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Seymour salmon project a year away from completion

Seymour salmon project a year away from completion

In one year, spawning salmon may be able to slip between the rocks that have blocked the Seymour River since the 2014 slide.
Found mortar spurs larger Blair Rifle Range military search

Found mortar spurs larger Blair Rifle Range military search

A Department of National Defence official says explosives detection experts will be back to North Vancouver’s Blair Rifle Range for a more thorough look after finding an unexploded mortar there last month.
Mine off Howe Sound gets go-ahead from province

Mine off Howe Sound gets go-ahead from province

Following a decision made by Environment Minister George Heyman and Energy Minister Michelle Mungall, Burnco Rock Products Ltd.
West Vancouver braces for school tax hike

West Vancouver braces for school tax hike

West Vancouver council is warning a large swath of the community they’re about to get their bells rung by the NDP’s pending school tax.
Emery tenants raise displacement worry in District of North Van

Emery tenants raise displacement worry in District of North Van

District of North Vancouver council should delay approving the 411-unit Emery Place development until affordable housing is secured for the tenants who will be displaced, says one of those tenants.
Concealing details of murder outside Shaughnessy mansion scuttled real estate deal

Concealing details of murder outside Shaughnessy mansion scuttled real estate deal

A woman who told the buyer of her Shaughnessy mansion she was selling the house because her granddaughter had been accepted into Collingwood private school – while omitting that her son-in-law had been gunned down on the sidewalk outside of the house
YVR seeks feedback on noise management

YVR seeks feedback on noise management

Vancouver Airport Authority is seeking the public’s feedback as it prepares an updated noise management plan. In 2017, Vancouver International Airport served 24.2 million passengers in 2017 and expects to serve 29 million passengers in 2020.
How a Victoria kid ended up at heart of Facebook data-mining story

How a Victoria kid ended up at heart of Facebook data-mining story

How does a kid go from doing surveys for the City of Victoria Youth Council to being in the middle of an international information-warfare outfit straight out of a political thriller? Victoria’s Chris Wylie is at the heart of one of the biggest news
Metro Vancouver tests for sulphur dioxide risk over Burrard Inlet

Metro Vancouver tests for sulphur dioxide risk over Burrard Inlet

On a cool and particularly damp March morning, steam can be seen rising from the stacks of the Parkland oil refinery in Burnaby.
What’s up at council?

What’s up at council?

There’s only one council meeting scheduled for Monday but when there’s a massive development in the offing, one is all you need.