More long-term care beds are coming for people living throughout the Greater Victoria area as Island Health prepares to build a new care home in the Westshore.

Hundreds of companies in B.C. will benefit from an extension of the Province’s Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit, which will reduce costs for technology businesses while growing the sector and supporting a stronger, more innovative economy for British Columbia.

People living in Sooke and the surrounding area will benefit from a new integrated health-care centre offering team-based services in the heart of Sooke village. 

The Province is providing $8 million to the City of Terrace and the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine to upgrade the Terrace landfill and regional district’s waste-management facility, increasing solid-waste capacity and helping protect the environment.   

Eleven new projects will provide increased housing, public safety and economic development opportunities for people living in northern B.C. communities experiencing rapid economic growth.

More students are in classrooms throughout B.C. that have improved ventilation systems with funding from the federal government, according to final spending reports from school districts.