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This Burnaby restaurant is offering Girl Guide cookies with food orders

This Burnaby restaurant is offering Girl Guide cookies with food orders

Starting today, March 27th, Joey Burnaby on Lougheed Highway in the Brentwood area will be offering Girl Guide Cookies with all curbside pick-up and delivery orders, with proceeds going to Girl Guides of British Columbia.
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Canada Day plans cancelled in Burnaby due to COVID-19 outbreak

Canada Day plans cancelled in Burnaby due to COVID-19 outbreak

The move signals a shift to more long-term planning from the City of Burnaby in its efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic
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B.C. economy to contract at least 7%: BCBC

B.C. economy to contract at least 7%: BCBC

The economic impact of COVID-19 could shrink B.C.’s economy by between 7% and 12% this year. An "optimistic" scenario at the low end of that range would dwarf the economic impact B.C.
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‘Slight chance of optimism’ that COVID-19 growth rate slowing

‘Slight chance of optimism’ that COVID-19 growth rate slowing

Provincial health officials unveil hospital mobilization plan
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UBC researchers get another $2.3 million for COVID-19 research

UBC researchers get another $2.3 million for COVID-19 research

University received $2.8 million in federal funding earlier this month
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Canada in talks with U.S. over troops at border, deportation of asylum seekers

Canada in talks with U.S. over troops at border, deportation of asylum seekers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it would be a “mistake” for the United States to deploy troops to the Canada-US border.
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Telus waives internet fees for low-income customers

Telus waives internet fees for low-income customers

Telus has announced it is automatically waiving the fees for its Internet for Good program for two months for low-income customers.
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Feds roll out new measures to help small, medium-sized businesses weather COVID-19 storm

Feds roll out new measures to help small, medium-sized businesses weather COVID-19 storm

Ottawa is increasing the payroll support for employers to 75 per cent
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Don’t squeeze the lemons: COVID-19 food safety tips

Don’t squeeze the lemons: COVID-19 food safety tips

BC Centre for Disease Control says you won’t get COVID-19 from food but you should wash fresh produce — and your hands, of course — when you get it home
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Young people better take COVID-19 seriously: Doctors

Young people better take COVID-19 seriously: Doctors

North Delta and Surrey doctors are stressing the importance of people taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously and stay at home.
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