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Kelowna councillor concerned with ‘shakiness’ of latest downtown highrise proposal
A Kelowna city councillor expressed “shakiness” about a 40-storey tower proposed for the lot next…
Mob mentality at work in teen swarming attack: Prof
Following a brutal swarm attack on a young girl in Kelowna, a local researcher helps…
‘I just want to move on’: Evacuated resident can’t escape UBCO tower debacle
A resident who was evacuated from her apartment in downtown Kelowna is stuck in a…
Little accountability when BC builders make mistakes
When cranes fall down or construction forces neighbouring buildings to evacuate, many fingers point at…
Evacuated resident unable to collect belongings after UBCO tower debacle
Steven Wolfe had to evacuate his home because of the UBC Okanagan downtown construction project…
Pro-Palestine activists still protesting at UBCO
Protestors are still at the pro-Palestine encampment at University of British Columbia Okanagan campus in…
UBCO’s engineering report on downtown building came with warnings
The geotechnical engineering report for UBC Okanagan's new downtown Kelowna tower warned the university about…
UBCO faces another lawsuit over downtown Kelowna highrise construction
A second class action lawsuit has been launched against UBC Okanagan after the construction of…
City of Kelowna, UBCO sued over downtown building debacle
The City of Kelowna and UBCO Properties Trust have been named in a class action…
Tenants evacuated from supportive housing in Kelowna moving to student residence
Okanagan College has decided to open up their student residence to tenants who have been…
Sister of Kelowna man who died while evacuated due to UBCO highrise excavation wants answers
A resident who was forced out of his home because of UBC Okanagan’s highrise construction…
Resident evacuated due to UBCO highrise construction in Kelowna has died
An evacuated resident of a supportive housing complex in downtown Kelowna passed away earlier this…
UBCO not releasing engineering reports for downtown excavation that caused evacuation
UBC won't make public the engineering reports for the construction site in downtown Kelowna that…
UBCO program to reduce diabetes risk expands across Canada
A UBC Okanagan professor created a program in collaboration with the YMCA that offers diet…
Residents scramble for places to live as downtown Kelowna building deemed unsafe
A subsidized housing building next to UBC Okanagan’s downtown construction site is being evacuated, but…
UPDATE: Residents across from the big hole UBCO dug in downtown Kelowna have to evacuate their building
There was a meeting today for residents of an apartment building across from the site…
Driverless buses on Okanagan Rail Trail in Kelowna being studied
The prospect of futuristic autonomous transport has been in the cards for the Okanagan Rail Trail…
UBCO researchers want to turn couch potatoes into triathletes
UBC Okanagan is embarking on a new research project which will transform sporting newbies into…
Worst should be over for neighbours of big hole UBCO dug in downtown Kelowna
Excavation is complete on the four-storey deep hole that UBC Okanagan has dug for the…
UBCO student spearheads Okanagan’s first solar-powered race car
This UBCO student is on a mission to engineer the Okanagan’s first solar-powered race car.…
iN VIDEO: Middle school students do battle with LEGO robots at UBCO
The future of robotics was on display at a competition in Kelowna over the weekend.…
Canada’s international student cap topic of debate at UBCO
The federal government announced in January that international student enrolment will be reduced by more…
Kelowna Legion latest building damaged by UBCO campus construction
The Royal Canadian Legion in downtown Kelowna is now closed due to concerns about structural…
Living a land acknowledgement: UBCO’s grassland transformation
For over a year UBC Okanagan Professor Sumer Seiki has been on a mission to…