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Workers in downtown Kelowna building forced out as UBCO digs deeper
Damage to a fourth building near the construction site of UBC Okanagan’s new downtown Kelowna…
Newcomers to Okanagan shocked by Canada’s tipping culture
Gas stations and corner stores in Kamloops and across the Okanagan are starting to cash…
UBCO offers big cash prize for short story competition
The 26th annual Okanagan Short Story Contest is open again for submissions. The contest is…
UBCO study uses gaming strategies to defend city infrastructures
The increasing threat of climate change and natural disasters, alongside the pressing threat of cyber-attacks…
Okanagan and Okanogan: One land, worlds apart
Although they share the same watershed, the international border has made the Okanagan vastly different…
The fight for free speech hits a Kelowna stage next week
Free speech is dead when other opinions are blocked, says a UBCO professor who will…
UBCO’s new Kelowna downtown highrise damaging neighbouring buildings
At least three buildings near UBC Okanagan’s new downtown campus have been damaged as construction…
How better real-time data will help predict wildfire behaviour in BC
A UBC Okanagan researcher has teamed up with a telecommunications company to develop a new technology…
UBCO takes out record $262M building permit for downtown ‘vertical campus’
After weeks of digging the foundation for underground parking at its new downtown “vertical campus",…
iN VIDEO: Kelowna landfill on fire as UBCO and Quail Ridge evacuate
Kelowna's landfill is on fire and there are reports the employees have been evacuated. The…
Kelowna study looks behind closed doors of new supportive housing
A new study shows that the vast majority of residents in supportive housing complexes are…
UBC Okanagan students claim gold for light bulb invention that uses photosynthesis instead of electricity
A group of UBC Okanagan students lit up their competition and claimed gold with a…
UBCO study tracking travel through COVID needs your help
A UBC Okanagan study is looking into how travel patterns changed through the COVID-19 pandemic.…
This is what ‘attainable’ housing looks like in new Kelowna tower
A housing agreement for a new 25-storey rental highrise on land owned by the City…
Driverless bus could become part of the Rail Trail in Kelowna
A joint UBCO-City of Kelowna study on transit options for the Okanagan Rail Trail through…
Work crews heading to Kelowna’s UBCO downtown campus site in a matter of days
Now that Kelowna city council has agreed to let UBCO build a 46-storey downtown campus…
Stop This Tower! Campaign launched against UBCO’s downtown Kelowna highrise
Calling it a “pretend university,” Kelowna resident Susan Ames is launching a campaign against the…
UBCO’s downtown Kelowna campus to be the tallest in city at 46 storeys
New plans being reviewed by the City of Kelowna show a 46-storey tower for UBCO’s…
Killing of security guard at UBCO has Kelowna councillor calling for more mental health supports
The young woman who died from the injuries she received during an attack at the…
2 highrise towers to be ‘jewel-like centrepiece’ of UBCO’s downtown Kelowna campus
Kelowna-based Mission Group has submitted plans for two towers that will make up the three-tower…
Third 40-plus storey tower proposed for downtown Kelowna
Ground won’t be broken on the downtown Kelowna UBC Okanagan campus for more than a…
UBCO to break ground on downtown Kelowna campus in 2022
With a student population of about 11,000, UBCO is not yet bursting at the seams…
UBCO researchers using audio technology to better understand B.C. wolves
UBC Okanagan researchers are using audio technology to bring the B.C. wolf, an elusive and often…
People in backcountry appear to be closer to cougars due to pandemic
A UBC Okanagan researcher noticed that while tracking cougars in Southern B.C., cougars and residents…