The Province today introduced Bill 30, the Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, to streamline and clarify regulations in four existing acts - the Oil and Gas Activities Act, the Utilities Commission Act, the Clean Energy Act and the Strata Property Act.

Legislation that will help remove financial incentives to crime by improving the effectiveness of criminal forfeiture was introduced today by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond.

A regulatory change allowing the removal of private land from a woodlot licence will give woodlot holders more flexibility in how they manage their assets, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced today.

When Ron Handford, Yellowhead Mining Inc.'s executive vice-president of corporate development, was on the Premier's jobs and trade mission to Asia last fall, he spoke with executives connected with smelters, mining and trading companies in Japan, China and South Korea.

The Province will be investing over $2 million this year to resurface and widen a portion of Highway 95, approximately nine kilometres south of Golden, improving the route for area residents, tourists, the forest industry and commercial transport vehicles along this important corridor.

The Small Business Roundtable welcomes two new members to its board as it begins consulting with small businesses across the province in 2012: Shachi Kurl and Shafiq Jamal.

Endako Mine has been issued a Mines Act permit amendment which will increase production, create approximately 160 new jobs and sustain a total of 400 employees in the north, announced Minister of Energy and Mines Rich Coleman.

British Columbia has partnered with five other Canadian provinces to retain a national legal consortium to prosecute health-care cost-recovery claims against Canadian tobacco manufacturers.