A tentative two-year agreement has been reached with health-care employees in the community health sector.

Future health professionals in northwest B.C. will benefit from additional student spaces in the Health Care Assistant Program at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT).

The Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles (OSMV) has been conducting a review of the individual files of approximately 1,200 drivers referred to remedial programs under the Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) program.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died after collapsing on the ski slopes at Powder King Mountain Resort on Jan. 13, 2013.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman who died in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crash near Sooke on Jan. 12, 2013.

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid provided an update on the ministry's data investigation that has confirmed a number of instances where personal health data was accessed for research purposes without authorization.

West Vancouver seniors will benefit from a $20,000 age-friendly grant to help create programs or tools that address the needs of older residents in the district.

B.C. secondary students who wish to become teachers can now apply for one of twenty $5,000 Pathway to Teacher Education scholarships. Scholarship winners will be awarded a $5,000 voucher to redeem upon entrance to one of B.C.'s faculty of education programs.

The Industry Training Authority (ITA) is holding a series of community events this winter designed to promote trades training and to recognize employers and apprentices.

Members of the public are invited to join the Industry Training Authority (ITA) in a community dialogue entitled "Trades Training and Careers on Vancouver Island. What needs to be done?" tomorrow night at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo.