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NORTHERN ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO CREATE 1,200 JOBS The Province will spend $87 million on 51 new provincial highway projects in northern B.C. this year, bringing the value of ongoing highway construction across the region to more than $200 million. 
EDUCATION FUNDING TO INCREASE FOR TENTH STRAIGHT YEAR As announced in Budget 2010, B.C. school districts will receive $4.663 billion in operating grants next year, a $112-million increase over this year. Average per-pupil funding is also expected to increase by an estimated $105. 
2010 B.C. COMMUNITY ACHIEVERS ANNOUNCED Forty-five outstanding British Columbians were today named the recipients of the seventh annual BC Community Achievement Awards by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.
WEBSITE CONNECTS B.C. SENIORS WITH EXPANDED RESOURCES The Province’s new SeniorsBC.ca website provides seniors and their families with better access to information on available programs and services, announced Healthy Living and Sport Minister Ida Chong.
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| | "I am still racing because I wanted to compete at a Paralympics in Canada and I'm just so proud to have done this in front of Canadians. I share this medal with all of Canada." Colette Bourgonje, Team Canada Paralympic Cross-Country Skier, first Canadian Paralympian to win a medal in Vancouver. Vancouver Sun, March 15, 2010. | | | 
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| | "We've always recognized the real opportunity of the Olympics is going forward after the Olympics." Jim Storie, Chairman, Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia Vancouver Sun, March 13 2010 | | |
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| | "We're seeing that when we're out patrolling and even when I'm out driving around, I'll sort of be cognizant of it and try to see how many people are driving talking on the cell phone or not, and quite honestly there is a significant decrease that I've noticed and our officers have obviously noticed. So people are getting the message." Constable Sharlene Brooks, Delta Police Global BC Early News, March 18, 2010 | | |
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Premier Gordon Campbell will be a guest on Shaw Cable's Constituency Report" in the Lower Mainland on Sunday, March 21 at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Attorney General Michael de Jong will be a guest on CBC with Mark Forsythe on Monday, March 22 from 12:30-12:45 pm to discuss cameras in courts. Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Blair Lekstrom will be a guest on CHNL with Jim Harrison on Tuesday, March 23, from 9:30-10 am to discuss meeting B.C.'s growing electricity needs and Hydro rates. Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Cantelon will be a guest on Shaw Cable's "Constituency Report" on Thursday, March 25 at 9 pm. Premier Gordon Campbell will be a guest on Shaw Cable's "Constituency Report" in Quesnel on Thursday, March 25 at 7 pm & 10 pm, and on Sunday March 28 at 8:30 pm & 10 pm. Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Cantelon will be a guest on Shaw Cable's "Constituency Report" on Sunday, March 28 at 3 pm. Premier Gordon Campbell will be a guest on Shaw Cable's "Constituency Report" in Prince George on Sunday, March 28 at 9 pm. | 
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| | Pat Pimm, MLA Peace River North | | | "Our communities and our economy require roads that can be depended on throughout the year to connect us with each other and the rest of our province." 
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