Lana Popham

• ‘Iconic’ Old Town gallery at Royal BC Museum set to reopen to the public

  The reopening of Old Town is the first phase of a multi-year project to transform the museum, done with public consultation after the B.C. NDP’s rebuild plan was scrapped.

  Canada

  May 10, 2023
  
• B.C. pledges $10M funding boost for Chinese Canadian Museum ahead of July 1 opening

  The Chinese Canadian Museum will be located in the Wing Sang Building on East Pender Street, one the oldest buildings in Chinatown.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2023
  
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• B.C. government announces $30 million to support fairs, events and festivals

  B.C. Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Lana Popham will hold a press conference at the Pacific Coliseum on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds at 11:30 a.m.

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2023
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• B.C. agriculture minister says sector is recovering well on flooding anniversary

  About 630,000 chickens, 420 cattle and 12,000 hogs died in the Sumas Prairie as the rain and flooding inundated homes, barns and farmland.

  Politics

  Nov 8, 2022
• ‘Very stressful’: Cold weather delays crops for many B.C. farmers, but no relief in sight

  It's one bad year after another, said Abbotsford farmer Sajan Mandair, pointing to a row of canes that were burned during last year's deadly heat wave.

  Environment

  May 16, 2022
• 2021 year in review: B.C.’s political newsmakers of the year

  This is a compilation of some of the people who stood out politically in B.C. in 2021 and made headlines for their actions and decisions.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2021
• B.C. and federal agriculture ministers tour farm in Abbotsford flood zone

  The City of Abbotsford was hit-hard by the record-breaking floods last month, losing countless acres of farmland and tens of thousands of livestock to the natural disaster.

  Weather

  Dec 10, 2021
• High fish mortality rates possible after record-breaking B.C. floods

  Pacific salmon are at particular risk as fast-moving flood water can displace eggs laid in the fall and expose them to hungry predators.

  Environment

  Nov 25, 2021
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• B.C. floods: Province opens second corridor between Lower Mainland, interior

  Road crews have been able to reopen a second highway corridor between the Lower Mainland and British Columbia's interior, in the wake of devastating flooding and landslides.

  Environment

  Nov 20, 2021
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• B.C. announces plan to phase out mink farms due to COVID-19 concerns

  Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says the government will help the nine farms operating in B.C. to close by 2025.

  Health

  Nov 5, 2021