The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning a prescribed burn this month in the Gilpin Creek and Morrissey Creek areas.

Phoenix Mountain, a popular ski hill in the Kootenay Boundary, is now positioned to continue providing local jobs and economic and recreational benefits thanks to its new Resort Master Plan.

Drum songs accompanied the signing of the second Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement (AEEA) in the Boundary school district.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning a prescribed burn in the Gilpin Creek and Morrissey Creek areas later this month. An information session about the project will be held on April 12.

The Province will fund a new Habitat for Humanity project in Grand Forks that will provide seven affordable homes for men with developmental disabilities.

Woodlot licensee George Delisle has received the Minister's Award of Excellence for Woodlot Management, Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater announced at a presentation on behalf of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson.