As many as eight eligible British Columbians will get employability and occupational skills training to prepare them for jobs as professional logging truck drivers in the Okanagan.

A total of 43 Thompson Okanagan sport organizations are receiving funding to help them recover from the pandemic and welcome a safe return to play.

Seniors living in Vernon will soon have access to 48 new affordable rental homes, with construction underway on a four-storey apartment building located in the city core.

More parents in the Interior will be able to return to work, go back to school or pursue other opportunities as the Province invests in about 150 new licensed child care spaces.

Generations of students will now be able to study in their communities, thanks to new, environmentally friendly mass timber housing being constructed at Okanagan College’s Vernon, Salmon Arm and Kelowna campuses.

Families in the Okanagan will have access to nearly 450 new licensed child care spaces as part of the Province’s ongoing commitment to increasing access to child care through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.