Families in Surrey will have 915 more elementary seats in their community as part of the B.C. government’s plan to expand schools quicker. 

B.C.’s First Quarterly Report shows the Province supported growing communities while responding to a major wildfire season, high interest rates across the country and global economic challenges.

Funding for a new secondary and middle school, on top of a recently completed school addition, will provide approximately 3,000 student spaces for families in the growing Langley community.

More people will have the opportunity to train for in-demand careers, such as physical therapists, occupational therapists and midwives, at a new state-of-the-art University of British Columbia (UBC) facility in Surrey.

Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, has issued the following statement on the release of Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for August 2024:

People building small-scale, multi-unit housing can plan faster and at a lower cost by using free standardized designs now available to the public.

The Province is moving forward with new guidelines to protect students and reduce the risks and harms of toxic-drug poisonings.