A reminder: Visitors near and far can start planning their trips to two popular BC Parks destinations - Berg Lake Trail and Bowron Lake canoe circuit - when reservations open for the 2014 season on Jan. 2.

A joint field study between the B.C. government and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is resulting in a more accurate accounting of greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector.

Professional forester Timothy Ryan will assume the role of chair of the Forest Practices Board effective Dec. 31, 2013, for a three-year term.

The public is invited to review and comment before Feb. 18, 2014, on plans to establish more than 18,000 hectares of old growth management areas along the Sunshine Coast.

In its commitment to work collaboratively with the Tahltan Nation for land use in the Klappan area of Tahltan territory, government announced a temporary deferral on any new coal tenures in the Klappan.

The governments of Canada and British Columbia are investing more than $2 million in agricultural projects that support business development, innovation, food safety, and sustainability.

After 10 months, the value of B.C.'s softwood lumber exports have broken a new record.

Environment Minister Mary Polak and Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman have issued a conditional Environmental Assessment Certificate to Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corp. for the YVR Fuel Delivery project.

The Province is naming names and taking away privileges as part of a new strategy aimed at increasing the collection rate of overdue environmental court penalties, announced Environment Minister Mary Polak.