In response to an auditor general’s report on the management of grizzly bear populations over the past two decades, the B.C. government will develop a provincial grizzly bear management plan with clear objectives, roles, responsibilities and accountabilities.

The British Columbia government is providing $100,000 so the Town of Golden can move forward with a new access option after the lower canyon of the Kicking Horse River was closed to the whitewater-rafting industry, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, announced today.

As part of its rural development mandate, the British Columbia government is providing over $784,000 to the Okanagan communities of Summerland, Peachland, Osoyoos and Oliver, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson announced today.

As part of its rural development mandate, the British Columbia government is providing $148,000 to Skeetchestn Natural Resources LLP and the Village of Cache Creek, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Doug Donaldson announced today.

The Government of British Columbia is celebrating a major investment in a Prince George forestry manufacturing facility by Sumitomo Corporation.

The Government of British Columbia is providing $500,000 to the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, as part of more than $10.1 million being awarded to 90 eligible local governments, First Nations and not-for-profit organizations under the BC Rural Dividend program, announced Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, on behalf of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson today.

The British Columbia government is providing $235,000 to support three community projects in Salmon Arm, announced Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Doug Donaldson today.

The British Columbia government is providing $550,000 to support five community projects in the Province’s Skeena region, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, announced today.

The British Columbia government is providing $100,000 to the City of Revelstoke, announced Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson today.

The British Columbia government is providing $348,333 so Futurpreneur Canada can support rural and Indigenous young adults in northern B.C. through its ThriveNorth programming, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, announced today.