Additional health-care assistant seats are being added to Okanagan College in Revelstoke to meet the demands for health-care services in local communities with one-time funding of $64,000.

Revelstoke-area families are being encouraged to attend an open house on Friday, March 10, 2017, to share their ideas on how to transform rural education in British Columbia.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has approved a 30-year adventure tourism/commercial recreation tenure for Illecillewaet Development Limited Partnership’s proposed adventure park.

The world is changing and B.C. students need to be ready to adapt to the careers of tomorrow. Students in the Revelstoke School District will be prepared thanks to $22,500 in provincial funding awarded to the district, helping to connect kids with opportunities in skilled trades and tech training. 

The B.C. government has distributed $20,897 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Revelstoke.

Improvements along the Trans-Canada Highway to reduce delays and increase safety continue in areas near Revelstoke. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Todd Stone provided updates on projects that include avalanche control and the implementation of speed reading technology.

The public is invited to attend a drop-in open house on Monday, Nov. 14 regarding plans to upgrade a section of the Trans-Canada Highway near Illecillewaet.

Students, teachers and staff at Arrow Heights Elementary school in the Revelstoke school district will benefit from $290,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

Families in the Revelstoke school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $49,847 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.