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Make a delivery, take a delivery – DoorDash driver steals package while dropping off food in Burnaby

Make a delivery, take a delivery – DoorDash driver steals package while dropping off food in Burnaby

Former food delivery driver Feridon Jahankhani has been ordered to complete 10 hours of community work service after pleading guilty to stealing a package at a Burnaby condo tower while he was making a delivery in March.
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B.C.'s urban forests are failing poor and racialized communities, says study

B.C.'s urban forests are failing poor and racialized communities, says study

A report looking at 12 Canadian cities, including Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Abbotsford and Vancouver, found urban trees and their cooling effects are largely concentrated in rich, white neighbourhoods.
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Letter: Rising grocery prices have seniors struggling to survive

Letter: Rising grocery prices have seniors struggling to survive

How can we stay healthy when produce and prescriptions cost so much?
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Burnaby’s first hospice centre celebrates anniversary with a bittersweet farewell

Burnaby’s first hospice centre celebrates anniversary with a bittersweet farewell

Longtime board member Gary Begin retires from St. Michael's centre, which is celebrating 41 years in the community as a long-term care facility and 20 years as Burnaby's only hospice centre.
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Dog stolen in Vancouver returned to family, found in Burnaby

Dog stolen in Vancouver returned to family, found in Burnaby

Metro Vancouver Transit Police reunite stolen dog, Ollie the border collie, with his family after a SkyTrain attendant spotted him at the Lougheed SkyTrain station boarding a Coquitlam-bound bus.
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Province bracing for combined surge in COVID-19 and flu, Henry says

Province bracing for combined surge in COVID-19 and flu, Henry says

Modelling used to prepare the health-care system for the fall COVID and flu season projects up to 700 additional patients hospitalized over the coming months.
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Burnaby school district to explore 'tower school' option for town centres

Burnaby school district to explore 'tower school' option for town centres

Sites for new schools are needed in Brentwood, Edmonds, Lougheed and Bainbridge, but land is scarce, so the district says it will explore the idea of schools in highrises along with other solutions.
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Burnaby’s own Michael Bublé hosts an evening of song in Vancouver

Burnaby’s own Michael Bublé hosts an evening of song in Vancouver

Sway with him – Bublé is back in town to croon this Saturday, as he tours for his new album Higher.
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Burnaby players swing into action in world's widest-reaching amateur cricket league

Burnaby players swing into action in world's widest-reaching amateur cricket league

Burnaby hosts the final match of the debut season of amateur cricket league, Last Man Stands.
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Metro Vancouver gas prices set to top North American record

Metro Vancouver gas prices set to top North American record

West Coast supply problems are leading to record gas prices in Vancouver, says one expert.
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