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You can adopt a pet for 50% off the regular price with the BC SPCA

You can adopt a pet for 50% off the regular price with the BC SPCA

Is there a dog, a cat, or even a rat-shaped hole in your heart? On Nov.9, the BC SPCA will have a province-wide adoption promotion that will include dogs, cats, kittens, puppies, rats and guinea pigs.
You can get lost in this massive 'Pac-Man inspired' escape maze in Vancouver

You can get lost in this massive 'Pac-Man inspired' escape maze in Vancouver

Do you love retro arcade games? The Maze comes to Vancouver next year in May and offers a huge arcade-style maze as well as a “pixel” room filled with old-school games and activities.
Serious crash in Burnaby has Kingsway traffic in chaos

Serious crash in Burnaby has Kingsway traffic in chaos

We couldn’t just have a quiet Saturday night to watch the Canucks game, could we? Nope, more drivers had to do reckless things in Burnaby. There’s a serious crash on Kingsway just after Grimmer in Burnaby.
Burnaby fire captain awarded rare medal of bravery

Burnaby fire captain awarded rare medal of bravery

Captain Wade Robertson pulled an elderly man from the entranceway of a burning house last year.

Poppy protocols in remembrance

Poppies are worn with pride throughout the Remembrance period – the last Friday in October until Nov. 11 - in honour of veterans. The Royal Canadian Legion encourages Canadians to be respectful of the lapel poppy and to wear it correctly.
UPDATED: Transit strike leads to more SeaBus cancellations Saturday

UPDATED: Transit strike leads to more SeaBus cancellations Saturday

A total of 20 sailings will be cancelled between 4:15 and 9:15 p.m.
Burnaby RCMP nail not-so-magnificent-7 speed demons

Burnaby RCMP nail not-so-magnificent-7 speed demons

If you look at the photo of the vehicle being towed, you’ll see it’s a Subaru station wagon. Yep, this vehicle managed to drive way over the speed limit Friday night, leading to it getting towed away.
Someone in B.C. won blow-big-moolah-in-Vegas-baby in Friday's Lotto Max

Someone in B.C. won blow-big-moolah-in-Vegas-baby in Friday's Lotto Max

Earlier this week, a train conductor was announced as having won $500,000 in the lottery – he said he wasn’t quitting his day job. Fair enough, but yawn. But on Friday night, a single B.C.
It's fall, but an air quality advisory has been issued for Burnaby and beyond

It's fall, but an air quality advisory has been issued for Burnaby and beyond

Metro Vancouver has issued an air quality bulletin due to expected “intermittent high concentrations of fine particulate matter” over the weekend and is asking residents to minimize wood burning activities and the use of fireworks.
This sad, injured pelican is recovering at a Burnaby wildlife centre

This sad, injured pelican is recovering at a Burnaby wildlife centre

An American white pelican stood in front of two mirrors in a tiny recovery room on Friday, stretching to reveal a glaring wound and messy feathers on its left wing.