A strengthened partnership between government and the B.C. construction industry was announced by Premier Christy Clark and Manley McLachlan, president of the B.C. Construction Association.

Canada and B.C. targeted funding to support business development, innovation, food safety and sustainability under the Growing Forward agreement in the second quarter of 2012-13.

Minister of Education Don McRae has issued the following statement: "The BCTF is claiming that the government's proposed framework "ignores the ruling of the BC Supreme Court that teachers have the right to bargain working conditions, such as class size and class composition."

While the Prolific Offender Management (POM) pilot has now concluded, the best practices learned through the program will be continued in each of the pilot communities and incorporated throughout the province to ensure co-ordinated supervision, enforcement, and access to services for chronic offenders.

Minister Responsible for Housing Rich Coleman joined community partners and private donors in congratulating Streetohome Foundation for reaching its $26.5-million fundraising goal to help end homelessness in Vancouver.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond has issued the following statement: We received the auditor general's access and security audit on the JUSTIN system and thank him for his recommendations and the additional time he provided us to improve the system that integrates, manages and stores criminal case information from provincial justice agencies.

The Province has issued a First Nations' woodland licence to the Tsq'escenemc people of the Canim Lake Band, enhancing economic opportunities and forest stewardship in the region.

The government of B.C. is investing $621,701 in new skills training equipment at University of the Fraser Valley.