Vancouver Island鈥檚 Mount Cain has been awarded $874,000 to construct a new day lodge to house services and support a move to summer operations.

The funding is a part of B.C.鈥檚 $10-billion COVID-19 response, including grants totalling $20 million for 38 rural projects. The response also includes StrongerBC: BC鈥檚 Economic Recovery Plan, which protects people鈥檚 health and livelihoods while supporting businesses and communities.

鈥淲e are working to support economic recovery in every corner of the province, so families and communities can get through the pandemic and start looking towards their futures again,鈥� Premier John Horgan said via news release. 鈥淭hese shovel-ready projects will put people living in rural British Columbia back to work immediately and support building diversified economies in their communities.鈥�

Rural Economic Recovery program grants will support communities recovering from the economic impacts of COVID-19 and build their economies for the future.

Funding for Indigenous government and organization, local government and not-for-profit projects will support immediate job creation through construction. Upgrades to municipal or Indigenous-owned industrial parks, airport expansions, marine access facilities, destination trail networks and improvements to rural-based mountain resorts will also help rural communities grow and diversify their economies.

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