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Birth and dash: Richmond Hospital owed $1.2 million for skipped neonatal bill

Birth and dash: Richmond Hospital owed $1.2 million for skipped neonatal bill

Yan Xia's baby needed extensive neonatal care but Xia never ended up paying the hospital
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Nominees for educator awards sought

Nominees for educator awards sought

June 30 is the deadline to nominate for the new Premier's Awards for Excellence in Education
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Stories of shoes lace immigrants from around the world together in Vancouver

Stories of shoes lace immigrants from around the world together in Vancouver

Shoe Project premieres at the Museum of Vancouver June 22
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Burnaby set to make residential streets safer, prettier

Burnaby set to make residential streets safer, prettier

Some areas lagging behind on streetscape improvement
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Burnaby residents fed up with drinking, yelling, defecating

Burnaby residents fed up with drinking, yelling, defecating

HighGate Greenway residents complained to city hall about raucous behaviour
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Where to go strawberry picking in Richmond and beyond

Where to go strawberry picking in Richmond and beyond

Check out Richmond's Birak Berry Farms or W & A Farms to pick your own.
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Volunteer's ticket for running red light on street closed for Burnaby parade to be thrown out

Volunteer's ticket for running red light on street closed for Burnaby parade to be thrown out

A little media coverage seems to have done the trick for a Burnaby man fighting a traffic ticket he got while volunteering at the Hats Off Day parade earlier this month.
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Speculation tax doomed to fail, hurts B.C. reputation, says panel

Speculation tax doomed to fail, hurts B.C. reputation, says panel

Politicians at event say new tax is helping destroy province's standing as a place to do business
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Burnaby hiring prospects look 'hopeful': report

Burnaby hiring prospects look 'hopeful': report

Burnaby and Coquitlam area employers expect a hopeful hiring climate for the third quarter of 2018, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey.
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Tadpoles released to restock frog population

Tadpoles released to restock frog population

More than 1,600 endangered Northern leopard frog tadpoles raised at Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise initiative, were released into a natural habitat in the Kootenays on June 6.
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