Skilled trades students in the Rocky Mountain 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.

As British Columbia experiences some of its strongest tourism growth in years, Kimberley is receiving $71,785 from the Province’s Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) to support its tourism industry.

Kimberley will receive a total of $76,255 to support local tourism infrastructure and visitor services.

As Kimberley’s historic Underground Mining Railway is rolling on a busy tourism season, its visitors’ enjoyable experience starts before they even enter the attraction.

Kimberley's trail system is seeing some welcome improvements in time for hikers and other users hitting the trails and enjoying the outdoors during the summer months.

The Government of British Columbia is growing tourism economies by providing $10.5 million this year to 14 resort municipalities throughout the province.

The BC Jobs Start Here job fair will be in Kimberley on Tuesday, Feb. 19 to connect job seekers with employers and share information on job opportunities, career trends, skills training and more.