Families in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will soon have a new facility offering children’s therapeutic programs, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, funded through the Community Gaming Grants program. “A new, permanent home for the Ridge Meadows …
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Standing up for families frustrated by cellphone bills
British Columbians who feel they are being gouged on their cellphone bills will have help with the appointment of a federal lead on telecommunications. Premier John Horgan has appointed Bob D’Eith, MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission, to stand up for B.C. …
More open textbooks arriving on student bookshelves
VANCOUVER-Students in British Columbia are getting more affordable post-secondary education, and instructors are benefiting from high-quality, innovative teaching materials, because of an investment in open education resources (OER). Funding of $3.26 million for OER, including more open textbooks, was announced …
Haney Bypass improvements getting underway
MAPLE RIDGE-Hard hats and heavy machinery will be a common sight over the next year along the Haney Bypass in Maple Ridge, as construction to make this corridor safer starts soon. One lane in each direction will always be available …
Local MLAs Lisa Beare and Bob D’Eith welcome BC Arts Council Grants for Maple Ridge
MAPLE RIDGE – Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture and MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Lisa Beare, and Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith are welcoming $39,255 through the province’s BC Arts Council Grant Program for community projects that will create …
In the News: Pilot project comes to Mission’s Heritage Park Childcare Centre
A total of 37 spaces have fees capped at $200 per month or eliminated altogether Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith was in Mission Monday morning for the official start of a new, innovative child care investment for the Heritage Park …
Local MLA Bob D’Eith welcomes child care pilot project site in Mission
MISSION – New Democrat MLA Bob D’Eith is welcoming innovative child care investments for Heritage Park Childcare Centre. A total of 37 spaces have fees capped at $200 per month or eliminated altogether. The initiative is part of a …
In the News: Two Mission schools to share $1.1 million in upgrades
Funds for dust collector system at Mission Secondary, mechanical upgrades at Heritage Park Two Mission schools will be receiving upgrades thanks to just over $1.1 million in provincial funding. “Students can’t learn if their school hasn’t been adequately maintained and …
In the News: End near for changing times twice a year?
Maple Ridge cows would like to ‘mooove’ to Daylight Saving This weekend, it’s time to spring forward into daylight saving time as part of the semi-annual ritual that disrupts North America. But maybe one day, it will be the same …
Local MLAs Beare and D’Eith welcome school upgrades for students
MAPLE RIDGE – Local MLAs Lisa Beare and Bob D’Eith say students will benefit from safer, more efficient schools thanks to over $600,000 in provincial funding for school upgrade projects in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District. “Students can’t learn …