News Items tag as: Okanagan College

New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
September 10, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages.
Okanagan researcher creating system to reuse wine industry waste
April 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM
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A group of researchers are trying to create a system where the waste from the beverage industry across the Okanagan can be turned into something more.
iN PHOTOS: Autonomous robots built by students play soccer in Kelowna
April 11, 2025 - 4:30 PM

Students from around the Okanagan gathered in Kelowna Friday to see whose bot was best.
Furry friends help students at Okanagan College manage stress
January 24, 2024 - 5:00 PM

Kelowna's Okanagan College campus received a visit from Caring Canines today to bring a bit of joy and a break to students as part of a resource fair.
Critically endangered Okanagan First Nations language preserved in new book
November 19, 2023 - 3:30 PM

The critically endangered n?syilxcn? language is being immortalized in the Syilx Language House’s ninth book of elder stories.
Thompson Okanagan post-secondary institutions see funding boost for new nursing spots
February 20, 2022 - 12:07 PM

Thompson Okanagan universities and colleges will see additional nursing spaces added to their rosters in the coming years.
Online petition seeks more COVID-19 supports for Okanagan College students
January 15, 2022 - 6:07 PM

An online petition addressing the well-being of Okanagan College students is gaining momentum.
Okanagan College’s new health sciences centre will help provide much needed health-care staff
October 01, 2021 - 7:00 PM

The Kelowna campus of the Okanagan College opened the highly anticipated health sciences building this fall.
New residences at Okanagan College will bring relief for students facing housing crunch
March 05, 2021 - 8:00 PM

The province has gas announced new affordable student housing for Okanagan College campuses, something a student union representative says are needed.
48-year-old Vernon graduate gets her Okanagan College certificate despite pandemic
July 01, 2020 - 1:10 PM

The phrase “going back to school” is exciting on many levels for Okanagan College Vernon graduate Toby Griffin.
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BCGEU strike highlights struggle for Okanagan pot shops
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'Super efficient': The impact new housing rules have had in Okanagan, Kamloops
When Vernon builder Bryce Dahlen was approached by a client late last fall to build a carriage house in their yard, he pitched the idea of a duplex. New rules about density implemented by the provincial government had dramatically cut the r

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