Todd Thompson and his mother, Joan Thompson, are being recognized by the Province through the Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management for the Coast.

Saulteau First Nations are being recognized by the Province through the Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management for the North.

Charles Bloom Secondary school is being recognized by the Province through the Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management for the South.

Smoke from a pile burning project on Hudson Bay Mountain is highly visible in the Smithers area, but the BC Wildfire Service is fully aware of this project and it does not pose any risk to the town of Smithers.

The north end of Kootenay Lake and the lower Duncan River are now open to regulated bull trout harvest to support long-term kokanee conservation efforts.

Despite rainfall over the past few weeks, streamflows in the central and northern regions of British Columbia are well below normal and continue to decline.

The public is invited to comment on a proposal to build a connector road between the communities of Vanderhoof and Anahim Lake.

The BC Wildfire Service is urging people to use caution when conducting an open burn.

British Columbians will benefit from changes to a number of statutes that streamline, modernize and improve the security of B.C.’s land title and survey systems.

Category 3 open fires are again permitted in the Boundary Fire Zone.