Oliver firefighters get $30K funding
The Oliver Fire Department is receiving $30,000 for a new fire hydrant and burn building addition on its training grounds.
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Festival funding requests vastly outstrip budget
Eight Osoyoos community groups have asked for more than $112,000 in funding for events in 2023, far exceeding the available funding.
Oliver Arena gets big funding for upgrade
The “little arena that could” in Oliver has just received $2.3 million in funding for a long-awaited rehabilitation project.
Town of Oliver seeks grant for xeriscape garden
Town council has directed staff to apply for a grant to build a xeriscape demonstration garden adjacent to the Station Street plaza project.
New flood mitigation project seeks UBCM funding
The Town of Osoyoos has applied to the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund under their Disaster Risk Reduction through climate adaptation funding stream in hopes of moving forward with plans to develop a staged flood response plan, new floodplain land use regulation, and protections for the community’s water wells.
Affordability big question with aquatic centre
Affordability, cost sharing and grant funding are big hurdles facing the South Okanagan aquatic centre concept.
Osoyoos allocates $1M in provincial funding
Osoyoos Town Council considered allocation of more than $1 million in residual provincial funding that must be spent within the next 18 months on eight community projects.
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Town receives $600K for Station Street plaza
The first phase of Oliver’s Station Street plaza has been kickstarted with $600,000 in funding from the federal government.
Funds dedicated to arena
The Oliver Arena upgrade project is receiving big funding to modernize the facility.
Keeping Callum at home prompts GoFundMe
By any account, the journey that Leanne Scott, her husband Dale Fuhr and their extreme special needs son Callum are on together, is nothing less than extraordinary.
Council allocates $136K in COVID funding
Oliver town council has approved the allocation of $136,249 in COVID-19 restart funding for several projects.
Emergency centres to be upgraded in region
Nearly $100,000 of emergency preparedness funding has been granted to the South Okanagan region by the provincial government to improve and update Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) in the area.
Province launches grant to help artists adapt during pandemic
Professional artists and others who work in the arts in B.C can get more support to help with...
ONA receives funding for sexual assault response services
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) is putting...
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Oliver and Osoyoos receive Safe Restart funding
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The province announced Nov. 9 it is distributing...
Province announces funding for mental health teams in SD53
The province is funding the creation of integrated child and youth teams for School District 53...