Highway 1 southbound and northbound between Tillicum Road and Admirals/McKenzie Avenue will be closed overnight on Oct. 2, from 11 p.m. until the following morning at 5 a.m.

The Province of British Columbia has formally extended the provincial state of emergency, allowing health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act to support the Province's COVID-19 pandemic response.

Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Stephen Brown, deputy minister of health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia:

British Columbia has participated with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to establish a selenium-level objective for Lake Koocanusa, which straddles the border of B.C. and Montana.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is notifying drivers that work is taking place between Otter Point Road and Woodhaven Road on Highway 14, nine kilometres east of Jordan River to five kilometres west of Sooke.

The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected drug deaths to the end of August 2020, with 147 illicit drug toxicity deaths reported in the month.