BC Wildfire Service personnel will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Hooker Creek area (about nine kilometres east of Crawford Bay) during the month of June 2017.

The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a new wildfire about five kilometres south of Pantage Lake and 40 kilometres northwest of Quesnel.

In efforts to protect critical moose habitat and to restore moose populations in the Murphy Watershed near Lac La Hache, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is proposing an access management plan, which includes blocking and deactivating select roads in the watershed.

Premier Christy Clark issued the following statement on the death of a British Columbian in yesterday's attack in London:

Saanich residents are reminded that the final aerial spraying treatment to eradicate invasive gypsy moths from land around Elk Lake and Bear Hill Regional Park will occur Tuesday, June 6, between sunrise (5:10 a.m.) and 7:30 a.m., weather permitting.

The Province will close the black bear hunting season on Haida Gwaii at midnight on Sunday, June 4, 2017.

Premier Christy Clark has issued the following statement:

Teresa Wat, Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for  Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism, issued this statement:

The BC Wildfire Service is planning a controlled burn near the base of Mount Horetsky, approximately 39 kilometres northwest of Fort Babine. The burn will only take place if weather conditions permit and may begin as early as May 28, 2017.

The Kamloops Fire Centre is reminding the public that a Category 2 and Category 3 open burning prohibition came into effect at noon on May 19.