BC Gov News

Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is available to eligible British Columbians in Electoral Area C of the Peace River Regional District, who may have been affected by landslides that began on Sept. 30, 2018.

The Government of British Columbia has appointed five new directors to the board of the BC Lottery Corporation (BCLC).

Effective Oct. 19, 2018, British Columbia's new chief judge will be Melissa Gillespie. She has been serving as the acting chief judge since May 2018 following former chief judge Thomas Crabtree’s appointment to the B.C. Supreme Court.

Katrine Conroy, Minister Responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, issued the following statement after this week’s treaty negotiation meetings in Portland, Ore.:

The Trans-Canada Highway will be closed and traffic will be detoured for six hours from midnight to 6 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.

Drivers can expect delays on the Lions Gate Bridge from 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 until 5:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 22, while crews replace the second bearing at the south tower as part of necessary maintenance work.

The public is invited to comment on a new road proposal that would provide an emergency exit route to Highway 16 for residents of the Lhoosk’uz Dene (Kluskus) Nation reserve and people in the surrounding areas.