The British Columbia government has enhanced the province’s firefighting capability in the Cariboo-Chilcotin with the opening of a $7.1-million facility at the Williams Lake Airport.

Applications for funding under the recently extended BC Rural Dividend will be accepted April 3 – May 31, 2017.

The management agreement for the Barkerville historic site has been extended to 2025 from its original date of 2020, MLA Coralee Oakes announced, on behalf of Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

The British Columbia government is investing $2.2 million in a pilot project over the next three years to explore new ways of managing invasive plants in the Thompson-Nicola region, MLA for Fraser-Nicola Jackie Tegart and Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced.

Proponents of the Qala-yit [Kwah-LIE-it] Community Forest are being invited to apply for a unique community forest agreement, the first community forest agreement that allows for a new form of partnership with BC Timber Sales through a reduced volume condition contained in the agreement.

Building on the economic benefits and jobs created by getting to yes on major projects and provincial investments in infrastructure, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced immediate investments and a long-term action plan outlined in B.C.’s rural economic development strategy that will create jobs and economic opportunities in Campbell River.