Effective immediately, travellers are advised that the Mabel - Cotton Forest Service Road at the 33.6-kilometre mark on Tsiuis Creek is closed to traffic due to slope instability and the risk of debris sliding onto the road.

A review by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure into the April 16 closure of Highway 1 at Goldstream Park has been released. The review is focused on the speed in which alternate routes were established, and on the communication to the travelling public.

Construction of the new $2-million Arrow Fire Zone Primary Attack Base is now complete, bringing wildfire staff and equipment into one location.

The BlueSky Western Canada Forecasting System has been expanded this year to include smoke forecasts from all the Western Provinces, as well as areas of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ontario and the U.S. border states, Environment Minister Terry Lake said in recognition of Clean Air Day.

The Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Gas to the Minister of Energy and Mines, Pat Pimm, will identify new economic opportunities from B.C.'s natural gas sector when he consults broadly across the province this summer.

B.C.'s new Clean Technology Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Mines, MLA John Yap, will consult with industry on how to improve B.C.'s low carbon fuel requirements.