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Join MetroTech Connect to Learn How Saying “No” and Financial Literacy Can Drive Business Success


  Prioritization and financial awareness are both very important for growth and success of a business. Come join us at MetroTech Connect and learn from two speakers on how to become successful! Our two topics for the event are: — Presentation 1 — Focus & Time Management: How saying NO is a virtue, not a […]

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BCIT Computing Invites Business to Engage Students in Your Tech Projects


Do you have a project that needs a push to get it started or finished; or an idea you want a prototype for?  Consider BCIT’s Industry Sponsored Student Project (ISSP) Program. Send us your wish list and let our Computing students create a solution that works for you.  Apps, integrated databases, and automated software tools […]

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Hemlock Printers Partners with Mohawk Paper to Expand Carbon Neutral Print Options


Hemlock Printers, one of North America’s most sustainable commercial printers, announced an expansion to their ZERO Carbon Neutral Printing Program this week. In partnership with Mohawk Fine Papers, this unique initiative provides for expanded opportunities to reduce and mitigate CO2 emissions through the paper supply chain lifecycle, from forest to mill and transportation to recycling. […]

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Challenged to Find Qualified Talent? Learn strategies to attract and retain newcomer talent


  The Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table Presents an “Employers Breakfast: Challenged to Find Qualifed Talent? Learn Strategies to Attract and Retain Newcomer Talent”. With more than 50% of Burnaby residents born outside of Canada, is your workplace tapping into the newcomer talent pool? Learn insightful best practices from local businesses that you can implement in […]

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Artisan Farmer’s Market Announces New Winter Market Season at Burnaby City Hall


    Artisan Farmers’ Market Society, a member run BC Registered Non-Profit Society which operates the popular Burnaby Farmers’ Market as well as farmers’ markets in West Vancouver and North Vancouver, has announced the extension of its Burnaby Market season until at least Christmas, possibly longer. The Burnaby Farmers Market’s Winter Season will be held […]

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Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing Picks Up Most Medals at B.C. Beer Awards


Congratulations to Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing for taking home the most medals at the 10th annual  B.C. Beer awards. Seven beers picked up awards including including golds for Burnabarian (Belgian Ale), Five (Saison) and 10° (Strong Belgian Ale). The Belgian-inspired brewery ran a clean sweep of the Strong Belgian Ale category, in addition to picking up […]

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BBOT Member Sungiven Foods Marks Out Ambitious Lower Mainland Expansion


Check out this great article by the Burnaby NOW on BBOT member Sungiven Foods and their coming new store in the Burnaby Heights, the first step in a Lower Mainland expansion for this grocery store company. “We know it is not just what you buy that matters, but who you buy it from,” says Sungiven […]

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United Way of the Lower Mainland Makes MoneySense’s Top Rated Charities List


Congratulations to the United Way of the Lower Mainland for making MoneySense’s Top Rated Charities List. For nine years, MoneySense’s Charity 100 has been helping Canadians make informed choices about their donations by analyzing charity financial statements and records. The United Way of the Lower Mainland serves the needs of the local community and ignites the desire […]

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Earls Kitchen + Bar Station Square Hosts Annual BYPN Fall Mixer


The Burnaby Young Professionals Network (BYPN) hosted its annual Fall Mixer at the newly opened Earls Kitchen + Bar. The event brought young professionals together from across Burnaby for a casual evening of connecting, while enjoying a delicious array of Earls Signature appetizers and cocktails. Earls Kitchen + Bar Station Square opened this summer creating […]

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Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service Crime Map Report


The Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service provided this report on Crime Mapping to better help communities understand local crime types and patterns and how to prevent them.  

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