A new agreement with the B.C. government will allow three First Nations to share provincial revenue from the Jamie Creek Hydroelectric Project: the Bridge River Indian Band, the N’Quatqua First Nation and the T’it’q’et Nation.

Motorists are advised that a stretch of Highway 99 is closed in both directions from Lillooet to 35 km north of Lillooet following a number of mudslides that occurred last night.

In response to the extreme landslide risk in the Upper Lillooet, the Province is closing public access to the Lillooet River Forest Service Road indefinitely.

The emergency generator at the Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre is being replaced to ensure patients at the facility experience safe, reliable and accessible care. The generator must be replaced to ensure the facility has emergency power when needed.

Two contracts valued at $5.2 million have been awarded to upgrade the road surface and replace a single-lane bridge on Highway 99 near Lillooet, improving safety and travel for area residents and visitors to the region.

A Vancouver-based guitar manufacturer is donating $3,000 to BC Parks to purchase and plant 1,000 seedlings in a Lillooet area park to help restore 23,000 hectares of land damaged in the 2009 Kelly Creek wildfire.

The Governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners, today marked the opening of Mclean Manor, an eight-apartment affordable housing development for seniors and people with disabilities.

Thanks to $40,000 in provincial Brownfield Renewal funding, the District of Lillooet can start to redevelop the old Bridge Road landfill.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has announced $10,000 for the Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society to help reduce the spread and impact of invasive plants on Crown land.