by Okanagan Life | Mar 5, 2015 | Community
Funding rewards UBC Okanagan’s talented visual artists for courage and insight Expressing one’s creativity may be its own reward, but one fortunate visual arts student at UBC Okanagan will now receive added encouragement thanks to the support of the Blenk family, the...
by Okanagan Life | Mar 4, 2015 | Community
More than 90 entries for 17th annual story contest It will be a tough call. A total of 93 entries were received for the 17th annual Okanagan Short Fiction contest, sponsored by UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS), the Central Okanagan...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 26, 2015 | Community
History will be made on Saturday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome when Team Canada steps onto the ice for its inaugural game at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier. The Calgary-based team of third Pat Simmons, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen captured the...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 24, 2015 | Community
Salmon Arm’s Sandra Jenkins rink will represent the province at the nationals after winning the 2015 Tim Hortons BC Senior Curling Championships. Jenkins, who won the Women’s event as a third in 2014, skipped her team to success at Alberni Valley Curling Club....
by Okanagan Life | Feb 19, 2015 | Community
On February 19 to 21, the Special Olympics BC Winter Games are returning to Kamloops for the first time in 12 years, and Kamloops is giving a very warm welcome. “Kamloops has really stepped up. The community has rallied to help us and we’ve had a great response from...
by Okanagan Life | Feb 19, 2015 | Community
Emily Dickson of Prince George earned her third medal of the 2015 Canada Winter Games on Wednesday in the biathlon 10km pursuit, adding a gold to her silver and bronze finishes from earlier this week. Team BC’s long track speed skaters were also golden – Jacob Graham...
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