The Government of British Columbia released Budget 2026 today, framing the plan around protecting core services while investing in skills training and targeted economic measures.…
Thompson Rivers University’s Bee Campus initiative has a new, highly visible feature: a series of large interpretive signs installed across campus to make pollinator habitat more…
British Columbia needs plumbers, but apprentices often face financial and practical barriers that can slow their progress. A move to free, adaptable Open Educational Resources…
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) welcomes the provincial government's announcement of a major increase in funding for trades training across British Columbia, noting this investment will…
New support for trades training linked to the province’s mining sector will create opportunities for students to prepare for careers vital to mines across British…
Celebrating dedication and innovation in education, the Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education recently honoured Thompson Rivers University (TRU) trades faculty member Jim McCarthy with the second…
Trades students marked a milestone recently, celebrating the completion of the program’s 35th training house. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Westsyde represents the largest collaborative…
By Brandi Thring For more than three decades, TRU’s School of Trades and Technology and the Canadian Home Builders Association Central Interior (CHBA CI) have…
Trades students Jessie Gobin and Lagina Morse, both pursuing their Red Seal certification in electrical construction, are 2024 CAWIC bursary award winners. Read more
More than two dozen Indigenous water and wastewater employees are working toward their diploma at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in a program customized to serve…
By Kim Van Haren A transformative shift has been taking place in the world of trades as women increasingly take on roles traditionally dominated by…
Through a unique program at TRU, four Indigenous students are on a path to give back to their communities as much-needed water treatment operators. Read more
Work on next year’s Kamloops Y Dream Home is officially underway with the commencement of the 2025 Training House project in Westsyde. This year’s training house…
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students will be able to access a grant this fall and winter from the BC government for the skills…
A multitude of lakes and waterways are a key feature of the Bulkley-Nechako around Burns Lake, BC, yet access to clean water is a perennial…
Welding students put their new skills to work at the BC Wildlife Park, fabricating a steel cage to allow for veterinary care on bears. "It…
Indigenous trades students are gaining hands-on experience and earning Heavy Equipment Operator certification while helping rebuild the Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw community in the North Shuswap.…
In the middle of the Kamloops summer heat, 15 welding students sweated it out to build a bear cage using the skills they honed during…
By Kim Van Haren Last summer’s raging wildfires devastated many communities across BC, including those in the Shuswap. Families fled the Bush Creek East wildfire,…
Nine Clearwater Secondary students are working toward their Level One carpentry apprenticeship through a partnership with TRU, SD73, Borrow Enterprises and the District of Clearwater.…
