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. …
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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 …
North Vancouver-Lonsdale February Update
Traffic sucks. It impacts everything here on the North Shore: our economy, our businesses, our services, and our quality of life. Time wasted in traffic congestion is time that we’re not spending with our loved ones. It’s frustrating. It’s been …
Provincial, Federal and Municipal Governments launch North Shore Transportation Planning Project
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 …
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 …