British Columbia will become the first Canadian province to legislate a duty to document.

Following on the success of the We for She conference in Vancouver last year, Premier Christy Clark announced, on International Women’s Day, that the We for She conference will bring business leaders and young women from all across B.C. together again for an event in the fall of 2017.

The Ministry of Health is adding $91.4 million in additional funding over the next three years for emergency health services.

Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism, and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour was joined by Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender, Her Honour Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, Speaker of the House Linda Reid, and representatives from the Association of Book Publishers of BC, to officially proclaim March 8 Book Day in the province.

Students at the University of Victoria (UVic) have saved more than $51,000 through the Open Textbook Project. These educational resources are easily accessed and shared online among students and faculty, and are available in a number of programs including earth and ocean sciences, economics and technology and society.

Premier Christy Clark made the following statement in response to the recent bomb threat at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver:

The public is invited to attend a drop-in information session on Monday, March 13, 2017, to learn more about proposed additional improvements in and around Cuthbert Holmes Park as part of the interchange project.

The Province has approved $13.7 million in royalty deductions to support the construction of 13 clean infrastructure projects through British Columbia’s new, innovative Clean Infrastructure Royalty Credit Program (CIRCP).

The B.C. government has approved a $35,000 Restructure Planning Grant to the Village of Valemount to study the impact of a municipal boundary extension that would include a proposed destination resort.

British Columbia plans to introduce a series of improvements to help the taxi industry modernize and remain competitive in anticipation of ride-sharing services coming to British Columbia by the holiday season at the end of 2017.