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Rain will help wash away wildfire smoke, air quality will improve

Rain will help wash away wildfire smoke, air quality will improve

Air quality health index expected to drop to "low" in the Lower Mainland by Saturday; intrepid journalist creates fascinating time-lapse video of smoke's shift this past week
Pay your Burnaby property taxes by Sept. 30 or face a penalty

Pay your Burnaby property taxes by Sept. 30 or face a penalty

Property owners in Burnaby must pay their property taxes by the end of the month. Those who don’t pay their property taxes in full by Sept. 30 will face a 10% penalty.
Burnaby housing project will include 75 on-site child-care spaces

Burnaby housing project will include 75 on-site child-care spaces

Families in Burnaby will have access to 75 new child-care spaces as part of a partnership that will provide culturally inclusive, affordable housing and child care in one location - one of the first purpose-built projects of this kind.
Canadian film producers worry $1b at risk over COVID-19 insurance coverage

Canadian film producers worry $1b at risk over COVID-19 insurance coverage

What happened: Film producer groups issue plea to Ottawa for government-backed insurance program Why it matters: Film industry, which completely shut down at outset of pandemic, is only slowly beginning to resume shoots Film and TV producers througho
Dageraad's Burnabarian beer earns national award

Dageraad's Burnabarian beer earns national award

A Burnaby brewery was honoured at the annual Canadian Beer Awards. Dageraad Brewing won a bronze medal for its Burnabarian creation, named to honour the people of Burnaby, in the Belgian-Style Abbey Ale/Pale Ale category. Overall, B.C.
CP, Maersk cooperate to meet Vancouver supply chain demands

CP, Maersk cooperate to meet Vancouver supply chain demands

Tight warehouse space put pressure on cargo velocities
He thinks he had COVID-19 and it feels like 'breathing through gravel'

He thinks he had COVID-19 and it feels like 'breathing through gravel'

"There were a few times when I woke up and kind of accepted, 'This is the day I might die."
Fraser Health says 'no' to removing COVID-19 cases out of long-term care

Fraser Health says 'no' to removing COVID-19 cases out of long-term care

The response came in a call with reporters after Glacier Media reported on a leaked document detailing missteps during the province's deadliest outbreak to date, as well as recommendations should a second wave hit a long-term care home.
Opinion: Iconic Burnaby pub where dad hit on my mom just a ghost town now

Opinion: Iconic Burnaby pub where dad hit on my mom just a ghost town now

In a way, you could say I owe my life to Burnaby’s iconic Admiral Pub and Grill. Located at Hastings and Gilmore in Burnaby Heights, it was the place where my dad met my mom in the early 1960s.
Burnaby's BCIT to get first new student housing in 38 years

Burnaby's BCIT to get first new student housing in 38 years

BCIT’s Burnaby campus is getting its first new student housing 38 years.