Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement to mark Firefighters’ National Memorial Day:

As a new semester starts at post-secondary institutions, government is working to support students in creating safe, inclusive and welcoming spaces for them.

People will soon be able to get better protection against COVID-19, as the Province rolls out the new combination bivalent vaccine through its fall booster program.

Students and families will benefit as hundreds of new school spaces open in Surrey. 

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

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

People accessing health care in the Lower Mainland will benefit from more stable, consistent and supportive patient care as 194 housekeeping and food-service workers return to the public system as Fraser Health employees.

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, have released the following joint statement on the approval of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine:

Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has released the following statement on International Overdose Awareness Day: