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TransLink is offering all of their transit services for free on New Year’s Eve this year.

This year’s These Folks Make the City a Better Place awards go to several local residents who have contributed to the community in different ways.

The Enough Already Award goes to Schnitzer Metal Recyclers, where fires broke out on barges containing crushed vehicles and appliances – sending plumes of smoke into the air in August and October.

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, which means many may be planning their festivities for Monday night.

The Seeing Red Award (alternatively known as the Green With Envy Award) goes to politicos and community members who bickered over the colour orange during the municipal election campaign.

The province is reviewing how it funds education and will be consulting stakeholders in the new year.

The province is reviewing how it funds education and will be consulting stakeholders in the new year

The Best Use of a Root Vegetable Award goes to mayoral candidate Jimmie Bell, who produced a giant radish at an all-candidates meeting in October when discussing the loss of farmland in Queensborough.

The project will improve habitats for wild salmon and southern resident killer whales

UPDATE: Evergreen Cannabis, Vancouver’s first fully-licensed retail cannabis store, will not re-open this weekend