Thanks to more than $23,000 in provincial Brownfield Renewal funding, the empty lot at 1491 Sutherland Drive in Kelowna will one day be affordable housing.

Thanks to $40,000 in provincial Brownfield Renewal funding, the District of Lillooet can start to redevelop the old Bridge Road landfill.

Thanks to more than $112,000 in provincial Brownfield Renewal funding, three brownfield sites in Duncan can begin the process of redevelopment.

A community forest agreement will diversify the local economy and create more business for the Babine Lake area, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced today at a signing ceremony with the Village of Granisle and the Lake Babine Nation.

Residents of the North will now find it even easier to access government services with the official opening of a brand-new FrontCounter BC office in Fort St. James.

New guidelines have been released to help B.C.'s coastal communities update floodplain area maps and adapt to rising sea levels.

Woodlot licensee George Delisle has received the Minister's Award of Excellence for Woodlot Management, Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater announced at a presentation on behalf of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson.