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NORTHERN ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO CREATE 1,200 JOBS
PRINCE GEORGE – The Province will spend $87 million on 51 new provincial highway projects in northern B.C. this year.[read more]
B.C. AND ALBERTA HOST FIRST JOINT OLYMPIC LEGACY EVENT
VANCOUVER – High-speed, high-performance competition returns to the Olympic sliding centres in Whistler and Calgary this November and December, for the World Cup Bobsleigh/Skeleton 2010-11 season.[read more]
ACTION ON SEXUAL ABUSE IN URBAN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY
NANAIMO – A $485,000 provincial investment is supporting sexual health and self-esteem programs for Aboriginal youth and intervention for men at risk of abusing as parts of a new program developed by the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres.[read more]
DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION PROCLAIMED
VICTORIA – Cultural diversity is being celebrated provincewide with March 21 being proclaimed as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in B.C.[read more]
2010 B.C. COMMUNITY ACHIEVERS ANNOUNCED
VANCOUVER – Forty-five outstanding British Columbians were named the recipients of the seventh annual BC Community Achievement Awards.[read more]
$250K SUPPORTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING, ACTION PLAN
VICTORIA – Solicitor General Kash Heed has announced an additional $250,000 that will fund new training for police, prosecutors and other service providers, as well as grants to agencies that help victims.[read more]
EDUCATION FUNDING TO INCREASE FOR TENTH STRAIGHT YEAR
VICTORIA – As announced in Budget 2010, B.C. school districts will receive $4.663 billion in operating grants next year.[read more]
PREMIER’S STATEMENT ON B.C. ATHLETES MEDAL PERFORMANCES
VANCOUVER – Premier Gordon Campbell issued the following statement today to commemorate the first gold medal won by a B.C. athlete in the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.[read more]
PREMIER’S STATEMENT ON CANADA’S FIRST PARALYMPIC GOLD
VANCOUVER – Premier Gordon Campbell issued the following statement to celebrate Canada’s first gold medal win in the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games after Brian McKeever of Canmore, Alberta won the visually impaired cross-country men’s 20 km free event.[read more]
MERRITT COMPANY EXPANDS OPERATIONS
MERRITT – Trace Resources has expanded its local operations by investing in a new electric chipper.[read more]
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