The B.C. government is providing new funding to support multicultural organizations in raising awareness and strengthening their capacity to promote and enhance B.C.'s multicultural identity.

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.

Throughout British Columbia billions of dollars are being invested in new hospitals, upgrades and renovations, and 2012 was no exception.

The B.C. government is providing another $764,600 through the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF) to help 10 First Nations communities pursue clean-power options.

British Columbia will be featured as an attractive tourist destination by two high-profile television shows over the next week.

New harvest levels for Haida Gwaii have been determined by B.C.'s deputy chief forester Jim Sutherland.

B.C.'s First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF) is supporting another 12 projects, including a new biomass thermal heating system that will help a Kootenays-based First Nation reduce its energy payments and generate revenue, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak announced today.