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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 11:22 AM
Darrick Louie, originally from Cortes Island, was working as a construction labourer at jobsites throughout British Columbia when he made the decision to return to school, “Employers kept asking me if I had my ticket. I made the decision to go and get it.”
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:45 AM
Thirty-six Aboriginal families are settling into their new affordable homes at 550 Goldstream Ave., a recently completed mixed-use development in Langford, which officially opened on National Aboriginal Day.
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Monday, June 20, 2016 10:00 AM
Along with the United Nations, the UNHCR, the Government of Canada and civic groups in more than 100 countries, the Province has proclaimed June 20, 2016, as World Refugee Day in British Columbia.
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Friday, June 17, 2016 11:15 AM
The Province and partners collectively will be investing more than $7.5 million to support youth who are at risk of substance-use and mental-health concerns with the launch of a new, Integrated Youth Services Initiative.
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Friday, May 27, 2016 3:00 PM
Residents in Metro Vancouver know two things: we need more housing supply and more transit.
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 12:45 PM
Government representatives were joined by staff and executive from BluEarth Renewables Inc., local officials and members of the Squamish Nation for a Traditional Potlach Ceremony to celebrate the commissioning of the Culliton Creek Hydro Facility yesterday.
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 11:45 AM
The provincial government confirmed its support for public transit in Metro Vancouver and for finding innovative ways to develop new housing.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:00 AM
A new focus on social innovation in the Community and Employer Partnerships program will support B.C.’s growing social-enterprise sector and increase the potential for social innovation in B.C.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:30 AM
The Province is investing $761,038 to provide 75 at-risk youth with valuable work experience through temporary employment placements with social enterprises in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria regions.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:20 AM
To further support its work in encouraging mineral, coal, and oil and gas exploration investment in British Columbia through the collection and distribution of publicly available geoscience data, Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett has announced that the Province will provide $5 million in funding to Geoscience BC.
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