Local News

The phone service that answered a policing call from a Burnaby woman is trying to make amends after the woman says she was “berated” by the person who took the call.

The City of Burnaby needs to speed things up on slowing things down. The City of Vancouver is going forward on making school and playground zones 30 km/h during all hours of the day instead of just from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on school days.

I hated having to use “handcuffed” in this blog’s headline, but it seemed a fitted word to what’s going on with the review of the B.C. Police Act. Right from the start, the review has been tainted some of the people chosen to review the Police Act.

Are you looking for space to hold a small meeting or event? Perhaps a small wedding? The City of Burnaby has announced that as part of its restart plan, residents can now book small meetings and events in a reduced capacity at popular facilities.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control recently added Aeromexico flight 696 to its list of flights where at least one passenger has been found to be infected with the virus causing COVID-19.

Burnaby city staff will be studying potential naloxone and overdose prevention training at the city’s warming centres after a request by an overdose crisis working group that the training and resources be put in place at the centres.

Two alleged spitting incidents last month were part of a significant jump in assaults on local police officers in the first six months of 2020 compared to the same time period last year, according to Burnaby RCMP.

Supercluster selects B.C. robotics projects for funding

The Editor, Re.

If I could name a subgenre of my Now & Then blog, it would be the “Neighbours from Hell” series.