Distinctive Destinations: Experience Historic Places is the theme for this year’s Heritage Week, which runs from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, 2016, with Monday the 15th being National Heritage Day.

The next steps in finalizing the Pender Harbour Dock Management Plan were announced today with the release of Barry Penner’s review and recommendations of the draft dock management plan.

Improved information management, increased audits and enhanced dam owner and staff training underline the B.C. government’s ongoing commitment to dam safety over the past year, according to the fifth annual B.C. Dam Safety Program report.

The Province has extended the reduced fee in place for log exports in the Mid-Coast Timber Supply Area for one more year (to January 2017) to support forestry jobs in the area.

A company authorized to cut timber in the Meager Creek area northwest of Pemberton will receive an exemption to export up to 80,000 cubic metres of logs over a five-year period.

Two community ski areas near Prince George and Fort St. James now have more secure futures, thanks to renewed operating agreements with the Province.

Effective immediately, the allowable annual cut for the Strathcona Timber Supply Area is 1,138,000 cubic metres.

When the holiday season rolls around, it’s easy to forget that without B.C. resources such as wood products and minerals, many of the gifts you see would not be sitting under your Christmas tree.