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The federal government has announced new funding to support childcare in B.C. and across Canada as the economy reopens.

Adults in their senior years have coped better emotionally with the pandemic, compared to people in the lower age brackets, according to research released recently from UBC.

*This story has been updated* Police are urging dog owners to be extra cautious about what their furry friends put into their mouths after a man in North Burnaby came across a bone with a spike in it. Burnaby RCMP got a report at about 8:45 p.m.

Public engagement for the City of Burnaby’s upcoming transportation plan will likely be held almost entirely by virtual means, unless the pandemic sees significant improvement in the coming months.

Business has been brisk during the pandemic for the Real Canadian Superstore in Burnaby.

At least 1.5 million Canadians have moved back in with their parents, according to a national survey by Finder.com.

The Steve Nash Fitness World company that operated multiple gyms in Burnaby has had its sale approved by the BC Supreme Court. The company operated gyms on Kingsway, at Lougheed Town Centre and in the Brentwood area on Lougheed Highway.

Healthcare providers need to “do more” to better serve diverse immigrant communities, according to a researcher at Trinity Western University (TWU), Richmond campus.

The rigours of an 800-kilometre cycling tour are nothing compared to what kids with cancer go through, according to one Burnaby veteran of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast fundraiser – that’s why she’ll be saddling up again this year.

The B.C. government has kicked off a new, free day-use pass pilot program for six of the province’s most popular parks. Given that very few people are able to travel out of the province or country during the summer due to the pandemic, B.C.