News Items tag as: Okanagan College

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.
Thinking outside the box: Okanagan Stay at Home Gala fundraiser to go national
April 14, 2020 - 6:00 PM

If you can't hold a fundraising gala live and in person, you are forced to go online. But how can you possibly raise the same amount of money you would have if you had a room full of people and their cheque books?
Okanagan College cancels remaining in-person classes
March 18, 2020 - 2:06 PM

Okanagan College has cancelled all remaining face-to-face classes while it completes the move to online teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Okanagan College alumni wins Vancouver Chocolate Challenge with 'Beer and Pretzels'
June 05, 2019 - 3:00 PM

PENTICTON - Okanagan College Pastry Arts alumna Jalayne Jones won first place last month at the annual Chocolate Challenge in Vancouver.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way for development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

News Items tag as: Okanagan College

Furry friends help students at Okanagan College manage stress

Critically endangered Okanagan First Nations language preserved in new book

Thompson Okanagan post-secondary institutions see funding boost for new nursing spots

Online petition seeks more COVID-19 supports for Okanagan College students

Okanagan College’s new health sciences centre will help provide much needed health-care staff

New residences at Okanagan College will bring relief for students facing housing crunch

48-year-old Vernon graduate gets her Okanagan College certificate despite pandemic

Thinking outside the box: Okanagan Stay at Home Gala fundraiser to go national

Okanagan College cancels remaining in-person classes

Okanagan College alumni wins Vancouver Chocolate Challenge with 'Beer and Pretzels'

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