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AT A CLIP: From left: Division 2 athletes Arthur Yi, Tilman Astor, Rain Song and Allegra Low skate at the Bill Copeland Arena Jan. 7. The Burnaby Speed Skating Club Interclub meet returned to the arena after being cancelled the past two seasons due to COVID-19 restrictions. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
Medical mask company fined for safety violations Cornelia Naylor
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A Burnaby medical mask and respirator manufacturing business has
yet to pay a $13,154.99 fine it was issued this fall after repeated incidents of workers getting caught in mask-making machinery not properly equipped
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with safeguards, according to WorkSafeBC. Vitacore Industries Inc. was incorporated in May 2020, just two months after the World Health Or-
ganization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. The company currently operates two manufacturing facilities in Burnaby, one at 5085 North Fraser
Way and another at 8518 Glenlyon Pkwy. “The company is committed to keeping Canadians safe by creating a new standard of PPE products
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