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Opinion: Changes needed on this 'murderous' Burnaby road

Opinion: Changes needed on this 'murderous' Burnaby road

As far as anniversaries go, this was one I was truly dreading. At the end of June 2019, Burnaby resident Charles Masala was killed by a driver while cycling up Gaglardi Way.
Opinion: Another day, another Burnaby hookah lounge fiasco

Opinion: Another day, another Burnaby hookah lounge fiasco

Here we go again. Just months after the City of Burnaby shut down a Burnaby hookah lounge, another one just up the street is, uh, under fire for the sound of shots fired and a brawl outside.
Letter: Of course Burnaby homeless go to the bathroom outside

Letter: Of course Burnaby homeless go to the bathroom outside

WIth bathrooms closed to them, they have nowhere else to go.
Letters: Don’t insult history

Letters: Don’t insult history

Dear Editor, Re: " Richmondite rails on Scots ‘clan’ clearance ," News , June 18. I have read with great trepidation the article about the removal of the word clan from the SFU sports team.
Opinion: A Black Burnaby student demanded action. Trustees formed a ‘group’

Opinion: A Black Burnaby student demanded action. Trustees formed a ‘group’

Politics 101 says that when people are angry and demanding change, politicians should form a committee and claim that the issue is being dealt with.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Visitors sneaking in

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Visitors sneaking in

'Queue jumpers' not welcome in B.C. as COVID-19 U.S. cases rise: B.C. premier
Opinion: This not-so-great house is actually Burnaby’s most expensive for sale

Opinion: This not-so-great house is actually Burnaby’s most expensive for sale

Home sales in the Greater Vancouver area are starting to return to more typical levels after dipping to four-decade lows in April, while prices continue to edge up from 2019. Residential sales last month reached 2,443, a 64.
Opinion: I won’t be a COVID-19 guinea pig for reckless airlines

Opinion: I won’t be a COVID-19 guinea pig for reckless airlines

Transport Canada needs to toughen up and tell airlines to block the middle seat and give refunds instead of vouchers
Letter: Burnaby 'Clansmen' too close to odious 'Klansmen'

Letter: Burnaby 'Clansmen' too close to odious 'Klansmen'

Editor: I'd like to lend my voice to recent calls to stop using "Clansmen" as the name for SFU sports teams competing in the NCAA Division II.
Letter: Closing Burnaby homeless centre means we get our neighbourhood back

Letter: Closing Burnaby homeless centre means we get our neighbourhood back

Editor: Re: Burnaby receives award for warming centres , NOW News I am writing with the concern that BC Recreation and Parks Association has given this recognition to the city as the Beresford warming centre in particular has definitely deterred taxp