Environment Minister Mary Polak introduced legislation that, if passed, will add more than 1,500 hectares to B.C.'s protected areas system, one of the largest in North America.

British Columbia's video game and interactive technology sectors are taking their skills to the next level at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) that opens in San Francisco.

British Columbia is expanding the Digital Animation or Visual Effects tax credit to post-production activities, and extending the Interactive Digital Media tax credit to 2018.

British Columbia’s agri-food industry is receiving $2.5 million for 27 new projects supporting new trial crops, and the development of new agricultural products and practices.

A new laboratory to research plant-based medicines such as ginseng, hawthorn and elderberry at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) was awarded provincial funding of $368,000.

More than 40,000 industry visitors will have the opportunity to learn about British Columbia's innovative wood products and building systems this week at the famed Japan Home & Building Show in Tokyo.

The provincial government has proclaimed Nov. 7, 2014, as B.C.’s inaugural “Apprenticeship Recognition Day”.