UBC-Okanagan

• Pro-Palestinian protesters mark quiet night on UBC Okanagan campus

  The UBC Okanagan protesters join a growing number of encampments on North American campuses, though the Kelowna version has been more peaceful than many of its counterparts.

  Canada

  May 15
  
• UBC Properties, City of Kelowna sued over effects of tower construction

  A recently filed lawsuit is taking aim at just about everyone involved with the construction and design of UBC Okanagan's downtown tower.

  Canada

  May 13
  
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• UBC Okanagan offers to assess repairs for evacuated subsidized housing building

  UBC Okanagan officials are looking to get into the subsidized housing complex to evaluate stability-threatening cracks found in its foundation.

  Canada

  Apr 30
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• Residents displaced by tower construction receive helping hand from Okanagan College

  Okanagan College will temporarily open its new student housing building on KLO Road to displaced residents of Hadgraft Wilson Place.

  Canada

  Apr 26
• ‘Disgraceful’: Displaced resident of Kelowna subsidized housing complex dies

  'The really sad thing is that the last four weeks changed how well he had been doing, and I'm sure it's the same for many, many of the tenants.'

  Canada

  Apr 25
• UBC Okanagan takes sting out of parking tickets for good cause

  The UBCO Food For Fines program takes the sting out of on-campus tickets, by translating 50 per cent of the monetary value into non-perishable food donations.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 11
• ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Evacuation order extended for low-income apartment building in Kelowna

  Hadgraft Wilson Place in downtown Kelowna was evacuated on Tuesday because of concerns over construction activity at nearby UBC-Okanagan.

  Canada

  Apr 6
• Kelowna’s fire chief says ‘enough risk’ resulted in building evacuation order

  The residents living at Hadgraft-Wilson Place on Bertram Street were ordered out after geotechnical and structural engineering reports raised some serious concerns.

  Canada

  Apr 3
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• Residents of evacuated Kelowna, B.C. subsidized housing consider their futures

  While cracks in the foundation of the building are the issue many are talking about and working to rectify, it's less tangible issues weighing on them.

  Canada

  Apr 2
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• Concrete toboggan earns UBC Okanagan engineering students top honours in race

   A group of UBC Okanagan engineering students took gold in the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at White Hills Resort near St. John's, N.L.

  Canada

  Mar 13