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New West restaurant puts up glass dividers and more to keep diners safe

New West restaurant puts up glass dividers and more to keep diners safe

Piva Modern Italian restaurant pivots and goes above and beyond many other eateries to handle COVID-19.
COVID-19 delays case of bus driver charged in fatal Burnaby pedestrian crash

COVID-19 delays case of bus driver charged in fatal Burnaby pedestrian crash

Suresh Chand Lal, 56, is accused of driving without due care and attention and failing to yield to a pedestrian at a green light.
Burnaby city employees recalled after COVID-19-related layoffs

Burnaby city employees recalled after COVID-19-related layoffs

The city, however, did not have solid numbers on recalled staff
Burnaby students return to school amid anti-COVID measures

Burnaby students return to school amid anti-COVID measures

About a quarter of the Burnaby school district’s students returned to school today after a two-and-a-half month COVID-19 hiatus – but the start of the school day was anything but normal.
Burnaby library launches curbside pickup program

Burnaby library launches curbside pickup program

Have you missed your local library? Well, they’re back – sort of. No, you can’t go inside the libraries, but the Burnaby Public Library has developed its own curbside pickup program, following the lead of other libraries in the region.
Surrey taxpayers foot $39M bill for cancelled LRT line; SkyTrain extension questioned

Surrey taxpayers foot $39M bill for cancelled LRT line; SkyTrain extension questioned

With little in the tank, Surrey will need to find $9.3 million cash
Burnaby extending one of its warming centres to June 30

Burnaby extending one of its warming centres to June 30

The City of Burnaby has extended operations of one of its warming centres until the end of the month. The service extension, which was quietly announced late last week, is the second such extension since the beginning of the pandemic.
Opinion: Ignorant people are ruining this brilliant Burnaby trail

Opinion: Ignorant people are ruining this brilliant Burnaby trail

The City of Burnaby takes a lot of heat, but they do get things right. One thing it did during the COVID-19 pandemic was make the Deer Lake trail a one-way path.
Opinion: Skip the safety – Burnaby food app drivers are a menace

Opinion: Skip the safety – Burnaby food app drivers are a menace

Hating on food app companies and drivers in Burnaby is pretty easy to do. They do provide a valuable service, especially to people with disabilities, but how they operate is pretty damaging.
Opinion: Shoppers at Burnaby’s biggest mall too clueless for words

Opinion: Shoppers at Burnaby’s biggest mall too clueless for words

I stepped foot into Burnaby’s biggest mall – Metropolis at Metrotown – on Friday afternoon and had mixed feelings about what I saw. Many of the stores have reopened slowly, but some are still closed. No Victoria’s Secret shopping for me that day.