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The Internet is often a wonderful place to find information. But it’s also a cesspool of misinformation, which has led to the rise of ill-informed anti-maskers.

Cineplex’s big plans in Burnaby have been significantly delayed by COVID-19, but they will still be completed, according to the theatre giant.

Want to get a head start on voting? Here’s how. Advance voting for the 2020 Provincial General Election begins this Thursday, Oct. 15 and runs until Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Three more Burnaby schools have been exposed to someone infected with COVID-19. On Friday, parents at Rosser Elementary School were informed that a student or staff member who tested positive for the virus had been at the school on Oct. 5.

Residents are encouraged to join in this year’s worldwide earthquake drill on Thursday.

The leaders of B.C.’s three main political parties will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m.

B.C. Premier John Horgan detailed a plan Monday to “make life easier and more affordable for renters.” Horgan said in a news release that a re-elected BC NDP government will freeze rents to the end of 2021.

For restaurants, the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has been a tale of two cities. Restaurants in Vancouver’s and Victoria’s downtown core, typically buzzing with business lunches and after work cocktails, have been struggling.

Mail-in ballots could become a “much bigger feature” of future elections, according to an elections expert, as hundreds of thousands of British Columbians have already opted to vote-by-mail rather than stand in line at the polls on Oct. 24.

A South Burnaby neighbourhood was woken up early Monday morning as heavily armed RCMP tactical officers raided a house that was the site of a stabbing the previous day and a six-hour standoff on Aug. 30.