Canada Games Plaza - where all the action is

Posted On 26 Feb 2015

By : Teresa Mallam

Tag: 2015 Canada Winter Games

: A Tribe Called Red had the huge crowd in a tizzy Wednesday night - they even yelled for an encore. A traditional First Nations dancer is part of the act and the audience roared their approval whenever he came on stage. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Tristan Hunter, 4, gives the snap circuit at the electrical centre a go in the Work B.C. pavilion on Wednesday. Three interactive employment-geared centres were set up at the Canada Games village so people could get some hands-on experience at various trades. Hunter needed no coaxing from his family to try out the challenge. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Much to the delight of the crowd, A Tribe Called Red turns up the heat a notch on the BCLC centre stage at the Games Plaza on Wednesday night.

: Tobias Hekkema minds the pucks and takes in a few practise shots (in a makeshift net off to the left) Wednesday afternoon beside the Canfor pavilion at the Canada Games village. The Canfor pavilion offered a wheel of chance where people could spin for prizes that included hats, gloves, juice drinks and energy bars. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Local dignitaries from left, councillor Susan Scott, Mayor Lyn Hall, Canada Winter Games executive Mike Davis along with councillors Murry Krause and Albert Koehler and Chief Dominic Frederick celebrate the unveiling Wednesday of the new Gathering of the Rocks sculpture by artist Clint George (holding rock with Frederick.) The metal sculpture which has a maple leaf on top of a First Nations traditional drum will eventually hold 1,500 small to large sized rocks from all over the country and will become a lasting legacy of the Games. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A First Nations traditional hoop dancer joins A Tribe Called Red on the BCLC stage at Canada Games Plaza on Wednesday night – much to the delight of a huge crowd of spectators. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A huge crowd jams into Winter Games Plaza on Wednesday night to get a good spot to listen to A Tribe Called Red playing on the BCLC centre stage. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A net, a cardboard box, a puck and a patient net minder and goalie is all that is needed to give children a fun game of hockey on Wednesday afternoon at the Canada Games Plaza. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Baden-Powell Service Association traditional scouting members Lane Oke (in plaid jacket,) Danial Cole, Ike Menard, and BPSA patrol leader Jordan Parent visit the Francophone pavilion at the Canada Games village on Wednesday evening. They are given a mini version of Mr. Bonhomme, mascot for the upcoming Francofun Winter Festival. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A fireworks display dazzled at Canada Games Plaza on Wednesday night. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A fireworks display looks like art set against the black backdrop of the sky Wednesday night at Canada Games Plaza. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: That’s right Prince George, now I hear you …. Diggy the D.J. put on a tremendous show for an appreciate crowd at Canada Games Plaza on Wednesday night. Teresa MALLAM/Prince George

: Let me hear you Prince George…Diggy the D.J. has fun with the crowd in a high energy performance on the BCLC centre stage Wednesday night at the Canada Games Plaza. Teresa MALLAM/Prince George

: A First Nations hoop dancer waits off in the shadows Wednesday evening after performing in the finale of A Tribe Called Red show on the BCLC centre stage at Canada Games Plaza. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A traditional hoop dance artist delights the crowd at A Tribe Called Red concert Wednesday night on the BCLC centre stage at the Canada Games Plaza. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Crowds packed the Winter Games Plaza on Wednesday night to see A Tribe Called Red – three aboriginal DJ-producers from Canada, DJ Shub, DJ NDN and Bear Witness – put on a great show that had the crowd fist pumping in the air and dancing to the beat. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: The crowd enjoys A Tribe Called Red on the BCLC centre stage at the Canada Games Plaza on Wednesday night. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Canada Games host Cindy Marcotte, British Columbia Arts Council, admires artwork by Marianne Nicolson at the main gallery Two Rivers Gallery on Wednesday evening. Entitled Tunics of the Changing Tide (2007,) the work is part of a larger exhibit on display and depicts the Kwikwasutinaxw Histories. The compelling piece is done in acrylics with brass, copper, abalone shell and silver on wood. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Simon Ratcliffe holds the mike as Andy Everson leads the crowd in a First Nations dance and drumming session Wednesday. The artist from Comox, B.C. talked about his K’oMoks First Nation roots and the animal images behind his digitally created artwork in his Spirit of Snow and Ice collection. The art which features several different sports events was created for the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 is “just as relevant” to the Canada Winter Games, he said. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: A Tribe Called Red seems to enjoy the reflected light from the fireworks display at the end of their set Wednesday night on the BCLC centre stage at Canada Games Plaza. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Team Saskatchewan cross-country ski members Lexy Vincent, left, Lauren Dyck, Anna Sigurdson and Shannon Butler compare pin collections with young sports fan, Spencer Jamison, 10. They met up at the Canada Games village on Wednesday. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Lord of the Rings….a traditional First Nations hoop dance is part of the exciting, electrifying performance on the BCLC centre stage with A Tribe Called Red. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

: Artist Clint George, left, and Chief Dominic Frederick with Gathering of the Rocks Sculpture on Wednesday at the Canada Games Plaza. The sculpture will become one of the legacies of the 2015 Canada Winter Games and close to 1,500 rocks, of all sizes, from all over the country will eventually find a home inside the metal sculpture. The new artwork which has the maple leaf sitting on a First Nations drum, was unveiled in a special outdoor ceremony attended by Mayor Lyn Hall and several council members, Studio 2880 artist and executive director Wendy Young, Mike Davis, Games executive and several other dignitaries. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

About the Author

Teresa Mallam is community editor and award winning columnist for the Prince George Free Press. She's won the Jack Webster Award of Distinction, Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Investigative Journalism (B.C. Report Magazine story on the murder of Mary Jane Jimmie,) B.C. Law Society Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting, Cariboo Mining Association (CMA) Award for Best Mining Reporting of the Year and Jerry MacDonald Award for community reporting for a story on homelessness.