BC Gov News

Seniors and families in Langley will soon have safe, secure and affordable rental homes as construction has started on a new 82-unit townhouse and apartment complex.

As part of the Province’s $2-million commitment to improve access to justice for British Columbians, the Law Foundation of B.C. has awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow the SOURCES Community Resources Society to become a legal clinic.

The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of Peter John de Groot beginning on May, 19, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. at the Rossland Courthouse located at 2288 Columbia Ave.

Premier John Horgan has released the following statement in honour of Remembrance Day:

Drivers are advised that Highway 99 is currently closed approximately 15 kilometres north of Lillooet due to ongoing slope activity at the Ten Mile Slide site.

Premier John Horgan met with Chief Ken Cameron of the Saulteau First Nations and Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nations on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, to discuss moving forward with a leaders’ table to support the recovery of the endangered central group of the southern mountain caribou, while maintaining the social and economic well-being of communities in the northeast region of British Columbia.

People in the Comox Valley will soon have access to a new long-term care facility that will provide 126 publicly-funded long-term and hospice care beds.

Drivers are advised that single-lane alternating traffic will be in effect from 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, to 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, for joint and bearing repairs on the Lions Gate Bridge.

Capt. Wade Robertson, a 22-year veteran of the Burnaby Fire Department, has been honoured with a rare Medal of Bravery for his courageous actions in saving the life of a man in a house fire.