Jeff Nagel

  • 1041 Stories | 
  • Page 9 of 53
The proposed $7.5-billion package of transportation upgrades would include major new projects to extend rapid transit west along Broadway in Vancouver and along three routes in Surrey.

Small business group opposes transit sales tax

CFIB members want transportation upgrades, just not higher PST in Metro Vancouver to fund them

The proposed $7.5-billion package of transportation upgrades would include major new projects to extend rapid transit west along Broadway in Vancouver and along three routes in Surrey.
Former TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis.

TransLink replaces Jarvis as CEO on eve of referendum

Jarvis stays as advisor while Doug Allen takes over as interim CEO, board chair cites need to restore public confidence

Former TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark fielded questions from reporters Friday after an announcement in Surrey.

Property tax may be Plan B if referendum fails: Premier

Metro Vancouver mayors not interested, insist proposed 0.5 % sales tax is better way to fund transit plan

B.C. Premier Christy Clark fielded questions from reporters Friday after an announcement in Surrey.
It's expected to cost more to drop off small loads of garbage at Metro Vancouver transfer stations to enable the regional district to cut its rates for large commercial haulers.

Metro Vancouver shakes up garbage tipping fees to tame U.S. exports

Small waste loads to pay more so big trucks can be offered 25 per cent rate break to dump at local transfer stations

It's expected to cost more to drop off small loads of garbage at Metro Vancouver transfer stations to enable the regional district to cut its rates for large commercial haulers.
A pay parking lot on the side of Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Pay parking at hospitals under fire

Fraser Health board chair says get used to paying to park

A pay parking lot on the side of Surrey Memorial Hospital.
Fraser Health board chair Karen Matty.

Hospitals jammed but Fraser Health predicts progress

Board chair Karen Matty says winter flu surge a blip as FHA reforms kick in (with interactive charts by hospital)

Fraser Health board chair Karen Matty.
Container truck drivers and their supporters, angry with the elimination of several hundred port access licences, protested Saturday in Surrey's Holland Park.

Truckers protest as hundreds shut out of port work

'Winners and losers' become clear as Port Metro Vancouver finalizes plan to tighten container port access

Container truck drivers and their supporters, angry with the elimination of several hundred port access licences, protested Saturday in Surrey's Holland Park.
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

Province agrees to blend transit tax with PST

Referendum Yes won't create third tax line on bills in Metro Vancouver, says transportation minister

B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone.
A proposed 0.5 per cent tax on transit would also apply to alcohol and private vehicle sales, bringing Metro Vancouver's alcohol tax to 10.5 total – and 15.5 per cent in bars and restaurants.

Extra half point transit sales tax would apply on alcohol, used cars: province

Finance ministry says referendum Yes would 0.5 per cent to other provincial sales taxes besides the seven per cent PST

A proposed 0.5 per cent tax on transit would also apply to alcohol and private vehicle sales, bringing Metro Vancouver's alcohol tax to 10.5 total – and 15.5 per cent in bars and restaurants.
Retailers object to adding a third tax in point-of-sale terminals.

Retailers demand province abandon separate transit tax

Government mulling referendum change after business complaint of 'red tape' from expensive semantics of a third sales tax

Retailers object to adding a third tax in point-of-sale terminals.
Dr. Patricia Daly is chief medical health officer for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

Referendum Yes campaigners play health card

Medical health officer says transit saves, extends lives, fosters healthier communities

Dr. Patricia Daly is chief medical health officer for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Dr. Peter Blair is medical director for surgery for the Fraser Health Authority.

Fraser Health plans two-month bump in surgeries and scans

Extra money in surgical program budget at year end allows more procedures to help cut wait lists

Dr. Peter Blair is medical director for surgery for the Fraser Health Authority.
The outside lanes across the Port Mann Bridge will be for local traffic running directly between Surrey and Coquitlam. Drivers will get an idea of the new Highway 1 traffic pattern starting Jan. 30.

Highway 1 split a preview of Port Mann Bridge local lanes

Final configuration coming this spring will create separated local connection lanes between Surrey and Coquitlam (with map)

The outside lanes across the Port Mann Bridge will be for local traffic running directly between Surrey and Coquitlam. Drivers will get an idea of the new Highway 1 traffic pattern starting Jan. 30.
Former Surrey Coun. Barinder Rasode is the newest director on the Fraser Health board.

Rasode newest director on Fraser Health board

Former Surrey city councillor and mayoral also-ran appointed by province to health authority board

Former Surrey Coun. Barinder Rasode is the newest director on the Fraser Health board.
Failing to pay tolls on the Golden Ears Bridge (above) or the Port Mann Bridge can add up to a big bill, enforced by ICBC's refusal to renew your insurance or driver's licence.

ICBC blocking record 25,000 drivers for Port Mann toll evasion

Another 17,000 insurance or licence denials apply to Golden Ears Bridge users for failing to pay up

Failing to pay tolls on the Golden Ears Bridge (above) or the Port Mann Bridge can add up to a big bill, enforced by ICBC's refusal to renew your insurance or driver's licence.
White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin.

Metro Vancouver picks Baldwin to serve at UBCM



Regional district board votes for White Rock mayor over Surrey Coun. Bruce Hayne

White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin.
Future traffic forecasts for the new Port Mann Bridge have been scaled back after a decline in use of the tolled crossing in 2014.

Port Mann Bridge use declined for most of 2014

Province scales back forecast but insists tolls will pay off debt on time (with charts)

Future traffic forecasts for the new Port Mann Bridge have been scaled back after a decline in use of the tolled crossing in 2014.
Newly opened Evergreen Cannabis in Blaine is by far the closest marijuana outlet to B.C. The storefront has a view of White Rock and the Peace Arch.

Legal marijuana in Blaine now short walk from B.C.

New cannabis outlet targeting Canadians is 'under the noses' of U.S. border authorities

Newly opened Evergreen Cannabis in Blaine is by far the closest marijuana outlet to B.C. The storefront has a view of White Rock and the Peace Arch.
Surrey Memorial Hospital opened its massive new emergency department in October 2013 but congestion remains a problem for the hospital.

Surrey Memorial Hospital congestion ‘highest’ ever, internal alert warns

Unprecedented patient volumes in part due to flu, other infections

Surrey Memorial Hospital opened its massive new emergency department in October 2013 but congestion remains a problem for the hospital.
The plan to expand transit service in Metro Vancouver through a new 0.5 per cent sales tax would create 11 new B-Line express bus routes, as well as rapid transit expansions in Vancouver and Surrey and increased bus service region-wide.

Critic protests unlimited spending limits in transit referendum campaign

No campaigner argues public money should not be spent on Metro Vancouver mayors' Yes message

The plan to expand transit service in Metro Vancouver through a new 0.5 per cent sales tax would create 11 new B-Line express bus routes, as well as rapid transit expansions in Vancouver and Surrey and increased bus service region-wide.