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BRAKING NEWS: Toyota hoping to get wheels on the moon

BRAKING NEWS: Toyota hoping to get wheels on the moon

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Toyota takes aim at the moon While electric vehicles tend to grab most of the headlines these days, fuel-cell powered machines have been improving by leaps and bounds.
'Pipelines are full,' says NEB in touting Trans Mountain

'Pipelines are full,' says NEB in touting Trans Mountain

The National Energy Board says Canada's existing export pipelines are running at maximum efficiency and the only way to realistically get more oil to market through pipelines is to build more of them.
Three Burnaby schools score funding for new playgrounds

Three Burnaby schools score funding for new playgrounds

For kids growing up in neighbourhoods dominated by apartment highrises, playgrounds aren’t just playgrounds, they’re backyards too, according to one Burnaby principal.
Burnaby RCMP steps up presence at local mosques after New Zealand massacre

Burnaby RCMP steps up presence at local mosques after New Zealand massacre

Burnaby RCMP has stepped up its presence at local mosques after a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand Friday.
Harvest Power’s stinky composting firm fined a record $300,000

Harvest Power’s stinky composting firm fined a record $300,000

Fine unlikely to be paid in full because of way parent company structured subsidiary: official
Hallmark Channel drops Lori Loughlin from Vancouver-filmed shows amid fraud charges

Hallmark Channel drops Lori Loughlin from Vancouver-filmed shows amid fraud charges

The Hallmark Channel has announced that it will no longer be working with actress Lori Loughlin amid allegations of college admissions bribery.
Burnaby school board mulling district owned and operated child care

Burnaby school board mulling district owned and operated child care

Before- and after-school care centres could be staffed with education assistants.
BC Place naming rights part of Crown corporation’s dispute with journalist

BC Place naming rights part of Crown corporation’s dispute with journalist

Whitecaps want licencing agreement disclosure order quashed
Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson pans speculation tax at West Van Yacht Club chat

Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson pans speculation tax at West Van Yacht Club chat

This article has been corrected to clarify that the event was organized by the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. Breakfast was served and the NDP was skewered at a partisan fireside chat with B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson Thursday morning.
TransLink says its new SeaBus will start running this summer

TransLink says its new SeaBus will start running this summer

TransLink announced today that its new SeaBus is getting ready to set sail from a Netherlands shipyard to Vancouver.