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BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com
A plan to build a new performing arts centre in the new high school project has cleared a hurdle at city hall. On Monday, city council approved a staff recommendation to support proceeding with the replacement of Massey Theatre with a new Massey Performing Arts Centre with up to 1,000 seats. Council also directed staff to strike a task force to facilitation input from performing arts groups about the requirements and specifications for the future performing arts centre. Mayor ◗RELATED STORY Wayne Wright The school district said the agrees to its part of city has the project. received some See page 3. financial information from the school district about the cost of a theatre but will start work on getting some more indepth analysis of the costs. He said the city’s portion could cost $7 million, but that’s a preliminary figure because the project is five years away from taking place. “The beauty about the Massey is 70 to 80 per cent want to do it,” he said. “Those are taxpayers.” City council received a staff report about the public consultation that’s been taking place about the school capital project and the Neighbourhoods of Learning component, which is a provincial initiative that would provide ◗City Page 4
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Tsilhqot’in Nation members hope to eventually determine if Chief Ahan is buried under school BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER
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Victory bump: New Westminster Hyacks receiver Jeremy Wilson (right) hams it up with teammate Jordan Chin after one of Wilson’s two majors at Mercer Stadium in New Westminster on Friday. For more, see sports on page 27.
Members of the Tsilhqot’in Nation are travelling to New Westminster this month to honour their chief, who was executed here 145 years ago. They will hold a ceremony at the New Westminster Secondary School, and then one at the location of the old downtown courthouse. These are the two sites where they believe Chief Ahan could be buried. The Tsilhqot’in chief – executed in July 1865 – was one of six chiefs sentenced to death during the Chilcotin War. The war was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot’in people in B.C. and European settlers. The exact location of Ahan’s burial remains a mystery. The possibility that Ahan might be buried at the high school surfaced in 2008 and drew attention to the old cemetery under New Westminster Secondary School. Ultimately, a research report determined that it was likely that Ahan was buried by the old courthouse downtown, where he had been executed for his part in the war. ◗Ahan Page 4
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