Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, has issued the following statement on the release of Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for March 2024:

Cyclists and other vulnerable road users will have added protection under the law with new safe passing distance rules for drivers.

With an expansion of eligibility criteria, more than 9,000 current and former youth in care will have access to essential financial, housing, educational, medical and cultural supports.  

New funding for research infrastructure at a B.C. university supports an innovative project that will use the most realistic and robust methods available to identify resilient features of our body’s metabolism that could be targeted to fight common and debilitating diseases such as obesity, diabetes and obesity-driven cancers.

From Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2024/03/governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-working-together-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-more-than-7500-households.html  

A new dedicated wildfire training and education centre at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will welcome the province’s future wildfire fighters.