The Province has announced that it has invested, through the Industry Training Authority (ITA), $18 million in British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) for trades training through to March 31, 2017, to meet industry needs and ensure quality training in high-priority trades.

Representatives from British Columbia’s top magazines gathered in Toronto over the weekend to celebrate the best in Canadian magazine publishing at the National Magazine Awards. 

To help mature workers in Fraser Lake get the training and support they need for local jobs, the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia will provide nearly $160,000 to the College of New Caledonia (CNC) Vanderhoof campus to deliver the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) program.                                     

Revelstoke’s Food Security Strategy is putting down roots, thanks to more than $13,000 in provincial funding for two work experience participants to develop food security programs with Community Connections Revelstoke.

From Quesnel to Peace River, to the Comox Valley and the Okanagan, fifty-six students from different B.C. communities travelled to Moncton, New Brunswick, to compete in the 2016 Skills Canada competition.

Producers, actors, crew members, and industry stakeholders gathered last weekend in Vancouver to celebrate the best in British Columbian film and television at the Leo Awards.

To help mature workers in Tumbler Ridge get the training and support they need for future jobs, the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia will provide more than $100,000 to Northern Lights College to deliver the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) program.

As Tourism Week in Canada comes to a close, communities throughout British Columbia are wrapping up a week that celebrated an industry that is helping the provincial economy be an economic leader in Canada.