More parents in northwestern B.C. will have the option to return to work, go back to school or pursue other opportunities as the Province invests in more than 225 new licensed child care spaces, 167 of which are slated to open by the end of the year.

Merissa Giesbrecht and her husband Jason never imagined that their path to finally having the family they had dreamed about would arrive through a distant relative.

‘The most valuable service is one rendered to our fellow humans.’ This Buddhist teaching underpins Olga Radzikh’s work with families in Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii.

Tracy Beynon is a child protection intake worker who grew up in Prince Rupert. She knows that sometimes just greeting a family member in the traditional Sm’algyax (Tsimshian) language — “Ndaayu wila waan”— can be a simple way to show respect, and ease some of the tensions when she first enters a home to follow up on a child-welfare report.