Transit users travelling through communities on the Saanich peninsula will have a faster commute, as new bus queue jump lanes at Mount Newton Cross Road and Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway) are ready for use.

Farm workers and producers are reminded that the minimum wage for agricultural piece rates will increase by 2.8% on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.

The Highway 4 Kennedy Hill construction site is open to two-way traffic until Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, with no delays while crews shut down for a holiday.

Canada’s first permanent cap on fees charged to restaurants by food-delivery companies will go into effect in British Columbia on Jan. 1, 2023, giving restaurant owners more certainty about their costs.

Rural and remote communities, First Nations and not-for-profit organizations are encouraged to submit applications for B.C.’s new economic diversification program aimed to help strengthen their economies.

New regulations on the types of work that are not suitable for young workers take effect on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.

Snow and freezing rain forecast for today until Tuesday means poor driving conditions on highways in the southern Interior.  Drivers are urged to avoid non-essential travel.

Premier David Eby, Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, have released the following statement on the bus accident in the Okanagan:

Freezing rain is forecast for Highway 97 in the Pine Pass and other areas of the South Peace region and is expected to create potentially hazardous driving conditions starting early Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.