Students at Coast Mountain College are celebrating the elimination of interest from B.C. student loans, as part of Budget 2019, that brings debt relief to approximately 200,000 people.

Adult literacy programs in the northwest region of the province are giving people the reading, writing, math and computer skills needed to understand household budgets, join in community activities and help their children with their homework.

Students are getting set for success in the skilled trades with the opening of the newly renovated, state-of-the-art House of Cedar trades training facility at Coast Mountain College.

People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Terrace will have access to new homes before winter, as the Province starts construction on 52 units of modular housing with 24/7 support services.

People in need of affordable rental housing in Terrace, including families and seniors, will soon have more housing options, with construction underway on 45 rental homes.

Five resurfacing projects have begun in the Skeena and Bulkley-Stikine districts, to improve safety and efficiency of highways 37 and 118, and on Tow Hill Road, east of Masset.

The public is advised that the Exstew River recreation site, located 42 kilometres west of Terrace on Highway 16, will be closed to recreational users between Tuesday, May 15, and Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

Northwest Community College has received approval to change its name to Coast Mountain College, effective June 18, 2018.