With municipal and rural property tax deadlines just around the corner, home owners can look into several provincial programs that may help with some of the financial pressures of home ownership.

Bargaining under the 2014 Economic Stability Mandate is now substantially complete, with 99% of the British Columbia public sector covered by tentative and ratified agreements negotiated under the mandate.

British Columbia’s nurses and health employers have voted in favour of a new five-year agreement that aims to improve health care for patients and families.

Consultations with the B.C. film and television industry have led to proposed adjustments to the province’s film tax credit rates that provide certainty to the film industry while keeping the subsidy affordable for taxpayers.

Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) has confirmed British Columbia’s AA (high) credit rating, thanks to the Province’s strong fiscal discipline and declining debt burden.

Standard and Poor’s has affirmed British Columbia’s AAA credit rating and stable outlook, praising the Province’s strong economy, budgetary and fiscal performance.

Finance Minister Michael de Jong travels to Ontario, Quebec and the United States to profile investment opportunities and promote British Columbia’s economic success story.

The Government of British Columbia and the Province’s anti-gang agency are joining forces to form a co-ordinated investigation unit designed to crack down on illegal gaming and money-laundering in B.C.’s gaming facilities.