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LONG WEEKEND PLANS? CHECK FIRESAFEBC.CA BEFORE YOU GO
VICTORIA – Before you head out head out camping or hiking in the backcountry this weekend, be sure to check for details on any significant wildfires, evacuation orders and alerts, road closures and air quality advisories.[read more]
CAMPFIRE BAN ENFORCEMENT PATROLS ALL WEEKEND LONG
VICTORIA –More than 150 of the Province’s personnel will be on patrol enforcing the campfire ban over the long weekend, Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell and Minister of Environment Barry Penner said.[read more]
39,000 HECTARES PROTECTED FOR OLD GROWTH CONSERVATION
VICTORIA – The Province has identified an additional 38,779 hectares on Vancouver Island to protect old-growth forests, Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau Pat Bell announced.[read more]
CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDS HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES
VICTORIA – The Province is supporting improvements to local cycling infrastructure by making $500,000 in funding available to B.C. communities through the BikeBC Cycling Infrastructure Partnerships Program.[read more]
REPORT SHOWS PATIENT CARE REVIEW PROCESS WORKING WELL
VICTORIA – Thousands of patients across British Columbia are accessing the standardized care quality complaints process launched in 2008, announced Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon, following the release of the Patient Care Quality Review Boards’ first annual report. [read more]
1,598 HECTARES OF COASTAL DOUGLAS-FIR TO BE PROTECTED
VICTORIA – Under a new land use order, British Columbia will increase the protection of the Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem on provincial Crown land to almost 40 per cent, Pat Bell, Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau announced.[read more]
SIMON FRASER BRIDGE WORKERS HONOURED
PRINCE GEORGE – All those who worked on the twinned Simon Fraser Bridge were recocgnized by Premier Gordon Campbell along with federal, provincial and municipal representatives in a special ceremony.[read more]
MINISTER POLAK'S STATEMENT ON YOUTH TESTING
VICTORIA - Minister of Children and Family Development Mary Polak released the following statement regarding testing on young offenders involving the use of a penile plethysmograph[read more]
YOU GOTTA BE HERE THIS BC DAY LONG WEEKEND
VICTORIA – If you want to make a great escape this BC Day long weekend, you don’t have to go far.[read more]
CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT CANCER CENTRE FOR THE NORTH
PRINCE GEORGE – Premier Gordon Campbell and Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon, together with health and local government representatives, celebrated the start of construction on the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North.[read more]
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