People living in rural British Columbia have a pathway to a stronger future, thanks to a provincial framework to boost connectivity, improve health care and deliver more investments rooted in local realities.

Students, teachers and staff at Osoyoos Secondary school in the Okanagan – Similkameen school district will benefit from $271,300 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

As British Columbia experiences some of its strongest tourism growth in years, with a record number of international visitors during the first half of the year, Osoyoos is receiving $390,335 from the Province’s Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) to support its tourism industry.

British Columbia remains free of invasive mussels, thanks to ongoing efforts that have seen more than 6,100 watercraft inspected so far this year – already surpassing the number of inspections in all of 2015.

While winter is officially here in just over a week, the 67-acre Osoyoos Desert Centre was the hot spot this past summer as visitors were treated to a wide diversity of plants and animals, some of which aren’t found anywhere else in the country.

Osoyoos will receive $403,692 for projects that help support tourism infrastructure and amenities.

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.

The Province of British Columbia has provided $1 million to support the growth of Aboriginal tourism in B.C.

The BC Jobs Start Here job fair will be in Osoyoos on Thursday, Feb. 14 to connect job seekers with employers and share information on job opportunities, career trends, skills training and more.