North Cowichan will receive $472,311 in BikeBC funding for the Trans-Canada Multi-Use Path, announced Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

For Miya Inkster, finding high-quality, affordable child care was a big factor holding her back from returning to the work force. After a stressful separation and move that affected her financial situation, Miya ended up on income assistance and couldn’t find work that covered the cost of child care.

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing the Cowichan Valley Regional District $22,750 as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The final portion of diking designed to provide flood protection for Duncan and the Koksilah industrial and business complex area is now complete thanks to $4.133 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments and the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD).

Students, teachers and staff at École Cobble Hill Elementary school in the Cowichan Valley school district will benefit from $220,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

A first-of-its-kind incubator seed farm created with the help of a government-funded Job Creation Partnership officially opened in Duncan.

Families in the Cowichan Valley school district will no longer pay fees for students riding school buses within their schools’ catchment area thanks to $283,524 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.