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This is Burnaby’s best tandoori chicken. Spicy nirvana

This is Burnaby’s best tandoori chicken. Spicy nirvana

It’s not always true that the type of food listed in a restaurant’s title is that eatery’s best dish - although doing so really ramps up expectations. If you can’t nail the dish that’s in your title, then you’re in big trouble.
Opinion: Burnaby needs Dutch intersections if it’s serious about climate change

Opinion: Burnaby needs Dutch intersections if it’s serious about climate change

Burnaby city council unanimously declared a climate emergency in September 2018 and committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
Opinion: This uncontrolled intersection is a Burnaby clown show

Opinion: This uncontrolled intersection is a Burnaby clown show

When it comes to the lexicon of traffic planning, there are controlled intersections and uncontrolled intersections. Controlled basically means there are traffic lights, although bad drivers make sure these lights control as little as possible.
Opinion: Hey, Burnaby drivers, they’re called winter tires. You should try them

Opinion: Hey, Burnaby drivers, they’re called winter tires. You should try them

I live on Burnaby Mountain and so I expect there will be more snow than most other parts of Metro Vancouver. That’s why I have winter tires on my vehicle.
PREST: Family screen time rules are no match for little Italian man in a red hat

PREST: Family screen time rules are no match for little Italian man in a red hat

We’ve had a new addition to the family! She arrived a couple of days after Christmas, and from the time we set eyes on her, she’s brought us immense joy.
Column: It's the year of the (gym) rat

Column: It's the year of the (gym) rat

“Happy and healthy” — that’s how two people from my neighbourhood recently described me within the span of a week.
Opinion: Group demands 6 lanes for Pattullo. That’s nonsense

Opinion: Group demands 6 lanes for Pattullo. That’s nonsense

Plans have been in place for a long time for the $1.377-billion Pattullo Bridge replacement. It will continue to be four lanes connecting New Westminster and Surrey.
Opinion: 20-plus people in a Burnaby flophouse is just wrong

Opinion: 20-plus people in a Burnaby flophouse is just wrong

A few years ago, I did the online dating thing – it was terrifying – and met a Burnaby woman stuck living in terrible conditions.
EDITORIAL: Is it poor visibility or lack of vision?

EDITORIAL: Is it poor visibility or lack of vision?

We bring you yet another story this week about a driver striking pedestrians in the crosswalk of an intersection. This time, it was a man who couldn’t wait for two people to cross Third Street at Bewicke Avenue.
Opinion: New SFU head to push for Burnaby gondola. Fantastic news

Opinion: New SFU head to push for Burnaby gondola. Fantastic news

SFU has named a new president and the best thing I heard from Joy Johnson is her commitment to getting a Burnaby Mountain gondola built.