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Two big questions face Burnaby restaurants as phase two of B.C.’s Restart Plan unfolds. How can restaurants reassure diners that all precautions are being taken? And are there enough people ready to have a sit-down mean in a restaurant.

Dear Editor, With businesses slowly starting to reopen, I think it’s important to remember to be kind to workers — especially those employees who tend to be looked down on and told to “get a real job.

There have been two new deaths.

A recent poll found that 69 per cent of respondents who normally took transit stopped during the outbreak, and only 19% of those respondents said they would return during a Stage 2 reopening.

Is being cooped up starting to drive you batty? The BC Community Bat Program is looking for volunteers to help with its annual bat count, noting it's an easy, fun and safe activity for the whole family.

For many British Columbians, daily life has changed significantly because of COVID-19.

Now that some Burnaby restaurants are making plans to reopen, the big question after months of cooking at home (yuck) and eating takeout is what’s the first place you will try? Will your choice be based on what your favourite restaurant is, assuming

Claire hates wearing a mask. “I don’t like smelling my own breath,” she says with a laugh before turning serious. “But I do it because it’s important.

The latest sign that these truly are unprecedented times comes from a Canadian discount grocery store chain that released an electro-rap song and video about COVID-19 safety that is actually pretty great.

Several municipalities in the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver and New Westminster, allow backyard chickens with different regulations on the number allowed.