Catering companies can now obtain a liquor licence to fully meet the food and beverage needs of their clients as regulations accompanying prior legislative changes have been brought into effect.

Women and women with children who are homeless or at risk will soon have access to new supportive housing with the official start of construction for the Budzey Building - the 11th new supportive housing development to get underway in Vancouver.

The Province and the City of Vancouver have secured the former Howard Johnson Hotel at 395 Kingsway to provide 100 interim housing spaces for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness while more supportive housing is completed.

Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas Rich Coleman today announced a package of regulatory changes designed to cut red tape and make exploration and mining more efficient in B.C.

Minister Responsible for Housing Rich Coleman joined community partners and private donors in congratulating Streetohome Foundation for reaching its $26.5-million fundraising goal to help end homelessness in Vancouver.

The Signature BC Liquor Store at 39th and Cambie is displaying 12 special bottles of Scotch whisky from The Macallan Fine & Rare Collection from Dec. 12 - 17. These rare whiskies will be offered for sale at 3 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2012.

BC LiquorStores throughout the province have welcomed the arrival of twin teddy bears for the Share-a-Bear campaign, a central part of the annual holiday season in BC LiquorStores.

Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas Rich Coleman released the following statement on AME BC's 100th anniversary celebrations.

BC LiquorStores is unveiling a bottle of Balvenie Fifty, the recently bottled 50-year-old single malt scotch whisky from Balvenie Distillery, on Nov. 19, 2012. This bottle is one of only 88 worldwide and the first to be available in Canada.