Today, the B.C. government and the Haisla Nation announced a framework agreement that will spur the development of another natural gas export facility in the Northwest.

An Incremental Treaty Agreement (ITA) signed today by the B.C. government and Nazko First Nation, will expand economic development and job creation opportunities, and provide benefits to the First Nation in advance of a treaty final agreement.

As part of ongoing work to participate in and monitor the Joint Review Panel on the Northern Gateway Project, the government of British Columbia today outlined five minimum requirements that must be met for the province to consider the construction and operation of heavy oil pipelines within its borders.

New partnerships on Vancouver Island and the mid-coast will strengthen the relationship between First Nations and the provincial government and create economic opportunities, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak announced today.

Premier Christy Clark and Taku River Tlingit First Nation spokesperson John Ward signed an agreement that creates 13 new protected areas and provides resource development opportunities and investment certainty in more than three million hectares (approximately 11,500 square miles) in the Atlin Taku region of northwestern B.C.