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Burnaby landlords tout safety and benefits of residential bins

Burnaby landlords tout safety and benefits of residential bins

With all the controversy about the safety of donation bins after several deaths in Canada due to people fall in, one non-profit is promoting a different way – residential donation bins.
Rise in data breaches prompts warning

Rise in data breaches prompts warning

As privacy awareness week gets underway, the BC Office for the Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Better Business Bureau are warning people do a better job protecting their personal data
Seal pup 'Dwayne The Rockfish Johnson' earliest rescue on record for Vancouver centre

Seal pup 'Dwayne The Rockfish Johnson' earliest rescue on record for Vancouver centre

The seal pup rescue season has started earlier than usual for the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre
Police appeal for leads in Burnaby cold-case killing

Police appeal for leads in Burnaby cold-case killing

Police are looking for leads in the 2015 killing of a Burnaby man who worked for the City of Vancouver. Hanif Jessa, a superintendent of street cleaning in Vancouver, was shot in his car outside his home in the 7900 block of Wickham Pl.
All KPU campuses declared safe after closure over 'threat'

All KPU campuses declared safe after closure over 'threat'

Police have given the all clear after Kwantlen Polytechnic University's five campuses across Metro Vancouver were closed due to "an unsubstantiated threat" Wednesday.
BIV Talks: Expert panel on money laundering in B.C. with Dr. Peter German

BIV Talks: Expert panel on money laundering in B.C. with Dr. Peter German

Panel will include author of province-commissioned investigative report into “dirty money” in real estate and other sectors
City tells Burnaby residents to toss out the My Waste app

City tells Burnaby residents to toss out the My Waste app

Instead, they should use the Recycle Coach app for reminders
Kids fired up at Burnaby Fire Department youth academy

Kids fired up at Burnaby Fire Department youth academy

Fourteen Burnaby high school students got a chance to try their hand at firefighting last week at the fire department’s third annual youth academy.
Koi set to return to Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Koi set to return to Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

The fish were moved to Vancouver Aquarium last year after a rogue river otter killed most of the resident mature koi
Hiker suffering heart attack safely rescued from BCMC Trail

Hiker suffering heart attack safely rescued from BCMC Trail

A joint effort from North Shore Emergency crews led to a safe extraction