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  • UBC Okanagan professor curates international exhibit of African print fashion

    April 18, 2017 - 3:28 PM

    African stylishness and cosmopolitanism, past and present, is on display in a major exhibition curated by UBC professor Suzanne Gott at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles.

  • Warm up this spring with Recreation Penticton

    March 02, 2017 - 12:26 PM

    PENTICTON - After a cold and unforgiving winter in Penticton, it’s time to start thinking warm thoughts. Recreation Penticton can help you feel that warmth with the release of their Spring/Summer Recreation Guide which will be available to view online at Penticton.ca as of March 3. General registration begins March 8 and most residents of Penticton will receive a copy of the guide delivered the same day.

  • New Skier/Boarder Cross Course Set for TELUS Nancy Greene Alpine Classic

    January 17, 2017 - 11:19 AM

    Sun Peaks, BC (January 17, 2017) - This February 24-25, the TELUS Nancy Greene Alpine Classic will return to Sun Peaks Resort with a brand new course and format. New for 2017, the race will be held on a professionally designed skier and boarder cross course, tailored for fun, recreational use.

  • Daily reminders to increase calcium intake are effective

    November 29, 2016 - 9:26 AM

    UBC researchers have demonstrated that simple, cost-effective email messages can help improve the health habits of Canadians.

  • Wastewater research may help protect aquatic life

    November 21, 2016 - 11:25 AM

    New wastewater system design guidelines developed at UBC can help municipal governments better protect aquatic life and save millions of dollars a year.

  • Exercise prescriptions could keep elderly out of hospitals

    September 24, 2016 - 4:24 PM

    OKANAGAN - Prescribing senior citizens tailored exercise routines could keep them independent longer and lower health care costs.

  • Study says children’s success in schools tied to teachers’ wellbeing

    July 28, 2016 - 1:42 PM

    OKANAGAN - The ability of public schools to teach students in an innovative and relevant way starts with an education systems that looks after the wellbeing of its teachers, according to a study from UBC's Okanagan campus.

  • Grant-funded life skills program counters youth crime

    July 21, 2016 - 5:00 PM

    KELOWNA - Assertiveness, boundary-setting, problem-solving and conflict resolution are among the life skills covered by an innovative program for Central Okanagan youth at risk of criminal involvement, developed locally with funding from provincial Civil Forfeiture Office (CFO) proceeds.

  • A beautiful thing: Okanagan College student’s HR project set to help an industry

    January 03, 2016 - 12:00 PM

    KELOWNA - An Okanagan College student’s class project is turning out to be a valuable resource for B.C.’s estheticians and spa owners.

  • Program reduces visits to Kelowna’s emergency department

    December 10, 2015 - 2:07 PM

    KELOWNA - A program targeted at regular users of Kelowna General Hospital’s (KGH) emergency department (ED) has been successful in matching patients to community services. As a result of the program, the hospital has reported a 35 per cent reduction in visits to the ED for these patients since 2014.

    Under the Familiar Faces program, care plans are developed with individuals who use the ED more than 20 times per year.
  • 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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