Francophone students in Smithers will learn and play in a new school and gymnasium built with prefabricated technology while long-term plans are made for a larger home for the École élémentaire La Grande-ourse community.

People in rapidly growing northern communities will benefit from provincial funding for eight new projects, including those that build local capacity in child care, mental-health and substance-use support, and employment services.

Francophone students in Smithers are a step closer to having a school now that funding has been approved to purchase a site.  

People in northern B.C. will have greater protection from wildfires through a provincial investment in a series of community-led projects.

Residents and visitors in the Fort Babine area will soon enjoy the benefits of improved cellular coverage.

Drivers are advised of temporary one-way traffic on Seymour Lake Road until Sept. 4 as part of a trial to reduce congestion.

Drivers are advised that Babine Lake Road is temporarily closed due to a washout at the 30-kilometre mark.

The B.C. government has provided more than $490,000 in grants to five local governments and one First Nation in the Northwest Fire Centre to support wildfire-risk-reduction initiatives and help keep communities safe.

More parents in northwest B.C. will see dramatic savings as six child care sites are welcomed into the $10 a Day child care program.

People in 55 communities throughout the province, including 14 communities in the North, will benefit from more than $17 million in grants in lieu of municipal property taxes this year.