Peach Arch News
Metro Vancouver directors defended their push to build a new garbage incinerator for the region Friday and criticized Fraser Valley Regional District politicians for refusing to participate in consultations so far…
Stone agrees to add tolls, fees to transit ballot
The Globe and Mail
It’s the latest reversal from the B.C. Liberals, who have been variously tough and conciliatory with Metro Vancouver mayors over a promised transit referendum that will offer voters a say in how future transit projects will be funded…
Metro Vancouver sticks with incinerator forecast despite skeptics
Langley Times
Metro Vancouver is sticking for now to its estimate that it will need to incinerate an extra 370,000 tonnes per year of garbage, despite concerns the regional district is poised to over-build a new waste-to-energy plant…
Burnaby incinerator nets $8 million upgrade
Burnaby Now
Burnaby’s waste-to-energy facility is prepared to spend another $8 million to reduce its number 1 emitted pollutant – nitrogen oxide…
Province willing to extend Metro Vancouver transit referendum date to 2015 (UPDATED)
Vancouver Sun
The B.C. government says it is willing to delay a public referendum on transportation until June 2015 and will give regional mayors more power over TransLink’s long-term plans and priorities…
Stone, Lower Mainland mayors to talk transit
The Globe and Mail
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone is planning to meet with Metro Vancouver mayors next week to talk about the controversial referendum on transit funding that is largely opposed by the mayors…
Metro Van and Fraser Valley Regional District butt heads over incinerator plan
Vancouver Observer
As Metro Vancouver considers building new incinerators to handle future garbage, the list of opponents is growing, with some jumping in to fight the plan. Few have been as bold or influential as Metro Van’s regional colleague and next door neighbour who recently launched an aggressive $50,000 TV and billboard ad campaign to fight the incinerator…
Divisions over B.C. transit vote are getting wider
The Globe and Mail
An increasingly bitter standoff between the B.C. government and mayors in the Lower Mainland hardened further Thursday with Transportation Minister Todd Stone chiding the mayors for their lack of vision and the mayors accusing Mr. Stone of avoiding his own responsibilities…
Waste incinerator eyed at Port Mellon
Squamish Chief
Metro Vancouver is considering a proposal to build a $500-million garbage incinerator on Squamish First Nation land at Port Mellon…
Where will new waste incinerator be built? Metro Vancouver eyeing four potential sites
Canada.com
Four potential sites — including one in Vancouver — have been pitched for Metro Vancouver’s proposed waste-to-energy plant, which could include mass burning of 380,000 tonnes of the region’s garbage…