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The Burnaby-based Greater Vancouver Food Bank has lost its security team.

More than 1,130 COVID-19 claims for worker’s compensation have been filed with Worksafe B.C. through the first six months of the pandemic, according to figures from the province’s worker safety organization.

Fourteen ventilators are among the critical respiratory equipment purchases made possible over the last yearwith the support of donors to the TB Vets Charitable Foundation.

There is now only one Burnaby high school without a rainbow walkway – but that school is still waiting to be built.

The closure of universities and colleges due to the COVID-19 pandemic has put a damper on bus ridership recovery rates in Burnaby. According to TransLink figures, boardings are about 43% of the average seen in the rest of the region.

The number of affordable housing units could nearly double at Norland Avenue in Burnaby, if a zoning amendment is passed by the city. Council passed a proposed zoning amendment to an Oct.

Winter tires and chains are required on most routes in B.C. starting Oct. 1

When looking at risky driving behaviours, men are more likely than woman to engage in this with 76 per cent compared to 71 per cent.

When a national contact-tracing app was announced in June, officials in Ottawa emphasized it would roll out first in Ontario, where early testing was taking place. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added at the time B.

I’ve been involved with too many stratas in my lifetime for my liking … and my sanity. They can be vicious snake pits run by titanic egos.