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SAVING ENERGY

GLOBAL WARMING

TRAINING CAMP

TRU to install LED lights on campus

Consulting on B.C. climate change

WolfPack baseball team hits Arizona

TRU aims to replace all fluorescent lights with LED ones in an effort to conserve energy • Page 2

TRU law student Peggy Mills helping the B.C. government’s climate action initiative• Page 4

The team took training camp to Arizona to finish off spring training • Page 11

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Greek myth brought to life on stage in AWT’s latest

WolfPack swim team races at Western Canadian Open in Winnipeg

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Stephanie Morrison as Queen of Athens Zeuxippe, Avery Reid as Philomela, Kuup Peters as Tereus. (Marlys Klossner/Ω) • Page 8

RYAN REYNOLDS KILLS IT

COMING TO CJS

Film review: Deadpool

Interview with Canadian band Monster Truck

The latest highly-anticipated installment in the Marvel franchise hit theatres this month • Page 5

Lead singer Jeremy Widerman discusses the band’s roots and its promising future • Page 9

wo athletes from the TRU swim team dove back into the water this past weekend, competing at the Western Canadian Open. Greg Petersen and Jagdeesh Uppal went to the competition in Winnipeg hoping to record times that would be fast enough to qualify them for a spot in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) swim championships that take place in Laval, Que. from Feb. 26 to 28. The competition was open to swimmers from both club and university teams, and with both athletes competing in the open age group category they were in the pool doing battle with some of the elite swimmers in Canada. Many of the swimmers in the competition have Pan-Am or Olympic games experience, or were using this competition to try and prove that they belong on the Canadian team that will head to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics this summer. CONTINUES page 7


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