The Find Your Fit tour stop in North Vancouver is a great opportunity for students to get valuable hands-on experience with helpful career-planning tools.

Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology Bruce Ralston joined about 3,000 people today, as Seaspan Shipyards opened its North Vancouver facility to the public for the first time, for a glimpse of the first large Canadian Coast Guard ship built in Canada since the early 1980s.

Up to 202 Vancouver residents are currently receiving the training they need for jobs in their communities, thanks to support from the federal and provincial governments.

A contract for a $31.5-million project has been awarded to Lafarge Canada Inc. to build a new interchange at Mountain Highway where it intersects with Highway 1 in the District of North Vancouver, creating about 110 jobs over the life of the project.

Modern and efficient roadways are crucial to encouraging and supporting economic activity, facilitating trade, and creating well-paying, middle class jobs.

Students in the North Vancouver School District will benefit from $1.6 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects and classroom supplies, MLA Naomi Yamamoto announced on behalf of Education Minister Mike Bernier.

The District of North Vancouver is receiving a federal-provincial investment in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced Jane Thornthwaite, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Skilled trades students in the North Vancouver and West Vancouver School Districts will benefit from a three-year, $15-million investment by the B.C. government to support youth trades programs with the purchase of new trades training equipment.