The Province is working collaboratively with communities to provide targeted supports and create jobs for low-income B.C. families.

Implementing Canada's most ambitious housing strategy and building strong partnerships at the community level has enabled the Province to help more than 95,000 people keep the cost of housing more affordable in British Columbia in 2011.

New regulations under the Strata Property Act that improve accountability in strata corporations have been introduced that will support the more than one million strata property owners and residents in the province.

Raincity Housing, a non-profit society that has provided shelter and housing for thousands of people in the Lower Mainland for close to 30 years, has been selected to develop and operate a new supportive housing development in the Tri-Cities.

Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced an expansion to the Burns Lake Community Forest that will provide the community-owned forest corporation with access to timber resources near Ling Lake.

UBC Okanagan and its support services employees have ratified a two- year agreement under the government's 2010 mandate, announced Finance Minister Kevin Falcon.

Local crime prevention leaders from around the province are being honoured today at the annual Solicitor General Community Safety and Crime Prevention Awards.