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Opinion: Burnaby health worker frustrated by long delay in promised pandemic pay

Opinion: Burnaby health worker frustrated by long delay in promised pandemic pay

As many as 120,000 health care workers are still waiting for temporary pandemic pay top-ups
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No free rides: TransLink will not offer free transit on New Year's Eve this year

No free rides: TransLink will not offer free transit on New Year's Eve this year

Typically, the transit authority offers free rides on its network across Metro Vancouver on the big night
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Health-care worker first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.

Health-care worker first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.

In a tweet Tuesday afternoon, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix shared a photo of a woman with her sleeve rolled up at a nondescript table in a plain room
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Burnaby Hospital has been hit by a new COVID-19 outbreak

Burnaby Hospital has been hit by a new COVID-19 outbreak

The last outbreak resulted in at least 10 deaths
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Burnaby seeks to hike hotel, short-term rental tax to 3%

Burnaby seeks to hike hotel, short-term rental tax to 3%

The tax goes toward Tourism Burnaby to market the city as a tourism destination, and partly toward affordable housing initiatives
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Burnaby food truck launched, shut down by COVID-19, hit thrice by thieves – all in 2020

Burnaby food truck launched, shut down by COVID-19, hit thrice by thieves – all in 2020

The new Burnaby-based Go Curry Go food truck is struggling after being forced to close by the pandemic and then being hit by thieves multiple times.
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Kelowna anti-mask protest leader has long profited off conspiracy theorists, rubbed shoulders with white nationalists

Kelowna anti-mask protest leader has long profited off conspiracy theorists, rubbed shoulders with white nationalists

Who is the man leading the anti-mask and anti-"lockdown" movement in B.C.'s Interior region?
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Store employee at Shoppers Drug Mart in Burnaby tests positive for COVID-19

Store employee at Shoppers Drug Mart in Burnaby tests positive for COVID-19

The drugstore giant's parent company confirmed the new store worker virus case Dec. 15.
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B.C.’s first COVID-19 vaccinations set to begin Tuesday

B.C.’s first COVID-19 vaccinations set to begin Tuesday

Health-care workers are on the top of the priority list for getting the vaccine
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Closure of Gap flagship store leaves future in Burnaby unclear

Closure of Gap flagship store leaves future in Burnaby unclear

The Gap is looking to close several stores in Canada, but hasn't said if the Burnaby outlet is one of them
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