Provincial funding of $12 million will bring approximately 80 new affordable homes for low-to moderate-income renters and adults with mental health challenges at a new housing development in Richmond.

Students in the Richmond School District are connecting with skills and technology training development thanks to a $17,500 grant to the district from the Province’s Shoulder Tappers Program.

Students, teachers and staff at École Côte Du Soleil in the Conseil Scolaire Francophone school district will benefit from $151,540 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

Students, teachers and staff at R.C. Talmey Elementary school in the Richmond school district will benefit from $330,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.  

Families in the Conseil scolaire francophone school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $150,415 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Families in the Richmond school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $21,608 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

A new Job Creation Project with the Rick Hansen Foundation will increase accessibility in British Columbia communities and provide work experience for up to 14 people with disabilities.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is now accepting applications to a new Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Diploma Program that will start in September 2016 as the inaugural program offering by the KPU School of Traditional Chinese Medicine.