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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:15 AM
Environment Minister Terry Lake will share B.C.'s leading-edge policies on extended producer responsibility, air-quality management and climate action at this year's meeting of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) in Lake Louise on Oct. 11.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:30 AM
The B.C. government is introducing a single cutting permit procedure to make it easier for local governments, First Nations and other non-commercial organizations throughout the province to harvest timber from community forests.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:45 AM
Commitment to forest renewal through nine sustained and 11 new actions are contained in government's action plan to increase the mid-term timber supply, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced today.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:00 AM
The B.C. government will resume its questioning of Northern Gateway Pipelines (NGP) at the Joint Review Panel hearings in Prince George, concentrating on key areas of concerns including safety, accident prevention and emergency preparedness and response.
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Friday, October 5, 2012 11:00 AM
Twelve British Columbia small businesses will receive funding totalling $244,415 to make their creative energy-saving solutions a reality, announced Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:50 AM
The Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) Observatory, run by the University of Victoria, will receive $8.9 million from government to support ongoing research activities.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 10:30 AM
The government of B.C. would like the people of British Columbia to be on the lookout for the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) that will attack tree fruits, berries, grapes, vegetables, corn and ornamental plants.
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Monday, October 1, 2012 2:00 PM
Environment Minister Terry Lake and Energy, Mines and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman have refused to issue an Environmental Assessment Certificate to Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. for the proposed Morrison Copper/Gold Mine project, located 65 kilometres north of Smithers.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012 10:15 AM
British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has implemented four of the six auditor general's recommendations aimed at increased project oversight and will complete action on the remaining two within seven months, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced today.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012 11:00 AM
As British Columbia's bears go through their annual ritual of preparing for hibernation, avoiding conflicts between bears and humans is a particularly high priority during the fall season.
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