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Ride-hailing company Lyft is offering Metro Vancouver residents a discounted ride to get to polling locations in the region, beginning on Oct. 15 for advance voting and ending at 8 p.m. on Oct. 24, B.C. election day.

Next on their wish list: a new SUV and a townhouse.

Despite the effort to eliminate disruptions during Zoom meetings, a youth wearing a Batman-like costume and mask and holding a giant Nerf Blaster said a racial slur and began talking over superintendent Patricia Gartland who was presenting on international education.

Discussion of public health crisis and the province's recovery from it was a constant theme in first of four local all-candidate meetings hosted by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.

Neil Belenkie resigned as mayor of the Tri-City village of Belcarra today, alleging that two councillors blocked efforts to sell off small lots of public land to fund water infrastructure to combat wildfires.

Watch candidates spar, outline their vision for all four ridings across Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam

Power was knocked out after high winds and rain downed a tree over some power lines; power was restored roughly an hour later but a BC Hydro spokesperson says more outages are expected as 70,000 British Columbians sit in the dark

In the first of a ‘double-header,’ debate you can watch the all candidates meetings, starting tonight at 5 p.m. on the Tri-City News’ Facebook page; BC leaders debate follows at 6:30 p.m.

The latest exposure occurred Oct. 6 at Mundy Road elementary

The wind warning is expected to bring gusts up to 90 km/h to parts of Vancouver Island and the south coast of British Columbia.