Fence

Sheep Transplants from TIB Sheep Transplants from

Kamloops Lake

Moose Counts

Sheep Counts

Prescribed Burns

Noxious Weed Programs

Pellet count Analysis

This is the fifth year of the pilot project

and is yet to be determined whether or

not it will continue in future years. A

big thanks goes out to all that have

been involved with the success in this

program.


Barry BennettAssistant Forestry ManagerTel:(250) 314-1563E-mail: [email protected]

The Tkemlps Forestry Development

Corporation (TFDC) was established

in December 2005 and is managed by

Jim McGrath.

TFDC has harvested six cutting permits

totaling 268,000 m3 of timber. There

are two more scheduled for a total of

60,000 m3. A new layout and

development program has begun,

targeted at moving 100,000 m3 of

timber within

the year.

TFDC works

with the AdamsLake Indian

Band Forestry

Department, the

Skeetchestn

Indian Band (SIB) Forestry

Department, Tolko Industries, Domtar

and other affiliated groups.

TFDC is also involved in

various fisheries and

wildlife programs (e.g. theCommercial Fishing

Program with the

Secwepemc Fisheries

Commission and the

delivery of salmon to

elders in the

community).

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Tkemlps Forestry Development Corporation

BOOM TIMES

Jim McGrath, Tkemlps Forestry Manager.

Barry Bennett, Assistant Forestry Manager, atthe Kinbasket Reservoir.

Rick Smith, Texas, Record ArcheryRam along with Barry Bennett and AbeDougan Guide Outfitter Nov. 1, 2009.

Prescribed burn, above Sun Rivers 2009.
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The gas station was

extremely busy during the

weekend of the Kamloopa

Pow-Wow. Sales nearly

tripled from an average weekend!

In the fall of 2009, to address customer

demand, the status cigarette quota

increased from 1,300 to 1,450 cartons

per month .

A new map kiosk, a joint project with

Tkemlps Petroleum, TNRD and the

North Thompson

Tourism Association,

has been built and

erected at the gas station

to aid tourists as they

travel through the

Kamloops area.

Tkemlps Petroleum and

Tkemlps Car Wash are

currently working on cross

merchandising their

services, working together to better

serve customers.

For more information, please contact:

Mindy Hall

Tkemlps Petroleum ManagerTel: (250) 377-8684E-mail: [email protected]

Tkemlps Petroleum has beenoperating since April 7, 2004 and is

conveniently located next to the

Tkemlps Car Wash. Under the

management of Mindy Hall, the gas

station has been expanding and making

improvements to enhance their

customers experience.

Since opening in July 2009, Tkemlps

Car Wash employees have been busy

promoting, maintaining and refining

day-to-day operations to

produce an invaluable

service to not only TIBmembers, but also to the

visitors and residents of the

City of Kamloops.

The car wash is quickly gaining a

reputation for fast, friendly service in a

refreshingly impeccable facility. The

Tkemlps Car Wash is proud to be

washing vehicles with earth-friendly

products from Ecolab's Blue Coral

"Beyond Green" Program. Blue

Coral Beyond Green is

Hard on dirt. Easy on

earth. One touchlessautomatic bay, six self-

service bays, and two

vacuum stations are available to

provide all levels of service.

Recent improvements to the car wash

include better signage, a customer

waiting area, and a product vending

machine. Future

developments include fleet

services and an outdoor bay

for over-sized vehicles. The

car wash is located

at the corner of East

Shuswap Road and

Yellowhead Highway.

For more information, please contact:Barry Hazelwood

Tkemlps Car Wash Manager

Tel: (250) 828-6877

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.washyourcar.ca

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Tkemlps Petroleum

Tkemlps Car Wash

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Satisfaction guaranteed

or your dirt back!

Full service, convenience

store, competitive prices!

The self-service bays in the interior of theTkemlps Car Wash.

Tkemlps Petroleum offers great service and competitive prices.

The convenience store provides a wide range ofgoods and services.

The grand opening of the Tkemlps Car Wash on July 30,2009.
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The TIB is interested in forming joint venture investment

partnerships related to commercial, industrial and residential

development opportunities, as well as entertaining land lease tenant

opportunities. We work cooperatively with our community, staff,

management and council to achieve our business goals and

objectives.

Establish employment and business opportunities for

our band and community members.

Promote numerous investment opportunities on TIB

lands.

Open to new business partnerships.

A range of service for our prospective investors,

partners are available.

The TIB is an economically diversified First Nations organization

and government. By creating economic opportunities for our people

through careful strategic planning with high regard to the wisdom of

our elders, and respect for our history, we ensure the economic

health and wellness of our reserve.

200-355 Yellowhead HighwayKamloops, BC V2H 1H1

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT

Sewer Project: The construction of a

new sewer main on the Kamloops

Indian Reserve is scheduled to begin

mid-year.Chief Louis Landing Development:

A traffic study and comprehensive

master plan is underway.

RV Park: In late 2007, Chief and

Council entered into successful

negotiations with the Province of BC totransfer two parts of the old Rayleigh

Correctional Institute site (parcels) to

the Band. Since then, the Band has

waited patiently for the title transfer

which is scheduled to be completed in

March of 2010. This might be delayed

a few months because of associated

provincial negotiations with the City of

Kamloops.

The main components of the agreement

address mining-related educational

initiatives within local schools, local

hiring practices, band member owned

and operated contractor agreements,

and financial compensation throughout

the developmental and operational

stages of the mine.

Secwepemc Museum and Heritage

Park: Summer group tour packages

can be arranged now to suit the specific

needs of tour groups.

The 31st Annual Kamloopa Pow

Wow: The 31st Annual Kamloopa Pow

Wow will be held at the TIB Arbor on

July 30, 31 and August 1, 2010.

Everyone is welcome to attend this

spectacular event!

Looking Ahead

One of the parcel abuts an adjacent

sawmill and would be suitable for a

forestry industry or similar light

industrial use, such as a log sort yard or

a pellet plant. The other parcel abuts a

proposed Softball City complex,

which is currently under development

by the City of Kamloops. This parcel

has been selected as a potential Band

owned RV Park site, which would

capitalize on the sites waterfront andthe market provided by softball

tournaments.

New Gold Inc. Participation

Agreement: New Afton, New Golds

primary development project, is

currently in the development stage.

The property is expected to commence

production in the latter half of 2012.

Phone: 250-314-1579

Fax: 250-828-9758E-mail: [email protected]


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