During the Feb. 13 regular council meeting, council reviewed applications for 2023 Grants in Aid. Applications for the grant open each year and allow the village to provide financial support to groups that benefit the community.
This year council received 14 applications totaling $11,647. As this was more than the budgeted amount for the grants, council chose to support all applications but to grant less than requested to some applicants.
Applications and awards are as follows:
| Name of Applicant | Description | Amount requested ($) | Amount awarded ($) |
| Canal Flats Food Bank Society | Food bank purchases | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Canal Days Committee | Canal Days 2022 | 1,500 | 1,200 |
| Canal Flats Civic Centre | Community Christmas party | 500 | 400 |
| Canal Flats Seniors | Contents insurance, pool table moving, purchase of TV | 1,000 | 900 |
| Columbia Lake Stewardship Society | Operating costs | 1,000 | 900 |
| Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley | Operating costs | 1,000 | 900 |
| JS Events/Canal Flats Community Society | Community events | 2,000 | 1,900 |
| Canal Flats Community Society | Curling bonspiel (waive arena rental) | 1,000 | 600 |
| Family Dynamix | Columbia Valley Victims Services Program | 1,747 | 1,747 |
| Canal Flats Community Society | Flats Fest (waive civic centre rental) | 400 | 300 |
| Canal Flats Community Society | Liability insurance | 250 | 250 |
| Canal Flats Civic Centre | Liability insurance
|
250 | 250 |
| Canal Flats Seniors Club | Liability insurance
|
250 | 250 |
| Headwaters Art Society | Liability insurance
|
250 | 250 |
