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Opinion: This Burnaby sidewalk to nowhere is frustratingly incomplete

Opinion: This Burnaby sidewalk to nowhere is frustratingly incomplete

Sometimes when the City of Burnaby fixes something, things feel so darn incomplete. Take the intersection of Holdom Avenue and Pandora Streets in Burnaby’s Capitol Hill area. The sidewalks leading into the crosswalk were terrible and needed fixing.
Burnaby owner dodges $13,500 in fines for renting unit without strata permission

Burnaby owner dodges $13,500 in fines for renting unit without strata permission

A Burnaby townhouse owner who rented out her unit in violation of her strata’s bylaws has won a partial victory over her strata council.
4th camper occupies trees in Burnaby in 26th day of anti-TMX blockade

4th camper occupies trees in Burnaby in 26th day of anti-TMX blockade

A blockade protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion’s route through a conservation area continues, with a new camper now occupying trees in the path nearly a month into the campaign.
Fraser Health looks to health influencers to help bend COVID-19 curve

Fraser Health looks to health influencers to help bend COVID-19 curve

In response to a continued upward trend in COVID-19 cases among young adults ages 20 to 29 years old, Fraser Health is asking people in this demographic to become health influencers.
Residents from eight suites displaced by Burnaby apartment fire

Residents from eight suites displaced by Burnaby apartment fire

Residents from eight suites in a Burnaby apartment building scorched by flames early Friday morning won’t being going home tonight – but things could have been much worse, according to the city’s acting fire chief.
8 children in B.C. hospitalized with suspected inflammatory disorder linked to COVID-19

8 children in B.C. hospitalized with suspected inflammatory disorder linked to COVID-19

B.C. has reported its first suspected cases of a rare inflammatory disorder that's been associated with COVID-19 in some parts of the world.
Drug seizures at B.C. border plummet during pandemic

Drug seizures at B.C. border plummet during pandemic

However, RCMP warns criminals are finding new ways to get their supply to market
Burnaby architecture student honoured for DTES regeneration ideas

Burnaby architecture student honoured for DTES regeneration ideas

A Burnaby student has been honoured in the Canada Green Building Council’s 2020 Leadership and Green Building Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that demonstrate outstanding industry leadership and have made significant
‘We needed more options.’ Burnaby shoppers line up at new store

‘We needed more options.’ Burnaby shoppers line up at new store

The Kings Crossing development is still taking shape in Burnaby’s growing Edmonds area, but residents were clearly stoked at the arrival the new retail options being built.
Burnaby hit by 155 COVID-19 cases, says new data

Burnaby hit by 155 COVID-19 cases, says new data

Burnaby has seen 155 cases of COVID-19 between the start of the pandemic in January and the end of July. That’s according to new data provided by the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, which breaks down the province into local health areas.