British Columbia students will get a bit of help to give them an opportunity to connect with skills, technical and trades training opportunities, thanks to $170,000 in Skills Training Access Grants that are going to school districts across B.C.

Students and teachers at Elphinstone Secondary school, Langdale Elementary school, West Sechelt Elementary school, Roberts Creek Elementary school and Kinnikinnick Elementary school will benefit from innovative learning concepts being put into action thanks to 15 new K-12 Innovation Partnership projects.

Doing business on the Sunshine Coast just got easier, thanks to a new Mobile Business Licence (MBL) agreement.

Families in 21 more communities will soon benefit from convenient one-stop access to supports and services that will help their children learn, grow and thrive.

Work to study the feasibility of a highway link from the Sunshine Coast to the Lower Mainland is now underway, with the award of a $250,000 contract to R.F. Binnie & Associates.  

Driving Miss Sayward, a fitness park for seniors and new dementia resources are some of the projects that will soon be underway as 28 B.C. communities receive age-friendly community planning and project grants totalling $496,165.

As winter’s cold embrace descends upon B.C., the Ministry of Environment is providing over $190,000 to 13 communities and regional districts as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died near Gibsons on Nov. 14, 2015.