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New road opens backdoor route into UBC Okanagan
KELOWNA – A long-needed second route into UBC Okanagan is now open. The final 1.8…
Local Muslim students pull back the veil on Shari’ah law
KELOWNA – It’s a sensitive subject that local Muslim students want to talk about. Shari’ah…
Don’t mess with airport business park, planning staff tell Kelowna councillors
KELOWNA – Planning staff have given warning to Kelowna city councillors — quit mucking with…
Jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy to speak at UBC Okanagan
KELOWNA – Press freedom and justice in the age of terror is the subject and…
McDONALD: Kelowna should start planning now for one of its newest and most important neighbourhoods
I first saw what is now UBC Okanagan while flying into Kelowna in the early…
UBC Okanagan professor reprimanded for sexual harassment
KELOWNA – A Kelowna university professor has been put under regulatory supervision for sexual harassment.…
UBCO professor looks at tropical plant as possible tool against opioid addiction
KELOWNA – A drug with the otherworldly name of kratom may be a valuable tool…
Road network around Kelowna airport, UBCO subject of study
KELOWNA – Positioned as they are on Highway 97, Kelowna International Airport and UBC Okanagan…
Researchers at UBCO, TRU playing catch-up on cannabis’ health and commercial potential
KELOWNA – With legalization looming, it’s high time to figure out what else cannabis is…
If Father Pandosy has a questionable history, should Kelowna be renaming one of its main streets?
KELOWNA – Pandosy Street, one of Kelowna’s major downtown byways is named after Father Charles…
Trudeau taking questions from the public at UBC Okanagan tomorrow
KELOWNA – The Prime Minister will be meeting the public in Kelowna tomorrow night at…
Dogs alleviate feelings of stress and homesickness: UBC Okanagan study
OKANAGAN – Attending university brings a mountain of challenges to students and stress is one…
McDONALD: Seven things I love about Kelowna (and six I don’t)
I’m just sick of writing about natural disasters, floods and fires. I don’t want to…
UBC Okanagan instructor sees time travel as a mathematical possibility
KELOWNA – A UBC Okanagan instructor’s study using math and physics was recently published in…
UBC Okanagan research leading to green solutions
KELOWNA – A team of researchers at UBC Okanagan is working on unique ways to…
New way to classify dangerous offenders could help police solve sex crimes: UBCO study
KELOWNA – Researchers at UBC Okanagan say they have found a way to keep Canadian…
UBC Okanagan still waiting for a court date of its own in ongoing Curtis Road trespass saga
KELOWNA – It ‘aint over until it’s over. A decision by a judge earlier this…
Judge denies all use of UBC Okanagan back door route
KELOWNA – A long-simmering legal dispute over Curtis Road, a private road behind UBC Okanagan…
UBC Okanagan hit by rash of laptop computer thefts
KELOWNA – Newly returning students have been hit with a rash of laptop thefts at…
Surgeons can now practice on synthetic human tissue developed at UBC Okanagan
OKANAGAN – Synthetic heart valves, arteries and veins developed by a heart surgeon and a…
Lots of newbies as students descend on UBCO and Okanagan College
KELOWNA – If you a see a young person walking around looking a bit lost…
UBC Okanagan engineers make keeping water safe easier for municipalities
KELOWNA – An irony of modern water treatment is that it can backfire and create…
New family medicine residency for the South Okanagan gives doctors local training opportunities
PENTICTON – For the first time ever, doctors in the University of British Columbia’s Family…
Researchers at UBC Okanagan look at the DNA of the world’s top wines
OKANAGAN – Examining the DNA of the world’s top wines while stopping them from spoiling?…