Still more to celebrate in Kamloops this month!
Thank you and well done toTRU student Kayla Hermiston, founder of the Miles for Smiles Cancer foundation and her amazing growing youthful team. The mission and vision of this local foundation: “To support and uplift children and families affected by childhood cancer by combining movement-based fundraising with compassionate community engagement. We envision a world where every child facing cancer feels supported, empowered, and surrounded by a caring community dedicated to improving their quality of life.” For more information: https://www.milesforsmilescancer.org/
Some great news coming out of the TRU School of Trades: On April 14 and 15, we had eight student competitors from the School of Trades compete in the Provincial Skills Competition in Abbotsford, BC, alongside their coaches and families. The medal standings for Thompson Rivers University trades students are:
Carpentry (Post-Secondary)
Gold- Logan Jones
Bronze- Strider Williams
Carpentry (Secondary)
Gold- McKinley Journeay -SKSS
Plumbing (Post-Secondary)
Silver- Jordan Lario
Refrigeration (Post- Secondary)
Bronze- Rayelle Robinson
Welding (Post-Secondary)
Gold- Alexis Nelson
The student’s hard work and skills were impressive, and we could not be happier with the results. We’re excited to cheer on Alexis Nelson, Logan Jones and McKinley Journeay as they compete at the National Skills Competition in Toronto in May.
Along with saying thanks to the staff, coaches, family, and colleagues who attended, we’d also like to thank Dewalt Canada for providing support to everyone who competed at the provincial level and will be competing at the national level.
Building on our cover photo and story this month, one of the amazing City of Kamloops Exemplary Service Awards was the Chair of the Kamloops Local News Society board, Tom Dickinson. 18-year-oldyou Tom from your leadership and guidance for the board and for the huge success so far at the Chronicle!
18 year old hometown boy Gage Androlick hasearned a spot on Team Canada’s U20 Ultimate Frisbee team and will compete at the World Championships in Spain in July 2026 — and he could use your help to get there – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-send-gage-to-team-canada-worlds-in-spain
Huge Congratulations to Castanet’s Kristen Holliday! From Castanet: “A joint investigation by Castanet and The Tyee into political turmoil at Kamloops city hall has been named a finalist for a national journalism award. The story, Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops politics became infamous, was unveiled Tuesday as a finalist for the Canadian Association of Journalists’ Geoffrey Stevens Award for local government reporting. Co-reported by Castanet Kamloops’ Kristen Holliday and Tyler Olsen of The Tyee, the deep dive examines the dysfunction and controversy surrounding Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s time in office. It was published in both outlets on Oct. 8.”
Kamloops is an amazing community with a long-standing culture of kindness and looking out for one another. We need to talk about this more, give it more attention, and keep strengthening our collective goodness. We, at the Kamloops Chronicle, feel it’s so important to share good news regularly and that’s what this space is about. We encourage you to submit your good news by calling 250 851-9630, emailing us at [email protected] or sending us mail to PO Box 814, Station Main, Kamloops BC, V2C 5M8.