Skip to content

Local News

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in B.C., as do active infections, marking pause in recent headway

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in B.C., as do active infections, marking pause in recent headway

Four more people have died from the virus across the province, raising the death toll to 1,263.
Read more >
Burnaby wants a national emergency declared in drug poisoning crisis

Burnaby wants a national emergency declared in drug poisoning crisis

Mayor Mike Hurley introduced a resolution to call on the federal government to declare the vast increase in drug toxicity deaths to be a public health emergency
Read more >
Mom who abducted children from Hong Kong wins battle to keep them in Burnaby

Mom who abducted children from Hong Kong wins battle to keep them in Burnaby

B.C. Supreme Court decision denying father's bid to get the three children back was "very unusual," says family law lawyer
Read more >
Letter: This Burnaby path forces us into COVID-19 violations

Letter: This Burnaby path forces us into COVID-19 violations

This cyclist wants the City of Burnaby to widen the path
Read more >
No voting by mail in upcoming Burnaby council byelection

No voting by mail in upcoming Burnaby council byelection

The byelection to fill vacancies left by the deaths of Paul McDonell and Nick Volkow will likely have more advance voting dates to improve COVID safety
Read more >
Coffee giant could move into Burnaby just as Starbucks closes locations

Coffee giant could move into Burnaby just as Starbucks closes locations

Second Cup chain set for huge expansion
Read more >
'Holy smokes!': Burnaby couple wins big with Lotto 6/49

'Holy smokes!': Burnaby couple wins big with Lotto 6/49

The draw was held right before Christmas
Read more >
Several Metro Vancouver grocery store workers test positive for COVID-19

Several Metro Vancouver grocery store workers test positive for COVID-19

Workers at stores in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, and Delta are among the many new test-positive cases reported by the parent companies of stores like Safeway and Shoppers Drug Mart.
Read more >
Burnaby Safeway grapples with new COVID-19 case

Burnaby Safeway grapples with new COVID-19 case

Multiple Burnaby workers at local grocery stores have tested positive recently
Read more >
Driver pleads guilty to lesser charge in death of New Westminster teen

Driver pleads guilty to lesser charge in death of New Westminster teen

Family want to know why two charges of impaired driving causing death were dropped against Chao Chen, the 45-year-old former Burnaby resident responsible for the crash that killed 19-year-old Olivia Malcom on a Delta highway in 2018.
Read more >