TAKE GARBAGE OUT
A common complaint is coming from residents either living around or using area lakes that people are ice fishing on the lakes and leaving their garbage, including cigarette butts when they leave.
The litter, which includes cans, bottles, paper, plastic and broken chairs and other equipment, will drop into the lake when the ice melts.
Ice fishers are asked to take their garbage back with them for the sake of the environment, other fishers and the fish.
NEW GHG ACT
British Columbia’ new Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act went into force on Jan. 1, ensuring liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the province will have an emissions cap making them the cleanest in the world.
The new act combines several pieces of existing greenhouse gas (GHG) legislation into a single legislative framework.
The act includes the ability to set a GHG emissions intensity benchmark for regulated industries, including LNG facilities.
This benchmark can be met using flexible options that act as incentives to invest in emission reduction projects for natural gas and other sectors around the province.
Options can include purchasing offsets or paying a set price per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions that would be dedicated to a technology fund.
NEW AWARD PROGRAM
The province of British Columbia has announced the opening of nominations for a new awards program celebrating the athletic achievements of Aboriginal youth.
The Premier’s Award for Aboriginal Youth Excellence in Sport has been developed with the Aboriginal Sport, Recreation, and Physical Activity Partners Council – a partnership made up of the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, the First Nations Health Authority, and Métis Nation BC.
Nominees will be scored on athletic achievement, leadership skills, commitment to higher education, and for recognition as community role models both on and off the field of play.
Nomination Forms can be downloaded or completed online at https://aboriginalsportbc.wuff.eu/forms/nomination-form/
Nomination forms must be completed in full. Incomplete forms will not be considered.
The deadline for nominations is Jan. 29, 2016.
