From Capital Regional District: https://www.crd.bc.ca/about/news/article/2024/04/19/capital-regional-district-reports-on-grant-funding-for-the-electoral-areas

Farmers and families in the Township of Langley will be better prepared for flooding with work underway to improve pump capacity on flood plains and irrigation systems that will strengthen the area’s food security.

Drivers in the Delta and South Surrey region are advised that the permanent repairs to the 112th Street crossing over Highway 99 will begin this weekend, requiring traffic diversions and lane closures on Highway 99.

Chilliwack and area residents will have improved access to team-based urgent and primary care in the evenings and on weekends with the opening of a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC).

More reliable travel is coming for people through the Fraser Canyon as work moves forward to permanently repair the damages caused by the 2021 atmospheric river event.

The Fisher Creek bridge will undergo a replacement and road improvements, offering drivers a safer, more reliable passage along the Highway 97 Pine Pass corridor.

New support for manufacturing businesses in the Kootenays will create jobs, promote the development of made-in-B.C. products and strengthen local economies and communities.                                                                               

A coroner’s inquest into the death of Eugene Ethan Marcano will begin at 9:30 a.m. on May 6, 2024, at the Kamloops Law Courts (455 Columbia St.).

Construction is underway on two single-family homes that will provide housing for 14 people, including seniors, who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness and would benefit from an enhanced mental-health and physical health-care program.