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PETERS – If we can’t learn anything from the TRU investigation, the school should

January 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

HOPEFULLY, THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION into allegations against two of TRU’s senior administrators will teach the institution a lot more than it taught the rest of us. To [Continue]

EDITORIAL – By necessity, TRU probe leaves unanswered questions

January 18, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY report on allegations of misconduct against two of its senior administrators can be summed up like this: some [Continue]

TRU – Statement on investigation into allegations of misconduct

January 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

News release today (Jan. 17, 2022) from Thompson Rivers University: A Board of Governors-initiated investigation into allegations of misconduct against two senior [Continue]

EDUCATION – Why can’t Canada also address student loan debt?

August 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

America is taking a tentative step to help students. Canada needs to do much more to make post-secondary education affordable for all By ERIKA SHAKER Canadian Centre for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Letter critical of TRU renaming is no help for reconciliation

February 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M PRETTY SURE reconciliation is supposed to be a two-way street, at least in the sense that people of different shades need to get [Continue]

SPORTS – James Mirtle’s journey from TRU’s Omega to covering the Olympics

November 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

FROM THE KAMLOOPS BLAZERS to the NHL, TRU alum and sportswriter James Mirtle has had a whirlwind of a career. After more than 20 industrious years as an editor and writer in [Continue]

BUSINESS – Future looks friendly for student entrepreneur

June 3, 2021 // 1 Comment

If you asked Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Management (MScEEM) student Claire McLoughlin five years ago if she envisioned starting her own business, she [Continue]

LETTER – How to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day on Sunday

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

This Sunday, June 21, is National Indigenous People’s Day. It’s a day for celebrating the culture and heritage of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people across the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Summit overpass proposal hasn’t improved with age

June 17, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TUCKED AWAY IN A MOTION to add several capital project allocations back into the City’s five-year financial plan yesterday was a brief [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Free parking at TRU for indigenous students a worthy idea

December 12, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PARKING AT THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY is always controversial but there’s a new twist — a petition is asking that all indigenous [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Deaths of students in car wreck are a loss to entire community

November 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRAGIC WHEN ANYONE DIES in an accident but it’s especially sad when a visitor from another country is killed here. I’m talking, [Continue]

FIRST AVENUE CRASH – TRU president’s statement on death of students

November 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

A message from TRU President Brett Fairbairn It is with great sadness and regret that I have informed our university community that four of our students – current and [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Junk publishers threaten what we know

July 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

MOST OF WHAT we know is not from our day-to-day experience. If I were to trust my intuition, I would believe that the Earth is flat. I depend on others who have studied our [Continue]

LETTER – American university students pay their share of taxes

February 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Editorial, Why international students should and must pay more, Jan. 15, 2019 As a U.S. student, this is pretty offensive, though it is not trying to be. It suggests that [Continue]