Departing TransLink CEO Tom Prendergast is returning to run New York's transit system. Keep the pressure on to get the kind of transit system the region needs.

Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone spoke to Metro Vancouver business and civic leaders Thursday. Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone says the controversial congestion charge he forced on his city's motorists was a winning strategy to beat gridlock, but one that might be difficult to replicate here.

VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies available around the province are used up as soon as possible.

Finance Minister Colin Hansen has extended an extra break for new homes from next year's harmonized sales tax. VICTORIA – The B.C. government is giving a bigger break to new home buyers in the latest move to ease the impact of next year's harmonized sales tax.

Construction of headpond for Fitzsimmons Creek hydro project on Blackcomb Mountain, 2008. That project will soon be in service and BC Hydro is planning a large expansion of run-of-river and wind power around the province.

WV trustees call for all-day kindergarten to be rolled out all at once.

The H1N1 flu virus is still circulating around, but the peak of serious new cases has passed. Seven more B.C. deaths are now blamed on the H1N1 flu virus, raising the total killed so far to 30.

The H1N1 flu virus is still circulating around, but the peak of serious new cases has passed. Seven more B.C. deaths are now blamed on the H1N1 flu virus, raising the total killed so far to 30.

Any defence was better than no defence against the rains Monday. The first big storm of the season has passed and a flood watch issued Saturday for parts of Metro Vancouver has also ended.

Ambulances were moved from the B.C. Interior and Vancouver Island on the weekend to cover for dozens of Lower Mainland paramedics who called in sick on short notice starting Friday night.

A relatively small residential footprint is what Metro officials would prefer to see on farmland, not giant mansions that are sometimes being raised in the middle of properties.