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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

Police seek man who allegedly groped 80-year-old woman in Burnaby park

Police seek man who allegedly groped 80-year-old woman in Burnaby park

Burnaby RCMP is looking for help identifying a man in connection with a reported sexual assault in Central Park on Feb. 19.
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Ex-employee wins overtime, vacation-pay battle with Burnaby medical mask maker

Ex-employee wins overtime, vacation-pay battle with Burnaby medical mask maker

Vitacore Industries Inc. and associated firm Absolute Building Science Strata Engineering Inc. have been ordered to pay a $2,000 employment standards penalty and nearly $52,000 in unpaid overtime and vacation pay to a former employee of both companies.
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Quebec man charged in laundry list of Lower Mainland online marketplace frauds

Quebec man charged in laundry list of Lower Mainland online marketplace frauds

Florian Dinca, 44, has been charged with 11 counts of fraud for incidents between Jan.13, and 25, including two in Burnaby.
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Raids disrupted 'crime group' trafficking drugs, planning gang violence: Burnaby RCMP

Raids disrupted 'crime group' trafficking drugs, planning gang violence: Burnaby RCMP

Search warrants executed on two Burnaby residences and one residence in Coquitlam turned up kilogram levels of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, as well as firearms and ammunition, according to police.
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Lysol-wipe COVID profiteer sentenced for extortion of estranged Burnaby wife

Lysol-wipe COVID profiteer sentenced for extortion of estranged Burnaby wife

Mandeep Kumar Ranga, 41, threatened to release videos of him and his estranged wife engaged in sexual acts if she didn't let him see their kids more.
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Judge denies bid to toss Ibrahim Ali murder verdict for court delays

Judge denies bid to toss Ibrahim Ali murder verdict for court delays

Ibrahim Ali awaits sentencing for first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl now that a bid to have his guilty verdict thrown out for delays has been dismissed.
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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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