Animation students at Capilano today received some long-awaited good news. The Province is funding an additional 50 seats in animation programs to give students the creative and technical skills to get good-paying jobs in the booming tech industry. “The last …
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MLA Ma welcomes $15,000 for seniors in North Vancouver-Lonsdale
April 19, 2018 NORTH VANCOUVER – North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma is welcoming a $15,000 grant from the province that will support seniors in living active, socially engaged and independent lives by making their community more age-friendly. “People deserve to …
MLA Ma welcomes school upgrades for North Vancouver students
March 27, 2018 NORTH VANCOUVER – Students in North Vancouver will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to over $5 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects in the North Vancouver School District, announced North Vancouver-Lonsdale …
‘Sweetheart’ port tax deal questioned by North Vancouver
By Brent Richter, North Shore News March 23, 2018 – Questions are being raised about whether one of the North Shore’s industrial port terminals got a “sweetheart deal” on its property taxes from the previous provincial government, leaving other municipal taxpayers …
West Vancouver braces for school tax hike
By Brent Richter, North Shore News March 20, 2018 – West Vancouver council is warning a large swath of the community they’re about to get their bells rung by the NDP’s pending school tax. As part of the 2018 budget, …
Long Night of Hope raises $17K in North Vancouver
By Jeremy Shepherd, North Shore News March 13, 2018 – There’s reason to hope. Just like last year, a group of volunteers with rose-coloured glasses and bleary eyes woke up in cars, church pews and under the piano of St. …
Housing affordability top-of-mind at poverty-reduction meeting
By Glenda Luymes, Times Colonist March 4th – Housing affordability has been the top concern for participants in a series of community meetings designed to inform the provincial government’s poverty reduction strategy — and a meeting Saturday morning in North Vancouver …
The 2018 Budget – Action on Housing, Child care, and Affordability in BC.
February 20, 2018 — Budget 2018 carves a new path to shared prosperity for everyone in our province with a made-in-BC child care plan, a comprehensive housing plan and record levels of capital investment in every corner of our province, Finance …
SULLIVAN: Could our traffic snarl finally turn into a smile?
Jan 19, 2018 – Paul Sullivan, North Shore News I was sitting in traffic on the Upper Levels Highway the other day … It’s a perpetual state, like the January weather forecast. Like some rain? Anyway, it was on or …
B.C. ride-hailing report makes 32 recommendations to pave way for regulations
By The Canadian Press, Times Colonist Feb 15th, 2018 – Ride-hailing is on its way to British Columbia after the online services received the unanimous support of an all-party committee of the legislature on Thursday. The committee made 32 recommendations to …