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Kids get a taste of the news biz at BCIT camp in Burnaby

Kids get a taste of the news biz at BCIT camp in Burnaby

Kids from across the Lower Mainland grabbed microphones, pointed cameras, stepped in front of green screens and learned what it takes to put together a newscast at a BCIT youth camp in Burnaby last week.
B.C.’s highest-paid executives took a pay cut in 2018

B.C.’s highest-paid executives took a pay cut in 2018

Average compensation dropped eight per cent in 2018 compared with 2017
Burnaby's first rental-zoning proposal coming to public hearing

Burnaby's first rental-zoning proposal coming to public hearing

Three-storey, 25-unit building proposed for 18th Avenue
Mom with cancer seeks aid for adopted daughter

Mom with cancer seeks aid for adopted daughter

A former Stelly’s Secondary School teacher facing a terminal cancer diagnosis is appealing for financial help to keep her adopted daughter in Canada.
Anti-bat backlash feared in wake of fatal rabies case

Anti-bat backlash feared in wake of fatal rabies case

Conservationists are concerned about a potential backlash against bats following a rare case in which a 21-year-old Parksville man died from rabies after a bat encounter. Mandy Kellner, co-ordinator of the B.C.
This is what it’s like for a Burnaby cyclist to get ‘buzzed’ by a driver

This is what it’s like for a Burnaby cyclist to get ‘buzzed’ by a driver

A Burnaby cyclist contacted me after reading some of my blogs lately about cycling in Burnaby. Since I am not an actual cyclist, I’ve been learning as I go about what it’s like on Burnaby roads.
223,273 offer views on daylight time to help decide its future in B.C.

223,273 offer views on daylight time to help decide its future in B.C.

Input from 223,273 people was submitted to an online provincial government survey from June 24 to July 19 about the future of daylight time in B.C.
Metro Vancouver has highest rate of hate crimes among Canada’s biggest regions

Metro Vancouver has highest rate of hate crimes among Canada’s biggest regions

Statistics Canada data released Monday shows Jewish people still number one target of hatred
Update: 'Protesting grandpa' on hunger strike has been released, supporters say

Update: 'Protesting grandpa' on hunger strike has been released, supporters say

Terry Christenson was 'looking extremely weak and gaunt' as he appeared in court Monday, according to Stand.earth
(Video) 5 people attacked with needle at Burnaby mall: police

(Video) 5 people attacked with needle at Burnaby mall: police

A 32-year-old man faces multiple charges of assault with a weapon after he allegedly jabbed several people with a capped hypodermic needle at Metrotown mall in Burnaby Friday. Police responded to the mall just after 9 p.m.