Engagement Summary The Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations holds a photo contest each year for its publications The Hunting and Trapping Regulation Synopsis, which is published every even year, and the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis, which is published every odd year. Prior to each publication a photo contest is held to determine …
What was this engagement about? The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is studying the feasibility of a highway link between the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland. A number of potential connections between the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland are being explored. Concepts range from a highway link around Jervis Inlet to direct bridge connections …
What was this engagement about? The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is undertaking a planning study to evaluate options to replace Kicking Horse River Bridges 1 and 2 on Highway 95 in the Town of Golden. Regionally, these bridges provide a key link between Highways 1 and 3 and several communities along Highway 95 between …
Engagement Summary The public was invited to attend two drop-in information sessions about the Mile 28 Daumont Level Crossing project, located roughly 40kms east of Terrace. The first information session was on July 19, 2016 in Prince Rupert, and the second was on July 20, 2016 in Terrace. The project will resolve the last …
Engagement Summary DataBC encourages and enables the strategic management and sharing of data across the government enterprise and with the public. It is responsible for the Open Data Initative and the Province’s Spatial Data Infrastructure and associated products and services. In 2011, DataBC launched a blog as a platform to engage with the public …
Engagement Summary In August 2014 a breach occurred at the Tailings Storage Facility at the Mount Polley Mine near the town of Likely, British Columbia, causing water and tailings to be released into Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake. The tailings blocked the flow of water from Polley Lake at the discharge to Hazeltine …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations drafted a land use order amendment to replace Old Grown Management Areas (OGMAs) that were salvage harvested due to trees being damaged by the Mountain Pine Beetle. The boundaries of some of the relevant ecosystem units were updated which in some areas, affected the …
Engagement Summary The Franchises Act passed Third Reading on October 20, and received Royal Assent a month later on November 17, 2015. The Act aims to help level the playing field for small business owners and to increase certainty for investors looking to expand into British Columbia. It is consistent with franchise legislation that is …
Engagement Summary: In 2014 and 2015, a series of consultations were held about how to make it easier for government to welcome innovative ideas from the marketplace. One of the issues government has heard repeatedly is the difficulty associated with finding the right person to talk to when a vendor has an innovative product …
What was this engagement about? The Family Law Act came fully into force on March 18, 2013, replacing the Family Relations Act. The new act significantly changed the way guardianship and parenting arrangements are conceptualized within family law in British Columbia, introducing new terminology as well as a new framework for determining parents’ responsibilities towards their children. The Family …
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