The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) issued an administrative penalty totalling $25,000 to Newmont Corporation (formerly Newcrest Red Chris Mining Limited) on Dec. 18, 2023.

Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, has released the following statement regarding the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office’s single largest forfeiture in the history of the program:

Travellers passing through Cache Creek will soon have a safer, more reliable journey, with work about to begin on the Cache Creek Crossing Restoration Project. 

From Infrastructure Canada (Dec. 15, 2023): Canada.ca EN: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2023/12/the-governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-invest-in-wastewater-infrastructure-improvements-in-the-regional-district-of-nanaimo.html

Kelli Paddon, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, has released the following statement in recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers:

People in Burnaby are one step closer to getting expanded patient care as the Burnaby Hospital redevelopment moves forward with the structural building and concrete pouring completed.

Under B.C.’s new emergency management legislation, people and communities are safer and better prepared for the increasingly severe emergencies and disasters the province is experiencing due to climate change.