LEST WE FORGET
ABSENTEES
TWO FOR TWO
Interview with a war veteran
TRU absent from university ranking list
Men’s basketball win 2 over UNBC
Kamloops resident and war veteran Alex Sim opens up about his experiences • Page 2
TRU’s unique nature made it impossible to be assessed by McLean’s • Page 4
A trip to Prince George ended with two strong wins for the ‘Pack • Page 7
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NOVEMBER 11, 2015
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WELL-DECORATED
STORIES TO REMEMBER
An interview with a veteran of two wars Remembering Kamloops’ military contributions
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We talked to veteran Alex Sim, who shared his thoughts on conflicts at home and abroad. (Jim Elliot/The Omega) • Page 2
MAKE YOUR OWN
BLOWING SOME CASH
When arts and crafts meets the turntable
How TRU Sustainability will spend its fund
Barnacle Records draws a crowd by combining crafts, zines and mixing records • Page 5
The Revolving Energy Fund is up to $600,000 – we asked how the money will be spent • Page 2
n Saturday, Nov. 7, Kamloops Museum interpreter Sylvia Gropp lead 20 Kamloopsians on a walking tour of Bunker Road, and then into the J.R. Vicars Armoury to learn about Kamloops’ involvement in the military. The tour was sold out, and Gropp said that there were nine people on the waitlist. Gropp told the history of Kamloops in wartime through its legendary local personalities. J.R. Vicars, who the armoury is named after, once let a First Nations man who was a star player on a hockey team out of jail for one day so that he could play in a crucial game against Kelowna. Legendary pilot John “Moose” Fulton is said to have flown a damaged plane over a body of water, with the water lapping at the underside of the plane. The “Kamloops Kid” Kanao Inouye was hung for treason after working as an interpreter and later interrogator for Japan. Gropp’s crash course in Kamloops history also included discussion of the War Measures Act, which is well known as the act that enabled internment camps. When the camps finally let everyone go, there was a huge influx of Japanese families looking for jobs and places to live in Kamloops. “When they asked the Kamloops Kid why he had specifically targeted Canadians, he said that it was because of the treatment he got as a Japanese kid in Kamloops,” Gropp said. Gropp also spoke about the other landmarks in Kamloops that serve as memorials, and the great support Kamloops has shown for its fallen soldiers. “The federal building has a Cold Warera bunker in the basement, and before being developed, Rayleigh was a munitions testing ground,” she said. The bunkers were constructed just a year before World War II ended and were never used to their full potential. Today, the bunkers are rented by different organizations, including the museum, as storage spaces. CONTINUES page 4