Award-winning community news journalist. Reporter, editor and co-founder at Freshet News
New Westminster, BC
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Fire at Brentwood SkyTrain station has shut down part of the Millenium Line during the morning commute
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Burnaby RCMP catalytic converter sting first in BC to target higher level dealer instead of low level thieves
Surrey metal recycler sentenced to 2 years of house arrest/curfew and 1 year of probation after buying 'stolen' catcons from Burnaby Mounties
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It won't affect the final outcome, but I'd sure like to know how Burnaby—New Westminster ended up with 10 times the provincial average in rejected ballots
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City of Burnaby loses 53 years of combined experience as three councillors step down.
Sav Dhaliwal, Pietro Calendino and Alison Gu bid their final farewells at the last meeting before the new council is sworn in Nov. 10
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47-year-old Burnaby man arrested after two window-smashing sprees at Brentwood mall parkade.
26 vehicles damaged in Oct. 5 and 24 incidents
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Changes could be coming to Burnaby's iconic Hart House restaurant- and that has dedicated patrons worried.
After 37 years under the same core management, the City of Burnaby, which owns the 1912 mansion, has advertised the lease to 'test the market'
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And now for some uplifting news: Retired Port Coquitlam fire captain gets City of Burnaby hero award for pulling an elderly woman from a burning car last year
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Halloween-themed crime in Burnaby: 100s of bronze vases disappear from two local cemeteries
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Non-profit buys 2 Burnaby affordable rental buildings for $38.5M
Deal for The Standard and The Nuvo will allow Connective to build and preserve more affordable housing
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Where to watch municipal election results in Burnaby
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Mohammad Arif Ansari, 27, arrested this morning in Surrey and charged in the homicides of Kiesha Garie, 31, and Umair Kasim, 30, who were found dead in a vehicle near Alpha Secondary in Burnaby four years ago
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'I hope you suffer cause I’m about to ruin your life' and other things a Burnaby teen said to girls he was sextorting in Quebec and Ontario.
Anwer Jelassi was sentenced yesterday to 3.5 years in jail and will be on the sex offender registry till he's 42
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Burnaby Neighbourhood House didn't expect to still be running food hubs launched during the pandemic, but they are, and they want your help!
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A costly joyride over some Coquitlam golf greens
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Government advisors billed Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 for 108 helicopter trips for in-person meetings before the project was paused for being over budget
Internal emails show Fraser Health staff tried to put the brakes on Infrastructure BC travel spending
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City council candidate David Xie (New Burnaby) now the BC Conservative candidate for Burnaby South-Metrotown said it's too late to take his name off the civic ballot before advance voting tomorrow but he'd take the provincial job if elected to both
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See how Burnaby's six mayoral, 42 city council and 16 school board candidates responded to questions from Freshet News on housing, affordability, public safety, climate action and more.
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With Greenland back in the news, a Burnaby-based Scandinavian society has dedicated its Leif Erickson Day festival Sunday Oct. 4 to teaching Canadians more about the island
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