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Planning underway for marijuana conference at TRU
KAMLOOPS – A conference is in the works at Thompson Rivers University to look at the…
Plant-based pop-up take-out joint coming to Kamloops
Although she isn't vegan herself, Kaity Lou Clement wants fellow omnivores to know that plant-based…
Specialty Indian grocery store coming to Kamloops
A specialty Indian grocery store is opening soon in Kamloops. FraserCart Indian Store is set…
TRU announces advocate for Indigenous education as new chancellor
Thompson Rivers University has appointed DeDe DeRose as its new chancellor. DeRose was B.C.’s first…
Shuswap wildfire activist holding forum about Bush Creek East blaze
Shuswap activist Jim Cooperman will be speaking at Thompson Rivers University this week and the…
TRU hosting anti-racism, white privilege conference
Thompson Rivers University is organizing a conference on equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism. The Unearthed…
The history behind Kamloops area place names
KAMLOOPS – Have you ever wondered how places like Barnhartvale or Cherry Creek got their…
iN VIDEO: Watch TRU professors read Rate My Professor reviews
KAMLOOPS — If you’ve ever watched Jimmy Kimmel Live, then you’ve probably seen the bit…
Friend recalls moments before university student drowned in North Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — After a night celebrating a friend’s birthday, Mubashir Rahman decided it was time…
Kamloops university student’s photography captures emotion of missing, murdered women
KAMLOOPS — As a First Nations woman, Tara-Lynn Wilson considers herself lucky for never suffering…
TRU interim president attempts to clarify suspension of professor
KAMLOOPS – The interim president of Thompson Rivers University has released a statement in an…
Former TRU student’s case against university finally concludes
KAMLOOPS – A nearly decade-long legal battle between Thompson Rivers University and a former student…
Kamloops artist captures the trauma of residential school on analog film
'CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING FORCIBLY TAKEN AWAY FROM YOUR HOME?' KAMLOOPS – As she lies…
Thompson Rivers University wants to meet future need for school teachers
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is encouraging young people to get into teaching now as…
TRU to develop policy on sex assault without statistics on campus incidents
"IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS... THEN HOW CAN YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO ATTACK THE ISSUE?" KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University released an interim protocol to support and respond to students who are victims of sexual assault, but a student who was attacked twice on campus says a developing policy...
Fire ants found in Naramata concern Kamloops researcher
PENTICTON – A Thompson Rivers University researcher wants to stop a newly-discovered invasive species from…
Universities taking pro-active approach to Ebola despite low transmission risk
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The risk of Ebola in the interior of British Columbia is a low one, but that hasn’t stopped the international departments at Thompson Rivers University and the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus from taking direction or developing a plan for international student travel. “The key part of what we’re doing is really...
Former Kamloops student part of ultra-extremist terror group
KAMLOOPS - Current and former TRU students have expressed shock and confusion after learning an alumnus and former Wolfpack volleyball team member joined forces with an international terrorist organization. Brothers Collin and Gregory Gordon, originally from Calgary, disappeared in 2012 only to turn up in Syria after the pair were allegedly recruited by the Islamic...
Professor calls for changes to stop domestic violence
"YOU COULD CREATE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PEOPLE WOULD STILL DO IT." THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – A Thompson Rivers University professor is calling on the province to make immediate changes to protect women and families under threat of domestic violence. Micah Rankin, a lawyer and criminal law professor at TRU’s law school says the...