A $20,000 age-friendly grant has been provided to the City of Kelowna to support a community assessment in city parks and buildings.

Rural Okanagan residents and businesses will be better able to access faster Internet speeds, thanks to the B.C. government’s $185,000 investment for a new connectivity project being jointly funded by ispeed Communications.

A new degree is being developed to support the revitalization of First Nations languages in British Columbia.

A group of Okanagan residents will be trained and ready to work in the region’s child-care sector thanks to a $123,000 B.C. government-funded Project Based Labour Market Training program.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who passed away at his residence near Merritt on Jan. 9, 2017.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died as the result of a motor vehicle incident on Highway #1 near Canoe on Jan. 2, 2017.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who was found deceased following a house mobile home fire in Clearwater on Dec. 1, 2016.

The B.C. government has distributed $290,551 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Kelowna.

Premier Christy Clark, MLA for Westside-Kelowna,  joined the community to celebrate the launch of Foundry Kelowna, a new integrated youth-service centre.