The B.C. government has provided more than $1.5 million in grants to 11 local governments and First Nations in the Northwest Fire Centre to support wildfire risk reduction initiatives and help keep communities safe.

More than 2,600 new affordable rental homes are coming for people with moderate and low incomes in 42 communities throughout the province.

Thanks to a $7.5 million top up to the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF), seven more local governments and First Nations communities have had structural flood mitigation projects approved, helping them reduce the impacts of flooding.

Following the creation and introduction of the Adult Guardianship Act in 1993, the B.C. Association of Community Response Networks (BCCRN) was piloted with five networks.

Local governments and First Nations in 28 communities have been approved to receive their share of more than $1 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support evacuation route planning.

Drivers can now cross the Kispiox Bridge as construction crews have completed repairs.

Drivers are advised the weight restrictions for the Kispiox Bridge have been raised from eight tonnes to 30 tonnes.

Crews will begin work on permanent repairs to the Kispiox Bridge this afternoon.

Crews will begin work on permanent repairs to the Kispiox Bridge this afternoon.