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A waste management plan for Metro Vancouver that includes waste-to-energy incineration has been approved by the B.C. Environment Minister.

Maple Ridge-Mission riding is currently held by B.C. Liberal Marc Dalton

BC Ferries is offering refunds for assured-loading passes that have expired.

Five new provincial court judges will help B.C.'s backlogged court system, but the system is still falling behind, says NDP justice critic Leonard Krog.

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton has announced he is taking an indefinite medical leave from the leadership of the party, after being diagnosed with a second type of cancer.

Controversial incinerators are part of the mix.

The latest national stats show that Abbotsford-Mission is the ninth highest in overall crime among the 32 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) included by Statistics Canada for 2010, but the figures are somewhat misleading, says a local police spokesman.

A teen involved in a brutal assault at a Mission restaurant last year has been sentenced to six months' open custody, three months of community supervision and 12 months' probation.

Elections BC is keeping its call centre open until midnight Friday, the deadline for B.C. residents to register and request a voting package for the harmonized sales tax referendum.