Under the BC Rural Dividend, the Province is providing $10,000 in a new grant to the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark (TRGG) Society.

Improving trades training outcomes and employability for apprentices is the goal of an innovative program at Pacific Vocational College (PVC), thanks to $30,865 in funding from the Province of British Columbia and the Industry Training Authority (ITA).

The Agriculture Land Commission (ALC) has improved its service delivery since receiving a $1.1-million funding boost in Balanced Budget 2016.

Premier Christy Clark has issued the following statement on the death of Don Brothers:

Three new agreements involving eight local governments have been reached in the Kootenays, allowing small businesses to operate in multiple jurisdictions with a single business licence – cutting red tape while freeing up time and money.

The project to improve safety and access along Highway 1 through the Lower Lynn Corridor, just north of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing is moving forward with the contract now tendered for the new, $36 million Mountain Highway Interchange.

In the 1970s a number of events occurred at the same time which led to B.C. becoming a significant supplier of softwood lumber to the U.S.