Victoria/Fraser Valley – (Peter Mitham, Country Life In BC) -The province has released its long-awaited Agriculture Waste Control Regulation, and growers across the province expect it will add to the cost of farming in BC. The new regulation updates the…
Surrey – On Tuesday, the Surrey Board of Trade hosted a dialogue, RCMP or Municipal Police in Surrey? The City of Surrey is looking at transitioning to a municipal police force from the current RCMP. This was an election promise…
The licence plate has one purpose: to quickly and easily identify the vehicle that it is attached to. This is important enough that a whole division of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations is devoted to the subject. Fines for failing…
Many people think of traffic policing consists mostly of handing out speeding tickets. This is not the case as there are many other job functions that officers are responsible for. One that I often found to be an interesting challenge…
It is possible that a careful driver could pass their entire driving career without being pulled over by the police. It’s a situation that is not covered in our provincial drivers manual Learn to Drive Smart and may only receive…
The Parent Advisory Council for Hans Helgesen Elementary School near Victoria wanted to solve pedestrian safety issues on Rocky Point Road. The Council was working with the District of Metchosin and wanted to have a marked crosswalk installed at that…
Vancouver – While the country regains its composure after the Team Canada quarter final loss to Finland in the World Junior Hockey Finals in Vancouver/Victoria, there has been a social media backlash to the haters who dumped on the young…
For my final article of 2018 I turned to the loyal followers of @DriveSmartBC on Twitter, asking what they felt was important to review. Within a very short time I had five suggestions to write about. @MRTMCMLIII suggested the “Orange…
Have you ever given any thought to how efficiently traffic lights control the flow of vehicles? I found out last Friday afternoon at 5:30 pm as I traveled the 7.6 kilometers between Superior Road in Lantzville and Northwest Bay Road…
Vancouver/Fraser Valley ( Steve Randall, Canadian Real Estate Wealth) – The weak performance of the BC housing market in 2018 is set to continue in the new year, although sales should start to tick higher over the coming two years….