Nick Laba

3 days ago | nsnews.com | Nick Laba

The District of North Vancouver is floating the idea of requiring water meters, with the goal of reducing consumption during progressively hotter and drier summers. On Monday, council directed staff to report back to council on opportunities to cut water usage and explore other options, including estimated costs for implementing water metering across the municipality. But during discussion, most of council seemed lukewarm on the issue due to upfront costs. In his report to council, Coun.

4 days ago | castanet.net | Casey Richardson |Nicholas Johansen |Wolfgang Depner |Nick Laba

British Columbia's energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver's Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers, despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations. The plan, floated recently by Prime Minister Mark Carney, could result in fewer tankers carrying more oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline to markets abroad.

4 days ago | castanet.net | Casey Richardson |Nicholas Johansen |Madison Reeve |Nick Laba

Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze that's torn through, and partially collapsed, a seniors apartment building in North Vancouver. Reports of a fire at Silverlynn Apartments first came in just after 9 a.m. Saturday morning, and firefighters arrived on scene less than 10 minutes later, said Mike Danks, fire chief with District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. "We've got a working structure fire, we're doing our best to reduce the extent of the damage," he said.

4 days ago | castanetkamloops.net | Nick Laba

Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze that's torn through, and partially collapsed, a seniors apartment building in North Vancouver. Reports of a fire at Silverlynn Apartments first came in just after 9 a.m. Saturday morning, and firefighters arrived on scene less than 10 minutes later, said Mike Danks, fire chief with District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. "We've got a working structure fire, we're doing our best to reduce the extent of the damage," he said.

4 days ago | nsnews.com | Nick Laba

A blaze has been tearing through through a seniors apartment building in North Vancouver. At around 10 a.m. on Saturday, huge amounts of smoke could be seen billowing up from Silverlynn Apartments in Lynn Valley. District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services crews were on scene shortly after and were putting hoses on the fire. North Shore News has reached out for more information on the fire. More to come ...