Local NDP candidate Lisa Beare listens during a campaign stop in Surrey, B.C., on May 8, 2017. Community sport organizations in British Columbia will share $1.5 million in provincial government funding to help them survive the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Lisa Beare, B.C.'s minister of tourism, arts and culture, says the funding will help many of the province's 4,100 local sports organizations facing financial hardship without their registration fees, event revenues and sponsorships.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck