The Sugar Cane Development Corporation and the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association will receive $100,000 each under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.

The Nadleh Whut’en First Nation and the Corporation of the Village of Fraser Lake will receive a total of $153,168 to support economic diversification and create local employment opportunities under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.

The Lakes District Family Enhancement Society is getting $99,947 to implement the Community Food Hub Transition project under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.

The Corporation of the Village of Clinton will receive $67,000 under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.

As a result of the final phase of the logging contractor sustainability review, the ministry will amend the Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation to make forest-sector contractors and licensees more sustainable and competitive in the long term.

Helicopter logging operations underway in the Williams Lake area to minimize the spread of Douglas fir beetles on Crown land are being expanded to treat two additional areas over the winter.

As part of its rural development mandate, the Province is providing $673,124 in project development grants to support rural communities throughout B.C.