A community meeting for British Columbia’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy will take place in Kelowna on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

The Province and the City of Kelowna are working together to provide individuals experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness with access to more supportive housing and shelter spaces.

The Province is investing in community-based programs to help adult learners break down education barriers.

Motorists are advised that Commercial Drive will be closed at Highway 97 beginning on Monday, Oct. 2, for intersection improvements. The closure is expected to last one week.

A new animation diploma program at Okanagan College will give students the skills needed for careers in the animation industry in the Okanagan and support the growing B.C. tech sector.

Skilled-trades students in the Central Okanagan School District will benefit from a three-year, $15-million investment by the B.C. government to support youth trades programs with the purchase of new trades-training equipment.

Kelowna International Airport will receive $1 million in funding this year from the B.C. Air Access Program for apron rehabilitation.

Kelowna will receive $777,435 in BikeBC funding this year for the Okanagan Rail Trail (Dilworth Drive to Airport Way).

Visitors will soon have more camping opportunities in the Okanagan, with the construction of 55 new campsites, in time for the upcoming camping season.