The College of the Rockies is receiving $843,000 toward the purchase of new training equipment, including two L3 Mobile Truck Driving Training simulators and health care training mannequins.

New mobile radio communication protocols are being implemented on resource roads throughout B.C. and come into effect in the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District on May 2, 2016.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, with the support of its Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program partners, will be conducting an ecosystem restoration burn on Rabbit Mountain on Friday, April 8, 2016, weather permitting.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and its Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program partners will be conducting an ecosystem restoration burn in the Lakit Ridge area on April 1, 2016, weather permitting.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and its Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program partners will conduct two ecosystem restoration burns near Elko and Fort Steele between March 28 and April 29, 2016.

An Aboriginal organization in the East Kootenay will receive provincial government funding to launch its culture-based domestic violence program for Aboriginal families and communities.

Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson made the following statement in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the College of the Rockies.

A snowy December is an ideal time to be in the Kootenay Rockies and specifically Cranbrook says former chief commissioner for the British Columbia Treaty Commission and Cranbrook born and raised, Sophie Pierre.

The B.C. government is about to pilot two new high-tech wildlife detection systems on Highway 3, to help warn motorists when wildlife is on or near the highway.