Local Business

School is Easy Tutoring of Burnaby was announced as the first-place winner of the People’s Pick award as well as the Market Place Excellence award on June 7 at the Better Business Bureau 2018 Torch Awards ceremony at Trev Deely Motorcycles.

For those who love the beautiful game and want to enjoy the FIFA World Cup with friends this year, it can be difficult to get together for the early matches. Burnaby bars cannot throw open their doors at dawn to accommodate those 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Want to help residents affected by floods across B.C.? The provincial liquor stores in Burnaby are collecting donations on behalf of the Red Cross to assist evacuees.

Hungry? Want to order in? Well, Burnaby is the latest city to connect to the Foodora food delivery network.

Home Depot in Burnaby is once again raising money for St. Leonard’s Youth and Family Services Society to help at-risk and homeless youth in the region. Home Depot’s Orange Door Project fundraising campaign runs from now until June 24.

The Burnaby Board of Trade’s four-point action plan on the employer health tax was endorsed by delegates at the annual general meeting of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and will be adopted as official policy of the provincial chamber.

The Canadian and British Columbia governments are partnering with the country’s largest biotechnology company to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Burnaby that will create 675 B.C. jobs by 2022, and up to 2,170 by 2031.

Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing may have marked its fourth anniversary earlier this month, but the big celebration came Saturday night after it was named Brewery of the Year at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax.

Wings restaurant in Burnaby is promoting animal awareness with its Pints for Paws fundraiser. During the month of June, Wings will spread its wings to protect animals. For every pint of Fiji Blond, the house brew, sold, it will donate $1 to the B.C.