Canada and B.C. targeted funding to support business development, innovation, food safety and sustainability under the Growing Forward agreement in the second quarter of 2012-13.

Environment Minister Terry Lake has asked the provincial wildlife veterinarian and conservation officer staff to work with an Ucluelet woman, Janet Schwartz, and her 'pet' deer Bimbo.

To increase harvesting activity on the coast, government is exploring the use of new scanner technology for scaling logs, accelerating the auction of an additional 500,000 cubic metres by BC Timber Sales, improving the log-export system and exploring ways to better harvest the timber profile.

Environment Minister Terry Lake and Energy, Mines and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman have issued a conditional Environmental Assessment Certificate to Creek Power Inc. for the Upper Lillooet Hydro project, located in the headwaters of the Lillooet River, approximately 60 km northwest of Pemberton.

An update to the government's Tsunami Debris Management Plan is now available online at: www.tsunamidebrisbc.ca just in time for the winter storm season along the B.C. coast.

Visitors from around the world and throughout the province can soon plan their trips to two awe-inspiring BC Parks' destinations. The Berg Lake Trail and Bowron Lake canoe circuit will be open for advanced reservations beginning Jan. 2, 2013.

The B.C. government has amended the controlled alien species regulation to protect our environment, with tough fines for those who introduce invasive species into local ecosystems.