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.

Five Refugee Response Teams from throughout the province have received a second round of funding, sharing nearly $230,000 to continue helping refugees settle and integrate into B.C. communities.

The BC Economic Development Portal has been updated with new and improved services to help strengthen the economic well-being and resiliency of British Columbia communities in all regions of the province.

The B.C. government is investing $45,000 to help the Golden community find a long-term solution for accessing the lower Kicking Horse Canyon and maximizing the tourism opportunities in the region.

Premier Christy Clark announced an investment of nearly $1.76 million in the College of the Rockies for skills training in high-priority trades. 

The number of international visitors to British Columbia went over the million mark for the first few months of 2016 according to the latest statistics.

Along with the United Nations, the UNHCR, the Government of Canada and civic groups in more than 100 countries, the Province has proclaimed June 20, 2016, as World Refugee Day in British Columbia.

The B.C. government announced that it has invested, through the Industry Training Authority (ITA), $323,000 in the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 Training Association (IUOETA).