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The BC Wildfire Service may provide support "in the days ahead."

VANCOUVER — A resident of Glade, B.C., says the small community is "on a knife's edge" despite a temporary reprieve from disruptions in the cable ferry service serving as its only link to "basic necessities of life.

Planners say the escalating price tag to build a parking space is raising the cost of new housing in Metro Vancouver.

Short-term parking rate at YYJ will be $4 for two hours starting March 1. Rates for long-term parking will remain the same.

Janitors have been on strike since Dec. 20 and yesterday threatened to escalate their job action with multiple pickets at the airport

TORONTO — Proposed changes to Canada's passenger rights charter will perpetuate loopholes that allow airlines to forego compensating travellers whose flights are disrupted, say airline experts.

Janitorial workers started picketing at an authorized demonstration area on Dec. 20

VANCOUVER — A derailment has sent rail cars carrying grain plunging into the Fraser River, and CN Rail says it's working to restore the tracks near Boston Bar, B.C.

OTTAWA — The union representing some 3,000 railworkers says it has reached a new deal with Canadian National Railway Co.

Air Canada follows WestJet's lead by removing carry-on bags in its lowest fare class.