As many as 411 residential buildings in the City of North Vancouver lack sprinkler protection; but it will be next to “impossible” for council to require owners of the older buildings to upgrade their outdated fire-safety systems, according to the city’s mayor and fire chief.

Weed killers like Roundup may be headed for the corral now that Lower Mainland cities want the power to ban their use on all private lands.

Gibraltar mine will expand processing capacity by 30,000 tons per day as part of a $350-million expansion, its parent company announced Tuesday.