The Squamish Nation and District of Squamish have worked towards a
collaborative relationship, formalized in a Co-operation Protocol Agreement and carried forward in a community forest initiative. Theirs is one of the stories featured in
Pathways to Collaboration, a project to showcase the growing number of successful economic development collaborations and partnerships between First Nations and local governments in BC.
Finance Minister Carole James delivered the provincial budget in the legislature Tuesday. Minister James announced a surplus in the current fiscal year of $203 million, with projections of modest surpluses between $179 and $374 million over three years. The budget provided updates on cannabis revenue and expenditure projections, increased funding for wildfire and emergency response and an operational reduction for the office of the Auditor General for Local Government. 
