You’ve probably never been fortunate enough to visit Hartley Bay, a remote village on British Columbia’s north coast accessible only by aircraft or boat.

Since 2019, the Bridging to Retirement Program has been a high-demand, crucial support for displaced forestry workers in the Interior, especially as it came as the industry was facing downturns and hard times.

People living in the eastern Fraser Valley region, including Abbotsford, Mission, Agassiz/Harrison, Chilliwack and Hope, will soon have better access to emergency services as construction on an expanded emergency department at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre completes.

British Columbia is providing relief funds to the Canadian Red Cross to help fight the current wave of COVID-19 in India.

The Province, through BC Housing, has partnered with the Lax Kw’alaams Band to open 10 new affordable rental homes for Lax Kw’alaams families in the community.

Inspection stations are now open throughout the province to prevent harmful zebra and quagga mussels from hitching a ride on boats and entering B.C. waterways.

Thanks to a $7.5 million top up to the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF), seven more local governments and First Nations communities have had structural flood mitigation projects approved, helping them reduce the impacts of flooding.