Seniors in Smithers will have greater access to care closer to home with the approval of a new long-term care home, which will bring 160 new publicly funded beds to the community.

Construction will soon begin on 37 new homes for Indigenous individuals, families and seniors in Smithers.

The Province is partnering with the Northwest BC Resource Benefits Alliance (RBA) to bring a new community funding agreement benefiting people living and working in northwestern B.C.  

Francophone students in Smithers are a step closer to having a school now that funding has been approved to purchase a site.  

People in northern B.C. will have greater protection from wildfires through a provincial investment in a series of community-led projects.

Drivers are advised of temporary one-way traffic on Seymour Lake Road until Sept. 4 as part of a trial to reduce congestion.

Drivers are advised that Babine Lake Road is temporarily closed due to a washout at the 30-kilometre mark.

The B.C. government has provided more than $490,000 in grants to five local governments and one First Nation in the Northwest Fire Centre to support wildfire-risk-reduction initiatives and help keep communities safe.

People in 55 communities throughout the province, including 14 communities in the North, will benefit from more than $17 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.

Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, has issued the following statement on his visit to Wet’suwet’en territory: