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Fired coach punches back at shuttered North Burnaby Boxing Club

Fired coach punches back at shuttered North Burnaby Boxing Club

Manny Sorbal was a founding member and head coach of the North Burnaby Boxing Club until the board of directors fired him in 2020. Changes to the club's bylaws ended his membership as well, but the province's Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled those changes were invalid.
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End of an era: The first mall-based Hudson’s Bay is shutting down in Burnaby

End of an era: The first mall-based Hudson’s Bay is shutting down in Burnaby

Hudson's Bay Co. shaped Lougheed Town Centre as we know it.
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Letters: Protect the noble Viking

Letters: Protect the noble Viking

More readers leap to defence of Burnaby North Secondary School mascot.
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Burnaby strata ordered to pay $5K for ignoring owner’s right to storage room

Burnaby strata ordered to pay $5K for ignoring owner’s right to storage room

The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered the Ingleton Place strata on Hastings Street to pay Trinden Enterprises Ltd. $5,000 for renting out a storage room to Telus that Trinden should have had exclusive use of.
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Burnaby flagger sentenced for menacing coworker with stop sign

Burnaby flagger sentenced for menacing coworker with stop sign

Peter Kyle McGregor, 55, has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for taking a swing at a fellow flagger with a traffic sign at a construction site in South Burnaby in May.
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Man sentenced for 'extreme' intoxication while driving in Burnaby

Man sentenced for 'extreme' intoxication while driving in Burnaby

Afor Beckley Okegberu, 54, was charged with drunk driving after police got reports of a car on Highway 1 in Burnaby 'swerving across lanes of traffic with no lights on' just before midnight.
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Keith Baldrey: Long-term care projects failing to keep up with B.C.’s needs

Keith Baldrey: Long-term care projects failing to keep up with B.C.’s needs

Number of people in the province over the age of 75 expected to grow by 55,000 over the next 20 years.
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Questions remain around Royal City Twitter scandal

Questions remain around Royal City Twitter scandal

The incident highlights broader concerns about communication, transparency and ethics in the online age
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ICBC 'acted unreasonably and improperly' assessing blame in Burnaby crash: tribunal

ICBC 'acted unreasonably and improperly' assessing blame in Burnaby crash: tribunal

Steven Cheng took ICBC to the Civil Resolution Tribunal after the insurer found him 75 per cent at fault for a crash on Hastings Street by Ellesmere Avenue last June.
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Skateboarders push for Olympic-grade skate park in Burnaby

Skateboarders push for Olympic-grade skate park in Burnaby

Rising local skateboard star Oli Ward of Burnaby and national skateboard team coach Adam Higgins lobbied Burnaby city council for an indoor or outdoor skatepark in the city.
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