Seniors in the Interior are benefitting from a nearly $5.3-million investment in 2018-19 to increase staffing levels and make sure that seniors get the care they need in residential care homes.

Funding of $10 million from the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia will mean more wood waste will be redirected to mills instead of being burned on the ground, creating more jobs for British Columbians and reducing carbon emissions.

Families in Kamloops now have access to almost 150 new licensed child care spaces, thanks to a new partnership between the Ministry of Children and Family Development and Kamloops Kidz Early Learning Center.

British Columbians are invited to share their ideas about the plan to establish a Chinese Canadian museum in British Columbia.

Families at the Kamloops Child Development Centre are now paying no more than $200 a month per child as part of the B.C. government’s universal child care prototype project.

In response to the number of people experiencing homelessness in the area, the Province is working with the City of Kamloops to open 55 temporary modular homes while construction continues on additional permanent supportive housing.