For Naz, everything has lined up to help her get off income assistance and into an in-demand career, thanks to the Single Parent Employment Initiative (SPEI), a government program that is covering her tuition and other expenses.

A new acute care facility at Lions Gate Hospital is one step closer, following the Province’s approval of the concept plan for the facility.

North Vancouver-area MLAs joined with members of the community to celebrate the launch of Foundry North Shore, a new integrated youth service centre.

A peak in the North Shore Mountains is being named in honour of a long-time leader of British Columbia’s search and rescue community and commemorates his work as an advocate for backcountry safety.

The B.C. government is funding 45 extreme weather shelter spaces across North Vancouver this winter to help people whose health and safety may be threatened by cold, wet weather.

This year’s CLICK for Babies Campaign, a program aimed at raising awareness about shaken baby syndrome through the distribution of tiny, knitted purple hats, has set a record of 13,000 caps – the  highest number ever donated by volunteer knitters around British Columbia.

Students, teachers and staff at Cleveland Elementary school in the North Vancouver school district will benefit from $295,770 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.          

Families in the North Vancouver school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $40,566 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Students at Argyle Secondary school will have a seismically safe and state-of-the-art school thanks to a partnership between the B.C. government and the North Vancouver school district (SD 44).