The Burnaby school district is hoping to secure additional funding from the B.C. Education Ministry to make local schools more earthquake-proof. Greg Frank, the district's secretary-treasurer, told ...

The kits are stored in an earthquake-safe container in the schoolyard. “People say if it happens, hopefully it will happen on a weekend when the kids aren’t in school,” said Percy.

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Gilmore Elementary School Principal Sheilagh Pace says parents spent thousands of hours fundraising for the earthquake kit, which was robbed sometime on Aug. 29.

In 2005, the B.C. government promised to have 750 schools rebuilt to earthquake standards by 2020. So far, only 121 schools have been rebuilt or are in the process of being upgraded.