Jeff Nagel

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A new study from VanCity shows rising home prices are increasingly out of reach for more types of workers.

Metro Vancouver housing market to price out lawyers, doctors

Labour crisis looms if wages continue to lag rising real estate costs: VanCity study

A new study from VanCity shows rising home prices are increasingly out of reach for more types of workers.
The mid-sized LNG carrier Galea is capable of carrying about 135,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas.

Port wants tall Massey Bridge to run LNG tankers up Fraser

Talks 'ongoing' between province and Port Metro Vancouver over bridge height for ships with high air draft

The mid-sized LNG carrier Galea is capable of carrying about 135,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas.
More than 650,000 voters in Metro Vancouver have now cast ballots in the transit tax referendum.

Transit plebiscite vote reaches 41.9 per cent

Nearly 655,000 ballots received by Elections BC, voting deadline of May 29 looms (WITH INFOGRAPHIC)

More than 650,000 voters in Metro Vancouver have now cast ballots in the transit tax referendum.
The oil tanker Everest Spirit in Vancouver harbour, flanked by tugs. About five tankers a month now load from the Trans Mountain pipeline terminal, but that could rise to an estimated 34 if a second pipeline is added.

Metro Vancouver board votes to oppose oil pipeline twinning

Some directors fear oil-by-rail risks may grow if Kinder Morgan is thwarted from twinning Trans Mountain pipeline

The oil tanker Everest Spirit in Vancouver harbour, flanked by tugs. About five tankers a month now load from the Trans Mountain pipeline terminal, but that could rise to an estimated 34 if a second pipeline is added.
A rendering of an LRT train on King George Boulevard.

Surrey defends LRT plan with economic study

Mayor touts benefits of light rail but SkyTrain fans not swayed

A rendering of an LRT train on King George Boulevard.
More than 616,000 transit referendum ballots have now been mailed back to Elections BC and gone through initial screening.

Transit referendum participation nearing 40 per cent

Friday May 15 is deadline for Metro Vancouver voters to request a ballot if they don't have one (with interactive charts)

More than 616,000 transit referendum ballots have now been mailed back to Elections BC and gone through initial screening.
This truck tipped over into the bike lane last year at the Highway 17/Highway 91 Connector intersection.

No easy fix for SFPR’s rollover prone intersection

Highway 17 review finds adding interchange now very costly, recommends more steps to slow heavy trucks

This truck tipped over into the bike lane last year at the Highway 17/Highway 91 Connector intersection.
Medical marijuana dispensaries have sprung up all over Vancouver.

Cities want power over medical pot storefronts

Housing, environment issues dominate debate at Lower Mainland Local Government Association

Medical marijuana dispensaries have sprung up all over Vancouver.
A patient holds a bottle of methadone dispensed by a pharmacy in Surrey.

Health ministry to boot 46 pharmacies from drug plan

PharmaCare crackdown follows audits, concern over methadone dealing irregularities in Lower Mainland (with interactive chart)

A patient holds a bottle of methadone dispensed by a pharmacy in Surrey.
Rendering of what a new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel might look like.

Details, justification for Massey Bridge a year overdue

Scope, business plan and cost of 10-lane span to replace Massey Tunnel now expected by fall

Rendering of what a new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel might look like.
While detached house benchmark prices in the Fraser Valley have climbed above their pre-recession highs, the same cannot be said for townhouses and apartments.

Detached houses record fastest price gains

Benchmark prices of townhouses, condos lag in Lower Mainland real estate market

While detached house benchmark prices in the Fraser Valley have climbed above their pre-recession highs, the same cannot be said for townhouses and apartments.
Fraser Surrey Docks on the lower Fraser River.

Surrey coal terminal to load to ships instead of barges

Move by Fraser Surrey Docks eliminates Texada leg to cut costs amid 'challenging' coal export economics

Fraser Surrey Docks on the lower Fraser River.
The College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. says an unlicensed practitioner in Surrey was apparently reusing single-use anesthetic containers, potentially exposing patients to blood borne diseases.

Illegal dentist’s patients warned of infection risk

Valentyn Uvarov had been under investigation since fall of 2013, but evidence for court order was elusive until now

The College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. says an unlicensed practitioner in Surrey was apparently reusing single-use anesthetic containers, potentially exposing patients to blood borne diseases.
Delta Mayor Lois Jackson says she's neutral in the Metro Vancouver transit tax referendum.

Delta mayor takes middle road on transit referendum

Lois Jackson denies she's the fourth No mayor and is in neither camp on the Metro Vancouver sales tax vote

Delta Mayor Lois Jackson says she's neutral in the Metro Vancouver transit tax referendum.
Elections BC says 34 per cent of eligible ballots have now been returned in the Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax plebiscite.

Transit referendum return rate hits 34 per cent (with interactive charts)

Percent of ballots both returned and screened ranges from 21.2 per cent in Langley City to 38.1 per cent in Belcarra

Elections BC says 34 per cent of eligible ballots have now been returned in the Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax plebiscite.
The living wage is an annual calculation of the hourly pay required for two working parents to modestly sustain a family of four.

Metro Vancouver ‘living wage’ hits $20.68 an hour

Bare-bones family budget covers basic needs only, say wage reform advocates

The living wage is an annual calculation of the hourly pay required for two working parents to modestly sustain a family of four.
Container truck drivers have been under a reformed licensing system imposed by Port Metro Vancouver in January, but a court has ruled it was applied unfairly.

Ruling throws port trucking into ‘chaos’

Federal Court finds Port Metro Vancouver's new container truck licences were imposed unfairly

Container truck drivers have been under a reformed licensing system imposed by Port Metro Vancouver in January, but a court has ruled it was applied unfairly.
Cooper's hawks tested in B.C.'s Lower Mainland have been found to have high levels of brominated flame retardants.

Garbage toxins suspected of contaminating hawks

Researchers find high levels of flame retardants in Lower Mainland raptors

Cooper's hawks tested in B.C.'s Lower Mainland have been found to have high levels of brominated flame retardants.
Kay Teschke, a population and public health professor at UBC, is one of the numerous Yes advocates campaigning in the Metro Vancouver transit and transportation referendum.

Burnaby mayor sees Yes win in transit referendum

Superior organization may trump majority opinion: Corrigan

Kay Teschke, a population and public health professor at UBC, is one of the numerous Yes advocates campaigning in the Metro Vancouver transit and transportation referendum.
Protesters including Grand Chief Stewart Philip of the Union of B.C Indian Chiefs are escorted by police from an injunction area on Burnaby Mountain last November during test drilling by Kinder Morgan.

Metro inks park access deal with Kinder Morgan to scout oil pipeline route

Regional district will allow Trans Mountain crews access on foot, without machines, digging or sampling, in Surrey Bend, Colony Farm

Protesters including Grand Chief Stewart Philip of the Union of B.C Indian Chiefs are escorted by police from an injunction area on Burnaby Mountain last November during test drilling by Kinder Morgan.