The B.C. government has committed $5 million to reroute the Town of Oliver’s agricultural irrigation system so the region’s fruit, vegetable and crop economy has the stability to grow.

The Province has established a cross-ministry working group to ensure that British Columbians are adequately protected from the dangers of asbestos.    

As part of the Province’s long-standing commitment to healthy wildlife populations, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced that all hunting licence revenue will be re-invested to enhance wildlife management activities.

The Province is committing $749,872 to help unemployed people find forestry jobs through a paid training opportunity with Okanagan College.

Kamloops will receive $1 million in BikeBC funding this year for the Peterson Creek Multi-use Path Phase 1 project, announced Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

Vernon Regional Airport will receive $823,700 in funding from the B.C. Air Access Program this year for runway rehabilitation, announced MLA for Vernon-Monashee Eric Foster on behalf of Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

Local government in the Thompson-Nicola area is receiving federal-provincial investments in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced Todd Stone, MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson; Terry Lake, MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson; and Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola; on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Local governments in the Thompson-Nicola region are receiving federal-provincial investments in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Local governments in the Kamloops area are receiving federal-provincial investments in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced MLA Todd Stone for Kamloops-South Thompson on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

In the first month of 2017, international visitor arrival numbers continue to show positive signs of growth for the booming tourism sector in British Columbia.