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Sniply , a venture created by SFU alumnus and Burnaby resident Michael Cheng as a marketing tool for link sharing, is being acquired in a multi-million-dollar deal by Tim Schumacher, founder of Adblock Plus, a company whose ad-blocking plugin has mor

Burnaby got a small taste of snow on Saturday and late Sunday night. It could be worse on Tuesday, according to Mainroad – the contractor that takes care of Metro Vancouver main highways, including Highway 1 through Burnaby.

If you've been to Alouette Lake in Maple Ridge, you'll know two things: it's a wonderful place to have a picnic and it's a BC Hydro reservoir .

After a year of bargaining, there has been some talk of job action among teachers, but the BCTF said there is no plan at the moment to hold a membership vote on job action.

Name change casts doubt on B.C. government’s tech priorities

The snow has started to fall in parts of Burnaby and now people have that to panic about – along with the coronavirus. The snow appears heaviest on Burnaby Mountain – where I live – but there are reports of snow in other parts of the city.

A Toronto man claims in a class action that Hershey Canada Inc. and its corporate parents misleadingly market their candy products by failing to disclose “rampant” child labour and slavery used in their supply chains.

SARS panic in 2003 caused 10 per cent drop in tourism revenue in Vancouver

Since taking over the reins of the Burnaby NOW , I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how loyal our readers are when it comes to supplying me with ideas for stories. The dynamic photo duo of John Preissl and Glen Govier have been especially amazing.

Remember the great salt panic of a few years ago when every store in Burnaby ran out of road salt thanks to a series of snow storms? Well, it appears we’re close to a great hand sanitizer panic.