More young people in British Columbia will soon have access to vital mental-health and substance-use supports as communities can now submit applications to bring a Foundry centre to their area.

Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) has purchased, with funding from the Province of British Columbia, the private property on which the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School operated between 1891 and 1981.

Students and staff in Richmond are learning and working in seismically safer schools now that upgrades are complete at James Whiteside Elementary and William Bridge Elementary schools.

Students and staff will be learning and teaching in safer classrooms when Prince Rupert Middle School is rebuilt to the latest seismic safety standards.

A new elementary school is on the way for families in the fast-growing community of Chilliwack.

Students, families and staff can look forward to school improvements in Abbotsford that include a completed seismic safety upgrade this year.

Students at Gitwinksihlkw Elementary are returning to an improved school now that construction has finished on the new gym.

Francophone students and families in Sechelt are a step closer to having a permanent French-language school now that land has been purchased for a future K-12 school.

Students, families and staff are one step closer to a replacement for Carson Elementary School.