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Microsoft is leaving Burnaby forever as far as a physical retail outlet. The tech giant operates a store in Burnaby’s biggest mall, Metropolis at Metrotown. While Apple reopened its store in Metropolis recently, the Microsoft store has stayed dark.

Many of Burnaby School District graduates are celebrating significant scholarship wins. Almost $6.8 million – and still counting – has been awarded to them so far.

It was fish in a barrel for the Burnaby RCMP’s traffic enforcement unit this week. Police officers set up on Burnaby roadways along with ICBC, Transit Police and others to focus on bad drivers.

One of the more interesting subplots of the COVID-19 pandemic was the impact it had on traffic in Burnaby and the rest of Metro Vancouver. Our local streets became a ghost town as people stayed home.

The narrative being spread by the President Orange Stain in the U.S. is that the death totals from COVID-19 are no biggie because it’s mostly seniors who are dying.

Mexican consul general in B.C. calls for Mexico's migrant workers to be afforded the same rights as Canadian workers

Dentists are busy catching up on backlogs of patients as pandemic restrictions lift across the region.

In the two-plus years I’ve been editor of the NOW , I’ve heard a lot about the City of Burnaby’s bureaucracy. Slow. Lumbering. Monolithic. Resistant to change. I’ve heard all of the complaints, although I disagree with the last one.

If the City of Burnaby stays the course, it won’t reach its climate goals. In fact, recently released projections show “business as usual” carbon emissions increasing between now and 2050, despite having dropped slightly since 2010.

Reaction has been rolling in since yesterday’s news that a Burnaby teacher had tested positive for COVID-19. The teacher is believed to work at Burnaby Mountain Secondary School.