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AUGUST 24, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 101
BACK FROM THE BRINK TODAY’S WEATHER
40% chance of showers High 24 C, Low 9 C
BYELECTION CANDIDATE LIST GROWING RAPIDLY PAGES A4, A5
Chris Brochu has a good reason to take part in Ride to Conquer Cancer
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KAMLOOPS BLAZERS 2017-2018 SEASON PREVIEW WEEKLY FIVE-PART SERIES BEGINS TODAY
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n old adage suggests building a hockey team from the net out. The expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights seem to be following that thought with the selection of veteran netminder Marc-André Fleury from the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in June’s NHL expansion draft. And Kamloops This Week sports editor Marty Hastings is sticking to that route as he begins KTW’s five-part Kamloops Blazers season preview from the blue paint in the crease. With standout goaltender Connor Ingram likely to begin his pro hockey career this year, the 2017-2018 Blazers will rely on Dylan Ferguson to backstop the club to victory. Ferguson was outstanding in relief of Ingram last season, while the latter was wearing the Maple Leaf at the World Junior Championship. This year, Ferguson is No. 1, with an intriguing competition for No. 2 underway between a recently acquired veteran and a young Kamloops-raised goaltender. The five-part series on this season’s Blazers begins on page A21 of today’s paper and will continue each Thursday, leading to the start of the regular season. Each instalment can also be found online at kamloops thisweek.com, under the Sports tab.
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Construction will create traffic gridlock at Thompson Rivers University to begin the school year.
Get set for TRU parking crunch SEAN BRADY STAFF REPORTER sbrady@kamloopsthisweek.com
Road and parking lot closures at Thompson Rivers University may continue into October, since the university says it can’t meet the construction schedule it set out earlier this year. Construction on new utility lines under University Drive along the east side of campus has been ongoing since April. The new utilities are being installed to service The Reach, a
private residential housing development on campus. Work was scheduled to be completed before students head back to class on Sept. 6, but a gamble by the university to get drawings sooner than expected didn’t pay off. “There weren’t really any delays. We knew that some of the drawings we required were potentially going to take some time and that we might not get them as soon as we wanted,” said Warren Asuchak, TRU’s director of facilities. Asuchak added that the con-
struction revealed old asbestos pipe, which also delayed the project. As a result, the east gate entrance to the university off of McGill Road — one of its busiest — will remain closed while students flood back onto campus. Those driving to campus may also see a parking crunch, with parking lot E, located on the corner of Summit and McGill, closed and filled with construction equipment. See TRU, A6
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