Grace Lore, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, has released the following statement in recognition of Consent Awareness Day:

The Province’s new funding program that supports expanding high-speed internet services to under-served rural, remote and Indigenous communities is open for applications.

The Province and the Capital Regional District (CRD) are launching the Capital Region Tsunami Information Portal to empower residents and visitors to make informed emergency preparedness plans and keep people safe during a tsunami.

People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Richmond are moving into new safe and secure homes with the opening of a 40-unit temporary supportive housing building.

Grace Lore, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, has released the following statement in recognition of Gender Equality Week:  

British Columbians are benefiting from post-secondary research projects that are helping create jobs, protect biodiversity and the environment, and keep people healthy and safe.

Grace Lore, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, has released the following statement in recognition of Equal Pay Day:  

A provincial tentative framework agreement under the Shared Recovery Mandate has been reached between the BC Public School Employers’ Association and the K-12 Presidents’ Council representing support staff throughout the province’s 60 school districts. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a commercial poultry farm in Chilliwack has tested positive for the H5 strain of the avian influenza virus.