Effective at 12 noon on Friday, Aug. 17, all campfires are banned in all areas of the Kamloops Fire Centre except the Clearwater Fire Zone.

The Northwest Fire Centre would like to remind the public that all open fires are prohibited within the Northwest Fire Centre, with the exception of the former North Coast Forest District.

The Land Based Investment Strategy (LBIS) is investing $3.4 million in the Nadina district for reforestation, timber supply mitigation, forest health and inventory.

Natural resource officers from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations visited a series of recreational spots in the Northeast region to help ensure that residents and visitors enjoyed a safe B.C. Day long weekend.

Natural resource officers from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations visited a series of recreational spots in the Thompson Okanagan Region Aug. 3-5 to help residents and visitors enjoy a safe B.C. Day long weekend.

Natural resource officers from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations visited a series of recreational spots in the Cariboo Aug. 3-5 to help ensure that residents and visitors enjoyed a safe B.C. Day long weekend.

The Ministry of Agriculture is asking for the public's co-operation to help protect the B.C. apple industry from apple pests and minimize the use of pesticides.

The British Columbia agricultural industry will benefit from an investment in two projects to develop energy solutions that will also reduce agricultural waste, announced federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and British Columbia Agriculture Minister Don McRae.

A surge in the number of abandoned campfires, combined with high temperatures throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, has fire officials urging recreationalists to be extremely careful with campfires.