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NEWSMAKERS 2014: The Kamloops connection to ISIS
THIS WEEK, INFONEWS.CA IS COUNTING DOWN THE TOP FIVE STORIES FROM 2014 KAMLOOPS - Few stories got more attention world-wide than the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS or ISIL. The terrorists made international headlines as the group spread through Syria and Iraq, taunted the West and posted...
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...
Shaver reappointed as TRU president
KAMLOOPS - Alan Shaver remains at the helm of Thompson Rivers University with his reappointment as President and Vice-Chancellor, the board of governors at the university announced Friday. Students, faculty, staff and the community were surveyed in October and the board took the surveys, and the recommendation from the Presidential Review Committee, into consideration while...
Clara Hughes to speak at TRU
KAMLOOPS - Clara Hughes, a mental health advocate and six-time Olympic medal winner in speed skating and cycling, will be speaking at Thompson Rivers University next week as as part of the President’s Lecture Series. Hughes’ speech, in which she will talk about her own experience with struggling with depression, will be held Nov. 20...
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...
TRU President offers his community words of support, counselling following attacks
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University made sure students, staff and faculty had a place to express grief and shock following Canada's two separate terrorist attacks that took place this week. University President and Vice-Chancellor Alan Shaver spoke to his university community Thursday morning. “I offer heartfelt sympathies to all those affected by the deplorable acts...
Connecting a campus through photos
KAMLOOPS – A couple weeks ago a Thompson Rivers University student started “Humans of TRU”, a Facebook page he says he created spur of the moment that's already garnered nearly 400 likes. The source of 20-year-old Eric Rankin's inspiration for the Thompson Rivers page is the well-known Human's of New York Facebook page. The premise...
Wells Gray wetland donated to TRU
KAMLOOPS - A wetland in Wells Gray Park has been donated to the local university in the hopes that research at the site will help in the bid in having the park designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The 160-acre parcel, donated by Roland and Anne Neave, will become an ‘exclusive living laboratory’ and...
Drone project set to take off
KAMLOOPS - A professor at Thompson Rivers University is hoping a pilot program, mostly aimed at tracking cattle, will soon take off. “This is fabulous technology,” John Church, the Cattle Research Chair at the university says. “The concept of using drone technology for precision farming… to my knowledge, there’s not a lot of people using...
TRUdy and family
KAMLOOPS - The antics of this cute badger family kept staff entertained at Thompson Rivers University while the family of four called the campus home for a while this summer. Natural resource faculty member Dr. Karl Larsen caught the mom, lovingly named TRUdy, and her three kits clowning around near their den in July. This...
TRU to have new law school dean this fall
KAMLOOPS – After nearly a year without an official dean, the TRU law school will have a new face in the hallways. Bradford Morse has accepted the position and is due to start this fall. “TRU has a bright future with strong leadership and my role as the new dean will be to enhance the...
No plans to move exam locations if teachers launch full strike
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 Superintendent Terry Sullivan calls a social media rumour of student exams moving to TRU “rubbish.” The head administrator says it’s “too early to tell” what will happen to exams if and when B.C. teachers stage a full strike. The district is currently considering various types of scenarios, but Sullivan says...
B.C. Lions invite public to Fanfest
KAMLOOPS - It's time once more for fans of the B.C. Lions to head out to Hillside Stadium for a special day that's all about them. The City of Kamloops and B.C. Lions are holding Fanfest again, from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The team will host a practice and clinic, encouraging fans...
Two locals to receive Order of B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Two local men will be among the 25 British Columbians to be appointed to the Order of B.C. this year. Roger Barnsley and Hon. Leonard Marchand are among those who will receive the award, given to people who have contributed to the province in extraordinary ways. Barnsley, as president of the University College...
TRU adding even more emergency phones despite low crime rate
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is spending thousands of dollars on new emergency phones on campus without any metrics on use and a perpetually low crime rate. The university has recently replaced and added 28 more two-button phones with hot lines directly to campus security or 9-1-1, bringing the total to 38—far more than several...