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  Posted on: March 6, 2006

A Thompson Rivers University researcher says comics can be used to explain the real world. Dr. Jeff McLaughlin, a philosophy professor who also teaches such…

  Posted on: March 3, 2006

What do 21st-century kids do during their annual spring vacation? Build robots, of course! In preparation for TRU’s Sumo Robot Competition 2006, to be held…

  Posted on: March 3, 2006

David Tarrant, horticultural expert, author and TV personality, will discuss global gardening April 8 in his keynote address to the TRU Friends of the Gardens’…

  Posted on: March 1, 2006

The public is invited to attend the keynote lecture of the Annual General Meeting of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (WDCAG)…

  Posted on: February 28, 2006

There’s a big difference between high school and university, and hundreds of secondary school students will find out just what those differences are at TRU’s…

  Posted on: February 17, 2006

It’s a novel juxtaposition of old and new. Students from TRU’s Practical Nurse program, who took many of the courses on line using state-of-the-art technology,…

  Posted on: February 17, 2006

TRU’s Grand Hall will look like a business convention March 9 as students dressed in business attire and equipped with resumes flock to the TRU…

  Posted on: February 14, 2006

Monia Mazigh, who led an international battle to free her husband from jail in Syria, and forced the Canadian government to launch an inquiry into…

  Posted on: February 14, 2006

Bill Richardson, revered CBC radio personality, columnist, and author of over a dozen books, including Leacock Medal of Humour winner The Bachelor Brothers Bed and…

  Posted on: February 14, 2006

The third production in the TRU Actors Workshop Theatre 2005/2006 season is Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind, winner of the New York Drama…

  Posted on: February 14, 2006

TRU was presented with the Lyn Howes Award at a ceremony in Victoria Feb. 8 in recognition of the university’s innovation, work and dedication in…

  Posted on: February 9, 2006

Amazingly, a bridge made of 100 popsicle sticks can hold over 500 pounds if it’s well-constructed. Therein lies the key aspect of TRU’s 3rd annual…

  Posted on: February 8, 2006

A consortium of local groups is hoping for a wide representation of Canadian aboriginal art this spring at an art exhibition to be held at…

  Posted on: February 7, 2006

The TRU WolfPack’s final home game of the CIS regular season will be held this Saturday starting at 3:00 pm, with the first 100 fans…

  Posted on: February 7, 2006

When the TRU Board of Governors holds its inaugural public meeting tomorrow, two TRU alumni will be sworn in as members of that new board.…

  Posted on: February 7, 2006

Two athletes who competed for Thompson Rivers University in the 2004/05 season are among three finalists selected from a field of seven nominees for the…

  Posted on: February 2, 2006

Dave Barrett, BC Premier from 1972 to 1975, will be in Kamloops Sunday at a book launch at 3:30 pm at The Brownstone Restaurant to…

  Posted on: February 2, 2006

TRU President and Vice-Chancellor Roger Barnsley received an honorary degree from Saint John’s University in Bangkok, Thailand January 29th. The university conferred its Doctor of…

  Posted on: January 18, 2006

Local theatre company Project X’s upcoming production, Suburban Motel, billed as “Six plays . . . One motel room,” will feature nine current TRU students…

  Posted on: January 11, 2006

High school students in the Cariboo-Interior enrolled in trades and technology courses like automotive service, carpentry, culinary arts, electronics, welding, computer automated design (CAD) and…