Seniors in West Vancouver are one step closer to more new affordable housing in their community after a groundbreaking for the $44.8-million redevelopment of Kiwanis Garden Village.

Education Minister George Abbott joined officials from the Sunshine Coast school district to sign a $14.3-million project agreement for a new elementary school in Gibsons.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District is receiving $319,120 for the Dakota Ridge Access Project that will help encourage physical fitness through outdoor recreation, announced Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.

The BC Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) board of directors has ratified two-year collective agreements for support staff in 11 school districts under the government's 2010 net-zero mandate.

Seniors in Sechelt now have increased access to affordable housing at the Jack Nelson Annex, a new 65-unit building funded by the governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners.

During these long cold winter nights, people light their fireplaces to stay warm. But do you know where your firewood came from? Was it legally harvested?

B.C.'s chief forester has set the allowable annual cut for the Sunshine Coast timber supply area at 1,197,949 cubic metres, unchanged from the previous level.