The Province is joining forces with a leading-edge, not-for-profit research institute to help advance a bio-friendly technology that will expand the market for B.C. wood fibre and help secure jobs in the forest industry.

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.

Premier Christy Clark delivered opening remarks at the 2012 GLOBE Conference, highlighting the success of B.C.'s clean tech sector.

A new agreement with First Nations in the north that provides certainty around resource development along with a reduced backlog of mining permits will help create jobs in the mining sector, Premier Christy Clark announced today in her speech to Round Up 2012.

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.

A new information toolkit that will encourage architects and engineers to design and build with wood, particularly in commercial and public facilities, was announced at the Vancouver Wood Solutions Fair.