by Okanagan Life | Aug 26, 2014 | Community
With less than a week left for teachers and the province to reach a deal, parents are looking at child serving organizations for support if the lockout delays the start of school. The YMCA of Okanagan will be providing additional child care programming Monday to...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 22, 2014 | Community
The City of Kelowna will host the Axel Merckx Youth Development Foundation’s premiere youth cycling event Friday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Aug. 31. This event allows the region’s promising 11- to 18-year-old cyclists to race under a structured learning environment, while...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 21, 2014 | Community
Imperial College London researchers visit partners at UBC Okanagan A partnership between UBC Okanagan and Imperial College London (UK) is focused on development of a new helmet that could one day reduce sports-related concussions. Professors Peter Childs and Dan...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 19, 2014 | Community
The Ice Bucket Challenge, a social media-based campaign that aims to raise awareness for ALS (more commonly known as Lou Gherig’s Disease), has made its way into the Okanagan Valley. Essentially, when you’ve been challenged, you have 24 hours to pour ice water on...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 11, 2014 | Community, Emergency-Fire
As wildfire activity continues to increase throughout the province, the Wildfire Management Branch welcomed over 220 additional fire personnel on Friday and Saturday. One 19-person Incident Management Team, 40 sustained action firefighters and about 30 support staff...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 11, 2014 | Community
As a result of the high to extreme fire hazard and extremely dry conditions, the Regional District has closed several Regional Parks until further notice. Hardy Falls Regional Park (photo) Trepanier Creek Greenway Regional Park Coldham Regional Park Glen Canyon...
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