â ¤Chamber AGM and dinner
The Prince George Chamber of Commerce will host its annual general meeting March 16 at the Coast Inn of the North. The meeting runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with dinner with speaker Tom Steadman beginning immediately after.
â ¤Wal-Mart donates
The Prince George Wal-Mart store made a donation of $1,700 Monday to the Prince George RCMP Drug Awareness Service/UNBC Northern Timberwolves Role Model Program.
The money will help bring a select group of amateur athletes to elementary schools classrooms to speak to students about goals, peer pressure, and making good choices.
Staff at the local store raised $859 through an in-store fundraising event, and that amount was matched by Wal-Mart Canada’s home office in Mississauga.
The Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment and Training Association (PGNAETA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with seven organizations to promote Aboriginal trades apprenticeships in the region.
The B.C. Construction Association, Carpenter’s Union Local 1998, City of Prince George, Industry Training Authority, Millwrights, Machine Erectors and Maintenance Union Local 2736, Northern B.C. Construction Association and Prince George Construction Association have all signed on to the agreement.
“By 2020, Canada is going to need one million tradespeople. Fifteen years really isn’t a lot of time to prepare people,” PGNAETA Aboriginal apprenticeship coordinator Paula Bellerose said. “We have the supply, they have the demand. We need to start preparing them now.”