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Advance voting for the Oct. 14 byelection is on Oct. 4 and 10. File photo Dan Toulgoet Byelection day is nearing in Vancouver and residents can start casting a ballot as early as this week. General election day isn’t until Oct.

A young Delta driver has had his luxury ride impounded and is facing a speeding ticket worth almost $500 after being clocked by West Vancouver police zooming at 175 kilometres per hour in a 90 km/h highway zone.

The entrance to Parq Vancouver. Photo Christopher Morris After more than a decade of negotiations, public consultations and research, Parq Vancouver casino resort opens to the public for the first time tonight, Sept. 29, at 11 p.m.

Spawning deterrents are used to avoid serious harm to fish during construction. A special mat is placed in the waterway. It prevents fish from spawning in the area and, thus, minimizes mortality to eggs and larvae during construction.

Premier John Horgan, along with cabinet ministers Selina Robinson and Shane Simpson, toured a modular housing display suite Friday at Robson Square.

Photo: David Buzzard Charges may be recommended against a hunter who shot and killed a Squamish therapy dog near Lake Lucille on Sept. 28.

2560 Arbutus St A retail investment property with major redevelopment potential has sold for $12.5 million, Lee & Associates tells Western Investor.

Premier John Horgan, file photo Dan Toulgoet A Vancouver city councillor says his understanding is that Premier John Horgan will make a speech Friday at a gathering of municipal politicians that will commit to “an action” that addresses the region’s

River Rock Casino and Resort High-rolling VIP gamblers from China are suspected of walking into River Rock Casino and Resort and laying down buy-ins — sometimes in excess of $500,000 and much of which is unsourced — to wash their proceeds of crime, a

Agriculture Minister Lana Popham (middle) is shown with Delta South MLA Ian Paton and Sharon Ellis of Westham Island Herb Farm during a tour Monday.