Families at Heritage Park Childcare Centre are now paying no more than $200 a month per child as part of a B.C. government universal child care prototype project.

Safety is the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s top priority.

Improving trades training outcomes and employability for trades students and apprentices is the goal of an innovative program developed by Camosun College for delivery at Riverside College, thanks to $49,980 in funding from the Province of British Columbia and the Industry Training Authority (ITA).

Provincial funding of $15 million will deliver 40 units of transitional housing and shelter space for men and women in need at a proposed purpose-built development in Mission.

Visitors soon will have more camping opportunities in the Mission area with the construction of 60 new campsites in time for the upcoming camping season.

Students in the Mission School District will benefit from almost $1.8 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects, classroom supplies and a new school bus, MLA Marc Dalton announced on behalf of Education Minister Mike Bernier.

Local governments in Fraser Valley are receiving federal-provincial investments in critical clean water and wastewater infrastructure, announced Abbotsford-Mission MLA Simon Gibson on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Peter Fassbender.