Up to 52 British Columbians from Prince George, Fort St. James and Kelowna are getting the training they need to become cooks and professional log truck operators, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

School District 57 will receive $30,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people.

To ensure that the forest industry has the skilled workforce it needs in the future, the Province has partnered with the B.C. Forest Safety Council (BCFSC) and the Council of Forest Industries (COFI) on two new Forest Workforce projects that will support the recruitment, identification and skills assessment of qualified workers.

Trades students at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) will benefit from provincial funding of $4.3 million for skills training in high-priority trades seats.

British Columbia's 'A' grade from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is the top mark of any province in Canada this year for cutting red tape for businesses and citizens.

Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow's in-demand occupations will have an interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC's Find Your Fit tour stop at the Prince George Civic Centre Oct. 28-29, 2014.

As the second city in Canada to adopt Community Voice Mail (CVM), Prince George is now expanding the program to help 500 eligible British Columbians without a telephone gain access to a phone number and voice mail service.