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Okanagan College Trades Building wins top honours at SICA Commercial Building Awards
October 28, 2016 - 10:48 AM

KELOWNA – Okanagan College Trades Building was named the Judges’ Choice Best Overall entry in the 8th Annual Southern Interior Construction Association Commercial Building Awards Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel.
Southern Interior Commercial Building Awards finalists
October 07, 2016 - 3:13 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Commercial and industrial buildings have been named as finalists for the 8th Annual Southern Interior Construction Association Commercial Building Awards, set for Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Kelowna.
October is abuzz with bee events
October 01, 2016 - 2:29 PM

KELOWNA - Participants can help designer Evan Hutchinson build a home for pollinators. Many solitary bees and other insects live in bee hotels all over the world. Hutchinson is building a hotel that will be permanently placed at Kelowna’s Brent’s Grist Mill Heritage site as part of The Public Art Pollinator Pasture project.
Okanagan College instructor ready to change the way kids think about food
June 12, 2016 - 3:00 PM

Kelsey Galt, holistic nutritionist, owner of Basket Case Picnics and instructor for the College’s Camp OC, has always been interested in eating healthy and staying fit. She attributes this interest to her upbringing and the fact that she has been an athlete for much of her life.
UBC research aims to make swimming healthier, more energy efficient
May 16, 2016 - 12:00 PM

KELOWNA - UBC engineering researchers are looking for ways to reduce energy use and minimize potential health concerns in community pools.
Writers’ Conference Returns to Penticton April 8–10, 2016
March 13, 2016 - 3:13 PM

PENTICTON - For the first time in over a decade, Penticton is hosting a full-fledged writers’ conference.
Have a say on final design for new West Kelowna skate park
November 25, 2015 - 12:42 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Construction of a new skate park for West Kelowna is on track for spring with the final two design options just released and made available online for community viewing and feedback.
Audition call for Okanagan College theatre troupe’s annual stage production
October 23, 2015 - 10:03 AM

KELOWNA - Holy stage fright, Batman! Okanagan College’s Red Dot Players theatre troupe is seeking actors to perform in its sixth annual theatrical production, the comic book comedy A.K.A. Fangirl. Auditions will be held Nov. 4, 6, and 8 at the Kelowna campus lecture theatre.
Speakeasy at Capone’s Underground Affair
July 15, 2014 - 1:30 PM

Prepare your imagination for a journey back in time. Think Great Gatsby! Kip Jon Productions has teamed up with the Centre for Arts and Technology for the Fashion and Arts event of the year, ‘Capone’s Underground Affair’.

Picture yourself walking into a movie, set in the 1920’s prohibition era.
Social animals in the retail jungle
March 11, 2014 - 1:45 PM

UBC BUSINESS PROFESSOR DISCUSSES THE INFLUENCE OF CONSUMER REJECTION

Kelowna is the retail hub of the Okanagan, a region often associated with luxury playthings and designer-brand lifestyles.

While the average Okanagan consumer may not fit that stereotype, an upcoming visiting speaker presented by UBC’s Faculty of Management says we’re all social animals with a defined self-concept.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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