Kirsten Clarke
YVR wants TransLink to extend rapid transit south of the Fraser
The airport authority outlined its key priorities for TransLink’s new 30-year transit strategy
Metro Vancouver asks TransLink to float idea of electric river bus for Fraser River
Metro Vancouver regional district is asking TransLink to conduct a feasibility study for an electric river bus on the Fraser River. At Friday’s meeting, the regional district’s board agreed to...
Industrial real estate sales in Richmond set new record at nearly $332 million: report
Richmond industrial real estate sales set new records last year – fueled by an extremely high demand – according to the latest report by Avison Young. With 79 transactions totalling a record...
Former Richmond MP to receive $1.6 million pension over lifetime
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has released its calculations of estimated pension and severance payments for the 94 MPs who will not be returning to Ottawa after last month’s election, including...
Metro Vancouver board endorses eight-lane Massey Tunnel replacement
Board’s endorsement follows recommendation of an immersed-tube tunnel by region's mayors last month
Ferry terminal at YVR ‘suggested’ as province looks at B.C. Ferries’ future
A government review of BC Ferries has raised the idea of building a terminal on Iona Island near YVR. The idea, floated in a 2018 report, would “significantly reduce” crossing times to Vancouver...
Illegal tobacco in Metro Vancouver costing B.C. over $425,000
The B.C government has seized 1.5 million grams of illegal tobacco in the lower mainland during the first quarter of the fiscal year as part of its ongoing battle against the contraband...
Richmond dentist charged patients thousands for work he had not performed
Dr. Bin Xu ‘crossed ethical threshold,’ says B.C. dental college
YVR’s new ad campaign features search for Ryan Reynolds
In a video, airport president and CEO Craig Richmond says he is obsessed with getting Reynolds to serve as the ‘face’ of the airport