Award-winning community news journalist. Reporter, editor and co-founder at Freshet News
New Westminster, BC
Joined August 2011
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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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Two dead in wrong-way crash on Highway 1 in Burnaby Wednesday morning. Police looking for witnesses/dashcam video
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Man brain damaged in City of Burnaby preschool swim class nearly 20 years ago wins $4.8M lawsuit
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Arson charges laid in costly 2020 Burnaby Hospital fire. Investigators caught up with the suspect in Alberta after a six-year investigation
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Is cohousing the answer for Metro Vancouver residents struggling with isolation?
Journalist and author Jessica Barrett thinks so. She found community at Burnaby's Cranberry Commons - celebrating its 25th anniversary with an open house this month
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I've reached out to Comox Valley RCMP for more information about the Burnaby suspect
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A guide for folks in Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities who need to cast their ballot before election day Oct. 17
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