TransLink says a new SkyTrain station in Richmond is open to the public today for regular service.
The Capstan station, which will link the existing Bridgeport and Aberdeen stations, will be a new Canada Line stop.
TransLink says on a regular weekday in 2019, more than 37-thousand customers were riding the Canada Line between those two stations.
The construction of Capstan station first started in 2021 after TransLink and the city reached an agreement on the design concept in 2020.
An inmate at an Abbotsford prison has died while in custody. The Correctional Service of Canada says the 39-year-old male inmate was serving a sentence of more than three years when he died at the Matsqui Institution.
The federal government's GST break will arrive this Saturday, just in time for the last stretch of holiday shopping. Here's a breakdown of what you'll save on and how the relief works.
While Eras Tour tickets have been used as a magnet for companies and even charities to attract new customers and donors, a campaign called Unite the Swifties took it a step further. The campaign encouraged people who wanted free tickets to engage in escalating actions against RBC, one of the world's largest bank financiers of fossil-fuel companies — and the "Official Ticket Access Partner" for Swift's tour stops in Toronto and Vancouver.
Several months before Americans headed to the polls, one internal Global Affairs Canada memo flagged the goal of ensuring Canada's relationship with the United States "will be not only sustained, but broadened and deepened over the years to come, whatever the result of the elections later this year."
U.S. researchers published peer-reviewed findings Friday that suggest doctor visits in the Baltimore area for heart and lung problems increased by almost 20 per cent on six "hotspot" days linked to wildfire smoke from Western Canada.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said he's referred the dispute to the Canada Industrial Relations Board, with the aim of ordering the nearly 55,000 workers back to work and extending the current collective agreement until May 22, 2025 — if the board determines a deal isn't within immediate reach.