Sixty non-profit organizations in 44 British Columbia communities have received funding support from EventHostBC. This Government of B.C. initiative was designed to encourage and support small-scale, volunteer-driven events that build community spirit, volunteer capacity and promote out-of-town visitation.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 proved to be a huge success with numerous records broken for both live attendance figures and worldwide television audiences.

Peter Fassbender, Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink, has appointed two representatives to the TransLink board of directors.

The Government of Canada, the B.C. government and TransLink are celebrating the beginning stages of upgrades to Metro Vancouver’s busiest SkyTrain stations to improve accessibility, capacity, safety and security. Construction work began at Metrotown, Commercial-Broadway and New Westminster stations this spring.

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone has issued the following statement on the results of the transportation plebiscite in Metro Vancouver:

British Columbians throughout the province are benefiting from the actions included in the one-year progress update on Accessibility 2024.

Provincial public sector organizations will operate under new taxpayer accountability principles that strengthen accountability, promote cost control, and ensure they operate in the best interest of taxpayers.

The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for British Columbia, the Honourable Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development for British Columbia, and Rhona Martin, President of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, celebrated today an agreement for the renewed federal Gas Tax Fund that provides predictable, stable funding for public infrastructure across British Columbia.