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A First Peoples' Gathering House has been approved for Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus. Set to be built by 2023, the project is funded jointly by the provincial government ($6.4 million) and SFU ($8.

The Métis Nation BC and the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres have issued four recommendations for the B.C. Ministry of Health

Cineplex Inc. – which operates a theatre in Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown - says it's sticking with COVID-19 safety policies that leave it up to moviegoers to decide if they wear a face mask inside their theatres.

Thomas Hasek appreciates that the City of Burnaby is adding traffic-calming measures in his South Burnaby neighbourhood. He just thinks they’re in the wrong place and aren’t enough to deal with what Hasek calls a “notorious ratrunner” route.

The province is investigating allegations of staff in hospital emergency rooms playing a “game” to guess the blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the allegations were brought to him Thursday night.

Four shootings have been reported this year and they are linked to a spike in gang violence in the city last summer, according to police.

The announcement comes as the province moves towards its phase 3 reopening of public life.

The provincial government has launched a round-the-clock helpline for clinicians in need of addiction medicine support, while they treat patients.

Police now looking for two male suspects after woman tied up in her home.

As B.C. looks to a new phase of reopenings during the pandemic, no question plagues provincial politicians more than the restriction on visits to seniors’ facilities and hospital patients. “The No.