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Thompson Rivers University is forgoing more than $1 million after dropping a lawsuit against the family of B.C. philanthropist Irving K. Barber. TRU originally filed a statement of claim in 2014, seeking nearly $1.3 million from Barber’s heirs — the bulk of the $1.5 million pledged by the philanthropist in return for having his name on a signature campus building. University spokesman Christopher Seguin said TRU recently agreed to drop
the lawsuit, based on documentation it received in the legal process. There was no recovery of any of the money TRU claimed it was owed. The family trust argued in court documents that Barber’s pledge died with him in 2012 and that there were no remaining assets. The university invited Barber to the opening of its pithouse-themed lecture theatre in 2010 after announcing he would contribute $1.5 million to the Brown Family House of Learning, which includes the Irving K. Barber Centre. Seguin said the university is free to
adopt another sponsor for the building “It [Barber name] will stay on for a period of time . . .” Seguin said. “We’re certainly looking at our options.” Barber was a legendary philanthropist who founded Slocan Forest Products. He attended the University of B.C., where he trained as a forester after serving in the Second World War. Prior to the TRU donation, Barber gave $10 million to University of B.C.’s Okanagan campus and $2.5 million to Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey.
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Voters will be going to the polls on either Sept. 16 or Sept. 30. The June 30 resignations of Mayor Peter Milobar (who is stepping down after being elected MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson) and councillors Ken Christian (who is quitting to run for the vacant mayor’s chair) and Marg Spina (who is leaving to focus on cancer treatment) has led to the need for a byelection. On Tuesday, council will decide on a date — and staff is recommending Sept. 30 for a byelection that will have a budget of $120,000 and 13 voting places, four fewer than were used in the 2015 performingarts centre referendum. Staff noted Sept. 16 is also an option for the byelection date, though it is recommending Sept. 30 because School District 73 prefers that date (schools will be used as polling stations) and due to staffing considerations. A Sept. 30 byelection would mean newly elected council members would take their oaths of office on Oct. 14, one year before the next general civic election. A chief electoral officer will be appointed on July 4. From the staff report: “The 2017 expenses include a CEO to be hired on a contract basis, as it has become apparent over the past few elections that an unreasonable number of extra hours are required for the corporate officer and deputy corporate officer to conduct an election in addition to their officer workloads and duties.” As noted, there will be four fewer voting places, with Heritage House in Riverside Park, Arthur Hatton elementary on the North Shore, Dallas elementary and Royal Inland Hospital being eliminated. However, Heritage House will host advance voting. Nor will the byelection include mobile polls, which were at 11 care homes in 2015 at a cost of $12.43 per vote. Instead, election staff will help with voting by mail from care homes. Meanwhile, the city will use rented voting tabulators from Dominion Voting for the byelection as the life expectancy of its voting tabulators has expired.