by Okanagan Life | Mar 1, 2016 | Community
Canada’s best club curling teams are coming to the sunny Okanagan next November to play for a national championship, as announced Tuesday by Curling Canada. The 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship will be played Nov. 20-26 at the Kelowna Curling Club, featuring...
by Okanagan Life | Mar 1, 2016 | Community
UBC is featuring a local soccer star at this year’s Valley First/UBC Okanagan Athletics Breakfast. Rob Friend is the special guest speaker at the annual event, a fundraiser for Heat athletes. Each spring, UBC’s Okanagan campus hosts the Valley First/UBC...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 19, 2016 | Community
UBC Okanagan researchers have developed a tool that is designed to help small to medium-sized cities and towns address the challenges posed by aging drinking water infrastructure in Canada. The tool is developed by Solomon Tesfamariam and Rehan Sadiq (pictured above),...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 18, 2016 | Community
Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have identified a new method of detecting cardio-vascular disease in women who are recovering from breast cancer. Neil Eves (pictured above), assoc. prof in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences, says this breakthrough is...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 16, 2016 | Community
The Okanagan’s Jim Cotter will represent B.C. at the Tim Hortons Brier for the third straight year as his Vernon rink defeated Sean Geall of New Westminster Sunday in the provincial final. Cotter, backed up by third Brad Kuhn, second Tyrel Griffith and lead Rick...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 13, 2016 | Community
Monday February 15 marks the beginning of Chamber of Commerce Week in Kelowna, as the city joins other communities across B.C. to showcase the work of local businesses. This year, B.C. Chambers are celebrating the theme of “Empowering B.C. businesses”...
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