The B.C. government is providing a total of $232,000 to two local organizations to help manage invasive plants in the Cariboo region.

Improving the safety and reliability of the Cariboo Connector between Cache Creek and Prince George remains a priority for the Province of British Columbia, with the final section of four-laning and intersection improvements of Phase 2 going out to tender.

Students in the Cariboo Chilcotin School District will benefit from $1.1 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects, classroom supplies and new school buses, MLA Donna Barnett announced on behalf of Education Minister Mike Bernier.

Local governments in Williams Lake are receiving federal-provincial investments in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced MLA Donna Barnett for Cariboo-Chilcotin on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.

Skilled trades students in the Cariboo-Chilcotin School District 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.

Ten mature workers in Williams Lake are receiving the training they need to re-enter the workforce, thanks to more than $86,000 from the provincial and federal governments to Horton Ventures Inc. 

More than 62 Aboriginal learners in the Cariboo Region are receiving training in their communities through four programs that will help them upgrade skills for a variety of occupations and prepare for jobs such as language support workers and translators.