Government is providing school districts with a total of $95 million to help them extend the life of their facilities, put new supplies in classrooms and buy new school buses. 

The B.C. government is following through on its commitment to support economic diversification in rural British Columbia by distributing over $750,000 in new project-development grants to help small communities strengthen local economies.

Three new agreements involving eight local governments have been reached in the Kootenays, allowing small businesses to operate in multiple jurisdictions with a single business licence – cutting red tape while freeing up time and money.

The Province has provided $7.125 million to create new hospice beds in communities around British Columbia, make improvements to current spaces, and support best practices in the palliative approach to care as well as advance care planning, working through the BC Centre for Palliative Care.

A coroner’s inquest jury has issued 21 recommendations to try to reduce the toll from illicit drug deaths in B.C.

British Columbia finished 2016 with more than $950 million worth of school construction projects underway – something the Province will be building on in 2017.

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $190,000 to 14 communities/regional districts as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $9,500 to the Sunshine Coast Clean Air Society as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $13,600 to the Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.