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Cornelia Naylor

Cornelia Naylor

I report on crime, courts and education for the Burnaby NOW. In a past life, I taught high school English.

Recent Work by Cornelia

Investors who lost $415K with unregistered Burnaby trader get $39K back

Investors who lost $415K with unregistered Burnaby trader get $39K back

Burnaby's Shijun "Clark" Zhu admitted to advising and trading in securities without being registered. He was fined nearly $39K and banned from B.C.'s capital markets, except as an investor, for 10 years.
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Parkland Refinery pays City of Burnaby $32K for emergency response in January

Parkland Refinery pays City of Burnaby $32K for emergency response in January

Burnaby billed the Parkland Refinery for a fire-department response in January, when a malfunction sent a plume of foul-smelling emissions across parts of Metro Vancouver. The refinery paid the $31,872.30 invoice last month.
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Builders fined for more falling construction debris at major Burnaby development

Builders fined for more falling construction debris at major Burnaby development

WorkSafeBC has fined CapWest Forming Ltd. and A. Carrillo & Bros Concrete Ltd. for a shoring post and two pieces of plywood that fell from the 62nd level of tower 2 at the Gilmore Place development in Brentwood.
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Ex-manager at Burnaby school uniform company sentenced for $50K fraud

Ex-manager at Burnaby school uniform company sentenced for $50K fraud

Yana Spilberg, 37, the former manager at InSchoolwear Inc.'s Burnaby location, has been handed a 90-day conditional sentence and one year of probation for bilking the company of more than $50,000 between September 2018 and August 2021.
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Burnaby mayor dumbfounded Parkland Refinery not regulated by BC Energy Regulator

Burnaby mayor dumbfounded Parkland Refinery not regulated by BC Energy Regulator

'There is not one umbrella regulator that they fall under.' City of Burnaby CAO Leon Gous told Burnaby city council Monday that Parkland's Burnaby refinery is not regulated by the BC Energy Regulator.
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Burnaby strata claims two owners behind giant Metrotown LED screen going dark

Burnaby strata claims two owners behind giant Metrotown LED screen going dark

A $1-million, 4,300-square-foot screen wrapped around a Metrotown condo tower was touted as the largest non-commercial urban art LED display in North America, but it hasn’t lit up for years.
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Burnaby's commercial vehicle cop points to 'Ontario model' for improved truck safety

Burnaby's commercial vehicle cop points to 'Ontario model' for improved truck safety

Nearly 7 out of 10 trucks checked in Burnaby last year were taken off the road for safety violations. Burnaby RCMP Const. Kevin Connolly told the city's public safety committee in November it might be time to look to Ontario to see what that province is doing right.
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One dead after 'targeted' shooting in Burnaby

One dead after 'targeted' shooting in Burnaby

A man died at the scene shortly after shots rang out in the 5500 block of Kingsway near Denbigh Avenue just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Man caught with loaded 'ghost gun' at Burnaby mall gets 2.5 years in prison

Man caught with loaded 'ghost gun' at Burnaby mall gets 2.5 years in prison

Metro Vancouver Transit Police seized a loaded, semi-automatic handgun from Arunjit Virk just outside the Metrotown mall in March 2021.
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Parkland Refinery incident raises questions about Burnaby's public alerting system

Parkland Refinery incident raises questions about Burnaby's public alerting system

Emergency crews descended on the Parkland Refinery Sunday morning, and people across Metro Vancouver took to social media with questions about a related stench, but it took five hours for Burnaby residents to get a notification through the city's mass notification system.
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