BC Gov News

The Government of British Columbia is partnering with the Kootenay Region Association for Community Living and the Columbia Basin Trust, to build and manage nine new affordable rental units in Creston designed for low-income adults with disabilities.

Nominations for the honorary designation of Queen’s counsel (QC) open May 25, 2018, and will be accepted until July 20, 2018.

A 32-hectare prescribed burn in the Gibbs Creek area near Grand Forks, to reduce ecosystem and reduce wildfire risk, may begin as early as Sunday, May 27, weather permitting.

BC Housing and the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation have been granted an injunction by the B.C. Supreme Court, to prevent protestors from blocking construction of 55 new supportive homes for homeless people in Maple Ridge.

The Government of British Columbia is making changes to give rural communities additional economic and land management opportunities, by allowing them to increase the size of their community forest.

The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of Juan Carlos Salvany Sailes, beginning on July 9, 2018.

Beginning this weekend, drivers are advised that the northbound lanes on Highway 1 will begin to detour onto the newly constructed ramps for the future interchange.