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The BC Cancer Foundation is the beneficiary of major fundraising events. The Workout to Conquer Cancer is a 31-day challenge to move every day in May while fundraising.. The Tour de Cure is an annual cycling event that raises funds for the BC Cancer Foundation to support cancer research and patient care programs.
Kelowna General Hospital originally opened on August 2, 1908, with 19 beds on the land that was donated by Kelowna Land & Orchard Company. This building remained until 1940 when a new hospital building was constructed. In 1969, the five-storey Strathcona building was constructed, followed by the five-storey Royal Building in 1992.
Kelowna (/ k ə ˈ l oʊ n ə / ⓘ kə-LOH-nə) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word kiʔláwnaʔ, referring to a grizzly bear. [8] [9]
The University of British Columbia Okanagan (also known as UBC Okanagan or UBCO) is a campus of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.. This campus is the research and innovation hub in the province's southern interior, in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley and home to over 11,913 undergraduate and graduate students. [3]
Kelowna /Penticton: Penticton: Interregional connector operated by South Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Transit System. Weekdays only, four times daily. Requires its own standalone fare. Passes and transfers from both the South Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Transit System and Kelowna Regional Transit System are not accepted. 84: Academy Way ...
She began treatment for leukemia for the third time in March 2009. [14] She died on September 21, 2010 at her eldest sister's home in Calgary, a week after her 52nd birthday. [ 3 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In her honour, the cancer centre in Kelowna was renamed the BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior.
Greater Kelowna (officially known as Kelowna Census Metropolitan Area) is the largest metropolitan area in British Columbia. It's the fastest growing metropolitan area within B.C and the fifth fastest growing in all of Canada.
Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) is a research organization focusing on therapies for patients which include drugs that are in development. With corporate headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee , United States, it conducts community-based clinical trials in oncology , cardiology , gastroenterology , and other therapeutic areas. [ 1 ]