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Opinion: Silly scare tactics used to block Burnaby cannabis stores

Opinion: Silly scare tactics used to block Burnaby cannabis stores

The City of Burnaby has a virtual public set for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to consider a pair of applications for cannabis stores in the city.
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Opinion: Expect more 'Infection Fighters' vs 'Cynical Spreaders' tensions as COVID drags on

Opinion: Expect more 'Infection Fighters' vs 'Cynical Spreaders' tensions as COVID drags on

The financial penalties for undue “partying” announced by B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth are getting a world of attention right now, but it was another recent pronouncement that should give everyone pause for thought. Dr.
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Letter: Asking to kill this Burnaby bus route is 'disgusting'

Letter: Asking to kill this Burnaby bus route is 'disgusting'

Editor: Re: Burnaby bus route is annoying and empty. Get rid of it , NOW Letters In 2019, there were almost 600,000 boardings on the 134 bus. That seems like a lot of people for an “empty bus.
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Letter: Burnaby should develop its own transit system

Letter: Burnaby should develop its own transit system

Editor: Re: Burnaby bus route is annoying and empty. Get rid of it , NOW Letters Burnaby need a redesign of some local bus routes. Years ago, I took the late-Mayor Doug Drummond on a tour of Burnaby by buses.
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Opinion: My ‘masks are a joke’ family is visiting Burnaby. Please leave

Opinion: My ‘masks are a joke’ family is visiting Burnaby. Please leave

I love most members of my family, but the folks from Alberta are really trying my patience. They’ve gone from heated anti-Justin Trudeau jokes to downright dangerous behaviour that is now hitting too close to home.
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Editorial: Pandemic might be making it easier to consult with a doctor

Editorial: Pandemic might be making it easier to consult with a doctor

It appears changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic may finally bring some good news. For years, large numbers of British Columbians have been unable to find a family physician. Instead, we searched the B.C.
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Opinion: 18% of you in Burnaby could be COVID 'Cynical Spreaders'

Opinion: 18% of you in Burnaby could be COVID 'Cynical Spreaders'

A common response to some of my blogs about people not wearing masks, not follow basic distancing rules and outright calling COVID-19 a “hoax” has been that it’s only a “few” people. Well, I beg to differ and I have some polling data to back me up.
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Letter: A white man in Burnaby screamed at us to 'go back to China'

Letter: A white man in Burnaby screamed at us to 'go back to China'

Editor: On Aug. 19, 2020, at about 11 a.m., I was walking the pedestrian road on Greystone Drive with my friend. We were walking towards the four-way intersection of Greystone and Burnwood Drive.
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Burnaby’s Crystal Mall rises from ashes of ‘despicable’ COVID rumour

Burnaby’s Crystal Mall rises from ashes of ‘despicable’ COVID rumour

Out of all the Burnaby business survival stories I’ve been following during the COVID-19 pandemic, the one I am perhaps pulling for the most involves Crystal Mall.
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Letter: Burnaby bus route is annoying and empty. Get rid of it

Letter: Burnaby bus route is annoying and empty. Get rid of it

Editor: Re: TransLink eyes ‘removing’ Burnaby stops to speed up buses , NOW News While Coast Mountain/TransLink are at it, they can remove the 134 bus from Brentlawn, Midlawn and Delta as it runs empty at barely 1% ridership capacity all day long, ev
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