BC Gov News

Local and First Nations governments now are able to prohibit cannabis production in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) within their communities, unless it is grown in ways that preserve the productive capacity of agricultural land.

Claire Trevena, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, has issued the following statement following today’s meeting with Western Canadian ministers on Greyhound’s service withdrawal:

Travellers are advised that one westbound lane continues to be closed due to a culvert failure under Highway 7, approximately 750 metres west of Allen Way.

In October 2017, government launched a comprehensive public engagement process to help inform B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Communities throughout British Columbia are receiving approximately $9.5 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding for structural flood mitigation, such as pump stations and dikes.

More students in northern B.C. will soon have access to training to become early childhood educators (ECEs), thanks to an expansion of the program at the College of New Caledonia (CNC).

People in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will have new opportunities for social inclusion and economic development, thanks to a new social enterprise.

Travellers and commuters are advised that the westbound left lane on Highway 7, approximately 750 metres west of Allen Way, will be closed due to a sinkhole that appeared Wednesday evening.

The BC Wildfire Service is sending 55 more firefighting personnel to Ontario and Quebec to help with firefighting efforts in those provinces.