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 …
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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. …
Province invites comment on electoral change referendum
North Shore News – Nov 29, 2017 – Attorney General David Eby says he wants to hear from average voters before coming up with what a potentially game-changing referendum on electoral reform will look like when it goes before voters …
Two North Vancouver heroes in their 90s given France’s highest military honour
By Times Colonist Nov 26, 2017 – North Vancouver MLA Bowinn Ma had a dilemma in the legislature this past week. She wanted to pay tribute to two constituents for significant recognition they had earned many years ago. The two gentlemen, both …
Traffic gridlock top topic at business breakfast with North Vancouver MLAs
By Jane Seyd, North Shore News Nov. 17th, 2017 – Traffic gridlock was the number one topic on the minds of North Vancouver’s business community as three local MLAs – Bowinn Ma, Jane Thornthwaite and Ralph Sultan – sat down …
People with severe addiction and mental illness to get help at new centre on Riverview lands
Nov 17 – People struggling with complex and severe mental illness and addiction will receive the care they need in a state-of-the-art mental health and addictions centre on the Riverview lands, Premier John Horgan announced today. “People afflicted by mental …
READ: Bowinn’s North Vancouver-Lonsdale November Newsletter
The people of North Vancouver inspire me. I’ve met with dozens of people from across the constituency over the last few months and they’ve shown me how much we care about one another. From the community members who chipped in to …
Province fixes loophole threatening renters
The provincial government has introduced legislation to close a major loophole in fixed-term leases and improve the rights of renters throughout British Columbia, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Selina Robinson announced today. Robinson says the new legislation will mean landlords …