Students throughout British Columbia are benefiting from enhanced extracurricular activities and a stronger school system with help from Community Gaming Grant funding for parent advisory councils (PACs) and district parent advisory councils (DPACs).

Drivers are being urged to take extra precautions around large trucks to reduce crashes that result in a significant number of fatalities each year in British Columbia.

Motorists using 72nd Avenue at Highway 91 are advised of upcoming overnight lane closures.

The Holt Creek Trestle which acts as a bridge for pedestrians, cyclists and horseback riders along the Trans Canada Trail between Shawnigan Lake and Lake Cowichan, will be closed to the public as of Oct. 10, 2017, for rehabilitation work.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has completed road improvements along the westbound lanes of Highway 1 from the Lynn Valley overpass to the Taylor Way overpass in North Vancouver.

The ministry is advising motorists to plan ahead, check live traffic conditions on DriveBC.ca and expect delays on the Coquihalla/Highway 5 on the Thanksgiving long weekend.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is planning to replace the Bailey bridge which crosses the Nicomekl River on King George Boulevard.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has completed work on the $7.7-million project to replace the Highway 3 (Crowsnest) Upper Cambie Bridge.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, annual bus passes will be available to people on disability assistance through a new transportation supplement.

Motorists are advised that Commercial Drive will be closed at Highway 97 beginning on Monday, Oct. 2, for intersection improvements. The closure is expected to last one week.