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Drunk driver who killed grandmother in Burnaby while driving 'like a maniac' gets four years in prison

Drunk driver who killed grandmother in Burnaby while driving 'like a maniac' gets four years in prison

Roberto Gil Francisco, 41, was driving 167 km/h and had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when his BMW jumped the curb and fatally struck Ontario grandmother Louise Landreth in June 2019
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Sixty-two per cent of eligible Burnaby children aged 5-11 have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Sixty-two per cent of eligible Burnaby children aged 5-11 have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Burnaby holds second-highest rate in Fraser Health
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Opinion: Awful anti-vaxxers called heroic New West health-care workers ‘disgusting’

Opinion: Awful anti-vaxxers called heroic New West health-care workers ‘disgusting’

Health-care workers deserve better
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Another anti-vaccine mandate convoy is scheduled to descend on Vancouver this weekend

Another anti-vaccine mandate convoy is scheduled to descend on Vancouver this weekend

The route takes the convoy past St. Paul’s Hospital, Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, and Vancouver General Hospital.
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Canada-wide recall of soda due to possible presence of glass

Canada-wide recall of soda due to possible presence of glass

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling PC brand soda across Canada
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COVID-19 infections continue to drop in Burnaby amid tighter B.C. testing criteria

COVID-19 infections continue to drop in Burnaby amid tighter B.C. testing criteria

Current provincial health orders are in place until at least the middle of February
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145 COVID-19 patients in B.C. ICUs – most since October

145 COVID-19 patients in B.C. ICUs – most since October

13 more die while infected with COVID-19 in B.C.
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Rembrandt's works reimagined in new exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery

Rembrandt's works reimagined in new exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery

Unsettled Histories, featuring work by Dan Starling, runs Feb. 4 to April 17
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Scammers steal data from B.C. residents through fake COVID-19 appointments. Here's how.

Scammers steal data from B.C. residents through fake COVID-19 appointments. Here's how.

Be careful.
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Last of the fruit gone as Burnaby urban orchard cut down for condos

Last of the fruit gone as Burnaby urban orchard cut down for condos

Tower going up where Kathleen Forest was located
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