The Coast Reporter | Sunshine Coast tourism appoints new marketing manager November 5, 2021
TRU alum Crystal Solberg took the position of Sunshine Coast Tourism marketing manager on Oct. 12, bringing with her more than nine years of experience…
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CFJC Today | CMHA Kamloops removes ‘interim’ from Executive Director Achoba’s title November 3, 2021
The Canadian Mental Health Association Kamloops branch has removed the ‘interim’ tag from Executive Director Alfred Achoba’s title. He stepped into the agency’s lead role…
Alumni, Featured,
Editorial ace: James Mirtle on his sports media journey November 2, 2021
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…
InfoNews Kamloops | Kamloops drone business expanding across Canada October 28, 2021
A team of drone operators with a passion for technology continue to expand their operations across the country and increase the capabilities of their drones.…
Radio NL | Logan Lake hires two new senior staff positions, including fourth CAO in past year October 21, 2021
TRU alum and part-time trades instructor Wade Archambault has been hired by Logan Lake as its chief administrative officer. Archambault had been the director of…
Alumni, Faculty of Law, Featured
TRU alum takes third in law essay competition October 20, 2021
TRU Law alum Candace Formosa placed third for the essay she submitted while still a student to the annual Insolvency Institute of Canada Law Student…
100 Mile Free Press | PSO grad up for provincial excellence award October 19, 2021
Shay Pearson, who earned a Bachelor of Social Work at TRU in 2006. is a finalist for the Premier’s Innovation and Excellence award. The Peter…
Alumni, Featured
Alumni Q&A: ‘Proximity to death a lesson in living’ October 6, 2021
TRU alum Emily Bootle (BA ’14) is a funeral director, embalmer and the founder of DeathCare BC. We got in touch to learn more about…
B100 radio | TRU launches fund to help students devastated by climate-related disasters September 13, 2021
TRU is establishing a fund to help out students affected by climate-related disasters. The idea came about thanks to the devastating wildfires that burned around…
Alumni, Featured,
TRU alum hones his craft in Hong Kong August 31, 2021
If you want to know what Patrick Blennerhassett is up to these days, just look him up in the South China Morning Post. The 2017…
Alumni, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured,
From Ghana to Canada, with Odo (love) August 16, 2021
After changing careers and countries, Odo Nkum feels she has reached her destiny. Odo (she has asked that she be referred to by her first…
CFJC | TRU Alumnus Kevin Tillie wins volleyball gold for France in Tokyo August 9, 2021
Former WolfPack Men's Volleyball player Kevin Tillie wins gold with Team France at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Read more
Alumni, Featured
TRU alum TikToker just keeps on trucking August 3, 2021
Driving a haul truck has had a profound effect on TRU alum Chace Barber —and not just financially. It also helped him focus his career…
Winnipeg Free Press | Dairy to dream — Entrepreneurs hope to make their creamy condiment the finishing touch for discerning home cooks July 26, 2021
TRU culinary arts alumna Rob Sengotta and his business partner Landon Kroeker have started a venture called Von Slick’s Finishing Butter — a high-quality, salted…
Castanet Kamloops | TRU teammates at Olympics July 26, 2021
Two former Thompson Rivers University volleyball standouts have reunited in Tokyo, representing Canada and France on the Olympic stage. Gord Perrin and Kevin Tillie will…
100 Mile Free Press | PRIME TIME: Mike Archie remains committed to promoting the Shuswap people July 22, 2021
Giving back to the people of the Canim Lake Band is what drives Mike Archie, a graduate of TRU and former chief who is now…
The Lethbridge Herald | Skeleton sledders being sought July 14, 2021
Joe Cecchini's career in the sport of skeleton began as his soccer career was winding up at TRU in Kamloops in 2006. The vice president…
Alumni, Featured,
Open Learning gives artists freedom to study their way July 6, 2021
By Tyler Lowey Flexibility has always benefited TRU alum Christine Wunderlich. Whether she's spinning, twirling, bending entwined around a piece of fabric strung up 20-feet…
Alumni, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Featured,
Business alum now heads Tourism Prince George July 5, 2021
Colin Carson, TRU alumnus and CEO of Tourism Prince George Colin Carson came to Thompson Rivers University to play volleyball and left with a Bachelor…
InfoNews Kamloops | Kamloops teacher picking up pieces of her culture, empowering Indigenous youth June 28, 2021
Kelsey Jules decided to become a teacher from a sense of responsibility to pass on her First Nation's culture. Jules lives in Kamloops on Tk’emlups…
