Plans for an enhanced and expanded Mission Senior Secondary are continuing, with funding secured to create a new, larger school to serve an additional 250 students.

Following a competitive procurement process, Child Care Resource and Referral Centres (CCRRs) throughout British Columbia are expanding to better serve local families and build child care connections in communities.

New child care spaces are now available for more Nanaimo families, providing much-needed early learning and care opportunities.

More families in British Columbia will save thousands of dollars every year as more than 930 child care spaces move into the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program in March and April.

Nanaimo families and children are benefiting from 40 new child care spaces, such as out-of-school care at the Great Futures Early Learning Centre, conveniently located near Bayview Elementary school.

Schools throughout B.C. will get a boost now that more funding is available for upgrades.

Students and staff will soon be in safer, modern classrooms as funding for a replacement of Port Renfrew Elementary school has been approved as part of government’s seismic mitigation program.