The Wild Salmon Advisory Council has submitted its final recommendations to develop a Made-in-B.C. Wild Salmon Strategy for the B.C. government’s review and consideration.

The governments of Canada and British Columbia are partnering with the Town of Gibsons to create 40 much-needed supportive homes for people who are experiencing homelessness.

Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement in response to the Office of the Ombudsperson’s report entitled Committed to Change: Protecting the Rights of Involuntary Patients Under the Mental Health Act:

Legislation has been introduced to strengthen the independence of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), so it can better fulfill its mandate of preserving the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), while encouraging farming and ranching within British Columbia.

Thousands of British Columbia students will learn and travel to school more safely and comfortably as $206 million flows to school districts for energy upgrades, maintenance projects and new buses. 

Drivers are advised that Exit 22A will permanently close on March 13, 2019, as part of the Lower Lynn Improvement Project that will ease congestion on the North Shore.

In response to the urgent need for shelter, the Province, with the support of the City of Kelowna, has extended operations of the Cornerstone temporary shelter until June 2019.

David Eby, Attorney General, has released a report developed by practising lawyer Jamie Maclaren, QC, with recommendations to improve legal aid service delivery in British Columbia.

People travelling along Highway 1 between Leigh Road and West Shore Parkway will see immediate short-term safety improvements with the installation of more than a kilometre of centre median “picket” delineators.

The British Columbia government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Central Coast Regional District (CCRD) and the Nuxalk Nation to better co-ordinate efforts to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from emergencies in the Bella Coola valley.