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Burnaby adds 10 new electric vehicle charging stations

Burnaby adds 10 new electric vehicle charging stations

The City of Burnaby has added 10 new electric vehicle charging stalls throughout the city. The new stalls bring the city-wide total to 24 stalls, with more to come in 2021.
Burnaby treatment home for women celebrates 50 years

Burnaby treatment home for women celebrates 50 years

Charlford House is a 15-bed residential treatment home for women located in North Burnaby. Our mission is to provide a safe, healthy, and caring environment in which to experience recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction.
Opinion: ‘Dan in Burnaby’ misses tax deadline, cries about 10% penalty

Opinion: ‘Dan in Burnaby’ misses tax deadline, cries about 10% penalty

Some homeowners are insufferable. It’s not enough that their equity has skyrocketed over the years thanks to a tsunami of foreign money flowing into Metro Vancouver, but some have the audacity to complain about paying their taxes on time.
Opinion: This Burnaby server asked for a break following quarantine. She was canned for it

Opinion: This Burnaby server asked for a break following quarantine. She was canned for it

Have you had to quarantine yet due to COVID-19? I haven’t so I don’t know exactly what it must be like, but figuring it’s pretty stressful. Amy had to quarantine.
These are the most amazing Burnaby spots to watch salmon return

These are the most amazing Burnaby spots to watch salmon return

The salmon are returning to Burnaby to lay their eggs. Burnaby resident Mark Angelo sent along this video of salmon struggling to make it upstream at Stoney Creek to lay eggs after four years away.
Opinion: Jagmeet Singh hypocritical slamming Trudeau over election while campaigning in B.C.

Opinion: Jagmeet Singh hypocritical slamming Trudeau over election while campaigning in B.C.

It appears there won’t be a federal election right now as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government has survived a confidence vote. The federal NDP, Greens and independent MPs sided with the government on a confidence vote.
Surrey police force can set new bar for Indigenous people: Chief

Surrey police force can set new bar for Indigenous people: Chief

Proposed “indigenization strategy” is one of the first significant policy items to be approved by the Surrey Police Board
Rare ‘blue moon’ to appear on Halloween this year

Rare ‘blue moon’ to appear on Halloween this year

The year 2020 has brought many surprises and this year’s Halloween is no different. A rare “blue full moon” will be appearing on Halloween night this year.
12 Chinese passports among stolen IDs seized after Burnaby gun-pointing call

12 Chinese passports among stolen IDs seized after Burnaby gun-pointing call

A firearms complaint at a Burnaby apartment last week led police to a stash of fraudulent identification – including a dozen People's Republic of China passports. On Oct. 12 at about 5 a.m.
Woman accused of duping Richmond, Vancouver residents out of $3M: BCSC

Woman accused of duping Richmond, Vancouver residents out of $3M: BCSC

A woman has been accused of defrauding Richmond and Vancouver residents out of $3 million and then spending the money at casinos and on an immigration lawyer to fight her removal from Canada.