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TransLink is set to begin work on a sorely needed facelift for the Lonsdale Quay transit exchange.

Work crews have removed Lonsdale Quay’s rotating Q sign in hopes they can get it living up to its reputation. Quay Property Management, the owner of Lonsdale Quay, retired the original sign from 1986 last year and replaced it with a newer model .

Electricity is expected to be restored by New Year’s Eve to all areas blacked out by Thursday’s storm, which saw winds of more than 100 km/h. That would mean going without electricity for 11 days for some people. B.C.

Jeanne Socrates’ Christmas plans are to be just northeast of the Falkland Islands, hopefully in calm seas.

A North Vancouver man who kicked his elderly dog in public and dragged it down the street by the leash when the dog had difficulty walking has been handed a suspended sentence by a judge and been banned from owning an animal for five years.

Mother upset by Seycove Secondary's decision to leave only one bathroom open

Mother upset by Seycove Secondary's decision to leave only one bathroom open

Not all British Columbians heard the sirens that emanated from mobile phones at 1:55 p.m., a sign that the Alert Ready system is not yet working perfectly.

Maggie Lee, 17, said adults around her seemed foggy on the three proposed systems. So she stepped in to help.

Update: The Spirit of British Columbia has resume service but is operating about 45 minutes behind schedule, B.C. Ferries says.