The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $15,600 to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The Province heard hundreds of comments from British Columbians about ideas and new ways to protect B.C.’s species at risk during a recent six-week consultation that ended Nov. 30, 2016.

Two McBride area properties home to a wide variety of wildlife have been acquired by the Province, thanks to a partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC).

The Province has acquired four additional ecologically sensitive properties throughout British Columbia, thanks to a partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

A Cranbrook area property home to a wide variety of wildlife has been acquired by the Province, thanks to a partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC).

Environment Minister Mary Polak and Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett have issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate to Graymont Western Canada Inc. for the Giscome Quarry and Lime Plant project, which is located near Giscome, approximately 27 kilometres east-northeast of Prince George. 

The ministers of Environment and Energy and Mines have approved the Giscome Quarry and Lime Plant project, located 27 kilometres from Prince George.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak issued the following statement, in response to the federal government’s announcement of a second rescue tug for British Columbia.

British Columbia joined Washington, Oregon and California in officially forming the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification.

Minister of Environment Mary Polak has issued the following statement on the federal decision regarding pipeline projects: