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CARD plans to open four new Phoenix centers and is accepting new patients statewide with no waitlist.

The Langley school board has named two Willoughby-area schools Emery Dosdall Secondary and stɑtl̓əw̓ Middle School; both are expected to open in fall 2027 and together will accommodate about 2,800 students.

Hope Mission's permanent emergency shelter in Wetaskiwin has opened, replacing a temporary site and offering 50 beds, a commercial kitchen, and private counselling spaces.

The LDS Church donated $405,000 to Streets Alive to help cover electrical and HVAC costs for the charity's 2025 expansion in Lethbridge. Streets Alive served more than 1,200 unique clients with over 16,000 services in 2025.

Florida attorney Cynthia Lauriston will offer free 30-minute divorce consultations during Divorce With Respect Week, March 1–8, 2026. The article notes she will discuss Collaborative Divorce, a non-adversarial alternative to courtroom divorce.

The developer says a stormwater pond has been added to the Kings Court project on King Street and the plan now shows 24 units, down from 27, after neighbours raised stormwater and parking concerns; council passed first reading on related rezoning amendments Feb. 17.

Conestoga Crest has proposed a 20-unit expansion to its Drayton senior apartments and Mapleton council approved directing local Continuum of Care funds to support the project; the proposal will now go to county council for approval.

Media are invited to opening remarks at the inaugural Responsible Resource Leadership Forum on February 25 at 8:30 a.m., with National Family and Survivors Circle president Hilda Anderson-Pyrz and Minister Rebecca Chartrand listed as speakers; media were asked to arrive by 8:15 a.m. The National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC Inc.) is a legally incorporated nonprofit of Inuit, Métis and First Nations women that works to center families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, survivors of gender-based violence, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in national initiatives including the 231 Calls for Justice and the National Action Plan on MMIWG2S+.

A hot pink tractor at Kamloops Airport, bought sight unseen by Executive Aviation, will be used in a licensed raffle to raise money for the BC Cancer Foundation; 2,000 tickets at $2 each will be sold in B.C. from March 1 to April 30, with prize draws on May 1.

The Family Medicine Maternity Clinic at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital reopened on Jan. 29, 2026 and is accepting new referrals; partners say the arrangement is a funded bridge running through March 2027 while a permanent model is planned.