BC Gov News

Applications for BC Arts Council scholarships are now available to British Columbians attending a full-time arts degree or diploma program this fall, as well as to B.C. students in pre-professional half-day dance programs in combination with their high school studies.

The BC Arts Council is distributing more than $7 million to 313 artists and arts organizations throughout the province as part of a recent round of grant adjudications.

Payments totalling $50 million will be provided to eight local governments in the Peace River region at the end of April 2016.  These payments will be in accordance with the terms of the 20-year Peace River Agreement (PRA) totalling $1.1 billion over the duration of the agreement.

Government is taking action to ensure that everyone who holds a BC Bus Pass will continue to have access to public transit systems across the province now that TransLink is closing its fare gates.

Communities throughout British Columbia will once again benefit from Provincial funding made available through the Hosting BC grant program.

Applications are now being accepted for several project-assistance funding programs offered by the BC Arts Council.

Applications are now being accepted for several project-assistance funding programs offered by the BC Arts Council, including a new opportunity - the Leon and Thea Koerner Award. 

The Salt Spring Island Incorporation Study Committee is receiving $135,000 in additional funding to complete its work on potential impacts of incorporation as an island municipality.

Peter Fassbender, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, has issued the following statement regarding sewage treatment plans in the Capital Regional District (CRD):