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Reminder: Face masks will be mandatory on transit beginning next week

Reminder: Face masks will be mandatory on transit beginning next week

Starting next week, all customers will be required to wear non-medical masks or face coverings on board all TransLink transit vehicles. The mandatory measure, announced earlier this month by TransLink, kicks in Monday, Aug. 24.
New oversight for B.C. meat inspection

New oversight for B.C. meat inspection

B.C. consumers, ranchers and producers will benefit from a new consolidated process for provincial meat inspection that continues to ensure food safety and animal welfare are top priorities. Effective Dec.
B.C. Ferries: 'Maybe years to get back ferry system that we knew'

B.C. Ferries: 'Maybe years to get back ferry system that we knew'

Masks to be mandatory inside terminals and ships starting Monday, unless someone is inside their vehicle or eating in a designated area
Opinion: 18% of you in Burnaby could be COVID 'Cynical Spreaders'

Opinion: 18% of you in Burnaby could be COVID 'Cynical Spreaders'

A common response to some of my blogs about people not wearing masks, not follow basic distancing rules and outright calling COVID-19 a “hoax” has been that it’s only a “few” people. Well, I beg to differ and I have some polling data to back me up.
Burnaby swim club finds a way to stay afloat amid pandemic

Burnaby swim club finds a way to stay afloat amid pandemic

Simon Fraser Aquatics swim club in Burnaby is finding a way to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
EA seeks to expand Burnaby campus with 2 new buildings

EA seeks to expand Burnaby campus with 2 new buildings

Major video game developer Electronic Arts is seeking to expand its campus to the other side of Sanderson Way with two three- to five-storey buildings.
VIDEO: Burnaby car break-in over in less than 30 seconds

VIDEO: Burnaby car break-in over in less than 30 seconds

Police are asking for help identifying a suspect caught on camera during the July 13 incident.
Beware of this cannabis company with a New West address, says BBB

Beware of this cannabis company with a New West address, says BBB

The Better Business Bureau for Metro Vancouver has issued a warning about a cannabis company that uses a New Westminster address that is actually a salon.
Burnaby’s Crystal Mall rises from ashes of ‘despicable’ COVID rumour

Burnaby’s Crystal Mall rises from ashes of ‘despicable’ COVID rumour

Out of all the Burnaby business survival stories I’ve been following during the COVID-19 pandemic, the one I am perhaps pulling for the most involves Crystal Mall.
Car, replica handgun seized in Burnaby drug investigation

Car, replica handgun seized in Burnaby drug investigation

Two men, including one with a replica handgun tucked in his waistband, were arrested during the course of a drug dealing investigation in Burnaby Wednesday.