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City staff is suggesting council cut two-day festival budget in half.

Alpine enthusiasts, rejoice! Whistler Blackcomb is set to officially open this week, and the ski resort has extended sales of its season passes through the weekend.

A special weather statement is in effect for the Lower Mainland as the Metro Vancouver weather forecast calls for a cold and blustery week ahead.

The black market could be the big winner if the B.C. government follows through with plans to levy a 20 per cent tax on all vape-related products, restrict access to those products and add deterrents such as mandated plain packaging.

North Vancouver RCMP say impaired driving charges are pending for a trucker who drove his 18-wheeler for at least 50 kilometres swerving across lanes and repeatedly ricocheting off the concrete median Sunday night.

Normal operations will resume on Wednesday

UPDATE: The incident has been cleared but there is still heavy congestion in the area. CLEAR - #BCHwy99 - NB Vehicle incident just north of #BCHwy17 has reduced traffic to one lane. Emergency vehicles on scene. Expect heavy congestion and delays.

A proposal to build a non-religious private school on Richmond’s “Highway to Heaven” – located in the Agricultural Land Reserve – was rejected by council on Monday evening.

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the elimination of hospital parking fees is a complicated issue that he is reviewing with Premier John Horgan. But he’s not promising any action.

Temporary KPU shuttle bus services are being scheduled between Surrey and Richmond campuses in anticipation of a transit strike expected from Nov. 27 to 29. Shuttle buses will run every 45 minutes to an hour between 7 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.