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Learn about robberies and how to avoid them from Burnaby Mounties

Learn about robberies and how to avoid them from Burnaby Mounties

So you’ve been robbed, now what? That’s one of the many questions Burnaby RCMP’s Strike Force Robbery Unit will answer at an upcoming robbery prevention presentation.
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Alleged hot-tub racist arrested at Burnaby rec centre

Alleged hot-tub racist arrested at Burnaby rec centre

46-year-old New Westminster man faces charges after reportedly yelling racial slurs, screaming and swearing at Edmonds Community Centre Sunday night.
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No food, no water: Indigenous protesters mount hunger strike against Trans Mountain

No food, no water: Indigenous protesters mount hunger strike against Trans Mountain

Inspired by jailed demonstrators, TMX opponent prays on Burnaby Mountain
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Veering from Uber and Lyft model, Kater plans to offer ride-hailing across all B.C.

Veering from Uber and Lyft model, Kater plans to offer ride-hailing across all B.C.

What happened: B.C.-based Kater is submitting its application to operate as a ride-hailing service across all regions in B.C.
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Coroner calls inquest into 2 deaths in Burnaby police-involved shooting

Coroner calls inquest into 2 deaths in Burnaby police-involved shooting

Matthew Charles Miles, 47, and Kenneth Robert Hanna, 48, died in 2015
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You can drink beer and wine on B.C. Ferries sailings out of Vancouver this fall

You can drink beer and wine on B.C. Ferries sailings out of Vancouver this fall

Thirsty B.C. Ferries passengers will have the chance to sip an alcoholic beverage on sailings between Vancouver and Victoria starting this fall.
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Metro food waste program adds 'scrappy' new characters

Metro food waste program adds 'scrappy' new characters

Metro Vancouver is launching an enhanced organics recycling campaign to further build on the region’s waste diversion successes by reminding people, Hey! Food Scraps Aren’t Garbage.
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Metro Vancouver taking aim at stink created by pot growers

Metro Vancouver taking aim at stink created by pot growers

Metro Vancouver is taking a crack at regulating emissions from marijuana growing operations that are causing a stink.
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'There is total devastation' – Burnaby firefighters arrive in hurricane-ravaged Bahamas

'There is total devastation' – Burnaby firefighters arrive in hurricane-ravaged Bahamas

A team of Burnaby firefighters and search dogs has landed in the worst-hit area of the Bahamas to undertake the grim task of recovering bodies and searching for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
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Parents warned after Burnaby hockey coach arrested on child porn charges

Parents warned after Burnaby hockey coach arrested on child porn charges

Police have arrested a former coach from the Burnaby Winter Club on child pornography charges.
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