Apply for Co-op Community Spaces Today! Let’s make the most of every chance you get to go outside and enjoy parks, playgrounds, and all the spaces that bring us together. To qualify, organizations must be a registered non-profit, registered charity or community service co-operative. Administered by Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) on behalf of the Co-operative… Continue reading Apply for Co-op Community Spaces
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Co-op Community Spaces
Co-op will improve even more places people meet, play, learn and share by giving up to $1.5 million to local organizations, up from $1 million last year. Co-op Community Spaces was launched in 2015 to help protect, beautify and improve spaces in communities across Western Canada. In its inaugural year, the program funded 16 projects… Continue reading Co-op Community Spaces
Saskatchewan suggests laid-off oil workers clean abandoned wells
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government is proposing to have oil and gas workers who have lost their jobs clean up abandoned wells. Premier Brad Wall says the program would help stimulate employment in the oil-and-gas sector by accelerating cleanup of wells no longer capable of production. Wall says it would speed up decommissioning and reclamation… Continue reading Saskatchewan suggests laid-off oil workers clean abandoned wells
Saskatoon parents filling playground funding gap
Parent-led committees behind hundreds of thousands in funding for multiple public playground updates Playgrounds are a public space, but often it’s the parent’s purse that keeps them up to date. There are more than 200 playgrounds in Saskatoon, but every year there is not enough funding to keep them all in good standing. Rather than accepting the reality… Continue reading Saskatoon parents filling playground funding gap
Grant Funding Received for Park Development
Date: December 8, 2015 The Town of Kindersley has been awarded a $22,500 grant for playground equipment in the proposed green space near Coleman Crescent. The grant was received from the provincial Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) under the Community Places and Spaces Program. In August 2015, a working group of approximately one dozen residents from… Continue reading Grant Funding Received for Park Development