The Ishtar Women’s Resource Society will soon be increasing its counselling and therapy services for women facing and recovering from gender-based violence with new support from the Province.

After a rigorous search, BC Housing’s board of commissioners has selected Vincent Tong as CEO.

Indigenous communities in the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and the Interior are heading clean-energy projects with B.C. government funding, which will lower utility costs and contribute to more economic opportunities and stable telecommunications in emergencies.

Twenty-six new affordable rental homes are now open for Indigenous Elders, couples and people living with disabilities in Quesnel.

Preventing plastic waste, reducing emissions and creating clean-tech jobs are just a few benefits of the 14 new projects under the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund, as well as a boost of more than double the previous funding for further projects.

Twenty-five families, seniors and people living with disabilities in Vernon are settling into new affordable rental homes with the opening of two projects completed as a result of partnership between the Province, through BC Housing, and the Okanagan Village Housing Society.

The Province is providing a $500,000 grant to the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) to help build and deepen cross-border partnerships.