News Items tag as: Okanagan College 2023

Thousands of skilled training dollars going unused in Okanagan, Kamloops
June 02, 2023 - 7:00 AM

There's a real shortage of skilled workers in the construction and manufacturing industries in Kamloops and the Okanagan.
Okanagan College's Unusually Good Apple Juice flowing into Superstores
April 20, 2023 - 7:00 PM
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It’s not yet a flood of apple juice but Okanagan College’s Unusually Good Food Co. has a deal with Loblaws to sell its juice throughout Western Canada.
Nursing program at Okanagan College coming to an end
April 04, 2023 - 2:56 PM

Health-care training is expanding in Kelowna but it means nursing students will have to shift from Okanagan College to UBC Okanagan in order to complete their training.
Okanagan College food, wine and tourism centre gets $48M from province
March 21, 2023 - 11:03 AM
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Hundreds of new students will be trained in the hospitality sector once a new Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism opens in the Okanagan.
Confidential Okanagan College data now on the dark web
January 31, 2023 - 10:35 AM

A criminal organization that hacks into education and other institutions to steal sensitive data then hold it for ransom has carried out its threat and posted data stolen from Okanagan College on the dark web.
Okanagan College hijackers identified; promise four days until data dump
January 26, 2023 - 1:32 PM

An international criminal gang that specializes in cyberattacks on educational institutions appears to be holding data acquired in a security breach at Okanagan College for ransom.
Students feel 'betrayed' by Okanagan College's handling of data breach
January 25, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It was bad enough that a cyberattack disrupted classes at Okanagan College’s campuses two weeks ago, but now thousands of students also have to cope with the added stress of knowing their personal information may be in the hands of villains.
IDENTITY THEFT: Okanagan College warns students personal information may have been hacked
January 24, 2023 - 7:30 AM

Okanagan College is warning all its students that their personal information, including social insurance numbers, may have been stolen during a Jan. 9 cyberattack.
Cybercriminals are after everyone, not just big organizations like Okanagan College: expert
January 18, 2023 - 6:00 AM

A cyberattack knocked Okanagan College offline for more than a week. It is just now slowing getting its systems back into operation.
Okanagan College's computer system slowly coming back to life
January 16, 2023 - 9:55 AM

After a week of having its phone and computer systems shut down throughout the region, Okanagan College is slowly getting them back in operation.
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OPINION America is awaiting a call from voters, the election results. It is a reprieve of sorts, much like a governor’s last minute call in an old movie sparing a condemned innocent prisoner from execution. The

Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

News Items tag as: Okanagan College 2023

Thousands of skilled training dollars going unused in Okanagan, Kamloops

Okanagan College's Unusually Good Apple Juice flowing into Superstores

Nursing program at Okanagan College coming to an end

Okanagan College food, wine and tourism centre gets $48M from province

Confidential Okanagan College data now on the dark web

Okanagan College hijackers identified; promise four days until data dump

Students feel 'betrayed' by Okanagan College's handling of data breach

IDENTITY THEFT: Okanagan College warns students personal information may have been hacked

Cybercriminals are after everyone, not just big organizations like Okanagan College: expert

Okanagan College's computer system slowly coming back to life

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