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The $2.95 billion project, which will see the SkyTrain Millennium line extended from its current terminus of VCC-Clark station to Arbutus Street on the city's west side.

The 2025 Investment Plan will stave off looming service cuts while funding new routes and buses to address overcrowding in numerous areas. 

The $1.5 billion in capital funding over 10 years, part of the permanent Public Transit Fund, could hinge on the outcome of a federal election expected to kick off by Sunday. 

Construction for nearly 200 piers and columns that will support the transit line's guideway has begun. Work to install the guideway itself will begin this summer.

Finance Minister Brenda Bailey acknowledged the budget was not “splashy,” framing it instead in terms of protecting jobs and core public services, while growing the economy.

<p>Snow has once again started falling on Metro Vancouver this morning, with the regional cold spell expected to continue through much of the week.</p> <p> </p>

Speaking in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, Trudeau said the federal government will provide up to $1.3 billion dollars for the Surrey to Langley SkyTrain extension.

British Columbia's urban heart is the largest prize west of the Rockies, representing 24 of 42 federal seats in the province.

Metro Vancouver's Mayors' Council has approved the business case for extending SkyTrain's Expo Line, but there is still not enough funding to cover the distance to Langley.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans Wednesday to spend $14.9 billion over the next eight years.

Surrey is already B.C.'s most populous school district, with thousands more students enrolling every year. The district is already home to more than 335 portables.

Langley has long been safe territory for the BC Liberals, and the Social Credit Party before them, but changing demographics and urbanization had the party bracing for a tougher challenge.

TransLink has projected a shortfall of $570 million to $680 million this year because of a massive drop in ridership.

A re-elected BC NDP government will give a $1,000 recovery benefit for all families with a household income under $125,000 a year.

Municipal officials are watching anxiously as a number of public agencies, such as BC Ferries and TransLink, are appealing for significant cuts to property assessments in their communities. <br /><br />

TransLink says 14 sailings will be cancelled throughout the holiday Monday thanks to to job action by maintenance workers who are refusing to work overtime.

As he shuts the door on 2018, Stewart's focus turns to housing and opioids, which are his top two priorities moving forward.

Surrey is hoping to get the public on board with their proposal for a light rail system.

VANCOUVER - Polls for about 250 civic bodies open this Saturday, giving British Columbians the opportunity to choose who will fill more than 1,600 offices including mayor, council and school board trustee.

Doug McCallum is being challenged for the top job by seven contenders, including three former MPs and a once-loyal councillor who defected from his Safe Surrey Coalition.