Smoke and flames from burning piles of waste wood may be visible next to the Castlegar Golf Club as early as next week.

To highlight how easy it is for families to get the new $1,200 BC Training and Education Savings Grant, Education Minister Don McRae and East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett visited the East Kootenay Community Credit Union to discuss the new grant with one of the credit union's financial planning experts and a local parent.

The Peace River North board of education received a package from Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm which bore good tidings for Clearview Elementary/Jr. Secondary school.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died while working on a log-sorting operation on West Thurlow Island on April 8, 2013.

A new agreement will create economic opportunities for the Kaska Dena First Nations in northern B.C. in advance of a treaty.

The Province is changing the designation on 313.75 hectares of Crown land to support the conservation aims of the neighbouring Johns Family Nature Conservancy Regional Park and Okanagan Mountain Park.

The B.C. government is committing up to $5.6 million to partially replace Nicola-Canford Elementary so students can continue to learn in their hometown in the future, instead of travelling to another school every day.

Efforts to save the endangered Nechako white sturgeon in B.C. reached an important milestone with the announcement of close to $10 million to build and operate a new sturgeon conservation centre on the Nechako River in Vanderhoof.

The government of B.C., in partnership with the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA), has transferred ownership and management of 428 properties in rural communities throughout the B.C. mainland to three non-profit Aboriginal housing providers.