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TRU Wellness Centre hosts fifth annual Consent Tea Sadhika Burman STAFF WRITER Ω The TRU Wellness Centre has always focused on educating and informing students about consent when it comes to sex and communication.

The event took its inspiration from the popular three minute animated video called ‘Tea Consent’ that was designed to clarify the issue of sexual consent

by comparing it to having a cup of tea. The narrator repeats in the video “If you say, ‘Hey, would you like a cup of tea,’ and they say, ‘Uh, you know, I’m not really sure,’ then you can make them a cup of tea, or not, but be aware they might not drink it. And if they don’t drink it then – and this is the important part – don’t make them drink it.”

It is a tea-party but not the one where you gossip

at. Instead, this tea party honours the survivors and focuses on comforting them. The event’s major focus was on making the attendees comfortable and providing them with a number of resources and anxiety grounding kits.

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TRU Community members joined together for a candid discussion on consent. (Aidan Grether/The Omega)

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Fifth annual Consent Tea focused on educating students about consent CONTINUED (COVER) The event marked the importance of consent education and how it must be taught from an early age.

Rape culture is reinforced through popular culture and social media in the form of sexual narratives and misogynistic comments. These narratives try to minimize the magnitude of the harm done and dismiss the responsibility of those who misuse their power.

The attendees were warned about trigger warnings beforehand and were provided with calming teas, chocolates and other comfort food. The Black Out Poetry was one of the highlights and the ice breaker activity. The event encouraged the students to blackout a few words from a whole given dialogue to make poetry of their own.

Black Out Poetry reuses books, newspaper articles or recipes to rewrite and

recreate narratives. Through the erasing and highlighting of powerful or provocative words, participants were able to create new stories from the remnants torn from old books.

Consent Tea at TRU has been a very dignified approach to having conversations about consent for the last few years and continues to take care of its students.

The event was followed by a Trauma-Informed Yoga class with Tania McCartney. The stigma around sexualization, sexualized violence and its other forms has always prevented the survivors from speaking out and seeking help. This needs to change and the time is now. Each year with events like Consent Tea, the TRU Wellness Centre gets a little closer to educating the students and making the TRU campus a safe space for its inhabitants.

Students were invited to try their hand at Black Out Poetry and share messages with sexual assault survivors. TRU's Wellness Centre was sure to provide students and other TRU members with any needed resources to aid in recovery.

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TRU Psychology Club holds a presentation on trauma Guest speaker, Dr. Serena George, discussed the effects of trauma and the recovery that follows Brianna Schellenberg STAFF WRITER Ω Last Thursday, TRU’s Psychology Club held a presentation called Healing and Recovery Through a Trauma Lens. Dr. Serena George, who has a Ph.D. in Health Sciences, was invited to come and talk about her work with trauma survivors as a counsellor, and the research she has done on healing and recovering from trauma.

“I’m thankful to share these experiences with you,” George explained, “one of my underlying motivations for doing research is to be able to share people’s voices and experiences.”

Part of her research was to interview survivors of trauma to learn about what worked for them in their healing journeys.

Keeping their identities anonymous, George quoted answers from the survivors throughout the presentation.

She touched on the effects of trauma, including anger, anxiety and depression, and even physical effects such as headaches, chronic pain and fatigue. What stood out to George was how pervasive and long-term these effects could be.

A quote from a survivor mentioned: “I’ve come a long way and feel I’m doing amazing things. However, I have this feeling that something inside of me is still damaged and broken.”

George included the effects of historical and intergenerational

trauma on young people. “When adults are suffering from their own trauma, growing up in that situation can put you in survival mode.”

The journey to recovery can be hard for survivors, especially when they don’t believe they’re in a safe environment to heal.

When reaching out or talking about their trauma, many people fear how others will respond or react to them.

A quote from a survivor said: “I haven’t really gotten anything from telling people close to me about my trauma. If I do tell them, either that makes them think negatively of me, or it doesn’t change the way they relate to me or treat me, which doesn’t seem to help either.”

Healing can take on many definitions. George explained how she defines healing as a ‘subjective’ experience. “It’s about working towards a sense of ‘wholeness’ in all its forms, such as mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social.”

Healing can mean finding safe spaces, whether that be at school, out in nature or at church. It can mean distancing yourself or limiting contact with unsafe people, though this can be difficult when it goes against cultural or family values.

Reducing harmful behaviours is important, such as self-harm, substance abuse and aggression/violence. Many people also find healing in supporting others who are going through their own trauma.

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many survivors begin to find or reclaim pieces of their identity, no longer feeling labelled by their trauma.

George wrapped up the presentation with a final thought, “When you work with one trauma survivor, you have only worked with one trauma survivor. Every person is so different, so we as helpers and professionals need to honour, respect and elebrate those differences.”

Dr. Serena George, a counsellor specializing in trauma, spoke on the effects trauma can have on our lives and the spoke on behalf of trauma survivors. (Brianna Schellenberg/The Omega)

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Long Night Against Procrastination is just around the corner Grab your assignments and first drafts and get ready to power-write long into the night Kaylee Butler CONTRIBUTOR Ω Long Night Against Procrastination, commonly known as LNAP returns to the TRU Library on Nov.14. The event will take place from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. the following morning in the main library.

LNAP is an event focused on providing students with a chance to work on essays, projects and other school assignments leading up to finals as well as providing wellness and community to over 300 students.

There will be multiple supports, including the Writing Centre and the Math Centre, on hand to help students with whatever school work they need to complete. Of course, don’t forget the librarians!

There will be snacks, beverages (bring your own mug) as well as pizza to help everyone stay alert and focused on their to-do list. There will be multiple wellness activities throughout the night to try something new.

They will also be doing campus-wide walks, which is an added bonus if you live at North Tower or McGill or if you just want to reset with a walk outside.

There will be three throughout the evening at 9 and 11 p.m. as well as 1 a.m.

“LNAP also encourages students to focus on their wellness and practice selfcare by providing opportunities to take a healthy and mindful break for a yoga session, chair massage, craft, or even by getting a henna tattoo or some eyebrow threading!” says Julia Wells, one of the librarians with TRU said.

There are some new activities this

year, including the citation station.

There will be a booth dedicated to helping you do citations throughout the evening.

This year will also be the debut of massage chairs, they will be offering 5-minute neck and shoulder massages to help with staring at the computer screen.

Make sure to register ahead of time online and bring all outlines, assignment guidelines, textbooks and anything else relevant with you to help out on the night of. They also suggest you bring a rough draft so the support on hand can assist as best as possible.

This event has happened for multiple years and always has a great turnout so registering ahead of time is recommended. There will be drop-in’s allowed as long as there is room.

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TRU student set to launch a professional clothing drive The Faculty of Education & Social Work invites students to donate for students in need Sadhika Burman STAFF WRITER Ω The TRU Faculty of Education & Social Work is hosting a professional clothing drive with award-winning MEd student Sultan Sandur, who is also a fashion designer. He will help carry out the consultations of the event.

The clothing drive will be an on-going event for the month of November.

Roxane Letterlough from the School of Economics initially came up with the idea when she started collecting professional items for her Indigenous students and the drive has become a faculty-wide affair with the help of Sandur.

A few important things to note would be: there will be three clothing drop off points: AE 360 in the Arts & Education building, OM 2465 in the Old Main building and HOL 150 in the Brown Family House of Learning building.

The clothing will be collected until Nov. 27 and students are encouraged to donate gently used clothing keeping in

mind that other students will be using the clothes for professional events like interviews, meetings, practicums, field placements and workforce. Students are also encouraged to book their style consultation appointments with Sandur over two days in early December (Dec. 2 & Dec. 3).

The Faculty of EDSW is in much need and invites students to donate the following items: layering pieces such as cardigans, blazers, jackets, dress pants, professional dresses, tights, collared shirts, blouses, dress shoes, scarves and other accessories.

Buying professional attire is hard to afford on a student budget especially if you’re living away from home and financing yourself. This initiative by the Faculty of EDSW will not only help students in need but also help them concentrate on what they’re preparing for instead of being worried about what they’re going to wear and how they’re going to afford it.

For more information about the drive, interested students can contact Sandur at sultan@justsultan.com

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The following items are much needed: Layering pieces such as cardigans, blazers, and, jackets, as well as dress pants, professional dresses, tights, collared shirts, blouses and dress shoes. Scarves and other accessorses are also welcomed.

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TRUSU Engage For Change Club hosts volunteer workshop Students were taught the importance of volunteerism and encouraged to seek out organizations Farrah Johnson NEWS EDITOR Ω In an effort to encourage students to be more active in their communities, the TRUSU Engage for Change Club hosted a volunteer workshop on Nov. 5.

The session, which was held in the TRUSU Lecture Hall of the Campus Activity Centre, was facilitated by Lisa Mort-Putland, the Executive Director at Volunteer Victoria.

Stating that there is not one single “algorithm for volunteering,” Mort-Putland taught students how they could participate in “no guilt, no shame” volunteering and maximize the amount of knowledge they gain from a given experience.

“I believe when we unpack who we

are and why we volunteer, we get better experiences,” she said. “Knowing why we’re doing it is really the top tier.”

Telling students that she’s going to make them promise to leave a volunteer position that isn’t working for them, Mort-Putland also alluded to the shifting paradigm in the volunteer sector.

“Volunteerism is changing because the world of community-engaged learning is changing,” she said.

“30 years ago, volunteerism was something where there were far more volunteer positions than there were volunteers and then, people began to volunteer and volunteer and volunteer.”

She explained that today, students can expect their volunteering options to change as they “emerge into working professionals.”

“They are not the same now as they

were 10-15 years ago because statistically, volunteering has dropped,” she said.

She added that as it stands now, a significant portion of volunteers in the country are over the age of 60.

Once this demographic reaches 75, Mort-Putland says they usually stop volunteering which causes volunteering numbers to plummet.

“Now what ‘s happening statistically is people between 35 and 45 are volunteering less,” she said.

“Why is that important? Because those are the folks that use to be leadership volunteers. They would sit on boards (and) on committees where decisions were made.”

Mort-Putland stated that this factor is great news for university students because now more than ever, there are “new opportunities” for young

professionals to move into leadership positions sooner.

“When you’re volunteering out in the community what you will find is there will be lots of people in their 20s and 30s, then there will be a gap for people in their 40s and then you will be volunteering with 60 and 70-year olds,” she explained.

“Volunteering is about to become far more intergenerational, cross-cultural, intercultural (and) diverse...because the trends continue to change.”

Still, Mort-Putland insisted that students should expect to gain something from every volunteer experience they participate in.

“There are a million reasons why people volunteer but there is an exchange.”

“One of the rights and the

responsibilities you have as a volunteer is not to create a work-like employment relationship,” she told students.

Insisting that volunteerism is not about “giving your time freely for nothing,” she added that they should also determine what they want out of a volunteer opportunity beforehand.

“Is it learning? Is it inclusion? Is it mentorship or opportunities to access information and knowledge?” she asked.

“You should never volunteer where you are basically an unpaid worker. That’s illegal. You should also never replace paid staff, that is also illegal,” she insisted.

The entire session turned out to be very informative and those in attendance left with a newfound understanding of volunteering and the ways they can strategically use the practice to advance their careers.

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Remembrance Day ceremony to honour Canadian soldiers TRU paid homage to members of Canada’s military who served the country in various roles Farrah Johnson NEWS EDITOR Ω On Thursday, Nov 7. TRU hosted a Remembrance Day Ceremony to honour those presently serving in the Canadian Military and commemorate the soldiers who would have served during wartime.

Students, staff and faculty congregated on Student Street in the Old Main Building for the brief ceremony which featured the singing of the

Canadian National Anthem and a recital of the war poem “In Flanders Fields.”

Giving brief remarks, TRU President Dr. Brett Fairbairn said the event was held to pay respect to the “service and sacrifice” of Canadian soldiers.

“101 years ago this month on the eleventh day of the eleventh hour, the guns fell silent across Europe,” he said.

“That peace marked the end of a particularly horrible war and one

that drew people’s attention to the service and the sacrifice of soldiers and the veterans.”

Noting that Canadians served in a number of wars that took place all over the world, he added that his own parents were veterans who served during the Second World War. “My mother told me stories about enlisting, about the people she knew and of course, she and my father met on a military base in Regina, Saskatchewan,” he explained.

Canadians all over the country dawned red poppy pins in remembrance of those who have fallen. (Katarzyna Pe/Unsplash)

“But she talked also about people she knew who went away and didn’t come back. So there are many connections that many of us have with our families, through people we know and through our community and the people who served here.”

On behalf of the institution, Dr. Fairbairn thanked everyone who served in the Canadian Military.

He also made special mention of the Secwépemc Nation and noted that many of its members would have offered their time and service to the country before they were even recognized as citizens.

Craig Thomson, President of Kamloops Royal Canadian Legion Branch, also spoke on the significance of the blue beret and red poppy pin.

“The majority of Canadians and others around the world are familiar with soldiers that have worn the blue beret since the late 1940s,” he said.

“The blue beret is a symbol of peacekeeping issued by the United Nations when they send troops into crisis areas around the world.”

Thomson explained that Canada “sent its first peacekeepers” to missions in regions of Africa in the early 1950s.

He also said that he received his blue beret as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“40 years after Canada started

sending troops to the United Nations, Canada sent policemen for the first time in 1989 as peacekeepers to Namibia to oversee and monitor the elections in that country.”

“That was Canada’s first policemen in the international field (but) it wasn’t long until the United Nations asked Canada to send more policemen.”

Also elaborating on the importance of the poppy, Thomson explained that the symbol has been around “since the turn of the nineteenth century.”

“It came to Canada as the result of a Canadian officer who was serving in France at the time and was standing in a cemetery where Canadian and allied troops had been buried,” he said.

“When that officer came back to Canada, he brought a poppy symbol back with him and ever since, the poppy has been a symbol of remembrance in Canada.”

Overall, TRU’s Remembrance Day Ceremony was a huge success and those in attendance got to hear a war veteran offer a first-hand account of some of the experiences many officers face abroad.

The event did a great job at honouring fallen, retired and current Canadian soldiers and reminded everyone why they should be grateful to these individuals.

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TRU invites guest speaker to talk about climate change Former TRU student, Kyle Aben discussed climate change solutions and policies Brianna Schellenberg STAFF WRITER Ω Kyle Aben, a TRU alumni, was invited to talk about climate change solutions and policies.

Since 2008, Aben has run his own consulting company called Carbon Realities Consulting.

He’s been working with Prince George Chamber of Commerce on their carbon reduction program, and the city of Quesnel on implementing a climate action plan.

During the presentation, Aben touched on federal, provincial and municipal policies. He gave a brief history of how little we did to implement climate plans with Stephen Harper in government.

“Under Stephen Harper, we didn’t just not want to do anything, there is proof of us trying to derail agreements under Harper,” Aben claimed.

As of June this year, 27 cities in BC have declared a climate

emergency. After doing this, Trudeau approved the Trans Mountain expansion project, a crucial step for the pipeline project.

“It’s hard to keep climate change a non-political conversation, but I don’t believe it should be,” Aben said, “Your political stripes should not dictate whether we want to address climate change or not.”

In regards to BC policies, former BC Premier, Gordon Campbell, implemented some of the toughest climate policies in North America. The biggest policy that gets news around the world is the carbon tax. Though the province has increased our emissions in the last two years, statistical analysis has made it clear our emissions would be much higher without the carbon tax.

People such as Doug Ford, the current Premier of Ontario, claims that the carbon tax is a job killer.

Yet British Columbia has had the

carbon tax for a decade and we have the lowest unemployment in the country.

Since the NDP took power in BC, our climate policies have been more enhanced. They’re very focussed on the zero-emission vehicle support, implementing vehicle chargers throughout the province.

Aben address how many institutions in BC, including Thompson Rivers University, are carbon neutral, meaning we’ve taken action to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as we have put into it. The BC government has also become carbon neutral, being the first government in North America to do so.

Lastly, Aben touched on local policies, discussing how each city in BC has to measure and report their emissions to the government while including what they’ve been doing to lower these emissions.

Kyle Aben touched on the climate challenge and how the Canadian governments are handle it. (Aidan Grether/The Omega) Major step cities have taken is organic waste diversion is instead of putting waste in landfills they’re turning it into resources.

“I don’t care if it costs money, it’s the right thing to do,” Aben explained. “We’re paying to keep

waste in a dump for 100 to 130 years when we can make it into the soil in eight weeks!”

Aben received a round of applause for his research and thanked his alma mater for inviting him back to share it.

TRU LEAP takes students to explore Kelowna TRU students had the opportunity to explore a new city with fellow classmates Lisa Chernyshova BUSINESS AND TECH EDITOR Ω LEAP provided trips to Kelowna on Nov. 9-10, where some students have enjoyed their time in Downtown of Kelowna and shopping in the Orchard Park Shopping Centre.

TRU LEAP has sold the tickets for trips to Kelowna on Nov. 5 at the front desk in the International Building quite quickly as the price for tickets was only $20 including lunch.

On Nov. 9, students had met with LEAP organizers at 9 a.m. of the morning on TRU’s campus for their trip, where they had signed it, received their lunches and proceeded to the bus.

The bus trip to Kelowna took only two hours, during which some of the students enjoyed their time on the bus, listening to music, reading

books, or catching a nap.

The bus arrived at Downtown Kelowna, where students were given two hours to explore downtown, and wander around the streets of Kelowna.

Some students enjoyed their time in the Kelowna City Park, some of them went to visit Kelowna’s coffee shops or to taste ice-cream.

One group of students went to enjoy the art of Kelowna's artists.

They attended the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art and the Kelowna Art gallery.

In the Kelowna Art gallery, they explored the exhibition of one of the famous Indigenous artists – Daphne Odjig. It’s been an exhibition devoted to her 100 birthday. Daphne is known as ‘the grandmother of Canadian Indigenous Art’ and influencer in circles of Indigenous communities. She was the most celebrated Indigenous painter and printmaker.

After their time in Downtown Kelowna, students were taken to the Orchard Park Shopping Centre, where they had a chance to do some crazy shopping for three hours.

“On trips like this, you get to see lots of new places”, said Abhijith, who supervised during the Saturdays’ trip. Also, he volunteers for the LEAP almost for a year. “Since I’ve started to volunteer I’ve had so much fun with LEAP”.

Their group went to the park, icecream shop, restaurants and some other places around downtown.

“This trip was already pre-planned before the semester began because you’ve seen the calendar this trip was organized a way ahead, even probably in the summertime”, he said.

Abhijith said that the LEAP social media part is mostly done by the Jillian and contributing volunteers.

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TRU students enjoyed their time exploring Kelowna with the help of TRU LEAP. (Lisa Chernyshova/The Omega) students had joined the LEAP’s organized activates.

It was a wonderful trip for TRU’s

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Selected Walks will inspire you to walk more Ernie Kroeger’s new exhibition in the TRU Art Gallery celebrates walking and being more observant Elizabeth Nygren ARTS EDITOR Ω Ernie Kroeger, the artist of the new exhibition in the TRU Art Gallery, has recently retired from TRU as an associate professor in the Visual Arts program. He has had 40

years’ worth of exhibitions in his lifetime and has brought his passion for walking with his passion for art together in this new exhibition titled ‘Selected Walks’.

Kroeger said, “I kind of reflected on what I had done during my career and quite a bit of it in the last 30 years

Make sure to check out Kroeger's collection at the TRU Gallery from Nov. 4 to 22. (Aidan Grether/The Omega)

was somehow connected to walking. And I didn’t really realize it.”

This new exhibition reflects all of the different exhibitions Kroeger has done in the past and links them all with one common theme: walking.

“I was doing all this work; meeting artists, different projects, all these sorts of things and so, when they asked me to do this show, I kind of had to think back about what I had done. I had done quite a few exhibitions in my life, like solo exhibitions and group shows but I had never done one on walking myself.” Kroeger said.

The exhibition touches on many different aspects of walking, from the physicality of it, such as paths and shoes, to the political stances of why drive thru’s exist.

Kroeger said, “I really dislike drive-thrus. Can’t people get out of their cars? So I call it a ‘proposal for intervention’, the idea that I could go around with a stencil and spray paint ‘walk’ on all the drive-thrus. So this is

maybe social, political, critical.”

Kroeger had found many images related to walking from his past career, and compiled all the ones related to walking together to create this exhibition. Some are more recent photos, whereas others come from the 1990s.

“Most of them are from overtime. I have my studios full of artwork, I have a locker with crates of artwork, files, and I went through it and picked my favourites. Then I also printed some new stuff for the exhibition to kind of just give a broader perspective of what I had done. It’s really to give a kind of sampling of the different things I’ve done over my life. But they’re all sort of connected to walking.”

When asked about his favourite piece, Kroeger said that he most enjoyed the one titled “Shuswap Walk”, a cryogenic image of the word WALK painted on a curb on the side of the highway from 2009.

“As a photographer, I’m interested in composition and I

found this driving the Shuswap and it was kind of ironic; the word walk stencilled on the highway. This is no place to walk. It’s dangerous, and there’s the lake, there’s no place to walk there. You’d have to swim across, so there was a kind of irony to me here but I also kind of liked the composition graphically of bands. And also it’s like a found object, like a lucky find.” Kroeger said.

Kroeger hopes that people will be able to take something from his exhibition, whether that be time or celebrating the activity that is walking.

“I think if people take a bit of time to look at these, the whole exhibition, they’ll see different aspects of walking. There’s a celebration of walking, there’s kind of the idea of being observant when you’re walking.”

Kroeger said. “I have this idea that when the body is moving, it’s thinking in a different way.”

‘Selected Walks’ is open in the TRU Art Gallery from Nov.4 until Nov. 22, and is free for viewing.

A film festival set to excite any outdoorsmen

The Banff Mountain Film Festival aims unite the outdoor community Elizabeth Nygren ARTS EDITOR Ω The Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming to Kamloops next week to show some exciting mountain-centric films that are sure to get fans excited. Harry Gillett, an organizer for the event, works at True Outdoors which has been working with the Banff Film Festival for many years to put on this annual event.

Regarding the festival itself, Gillett said, “it’s a once a year

festival for basically mountain-centric arts in Banff. The full name is actually the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

They show a whole bunch of films and books, a bunch of other things happen as well, but afterwards, they make a selection of the films that were submitted to the festival that travels all around the world, and that’s the film fest as we know it in Kamloops.”

Gillett notes that the book festival doesn’t travel and stays in Banff for the duration of the festival.

Each year, a liaison from the

Banff Film Festival travels with the films all around the globe to put on this highly acclaimed series of films. True Outdoors’ hand in all of this is to prepare the City of Kamloops for the arrival of the film festival.

“Our role would be to promote the festival. We’re responsible to organize what happens here in Kamloops; to book the venue, to sell tickets. We [also] provide the door prizes,” Gillett said.

This is the 44th annual film festival and Kamloops is the second stop on this grand world tour,

directly after Salmon Arm. Gillett said “Part of the blessing and curse of being the second stop on the tour, is for the next few weeks or so they’re making the selection that’s going to be on the world tour so we don’t actually know what the films are going to be until like a day or two before it gets here.”

Because the festival always comes to Kamloops each year, Gillett just hopes that this year is as good as the last.

“We know that the festival is popular; we know it’s well-loved

and not necessarily because of us, so we hope that by putting it on, we are sort of like facilitating the outdoor community in Kamloops,” Gillett said.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival will be held at the Paramount Theatre downtown Kamloops from Nov. 19-20, for two nights of thrilling films. Tickets cost $25 per night and can be purchased at the True Outdoors store on Notre Dame Drive, or online at trueoutdoors. ca. They are also offering a special two-night deal; $40 for both nights but only available in-store.

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker performs in Kamloops Attendees greeted talented performers with wild applause Lisa Chernyshova BUSINESS AND TECH EDITOR Ω The Sagebrush Theatre gathered together ballet lovers, families, and kids for the fabulous performance given by Moscow’s Ballet on Nov. 10, 2019.

The Moscow Ballet gave its holiday tour that became a pre-Christmas tradition across Canada and the United States.

The performance given in Kamloops was especially unique and successful, it had surprised the audience not only with extremely professional techniques of ballet, role play, the structure of the plot, but also with vibrant colours of costumes, and unique attributes - the Toys of

European Styles.

The Nutcracker is a classic piece of the ballet, the original premiere of which was staged in 1892 in Saint-Petersburg the week before Christmas.

It’s a classic Christmas story, that is so loved by kids of different ages in many countries around the globe.

The Nutcracker performance is the libretto piece of ballet in two acts adapted from the story of Hoffmann called, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”. The music for the Nutcracker was composed by Tchaikovsky.

Today’s modern performance differs from the original story adopted from Hoffmann’s by its setting, characters, and plot. The version of the Moscow Ballet is known, as “The Great Russian Nutcracker”. In the given version,

some folk characters take part in Act II of the ballet as Ded Moroz (Father Christmas) & Snegurochka (Snow Maiden), who accompany main characters – Masha and Nutcracker to their dream world.

The performance was given in such a coherent order, in bright colours and rhythmic tone that the plot was understandable even for those who’re not quite familiar with this fairy tale.

The 12-foot-tall Unicorn, Elephant, Bear and Bull puppets created the Christmas mood and made the show funnier, and brighter for kids, who couldn’t get their eyes off of hypnotizing dancing toys.

The cast of the performance delighted with its high-level professionality, grace and synchronic play. There were

36 award-winning international performers, combined to bring to life this classic piece of art and to surprise the audience with the high-level of ballet.

Masha usually played by Karyna Shaltkovskaya the Ukrainian ballerina was played by Tatiana Nazarchevici one of the less professional ballerinas from Moldova. The Nutcracker Prince usually played by Rustem Imangaliyev, the ballet dancer from Kazakhstan was performed by Nikolai Nazachevici.

The next stop in their Christmas tour for the Nutcracker will be Nanaimo.

Overall, the tour will pay a visit to more than 140 cities in Canada and the U.S. The tour worked together with Kamloops-based “The Academy

of Dance”. There was a great effort made by local dancers from the Academy, who played snowflakes and some other roles. Such wonderful performance not only gives an emotional boost of positivity but also can inspire the young to join ballet themselves.

The show was so appreciated by the audience that they gave loud applause and whistling.

The Nutcracker performance left the audience with positive emotions, satisfied the curiosity, and even exceeded expectations.

The ballet is always a great and exquisite form of art that educates people on a high spiritual level and develops wise and beautiful values in people’s mindsets.

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Doctor Sleep Review- The Shining Sequel How to both add to the universe and pay homage Morgan Hunter CONTRIBUTOR Ω Doctor Sleep does many interesting things to The Shining universe that never feels forced and often is as entertaining as the first one, though in different ways.

Its blend of modern themes combined with the Stanley Kubrick classic does justice to a series that even Stephan King would agree with.

Doctor Sleep revolves around Danny, the son of the crazed killer from the original Shining film, who lives life concealing his telepathic abilities in order to stay safe.

He then is taken out of safety when a girl whose abilities surpass his own and attracts villainous enemies.

Ian Macgregor does a superb job at handling an older, more mature Danny.

His representation of the pain of one’s past and how much that can affect someone decades later holds a sensitivity that he portrays brilliantly.

This mixed in with the wonderful writing of how he progresses in life offers more than an entertaining ride.

The girl playing Abra, Kyliegh Curran, does an exceptional job as well, especially with some of the directions the character goes through.

The main draw of the picture is The Shining connection and it is present, however, only in small doses.

If you go into this movie expecting it to outdo the original film, you will leave disappointed. Though the fact is nothing can ever top the original. And if fans of Stephan King’s classic expect this to rectify the diversion Stanley Kubrick takes, they will also be disappointed.

The show can’t redo already known continuity, and this representation displays the respect for the original while taking the feedback Stephan King made and applying it here, and it does a terrific job.

The villains do shine as well, however, they don’t particularly mix well. When

they focus on the group, it becomes super interesting, and the same happens when they relook at the haunted hotel that made the series as famous as it is. It’s when they try to blend them is when it feels rushed. It didn’t take away from the overall enjoyment, though it does feel faster than it should have been.

The only problem that was present, no matter how small, was the fact they hired younger-looking performers for flashback scenes. I’m aware most of the original performers are either deceased or too old to showcase an accurate past, it takes the viewer out of the film, especially when the film relays heavily on the context of the original. The only time this didn’t happen was through the actions of Carl Lumby playing Dick.

Doctor Sleep creates an interesting universe that appeals to everyone, a task that seemed only impossible.

This feat alone is well worth the price of admission.

The Lighthouse Review-Easily the best film of the year The film I drove two hours to see and would to do all over again Morgan Hunter CONTRIBUTOR Ω The Lighthouse is hands down the most sophisticated, well-acted, well-edited, and well-written film I’ve seen this year. I can easily picture scenes in my mind yet still find interesting aspects with just thinking through a different perspective.

Usually, this is where I give a brief plot synopsis about the film I’m reviewing. However, the less a viewer knows to go into this movie, the better

because nothing compares to the journey this film does to one’s mind.

William DeFoe and Robert Patterson are the only actors in the film who have any dialogue, and the entire film takes place on an island with a lighthouse. The film depends on the strength of both actors to take the multiple monologues that they have and have that be enjoyable. Yet the two men still somehow go above and beyond that by miles, with each giving the performers of their lives. A film should have this through

every performer, yet these two act as if they’ll never act again and give everything they got, elevating this picture to god-like status.

This is a movie that almost every audience member will leave with a different perception of the story and its meanings. Though I don’t think anyone can leave this film not liking the picture due to the intrigue it has mixed in with the amazing editing and sound mixing.

The editing had viewers constantly on edge and unnerved yet then presents

dialogue could crack up even the most stoned-face critic.

This is all amplified by the decision to present the film in black and white, with imagery that becomes far more disturbing due to the lack of colour scheme leaving the visuals up to the imagination of the audience. This is a genius move due to the director playing on people’s fear of the unknown and representing this with such a simple choice.

And the sound editing does this eerie effect that defines its presents with

the fact that it never lets up. The continuous shifts and blasts of shattering effects held me on the edge of my seat in a way no film has done for me in a theatre. And with the set design holding to the timeframe to the point where everything seemed like an artifact, leaving the audience fully immersed.

This masterpiece earns any and all accolades there is for step forwards in cinema. I could go on but if you, the reader, take anything from this review, just drop the newspaper and go watch it.

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CFBX TOP 30 CFBX 92.5 FM, 350 Watts Kamloops, BC Music Director: Steve Marlow Charts to November 7, 2019 * indicates Canadian Content ** indicates a local artist Artist - Album (Label) 1) The New Pornographers* - In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (Concord) 2) Lightning Dust* - Spectre (Western Vinyl) 3) Bodywash* - Comforter (Luminelle) 4) Laura Anglade* - I've Got Just About Everything (Justin Time) 5) Mellt* - Swim Slowly (Wave Phase) 6) Vaneese Thomas - Down Yonder (Segue) 7) Celtic Kitchen Party* - Sociable! (Independent) 8) Shari Ulrich* - Back to Shore (Borealis) 9) Fiuran* - Faoinsgeulan (Independent) 10) Heiki* - Tower of Acid (Paper and Sound) 11) Eamon McGrath* - Guts (Saved by Vinyl) 12) Little Kim Retallick* - Work Week Blues (Independent) 13) Twin Peaks - Lookout Low (Grand Jury) 14) Chris Kirby* - What Goes Around (Independent) 15) Bruce Cockburn* - Crowing Ignites (True North) 16) Subhumans - Crisis Point (Pirates Press) 17) Plumes* - Oh Orwell (Independent) 18) Edina Balint* - Our World (Independent) 19) Close Talker* - How Do We Stay Here? (Slow Weather) 20) Jeremie Albino* - Hard Time (Sleepless) 21) Begonia* - Fear (Rex Baby) 22) Mother Sun** - Caramel Clouds (Independent) 23) Fred Fortin* - Microdose (Grosse Boite) 24) Freedumb* - Calculate My Love (Boonsdale) 25) Sunglaciers* - Foreign Bodies (Independent) 26) Paragon Cause* - Lies Between Us (Independent) 27) Jeremy Stewart* - II: Immemoriam (Independent) 28) The Rubinoos - From Home (Yep Roc) 29) Veronica Swift - Confessions (Mack Avenue) 30) Cat Janhke* - The Boy, the Girl, the Wolf (Independent)

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Puzzles of the Week

By Gene Wirchenko

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Puzzle #10: Guy Fawkes Day Using the four digits (1, 1, 0, and 5) once each as numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and factorial to make expressions evaluating to the integers from 0 to 9. Brackets are also acceptable. [n factorial is the product of the integers from 1 to n. 3 factorial (or 3!) = 6. Also, 0! = 1.

Last week's solutions Puzzle #9: More Twisted Logic

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Statement 2 is false. Then, statement 4 is false. Statement 3 must be true, or we would have both Ernie and Fern making two false statements. It must be Hanna who did it, so statement 7 is false, 8 is true. We already know that statement 6 is true, and statement 5 must be true (so George was robbed) to have someone making two true statements.

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Statement 1: false, 2: false, 3: true, 4: false, 5: true, 6: true, 7: false, 8: true. Hanna did it; she robbed George.

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SPORTS

Fredrico Martins leaves the Portuguese national team to play for TRU Martins is hoping for a hot season after he leaves his warm country behind for Kamloops James Fraser SPORTS EDITOR Ω This summer Coach Clark from the TRU men’s basketball team shook up WolfPack fan’s and media after he announced the signing of Fredrico Martins, a 6”1 basketball player from Portugal who at the time was in the middle of leading his national team in scoring at the U-18 2019 FIBA European "B" championships.

He also had experience at the club level where he spent three seasons at Estoril Basket Clube, averaging over 18 points and five assists per game. These impressive statistics helped his team reach the regional Final Four and Portuguese Cup Final where Martins was named to the all-tournament team.

"We are getting a pretty good player, " Clark said.

"We are getting a guy who has represented his country many times at the youth levels (U 16, U18). He has good quickness both offensively and defensively. He can shoot the ball and has played at a high level at both the European

championship level but also at the club level. From that perspective, we are getting a guy who has played a lot of high-level basketball and seen a lot of things.”

Most Canadians dream of dropping everything and catching a f light to Portugal to lounge in the Lisbon sun. The allure of a Portuguese national team player leaving his home countries sandy beaches to experience Canadian winters and play at the Tournament Capital Centre is intriguing, to say the least.

“Since I was young, I’ve always wanted to study and play basketball in North America because it’s easier to connect sports and school than it is in Europe,” Martins stated.

“Since I wanted to keep studying and playing basketball, having the opportunity to come to a place where I can do both at the same time was a perfect fit.”

Martins has yet to suit up for TRU this season, making his first start even more anticipated. He is confident he will be able to adapt to the level of play.

"I think Canadian University basketball is very good and has a level of competitiveness that I can adjust to. I believe my strengths are as a three-point and mid-range shooter. I am fast in transition with good defensive skills and I am able to communicate with my

teammates," Martins adds.

“I am really excited to be a part of TRU and the WolfPack. I think this is a very good school with amazing facilities and I think I'll be able to connect both with my teammates and in my classes."

Do you believe in the hype? Come out and

support your school for a chance to see if the Portuguese wonder boy is the real deal. The next home games for the TRU men’s basketball team will be on Nov.22nd and Nov. 23rd as they take on the University of Northern British Colombia, 6 pm tip-off at the TCC.

Fredrico Martins will be looking to make an impact in his first season playing abroad. (TRU Athletics)

Increases in U-Sport athletes turning professional More pro leagues are deciding to hold drafts for Canadian athletes James Fraser SPORTS EDITOR Ω With the recent Canadian Premier League second annual U-Sports Men’s Soccer draft that recently passed Nov.11th, 12 U-Sport athletes belonging to various

universities across the country had their names called and dreams come to life. All the hard work in the gym came to fruition. This is one example of how U-Sports athletes are getting more opportunities to take their game to the next level.

“Our U-Sports players

had some great highlights this season, with an opportunity to play professionally and be part of a professional men’s soccer league that continues to create a pathway for our homegrown players in Canada,” David Clanachan, Commissioner of

the CPL said.

After the first draft in 2018, 13 of the 21 players who heard their names called signed professional contracts. Several of them were key players on their teams starting rosters.

It will likely be more of the same for these draftees. Soccer is not the only sport that is creating a pipeline to pro in U-Sports.

In March 2019, the Canadian Elite Basketball League held its first-ever U-Sports draft where 38 men’s basketball players from 21 different schools were drafted into the professional league.

“It gives me immense pleasure to see such amazing talent represent the league and its six teams,” Mike Morreale, Chief Executive Officer of the CEBL said, “Congratulations to all the players who got drafted – it’s a historic time for a Canadian basketball fan.”

The 2020 CEBL draft will be held again this

March.

Although Volleyball does not currently have any sort of draft, it is already common to see a lot of U-Sport athletes take their talents overseas to play abroad with professional clubs after they finish their schooling.

Football in U-Sports has also had a wildly successful springboard into the professional game after 52 players were drafted into the Canadian Football League. It is nice to see this progress in university sport.

Historically, when players decide to go to university in Canada, it meant they were giving up their dream due to the lack of opportunity in the professional game; however, with these successful drafts, it is sure to keep the dream alive and the blood at a boil for Varsity athletes in Canada.

Now is a better time than ever for University sport in Canada.

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THE OMEGA

November 29 Celebrate the end of the fall semester with a winter carnival and tree lighting in the campus commons! Admission is free and hot chocolate and sugar cookies will be provided.

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