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Fall sports at Simon Fraser University have been sidelined. Friday, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference that includes the Burnaby school, announced all fall intercollegiate competition and championships through Nov.

A Site C worker from Alberta has tested positive for COVID-19, and four other close contacts have been put into quarantine at the work camp in Fort St. John.

A new online trip planner, the first of its kind in Canada, will help commercial vehicle operators plan their routes across B.C., the provincial government and TransLink announced Friday.

For 2020, the BC SPCA has moved its popular summer animal camps online. “Kids are invited to join the SPCA for a fun-filled, week-long Summer Session that is all about animals,” says Paula Neuman, BC SPCA humane education manager.

Demand for rentals show some rebound heading into summer, though renter demand has shifted away from big, pricey cities as Toronto and Vancouver experienced another record month of declines.

Laid-off workers are urging Burnaby’s four BC NDP MLAs to protect the jobs of 50,000 hotel workers across B.C.

The company that operates the movie theatre in Burnaby’s biggest mall - and is building two more projects in another Burnaby mall - has announced job cuts. Cineplex Inc.

A U.S. company has terminated its merger agreement with the Burnaby-based Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd. – which operates the Grand Villa in Burnaby - that could have created a publicly traded company valued at nearly $1.5 billion.

So, you got some unexpected and unordered free stuff from Amazon delivered right to your doorstep. Don't celebrate.

The City of Burnaby will be kicking off a pilot program in early fall that will place nasal naloxone spray in libraries and community centres.