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  • TRU announces major corporate donation

    November 24, 2017 - 11:16 AM

    KAMLOOPS, BC – Thompson Rivers University is excited to announce its largest corporate donation this year. The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) is gifting the university $500,000 to go toward bursaries for students in trades, social work, human service, research and environmental science.

  • 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.

  • 35 years of launching careers at Okanagan College

    October 28, 2016 - 2:37 PM

    Andre Leroux has always been fascinated with taking things apart and putting them back together. His job is one of the most detail oriented imaginable. It is among the most in-demand occupations in the trades and technical world today. It’s also one of the many careers people can learn about when they visit one of the region’s longest-running career fairs next month. 

  • 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.

  • Local builder pledges $20,000 to trades department at Okanagan College

    July 07, 2016 - 7:40 AM

    KELOWNA - With more than two decades of experience under his tool belt, a local construction business owner and Okanagan College alumnus is giving back to support future tradespeople.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Northside donation keeps Okanagan College trades campaign on upward arc

    June 14, 2015 - 11:13 AM

    Training the next wave of welders will be crucial for the local manufacturing industry, says one Okanagan College donor who has stepped up to support the College’s new trades training complex.

    Northside Industries, a steel manufacturing company based in West Kelowna, has donated $30,000 to the Bright Horizons Building for Skills Campaign.

  • Okanagan College receives big donation

    June 03, 2015 - 2:09 PM

    KELOWNA - The fundraising campaign for Okanagan College’s new trades training complex has officially raised more than $4 million toward its $7-million goal, with support coming from every corner of the Okanagan.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • 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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