Three large insects found in the Nanaimo area in August have been confirmed by Canadian and international experts as Asian giant hornets (vespa mandarinia), the first time they have been found on Vancouver Island.

From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada (https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans.html)

Healthy wild fish stocks are vital to the economic prosperity and social fabric of British Columbia’s coastal communities, and are fundamental to the culture of many Indigenous communities.

August 22, 2019

An end-of-summer of tradition is underway with the opening of the 109th Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).

The province’s future providers of locally grown food, the kids of 4-H British Columbia, are getting ready for crops, livestock and learning in the year ahead.

Farmers in the Bulkley-Nechako and Fraser-Fort George regions will have more support to adapt to climate change, following the development of the Bulkley-Nechako & Fraser-Fort George Regional Adaptation Strategies plan.

B.C.’s Agritech Innovation Challenge has awarded a total of $150,000 to three innovative projects.