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North Vancouver’s Harry Jerome, then in high school, drew a huge crowd to Empire Stadium in 1959 to watch him beat a record set by Percy Williams.

Just north of SkyTrain Gilmore Station, the City of Burnaby is considering Buchanan West, a major redevelopment with 12 towers.

‘More lanes mean fewer shutdowns,’ writes one North Shore News reader while another writes: ‘A new bridge will only move the traffic problem to the Cassiar Tunnel.’

I would think that another crossing would be a much better option than disrupting traffic horribly for the next six years of construction.

Construction on TransLink's long-planned new design for Phibbs bus exchange in North Vancouver is finally underway.

Three people had to be pulled from the frigid waters of Vancouver Harbour when their rented 18-foot runabout capsized after a possible collision with the cargo ship Saga Beiga Flor as it was coming into port, according to the spokesperson of the RCMP West Coast Marine unit.

Surrey Forward mayoral candidate Jinny Sims is promising to advocate for a SkyTrain extension to Newton and South Surrey.

Is 58 km of street-level LRT across Vancouver more attractive than extending SkyTrain to the University of British Columbia (UBC)?

Mayoral candidate Ken Sim and the ABC Vancouver party will advocate for a new SkyTrain line between downtown Vancouver and the North Shore.

Metro Vancouvers regional transit provider adopted its priorities for the next 10 years last week. An emphasis on Bus Rapid Transit was one of them.