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The FIFA World Cup will kick off in 100 days and the City of Vancouver and TransLink announced plans on Tuesday to celebrate and help move people around.

The union representing striking transit workers in the Cowichan Valley says its members have rejected a provincial mediator's recommendations to end a five-month labour dispute.

HandyDART, a door-to-door shared ride service for people with mobility issues and other complex needs, is currently operated by French for-profit contractor TransDev.

A woman who has cared for two siblings with disabilities says major change is needed at Community Living BC, the Crown corporation that works with B.C.'s most vulnerable.

The company that operates transit in Abbotsford, Mission, Agassiz-Harrison, Chilliwack and Hope said Friday it expects to have buses back on the road by Sunday, Aug. 6.

Here's a rundown of what's available for getting around and where negotiations stand.

A full-on strike isn't happening just yet, but other job actions being taken by the union could still affect your commute.

The family is in desperate need of home and vehicle modifications in order to keep raising their son at home.

If a new deal isn't reached by Monday night there will be no service on the Expo and Millennium lines starting Tuesday morning.

<p>About 150 striking HandyDART workers forced their way into a downtown hotel Thursday morning after holding a demonstration outside the hotel. Frank Luba</p>

Winter’s first major snowfall was responsible for the traffic deaths of six people, RCMP say.

The union for First Transit bus operators and support workers said it will be in a legal strike position at 3 p.m. Thursday, 'at which point drivers will stop collecting fares.'

'He has no brain and that’s why God put him in a wheelchair': Surrey’s Mitchell Garrett is using a humiliating festival experience to advocate for change.

VANCOUVER - Olympic officials hope to funnel an unprecedented number of people onto transit during the 2010 Winter Games in a bid to avoid chaos on the roads. The ambitious plan was unveiled Wednesday by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (Vanoc), which detailed when key road closures and parking restrictions will come into effect.

METRO VANCOUVER — Thousands of Vancouver transit riders with special needs will find themselves homebound today as HandyDart bus drivers go on strike.

Five hundred striking employees of HandyDART, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, are removing their pickets and will resume work Monday after management agreed to put the contract dispute to binding arbitration under veteran arbitrator Vince Ready.

Dustin Paul is pulling his shattered life back together again, but transit issues are putting more and more challenges in his way.

If the two sides are unable to reach a deal by midnight Thursday, the union says it will begin strike action. 

“To minimize the disruption to the public while still ramping up pressure on the employer, we have chosen a measured level of strike action," said Unifor president Jerry Dias.

A committee of MLAs from the NDP and Liberal caucuses is recommending the provincial government increase wildfire and emergency investment for local communities.