The BC Wildfire Service continues to battle wildfires within the Northwest Fire Centre.

Dan Miller, former premier and provincial cabinet minister, has been hired as the independent, third-party facilitator for the next stage of the logging contractor sustainability review.

The past year has been an exciting time for our province, our community and our workforce.

Weather permitting, the BC Wildfire Service will be conducting planned ignitions on the Meachen Creek wildfire located within the Meachen Creek drainage, approximately 10 kilometres southwest of St. Mary Lake in the Southeast Fire Centre.

Extremely warm and dry conditions have prompted the Province to set a Level 3 drought rating for the Peace, Upper Fraser East and Upper Fraser West areas.

Safety and access improvements are being made to Central Street West and Highway 97, to provide better traffic flow for the local community.

The British Columbia agriculture sector will have new resources available to support its efforts in adapting to climate change.

There have been 85 new wildfire starts in the Southeast Fire Centre since Aug. 11, 2018, 16 of which are in the Invermere Fire Zone and Cranbrook Fire Zone.

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology, has issued the following statement on the July 2018 Labour Force Survey:

Public service employees in core government have ratified an agreement reached with the Public Service Agency under government’s Sustainable Services Negotiating Mandate, which focuses on improving services for people and ensuring fair and affordable compensation.