Mar 6, 2022 – Brent Richter/North Shore News The families of 65 kids in two North Shore Neighbourhood House daycare programs are celebrating a jackpot. The non-profit has received funding from the province to convert its child-care programs at 225 …
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New affordable homes coming to North Vancouver
Feb 18, 2022 – BC Gov News/Attorney General People in the District of North Vancouver will have more affordable housing options, with construction underway on a new 90-unit development. “The housing crisis has meant many North Shore community members are …
Province eyeing improvements to North Shore’s Upper Levels Highway
Feb 11, 2022 – Brent Richter/North Shore News Bus routes on the shoulders, twinning the Capilano River Bridge and more bicycle infrastructure – the province is eyeing significant changes to Highway 1/99 through the North Shore. The Ministry of Transportation …
Vandals smash window at North Vancouver COVID-19 vaccination clinic
Feb 2, 2022 – Jane Seyd/North Shore News North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma said Wednesday she’s noticed “a growing impatience with the pandemic” in the comments she’s received from the community. Living in a public state of emergency for the …
North Van MLA warns of vaccine payment scam
Jan 31, 2022 – Brent Richter/North Shore News North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma is warning the public about an attempt by scammers to fleece people seeking a government payment for getting vaccinated against COVID-19. The scam comes via text …
Tower work begins for Lions Gate Hospital project
Jan 27, 2022/DCN-JOC News Services The six-storey Paul Myers Tower, named after the philanthropic owner of Keith Plumbing and Heating Co. Ltd, will have eight operating rooms, a pre-operative and post-operative care area, including anesthesia intervention and isolation rooms. There …
Peer support offers a lifeline for those struggling with eating disorders
Aug 15, 2021 – Jane Seyd/North Shore News Bowinn Ma remembers vividly the shame and silence that came with a secret eating disorder. The stigma was so great that until two years ago, Ma – the MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale …
All three North Shore governments and both First Nations joining together for homeless outreach
Aug 13, 2021 – Brent Richter/North Shore News North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma said the best solution for homelessness is the provision of more affordable housing, of which more than 500 units are currently funded and on their way …
Catholics working ‘shoulder to shoulder’ at North Vancouver residential school site
Aug 11, 2021 – Agnieszka Ruck/The B.C. Catholic An investigation is going ahead at the former site of St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, roughly where the parking lot sits at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School in North Vancouver. Representatives …
Lynn Creek Bridge rehabilitation complete
Aug 10, 2021 – REMI Network Rehabilitation work on the Lynn Creek Bridge in North Vancouver is complete. Renewal work included a new concrete deck, bridge impact protection, bearing replacement and a fresh paint recoat with the iconic “Lions Gate …