Jessie Sunner, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, and Jennifer Blatherwick, parliamentary secretary for gender equity, have released the following statement in recognition of Consent Awareness Week 2025:

The Province, in partnership with the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) and the Indigenous Adult and Higher Learning Association (IAHLA), is supporting the development of First Nations-led community-based teacher-education programs to address the significant shortage of First Nations teachers in the province.

The BC Coroners Service, together with the Ministry of Transportation and Transit and CN, is encouraging people in B.C. to learn more about rail safety to help save lives and prevent serious injuries during Rail Safety Week 2025.

Drivers are advised that Highway 1 at Tank Hill, 14 kilometres east of Lytton, will be closed overnight from 11 p.m., Monday, Sept. 15, until 7 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement on Firefighters’ National Memorial Day:

People living in and around Ucluelet will have better access to team-based primary care when doors open on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, to the Ucluelet Health Centre.

A new proposal in Surrey will bring almost 600 new homes and shelter spaces to the community through three new BC Housing-funded developments helping to support hundreds of people and families in need of affordable and supporting housing.

People living with substance-use challenges will soon benefit from expanded access to community-based recovery supports with the opening of Abbotsford Junction and Hope Junction, two new recovery community centres in the Fraser Valley.