Co-operative agreements and interjurisdictional partnerships have ensured resources and technical expertise to assist in emergency response efforts to flooding said Shirley Bond, Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced today regulatory changes that provide access to logging slash and wood waste fibre needed by bioenergy producers and manufacturers of wood pellets and other bio-products.

Collaboration between the Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project, Metro Vancouver and the Kwikwetlem First Nation to enhance habitat in Colony Farm Regional Park has resulted in young salmon returning to the area for the first time in 100 years.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the man who died when a bridge on which he was standing was swept away by flood waters on June 23, 2012.

The province continues to urge residents to evacuate when emergency officials request it.

High water levels have prompted Kamloops RCMP to close the North and South Thompson rivers to boaters.

The Yukon has requested firefighting assistance from British Columbia due to an increase in wildfire activity there, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond released the following statement on emergency preparedness to deal with current flood conditions facing several regions of B.C.

In emergency flood situations, residents near any body of water are advised to be particularly careful around high water.

The B.C. government has released its 2010 Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI) reports for all local governments. These reports assist local governments in monitoring progress toward community-wide GHG emissions reduction targets for their official community plans.