Skilled trades students in three regional 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.

A visit by Google Trekker to Prince Rupert and the Inside Passage this summer helped to mark an amazing year for tourism in Northwestern British Columbia.                                           

Two school districts in the region will receive a combined $40,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people.

To help mature workers in Prince Rupert get the training and support they need for future jobs, the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia will provide more than $238,000 to Northwest Community College to deliver the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) program.

First Nations business professionals are learning how to tap into liquefied natural gas (LNG) opportunities in British Columbia at a national Aboriginal business conference.

Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow’s in-demand occupations will have an interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC’s Find Your Fit tour stop at the All Native Basketball Tournament in Prince Rupert on Feb. 8 - 10, 2015.