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Residents can try out, and vote on, the six finalists Aug. 13-16

Downtown New West can expect major disruptions starting Aug. 13 until the end of October. Metro Vancouver is undertaking sewer upgrades at the intersection of Columbia Street and Front Street – which means road closures and diversions.

After months of discussion Metro Vancouver has finally issued an air quality management permit to the Enviro-Smart Organics Ltd. composting facility in East Ladner. The permit was issued on Aug. 1 and is valid until Sept. 30, 2023.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh finally confirmed today all the wild speculation that he plans to run for Parliament in the riding of Burnaby South.

The West Vancouver school district is facing a lawsuit from one of its students over a sports injury she took in field hockey practice. The case raises the question of who takes responsibility for kids’ safety on the school sports field. On Oct.

The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, will be removed from the Pandora Avenue entrance to Victoria City Hall on Saturday, says Mayor Lisa Helps.

Things got a little buck wild during Saturday’s Blue Jays game in Seattle against the Mariners when a Vancouver resident ran across the field in the buff. Today, the streaker, David McClearn, is due in court in Seattle.

Richmond’s wild land fire near Westminster Highway and Shell Road is still burning as crews continue to monitor the site nearly two weeks after the fire was discovered.

A young endangered orca has been spotted off the west coast of Vancouver Island by a research crew with Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

A major fire at an East Vancouver home at the corner of Skeena Street and East Third Avenue early Tuesday has left one person dead. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services were called to the home shortly before 9 a.m., Aug. 7.