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NEW AGREEMENT HELPS B.C. & ALBERTA COLLEGES ADDRESS SKILLS SHORTAGE
Premier Gordon Campbell announced a new agreement that will see colleges and technical institutes in B.C. and Alberta work together to help train more of the skilled workers needed by two of Canada's strongest provincial economies. [News release]
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| December 22, 2006 | B.C. HIGH ON THE LIST FOR INTERPROVINCIAL MIGRATION | | VICTORIA – The new year will see an ever-strengthening “new West” that continues to welcome people from across Canada to British Columbia, according to reports released by BC Stats today. | |
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| December 21, 2006 | HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO GET $25M TO REDUCE WAIT TIMES | | VANCOUVER – Patients in British Columbia will benefit from hundreds more elective hip and knee surgeries, as well as other diagnostic and surgical procedures, with an additional $25 million being made available to the province’s health authorities, announced Health Minister George Abbott. | |
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| December 19, 2006 | DATES SET FOR CONVERSATION ON HEALTH PUBLIC FORUMS | | VICTORIA – The first two of 16 regional Conversation on Health forums will kick off in Kamloops and Surrey in February 2007, announced Health Minister George Abbott, as the provincial government released information on all the regional public forum dates. | |
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| December 19, 2006 | 2006 OIL AND GAS RIGHTS SALES YIELD STRONG RESULTS | | VICTORIA – The Dec. 13, 2006 sale of oil and gas rights in northeast British Columbia generated $26.4 million in bonus bids, bringing the total for 2006 to $630 million, Richard Neufeld, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, announced. | |
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| December 19, 2006 | GAMES BID INVITATION GENERATES PROVINCEWIDE INTEREST | | VICTORIA – In response to a Provincial letter of invitation sent in October, five communities have declared their intention to bid on the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games, announced Tourism, Sport and the Arts Minister Stan Hagen. | |
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While forestry, mining, fishing and agriculture remain important to B.C.'s economy, there is strong growth in new industries such as eco-tourism, agri-tourism, film and high tech.
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