The B.C. government is investing $403,615 to provide welding and metal fabrication training for people from First Nations communities under a Labour Market Sector Solutions (LMSS) partnership between the B.C. government and the Resource Training Organization (RTO).

An estimated 400 million viewers in India and around the globe will be focused on Vancouver as the inaugural Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) takes place this weekend.

The Province of British Columbia has provided $1 million to support the growth of Aboriginal tourism in B.C.

Government is providing more than $1 million to Thompson Rivers University-Williams Lake (TRU-WL) for a new Cariboo Chilcotin Skills Training Project.

Up to 125 civil servants from China will learn about Canada's political system and public policy as part of a new five-year agreement between Executive Education at the Sauder School of Business at UBC and the Province of Guangdong.

The Destination BC board is currently aggressively pursuing the recruitment of a permanent CEO. The board will be conducting this search both domestically and internationally in an effort to ensure the best available candidate is chosen.

Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour, announced that 51 new community projects worth over $8.5 million will increase the capacity of communities to support the integration of immigrants in B.C.

Statistics Canada released year-end export figures for 2012. British Columbia exported $31.7 billion worth of goods last year, recording sizable increases to China and India, two key markets as the province looks to diversify and expand markets for its products.