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Transit limited for mobility device users during COVID-19

Transit limited for mobility device users during COVID-19

Richmond residents using wheelchairs or scooters will need to plan ahead when taking a bus during COVID-19.
Trip to Japan by two Richmond councillors postponed

Trip to Japan by two Richmond councillors postponed

A trip to Japan by Richmond Couns. Bill McNulty and Harold Steves has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 health crisis.
Port Coquitlam pharmacist found dead in Maple Ridge

Port Coquitlam pharmacist found dead in Maple Ridge

Atefeh Jadidian had been missing since Feb. 19, and was last seen leaving work along Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge.
TransLink could be 'unrecognizable' without senior government cash: Cote

TransLink could be 'unrecognizable' without senior government cash: Cote

Revenue has “evaporated” overnight
BC & Alberta Guide Dogs gets creative with Virtual Trivia Night

BC & Alberta Guide Dogs gets creative with Virtual Trivia Night

BC & Alberta Guide Dogs is taking its trivia night virtual to raise much-needed funds while maintaining physical distancing. The Ladner-based non-profit is hosting a Virtual Trivia Night on Saturday, April 25 at 6 p.m.
COVID-19: TransLink losing $75 million a month, seeks emergency funding

COVID-19: TransLink losing $75 million a month, seeks emergency funding

TransLink is seeking emergency relief funding from the provincial and federal governments to offset losses incurred for providing essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elizabeth May explains plane trip to Ottawa for emergency session

Elizabeth May explains plane trip to Ottawa for emergency session

First, there was carpooling. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s plane-pooling. Last weekend, members of three Canadian political parties hopped on a government jet to travel to Ottawa to pass emergency economic legislation.
Jack Knox: Don’t be too quick to judge ferry travellers

Jack Knox: Don’t be too quick to judge ferry travellers

We’re at the finger-pointing stage of the pandemic now. That’s the part where we demand to know why our leaders A) didn’t see this coming, or B) saw it coming but failed to react quickly or decisively enough to head it off.
Burnaby hotel offers free rooms and food to health workers

Burnaby hotel offers free rooms and food to health workers

Bosa Properties has announced that it is offering free rooms to Fraser Health workers at its Element Vancouver Metrotown hotel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Burnaby family fears eviction before it's safe for vulnerable grandma

Burnaby family fears eviction before it's safe for vulnerable grandma

B.C. won't enforce evictions until the state of emergency is over, but Nazila fears the risk won't be gone for her immunosuppressed mother by then