The B.C. government is investing in emerging business leaders with new funding to expand a successful Futurpreneur program that offers business skills and coaching for young entrepreneurs launching new small businesses.

For the fifth year in a row, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has given the Province an ‘A’ grade in recognition of its leadership to reduce red tape – the only province in Canada to receive top marks.

With government funding of $3 million to the BC Cancer Foundation, the Personalized Onco-Genomics program and high priority cancer projects are receiving a boost from the BC Cancer Foundation to help the BC Cancer Agency continue to find unique cures for the hardest to beat cancers.

As temperatures dip, the Province is preparing for the increased demand for shelter spaces in Vancouver by implementing its winter shelter plan.

Living and succeeding with a brain injury is a long, difficult journey – often cyclical and filled with twists and turns.

The B.C. government will fund approximately 560 extreme weather shelter spaces across Metro Vancouver this winter to help those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with access to a safe, warm place to stay at night.

Two new online resources are now available to families living on low incomes and to communities working with them to ensure their needs are met.