With help from a $20,000 B.C. government grant, a cultural exhibit capturing the experience of Chinese immigrants during the Cariboo Gold Rush will begin an international tour with a stop in Vancouver.

The Hobbit, wimpy kids, fairies and even green eggs and ham were topics of conversation at a celebration of the new, $14.4-million James Park Elementary in Port Coquitlam.

B.C.'s Grade 4 students are among the world's top readers at their grade level and had the highest average score in Canada, according to a just-released international report.

A brand new $58-million state-of-the-art school in Port Alberni is already offering students a broad range of learning opportunities and career options in the Alberni Valley.

Premier Christy Clark announced a partnership between the B.C. government, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), Shannon and Chip Wilson and lululemon athletica worth $36 million to build a new School of Design to position B.C. as a global hub of design expertise.

Government is investing $6 million to ensure that unemployed older workers in four urban areas of B.C. are receiving the skills training they need to re-enter the workforce.