A new employment project in Chilliwack will prepare up to 24 unemployed residents of the Fraser Valley for careers in manufacturing and support an innovative royalty remuneration system for Aboriginal artists.

A new Community and Employer Partnership project will see 36 people hard at work training for in-demand jobs in the heavy industrial manufacturing sector.

The Experience the Fraser trail system has been expanded and enhanced throughout the Chilliwack and Mission areas, giving five people valuable work experience that will benefit residents and visitors for years to come.

Craig was stuck in a seasonal work cycle and wanted to find full time regular work.

Future heavy industrial manufacturing workers will soon be hard at work in the classroom and on the jobsite, thanks to a new employment training program at Chilliwack`s Mussell Crane Manufacturing.