News Items tag as: Community Foundation of the South Okanagan-Similkameen

South Okanagan charity gets $4M donation, largest in its history
January 09, 2024 - 5:07 PM

A South Okanagan charity has received the largest donation in it's history.
New funding feeds South Okanagan medical research
November 23, 2017 - 3:44 PM

PENTICTON - A team of local medical researchers has attracted grant funding from the Canadian Rheumatology Association, boosting local efforts to establish a medical research fund to provide annual funding for medical research.
Community Foundation initiative aims to strengthen neighbourly relations
October 23, 2015 - 10:35 AM

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton is giving the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan-Similkameen $5,000 toward a fund to help residents pay for neighbourhood events like block parties.
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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

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

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

South Okanagan charity gets $4M donation, largest in its history