Up to 42 British Columbians in Williams Lake and surrounding areas are getting the training they need for jobs in their community, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

School District 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) will receive $20,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is implementing its Williams Lake Beetle Management Unit 2016 Treatment Plan to minimize the spread of Douglas-fir beetles on Crown land in the Williams Lake area.

Multiculturalism Week in British Columbia is Nov. 13-19, 2016, a time to celebrate B.C.'s rich, cultural mosaic. Margaret-Anne Enders is one of five multicultural champions profiled this week.

The B.C. government and Southern Interior Construction Association (SICA) are offering training for Aboriginal people to become heavy-equipment operators.

The Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre Society in 100 Mile House and the Canadian Mental Health Association – Cariboo Chilcotin Branch in Williams Lake are each receiving $7,000 in funding to help challenge racism and celebrate diversity. The two are among 33 community groups throughout British Columbia working to address racism through the B.C. Organizing Against Racism and Hate (OARH) program.

Students, teachers and staff at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary school in the Cariboo Chilcotin school district will benefit from $100,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.  

Families in the Cariboo-Chilcotin school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $739,024 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

British Columbians are invited to comment on Mount Polley Mining Corporation’s (MPMC) plans for long-term water management of the site.