March 28, 2024

Mayors urging Transportation Minister to commit to funding plan pre-election

BC Transportation Minister Mary Polak will meet with the Mayor’s Council for Translink this week to tackle the thorny issue of transit funding shortfalls. The council is seeking long-term funding to help deal with a multimillion dollar budget shortfall without raising taxes. Langley Mayor and Vice Chair of the Council Peter Fassbender says he … [Read more...]

Coogan, Dorff Commit To A “Catastrophist”

Steve Coogan, Stephen Dorff and Canadian rapper K'naan are all set to star in British director Nick Broomfield's "The Catastrophist" for Lafayette Films, Escape Pictures and Blighty's Channel 4 reports Variety. An adaptation of Ronan Bennett's romance novel which is set against the decolonisation of the Belgian Congo in 1959 & 1960, the story … [Read more...]