The Province is updating the BC Provincial Nominee Program to do what it can to best meet its workforce priorities, and provide as much fairness and clarity as possible, following the federal government’s decision to reduce the nomination allocation spots.

Josie Osborne, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, have issued the following statements marking the ninth anniversary of the toxic-drug crisis being declared a public health emergency:

Drivers are advised that Highway 1 at Bruhn Bridge between Old Sicamous Road and Silver Sands Road will remain closed as ministry geotechnical experts monitor the stability of the slope above the highway.  

By Spencer Chandra Herbert, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport

Transit users in Metro Vancouver will not only see their bus service protected, but will also see more buses on the busiest routes, with new funding from the provincial government.

People using transit in Whistler this spring will see improved and expanded transit options with increased frequency and extended hours of service on several bus routes.

Josie Osborne, Minister of Health, has released the following statement on the fourth annual B.C. Indigenous Nurses Day, April 10, 2025:

Many of us have friends and family in the United States. And few of us have lived through a time when Canada and the United States were not strong trading partners and allies. This is part of what makes U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s tariff’s so distressing.