Tag Archives: Education
Sun Peaks community pleased with SD73's decision to increase access to education
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - On Monday at the School District 73 Board of Education meeting, the community of Sun Peaks got some good news. As of next school year, the district will bring Grades 8 and 9 in the m...
Mar 12, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
New grants combination bringing major tuition savings for eligible NVIT students
MERRITT - Post-secondary students in the Merritt area who are eligible for newly announced grants and bursaries could save big time on their tuition costs this fall.Students at the Nicola Valley Insti...
Mar 11, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops students shown grim consequences of impaired driving
KAMLOOPS - It was a sobering Monday for Grade 10 to 12 students in Kamloops, as they were shown a glimpse of the real-world consequences from poor decision making. Classes from South Kamloops Secondar...
Mar 09, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Students trying trades, and testing skills at Thompson Rivers University
KAMLOOPS - Organized chaos could be heard throughout the TRU Trades building on Friday. The university was flooded with several hundred students trying out trades, and putting skills to the test in a ...
Mar 06, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
School District 73 ups hygiene practices, while keeping tabs on COVID-19 development
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is keeping a close eye on how the COVID-19 situation is developing, and has plans in place in case the virus spreads further. At this time, Assistant Superintendent of El...
Mar 04, 2020 (File photo - Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Kamloops students using pink to promote kindness
KAMLOOPS - Since the first anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day in 2007, many school-aged kids in Canada have become aware of the lessons, and message behind the coloured shirts. Westsyde Elementary Grade 4 t...
Feb 26, 2020 Students posing in their pink themed Anti-Bullying Day photobooth at Westsyde Elementary School. (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds)
Kamloops RCMP engage with post-secondary students on the subject of pipeline protests
KAMLOOPS - It's a complicated issue, with no clear solution. The conflict between the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink has now spilled far beyond the path of the pipeline, grinding rail traffic to a h...
Feb 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Secondary school girls learn about career opportunities from women in a variety of industries
KAMLOOPS - High school aged girls had the opportunity to hear from a number of women with careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) today (Feb. 21). Open Doors in STEAM took p...
Feb 21, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
School District 73 looking forward to educational funding laid out in BC Budget
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 is hoping the BC Government's recently announced budget with $2.8 billion allocated to replace, renovate, or expand K-12 schools will include facilities in Kamloops. To g...
Feb 19, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kamloops Thompson School District)
BC Access Grant answers the call of post-secondary students
KAMLOOPS - College and University students across the province have been calling for an upfront, needs-based grant program for years- and now they have one. The BC Access Grant was announced in the Pr...
Feb 19, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
