CHILLIWACK – The Province is investing more than $29 million to purchase 34 hectares of land and build a trades and technology centre for the University College of the Fraser Valley’s new Chilliwack campus as part of B.C.’s first full-service education park, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.

NANAIMO – The provincial government officially opened Malaspina University-College’s Faculty of Management building, which brings all of Malaspina’s management training programs under one high-tech roof to simulate modern business settings.

VICTORIA – Provincial funding for science and technology networks in B.C.’s rural areas has almost doubled to fast-track innovative ideas and support economic development throughout the province, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced.

NORTH VANCOUVER – The provincial government has contributed $100,000 to the Chief Joe Mathias British Columbia Aboriginal Scholarship Fund to help more students pursue education and training in British Columbia, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.

CASTLEGAR – B.C.’s first regional innovation chair has been appointed at Selkirk College to produce research that will help the West Kootenay Boundary region reach its full economic potential, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced.

VICTORIA – International students have created close to 6,000 jobs in public post-secondary institutions, while injecting $511 million into the provincial economy and enhancing the education of British Columbians, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell said today.

VICTORIA – More than 100 new degree programs have been approved at post-secondary institutions around the province in the past three years, giving British Columbia students more education choices, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell announced today.

VANCOUVER – A state-of-the-art $45-million research facility that will take spinal cord research beyond what is currently possible anywhere in the world is officially under construction at Vancouver General Hospital.