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  • Affordable housing at meadowlark place

    OSOYOOS - The Near-Market Affordable Housing (NMAH) Program will operate in designated areas of the Town of Osoyoos. The Program is intended to deliver lower cost affordable homes at a subsidized discount below comparable market housing to qualified applicants needing assistance for moving to self-sufficiency, particularly younger families.
  • United Way CSO strives to make positive change in your community

    'Tis the season of giving and the United Way needs your help to heat up the thermometer! With only two weeks left until the December 31 tax deadline, the United Way’s campaign is sitting at 51% at the halfway point in their campaign.
  • Pushor Mitchell donates over $18,000 to United Way

    At the end of another successful workplace campaign, Pushor Mitchell LLP presented United Way CSO with a cheque for $18,177. This donation will go towards the 2016 campaign which will fund programs throughout the Central and South Okanagan/Similkameen.

    For over 65 years, the United Way of the Central and South Okanagan/Similkameen has served the region from Lake Country in the North, to Osoyoos and Princeton in the South.
  • CRA's United Way workplace campaign exceeds fundraising goal

    The Canada Revenue Agency wrapped up a successful campaign by presenting the United Way CSO with a cheque for $25,758.85, their highest donation ever.
  • Osoyoos couple generous with PRH gift

    Kathie and Ernst Westphal readily admit theirs is a different kind of love story.
  • Top chefs celebrate nature's bounty, raise funds for conservation

    KELOWNA - Top chefs from Vancouver and Kelowna are joining forces with The Nature Trust of BC to celebrate the gifts of nature in the Okanagan and support land conservation. The culinary showcase is part of Earth Wind Fire 2015 fundraiser set for Saturday, June 20 at the Delta Grand Okanagan.
  • Protection for Osoyoos Indian Band burial site in Haynes Point Provincial Park

    OSOYOOS - A new agreement between the Province and the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) will honour and respect the OIB cultural heritage sites and values within Haynes Point Provincial Park, including the recently disturbed OIB ancestral remains and burial site.
  • Highlights from February 6 Regional Board meeting

    Selected highlights from the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen held Thursday, February 6. Complete minutes of the meeting will be made available to the public following adoption at the next scheduled Board meeting February 20, 2014.
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    The Board of Directors met with representatives from FortisBC to discuss a number of issues raised by RDOS ratepayers.
  • Water Board wants senior governments to get serious about zebra mussel threat to Okanagan

    KELOWNA - The Okanagan Basin Water Board is doing what it can to raise awareness and stop an infestation of invasive zebra and quagga mussels from reaching the Okanagan, in part through its Don’t Move a Mussel campaign (www.DontMoveAMussel.ca).  But it is now calling on the province and federal government to step up efforts and fast.

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