The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued two administrative penalties totalling $346,000 to Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (CGL) on Sept. 19, 2023, for non-compliance with requirements of its environmental assessment certificate.

After productive conversations between the Province, Lil’wat Nation and N’Quatqua, the parties have reached an agreement for the reopening of Pipi7iekw (Joffre Lakes Park).

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, has released the following statement:

Following ongoing conversations between B.C. and Lil’wat, Pipi7iekw (Joffre Lakes Provincial Park) will be open over the Labour Day long weekend.

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, has released the following statement regarding a child’s death in a provincial park over the weekend in the Okanagan:

The Province has appointed three new members to British Columbia’s independent Climate Solutions Council.

The Province is helping First Nations communities strengthen their resilience to the adverse effects of climate change through the launch of an Indigenous climate-resilience capacity-building pilot program.

New regulatory changes are being made to safeguard the province’s ecological reserves.