Government is acting to ensure greater safety and protection of those experiencing or are at risk of family violence, by using professional process servers for delivery of protection orders at no cost to applicants, in all regions of the province.

A refurbished Stop of Interest sign was unveiled near Fort Fraser, recognizing the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad.

Summerland residents and motorists traveling through the South Okanagan community can expect less driver confusion and more consistent speeds now that six Highway 97 speed zones have been consolidated to two.

Several road improvement projects in the Kamloops and Logan Lake areas are now complete.

Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour, and chair of the Medal of Good Citizenship Selection Committee, has issued the following statement in celebration of International Volunteer Day:

Simon Fraser University students with entrepreneurial ambitions in technology will be able to continue building their skills and developing market-driven products after an expansion of the successful Technology Entrepreneurship @ SFU program.

Canadians will be better equipped for the well-paying middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of a $40.65-million investment in the new Teaching and Learning Centre and a number of sustainability and infrastructure upgrades at the UBC Okanagan campus.

Ten participants from the Saulteau First Nations received the training they need for jobs in their communities, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.