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Tax exemptions needed to save Chinese restaurant industry during outbreak: Catering association

Tax exemptions needed to save Chinese restaurant industry during outbreak: Catering association

Thousands of restaurant workers in Richmond and across Metro Vancouver will lose their jobs and livelihoods, if action isn’t taken soon to help curb losses resulting from fears associated with the coronavirus outbreak, according to an industry organi
Coronavirus fears emptying tables at Metro Vancouver Chinese restaurants

Coronavirus fears emptying tables at Metro Vancouver Chinese restaurants

Matthew Murtagh-Wu and his family regularly dine out at Shoom, a Chinese restaurant on the corner of East 49th Avenue and Fraser Street in Vancouver that is usually bustling with customers.
Employer Health Tax frustrates Burnaby trade group

Employer Health Tax frustrates Burnaby trade group

The Burnaby Board of Trade does not approve of the province’s Employer Health Tax, according to the board’s budget review. While the board was pleased to see a balanced budget announced for B.C.
This are Burnaby’s best Turkish kebabs. They will skewer your heart

This are Burnaby’s best Turkish kebabs. They will skewer your heart

I’m always jealous of my brother Jason. This is due to a variety of reasons, including him being way smarter than I am and better-looking.
This new Burnaby restaurant is giving away lots of free poké bowls

This new Burnaby restaurant is giving away lots of free poké bowls

The popular Richmond poké restaurant Pokey Okey (@pokeyokeyyvr) is opening a second location at 4919 Kingsway in Burnaby. In order to celebrate the grand opening, they will be giving away free poké bowls to all guests on Feb. 29 and March 1.
This Burnaby gelato bar is reopening as a swanky, expanded café

This Burnaby gelato bar is reopening as a swanky, expanded café

The front windows at FiorDiLatte on Hastings in Burnaby Heights has been papered over for a long time.
This Burnaby company wants to slow spree of catalytic converter thefts

This Burnaby company wants to slow spree of catalytic converter thefts

Look at any map of where and what crimes take place in Burnaby and you’ll see that it’s dominated by thefts from vehicles.
$30M needed to help build new Burnaby Hospital

$30M needed to help build new Burnaby Hospital

Beedie family contributes $8 million to Phase One of hospital rebuild.
The theatre in Burnaby's biggest mall is being swallowed by a cinema giant

The theatre in Burnaby's biggest mall is being swallowed by a cinema giant

A deal to buy Burnaby’s movie theatre is as good as done. The Cineplex-owned theatre in Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby is part of a huge deal that’s in the final stages Cineplex Inc. shareholders overwhelmingly approved a $2.
Car dealer's team drives 1,000 miles to help customer

Car dealer's team drives 1,000 miles to help customer

Many businesses say they go the extra mile for a customer. One business on Burnaby’s border actually went 1,000 miles. A Brian Jessel BMW customer bought a 2020 X7, which was shipped to their home in Prince George.