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TransLink: first clean energy buses hit the road in Surrey

TransLink: first clean energy buses hit the road in Surrey

Photo TransLInk The first of 106 new compressed natural gas buses (CNG) have arrived and will hit Surrey streets this week. "Our customers and bus operators will enjoy a more comfortable ride with air-conditioned, quieter buses.
This new online tool lets you see the value of most Vancouver properties in 2 seconds

This new online tool lets you see the value of most Vancouver properties in 2 seconds

Screen grab Last week Glacier Media’s Real Estate Wire ( REW ) launched a new online tool called Property Insights, providing homeowners, sellers and buyers with one source for property and market information so they can make informed real estate dec
Christie Charles is Vancouver's first Indigenous poet laureate

Christie Charles is Vancouver's first Indigenous poet laureate

Spoken word artist Christie Lee Charles was officially appointed as Vancouver's fifth poet laureate at city hall today.
Vancouver's Naked Bike Ride is encouraging people to use Mobi Bikes in the nude

Vancouver's Naked Bike Ride is encouraging people to use Mobi Bikes in the nude

The Vancouver World Naked Bike Ride is sliding into town again this June 30th. The 17th annual ride is a body-positive event, this year being billed as "a protest against car culture and oil spills and pipelines.
Supreme court orders new trial for parents of boy who died of meningitis

Supreme court orders new trial for parents of boy who died of meningitis

David Stephan and his wife Collet Stephan arrive at court on Thursday, March 10, 2016 in Lethbridge, Alta. The Stephans will be appealing their conviction for failing to provide the necessaries of life to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Lifetime bans introduced for weapons infractions at Granville Street bars

Lifetime bans introduced for weapons infractions at Granville Street bars

Bar Watch chair Curtis Robinson introduced the new code of conduct Monday at Republic Night Club, two blocks from where Kalwinder Thind was murdered in January.
West Vancouver's 'Real Housewife' ordered to pay retroactive child support

West Vancouver's 'Real Housewife' ordered to pay retroactive child support

File photo supplied A former West Vancouver reality TV star whose show, Real Housewives of Vancouver, focused on lifestyles of the affluent, has been ordered to pay $49,000 in retroactive child support to her ex-husband, after he took her to court fo
If you see a Canadian media outlet using a gavel in a story, they're doing it wrong

If you see a Canadian media outlet using a gavel in a story, they're doing it wrong

Whoever is managing the B.C. Provincial Court's Twitter account has been doing a great job of hammering home a message over the past seven days.
National home sales fall 14% to lowest level in 5 years, prices down 11%

National home sales fall 14% to lowest level in 5 years, prices down 11%

Aerial view of houses in Oshawa, Ont., seen from a Canadian forces Hercules on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. The Canadian Real Estate Association says national home sales sank to the lowest level in more than five years, falling by 13.
This local company is selling tons of cricket powder as food for humans

This local company is selling tons of cricket powder as food for humans

People have been eating crickets for as long as crickets and humans have coexisted. Shown above are fried crickets. Photo Shutterstock After doubling their Kickstarter goal, Coast Protein ’s cricket based foods are migrating down to the states.
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