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Critics say Metro Vancouver's Transit Police primarily conduct fare checks that could be performed more cheaply by attendants other than armed officers.

Transit Police eyed as cost-saving target

TransLink cash crunch has some mayors considering cuts to police force that patrols Metro Vancouver transit system

Critics say Metro Vancouver's Transit Police primarily conduct fare checks that could be performed more cheaply by attendants other than armed officers.
A tunnel boring machine dubbed 'Squirrel' is hauled out from beneath the Fraser River.

‘Squirrel’ finishes Metro Vancouver water tunnel to Surrey

Tunnel boring machine emerges from beneath Fraser River

A tunnel boring machine dubbed 'Squirrel' is hauled out from beneath the Fraser River.
All lawn sprinkling will be banned once Metro Vancouver imposes stage 3 water use restrictions.

Lawn sprinkling banned as Metro Vancouver declares stage 3 water limits

Regional district imposes tougher water use restrictions as reservoirs dwindle to 69 per cent

All lawn sprinkling will be banned once Metro Vancouver imposes stage 3 water use restrictions.
The departed: Former president and CEO Dr. Nigel Murray and former chief medical health officer and vice-president of population health Dr. Paul van Buynder left Fraser Health last year.

Fraser Health executives paid $2.3 million in 2014

Year saw president and CEO Dr. Nigel Murray depart top job at health authority

The departed: Former president and CEO Dr. Nigel Murray and former chief medical health officer and vice-president of population health Dr. Paul van Buynder left Fraser Health last year.
Gordon Hall, co-chair of HUB.

New bike parkade boon to cycling in Surrey (with video)

Second of five bike parking rooms TransLink is adding to SkyTrain stations

Gordon Hall, co-chair of HUB.
The detection of asbestos that's not properly removed can result in a work stoppage and penalties ordered by WorkSafeBC.

Asbestos threat grows with tide of house tear-downs

WorkSafeBC steps up enforcement of home demolitions, renovations in Lower Mainland

The detection of asbestos that's not properly removed can result in a work stoppage and penalties ordered by WorkSafeBC.
Doug Kelsey has been replaced as president and CEO of TransLink's SkyTrain subsidiary.

TransLink cuts managers after referendum defeat

Two senior executives eliminated at transportation authority, one of them won't be replaced

Doug Kelsey has been replaced as president and CEO of TransLink's SkyTrain subsidiary.
Sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River face a double whammy of hot marine and freshwater conditions. Although nearly seven million sockeye are expected, large numbers could die before they spawn.

Warmed ocean to hit salmon returns for years

Hot marine, Fraser River conditions will reduce survival rate of returning sockeye: scientists

Sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River face a double whammy of hot marine and freshwater conditions. Although nearly seven million sockeye are expected, large numbers could die before they spawn.
Support for legalization of marijuana has grown in B.C. over the years.

B.C. appetite for pot reform riding high: Poll

Two-thirds now endorse marijuana legalization, pollster says that number has climbed over the years

Support for legalization of marijuana has grown in B.C. over the years.
The proposed $175-million WesPac Tilbury LNG jetty in Delta would load tankers with LNG produced at the adjacent FortisBC plant.

B.C. to head review of LNG terminal on Fraser River

Activists distrust province, had hoped feds would oversee WesPac Tilbury LNG assessment

The proposed $175-million WesPac Tilbury LNG jetty in Delta would load tankers with LNG produced at the adjacent FortisBC plant.
The practices of many methadone-dispensing pharmacies in B.C. have raised concerns within government and the College of Pharmacists of B.C.

Most targeted pharmacies cut off PharmaCare

Dozens of pharmacies had been red-flagged for violations, many for methadone-dispensing practices

The practices of many methadone-dispensing pharmacies in B.C. have raised concerns within government and the College of Pharmacists of B.C.
Air quality advisory ends for Metro, including Langley

Air quality advisory ends for Metro, including Langley

An air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley due…

Air quality advisory ends for Metro, including Langley
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

Surrey wants to pry away its share of TransLink gas tax

Mayor Hepner says gas tax could fund LRT, province non-committal after Metro Vancouver plebiscite defeat

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone.
Satellite image shows view from space of smoke obscuring the sky over parts of southwestern B.C.

Smoke chokes Lower Mainland, forces air quality advisory

Particulate from wildfires at 'unprecedented' levels across Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

Satellite image shows view from space of smoke obscuring the sky over parts of southwestern B.C.
Red line shows the trend in Metro Vancouver water reservoir levels so far this year.

Metro Vancouver toughens water restrictions as reservoirs drop

Regional district bans pressure washing, limits lawn sprinkling to once a week

Red line shows the trend in Metro Vancouver water reservoir levels so far this year.
Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation headed the No TransLink Tax opposition group.

Finger pointing as Metro voters defeat sales tax for transit

Referendum defeat with nearly 62 per cent opposed leaves mayors in search of plan B to expand transit system

Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation headed the No TransLink Tax opposition group.
Jacob Simonsen is managing director of the Danish Waste Association.

Metro Vancouver gets recycling advice from Denmark

Danish expert pans garbage-sorting plants as poor way to separate recyclables from waste

Jacob Simonsen is managing director of the Danish Waste Association.
TransLink interim CEO Doug Allen takes questions after the TransLink annual general meeting June 26.

TransLink pledges to open up board meetings

Transit authority waits to learn outcome of Metro Vancouver tax plebiscite

TransLink interim CEO Doug Allen takes questions after the TransLink annual general meeting June 26.
Water sprinkling will be cut to just one day a week and other water use restrictions will also kick in if Metro Vancouver moves to stage 2 restrictions.

Metro Vancouver eyes declining water reservoir levels

Stage 2 restrictions possible if hot, dry weather, increased water demand persists

Water sprinkling will be cut to just one day a week and other water use restrictions will also kick in if Metro Vancouver moves to stage 2 restrictions.
Kwantlen Polytechnic University provost and academic vice-president Salvador Ferreras, with Kinder Morgan's Lizette Parsons Bell at Tuesday's announcement of company contributions if the Trans Mountain pipeline is approved.

KPU inks deal with pipeline firm for $300,000

Latest benefit agreement from Trans Mountain would aid Kwantlen trades students

Kwantlen Polytechnic University provost and academic vice-president Salvador Ferreras, with Kinder Morgan's Lizette Parsons Bell at Tuesday's announcement of company contributions if the Trans Mountain pipeline is approved.