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Nich Johansen is a graduate of Langara College's journalism program.
A native of Maple Ridge, he spent four years in Kelowna at UBC Okanagan, graduating with an Environmental Science degree. He fell in love with the Okanagan during this time, and is excited he has found his way back.
When he isn't chasing stories or writing you can find him on a beach, a skateboard or a pair of skis, depending on the weather.
A native of Maple Ridge, he spent four years in Kelowna at UBC Okanagan, graduating with an Environmental Science degree. He fell in love with the Okanagan during this time, and is excited he has found his way back.
When he isn't chasing stories or writing you can find him on a beach, a skateboard or a pair of skis, depending on the weather.
Latest Articles from Nicholas Johansen
Dozens walk for MS
May 27, 2023 / 12:05 pm
Photo: Cindy White Stormy clouds on the horizon at Saturday's MS Walk. Fifty-seven people took part in this year's Central Okanagan MS Walk Saturday morning in West Kelowna. The fundraising walk started at the Gellatly Nut Farm
Hot air balloon lands safely
May 27, 2023 / 10:45 am
Glenmore residents were treated to a bit of a show Saturday morning, when a hot air balloon touched down on a residential street. The large balloon got a little off course and made a safe landing on Whitman Road Saturday morning, just off Glenmore
Caught in illicit turtle sting
May 26, 2023 / 3:45 pm
Photo: Conservation Officer Service Michelangelo, the Western Painted Turtle A Kelowna woman whose nickname is “Turtle” was fined Friday morning after she was caught in a B.C. Conservation Officer Service sting operation trying
Arrested hours after bail
May 26, 2023 / 2:04 pm
Photo: RCMP Justin Wayne Collins Police are once again highlighting a prolific offender in Kelowna who was arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly breaking into a downtown business, just hours after he was released from custody on separate
City sues over RCMP flood
May 26, 2023 / 4:00 am
Photo: Colin Dacre - file photo The City of Kelowna is suing a local plumbing company and contractor following a June 2021 flood at the Kelowna RCMP building. In a notice of civil claim filed Tuesday, the city claims a coupling installed
Warning over toxic drugs
May 25, 2023 / 3:39 pm
Photo: Interior Health The substance that contains high levels of fentanyl and Bromazolam. Those using opioids in Kelowna are being warned after a recently tested sample contained high levels of fentanyl and a benzodiazepine. Interior
Local EOCs get new funding
May 24, 2023 / 5:02 pm
Photo: RDOS - file photo As communities across B.C. have been dealing with evacuations from floods and fires for weeks, the provincial government announced new funding Wednesday for dozens of local emergency operations centres, including several
Charged after drug raids
May 24, 2023 / 2:11 pm
Photo: CFSEU-BC Blue fentanyl found during the November 2020 raids. Drug trafficking charges have been laid against three people in the Lower Mainland, stemming from three-year-old investigation. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement
Calls for 'accountability'
May 24, 2023 / 12:04 pm
Photo: Colin Dacre The largest private-sector union in North America is calling for the release of the now-completed WorkSafeBC investigation into the July 2021 crane collapse in Kelowna that killed five people. Last week, WorkSafeBC announced
Arrested going 209 km/h
May 24, 2023 / 10:23 am
Photo: BC Highway Patrol An 18-year-old motorcyclist is facing a handful of criminal charges after an officer allegedly recorded him travelling more than 200 km/h on the Coquihalla Highway earlier this month. In a press release issued Wednesday
