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Letter: Parents should be wary of screen time, trash

Letter: Parents should be wary of screen time, trash

Dear Editor, Re: “$8 Tablet strollers replace free ones at Richmond Centre,” News , April 18; “Family fights for foam ban,” News , March 28; Your Voice , April 18, 2019 It came as no surprise that Richmond Centre Mall is now charging $8 to rent strol
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Burnaby Good Samaritans saved me while I was dazed and bloody on a sidewalk

Burnaby Good Samaritans saved me while I was dazed and bloody on a sidewalk

Canada is a 'hell of a country' where neighbours help neighbours
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We need more rugby in Canada - not less

We need more rugby in Canada - not less

I have never played rugby. At the University of Western Ontario I played football and my main exposure to Rugby was watching the Western team while we stretched and warmed up on the practice field.
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$50-million jackpot split 20 ways. Some boss might need a whole new staff

$50-million jackpot split 20 ways. Some boss might need a whole new staff

Is some employer going to need to find a whole new staff? That’s my thought after finding out a $50-million jackpot has been won by a group ticket. The ticket will apparently be split 20 ways, but it’s not known yet if the winners know each other.
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Letter: 'Transparent accounting' of Trans Mountain deal won't add much

Letter: 'Transparent accounting' of Trans Mountain deal won't add much

Editor: Re: Trans Mountain deal makes no financial sense , NOW Letters, May 2 David Huntley’s letter misses the point entirely. The nationalization of Trans Mountain was scarcely an ordinary business deal.
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Editor's column: Privacy laws can’t keep up

Editor's column: Privacy laws can’t keep up

A story that caught my eye this week was one about YVR refusing to allow OpenMedia, a Vancouver-based internet privacy group, to advertise at Canada Line’s YVR station (page 9).
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Burnaby loses yet another Trans Mountain court battle. Is it time to stop?

Burnaby loses yet another Trans Mountain court battle. Is it time to stop?

Another day, another court loss for the City of Burnaby in regards to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
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Editorial: Keeping names under wraps a slippery slope to secrecy

Editorial: Keeping names under wraps a slippery slope to secrecy

Don’t make names confidential in government remuneration reports
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Manage garden expectations by knowing you will (occasionally) fail

Manage garden expectations by knowing you will (occasionally) fail

Do you hear that? It is the sound of Canadian gardeners celebrating the beginning of a new gardening season. More than 80% of Canadians claim to engage in the world of plants somehow. That makes gardening the most popular outdoor leisure activity.
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Cuteness overload as fuzzy goslings appear at Burnaby's Deer Lake

Cuteness overload as fuzzy goslings appear at Burnaby's Deer Lake

Look, Ryan Gosling will always be my favourite gosling. But coming in at a close second are the goslings that appear every year around this time at Burnaby and Deer lakes. I can still remember taking my daughter Emily to see them.
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