The British Columbia government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Earlier this month the NDP government announced it would be joining the legal fight against the approval of the $7.4-billion project and hired former judge Thomas Berger to provide legal advice.

First Nations groups and several municipalities have filed legal challenges against this project. The pipeline expansion would triple the capacity of the Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline and also up the number of tankers in the waters around Vancouver.

The 14-year-old boy arrested for dancing to the Macarena on a street in Saudi Arabia has been released with a warning about road safety.  Robert Lee will not work Virginia's season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A digital marketing company is slashing work hours in a bid to make staff happier. The company switched to a five-hour workday in a bid to attract and keep the best employees.

Vancouver may soon embrace ride-sharing companies like Uber.

BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver said he will be re-introducing ride-sharing legislation.  There is concern from the taxi industry and the two major parties have been slow to change legislation around this.

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Mike Smyth previres tonight's show: Trump speaks at a rally in Phoenix Arz., people and bears are crossing paths more and more. A cinematographer for 'Game of Thrones' joins us in the 9 oclock hour. 

Today President Trump travelled to Arizona where he visited a border patrol facility in Yuma, did a meet and greet with marines and is holding a campaign rally in Phoenix. Protests are expected outside the Phoenix convention center. The president spoke at 7pm. We have live reaction and analysis.

President Donald Trump is lashing out at the press for its portrayal of his response to the deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, as he kicks off a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A federal-provincial task force is going to meet tomorrow in Montreal to review the next steps in managing a surge of asylum seekers coming into Quebec from the U-S. The B.C. government ended the last fiscal year with a $2.7-billion dollar surplus.

Newly published research suggests conflicts between humans and grizzlies in the mountains and foothills of southwestern Alberta has been growing for more than a decade.

Actor Mark Wahlberg took home 68-million dollars last year, making him Hollywood's highest paid actor according to Forbes magazine. Today was a frustrating day for many gamers, because pre-orders for Nintendo's retro mini SNES Classic Edition went live. Only a lucky few, some of them eBay scalpers, were able to order one. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, is 49 years old and still gets ID’d

‘Game of Thrones’ is known for its incredible visuals and mind blowing production quality. Robert McLachlan can take some of the credit for that.  He’s the two-time Emmy nominated Director of Photography on eight Game of Thrones episodes.  His final two episodes for the series were season seven's "Spoils of War" and "Eastwatch."