UBCO

• Task force put together to address the future of Hadgraft Wilson Place

  The evacuation was prompted by concerns over ground shifting and cracks that were discovered in the building’s foundation.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2025
  
• UBC Okanagan plans to create widespread use of hydrogen as fuel

  Hydrogen is a clean fuel that, when burned, produces only water -- no carbon emissions -- thus reducing the province's carbon footprint.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2025
  
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
• UBCO tower construction forces evacuation of housing complex in Kelowna, B.C.

  Construction on the UBC Okanagan tower in downtown Kelowna, B.C., is forcing the evacuation of a nearby housing complex over rising safety concerns.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2024
• New program helps alarming number of food-insecure students at UBC Okanagan

  The campaign is a partnership between the students' union and four participating on-campus restaurants.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2024
• Painting stolen from UBCO campus recovered in Winfield area

  Police recovered the stolen property at a residence located on Chase Road in the Winfield area, and the painting has since been returned to its rightful owner.

  Crime

  Feb 14, 2024
• Grim findings for B.C. grizzly bears in East Kootenay valley

  A study from a UBC Okanagan graduate says the Elk Valley is proving to be a deadly area for B.C. grizzlies.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2023
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• University study: Wildfires can impact rivers by destroying watershed vegetation

  The research team surveyed the Bonaparte River in 2019, then again in 2021 and tracked the changes at three locations.

  Fire

  Sep 27, 2023
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• UBC Okanagan ordered to pay $50,000 in sexual assault discrimination case

  The 132-page decision says the discrimination was very serious, involving a power imbalance and the victim’s “unique vulnerability.”

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2023