Students in the Campbell River School District are connecting with skills and technology training development thanks to a $17,500 grant to the district from the Province’s Shoulder Tappers Program.

The B.C. government has distributed $75,497 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Campbell River.

Students at Cortes Elementary Junior Secondary school will soon have a seismically safe school, thanks to $2.3 million from the Province’s award-winning Seismic Mitigation Program.

Students, teachers and staff at Carihi Secondary school in the Campbell River school district will benefit from $280,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

Families in the Campbell River school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $316,860 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Trades students on Vancouver Island have access to new industry-standard equipment to ensure that they graduate with in-demand skills for jobs.

Improved infrastructure and modernized technology are topping the list of BC Transit projects for Campbell River soon to roll out under phase one of the new Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.

As part of the public safety funding announced in February 2016, the Province is committing $80,000 in funding toward a flood mitigation assessment project in the Strathcona Regional District.

North Island College (NIC) will receive $200,000 to support training for workers affected by the Myra Falls Mine suspension and Quinsam Mine closure near Campbell River.

People in need of shelter in Campbell River will continue to have a safe, warm place to stay until the end of June 2016.