From City of Castlegar: https://castlegar.ca/2024/06/13/canadas-tallest-play-structure-opens-at-millennium-park-ponds

Provincial and territorial (PT) labour-market ministers will meet virtually with the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, federal Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on Monday, June 17, 2024 to demand immediate reinstatement of the $625 million that the federal government cut from the Labour Market Transfer Agreements (LMTAs) in Budget 2024. This cut significantly impacts PTs’ ability to maintain skills training services for priority sectors, such as construction...

An expansion to Abbotsford Middle school will bring 200 more student spaces to the growing district as part of the government’s plan to expand schools quicker.

A major expansion of Klinse-za Park, located west of Chetwynd and Hudson’s Hope in northeastern B.C., will better protect sacred sites and wildlife habitat, and contribute to the goal of protecting 30% of lands in B.C. by 2030.

People experiencing homelessness in Castlegar will soon have access to up to 20 new shelter spaces with the purchase of a building in Castlegar.

People in B.C. continue to benefit from the Province’s biosimilars initiative as cost savings increase and are reinvested into BC PharmaCare to further improve access to drug coverage. 

Highway 99 northbound and southbound will be closed to traffic overnight for two consecutive nights, beginning Friday, June 14, 2024, for Steveston Interchange construction.  

A key bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway at the site of a washout in the November 2021 flooding is nearing completion and has received an Indigenous name celebrating neighbouring communities in the Fraser Canyon. 

Young performers in B.C.’s arts and entertainment sectors will continue working in major film and television productions as the province clarifies the rules around fall-protection safety.