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What's ahead for TransLink?

What's ahead for TransLink?

The unexpected appointment of Peter Fassbender as the B.C. cabinet minister now responsible for TransLink has everyone guessing what he may have in store for the beleaguered transit authority.
This is my tribe: An ode to my co-workers (just 'cause I can)

This is my tribe: An ode to my co-workers (just 'cause I can)

This is my team. My crew. My tribe. And, right at this moment, I’m so phenomenally proud and honoured to work with them that I just can’t stop myself from blogging about them.
Let's stay positive

Let's stay positive

Dear Editor, Re: July 15th, “Santa’s days may be numbered.
Someone help Magic

Someone help Magic

Dear Editor, The owner of Attention Barbershop lost his business last night, and the community has lost a safe space to go to. I’ve known the owner of the shop for the past three years.
OUR VIEW: Finding that rainbow connection

OUR VIEW: Finding that rainbow connection

It’s amazing how much a few stripes of paint can say. Take a walk down to Columbia Street and see for yourself. Just this week, city crews installed a rainbow-coloured crosswalk on the city’s main downtown street, just outside the Heritage Grill.
TransLink execs did not get 'fat raises'

TransLink execs did not get 'fat raises'

Dear Editor, Regarding Stephanie Sukkau’s July 21 letter, it’s astonishing to see that the old “TransLink executives should take a pay-cut” trope is still out there. First, in 2014 TransLink’s executive compensation went down by 5.
Cut salaries of high paid executives

Cut salaries of high paid executives

Dear Editor In response to a recent letter, the writer said that everyone who voted against the transit tax were money grubbers. But I don’t believe that to be the entire case.
Downtown magic could soon disappear

Downtown magic could soon disappear

Dear Editor As the white elephant of the Anvil Centre lumbers onto Columbia Street that old white elephant, the Columbia Theatre, is about to take its exit as it is now up for sale.
OUR VIEW: ‘Plan B’ leaves us spinning our wheels

OUR VIEW: ‘Plan B’ leaves us spinning our wheels

We’re finally getting a look at Plan B in the wake of the failure of the TransLink funding plebiscite. The B, it seems, stands for boondoggle.
B.C. surplus means little

B.C. surplus means little

Even though his budget last year went from projecting a miserly looking tiny surplus to becoming almost embarrassingly awash in riches, don’t expect Finance Minister Mike de Jong to start doling out new spending any time soon.