Families in the Surrey school district will benefit from improved transportation services, thanks to $72,999 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) will benefit from $187,000 in funding toward the purchase of trades equipment, such as a hydraulic trainer for the millwright and automotive programs.

The Province, anti-gang units and local police continue to make progress on British Columbia’s $23-million expanded Guns and Gangs Strategy.

The British Columbia government announced an investment of $210,000 for skills training in high-priority trades seats at BC Hydro.

British Columbians are invited to nominate places of historic significance to South Asian Canadians for recognition.

Surrey-Tynehead MLA Amrik Virk announced an investment of $519,000 for skills training in high-priority trades seats at the Joint Apprentice Refrigeration Training School (JARTS).

With three elementary school expansion projects now complete and construction underway on a new secondary school in the Clayton North area, 380 new seats are ready for Surrey students and 1,500 more are on the way.

Just five months after announcing a $23-million expansion to B.C.’s Guns and Gangs Strategy, the Province, anti-gang units and local police agencies are making progress on a number of key measures meant to tackle gun and gang violence from all sides.