Starting and maintaining a business in B.C. just got easier with a new, more secure online service for registering and managing general partnerships and sole proprietorships.

Residents of North Tacla Lake 7 and surrounding areas near Takla Lake can look forward to improved cellular connectivity and faster internet with the construction of a new cellular tower.

People in 55 B.C. communities, including Vernon and 18 other Interior municipalities, will benefit from approximately $17.3 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.

People in 55 B.C. communities, including Surrey and 13 other Lower Mainland municipalities, will benefit from approximately $17.3 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.

People in 55 B.C. communities, including Masset and 13 northern B.C. municipalities and districts, will benefit from approximately $17.3 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.

People in 55 B.C. communities, including Campbell River and seven other Vancouver Island municipalities, will benefit from approximately $17.3 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.

The second intake of the provincial connectivity funding program, Connecting Communities BC, will open for applications on Dec. 16, 2022.

More than 1,800 households in seven rural, remote and Indigenous communities on Vancouver Island and three Gulf Island communities can look forward to high-speed broadband internet unlocking better, faster access to digital services and opportunities.

The installation of a new fibre-to-the-home network will bring faster internet speeds to more than 400 households in Clinton and the surrounding area.

All types of procurement opportunities are now available on the modernized BC Bid system, making it easier to bid on contracts with the Province.