Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, has issued the following statement in response to the representative for children and youth’s investigation announcement on Monday, June 26, 2023:

The Province is urging people across British Columbia to conserve water as current forecasts suggest much of the province will experience drought conditions through the summer months.

The BC Coroners Service will hold a coroner’s inquest into the death of Samantha Nicole Patrick, beginning on July 24, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. at the Burnaby Coroners Court (20th floor, 4720 Kingsway, Metrotower II, Metrotown).

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement marking the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism:

Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, has appointed two new members to the Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women (MACIW).

To assist the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in its efforts to reopen Highway 4 to single-lane-alternating traffic, three day-use parks will be closed to the public until the highway fully reopens.