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Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:00 AM
Taking summer courses can be a bit of a challenge for post-secondary students. After all, who wants to be sitting in a lab or lecture hall on a beautiful, sunny day. But what if classes were taking place under a towering cedar on Haida Gwaii, or at the foot of a shimmering, blue glacier near Stewart?
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 9:30 AM
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You likely know them as the happy, hardworking kids in the barns at every summer fair across British Columbia. The Province knows them as the future of agriculture, and that's why it's investing $85,000 in the B.C. 4-H program's young members through a provincial grant.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:15 AM
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B.C.'s future forests will include super-trees that can shrug off attacks by pests like the mountain pine beetle - or are remarkably efficient at sequestering carbon, reducing CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 1:15 PM
Premier Christy Clark announced that Dee McRae of Houston, B.C. is the recipient of the 2011 Council of Federation Literacy Award, to recognize her significant contribution to improving adult literacy in B.C.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:00 AM
Eleven local government employees from communities across British Columbia, recognized for their education and work experience in the local government field, are being awarded the following certificates by the provincial Board of Examiners.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:00 AM
Scouts Canada and BC Parks unveiled a new badge designed by eight-year-old cub scout Owen Andrews during the start of a big camp-out on the Sunshine Coast.
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Friday, July 8, 2011 8:31 AM
The B.C. government is responding to the need for trained workers in rural B.C. by seeking proposals for industry-specific programs will provide more skilled workers in the North Coast, Nechako, Cariboo and Kootenay regions.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 8:30 AM
Langara College and its support staff represented by CUPE Local 15 have reached a tentative agreement under the government's 2010 mandate, announced Finance Minister Kevin Falcon.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011 7:30 AM
Upgraded high-performance computing (HPC) systems with massive memory and exceptional speed are being launched at two British Columbia universities. This will give researchers the tools to solve problems that have previously been beyond their reach.
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Monday, July 4, 2011 9:30 AM
The Province is wrapping up the Year of Science with a $1.1-million investment to create a legacy of science education for British Columbia youth helping prepare them for jobs in the knowledge-based economy of the future.
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