Now more than ever, communities need help adapting to the frequent and intensifying weather events caused by climate change. Reducing the impact of natural disasters such as flooding is critical to keeping Canadian families safe, protecting local businesses and supporting …
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Introducing BC Ferries’ Northern Seawolf
Keeping visitors to the Cariboo safe during emergencies
Licensed child care coming to Hagensborg
MLA Jennifer Rice welcomes $479,877 for community airport upgrades
MASSET – New Democrat MLA Jennifer Rice is welcoming $479,877 through the B.C. Air Access Program to improve safety and convenience for people travelling through the Masset airport. “Airports in smaller communities are transportation and economic lifelines for the …
MLA Rice celebrates 169 units of new homes underway for people in the North Coast
PRINCE RUPERT – Local New Democrat MLA Jennifer Rice is celebrating 169 units of new homes already built or underway for families and people experiencing homeless in the North Coast. The housing across the North Coast is part of 20,000 units of new …
Canada, British Columbia and First Nations Leadership Council sign Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding to improve emergency management services for B.C. First Nations
Having spent time touring wildfire and flood-affected communities, I’m proud to be a part of a government that not only recognizes the need for improved emergency services in Indigenous communities but also is willing to do something about it. This …
B.C. strikes deal with Ottawa to keep funding BC Bus North on routes that Greyhound abandoned
Good news for the Northwest! Affordable transportation to continue along Highway 16. I recently helped a constituent use BC Bus North so she could get to Kitimat where a job was waiting for her. That was a really satisfying feeling …
BC Rural Dividend Funding Provides over $1.1 million for five projects in the North and Central Coast regions.
Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing over $1.1 million for five projects in the North and Central Coast regions. “Indigenous and remote communities lack financial supports found in larger cities. The projects …
Video – Why We Need the North Coast Oil Tanker Moratorium to be Enacted
My testimony to the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communication in video form.