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APRIL 9, 2015 | Volume 28 No. 43
Report gave councillor ‘sticker shock’ ANDREA KLASSEN
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Thompson Rivers University senior lecturer Tony Bell has a knack for helping his students unravel the mystery of numbers — as is evidenced by third-year accounting students Sydney Heichert (left) and Faline Lidstone (right), who won the 2015 CPA Case Competition. The competition involved 17 teams from universities in Western Canada. The teams were given 24 hours to evaluate a business problem and to give a presentation analyzing the problem and making recommendations for improvements.
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After spending 24 hours straight working on it, all Sydney Heichert and Faline Lidstone could do was wait to present their work. And wait. And wait. As the seventh of eight teams taking part in the accounting competition, the Thompson Rivers University students said they were tired and worried. They found it stressful to be sitting in a room where competitor after competitor came in from their turn in the spotlight. “We were super-nervous,” Heichert said. “We were wondering ‘Is this the right thing to tell people? People’s lives depend on this.’” See UNDERDOGS, A13
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The preliminary report on the business case for a proposed performing-arts centre won’t be unveiled until tonight — but the public can expect to see a 350stall parkade as part of the design for the new centre. Coun. Donovan Cavers confirmed that detail to media, saying the number of design features included in the building helped him deal with the initial “sticker shock” of the building’s estimated cost, reportedly at $100 million. “If it’s built, it’ll be a world-class facility,” he said. The public will learn the exact cost at a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Interior Savings Centre. Mayor Peter Milobar said the city will also announce which site it has picked as a preliminary location and a possible funding strategy. The city is keeping the details of a consul-
THE BIG REVEAL WHAT: Release of preliminary report on proposed performingarts centre WHEN: Tonight, 7 p.m. WHERE: Interior Savings Centre, Parkside Lounge
tant’s report on the centre, which has been in the works since last fall, tightly controlled. Copies of the report won’t even be handed out to attendees until after a presentation of the findings has been made, Milobar said. “It’s really meant to try to make sure that people get the full amount of information, get it all in context, hear the background of what went into it to collate the information, the groups that were consulted, the public that’s been consulted, explain where we’re at and then provide that full document,” he said. See ARTS CENTRE, A7
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