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BEPPLE – As TRU turns 50, City Hall needs to do more to welcome students

January 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE YEAR 2020 will be many things. But here in Kamloops, as well as ripples far and wide, there will be a celebration of Thompson Rivers University (TRU). In 2020, TRU [Continue]

GINTA – Wishes for the New Year

December 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

WITH EVERY STEP the snow crunches under our feet. The dog runs ahead and occasionally saunters in yet another futile attempt to catch a vole or a mouse. She then plunges in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Enjoy your New Year’s resolutions while they last

December 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’M NOT GOING TO ROB a bank this year. I’ve also resolved to not free climb Yosemite’s El Capitan. And in 2020, I am going to the gym three times a week and not [Continue]

BEPPLE – Celebrations throughout the year bring our community together

December 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF IT WEREN’T for Christmas, would Dec. 25 be just another day? Perhaps. But it doesn’t take much to see that here in Kamloops, and around the world, people find [Continue]

GINTA – A bit of gratitude makes everything a lot better

December 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

MOST DAYS THE BOYS come home from school saying the day was OK. Every now and then something more than ordinary happens and the usual non-descriptive OK is replaced by [Continue]

SODOWSKY – ‘Limitless’ campaign is about transforming people’s futures

December 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

By JEFF SODOWSKY Interim VP Advancement Thompson Rivers University IN NOVEMBER, university donors awarded $775,000 to TRU students—pushing the total amount distributed this [Continue]