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B.C. powering growth in the Fraser Valley with clean electricity

BC Hydro will construct approximately $1 billion worth of capital projects in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Hope and Harrison Hot Springs over the next decade to upgrade and expand the electricity grid to provide clean power for homes, businesses and growing transportation needs.
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Outstanding individuals honoured with Coronation Medal

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Agriculture and Food

B.C. farmers getting more support to grow food using tech

B.C. farmers are getting help with adopting new labour-saving technologies that will enhance their profitability, productivity and efficiency, while helping to improve food security in the province.
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B.C. strengthens tree-fruit sector, protects growers, workers

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Attorney General

Nominations open for King’s Counsel designation

Nominations for the honorary designation of King’s Counsel (KC) for 2024 will open on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.
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Provincial court to use Cowichan Tribes laws for child and family services

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Children and Family Development

Sts’ailes, Canada and B.C. celebrate coordination agreement to support child and family services

From Indigenous Services Canada: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/sts-ailes-canada-and-b-c-celebrate-coordination-agreement-to-support-child-and-family-services-833129120.html
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Province takes new direction for vulnerable children, families

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Citizens' Services

Government collaboration will further enhance cybersecurity

As part of British Columbia’s ongoing work to protect government information systems, the Province is entering an agreement with the Government of Canada to enhance collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre).
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High-speed internet service available on Digby Island

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Education and Child Care

More classrooms coming for Surrey elementary students

Families in Surrey will have 915 more elementary seats in their community as part of the B.C. government’s plan to expand schools quicker.
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Province approves two more Langley schools, addition opens for students

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Emergency Management and Climate Readiness

Public notifications and evacuation route planning will strengthen community safety

To help keep people safe and informed during emergencies, the Province is providing funding to communities in B.C. to improve planning for emergency evacuation routes and public notifications.
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Province supports search-and-rescue teams for a safer backcountry

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Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation

B.C. powering growth in the Fraser Valley with clean electricity

BC Hydro will construct approximately $1 billion worth of capital projects in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Hope and Harrison Hot Springs over the next decade to upgrade and expand the electricity grid to provide clean power for homes, businesses and growing transportation needs.
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B.C. cuts harmful methane emissions from oil and gas sector

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Environment and Climate Change Strategy

More than $89 million invested in clean economy infrastructure projects across British Columbia

Province acquires land to expand Okanagan Lake Park

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Finance

B.C. supports people, boosts wildfire fight amid global challenges

B.C.’s First Quarterly Report shows the Province supported growing communities while responding to a major wildfire season, high interest rates across the country and global economic challenges.
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Enhanced support available for intimate partner, sexual violence survivors

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Forests

Sustainable forest-sector manufacturing jobs coming

New support for forest-sector manufacturers throughout the province will create jobs, strengthen local economies and promote the transition to high-value, made-in-B.C. forestry products.
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Minister’s statement on Canfor decision

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Health

Upgraded patient care areas opening at Royal Inland Hospital

Patients in Kamloops now have improved access to services as upgrades at the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) are complete, including enhancements to the post-anesthetic recovery (PAR) unit, pediatric unit and ambulance stretcher bays.
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New long-term care home coming to Squamish

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Housing

More than 1,600 new homes on the way for Indigenous people

Indigenous people on and off reserve in B.C. will have access to approximately 1,600 new affordable rental homes through partnerships between the Province, through BC Housing, and Indigenous non-profit housing providers.
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Nearly 1,200 rental homes coming to Langley, Burnaby through BC Builds

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Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

Coastal First Nations, B.C. renew commitment to work together on coastal sustainability, tourism, economic development

The Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN) and the Government of British Columbia are strengthening their decades-long relationship by renewing their commitment to work together through a reconciliation agreement that builds off the success of their 2009 reconciliation protocol and 2020 Pathway to Reconciliation memorandum of understanding (MOU), to continue to benefit all those who live on the north and central coast.
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Vancouver Island Nations will have safer community access roads

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Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat

Outstanding individuals honoured with Coronation Medal

The King Charles III Coronation Medal was awarded to outstanding individuals in British Columbia during a ceremony with the lieutenant governor.
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35 years of excellence: 12 outstanding individuals honoured

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Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

Sustainable forest-sector manufacturing jobs coming

New support for forest-sector manufacturers throughout the province will create jobs, strengthen local economies and promote the transition to high-value, made-in-B.C. forestry products.
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New manufacturing jobs coming to Lower Mainland

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Labour

Flush toilets coming to B.C. construction sites

Construction workers can soon say goodbye to unsanitary portable toilets on most construction sites and say hello to cleaner flush toilets.
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Income protection options expanded for child actors

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Mental Health and Addictions

New provincewide Opioid Treatment Access Line provides same-day access to care

The Province has launched the Opioid Treatment Access Line to make it faster and easier for people to get life-saving medication to treat opioid-use disorder and get connected to same-day care.
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New centre opening to support people recovering from addictions in North Vancouver

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Municipal Affairs

More than $89 million invested in clean economy infrastructure projects across British Columbia

Water infrastructure upgrades across British Columbia

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Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills

More health-profession students will train at new UBC facility in Surrey

More people will have the opportunity to train for in-demand careers, such as physical therapists, occupational therapists and midwives, at a new state-of-the-art University of British Columbia (UBC) facility in Surrey.
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B.C. taking action to prevent overdoses, make students safer on campus

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Public Safety and Solicitor General

New funding strengthens police work that combats online child exploitation

Police in B.C. will soon have more tools to enhance their efforts in protecting children online and strengthen abilities to pursue, disrupt and prosecute offenders.
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At least 192 British Columbians lost to toxic drugs in July 2024

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Social Development and Poverty Reduction

Government taking action to help people out of poverty

People facing complex barriers will have better access to employment opportunities with the launch of wraparound services that support the most vulnerable on their path to employment readiness.
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Community funding boost makes more free, healthy food available

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Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport

People in British Columbia honoured for dedication to service

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Eighteen people in British Columbia are being honoured with the Province’s Medal of Good Citizenship for their extraordinary contributions to their communities.
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Province provides updates for FIFA World Cup 26

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Transportation and Infrastructure

Hundreds of new homes, amenities near transit coming to Surrey

Hundreds of new homes and space for amenities such as grocery stores and child care near transit are coming soon as plans for the future site of the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project move forward.
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Riding, rolling, strolling toward healthier communities

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Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Safety prioritized as water begins to overflow Chilcotin River landslide

Water has begun to overflow the landslide blocking the Chilcotin River near Farwell Canyon.
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Updates to management plan provide certainty for Sunshine Coast dock owners

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MoveUP, ICBC ratify agreement under Shared Recovery Mandate

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The Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) and members of MoveUP have ratified an agreement reached under the Province’s Shared Recovery Mandate.

The agreement covers approximately 4,900 employees who work in various areas of ICBC’s operations, including customer claims, insurance, driver licensing and administering road tests, as well as providing vehicle licensing, road safety and general administrative support.

Key priorities of the 2022 mandate include:

• protecting the services that people in British Columbia depend on;
• improving health care and preparing for future needs and challenges; and
• supporting a strong economic recovery that includes everyone in B.C.

The negotiations are focused on providing a fair and reasonable offer to public-sector workers that includes significant inflation protection, while ensuring that government has the resources to continue to invest in building a stronger province for everyone.

The ratified agreement includes:

• a three-year term: July 1, 2022, until June 30, 2025;
• general wage increases:
  • Year 1: a flat increase of $0.25/hour, which provides a greater percentage increase for lower-paid employees, plus 3.24%
  • Year 2: 5.5%, plus a potential cost-of-living adjustment to a maximum of 6.75% (maximum 6.75% triggered on March 21, 2023)
  • Year 3: 2% plus a potential cost-of-living adjustment to a maximum of 3%

  Other achievements in this round of negotiations included improvements focused on enhancing the employee experience and the ability to better serve British Columbians.

  Currently, nearly 359,000 or 91% of provincial public-sector employees are covered by tentative or ratified agreements reached under B.C.’s Shared Recovery Mandate.

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