News Items tag as: University of British Columbia

Kelowna Legion latest building damaged by UBCO campus construction
January 03, 2024 - 7:00 AM

The Royal Canadian Legion in downtown Kelowna is now closed due to concerns about structural damage caused by UBC Okanagan digging an underground parking lot for it's downtown campus next door.
Pine beetle forest devastation impacting Okanagan weasel population
October 03, 2021 - 8:24 AM

An Okanagan initiative researching weasels is encouraging loggers to leave their post-harvest behind to help the small mammals maintain their habitat.
Canada saw 30% decrease in air pollution during first-wave lockdown: UBC study
April 06, 2021 - 3:33 PM

The 2020 emptying of cities due to the COVID-19 lockdown had a salutary effect on one thing at least, according to a UBC study.
UBC appoints first-ever Indigenous chancellor
June 18, 2020 - 2:48 PM

In a period of global racial tension, an Indigenous man will become the University of British Columbia's chancellor for the first time in history.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Shuttered Kelowna distillery loses another appeal over $60K unpaid wages
The owners of a shuttered Kelowna distillery have failed in their second attempt to overturn a ruling which ordered the company to pay a former staffer $60,000 in unpaid wages. In two separate April 24 BC Employment Standards Tribunal decis

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

Kelowna Legion latest building damaged by UBCO campus construction