Work clothes? Check. Books? Check. Tools? Check. A place to stay? Check. Students in the Delta School District are packing their bags and traveling to other B.C. communities for enhanced skills, technical, and trades training opportunities thanks to $5,000 for the school district from the Province’s Skills Training Access Grant.

Drivers are advised that the Alex Fraser Bridge has now been re-opened to traffic.

Drivers are advised that crews are temporarily closing the Alex Fraser Bridge for public safety reasons as snow and ice have been observed shedding from the outside cables into both traveling lanes.

Up to 29 British Columbians in Delta are getting the training they need for jobs in their community, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

Students, teachers and staff at 27 schools in the Delta school district will benefit from $229,600 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.  

Families in the Delta school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $41,933 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Motorists are advised that the new “no right turn on red” signal at the Highway 91 southbound off-ramp to Cliveden Avenue has been switched on as of this morning.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is moving ahead with the installation of a signalized right turn at the Highway 91 southbound off-ramp to Cliveden Avenue as part of a solution to the rush-hour traffic congestion and diversion issue at Annacis Island.

Education Minister Mike Bernier toured the construction site of the almost $20-million Delta Secondary school seismic upgrade project with school district staff and officials, as well as construction representatives.