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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 12:30 PM
To make the regional portion of Emergency Management BC’s $1.2-million earthquake exercise – taking place in Port Alberni from June 7-10, 2016 – as real as possible, the Province is relying on the time and donations of many businesses and volunteers to help deliver Exercise Coastal Response (https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/exercise-coastal-response-2016), B.C.’s first ever, full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise throughout the entire provincial landscape.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:00 AM
The Province has provided $50,000 to the Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of B.C. (COSCO) to support its conference this fall on healthy aging for seniors.
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Friday, June 3, 2016 3:15 PM
The provincial government is applying for an injunction to end the camp on the Victoria courthouse lawn.
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Friday, June 3, 2016 9:15 AM
Young families and singles will soon have better access to affordable rental housing in Downtown Squamish, as construction is underway on Centrepoint, a new mixed-use building that will provide 32 affordable housing units.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 10:30 AM
With municipal and rural property tax deadlines just around the corner, home owners can look into several provincial programs that may help with some of the financial pressures of home ownership.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:40 PM
As emergency officials from neighbouring Alberta prepare to remove the evacuation order and permit families to return to Fort McMurray, B.C. is lending a hand, including deployment of mental health workers to support those facing the uncertain realities of returning home to their evacuated town.
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 11:45 AM
The provincial government confirmed its support for public transit in Metro Vancouver and for finding innovative ways to develop new housing.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:00 AM
A new focus on social innovation in the Community and Employer Partnerships program will support B.C.’s growing social-enterprise sector and increase the potential for social innovation in B.C.
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Friday, May 20, 2016 9:00 AM
The Province has proclaimed May 20, 2016, as B.C.’s third Aboriginal Social Enterprise Day to celebrate the accomplishments of Aboriginal social enterprises and their contributions to the vitality of British Columbia and the strength and resilience of Aboriginal communities.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:20 AM
To further support its work in encouraging mineral, coal, and oil and gas exploration investment in British Columbia through the collection and distribution of publicly available geoscience data, Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett has announced that the Province will provide $5 million in funding to Geoscience BC.
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