STM's new gym officially opens

STM's new gym officially opens

St. Thomas More Collegiate is celebrating a major milestone in the construction of a new state-of-the-art gym.

On Friday, Sept. 20, the private school, well-known for athletics, officially opened its new 27,000-square-foot athletic facility at Kingsway and 12th Avenue. 

"The $6.3-million facility built by Capo Construction is a centerpiece of a 10-year strategic plan to develop the STMC campus," said Jenifer Jayme, STM's communications coordinator. "It features an NBA-sized gymnasium, a fitness centre and multi-purpose space, and a room for a physiotherapist available to student athletes on a weekly basis. The project was made possible by a $2 million grant from the StanJean Foundation and a groundswell of support from over 980 donors, raised by the two-year 'More Spirit Campaign.'"

At St. Thomas More's ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony, Archbishop J. Michael Miller blessed the new facility, which is now called the The StanJean Centre. 

Cycling for change

A group of 13 youth are pedalling across Canada, visiting communities along the way to raise awareness about sustainability. The non-profit Otesha Project is organizing the tour, dubbed Cycling Through Change.

Cyclists were scheduled to stop in Burnaby on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Deer Lake Park for a 3 p.m. to perform a play with a sustainability message. For more information, go to www.otesha.ca.

Community dialogues

What's the best way to fund our transportation network? Should drivers pay taxes for transit? Should transit users have to pay taxes for highways?

These are just some of the questions that will be up for discussion at an upcoming Burnaby event hosted by SFU's Centre for Dialogue.

SFU is inviting residents from Burnaby, Tri-Cities and New Westminster to participate in a discussion about "mobility pricing," a system where fees are charged directly to the user, whether it's for transit, highways or toll bridges, for example. 

The discussion is on Oct. 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is free, and attendees will be expected to participate in the discussion. For more information or to register, visit www.sfu.ca/movinginmetro.

Street Eat Thursdays

If you're at SFU's Burnaby campus on a Thursday, you may want to keep an eye out for visiting food trucks. SFU introduced food trucks on campus last fall as part of a pilot project to supplement cafeteria food. On Thursday, Sept. 26 and Thursday, Oct. 3 there will be food trucks on campus. Some of the vendors include Japadog (which drew large crowds last fall), Super Thai Food, The Kaboom Box and Vij's Railway Express.

For a full schedule, click here.