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Here's how you can support Vancouver restaurants during the COVID-19 crisis

Here's how you can support Vancouver restaurants during the COVID-19 crisis

Metro Vancouver restaurants are hurting. As soon as the news broke about the novel coronavirus outbreak in China in January, the effect was almost immediate for restaurants.
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Can B.C. fix its condo insurance crisis?

Can B.C. fix its condo insurance crisis?

Tough insurance market conditions driving premiums through the roof
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Stuck at home during the pandemic? Telus just offered Metro Vancouver unlimited data

Stuck at home during the pandemic? Telus just offered Metro Vancouver unlimited data

From Coquitlam to Toronto, several telecom companies waive overage, roaming fees until the end of April.
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UPDATED: Medical emergency shuts down Expo Line service

UPDATED: Medical emergency shuts down Expo Line service

Braid Station is closed until further notice and there is no service between Sapperton and Lougheed Stations
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Only a handful of people travelling after global travel advisory issued: Richmond travel agent

Only a handful of people travelling after global travel advisory issued: Richmond travel agent

Phone lines clogged as travellers try to cancel with airlines, many concerned about two-week quarantine
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How this 10-year-old recites hundreds of digits of pi from memory

How this 10-year-old recites hundreds of digits of pi from memory

Happy International Pi Day!
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Opinion: This is how you can rat out horrid Burnaby drivers

Opinion: This is how you can rat out horrid Burnaby drivers

One of my blogs last weekend included dash-cam footage of a reckless driver blowing through a stop sign in the wrong lane in Burnaby. You can read about that case here , but let me assure you it was pretty terrible.
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Burnaby thief caught rummaging through stolen booty on SkyTrain

Burnaby thief caught rummaging through stolen booty on SkyTrain

When you steal something, it’s probably best to wait until you get home before admiring your day’s take. A Burnaby thief learned this lesson the hard way after being nailed by Metro Vancouver Transit Police.
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Letter: TMX trucks in Burnaby making my retirement 'hell'

Letter: TMX trucks in Burnaby making my retirement 'hell'

Editor: Re: Frustrated Burnaby Mountain residents take to policing Trans Mountain traffic , NOW News I live on Ashgrove (Ash Grove) Crescent, and have done so for 34 years. It used to be a quiet and tranquil neighbourhood.
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Opinion: COVID-19 has Burnaby businesses on life support. Let’s change that

Opinion: COVID-19 has Burnaby businesses on life support. Let’s change that

The term “social distancing” has suddenly replaced “cancel culture” as the hot new phrase out there in the big, bad world. The problem is too many people are taking “social distancing” to the extreme. Not shaking hands is good.
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