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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

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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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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Developer appealing $46K fine for violating stop-work order at Burnaby condo project

Developer appealing $46K fine for violating stop-work order at Burnaby condo project

Amacon Construction Ltd. was ordered to stop all work above Level 5 of its 22-storey Alaska Street highrise project in May.
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BCGEU sues ex-treasurer over alleged misappropriation of $175K

BCGEU sues ex-treasurer over alleged misappropriation of $175K

Union claims Lois Higgins, the former treasurer of its community social services members, breached a settlement agreement that had 'resolved' differences around nearly $175,000 in misappropriated union funds
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Developer, builders fined for falling construction debris near Burnaby's Gilmore SkyTrain station

Developer, builders fined for falling construction debris near Burnaby's Gilmore SkyTrain station

WorkSafeBC has fined three builders, including Onni Contracting Ltd, more than 200K for ‘high-risk’ incidents of things falling from their under-construction condo towers at the Gilmore Place development.
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Man tries to take back guilty plea in alleged Burnaby online gambling company fraud

Man tries to take back guilty plea in alleged Burnaby online gambling company fraud

Naresh Singh Mann pleaded guilty four years ago to an online gambling company fraud in Burnaby in 2013. He has said he wants to withdrawn his plea but has taken a year to make the application
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