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Beyond breaking a couple ridership records during the first two Vancouver World Cup matches, TransLink says transit use has remained high through Metro Vancouver on non-game days. During the FIFA World Cup’s first week, TransLink says system-wide transit ridership has increased 7.8 per cent. “The increase suggests visitors are not only travelling to matches, but […]

TransLink’s board of directors heard during its quarterly board meeting June 24 that working conditions for its employees are fraught with bullying, lack of concern for their safety and threats to their livelihood. Dallis Van Steinberg, a representative of the Service Employers International Union whose members clean SkyTrain stations, maintain washrooms, handle fire hazards, respond

Soccer fans packed the gym at the Pitt Meadows Recreation Centre on Wednesday to cheer on the Canadian team as they took on Switzerland at World Cup soccer. What started off slow, the watch party hosted by the City of Pitt Meadows, swelled from about 60 people at the start of the game to more

A former B.C. correctional officer who had a relationship with an inmate received a two-year conditional sentence on Wednesday (June 24) for supplying him with a cellphone. Ramandeep Rai (previously Bassi), 31, of Abbotsford was sentenced in Port Coquitlam provincial court after previously pleading guilty to a charge of breach of trust by a public