BC Gov News

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, invites British Columbians to a conversation in a series of telephone town halls about the Province’s comprehensive plan to create a cleaner, stronger and more prosperous B.C.

After years of rate hikes and billions in deferred costs at BC Hydro piled up by the previous government, the B.C. government is taking action to keep electricity rates affordable for customers by cutting costs and developing new revenue streams at the Crown corporation.

Premier John Horgan; Melanie Mark, MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant; Mitzi Dean, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity; and Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation have issued the following statement to acknowledge the annual Women’s Memorial March for murdered and missing women and girls in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside:

Drivers are advised that Highway 14 west of Sooke is now open after crews were able to remove downed trees and power lines along the highway between Port Renfrew and Sooke.

To encourage more people with knowledge of murders, drug trafficking and other gang-led crimes to share details with police, British Columbia is proposing a stronger witness security management and support program.

A newly released report details how the previous provincial government pressured BC Hydro into signing long-term contracts with independent power producers (IPPs) that will cost B.C. customers more than $16 billion over 20 years.

Safeguards to protect British Columbians’ freedom of speech and expression have been reintroduced with proposed legislation.