“I am honoured by it”: Stella Black becomes latest Freedom of the City recipient in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Stella Black may have thought the ‘career chapter’ of her life was over, but this week the City showed it hasn’t forgotten what she’s done to better the community – awarding Black with the Freedom of the City.
“It’s been a very humbling experience but I am honoured by it,” Black told CFJC Today. “And I guess it makes you think about how others see you – that you don’t see yourself with your accomplishments.”
Black has served on the BC Cancer Board of Directors, volunteered with several non-profits, and helped expand Cariboo College into what is now Thompson Rivers University. She began her nursing career at Royal Inland Hospital and eventually worked through the ranks to become the Executive Director of acute care for the hospital.