Premier Christy Clark announced a $13.5-million investment in a new trades training facility at North Island College that will help prepare students for in-demand jobs in the skilled trades.

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $13,400 to the Strathcona Regional District as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

Up to 44 British Columbians in the Campbell River and Duncan areas are receiving the training they need for jobs in their communities, thanks to the federal/provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

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.