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Facilities Articles: 1970 - 1979

"College to seek military camp" - Vancouver Sun

Malaspina College council asks for help from the BC Department of Education to secure the 165 acres site of the Nanaimo Military training camp for a permanent college campus.
Article courtesy of The Vancouver Sun, July 31, 1970


"College Expansion" - Nanaimo Daily Free Press

The possibility of a meld between Nanaimo's Vocational School and Malaspina College was discussed in Nanaimo Daily Free Press, May 1971.
Article courtesy of Nanaimo Daily Free Press, May 1971.

 

"Malaspina Gets New Gymnasium" - Nanaimo Daily Free Press

Articles and image courtesy of Nanaimo Daily Free Press, 1977


"Instant Gym" - The Navigator

Malaspina College's inflatable gym was the largest air support structure in BC until it deflated due to a winter storm and failed generator in January 1980.
Image and article courtesy of The Navigator, Oct. 1976

 

"Taxi" - The Navigator

New facilities. New communication method?
Image and text courtesy of The Navigator, Nov. 1979