Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $1,207,743 for 10 projects in the North.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $935,925 for 11 projects in the Cariboo region.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing over $2 million for nine projects in the northwest region of the province.

The BC Wildfire Service is responding to four holdover fires in the Cassiar fire zone.

The new allowable annual cut for Canfor’s Tree Farm Licence 14 (TFL 14) in the East Kootenays will remain at 180,000 cubic metres, announced Diane Nicholls, chief forester.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing nearly $100,000 to Kootenay Employment Services Society for a project to support employment, business and community in the Creston area.

Given the current and predicted weather conditions in northern regions of the province, the BC Wildfire Service is encouraging members of the public and industry personnel to exercise caution when doing any outdoor burning.

The first aerial-spraying treatment to eradicate invasive gypsy moths from 62 hectares of residential and municipal park land in North Surrey will occur Wednesday, May 1, 2019, weather permitting.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing more than $1.1 million for nine projects in the West Kootenay region.

The Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program, in conjunction with the BC Wildfire Service, BC Parks and the Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society, plans to conduct a series of ecosystem restoration burns in the Premier Lake area.