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Surrey mayor takes a swipe at B.C. solicitor general after brazen daytime murder

Surrey mayor takes a swipe at B.C. solicitor general after brazen daytime murder

Doug McCallum says province-led transition process beleaguered by “red tape”
VIDEO: Driver speeds under train arms in Burnaby during Rail Safety Week

VIDEO: Driver speeds under train arms in Burnaby during Rail Safety Week

Burnaby RCMP issued more than two dozen tickets at a local railway crossing during Rail Safety Week last week – but the driver who pulled the most dangerous manoeuvre got away.
Lowering Simon Fraser: Artist challenges the role of colonial monuments in current society

Lowering Simon Fraser: Artist challenges the role of colonial monuments in current society

A roundtable discussion is being held Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Anvil Centre Theatre, and everyone's invited
There goes the sun: Forecast calls for rain this week in Vancouver

There goes the sun: Forecast calls for rain this week in Vancouver

While the Lower Mainland enjoyed a bright, sunny weekend, the Metro Vancouver weather forecast calls for rain through most of the coming week. Starting Monday, Sept. 30, the forecast calls for sunshine and a high of 17 C.
Burnaby Green announces ‘robot tax’ to address automation of labour

Burnaby Green announces ‘robot tax’ to address automation of labour

Burnaby North-Seymour candidate Amita Kuttner announced the tax alongside Green Leader Elizabeth May and their colleagues from Richmond Centre and New Westminster-Burnaby

Hearing on Monday for these mega-towers on the Burnaby border

People will get a chance to weigh in on two towers proposed on the Burnaby border during a public hearing Monday. The buildings are part of a development proposed by Boffo Developments Ltd.
Opinion: 3 soused scumbags in Burnaby get their rides impounded

Opinion: 3 soused scumbags in Burnaby get their rides impounded

I’m pretty unforgiving when it comes to impaired driving. I grew up in an era in which many parents got liquored up at parties and then drove home with their kids in the vehicle. “Oh, we didn’t know any better,” they say now. Baloney.
Lower Mainland sea lion research station faces uncertain future

Lower Mainland sea lion research station faces uncertain future

The one-of-a-kind Port Moody research facility is in jeopardy, just as researchers say we need it most
A whopping 15% of North Burnaby kids are living in poverty

A whopping 15% of North Burnaby kids are living in poverty

In the Burnaby North-Seymour riding, just under half of children in lone-parent families live in poverty. That’s according to anti-poverty group First Call, which is trying to get people talking about this issue in the federal election.
BRAKING NEWS: Montana Grandma slows speeders down with hair dryer

BRAKING NEWS: Montana Grandma slows speeders down with hair dryer

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Montana grandmother takes law into her own hands Patti Baumgartner, of Finley Point in northwest Montana, is the state’s newest honorary Highway Trooper.