Three Aboriginal organizations in the Central Interior will receive nearly $165,000 in funding from the Province for the development and enhancement of culture-based domestic violence programs for Aboriginal families and communities.

Sekw'el'was (Cayoose Creek Indian Band) is providing work experience for eight people to help beautify the Seton River Lower Spawning Channel and the Sekw'el'was walking trail system.

The emergency generator at the Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre is being replaced to ensure patients at the facility experience safe, reliable and accessible care. The generator must be replaced to ensure the facility has emergency power when needed.

The Governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners, today marked the opening of Mclean Manor, an eight-apartment affordable housing development for seniors and people with disabilities.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that Bernice Evelyn Adolph, 72, was the woman found deceased in the woods near her local home on June 30, and that she died as a result of a bear attack.