News Items tag as: UBC Okanagan 2023

Living a land acknowledgement: UBCO's grassland transformation
December 08, 2023 - 7:00 PM

For over a year UBC Okanagan Professor Sumer Seiki has been on a mission to put the land acknowledgment into action, and she’s doing it by restoring native flowers and grasses.
Newcomers to Okanagan shocked by Canada's tipping culture
December 04, 2023 - 7:30 AM
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Gas stations and corner stores in Kamloops and across the Okanagan are starting to cash in on a nationwide tipping craze by adding the option to their card machines. This is on top of the substantial tipping percentage expected at most restaurants now.
How UBC and UBCO are revolutionizing Ph.Ds
November 18, 2023 - 8:00 AM

The Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia is in its second year of the Public Scholar’s Initiative and impacts to the community are already being observed.
Wildfire damage to BC rivers continues for many years after flames are doused
September 30, 2023 - 4:30 PM

While hundreds of people burnt out by the McDougall Creek wildfire in and around West Kelowna last month are still struggling to get their lives back together, for most others it’s already a rapidly fading memory.
Distinguished journalist, environmentalist to talk wildfire in Kelowna
March 20, 2023 - 5:00 PM

An award-winning writer, photographer and environmental advocate is speaking about North America’s vulnerability to wildfire as part of UBC Okanagan’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of November 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

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

Living a land acknowledgement: UBCO's grassland transformation