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Raeside — Protecting that unique lifestyle

September 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Editorial — Actions don’t always match words on ‘right to know’

September 23, 2014 // 3 Comments

TUESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — This, in case you didn’t know, is Right to Know Week. Andrew Wilkinson, B.C.’s Minister of Technology, Innovation and [Continue]

Royal Society names Ross Friedman to inaugural group

September 22, 2014 // 4 Comments

NEWS/ TRU — Dr. Cynthia Ross Friedman of Thompson Rivers University is among the first group of Canadians named to the College of New Scholars, Artists by the Royal Society [Continue]

Sun Rivers receives national Communities in Bloom Award

September 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ SUN RIVERS — Sun Rivers Resort Community was rated tops in the country and received the coveted 5 Bloom Award in its population category at the National Communities [Continue]

Canoe come to author’s reading?

September 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

ARTS — The TNRD Library System is hosting a reading and discussion led by B.C. writer Sanford Osler on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2 p.m., at the Kamloops Library. Osler will be [Continue]

Work underway at Pinantan store site

September 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ PINANTAN — Work is underway on a new convenience store for Pintantan. Digging began on the project on Saturday. The original store was lost to a fire that burned it [Continue]

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