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Union warns SkyTrain could shut down too as deadline for Vancouver bus strike looms

Union warns SkyTrain could shut down too as deadline for Vancouver bus strike looms

VANCOUVER — The union representing SkyTrain employees in Metro Vancouver says it's prepared to shut down all services Monday in solidarity with bus supervisors as a deadline to resolve a dispute with Coast Mountain Bus Company looms.
Spill from heating-oil tank being diverted from Gorge Waterway

Spill from heating-oil tank being diverted from Gorge Waterway

An oil leak from a heating oil tank located on Songhees Nation land is being contained and diverted away from the Gorge Waterway.
Metro Vancouver issues air quality bulletin after noxious smell triggers complaints

Metro Vancouver issues air quality bulletin after noxious smell triggers complaints

VANCOUVER — Officials in Metro Vancouver fielded about 100 complaints about a putrid smell permeating British Columbia's Lower Mainland on Sunday, prompting the regional federation of municipalities to issue an air quality bulletin for the area.
West Vancouver student dubbed one of the world’s brightest by Johns Hopkins Centre

West Vancouver student dubbed one of the world’s brightest by Johns Hopkins Centre

11-year-old Nicolas Ramirez Taake from West Bay Elementary in West Vancouver has been honoured for his exceptional performance in the Johns Hopkins Talented Youth Talent Search
Prince George resident living life to the fullest with Alzheimer's disease

Prince George resident living life to the fullest with Alzheimer's disease

Brian Stanley, former Prince George educator, talks about living life to the fullest after his Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.
Colwood council explores opening non-profit medical clinic with partners

Colwood council explores opening non-profit medical clinic with partners

Colwood council to discuss playing a role in establishing and running a family-medicine clinic at Royal Bay in effort to address family-doctor shortage.
Victoria basks in the national spotlight on Hockey Day in Canada

Victoria basks in the national spotlight on Hockey Day in Canada

Thousands of people converged on Ship Point on Saturday for the celebration as the full Hockey Night in Canada crew broadcast from above, atop Milestones Restaurant, beaming images of the Inner Harbour, B.C. legislature and Empress to viewers across the country.
Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Each fall, upwards of 25 volunteers join an expedition to a remote section of the Vancouver Island river to trap spawning coho to take back to a hatchery at Comox Lake
Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

The discovery that silver-haired bats sing is allowing bat biologists to record their locations, so they aren’t killed by wind-power development
UVic scientists answer call to study Antarctic, partner with Spanish group

UVic scientists answer call to study Antarctic, partner with Spanish group

Three hundred scientists in 25 countries recently called for an “urgent expansion” of observation in Antarctic