A pilot project that helps high-risk inmates transition back into society through housing, health and community supports has shown promise in reducing criminal behaviour among program participants and is being implemented at three B.C. correctional centres.

British Columbia has proclaimed Dec. 10, 2013, as Human Rights Day to celebrate the important work being done throughout the province to uphold human rights.

The provincial government is offering a variety of front-line assistance to its neighbours as the full impact of severe flooding in Calgary and other communities in southern Alberta becomes clearer.

British Columbians can wear fuchsia-coloured ribbons March 11-17 to help raise awareness and mark Stop the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth Awareness Week, which was proclaimed today by the government of B.C.

While the Prolific Offender Management (POM) pilot has now concluded, the best practices learned through the program will be continued in each of the pilot communities and incorporated throughout the province to ensure co-ordinated supervision, enforcement, and access to services for chronic offenders.

The BC Coroners Service and Office of the Fire Commissioner are urging owners of mobile (manufactured) homes and operators of mobile home parks to take special care to prevent fires in the wake of a calamitous New Year's weekend for fire deaths in British Columbia.