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.

BC Parks and Parks Canada made history as they both celebrated their centennials at Parks Day 2011 held in Stanley Park.

Premier Christy Clark announced the expansion of the firefighters' occupational disease regulation so that firefighters who develop esophageal cancer can more easily qualify for benefits under the Workers Compensation Act.

Government is proclaiming 2011 the Year of the Entrepreneur, extending its commitment to reducing red-tape, and showing leadership as the first government in Canada to enshrine in law a commitment to publish annual provincial reports on regulatory accountability in B.C., Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.

Families riding buses on Marine Drive and across the Lions Gate Bridge now have a faster, more reliable trip across the North Shore and into Metro Vancouver, thanks to the opening of two new bus-only lanes. Buses will start using the lanes on Monday, June 20, 2011.

Jacquie Gulevich, a Grade 11 student from North Peace Secondary in Fort St. John, won a $25,000 scholarship today as the grand prize winner of the Year of Science "Choose Science, Go Far, Win Big" contest.

Premier Christy Clark announced $870,000 in provincial funding for the development of the world's first small-scale hydrogen liquefaction plant to be built in North Vancouver.