POWELL RIVER – Students up and down the Sunshine Coast will benefit from safer schools and better learning conditions thanks to $3.5 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects, said Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons. “We’re making education …
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back to Randene NeillMLA Simons welcomes Community Action Team to Powell River to fight overdose crisis
Powell River – Powell River is one of 18 B.C. communities that are getting a Community Action Team (CAT) and dedicated funding as part of the Province’s escalated response to the overdose crisis. “The overdose crisis deeply affects families and communities …
MLA Simons welcomes greater incentives for people to switch to cleaner fuel sources
VICTORIA – Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons is welcoming $12,700 in incentives from government to encourage people on the Sunshine Coast to switch to cleaner fuel sources this winter. Simons said that in the past, the B.C. wood stove …
72 New licensed child-care spaces are on their way to the Sunshine Coast
SECHELT – Local families in Sechelt will soon be able to access 72 new licensed child-care spaces thanks to a $500,000 investment through the Province’s Child Care Major Capital Funding Program, announced Nicholas Simons, MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast. “Every …
Premier knowingly appointed cabinet intent on dismantling ALR
VICTORIA— Despite promising to protect farmland during the election, leaked emails reveal that as soon as she was elected Premier Clark purposefully appointed ministers who had long desired to remove protections for farmland to oversee B.C. agriculture, say New Democrats. …
Comox Valley MLA Don McRae votes to end debate on reducing protections for farmland
VICTORIA – Comox Valley MLA Don McRae showed he supports dismantling the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) by voting on Tuesday to prematurely cut off debate on Bill 24, say B.C.’s New Democrats. “Don McRae made it clear with his actions …
Liberals misled British Columbians with election promise to “preserve agricultural land”
VICTORIA – During the election campaign the B.C. Liberals promised to protect agricultural land, but now they are doing just the opposite, say the New Democrats. “Before the election, Country Life in B.C. magazine asked the Liberals specifically if they …
Does Comox Valley MLA Don McRae support local farmers?
COMOX VALLEY – Comox Valley MLA Don McRae should tell his constituents whether he stands with them or with his Liberal colleague Bill Bennett who insists Bill 24 will pass, weakening protections for farmland, say B.C.’s New Democrats. “Don McRae …
B.C. Liberals must withdraw Bill 24 after new agriculture minister admits lack of support
Letnick’s acknowledgment contradicts Core Review Minister Bill Bennett’s repeated claims on legislation KELOWNA – The B.C. Liberals need to withdraw Bill 24 immediately after the new agriculture minister admitted it does not have the support of the agriculture community or …
New Democrat leader Adrian Dix tables British Columbia Local Food Act to bolster local food production and ALR
VANCOUVER – New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix has introduced British Columbia Local Food Act, 2014, legislation that would increase the economic and environmental value British Columbians derive from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). “This is the kind of agricultural legislation …