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Comics raising money for Terry Fox run with live Burnaby event

Comics raising money for Terry Fox run with live Burnaby event

Cancer is no laughing matter. Raising money to fight it is. At least that’s what the organizers of an event this Saturday, Sept. 14, think. Mixed Nuts Productions has partnered with the Firefighters Public House in Burnaby to host Comedy for a Cure.
Here’s why it’s getting harder to retire in B.C.

Here’s why it’s getting harder to retire in B.C.

B.C. residents want to retire earlier despite carrying the most debt in retirement
Vancouver’s Science World goes to the Cats & Dogs with giant exhibition this month

Vancouver’s Science World goes to the Cats & Dogs with giant exhibition this month

Calling all canine and feline aficionados! Science World will host a Cats & Dogs exhibition, its first large-sale event dedicated to these animals.
Man charged in Burnaby after alleged racial abuse

Man charged in Burnaby after alleged racial abuse

Police have arrested a 45-year-old man allegedly involved in a number of serious incidents in Burnaby this week – including hurling racist and sexist remarks around on a transit bus.
Family feels betrayed by sentence in Burnaby Starbucks sucker-punch death

Family feels betrayed by sentence in Burnaby Starbucks sucker-punch death

Family of slain 22-year-old disappointed but judge says law 'not an instrument of vengeance'
Your Vancouver bus stop is watching you

Your Vancouver bus stop is watching you

Privacy commissioner investigating bus shelter cameras
Burnaby politician headlining punk show to get young people to vote

Burnaby politician headlining punk show to get young people to vote

Burnaby Coun. Joe Keithley wants people to vote and will be rocking out to do it. Keithley and his band D.O.A. is the headliner for the Punk the Vote Festival on Sept.
Metal thieves putting Burnaby highrise dwellers at risk

Metal thieves putting Burnaby highrise dwellers at risk

Metal thieves are putting Burnaby’s highrise residents at risk by making off with a vital piece of firefighting equipment.
Burnaby Terry Fox Run still looking for participants, corporate sponsors

Burnaby Terry Fox Run still looking for participants, corporate sponsors

Terry Fox had a single dream: a world without cancer. With this dream, he sought to reach out to every corner of Canada, and beyond, when he embarked on his Marathon of Hope.
'Wishful thinking' vs. viable plan: Burnaby mulls climate emergency targets

'Wishful thinking' vs. viable plan: Burnaby mulls climate emergency targets

Environment committee members disagree over how ambitious the city's greenhouse gas emissions targets should be