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RIDE DON'T HIDE Riders out for the 2017 Ride Don't Hide event in Westsyde, intended to help end the stigma around mental illness. The event kicked off on Sunday, June 25 in Centennial Park. Each year, the Canadian Mental Health Association organizes the event, and this year B.C. brought in more than $450,000 as of June 26, with Kamloops teams contributing more than $16,000. Photo Sean Brady
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MAKING PROGRESS The construction site of the upcoming Industrial Training and Technology Centre, a new $30-million building on campus expected to be completed and in use by the fall of 2018. The Omega will be documenting campus construction projects including the ITTC, the first residential development for The Reach and the new nursing building as they progress. Photo June 26
TRU drops lawsuit TRU awarded $1 million grant against estate of for Indigenous health research donor Irving Barber Suit sought remainder of donation pledge, plus damages and expenses Sean Brady
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω Thompson Rivers University has dropped its lawsuit against the estate of Irving K. Barber, the namesake of the House of Learning’s Barber Centre. The university agreed to drop the suit on June 22. The suit, seeking $1.275 million plus damages and interest, was originally filed in August 2014. Barber, who died in 2012 at the age of 89, had pledged to donate $1.5 million to the university in 2010 as part of the construction of the House of Learning. Court documents filed in 2014 by TRU claimed that the university only received $225,000 towards that pledge. After a successful business career, Irving K. Barber became a prolific philanthropist and made donations to a number of Canadian universities, including to the
University of British Columbia, where Barber made a $20 million donation. Barber visited TRU a number of times and was involved in the planning and construction of the House of Learning, including his visit on June 17, 2010, when the pledge to donate $1.5 million was publicly announced. In acknowledgment of the donation, TRU would name the assembly hall in the building the Irving K. Barber Centre. TRU’s vice-president of advancement Christopher Seguin said he could not disclose the information that led to the university dropping the lawsuit, but did say there were lessons learned. “To all those planning their legacy through wills and arrangements, what we learned through all of this was that donations were best made while one is alive, or through a living trust. That way there are no complications,” Seguin said.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω Thompson Rivers University has received a $1 million health grant for Indigenous health research from the Canadian Institute for Health Research. The grant will benefit a network of Indigenous health graduate students and researchers, who will now have a sort of home at TRU, as it becomes the international and eighth branch in addition to seven other regional branches across Canada. According to TRU, the network, called Ombaashi, includes experts from Canada, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and the United States. The network will be led by TRU’s Rod McCormick, who is recognized as a leader and expert in First Nations mental health, and has been the primary or co-primary investigator in reserarch grants worth more than $29 million. “If you’re going to work in Indigenous health you should
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have knowledge of traditional healing,” said McCormick, who said the network will foster “cultural competency,” according to a TRU press release. The Truth and Reconciliation report contained a number of health-related calls to action, including increasing the number of Aboriginal professionals working in health, and cultural competency training for all
health care professionals. “This grant provides further national and international recognition for the work of Dr. McCormick and his team – and for the importance of creating a space where both Western and Indigenous ways of medicine can meet,” said William Garrett-Petts, TRU’s associate vice-president research and graduate studies.
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UPCOMING Draw your swords EVENTS and prepare to fight HORTICULTURE GARDENS TOURS
Chimera Theatre’s newest interactive play takes the audience back to medieval times
JUNE 28 TO AUGUST 16 Hear from horticulture and garden experts during a tour of the horticulture gardens. Each week the tour specializes in something different. Full schedule is available at tru.ca/events. CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS JULY 1 Find TRU staff and volunteers in Riverside Park during Canada Day. TWO-DAY SHORT-TERM CODING WORKSHOPS JULY 15 Choose between two intro courses: Intro to Programming with Arduino or Cyber Security and Privacy Issues
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CONTRIBUTOR Ω Knights of the Sun: Medieval Tournament Theatre is a sword fighting tournament for honour and glory. Set in a fictional medieval world, knights from all around gather to the capital city for this annual tournament. Andrew G. Cooper, the artistic director at Chimera Theatre says this show is super interactive and a lot of fun. “They’re going to be doing all of this sword fighting for the audience, and because it’s gotten sort of a festival and tournament feel, we included singing, dancing, axe throwing and other activities that people can join in on throughout the show,” Cooper said. Although the show will have audiences up and out of their seats, joining in on the festivities, the show will also feature a story about conflict between the different tournament-goers. “In and amongst all of this sword fighting, there’s a war that happened and there’s different houses and different factions that are kind of fighting each other and they all end up at this tournament together. And then the ghosts of the past, or the skeletons in the closet come out,” Cooper said.
A similar show in the same vein, ran at Sun Peaks last summer. Cooper added that audiences from last year will get a bit of a squeal. “It is an entirely new story with entirely new characters and I feel like we’ve improved and streamlined it a lot from last year,” Cooper said. “It takes place in the world of the play 15 years after last years show did. So, a lot of these characters are sons and daughters of characters from last year.” This year’s show be a total of 75 minutes long and will include all new choreography and a lot more exciting stage combat. Cooper adds that the audience should keep in mind that this is an outdoor theatre experience. “Be ready to get involved because
that’s really what we’re trying to create, this environment where we want people to join in on the festivities. And it is outside so people should be aware that there might be mosquitoes if it’s a certain kind of weather. If it’s raining lightly we will continue with the show,” Cooper said. Knights of the Sun will run from June 23 to August 20 on weekends at Sun Peaks Resort. Tickets are $25 each for adults and $20 each for seniors and kids 12 and under, on Friday and Saturday the show will begin promptly at 6 p.m. and at 12 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets can be reserved online at www.sunpeaksresort.com or by calling the Sun Peaks Central Reservations Office at 250-578-5542.
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Element Music Festival returns this summer Wade Tomko
CONTRIBUTOR Ω Later this summer, Snug Lake will come alive with music, lights and more as the Element Music Festival returns for a second year. The festival, which runs from August 3 to 6, is located just outside Princeton in the B.C. interior and will be host to a variety of bands and artists. Over the course of three nights, festival-goers will be treated to more than just good tunes, however. While Snug Lake provides a source of refreshment for those looking to cool off, the surrounding area has many hiking trails for those looking to enjoy nature and a bit of seclusion. Much like last year, food trucks, as well as craft and merchandise vendors will be there for the duration of the festival. Last August, the festival brought nearly 300 people to Snug Lake, this year Keith Duggan, Element’s head organizer, expects to dwarf that number. “After our test event last year, we've expanded everything times ten, for a capacity of 4,000 in 2017,” Duggan said. “Bigger stage, more sound and lighting, more site decor, more camping including a family camp and more kid's activities. Just more of everything.” While there are a smaller number of acts than last year, Duggan said that this year’s line-up is much more “top-tier.” “Element 2017 represents the greatest collection of improvisational jam band musicians on a single festival lineup since the 1967 Trips Festival in Vancouver,” Duggan said. “What festival goers can expect to experience is a festival unlike anything that's happened in B.C. for 50 years.” Attendants of last year’s festival will recognize some returning artists as well. Colorado-based band Genetics and Vancouver’s Five Alarm Funk
and The Big Easy Funk Ensemble will all be at Element again this year. In addition to expanding the festival grounds and securing more high-quality acts, Duggan and his team have also been hard at work expanding walking trails and site lighting. A ticketed late-night venue has also been added to the grounds, Duggan said. While the planning of this year’s festival has kept its organizers busy since the end of Element last year, Duggan is sure that everything will be ready to go before August 3. Duggan is also sure that Element won’t end up like this year’s cancelled Pemberton Music Festival. While Element’s organizers were aware of what happened to Pemberton Music Festival, that event’s cancellation has had no effect on the planning of Element. “We don't base our work or our planning on what other festivals are doing. That makes no sense. We focus on what we're doing and how we can provide the best possible event for our guests,” Duggan said. Despite this, Duggan is disappointed at Pemberton’s cancellation. Not only did it leave many people upset and feeling scammed, but it also reflected very poorly on the music festival industry, Duggan said. “We hope that some of the people that got burned by PMF and are looking for an alternative summer Music Festival choose [Element], and we will do our best to see that those folks are very happy that they made that decision,” Duggan said. Tickets for Element are already available on their website, with packages ranging from $50 for a two-day late night pass to $300 for the full four-day pass. More information, including the festival lineup and schedule can be found at elementfestival. info.
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CFBX TOP 30 CFBX 92.5 FM Campus & Community Radio Kamloops, B.C. Music Director: Steve Marlow Charts to June 22, 2017 * indicates Canadian Content ** indicates a local artist 1) The Velveteins* - Slow Wave (Fierce Panda) 2) Feist* - Pleasure (Universal) 3) Hollerado* - Born Yesterday (Royal Mountain) 4) Jayme Stone* - Folklife (Borealis) 5) Carson Downey Band* - Catch Me if You Can (Independent) 6) Hooded Fang* - Dynasty House (DAPS) 7) Kristin Witko* - Union EP (Independent) 8) Five Alarm Funk* - Sweat (Independent) 9) Sylvan Esso - What Now (Loma Vista) 10) The Mountain Goats - Goths (Merge) 11) Scott Cook* - Further Down the Line (Independent) 12) Earle and Coffin* - Wood Wire Blood and Bone (Independent) 13) The New Pornographers* - Whiteout Conditions (Dine Alone) 14) The Good Brothers* - Wide Awake Dreamin' (Independent) 15) Various Artists* - Songwriters of BC Vol. 2 (Independent) 16) MandolinMan - Unfolding the Roots (ARC Music) 17) Gary Cain Band* - Twangadelic Bluesofunk (Independent) 18) Not You* - Misty (Fundog) 19) Cory Weeds/Jeff Hamilton Trio* - Dreamsville (Cellar Live) 20) Radio May Wave - Anybody Cares? (Independent) 21) The Dirty Nil* - Minimum R&B (Dine Alone) 22) Slow Death Lights* - Slow Death Lights (Independent) 23) Boogie Patrol* - Man on Fire (Independent) 24) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (ATO) 25) Eric Bibb - Migration Blues (Stony Plain) 26) Trevor Caswell** - Songs from an Unmade Western (Independent) 27) Amelia Curran* - Watershed (Six Shooter) 28) Alex Cuba* - Lo Unico Constante (Caracol) 29) Timber Timbre* - Sincerely, Future Pollutiom (Arts and Crafts) 30) Gawker* - Hulk Hogan Sex Tape/Stephen's World (Independent)
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