VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – May 4, 2018 If you take the SeaBus, expect to see a lot of construction during your commute. Starting next month, TransLink is upgrading Waterfront Station with a brand new entrance, escalators, staircases and seismic upgrades. …
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Waterfront SeaBus terminal getting $17M seismic, accessibility upgrades
Jennifer Saltman, Vancouver Sun – May 4, 2018 The 42-year-old Waterfront SeaBus station will be seismically upgraded and expanded as part of TransLink’s maintenance and repair program. The improvements to the station were announced this morning. “Our customers tell …
Waterfront SeaBus terminal to get over-40 facelift
By Jane Seyd, North Shore News May 4th, 2018 – On Friday, TransLink announced plans for a $17-million midlife update to the terminal, which 17,000 North Shore commuters and visitors pass through each day. Four escalator replacements, one elevator replacement …
MLA Ma’s Ambitious Plan to Find a Collective Transit Solution
By Gagandeep Ghuman, Global Canadian April 24th, 2018, A transit bus making its way from Phibbs Exchange to Lions Gate would have to pass through Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure jurisdiction, then move into District of North Vancouver along Main Street, …
Community Tribute: Robert Watson, in Memoriam
“Earlier [last] month, Carson Graham Secondary lost one of its best staff members. Rob Watson was an incredibly well-loved and respected member of the Carson Graham community and staff. As a grad counsellor, he helped students to prepare for the …
Students and tech sector to benefit from more tech spaces at Capilano University
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 …
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, …