Today is the last day to get rid of your shreddables at Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby.
Metropolis is holding a document-shredding event today, Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and has been accepting documents all week to help people avoid the risk of identity theft, according to a press release from the mall.
Those with confidential documents such as bank statements, credit card bills and tax documents can bring their papers to the mall's customer service desk and drop them off in the secure totes there, or take them to the north parking lot off of Kingsway.
A large shredding truck will be in the parking lot for big on-site shredding jobs.
Shoppers Drug Mart throws a party for charity
Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Burnaby are hosting a fundraiser next weekend, the Pretty Little Party.
Half of the money from each ticket sold for the event on Saturday, May 5, will go towards Look Good Feel Better, a charitable foundation that provides free two-hour makeover workshops to women with cancer.
Tickets can be purchased in advance. They are $10, with $5 going to the charity and the other $5 redeemable for purchases made at the event.
The event includes free makeovers, complimentary skin consultations, prizes, giveaways and more.
Burnaby stores participating in the event are those at Kensington Square, Old Orchard Shopping Centre, Highgate Village, Metropolis at Metrotown, Northgate Village and Centrepoint.
Deadline for Young Entrepreneur Award extended
The deadline for the 2012 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award has been extended.
Submissions are now due by Sunday, May 6.
Burnaby entrepreneurs, aged 18 to 35, have the chance to win the $100,000 2012 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award from the Business Development Bank of Canada.
A second prize of $25,000 was recently added, according to a press release from BDC.
Applicants are asked to submit a video describing their plans for a project that would grow their business, according to a press release from BDC.
Applications can be submitted online and details are available at www.bdcyoungentrepreneuraward.ca, and on the BDC's Facebook page.
Canadians can also cast their votes on the BDC Facebook page for their favourite innovation project from 11 finalists, who will be chosen by a panel of judges.
Telus putting $14 million toward service expansion in Burnaby
Telus is spending $14 million on expanding its 4G LTE wireless technology and Optik TV services in Burnaby in 2012, according to a press release from the company.
"The demand for wireless services is exploding in Burnaby and Telus is committed to making investments in infrastructure and technology to better serve our customers and community," said Roberto Aiello, Telus' director of customer solutions delivery, in the release.
It is part of the company's $3 billion infrastructure improvement plan for B.C., which is slated to take place through 2014.
Ray Power leaves politics
Retired RCMP officer Ray Power is now retiring from politics, as well.
Power let the NOW know of his decision in an email on April 16.
"At 65, it's time for me to move on and spend my time doing more productive things," he wrote. "The time and energy required to fulfill my obligations in the political arena have gone beyond my capacity at this time."
Power intends to continue to share his opinions as a Burnaby resident, he said, adding he has been politically active for 35 years.
Power was TEAM Burnaby's president following the November 2011 civic election, when he ran as a council candidate for the party.
He ran in the 2006 federal election for the Green Party in the Burnaby-Douglas riding, in the 1997 federal election for the Progressive Conservatives in the same riding, and also ran for mayor in both Burnaby - with the Burnaby Voters Non-Partisan Association - and in Vancouver, as an independent.
