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Trades
Women in Trades program gone from Okanagan College
After 16 years, the Women in Trades program at Okanagan College has ended due to…
$1M donation to Okanagan College for skilled trades and apprenticeships
Okanagan College has been gifted $1 million to fund scholarships for students going into trades…
Cool new arts and trades school nails first year in Okanagan
Excitement is building as a unique, hands-on trades and craft school in the Okanagan is…
It’s going to take everyone to fill B.C.’s need for tradespeople
KAMLOOPS – Ten years ago, Nancy Darling wrote a proposal to the federal government hoping…
Okanagan College launches pilot program for trades training
KELOWNA – Okanagan College is set to receive more than $218,000 for a pilot program.…
Over $6M for Okanagan College trades training facility in Vernon
VERNON – Okanagan College's trades training centre just got a substantial funding boost from the…
Thompson Rivers University waiting on province for building approval
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is waiting on Victoria to give the go ahead before…
BEPPLE: Helping people before it becomes a homicide
After no homicides in 2015, Kamloops has already seen two within a week. First, on…
Kamloops jail, university provide trades training to inmates
KAMLOOPS – Six inmates have already obtained the skills training needed to help gain entry-level…
Province provides funding for millwright program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – After years of lobbying the first class of millright students is expected to begin at Thompson Rivers University this coming August, The Ministry of Advanced Education recently announced it would fund 16 seats for a millwright program at the university. A millwright is a tradesperson concerned with the construction or installation of industrial...
High demand for welding classes at Okanagan College
PENTICTON - In spite of falling oil prices, the demand for welders remains high - and Okanagan College in Penticton is helping to answer that need. South Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Dean Donna Lomas said the college has heard from employers from throughout the South Okanagan and beyond about the need for welders, so the college has...