Rural Canada

Premier David Eby said his government has “got a lot more work to do” in rural health care during a tour of the South Okanagan, Similkameen and Boundary regions.

B.C. premier tours southern Interior in bid to deepen rural connections

Transportation, health, and transportation to health top agenda as Eby reaches outside big centres

 

Harry Lali, who served as transportation minister from 1998 to 2001 and represented two rural ridings in southwestern BC during two separate periods, said in a statement issued Thursday morning that his former party has become an urban-interest party. (Black Press Media file photo)

Former B.C. NDP minister Harry Lali endorses BC United

Lali says he joining BC United because the rural B.C. lacks ‘voice’ in NDP government

 

Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir, here seen in September 2021, welcomes $100,000 in funding through the Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program, whose funding has doubled to $66 million. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

B.C. doubles the amount of money available through new rural development fund

Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program now has $66 million for rural communities

 

CTV is looking for single farmers for their reality dating show. (File Photo)

Put on your dress-up flannel, Farming for Love is looking for singles in B.C.

The CTV reality show is looking to cast farmers for the reality dating show

CTV is looking for single farmers for their reality dating show. (File Photo)
Ravi Kahlon, B.C.’s minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, speaks at a restaurant in Delta, on September 15, 2021. Kahlon announced a new economic diversification funding program on Nov. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

New economic diversification fund launched for rural, forest-dependent B.C. communities

Up to $33M available to communities, First Nations, not-for-profits

Ravi Kahlon, B.C.’s minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, speaks at a restaurant in Delta, on September 15, 2021. Kahlon announced a new economic diversification funding program on Nov. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Pat Gwynne at the Scarlet Ibis, full of stories

Sale of Vancouver Island’s most remote pub falls through

Beloved Holberg pub and restaurant The Scarlet Ibis is back with previous owner

Pat Gwynne at the Scarlet Ibis, full of stories
Port Alice from the waterfront on a recent rainy day. (Zoë Ducklow)

Port Alice wants performance bond from next pulp mill owner

Mayor says multiple parties expressing interest in old mill site, declines specifics

Port Alice from the waterfront on a recent rainy day. (Zoë Ducklow)
A view of Hudson Bay Mountain Resort and surroundings near Smithers, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. The trail makes for a bracing hike to Crater Lake (unseen). THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel

COLUMN: Canada needs to remember rural communities as thoughts turn to pandemic recovery

Small towns often rely on tourism, which has been decimated by COVID-19

  • May 28, 2020
A view of Hudson Bay Mountain Resort and surroundings near Smithers, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. The trail makes for a bracing hike to Crater Lake (unseen). THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel