Services: Digest for September 14, 2024

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B.C. grants in-stream protections to projects underway

Friday 13 September 2024 03:00 PM UTC+00 | Tags: housing
The Province is granting in-stream protections for housing projects that are underway in relation to new 2024 building code changes for adaptable dwellings, and earthquake designs.
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  • housing

Indigenous families will benefit from more Aboriginal Head Start child care spaces

Friday 13 September 2024 03:30 PM UTC+00 | Tags: education-and-child-care
Dozens of families will benefit from new culturally relevant child care spaces through the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) program.
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  • education-and-child-care

More affordable homes open in New Denver

Friday 13 September 2024 04:00 PM UTC+00 | Tags: housing
Families and seniors in New Denver have access to 10 new affordable rental homes with the opening of the Osprey Residence.
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  • housing

Indigenous people getting more access to treatment, recovery

Friday 13 September 2024 04:30 PM UTC+00 | Tags: mental-health-and-addictions
First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous communities throughout British Columbia will have enhanced treatment and recovery services that meet their specific needs, thanks to new funding.
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  • mental-health-and-addictions

New manufacturing jobs coming to Lower Mainland

Friday 13 September 2024 04:45 PM UTC+00 | Tags: jobs-economic-development-and-innovation
New support for manufacturing businesses in the Lower Mainland will create jobs and promote the development of made-in-B.C. products while strengthening local economies and communities.
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  • jobs-economic-development-and-innovation

B.C. appoints two new judges to Provincial Court

Friday 13 September 2024 05:45 PM UTC+00 | Tags: attorney-general
The Government of British Columbia has appointed two new judges to the Provincial Court to support consistent and timely access to justice.
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  • attorney-general

Province implementing BC Forensic Psychiatric Hospital external review recommendations

Friday 13 September 2024 06:02 PM UTC+00 | Tags: health
On Sept. 10, 2023, three people in Vancouver were attacked and Blair Donnelly, a patient at the BC Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (FPH) who was on unescorted leave, was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of assault with a weapon.
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  • health

More Vancouver students in new, seismically safer school

Friday 13 September 2024 06:15 PM UTC+00 | Tags: education-and-child-care
More students and staff in Vancouver are safer at school with the completion of the seismic replacement of Eric Hamber Secondary.
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  • education-and-child-care

B.C. protects 147 more affordable homes in the Lower Mainland

Friday 13 September 2024 06:45 PM UTC+00 | Tags: housing
More people in the Lower Mainland will continue living in affordable homes and be protected from housing speculators and profiteers, thanks to the purchase of 147 units in three properties through the Rental Protection Fund.
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  • housing

More student housing opens in Castlegar, Nelson

Friday 13 September 2024 07:00 PM UTC+00 | Tags: post-secondary-education-and-future-skills
Selkirk College students now have access to new on-campus housing at Castlegar and Nelson-Silver King campuses.
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  • post-secondary-education-and-future-skills

More than 150 new rental homes coming to Victoria

Friday 13 September 2024 07:15 PM UTC+00 | Tags: housing
Families, seniors and individuals in Victoria with low to moderate incomes are moving into 97 new rental homes with the opening of Michigan Square, while another 58 homes for earners with middle incomes are on the way through new BC Builds projects.
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  • housing

Community Amenities Get $12.8M Provincial Funding Boost

Friday 13 September 2024 07:40 PM UTC+00 | Tags: municipal-affairs
From the City of Victoria: https://www.victoria.ca/city-government/news/community-amenities-get-128m-provincial-funding-boost
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  • municipal-affairs

More accessible defibrillators put people at the heart of health care

Friday 13 September 2024 08:15 PM UTC+00 | Tags: health
More people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest will receive life-saving support as the Province makes automated external defibrillators (AED) more widely available in several B.C. communities, launching in Prince George.
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  • health

More long-term care beds coming to Penticton

Friday 13 September 2024 09:00 PM UTC+00 | Tags: health
People in Penticton soon will have more care options with the approval of a new long-term care (LTC) residence with 200 beds.
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  • health

Improvements coming to Highway 19A near Parksville to bring easier travel

Friday 13 September 2024 09:40 PM UTC+00 | Tags: transportation-and-infrastructure
People travelling through Parksville along Highway 19A will soon experience easier access to the area by vehicle, bicycle or on foot, as road improvements begin Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
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  • transportation-and-infrastructure

B.C. presents strong, unified front in Washington softwood hearings

Friday 13 September 2024 09:51 PM UTC+00 | Tags: forests
Senior representatives from the British Columbia Lumber Trade Council (BCLTC) and officials from the Government of British Columbia met in Washington, D.C., this week for four days of critical hearings for the long-standing softwood lumber dispute.
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  • forests

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