Tag Archives: Education
Kamloops Fire Rescue hosts Virtual Junior Firefighter Academy all week
KAMLOOPS - Firefighting fans young and old are in for a treat this week, as Kamloops Fire Rescue is hosting their Virtual Junior Firefighter Academy on social media.The academy falls on spring break a...
Mar 15, 2021
Kamloops heritage spaces get cash infusion from province
KAMLOOPS - On Monday, the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR), found out that it was one of 68 recipients of Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program (CERIP) funds that the province allocated fo...
Feb 25, 2021
Retirement announced for Kamloops-Thompson School District secretary-treasurer
KAMLOOPS - Kelvin Stretch announced his retirement during the Feb. 8 Board of Education meeting.The secretary-treasurer of School District No. 73 (SD73) has spent 24 years with the district, including...
Feb 10, 2021
Kamloops teachers and support staff pleased with new mask mandate in B.C. schools
KAMLOOPS - It's a step many British Columbians have been calling for quite some time. In a news conference Thursday, Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside announced masks are now mandatory for all sta...
Feb 05, 2021
David Thompson Elementary added to list of Kamloops school exposures
KAMLOOPS - Another elementary school in the Kamloops region has been flagged for COVID-19 exposures this week. Interior Health has listed David Thompson Elementary for potential exposures on February ...
Feb 05, 2021
S.D. 73, Interior Health working to limit uptick in school exposures
KAMLOOPS - There are at least eight different schools within School District 73 identified as having COVID-19 exposures. According to Interior Health, in the last two weeks Marion Schilling Elementary...
Feb 01, 2021
SKSS notifies families of additional COVID-19 case
KAMLOOPS - South Kamloops Secondary School (SKSS) is advising staff, students, and parents of another positive COVID-19 case at the school.In an email to families this weekend (Jan. 17), SKSS Principa...
Jan 17, 2021
How do you move a 100-year-old, 100-ton rail car? Kamloops Heritage Railway brought in the cranes
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday (Jan. 12) was moving day for the Kamloops Heritage Railway (KHR). The society transferred a passenger car built in the late-1920s from an active line to the static display area. How...
Jan 12, 2021
School District 73 names Dr. Rhonda Nixon as new superintendent
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District has announced who its new superintendent will be. Dr. Rhonda Nixon was introduced to media via a Zoom call Tuesday morning (Jan. 12). She will begin on...
Jan 12, 2021
Arthur Hatton Elementary joins COVID-19 school exposure list
KAMLOOPS - Yet another school within the Kamloops-Thompson District has been flagged for potential COVID-19 exposure. Interior Health has added Arthur Hatton Elementary to its school exposure list. Ev...
Jan 12, 2021
