Skilled trades students in two regional school districts will benefit from a three-year, $15-million investment by the British Columbia government to support youth trades programs with the purchase of new trades training equipment.

Powell River will receive $183,869 in BikeBC funding this year for cycling infrastructure improvements in the community.

The world is changing and B.C. students need to be ready to adapt to the careers of tomorrow. Students in the Powell River School District will be prepared thanks to $22,500 in provincial funding awarded to the district, helping to connect kids with opportunities in skilled trades and tech training. 

Students, families and the francophone community are benefiting from a structurally safe and upgraded school, with work now complete on the $2.8-million l’École Côte-du-Soleil school seismic mitigation project.

Students, teachers and staff at six schools in the Powell River school district will benefit from $149,028 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

Families in the Powell River school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $91,754 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

As part of the Province’s work to make sure British Columbians have access to high-quality primary care, 14 internationally-trained physicians will begin practicing in rural and remote communities in B.C. this month, including a new family doctor in Powell River.

Three local people are getting work experience helping Inclusion Powell River celebrate its 60th anniversary, as a result of more than $65,000 in government Job Creation Partnership funding.

As the nights get colder and longer, more people are lighting their fireplaces to help stay warm. But do you know where your firewood comes from? Was it legally harvested?

The Powell River Regional District is receiving $67,114 for Haywire Bay Trail upgrades that will make the trail more accessible to users, announced Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.