• 23 new, improved schools opening in B.C., including one in North Vancouver

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-11 17:45:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Infrastructure, Education, Social Services]

  The Government of British Columbia announced the opening of 23 new and improved schools for September 2026, marking 250 school capital projects across the province since 2017. This includes the new $61 million Cloverley Elementary School in North Vancouver, which provides 585 student seats built using mass-timber and energy-efficient designs, representing the first new elementary school to open in the district in 35 years. Additionally, the project features a 92-space child care centre supported by nearly $3.7 million from the ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund under the Canada-British Columbia Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, and operated by North Shore Neighbourhood House.

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• Expanding health-care administration training opportunities for people in Prince George

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-10 16:00:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Labour, Healthcare, Social Services, Education]

  The Governments of Canada and British Columbia are investing nearly $600,000 through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement to fund the Helping Hands project in Prince George. Delivered by Kopar Administration Ltd. in partnership with the College of New Caledonia, the 25-week free training program is designed to provide 30 participants facing barriers to employment with occupational skills, industry-recognized certifications, and a two-week workplace practicum in health-care administration. Two cohorts are scheduled: the first from July 20, 2026, to January 22, 2027, and the second from November 9, 2026, to May 14, 2027.

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• Beginning construction on mental-health, substance-use treatment facility in Surrey

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-04 15:45:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Social Services, Public safety]

  The Government of British Columbia has approved a budget of up to $57 million and commenced construction on a new 60-bed mental-health and substance-use treatment facility located at 6833/6869 King George Blvd. in Surrey. Developed in collaboration with Fraser Health, the Provincial Health Services Authority, and local partners, the renovated secure facility will provide specialized care, treatment, and rehabilitation services—including involuntary admission capacity under the Mental Health Act—for individuals with complex needs in the Fraser Health region. Construction is underway, with the facility scheduled to open by spring 2028.

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• Minister’s, adviser’s statements on Downtown Eastside contract extension

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-03 20:00:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Housing, Social Services]

  British Columbia Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Christine Boyle announced a six-month contract extension for adviser Larry Campbell to continue cross-ministry coordination and community stakeholder engagement in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood. The initiative involves collaborative policy and program evaluations across federal partners, the City of Vancouver, and community organizations, building on recent infrastructure investments such as The Ashtrey Recovery Resource Centre. Larry Campbell's mandate focuses on identifying effective community lifelines, addressing complex health and social challenges, and implementing transformative neighbourhood strategies.

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• Strengthening supports for survivors of intimate-partner violence

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-03 18:00:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, National, Justice, Social Services, Indigenous, Public Safety]

  The British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General is receiving more than $3 million in funding for the 2026-27 fiscal year under the federal National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence to advance recommendations from the 2025 Stanton Report. The funding will expand the Safe Supports Project in rural and northern communities, add up to three family court support workers, develop public-awareness strategies, review behaviour-change programs for men and boys, and advance the B.C. First Nations Justice Strategy by funding the Indigenous Justice Centres' Aunties Program. These investments complement B.C.'s broader Safe and Supported Gender-Based Violence Action Plan, which includes over $60 million annually provided by the Province to support approximately 475 victim-service and violence-against-women programs.

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• Minister’s, mayor’s, MLA’s statements on recovery-oriented housing in Nanaimo

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-03 17:00:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Housing, Social Services, Municipal]

  The Government of British Columbia, through BC Housing and the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs, announced that a new 50-unit purpose-built housing development at 250 Bryden St. in Nanaimo will operate as substance-free, recovery-oriented housing. Developed in partnership with the City of Nanaimo and the Newcastle Neighbourhood Association, the site will support individuals recovering from substance use who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. This project adds to provincial housing totals in Nanaimo, which include over 550 supportive housing units open or underway and 159 HEARTH units across 16 communities since 2017.

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• Opening new shelter with supports in Kamloops

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-02 20:25:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Housing, Social Services, Healthcare, Seniors, Infrastructure]

  The British Columbia Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs and BC Housing are investing nearly $10 million through the Homeless Action Plan Enhanced Fund to open Solace Shelter at 1055 Glenfair Dr. in Kamloops, providing 40 support spaces for seniors and older adults operated 24/7 by The Mustard Seed. Additionally, the Province is contributing approximately $17.7 million through the Complex Care Fund for construction starting in October 2026 on 20 complex-care housing units at 1102 Glenfair Dr., where Interior Health will deliver clinical health services.

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• Opening more child care spaces in schools

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-08-31 20:15:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Education, Social Services, Infrastructure, Affordability]

  The Government of British Columbia is providing a $5 million child care capital funding program through the Ministry of Infrastructure to 22 school districts to repurpose existing school spaces into approximately 1,200 new licensed before- and after-school child care spaces. Additionally, the Ministry of Education and Child Care is investing $20 million over three years for operating costs, $2 million for startup costs, and an upcoming $2.9-million fund in fall 2026 to create board-operated school-age care programs. Families utilizing these programs will benefit from fee reductions through the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and the Affordable Child Care Benefit.

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