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Thursday, April 4, 2013 8:45 AM
The B.C. government is investing $126,500 to help build and expand the province's forestry workforce under a Labour Market Partnerships Program agreement with the Council of Forest Industries (COFI).
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:30 PM
The Province has fulfilled a commitment to bring into force new financial protections for forestry contractors, effective April 1, 2013.
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Friday, March 22, 2013 9:30 AM
The B.C. government has accepted the intent of each of the eight Cohen Commission recommendations that directly reference the Province.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:15 PM
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson issued the following statement with regard to proposed amendments to the Forest Act that would enable the conversion of volume-based forest licences to area-based forest licences:
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:00 AM
A collection of over 2.2 million aerial photos of B.C. will be available for public viewing and research, thanks to a new partnership between the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and the University of British Columbia's department of geography.
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Friday, February 22, 2013 12:45 PM
A 10-year forest inventory plan was released today with an average annual investment of $8 million over the life of the plan.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:56 PM
Taking into account over 8,000 comments from a public consultation as well as recommendations from the bi-partisan Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides, the proposed amendments to the Integrated Pest Management Act will address public concern over the use of cosmetic pesticides on private landscaped areas.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:55 PM
Forest Act amendments introduced today will help improve forest stewardship and support community resiliency in mountain pine beetle impacted areas.
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Monday, February 18, 2013 4:07 PM
The economic and revenue projections contained in Budget 2013 received a strong endorsement from Dr. Tim O'Neill, a nationally respected economist hired to review the B.C. government revenue and economic forecasts for the coming budget.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:52 PM
Looking forward to a future under self-government, youth members of the Tla'amin Nation today placed personal mementos into a time capsule, celebrating the introduction of provincial legislation to ratify the Tla'amin treaty.
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