As part of Apprenticeship Recognition Week, the B.C. government announced that Camosun College will receive more than $331,000 for two innovation pilots that will improve training outcomes and employability for apprentices.

The successful bidder in the first round of special wine store licence auctions has received approval in principle from the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for six liquor licences that allow for the sale of 100% British Columbia wine on grocery store shelves.

The November 2016 natural gas and petroleum rights sale has resulted in $3,877,958.97 in bonus bids.

Families will have a new playground in Victoria’s downtown core as design plans are underway to transform the lawn at Victoria’s courthouse.

Students, teachers and staff at Burnside Education Centre in the Greater Victoria school district will benefit from $400,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone and Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender have issued the following statement on Canada’s $81-billion infrastructure funding announcement:

The Province has proclaimed November as the second annual Aboriginal Disability Awareness Month in British Columbia, recognizing the unique contributions Indigenous people living with disabilities make to communities throughout the province. 

It can be hard to take the plunge into entrepreneurialism. People often have great ideas, but don’t know where to start, or even how to start. That’s where Rock My Business Plan by Futurpreneur comes in.

The nomination period for South Asian Canadian historic places has been extended to Nov. 30, 2016, to allow more opportunity for the public to submit nominations.