BC Gov News

The Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, Pat Bell, appointed five new members and reappointed six existing members to the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) Board.

GREE, a mobile social gaming company with a worldwide network of over 230 million users, announced today it will open its first Canadian game development studio in downtown Vancouver.

One hundred and twenty people will have access to four-week training program that allows participants to gain employment and work in the high-demand food processing industry, announced Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell.

It is one of the world's largest banks, with a client base 10 times Canada's population, and its first representative office in this country will open in Vancouver with a UBC alumnus at the helm.

Ensuring that our youth have access to business skills, are better prepared to enter the labour force and have the information necessary to consider an entrepreneurial career choice is why the Province is providing a grant of $1 million to Junior Achievement B.C. (JABC), announced Minister of Finance, Kevin Falcon at the BC Business Laureates and Junior Achievement Gala Dinner event.

Chih-Ting Lo runs Eelo Solutions, a one-woman engineering consultancy in Vancouver.

After years of trying to break into the Asian energy efficiency market, Lo feels she has taken a significant step in realizing that ambition following the International Financial Institutions boot camp.