NORTH VANCOUVER – New Democrat MLA Bowinn Ma is making transportation issues in the North Shore one of her top priorities as the provincial representative for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. Ma has gathered support for an Integrated North Shore Transportation Planning Project, which brings together …
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EDITORIAL: Seismic shift
North Shore News January 16, 2018 05:49 PM Compare and contrast: Argyle and Handsworth. Both secondary schools are on the road to a full seismically sound rebuild, although the two followed very different trajectories to get there. The province announced …
Province announces $62.3 million for rebuild of North Vancouver’s Handsworth Secondary
Jane Seyd / North Shore News January 15, 2018 04:40 PM Education Minister Rob Fleming announced the province will provide $63.2 million to replace the 57-year-old Handsworth Secondary, which had previously been deemed at significant seismic risk. photo Cindy Goodman Another …
Handsworth students can look forward to a brand-new school
The Government of British Columbia is providing $62.3 million to replace the 58-year-old school with a brand-new, seismically safer facility. The project also expands Handsworth’s capacity by 200 spaces to 1,400 to meet a growing student population. “It’s time to …
North Shore traffic woes get provincial support from local MLA
By Maryse Zeidler, CBC News January 9th, 2018 – Traffic and transportation woes on Metro Vancouver’s North Shore are getting provincial attention in the form of a project aimed at bringing the region’s mayors and leaders together to tackle the issue. NDP MLA Bowinn Ma, Parliamentary …
MLAs lobby for extended weekend SeaBus hours
By Brent Richter, North Shore News Jan 8th, 2018 – North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma and North Vancouver-Seymour Liberal MLA Jane Thornthwaite have both released letters to TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond arguing the SeaBus should be given the same consideration. …
Ride-hailing firms will make their case to all-party legislative committee in Vancouver
By Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight Jan 8th, 2018 – The committee will hear from Uber and others during a daylong session in the 320 Strategy Room at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue (580 West Hastings Street). In November, the legislature …
B.C. government ends grizzly bear hunt
Dec 28th, 2017 – The British Columbia government is bringing an end to the hunting of grizzly bears throughout the province, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, and George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate …
Province protects renters from geographic rent increases
The Government of British Columbia is beefing up protection for renters by closing a loophole that some landlords used to seek inflated and unfair increases in hot rental markets. On behalf of Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Selina Robinson, Vancouver-West …
40 new licensed child-care spaces are on their way to North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER – Local families in North Vancouver will soon be able to access 40 new licensed child-care spaces thanks to a $500,000 investment through the Province’s Child Care Major Capital Funding Program, announced New Democrat MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, Bowinn Ma. …