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The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another big retail chain. Ronsons – which sold affordable shoes for many years – will not reopen its retail store in Burnaby’s Amazing Brentwood.

The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear a case from the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations that could have halted the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion for a second time.

The pandemic will kill most of B.C.’s motor-coach companies if the provincial government does not come to the table with some sort of aid package, industry executives say.

Courtenay’s Lawrence Stearn says the resumption of visits to seniors homes that have been restricted because of the pandemic since mid-March is good news, but he can’t make up the time he’s lost with his wife.

One Richmond MLA is boycotting Facebook in July to protest how the social media giant handles misinformation and hate speech, but he has also paid for advertising in the conservative Christian Light Magazine.

While restaurants and pubs begin to reopen for the summer, Burnaby RCMP will be setting up more road checks to make sure impaired drivers are kept off the roads.

A question needed to be answered and it was crucial. I love food, but am not great when it comes to hot spices and so I asked a clerk at HanNam Supermarket in Burnaby last Saturday for some help.

The Chinese Restaurant Awards announced its Diners’ Choice Awards and a Burnaby institution was among the list of winners. Dinesty Dumpling House on Kingsway in Burnaby won in the category of “best Shanghainese” restaurant for its exquisite meals.

When a fire gutted Shairose Shamji’s Burnaby restaurant, she didn’t let it get her down. Instead, she got cooking.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce announced the 62 recipients of $10,000 grants from its Canadian Business Resilience Network Small Business Relief Fund - including Burnaby-based Greenscape Design & Décor.