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PoCo fires 7 employees for alleged theft scheme that lasted 10 years

PoCo fires 7 employees for alleged theft scheme that lasted 10 years

The coordinated scam had been going on for a decade, CAO John Leeburn said
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This is how your gas-tax dollars are spent in Burnaby

City receives an annual grant from the tax on gasoline
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RCMP investigate shots fired near Burnaby-Vancouver border

RCMP investigate shots fired near Burnaby-Vancouver border

Police are investigating shots fired near the Burnaby-Vancouver border early Wednesday morning. Burnaby RCMP say they got multiple calls from the 5200 block of Smith Avenue just before 4 a.m.
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Daycares next to bars? Burnaby considers zoning change

Daycares next to bars? Burnaby considers zoning change

Council will consider allowing childcare facilities in commercial zones
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Divorcing your spouse just got speedier in B.C.

Divorcing your spouse just got speedier in B.C.

The B.C. government has introduced a new online tool to help people with finalizing divorces, “speeding up” the processing time and creating better access to services by eliminating filing errors.
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Injured fawn survives eagle attack; now being nursed back to health

Injured fawn survives eagle attack; now being nursed back to health

Daisy was surely going to starve before being brought to Critter Care in Langley
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Two Burnaby men arrested in connection with suspected Metrotown drug lab

Two Burnaby men arrested in connection with suspected Metrotown drug lab

Two Burnaby men have been arrested in connection with a suspected drug lab taken down in Metrotown last month.
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B.C. rejects call for stricter alcohol labelling

B.C. rejects call for stricter alcohol labelling

A provincial health officer’s pleas to have the B.C. government enact strict labelling rules for alcoholic beverage packaging, including warnings about the dangers of drinking to excess, appear to be falling on deaf ears.
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Fentanyl lab and drug ring broken up, Coquitlam RCMP say

Fentanyl lab and drug ring broken up, Coquitlam RCMP say

With the dismantling of a drug lab in Burnaby and a precursor chemical storage warehouse in Port Coquitlam, police believe they have broken up a local drug ring
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Counting crows: their caw-cawll to action lets them gang up on much bigger ravens

Counting crows: their caw-cawll to action lets them gang up on much bigger ravens

UBC's Benjamin Freeman finds there's strength in numbers when a crow's up against its enemy
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