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Vernon’s O’Keefe Ranch hoping for $30,000 cash infusion from city
Historic O'Keefe Ranch could receive $30,000 from the City of Vernon as the operation struggles…
Grants to help with growth in Okanagan, Kamloops spent on score clock, skating rinks and signs
It’s been almost a year since the BC government handed $1 billion to municipalities to…
Okanagan Rail Trail and O’Keefe Ranch get provincial cash
The provincial government has dished out almost $1.4 million to tourism projects in the North…
Here’s how $3.2 million will be spent on ‘outdoor sheltering’ in Kelowna
The visible homeless issue in Kelowna is a far cry this fall from what it…
Kal Rotary looking to give away $105K to North Okanagan charities
The Kalamalka Rotary club has extended the deadline that local charities have to apply for…
Local governments in the Southern Interior are getting more than $50 million in COVID-19 grants
The provincial government released figures today, Nov. 5, on how much money is coming to…
Kal Rotary divvies up $185K to local charities
From new mountain bike trails in Kal Park to a roof over the Lavington skating…
Why TRU, UBCO students are flooding B.C. Premier with hundreds of Valentines
B.C. Premier John Horgan might be flattered with the number of Valentine's he receives today,…
$50K offered for North Okanagan residents who have innovative waste reduction ideas
Do you have a brilliant idea that if implemented could reduce waste across the region?…
Future of North Okanagan daycare in flux after province axes $500K grant
LUMBY – A Lumby daycare slated to open its doors in the near future has…
$24M announced for North Okanagan wastewater system
The North Okanagan Regional District has announced it's received a $24.3-million government grant to build…
Dozen social agencies get funding from City of Kelowna
KELOWNA – Only half of the groups applying to improve the social well-being of Kelowna…
North Okanagan property owners set to vote on wastewater funding
NORTH OKANAGAN – North Okanagan property owners will soon have their say on the funding…
Funtastic community grant applications open today
VERNON – Sporting groups in the Vernon area in need of financial help can now…
Vacancy rate eases as Kelowna pushes rental housing construction
KELOWNA - The city has done a lot to encourge development of rental housing and there’s not too much more that can be done, except to let the incentives do their work and keep on pushing for more. That’s the opinion of Luke Stack, a city councillor and also executive director of the Society of...
Money from bad guys goes to the good guys in Vernon
VERNON - A new advocacy centre for abused or neglected children, training for domestic violence workers, educational initiatives around technology issues like cyber-stalking — all brought to you by previously dirty money. On behalf of the provincial government, Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster today announced five grants for three local organizations from the civil forfeiture program,...
How a group of North Okanagan teachers took funding into their own hands
NORTH OKANAGAN - It’s not always easy in cash-strapped times for teachers to find spare change for programs, but a group in the North Okanagan has found a way to think outside the box. The Outdoor Learning program in the North Okanagan and Shuswap, unlike many other courses in School District 83 such as the cancelled adult...
Water board has money to give away
KELOWNA – There is another $300,000 up for grabs for those who need money to fund a project to save water or improve its quality in the Okanagan in 2015. The Okanagan Basin Water Board is back with its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement grant program. It’s the ninth year for the program. The cash...