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A last-minute deal between the union representing 5,000 transit workers and Coast Mountain Bus Company has averted a three-day, system-wide shutdown of Metro Vancouver bus and Seabus service. The deal was reached just before 12:30 a.m.

Visibility on a rainy January morning is looking like a key factor in a trial for two drivers involved in a pair of crashes that killed a young Brazilian exchange student at the foot of Cariboo Hill in 2018.

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.