Metro Vancouver’s TransLink plans fare and tax hikes for better service
April 10, 2025
TransLink is proposing a plan to improve its services, ease overcrowding and finish projects, but it will involve a fare hike and a tax increase for Metro Vancouver residents.The B.C. government announced Thursday that it would provide $312-million in operating funding to the Metro Vancouver transit operator over the next three years, if the rest of its investment plan is approved.The plan would allow for several improvements, including more service on up to 50 bus routes, extending the North Shore’s rapid bus and adding West Coast Express train cars.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she does not support the secession of her province from Canada, but “demonizing” the growing number of her constituents who do is not the way forward.On Tuesday, Ms. Smith told a press conference at the provincial legislature that she would support any citizen-led petition that gets the number of signatures required to trigger a referendum, even if it puts forward the question of Alberta’s separation. The day prior, she had given a nearly 20-minute speech about her demands of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new federal government.
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Columbia University said Tuesday that it will be laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel $400 million in funding over the Manhattan college’s handling of student protests against the war in Gaza.Those receiving non-renewal or termination notices Tuesday represent about 20% of the employees funded in some manner by the terminated federal grants, the university said in a statement Tuesday.
May 6, 2025 - 21:14 | Philip Marcelo | The Globe and Mail
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