B.C.'s Wildfire Management Branch is sending an additional 192 personnel to Quebec to assist that province with its increased fire activity.

Responding to continued concerns about air quality in the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley, AirCare will continue to Dec. 31, 2014, and then end for passenger cars and trucks to allow for a full examination of the program's future direction and focus, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced.

British Columbia's Wildfire Management Branch is sending 210 personnel to Quebec and Ontario to aid those provinces with the fire activity they are experiencing.

The provincial government is providing over $1.7 million in new grants to control the spread of invasive plants, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced today.

Woodlot licensee Mark Churchill is the Northern Interior's award winner of this year's Award of Excellence for Woodlot Management, Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad announced today, on behalf of Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson.

Huldra Silver Inc. was issued a Mines Act permit today for its Treasure Mountain silver mine, located approximately 29 km east of Hope and 40 km west of Princeton announced Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy and Mines.

Recreational users and hunters are advised that the East Canoe Forest Service Road will be closed at 41 kilometres until further notice due to a washout.

The Northwest Fire Centre has responded to seven fires within the past week, all of which were human-caused.