Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes issued the following statement in recognition of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games from March 7-16, 2014.

Visitors strolling in Mackin Park this weekend are being transported to a world of French Canadian culture as Festival du Bois, the largest Francophone festival on the West Coast of Canada, kicks into full swing.

The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society has been selected to build and operate up to 90 units of affordable rental housing for low to modest income families and individuals at the Central Green site in Kelowna.

A delegation of B.C. life sciences companies and organizations has spent the past week in India as part of the BC Jobs Plan to open and expand markets for the province's goods and services.

With more than 20,000 online visits and counting to a provincewide discussion, community members in Richmond will be joining an in-person conversation as part of a comprehensive, public consultation on issues facing people with disabilities in B.C.

Statistics Canada released year-end export figures for 2013. International exports of British Columbia goods totalled $33.6 billion, an increase of 6.9 per cent compared to 2012.

Computer graphics professionals and students have an opportunity to network with world-renowned local and international film and television producers at a job fair on Friday and Saturday.