As the province leading Canada in economic growth, British Columbia produced a balanced 2015-16 budget while making record levels of investment in core services like healthcare and education, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced with the release of the 2015-16 Public Accounts.

With a potential mail strike by Canada Post, the British Columbia government is taking action to ensure that those receiving payment for uninsurable disaster-related losses after the rain storm that washed across the Peace River Regional District in June 2016, receive their money without delay.

Premier Christy Clark presented two well-known Okanagan residents, Troy Becker and Marion Sallenbach, with the province’s newest honour, the Medal of Good Citizenship.

By noon today Highway 97 south from Mackenzie Junction to Chetwynd will be open to single-lane alternating traffic with intermittent delays at a number of sites along the route.

As part of the public safety funding announced in February 2016, the Province is committing $200,000 in funding toward a flood mitigation project in the Central Okanagan that will help protect against flooding in the Lower Mission neighbourhood of Kelowna.