The Province is urging caution and encouraging the public to prepare for localized flooding as water levels are expected to rise in the B.C. Central and Southern Interior regions of the province due to anticipated increased snowmelt, precipitation and higher than normal rain levels throughout recent weeks.

Thank you for your letter of April 26, 2017, regarding a proposed ban on the shipment of thermal coal through British Columbia ports. We share the commitment to fighting climate change and protecting our environment.

The first aerial-spraying treatment period to eradicate invasive gypsy moths from land around Elk Lake and Bear Hill Regional Park, 10 km north of Victoria, will occur Monday, May 15, weather permitting.

BC Wildfire Service personnel will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Hope Creek area (30 kilometres north of Meadow Creek) during the month of May, weather and site conditions permitting.

The public is being asked to prepare for localized flooding as water levels in Nicola Lake and river rise due to increased snowmelt and higher than normal rain levels throughout April.

Motorists should expect delays on Highway 1 on Wednesday, May 3 (tomorrow)  between 10 a.m. and noon near Exit 370 Summit off-ramp due to construction.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the deaths of two men who died after a vessel capsized near Tofino on April 30, 2017.  

A small portion of the Mabel Lake Forest Service Road east of Mabel Lake will be temporarily closed to all vehicle traffic until further notice, due to concerns about the stability of the roadbed in the area and the need to ensure public safety.

Alkali Resource Management Ltd. and the Esketem’c First Nation, with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service, plan to conduct a series of prescribed burns in the Mayfield Lake area between April 27 and May 15, 2017, weather conditions permitting.

In the wake of the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose unfair and unwarranted duties on Canadian and British Columbia softwood lumber, I told British Columbians that I would use every tool at our disposal to ensure we get a fair deal on softwood lumber.