by Okanagan Life | Apr 12, 2016 | Community
After becoming the first building of its size in the region to receive LEED Platinum certification, the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation has been named the most sustainable post-secondary building in the...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 12, 2016 | Community, Events
Rising stars from The National Ballet of Canada join Ballet Kelowna in exhilarating performance of live music and dance Ballet Kelowna closes its season with an unparalleled mixed programme of live music and contemporary ballet from some of Canada’s most celebrated...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 12, 2016 | Community, Culture
The Penmar Community Arts Society received an exciting boost of support from a donor with a $35,000 matching contribution to the current Open-The-Doors fundraising campaign. Identified as Pig Butler, the donor party is keen to see this project succeed. The Society...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 10, 2016 | Community
Computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and statisticians at UBC’s Okanagan campus are teaming up to create a tool to make highway construction less complicated and cheaper. “Road construction is an expensive endeavour and can cost as much as $20 million per...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 10, 2016 | Community
Summer holidays are right around the corner, do you have a plan to keep your kids off the couch and active? The average child spends between 7 and 9 hours a day being sedentary and 86 per cent of kids are not getting enough exercise. Check out these quick tips to keep...
by Okanagan Life | Apr 8, 2016 | Community
Retired from professional soccer at the age of 33, Kelowna’s Rob Friend shared a passionate message for the audience at Friday morning’s 11th annual Valley First/UBC Okanagan Athletics Breakfast – he can never kick a soccer ball again. “I had to step away from the...
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