BC Gov News

B.C.’s top trades and technology students put their skills on display Wednesday, April 5, in a series of Olympic-style competitions to determine who will make up Team BC at the national finals later this spring.

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.

School District 34 in Abbotsford will receive $40,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people in the province.

A new study looking at British Columbia's aerospace industry will help businesses take advantage of major growth projected in airplane sales and air traffic in Asia.