Ten arts and culture groups in the Kootenays and the Thompson Okanagan are getting more than $317,000 help to improve their spaces or buy equipment.

Fifty community sport organizations in the Interior region will receive financial support from the Province’s $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund.

Twenty-two community sport organizations in the North will receive financial support from the Province’s $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund.

One hundred twenty-four community sport organizations in the Lower Mainland will receive financial support from the Province’s $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund.

Twenty-eight community sport organizations in the Kootenays will receive financial support from the Province’s $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund.

Sixty-four community sport organizations on Vancouver Island will receive financial support from the Province’s $1.5-million Local Sport Relief Fund.

Professional artists and others who work in the arts can get more support to help with challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic though a new grant program.

The pandemic hit live music venues throughout B.C. hard.

When the pandemic hit back in March, it seemed to Jim Kwan like music was cancelled.