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  • Okanagan College students get hands-on experience in community for in-demand trades

    February 18, 2017 - 10:56 AM

    With a 44 per cent increase in new housing starts in the Shuswap over the last year, an Okanagan College program is training Salmon Arm students to meet the expected labour demand.

  • FortisBC donation fuels new lab, teaching tools at Okanagan College

    November 18, 2016 - 10:53 AM

    Support from FortisBC is powering up a cutting-edge new space at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus, helping the College deliver training for a number of B.C.’s most in-demand trades.

  • Youth find employment support they need at YMCA

    October 28, 2016 - 8:58 AM

    Finding work can be a difficult task, especially for today’s youth who face a perceived “skills gap” in the workforce and an above average national unemployment rate of 13.2 per cent.

  • TRU students get trades equipment boost

    July 14, 2016 - 4:27 PM

    KAMLOOPS - Carpentry students at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will benefit from the purchase of various tools, including new sliding compound mitre saws, routers and survey instruments, as part of a $300,000 investment by the Province in new industry-standard trades equipment.

  • Mentors give back to Okanagan College in a big way

    January 03, 2016 - 1:30 PM

    KELOWNA - Inspired by their experience mentoring trades students nearly a decade ago, two long-time Okanagan College donors have come forward with a major gift to support the training of the Valley’s future carpenters.

  • Okanagan College hosts session on combining construction program and green building project

    November 14, 2015 - 3:46 PM

    KELOWNA - Would-be builders and carpenters have a chance on Nov. 23 to find out more about a course next spring that will take them onto the jobsite of tomorrow as Okanagan College instructors and students help to construct one of the most energy efficient homes in the region.

    The College’s Trades Department is hosting an information session at 5 p.m. on the evening of Nov.

  • Donation helps build new home for carpentry students at Okanagan College

    September 24, 2015 - 1:42 PM

    KELOWNA - What began as an opportunity for the next generation of carpenters to hone their skills has yielded a gift that keeps on giving for carpentry students at Okanagan College.

    Village of Kettle Valley has donated $62,412 to the Okanagan College Foundation’s Bright Horizons Building for Skills campaign.

  • Canadian Home Builders Association South Okanagan helps students build strong foundation for education

    August 02, 2015 - 4:00 PM

    Cody Plante was grooming ski hills in the Fraser Valley when he decided to carve a new career path; now a bursary from the South Okanagan Chapter of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association is helping him and two other Okanagan College students build for their futures.

    Plante and classmates Chelsea Lindley-Scott and Jeremy Miller, students in the Residential Construction at the College’s Penticton campus, each received the award valued at $1,000.

  • Building a strong foundation: Greyback Construction project gives students a chance to put their skills to work

    May 21, 2015 - 11:44 AM

    PENTICTON - A unique job-shadow project is providing a group of students from Okanagan College’s Residential Construction program the chance to gain hands-on training as they build a high-end home in the South Okanagan.

    The class of 11 students, under the guidance of instructor David Lovisa, is helping construct a home at the Skaha Hills development in Penticton. The project arose as a job-shadow opportunity through Greyback Construction Ltd.

  • TRU events: Trades hosting two high-profile events this week

    February 26, 2015 - 11:05 AM

    Feb. 27
    Skills Canada competitions
  • 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
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. 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

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