More financial relief is coming to more families through the BC Family Benefit Bonus, arriving in bank accounts starting in July.

From City of Castlegar: https://castlegar.ca/2024/06/13/canadas-tallest-play-structure-opens-at-millennium-park-ponds

People experiencing homelessness in Castlegar will soon have access to up to 20 new shelter spaces with the purchase of a building in Castlegar.

The Province is supporting the development of a new mass-timber production facility that will create 90 sustainable, local forestry jobs in Castlegar and continue to grow to position B.C. at the forefront of this emerging wood-manufacturing and housing-construction sector.

Anglers in the Kootenays are being asked to fish in the morning and early afternoon to protect fish from the effects of warm water later in the day.

New affordable rental housing is coming for families, seniors, individuals and people living with disabilities in Castlegar as construction has started on 13 new homes in the community.

People in the Kootenay-Boundary region will have greater protection from wildfires through a provincial investment in a series of community-led projects.