BC Gov News

BC Hydro has installed 93 per cent or 1.73 million of 1.87 million smart meters. To ensure the final seven per cent of smart meters can be installed, the Province is extending the deadline under the Clean Energy Act from Dec. 31, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2013.

Canada's most progressive housing strategy continued to mark significant achievements in 2012, providing more than 97,000 British Columbian households with access to safe, affordable or supportive housing.

The Signature BC Liquor Store at 39th and Cambie is displaying 12 special bottles of Scotch whisky from The Macallan Fine & Rare Collection from Dec. 12 - 17. These rare whiskies will be offered for sale at 3 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2012.

A new 52-unit residential rental building was officially opened in Victoria today with affordable homes for small families with low to modest incomes.

Seniors and people with disabilities now have increased access to affordable seniors' housing with support services thanks to an accepted offer for the Lake Country Senior Housing Society to purchase four apartments in an existing condominium building in Lake Country.

Eighty-three B.C. students living in provincially subsidized housing will receive BC Housing Education Awards to help them further their education and achieve their goals.

BC LiquorStores throughout the province have welcomed the arrival of twin teddy bears for the Share-a-Bear campaign, a central part of the annual holiday season in BC LiquorStores.

More than 1,200 additional emergency shelter spaces have been identified in approximately 70 communities to help those in need of temporary shelter access a warm place to stay during extreme winter weather conditions.

Seniors in Revelstoke are celebrating increased access to affordable housing at Moberly Apartments and Mount Begbie Villas. The two new buildings provide 24 affordable seniors' apartments, funded by the governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with Columbia Basin Trust and other community partners.

Women in Burnaby and New Westminster in need of safe, affordable housing now have new options at the Elspeth Alley Housing for Elder Women in Burnaby.