For the eighth round of discussions about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, Canadian and U.S. negotiators returned to the B.C. Columbia Basin, meeting for two days in ?aq’am, near Cranbrook.

A series of controlled burns in the Sulphur Creek area will enhance wildlife habitat for ungulates, such as moose and mule deer, reduce accumulations of forest fuels and help decrease wildfire risks.

The Province is restricting commercial-scale huckleberry harvesting to protect grizzly bear habitat in the Kootenay Boundary Region.

Twenty new homes are on the way for families, seniors and people in need of affordable housing in Cranbrook, where the rental vacancy rate is near 1%.

Under the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Province is closing the Dorr Road Recreation Site around the Koocanusa reservoir from April 15 to May 1, 2019.

The public is invited to a community engagement session in Cranbrook on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, to provide feedback on two draft agreements to conserve southern mountain caribou populations.

The British Columbia government is extending a heritage site management agreement with the Friends of Fort Steele Society for another five years.

Fish biologists will be busy catching and releasing burbot on Moyie Lake from Feb. 11 to 22, 2019, for hatchery egg collection.