Surrey RCMP say they shot and killed a man who opened fire with an assault rifle after a routine traffic stop.

The Globe and Mail reports that the benefits forecast from the downtown mega-casino project don’t add up. Meanwhile, politicians around Metro voice concerns over their own cities’ addictions to gambling revenues.

Yesterday’s wind storm left up to 70,000 British Columbians without power. How are they going to follow Charlie Sheen’s meteoric rise on Twitter? A million followers in less than 24 hours. #tigerblood

Frances Bula scours through the just-released in-camera (closed door) meeting minutes from City Hall. Read some of the boring revelations here.

Gordon Price documents the changing character of Richmond’s notorious No. 3 Road after the arrival of the Canada Line.

BORED AT WORK BONUS: A map of homicides in Metro Vancouver, 2009