Following several discussions with community members, service providers, and Maple Ridge MLAs Marc Dalton and Doug Bing, the B.C. government has presented a four-point plan to the City of Maple Ridge to help address homelessness in the community.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and Mission school districts will receive a combined total of $70,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is starting design work on an upcoming safety improvement project in Maple Ridge, to install median barrier on a 6.6-kilometre section of Highway 7, stretching from 240th to 272nd streets.

Students and teachers at Thomas Haney Secondary school, Garibaldi Secondary school and Westview Secondary school in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Secondary school in Pitt Meadows will benefit from innovative learning concepts being put into action thanks to 15 new K-12 Innovation Partnership projects.

Service BC will test expanded office hours at its Maple Ridge location in response to requests from local residents.

Chip lovers all over the province can get snacking with locally grown and produced Hardbite Chips.

Jason Dann is 38 and has been in construction for more than a quarter century, but he’s been through some patches where he had to rely on federal Employment Insurance or provincial income assistance.

The B.C. government will provide approximately $550,000 in funding to RainCity Housing and Support Society to operate the new 40-bed shelter in Maple Ridge and provide the necessary support services to those in need in the community.