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Letter: If you block your Burnaby house's parking spaces with cones, I will run them over

Letter: If you block your Burnaby house's parking spaces with cones, I will run them over

Should a resident be allowed to preserve the spaces in front of their own house?
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Letter: Bag bans at Burnaby Safeway and Walmart a ‘middle finger’ to shoppers

Letter: Bag bans at Burnaby Safeway and Walmart a ‘middle finger’ to shoppers

Editor: I went to my local Walmart here in Burnaby recently and left without actually buying anything. That’s because I was standing at the self-checkout and couldn’t find any plastic bags to fill with my groceries.
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Letter: ‘Asinine’ cooling-off period will flood Burnaby real estate with rampant speculation

Letter: ‘Asinine’ cooling-off period will flood Burnaby real estate with rampant speculation

Should the BC NDP have passed this without nailing down the details of how it will work?
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'It's fraud': Burnaby man finds 'bogus' parking warning on city letterhead on windshield

'It's fraud': Burnaby man finds 'bogus' parking warning on city letterhead on windshield

A Burnaby homeowner says neighbours will do anything to prevent people from parking on a public street.
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Jack Knox: We're happy to tell Junior what to eat, but leave Mom and Dad alone

Jack Knox: We're happy to tell Junior what to eat, but leave Mom and Dad alone

Worries that new guidelines will do away with school fundraisers that feature hot dogs and pizza
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Burnaby landlord struggled to evict hoarder who got him in trouble with city

Burnaby landlord struggled to evict hoarder who got him in trouble with city

Landlord had to have a police escort just to visit his own property.
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Les Leyne: Despite MLAs' advice, regional police force a long way off

Les Leyne: Despite MLAs' advice, regional police force a long way off

Committee of MLAs has zero power to do anything with their recommendations.
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Opinion: Totally vacant: City of Vancouver’s push for an empty stores tax

Opinion: Totally vacant: City of Vancouver’s push for an empty stores tax

Just when you thought you could never cure the local merchant misery, along comes the prescription
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Opinion: Underground economy shortchanging workers and the public purse

Opinion: Underground economy shortchanging workers and the public purse

Dishonest construction contractors who under-report income or deliberately misclassify their workers to evade tax and employment fees are costing the B.C. economy at least $308 million a year.
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Opinion: Burnaby ‘parking bullies’ use cones to block spaces in front of my own house

Opinion: Burnaby ‘parking bullies’ use cones to block spaces in front of my own house

It's a public street and nobody will help stop a neighbour from crossing the line.
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