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Provincial COVID recovery funds unlikely to prevent Burnaby teacher cuts: district

Provincial COVID recovery funds unlikely to prevent Burnaby teacher cuts: district

Local teachers hoping for 'infusion from government' to improve services to students emerging from pandemic in September
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Updated: MP Shin boosts federal bill that aims to tackle Burnaby, Coquitlam sewage problems

Updated: MP Shin boosts federal bill that aims to tackle Burnaby, Coquitlam sewage problems

The federal Conservatives sought an amendment to the federal Fisheries Act that would define raw sewage as a material that cannot be dumped into a waterway, however, the bill was defeated
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Opinion: Should this proposed gas line be built so close to two Burnaby parks?

Opinion: Should this proposed gas line be built so close to two Burnaby parks?

I get that FortisBC is trying hard to engage the public and the City of Burnaby to find the best route for a new natural gas pipeline.
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Opinion: Burnaby construction site’s neighbours must brace for ‘nightmare’ of damage

Opinion: Burnaby construction site’s neighbours must brace for ‘nightmare’ of damage

One resident details how her home was damaged by nearby construction
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City of Burnaby 2021 byelection Q&A: Candidate Mike Volkow

City of Burnaby 2021 byelection Q&A: Candidate Mike Volkow

"To those who don't want to vote or don't see a point, I would ask why not?"
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National Film Board honours National Indigenous Peoples Day

National Film Board honours National Indigenous Peoples Day

A documentary by Burnaby filmmaker Christopher Auchter, Now is the Time, is one of those featured in the NFB's online learning portal
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SFU Burnaby hires swim coach after previous coach left following mysterious absence

SFU Burnaby hires swim coach after previous coach left following mysterious absence

Demone Tissira, who ran the University of Regina swim program, will oversee Canada’s only NCAA men’s and women’s swim teams
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B.C. 6/49 lottery winner will have to share $6-million jackpot

B.C. 6/49 lottery winner will have to share $6-million jackpot

The six winning numbers were 13, 15, 17, 25, 34 and 45.
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Opinion: This doctor's strategy helped save B.C. from a U.K. COVID-19 fate

Opinion: This doctor's strategy helped save B.C. from a U.K. COVID-19 fate

Strategy led to B.C. extending interval between first and second doses
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Indian residential schools were designed with cemeteries

Indian residential schools were designed with cemeteries

'It wasn't a secret there were going to be deaths': An Indigenous studies professor at Simon Fraser University says many schools' architectural drawings included cemeteries.
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