The Province is urging the public to stay safe and aware of wildfire risks as people travel around British Columbia to spend Victoria Day long weekend with friends and family and enjoy the beautiful, great outdoors.

The B.C. government is providing $750,000 to the Fraser Basin Council to support and explore flood management strategies.

Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has issued the following statement:

Local governments, Indigenous communities and organizations, as well as not-for-profit organizations are eligible and encouraged to apply for funding in the sixth intake of the BC Rural Dividend program.

About 70 trees that pose a risk to campers at the Shingle Beach Recreation Site on Texada Island will be removed for safety reasons.

Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has issued the following statement in response to the crash of an aircraft transporting BC Wildfire Service contractors in the Northwest Fire Centre:

The B.C. government has distributed almost $19 million in new grants to support rural communities in the fifth intake of the Rural Dividend.

Giant hogweed. Death cap mushrooms. Zebra mussels. These are just some of the species that are not supposed to be in British Columbia.

The B.C. government has released its updated action plan in response to the government-commissioned, independent Abbott/Chapman report on the unprecedented 2017 wildfire and flood seasons in British Columbia.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $363,450 to the Southern Gulf Islands Community Resources Centre, the Capital Regional District and the Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce for four projects.