First Nations families, elders and youth in Merritt will have access to more affordable rental homes, with construction underway on a 52-unit development.

New technology that monitors commercial vehicles will improve safety for local residents and drivers on Highway 5A.

Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge is now open to all vehicle traffic, restoring connectivity to residents, Indigenous communities and the local forestry and mining industries.

Post-secondary students in rural and remote Indigenous communities throughout B.C. will soon have better access to health-care and technology training close to home.

Permanent repairs to flood-damaged sections of the Coquihalla (Highway 5) and Highway 1 will soon be underway, protecting the safe movement of people and goods in British Columbia.

The Province is providing a series of rural development grants in the Nicola Valley to support economic development and diversification.