The Province is making 187 amendments to 38 regulations across 10 ministries to reduce red tape, improve permitting timelines and make government services more efficient and accessible.

Eligible voters are deciding whether to ratify the Kitsumkalum Treaty and self-government constitution.

Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care; Annie Smith, executive director at McCreary Centre Society; B.C. Association of School Business Officials; B.C. Teachers’ Federation; CUPE BC; B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils; First Nations Education Steering Committee; Métis Nation B.C.; and the First Nations Schools Association have issued the following statement about substance-use education and prevention in B.C.’s K-12 system: 

Support for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness on the Sunshine Coast is on the way at two properties the Province purchased in Sechelt to build new homes with supports.

Families in Invermere will soon benefit from more affordable, high-quality child care, with 148 new licensed spaces opening on the grounds of Eileen Madson Primary school.

Efforts are underway to diversify and strengthen British Columbia’s forestry sector with a new office in London, England.

People in Fruitvale will have access to 31 new, affordable rental homes with the opening of Blizzard Mountain Place.

People experiencing homelessness in Penticton will soon be better supported and have more places to stay indoors with a new partnership between the city and Province, and a new site to build temporary homes.