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Province funds new building for French school in Smithers

École La Grande-ourse gets $5 million to build a prefabricated school and a gymnasium facility
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École La Grande-ourse currently located at 3490 Fulton Avenue in a leased building. The school will be moved to the former Chandler Park site. (FILE photo)

The province is providing the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF) with $5 million to build a prefabricated, five-unit school and a gymnasium facility on a newly acquired property on the old Chandler Park School.

The prefabricated school will be built on the southeastern corner of Vancouver Street and Third Avenue in Smithers and will provide the amenities needed to facilitate a safe, functional and positive learning environment for students, said a press release.

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Marisca Bakker

About the Author: Marisca Bakker

Marisca was born and raised in Ontario and moved to Smithers almost ten years ago on a one-year contract.
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