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  • Holiday Fire Safety Tips

    December 14, 2017 - 3:39 PM

    Kamloops, BC – Each year, fires during the holiday season injure British Columbians and cause thousands of dollars in property damage. Kamloops Fire Rescue has some basic fire safety tips so British Columbians can enjoy a fire-safe holiday season:

    COOKING SAFETY

  • RDOS Helps Reduce the Mosquito Population

    March 17, 2017 - 12:30 PM

    Since 1974, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Nuisance Mosquito Control Program typically runs between mid-May into late August. For the past several years, the program has been starting in April due to weather conditions and resident complaints.

  • 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.

  • Wilden Living Lab show homes ready for new families

    January 31, 2017 - 3:31 PM


    As laboratories go, the comfy, newly-built Wilden Living Lab is already a winner.

  • Safety codes can lead to over-built bridges, higher building costs

    January 25, 2017 - 9:12 AM

    A UBC researcher says bridges built to meet current Canadian safety codes are being ‘overbuilt’ and may still suffer extensive damages after a major earthquake.

  • Holiday fire safety tips

    December 21, 2016 - 4:10 PM

    VICTORIA - Each year, preventable fires during the holiday season

  • UBC Everest research shows impacts on cardiovascular health

    April 10, 2015 - 11:01 AM

    As an undergraduate student in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Ryan Hoiland travelled on a scientific expedition to Nepal, working in the shadow of Mount Everest to study the effects of severe oxygen deprivation – hypoxia – and blood flow to the brain. Now his work as a graduate master’s student is paying off in new understandings about human physiology – based on UBC Okanagan research conducted at the international Pyramid Laboratory near Everest Base Camp.

  • Keep holiday memories safe from fire hazards

    December 17, 2013 - 1:52 PM

    Momentary carelessness can lead to a lifetime of regret, so keep safety in mind during preparations for this busy holiday season.

    The Kelowna Fire Department has compiled a list of safety tips worth reviewing to ensure decorations and Christmas trees are tended to with appropriate care and attention.

    Among the holiday safety services offered by the Kelowna Fire Department is Christmas tree chipping after the holiday. For a donation to the B.C.
  • 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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