aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

From the Georgia Straight:Delta mayor Lois Jackson has been reelected as the chair of the Metro Vancouver board of directors, fending off a challenge from District of North Vancouver mayor Richard Walton.Jackson and Walton were the only candidates fo...

topics: councillor, delta, elected, election, environment

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Terry Fox Run on Sunday, September 13th.Todd Wong is Terry's Team member for Richmond run siteTerry's Team member Todd Wong, DougAlward (Terry Fox's best friend who accompanied him on the Marathon ofHope) and Terry Fleming (Terry's high school basket...

topics: burnaby, coquitlam, delta, marathon, north-vancouver

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Jeff Nagel BC Local News Don t diss the Dace was one of the slogans we toyed with at the Livable Region Coalition, since the Nooksack Dace was one of the creatures ignored by the Highway #1 expansion Environmental Assessment. We didn t use it of c...

topics: delta, environment, environmental, fish-farming, gateway

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Olympic Evictions Hit Vancouver. But the bed bugs get to stay? That's bullshit. Don't fear Olympic torch protests. Are we on the verge of an international shaming at the hands of Canadian aboriginals? Don't count on it. First of all, most natives se...

topics: delta, mla

aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom

Abbotsford Today reports that Abbotsford's roads are in terrible condition, with more than twice the badly-damaged pavement that Langley Township has:The city's roads are cracked in more than 11 per cent of their surface area. That's the second worst...

topics: abbotsford, coquitlam, councillor, delta, langley

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

That exhortation comes from Christopher Hume writing in the Toronto Star about a month ago. Devon Rowcliffe and Jim Harris picked it up on facebook today and I thank both of them since I missed it when it came out. While he is talking to the GTA ...

topics: business, commercial-drive, delta, environment, planning

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

(Internet photo)DFO release - Five recreational anglers were convicted and received a total of $21,500 in fines in Surrey Provincial Court February 2, 2009, for committing offences in violation of the Fisheries Act.Han Ly and Raymond Ouyang pled guil...

topics: burnaby, delta, langley, political, richmond

aggregated from: Stephen Rees's blog

Charlie Smith in the Georgia Straight forecasts bad news for taxpayers and transit riders. it might take until 2013 before the Canada Line generates 100,000 riders per dayHe adds that peak oil will also add to Translink s woes and rehearses the hi...

topics: delta, richmond, skytrain, transit, translink

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

REBGV release The Greater Vancouver housing market gained further momentum in July with record sales levels and a continued strengthening of home prices.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that the number of residential pro...

topics: burnaby, coquitlam, delta, maple-ridge, new-westminster

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

Opting out of a kind post-wedding accommodation offer of pitching a tent on the bride's property, we decided to take advantage of an enticing online special at the Delta Ocean Pointe. This turned out to be a brilliant move.Having stayed at all the b...

topics: delta, downtown, tennis