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.
More ...

LETTER: Summerland is not a business – but it should be
OPINION It’s time for a wake-up call in Summerland. Our municipal government is making financially irresponsible decisions, and taxpayers are the ones paying the price. From skyrocketing taxes to a disastr

American booze pulled from BC Liquor Stores available at independent outlets
Two BC Liquor Stores in Kamloops were bustling this week as employees pulled American booze off the shelves including Jack Daniel’s American bourbon whisky, Tito’s vodka from Texas and Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon. The action is in

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

'Skating on thin ice': Kelowna's housing sales well below normal
A BC real estate analysis report says Kelowna's housing market is "skating on thin ice" as February's sales were a mere fraction of what was expected. According to The Kelowna Rennie Advantage report, the jump in sales fro

Kelowna Legion latest building damaged by UBCO campus construction