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A safer drug supply — pharmaceutical alternatives to illicit street drugs — is at the top of the list for frontline service providers and advocates, who see it as the only way to prevent more deaths in the short term

A West Vancouver man who fatally shot his wife’s cousin then chopped up the man’s body with a saw into over 100 pieces will spend another two years and four months in jail for his crimes. Li Zhao, 60, was handed the sentence in B.C.

Across Canada, 5.5 million workers had their jobs impacted by the economic shutdown. Anxiety hits people whether they have a job or not: employed people often worry their jobs will be the next to go

A spending freeze at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has helped drive the Burnaby school district’s reserves up to more than $21 million. That’s about $11.

Senior government money crucial for any options to proceed

A former editor once told me to never write while angry and so I decided to wait a few days before assembling this column.

TransLink was overwhelmed with input on proposed routes for the gondola that is set to bridge the gap between SFU and the Millennium Line. The transit authority has three proposed lines that could connect the university with the SkyTrain line.

Have you seen the movie Mad Max: Fury Road? Well, something that felt like a scene from it played out on a Burnaby road recently. In the movie, a semi-trailer tries to fend off vehicles trying to stop it.

When Prince Rupert firefighter Rocky Paolo matched five consecutive icons on PlayNow.com’s Chain Reactors to win the $302,485 jackpot, not once did he even consider hanging up his helmet and axe for an early retirement.

Beware of fake websites and social media accounts, impersonation scams and phishing attacks, says the Better Business Bureau