Jeff Nagel

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An advocacy group and a growing number of municipal politicians are pushing for the addition of climate change warning labels on gas pump handles.

Climate change warning labels urged for gas pumps

Pump pain may come with pang of greenhouse gas guilt as motorists fill up

An advocacy group and a growing number of municipal politicians are pushing for the addition of climate change warning labels on gas pump handles.
CMHC senior market analyst Robyn Adamache and Real Estate Investment Network senior analyst Don Campbell were among the speakers at the Urban Development Institute's Fraser Valley forecast forum Thursday.

House price rise has left Fraser Valley condos, townhomes behind

Real estate analysts see market growth driven by population gains

CMHC senior market analyst Robyn Adamache and Real Estate Investment Network senior analyst Don Campbell were among the speakers at the Urban Development Institute's Fraser Valley forecast forum Thursday.
The existing Westshore Terminals coal terminal at Deltaport. More coal will come by rail through White Rock, Surrey and Delta if a proposed new coal port at Fraser Surrey Docks is built.

Delta mayor calls coal dust fears ‘hysteria’

Lois Jackson says coal trains no 'bogeyman' as Metro Vancouver board reiterates opposition to Fraser Surrey Docks terminal

The existing Westshore Terminals coal terminal at Deltaport. More coal will come by rail through White Rock, Surrey and Delta if a proposed new coal port at Fraser Surrey Docks is built.
Transit use decreased after TransLink imposed fare hikes in early 2013. Ridership has not yet recovered to 2012 levels.

Transit use still depressed from 2013 fare hike

TransLink costs increased in 2014, fare revenue fell short of target, hurting cost recovery

Transit use decreased after TransLink imposed fare hikes in early 2013. Ridership has not yet recovered to 2012 levels.
Host Bill Good, Elizabeth Model of the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, and White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin in one of 15 telephone town halls that reached out to voters on the transit referendum.

Metro Vancouver mayors spent $5.8 million to push Yes vote

14 firms got transit referendum campaign funds from mayors' council

Host Bill Good, Elizabeth Model of the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, and White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin in one of 15 telephone town halls that reached out to voters on the transit referendum.

Petronas tentatively commits to northwest LNG plant

$11-billion project still seeks approvals, aboriginal.

TransLink's staff response to the failure Tuesday was improved but not good enough yet, a consultant says.

Shutdown response gets ‘C’ from SkyTrain troubleshooter

Tuesday's disruption lasted 2.5 hours, TransLink officials say they plan to do better next time

TransLink's staff response to the failure Tuesday was improved but not good enough yet, a consultant says.
Hallway medicine continues to be a reality in Fraser Health hospitals despite successive initiatives and promises to tackle hospital congestion.

Hospitals stay clogged despite repeat promises

Fraser Health CEO says it will take time, hard work to 'move the needle' on hospital congestion

Hallway medicine continues to be a reality in Fraser Health hospitals despite successive initiatives and promises to tackle hospital congestion.
Fraser Surrey Docks is the proposed site for a new coal export terminal on the Fraser River.

Surrey coal port opponents vow to keep fighting

Petition delivered Tuesday at Port Metro Vancouver AGM

Fraser Surrey Docks is the proposed site for a new coal export terminal on the Fraser River.
Premier Christy Clark has been formally asked by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to make tax reforms to help control real estate speculation.

Higher tax on luxury home sales urged

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson pushes premier for Property Transfer Tax hike, speculation tax, more civic powers

Premier Christy Clark has been formally asked by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to make tax reforms to help control real estate speculation.
About 1,000 more surgical procedures should be performed this summer after the health ministry allocated an extra $10 million.

B.C. adds $10M to cut surgery wait times

HEALTH: | Some procedures likely to be done by private clinics in an effort to cut wait times, get people into operating room sooner.

About 1,000 more surgical procedures should be performed this summer after the health ministry allocated an extra $10 million.
Private clinics may be permitted to go beyond day surgery to multi-day patient stays.

Overnight stays would create ‘private hospitals’: NDP

Private surgical clinics may be hired for more than just day surgery if one proposed reform is adopted by the province

Private clinics may be permitted to go beyond day surgery to multi-day patient stays.
The 215-metre LNG carrier Portovenere is typical of the size of vessel that might carry up to 80,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas from a proposed new jetty on the Fraser River in Delta.

B.C. wants to lead review of Fraser River LNG terminal

WesPac project at Tilbury in Delta would bring liquefied natural gas tankers into the mouth of the river

The 215-metre LNG carrier Portovenere is typical of the size of vessel that might carry up to 80,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas from a proposed new jetty on the Fraser River in Delta.
Major traffic disruptions are expected when Pattullo Bridge is partly or completely shut down in much of 2016 and 2017.

Traffic chaos for 18 months during Pattullo Bridge work

TransLink will completely close bridge nights and weekends, cut to one lane each way weekdays and ban trucks

Major traffic disruptions are expected when Pattullo Bridge is partly or completely shut down in much of 2016 and 2017.
Some fill deposit sites are permitted, such as this one in Surrey, but others are illegal and dumping often happens at night and on weekends when enforcement is less likely.

Metro Vancouver cities target illegal fill dumping on farmland

Illegal soil dumping degrades farmland but politicians agree there are too few controls in place to stop it

Some fill deposit sites are permitted, such as this one in Surrey, but others are illegal and dumping often happens at night and on weekends when enforcement is less likely.
Condo towers in Vancouver's expensive Coal Harbour neighbourhood, where some critics say many units are unoccupied due to a high rate of non-resident ownership.

Critics doubt value of real estate speculation tax

Finance minister says B.C. will be cautious of consequences as it mulls options to restrain soaring home prices

Condo towers in Vancouver's expensive Coal Harbour neighbourhood, where some critics say many units are unoccupied due to a high rate of non-resident ownership.
Gord Schoberg is the former board chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Ex-chair of KPU to repay booze, political expenses

Gord Schoberg claimed wine, scotch and Surrey First fundraiser while he chaired board of Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Gord Schoberg is the former board chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
SkyTrain service has been disrupted this morning.

SkyTrain service restored, free transit today continues

Expo Line was closed 13 hours between Joyce and Waterfront, regular service resumed before noon

SkyTrain service has been disrupted this morning.
Some Metro Vancouver garbage ends up at the Vancouver landfill in Delta, while the rest goes to either the Cache Creek landfill or the existing waste-to-energy incinerator in Burnaby.

B.C. eyes more garbage policy reforms

Principles crafted by Surrey MLA Marvin Hunt may influence whether waste goes to new Metro Vancouver incinerator or landfill

Some Metro Vancouver garbage ends up at the Vancouver landfill in Delta, while the rest goes to either the Cache Creek landfill or the existing waste-to-energy incinerator in Burnaby.

Voter participation rate for transit referendum is high in Langley

Turnout in Langley Township, at 44.5 per cent as of Wednesday, is among the highest in the region.