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Okanagan College students notch 12 podium finishes at Skills Canada BC competition
April 11, 2017 - 10:33 AM

Four Okanagan College students have punched their tickets to Winnipeg, MB to compete in the Skills Canada National Competition next month, after gold medal-winning performances at the provincial competition in Abbotsford last week.
Community celebrates research at UBC Okanagan
March 03, 2017 - 4:53 PM

KELOWNA - From advances in chronic disease interventions to improving wireless communications, innovative research projects at UBC Okanagan are attracting national attention.
Nicola Valley Hospital – Emergency Department Expansion
December 25, 2016 - 11:58 AM

MERRITT – Interior Health has chosen Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. as the design consultant for the planned expansion and renovation of the Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre’s emergency department.

Kasian was chosen as the successful proponent from among nine submissions for a recent request for proposals (RFP) that closed Dec. 6.
School of Engineering hosts first-ever community open house
November 09, 2016 - 9:15 AM

Race cars, concrete toboggans, autonomous vehicles, lasers, mechatronics and sustainable infrastructure solutions. These are a few of the things you will learn about at UBC Okanagan’s campus Saturday.
UBC Okanagan enters formula racing
March 21, 2016 - 12:00 PM

KELOWNA - For the first time ever, students at UBC’s Okanagan campus are building a race car and getting ready to go after the checkered flag in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) student design competition.
Engineering Professor named UBC Okanagan’s Researcher of the Year
March 12, 2016 - 5:00 PM

KELOWNA - The mark of a good professor is one who is up to their elbows in research projects, has a strong group of post-grad students working with them, resonates with students, and is popular with their peers.
Carson Air touches down with second major donation to Okanagan College
October 26, 2015 - 10:57 AM

KELOWNA - Carson Air has donated a Metroliner II aircraft to the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering M-License program; the company estimates the value of the aircraft at approximately $300,000. The aircraft landed at the Vernon Airport on Oct. 16 welcomed by students, instructors, and Okanagan College employees outside the College’s Aerospace hangar adjacent to the runway.
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering gets $1.13M for transport research in South Asia
May 17, 2015 - 3:31 PM

KELOWNA - UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering is leading a four-year interdisciplinary project that could change the way transport infrastructure is managed around the world.
More trades seats for Okanagan College
April 27, 2015 - 9:53 AM

KELOWNA – The provincial government has provided Okanagan College with $766,560 for 152 critical trades seats to reduce wait times for students entering an in-demand trade profession.
A lifetime of tools donated to Okanagan College
March 11, 2015 - 4:04 PM

KELOWNA - A local tradesperson’s generous donation of thousands of dollars of highly sought-after precision measurement tools will give Okanagan College students some heavy-duty hands-on learning opportunities.

Bill Schoof, a retired journeyman, has donated his collection of machinist tools to Okanagan College after learning about the renovation and expansion of the Trades Training Complex at the Kelowna campus.
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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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