Lisa Beare, Minister of Education and Child Care; Annie Smith, executive director at McCreary Centre Society; B.C. Association of School Business Officials; B.C. Teachers’ Federation; CUPE BC; B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils; First Nations Education Steering Committee; Métis Nation B.C.; and the First Nations Schools Association have issued the following statement about substance-use education and prevention in B.C.’s K-12 system: 

Families in Invermere will soon benefit from more affordable, high-quality child care, with 148 new licensed spaces opening on the grounds of Eileen Madson Primary school.

More families will have access to affordable, high-quality child care in Kelowna as 53 new licensed child care spaces open.

Families in Kamloops will now have access to 52 new licensed child care spaces at the recently rebuilt Parkcrest Elementary school.

More families in Creston will have access to affordable and high-quality child care as the Province invests in 110 new licensed child care spaces.

More families in Port Moody will have access to affordable and high-quality child care through 150 new licensed child care spaces at the former Ioco school.

More families in Cranbrook will have access to affordable and high-quality child care through 123 new licensed child care spaces.