Under the BC Rural Dividend, the Province is providing $72,640 to the Leq’a:mel First Nation to establish a non-timber forest resources business and associated value-added opportunities, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission Simon Gibson announced.

Families in the Chilliwack school district will no longer pay fees for students riding school buses within their schools’ catchment area and will also benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $329,456 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

A new Community and Employer Partnership project will see 36 people hard at work training for in-demand jobs in the heavy industrial manufacturing sector.

New mobile radio communication protocols are being implemented throughout B.C. to improve safety for resource road users.

MJ Samson spends her days chasing after an active and mischievous toddler on her 10-acre farm near Chilliwack.

Families and communities with high-speed Internet access will benefit from $88,850 in upgrades as part of up to a $10-million investment by the B.C. government that will speed up and expand their Internet service and remove bottlenecks.