VICTORIA – New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean is welcoming $4,504,880 to benefit 161 sport, arts, and culture organizations in Greater Victoria. “Our communities are enriched by the creativity of our artists and the resiliency of our athletes,” said Mitzi Dean, MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin. …
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back to Darlene RotchfordMLA Dean celebrates over 2,700 units of new homes underway for people in Greater Victoria
VICTORIA – Local New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean is celebrating 2,760 units of new homes already built or underway for students, seniors, families, and people experiencing homelessness in Greater Victoria. The housing across Greater Victoria is part of 20,000 units …
Greater Victoria parents supported to help kids fight the lure of gangs
Local MLA Dean encourages Victoria parents to attend upcoming session VICTORIA – New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean is encouraging parents in the Greater Victoria area to attend an upcoming 90-minute training session as part of a new provincial school-based gang …
Economist credits NDP government for decrease in Greater Victoria cost of living, says MLA Dean
VICTORIA – A report released today credits the New Democrat government for a decrease in the cost of living for Greater Victoria families, says Esquimalt-Metchosin MLA Mitzi Dean. Greater Victoria’s living wage has decreased for the first time in 11 years, …
Local MLAs welcome funds for Greater Victoria arts, cultural events
VICTORIA – Local MLAs Carole James, Rob Fleming, Mitzi Dean, and Lana Popham are welcoming $154,400 through the province’s BC Arts Council Grant Program which will support arts and culture organizations in Greater Victoria. From Greater Victoria, 24 organizations and …
Greater Victoria MLAs welcome over $500,000 in funding for public safety and crime prevention
Victoria – Local MLAs are welcoming one-time grants totaled at $531,698 for Greater Victoria through the Crime Prevention and Remediation grant program, announced last Friday. Programs that mentor vulnerable youth, support women escaping violence and help Indigenous families heal from …
MLAs Rob Fleming and Mitzi Dean welcome new playgrounds for Greater Victoria schools
VICTORIA – Victoria-Swan Lake MLA Rob Fleming and Esquimalt-Metchosin MLA Mitzi Dean says students in Greater Victoria are getting new universally accessible playgrounds, thanks to $210,000 in provincial funding announced today. Braefoot Elementary school and Eagle View Elementary school are …
Local MLAs welcome BC Arts Council Grants for Greater Victoria
VICTORIA – Local MLAs Carole James, Rob Fleming and Mitzi Dean are welcoming $939,548 through the province’s BC Arts Council Grant Program for community projects that will create new programs that encourage more inclusivity and accessibility in the creative sector, …
MLA Dean welcomes community multiculturalism and anti-racism grants
Victoria – Mitzi Dean, MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin, is welcoming funds through the province’s Multiculturalism Grant Program for projects designed to promote multiculturalism and fight racism. “On behalf of New Democrat MLAs in Victoria, I want to say thank you to …
MLA Dean welcomes school upgrades for West Shore students
COLWOOD – Esquimalt-Metchosin MLA Mitzi Dean says students in the West Shore will benefit from safer, more efficient schools thanks to over $1 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects in the Sooke School District. “The BC Liberals neglected our …