Based on the latest data available from Statistics Canada (2016), British Columbia has the second-worst rate of poverty in Canada with 557,000 people, or 12% of the population, living in poverty.

The illicit drug overdose crisis has taken over 2,000 lives in British Columbia since January 2016, and the province is likely to surpass the 1,500 mark for deaths in 2017 alone. 

British Columbia has been a leader in safe, responsible natural gas development for more than 50 years and has instituted stringent safety procedures for natural gas development. With some of the most modern regulations in Canada, B.C. is one of the most up-to-date regulators in the world for shale gas development.

There are multiple energy projects looking to build pipelines so petroleum and natural gas resources can be reach B.C.'s west coast for shipment.

The provincial government is committed to leading and supporting actions to end violence against Indigenous women and girls.

Every community in British Columbia benefits when our rural communities are strong.

In the 1970s a number of events occurred at the same time which led to B.C. becoming a significant supplier of softwood lumber to the U.S.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is on the verge of Exercise Coastal Response (https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/exercise-coastal-response-2016), a culmination of the dedicated work of hundreds of Emergency Management BC employees and public safety partners across the province. This is the province’s first full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise, and the labour and planning involved in preparing for it over the past 10 months has been extraordinary.