Hey everyone, as part of our “Have Your Say” series letting you know about opportunities to get involved (and self-advocate!) in your community — check out these opportunities to get involved and self-advocate in Kelowna! Topics include: City Park Promenade accessibility, the 2040 Official Community Plan, and the Pandosy Waterfront Park design.
Hey everyone, don’t forget to Have Your Say In…Parking!
Hey everyone, have your say in accessible parking in Kelowna and enter to win a $50 gift card to a local business: The City is reaching out to accessible parking users to take a survey and share their experiences using City of Kelowna accessible parking stalls. Survey feedback will be used to create a new …
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Over two years in the making, the draft plan for transit in the Central Okanagan is published – have your say! The draft was prepared by The Sustainable Transportation Partnership of the Central Okanagan (STPCO), a group of Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland and Westbank First Nation officials. Give feedback and engage in how …
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Hey everyone, we wanted to say HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND to you all! Please remember to be safe and healthy while you are “doing your thing” — whether “your thing” is Halloween, Dia de Los Muertos, or something else entirely! Don’t forget about the Spook-tacular Live-Stream happening tonight, or the Virtual Halloween Dance happening tomorrow! …
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Hey everybody, we are celebrating rights (and responsibilities) this month! Today’s post is about VOTING. You can register to vote in BC if you are: 18 or older by General Voting Day (Oct. 24) a Canadian citizen, and a BC resident for the past six months as of General Voting Day (Oct. 24) While Election …
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words… The Daily Mail gathered together some popular logos that have been “re-invented” with social distancing in mind. Check it out!
Hi all: Please remember to protect yourselves by staying 2m away from others while we are practicing social distancing. That doesn’t mean you can’t get creative…! See what happened when Coco came home from hospital… it’s a tearjerker (don’t say I didn’t warn you) and a reminder that we’re all in this together and we’re …
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We have a responsibility to let you know about your rights: Your rights as a person in Canada, your rights as a person in BC, your rights as a person who uses the services of Community Living BC (CLBC) and your rights as a person who uses the services of our agency, Community Connections Support …
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From Karen Milner, on behalf of the Home Share Team at Community Connections: We would like to say a huge thank you and sad farewell to the Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society (COPCS). It must have been a difficult decision to dissolve the society in July 2020 but understandable given the size of the organization …
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