McBride was also the first native-born Premier in British Columbia's history. Good news for New West families: Richard McBride Elementary School will be replaced, and Ecole Lord Tweedsmuir will get a full seismic upgrade. School District 40 New Westminster is a school district based in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.. “Our government acted fast to bring this school to local families, so their children could go to school in a safe building that gives them the best opportunity to thrive,” said Judy Darcy, MLA for New Westminster. Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Stephen Brown, deputy minister of health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: Lake Babine Nation, Canada and the Province of British Columbia have signed a landmark new reconciliation agreement that sets the foundation for a 20-year journey to implement and recognize Lake Babine Nation rights and title, leading to greater prosperity, partnership and economic development that benefits everyone in the region for generations to come. Business COVID-19 Support Service has served more than 4,200 businesses through phone, chat and email since its launch in April 2020, and has had more than 200,000 visits to its COVID-19 web page. The school will open in 2022, with a total capacity for 505 students. Our future Richard McBride students will have a place they love to learn, in a seismically sound, inclusive and energizing environment, and we're happy to begin the work to get them there.”. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901.

We are so pleased that the design plans on paper will now become a reality for our students in the Sapperton neighbourhood, with the generous funding provided by the Province and City of New Westminster. Richard McBride Elementary School in New Westminster was built in 1912 and replaced the Sapperton School nearby, after burning down it was rebuilt as the current school being completed in 1929. Better, seamless mental health and substance use care for children and youth in three more school districts will support families through new integrated child and youth teams in Richmond, Coast Mountains and Okanagan-Similkameen. "[4], This article is about the politician.
The school’s parent advisory council (PAC) brought the idea to the school district in June, expressing their concerns over having a school named after someone with McBride’s past.McBride was the 16th premier of British Columbia, from 1903 to 1915.

Watch the Ministry's latest videos on YouTube. “The board is very excited to award Heatherbrae Builders the contract to build the Richard McBride replacement school,” said Anita Ansari, chair of the New Westminster Board of Education. Students will thrive in welcoming, inclusive – and safe – school environments.
B.C. As provinces are not constitutionally allowed to maintain militaries, they were quickly transferred by order to the federal government within 48 hours and entered service with the Royal Canadian Navy in August 1914.[1]. This investment is part of the government’s work to improve schools for students throughout B.C.

McBride was strongly in favour of restricting immigration, expelling people of Asian descent and sought to build a "White man's province. The Province has protected jobs and workers impacted by COVID-19 with an online variance application that simplified the process to extend temporary layoffs, resulting in the approval of more than 500 variances that protect more than 9,100 jobs across a variety of economic sectors. The New Westminster School District is providing $1 million toward the replacement. Mount McBride, a peak in Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island, is also named after the premier. (During World War I the park was used for the cultivation of vegetables.) The replacement of Richard McBride Elementary will provide up to $35 million for a modern school built with 65 additional student seats.

families, Improving access to quality, affordable child care in New Westminster. New Westminster has a single secondary school, New Westminster Secondary School, three middle schools, and ten elementary schools. McBride believed that the province's system of non-party government was unstable and hindered development. Sir Richard McBride, KCMG KC (December 15, 1870 – August 6, 1917) was a British Columbia politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. “We’re replacing the school with a new, expanded and seismically safe facility that will eliminate the need for portables and provide new, much-needed child care spaces for New Westminster families.”.