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Move over black market: legit businesses muscle in on marijuana's potential

Move over black market: legit businesses muscle in on marijuana's potential

Lots of suits, few tattoos at legalizing cannabis seminar at the Vancouver Club
Is climate change turning us into A/C pigs?

Is climate change turning us into A/C pigs?

Is climate change turning people in B.C. into A/C pigs? According to BC Hydro, the use of air conditioning has skyrocketed to deal with the summer heat. The report “Cold comfort: The rising use (and cost) of air conditioning in B.C.
These Burnaby roads will be affected by gas line upgrades this summer

These Burnaby roads will be affected by gas line upgrades this summer

Special meeting with FortisBC set for Tuesday to update residents on the impacts
Burnaby fire hero allowed third try at law suit against building owner, management

Burnaby fire hero allowed third try at law suit against building owner, management

A man honoured by the Burnaby fire department in 2012 for pulling an elderly neighbour from a burning apartment will be allowed to have his day in B.C. Supreme Court as he tries for a third time to sue the owners and managers of the building.

IHIT kept homicide of Burnaby infant from public

Homicide investigators kept the 2015 death of a Burnaby infant from the public in part because her suspected killer – her father – was not deemed a threat to public safety. The man’s seven-week-old daughter died on March 1, 2015.
Non-market housing and daycare project in Burnaby headed to hearing

Non-market housing and daycare project in Burnaby headed to hearing

A non-profit group that provides services to people with developmental disabilities is one step closer to breaking ground on a $4 million project that would bring a new child-care facility and non-market rental housing to Burnaby.
Burnaby's billion-dollar building boom: City on track to smash construction record

Burnaby's billion-dollar building boom: City on track to smash construction record

Municipality has issued more than $704 million worth of building permits in first half of 2018
Young scallywags who stole taxi driver's rum return it, with interest

Young scallywags who stole taxi driver's rum return it, with interest

Mike Shannon's Facebook rant leads to an only-on-Bowen-Island response
Video shows suspect in hit-and-run that left Burnaby Mountie with broken arm

Video shows suspect in hit-and-run that left Burnaby Mountie with broken arm

Burnaby RCMP have released video footage of the suspect in a hit-and-run that sent a local Mountie to hospital with a broken arm last week. On July 4, the officer, on foot, had attempted to stop a grey Dodge Nitro SUV at about 10 a.m.
Video of hand-feeding bears in West Vancouver sparks outrage

Video of hand-feeding bears in West Vancouver sparks outrage

Wildlife advocates say they’re horrified by videos posted on social media that show a family who appear to be from the North Shore feeding a mother bear and her cub in their backyard.