by Joanne de Vries | Jan 20, 2017 | News
A big THANK-YOU to Mitch MacDonald, a Rutland Senior Secondary School student who raised $1,000 to support the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI). Mitch received $150 from RBC as part of its Let’s Make Canada’s 150th Anniversary Count initiative, which...
by Joanne de Vries | Sep 12, 2016 | News
MCRI Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Project Successes After years of planning and fundraising, Phase 1 of the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative is complete and already providing flood-protection and environmental benefits. To mark the occasion, a Ribbon-Cutting...
by Andrew Barton | Aug 8, 2016 | News
Stage 2 Mission Creek restoration underway between August 2nd and 12th Phase 1 of the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative on the south side of the creek between Casorso Road and Gordon Drive will be completed between August 2nd and 12th, during which the dike will...
by Joanne de Vries | Jul 22, 2016 | News
Mission Creek restoration already performing as expected Phase 1 of the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) is already providing flood protection and environmental benefits, according to project engineer Don Dobson and project coordinator Steve Matthews. “On...
by Joanne de Vries | Mar 11, 2016 | News
Hallmarks of MCRI are collaboration, functionality and efficiency Interior Land Reclamation’s Mike Kamann says Phase 1 of the Mission Creek Restoration Initiative (MCRI) is the “most collaborative construction project he’s ever been part of,” and that it’s also “a...
by Joanne de Vries | Dec 16, 2015 | News
MCRI monitors protect environmental and archaeological resources As restoration work continues on Mission Creek between Casorso Road and Gordon Drive, we can rest easy knowing that natural and archaeological assets are being protected by monitors trained to identify...