Skilled trades students in the Abbotsford School District will benefit from a three-year, $15-million investment by the B.C. government to support youth trades programs with the purchase of new trades training equipment.

The Province of British Columbia will allocate $1 million, through the Canada-B.C. Job Grant (CJG) program, to help employees upgrade their skills for jobs in rural communities

The Province of British Columbia and Creative BC are allocating $300,000 for a new innovation program, as part of the BC Music Fund.

The B.C. government announced funding for a new pilot project at North Island College (NIC) that will train North Island residents and First Nations to work in the film and TV industry, and meet the growing labour need for locally trained crews in the region.

Greg Kyllo, Parliamentary Secretary for the BC Jobs Plan to the Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, was joined by Gary Herman of the Industry Training Authority (ITA) as they met with apprentices and staff of Mott Electric on the jobsite for The Creek property development in Vancouver’s False Creek area.

The Province is investing $150,000 in the Rockin’ River Music Fest to help welcome country music fans from around the globe to British Columbia.

Up to 32 Aboriginal residents from the Metro Vancouver area are receiving training for welding and metal fabrication jobs, thanks to support from the federal and provincial governments.

The government intends to amend the Workers Compensation Act to establish a new policy requiring WorkSafeBC to return funds to employers when it has a surplus of contributions from employers in the Accident Fund.

The Province is investing $175,000 to support marketing of the Sunshine Coast as a tourism destination.