As part of its rural development mandate, the Government of British Columbia is providing $10,000 each to the BC Marine Trails Network Association, Cortes Island Seniors Society and the Village of Gold River, Claire Trevena, MLA for North Island announced today.

As part of its rural development mandate, the Government of British Columbia is providing over $103,000 for cultural, social and infrastructure projects in the Kootenay region, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall and Kootenay-West MLA Katrine Conroy announced today.

B.C. worked closely with the federal government which is responsible for representing Canadian interests in trade negotiations. While the federal government engaged extensively with its U.S. counterparts, there is not yet enough common ground to support an agreement.

As part of its rural development mandate, the British Columbia government is providing $148,000 to Skeetchestn Natural Resources LLP and the Village of Cache Creek, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Doug Donaldson announced today.

The British Columbia government is providing $100,000 to the City of Revelstoke, announced Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson today.

British Columbia Trade Envoy to the United States David Emerson was in Portland, Ore. yesterday advancing B.C.’s interests in the ongoing softwood lumber dispute.

Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations John Rustad has issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminary determination of anti-dumping duties of 6.87% to be applied to the majority of Canadian softwood lumber shipments entering the U.S.