Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour, announced an investment of $1.845 million in Selkirk College for skills training in high-priority trades seats at the college’s Silver King campus in Nelson.

A project to stabilize a rock slope on Highway 31 north of Kaslo, in the vicinity of Lost Ledge Provincial Park, is now complete.

Comments are being accepted until Nov. 21, 2016, on a discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Arrow Timber Supply Area.

The construction of a new single-lane bridge is underway south of Nelson near the village of Ymir. 

A project is now underway to stabilize a rock slope on Highway 31 north of Kaslo, in the vicinity of Lost Ledge Provincial Park.

The Nelson and District Youth Centre has always benefitted from the profits raised through the operation of the Nelson City Campground, a social enterprise aiding local youth.

A contract is now awarded to Kingston Construction Ltd. from Surrey, B.C. to rehabilitate the Cottonwood Creek Overpass, at the Highway 3A/6 interchange in Nelson.

New mobile radio communication protocols are being implemented throughout British Columbia to improve safety for resource road users.

Following reports of a high survival rate for kokanee eggs planted into the Kootenay Lake spawning channel at Meadow creek and additional fry releases, the Province has launched a comprehensive action plan to guide the ongoing recovery of local kokanee stocks.