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Virus has proven to be ‘quite stealthy,’ says Dr. Bonnie Henry

With B.C.’s moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent set to end on Aug. 18, the big question on the minds of Burnaby renters is what will happen next. The B.C.

The Canada-US border will remain closed to non-essential traffic for another 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced the extension Friday.

A provincially-run survey in which one-in-10 British Columbians responded found people with lower incomes, as well as Latin Americans, West Asians (Arabs), South Asians and Black citizens have shouldered a disproportionate share of the economic fallout from COVID-19.

L Brands - the parent company of Victoria's Secret, Pink and Bath & Body Works - is slashing about 15% of its workforce at its headquarters.

Megan Kai might only be 11 years old, but she wants to make something clear: she’s the big boss lady of a new home-based business. Not her mom Cherie. Lol. The Burnaby mommy-daughter duo have started up Wood + Stencil Co.

A Burnaby homeless advocate says she’s seen exceptional levels of cooperation between service providers, as the coronavirus pandemic adds more and more pressure on the organizations.

Dorigo Systems is embarking on the next chapter of the company’s planned expansion with the opening of its new facility in South Burnaby’s Glenlyon Business Park.

A sad sign has been posted outside the Frank and Oak store at Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown. It says “closing out sale” and it runs until Aug.

A recent Angus Reid Institute poll found 38% of B.C. residents feel that restrictions “don’t go far enough.” while another 48% say the restrictions have been “about right.”