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  • Home of Tomorrow in Kelowna demonstrates energy efficiency

    January 03, 2017 - 12:22 PM

    KELOWNA - Recent EnerGuide testing has shown the Home of Tomorrow, one of two homes that make up the Wilden Living Lab project, to be 52 per cent more energy efficient than a standard home constructed to today’s building code. 

  • Weekly volunteer highlights Aug. 5 to Aug. 12

    August 08, 2016 - 11:24 AM

    KAMLOOPS - Weekly Volunteer Highlights for Aug. 5 to Aug. 12, 2016

  • Praxair donation helps Okanagan College keep welding students on the cutting edge

    September 27, 2015 - 1:04 PM

    Welding students at Okanagan College’s Kelowna Campus recently sparked their torches for the first time in a newly retrofitted shop, and a donation from Praxair’s Global Giving Program is helping the College outfit state-of-the-art workspaces for them.

    “Praxair has a long history of developing talented STEM and skilled trade professionals that help us remain competitive globally,” says Praxair Canada President Sean Durbin.

  • Caution urged in high fire hazard areas like parks in Penticton

    August 20, 2015 - 11:00 AM

    PENTICTON - Due to extreme dry conditions, park and trail users in Penticton are urged to use extreme caution so as to avoid starting an interface fire.

  • Andrew Sheret donation supports Okanagan College’s efforts to go green with new trades training complex

    May 16, 2015 - 5:31 PM

    KELOWNA - Inspired by Okanagan College’s goal of building one of the most sustainable trades training facilities in North America, a B.C.-based distributor of plumbing and heating supplies has stepped forward with major support for the $33-million renovation and expansion project.

    Andrew Sheret Limited has pledged $50,000 toward the Bright Horizons Building for Skills fundraising campaign.

  • September brings new beginnings, new prospects to UBC

    August 29, 2013 - 9:31 AM

    Okanagan campus has record 8,346 students driving cultural, economic change

    September at UBC’s Okanagan campus is a time of new beginnings, fresh faces, new ideas, wish lists and to-do lists. And for the more than 1,300 faculty and staff, it is also a time of excitement as this year’s record 8,346 students – including 1,833 in first year, 631 graduate and 670 international students – arrive on campus.
  • 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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