A five-person Rapid Damage Assessment (RDA) team (one manager and two, 2-person damage assessment teams) has arrived in Sicamous and is working directly with the emergency operations centre.

This province has a rich agricultural history, and we want to make sure our farmers have the support they need to prosper well into the future in a challenging and competitive industry that requires long hours and huge investments in infrastructure and land.

The vast landscape of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is as famous for its gold panning and cowboy culture, as it is for its fishing, camping, and paddling routes.

Local authorities are the legislated lead in an emergency, but the B.C. government provides assistance through Emergency Management BC's (EMBC) co-ordination role that helps communities connect with the resources they need.

When I found out last fall that CLBC had a variable pay compensation system for senior staff, I immediately directed that incentive-based compensation at CLBC be terminated as quickly as possible.

As a result of forecasts of prolonged weather systems bringing rain and increased snow melt to regions where water levels are already high, the River Forecast Centre in B.C. has issued several advisories and warnings.

This week the Province of British Columbia joined forces with the State of Washington in a simulated catastrophic earthquake exercise.

This past week, B.C. celebrated an agreement with the Kaska Dena Council in northwestern B.C. that will provide greater certainty about how resource development can proceed in more than 10 per cent of the province.

British Columbia mayors have indicated that they will discuss the possibility of negotiating a potential "new deal" with the Province and the federal government when they meet in Penticton this week.

The provincial government has committed to creating a 10-year strategic plan for policing - and we'd like to encourage you to have your say.