The public is invited to review and comment on the draft land use order to establish Old Growth Management Areas in five landscape units in the Sunshine Coast District.

The public is invited to review and provide comments on the proposed objectives contained in the draft Old Growth Management Areas land use order, an element of the Province's Coastal Douglas Fir strategy.

Bill 13, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2011, was introduced in the legislature today by Attorney General Barry Penner. If passed, the amendments will affect a number of provincial statutes.

A new report released by the Province today shows governments will need to continue working together to meet the challenge of climate change and rising sea levels over the next 90 years and beyond.

Two legal orders that will guide land use in the Sea-to-Sky region have now been approved. Both orders implement land-use direction from the Sea-to-Sky Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) and associated First Nation land-use agreements.

The Government of British Columbia and the Haida Nation have appointed five members to a unique management council that will exercise shared decision making on Haida Gwaii, announced Mary Polak, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and Guujaaw, President of the Haida Nation.