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Homelessness Partnering Strategy Update
January 05, 2018 - 3:21 PM

Kamloops, BC – The City of Kamloops and the Government of Canada are nearing the end of year four of the five-year Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) funding agreement. Between 2014 and 2019, over $3 million will have been distributed to the City for initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness by providing direct support and funding to the community.
9th Annual Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive
January 04, 2018 - 11:21 AM

Kamloops, BC – The 9th annual Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive, sponsored by Kamloops Honda in partnership with Literacy in Kamloops (LinK), takes place January 6-27, 2018. The goals of this project are to increase book ownership in all homes and to encourage a love of reading. Over the past eight years, more than 80,000 children’s books have been given away.
Aboriginal supportive recovery beds planned for newly opened wellness centre
December 18, 2017 - 2:29 PM

Interior Health (IH), in partnership with the Esk’etemc First Nation and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), is pleased to announce plans for six new Aboriginal supportive recovery beds in the brand new Alkali Lake Wellness Centre, to enhance mental health and substance use (MHSU) services for Aboriginal residents of the Thompson Cariboo region.
The Central Okanagan's Primary Business Resource
December 12, 2017 - 10:24 AM

Meet the 2018 Advisory Board
Shuswap Trails Roundtable continues to model community collaboration
December 05, 2017 - 11:50 AM

The Shuswap, British Columbia – The Shuswap’s reputation for working together despite seeming odds and limited resources continues to grow with the latest gathering of the Shuswap Regional Trails Roundtable last Wednesday hosted in Chase. Provincial leadership at the event acknowledged the gathering is unique in BC.
World AIDS Day Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week
November 30, 2017 - 11:16 AM

Kelowna – December 1st and Dec 1st-7th 2017 have been officially proclaimed “World AIDS Day” and “Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week” by Mayor Colin Basran. Representatives of Living Positive Resource Centre, REL8 Okanagan and Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society met with the Mayor to receive the proclamation.
UBC announces $100-million fundraising campaign to help students
November 27, 2017 - 3:27 PM

UBC Okanagan is embarking on the largest fundraising campaign for students its 12-year history. The Blue & Gold Campaign for Students aims to raise $100 million across both UBC campuses over three years to give promising students access to a life-changing education.
Ribbon cut at new Indigenous garden at Okanagan College
June 28, 2017 - 10:46 AM

On Tuesday, June 27 more than a hundred people attended the grand opening of a new Indigenous garden located at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus.
UBC Okanagan grants honorary degree to iconic artist Alex Janvier
June 07, 2017 - 12:56 PM

UBC’s Okanagan campus is celebrating not only the accomplishments of its students during convocation this week but also the unique work of Canadian artist Alex Janvier.
Indigenous garden takes root at Kelowna campus
February 23, 2017 - 5:02 PM

Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus will soon be home to a unique greenspace containing more than 50 local Okanagan plants that are of cultural significance to Syilx people.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
VANCOUVER - The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver's choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly "missed opportunity." The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op

Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

FYI - For Your Information

Homelessness Partnering Strategy Update

9th Annual Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive

Aboriginal supportive recovery beds planned for newly opened wellness centre

The Central Okanagan's Primary Business Resource

Shuswap Trails Roundtable continues to model community collaboration

World AIDS Day Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week

UBC announces $100-million fundraising campaign to help students

Ribbon cut at new Indigenous garden at Okanagan College

UBC Okanagan grants honorary degree to iconic artist Alex Janvier

Indigenous garden takes root at Kelowna campus

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