A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
Wi-Fi hot spots are expected to soon be popping up all over [Campbell River] after council took Shaw up on its offer to provide free wireless service around the community. Shaw approached the city with a proposal to deliver free Wi-Fi in Campbellton, Willow Point, the downtown core, and at several city-owned facilities.
Delta isn’t following Richmond’s lead in passing a motion banning genetically modified food crops from being grown in the community. Delta’s land base is mostly agricultural, but municipal council here has stayed away from the controversy over GMOs. Council agreed it needed more information on the issue.
Whistler bus users will see an additional 2,000 annual-service hours implemented this winter, following a monitoring period that identified the top priorities for transit expansion.The majority of the additional service hours, 1,350, will go towards improving service reliability and addressing overcrowding on resort buses.
A large sculpture from Kamloops Art Gallery’s permanent collection is quietly moving into its new home this week. Edmonton sculptor Peter Hide donated the piece, entitled After Rome, and it will be lifted by crane onto the northeast corner of Victoria Street and Second Avenue.
[Prince George] council is considering instituting a bylaw making the city outdoors smoke-free after representatives of the Canadian Cancer Society spoke at Monday’s meeting to explain the benefits the action would bring to the community.