West Vancouver council voted Monday night to keep the rapid transit route out of the Ambleside and Dundarave business districts, for now District staff will look at alternate options, but a bus-only lane will not be one of them. Is …
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BCLC halts plans for North Shore casino
March 12th, 2019 – Brent Richter/North Shore News There will be no casino or slot parlour coming to the North Shore anytime soon. In 2016, the B.C. Lottery Corporation, the provincial agency that regulates gambling in the province, sought expressions of …
Committee looking at ridesharing to report back to legislature by month’s end
March 12th, 2019 – Richard Zussman/Global News The legislative committee looking into the future of ridesharing in British Columbia has wrapped up its work. Committee chair Bowinn Ma says the plan is to report to the legislature and release the …
MLA Bowinn Ma creates West Vancouver B-Line themed parody of ‘Hey Jude’
March 11th, 2019 – Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive “#WestVan… don’t let us down. Be a leader, and make it better…” Ahead of tonight’s pivotal District of West Vancouver decision on the route of the future North Shore B-Line through the municipality, …
Faster fender-bender clearing will keep traffic moving
March 8th, 2019/Rattan Mall, Voice Online Police will be free to clear minor crash scenes quickly and get traffic flowing again as B.C. updates the threshold for mandatory reporting of property-damage-only collisions (PDOs). “Having traffic back up because of a minor …
MLA Ma welcomes new school upgrades for North Vancouver students
NORTH VANCOUVER – North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma says students in North Vancouver will benefit from safer, upgraded school facilities thanks to over $1 million in provincial funding. “North Vancouver parents want to know that their children are safe when they go to school …
MLA Ma responds to Andrew Wilkinson’s comments that the housing crisis is a ‘wacky time’
Daily Hive – February 28th, 2019 – BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is coming under fire and being called “out of touch” after recent comments he made in Victoria this week, regarding the rental situation in the province. On Wednesday, …
Budget 2019 creates opportunities, makes life better for people
BC Gov News – February 19th, 2019 Budget 2019 is creating opportunities for all British Columbians by delivering a new B.C. Child Opportunity Benefit for kids up to the age of 18, removing interest from B.C. student loans, reducing taxes …
North Van child care centres receive funding for 172 new spaces
February 8th, 2019 – Maria Spitale-Leisk/ North Shore News North Shore parents will soon have more childminding options – 172 to be exact. The province announced $431,950 in funding for licensed child care spaces at two new centres in North Vancouver …
North Shore to get real-time traffic warning signs
February 6th, 2019 – Brent Richter/North Shore News Everyone’s been there, lurching along in stop-and-go traffic, wondering what’s at the other end of a long line of tail lights. The province and the three North Shore municipalities will be deploying …