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A potential strike by more than 180 transit supervisors seeking a new contract in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland could have a major effect on commuters next week, with the bus drivers’ union saying it would back such action. A bus is pictured in downtown Vancouver, Friday, November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Talks resume Saturday to avoid potential B.C. bus strike

CUPE Local 4500 has said it will be ‘withdrawing all services’ for 2 days if an agreement isn’t reached

 

A bus is pictured in downtown Vancouver, on November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Union warns of possible B.C. bus disruptions in January as sides begin mediation

Members voted 100% in favour of a strike

 

Langley City council members Paul Albrecht (left), Leith White, Mayor Nathan Pachal, Rosemary Wallace and Teri James, along with Langley MP Andrew Merciaer (rear centre) and Cloverdale-Langley City MP John Aldag (right) were at the SkyTrain announcement Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)

SkyTrain sticks with geographical names for stations of Surrey-Langley line extension

Federal, provincial and municipal representatives announced station names and gave project update

 

A bus in Maple Ridge. Three new Bus Rapid Transit lines are moving forward, including lines in Surrey-White Rock and Langley-Maple Ridge, TransLink announced Thursday, Nov. 16. (Black Press Media files)

Fast bus lines announced in Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge, White Rock, Burnaby

New routes will have dedicated lanes, pre-payed boarding, rail-style stations

A bus in Maple Ridge. Three new Bus Rapid Transit lines are moving forward, including lines in Surrey-White Rock and Langley-Maple Ridge, TransLink announced Thursday, Nov. 16. (Black Press Media files)
Buses, like this one at the Carvolth Exchange, don’t run to Gloucester, despite years of lobbying by multiple Langley Township councils. (Langley Advance Times files)

Bring buses to Gloucester or give up TransLink taxes: Langley mayor

Industrial park has never had transit services despite repeated lobbying

Buses, like this one at the Carvolth Exchange, don’t run to Gloucester, despite years of lobbying by multiple Langley Township councils. (Langley Advance Times files)
(BLACK PRESS files)

HandyDART to grow beyond budgeted trips as Lower Mainland population ages: TransLink

TransLink’s 10-year priorities includes planning for late-evening, 24-hour HandyDart service

(BLACK PRESS files)
An Expo Line SkyTrain goes through Whalley, between Surrey Central and King George stations, on July 14, 2022. Metro Vancouver mayors are calling on the federal and provincial governments to commit to new funding for public transit as housing targets are expected to make ridership surge. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Metro Vancouver mayors call for public transit funding as ridership surges

TransLink says summer 2023 saw 14M more boardings across the system compared to 2022

An Expo Line SkyTrain goes through Whalley, between Surrey Central and King George stations, on July 14, 2022. Metro Vancouver mayors are calling on the federal and provincial governments to commit to new funding for public transit as housing targets are expected to make ridership surge. (Photo: Anna Burns)
TransLink is partnering with three local businesses to bring on-the-goal meals to SkyTrain station vending machines, with sushi as one of the options. The pilot project has already launched at three stations. (Buzzer/TransLink)

Sushi on the SkyTrain? Vending machines coming to Metro Vancouver stations

TransLink partnering with local businesses for on-the-go meals

TransLink is partnering with three local businesses to bring on-the-goal meals to SkyTrain station vending machines, with sushi as one of the options. The pilot project has already launched at three stations. (Buzzer/TransLink)
Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith at the June 16 announcement about restored TransLink service. (TransLink/Special to The News)

TransLink announces restored West Coast Express service

Back to five trains per day, engines being refurbished

Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith at the June 16 announcement about restored TransLink service. (TransLink/Special to The News)
TransLink has joined forces with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and the world of DC for four limited edition DC superhero-themed Compass Cards featuring Superman, The Flash, Batman and Wonder Woman. (TransLink)

TransLink releasing limited edition DC superhero Compass Cards during 1-day sale

People can buy the cards at the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain Station

TransLink has joined forces with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and the world of DC for four limited edition DC superhero-themed Compass Cards featuring Superman, The Flash, Batman and Wonder Woman. (TransLink)
Metro Vancouver Transit Police and Surrey RCMP investigate after the third stabbing on the city’s transit in as many weeks on April 17, 2023. (Shane MacKichan photo)

Petition calls for better safety on Lower Mainland transit

There have been several stabbings buses and SkyTrains in the last month

Metro Vancouver Transit Police and Surrey RCMP investigate after the third stabbing on the city’s transit in as many weeks on April 17, 2023. (Shane MacKichan photo)
An image commuter Zahra Ahmdz says she took at the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station on March 22, 2022 appears to show a pigeon dead inside a cage. (Credit: Zahra Ahmdz)

Dead pigeons in SkyTrain cages not neglect but caused by hawk killings: pest control company

More than 2,000 people have signed a petition over concerns arouund the dead birds

An image commuter Zahra Ahmdz says she took at the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station on March 22, 2022 appears to show a pigeon dead inside a cage. (Credit: Zahra Ahmdz)
(File photo)

Masks no longer required on TransLink, BC Transit or BC Ferries trips

Each of the transportation providers say masking is still encouraged

(File photo)
TransLink bus. (TransLink/Twitter)

26 buses left with smashed windows in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in under 3 weeks

Police believe that whoever smashed windows did so from inside the buses

TransLink bus. (TransLink/Twitter)
TransLink SkyTrain. (Black Press Media)

‘Ambitious’ Transport 2050 plan unanimously green-lit by Metro Vancouver mayors

The plan aims to dramatically expand reliability, affordability and convenience of transit

TransLink SkyTrain. (Black Press Media)
Vancouver residents can get free transit passes in exchange for scrapping their old cars. (Supplied by TransLink.)

TransLink offers up to $802 in transit passes for scrapping old cars

TransLink partners with SCRAP-IT to encourage people to trade in old cars for transit rebates

Vancouver residents can get free transit passes in exchange for scrapping their old cars. (Supplied by TransLink.)