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Burnaby Blooms coming to Shadbolt Centre next week

Burnaby Blooms coming to Shadbolt Centre next week

Floral designers will show off their craft
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Stamp honouring baseball team that fought racism unveiled in Burnaby

Stamp honouring baseball team that fought racism unveiled in Burnaby

A new Canada Post stamp honours an amateur Japanese-Canadian baseball team that used sport to battle racism and discrimination.
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We’re doubling down: All you self-absorbed babies don’t need Uber — you just really, really want it

We’re doubling down: All you self-absorbed babies don’t need Uber — you just really, really want it

Disgruntled commentators missing the point
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PETA releases footage of alleged pig abuse at Lower Mainland farm (Video)

PETA releases footage of alleged pig abuse at Lower Mainland farm (Video)

Warning: This post contains a graphic video and details regarding alleged animal abuse
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Fight over 'People's Party' naming rights heads to Federal Court

Fight over 'People's Party' naming rights heads to Federal Court

Abbotsford business man wants political party name stripped from Maxime Bernier
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New ‘futuristic’ salad vending machine launches in Metro Vancouver

New ‘futuristic’ salad vending machine launches in Metro Vancouver

Toss your preconceived notion of what vending machine eats can be thanks to this new venture that’s dispensing the goods...
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'Heartbreaking': newborn kittens left in Vancouver dumpster to die

'Heartbreaking': newborn kittens left in Vancouver dumpster to die

BC SPCA: “This is an absolutely heartbreaking case, where two innocent animals were thrown out like trash to die”
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Now people are calling baloney on a different Burnaby 'affordable' housing project

Now people are calling baloney on a different Burnaby 'affordable' housing project

I wrote a column on April 14 about a torrent of comments the NOW received about the supposed affordability of rents at a new “affordable” housing project for seniors.
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Burnaby taxi driver denied Richmond licence due to 'instability' and alcoholism

Burnaby taxi driver denied Richmond licence due to 'instability' and alcoholism

A Burnaby taxi driver has been denied a chauffeur’s permit in Richmond due to his history of “instability” and alcoholism. A taxi driver applied for a chauffeur’s permit in late February, sponsored by Richmond Taxi Co., but Cpl.
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Early data suggests no spike in drug-impaired driving charges since cannabis legalization

Early data suggests no spike in drug-impaired driving charges since cannabis legalization

Canadian police say they haven’t been busting many more stoned drivers six months after legalization, but they are reminding drivers to keep cannabis out of reach.
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