Following extensive renovations, which were funded in part by Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the Rogers Pass Discovery Centre was ready to welcome visitors Monday. The opening also honoured the 50-year partnership between Parks Canada and the Canadian Forces for avalanche control along the Trans-Canada Highway in Glacier National Park. “The renovated Rogers Pass Discovery Centre […]

The third phase of B.C.’s upgraded and expanded Intersection Safety Camera program has gone live at 35 more sites, in an effort to save lives and reduce the almost 250 crashes that occur daily at intersections throughout the province. The cameras detect and photograph vehicles running a red light, and are expected to reduce casualty […]

The Province is helping even more young British Columbians participate in community-based sport by investing $400,000 in KidSport BC in 2011-12. More than 1,500 children and youth will benefit from this funding through KidSport BC. The non-profit organization provides financial assistance to British Columbia youth who face financial barriers preventing them from participating in community-based […]

New simple, cost-effective planning tools are now available to capable adults wanting to plan for a time when they are unable to make their own decisions independently.  By completing new, standardized forms, capable adults can appoint someone to make decisions on their behalf or record their future instructions in the event they become incapable of […]

British Columbia has the lowest smoking rate in Canada for the 12th year in a row at 14.3 per cent, says the 2010 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS). B.C.’s overall smoking rate fell to 14.3 per cent in 2010 from 14.9 per cent in 2009, according to the CTUMS. Overall in Canada, smoking rates […]

On Thursday, Sept. 22 the Province will host a video conference public hearing session in Nelson as part of the consultation on the coming budget. From 4-7 p.m., people will have the opportunity to present their budget priorities directly to the finance committee, at a location yet to be determined. And it should be an […]

By: Jordan Bateman, Canadian Taxpayers Federation If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: that’s what our parents taught us. But what if something is so broken, it can’t be fixed at all? The Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) is broken beyond repair. It sucks millions of dollars out of taxpayers’ pockets every year and deposits them […]

British Columbia’s record high student debt is a concern for the majority of its citizens, according to a new poll. Released by Ipsos and commissioned by the Federation of Post Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) and the Canadian Federation of Students-BC (CFS-BC), the poll said university and college education in BC is a debt sentence, […]

Two men died in the Columbia Valley Saturday afternoon after their gliders collided while in flight in the Mount Swansea area of Windermere, south of Invermere. The two planes were gliding in the same thermal lift and at one point contacted wings, causing both to loose control and crash into the side of Mount Swansea. This accident […]

Wood stove exchange programs in communities throughout B.C. will share another $200,000 in funding to help more people swap old wood stoves for new high-efficiency models. The Province is providing $200,000 to the BC Lung Association to expand and continue the successful wood stove exchange program. Local governments, non-profit organizations and airshed or air quality management […]