An update to the BC Building Code will require fire sprinklers to be installed on the balconies of all new four-storey wood-frame residential buildings.

Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman has issued the following statement following TransCanada Corporation's successful mainline Open Season process:

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 Province will stimulate economic growth and job creation through another instalment of the Infrastructure Royalty Credit Program (IRCP).

A new 51-unit transitional-housing project in Victoria is ready to house people who are homeless, living in shelters or at risk of becoming homeless, with renovations complete at the former Super 8 hotel.

New mandatory qualification requirements for local government building and plumbing officials have been brought into force to support greater consistency in how the BC Building Code is interpreted, applied and enforced.

Minister Responsible for Housing Rich Coleman has issued the following statement in response to the release of the Metro Vancouver Regional Homelessness Task Force Report:

The February 2017 natural gas and petroleum rights sale resulted in nearly $3.7 million in bonus bids.

The Province of British Columbia and the Lax Kw’alaams Band have reached multiple agreements to ensure benefits accrue for First Nations as a result of the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry in the Prince Rupert area.