Tag Archives: Education
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
Positive COVID-19 case identified at South Kamloops Secondary School
KAMLOOPS - The public is being notified of a positive COVID-19 case last week at South Kamloops Secondary School (SKSS). In an email to families, SKSS Principal Walt Kirschner says a member of the sch...
Jan 12, 2021
Burnout, mental health concern Kamloops teachers amid pandemic
KAMLOOPS - As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to grow in our region, teachers find themselves perched precariously on the frontline of that fight against the virus. Just one week into the ne...
Jan 11, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposures identified at Barriere, Merritt Secondary Schools
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is reporting a potential COVID-19 exposure at a high school in Barriere last week. IH says the potential exposure at Barriere Secondary School would have been January 4, 5 a...
Jan 11, 2021
New program aims to help Kamloops businesses embrace technological transformation
KAMLOOPS - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technology was changing how businesses were run and customers were reached. As a result of the pandemic, that change has been accelerated. That's one of t...
Jan 07, 2021
Turkey talk: ensuring Christmas dinner is as safe as it tasty
KAMLOOPS - We can add one more item to the list of things COVID-19 has affected: Christmas dinner. This year could be the year many British Columbians are forced to cook Christmas dinner on their own....
Dec 24, 2020
PLAY Kamloops wants to get families outdoors this December
KAMLOOPS - With fewer than eight hours of daylight during December days, it can be difficult to find the motivation to get outside and move our bodies. As we approach the winter equinox, a group of or...
Dec 11, 2020
TRU delays start of winter semester by one week
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University says it will be starting the 2021 winter semester a week later than originally scheduled. In a notice posted to its website, TRU says in-person campus classes and...
Dec 08, 2020
ASK Wellness boss hopes health lessons learned from HIV and AIDS can apply to opioid crisis
KAMLOOPS - ASK Wellness has come a long way from its meagre beginnings on a couch in a basement in 1988. The organization now offers a number of supports for people in need, from housing to health and...
Dec 01, 2020
Operation Red Nose Kamloops shifts gears for 2020
KAMLOOPS - Due to COVID-19, Operation Red Nose Kamloops has cancelled the driving component of its annual fundraiser campaign. However, the organization still plans to spread awareness of the dangers ...
Nov 27, 2020
