PRINCE GEORGE - The Province is contributing $500,000 under the B.C. Spirit Squares Program to help the City of Prince George develop Veteran's Plaza Spirit Square, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – The provincial government is enhancing access to post-secondary education for students with permanent disabilities, Advanced Education Murray Coell announced.[read more]

PRINCE GEORGE – The Province is significantly increasing unconditional grants to local governments, providing more than $12.6 million this year alone to communities in northern B.C., Premier Gordon Campbell announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell announced details of three new programs to support forest workers and communities coping with the challenges of a changing industry.[read more]

WESTBANK FIRST NATION - The new Campbell Road Interchange on Highway 97, a project managed by the Westbank First Nation, has been completed on time and on budget, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon and Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie announced. The interchange, located at the western end of the soon-to-be completed William R. Bennett Bridge, has now been turned over to the Province.[read more]

KAMLOOPS – Sixteen post-secondary students from across the province will get hands-on experience in the field of agriculture this summer, participating in the 2008 Summer Extension Assistance Program, announced Pat Bell, Minister of Agriculture and Lands.[read more]

VICTORIA – The Ministry of Environment has released the fourth Quarterly Compliance and Enforcement Summary for 2007.[read more]

KELOWNA – A preferred proponent has been named to work with Interior Health and the Provincial governmental in negotiations as part of the next steps needed toward expanding Kelowna General Hospital and Vernon Jubilee Hospital.[read more]

VICTORIA – Post-secondary research into issues affecting British Columbia’s future is being supported by provincial grants totalling $230,000, Labour and Citizens’ Services Minister Olga Ilich announced.[read more]

KELOWNA – With less than a month to go before the official opening of the William R. Bennett Bridge, the Province and the City of Kelowna have launched a website to provide the public with information about the opening celebrations.[read more]

WHISTLER – The Province is providing a record-high $3.5 million in unconditional grant funding to smaller communities and regional districts in the Lower Mainland, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.[read more]

WHISTLER – The Province is returning a record $41.7 million in traffic fine revenue to 23 Lower Mainland municipalities this year, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – A $3 million provincial grant will allow the University of Victoria’s CanAssist to expand their leading-edge technology program and help more British Columbians with disabilities, announced Claude Richmond, Minister of Employment and Income Assistance, and Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education.[read more]

VANCOUVER – The Central City Foundation will use a one-time $2 million grant from government to build the Crossing at Keremeos facility, which will become B.C.’s first long-term residential treatment centre for addicted youth, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – At the peak of snow accumulation in mid-April, much of British Columbia had near normal snowpacks, with a few areas above normal, such as the Peace and the south, central and north coasts. However, as a result of one of the coldest Aprils in the last 50 years, spring snowmelt has been delayed, and additional snow has accumulated.[read more]

VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia has reached its target of funding the creation of more than 2,000 new licensed child-care spaces across the province by 2010, Linda Reid, Minister of State for Child Care announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – The number of total major projects in B.C. has increased for the nineteenth straight quarter, said Economic Development Minister Colin Hansen with the release of the Major Projects Inventory first quarter results.[read more]

VICTORIA – The Province is committing $4.3 million towards a new Malahat commuter bus service between the Cowichan Valley and downtown Victoria, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon and BC Transit CEO Manuel Achadinha announced.[read more]

VANCOUVER – Drawing from the past to create a vision for the future is a theme common among the B.C. First Nations artists named by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation, as recipients of the 2008 BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art.[read more]

ROSSLAND – Rossland will be receiving a $10,000 BC150 Celebration Grant to help the cities in the West Kootenay Boundary region fund a local BC150 celebration, Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts Stan Hagen announced.[read more]

LAKE COWICHAN – Lake Cowichan will be receiving a $10,000 BC150 Celebration Grant for the Spirit of Cowichan Days, Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts Stan Hagen announced.[read more]

SOOKE – Sooke will be receiving a $10,000 BC150 Celebration Grant for the Sooke Fine Arts Show 2008, Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts Stan Hagen announced.[read more]

BLACK CREEK - Black Creek will be receiving a $5,000 BC150 Celebration Grant for celebrations combining BC150 and the 50th anniversary of the Black Creek community Association, Stan Hagen, Minister of TOurism, Sport and the Arts and MLA for Comox Valley announced.[read more]

BURNABY – The Province has approved a new doctoral degree in gerontology at Simon Fraser University, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – The Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services is focusing its efforts during national Emergency Preparedness Week with an earthquake exercise and building evacuation at 4000 Seymour Place on Wednesday, May 7.[read more]

VICTORIA – Government has nearly doubled the number of nurse education spaces, producing a record number of graduates who have received close to 13,000 nursing degrees, diplomas and certificates since 2001, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell said.[read more]

POWELL RIVER – The Powell River Kiwanis Village Society will be able to upgrade about 43 seniors’ housing units and introduce new support services at its development on Kiwanis Avenue, Minister responsible for Housing Rich Coleman announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – Non-profit housing societies have been selected to upgrade and manage more than 300 units of housing in eight communities through the Seniors’ Supportive Housing program, Minister responsible for Housing Rich Coleman announced.[read more]

VICTORIA – Two directors have been appointed and two more have been reappointed to the Northern Development Initiative Trust, announced Economic Development Minister Colin Hansen.[read more]

VICTORIA – The public can now protect their privacy and the environment by having their data devices destroyed by “The Shredder,” announced Minister of Labour and Citizens’ Services Olga Ilich.[read more]