A new connectivity benefits study released by BC Stats finds high-speed internet service expansion to underserved rural and remote communities in northern B.C. can have significant short- and long-term impact for people and the local and provincial economy.

Community and Indigenous organizations throughout B.C. are receiving funds to engage their communities, create awareness and encourage everyone to take part in the BC Demographic Survey.

A newly completed cellular connectivity project between Nicolson and Harrogate will provide access to 911 services in the Kootenay region along approximately 25 kilometres of Highway 95, the Kootenay-Columbia highway.

More than 850 households in 11 rural, remote and Indigenous communities between Yale and Ruby Creek in the Fraser Valley have access to reliable, high-speed broadband internet services.

New standards for gender and sex data will help make data collection more inclusive and provide more accurate information for programs and services in B.C.