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I’m happy right now, but confused. The City of Burnaby did something totally awesome, but I don’t know how it happened.

Two pharmacies located in Burnaby have seen recent COVID-19 exposures as its parent company updates a number of positive tests with team members.

The City of Burnaby has taken action to shut down a number of its recreation program in response to a public health order announced on Saturday.

Yet another Burnaby high school is dealing with a COVID-19 exposure notice and at least one parent is wondering about the time it took to contact them about it.

Burnaby firefighters were mopping up Sunday morning after a late-night fire at a local religious site. Around 9 p.m. on Saturday night, Burnaby firefighters were called to 7271 Gilley Ave.

The new orders, which apply for the next two weeks, focus on travel, businesses, social gatherings and indoor group exercises like yoga or spin classes. The restrictions apply to Fraser Health — which includes the Tri-Cities — and Metro Vancouver regions of Vancouver Coastal Health.

There are sighs and then there are sighs. Some are subtle and some – like the one I heard from a Burnaby restaurant worker earlier this week – are so filled with anguish and pain that you actually feel it.

Some readers say I am sometimes too negative and my response is usually that we’re in the middle of a deadly pandemic that keeps getting worse so it’s no wonder.

Fraser Health has declared one Burnaby COVID-19 outbreak over but a second is still active. The outbreak at Fair Haven Homes Burnaby Lodge in Burnaby is now over.

A trio of Burnaby schools – two public and one private – have been hit by recent COVID-19 exposures. Two of the schools saw cases in teenage students (Byrne Creek Community School and St.