After two years of consultation with thousands of British Columbians and multiple stakeholders on the future use of the Riverview Lands, the Province released a Vision for Renewing Riverview Lands.

Students, families and the Burke Mountain community will soon benefit from the new $20.5-million Smiling Creek Elementary School, thanks to a partnership between the Government of B.C., the Coquitlam School District and the City of Coquitlam.

The governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners, celebrated the construction progress of a new supportive housing development in Coquitlam.

The Evergreen Line team is selling firewood and donating the money raised to SHARE Family & Community Services, a local non-profit organization that supports people and families.

To continue taking action and making steady progress towards protecting the safety and security of vulnerable women in B.C., government is making available up to $1 million in targeted grant funding and committing to examining the structure and funding of policing in the province.

The final early works contract for the Evergreen Line has been awarded, which lays the ground work for major construction and helps to keep the project on track for 2016.

Tolling on the new Port Mann Bridge begins Dec. 8, but more than 500,000 drivers who registered by Nov. 30 won't pay a toll for their first 20 trips.