The British Columbia agricultural industry will benefit from an investment in two projects to develop energy solutions that will also reduce agricultural waste, announced federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and British Columbia Agriculture Minister Don McRae.

In advance of the Aug. 3 Joint Review Panel (JRP) deadline, B.C. has formally submitted its intention to cross-examine Northern Gateway Pipelines (NGP) on their Enbridge Northern Gateway Project at the JRP hearings, Minister of Environment Terry Lake announced.

Premier Christy Clark made the following statement on yesterday's land slide in the community of Johnsons Landing.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male hiker who was discovered off a backcountry trail near North Vancouver on June 27, 2012.

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.

School districts throughout B.C. are receiving their share of $5 million as part of ongoing funding to support their energy efficiency upgrades, Environment Minister Terry Lake and Education Minister George Abbott announced as they released the first of government's carbon neutral capital program (CNCP) cheques.

The Province has amended Heritage Investigation Permit 2011-0376 for a private property on the 1300 block of SW Marine Drive, also known as the Marpole Midden site, under Section 12 (6) of the Heritage Conservation Act.