BC Liquor Stores customers and staff are making a difference in the Horn of Africa by donating $323,902 to help support Red Cross relief efforts in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond offered the following statement as Canada observes Police and Peace Officers' National Memorial Day on Sunday, Sept. 25

About 1,000 pedestrians, 500 drivers and 400 cyclists received timely reminders about crossing some of the city's most dangerous corridors without a trip to the hospital, during a three-week safety blitz funded by the Province and led by Vancouver Police.

The BC Coroners Service and West Vancouver Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a male whose remains were discovered in the water near the shore of Burrard Inlet not far from Lighthouse Park.

The third phase of B.C.'s upgraded and expanded Intersection Safety Camera program has gone live at 35 more sites, in an effort to save lives and reduce the almost 250 crashes that occur daily at intersections throughout the province.

Premier Christy Clark and Solicitor General Shirley Bond offered the following statement on Kienan Hebert's return:

The Civil Forfeiture Crime Remediation and Crime Prevention Grant Funding Program will provide up to $500,000 to organizations across the province for grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to deliver programs that support crime prevention or crime remediation.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond is urging motorists to drive safely this Labour Day long weekend and to avoid all behaviours associated with distracted driving.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Province has released reports detailing the major elements of compensation for public-sector executives in British Columbia.