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 $4,000 through the province’s Multiculturalism Grant Program for community projects designed to promote multiculturalism and …
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COMOX – Courtenay-Comox MLA Ronna-Rae Leonard says students at Airport Elementary School are getting a new accessible playground, thanks to $105,000 in provincial funding. “Playgrounds are as essential to students in school as textbooks and school supplies are,” said MLA …
MLA Doug Routley welcomes new playground for Gabriola Elementary School
NANAIMO – Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA Doug Routley says students at Gabriola Elementary School are getting a new accessible playground, thanks to $105,000 in provincial funding. “This is great news for the kids at Gabriola Elementary,” said MLA Routley. “Play is …
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 …
MLA Scott Fraser welcomes new playgrounds in Port Alberni and Qualicum
PORT ALBERNI – Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser is welcoming a total of $195,000 in provincial funding for new playgrounds. Students at Bowser Elementary School are getting a new accessible playground, and students École Élementaire des Grands-Cedres will also …
MLA John Horgan welcomes new playground for Savoury Elementary School in Langford
LANGFORD – Langford-Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan says students at Savoury Elementary School are getting a new accessible playground, thanks to $105,000 in provincial funding. “For too long, parents shouldered the burden of fundraising for new school playgrounds, and the …
MLA Lisa Beare welcomes new playground for Highland Park Elementary
PITT MEADOWS – Local MLA Lisa Beare says students at Highland Park Elementary School are getting a new accessible playground, thanks to $105,000 in new provincial funding. Funding for the new playground comes the new Playground Equipment Program announced last …
MLA Ma welcomes new playground for Larson Elementary School in North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER – North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn MA says students at Larson Elementary School will soon enjoy a new accessible playground, thanks to $105,000 in new provincial funding. “Playgrounds encourage outdoor physical activity, help students learn how to share, and …
Burnaby MLAs welcome funding for new playgrounds
BURNABY – Local Burnaby MLAs are saying students will soon enjoy new playgrounds at three schools, thanks to $285,000 in provincial funding through the Playground Equipment Program, now in its second year. Schools receiving funding include: Maywood Community School is …