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This was the madness I witnessed just minutes after a cyclist was killed in Burnaby

This was the madness I witnessed just minutes after a cyclist was killed in Burnaby

When I left my home on Burnaby Mountain on Saturday, I had no idea a cyclist had been killed on Gaglardi Way just an hour before.
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Canadian cannabis use is soaring, says U.N.’s World Drug Report

Canadian cannabis use is soaring, says U.N.’s World Drug Report

B.C. has highest rate of cannabis consumption among the provinces
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Update: Hit-and-run suspected in cyclist's death on Burnaby Mountain

Update: Hit-and-run suspected in cyclist's death on Burnaby Mountain

Someone else has died on a Burnaby road. A cyclist was killed this afternoon along Gaglardi Way on Burnaby Mountain, marking what is effectively the fifth road fatality in the city in June. At approximately 1:30 p.m.
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Metro Vancouver Transit Police dog Cruiser wolfs down cake to celebrate retirement (VIDEO)

Metro Vancouver Transit Police dog Cruiser wolfs down cake to celebrate retirement (VIDEO)

Metro Vancouver Transit Police service dog Cruiser sniffed out something more delicious than usual this week – his retirement cake
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Want your child to keep their brains moving this summer? Try this

Want your child to keep their brains moving this summer? Try this

With school officially done for summer, kids ages 5-14 have the opportunity to participate in the BC Summer Reading Club - a fun, free, and inclusive literacy program offered by public libraries in more than 200 communities throughout B.C.
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End-date suggested for disruptive work on this Burnaby highway

End-date suggested for disruptive work on this Burnaby highway

The FortisBC project upgrading gas lines through Burnaby and into Coquitlam is getting more intricate on one of our city’s busiest roads for commuters.
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Jagmeet Singh returns to Burnaby for outdoor movie tonight

Jagmeet Singh returns to Burnaby for outdoor movie tonight

Burnaby South MP and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has returned home. Well, home as in the place he moved into last year in order to gain a seat in the House of Commons. But, home is wherever you lay your hat and Singh picked our fine community.
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Day pass not a free pass for psych patients

Day pass not a free pass for psych patients

How could patients be given a day pass from the psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam if they are a risk to the public?
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The superheroes of Burnaby's Hats Off Day earn awards

The superheroes of Burnaby's Hats Off Day earn awards

The Heights Merchants Association held its 2019 Hats Off Day Parade Award Ceremony at Community Savings Credit Union to honour the parade participants who excelled in specific categories such as Best Overall Entry, Best Engagement, Best Parade Theme,
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Floating season: This lazy river in B.C. is over four miles long

Floating season: This lazy river in B.C. is over four miles long

The man-made waterway cuts across the Okanagan Valley and offers tubers a full three-to-four hours of relaxing fun
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