Under the BC Rural Dividend, the Province is providing $140,000 to the communities of Summerland and Peachland, Penticton MLA Dan Ashton announced.

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone has released the following statement on the partial re-opening of Highway 99, 17 kilometres east of Lillooet:

Families in the Vancouver Island North school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $118,179 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Nicola-Similkameen school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $170,292 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Fort Nelson school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $32,744 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Arrow Lakes school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $42,675 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

A project to stabilize a rock slope on Highway 31 north of Kaslo, in the vicinity of Lost Ledge Provincial Park, is now complete.

Yesterday crews conducted the final large scale rock-clearing blast, marking a significant construction milestone on the Trans-Canada Highway four-laning project located approximately 40 kilometres east of Kamloops. 

Motorists are reminded that the new Tsawwassen Mills development (located on Tsawwassen First Nations' land in Delta) will officially open this morning.