Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk today announced $1.8 million in one-time funding for 456 foundation seats in targeted trades training at 10 public post-secondary institutions.

Parent Advisory Committees (PACs) that support extracurricular school activities, including sports, arts, educational camps and class trips will share almost $12 million in B.C. government community gaming grants this year.

The gymnasium of Richard Bulpitt Elementary was filled with the sound of music as students and teachers, along with Education Minister Peter Fassbender and the Langley Board of Education, officially opened the school.

More than 20,000 enthusiastic students and teachers filled Rogers Arena, as Premier Christy Clark joined world role models Kofi Annan, Martin Luther King III as well the Hon. Roméo A. Dallaire for We Day in Vancouver.

Vancouver Community College (VCC) students and staff welcomed Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk to the newly renovated VCC salon at the downtown campus where he took advantage of his visit by getting a hair trim from one of the students.

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk got a hands-on demonstration of a haul-truck simulator during a visit to the College of the Rockies.

A new $14-million elementary school serving a rich cultural tapestry of students was officially opened by Education Minister Peter Fassbender.

A local high school student was at the controls of an excavator today for the ceremonial ground-breaking of the new NorKam Trades Centre of Excellence. The student, 17 -year- old Joey Kineshanko made the first dig to the cheers of NorKam students and construction workers.