Shirley Bond, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, is urging motorists to drive defensively, stay alert and avoid drinking and driving this B.C. Day long weekend.

Three weeks remain to register online with Healthy Families BC and win, just like Linda Deamer of Delta.

Deamer is the third weekly winner in the Healthy Families BC contest and is now enjoying a five-piece "Essential Set" by Le Creuset.

A $180-million funding agreement between the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia will help create more affordable housing options for B.C. residents and continue to reduce the number of households in housing need.

The Province has expanded its orthotics supplement for income assistance clients to ensure basic mobility needs are addressed.

Modular housing that once provided athletes with accommodations during the 2010 Olympic Games have been relocated and converted into 36 new supportive rental apartments in Saanich.

After months of excavation and site preparation, the first concrete will be poured today at the eight-storey expansion to the Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH).

As B.C.'s chief coroner, I was very pleased with the auditor general's recent finding that the BC Coroners Service is meeting its core mandate - accurately and independently investigating all reported deaths, holding mandatory inquests and reviewing all children's deaths.

Karla Reilander of Surrey is enjoying her new Cuisinox Elite seven-piece cookware set after becoming the second winner in the Healthy Families BC contest. You can enter to win weekly prizes just like Karla by simply registering online with Healthy Families BC.

A seniors housing site is being redeveloped to provide 76 affordable apartments for seniors and future market housing for the North Shore.