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} .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0123-001452">Further expansion of $10-a-day child care will benefit B.C. families</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Monday, September 9, 2024 8:30 AM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0123-001452#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Starting on Oct. 1, 2024, applications will be accepted from child care providers to join the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program, which will create more low-cost child care options for families throughout B.C.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0123-001452" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="feature-article"> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0124-001460">Province approves two more Langley schools, addition opens for students</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Monday, September 9, 2024 9:30 AM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0124-001460#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class='item-asset asset flickr' id="youtube-asset-2024ECC0124-001460">   <a href='https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0124-001460'><img src='https://media.news.gov.bc.ca/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F65535%2F53982870972_1d463ee283_b.jpg&token=%2BRmVl1qvIfYpJJfKEarAypQJksXLUdNx%2FeWtME%2BZxwU%3D' alt="Province approves two more Langley schools, addition opens for students" title="Province approves two more Langley schools, addition opens for students"/></a> </div> <div class="item-text with-image"> <p>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.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0124-001460" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="other-articles"> <div class="regular-articles"> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0131-001535">Construction underway for New Westminster elementary school expansion</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Wednesday, September 18, 2024 1:30 PM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0131-001535#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Students and families of Queen Elizabeth Elementary will benefit from more classrooms with an addition now under construction.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0131-001535" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset 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Minister of Education and Child Care has issued an administrative directive for an updated student safety plan in School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria).</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0133-001548" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0130-001521">New child care centres coming for Métis families</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Saturday, September 14, 2024 8:30 AM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0130-001521#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>More M茅tis families will benefit from increased access to culturally based child care with more than 200 new child care spaces opening or on the way.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0130-001521" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0128-001499">More Vancouver students in new, seismically safer school</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Friday, September 13, 2024 11:15 AM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0128-001499#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class='item-asset asset flickr' id="youtube-asset-2024ECC0128-001499">   <a href='https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0128-001499'><img src='https://media.news.gov.bc.ca/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F65535%2F53992437573_c9b787185f_b.jpg&token=%2BjHCL%2BPWf%2BrRadoLKV5GDIN3rE2TDz3fmkAL2OBoBZ4%3D' alt="More Vancouver students in new, seismically safer school " title="More Vancouver students in new, seismically safer school "/></a> </div> <div class="item-text with-image"> <p>More students and staff in Vancouver are safer at school with the completion of the seismic replacement of Eric Hamber Secondary. 聽聽</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0128-001499" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0129-001505">Indigenous families will benefit from more Aboriginal Head Start child care spaces</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Friday, September 13, 2024 8:30 AM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0129-001505#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Dozens of families will benefit from new culturally relevant child care spaces through the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) program.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0129-001505" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0126-001465">More classrooms coming for Surrey elementary students</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Wednesday, September 11, 2024 9:45 AM</div> <div class="item-medialink translations"> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0126-001465#translationList" aria-label="translations"><i class="fa fa-language fa-lg" style="font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600;" aria-hidden="true"></i> Translations</a> </div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class='item-asset asset flickr' id="youtube-asset-2024ECC0126-001465">   <a href='https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0126-001465'><img src='https://media.news.gov.bc.ca/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F65535%2F53988786440_46a4917064_b.jpg&token=5e2ZoFOn20KqzwcyiLMHjAoK9lMjS3iDT848kVc%2BLOM%3D' alt="" title=""/></a> </div> <div class="item-text with-image"> <p>Families in Surrey will have 915 more elementary seats in their community as part of the B.C. government鈥檚 plan to expand schools quicker.聽</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0126-001465" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0120-001436">Nanaimo families will benefit from new child care spaces on school grounds</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Thursday, September 5, 2024 11:45 AM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Just in time for the return to school, more families in the Nanaimo region are benefiting from an聽initiative creating new child care spaces on school grounds.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0120-001436" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0121-001438">Nechako Lakes School District will lead new child care program</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Thursday, September 5, 2024 11:30 AM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>School District 91 Nechako Lakes will introduce a new program to reduce the burden on busy families by opening early child care on school grounds.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0121-001438" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px 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to new child care centres on school grounds with more than 130 new spaces聽opening in time for the return to school.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0119-001435" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0117-001425">New Parkcrest elementary school opens in Kamloops</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Wednesday, September 4, 2024 3:15 PM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Students and staff of Parkcrest elementary school are moving into a modern and expanded building this year to replace the former school destroyed by fire.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024ECC0117-001425" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 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