Students and staff are heading back to safer classrooms now that seismic upgrades are complete at James McKinney Elementary school.

More than 1,000 students will move into new school spaces this September as the new Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary-Middle school opens and a major expansion at Vedder Elementary is now complete.

Students at Seaforth and Parkcrest Elementary schools in Burnaby are heading back to seismically safer schools.

Students, families and staff can look forward to returning to new and improved schools in Abbotsford.

Students and staff are heading back to safer classrooms now that seismic upgrades are complete at Pleasant Valley and Cilaire Elementary schools in Nanaimo. 

Premier John Horgan and Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, have issued the following joint statement marking Labour Day:

People accessing health care in the Lower Mainland will benefit from more stable, consistent and supportive patient care as 526 food-service workers return to the public system as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) employees.

The first tentative agreement under the Shared Recovery Mandate has been reached between the Facilities Bargaining Association and the Health Employers Association of B.C.

As many as 24 eligible people will receive employment skills to help them prepare for jobs as certified building maintenance workers in the Lower Mainland’s busy skilled trades sector.