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People who forget their wallet when they go grocery shopping might be able to pay with their face next year. A Chinese grocery store chain is looking to introduce facial-recognition as a method of payment to their Canadian stores.

Law doesn’t require notification for people-counting technology

CEO Kevin Desmond says 350,000 bus riders a day will be looking for other options

TransLink says SkyTrain service will be increased if a full bus and SeaBus shutdown takes place from Wednesday until Friday. TransLink says a bus strike will impact 350,000 riders.

With Black Friday sales appearing in stores, several Richmond shopping centres are extending their opening hours to help make shopping more efficient on Nov. 29.

Newly elected MP Kenny Chiu was careful to keep his travel plans under wraps until he arrived in Hong Kong late last week to help monitor district elections with a group of international parliamentarians.

The bus system is set to be shut down later this week due to strike action by drivers. One group that faces a stiff challenge to get where they want to go are SFU students at the Burnaby Mountain campus.

A pesky rodent managed to shut off power to 10,850 BC Hydro customers on Monday morning.

Richmond’s Oval Village area will be getting a new childcare centre, providing up to 37 licensed spaces for children.

A Richmond-based anti-racism organization will collaborate with local RCMP to raise awareness about racism in the New Year. Stop Racism Alliance launched Oct.