May 14th, 2019 – Richard Zussman/Global News The SeaBus may soon have some company. The B.C. government is working with TransLink and municipal funding partners to look at the feasibility of a potential rapid-transit crossing across the Burrard Inlet to …
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Province to study fixed-link rapid transit for North Shore
May 14th, 2019 To consider new ways to connect people to communities and businesses more efficiently, the Province, TransLink and municipal funding partners will study the technical feasibility of a potential rapid-transit crossing across the Burrard Inlet to the North …
Government invests $2M for hydrogen refuelling stations
May 6th, 2019 – Josh Kilner/North Shore News Ottawa has announced new funding for two retail hydrogen refuelling stations in the Lower Mainland. Joe Peschisolido, MP for Steveston–Richmond East, announced Friday that Natural Resources Canada will provide $2 million dollars …
MLA Bowinn Ma welcomes $209,375 in grant funding for public safety and crime prevention across the North Shore
April 15th, 2019 NORTH VANCOUVER – MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, Bowinn Ma, is welcoming one-time grants totaled at $209,375 for the North Shore through the Crime Prevention and Remediation grant program, announced last Friday. Programs that mentor youth to resist joining gangs, …
Temporary modular housing opens in Richmond
April 12th, 2019 – Alyse Kotyk & Megan Devlin/Richmond News Last May, hundreds of City Centre residents came out to protest a plan to build an apartment complex intended to house a portion of Richmond’s homeless. Friday, that same complex …
North Shore may get express bus across Ironworkers
A positive step forward on Recommendation #4 from the Integrated North Shore Transportation Planning Project’s Report: 4. Implement a new express bus service across the Second Narrows Bridge connecting the regional rapid transit network with the North Shore to provide …
Provincial leaders discuss transit at AMS talk
March 30th, 2019 – Charlotte Alden/The Ubyssey At yesterday’s AMS “Transit Talk,” provincial leaders and students discussed affordable and accessible transportation, focusing on the SkyTrain to UBC and ridesharing. The event took place in the Michael Kingsmill Forum in the …
RE: North Shore News article about request for new Cloverley School
Dear Community Member, I wanted to acknowledge an article that will likely be printed in the North Shore News on Wednesday, March 26, 2019, titled “Province shoots down North Van School District’s request for new Cloverley school” and assure all …
New Search and Rescue (SAR) Funding
Dear Community Member, I’m very pleased to be able to share that our BC Government has just announced the single largest provincial investment into Ground Search and Rescue services in BC’s history. In addition to the operational funding that the …
16 digital signs displaying traffic flow warnings installed on the North Shore
March 20th, 2019 – Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive The provincial government has installed a total of 16 portable digital message signs along bus road routes between the Lions Gate Bridge, Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, and ahead of the on-ramps and off-ramps along …