After 17 months of renovation, the governments of Canada and B.C., along with community partners, announced the official re-opening of the Gastown Hotel.

Twenty-eight B.C. communities have been awarded age-friendly community planning and project grants to support strategies to help seniors stay mobile, physically active, socially connected and healthy.

The B.C. government is providing $1.6 million for 80 additional temporary winter shelter spaces, as well as rent supplements, for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Vancouver.

A new supportive-recovery centre for women, the first of its kind on the North Shore, officially opened its doors with support from the governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners.

The B.C. government has provided $60,000 to complete renovations at an eight-bed supportive-housing building for homeless men in Kelowna.

The B.C. government will fund approximately 145 extreme weather shelter spaces across Greater Victoria this winter to help those whose health and safety may be threatened by cold, wet weather.