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Letter: City's design made my Burnaby street narrow and dangerous

Letter: City's design made my Burnaby street narrow and dangerous

Editor: Re: This Burnaby street should absolutely be closed to traffic , NOW blogs Not quite sure why Audrey Flagel is complaining after living there for only six or so years.
Opinion: Burnaby does have bike lanes. Except when they don’t

Opinion: Burnaby does have bike lanes. Except when they don’t

A designated bike lane is supposed to be respected at all times by drivers and cyclists alike. Sure, there’s only a painted symbol and a white line – maybe the occasional sign – but it’s there for a reason and needs to be adhered to at all times.
Opinion: Trans Mountain touts 59 Indigenous deals as Wet'suwet'en crisis rages. Interesting timing

Opinion: Trans Mountain touts 59 Indigenous deals as Wet'suwet'en crisis rages. Interesting timing

Trans Mountain emails a newsletter pretty much each week with updates on the project. The topics vary each week, ranging from construction to employment to the latest court decisions.
Friends rally for Burnaby mom after triple amputation due to meningitis

Friends rally for Burnaby mom after triple amputation due to meningitis

A fundraising campaign has been set up for a Burnaby mom after a triple amputation due to bacterial meningitis. The campaign was started by Fallone Watson, a friend of 34-year-old mother of two Gloria LC.
Opinion: Reckless Burnaby trucker had adult sitting in child's booster seat

Opinion: Reckless Burnaby trucker had adult sitting in child's booster seat

Officers from 14 different law-enforcement agencies across the Lower Mainland were in Burnaby all this past week for a concerted four-day commercial vehicle enforcement blitz, with check stops set up at multiple locations each day.
Need parenting help? Try Burnaby's first parenting conference

Need parenting help? Try Burnaby's first parenting conference

When someone becomes a parent, there is not instruction manual that comes with the baby. There are parenting books, parenting blogs and parenting advice that comes from everyone you know.
Opinion: Burnaby pedestrians forced onto a scary gauntlet on this street

Opinion: Burnaby pedestrians forced onto a scary gauntlet on this street

In December 2019, people were spitting mad after a 13-year-old boy was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver on Humphries Street at 17th Avenue in Burnaby.
Here’s a snapshot of the ‘State of Cycling’ in Metro Vancouver

Here’s a snapshot of the ‘State of Cycling’ in Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver’s cycling network nearly tripled last decade.
Coronavirus latest: 8th case confirmed in B.C. in Vancouver Coastal Health region

Coronavirus latest: 8th case confirmed in B.C. in Vancouver Coastal Health region

The patient is a woman in her 60s visiting from Tehran, Iran
H1N1 experience is helping B.C. doctors deal with COVID-19, says Coquitlam doc

H1N1 experience is helping B.C. doctors deal with COVID-19, says Coquitlam doc

Dr. Kathleen Ross, who practises in Coquitlam and is president of the Doctors of BC, said safety protocols are already being done for flu season