BC Gov News

The Ministry of Finance’s Investigations Unit seized more than 1.5 million grams of illegal tobacco destined for the Lower Mainland the first quarter of fiscal year 2019-20.

The Province is helping Salt Spring Islanders move toward better water service with a $50,000 grant to the Capital Regional District to study options to better manage water on the island.

The Province is restricting water use by select users on the Koksilah River to protect fish populations, which are under threat due to low water flows in the river.

An end-of-summer of tradition is underway with the opening of the 109th Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).

Four more K-12 support staff collective agreements have been ratified by the local union, the local school district and the BC Public School Employers’ Association Board of Directors under government’s Sustainable Services Negotiating Mandate.

The BC Wildfire Service will take a “modified response” approach to the northern flank of the Eagle Bluff wildfire, now that all appropriate planned ignitions to slow the spread of the fire have been completed.

The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected drug deaths to the end of June 2019.

The province’s future providers of locally grown food, the kids of 4-H British Columbia, are getting ready for crops, livestock and learning in the year ahead.