Money for Education

The Provincial Government is boosting education in Northwestern Ontario with more then 1.5-million dollars in funding.

Confederation College is getting 1-million to launch a new Trades and Technology program.

Demand for the course is high as workers who have been hit by layoffs have flocked to Confed. to upgrade their skills.

The money will allow for 260-more students to enter the program.

Lakehead is receiving 285-thousand to fund research that will look at the utilization of wood as a value-added project and another 150-grand to study new harvest planning strategies.