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Burnaby seniors and kids swapping smiles amid COVID-19 pandemic

Burnaby seniors and kids swapping smiles amid COVID-19 pandemic

Photos and uplifting messages exchanged between seniors home and community school
TransLink could be 'unrecognizable' without senior government cash: Cote

TransLink could be 'unrecognizable' without senior government cash: Cote

Revenue has “evaporated” overnight
COVID-19: TransLink losing $75 million a month, seeks emergency funding

COVID-19: TransLink losing $75 million a month, seeks emergency funding

TransLink is seeking emergency relief funding from the provincial and federal governments to offset losses incurred for providing essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elizabeth May explains plane trip to Ottawa for emergency session

Elizabeth May explains plane trip to Ottawa for emergency session

First, there was carpooling. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s plane-pooling. Last weekend, members of three Canadian political parties hopped on a government jet to travel to Ottawa to pass emergency economic legislation.
Isolation bad for humans wired to be social, neuroscientist says

Isolation bad for humans wired to be social, neuroscientist says

If you’re feeling a little bit slower these days, you might be able to blame it on biology. That’s because isolation is bad for the brain, says University of Victoria neuroscientist Olav Krigolson. “People have trouble focusing.
Burnaby hotel offers free rooms and food to health workers

Burnaby hotel offers free rooms and food to health workers

Bosa Properties has announced that it is offering free rooms to Fraser Health workers at its Element Vancouver Metrotown hotel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Burnaby family fears eviction before it's safe for vulnerable grandma

Burnaby family fears eviction before it's safe for vulnerable grandma

B.C. won't enforce evictions until the state of emergency is over, but Nazila fears the risk won't be gone for her immunosuppressed mother by then
Stitches needed for head gash after Burnaby grocery store hammer attack

Stitches needed for head gash after Burnaby grocery store hammer attack

Police are investigating a random hammer attack in Burnaby Friday morning. A 60-year-old Burnaby man told the NOW he had been standing in line at the Highgate Save-On Foods on Kingsway just before 8 a.m.
PHOTOS: Burnaby teachers missed their kids, so they held a parade

PHOTOS: Burnaby teachers missed their kids, so they held a parade

Suncrest Elementary families were treated to a beautiful, sunny day last week, as they gathered at the entrance to the school’s parking lot.
'Web' of evidence convicts woman caught with credit cards stolen in Burnaby

'Web' of evidence convicts woman caught with credit cards stolen in Burnaby

A 30-year-old woman who tried to use a credit card stolen from a Burnaby home was “enmeshed in a web of circumstantial evidence” from which she could not escape in court, according to a recent B.C. provincial court ruling.