BC Gov News

The BC Wildfire Service will help BC Parks conduct a 100-hectare ecosystem restoration burn in the Dry Farm area of the Churn Creek Protected Area, about 75 kilometres west of 100 Mile House, between April 17 and May 17, 2019.

The BC Wildfire Service plans to conduct a 36-hectare ecosystem restoration burn in the Centre Hill/Ingram Creek area, about seven kilometres north of Midway. 

Under the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Province is closing the Dorr Road Recreation Site around the Koocanusa reservoir from April 15 to May 1, 2019.

The public is invited to a community engagement session in Cranbrook on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, to provide feedback on two draft agreements to conserve southern mountain caribou populations.

Katrine Conroy, British Columbia’s Minister Responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, has issued the following statement after this week’s treaty negotiation meetings in Victoria:

Effective at noon on Monday, April 15, 2019, Category 3 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.

BC Wildfire Service crews will assist with six ecosystem restoration burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre over the next few weeks.

The public is invited to community engagement sessions to provide feedback on two draft agreements to conserve southern mountain caribou populations.

The British Columbia government is launching a regionally driven renewal of the province’s Interior forest industry, aimed at developing a competitive, sustainable future for forest companies, workers and communities.

Premier John Horgan issued the following statement after the legislative assembly passed the Income Tax Amendment Act, which sets out the final pieces of the Province’s fiscal framework for liquefied natural gas projects in British Columbia: