ChildcareBC New Spaces – Tremblay & Tumbler Ridge Elementary
On January 9, 2026, the project team met with Ministry staff regarding the resubmission of their application for additional funding for both Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge childcare projects due to the escalation of costs since the initial application was submitted to the Ministry of Education and ChildCare in 2023.
Key points from the discussion included:
- Projects cannot be combined if additional funding is not approved for one or both;
- If a project does not receive additional funding and the facility is not constructed, 100% of the funding must be returned to the Ministry. It is not allowable to return the residual after design costs are spent;
- Scope may be adjusted if no additional funding is provided (i.e. the facility would be downsized in scale and service in order to meet the constraints of available funding).
The two applications for additional funding have progressed through the initial review to the next level of approval. No decision date was provided.
To date SD59 has spent $432,927 on the two projects combined, offset by interest revenue of $100,000+.
Full updates on the capital projects are available at https://www.sd59.bc.ca/district/capital-projects.
