Drivers are advised that Highway 99 northbound and southbound will be closed overnight starting late Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at the Steveston Interchange to allow crews to safely move heavy machinery across the highway as part of the Steveston Interchange Project.

Highway 99 south of Lillooet is expected to reopen at approximately 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, after crews clear away two mudslides. 

Toquaht Nation and Uchucklesaht Tribe members on the west coast of Vancouver Island will have safer access to their communities with new improvements coming to forest service roads.

Skatin, Samahquam and Xa’xtsa First Nation members will have safer access to their remote communities with new improvements coming to forest service roads in the Lillooet area of B.C. 

More student seats are on the way for families in the Southeast Kootenay School District with funding approved for a new elementary school.

For the first time in B.C., francophone families and child care providers will benefit from a new francophone Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) centre that will provide resources and supports in French.

Water has begun to overflow the landslide blocking the Chilcotin River near Farwell Canyon.